Fan Fiction ❯ The Act of Shadows: (Part 2) ❯ Origins ( Chapter 4 )
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"My children, the supreme beings of Azerath shall bring chaos upon this world. The Fear shall bring unimaginable horror and The Fury shall incinerate the world with hatred. They shall both purge the world of the original sin and bring the greatest peace mankind has ever known." -Trigon, Journal Entry.
"Mister Tree, you are flying!"
Dimitri was floating there, looking at Raven with absolute fear because he could not understand what was happening to him.
He made an attempt to float towards Raven, losing balance but caught Raven before anything else could happen.
"Take me down." said Dimitri, gripping on Raven tightly in fear that he might fall again.
Raven slowly took him down
"Starfire, tell the rest that Dimitri's okay." Raven instructed.
Starfire nodded and floated up towards the top of the tower while Dimitri and Raven floated down. When they touched down they headed for the door and into the elevator. Dimitri quickly sat in the corner, sweating profusely and breathing heavily.
"Dimitri? What's happening to you?" said Raven, sounding worried.
Dimitri just looked up and glanced at Raven for a few seconds. Then he just looked down, saying nothing.
As they reached the front room, Dimitri was picked up by his shoulder with the help of Raven and Starfire, who rushed in to help him. They carried him to Raven's room as the rest watched. When they reached the room, they helped him on the bed. He sat up, trying to catch his breath.
"Starfire, leave." said Raven, Starfire fully understood and left accordingly.
"Dimitri? Whats wrong?" said Raven.
Dimitri knew there was no way out of this, he had to tell her.
"Katrina......"
"What is it?"
Dimitri grabbed his right wrist and undid the bandage. As the white linen fell to the floor, Raven gasped.
Embedded in his right wrist was a red jewel, identical to the one on her forehead.
"I.....I am your brother." said Dimitri.
Raven stood there a couple of seconds, having no idea what to say. then a tear started to roll down her face. She broke down and grabbed Dimitri, burying her face into his shoulder.
Dimitri grabbed her. "It's okay."
"All this time.........I thought you were dead.........but I never thought it was you."
Dimitri just kept holding her, then he lifted her head up.
"Listen, tell me whats happening to me."
Raven stood up and lifted her hand up, moments later an old tattered book came flying into her hand. She then gave it to Dimitri.
"What is this?" said Dimitri as he opened it.
"All of my answers," said Raven. "and all of your answers."
__________________________________________________ ______
Wallachia region, Romania.
October 31st, 1989
"ATTENTION!"
All the soldiers looked up in attention to the General, holding their guns. They were inside a transport helicopter with the words "W.S.S: For Honor, For the World." written on the side.
"We are doing this on behalf of the Romanian government. A wanted suspect has been held up in a local church just 20 miles northwest of Bucharest. From early intel, about 20 local police officers are dead and we've been called in as a last resort. The suspect has just been identified as Trigon, who has been wanted for the death of 40 agent members in 6 other countries. This subject has never been seen by agent members who lived to tell about it."
An agent member, with a helmet on and a black mask over his face, filled his last magazine with ammo. The nametag on his uniform said "SD-74912 SLADE"
"We are playing on a level which most will never see." said the General. "Lieutenant Slade and Commander Foxhound will lead the teams into the church. Your orders are to eliminate the subject by any means neccessary. Failure is not an option."
Slade stood up.
"General Thompson."
"Yes?"
"What is our insertion plan?"
"We will approach the church and drop off Commander Foxhound's team to approach the front door while your team will approach the back."
Agent Foxhound looked up and nodded at the General. Agent Slade took a seat next to him.
"I hope your age wont be a problem Mikhail." said Slade.
Foxhound looked at Slade "Keep in mind that forty-seven is just a number."
As they reached the church, the soldiers looked down and saw dead policemen laying on the ground. There were no wounds on the corpses, it looked as if they dropped dead.
