Fan Fiction ❯ Releasing Her Demons ❯ Chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )

Releasing Her Demons

By: Jedi_Zea

Summary: Raven finally decides to join the other Titans in a game, but it's not a video game. She wants them to play Dungeons & Dragons and decides to share something about herself while doing so. PG-13

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, Dungeons and Dragons, any of the places I got my music from, or any other real things I may make reference to while writing this story.

(Author Note) I have gotten a few reviews and emails asking if I was planning on making this an actual game, please note the Disclaimer. I will be adding OC's to the story and if you want one, send me an email describing him/her/it. I'll have to look it over and send you a reply. I am making most of my characters follow the rules so if I can't do what you want because of the rules I'm sorry.

“Out of character”

“In character”

Chapter 6

“Yo, why'd she run to Robin, I'm way better looking then he is!” Beast Boy protested. “I've got the higher, Cha... Cha... Looks thingy she should be running to me.”

Terra nudged Beast Boy and whispered quietly. “Keep in character BB, remember you're Ivellios now. So let Raven do her thing.”

Raven ignored Beast Boy's comments and began again as the girl “`Please m'lord, a demon is killing everyone in the town, I barely escaped with my life' She sobs at your feet. It's obvious that she's physically exhausted, although she seems very together for someone who has just seen an entire town destroyed. Now that she's within the range of your torch you can see that her tattered cloak is dark blue and several long strands her wet, black hair out of the cloak. Her face, however, is still hidden within the darkness and shadow.”

“`What's wrong m'lady?' ” Robin asked as Vincent. “`Who are you, and how can I help you?' I'll grab her arm and try to guide her gently up so she's off the soaked ground and standing at eye level.”

“`Hey what do you mean you will help her?' “Rurik/Cyborg interjected, “ `we're a team here right, what gives you the right to decide if we help her or not?' ”

Raven began again in the girl's soft voice; “The girl dexterously turns so Vincent's soft tug instead moves her back to hide inside his cloak to hide from everyone. She is softly sobbing and shivering from the cold rain, and her fear. `I, I'm Arachne m'lord.' She says looking up to Vincent, `Please m'lord you must help me, there's a demon attacking the village and I can't fight back.' “

“T'klora wishes to add her thoughts,” Starfire chirps happily. “May I friend Raven?”

“Star, you can say whatever you like, but you have to make sure it's something your character would say,” the shadowed goth growled in her normal voice.

“`Why do we not help her Cy...' “Starfire started, but caught a glare from the other Titans. “`Rurik, why don't you wish to help her?' I will ask him.”

“`Yo why should we help her? For all we know she could be controlling that demon back there.' “Cy accused firmly. When Raven heard this she shrunk back in her seat, but only Robin noticed the slight shift in the darkness.

As soon as Raven shrunk back in her seat Robin considered what Raven told him earlier. “`I don't think she's the one controlling demons, if she had summoned them and lost control she would be back fighting them off, not running off.' I say as I lean down to tuck my cloak around Arachne to warm her a little. As I do this I try to get a glance of her face, and whisper quietly to her, `Don't worry m'lady Rurik'll help you, he just doesn't like agreeing with me.' “

“`Thank you m'lord' she whispers back to you, still hiding inside your cloak as much as possible. The rain starts down even heavier and there's a bright flash of lightning and a loud clap of thunder.” When Raven says that she presses a button with her powers and flashes the lights in the room, the other five Titans jump slightly as the flash. “With the thunder Arachne tries to hide more into Vincent's cloak.”

“`I'm with Vincent, we have to help her. If there are demons there could be a good profit in it. Demon parts are very valuable. We could make tons of money from selling the parts on the black market,' “ Terra/Sapphire interjected. “I'll try to help coax Arachne out from Vincent's cloak.”

“`If we are all in agreement then we should go to the town with haste,' “T'klora said.

“`Fine,' Rurik sighs and glares harshly at Arachne. `But don't think this means I trust you, got it?' I'll urge everyone so we can get this over with, and I'll keep a close eye on Vincent and Arachne,” Cyborg growled.

“It's about a 20 minute walk to the town. On the way Arachne explains to you that a wizard that lived in the city summoned the demon, but wasn't able to control it. She claims the town guard, headed by the paladin Natora, worked with the wizard and his apprentices, but the demon was able to call his minions forth from the abyss and wreak havoc on the city before they could try to restrain it. About 10 minutes into the journey you can see the town off the horizon burning, and hear shrieks of terror from the citizens. The rain is putting some of the fire out, but it's also causing a thick veil of smoke and steam to prevent you from seeing anything in the city other then the burning buildings,” Raven described. “When you finally reach the town you're met by a few ragged and injured guards.”

