Fan Fiction ❯ Releasing Her Demons ❯ Chapter 9 ( Chapter 9 )

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. I do, however, own all the other characters except Natora and Saorise.

(Author Notes) 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 can't draw, so you artists out there, if you feel like drawing a picture for this story feel free, just email it to me and say it's for my story. Don't feel obligated to make a pic though.

Chapter 9

It was the middle of the night. Raven knew it was night because the moon was shining brightly on the burning rubble of Jump City. Armies of demons and robots were attacking anything that moved. The Titans were engaged in a battle with the H.A.Y.E.P. Aqualad and Speedy had joined them because of the dire emergency. Raven, however, was alone hovering above the city looking for someone, looking for Trigon.

The smoke from the flames obscured her view, but even with the massive clouds of black and gray rising from the rubble she was able to see a towering red-skinned figure. As soon as Raven spotted the figure she shot off towards it leaving the other Titans to their battles.

Robin looked up at the sky to call for help, but he saw Raven shooting off, away from the battle. Quickly he threw several of his exploding discs and destroyed the group robots in front of him. He shouted something and ran down the street after Raven, attacking and swiftly defeating the weak demons and robots in his path. He ran after Raven so quickly he only appeared as a streak of blurred colors. Just as he saw a huge red-skinned figure he was hit from behind.

Raven heard a powerful blow landed behind her and looked back to see what the noise was. She saw Slade and Robin behind her locked in deadly combat. The determined goth hesitated only for a second before turning back to her target, Trigon.

“Raven,” Trigon's voice boomed from behind a cloud of smoke. “Why must we fight? Join me and you can let lose your emotions! Let yourself feel again, destruction be damned, it will only instill fear on our enemies!” proclaimed the powerful voice. Raven shook grimly her head and prepared herself for the powerful onslaught of her father's power.

A dreamlike state overwhelmed Raven. Time stopped, and yet it must have passed faster then she could keep up. The next thing she knew she was back against a wall, bleeding from several wounds. She quickly scanned the area and saw what she knew was there, but feared anyway. Starfire was dead on the ground, fallen unceremoniously from the sky onto a sharp piece of rubble that pierced all the way through her battered torso. Beast Boy's corpse was lying over Terra's lifeless body, he had lovingly tried to protect her has his last act of life. Speedy was pinned up against the wall of a mini-mall by three of his own arrows, one through his neck and another in each side of his chest. She saw Cyborg on the ground, all signs of power and life has long since escaped him. Jinx, to Raven's surprise, was lying on top of him and it appeared as if her last act of life was to kiss him, and then fell dead at his side. Aqualad was face down in the fountain near the mini-mall, with a huge crack in his skull. The blood he had lost turned all of the fountain crimson. She also saw Slade face down on the pavement. His armor had been cracked and parts of it even shattered, but his helmet was still covering his head and protecting his identity. The only person she didn't see was Robin, but she knew where he was.

Raven turned to Trigon and growled, “This time it will be different, this time...” but before she could finish she was cut off.

“You're right it will be different, your precious bird boy will die instead of you,” her father laughed evilly. “Telling him was the biggest mistake you could have made it's sealed both your fates.” To emphasize this he punched through the building behind him and pulling out Robin. He was still alive, but badly wounded from his battle with Slade.

“Raven!” The last living Titan called. “Get out of here while you can!” he managed to say. Robin was gasping as Trigon slowly increased the pressure on his ribcage. Pain filled Robin's face, but he still wouldn't let himself scream. As the pressure grew Raven heard several large cracks, presumably Robin's ribs breaking.

“NO!” she cried. Almost everything within a mile started to glow black, the only things not glowing were Robin, the bodies of the dead Titans and Raven herself. “You won't take him from me!” the furious goth shouted. Tears streaked Raven's face, and sobs of sorrow racked her seriously wounded body.

Trigon merely laughed at his daughter, “You won't have a choice in the matter, unless you join me and rule!” he squeezed on Robin's ribs harder, to emphasize his point. The pressure was too much for Robin to take, he passed out what remained of his ribs was turned into dust.

Raven, believing Robin was dead, released an enormous burst energy. All the buildings, demons, and robots in Jump City exploded, all of them except Trigon. Demon blood started to rain from the sky, mixed with large metal shards from Slade's robots. The force of Raven's powers even caused Trigon to stagger. Raven took this as her opportunity, “AZARETH METRION ZINTHOS!” she shouted with all the energy she could muster. One large razor sharp plane of dark energy shot out from her, right at Trigon. The energy cut right through him, but there didn't seem to be any damage. Raven was about to collapse from exhaustion when she saw a small line of blood coming from Trigon where she had shot the last of her energy. Content with the blood Raven let herself fall to the ground.

Raven saw Trigon fall just as her tired body hit the ground, she also saw Robin fall from his grip. Fearing the worst she struggled against the searing pain in her muscles to get up and run over to his side. Raven took his pulse to see if he was still alive, and found it, weak and erratic. Robin was alive, but dying quickly. “No,” she whispered. “No, it can't be!” the crying Titan insisted. She poured what little energy she had left into healing Robin but it wasn't enough. Raven knew she couldn't save him, but she refused to admit it.

Raven was about to fall into blissful darkness when Robin's body moved. “I'm sorry Raven,” he gasped. With his last bit of energy he reached behind his head and took off his mask, revealing his eyes to Raven, his last gift to her, just before his body gave out and he died.

“I was supposed to die not him,” the tearful goth forced herself to say. “He was supposed to tell me he loved me just before I die happily in his arms,” and with that the tearful young woman collapsed onto Robin. Raven was barely alive, but everything that mattered to her was dead in her arms.