Fan Fiction ❯ A Visitor from the Past ❯ A Gory Message ( Chapter 10 )

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The other titans rush to Raven's side but the second they exit the door into the cold winter snow they stop in their tracks, they see Raven lying on the ground she has fainted, then as they attempt to wake her they see the cause of her unconsciousness. About 5 feet from where her body lay was a pike, a long pike rammed sharply into the ground staining the snow red for on this pike was a roughly severed head staring grotesquely off into nothingness, it's mouth hanging forever open in a silent scream that told all anyone needed to know of how it lost the possession of it's body. Upon its head were written three letters A.P.O. these three letters have no meaning for any of the Titans but obviously had some significance for they were carved into the flesh of the forehead, little droplets of blood freezing into a solid crystalline frame of down-flowing red as the last of the heat leaves the pale blue skin.

 

Robin: Dear god, what happened?

 

Cyborg: Let's get Raven inside before she freezes.

 

BB transforms into a low riding horse as Terra emerges from behind the Tower she had obviously retched up all she had eaten in the last year, and truth to tell robin felt like doing the same. Raven moans as her consciousness returns to her inside the Tower rec room, BB is ready and waiting with a cup of her tea he'll have to buy her more she's getting low in her stash.

 

Cyborg: You alright Rae?

 

Raven: It must've been him; he's mimicking the movie to induce his own brand of torture.

 

Robin: What movie?

 

Raven: Artirion had a favorite movie, it was called Fallen, and it was a movie that always gave me the creeps.

 

Robin: Well, maybe we can figure out what he's going to do next.

 

Raven: He's going to kill three more people and then come for us.

 

Robin: How do you know?

 

Raven: The movie he's playing is about one of Satan's lieutenants, Azazel, one of the original fallen angles that Satan led into hell. Azazel could transfer himself through touch for God had forbade him a physical form. He met a detective named Hobbes and Hobbes took him down, almost.

 

Robin: What do you mean almost?

 

Raven: Hobbes was killed in the last fight against Azazel, and he escaped but that's not the point the point is Azazel had an interesting calling card.

He wrote letters for a one word message on his victim's bodies.

 

Robin: Well we need to stop him before he kills again.

Raven: Yeah.

 

The titans search the entire city from the east end to the west point to the docks and come up with a big huge nothing, at three AM they stagger into the tower so tired they can barely see past their own noses.

 

Robin: We need to get a few hours of sleep, but we need to be alert, I'll take first watch, we'll look over all the crime networks anything even blinks wrong sound the alarm.

 

Raven: No Robin, I'll take the first watch, you go and get some sleep.

 

Robin: You sure? Raven, you look dead on your feet.

 

Raven: I'm fine. You guys go and sleep.

 

Cyborg: Be careful Rae.

 

The other Titans very carefully stumble toward their rooms to sleep, as he walks Robin shouts over his shoulder.

 

Robin: You come and get me in three hours, got it?

 

Raven: Sure.

 

She sits down in front of the computer and stares at it intently, much as Robin used to when he was looking for Slade. Was this what it's like to obsess over something so much that you almost drove yourself crazy? As she looked deep into the screen she caught a glimpse of her reflection, Robin was right she looked like she had died, rotten and rose again. The usually bright lavender of her eyes was dulled to a dark, painful violet, she had huge baggies under her eyes and her skin's normal grey had turned sickly pale. She looked like she'd lost at least ten pounds, her forehead looked slightly more frown wrinkled that it had just a few short weeks ago, finally the beautiful red gem in her forehead had dulled in both luster and color as though even it was tired.

 

Robin: Raven, What happened?

 

Raven: Nothing what are you doing out of bed?

 

Robin: You were supposed to come and get me an hour ago; I did say three hours didn't I?

 

Raven: I haven't been here more than ten minutes.

 

Robin: You've been here for more than four hours. Are you sure you're okay?

 

Raven: Yeah, I'm fine; I've just been up for so long time just starts to run together.

 

Robin: Go to bed.

 

Raven: Right.

