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Raven gripped her sword tightly as she stared at the impostor. Lamia's sword was a dull grey and matched her flesh tone. The demoness twirled her sword confidently and it made a whistling sound as it sliced through the air while she grinned malevolently at Raven.

Raven was worried, not for herself, but for her husband. She walked defiantly into the lair, every muscle in her body tense and her mind alert, ready to attack the demoness.

"Where's Gar?" She hissed.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" The gray skinned doppelganger grinned back at her as she continued to twirl her sword. The resemblance between two was uncanny and Raven was unnerved to be facing off against the image she used to see in the mirror every morning. The Titans and Justice Leaguers began to follow Raven into the cave, confident they had the demoness outnumbered. The Kryptonians led the group, their expressions confident and the pace of their steps was steady. Their approach did not go unnoticed by Lamia.

"I am honored! The mighty Kal-El and his cousin Kara Zor-El have come to defend my weakling sister." She smirked.

Lamia produced the small bag her father had given her from the folds of her cape and tossed it in the direction of the Kryptonians. The bag exploded with a bright flash which temporarily blinded everyone except for Raven who had her back to the explosion. As she looked over her shoulder she saw the Kryptonians on the ground, moaning in pain while a cloud of green gas hovered overhead. The Green Lantern immediately scooped them up and carried them away to safety, out of the tunnel into fresh air. Raven then saw the barrier restore itself, separating her from her friends.

Lamia grinned. "Wait Raven! There's more!"

As she said this dark bolts of energy shot through the barrier, zapping each super hero. Raven then heard Cyborg cry out "Oh no, not again!"

Raven watched in horror as each Titan and Justice Leaguer had their own inner demon emerge. Gar had told her about the terrifying experience and how they eventually were able to defeat their own darker selves.

"There!" Lamia chortled. "Now they'll be busy and not interrupt us. Are you ready to die sister?"

"I'm not your sister, and it's you who will be banished to hell."

"We'll see about that." The demoness grinned as she lunged at Raven.

Bumblebee screamed in pain as her doppelganger emerged from her own body. She was not alone in her predicament as she saw the same happening to the others.

"Sparky! What's happening?" She shouted.

Cyborg fell to the ground as his own inner demon re-emerged. The gray clone steadied his footing as he emerged and turned around to face the bionic boy. He had a smirk on his face as he looked down upon the flabbergasted Titan.

"Oh no." Cyborg muttered.

"Oh yes." The inner demon replied. "I'm back, and this time Starfire isn't here to help you."

Bumblebee stared in astonishment at her grey clone.

"Sparky!" She shouted in panic. "What the hell is going on? Who are they? Did Lamia clone us?"

Nightwing was facing his own inner demon. He had been separated from his team on that fateful day when Trigon had summoned Starfire, Beast Boy and Cyborg's darker selves and had been spared the unpleasantness of having to fight an evil version of himself. Unfortunately he would not be so lucky today.

"So loser." His twin challenged him. "I'm looking forward to keeping Starfire for myself."

As Nightwing stood his ground the inner demons began to attack their originals. Out of the corner of his eye he could see Raven and Lamia sizing each other up. He realized that Raven was on her own and prayed she would defeat the demoness that stood before her.

Raven blocked Lamia's initial strike. The demoness's sword was also supernatural in nature and it glowed with dark energy when it came into contact with Raven's sword. Lamia had superhuman strength and it took everything Raven had to stop the potentially fatal attack. Lamia continued to strike at her, blow after violent blow. Raven fended off her initial barrage before retreating into the bowels of the lair, panting as she ran from Lamia's laughter.

"You can't hide Raven!" Lamia shouted as she followed her. "Why don't you just give up?"

Raven found herself in a large room, surrounded by stalagmites and stalactites. The room had a dome and shimmered from the natural crystalline formations it contained. Under normal circumstances it would have been a sight worth stopping to admire, but at the moment Raven did not notice it as her mind raced to find a way to neutralize the demoness who was intent on destroying her. Raven had an idea and she sheathed her sword as she hid behind a stalagmite.

As Lamia rounded a corner to enter the underground room she was hit by a blast of white energy. She staggered backwards as Raven emerged from the shadows, her two fists aimed at the demoness. Raven fired again, but this time Lamia didn't even flinch.

"How?" Raven asked in astonishment.

Lamia grinned and pulled her leotard down, exposing her chest, which was covered with a dried, red substance.

"You didn't!" Raven howled. "You said he was unharmed!"

Lamia released her leotard and it snapped back into its place, covering her once again.

"Relax sister, he's fine. I just drew some blood from him while he was unconscious. It does make for a wonderful shield against your angelic powers!"

Lamia then raised her hand and pointed at Raven.

"Too bad you don't have anything to protect you from my dark energy."

