Part 2: xxscarletxrosexx.
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A Story Behind Every Art (A.S.B.E.A.) based on pictures I found on deviantart. I do not own any of the following arts in this story, unless I claim them. Anyways I will provide images for each part here. This is a 3 part story, but it is unrelated with any other story of this project. Enjoy! :D
Genre: Humor/Horror
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A/N: I really don't recommend you to read this if your imagination is very vivid or you get nightmares pretty easily. Haha ^^;
The girls flew to Jump City Memorial Park in time to watch the mayor announce a long speech dedicated to families who have lost loved ones in war. Both Starfire and Raven came up to listen in quietly before dispersing with one final prayer to present day soldiers.
"What is this day of memorial of which he speaks?" Starfire asked as they strolled to a more secluded area.
"Memorial day is a day when people pay a moment of respect to veterans who have lost their lives during the war," Raven replied, "do you have something similar to this on your planet?"
"I believe so. There is such occasion in which we must perform the Zarklanelk. It is when a member of the royal family bloodline creates a four thousand verse dedicated to those lost in battle and interpret it through a dance in front of the entire kingdom. It is usually filled with sorrow and grieving, yet peaceful."
"Have you performed it?" Raven asked.
"Yes, I have. It is quite how you say a pain in the butt, but very honorable to the families who have lost their loved ones."
"How long did it take usually?"
"In your earth time, I believe four hours," she replied.
Raven had one eye brow arched up towards the alien being, "How difficult."
Once the girls had found a secluded area the girls had set up into an Indian style seat before levitating off the ground.
"Find your center… focus your energy and… Azrath Metrion Zinthos… Azrath Metrion Zinthos… Azrath Metrion Zinthos…" the two girls continued to repeat their mantra for another twenty minutes.
During that time both girls have connected their minds together and explored a world that both imaginations created. It was an experiment that Raven had tried tout during their latest meditation and it had proved to be successful.
They found themselves in the same area where Beast Boy and Cyborg had appeared through Raven's mirror—inside her mind. The two girls landed on the narrow, seemingly-unstable, dark Cosmo world. The girls helped themselves up and explored their combined minds. On the underside was a realm of sun kissed skies with a mix of pink and lavender clouds. In contrast with the unstable floating pathway was a sandy path with a calm, peaceful ocean surrounding it.
A dark, chipped wood stood in front of them—the same portal that led the two boys into Raven's happy place. They remembered that this was the place she had locked her happiness and any other form of joyful emotions. On the other side, Starfire's portal was a white, half-oval shaped bridge gate. The bottom part was a plain white plastic fence while the top was a visible, criss-cross pattern of thin plastics forming a tiny heart in the spaces. The tiny hearts had given the sun access to seep through, as if beckoning the new comers to cross it. Once through that bridge, it sent them to Starfire's horrific imagination.
Through the gate, they found themselves in a desolate-desert like surrounding with a dreadful shade of purple and pink painting the entire scenery. There were at least twenty or more weapons and armors laying about the field, signifying where the brave Tamaranean soldiers had rested. On the far right was a throne, shimmering in a dull golden color and an M shaped crown, used for signifying the ruler, waiting on the seat. On the opposite side was a table with cuffs that was used to strap a victim on a table along with two silver rods crossing one another on the table in the form of an x. Lastly, the ship that had captured Starfire, hovered dangerously above their heads. The gigantic particle weapon was pointing at the throne, waiting for the ruler to sit down and be blasted into oblivion.
When Raven had first seen this, she couldn't help but cringe at the sight before her. Never in her life had she ever seen such a bone-chilling sight within Starfire's mind. She did not know what it meant and didn't dare to ask the Princess of their symbolism. She knew that when Starfire was ready, she would tell her their meaning.
Pushing the thoughts and spine-tingling sensation aside, Raven and Starfire decided to fly around the minds and practiced manifesting objects through their concentration.
"Now, create an apple on my hand," Raven instructed, once they entered her happy place. Starfire nodded as she concentrated on an apple. Within seconds, a luscious, mouth-watering, red apple formed on the empath's hand. "Good job," she praised, "you're improving a lot."
"Thank you," Starfire replied politely, "you are a wonderful teacher."
Raven smiled the usual smiles that never reached her eyes. "Now let's-"
Raven didn't get to finish her sentence for she was interrupted by sensing an impeccable danger in the real world. "Starfire, go back to your body," she commanded. Without hesitation, Starfire returned to reality along with Raven.