 

~~~~~Five hours and thirty seven minutes later~~~~~

 

ZOINK-ZOINK-ZOINK-ZOINK-ZOINK

 

*Cyborg's voice over the loudspeaker* Titans Trouble.

 

The other Titans rush as fast as they can to the control room, when they arrive there Cyborg looks at them with his face grim.

 

Cyborg: Were too late, He just left a house in the residential section, that little bag is pretty suggestive

 

BB: Dude, he's way outta' control, we gotta' bring him down.

 

Starfire: We can not he is too powerful, he would simple obliterate us.

 

Robin: We can't just sit here and let him kill innocents.

 

At that moment a barbed arrow flies through the window, on this arrow was the head that was assumed to have been taken from the house that Cyborg had seen, into the head was carved three more letters that were quickly being filled in with the red of blood, C.A.L. At this point Raven is quickly losing her composure, she feels like dieing. She thinks that her death might at least make him sorry but she knows she is wrong.

 

Robin: I don't know, there is nothing we can do anymore. Let's go to bed.

 

All the Titans walk off to bed feeling pretty low, they know that Artirion is going to commit two more murders before he stops, and then he's coming for them. They just didn't know it would be so soon. When they woke up the next morning and went down to the rec room they found that it was really the day after, they slept through the last day and woke up today. When they entered the room they were met with a grizzly surprise, two more heads were hanging in the walls and into the first head there was carved a Y, and into the second head there was carved a PSE.

 

Robin: Oh dear God.

 

Raven: That's it, we have our message.

 

Cyborg: Now what?

 

Raven: Now all we can do is wait.

 

The Titans start to clean the rec room which had been trashed, and about three hours later they are done. They wait and wait but at the end of the day there is no threat, and Artirion has not shown himself.

 

Raven: I guess we wait until tomorrow.

 

Robin: How do we know he won't just kill us while we sleep?

 

Raven: Because that's not his style, no, he'll wait until tomorrow.

 

BB: I'm going to sleep with that reassurance.

 

The titans all go to bed with much trepidation, but wake up in the morning with their throats intact, when Raven enters the rec room she finds the others and they offer her breakfast.

 

Raven: No thanks, I'm not hungry.

 

Cyborg: Rae, how long has it been sense you ate?

 

Raven: I ate………………Ummm………̷ 0;………I don't know.

 

Robin: Raven, you really need to eat, you look like you've lost twenty pounds; you aren't anything but skin and bones.

 

Raven: Not right now.

 

Robin: I'm sorry Raven; I'm ordering you to eat.

 

Raven: Who died and made you king?

 

Robin: As the unofficial leader it is my job to ensure the wellbeing of the team, you don't look well, and if I have to I will tie you up and force feed you like a child.

 

As much as she doesn't want to admit it Raven is moved by this speech, and she goes to sit down at the table.

 

Raven: Alright guys you win, I'll eat.

 

She begins eating and as she chews the food she finds that she is really hungry and after about an hour, she feels full.

 

Raven: Wow, I was hungry, thank you Robin.

 

Robin: I'm glad you feel better.

 

Just as they finish breakfast, a small assassination dagger appears on the table and it has a little note, the note reads “Did you get my message?”

 

Raven: He's here, the roof.

 

As the six friends open up onto the roof they see Artirion standing much as he was when they first met him, he looks around at them with those Blood red eyes and smiles.

 

Robin: Give up, we have you outnumbered.

 

Artirion: Well, actually, you might wanna fight me one on one.

 

Robin: And why would we wanna do that?

 

Artirion: *He holds up a remote* Well because I've placed special bombs all over the city, with a push of this button they go off.

 

Cyborg: What's so special about these bombs?

 

Artirion: Well, when they explode they will emit extremely large amounts of Neutron Radiation!

 

Robin: What?!

 

Starfire: You could not do such a terrible thing!

 

Cyborg: Dude, that's sick!

 

Raven: Where did you get Neutron Bombs!?!

 

BB: Your evil man.

 

Terra: Ummm, What's a Neuron bomb?

 

Raven: A Neutron Bomb releases radiation that will bring painful and bloody death on everyone without even destroying the buildings. Jump City will be a ghost town.

 

Robin: Fine, we fight one on one. I'll go first.

 

Artirion: Peachy. *He smiles happily

 

Robin and Artirion approach the center of the roof and prepare for battle. That is Robin takes out his bow staff and takes a fighting stance, Artirion just takes a keen and insane interest in the head of his staff.

 

Artirion: Are we ready then?

 

Robin: Bring it on.

 

Artirion: With pleasure.

 

