Fan Fiction ❯ A Raven Like No Other ❯ Chapter Sixteen: “Clash Of The Titans” ( Chapter 16 )

Chapter Sixteen: “Clash Of The Titans”

 

(Up In The Mountainous Forest)

 

“No Mercy! SHOW THEM NO MERCY,” Rage yelled with a demonic voice to Beast Boy (Primal) the dragon. Beast Boy (Primal) roared as he flew and dived down from the evening skies charging with Robin, Starfire, Cyborg and Jinx in his sight ready to do combat with him and Rage. Seeing this, Beast Boy (Primal) opened his mouth and fired a powerful beam of fire from out of his mouth and straight into their direction.

Seeing the attack, Raven, exhausted and with her remaining strength, formed a black force field seconds before the mighty flames came at them. Her shield held off the flames, but it would only hold out as long as Raven had the strength to do so.

“Go,” Raven exclaimed, “I can't hold it off forever!”

“Titans, GO,” Robin ordered and the others disperse to do battle with Rage and Beast Boy (Primal). The dragon swooped down to the surface in pursuit of them with Rage holding onto him from the top of his head. He was flying after Starfire who flew up into the air away from the others. Turning to him, Starfire starting hurling star-bolts after star-bolts at him. But her star-bots had little, if any, affects on him. Gathering energy into his mouth, Beast Boy (Primal) fired a river of fire at Starfire who flew as fast as she could from the flames. She was able to feel the intense heat from the flames in spite of the fact that she was flying through the sky.

“Starfire,” Robin cried as he watched from the surface Beast Boy (Primal) chasing after Starfire with the intent making a Tamaranian shish kabob out of her. Beast Boy (Primal) was then struck on the left side of his face by a large rock that was thrown at him. He turned and looked down at the one who threw the rock at him.

“Yo,” said Cyborg as he hurled another large rock at him, “Let's rock!”

Beast Boy (Primal) smacked the rock away and dived down at Cyborg. Seeing him making his way at him, Cyborg readied his sonic beam cannon and fired it at the dragon. The blast hit and pushed Beast Boy (Primal)some and it did little to really down any real damage to him. Before Beast Boy (Primal) could retaliate, Starfire dashed at him and fired a mighty star-bolt at him, sending him and Rage soaring down towards the ground. He was about to hit the ground hard when he flapped his wings at the near last second causing a strong gust of wind the fly from him. Shaking the dizzy feeling from off him, Beast Boy (Primal) was about to go after Starfire again when his eyes caught sight of a particular pink-haired girl holding the Jewel of Confinement.

“Will you hurry it up damn it,” exclaimed Impatience.

“Will you shut up already,” Jinx retorted, “I'm trying to figure out how to free you “Raven” girls! The way your energy spheres were done is a lot different from the stakes Robin, Starfire and Cyborg were crucified on. It'll take me a while to-”

Jinx was cut up with she felt a strong heat wind coming at her followed by orange yellow light. She turned in time to see a blaze of fire rushing to consume her alive as it torched everything else in its path. She screamed in sheer terror, believing that her death was imminent. Before the flames could devour her, Cyborg ran with all his might and grabbed Jinx, rushing both himself and her out of the path of the flames. None of Raven's emotions or personalities was harmed from the flames since they were trapped in their “protective” spheres. Cyborg looked down at Jinx and saw that she had her eyes shut tight.

“You O.K.,” Cyborg asked. Jinx opened her eyes and saw that she was alright, and that she was being carried in Cyborg's arms.

“Just fine,” Jinx answered as she got off from his arms fighting back a blush, “I still haven't figured out how to free them as of yet.”

The duo then heard a loud primitive roar as they turned to see the huge dragon flying at them from the section of the forest that was on fire. Cyborg started firing his cannon at him multiple times when the green dragon fired a strong fireball from out his mouth and into Cyborg's direction. Both Cyborg and Jinx scream as they were blasted off the ground from the explosion and away from each other. Jinx ended up dropping and losing possession of the Jewel of Confinement in the process. Beast Boy (Primal) was about to go for the kill when Starfire came flying in and blasted him with her optic beam to get his attention.

“Get her,” roared Rage. Beast Boy (Primal) obeyed and chased after Starfire again while Robin ran towards Cyborg.