A blast of dark energy surged from Lamia's extended hand and hit Raven in the chest, sending her flying into a wall. Raven tasted blood in her mouth as she struggled to regain visual focus. She could hear Lamia laughing in the background.

"It's a shame that I have to destroy you Raven. You had so much potential, so much promise. Father used to think highly of you."

Lamia fired off another blast, intending to finish off Raven once and for all. To her surprise Raven raised her sword, which absorbed the deadly obsidian light. For a brief moment Raven resumed her old form and was gray with violet hair matching Lamia, until the sword dissipated the energy it had absorbed and she resumed her new Mediterranean look. Lamia growled in disapproval.

"Sorry to disappoint you, 'sister', but this fight isn't over yet." Raven sneered at her.

Lamia drew her sword. "So you acknowledge your true heritage Raven. Did you actually think that Raphael really cleansed you of our heritage sister?"

"I'm not a demon Lamia!" Raven hissed as she adopted an attack position, ready to strike at the demoness.

"Once a demon, always a demon sister, and don't kid yourself. We're one big happy family you know. You'll always be daddy's little girl."

Raven ignored her taunt as she steeled her eyes.

"Hand him over Lamia."

Lamia resumed her red demonic form.

"Have it your way Raven."

This time it was Raven's turn to lead the attack. Unlike Lamia her strikes were swift and elegant, relying on finesse instead of brute force. The demoness was fast and was able to parry every strike, but had to fall back.

"What's the matter Lamia? Where'd your smirk go?" Raven taunted her as her barrage continued.

Raven nicked Lamia on her forearm, drawing a small amount of the demoness's black blood which stained the blade of her sword. Lamia roared in pain, but continued fighting back without relenting. Then she turned and ran and Raven gave chase as Lamia ran out of the room. As Raven followed her out of the domed room she was pelted by a barrage of razor sharp rocks. She raised her shields in time to block all but two of them. She ducked as they approached but was unable to avoid them and they grazed the right side of her torso, slicing through her cape and leotard before cutting two small gashes in her side.

Stupid, Raven, that was stupid! She chastised herself for not anticipating Lamia's cunning. She was now paying for it as she was bleeding and couldn't stop to heal herself as Lamia was beginning a counterattack with an overhead strike with her evil blade, which Raven was barely able to block in time.

"You're never going to see him again Raven. He's going to be mine!" She taunted Raven as she licked her lips with her split tongue. "But don't worry, I will enjoy him!"

Raven screamed a blood curdling battle yell and lunged at Lamia, striking at her with supernatural speed. Lamia once again parried every attempted blow, and that was when the mistake she was waiting for happened. It wasn't a big mistake, but Raven made one nonetheless. As Lamia parried a powerful overhead strike she hit Raven in the solar plexus with a perfect sidekick, her heel digging in right below Raven's sternum, knocking her wind out. Lamia immediately jabbed at Raven with her demonic blade. Raven saw it coming and lunged backwards. But she was too late. While she dodged a fatal blow, Lamia was able to stab her in her chest. The wound was not deep enough to be fatal, but Raven fell nonetheless, unable to even scream as she was recovering from the blow to her plexus. Her sword fell away as she hit the ground.

Raven clutched the bleeding wound on her lower chest as she slowly began to breathe again. She knew she was in trouble and her fear was confirmed when she opened her eyes and saw Lamia's blade next to her neck.

"You are wounded and disarmed sister."

The two daughters of Trigon locked their eyes.

"Time to die!"

The battle between the heroes and their evil twins was going into full swing in the tunnel. Recalling how they had defeated their doppelgangers Cyborg shouted to the fellow Titans and to the Justice Leaguers present to swap opponents.

The others had all heard the story of how Starfire, Beast Boy and Cyborg had been unable to defeat their inner demons and how it wasn't until they traded opponents that they were able to subdue their darker sides. Cyborg didn't have to tell them twice. Bumblebee took on Cyborg's dark twin while he took on Nightwing's demon. Within moments they had all swapped.

Unlike the first time the Titans had used this strategy this time it didn't provide immediate results.

"If it ain't working for you swap again!" Cyborg shouted as he fought with Speedy's twin.

Eventually the tide began to turn and the Titans were able to gain the upper hand in the fight. Unfortunately the demons weren't about to give up and switched tactics. They had no qualms about using their powers to the fullest within the confines of the artificial cavern and Nightwing was afraid that it would soon cave in, trapping them in a stony tomb.

"Titans! Fall back!" He shouted. "The tunnel's gonna collapse if we fight in here!"