Both combatants rush each other, and begin the fierce fight. Robin opens with an impressive combo using his bow staff, Artirion uses his staff to block and just dodges a few, in any case none of the blows contact. Artirion gives a large fake yawn and then begins his own assault, to say the least he had more luck than Robin. He only threw fives blows and the first three missed, then he managed to contact with Robin's knee and with Robin off balance gives him a sound swat to the face. Robin stumbles back the spot on his face bulging out and pulsing red *Anime style*. When Robin recovers he pulls out two bird-a-rangs and combines them into a sword and attacks again. This attack was just a successful as his last, and Artirion manages to whack him again in the face. When Artirion attacks again the tip of his staff and a sharp blade springs from the tip, in one swift sweeping motion he slices huge cuts in Robin's knees. Robin falls to the ground landing on the cuts causing him to howl in pain, before he knows what's happening there is a searing pain in his back; suddenly he feels his warm blood flowing as Artirion draws his boot knife from his back. Robin falls face down and doesn't get up again.

 

Artirion: Pitiful

 

Cyborg: What's wrong with you man!?! Titans………………..

 

Artirion: WhoahWhoahWhoah!!! *He holds up the remote* Remember, I hold all the cards.

 

Cyborg: Bastard.

 

Artirion: I'm sorry Cyborg, I didn't quite catch that.

 

Cyborg: I said I'm fighting you next.

 

Artirion: Wonderful. *He takes a fighting stance.

 

Cyborg: Your going to be regretting this fight for the rest of your life…………………………& #8230;……………Both seconds of it.

 

Artirion: Cocky aren't you?

 

Cyborg: No, I'm pissed off.

 

Artirion: Well, I think that you might just be a good fight.

 

They start their fight in much the same ways a pair of gorillas might, pushing and shoving. Cyborg physically picks Artirion up and hurls him to the edge of the building where there is a painful sounding bounce and off the edge he went. As Cyborg slowly approaches the edge to check the damage he jumps up from the side and lands a huge falling sidekick to Cyborg's chest it almost breaks through the metal but not quite there is just a huge dent. Cyborg appears to be knocked out but his right leg suddenly swings up and a mini sonic cannon blast's Artirion in the face. Artirion stumbles backward and Cyborg Rushes up to score a final blow, however as he got close to him Artirion's staff shot up and pierced his armor going directly into his power cell. Artirion sends a charge opposite to Cyborg's up the staff and directly into the power cell canceling the charge, Cyborg instantly deactivates and does not reactivate at all.

 

Starfire: Cyborg! *She rushes to her friend's side and begins to check him to make sure he's still alive* Old friend how could you do such a terrible thing?

 

Artirion: With great pleasure.

 

Starfire: I guess I must fight you next.

 

Starfire floats up into the air and her hands glow green. Artirion smiles and run toward her only to be pelted by starbolts, I mean PELTED. There are so many he can't block them all and once one hits him it all just goes downhill. Finally when Starfire is so tired she can't throw anymore, he feels it is time to go on the offensive. He does one of those really cool matrix things (I have such a rich vocabulary) where he runs out of the smoke without disturbing it and none of them see him, he sneaks up behind Starfire and taps her on the shoulder, when she turn around he punches her in the mouth in such a way that her jaw is broken instantly. She stumbles backward her lower jaw hanging at an odd angle and looks at him, her eye beams fire and hit him in the chest but have little more effect than pushing him backward, he raises his staff and the tip breaks away revealing a javelin type point, he throws it at Starfire. There is a disgusting chunk as the point pierces her chest and pins her to the wall.

 

Terra: Starfire, No!

 

Artirion: Ohh, that's gotta hurt!

 

Raven: How dare you?

 

Terra: Your mine, I owe you my life so I'll make your death swift.

 

Artirion: Big words for someone so small

 

Terra yells in rage as her hands glow yellow, stones begin rising from beside the tower. She starts throwing them at Artirion who has not yet recovered his staff, forcing him to transform into his demon form. Using the spikes on his elbows he breaks the boulders before he hits him but he can't make any forward progress. Terra was powerful; he hoped she ran out of rocks before he ran out of energy. Soon her current store of rocks was exhausted and she had to get more he saw this as his chance, he runs forward and does a spin whacking Terra with the spikes on this shoulder blades, he also makes good use of his fall to push one of his elbow spikes into her stomach, knocking her out and causing great internal damage. BB and Raven are the only two titans left standing.

 

Artirion: Play Rock, paper, scissors or something to find out who dies next.

 

BB: I'm going to fight you next. *He gives Raven one last meaningful glance

 

Artirion: Ahh, the weakest of the titans, how cute.

 

BB growls and begins their battle, Artirion appeared to be right, and Beast Boy was quickly overpowered and pinned on his back.

 

Artirion: That was the most pathetic fight I've had all day, nice knowin' ya.

 

He pulls a long knife out of his sleeve and raises it over his head; suddenly he feels a hot searing pain in his chest region. He looks down and four dark pulsing spikes are sticking out of his chest, he feels his chest and falls, when he hits the roof of the tower his back is down on top of it. He looks up to see the last little points of the spikes receding into Raven's fingers. He grabs he cape and pulls her face close, he whispers something into her ear before his head falls with a slight splash in his own blood heralding the second ending to his life.