Fan Fiction ❯ Demon in Disguise ❯ Chapter 7

Chapter 6

"What is this place? Why is it cold? And where is..." Star looked around her and found Raven lying on the ground a couple yards away from her. "Raven?"

Raven's eyes opened. "Starfire, we have to get out of here. Before he co-" Raven's words were cut off abruptly, as the door to their sell opened and Slade walked in.

He smiled affectionately at the near-cowering empath before him. "Ah Raven, I told you you'd come back to me, one way or another. I'll see you when the sun rises." He caressed the empath's face, and left the small enclosure, locking the door behind him.

"What did he mean, 'when the sun rises'?" Starfire asked, fearful for her lover's safety.

"Apparently Slade wants to spread his seed, again." Raven answered.

"You mean?..."

"Yeah Kory, he wants to use me for his own personal sexual plaything."

"We cannot let that happen."

"Listen Starfire, if I don't do as he asks he'll come after you."

"But he did not say that." Star objected.

"Koriand'r, I lived in this sell for four years. I was only let out at night. In the day he'd come here to rape me. I hope you don't have to see that Koriand'r." she said. 'I really hope you don't." she prayed silently. "By now, I know how his perverted, sadistic mind works."

"Come Raven, let's go." Slade said, walking over to the now human Raven and disentangling her from the sleeping Koriand'r's comforting embrace.

"Yes, Slade."

"Keep your hands off of her!" Starfire commanded, sitting up and glaring at the man.

"I don't think so." Slade purred, and the two of them disappeared, leaving Starfire alone in the dark, freezing cold room.

"Take her." Slade ordered, throwing Starfire's now demon lover, naked except for her dark blue cloak, at the redhead. Star caught Raven before she hit the ground.

"You are a cruel, sadistic, and uncaring man." Star spat.

"That may be Starfire, but I have the power here. You and your lesbian lover, can do nothing to stop me. I can kill you Starfire, if I choose. But I won't. I won't because if I did, it would insure that Raven would not cooperate."

"Koriand'r?" Raven asked, shivering.

"Yes Raven, it is I." Star told her, holding Raven tightly.

"I'll be back when the sun rises." Slade said. "Oh, I almost forgot. Here." Slade laid a package on the crudely made bed in one corner of the room, suddenly remembering to do so. "It's food." he then left the sell once more.

Star walked over to the bed, set the package on the floor, and laid Raven upon the mattress. She then gently removed the demon's cloak to examine the injuries caused by Slade. "I could hear you screaming earlier today."

"It wasn't fun, Starfire. I can tell you that much." Raven told her.

'I wish I had something to clean these wounds with." Star thought. 'I suppose this will have to do."

Star tore a piece of the reasonably clean sheet and wet it with her saliva. She then began to clean every one of Raven's wounds.

"There Raven, I am all finished." Star told her, gently removing the cloth from between the demon's legs. She then dressed Raven in her cloak. "Let us eat."

"All right Starfire." Raven lifted the package onto the bed and Starfire sat beside her. "What's in this pa-" the demon wasn't able to finish her sentence, suddenly overcome by nausea. She had seen what the package contained. It contained three things. Two cups of red liquid and eight strips of meat. "Star, we can't eat this. This meat is from people I've killed. And that liquid in these cups, well that's blood. Human blood, Koriand'r. I should know it was the only liquid I was allowed to drink. The blood and flesh of my victims, that was my daily food intake." Raven bowed her head over the side of the bed and vomited.

Starfire just barely managed to keep herself from joining the sorceress. "Easy Raven, let it all out." Star instructed, gently rubbing the sorceress' back to alleviate the discomfort.

"Thanks." Raven said.

"I welcome you." Starfire replied. She lifted the package and set it near the door. "Let us both try to get some sleep."

"Hey demon, Starfire, wake up." that was the voice that Raven and Star heard just before the sun rose into the sky.

"Coming, Sla-. Terra!?" Raven stared in disbelief at the girl before her.

"Yeah, demon it's me. Now the two of you hurry. I'm getting both of you out of here."

"Why? Why are you helping us?" Raven asked suspiciously.

"Because demon, I owe you one. And because our leader wouldn't stop asking me where the two of you were. Now c'mon." Terra ushered the two women out the sell door.

They walked through small corridors which twisted and turned. They suddenly heard footsteps a little way behind them, walking closer. "Hurry!" Terra ordered.

"Where is our destination?" Koriand'r asked, running after the girl.

"To the training room. The other Titans are there." Terra explained.

"You won't make it to the training room." a silky voice told them.