"What is the matter, Raven?" she asked, her body instantly crouched on high alert.
"I'm picking up something really bad right now."
"Shall we inform the others?" Starfire had her communicator in her hand ready to call the boys.
"No, not yet. I don't want to startle them if this is just a false alarm." I hope this is my imagination, she thought.
Starfire tucked her communicator on her belt and waited for her best friend to instruct her for any further instructions.
Raven's eyes suddenly widened into a frightful look. Starfire was about to ask what was wrong when Raven said, "Starfire! Duck!" and tackled her to the ground.
A pair of lavender, flimsy, whip-like structure swatted over the two girls' heads. They watched as the pair of paper-like structure disappeared into the ground. Panic-stricken and surprised, the girls scanned their surroundings, hoping to find the source of the attack.
"Show yourself!" Starfire bellowed after mustering some of her composure. The echo of her voice bounced off the trees, frightening several birds into the air.
Starfire readied her starbolts while Raven focused on her dark powers, both girls huddled together, their back touching one another.
Suddenly, something had fallen from the sky and in front of the girls. It wasn't something, but someone—a child! It was a young boy who appeared to look like the age of seven. He had messy, dirty blond hair and fair skin. The two girls stared at the child in pure utter horror, not because of his sudden appearance before them, but the way he looked! His white shirt was covered in dried blood, his revealed stomach was obviously ripped open by some sort of device. As a result, the girls could see the boy's mangled organs hanging out of his stomach. He stared at the girls with a toothy grin and hollow gray eyes. It had appeared that the young boy must have had fun before brutally dehumanized.
Starfire closed her eyes as uncontrollable streams of tears gushed down her face. She had one hand clutching her mouth as if holding in her gag. She leaned on Raven for support as she made incoherent noises and hiccups.
Raven, on the other hand, held on to Starfire, leaning on her for support as well. Her eyes were as big as saucers, but averted her visions to the trees rather than the corpse before her. She felt herself losing control as panic and fear overwhelmed her. Behind them, several trees had exploded from their spot as a result. Although her mind wasn't functioning well, she came to gather only one thing: they needed to get out of here fast!
Forgetting how to fly at the moment, Raven tugged Starfire's arm and led them away from the forest, away from the horrible sight they had witnessed. The boy's eyes stared after them, as if he was telling them to hide before another round of hide-and seek began.
Once they were out of sight, the boy stood up. His gray eyes shined like silver in the sunlight. He remained to keep that toothy grin plastered on his lips permanently.
"Ready or not… here I come..." a bone-chilling, wispy voice escaped his lips. Behind him, a female grinned wickedly, one hand clasped on the boy's head.
Once they had returned to the park, the girls hyperventilated, catching their breaths. All around them were lively children and several families enjoying their day as any ordinary normal day. Unfortunately, the poor citizens of Jump City were unaware of a deadly situation that none of the Titans have ever faced in their lives.
Starfire was sitting, legs up and tucked underneath her chin on the ground, completely silent. She still couldn't get out of the state of shock. Raven couldn't speak either. She had seen every single human anatomy of a human being before, but the child—the sight of him scared her to her knees. Raven sat down next to Starfire, her hand closing over one of the Tamaranean's clammy hand, as if this simple action could help calm both of them down.
Robin came out of gym and headed to the ops room hungry for some breakfast. He had spotted the usual Beast Boy and Cyborg fully concentrated in their match, but he hadn't seen Starfire and Raven as of lately.
"Hey guys," Robin greeted.
"Food's in the microwave, Rob," Cyborg replied.
"Alright, thanks. Anyways, have you guys seen the girls lately?" the leader asked as he recovered his breakfast and sat on the table.
"Girl. Time. Bonding. Out. Shopping. Park." Beast Boy said as he concentrated on the game at hand.
"Do you think we should check on them?" Robin asked after shoving a piece of bacon in his mouth.
"Nah, the girls can handle themselves," Cyborg replied. "'Sides we oughtta have some guy time too."
"What do you have in mind?" Robin swallowed.
"We got a spare controller waiting to be played," Cyborg said with a hint of smug in his voice.
"I'm in."
"Alright!" Cyborg hit the pause button, just in time before Beast Boy crossed the finish line for first place.
"Dude! I was so gonna win!" Beast Boy cried.