"We're at the target point." said the General.
Foxhound grabbed a rope and went down. he was followed by 2 other soldiers.
They set themselves up at the doorway of the church.
"This is Team B. We are set up at the back. Preparing flashbang now."
The team at the doorway got a flashbang grenade and pulled the pin.
"NOW!!!"
A team member opened the door and threw it in and seconds later the church was engulfed in intense light as the team rushed in. Foxhound saw a row of chairs and took cover until the light was gone, thinking the rest of the team was going to take the same action.
When the light died down, he looked up and saw his team, suspended in air by 2 black daggers that stretched back to a hand.
The other hand were holding up the other 2 members in the back. They all fell down motionless. The church floor was covered with dead bodies of men, women and children.
A man was floating above the alter, wearing a ceremonial robe, looking about 50 or 60 years old. He had long white hair and below him was a basket of some sort, covered in blankets.
It was Trigon.
Foxhound got up and pointed his rifle at him.
"FREEZE."
Trigon looked back at Foxhound with an evil grin, he appeared insantaniously right in front of Foxhound and knocked him to the ground.
Foxhound picked up his rifle and pointed it at Trigon. But then the weapon was immersed in a black auroa and fell to pieces in his hands. Trigon then grabbed Foxhound by the neck at lifted him up from the ground.
Foxhound looked into his eyes, filled with content upon killing him.
"And now you will know the same fear that the world will soon come to know." He lifted his other arm as it glowed in a black auroa, ready to finish him off.
At that moment a few shots rang in the air. Foxhound looked down to see Trigons face, which was filled with a mixture of pain and death. Then Foxhound fell to the ground with a thud.
He looked over and saw the body of Trigon, the back of his head was flowing with blood. the bullet holes in his back was bleeding also.
Slade walked over to Foxhound and picked him up, The barrel of his rifle was smoking.
"You are getting too old Mikhail."
"Yeah, whatever Slade."
They both walked toward the alter looking at the basket. beside it was a book.
"What is it?" said Slade.
Foxhound grabbed the basket and took out the blanket. He saw two infants, still sleeping despite all the noise that were around them. The smaller one had a red jewel on its forehead, the bigger one had one his right wrist. Foxhound didn't know if the placement of the jewels mean't anything but they both looked that they were embedded with powers equal or far more powerful than Trigon's.
Slade noticed the jewel on one and drew his pistol and aimed it at the infant.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING SLADE?"
"Look Mikhail. They are monsters. I'm sending them back to hell where they belong."
Foxhound put the basket on the alter quickly and drew his pistol at Slade.
"Drop your weapon now. That is an order from your superior officer."
Slade didn't back down.
"Mikhail don't be an idiot. You know what Trigon was capable of. We have to kill these monsters."
"These children are innocent, they don't deserve to die." said Foxhound
Slade had a disgruntled look on his face "You are out of your league Mikhail."
As Slade and Foxhound aimed their guns at each others heads, the police bursted into the church. The two immeditatly dropped their guns. While this happened, General Thompson walked in.
"I heard the whole thing." said the General. "Slade, by disobeying orders and pointing a gun at a superior officer: you are hereby suspended from active duty for a month."
Slade just walked out of the church angrily towards the helicopter waiting for him.
"Foxhound, are the children hurt?" said the General.
Foxhound looked into the basket. The infants still asleep. They appeared unharmed.
"Yes General, they are fine."
"Leave, We will take care of this mess. Rest assured, you will get awarded for this."
"Yes, thank you General."
When Foxhound got back to the base, he went to the infirmary to check on the infants.
As Foxhound looked at the kids, he wondered what Trigon could have done to them. Now that Trigon is dead they were orphans with nowhere to go.
The General walked in and stood over Foxhound.
"We looked at that journal we recovered. From what we could understand it seems that these two were going to bring armageddon.
Foxhound looked on while the General talked.
"Whats going to happen to them?"
