Last time on Dragonball Z…wait wrong show. Last time Slade came back from the dead, the Titans are fighting him, Raven never catches a break, and Anna stole a taxi cab. Not much, but I promised that I would make sure my fights last long so this chapter will be long as promised. If you saw the episode then you know this will be long.
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The Message
Factory
Raven dodges the fire blasts as did the others who dodge the attacks from Slade, who they are still shock is alive, and with powers. That was something they didn't see from him before, then again they never thought he was alive after what happened a year ago.
"Ever have one of those days where you just feel happy to be alive?" Slade asked who is having fun with his new powers.
"Dude!" was all Beastboy could say with what is happening.
Cyborg nods in agreement. "Yeah! Since when can Slade do that?"
Slade jumps off from the top of the platform with his hands burning. He stares at the Titans looking ready to fight them.
Robin though didn't look intimidated. "Not sure, but he won't be doing it for long. Titans! Go!"
Cyborg and Starfire open fire on Slade who uses his fire to create a barrier to block the attacks. He then suddenly appears back on top of the platform. Robin throws of his discs that explode freezing the villain. However, Slade breaks free and dodges more of the attacks by the Titans.
Starfire shoots one of her starbolts, which Slade catches it. He surrounds it in a sphere of fire and fires a more powerful blast towards Starfire who tries to block it, but the blast was too much, and it sends her flying. Cyborg grabs a large equipment from the machines and swings it at Slade who burns through it cutting it in half.
"Whoa," was all Cyborg could say when he saw that.
"Whoa? That's it? No clever comment?" says Slade who almost sounds disappointed. "I was looking forward to that."
Cyborg not amused by Slade's mocking charges in at the villain. However, Slade ducks and with one flick of his fingers Cyborg was send flying crashing into Raven.
Beastboy flies towards the villain who jumps up towards the upper platforms. He flies up towards the platform and turns into a Triceratops. He charges at Slade who uses his powers to destroy the platform causing Beastboy to fall, but he saves himself turning into a bat.
Robin jumps on the platform and follows Slade within the gears of the machines. He looks around cautiously to make sure Slade doesn't appear from behind or out of nowhere. Robin remembers how dangerous the guy is and how everytime they fought he could never beat the masked villain.
He then finds Slade who ignites a metal pole on fire. He then charges at Robin who jumps flips away from the attack. Robin swings his staff at Slade who blocks the attack. Slade swings his weapon at Robin who tries blocking it, but his staff was burned in half.
"Take my word for it Robin. You shouldn't play with fire." He then swings his weapon at Robin knocking him out. "It really has been nice seeing all of you again."
Meanwhile
Anna pulls her car over after her tracker begins detecting something. The tracker begins picking up demon magic. This didn't surprise Anna since she figures whoever the messenger is would have some demonic traits, but for some reason her tracker is detecting something else. She tries to get a reading of it, but the tracker wasn't working properly.
"Looks like the fun has begun," Anna opens her bag and pulls out her guns. "I better get going before it ends."
Factory
Raven regains consciousness and sees Cyborg is still out of it. Of all the days for Slade to come back, why did it have to be today?
"I "I just want this day to end."
"I think we both know this day is far from over," Slade appears behind the girl and approaches her. "Hello birthday girl. Ready for your present?"
Raven uses her powers to send Slade crashing through a wall. She flies up to the wall to see if he's gone. To her horror he is still there and looks unscathed from the attack.
"I have a message for you."
Raven tries attacking again, but Slade grabs her by the wrist. She then feels her wrist burning before Slade releases her causing her to fall on one of the machines. Raven looks down on her hand is shocked to see the same symbol from Slade's forehead on her wrist.
"It has begun."
Slade's body begins to glow and statics begin appearing. The statics are sends towards every part of the factory destroying everything it hits.
The rest of the Titans see this and try to escape from the destruction. However, one of the large machine gears falls near where Robin is and couldn't escape as the gear prepares to crush him.
Raven sees this and something inside her snapped. "Stop!"
Raven somehow uses her powers to halt time. Shocked by this she looks around to see everything and everyone is frozen. She couldn't believe it and didn't think it came from her.
"How did I-"
"You might be able to stop time birthday girl, but you can't stop me," Slade shows he is unaffected by her power. "You can't stop any of it actually."
"I have to say, Raven, when I found out the truth, I was very impressed. All this time, I had no idea. The power lurking inside you. The glorious destiny that awaits you," Slade then realized something he heard was now true. "It's always the quiet ones, isn't it?"
Raven tries running away from Slade, but she couldn't get far. He cornered her and continues to speak to her in that menacing tone.
"Did you think you could just blow out the candles and wish it all away? Today is the day it begins. You've known it all your life," he leans in towards her face. "It is going to happen. And no matter what you wish, no matter where you go, no matter how much you squirm, there is nothing you can do to stop it."
Raven however refused to believe that as she uses her powers to phase through the wall. She comes out from the other side and flies towards Robin. She grabs him and somehow he was able to move again. Of course Raven was glad he did since she needed his help.
"Raven?"
Raven interrupts him as she points towards Slade. She uses her powers and they fly out of the factory. They head far into the city trying to get some distances from Slade. Once they got far enough Raven lands in the middle of the street.
"What is going on?" Robin asked confused by all that is going on. "Why is Slade back? Where did he get those powers? How did you stop time?"
Robin points towards the frozen citizens who weren't moving and they seemed unaware of what is going on.
