Piece of My Mind: Sequal to The Shadow [Archive]

nevermore

11-28-2004, 02:20 PM

Here is your prize.:D

Chapter 2
arrival

As told by Raven:

Nevermore let us see the letter. It said that his sister was on Tameran, looking for the one that killed their parents.

We now know that her name is Skylark, but she likes to be called Lark.

She said that she had gotten a message from Swift, who helped Nevermore get back to Earth after he was sent back to Azarath, that told her where Nevermore was, and she was going to visit us. She said that she hasn't searched Earth yet, so maybe she'll find the murderer here.

We just got her room ready. It took a long time, so she had better like it. I lost some valuable time helping out, but Nevermore was happy that I helped, so it's okay.

I just heard someone knocking. It could be Lark.

As told by Cyborg:

I was the first one to get to the door. It had just started to rain, so I opened the door as quickly as possible.

When I opened the door, I saw a cloaked figure. The person walked in and thanked me. This person was a girl.

She put her hood down, revealing her head. She looked just like Nevermore, except she had longer hair and both her eyes were normal.

"You must be Lark," I said holding my right hand out, "I'm Cyborg."

Lark extended her right arm out from behind the cloak. I was surprised! I was shaking another robotic arm! It looked a lot like mine, but it was all white.

"It's nice to meet you Cyborg," she said.

Her voice was a lot like Raven's, but it was a bit higher. It showed no emotion at all. I guess that her powers are drivin by emotion too.

The other Titans showed up one by one. Nevermore was first. He didn't like to hug at all, (and would practically kill you if you hugged him) so he just shook her hand too.

Beast Boy was next. He just said, "What's up," and held up his hand for a high five. Lark just stood there staring at him as if he was crazy. Beast Boy was worried that he might have just gotten on her bad side. He was about to panic when Lark suddenly gave him the high five with her robotic arm. He yelped in pain and we all laughed.

Robin was next. He just said "Hi. I'm Robin," and shook her hand. Man, a lot of us just shake hands.

Star was after Robin. Oh no. She gave Lark a hug that could collapse a mountain. Lark was left gasping for breath for at least five minutes.

Raven was last. She said hi.

"Everyone meet Lark. Lark these are the Teen Titans." Nevermore said to Lark.

We all introduced ourselves, and gave her a tour of the tower.

She eventually took off her cloak. Unlike the picture that Nevermore showed us, she was wearing a blue sweatshirt, but she was still wearing pink jeans.

She seemed a little bit happier now that she was familiar with us, but she still showed very little emotion.

"Do you want to join us for pizza?" Robin asked.

"No, I already ate," Lark said, "But thank you anyway."

Lark went to her room after that.

As told by Lark:

After the Titan's warm welcome, I went to my room. It was painted bright pink. This made me happier. I was in a bad mood today. I had a long journey from Tameran, which was horrible, and when I had gotten to Earth, it started to rain. I was cold, but the warmth in the tower felt good. I decided to get some sleep. I would be in a better mood in the morning.

The bed was very comfortable, and the pillows were very soft. I was already feeling much better.

Nevermore really paid attention to what I put into my letter. I told him that pink was my favorite color, how the bed should be, and many other things. He got everything right. He even had a place for me to put my sword.

I hope that the Titans don't ask me what my powers are.

T.T.Raven4

11-28-2004, 02:28 PM

The last line, was very original, but in a very good way. The spacing...maybe it's just me, but I skip a line when someone else starts talking, and by that I mean like this.

"PIE IS GOOD!" I said.

"I KNOW!" Bob said.

"APPLE IS DA BOMB!" Frank replied.

That's how I do spacing. also, the POV (Point of view) was a little out of order.

Exaple:

"No, I already ate," Lark said, "But thank you anyway."
Lark went to her room after that.
As told by Lark:
After the Titan's warm welcome, I went to my room. It was painted bright pink. This made me happier. I was in a bad mood today. I had a long journey from Tameran, which was horrible, and when I had gotten to Earth, it started to rain. I was cold, but the warmth in the tower felt good. I decided to get some sleep. I would be in a better mood in the morning.
*********************

That just kinda confused me. Everything was so cramped together. Besides that, Good chapter. Write more please.

EDIT!!!!: NEVERMIND! You edited and spaced it out! NEVERMIND THE WHOLE THING I JUST SAID ABOUT SPACING!

Aquagirl15

11-28-2004, 02:29 PM

ooooooooooo!!!! thanks for our prize! it was good one gripe can you please enter when it's from a new person's point of view? it would make it easier to follow. when i do it i do this:

the end of last person's point of view.

New person's point of view...

stuff they're saying.

this would make it a lot eaiser to follow. if this was too confusing to understand look @ my fic to see how it looks.;)

ok...nevermind me too.

nevermore

11-28-2004, 02:31 PM

Sorry, my computer does that whenever I post a chapter for some reason, I just fix it right away. You just got here before I could fix it.

Sproxie

11-28-2004, 03:45 PM

i notice it's the same people who confuse me all the time. :rolleyes: well usually the same people, but anyway, good chapter nevermore,

I hope that the Titans don't ask me what my powers are.

I WANNA KNOW HER POWERS NOW!
your evil to have posted that..... :crying:

Raven37

11-28-2004, 05:26 PM

Ooh! Very good!!! The only gripe I have is the same thing T.T. Raven4 said (about that one part being confusing), other than that, Great job!!!:D

-Raven37http://fs5.deviantart.com/i/2004/306/9/0/Cunyao_by_zau.gif

P.S. Pumkin pie is the best pie in the history of pie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Matt A

11-28-2004, 06:27 PM

This is getting to be pretty funky already! Yet another intriguing character has been created in the form of Lark, and you've managed to both immediately explain who she is and leave us desperate to know more about her. Such a trick will always get my attention...

Never mind the whole spacing thing: it's easy enough to follow as it is. Okay, so it may require the odd bit of thought here and there, but encouraging someone to think can only be a good thing.

Anyway, keep going with this small slice of genius!

nevermore

11-29-2004, 10:16 PM

All right, fun time.

Chapter 3

As told by Lark:

I woke up really late today. I usually get up at 8:30, but today I got up at 10:26! I got ready myself ready, and left my room. I looked down the hallway.

I had no idea of where to go.

It was then that I noticed a note on my door.

"Lark, the Titans and I will be training until 12:00. If you need anything, there is a map on the back of this note.

-Nevermore"

I looked on the back of the note, and saw that it was folded.

I unfolded it, and it was as tall as me!!!

This tower was big!!!

I found my way to the kitchen, but it was hard to find my way, even with the map!

I grabbed an apple and headed for the training room.