The superheroes, including Batman, Batgirl and Wonder Woman heeded his call and began to evacuate the cave. It was nearly a mile to the exit and they had to stop to fight several times as their twins were able to catch up with them more than once. This made their retreat arduous and hazardous as they did not match the demons' attacks with equal force, out of fear of collapsing the tunnel, which on more than one occasion almost happened. Eventually their patience, self discipline and resolve paid off as they were able to see the proverbial 'light at the end of the tunnel'. Seeing that they were near they had a collective second wind, knowing that once they were out of the cave they could take off the gloves.

Mas Y Menos were the first ones to exit the tunnel followed closely behind by the others. The twins froze at the sight that greeted them as did all the others. Nightwing, and Cyborg were the last to emerge and they too were stunned at what was waiting for them.

There were hundreds of SladeBots, forming a large semicircle, dozens of robots deep around the tunnel's entrance. Standing in the middle, with his arms crossed, was none other than their one eyed nemesis.

"I heard through the grapevine that you're having a demon problem." Slade deadpanned.

Raven stared at Lamia who was grinning. Her arm was still oozing black blood, but the demoness seemed to not care. The bitterness of her failure was consuming Raven. She was vanquished and if Lamia didn't give her a coup de grace she would bleed to death anyway as she was slowly hemorrhaging her precious red blood.

"Defeat tastes bitter, doesn't it dear sister! Now you know how we felt when you nearly destroyed father and robbed us of what was rightfully ours. Yes Raven, you will now drink from the bitter cup of loss, of seeing everything that is precious to you taken away from you. Except in your case there is no escape sister. But do not worry; your death will be quick as I will slit your throat in a moment. But before I do that I'm going to tell what I'm going to do with Gar."

Raven might have been defeated, but she wasn't about to submit.

"Gar will never be yours Lamia. Not even if you torture him!"

Lamia laughed as she pressed the blade against Raven's neck, breaking her skin and starting a slow trickle of blood.

"Of course he won't sister. Our Beastie Boy is far too noble to succumb to a simple threat like that. But you know what? Even nobility can be exploited."

Raven's eyes grew wide.

"What are you saying?"

"It's very simple Raven. I'm going to capture the other Titans and hold them hostage. Then I'll start killing them one by one, forcing him to watch until he agrees to be my lover!"

Raven stared at Lamia in horror.

"I'd keep you as the ultimate hostage, but you're too dangerous sister. Plus it would give him false hope, and we can't have any of that now, can we?"

Raven swallowed hard. She was starting to feel light headed from the loss of blood she had suffered.

"Why Lamia, why him?"

The demoness grinned and knelt down, bringing their faces close together. "Haven't you been listening Raven? I want him because he's yours. That's the only reason. But before I kill you, tell me why you chose him? He isn't particularly handsome or smart. He is well endowed though. I never took you for being so shallow, sister. I must say I am proud of you ..."

Raven spat in Lamia's face. The demoness stood back up, with a smirk on her face.

"I'll give you credit Raven, you never back down. But now your story ends. Good bye sister."

Lamia raised her cruel blade over her head as she prepared to deliver the final blow.

I'm sorry Gar. I failed you. Please forgive me.

Another evil cliffhanger! Will I ever change? Probably not!

I would brag about how many hits we've pulled together, but the website's hit counter has been broken for the past three days. Still, we are getting close to 25,000 hits and 426 reviews. Thank you!

And now its mail bag time!

acosta perez jose ramiro – "Wonder Woman's lasso can restrain and even hurt demons"

Thanks for the tip, but she's more of a prop than anything else in this story.

Anon – "Finally!! Raven gets to give the "Titans go!" battlecry. I don't think she ever got to say it in the cartoon."

I think you're right. She and Starfire got gypped in the show.

Hinn-Raven –"Well, with the Titans there, no to mention a loose Beast Boy and Terra, you have to wonder what will be left of Trigon and Lamia after the fight."

Well, you have to admit that things aren't looking good for our friends right now!

The Mighty One – "They are so engaging, and the dialog is what really moves them along, but the descriptions are also very powerful."

Thanks! I hope this chapter didn't disappoint, especially since it took me longer than usual to update!

ChicoMagnifico – "I look forward to the EPIC battle between Raven and Lamia over Beast Boy."

titanfan45 – "look forward to reading the fight scene between Raven and her sister"

I hope I didn't disappoint you.

Alexpv22 – "I was worried about BB being at the mercy of that Lamia character"

Yeah, she isn't the kind of girl you take home to meet your folks!

Wolvmbm – "So it's swordplay to save the day, hmm, interesting. :D"

Must be the Star Wars junkie in me that came out!

Novus Ordo Seclorum – "Trigon seems rather displeased that all of his daughters end up lusting after Beast Boy"

Well, I'm sure that he has a couple of nice demon boys in mind he would rather have them date…

lpwriter4life – "when did Star have her baby"

I forgot to mention that. I went back and fixed that up.

DarkRapture – "AGAIN WITH THE CLIFFHANGERS?"

Yup.