"Slade." Raven growled.

"Yes Raven, it's me. Now get back to your sell, both of you."

"No."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that Raven." Slade walked over to Starfire. "Now if you don't return to your sell, she dies." Slade threatened.

"No, I'm afraid there's only going to be one death here today." Raven lunged at Slade, knocking him down.

"""Hunting you, I can smell you alive,
Your heart pounding in my head.

Watching me, wanting me,
I can feel you pull me down,
Saving me, raping me,
Watching me.

Watching me, wanting me,
I can feel you pull me down,
Fearing you, loving you,
I won't let you pull me down."""

"You aren't going to kill me Raven. I know you. You won't kill anyone unless I order you to." Slade informed.

"Wanna bet?" Raven became filled with rage. Rage which seemed unending. She grabbed her captor by the throat and squeezed. Slade struggled in the demon's hold, but his creation's grip was to strong. Raven heard the man in her grasp take his last breath, then go limp. She then put her two enormous red-skinned hands on either side of the corpses head and applied pressure. Enough pressure to successfully crush the man's skull. "Let's go. The others are waiting for us." Raven began walking down the hall, leaving Slade's body behind her.

"Raven, why did you kill him?" Starfire asked, shocked and sickened by the act she had just seen the demon commit.

"Because Kory, if I hadn't killed him, he would have killed you. It's as simple as that." Raven explained, wiping her hands on her cloak.

"Raven, Star." it was Robin's voice which Raven and Starfire heard as soon as they entered the training room. They looked around and saw all the Titans in the large space.

Suddenly the entire building began to shake. "Uh, what's that?" Cyborg asked.

"It's Terra. She's trying to bring the building down!" Raven informed them before hurrying to the door to try and stop the girl.

"Terra what are you doing!?" Raven shouted as she reached Terra.

"Killing you, and all of your friends." Terra said offhandedly not caring at all.

"why?"

"Because I don't like them, and I especially don't like you."

Raven ran back into the training room. "Everybody get out of here!" Raven ordered. "Go through this door," she pointed to the door behind their leader, "And you'll be outside! Go to the Tower, I'll meet you there!"

"But Raven,"

"Koriand'r go!!"

"yes Raven."

All the Titans hurried out of the building. RAVEN HURRIED BACK TO terra to try and stop her from bringing the structure down.

"So demon, I won't get the pleasure of seeing you die after all." Terra said regrettably.

"Why?"

"Because I'm gonna kill myself."

"Why?"

"Because Slade told me to. But don't fret, I'll come back someday. I may not look the same, but I'll come back." Terra suddenly exploded. Her debris then dissolved into nothing, leaving Raven to die alone.

"You wouldn't have gotten the pleasure of seeing me die anyway." Raven teleported to the Tower, just before Slade's headquarters exploded and everything inside along with it.

"Raven, where's Terra?" BB asked as raven appeared in a puff of smoke in the living room.

"She's dead."

"What! You killed her!? You did didn't you!? You demon scum! You should be the one who's dead! I wish you were! IF YOU DECIDE TO KILL YOURSELF, i won't care! I won't even come to your funeral!" Beast Boy shouted.

"I'm not going to commit suicide, because there's no reason to. I assure you I didn't kill Terra. She committed suicide."

"You're lying!" Beast Boy accused.

"No I'm not. If you want proof I can prove it...but later not now." Raven left the room for her own abode. Once inside she lay down on her bed and slept the whole day and was only woken by the effects the sun's setting had on her form.

"HEY, RAVEN! GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE THIS INSTANT!!!" Beast Boy pounded on Raven's door. "IT'S TIME TO GO!!!!"

"Fine. Guess it's time to prove my innocence." Raven opened her door and stepped out into the hallway, face to face with an outraged BB.

The Titans stepped out of the T-Car outside of an office building. "Another one of Slade's hideouts." Raven explained after seeing her friends confused faces. "Come on."

"Where are we going?" Cy asked.

"To Slade's viewing room. He had cameras everywhere in his headquarters. They were on all the time, recording everything that went on." Raven said.

They entered a room at the very back of the building, filled with videotapes and camera equipment and monitors. "I know it's in here somewhere." Raven began searching through the endless amounts of tapes. "Here it is." she put it in the VCR and the footage began to play.

"You were telling the truth. Sorry I didn't believe you." Bb apologized.

"Apology accepted." Raven said. "Now please can we go home?"

"Yeah Raven, let's go home." Robin said and all the other Titans followed him out of the building, to return to Titans Tower. Converting /tmp/php0bHdII to /dev/stdout