Ch17-Moving Forward
Narrator:
The battle has begun between the kingdom and Trigon. There's been a lot of bloodshed and Raven has seemed to have disappeared from the chaos. Hopefully Richard will be able to find her.
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Demons were flying around the kingdom. People were running all over the place trying to find a safe place to hide. The knights were doing everything in their power to destroy them. Some demons breathed fire down at the people while others threw fireballs. There was so much chaos and destruction around there were hardly anymore buildings to hide in. Nothing but destruction lay waste to everything. Most buildings were crumbling down. There wasn't many places to hide.
The king had sent soldiers to fight against the demons. He even had to call in from neighboring kingdoms. Many of the knights were having a hard time keeping the demons at bay. There were more knights dying than demons. By now it was hard to keep track of how many died.
"This is just great. I knew we couldn't trust her," Roy said as he tried to block a demons attack.
"Will you give it a rest Roy? We don't even know that she's a part of this," Victor replied.
"Who's to say that she isn't? She left in a hurry," Garfield said.
"Hey! I'd run too if there were demons running around, but I'm a soldier."
"Whatever I still don't trust her."
"You really need to get over this."
"Not when I know I'm right."
"Can you two please focus on what's at hand right now?"
The boys stopped their argument for the time being. It was hard trying to keep the demons at bay. There wasn't any time to escort any of the by-standers to safety. It was hard trying to block all the fire being aimed at them. Screams of agony was heard when the fire managed to hit its target. More casualties were on the human side than the demon side. It seemed like the demons skin was hard to penetrate. Their organization was so unpredictable that the Gotham army had trouble figuring out their next move.
"Where's Richard?" Garfield asked.
"I don't know. I lost track of him earlier when the demons started to attack," Roy said.
"He's probable somewhere in battle," Victor replied. He actually knew where he was, but didn't want to tell the others. It wouldn't look good if they knew he went to look for a girl in the middle of an attack on the kingdom.
"Yeah…probable."
The boys stopped their talking to concentrate on their fighting. It was a good thing that they could find some way to defeat the demons. Their skin was hard to penetrate unless you hit the right spot. The human number was decreasing more and more. It felt like this battle had lasted for days. The time of day has seemed to slip by. Most of the soldiers were getting tired and dragging about. The demons didn't look like they were going to back down any time soon.
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Trigon was actually impressed that the humans were holding their own in battle. Though it doesn't help much when they haven't even gone through half his army. The chaos that was created was a sight to behold. Once he was finished with this kingdom he will conquer all of the other kingdoms until their all destroyed. Nothing sounded sweeter than the sounds of torment and agony from his victims.
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Helen couldn't believe what she was seeing. It was unimaginable. This morning she woke up and the sky was dark red. Then to make matters worse she found out that Komander had disappeared. Such an ungrateful child. Now it looked like Trigon was already here. She made her way outside the house only to be ambushed by three demons. Helen let out a bloody murder scream as the demons started to feast on her body. Blood spilled out everywhere.
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Bruce cut down four more of the demons. It seemed like a losing battle, but he wasn't going to give up. He would protect the kingdom of Gotham with his last breath. No one else should have to face the horrors that they're facing now. The only question was how these demons came here and who brought them. This was a complete nightmare.
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The dark wizard transported himself to where Trigon was. He needed to appease to him somehow. Everything is as it should be. Soon the whole world will be inhabited with demons.
"Lord Trigon," the dark wizard said bowing before him.
"What it is it?" Trigon asked.
"I'm so pleased that you could make it here. I assume that the gem had fulfilled her destiny."
"Not exactly. I was able to create my own portal with the gem nearby. And it was no thanks to you and that worthless woman."
"My humble apology. I did try to help in finding the gem. It was that woman's fault for losing track of her. If you would allow me the opportunity to fix my mistake I will gladly find the gem."
"That won't be necessary. I already know where she is. Raven will join us soon enough. I'm already working on her now. It won't even matter what that human man does."
"So there won't be any more problems?"
"No. everything is already set into motion and there's no stopping it."
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Richard made it to the outskirts of town. He had a feeling that Raven was in the forest. It was ironic that the forest hadn't been destroyed or overrun with demons. Looking back towards the town there was nothing but fire everywhere. With a deep breath Richard made his way towards the forest.
The trees made a thick canopy that blocked out any noise. It was completely silent. Not even the animals would dare to come out of their hiding places. Richard felt a little creeped out, but he continued forward. He just needed to find Raven and everything would be better. He didn't know how he knew that he just did.
It felt like hours had passed and it didn't look like he made any progress. Everything looked the same. "This is getting me nowhere." Soon he heard a noise coming from his left. Going in that direction he just hoped that Raven would be there. From the corner of his eye he saw a shadow moving. "RAVEN!"
The shadow stopped for a second then continued away from him. Richard just knew that had to be her, but he didn't know why she was running away from him. He kept shouting her name, but she kept moving forward. He was starting to lose his patience. Already he tripped about five times, ran into three trees, and about nearly lost sight of her six times.
"RAVEN! Please stop."
For a second it didn't look like she was going to listen to him. Then the shadowed figure stopped and Richard had time to catch up to her. Moving closer he could see Raven clearly now. She wore a white cloak and instead of a dress she wore a tight fitting leotard. Richard was left speechless for a few seconds by her appearance.
"Who are you? And why are you following me?"
Those questions left Richard momentarily stunned. What did she mean by who he was? They had known each other for a good year now. This didn't make any sense. What could have happened to her that she would forget who he was.
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Narrator:
Nothing is looking good for the kingdom of Gotham. The only good news was that Helen is no longer in the picture.