Ch 18-Backward Thoughts

Narrator:

Richard has finally found Raven, but she seems different somehow. He tries to convince her to come back with him, but she refused. Things don't seem to be looking good for them.

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Richard and Raven were deep in a forest away from all the destruction in the kingdom. Raven kept a safe distance from Richard. She acted as if she didn't know him. The trees surrounded them in a cocoon to drown out any noises. They were left to themselves with no disruption.

Richard honestly didn't know what to say. There were a million questions going through his head. So much has happened in such a short amount of time. He only knew that he still cared about her and wanted to see her. It was like this strong pull drew him towards her.

"Who are you?" Raven asked.

"Rae it's me…Richard," Richard replied stepping towards her.

"I don't know you."

"Yes you do. We've known each other for a few months now."

"Why should I believe you?"

"I know that you like herbal tea, you're an early riser, you like to keep to yourself, and you like to take walks in a garden."

Raven was left speechless by this. She had never told anyone about her fascination with gardens. Maybe he was telling the truth. Though she didn't understand why she couldn't remember him. Of course she didn't know why she was in the middle of the woods either. Maybe this Richard guy could explain a few things to her.

"Ok…you've got my attention. So what do you want?"

Richard let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding. He was afraid that she wouldn't believe him. It was a relief that she was even giving him a chance.

"I just want to talk."

"Somehow I doubt that."

"You think I have an ulterior motive?"

"Doesn't everyone."

"Well I don't."

"Sure you don't."

"I'm not like that Raven. You can trust me."

"I don't trust anybody."

"OK. Well…"

"Have you been stalking me?"

"What? No. What gave you that idea?"

"Seeing as how you that I like to drink herbal tea and that I like to take walks in gardens. No one knows any of that."

"You told me those things and we actually did them."

"So you say."

"I'm telling the truth."

"Whatever."

"Look I didn't come here to argue with you."

"Well you're not doing a good job."

"You are so frustrating."

"Not unlike yourself."

"Aaaarrrgggghhhhh!"

"If you don't have anything useful to say I'm leaving."

"Will you stop being difficult. I need your help to save the kingdom."

"And why would I do something like that?"

"Because there are demons destroying the kingdom of Gotham. And I know that you can help stop them."

That made Raven stop and think. There's no way that he could be here already. It didn't make any sense. She was still living on the planet and not destroyed. She would have become the gem unless he managed to find another way to free himself. "I can't help you."

"What do you mean? Of course you can."

"No I can't."

"Yes you can. I believe in you."

"Well that makes you a fool."

"Who are you afraid of Raven?"

"Who said I was afraid of anyone?"

"Since you're unwilling to help. You're obviously afraid of someone."

"What do you know anyways?"

"Just tell me and we'll figure something out."

"My father. Trigon."

"You mean he's the one who brought these demons?"

"Yes."

"Well…there has to be a way to defeat him."

"There isn't."

"I don't believe that."

"Believe what you want. It's the truth."

Raven turned around and was about to leave before Richard grabbed her hand. She slightly shocked by him touching her yet it seemed familiar somehow. "What are you doing?"

"You don't have to leave. We'll figure something out together."

"You're not afraid of me?"

"Of course not."

Raven took a minute for that to sink in. that was the first time anyone has said that to her even after what she did. It actually made her feel happy that someone believed in her. "Ok. What do have in mind?"

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Trigon could feel his victory coming closer there weren't that many humans fighting left. Most of the soldiers were already dead or wounded severely. Though he was growing tired of all the fighting. He could just destroy them all now, but that would take away the fun.

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Bruce was getting weary and he could tell his men were too. This battle has been going on for too long and they weren't able to push back the enemy. The whole of his army was defeated in a matter of hours. There were only about thirty men still fighting out of the three hundred Bruce started off with. Something had to happen and soon.

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Raven could feel her heart racing with Richard holding her hand. She never felt this way for anyone. What made him so special as to cause this kind of reaction from her? She felt so at peace with him around. Even her emotions weren't acting crazy anymore. Closing her eyes she took a deep breath and it felt like the both of them were incased in a bright white light.

The white light grow bigger and covered the whole forest. It continued to spread towards the kingdom. When it touch the demons they started to disintegrate. The demons started to retreat back towards the portal to get away from the light. The soldiers were shocked by this. Even Trigon didn't understand what was happening.

"Foolish! She thinks she can defeat me with something this weak."

Trigon summoned his dark powers and blasted towards the white light. His powers didn't even have an effect to it. This greatly shocked him. As the light approached him all Trigon could do was stand there paralyzed. When it hit him all Trigon could do was scream out in agony. With Trigon go the demons all disappeared and the portal closed. The sky turned back into the light blue color instead of red.

The few soldiers and villagers that remained looked around them. Some were afraid to come out of their hiding places. It was hard to believe that it was finally over.

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Narrator:

Well…it looks like things turned out good after all…sorta.