Fan Fiction ❯ Demon in Disguise ❯ Chapter 5

Chapter 4

"Star, can I come in?" it was Robin's voice, asking permission to enter Raven's abode.

"Yes Robin, you may enter." Kory replied.

He did so, and found Starfire sitting on Raven's bed, with Raven's head lying on her chest. "Is she sleeping, or is she,"

"She is sleeping." Star said. Raven is very distraught over killing over one hundred innocent civilians."

"So that's why she tried to kill herself?" "Yes, Robin."

"She needs help. Maybe counselling?" Robin suggested.

"I wouldn't put her in counselling, if I were you, Robin. She'd probably kill the counsellor." Terra said, stepping into the room.

"Terra, get out." Raven ordered, suddenly roused from sleep.

"No." Terra said, stepping closer to the bed.

"I said, get out!" Raven shouted.

"Awww... is the Titans resident murderer getting angry?" Terra taunted, already knowing the answer.

"You already know the answer. Now leave!!"

"Raven, please calm yourself." Star said, trying to calm the empath.

But Koriand'r's words had no effect. Raven stood and quickly removed the glamour with one glowing hand, leaving her in her demon form. Raven stalked towards Terra, with a murderess gleam in all four yellow eyes. "Ya gonna kill me, Raven?" Terra asked. Raven said nothing, she just kept walking closer to her prey.

"Raven, you must not," Starfire began.

"Don't interfere, Koriand'r." Raven growled.

The demon reached Terra. But instead of attacking, she just stood there, not doing anything.

"C'mon Raven, make your move. Not gonna make your move? Well then, I guess I'll be the first to start this fight." Terra took a swing at Raven, which connected with the demon's gut.

'Don't fight her. Don't fight her." Raven thought, trying not to notice the blows which rained down upon her.

Then the sun began to rise. The rising sun triggered Raven's DNA to return to its human form. This brought her to her knees. Terra's punches and kicks increased in intensity when Raven returned to her human form.

"You're in pain, aren't you, Raven?" Terra asked as she threw a punch which connected with the empath's jaw.

"I'm not in pain." Raven denied.

"You're not? Well, you might not be in pain at this second, but you will be now." Terra said, as she removed a knife, and threw it at the empath. The knife embedded itself in Raven's left shoulder.

"STOP!!!" Starfire commanded, at the top of her lungs. "Friends must never behave this way. Especially not on Blorthog! Do you wish to invite the Rekmas?"

"Today's Blorthog?" Raven asked, gripping the handle of the knife and wrenching the weapon from her shoulder. Blood gushed forth from the wound.

"The what?" Terra asked. "And what exactly is Blorthog?"

"Blorthog is the Tamaranean festival of friendship." Starfire said.

"And the Rekmas are what exactly?" Terra asked.

"On my world, Rekmas means "The Drifting," the point in which close friends begin to drift apart... and their friendship begins to die..."

"Yeah Star, that may be, but the demon and I aren't friends. So inviting the Rekmas isn't really a big deal!" Terra landed a punch directly into the wound, causing it to widen and more crimson to gush forth.

Star rushed to Raven's side, then using a sheet from Raven's unmade bed, pressed it against the wound, stopping the bleeding. She could hear the goth's gasp of pain at the pressure over the now, gaping hole in her shoulder.

"You're in pain, and don't try to deny it." Terra said.

"I am in pain.." the empath admitted. "I'm in pain, but that doesn't mean I cant fight back." Raven growled.

"My love, what are you doing?" Kory asked.

"Azarath metrion zinthos!" Raven shouted, making the blood-covered steel projectile zip towards Terra, and pressed the serrated edge against the girl's throat. "If you don't leave this room, I'll cut your throat." Raven snarled.

"Okay, go ahead and try, but you won't. You've gone soft."

Terra was correct in her prediction. Instead of taking Terra's life, Raven let the blade fall to the carpeted floor.

"Terra, let's go." Robin said, escorting the girl out of the room. "Star, can you clean Raven up?"

"Yes Robin, I shall tend to our friend's injuries. Will you please provide me with a needle and thread?"

"Sure Star, I'll be right back with them."

Robin left, and soon returned with the requested items.

Star lifted the empath onto the bed, cleaned the wound, and threaded the needle and began to stitch the wound closed. "Please, remain still, Raven." Koriand'r said, as she noticed Raven jerk at the first stab of the needle.

"Kory, did I invite the Rekmas?" Raven asked.

"No my love, you did not invite the Rekmas. Why would you think that?"

"Because I attacked Terra."

"No! You did not attack anyone!" Starfire exclaimed.

Soon Koriand'r finished closing the wound. "I shall return shortly." she said, before exiting Raven's room and heading for her own.

"Koriand'r, what's in this glass?" Raven asked, as Star held a glass of purple liquid to her lips.

"Tamaranean ale." Star replied. "It will help relieve the pain."

"Thanks." Raven said, before beginning to drink the grape-colored beverage. Soon her eyes began to droop and she felt no more pain.

"I made it myself." Koriand'r said, but Raven had already fallen asleep. Star stood and set the now empty glass on the table beside the empath's bed. She then laid a kiss on Raven's sleeping lips, and left the room to speak with the one who had injured her love.

"How is she?" Cy asked Star as she entered the living room.

"Raven is sleeping. Where has Robin taken Terra?"

"The evidence room." Cyborg replied.

"Thank you, cyborg." Star said before heading for the evidence room, righteous fury building within her.

"I didn't attack her, she attacked ME!" Terra objected.

"Yes Terra, you did attack Raven. And you know it." Robin said again. "Why?" "You know the demon's attacked and killed over a hundred people, right? What makes you think she won't kill you?"

"Robin may I please speak with Terra?" Star requested, stepping into the room.

Robin could see the furious look on the Tamaranean's golden face, and knew better than to deny her request. "Sure, Star. I'll be out in the hall." Robin then left, leaving Terra to Starfire's fury. Whether Terra lived or died, he left that decision up to their resident Tamaranean, who looked ready to commit murder.

"Koriand'r, stop!" Raven ordered, after teleporting directly into the evidence room.

"Raven, you should be in bed." Starfire said, turning away from Terra to gaze with concern at the empath.

"You can't kill Terra." Raven said. "If you do, you'll be sent to prison, where terrible things will happen to you. I can't allow those things to happen to you."

"Raven, how do you know this?"

"Let's just say I had a dream, Starfire. A very long and graphic dream. Koriand'r, please don't kill her. Don't do what I did. Don't become like me. Please, don't commit murder for the sake of revenge." Raven begged.

"I will not kill her, Raven." Starfire promised. "Now let us get you back to bed." "Thanks demon, I owe you one!" Terra called after Raven as she and the alien left the room. Converting /tmp/php7C04Pq to /dev/stdout