“Cyborg,” Robin cried out as he ran towards him. Reaching him, Robin checked to see if he was alright. After a few seconds, Cyborg shook his head and stood up.

“This is getting on my nerves fast,” Cyborg said, “Where's Jinx?”

Robin and Cyborg looked around and saw that Jinx was lying on the ground.

“Jinx,” Cyborg called out as he and Robin ran over to her. Jinx tried to get back up, but fell right back to the ground. She found herself crawling in pain.

“My leg,” Jinx cried in pain being unable to walk or even stand up.

“Jinx,” Cyborg called out as he and Robin reached her. Cyborg checked on her and saw that she was in a great deal of pain not only from the attack but also from the fact that her left leg suffered a few burns from the attack.

“This is serious,” Robin stated, “Both Primal and Rage are out for blood this time.”

“Ya think,” Cyborg retorted. While Robin and Cyborg tended to the injured Jinx, Starfire was doing what she could to keep Beast Boy (Primal) occupied till Robin and the others came up with a plan to bring both Beast Boy (Primal) and Rage down. Flying backwards into the air, Beast Boy (Primal) powered up and fired a river of fire at Starfire. Starfire countered the attack and fired a mighty beam of her own at his flames. The fire and beam collided, causing a tug-of-war to commence between the dragon and the Tamaranian Teen Titan. There was a mixed ball of fire and green energy resulting from the struggle between to two fighters.

“I grow weary of this,” Rage declared when she energized a black energy ball and launched it at Starfire. The Tamaranian was thrown off course from the assault, resulting in the mixed fireball to come soaring into and exploding on her. Starfire screamed as she went crashing into the ground painfully.

“Starfire,” Robin yelled as she ran to his injured girlfriend. Getting to her, Robin picked and carried her up off the ground.

“Starfire,” Robin said worriedly before Starfire opened her eyes.

“Ro...Robin,” Starfire replied weakly. Robin smiled, happy to see that Starfire was still conscious.

“Well,” Rage yelled maliciously, “Isn't this Shakespearian?”

Robin, Starfire, Cyborg and Jinx looked up at Rage and Beast Boy (Primal) with contempt.

“Kill them,” Rage ordered. Beast Boy (Primal) soared down to set the whole place ablaze when from out of nowhere charged arrows came flying in, crash into and exploding on Beast Boy (Primal), stopping him in his tracks.

“Huh,” was all Robin said before he realized from whom those arrows came from.

“Need a hand,” came a familiar voice. Robin and Starfire looked up into the tree and saw Speedy (age 18) standing on one of the tree branches with his bow in his hand and his trademark grin.

“Speedy,” Robin called out with a smirk.

“Nice to see you too,” Speedy replied. Beast Boy (Primal) saw Speedy and was about to go after him when a wave of water came plunging into him, sending both him and Rage crashing into the ground. The wave of water also put out the fires that were burning and destroying the forest.

“Aqualad,” Cyborg cheered as he and the others came to see the rest of the Titans East arriving on the scene. Speedy, Aqualad (age 19), Bumblebee (age 19), Mas (age 16) and Menos (age 16) arrived to see the mess their fellow Titans were in. Speedy jumped from the tree and joined up with his group.

“Sorry we're late,” Bumblebee said, “We got here as fast as we could after we received a distress call from Cyborg.”

“Thanks for showing up,” Cyborg replied, “Right now we need all the help we can get!”

“So what's the story,” Aqualad asked, “Why did Raven turn on you guys?”

“And where did she get that fierce dragon,” Speedy asked.

“First off,” Raven said, “I didn't turn on them.”

The Titans East turned to see a worn out and battered Raven making her way towards them. Before any of the Titans East could replay, Knowledge remarked, “Secondly, this situation is much more complicated than it looks.”

That was when the Titans East looked up to see multiple multi-colored cloak “Ravens” contained in energetic floating spheres. Like Jinx, there their reactions were no different.

“O.K. Raven,” Speedy said, “Would you mind explaining what's the deal with a whole bunch of clones of you?”

“They're not clones,” Raven answered, “They're different emotional versions of me, all of which are a part of me. And that red one is Rage, the one version of myself I detest more than anything.”

“That answers one question,” Bumblebee remarked, “So where did that dragon come from?”

Cyborg said, “That dragon is actually-”

“Your exterminator,” Beast Boy (Primal) roared with an inhuman monstrous voice. Everyone turned to see the enraged green dragon running on all four coming at them.

