Fan Fiction ❯ Rearing Your Shadow ❯ The Murder in the Storm- Part 2: Hell-Fighter's Fury ( Chapter 18 )

Chapter 18

The Murder in the Storm

Part 2: Hell-Fighter's Fury

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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 thank my friend Ashraf for the title he gave me.

 

~GxJxR

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“That's new…” The Murder wheezes.

 

Shade laughs in a more powerful sounding voice, “Call me Giga Shade.”

 

“Fine…” The Murder says, raising its scythe.

 

Giga Shade readies himself in a battle position, and The Murder lunges toward him, slashing down on his arm with the scythe he wields.

 

“Ah, you ARE strong in this form, Crow,” Giga Shade says, pushing against the blade. Giga Shade uses his free arm to summon the Shade blade, and slices the Murder's wrist.

 

“Familiar pain, right?” Giga Shade taunts.

 

“FUCK YOU!” The Murder growls, kicking Giga Shade in the chest. He slams the scythe through his adversary, and slams him into the wall.

 

“SHIT!” Shade screams, as he hits the wall. He grips the blade, and pulls it up, cutting through his head, which then regenerates.

 

“Tricky…” The Murder growls, and he holds the scythe in one hand. He punches Shade with one hand, and rams the blade through him, tearing Shade in half.

 

Shade bursts into shadow, and regenerates. He runs down the hall, his tentacles flailing and wing flapping with the force of his speed. The Murder appears in front of him “AZARATH METREON ZINTHI!” It screams, and he gets knocked backward.

 

Shade smiles, and jumps up, breaking through the ceiling. The Murder jumps after him.

 

They blast through layers of metal, and plaster. Shade is ahead, and The Murder follows, slashing at everything it sees.

 

They arrive at the roof. The rain comes down as if they were standing under a waterfall, and gets everywhere.

 

BLAM! Thunder sounds as a lightning bolt strikes in the distance, lighting up the sky. Water pours down Shade and The Murder as they face each other down in the storm. The sound of rain and thunder is all that remains, as the two lunge at each other.

 

They slash at each other, kicking off of each other. SLASH! SLASH! CRUNCH!

BLAM! They fight, soaking wet in the storm, and keep getting further up, attacking past and through their opponent, and eventually rise above the clouds.

 

They fight, dripping water as they continually rise into the sky, and Shade finally slams The Murder down with the side of his sword, knocking him hurtling down toward the tower.

 

The Murder falls to his doom, when he finally says “Azarath Metreon Zinthi” and in a burst of gray energy, Crow reveals himself, falling merely two yards onto his feet. He looks up at where he burst through the cloud cover, still holding his Scythe in a battle-ready position when Shade bursts through he cloud cover doing a downward slash at him.

 

Right as the blow is struck, Crow morphs into The Murder, and gets knocked down three floors into the tower.

 

The Murder pulls itself up, water pouring down onto its face. It shows its teeth as Shade makes himself visible again. He Jumps down, and gets knocked hard to the side where he blacks out.

 

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Shade stands in a warehouse, surrounded by books upon shelves, in a gigantic area. He walks forward a few steps, only to get knocked over by The Murder who dives through the shelf at him, punching him.

 

Shade fends him off, as Crow attacks from behind. Crow and The Murder attack from front and back, Shade fending them off well.

 

“You took me inside my mind…” Shade says after understanding what happened, “Cleaver…” He backs up a step, and then a bunch of book fly off the shelves and their pages circle around him.

 

“But you forget, this is my mind, and my world!” The pages form a large blade, which he strikes Crow with. The Murder blocks this, and then backs up, as Shade pushes toward him.

The shelves disappear, and they stand in the remnants of Azarath; a destroyed rubble of a world now consumed in lava, ash, and death. They stand near the river of where Crow was put to rest and re-birthed, and fight there.

 

Crow melds with The Murder again making it back at full strength. It slams Shade into the lava, but Shade's tentacle grabs him by the leg pulling him in as well.

 

A minute passes by, both beings in the lava when suddenly Shade bursts out, his skin charred and bright red with magma, followed by The Murder. Sahde flies in the air with his one wing, and The Murder jumps after him. They collide in the air and stab each other through the hearts, and both awaken in the tower again.

 

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They are in the stabbing positions, and realize that much of it was true. They pull apart, and burst through the wall again punching, kicking, and slicing each other apart.

 

Giga Shade and The Murder stand facing each other. They both are panting. Shade's wing droops downward, and his tentacles lie around the ground. The Murder barely holds his weapon, dragging it across the floor hunched over.

 

Giga Shade becomes his second form, and The Murder separates to a murder of gray crow and all of them fly away revealing Crow alone.

 

The two of them, now with less pressure and weight to account for, ready into fighting stances. Crow holds his scythe, while Shade holds the Shade blade. The tow of them face off.

 

“You shall not pass…” Crow says, “I'LL MAKE SURE OF IT! AZARATH METREON ZINTHI!” Crow screams, and a wave of gray energy rips the floor apart, heading directly toward Shade, who only stands there with his eyes closed.