Fan Fiction ❯ The Act of Shadows (Part 1) ❯ The Act of Shadows ( Chapter 5 )

The two stared down at each other, ready at a moment's notice to attack.

Both faces filled with uncertainty. Both faces filled with anger.

The memories ran through Dimitri's mind.

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"She's in here," said the physician

"Katrina, what happened?"

Raven was laying on an infirmary bed, a bandage was wrapped tightly around her right thigh, blood was showing through the white cloth. she was too dosed up on depressents and painkillers to be concious

Leon, wearing a jacket with the Agency's insignia, a sword pointing up with 2 snakes wrapped around the blade and the globe in the background, and David, pushing up his glasses, were standing by her bedside.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" screamed Dimitri with a look of unbelievable anger in his eyes.

"It happened all too fast, I was distracted, I slipped and pulled the trigger."

"Yeah, it was an accident, I swear man, I was right beside him when it happened." said David.

Dimitri grabbed Leon and slammed him against the infirmary wall, "I TRUST YOU WITH HER FOR 2 HOURS AND YOU JUST SHOOT HER?!?"

"IT WAS AN ACCIDENT YOU IDIOT, IT'S NOT LIKE AS IF SHE'S DEAD."

"THATS ENOUGH," The General said as he walked in.

"Agent Grim, because of your recklessness, you are to report to janitorial services for a week."

"Yes sir." said Leon, reluctantly.

"Dimitri I understand your anger but keep it under control."

"Yes sir." said Dimitri.

David and Leon walked out of the infirmary.

"Jesus Christ, what an idiot. I told him that it was an accident." said Leon.

"You know how he watches over her," said David "I could swear they were brother and sister."

That night she was still laying asleep, Dimitri still standing there.

"I can't stand to see you like this." he said "It just hurts me to see you like this"

He reached for her hand and gripped it with both of his hands.

"I'll never let anyone hurt you again." A tear rolling from his eye's "I can't stand the thought of losing you."

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"I'll never let anyone hurt you again."

"I can't stand the thought of losing you."

He noticed a scar on her right thigh, barely there anymore.

He started to walk forward to Raven, his gun still drawn. Raven was getting ready to attack but then she noticed something, a tear was falling from his right eye.

Dimitri dropped the pistol.

He ran to her and hugged her in his arms, both drenched in the rain.

"I'll never let anyone hurt you."

Raven broked down and cried.

"Dimitri......I'm sorry,"

"It's okay, don't worry."

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING CROW? TAKE HER OUT!" yelled the General through his mic."

"DIMITRI, DON'T LISTEN TO HIM. THAT'S NOT THE GENERAL." yelled The Voice

"What?"

"I did a search of his IP Address and the signal was coming from inside of the city." said David "The reason the General couldn't respond to us was because his signal was jammed by an unknown source."

"Dimitri, I am the General, you have to beLIEve me."

"Then who have I been talking to?" said Dimitri.

Suddenly a large person jumped out of the shadows and knocked Dimitri through a brick wall.

He stood up, Raven immediatly recognized him

"SLADE?"

He walked toward the wall and pulled out Dimitri and held him by his neck as he dangled off the ground.

"I told you that I would hunt you down like animals and kill you both if you disobeyed my orders."

"wh..why did you act like the General?" said Dimitri, laying his eyes upon Slade for the first time.

"To manipluate you more easily." said Slade. "I was going to make you kill Raven and the rest of the Titans...." Slade grabbed a mic and put it to his mouth. "...because she probably told the rest too much about the Agency."
He sounded just like the General. "You dogs of the W.S.S. are so easy to control."

"AZERATH METRION ZINTHOS!"

A trash can flew and hit Slade, he immediatly droped Dimitri and advanced toward's Raven.

She threw more trash cans but he knocked them away like air. She then grabbed a dumpster and threw it at him but he dodged it. Before she knew it. She was grabbed by the neck and slammed to the wall.

"If you want something right," He said as he reached back with his fist. "You got to do it yourself."

A brick hit Slade's head.

"HEY, TIN WOODSMAN!"

Dimitri was walking toward Slade with a lead pipe in his hand.

"I'M GOING TO SEND YOU BACK TO OZ IN PIECES."

Slade dropped Raven, coughing for air. "Enjoy your smart mouth while you can."

Dimitri ran up and hit Slade in the head with the lead pipe two times but Slade remained unphased. He grabed the pipe on the third stroke and knock Dimitri down. Dimitri then grabbed his legs and took him down. He drew a knife.

As he thrusted the knife to his heart, Slade stopped it inches away but Dimitri kept struggling. Then they both noticed something

On the ground, two inches away from Slade's head was Dimtri's pistol.

Raven catched her breath and looked at the chaos ensuing in front of her.

Both quickly tried to grab for it.

"DIMITRI NO!"

5 shots rang in the air.

Dimitri shoved the knife in Slades left arm.

Slade held a gun, it's barrel smoking.

Slade then shoved Dimitri in a pile of trash.

Raven stood there in shock. Slade got up and looked at Raven. Throwing down the pistol and took the knife out of his arm.

"You got lucky. We'll meet again." He jumped into the shadows.

The rain suddenly stopped.

Dimitri stood up. He stumbled to the center of the alleyway.

"I did it."

He fell down, face first into a puddle.

Raven ran to his side. She flipped him on his side and saw 5 bullet holes in his chest.

Dimitri started to cough up blood.

"DIMITRI..." she screamed.

"Listen...Raven.....You...are not a tool for anyone.........You.....You are what you choose to be..........."

Tears were rolling down Ravens face.

"Fighting......was the only...........thing.......that I was .......ever good at......but at least.......I..I fought for what I believed in........I believed in you.......I believed in you.......I thought of you day and night ..........ever since...you..left.......I....knew....you.....were. ......happy.........

The bells at the cathedral started to toll 12 times.

Dimitri didn't move, his eyes were fixed at the sky. He suddenly started to turn pale

"DIMITRI? DIMITRI WHAT HAPPENED? ARE YOU OKAY?" said The Voice.

Raven grabbed the mic and said in a calm voice.

"He's gone, there was nothing I could do."

"KATRINA? WERE'S DIMITRI? DIMI<CLICK>

She shut off the mic.

Then she noticed something, a picture fell out of his right coat pocket.

It was a picture of her, back at the Agency, behind a sunset. a smile on her face, her eyes veering to the left upper corner, too shy to look straight into the camera. On the back was written "Better Times"

A faint hum of a motorcycle was heard in the background, Robin was out looking for her.

As she picked up the lifeless body, Robin got off his cycle and took off his helmet.

"Raven, wait where are you....." he noticed the blood on the ground. Raven flew up into the midnight sky with Dimitri.

Robin just stood there, puzzled.

Raven flew to the harbor. he closed the eyes of Dimitri and set him in the water, he floated to the bottom.

Raven closed her eyes and put on her cloak and left.


2 days have passed.

Robin walked into the whole front room of the facility. He knew that Raven came back but she stayed in her room, the glass already replaced and the bullet hole removed, but he diddn't bother to check on her. When Robin entered the room he was surprised. He found Raven sitting there, watching television.

Robin sat by her.

"Listen, Raven, are you okay?"

Raven just looked at Robin and smiled.

Robin stopped worrying about her at that very moment.

Today was the greatest day she ever known.

For the first time, she stopped running from her past.

She finally found peace with it.