It was easier to find than the kitchen, I'll tell you that.

I walked in and saw a ton of equipment being used.

I never really noticed how the Titans looked until now. (I was in a bad mood yesterday and it was hard to pay attention to anything.)

Cyborg is a half man, half robot. He was trying to hold up a giant machine that kept placing heavy plates of metal on it.

Beast Boy was running on a treadmill, except he was a cheetah. The only reason I knew it was him, was because he was green.

Starfire was shooting at a bunch of flying robots while trying to dodge their attacks at the same time. She has dark red hair, tan orange skin, and almost completely green eyes.

Next I saw Robin. He has spiky black hair and a mask that made it so that you couldn't see his eyes. He was dressed in a red shirt with green sleeves. There was a black circle on the right side of his shirt that had a yellow R. He was wearing green gloves and pants, and he had black iron tipped boots. He was practicing with his iron staff.

I saw Raven and Nevermore practicing together. Raven is the same height as Nevermore. She was wearing what looked like a black swimsuit with sleeves. She also had a dark blue cloak, and her hood was up, so I couldn't see anything except for her purple eyes, but I remember her having purple hair. She also had boots that were the same color as her cloak.

Nevermore was throwing punches and kicks at Raven, but she would block each attack. It looked like a good way to practice their fighting skills.

Beast Boy noticed me first.

He turned back into his normal form, which was still all green, except he was wearing a black and purple outfit with white gloves.

He forgot that he was on a treadmill, and fell off.

"Hey look, it's Lark!" he said while getting up.

Suddenly, all the Titans stopped their training, and turned their attention to me.

"Hey Lark. Do you want to train with us?" Cyborg asked me.

"Yes! Please join us in training!" Starfire said with a big smile on her face.

"Uh....sure," I said, "Is there any way that I can train with my sword?"

As told by Beast Boy:

When all of us heard Lark's question, we all went quiet, and looked at eachother.

"Wait! I know a way!" Nevermore said as he walked forward, "But first I need to take a safety procaution."

Nevermore took Lark's sword and used the words, "Azarath Metrion Zynthos."

He was holding his katars in the other hand, and both of them started to glow black. Just as suddenly as they started, they stopped glowing.

Nevermore gave Lark her sword back, but the edges had turned black.

I'm guessing that the same thing have happened to Nevermore's katars, but I couldn't tell because his katars are completely black.

"All right, it should be safe now. Just attack me with everything you got," Nevermore said.

"What are, crazy?" I asked.

"I've done this before," Nevermore said, "It works perfectly. Trust me."

We backed off to be safe from any blades.

Nevermore was first to attack. He swung at Lark, but it was blocked.

"Man, I hope he know's what he's doing," Cy said.

"Well it sounds like he knows what he's doing," Raven said.

Nevermore and Lark kept exchanging strikes and bloking them.

Nevermore had the upper hand though. He had two weapons, and was striking madly.

All of us were worried. Star was about to jump in and stop them, when Lark did a double frontflip over Nevermore, and did the unthinkable.

As told by Raven:

All of us gasped.

Lark suddenly realized what had happened, and was freaking out.

I didn't care about any of the other Titans reactions. There was a sword protruding from Nevermore's stomach!

He staggered a little.

"Someone, pull it out," Nevermore said with a look of disgust on his face.

Starfire was the closest, and she hesitantly grabbed the sword hilt. She pulled it out as quickly as she could and dropped it immediately.

She closed her eyes, not wanting to see Nevermore's wound, except, there wasn't any!

We were all too shocked to speak.

"Well, I'm hungry," Nevermore said as if nothing had happened.

At this statement, Cyborg and Beast Boy stopped staring, and started arguing.

"A picnic in the park sounds good to me!" Cy said.

"I'll make everyone my tofu hotdogs!" Beast Boy said.

"Man, no one wants your tofu in any way, shape, or form!" Cy yelled.

"That's because none of you have ever tried it before!" Beast Boy yelled back.

They kept yelling at eachother as we started to leave to get the food from the kitchen.

"Do they always fight like that?" Lark whispered as she walked by.

"Every time," I said.

All of us almost completely forgot about the incident.

Y'know, I'm starting to wonder what Lark's powers are.

Aquagirl15

11-30-2004, 08:28 AM

you mean YOU don't even know what they are and you posted 'i hope they don't ask me what my powers are'? :eek: that's mean. so ok you have a history for being mean but that's not the point! anyway just post soon and next time KNOW WHAT LARK'S POWERS ARE!!!!! :D

on a happier note i like the pome in your sig. :anime: but stil GRRRRR! :mad:

JazzyChick

11-30-2004, 10:37 AM

I'm really liking it nevermore, the whole sword fight sceen was really cool. uhh, since i'm at school i won't threaten you to post soon, but i'm thinking it really hard.

and the poem in you sig is awesome!

Crowgirl

11-30-2004, 02:36 PM

Matt A

11-30-2004, 04:10 PM

SWORDS!!!!! ALRIGHT!!!!!!!

All the cool (:cool: ) characters have swords, like Crow.:D Sorry, it's true, you all know it, don't ya?

Good question though, what are her powers? Is it just sword fighting? It's something about her moods, I can tell you that much. But that's all I know.All the cool characters have swords because swords are cool. As are guns, but not in the same kind of way.

I'm not going to make any guesses about Lark's powers, because I have no idea where to even start.

Anyway, that was a cool chapter, yet again. Introducing the Titans from the point of view of another character is always a nice touch. Plus the sword trick had a nice irony to it, seeing as we knew what it was all about.

nevermore

11-30-2004, 06:12 PM

SWORDS!!!!! ALRIGHT!!!!!!!

All the cool (:cool: ) characters have swords, like Crow.:D Sorry, it's true, you all know it, don't ya?

Good question though, what are her powers? Is it just sword fighting? It's something about her moods, I can tell you that much. But that's all I know.
Yes swords rock, but I gave my Nevermore katars, because they rock! They're like swords though.

I always knew what Larks powers were!!! The last line of the chapter was something that Raven said. Sorry if it confused you guys.:crying:

They have something about emotions. Yes her powers are effected by emotions also, but it doesn't affect the surroundings when she looses control, it hurts her instead.:evil:

T.T.Raven4

11-30-2004, 08:29 PM

nevermore

11-30-2004, 09:02 PM

Me right more!!!:D

Chapter 4

As told by Starfire:

My friends and I had just arrived at the place known as the park. We will have picnics often, and it is quite fun.

I have learned a lot about what not to eat from the picnics, like, mustard is not supposed to be consumed by itself, because it is used for putting on hotdogs, which I find fascinating, and many other foods.

