Fan Fiction ❯ Rearing Your Shadow ❯ Second Floor ( Chapter 12 )

Chapter 12

Second Floor

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Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans, or anyone else who appears in the television show. Everyone else is mine, so don't steal them.

 

Note: I'm bringing back the whole “Last line of the previous chapter is the first line of this one” thing.

 

~GxJxR

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Shade smiles, and a portal to the dark universe appears below Beast Boy, and he falls in.

 

Crow runs, and fades through any wall until he can get to the others.

 

He runs and doesn't look back as his friend whom he promised he would help defeat this monster is killed by it, and devoured into it's being.

 

`Beast Boy… I'm sorry!' Crow thinks, tears rushing down his face. (He can think “I”, he just can't say it.)

 

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“Yo, where is that damn hole?!” Cyborg asks, looking at the communicator in his arm.

 

“Shade said it was somewhere…” Robin says, into his, in another room.

 

“I can't find it either…” Raven says, in the darkness of one room. She looks across the hall as she exits it, and sees her room down the hall a little.

 

`I wonder…' she thinks, as she walks over to it, and twists the knob.

 

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Crow runs as his tears dry. He can't find them! Shade keeps drawing closer, just knocking each wall in his way down.

 

“C-BORG!” He says, seeing his bionic buddy in one room. He lunges through the wall, “AZARATH METREON ZINTHOS!” he says, and they fade through the wall.

 

“Yo!” Cyborg says, as he sees Raven on his arm.

 

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“I FOUND THE DOOR!” Raven screams, as she stands in her room, the most unlikely place to look.

 

“NICE!” Robin says, as he runs out of his room, and sees Crow on top of Cyborg. “Should I even ask?” he asks them.

 

“No.” Crow says, looking frantically around for Shade.

 

“Lets go!” Robin says, and they run into Raven's room. Raven stands on her bed, and points to a hole in the ceiling.

 

“N-CE!” Crow says, and his expression changes. “LOOK OUT!” he screams to her, and she turns.

 

She sees Shade, in his new form, standing over her, all tentacles ready to kill, and spikes protruding from every inch of his body. “GIVE ME A HUG!” He says, lunging at her, and she barely dodges him, jumping into the hole above.

 

“GO!” Robin screams, and Crow and Cyborg run forward, and dodge Shade. Shade sees Robin, and Robin holds the Sword of Light that Crow had. “Back demon boy…” He says, lunging at Shade slashing him.

 

“BASTARD!” Shade screams, grabbing him by the neck. He kicks Shade, but his leg only sinks into him. Shade smiles, and Robins foot bursts from his face, to hit Robin in the face.

 

“GAH!” Robin screams, and Crow appears behind him.

 

“You're nothing…” He says, impaling him in the shoulder.

 

“I WON'T LET YOU KILL ME!” Robin screams, slashing Shade, and jumping into the hole.

 

The others pull him up, and they run to the door. They exit the room, and look at the hall in front of them.

 

Floor 2 of 4 (Excludes Ground Level).

 

“Only this floor, and then we can get to the Safety Room…” Cyborg says, pointing to the map on his arm.

 

“It's weird…” Crow begins, “Wh- doesn't he just kill us when we just are a room away from him?”

 

“It's not fun that way…” Robin says, pushing past them, and Cyborg turns on his light.

 

“Hey, where's BB?” Cyborg asks, and crow drops back a few steps. “What?”

 

Crow suddenly bursts into tears, and falls to his knees.

 

“CROW!” Robin asks, grabbing him by the collar, and pulling him up, “What happened?!”

 

“He… HE…” Crow says, gasping for air, and Robin slaps him. “Shade… He… Killed him…”

 

“WHAT?!” Robin screams, and punches him. “WHY DIDN'T YOU HELP HIM!?” He says, joining Crow in tears.

 

“I tr--d, but…” He starts to get a hold of himself, and he looks at Cyborg who is in shock, “We were overpowered… - ran…”

 

“YOU WHAT?!” Cyborg screams, and he punches Crow.

 

“STOP IT!” Raven screams, breaking them all up. “This isn't going to solve anything!”

 

They all get a grip on themselves, and continue, looking for the entrance to the next floor. They split up, and search in every room.

 

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Raven enters the room, and looks around. It's empty. There is nothing but the shadow in it, and she feels uncomfortable. She walks inside, and searches behind any other things in the room. She pulls a tarp off of a table, and it reveals Darke's head on a platter.

 

“Oh, I think I lost my head looking for you all!” He says, phasing through the table, and standing on it. He is in his human form, and not a single trace of Dark Matter is on him. He looks handsome this way. If not for his hair, and his main voice (it sounds like he has two in shade's form, one hazy over this one) she wouldn't be able to tell it was him.

 

“Why are you doing this to all of us? Isn't it Crow who betrayed you?” She says, and he stands there, looking at her. He's wearing a dark high collared cape, and black boots. He's much more muscular than he looks as Shade.

“Well, you should know…” He says, smiling, “You do it yourself…”

 

He appears behind her, and she turns. “You inflict FEAR upon your opponent… You find what they care most about, and simply…”

 

He does this again, but this time, he is right up to her, his head over her shoulder. ”You take it away…” She turns to him, and punches him, but misses. He grabs her by the hair, and kicks her down, holding her up by the clod of hair in his hand.

 

“You have such nice hair…” he says, smiling.

 

“GET OFF!” She screams, and she kicks him in the crotch, but he seems unaffected.

 

“Ha ha ha…” he says, “Demons don't have the same form of genetalia…” he says, kicking her down, and stomping on her back.

 

He feels like he's a ton on her, and he crouches down. He smiles, and picks her up by the back of her neck.

 

“Why…?” she asks, and he smiles.

 

“Heh… I lost my love millions of years ago, dear. I think Crow should know how it feels to lose her, and not get lost himself…” He draws his blade, and prepares to kill her…

 

“STOP IT!” She screams, and Darke looks at her. For an instant, she flashes. The flash is a different person. She appears as a blonde woman, with less tan skin. She has yellow-green eyes, and wears a black dress.

 

“N-no!” Darke screams, falling over, his sword disappears, and he looks at her with fear, “G-GET AWAY!” He screams.

 

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A young Darke lies down in the same position as he is in, and the blonde girl stands in the same position as Raven is. They are in a colorful field, full of blues, yellows, and oranges.

 

“STOP IT!” Her beautiful voice screams, breaking the silence. It sounds echo-y and faded, but it still pierces through the silence like it once did before. ”STOP HURTING PEOPLE!” she says in tears.

 

“N-no! G-GET AWAY!” He says, but she walks forward, and touches his face. Her hands are warm on his ice-cold flesh. He stares at her in fear, and she bends down, and puts her hand out to help him up.

 

He gives her his hand…

 

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“I SAID STOP IT!” Raven says, as Darke realizes he is daydreaming.

 

“I… “ He says, standing up, embarrassed. He blushes, looking afraid. Dark Matter jumps onto his body from across the room, and he sinks down.

 

“What the…?” She asks, and she leaves the room.

 

Her communicator beeps, and she answers it.

 

“TITANS!” Robin says into the communicator. “Report to the intersection!”