"Were going to raise them like our own." said the General. "Look at them, they both got dark hair. I think the girl should be called Raven and the boy should be called Crow."
Foxhound looked back at the General. "What? Do they remind you of blackbirds?"
"Yeah, they do. They sound like good code names." said the General.
"Fine, they shall be called Raven and Crow." said Foxhound. "I'll give them their real names."
Foxhound pointed to the girl. "I should call her Katrina. No middle name or last name. Just Katrina.
The General looked puzzled. "You're giving her your wife's name?"
"Yeah," said Foxhound. "If she was here, she'd appreciate it."
"And what about the boy?" said the General.
"Hmmm..... Dimitri, Dimitri Vissarivonivich Krad, just like my grandfather."
"Okay," said the General, pulling out a certificate and pen. "Katrina, Codename: Raven. And Dimitri V. Krad, Codename: Crow."
Foxhound smiled. "They officially exist now."
____________________________________
Dimitri closed the book and sat it down beside him. He then looked at Raven.
"I thought the Agency killed my brother and kept me as something to experiment on." said Raven.
"I've hidden this thing all my life." said Dimitri. "I hid it from you, my friends, the Colonel. The only one who knew was General Mikhail."
Raven stood there silent.
Dimitri stood up and looked at a candle that was sitting on a mantle. He rose his hand toward it and uttered the incantation he learned in the book.
"Azerath Metrion Zinthos"
Suddenly a black energy mass shot from his hand and destroyed the whole mantle. Dimitri was startled from the explosion and suddenly the whole room was being shot up by the energy masses that were coming out of his wrist. Raven tackeled him to the ground.
"LISTEN, YOUR POWERS ARE CONTROLLED BY EMOTIONS! YOU HAVE TO CALM DOWN." she screamed.
The energy masses began to stop. Dimitri stood up and closed his eyes, trying to clear his mind. He looked at the journal sitting on the bed and focused on it. The book started to rise. He then made it flew toward Raven where she grabbed it.
"Good." said Raven as she smiled. "Keep practicing."
Dimitri looked at her and smiled back.
"Don't worry sis. I will."
TO BE CONTINUED
Dimitri was floating there, looking at Raven with absolute fear because he could not understand what was happening to him.
He made an attempt to float towards Raven, losing balance but caught Raven before anything else could happen.
"Take me down." said Dimitri, gripping on Raven tightly in fear that he might fall again.
Raven slowly took him down
"Starfire, tell the rest that Dimitri's okay." Raven instructed.
Starfire nodded and floated up towards the top of the tower while Dimitri and Raven floated down. When they touched down they headed for the door and into the elevator. Dimitri quickly sat in the corner, sweating profusely and breathing heavily.
"Dimitri? What's happening to you?" said Raven, sounding worried.
Dimitri just looked up and glanced at Raven for a few seconds. Then he just looked down, saying nothing.
As they reached the front room, Dimitri was picked up by his shoulder with the help of Raven and Starfire, who rushed in to help him. They carried him to Raven's room as the rest watched. When they reached the room, they helped him on the bed. He sat up, trying to catch his breath.
"Starfire, leave." said Raven, Starfire fully understood and left accordingly.
"Dimitri? Whats wrong?" said Raven.
Dimitri knew there was no way out of this, he had to tell her.
"Katrina......"
"What is it?"
Dimitri grabbed his right wrist and undid the bandage. As the white linen fell to the floor, Raven gasped.
Embedded in his right wrist was a red jewel, identical to the one on her forehead.
"I.....I am your brother." said Dimitri.
Raven stood there a couple of seconds, having no idea what to say. then a tear started to roll down her face. She broke down and grabbed Dimitri, burying her face into his shoulder.
Dimitri grabbed her. "It's okay."
"All this time.........I thought you were dead.........but I never thought it was you."
Dimitri just kept holding her, then he lifted her head up.