Anyway, Cyborg was cooking his usual baby-back ribs, as he calls it, and my amusing green friend, Beast Boy, was preparing some tofu hotdogs.

Robin had also prepared hotdogs, but these were the ones that were made from pigs and insects.

He gave me one, and I grabbed the mustard. I know that Robin and Cyborg have infromed me many times not to eat it by itself, but I took a small taste, just because I enjoy its flavor.

I then put a little on my hotdog, but Robin and Cyborg said that it wasn't a little. I don't know why they said that. I just put on enough to eliminate the flavor of the hot dog.

I am starting to wonder why it is called a hot dog, if it is made from pigs.

Cyborg had left his food to pull a prank on Beast Boy.

He took a little of his baby-back ribs, and inserted it into one of his tofu-dogs.

Both Cyborg and Robin tried to stifle their laughter as Beast Boy grabbed the sabotaged (sp?) tofu-dog, but I didn't see what was funny. Beast Boy is a vegetarian, and would be greatly disturbed to find a piece of animal in his food.

The tofu-dog was almost in his mouth, when it turned into a worm!

Suddenly we heard maniacle laughter, and a voice that I recognized.

"Hocus Pocus! Abra Kadabra! Ahahahaha! You'll never stop me!"

As told by Robin:

"Mumbo!" I yelled as soon as I saw him. "Titans, go!" I yelled like usual.

I pulled out my iron retractable staff, but it was immediately turned into a cobra.....That trick is starting to get old.

Star shot a bunch of starbolts, but Mumbo stopped each one in mid air, and shot them back.

A few hit Starfire and Cy. I was hit too, but only by one. Star was out cold, but Cy got back up. He shot a sonic blast a Mumbo, but he dodged it and it hit Nevermore.

He went flying into a tree, headfirst. He was pretty high in the air, and when he fell, he hit head first. That's going to hurt. He was already out cold.

Beast Boy took the chance to charge at Mumbo, but Mumbo seemed as if he was expecting it, and he dodged it, but he was hit by an exploding disk that I had thrown. It hit Mumbo, but Beast Boy had also gotten hit.

I didn't mean to hit him, he just didn't get out of the way quick enough.

Anyway, I charged at him, but he used some magic words, and he was
immediately stopped by a strait jacket and rope binding my feet. Stupid magic tricks.

Raven had tried to hit him with many rocks, but Mumbo did the same thing that he did to Star's starbolts, but Raven was ready for it. She used her powers to create a shield of black energy, and shot some more rocks at him.

Mumbo dodged the rocks, and used his wand to trap raven in a saw in half box. He even included a gag to keep her from using her powers to get free.

Cyborg was trying to get me free of my bonds, when mumbo used his wand to shut him down.

"Hey!" Cy yelled, "No one turns me off and gets away with it!"

Even though he was shut down, his human parts could still function.

I couldn't believe it! Mumbo had defeated all of us! What were we going to do? Mumbo was twirling the wand in his right hand and was walking towards me!

As told by Cyborg:

Mumbo was walking towards Robin and me when he was suddenly kicked in the side.

It was Lark! I had completely forgot about her!

Mumbo grabbed his hat and wand, and got back up.

"That was a wonderful magic trick, but not as good as this one!" He yelled as at least 50 stuffed rabbits flew out of his hat.

Lark just sidestepped the rabbits as if she knew it was coming, and charged.

Mumbo stood still, and just as Lark was about to hit him, he got out of the way.

Lark was headed for a brick wall, and she was moving to fast to stop!

I thought that this would be the end of our last chance, but Lark just ran up the wall and jumped off.

"You never give up, do you?" Mumbo yelle, furious that his tricks hadn't worked.

"I never give up," Lark said.

Suddenly, Mumbo shot a ton of oversized cards (that he used to stop Beast Boy once before with) at Lark!

Lark quickly drew her sword and held it strait out in front of her.

The cards were pierced by the sharp blade and stayed on the blade. Lark didn't hesitate a moment as she swung her blade. The cards flew off of the blade, and hit Mumbo with greater force than he threw them with.

As Mumbo was hit by the cards, his wand flew up into the air.

Lark shook her robotic arm, like Robin does when he wants to use his exploding disks, and a few metallic feathers appeared in her hands.

Apparently, these weren't her powers, because they appeared in her robotic arms, and supernatural powers cannot be contained in a robotic arm. She made these feathers herself.

She quickly threw the feathers at the wand, and they all hit, causing the wand to break. Without the wand, Mumbo was just a pitiful man.

Suddenly, I was turned back on, Robin was freed from the strait jacket and ropes, and Raven was let out of the box, and the gag disappeared.

Robin, Raven, and Lark made sure that Mumbo didn't get away while I called the cops.

After the cops picked Mumbo up, we picked up the unconcious Titans and brought them back to the tower.

Lark can fly, and flew back to the tower, but I think that there is more to her powers than that. I'll have to ask.

What do you think?

T.T.Raven4

11-30-2004, 09:12 PM

I hate you. Suspense...GOOD CHAPTER THOUGH!:anime:

nevermore

11-30-2004, 09:56 PM

Everyone hates me. I'm used to it.

The chapter might be on tomorrow, but it might not. I've been having trouble writing my chapters. But I will tell you something about Larks powers in the next chapter, I swear!

raven54

12-01-2004, 12:14 AM

I LOVE SWORDS!!! But I like daggers more. (Which Is why I'm giving them to Jake as weapons. DIG IT SUCKAS!)

GREAT CHAPTER. I loved the sword moment, and I sware, if you don't tell me what her powers are I'm going to... *Explodes, and walks out of closet, revealing that a dummy was expoded* DO THAT!ME TOO!!! i love swords, but daggers kick even more ass... if i ever actually post more in my fic (i will at some point, i swear:sweat: my charrie's got lotsa daggers

Everyone hates me. I'm used to it.

The chapter might be on tomorrow, but it might not. I've been having trouble writing my chapters. But I will tell you something about Larks powers in the next chapter, I swear! i don't hate ya. just not likin ya so much when ya leave me hangin like that...

and i gotta say, the poem in your sig is friggin awesome. maybe change the color of the font thouhg? i know you like dark colors a liot, but i can't really read it unless i highlight it... unless that's what you were going for... like make people curious so they read it, not scan over it? naaaahhh... *thinks hard, brain implodes*

Aquagirl15

12-01-2004, 08:43 AM

i think u r evil!!!!!! :evil: but we all r so. anyway i like how you broght back Mumbo. i was thinking about bringing back an old villan into my story. post soon or suffer the wrath of bologna man!!!!!!!!!