"I…I'm not sure," says Raven who really was unsure how she did all this. "I never wanted this day to come. And when it did, I just wanted it to stop. I guess I got my wish."
Robin wanting to help tries to understand what is troubling Raven. "What is happening?"
"It's my birthday," but before Raven can explain anything Slade appears.
"Raven, run!"
Raven does as Robin told her to do and flees. Slade tries to peruse, but Robin stops him. He then attacks the masked villain kicking him and punching him with everything he has. Slade didn't even bother trying to block the attacks, which surprised Robin. That was until Slade begins cracking his body and didn't appear to be un-phased by the attack.
Fire begins to surround Slade who unleashes his own attack towards Robin. Raven sees the explosion and goes back to check on her friend. She then sees Slade appear from the fire and walks towards her.
"I have a message for you and I will deliver it, whether you like it or not," Raven unleashes her attacks on Slade, who continues speaking. "Skies will burn. Flesh will become stone. The sun will set on your world and never to rise again."
Raven tries using her powers to stop Slade, but nothing she does even slow him down. He then disappears and reappears behind her. Grabbing his shoulders Raven feels the same burning sensation she felt earlier with her wrist. She looks to see the markings were now on her shoulders.
"Time won't wait forever," explained Slade. "You can't run away from who you are."
"I can try," Raven uses her powers to pick up to large rocks and crush Slade between them.
She gets up and looks for Robin. She finds him after he pushes off a piece of rubble from his body. Helping him up she carries her injured friend towards a nearby church where she sets him down gently. Feeling guilty for making him suffer she knew he deserves to know the truth about why this is happening.
"I shouldn't have dragged you into this. Any of you. But you're in, and you need to know. I need to tell you. When I was born, they looked into my future. On this day, the anniversary of my birth something is supposed to happen. Something very bad. That's why I-I didn't want to celebrate."
Raven looks down at her friend and felt bad for blowing her friends off all day. They were trying to help her, but she refused to accept it.
"But just because you don't have a party doesn't mean it's not your birthday."
Robin manages to sit up and turns towards his friend. "The symbol…on his forehead…what does it mean?"
Before Raven can explain about the symbol, Slade crashes through the door. He then unleashes a wave of fire that separates the two heroes rendering Robin unconscious. Raven tries to go to her friend, but sees Slade approaching her.
"It's just you and me now kid."
Raven heads out towards the back of the church and runs down the alley to get away from Slade. However, the masked villain refused to let her get away.
He unleashes a wall of fire to cut her path off. "The message will be delivered."
Raven refusing to give up uses her powers to fly through the fire and makes her escape. However, Slade flies in after her. Raven uses her powers to send as many cars to take Slade down, but he blasts his way through them. He then fires off two fire hands to grab Raven, but she passes between two buildings causing both hands to crash on both sides of the buildings.
Raven sees Slade followed her and uses her powers to cause both buildings to come together. She makes it to the other side as the buildings crush Slade. Feeling that she got away she lets her guard down, that was until Slade blasts through and crashes Raven on the roof of a tower.
Raven gets up and tries to escape, but Slade stops her. "What you have concealed, you shall become!"
He rips her cloak and part of the back of her leotard as more of the markings appears on her back.
"You have no other choice."
Raven refuses to let him win. She gets up and charges at Slade, but he easily grabs her wrists.
"The message will be delivered. Your destiny shall be fulfilled."
Suddenly Raven's body begins to burn like it did before. Her eyes glowing brightly, the markings appear all over her body, her leotard is shredded leaving her chest and bottom covered, her hair grew long, and the marking appears on her forehead.
Raven opens her eyes and sees the sky has turned red, the water is replaced with lava, the city has been destroyed with fire everywhere, and the tower. The tower is destroyed. She looks down to see the people and her friends are nothing but stones. She couldn't believe this. It couldn't be true.
"No."
"Yes," said Slade as he shows her the future "Look at it. Drink it in. Behold the world you are destined to create.
Nearby they see a large demonic creature appear letting out a loud roar. Raven knew who it was, but she still didn't want to believe it.
"No!" refused Raven. "I won't do it! This is just a vision. This can't be real."
"This is real. This is the future, your future" said Slade leaning towards Raven's ear. "It began the day you were born, and nothing can stop it. This will come to pass. I will make sure of it. You're going to destroy the world, Raven. It's written all over your face."
"NOOOOOOOOO!"
Raven shouts and unleashes her powers causing time to go back to normal. The citizens are free from the time freeze and go on with their day as if nothing happened.
"We'll be in touch," Slade lets Raven go causing her to fall. "Oh…and Happy Birthday."
As Raven falls off the roof she closed her eyes hoping no one would arrive to save her. Then she feels someone grabbing her and holding her close. Thinking its Robin she opens her eyes expecting to see him. To her shock it wasn't him.
It was actually a girl. An older girl who has short black hair, blue eyes, and tan skin. The girl gently sets Raven down and looks concern.
"Are you okay?" the girl asked.
Raven slowly nods her head before losing consciousness. The girl picks Raven up and looks over at the large T tower nearby.
"Huh, so you do live in a T shape tower," says the girl towards the unconscious girl. "I guess I should get you home then."
Raven got saved, yay! Now with Anna being involved in the arc think things will turn out differently? Of course they will since this is a story. But what will she do that will change things in the arc? Find out next time to see what happens. Please leave some reviews and let me know what you thought of the chapter. If you didn't like it then don't leave a flame review. Take care, see you all next time, and have a nice day.