“Titans, GO,” Robin yelled as he and the other Titans dispersed. Cyborg carried the injured Jinx from danger while Robin did likewise with Starfire. Raven, although currently in no position to aid her fellow Titans in combat, went searching for the Jewel of Confinement after seeing that Jinx no longer had the ruby in her possession.

While this was going on, the Speedy, Aqualad, Mas and Menos charged to do battle with the dragon. Bumblebee decided to go at it with Rage in a one on one combat. Speedy started firing explosives arrows one after another at Beast Boy (Primal) while Mas and Menos ran circles around him and giving off Spanish insults about how slow he was in being unable to keep up with them. Growing irritated by the trio, Beast Boy (Primal) spread and stretched his large scaly wings wide in all their primal reptilian glory.

With mighty flaps, Beast Boy (Primal) thrust a strong wing storm at the trio knocking them off their feet. Menos was thrown into a tree, leaving Mas on his own, which was bad for him since without his twin brother, he can't ran at super speed. Mas heard a growl-like roar from behind him and saw the dragon making his way towards him.

“Since you and your brother have a thing for speed and acceleration,” Beast Boy (Primal) said malicious, “I'll do you a favor in giving you both a quick death.”

Mas was about to run when the dragon zoomed and grabbed him off the ground. Holding him up, Beast Boy (Primal) asked darkly with fired smoke coming from out his mouth, “So tell me, how do you want it: (a) sizzled, (b) extra tender, (c) extra crispy, or (d) simply well done?”

“How about (e) none of the above,” yelled Speedy as he fired one of his arrows at Beast Boy (Primal)'s face. The explosion caused Beast Boy (Primal) to drop Mas to the ground where his brother Menos caught him. Angered by the assault and being caught off guard, Beast Boy (Primal) turned to Speedy and roared, “I'm gonna peal the flesh from off your bones!”

“Come get it,” Speedy challenged as he ran from Beast Boy (Primal) who was in pursuit of him. Beast Boy (Primal) didn't get too far however when Aqualad came charging in with another wave of river water and punched Beast Boy (Primal) with it, sending him pummeling into a number of large rocks and dirt.

The partially mud covered green dragon stood on all four as he shook the some of the mud off him. He then looked up to see Aqualad swimming/standing inside a large wave of river water before him. Powering up, Beast Boy (Primal) fired a mighty blazing jet stream of fire from out his mouth at Aqualad. Aqualad retaliated and thrust a large beam of water at the posing fire. The intense collision of the waters and fire started a fierce battle for domination between the two Titans. In the process, huge steams from the evaporated water began covering the region up to the point that it became difficult for anyone to see.

“This is getting out of hand,” Cyborg said.

“At this rate,” Robin indicated, “The mist will thicken and make our seeing more difficult.”

Just then, Bumblebee came flying in thru the mist and crashing hard into the ground. Bumblebee had endured multiple bruises and cuts from her fight with Rage.

“Bumblebee,” Speedy yelled as he ran to his fellow Titan. Reaching her, he helped her off the ground, although she was in pain all over.

“Are you alright,” Speedy asked with concern.

“I had better days in the H.I.V.E. academy as a spy,” Bumblebee groaned in pain, “This “Rage” character is one crazed Bitch!”

“Whom are you calling a bitch,” Rage yelled as she came flying in firing black energy bats at the two Titans. Speedy and Bumblebee ran from the blasts before the blasts made contact on the ground and exploded.

Beast Boy (Primal) grew annoyed with the stalemate situation he found himself in with Aqualad. So he took the initiative to flying into the wave of water Aqualad was in. Upon seeing Beast Boy (Primal) making his way towards him, Aqualad took to flight and swam as fast as he could through the water and back into the large running river. Aqualad continued swimming through the water while Beast Boy (Primal) was hot on his tail. Beast Boy (Primal) had little difficult keeping up with him as he swam swiftly through the river while still in his dragon form. Catching up to him, Beast Boy (Primal) made several attempts to take a bite out of him. Aqualad managed to evade the deadly assault.

“Where's a blue whale when you need one,” Aqualad said to himself.

All the while, Mas and Menos ran over to the river where Aqualad and Beast Boy (Primal) were fighting. From what the two brothers saw from the already unsteady river, a lot of burst of water from occurring from the river.