Lord Welshi

12-01-2004, 01:23 PM

This is....well....hmmm. Some parts are good, but somae are a bit...bland. The story is good, the introduction of Lark was well done, but it seems to me that your transition to first person perspective (after using third person in "Nevermore") hasn't quite worked. Some of the descriptions are a bit short, and surely in the first person we'd have far more on the Titan's emotions and thought processes? fine, you are describing what happens, but it doesn't seem to actually affect the character's thoughts much (though you have done that on occasion, it doesn't happen nearly enough.) The battle with Mumbo was ok, but it was a little short and he was way too overpowered. Starfire being knocked out cold within a minute? Nevermore (after his amazing fighting abilities in your previous story) also doing nothing in the battle? Doesn't quite fit, methinks.

Don't take this personally, this story has massive potential and has been set up rathernicely, i just think a bit more could be done inthe actual story-telling process.

Lord Welshi

Matt A

12-01-2004, 04:35 PM

Oh. My. God. Welshie has given critcisms!

In all seriousness, I think he may well have a point. The first third of the chapter is pretty funny, as anything observed on by Starfire usually is. The other two-thirds, though, does seem a tad wooden - in all fairness, it's damn near impossible to create an ecviting action sequence on paper, but this one was just a tad too short. Putting a little more description into each blow would go a long way to making that fight a lot better. As for the whole "first-person non-emotion" thang...well, let's just say that he's spot on, but only on re-reading.

On the plus side, the continuation of the Titans' various quirks - Starfire's non-understanding of Earth ways, Beat Boy's and Cyborg's tit-for-tat pranking, etc - was as funny as ever, and having Mumbo put in an appearance is always good for some creative mayhem. Having the Titans go on a picnic (?!) was quite a novel idea, too.

So, yeah...if you keep with the good stuff and ditch the bad stuff, you'll carry on being one of the better writers around here.

T.T.Raven4

12-01-2004, 04:45 PM

To tell you what, here's my thoughts.

The Starfire thing: Awesome! That had me laughing with her mustard deals and stuff. Geez that was great.

One of Welshi's remarks was and I quote: The battle with Mumbo was ok, but it was a little short and he was way too overpowered. Starfire being knocked out cold within a minute? Nevermore (after his amazing fighting abilities in your previous story) also doing nothing in the battle? Doesn't quite fit, methinks.

I agree. Mumbo was way to strong. Kncoking out Starfire, I guess, but it's a little far fetched. Also, when we told you Nevermore was too invincible like, we didn't mean make him get slaughtered. After we told you that in your previous fic, he just kinda went downhill.

That's all I gotta say.

raven54

12-01-2004, 05:33 PM

on Nevermore (the charrie)- find the happy medium dude. first he was too powerful, then he's sorta weak. in between there should work the best... like, have him get knocked around but still come out on top. or something to that effect

and i first person, remember that the character is seeing things through his/her own eyes. therefore how they interpret what's happening is incorporated into that. it's not what actually happened it's how the character sees and feels it happen. i dunno if that made any sense:shrug: ...

Raven13

12-01-2004, 05:37 PM

hey that was really good i liked the whole story:D i liked supense and the whole idea is very creative!!!! with a sister Lark and nevermore it shows that some people in Azarath have different powers!;)

nevermore

12-01-2004, 07:44 PM

Oh man! This is hard. Oh well, all this critisizm will help me. Next chapter. May the mysterious powers be revealed.

Chapter 5

As told by Nevermore:

I woke up slowly.

"Uh. What happened?" I asked. My felt like it had been cracked open, and I know how that feels, trust me.

"You got flew into a tree headfirst after Mumbo dodged my sonic cannon," Cy said. I coud tell that he was scared, even if he was trying to hide it.

"You got some splinters in your head," Raven said, pointing to a tray with at least 15 small pieces of wood.

I suddenly got angry.

"Why can't I fight anymore?" I yelled, slamming my fist down on the metal table that I was sitting on, leaving a small dent in it. "I'm going to go train," I said as I left.

As told by Raven:

I felt sort of sorry for Nevermore. He hasn't seen the best of times.

"What's his problem?" Lark asked.

"He has very complicated powers," I said, "He used to be able to fight with great skill, but then he learned how to use his strongest powers, and started using those. He would use them whenever we went to fight some villain, but one time, he got angry as he used those powers, and now they victim of the attack, is still in a coma. He stopped using those powers, because they are drivin by emotion, and he's afraid that he might that he might lose control again, but he lost most of his original fighting skills. He has never been able to fight as well since."

"Yeah, and when he get frusterated like this, he'll spend the rest of the night training," Robin said.

"Which means that he'll be training for about...7 more hours," Cyborg said.

"But then he'll only be training till 12," Lark said.

I rolled my eyes and explained what we meant. "Nevermore considers 12 to be morning, because it's the start of a new day," I said.

I wanted to get off the subject. I was feeling real sorry for Nevermore now.

The splinters were floating in the air.

"I'm going to meditate," I said as I left.

As told by Cyborg:

All of the other Titans left after Raven did, except for Lark and me. Lark was about to leave, when curiosity got the better of me.

"Lark wait," I said in a low whisper, closing the door.

"What is it Cyborg?" Lark asked.

"You can call me Cy," I said, "but I've been meaning to ask you..."

"What?" Lark said.

It was hard enough to ask what her powers were, but now she was looking at me with a wierd look on her face, as if she was expecting me to say something that would offend her.

"Uh...well...you see..." I couldn't take the pressure, "I don't want to sound rude, but I need to know what your powers are!"

"Well why didn't you just say so?" Lark said. I sighed with relief. "My powers can tell what people are feeling. Like when Mumbo, as you call him, made a brick wall appear, I knew that he was feeling confident, and I knew that he was planning something. That's how I was able to think so quickly."

I was disappointed. "That's it?" I asked, "There has to something more than that,"

"Oh yeah," I leaned forward to hear what Lark was going to say. "I can fly,"

Lark walked out leaving me just standing there. That was the great Lark's powers. She could tell what kind of emotion people were feeling. I couldn't believe it.

As told by Lark:

Cy asked me what his powers were today. I didn't lie, but I didn't tell him everything. I don't lie, unless my life depends on it, and that hasn't been many times.

I know where my enemy is. I know where the one that killed my family is. I need to carry out my plan tonight, or tomorrow as Nevermore calls it, because
I don't want any of the Titans to know about it.

I have 7 hours to prepare for the most important part of my plan.

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I am soooooo evil.

Aquagirl15

12-01-2004, 07:50 PM

yes u are. well now we know Lark's powers so that's one good thing. :shrug: more!!!!

