ALL YOU CAN BLEED, IN THE SACRAMENT OF GOD WE'LL TAKE YOU!
ALL YOU CAN BLEED, HALLELUJAH!
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Now, ON TO THE NEXT CHAPTER!
Mammoth thought he knew pain back at the Carmen Cafe. Boy, does he know differently now!
As the group clashed into the angel, Zephiriah phased through their bodies as though it were nothing but a stream of light passing through them. Being slower than the rest of the group due to his size, Mammoth saw from behind what had happened. By the time the Titans and HIVE knew they were charging at nothing, it was already too late.
"EEEE!" Starfire screamed out as a hand composed of light grabbed onto her leg before slamming her down on the ground. Zephiriah re-materialized in front of her, using the momentum to bring down his holy sword. As it was only a few centimeters from her face, the blade was batted away by Robin who dove in. Sword and Staff traded blow for blow as they parried each other, neither person giving an inch.
"What are you planning? Who are you working for?" Robin yelled out as he narrowly avoided a slice with the sword. Zephiriah kept silent, though gave a slight smirk as his sword hit the ground. A beam of light exploded from the ground, the energy from the blast knocking Robin to the ground on his back.
"You mortals should learn who your Be-Ah Fuck!" His line was cut short as he felt something sharp, yet cool, slice into his wings.
"That's right short stuff, lay it on him!" Cyborg called after having to launch Gizmo. As Gizmo went through the air, his spider legs extended out of his back and began spiraling, slicing into him.
"Fuck you Tin-Can!" Gizmo shouted at him as he landed on the ground, his spikes keeping him level. Zephiriah immediately turned to him.
"Fuck YOU scum." Opening his mouth, he let out an Angelic beam. Moving as fast as sound, the light struck Gizmo in the chest. Dropping to his knees, Gizmo clutched his body tightly while trying to hold in the screams from the pain. Unable to cope, he fell on his face, unconscious to the world. Doing a little jig, Zephiriah began singing whilst dancing. "Drop it like its hot, I drop it like its hot-hot-hot- Why do I feel hot?"
Enveloped in a red light, Zephirah turned around to find the source, only to be temporarily blinded. Clutching his eyes, his wings wrapped around his body in attempt to ward off the power.
"Anybody in the mood for hot wings?" See-More spoke cheekily, cranking up the temperature from his eye lens. Meanwhile, Cyborg was powering up his cannon. "Ready when you are man."
"I believe it's time we 'Kick the Butt'." Starfire, having gotten up, readied her starbolts along with Cyborgs arm, waiting for the command.
"Lay it on us Cy." Jinx's eyes glowed pink as her hands were raised, ready.
"NOW!" Cyborg yelled out, he and Starfire firing their blasts at once, with Jinx sending a large energy wave. See-More changed his beam, it becoming a darker red as it blasted the angel as well. All four hit their mark, resulting in a large explosion. "We got him!"
"Is he down?" Robin got to the group, sporting a gash on his cheek along with several visible bruises. Starfire moved towards him, worry in her eyes as smoke began to fill the area.
"I can't tell. All the debris in kicked up into the air is blocking my sensors." Cyborg's red eye scanned the area. Suddenly, a sound caught his attention. "Wait... What's that?"
A voice gently echoed though their ears, sounding beautiful, yet hauntingly sinister.
"Genesis, Chapter one, Verse Three..."
"Okay, I'm officially creeped out now.." Jinx whispered, getting behind Cyborg and See-More. The voice became more raspy.
"And God said Let there be Light..."
A pair of glowing eyes could be seen in the middle of the room. Mammoth, who hadn't gotten into the fray, hid behind a tree. He didn't know what was going on, but being the only one without a long distance weapon would make him ill-equipped to deal with whatever that thing is.
"...AND THEN THERE WAS LIIIIIIIIGHT!"
As this was shouted, Zephiriah spread his wings out to it's max wingspan, unparalleled energy beaming out of his body in every direction. The power was too great to be contained in a single blast controlled, making it spread over the area, stopping just short of the tree Mammoth was hiding behind. Screams could be heard from both the titans and the group, before stopping completely. As the light dimmed down, Mammoth saw that there was no one left there. His teammates and the titans were gone, yet the angel was still there grinning at the sky.
"Hope you all love my gift. Don't worry, it is eternal.." Flexing his wings, turned to fly only to catch Mammoth out of the corner of his eye. "Oh? It would see m that I missed one... Tell you what. Run back to your Daemon friend. Tell him that I will be waiting for him in the middle of his accursed city. For your services, I'll let you live." Zephiriah flew out into the sky, not bothering to look back at the awe-stricken and terrified Mammoth he left behind.
