sorry if this one's short, but i've been having serious problems with Writer's Block but fear not for the battle continues and the end is near

so if you want them to live, you will review

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Chapter 20

Everybody just stopped moving, and watched as Speedy's life blood drained from the slice across the neck, and we watched as the front of his uniform was stained crimson,

Unfortunately, for Speedy he was still alive, but only just, Slade looked at him in disgust before he flipped the knife around and drove the point between his ribs straight into his heart, he held it there, and waited, when he was sure that Speedy stopped flopping around and just hung there,

Slade got to his knees and smeared his blood on a giant ring made up of Iron, steel, and copper and had miniature symbols etched into it, he whispered something in an ancient language and made a gesture with his hand, what ever he said and did made electric chills race up everybody's backs,

The air around Slade and the other captives took on a distorted look and Raven shouted

"It's a barrier, we can't get through, all we can do is watch" as she looked on and watched as Slade walked over to Aqualad and repeated the process, and again with Mas and Menos,

We watched on, some of us with tears in our eyes, some of us shouting curses at Slade, and some of us letting it etch itself into our memory to remind us of the consequences that will occur if we fail.

When he was done Slade stood in his bubble and chuckled at us,

"Titans, why are you so surprised, I told you that five would die and that there would be nothing that you could do to save them, now titans might I suggest that you return to your domicile to rest and recover your health, for my master approaches" Slade said standing there with his arms behind his back and the mark of Scath shining on his forehead.

"Come on guys, let's get home and get ready," Robin said, hate showing itself in every little thing that he did, from opening the door of the T-car to peeling off in a cloud of smoke

Slade looked on as the skies themselves turned as red as freshly spilt blood, "His powers are affecting this world already," Slade said off-handily as if he was talking about the weather.

(Cyborg)

"Why won't it heal, I've tried everything, different anti-venoms, penicillin, everything but nothing seems to work, it's almost like the poison is alive or something, and if I don't get it out of her soon, she's gonna die" Cyborg thought to himself, while taking a break, and a much needed recharge,

"All I can do is wait for Raven to show up, and see if she can heal it" Cyborg said with a sign as he waited for them to show up.

(Raven)

We had just barely walked in to the front door when I heard Cyborg's voice through the intercom shouting

"Raven, come to the medical bay STAT" Cyborg shouted, I turned to Beast boy and said

"Be right back, ok" he looked at me and smiled while he nodded his head, I put my hood on and phased all the way down to the medical Bay

"Cyborg what's up" I ask him as I slid out of the ceiling, and land right in front of him

"Something's up with her wound, I can't heal it, and I've tried everything," he said looking desperate…and tired

"I'll take a look at it, okay Cyborg," I tell him putting a hand on his shoulder,

"Thanks Raven" he whispers looking at his feet, trying to hide the tears in his eyes, I roll my eyes and turn to look at it, I don't get very close to it, because I can feel the evilness coming off of it halfway across the room, i turn around again and look at Cyborg, trying to figure out how to tell him that Bumblebee's wound is fatal.

"Cyborg listen that wound wasn't poisoned, someone shot her with demon magic" I try to explain "Demon magic acts like a poison, it eats away at the flesh and organs, and tears down whatever it can't, there's no cure for it, and it's always fatal,

"She has maybe 2 or 3 hours tops before she succumbs to it…I'm sorry Cyborg, you should just make her comfy and stay by her side until the end"