Matt A

12-02-2004, 08:10 AM

Ahh, that's much better!

Lark's powers as you've described them so far have excellent potential. But I hope that you don't keep on dragging out telling the full picture, or else you may have to feel my wrath...

Lord Welshi

12-02-2004, 12:46 PM

I agree with my mate, that chapter did seem better. The explanation of why Nevermore seems to have lost some his ability...pretty good. It wasn't just added in purely to explain his change, was it? I doubt that you'd do something like that, tho. As I said, it's an improvement. Now keep going.

Lord Welshi

Sproxie

12-02-2004, 04:21 PM

Yes nevermore, you are VERY evil. :sad:
i wanna know the rest of her poswers!!! but anyway, this chapter was very good, post more soon!

nevermore

12-03-2004, 06:53 PM

More is arriving...It's about time.

Chapter 6

As told by Nevermore:

It was about 11:24 when Lark walked into the training room.

I was training on a robot that moves very quickly. It moves to block your attacks as you attack it.

"What are you doing up?" I asked, my eyes not leaving the robot.

"To check up on you," Lark said.

That's one of the last things that I wanted. It always means that they want to talk, and I hate it when people think that they can help me. This is something that I had to take care of all by myself. I didn't need her to try to help.

"Well there's nothing to see. Nothing to talk about either," I said. I raised my voice just to see if she could figure out that I didn't want to talk.

"Okay," Lark said. She stood there for a while, not saying anything.

"Well, it's midnight, and I'm going to bed," I said, hitting the robot before it could block.

I walked out, and went to bed. I'm going to train more when I wake up.

As told by Robin:

Lark talked to me last night. She just asked a few questions about how he's been doing.

She was acting pretty wierd.

I'm tired now, because of the noise that Nevermore was making while he trained. I woke up at about 10:00, but I was still tired.

I walked into the control room, because that's where the kitchen is. I was getting breakfast, when I noticed something wrong.

Cyborg and Beast Boy were playing gamestation, as they normally do, Star was watching them, because she was fascinated at how it worked, but Raven wasn't there. Normally she would be reading her book, and yelling at Cy and BB to keep the volume down.

I went to the training room. Maybe Nevermore would know where she was.

He was training with his shadow powers when I walked in. He was trying to dodge those flying machines that Star trains with. He saw me, and cut through the remaining robots.

"What's up?" Nevermore said. By the way he said it, I was sure that he already knew that something was wrong.

"I haven't seen Raven today and I was wondering if you knew where she was," I said. I had a bad feeling. I was sure that he didn't know, but I had to ask, just in case.

"I haven't seen her either," Nevermore said, "I haven't seen Lark either."

"WHAT THE HECK!!!" I could hear BB yelling.

After that, the alarm went off.

As told by Beast Boy:

I was playing Cyborg in a game, when suddenly a message appeared on the screen.

"WHAT THE HECK!!!" I yelled. I was really disappointed. I was about to beat
Cy in that racing game, and I was about to beat the record. I'm so mad that I can't even remember the name of the game.

Cy watched the message, and recorded it. I didn't watch it, but I guess it was important because he sounded the alarm.

"What's the trouble?" Robin yelled, as he and Nevermore ran in.

"Lark and Rae are in trouble!" Cyborg said.

Am I mean or what?

Aquagirl15

12-03-2004, 07:03 PM

yes u r mean!!!! :crying: :crying: and that was short so it's really mean!!! ugh!!! :mad:

oh and that was really good. and we all know Beast Boy wasn't about to beat Cyborg :rolleyes:

nevermore

12-03-2004, 10:17 PM

Of course he couldn't beat him, it helps explains how BB feels though, now doesn't it. I hope that I can get the next chapter up by tomorrow. And if I don't, Iguana Man will have to come after me.:D

Lord Welshi

12-04-2004, 09:11 AM

Now that's what i'm talking about! The emotions felt by each character are far better presented in this chapter. There isn't much action, but it's not needed because this sets up the next chpater rather nicely. I liked Beast Boy's perspective, and how he twists his own viewpoint to believing he may actually beat Cyborg on the gamestation.

Good work

Lord Welshi

T.T.Raven4

12-04-2004, 10:21 AM

Short 'n' Sweet!

Keep writing. GO LARK AND RAE! WOOT!

nevermore

12-04-2004, 11:51 AM

I thank you for the compliments m'Lord. *bows so low that nose touches the ground*

I will have the next chapter up sometime today... But I'll make you wait first.:evil:

Matt A

12-04-2004, 03:02 PM

No! No no no no no! Never bow to anyone!

Sorry. I got a bit carried away there.

Anyway, that was a cool chapter. It sets up what (probably) going to happen next with a high degree of class - and, yes, you are evil for dropping such a massive cliffhanger. Will the main villain be introduced next?

Don't be so hard on Beast Boy. He may win someday...

nevermore

12-04-2004, 06:43 PM

I'm back!

Chapter 7

As told by Cyborg:

Robin and Nevermore ran in to see what the trouble was. I had just watched a message from Lark, and she said the both Raven and her were in trouble.

I played the message again for Robin and Nevermore. Nevermore watched in silence.

The screen flickered, and Lark came into focus. She was sending a message and fighting at the same time. No one could see anything of the stranger except for the occasional sword slashing at Lark. The person that was holding the sword was wearing black, but that's just the arm that we saw. For all we know, it could be anyone.

"Raven and I are in trouble!" Lark said, while countering a swing from her opponents sword. "I have no idea where I am, and Raven was sent to another location."

A black fist suddenly hit the screen, and there was just static.

Nevermore was shocked. So was everyone else, but Nevermore was obviously more worried than all of us.

"Cy," Robin said, disturbing the silence, "can you track the spot where the message came from?"

"You bet I can!" I said. My fingers flew across the keyboard, as I tried to locate the source.

"There!" I said. I was proud at how well my trackers worked. I built them myself, so of course they worked.

"They're at the docks," Robin said.

"And according to Cyborg's incredibly accurate radar, they are at pier 36," Star said.

I smiled. I like it when my creations are complimented.

Nevermore was already on his way out the door. "Come on! We need to get there soon!"

All of the Titans piled into my baby. My car is my best creation. We got onto the road, and we were going as fast as we could. We could have gotten to the docks if there weren't any speed limits.

As told by Nevermore:
We finally got to the docks, and we burst out of the car. Cy stayed behind to take care of his car. He locked it up, turned on the alarm, and took out the chip that was obviously the key.

"All right Titans, ready," Robin said as we approched the pier.