"Listen, tell me whats happening to me."
Raven stood up and lifted her hand up, moments later an old tattered book came flying into her hand. She then gave it to Dimitri.
"What is this?" said Dimitri as he opened it.
"All of my answers," said Raven. "and all of your answers."
__________________________________________________ ______
Wallachia region, Romania.
October 31st, 1989
"ATTENTION!"
All the soldiers looked up in attention to the General, holding their guns. They were inside a transport helicopter with the words "W.S.S: For Honor, For the World." written on the side.
"We are doing this on behalf of the Romanian government. A wanted suspect has been held up in a local church just 20 miles northwest of Bucharest. From early intel, about 20 local police officers are dead and we've been called in as a last resort. The suspect has just been identified as Trigon, who has been wanted for the death of 40 agent members in 6 other countries. This subject has never been seen by agent members who lived to tell about it."
An agent member, with a helmet on and a black mask over his face, filled his last magazine with ammo. The nametag on his uniform said "SD-74912 SLADE"
"We are playing on a level which most will never see." said the General. "Lieutenant Slade and Commander Foxhound will lead the teams into the church. Your orders are to eliminate the subject by any means neccessary. Failure is not an option."
Slade stood up.
"General Thompson."
"Yes?"
"What is our insertion plan?"
"We will approach the church and drop off Commander Foxhound's team to approach the front door while your team will approach the back."
Agent Foxhound looked up and nodded at the General. Agent Slade took a seat next to him.
"I hope your age wont be a problem Mikhail." said Slade.
Foxhound looked at Slade "Keep in mind that forty-seven is just a number."
As they reached the church, the soldiers looked down and saw dead policemen laying on the ground. There were no wounds on the corpses, it looked as if they dropped dead.
"We're at the target point." said the General.
Foxhound grabbed a rope and went down. he was followed by 2 other soldiers.
They set themselves up at the doorway of the church.
"This is Team B. We are set up at the back. Preparing flashbang now."
The team at the doorway got a flashbang grenade and pulled the pin.
"NOW!!!"
A team member opened the door and threw it in and seconds later the church was engulfed in intense light as the team rushed in. Foxhound saw a row of chairs and took cover until the light was gone, thinking the rest of the team was going to take the same action.
When the light died down, he looked up and saw his team, suspended in air by 2 black daggers that stretched back to a hand.
The other hand were holding up the other 2 members in the back. They all fell down motionless. The church floor was covered with dead bodies of men, women and children.
A man was floating above the alter, wearing a ceremonial robe, looking about 50 or 60 years old. He had long white hair and below him was a basket of some sort, covered in blankets.
It was Trigon.
Foxhound got up and pointed his rifle at him.
"FREEZE."
Trigon looked back at Foxhound with an evil grin, he appeared insantaniously right in front of Foxhound and knocked him to the ground.
Foxhound picked up his rifle and pointed it at Trigon. But then the weapon was immersed in a black auroa and fell to pieces in his hands. Trigon then grabbed Foxhound by the neck at lifted him up from the ground.
Foxhound looked into his eyes, filled with content upon killing him.
"And now you will know the same fear that the world will soon come to know." He lifted his other arm as it glowed in a black auroa, ready to finish him off.
At that moment a few shots rang in the air. Foxhound looked down to see Trigons face, which was filled with a mixture of pain and death. Then Foxhound fell to the ground with a thud.
He looked over and saw the body of Trigon, the back of his head was flowing with blood. the bullet holes in his back was bleeding also.
Slade walked over to Foxhound and picked him up, The barrel of his rifle was smoking.
"You are getting too old Mikhail."
"Yeah, whatever Slade."
They both walked toward the alter looking at the basket. beside it was a book.
"What is it?" said Slade.