"Rob wants to play, man. Chill we got another several rounds," Cyborg grinned. Just in time too!
Robin deposited his plate in the sink before hopping over the couch and joining the boys in a new race.
"We need to warn them," Starfire whispered. Her eyes staring off into space, while her mouth quivered.
"Starfire, you need to get a hold of yourself first," Raven said.
"I-I am doing my best," she said in a voice above a whisper, yet still just as soft. "I have never experience such a frightful event. I have seen many warriors killed in battle, but that innocent boy… it was h-horrible."
"We need to move now and get these people to safety before they get involved!" Raven stood up and assisted an unstable Starfire up to her feet.
"W-we must!" she agreed. "We must inform the others as well."
Starfire and Raven flew into the air and decided to evacuate the people first before calling the others. They gathered all of the citizens' attention and explained to them that they were in a dangerous situation and must evacuate immediately. Raven and Starfire had decided to split up and search for unwarned citizens and tell them to evacuate as well before something bad happened.
Starfire spotted a nurse with brunette hair tied into a high bun with a first aid hat crowned on her head. She wore a crumpled white short sleeve with a red lining on the ends of her sleeves and shirt. The shirt she wore was too small and stopped short, way above her thighs, revealing a pair of hearts on her right thigh.
"You must evacuate immediately, miss," Starfire said.
"Whatever for, my dear?" she asked sweetly. The young nurse had a pair of beautiful brown eyes and flawless fair skin.
"There are dangers amongst us! You must be quickly escorted to safety!"
"And may I ask for who you are working for?" she asked in a sweet voice.
"I believe I am a hero?" Starfire asked confused.
"Do you work for the government?"
"I believe so," Starfire answered half-hesitant, her face becoming pale from the panic sensation arising within her.
"Well I believe you should be going now..."
"B-but-" Starfire's face paled further.
"My dear, I believe you should go see a doctor now. You don't look too well," the nurse commented. "And what could be any better than having a personal nurse who could do it for you right now!"
The nurse's sweet face contorted into an evil, deadly look as her fair skin peeled off her body, revealing a familiar lavender color. Her brown eyes transformed into a pair of menacing, glowing white eyes and her purple face was painted over with a red cross from forehead to her chin and cheek to cheek.
Surprise, Starfire took flight, searching for her companion within the vicinity.
"Nuh-uh-uh! Not so fast, dear. You haven't had your check up with me yet," the sweet voice had transformed into a mixture of several high-pitch, eerie voices put together.
Frightened for her life, Starfire summoned her starbolts and shot a barrage at the nurse. Because she attacked on impulse, Starfire had missed hitting the nurse.
Tired by her attack, the nurse dropped her hands behind herself and a moment later shot out of the ground behind Starfire. It was the same whip-like attack Starfire and Raven had encountered earlier! Before Starfire could escape, both arms tightened around her midriff and above, squeezing the air out of her like a snake. She released an ear piercing scream, hoping to attract Raven's attention, where ever she was.
"Shush, shush, sweetie," the nursed coaxed as one of her hands found their way to her lips and shut her up. Starfire struggled from the cold sensation that came from the contact. "Poor little girl… It will only hurt for a second."
Starfire continued to struggle; one eye closed, the other staring at her captor, but found it futile. Her blood ran cold and for the first time, Starfire had felt completely vulnerable. "Trust me, I'm a professional," the nurse finished as she reeled Starfire to the ground.
Raven flew on the west side of the park, warning every kids and families to flee as fast as they could to safety. After she was sure that no one was left, she spotted a boy with dirty blond hair, leaning on a tree. Something about the kid caused her gut to scream at her to run away, but she knew that her duty as a Titan was to make sure that everyone was safe. She pushed the feeling aside and landed near the boy.
"Hey kid, didn't you hear? You need to get out of here," Raven reached out to the boy only to feel a cold chill crawl down her spine.
"…99…100… ready or not here I come," a wispy, bone-chilling voice replied.
Raven instinctively backed away several steps before the boy turned. Raven's eyes widened as she muffled, "No..." under her hand. The same silver, glistening eyes greeted her as well as his toothy grin. He moved inhumanely; one step at a time while his shoulder bounced up then the other. His soaking blood shirt was slightly pulled up which revealed his dead organs. It had bounced with a sloshing sound with every step he took.