I was more than ready. I could barely hold myself back. I wanted to just run in there, but Robin was right. If there's anything that I know, it's that stealth is important.

We approached silently, and we quietly entered the building. It was dark...and cold. Suddenly the lights came on, revealing one of the most horrible things that I could imagine.

Raven was right in front of us, but she was encased in ice. There was a mask on that provided her with air, because there wasn't any ice around her mouth or nose, and without it, she wouldn't get the air that she needed, and would sufficate.

"Raven!" I yelled, as I ran over to the ice.

Suddenly a cloaked figure appeared in front of me.

The ground was icy too, so I couldn't stop, and the person punched me in the face.

I fell to the ground, my nose was bleeding.

"If you want her, you'll have to fight me," the figure said with a low voice. The person held up a key and pointed to a lock on the ice.

"Titans, ready!" Robin yelled as usual.

The figure held out their hand. "No! Only he can fight me!" The person pointed to me. "If you interfere, the girl will die."

The cloaked person pointed to the machine where the oxygen was processed through. It was right over Raven. It also had a laser attached to it.

I really hated this person. "Fine! I'll fight you!" I yelled as I got up, my voice dripping with hatred.

"But how can you fight me," the person then took the cloak off, "When you have to fight your sister?"

The cloaked figure was Lark!!!

"Dude," Beast Boy said, "Does evil run in your family or something?"

"I'm not evil," Lark said, "I'm just getting revenge on the one that killed my parents!"

"I didn't kill our parents!" I yelled.

You wouldn't believe how angry I was. One of your best friends being kidnapped, your sister wanting to kill you, and being accused of killing your parents. I hated Lark so much that I was shaking.

"Yes you did!" Lark said, "If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have been threatened!"

I couldn't take it anymore. I charged, katars at the ready.

I swung, but missed. Lark was fast. I kept trying to hit her, but it was like she knew what I was going to do before I did it!!!

"Why can't I hit you?" I yelled, with an angry tone.

"Because," Lark said, dodging another swing, "I can read your thoughts. Why else would I kidnap Raven?"

She was right! I wouldn't do anything to put her in danger. I felt feelings that I had never felt about before when I was around her.

Suddenly, Lark drew her sword, and slashed me across my cheek. It wasn't a major cut, but it hurt like heck! She then slashed me on my leg.

I slid back a bit. I held my katars up just in time to block one of Larks attacks. If I hadn't, I would have died.

I knew that this was a hopeless battle. Lark pulled her sword away, and I ran, but before I could get out the door, I felt a sharp pain right under where my heart was. I passed out.

As told by Starfire:

Poor Nevermore. His sister had almost killed him.

I saw him fall to the ground. I moved as quickly as I could to save my injured friend. I flew over to my friend.

I gasped in terror. There was a dagger protruding from his back. I picked his limp form from the ground and flew back to the tower.

We removed the dagger from his back, and Cyborg quickly bandaged it.

"Is our friend going to be okay?" I asked with tears in my eyes.

"He's not dead, but he's in a coma," Cyborg said, looking at one of his scanners.

"A coma! Is that bad?" I said. It did not sound wonderful at all.

"He's just in a very deep sleep, and you can't wake him up. He has to wake up on his own," Robin said, looking at the ground.

"When will he wake up?" I asked. I was very worried. What if Nevermore did not ever wake up?

"We don't know," Beast Boy said. He too was looking at the ground.

"All we can do, is wait," Robin said.

We all left. All of us was worried about Nevermore, but we had to find a way to save Raven.

Aquagirl15

12-04-2004, 06:56 PM

poor Raven, poor Nevermore, poor everybody!!! that was really good and all but you were more mean than you said you were gonna be. :crying: <- i know you can resist the face but still :crying: .

JazzyChick

12-04-2004, 08:56 PM

Nevermore, you've out done yourself! i haven't been able to get online for a while, so I had a lot of catching up to do.

okay, i can usually guess what's going to happen in stories (or at least who the villan is going to be...) and consider it an awesome story/book/movie if it can suprise me. Guess what? Lark being the villan and trying to kill her brother completly took me by suprise, this is awesome!

allow me to further boost your ego....... I really like how you're portraying Nevermore's emotions, his feelings of rage, betrayal, and disapointment really add to the character.

uhh, post more soon :crying: (or else :evil: )

Matt A

12-05-2004, 09:00 AM

[jaw smacks to the floor. brain stops working in shock.]

What. The. Hell. Just. Happened?

Great twist, well told and totally unexpected. I'd love to see how they'll defeat Lark - she seems almost untouchable already, and from what I've figured not all of her powers have been revealed. But exactly how does Nevermore figure in his parents' murder?

Post the next chapter now, or the Spanish Inquisition may have to be called...

Lord Welshi

12-05-2004, 09:10 AM

Very good. Nice twist, nice descriptions, nice emotion, nice everything. Want to read more of this.

Lord Welshi

Sproxie

12-05-2004, 09:44 AM

Wow, Nevermore this was an awesome chapter, you left me in shock!I agree with everything Jazzychick said!

Raven13

12-05-2004, 04:13 PM

ooo great chapter i love it!!!!!!! o i new that it was going to be Lark under the cloak!!:D and yes i no the plan hurray!!!! o and i love the story it is sooo good so far but this seems to be coming to an end nooooooo please continue to write!!!!!!:D :anime: :) ;) :p :rolleyes:

~ ~ Raven13 ~ ~

nevermore

12-06-2004, 07:07 PM

I have returned.

chapter 8

As told by Nevermore:

Darkness. As far as the eye could see...darkness.
Coldness. Colder than normal people can stand...coldness.

I am wandering...wandering alone.
Wandering in a place where no light has shone.

Where in the infinate universe am I?
Where is a place where there is no sky?

I have been here for three days. Three long days. Three long days in darkness. It is cold here, but I'm luckily used to it.

I have been able to keep track of time in the strangest way. I've kept track with images. Faint, vague images.

They show up every 12 hours. They are all different. I can't tell what they are showing though. They show up from a distance, but are blurred, like on a tv that isn't working right.

I have givin up on trying to find a way out, for there isn't any.

This is a place of total hopelessness and helplessness.

I have passed the time through meditation. This has helped me keep away from the feeling of pure insanity. If I didn't meditate, I might have gone crazy. Now I just feel hopeless. All that I can wait for are the images.

As told by Robin:

It was my turn to watch Nevermore. The poor kid.

His sister has almost killed him! That has got to hurt, but now he can't even feel anything. He's in a coma... he may never wake up.

I've been sitting here for an hour, and nothing has changed.

The monitor hasn't changed for three days. He hasn't moved either. If you looked at him, you would think that he was dead.

