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Chapter 13: Living Dead
The Titans found themselves in a cave lit by torches and that they were covered by brown cloaks. Bars lined up on both sides of the wall, skeletons were scattered on the floor and the place smelled like rust and dried up blood. The dim ember light only shone through the nearest darkness. There was no wind and other than the four titans, there seemed to be no life as well, not even the littlest insect. As they surveyed their surroundings, a scream reached their ears, a familiar scream.
"Raven"
"The time of rebirth has begun. When the moon reaches the top of the sky and the last comet passes, Earth will fall into my eternal darkness. My abyss." Trigon explained to both his daughter and his apprentice.
"This isn't what we talked about! You were supposed to help me control my powers!" Terra yelled at him. "And you have done nothing." She hissed. Looking at Raven, clothes torn and blood dripping from her new wounds, Terra felt a wave of guilt but dispersed it quickly.
"Like Slade, I do not give anything to mortals." Trigon said coolly, he grinned nastily and walked back to Raven. "My daughter knows me well, in order for a trade with me to go well, the price you are willing to give must be something I cannot resist.
"What does she have that I don't? I have power! Stronger than hers!" Terra whined and complained. She took steps towards Trigon, adrenalin rushing into her systems. Strength came into every fiber of her muscles. "My powers grow even stronger when I'm mad Trigon"
"Hers is already strong without emotions, imagine the destruction she could cause if she let her feelings intervene. I let him go, she'll control her emotions" He said simply "But if she uses any of her powers to tear down my plans…"
"You said you won't harm him" Raven said, exhausted. She managed to give an angry glare at her father "I will hold my end if you do yours, take my life away and my soul will only acknowledge you as long as you do not harm him or his soul!" Raven said, grinding her teeth. She was losing blood quickly. She began to turn paler, her lips dry. Trigon looked at his daughter and bit on of his arm. Fresh blood oozed out and he brought his arm to Raven's lips. Raven tried to spit it out but Trigon forced it upon her.
"I thought you want her dead!" Terra asked, dread and hate filling her being. A yellow aura was glowing from her hands.
"She is my daughter after all" He said. Trigon closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Terra watched him closely. A red light surrounded his bitten arm, the wound started to close. "Besides, if she dies, my preparations will only have less the power and will take longer"
"I can help you, I am strong enough!" Terra bargained was again, she wanted to prove how strong she was, how grown-up she can be. The blonde girl wanted to help him so he will give her what she wants. 'it's a price I know you can't resist'
"Foolish girl, your powers can't even meet a fourth of what my daughter has inside. How do you expect to provide me assistance?" Anger filled Trigon as Terra kept pushing, finally he got fed up and blasted her with a ray of red light once again. Terra screamed in agony, the burning sensation piercing through her skin.
"Get away from her!" A male voice echoed in the cave, loud footsteps followed.
"We wish to have our friend back" A green starbolt shot from above where a levitating girl with glowing green eyes growled in anger. Starfire flew down and punched the human Trigon. "Give her back"
"Cursed alien, dare you lay a hand on me?" Trigon bellowed. He began to morph into his red form. Two horns began to grow from both sides of his head. His hair had turned silver and white. Growing and growing, Trigon has increased his human size by a lot. He grunted as he ceased his transformation. He was back to his red skinned demon self again. Trigon's eyes glowed; the Titans have been testing his patience ever since before. He glared at them then turned his attention towards the blonde girl on the floor, trying to keep the temptation to scream under control. The light was burning her skin. She was crouching on the floor, her arms tucked underneath her. Slowly, it dimmed, leaving her with a dark grey skin as an aftermath. Eyes shocked and widened in terror, Terra trembled at her current state, she felt her cold body. Her fingers traveled from her arms to her face, scales had formed on her right cheek. Her brown lips quivered in fear as an image of herself appeared in her head. Shaking the picture from her mind, Terra ran away, passing the Titans in her wake. She bumped past Beastboy, pausing for a second before exiting the cave.
"What have you done to her?" A voice growled from in front of Beastboy. Robin stepped ahead and ran towards Raven, who was gasping heavily, beads of cold sweat dripping from her forehead accompanied by drops of blood. She barely looked at the Boy Wonder before she fell unconscious. Robin growled again and repeated the same question, angrier in tone if possible "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?"
Cyborg quickly got to Raven's wrist and used every tool he had with him to cut the chains loose but they weren't giving way. Starfire, despite the powerless effect of her attacks on Trigon, continued to shoot neon green starbolts at him, hoping she's find his weak spot. Amidst the chaos, Beastboy stood where he was, unmoving. Terra's image played in his mind like a dark nightmare, over and over again. His limbs were stiffened until Trigon bellowed.
"ENOUGH!" He walked over to Robin and Cyborg, with his size, the ground shook, an earthquake on every step. The red demon flung his hand towards the two Titans and sent Cyborg flying to the cave wall. Robin managed to duck in time and get away from Trigon. Taking his sword, Robin swerved to the left and planted the sharp object onto Trigon's foot. The demon grunted in pain and flicked his foot, almost hitting Robin in the process. The boy wonder called out to Starfire who was still soaring above. She heard him and went immediately to his side. Overshadowing him, the Tamaranian waited for the instructions.
"Get Cyborg and help him unchain Raven, Beastboy and I will distract him" He said quickly. Just as he finished talking, a blast of red light shot from Trigon's eyes. Robin looked at the floor and saw it had turned to a hole. The smell coming from the hole was unbearable. All of a sudden, one thing popped into his mind about his opponent's weapon: acidic and poisonous. The Titans' leader fought his way past Trigon to where his green skinned teammate stood, still not moving and apparently in shock. A hard nudge in the stomach and Beastboy was snapped back to reality.
"I have to go get Terra back to normal" Beastboy said. Turning towards the exit, the sound of a pending earthquake suddenly echoed in his ears. Soon enough, the ground began to shake, as the Titans looked up to the ceiling, it began to open. The moon shone and it's light was pointed directly at the goth girl who was still unconscious. The moonlight faded and when it came out again, it was red; bloodshot red. Cyborg was the first to regain composure. He immediately continued to work on the shackles that bound Raven's wrists. The intensity of the situation woke Raven up. She turned to her sides and saw Cyborg still busy with her shackles. She looked at him long enough and quickly created a black aura around his robotic arms.
"I'm sorry" She simply said before using her powers to teleport Cyborg to another safer part of the area.
"Raven…where is our friend Cyborg? Was he not here conspiring a plan to liberate you from the chains that bind you?" Starfire said, dropping herself to the ground. Raven shook her head.
"You have to leave now. My father will destroy all of you and --" Suddenly, before anymore words came out, a red beam hit Starfire directly from behind. The Tamaranian's emerald green eyes suddenly turned blank and like a lifeless puppet she fell to the floor, her breath taking away from her.
"STARFIRE!" Raven yelled. She looked up at her father, grinning evilly and blowing his palm where a puff of smoke had appeared. Raven's eyes turned black and a white light appeared from nowhere, hitting Trigon in his left arm. He clutched it then glared towards her direction.
Using her powers, Raven broke the shackles that bound her and took Starfire in her arms. She levitated towards Robin who was at the cave entrance still staring at the ceiling, completely entranced by it. The goth tore him away from the light and teleported them all to where she placed Cyborg.
The last thing the team heard was the heavy bellow of Trigon, after that everything went silent.
Then darkness engulfed them.
AN: This part done! Please review before you move on! Thanks! you think there's too much space in between? It seems so spacy! COOL!