“Debe haber una batalla complicada allá abajo (There must be some major fighting going on down there),” Mas said.

“¿Quién supones que esté ganando? (Who do you suppose is winning),” Menos asked. As if to answer his question, Beast Boy (Primal) burst from the river with Aqualad inside his mouth, kneeling on one knee on Beast Boy (Primal)'s tongue trying and struggling to keep the dragon's mouth from closing over him. Mas and Menos let out a freakish scream upon seeing the frightening sight.

“I could...,” pleaded Aqualad as he continued struggling, “Really use...a little help here!”

Seeing the trouble Aqualad was in, the two bothers held each other's hands and ran at turbo speed into the river. Running on top of the river, the twin Titans ran in circles around Beast Boy (Primal) until a wind/water tornado was formed. The chaos caused Beast Boy (Primal) to lose his hold on Aqualad, allowing him to swim away from danger. After the twin Titans saw that Aqualad was in the clear, they, with Beast Boy (Primal) still trapped within the artificial tornado, hurled the tornado away from the river and into the forest where Beast Boy (Primal) made a hard and painful crash into the trees and boulders.

“Oh yeah,” cheered Cyborg, “Now that's showing him!”

The twin Titans were proud of their seeming victory over Beast Boy (Primal), who was lying on the ground unconscious while still in his dragon form. Aqualad popped up from the river and ran over to his comrades.

“Gracias Seňor Mas y Seňor Menos,” Aqualad thanked in Spanish. The brothers gave him thumbs up as their way of saying “you're welcome”.

A moment later after most of the vapored water cleared away from the region, a beaten up Speedy and Bumblebee came flying in, crashing and tumbling onto the ground before they came to a full stop.

“Speedy! Bumblebee,” cried Aqualad as he and the twin Titans ran to aid their fallen comrades who had endure some major ass kicking.

“Foolish mortals,” taunted Rage, “You're all fools to challenge me!”

Before the three remain Titans East could do anything, all three of them were knocked down hard by a swift attack from behind. While lying down on the ground in some real pain, all three of them turned to see the culprit who struck them from behind.

“Damn,” cursed Aqualad acknowledging that he and the twin Titans were struck by Beast Boy (Primal)'s tail, “He managed to catch us off our guard!”

“That's not all I'll do,” said Beast Boy (Primal) in a monstrous voice, “I'm gonna cremate you five into vapor!”

Beast Boy (Primal) got ready to incinerate the Titans East with his fire breath attack when green and blue beams came crashing into him, pushing him away from the fallen Titans East team. Beast Boy (Primal) roared in anger and frustration.

“Leave them alone,” Starfire ordered.

“Wait your turn, I'll kill you in a minute,” roared Beast Boy (Primal), “But then again, if you wish to die first then who am I to refute you?”

Starfire flew over to Beast Boy (Primal) and started raining down star-bolts on him as Cyborg used his free arm to shoot at Beast Boy (Primal) while his other arms was holding the injured Jinx. Having quite enough of the being double-teamed one too many times in one night, Beast Boy (Primal) dashed as jet speed into the air after Starfire and headbutted into her body, hard. The brute force of the attack instantly knocked her unconscious as she was sent flying into the air. Beast Boy (Primal) flew in pursuit of her and upon reaching her, he smacked her with his large tail, hurling and crashing her into the unwelcoming ground.

“Starfire,” Robin cried worriedly as he ran over to his fallen Tamaranian girlfriend. Before he could reach her however, Rage grabbed him with a black energy shield wrapped around him and tossed him into a tree. Robin fell to the ground still conscious, but was also in too much pain to do much at this point.

Cyborg saw that he was in a real mess. All of the Titans were beaten and in pain, and he was the only one left, still carrying Jinx in his arms. Beast Boy (Primal) landed down on the ground and went over to Rage as he glowed a greenish white glow and reverted back to his previous human form.

“Well done G.L.,” Rage complimented, “You're more primal than I gave you credit for. I like that!”

“It was a pleasure my dark mistress,” Beast Boy (Primal) replied with a dark smile. Pulling her red hood down, Rage smiled darkly as she embraced and intimately kissed Beast Boy (Primal), who had to lean down to reach and kiss her back.

“Hey,” Cyborg cut in, “This fight isn't over yet!”

