Fan Fiction ❯ Shellshocked ❯ The Nightmare Comes True ( Chapter 3 )
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
By: daedricraven 
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.28.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.6K | Visits: 178 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.28.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.6K | Visits: 178 | Status: Completed
Shellshocked
Chapter 3 “The Nightmare Comes True”
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Raven woke up the next morning feeling very out of it. Her surroundings felt so surreal, it was like she was floating on thin air but only seeing solid ground.
First Trigon, now this…
Nothing could be done about it now, she already agreed and now Terra’s soul was stuck inside her.
Or was she?
Raven was so confused; she walked around the tower the rest of the day in a haze, hardly paying attention to what the rest of the Titans were doing or saying. If anyone spoke to her, all she can make out was endless mumbling, until later that night.
"Raven…HEY RAVEN!"
The shouting shook her out of her meditation, and she turned to see who was calling her: It was Robin.
"Is anything wrong?" he asked, his face and voice obviously full of concern.
She put one hand on her forehead, trying to put some focus back into her, "Yeah, I’m fine; I‘ve just been thinking too deeply, that’s all."
Robin wasn’t completely convinced, but all he said was, "Good, because we’ve just gotten a distress call from the middle of the city, we need to go."
Nodding her head, Raven got up and floated out of the Tower with Robin following close behind.
"Why did you jump out the window?" Robin asked.
The man gave him a horrible look as he yelled, "Is that mask of yours blinding you? Because you obviously can’t see the fire that is raging in my office right now!"
They all looked up then, but there was no sign of a fire, in fact there was nothing at all. The city of Gotham was as peaceful as it can be, and it only increased the Titans confusion and foreboding. Robin made a silent gesture to the others, and without a moments hesitation they all made to inspect the situation more closely.
But before they can go very far, a strange female voice rang out "Come to face your worst fears, young ones?"
"Who’s there? Show yourself!" Robin demanded, his eyes narrowed down to angry slits.
The voice laughed as she said, "You’ll soon see."
Beast Boy started whimpering in fear, but was hushed with one look from Raven.
"We have nothing to fear, especially from you," she snarled.
The voice just laughed again, even more coldly than before.
"Does anyone else around here think that this is just creepy and confusing, or am I the only one that is bothered by this?" Beast Boy asked, scratching his head and looking worried.
His question was soon answered by Cyborg, who started yelling "No! Get away from me! You already had me once, just leave me alone!"
Startled, the Titans turned around just in time to see Cyborg run for cover in a dark alleyway that was nearby.
"Weird…" Raven muttered, this was the first time she had seen him act like this as Cyborg was one of the bravest members of the group; he’d never back down from a fight, ever. She turned around again as she heard another scream, only to see it was from Starfire.
Something very strange was happening to the alien, she looked like she was held down on the ground by massive invisible hands and no matter how hard she struggled she just couldn’t break loose. Raven and Beast Boy looked on in horror, but Robin jumped immediately to her rescue kicking and punching at the air around Starfire to no avail. He stopped, pausing for breath, getting angrier every passing second.
"Come out and stop playing these games!" he shouted into the night air.
The next thing they heard was the sound of footsteps as they were coming ever closer to them. They turned their heads in the direction of the sound and were surprised because they recognized the figure in the distance.
"Slade…" Robin whispered.
The figure stopped a good distance from them and as far as any of them can tell, he was smirking at them with a touch of both loathing and satisfaction, it was as if he knew what was coming. Robin didn’t pay too much attention to any of that though; his rage and hatred was so enormous that he just started lunging at him without any thought at all. Before he other two can react to Robin’s rash behavior, they saw Slade just point his forefinger at him and the next thing they knew, a red dragon appeared, knocking Robin back and hitting the ground hard.
Appalled, Raven and Beast Boy went after Slade themselves, only to be stopped by two more monsters and knocked unconscious. The air was soon thick with more monsters and all the Titans were out of commission. There was no hope of anyone helping them out.
Crash!
An explosion of rocks suddenly flew into the air, hitting the monsters and pinning them to the ground. Slade’s face went into shock, none of the Titans were conscious, who in the world could have done this? Looking over his shoulder, he saw that somehow, Raven was awake, but there was something different about her.
First of all, instead of her eyes glowing white and her fists black, they were a bright yellow. Another strange thing was her voice, it was not of her low and emotionless tone. Instead, her voice was lighter, cheerful even despite the rage filled in the tone and volume.
