Chapter 14: The drop of hybrid blood

Everything happened so fast. The demon minions had come to feed the prisoners, and without a second thought, Jason had attacked them. It had been three of them and one of him. And with the thought that Raven was under Trigon's control, he attacked with all the built up rage he owned.

The minions hadn't even been able to move.

Stealing the keys from one of them, he quickly unlocked Raven's family. "Still got the weapons?" They nodded and Jason wondered for a second of Trigon had really been that dumb to not take their weapons. Apparently he had.

The five ran up the endless flight of stairs, each time one stopped Jason was forced to remind that Raven could be in grave danger. Which helped, they ran faster and faster each time he mentioned it.

When they finally reached the top of the stairs, they sighed with relief. The humans took a short break to catch their breath, while Jason hadn't even broken a sweat. The vampire leaned against the wooden door that protected them from the minions, for now at least.

He wasn't surprised that there were someone out there, what surprised him was the fact that it was Slade and Trigon.

"What do you wish to do with her? She may be your daughter, but she's still a hunter." Slade said, his voice sounded heavy, like he was holding anger in and wanted to kill something.

"My daughter is my concern, Slade…" The name came as a hiss. "But if you need to know, Raven is a hybrid. A hybrid of all of my already hybrid blood plus Arella's blood. Arella was human, which I am not, that makes Raven a complete hybrid of every mythical and non mythical being in our world." There was a low chuckle before Trigon continued. "Raven holds great power that she has not explored yet. That power, in my hands can be very useful."

They paused before Slade popped another question. "What will you do with the black fire?"

"Raven belongs to me now, she has no need for the weak humans Todd brought in." Trigon laughed again, but this time, it was a deep even darker laugh.

"What about Todd?"

Trigon paused, "He will be of no use to me. But I'd rather see him in agony than simply burning him like the humans."

"Torture then?"

"And my little bird shall have the honor."

With that, they walked away. Jason heard Slade asking if Raven would be going through with the torture, but Trigon responded with the spell would make her.

A spell. That's why she didn't react when they walked in. She was under Trigon's control. Jason growled to himself, he should've known. Raven would have ran to him, either to hug him or yell at him for bringing her family.

Her family. Jason turned to them, they were ready to go again, but they needed to know what he just heard. So as quickly and quietly as he could, he told them what happened behind that door.

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Raven held the thick glass with both hands, her vision was slightly blurry but she was aware of what she was doing. Her father had asked her to drink it, the liquid was bright pink and tasted lightly of strawberry. But the after-feeling of the drink was strange.

Raven's head spun and her vision became even more clouded. Her eyes rolled and she swung to the side, falling to the floor like a doll.

Trigon stood before his limp daughter with a smile. He picked her up with a red swirly magic, and floated her over to a black chair. Trigon reached out his hand towards his court behind him.

Malchior was the one to hand Trigon the collar. It was a black leather collar with a red gem hanging from a silver thorn pattern, the red gem was perfectly cut like a rose. Placing the collar around Raven's throat, Raven's eyes flashed red before returning back to their normal purple.

"What does the collar do?" Brother Blood asked, as she took a few steps up to Trigon.

"She will not need me nearby to be under the spell, nor will her powers go out of control." Trigon turned towards the door and began to walk away with the court right behind him. "Raven, join us…" Raven lifted her head slightly with half lidded eyes, before raising from the chair to follow Trigon.

The six walked towards the throne room, when a minion stumbled up to Trigon.

"The prisoners… Has escaped…" It hissed loudly.

Trigon smiled, "Wonderful."

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Jason opened the heavy wooden door at the end of the hallway, Richard was going last and keeping an eye on the other end. "Go." Jason whispered and had everyone slip inside. The next room was the kitchen. And they were lucky that nobody was in it.

"Where are we going?" Victor asked.