Foxhound grabbed the basket and took out the blanket. He saw two infants, still sleeping despite all the noise that were around them. The smaller one had a red jewel on its forehead, the bigger one had one his right wrist. Foxhound didn't know if the placement of the jewels mean't anything but they both looked that they were embedded with powers equal or far more powerful than Trigon's.
Slade noticed the jewel on one and drew his pistol and aimed it at the infant.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING SLADE?"
"Look Mikhail. They are monsters. I'm sending them back to hell where they belong."
Foxhound put the basket on the alter quickly and drew his pistol at Slade.
"Drop your weapon now. That is an order from your superior officer."
Slade didn't back down.
"Mikhail don't be an idiot. You know what Trigon was capable of. We have to kill these monsters."
"These children are innocent, they don't deserve to die." said Foxhound
Slade had a disgruntled look on his face "You are out of your league Mikhail."
As Slade and Foxhound aimed their guns at each others heads, the police bursted into the church. The two immeditatly dropped their guns. While this happened, General Thompson walked in.
"I heard the whole thing." said the General. "Slade, by disobeying orders and pointing a gun at a superior officer: you are hereby suspended from active duty for a month."
Slade just walked out of the church angrily towards the helicopter waiting for him.
"Foxhound, are the children hurt?" said the General.
Foxhound looked into the basket. The infants still asleep. They appeared unharmed.
"Yes General, they are fine."
"Leave, We will take care of this mess. Rest assured, you will get awarded for this."
"Yes, thank you General."
When Foxhound got back to the base, he went to the infirmary to check on the infants.
As Foxhound looked at the kids, he wondered what Trigon could have done to them. Now that Trigon is dead they were orphans with nowhere to go.
The General walked in and stood over Foxhound.
"We looked at that journal we recovered. From what we could understand it seems that these two were going to bring armageddon.
Foxhound looked on while the General talked.
"Whats going to happen to them?"
"Were going to raise them like our own." said the General. "Look at them, they both got dark hair. I think the girl should be called Raven and the boy should be called Crow."
Foxhound looked back at the General. "What? Do they remind you of blackbirds?"
"Yeah, they do. They sound like good code names." said the General.
"Fine, they shall be called Raven and Crow." said Foxhound. "I'll give them their real names."
Foxhound pointed to the girl. "I should call her Katrina. No middle name or last name. Just Katrina.
The General looked puzzled. "You're giving her your wife's name?"
"Yeah," said Foxhound. "If she was here, she'd appreciate it."
"And what about the boy?" said the General.
"Hmmm..... Dimitri, Dimitri Vissarivonivich Krad, just like my grandfather."
"Okay," said the General, pulling out a certificate and pen. "Katrina, Codename: Raven. And Dimitri V. Krad, Codename: Crow."
Foxhound smiled. "They officially exist now."
____________________________________
Dimitri closed the book and sat it down beside him. He then looked at Raven.
"I thought the Agency killed my brother and kept me as something to experiment on." said Raven.
"I've hidden this thing all my life." said Dimitri. "I hid it from you, my friends, the Colonel. The only one who knew was General Mikhail."
Raven stood there silent.
Dimitri stood up and looked at a candle that was sitting on a mantle. He rose his hand toward it and uttered the incantation he learned in the book.
"Azerath Metrion Zinthos"
Suddenly a black energy mass shot from his hand and destroyed the whole mantle. Dimitri was startled from the explosion and suddenly the whole room was being shot up by the energy masses that were coming out of his wrist. Raven tackeled him to the ground.
"LISTEN, YOUR POWERS ARE CONTROLLED BY EMOTIONS! YOU HAVE TO CALM DOWN." she screamed.
The energy masses began to stop. Dimitri stood up and closed his eyes, trying to clear his mind. He looked at the journal sitting on the bed and focused on it. The book started to rise. He then made it flew toward Raven where she grabbed it.
"Good." said Raven as she smiled. "Keep practicing."
Dimitri looked at her and smiled back.
"Don't worry sis. I will."
TO BE CONTINUED