"Leave my friends alone!" Raven’s new voice shouted.
She lifted her hands in the air and they began to glow yellow once again. A large piece of the earth that was larger than a city bus rose from the ground and was hurled at Slade. But he appeared undaunted and before the rock can hit him, he vanished.
After that, the pinned monsters disappeared too. Raven’s appeared to be a bit shaken by what happened, besides her fists and eyes glowing a different color when she used a different power, now that she was neutral, her eyes were no longer their original purple. Instead, her eyes were of a dark ocean blue. A half grin grew on her face as she looked at her handiwork and a wave of cheerful emotion swept through her.
Raven was no longer in control of her own body, her mind was trapped inside while Terra took control. Terra looked at her hands, well technically they were Raven‘s hands, but the fact that she had hands were far beyond what words could describe what Terra felt.
Suddenly, adrenaline flushed through Terra‘s borrowed body and she had the horrible urge to embrace every titan until they turned blue and kiss them until her lips grew numb. But one glance at her friends told her she would have to take a reincheck, not to mention that she couldn‘t do those actions in Raven‘s body. Instead, she decided to take the opportunity to take a good look at the friends that she had betrayed and saved before her temporary control escaped her grasp.
She slowly passed by each one of them, wanting to take the memory of their faces although they were unconscious. She saved Beast Boy for last, as she wanted to remember all the times they spent together, good and bad. Her guilt and sadness came back to her as she looked upon the serene face of the green boy, and with that, she bent down to give Beast Boy a small peck on the forehead.
It caused him to stir a little and open his eyes just a bit, "Terra?’ he questioned the blurry figure before he drifted back to sleep again.
Before Terra could respond, the soul of Raven reemerged, again taking over her own body. She no longer had doubts as she realized once and for all that Terra was not a dream, the nightmare has come true.
A/N: This chapter was mostly written by my friend, Lynn, so if it appeared to be different than my usual style of writing then yeah you know why even though I fixed a few things here and there. Anyway, please review, we really need some feedback or else we lose motivation for continuing.
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Chapter 3 “The Nightmare Comes True”
-=-=-=-=-=-
Raven woke up the next morning feeling very out of it. Her surroundings felt so surreal, it was like she was floating on thin air but only seeing solid ground.
First Trigon, now this…
Nothing could be done about it now, she already agreed and now Terra’s soul was stuck inside her.
Or was she?
Raven was so confused; she walked around the tower the rest of the day in a haze, hardly paying attention to what the rest of the Titans were doing or saying. If anyone spoke to her, all she can make out was endless mumbling, until later that night.
"Raven…HEY RAVEN!"
The shouting shook her out of her meditation, and she turned to see who was calling her: It was Robin.
"Is anything wrong?" he asked, his face and voice obviously full of concern.
She put one hand on her forehead, trying to put some focus back into her, "Yeah, I’m fine; I‘ve just been thinking too deeply, that’s all."
Robin wasn’t completely convinced, but all he said was, "Good, because we’ve just gotten a distress call from the middle of the city, we need to go."
Nodding her head, Raven got up and floated out of the Tower with Robin following close behind.
There has never been so much chaos in one city: People everywhere were screaming and running for their lives. But the strangest thing about it all is that they weren’t running in one direction, as if there was one monster: they were everywhere. A good example of what is going on was when the Titans came to the middle of the city. Outside one office building they heard a man scream "Fire! Fire! Everyone jump out the window!"
Starfire was the first to hear the cry and she flew up to catch the falling man in time. All the Titans were relieved as she brought him back safely to the ground, but the mood quickly became serious again as Robin bent down to question the terrified man."Why did you jump out the window?" Robin asked.
The man gave him a horrible look as he yelled, "Is that mask of yours blinding you? Because you obviously can’t see the fire that is raging in my office right now!"
They all looked up then, but there was no sign of a fire, in fact there was nothing at all. The city of Gotham was as peaceful as it can be, and it only increased the Titans confusion and foreboding. Robin made a silent gesture to the others, and without a moments hesitation they all made to inspect the situation more closely.
But before they can go very far, a strange female voice rang out "Come to face your worst fears, young ones?"
"Who’s there? Show yourself!" Robin demanded, his eyes narrowed down to angry slits.
The voice laughed as she said, "You’ll soon see."
Beast Boy started whimpering in fear, but was hushed with one look from Raven.