“ `Help us,' they say raggedly. The guards are all bleeding heavily from several claw marks on their chests that managed to pierce their studded leather armor.” Raven says to the enthralled Titans. “The guards collapse to the ground, and just as they do a group of 6 demons emerges from the thick plumes of smoke. Three of them are squat creatures; they're almost entirely hairless with sick pale flesh, and a blubbery body. Their arms are as long as their legs reaching down to the ground, and their mouths are filled with small fangs. The other three are tiny humanoid shaped creatures with bat wings, and spiked horns. It has long and thin limbs with sharp looking claws. Warts and pustules cover its pale greenish skin.”

“Everyone roll your initiative,” Raven commanded as she rolled seven twenty sided dice behind her cardboard screen and wrote down six of the numbers. With her powers she took several pewter figurines from the second bag and set them on the table, each one looked like one of the characters. The figure representing Rurik was in front, Sapphire and T'klora on his flanks and slightly behind. Just behind them and a little closer together were Vincent and Arachne. In the back was Ivellos. On the other side of the table Raven put six figures representing the demons, and set them randomly across her area of the table.

“What did everyone roll? Remember to add your Dexterity mod, and if you got improved initiative.” Raven looked at her dice as the others started to rattle of their numbers. `Hm, the Quasits got a 10, 20, and a 14. The Dretches have 11, 13, and 19,' Raven thought. She flipped through a few pages of the book next to her, the Monster Manual and saw that the Quasits got a plus 7 to their roll. `Damn I will have to play them down a bit, especially with their poison,' grimaced the dark beauty. While doing this she wrote down the random numbers the other Titans had gotten, a total of 16 for Vincent, 22 for Sapphire, T'klora got a 4 as well as Rurik, Ivellos got a 9, and Arachne got a 10. She quickly wrote on her paper Q1, Q2, S, D1, Q3, V, D2, D3, A and I. “T'klora, Rurik, roll again, and tell me the number without your modifiers,” Raven commanded.

“I have gotten a 1 friend Raven, am I correct in assuming that isn't good,” Starfire queried while looking at her twenty sided die.

“Right T'klora a 1 is the worst you could have gotten. Cyborg what did you roll?” Raven asked and looked at him. `The Quasit are probably going to go after Vincent and Arachne, damn and those are the two that I can't afford to have rerolled. Well hopefully they can protect themselves,' she thought idly.

“Booyah. I got a 15,” Cyborg clapped loudly. “Looks like I beat you Star! Wait what was that roll for anyway?”

“It means that Rurik goes second to last and T'klora goes last.” Raven growled. Now the true test was about to begin, if they could handle themselves in their first battle they might be have a shot after all. “First to move is one of my demons. One of the flying demons will fly towards Rurik.” Raven rolled a twenty-sided die behind her cardboard screen and looks at a paper with the statistics of the Titan's characters on it. Her roll, an 18, with the monsters 3 it was high enough with her demon's attack bonus to have a successful attack on Cy's character.

“With a loud shriek the demon will dive down at Rurik and his sharp claws strike against your armor piercing your shoulder plate and scraping against your flesh before flying behind you. Make a fortitude save,” Raven commanded while moving a pewter figure across the table and behind Rurik. Cyborg rolled the twenty-sided die, and added his fortitude save, 6, to his roll. “You also get a 4 against the poison since you're a dwarf. What did you get?” the silhouetted DM asked.

“Um, with the bonuses I got a 25. That's good right?” Cyborg asked more to himself then Raven.

“Ok, you don't feel any ill-effects from the claw's gashes. You do, however, feel the blood oozing from your shoulder, you take 2 HP of damage.” Raven said as she moved another figurine around circling behind the team. “Sapphire your turn,” she said.

“Great!” Terra exclaimed. “I'm going to step to the side of Rurik and shoot my bow at one of the ugly bipedal things standing across from us,” Terra announced. She picked up her twenty-sided die and rolled. “Yes! 20. Critical hit, right?” The blonde shouted triumphantly.

“You have to roll again, if you get another successful hit on the creature then yes it's a critical.” Raven explained to the excited blonde. Terra rolled again and got a 15.

“Lessee 15, with my 1 for being level 2, and my 3 for dex, is a 19 enough?” She asked Raven.

“Yes. Roll your damage, remember since it's a critical roll the d6 3 times not once.” Raven said in a very monotonous tone.

“Right, a 3, a 4, and a 1,” Terra said as she rolled her dice. “That's 8 points of damage.”

“Alright Terra! It should be hurting after that one. You're the best.” Beast Boy cheered. But stopped when a chuckle was heard from Raven's direction.

“Your attack hits the demon square in what you assume to be the chest. It lets out a loud shriek as the arrow flies into it. Blood starts to ooze from it, but quickly stops. It appears that the wound is regenerating.” (A/N demons don't have regeneration, but resistance to non-magical weapons, so it does damage and for every hit 5 of the points appear to regenerate.) Raven described in a particularly gruesome voice. “My turn...”