Rage and Beast Boy (Primal) slowly pulled their tongues and lips away from each other and turned to the half man/half robotic Titan.

“Oh,” Beast Boy (Primal) said sarcastically, “I almost forgot about you.”

“You two haven't won yet,” Cyborg retorted, “And you won't win now! We'll stop you both, no matter what it takes!”

Beast Boy (Primal) walked towards Cyborg with Rage following close by. Cyborg readied his sonic beam cannon and aimed it at the corrupted green Titan. The corrupted Titan smirked as razor sharp claws grew from his hands.

“Hey Cy,” Beast Boy (Primal) asked, “Ever considered going into recycling?”

Before Cyborg knew what happened, Beast Boy (Primal) dashed at lightening speed and knocked both him and Jinx down to the ground. Cyborg hurried got up off the ground and suddenly saw four slashes come and slashed against his breastplate, leaving four deep claw imprints on his armor.

“Argh,” Cyborg cried, “Damn it!”

What looked like a green dash blur suddenly dashed at Cyborg and tore/sliced off his right arm. The half man/half robotic Titan screeched in pain from the brutal assault as sparks of energy came from his damaged arm. He then felt a strong punched implanted into and throughhis chest, adding more damages to his body. The shock of the punch resulted in Cyborg losing 70 percent of his power as voltages of energy waltzed out of his body. Weakened, Cyborg fell on one knee holding the hole that was in his chest with his left hand where electricity was waltzing around.

Beast Boy (Primal) appeared teleporting style in front of Cyborg with an evil smile on his face.

“What were those words you were telling Rage and I just minutes ago,” Beast Boy (Primal) taunted, “It's unwise to have your mouth write checks that you can't cash.”

Jinx, lying on the ground on her breasts, was about to strike Beast Boy (Primal) from behind like before until she felt someone step and press down hard on her injured left leg. The pinked haired girl let out a scream of pain as she felt the unbearable pain course from her leg to her whole body as Rage stepped harder on it.

“Scream louder,” Rage taunted, “Such a melody warms my heart...then again, I don't have one.”

“Stop it,” Cyborg cried while still on his knee and holding his chest, “Leave her alone! It's us you want, not her!”

“Why do you bother caring about what happens to her anyway,” Rage, asked coldly, “You're a Titan and she's a criminal!”

“Yet she risked her life and safety to help me and the others without second thoughts,” Cyborg retorted, “A sign of a true Titan!”

“Such noble words,” Rage remarked callously, “For such unique characteristics as hers, she shall have the privilege of being the first to receive a death worthy of a true Titan. And what's more...I'll let you watch!”

Rage grabbed down and pulled up Jinx from the floor and stood behind her. She then wrapped her left arm around Jinx's neck tightly and placed her right hand over the left side of Jinx's face.

“Say good-bye to your sweetheart,” said Rage with a venomous tone.

“NOO,” pleaded Cyborg weakly, “I beg you! Please don't kill her!”

The red cloaked emotion was about snap and break Jinx's neck when black and white energy fields formed around and gripped both Rage and Beast Boy (Primal).

“Huh,” Beast Boy (Primal) said in confusion.

“What is this,” Rage exclaimed.

Both Rage and Beast Boy (Primal) were thrown away from Cyborg and Jinx, sending them flying off the ground and crashing into each other before they fell down to the dirt-filled ground. After a moment, both Rage and Beast Boy (Primal) stood up to look from where and whom that attack came from.

Raven, still looking for the ruby, also looked to see where that attack came from since neither she nor any of her other imprisoned emotions and personalities performed that attack.

“Where did that attack come from,” Justice asked.

“My guess is as good as yours and everyone else's right now,” replied Raven.

“Who did that,” Rage yelled angrily, “Who dares to attack us?”

“I do,” said an angry and determined feminine voice filled with the burning desire to set matters right. Everyone looked up to see a figure in the form of a large black raven fly down from the trees and land down gracefully on the ground before Beast Boy (Primal) and Rage. The figure then took the shape of a hooded female, wearing a radiant whitish burning-orange yellow cloak and boots with a face expressed anger, confidence and the want for retribution for the right reasons.

“Who the hell are you,” Rage interrogated.

“The name's Fury,” answered the female figure as she looked up straight into Rage's red eyes, whereas her eyes were filled with burning whiteness, “Righteous Fury!”

 

 

 

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