"Raven is under a spell, I-" He cut himself off, "We are looking for her. If Raven is Trigon's daughter and she's the ultimate hybrid, then if we can break that fucking spell we can win with the snap of our fingers." Jason laughed lightly before moving to the next door, the door to the dining room.

"What shall we do to-" Jason's hand moved over Kori's mouth as the door to the dining room opened.

The five looked out a small crack. Trigon sat down in the chair closest to them, and his court followed on the extremely long table. The only one not at the table was Raven.

"I still do not understand how you will use your daughter." Brother Blood said.

Trigon sighed in frustration, "Brother Blood, I shall care about how Raven's powers are used. You shall care about finding the prisoners." He laughed as he paused. "Raven is getting impatient."

Jason crept back into the kitchen and pushed the others deeper in, "Hide." He whispered. They didn't hesitate. Garfield and Kori jumped under the counter and had the counter doors shut. Victor hid in the storage room in the back of the kitchen with Richard. While Jason slipped behind a smaller cabinet.

Seconds later Jinx walked into the kitchen, she walked around before opening a counter before she pulled out a blood bag. She didn't hesitate to open it before devouring the whole thing in just a few gulps. She sighed in satisfaction before wiping the blood remain on her lips with her sleeve. "Why can't we go hunting anymore? I'm getting tired of fast drinks."

"We cannot leave the castle until Trigon allows us, and Trigon cannot leave the castle before Raven remove the curse Azar put on him after Arella became pregnant." Malchior said upon entering the room.

"I know, but I miss the thrill of hunting. Those puny humans have lived peacefully too long."

"I agree, Jinx." Malchior took out his own blood bag and drank it down with even less gulps than Jinx had. "I miss it as well, but once Raven has removed the curse, we'll be free to slaughter humans left and right."

Jinx smiled to herself, "You're jealous of her strength." She pointed out. "I saw you when she beat you in that fight. You were mad, but couldn't do anything because of Trigon and she's stronger than you."

"You were angry too, Jinx." Malchior threw the empty bag on the counter before walking towards the door. "Raven will remove the curse, kill Todd, we'll kill the humans, and then… We'll kill the innocent humans." With that he left Jinx in the kitchen.

"Asshole." She muttered with a grunt, before she walked out of the kitchen herself.

Jason opened the door and looked around. He didn't call the coast clear yet, as he knew it wasn't. Jason stalked over to the door and peeked outside. They still sat talking, which gave Jason and the others a chance to find Raven.

"Come on." He said, loud enough to alert the others but not the other Lords.

The five ran down the hallway, Raven had to be somewhere in the castle. And if she wasn't in the cells, she had to be in a different room. Without thinking, Jason bursted through the doors at the end of the hallway.

The room was the throne room. The five thrones stood proudly at the top of the small step. But the thing that put everyone on edge was the fact that Raven sat in Trigon's throne. Her legs and arms were simply thrown over the chair and she was leaning on her side with her eyes half open. Her eyes were fixed on the door in front of her, yet she didn't seem to see them.

"Raven?" Victor asked as he and the others started to approach.

"Wait!" Jason called, before they got too close. "She's under a spell, remember." They looked at each other with worry before stopping.

Raven's eyes traveled across the room before her head turned to one of the side doors. Which soon opened to Trigon and his court. Jason was just about to run out with the others when the doors slammed shut behind them.

"I have been waiting for your arrival Todd." Trigon stalked over to Raven and placed his hand on her shoulder. Raven tensed a little before settling down in the throne. "Are you hungry, Raven?" She didn't answer. "Hungry for revenge of the species that killer your mother… That killed Arella."

Raven snarled and her eyes glowed red as she rose from the throne.

"Kill him." Trigon ordered.

The group took a step back, before Jason lifted his chin in confidence. "She can't, the blood bond will make her refuse or I will hurt her later."

"I am aware, but you cannot come back if you're dead." Trigon sat down in his throne with a dark smile on his face, "What do you say, Raven? Jason Todd is the same as the one that killed dear Arella."