He was as still as a dead person, as pale as a dead person...as cold as a dead person.

To add on to this, our effort on finding a way to save Raven are completely hopeless. How are you supposed to fool a person that can read minds?

I don't think that I have ever felt this hopeless. Not even Star can make me feel better. She hasn't even been as cheerful as she normally is.

I was sitting there for about another half hour, when suddenly the monitor changed!

Nevermore was under extreme stress!

As told by Nevermore: (Again)

There was something in the darkness that caught my eye.

It wasn't a vision, like the blurred ones that I was having, no, this was a person!

I felt some hope. There was a chance of getting out of here, or at least having some company.

I started running towards the person, and as I got closer, I saw who it was.

My heart lifted. I ran faster. It was Raven!!!

"Raven!" I said as I had gotten to her.

Her back was turned, and she didn't respond.

"Raven, what's wrong?" I asked with concern.

I turned her around, and backed off in fear.

On her forehead, in red letters, was the word death!

Raven suddenly reached out for me, as if she wanted me to save her, but the letters suddenly turned blue.

Ice started to appear around her body. She was being frozen, still reaching desperately for me.

Just as I thought that it couldn't get worse, flames erupted everywhere! Out of the flames a figure appeared. It was Lark, and she had a murderous look on her face! She was laughing menacingly and was walking slowly towards me.

Raven disappeared in the fire, and I was alone with Lark.

I had mixed emotions. Hatred, frustration, sorrow, fright, and many more. I thought that my emotions would kill me before Lark did.

Suddenly I heard a noise. It was a noise that I had heard before. It was oh so familiar, and I thought that I would never hear it again.

I was hearing the familiar screams. They kept getting louder and greater in quantity. Suddenly I heard a scream that was louder than any of the others.

The scream of Raven.

I let out a scream of pain, and I suddenly found my self in a different place...all sound gone.

I saw Robin and a huge relief spread over me. I was in Titans Tower.

"Are you okay?" Robin asked, his eyes were wide, and he looked as if he had just seen someone rise from the dead.

"Yeah," I said. I had just relized how much my back hurt. "What happened?"

"Lark attacked you, and you got stabbed in the back, literally, and fell into a coma," Robin said, obviously to see that I was okay.

Suddenly I remembered about what had happened. "Is there an news of Raven?" I said, jumping off of the bed that I was on.

"Everyone is in the contol room trying to come up with an effective way to save her," Robin said, and I ran out of the room.

Even though I was injured, I got to the control room in record time.

"Nevermore is awake!!!" Star yelled as she flew over to me. She hugged me with tremendous power.

My back hurt real bad now, but I was too concerned about Raven at the moment...and there was a message waiting on the screen.

I used my shadow powers to slip through Star's arms, which sent her sprawling to the floor.

"Sorry," I said as I rushed to the screen. I pressed a few buttons, and the message appeared on the screen...it took me a while to learn how to operate the systems, but I've been a Titan for a while.

Lark appeared on the screen.

"Lark," I said through my gritted teeth.

"Ah Nevermore," Lark said in a relaxed tone, "I see that you are still alive."

"What have you done to Raven?" I said in a menacing tone that caused all of the Titans to step back a pace.

"Don't worry, she's right here," Lark said as the camera changed its position to show Raven still frozen in ice. "Don't worry, I won't harm her. I only want to harm you, after all, you're the cause of our parent's death."

"I didn't kill them!" I yelled.

"You were the cause of it. I have already killed the one that killed them, but I still have yet to kill the one that made him do it," Lark said, "If you hadn't left earlier, I wouldn't be parentless or have this!" Lark pointed to her robotic arm.

"If you want Raven back, you'll have to fight me. I'll even send you coordinates, but you have to come alone."

I knew by the tone in her voice that there wasn't any point in arguing with her. She truely thought that it was all my fault.

"I'll be there as soon as possible." Lark nodded and the screen went dark.

"I don't want any of you to follow me," I said.

"But Nevermore..." Cy said.

"I have to do this on my own." I grabbed my trusty katars, and left without another word.

Lark was going to pay.

How was that?

Aquagirl15

12-06-2004, 07:24 PM

oooooooo! good! very good! nothing else i can say 'cept keep going!!!! :D

Sproxie

12-06-2004, 07:41 PM

ok, the part of Raven with Death written on her was FREAKY. *shudders* (even worse when you imagine it) :sweat: but still, great job!

nevermore

12-06-2004, 07:47 PM

ok, the part of Raven with Death written on her was FREAKY. *shudders* (even worse when you imagine it) :sweat: but still, great job!
That's what I was going for!!! YAY!!!

JazzyChick

12-06-2004, 08:18 PM

wow nevermore, that really creeped me out. 'specially the whole Raven death thing.

and i thought it was cool how you showed some of lark's character with the line about her already killing the person who killed her parents. it kinda shows that she's capable of anything, ya know, she's killed before so what's going to stop her from doing it again. uh, not sure if that's what you ment for it to say but it was pretty cool.

so, uhh.... post more soon! or i'll sick my evil Furby on you. (muhahahah :evil: )

Raven13

12-06-2004, 08:22 PM

ooo GREAT looks like a big fight secne is coming next YEA!!!!! Please write more and have a squel!!!!:D

Lord Welshi

12-06-2004, 08:40 PM

Liking it, liking it. Though our sympathies lie with Nevermore, who must fight his own sister in order to save his friend, we are also exposed to feeling a bit of sympathy for Lark. Yes, i said lark. Consider her position: your parents are killed, and you've hunted down their killer, but to your grief stricken mind the original cause is still out there. Also consider the fact that, to her, Nevermore may have seemed like a coward for fleeing, and leaving their parents to die, so she wants revenge on the one who left them for dead. Not sure if quite this much was actually there, but the fact that i can draw it out from what has been written is a good sign: it means that there is in fact more depth to the characters than first appears. Well done!

Lord Welshi

Crowgirl

12-06-2004, 09:34 PM

How was that?
How was that. HOW WAS THAT!?!?!?

FANTASTIC!!! Truly!!! Emotional appeal is something I'm learning about in composition (STUPID composition...) and this is full of it!

Oh yeah, JazzyChick... evil furby?

Matt A

12-07-2004, 02:26 PM

Liking it, liking it!

Am I the only one who noticed that Lark said "hurt" rather than "kill"? After all, there are worse things that you can do to someone than kill them...

nevermore

12-07-2004, 07:58 PM

I'm back and ready to go.

Chapter 9

As told by Lark:

I was ready for anything.

Nevermore told me that he was coming alone...Fool.

