Fan Fiction ❯ Demon in Disguise: On Tamaran ❯ Chapter 10

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Chapter 10

"No, Kalista! Please stop! Please don't do this! Not again!" Raven pleaded, as a pair of scale-covered arms encircled her, and a voice whispered words of lust into her ear.

"Raven, please awaken from your slumber!" Starfire called, gently shaking the demon to wakefulness.

The demon awoke with a start, sitting bolt upright in the bed she shared with the redheaded alien. Raven glanced frantically around for any Gordanian intruders, and was flooded with relief when she realized that their were none. Then she looked to her right, and backed away in terror.

Starfire noticed this, and voiced a concern. "Metrion, what frightens you so?"

Not a sound escaped Raven's lips.

"Metrion, please, tell me what is wrong?" Koriand'r asked, becoming even more concerned by her wife's lack of vocalization.

"You," Raven admitted, with eyes downcast. "You frighten me. Your so much like Kalista, you know with the scales and claws. But I know that you'll never do anything to hurt me."

"I am sorry that my nightly appearance disturbs you." Starfire began, preparing to leave Raven's side. "I shall leave you in peace if that is what you wish."

"No, it's all right. I'll..." the demon started and then abruptly stopped, as an excruciating pain erupted in her skull, making her feel as though her head had just exploded. "leave." she gasped out through gritted teeth.

"Raven, what ails you? Raven?" Starfire gently pulled the violet-haired monstrosity into her loving embrace.

The demon winced and rubbed her head. "Starfire, I think I'm going insane."

"Insane? Why would you think that?" the Tamaranean princess queried.

Raven inhaled deeply, and then began to speak: "Because, ever since Kathrand'r was resurrected months ago and I was inadvertently cleansed of my father's evil, I've been-" The demon stopped in mid-sentence, clutched her head in pain, and then finished. "hearing voices."

"What kinds of voices?" Starfire inquired.

"Usually Slade's," Raven said. "But as of late it's been Kalista's voice, telling me to come to her, and she'll make the voices stop. I know that Slade's voice isn't real, that he's dead because I killed him. But Kalista's voice seems so real, clear, and for some strange reason, truthful. I know that I shouldn't trust her, that she's nothing but a liar and a fraud but,"

"But what?" Starfire wondered.

Raven never answered her wife's question. She merely listened, listened to a voice which only she could hear.

<< Come to me.>> Kalista's voice hissed.

<<Why should I obey you?>> Raven thought back.

<<Because,>> the Gordanian growled: "If you don't, I'll come to the T-Craft, and kill the Tamaranean holding you in her arms. And I'll make you watch., before I force-feed you her corpse. That's a promise.>>

<< You're lying!>> was the demon's angry reply.

<<Sweet Metrion, let me tell you something about my people. When we make a threat we keep it.>>

<<Never call me by my real name ever again.>> Raven snarled.

<<I'll call you what ever I wish!>> Kalista replied. <<Now come to me.>>

"Starfire, let me go!" Raven pleaded.

"Raven, no harm shall befall you whilst I am here." the Tamaranean soothed.

"No, you don't understand!" the demon's voice now sounded hysterical. "You must let me go! It's for your own safety! Let! Me! Go!" She then began to struggle wildly in the redhead's comforting hold, trying to break free.

The door to the couple's quarters opened and Robin entered followed by Cyborg and Beast Boy.

"What is going on?" Robin asked, sounding exasperated.

"Yeah. Why's Raven acting all psycho?" Beast Boy wanted to know.

Raven looked up into Starfire's bright green eyes. "Koriand'r, please let me go! If you don't Kalista'll come here, kill you, make me watch, and then force-feed me your corpse."

"She will do nothing of the sort." Starfire crooned. "Now, please sleep."

"No, I can't sleep! Why don't you believe me?! She won't stop talking! Please let me make her stop!"

Robin whispered to his second in command. "Cyborg, will you please go get something that'll calm Raven down?"

"Like a sedative?" Cyborg inquired.

"Yeah." the masked Titan replied.

"Sure. I'll be right back." the half-mechanical Titan said, before leaving for the spaceship's sickbay to retrieve the proper sedative.

"Kathrand'r," Raven suddenly burst out. "I need to speak with her! Now!"

The boys looked dumbfounded.

Starfire, however knew exactly who Raven was referring to: "Raven, it is extremely late, and I am certain that Kathrand'r is in the happy realm of sleep at this time. Can you wait until the sun has risen to speak with her?"

The demon shook her head emphatically. "No! You'll already be dead by then!"

Starfire sighed resignedly. "Very well Raven. I shall fetch her." She then turned to her leader: "Robin, will you please watch over Raven until I return?"

"Sure." he said.

Starfire then lay Raven gently down on the bed, placed a feather-light kiss on her lips, and exited the room just as Cyborg entered it, syringe in hand.

Cyborg walked towards his demonic teammate with a plastic smile pasted across his face. "Raven, now if you'll just hold still this won't hurt a bit."

"I'm not making this up." Raven insisted. "And I know what you're holding."

"I'll take that if you don't mind." a feminine voice said before Kalista through a punch and knocked Cyborg out with ease.

Raven looked up into the Gordanian's face in sheer terror. "You're here." she gasped out.

"Yes I am." Kalista said. "Oh, and don't worry about your friends, they're not dead, just unconscious. That's one of the many things that I love about being me: having the ability to sneak up on someone without them noticing. It sucks that the Tamaranean's not here. But as the saying goes "You win some, you lose some," and Metrion, I've just done both. Now how about you and me go have some fun?"

The lizard-like woman then ejected the demon with the sedative, and enjoyed Raven's loud cry of pain before the drug took effect. The Gordanian then lifted her unconscious captive, and teleported them both away. Converting /tmp/php11QVGA to /dev/stdout