"So, let me get this straight." Raven spoke to Beast Boy, healing his minor concussion. "You just walked up to a window that just got broken, got attacked by some kind of flying sun, then hit the wall. Then you woke up here?"
"Uh huh... It was like a ball of light coming right at me." Beast Boy sighed and rubbed his arms, feeling slightly woozy. "I don't know where everyone else went.."
'I'm already on it.' Kyd searched through the database, looking for the camera application. Clicking on it, he was prompted for a password. Turning to Raven, he gave her an expecting gaze.
"GlorphNog." Raven spoke with her back turned. "We let Starfire choose the passwords this month."
'Smart choice.' Kyd typed it in, and began searching the video feed. 'Huh... Well he wasn't wrong.'
"What do you mean?" Raven left Beast Boy's side and stared at the monitor.
'That is a ball of light...'
"...Press the L key."
Kyd nodded and pressed it, causing the still frame to zoom in on the ball and clear up. Raven took in a sharp breath as she took in the sight of those wings.
"Angels... Knights of the Seraph..."
Kyd raised an Eyebrow. 'Should I be worried or something?'
"It's not surprising you wouldn't know about them, having been raised on Earth all your life. Think biblical, but remove anything that associated them with kindness or basically anything good."
"Angels are real?!" Beast Boy spoke up, still laying on the sofa.
'Apparently, and you got nailed by one. Aren't you special?'
"Fuck off."
'Bite me furball.'
"ENOUGH!" Raven yelled out in exasperation. "Our friends obviously must have chased after it. But why would an Angel be here...?"
"Maybe because of your dad on Earth?" Beast Boy questioned. "Aren't they supposedly holy warriors?"
"Maybe, but not in the sense you're thinking. Trigon has done deals with them in the past..." Raven narrowed her eyes at the screen.
'Well, why don't we go ask?'
Raven looked up at Kyd questioningly, before she realized he wasn't looking at the monitor. Following his gaze out the window, she saw a large flash of light going off in the middle of the forest outside of town. "It must be them! Let's go."
'As you wish.' Kyd walked over to Beast Boy and grabbed his shoulder. 'Are you coming?'
"And miss seeing an Angel? Let's go dude!" He flashed Kyd a million dollar smile, which Kyd returned slightly before nodding to Raven.
Whipping up his cape, he pulled them both in before teleporting them to the site.
"I'm telling you, the Angel took them away!" Mammoth shouted at a cop with his hand in the air. Agent Matthews was on the scene, writing down everything that Mammoth was saying. "There was just a flash of light and they all just disappeared!"
"Why should we believe anything this guy says?!" The cop spoke to the detective. "He's been sighted at the Cafe murders along with two other HIVE members, and now there are strange lights in the sky with him under it. He must be up to something!"
"These are strange times we are living in Rookie, we have to explore every possible angle." He turned back to Mammoth. "Keep going. My man here has a point. You are a villain after all."
"Even villains have Honor." Mammoth replied darkly before continuing. "The thing that was here took my friends as well as the titans." This tidbit of information shut both detective and cop up. "We currently have a city with almost no heros patrolling it, and your public enemies are running amok, not counting the monster that actually killed those people back at Carmen Cafe."
"How do we know you're telling the truth?"
"Because we vouch for him." The authorities turned to see Raven and Beast Boy landing on the ground, with a Kyd Wykkyd behind them.
"Raven! Beast Boy! I feared the worst!" Agent Matthews breathed out in relief. "But is it true about the others?"
"Yes." Beast Boy nodded. "You're not dealing with something natural here detective. You need to get to the mayor and have her order a city wide curfew."
"A curfew? But why?"
"Because the killer is still out there." Raven took over. "The one who killed those people is still likely to return, and he isn't human either. Once sighted, we will need to be contacted immediately."
"Understood, and those two?" He pointed to Mammoth and Kyd Wykkyd.
"With us." Beast Boy responded.
Bidding them a good day, both officers rushed out of the scene to their vehicles, intent on getting to City Hall. Once they left, all three turned to Mammoth.
"You know," He grinned. "If I knew you could just take charge over officials like that, I would have gotten in your kind of business years ago."
'What happened, my friend? Are you hurt? Where are the others?' Kyd immediately bombarded him with questions, only to have his shoulders grabbed.
"Calm down Wykkyd... You're not going to like this." Mammoth sighed.
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