"No…!" Raven flew away from him, overwhelmed with fear. She summoned her powers and brought down several trees to the kid. The boy didn't bother avoiding the attack. Instead, he eyed the girl in a creepy, maniacal way. She watched him get squished by the trees and lose an arm. He only giggled form the attack. It had only sent more chills down her spine.
"You can run, but you can't hide," the boy said as he soared into the sky, searching for her best friend. Her hands fumbled for the communicator in her belt. She instantly dialed it straight to the ops room.
"Alright! First again!" Robin cheered.
Cyborg grumbled incoherently as he came in second Beast Boy in third.
"We oughtta be fighting crime right now…" Cyborg muttered as he tossed his controller to the table.
Suddenly static appeared on the screen followed by Raven's panic-stricken face.
"Speak of the devil," Cyborg said.
"Raven! What's wrong!" Robin asked.
"J-jump C-c-city P-park," she stuttered.
"Why what's-" Robin was interrupted by an all knowing, recognizable scream.
"Starfire!" Robin screamed. Raven didn't need to know. Her eyes widened with more fear.
"H-he's got her..." Raven said inaudibly.
"What Rae?" Beast Boy asked.
"Keep us online! We'll be there ASAP!" Cyborg said before turning away with the others and headed to the garage portion of the tower. All three boys hopped into Cyborg's car all the while watching Raven and the situation in Robin's communicator.
Raven held the communicator tightly as she flew faster in search of Starfire. Her scream was instantly silenced shortly after released, which was odd to Raven. Usually Starfire's scream lasted five to ten seconds before it dropped. Then she spotted a purple human being wearing a tattered nurse outfit. She was wearing a cleavage-revealing, super short nurse outfit while her warms were dug underneath the soil and holding onto Starfire who was almost near the ground.
"Azrath Metrion Zin-" Raven was cut off as she watched the nurse's arms stretched, enabling the nurse to walk over to Starfire while her hands were still in the soil. She observed Starfire from head to toe. Raven couldn't risk attacking now that she was at a dangerous range near the nurse.
"You're not from here," she observed.
Starfire remained silent, fear overwhelming her.
"No matter, I will nurse any sick child in need. I shall operate you in any manner that'll help restore you to full health." The nurse turned to Starfire and revealed her sharp, needle-like teeth and jabbed them on her right arm. Starfire thrashed, her muffled screams could be heard underneath her arm from the pain she felt. Then her body slowly dulled and she fell limp.
"Starfire!" Raven screamed. The nurse ignored the empath and proceeded into sucking the blood out of her. Raven, now fueled by anger used her powers to envelop a seesaw and waved it at the nurse, causing her to release her grip on Starfire. The alien princess collapsed from the nurse's grip, unconscious. Raven flew down only to be tackled by the same boy.
Raven had dropped her communicator at an angle to where the boys could see what was happening.
They saw a purple nurse with glowing white eyes, a fainted Starfire who was bleeding pretty badly from her right arm, and a young creepy boy who reminded Robin of the Joker, pinning Raven to the ground.
"See, don't you feel better now, sweetie?" she asked in a sweet, eerie way. Even through the communicators, they couldn't miss the chill coming down their spines.
"Don't worry, child. You will have your physical next, like your friend over here," the nurse directed to Raven.
"What h-have you done to h-her?" Raven asked.
"Oh, you will see quite soon," she grinned, before setting her eyes on the communicator. Then the screen became static.
Five minutes later, Cyborg finally made it into the Jump City Memorial Park and searched for the two girls.
"It can't be…" Cyborg commented. The vicinity was completely wiped clean except for the occasional smoke coming out of the crater from Starfire's starbolts and disrobed trees from Raven's telepathy.
Robin walked over to Raven's communicator and glared at it. "No… We can't be too late!" Beast Boy said as he saw Robin clutched the communicator tightly before dropping his hand to his side. There was only a puddle of blood from where Starfire had been, but other than that there was nothing…
It was as if they disappeared into thin air.
Hey guys, I put the warning there because it was sorta creepy.. well to me. I'll be completely honest, even my own story scared me when I finished writing it at around 3am! x.X
It was pretty gruesome to (the imagination) write, again sorry if my horror is not that good, I'm not a huge fan of horror, yet I'm trying it out for once ^^;
If you don't like this story, then go ahead and discontinue until my next released story.
I hope you guys enjoyed it anyways^^;