"We have nothing to fear, especially from you," she snarled.
The voice just laughed again, even more coldly than before.
"Does anyone else around here think that this is just creepy and confusing, or am I the only one that is bothered by this?" Beast Boy asked, scratching his head and looking worried.
His question was soon answered by Cyborg, who started yelling "No! Get away from me! You already had me once, just leave me alone!"
Startled, the Titans turned around just in time to see Cyborg run for cover in a dark alleyway that was nearby.
"Weird…" Raven muttered, this was the first time she had seen him act like this as Cyborg was one of the bravest members of the group; he’d never back down from a fight, ever. She turned around again as she heard another scream, only to see it was from Starfire.
Something very strange was happening to the alien, she looked like she was held down on the ground by massive invisible hands and no matter how hard she struggled she just couldn’t break loose. Raven and Beast Boy looked on in horror, but Robin jumped immediately to her rescue kicking and punching at the air around Starfire to no avail. He stopped, pausing for breath, getting angrier every passing second.
"Come out and stop playing these games!" he shouted into the night air.
The next thing they heard was the sound of footsteps as they were coming ever closer to them. They turned their heads in the direction of the sound and were surprised because they recognized the figure in the distance.
"Slade…" Robin whispered.
The figure stopped a good distance from them and as far as any of them can tell, he was smirking at them with a touch of both loathing and satisfaction, it was as if he knew what was coming. Robin didn’t pay too much attention to any of that though; his rage and hatred was so enormous that he just started lunging at him without any thought at all. Before he other two can react to Robin’s rash behavior, they saw Slade just point his forefinger at him and the next thing they knew, a red dragon appeared, knocking Robin back and hitting the ground hard.
Appalled, Raven and Beast Boy went after Slade themselves, only to be stopped by two more monsters and knocked unconscious. The air was soon thick with more monsters and all the Titans were out of commission. There was no hope of anyone helping them out.
Crash!
An explosion of rocks suddenly flew into the air, hitting the monsters and pinning them to the ground. Slade’s face went into shock, none of the Titans were conscious, who in the world could have done this? Looking over his shoulder, he saw that somehow, Raven was awake, but there was something different about her.
First of all, instead of her eyes glowing white and her fists black, they were a bright yellow. Another strange thing was her voice, it was not of her low and emotionless tone. Instead, her voice was lighter, cheerful even despite the rage filled in the tone and volume.
"Leave my friends alone!" Raven’s new voice shouted.
She lifted her hands in the air and they began to glow yellow once again. A large piece of the earth that was larger than a city bus rose from the ground and was hurled at Slade. But he appeared undaunted and before the rock can hit him, he vanished.
After that, the pinned monsters disappeared too. Raven’s appeared to be a bit shaken by what happened, besides her fists and eyes glowing a different color when she used a different power, now that she was neutral, her eyes were no longer their original purple. Instead, her eyes were of a dark ocean blue. A half grin grew on her face as she looked at her handiwork and a wave of cheerful emotion swept through her.
Raven was no longer in control of her own body, her mind was trapped inside while Terra took control. Terra looked at her hands, well technically they were Raven‘s hands, but the fact that she had hands were far beyond what words could describe what Terra felt.
Suddenly, adrenaline flushed through Terra‘s borrowed body and she had the horrible urge to embrace every titan until they turned blue and kiss them until her lips grew numb. But one glance at her friends told her she would have to take a reincheck, not to mention that she couldn‘t do those actions in Raven‘s body. Instead, she decided to take the opportunity to take a good look at the friends that she had betrayed and saved before her temporary control escaped her grasp.
She slowly passed by each one of them, wanting to take the memory of their faces although they were unconscious. She saved Beast Boy for last, as she wanted to remember all the times they spent together, good and bad. Her guilt and sadness came back to her as she looked upon the serene face of the green boy, and with that, she bent down to give Beast Boy a small peck on the forehead.
It caused him to stir a little and open his eyes just a bit, "Terra?’ he questioned the blurry figure before he drifted back to sleep again.
Before Terra could respond, the soul of Raven reemerged, again taking over her own body. She no longer had doubts as she realized once and for all that Terra was not a dream, the nightmare has come true.
A/N: This chapter was mostly written by my friend, Lynn, so if it appeared to be different than my usual style of writing then yeah you know why even though I fixed a few things here and there. Anyway, please review, we really need some feedback or else we lose motivation for continuing.
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