Raven didn't stand still for much longer. She jumped. In the matter of two seconds she was across the room with her fist already in Jason's jaw.

Jason flew back and crashed into the wall with a grunt. He pulled himself together as fast as he could but was too slow as Raven kicked him in the side, sending him across the room again.

Raven's family had been about to help, but got caught up when Trigon's court attacked them. Brother Blood attacked Victor, Malchior attacked Garfield, Jinx attacked Kori, and Slade attacked Richard. Luckily they had weapons, unlike the court, and had the upper hand.

Jason hated himself for attacking Raven back, he gripped Raven's ankle and tripped her over. Raven fell to the ground for a mere three second before she jumped back and attacked Jason again. Her hand moved to Jason's throat and lifted him over the ground.

Jason gasped, before he kicked Raven in the stomach, sending her back a few feet. Jason fell to the ground and gripped his throat. She really wanted to kill him. Her eyes said it, they were pure anger and hate. His Raven was gone.

And that made him angry.

Jason turned to Trigon, he was smiling before he flicked his fingers, and Jason turned back to his love. A black silver knife appeared out the shadows. The sight frightened him for a second. That knife. It was the same knife they had used to create the blood bond, but this was silver not iron, but their blood was still smeared onto the thin blade.

"Hunt." Trigon ordered.

Raven jumped again, the knife in her now bleeding hand raised, she roared out as the knife sliced Jason's chest. Jason gasped, he was lucky the knife didn't go deep enough to kill him yet, but enough to hurt him.

"Raven…" Jason fell to the ground in pain. Raven stood above him with the knife in her hand ready to strike. "Raven…" He whispered. "Please, fight him… You're better than this…" He felt his body go weak as he spoke. "I love you…"

Raven's eyes narrowed and she blinked. The red gem on her collar glowed with power, which Jason noticed. He used his strength to grip the gem, before ripping it off her neck. The collar fell away from her and Raven fell over him.

He gasped in pain as the chest wound got pressure on it. Raven's eyes turned back and forth from red to purple, before they stayed purple.

Jason's mind quickly snapped to what the gem was. It was for control, once it was on all magic would be consumed and used by the gem. As soon as the gem was off the spell would be removed.

Raven gasped and moved away from him, she gasped at the sight of the wound before the knife fell from her hand.

The others had also fallen, not dead but fallen.

Raven looked at Trigon, then his court, then her family, and magic snapped inside her. Black flames erupted around her before the flames increased the vampires and Trigon. The court screamed in horror and pain as the flames began to lick and eat on their skin. Trigon seem to be the only one unaffected by the flames.

Raven was breathing heavily, before her eyes moved to the knife. Kill him.

She picked up the knife and stared at it. Kill him.

Her eyes flicked to Jason before her family again. Kill him.

Raven blinked before anger overwhelmed her. "I'll kill you…" She whispered.

Then it happened. Raven gripped the knife and jumped at Trigon. Trigon hadn't seem to expect it, and so, was too late to protect himself. The knife penetrated his chest and he screamed in pain. He knocked Raven off with ease before rising out of his throne ready to attack Raven again, however Trigon did not make it to her. He fell forward with a silent scream on his face.

Raven, despite her horror, ran over to Jason to look at his wound. He was still alive, but not for long. Her family had gotten up from their place and was now approaching their sister.

Raven placed her hand over Jason's scar, he gasped a little before looking at Raven with cloudy eyes. "I love you…" he whispered.

"I love you too…" Raven whispered, tears had began to fall from her eyes. "Don't leave me, please."

Jason smiled weakly, "I'll try."

Raven leaned over Jason and gently kissed his lips. "You'll live." She whispered, before her hand moved to his wound, her hand glowed in a soft blue color. Jason's wound very slowly, painfully slow, began to close up.

"You'll live…" She whispered.

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Okay, so I'm going to make one last short chapter after this. Probably tomorrow.