I concealed myself in a crate. It's top is easy to open, so I can just jump out. I also had eye holes, so that I could see what was going on.

I was quiet. I used this technique against the first victim, and now I'll use it to complete my revenge.

The door creaked open and Nevermore walked in. He was all alone, just as he promised.

He walked over to where Raven was encased in ice.

I could barely keep myself from shaking with excitement.

He turned his back away from me, and I saw my chance.

I sprung from the crate, and drew my sword.

I swung down at Nevermore, but he was quick. He pulled out his katars and blocked. The katars seemed perfectly designed for him, but it was only expected. Assasin weapons for an assasin. He pushed my blade back and kicked. Luckily, I heard his thoughts, and grabbed his leg. He was smart, and hopped towards me and punched. I ducked, and threw him up. He flew high, and I jumped up, and hit him in the back, sending him flying to the ground.

I jumped into the rafters. I was wearing a black cloak, and I was lost in the shadows. I threw some of my hand made metal feathers at Nevermore. He barely blocked them, and I could tell that I was getting nowhere by throwing my feather shaped darts at him.

I jumped down and attacked with my sword. It was only his stupid speed that saved him. He quickly turned around, and blocked. I swung low...blocked. I thrust...parried. I slashed...ducked. I swung down on him and he blocked, our blades locked.

We kept trying to push eachother back, but Nevermore started winning. For someone that had lost most of his fighting skills, he was a very difficult opponent to beat, and I was getting frusterated.

"It's time that you finally died!" I yelled throught gritted teeth.

I kicked him in the stomach, stunning him for a moment.

That was all the time that I needed.

I threw 5 darts at a time, each one hitting and sticking in a different spot.

He yelped in pain as each one hit. I stopped when I heard a voice coming from behind me.

"That's not even fair!" It was Beast Boy! I was now even more angry.

"What are you doing!!!" Nevermore yelled.

"You just made a fatal mistake!" I said, and I pressed a button that started up the laser above the frozen Raven.

Even though Nevermore was in great pain, he threw both of his katars at the laser. Both pierced the ice and destroyed the laser.

"You just killed another person!" I yelled, "That laser was connected to her oxygen supply! Oh well. Now you don't have any weapons to save you.

Nevermore looked around franticly for something to save himself. I walked towards him. I was happy, happy that he would finally die.

He looked at me with a face that showed immense fear, but it changed into a face that showed determination.

He closed his eyes, looked to the ground, and started muttering something. I was curious to find out what he was doing, but before I could use my powers to find out, an earthquake started!!!

I was scared, and for good reason. The ice around Raven cracked, the only exit was blocked, and Nevermore turned into a shadow.

He looked up at me, and his eyes were red.

I didn't need to read his mind to know that he had just used an curse of immense evil.

As told by Nevermore:

I didn't want to do it, but it was the only way. I used a curse that I had only used when I was a villain.

My eyes glowed blood red and I was a shadow. I hated this curse, but I needed to stop Lark I hated her more than anyone. Just looking at her made me angry.

My vision was misted in red and all emotions were gone. The only thing that I could see was Lark.

I flew off of the ground and turned into a shapeless flying shadow. I flew at Lark with tremendous speed. She ran out of fright, but she wasn't fast enough. I caught up to her, and I started to circle her at such a fast pace, that I looked like many shadows.

Lark was suddenly encased in a shadow. I was done with the curse.

I reached through the shadowed barrier, and grabbed the key from Lark.

I ran toward Raven. I got to the case and unlocked it. As the door opened, ice flew out. I ignored all the injuries in my body and the ice that was pelting me.

Raven was freed from the ice, and started to fall. I caught her. I held her tight.

I was shedding tears freely. Not tears of sorrow or fright of losing a close friend...they were tears of love. Yes. I said love.

I never thought that I would ever feel this feeling, but it just happened.

I felt a feeling inside that I had never felt before. The usual cold that was inside had transformed into a pleasent warmth.

I could tell that Raven was cold, and I held her closer.

I could tell that she was feeling something by the rubble flying from the door in black energy.

I couldn't tell what she was feeling, but I was hoping that she was feeling what I was feeling. I started walking to the door with Raven, whose eyes were clamped shut.

I told Cyborg to get the heater running in his car.

I put Raven in the vehicle, with the heater on high, and on full blast. All the Titans were repelled from the car from the intense heat, so I drove it back. I could stand the heat, because the usual cold feeling had returned to my body.

As I was driving the T-car back to the tower, Raven spoke to me.

"Could you turn the heat down," was the first thing she said, and I did.

"How you doin'?" I asked.

"I don't know," Raven said, "Lark attacked me when I was asleep. She had a laser that immediately froze me. I had no chance to defend myself. I can remember everything that happened, even when I was frozen. Even though I was close to death, I still had faith in you. I don't know why, but I feel strange. I've been feeling strange feelings that I have never felt before."

"Raven," I said. I knew that there wouldn't be a better time than this, "I have been feeling strange feelings too. It was just until now that I realized what they were." I pulled over and turned around to face Raven. "Raven, I now realize that I love you." I leaned towards Raven and Raven leaned towards me.

For the first time in my life, I kissed someone, but it wasn't just anyone. This was someone that I truely loved.

Suddenly a tire blew out, and Raven blushed. "Sorry."

"It's okay, but I think Cyborg will be angry," I said.

Cyborg suddenly fell right next the car, and I jumped so high, that I hit the roof.

"Yo! What did you do to my baby!!!" He yelled. He was mad and I tried to think up an excuse. Luckily, Raven thought up one.

"We ran over a nail," She said. She quickly used her powers to make a nail land behind us before Cy could look.

"Well be careful next time!" he yelled so loudly that I almost fell over.

We eventually made it back to the tower. Life was good. Lark was in jail, Cy was working on his car, and I fell in love.

How could life get better than that?

Tada! What did you guy's think?

Aquagirl15

12-07-2004, 08:33 PM

ooooooo! it was so meaningful! it was really good. :D i knew something like this was going to happen. (Raven/Nevermore fallin in love) emotional scenes were very good! a lot better than mine. :shrug:

JazzyChick

12-07-2004, 08:35 PM

That was really good. my favorite (if that's spelled wrong......) part was nevermore's realization of his love of Raven. you did that really well. nicely portrayed and believable. it seems like when most people do a love sceen with Raven, her powers don't affect anything. so the tire blowing out thing really helped make it more believable.

and about the whole evil furby thing Crowgirl, let's just say it started as a science project...(bascially i gutted it, and then wrote a movie script with the skin entitled "Evil Furbies Return From the Crypt...) yeah, i know i'm crazy, ya'll don't have to tell me that

nevermore

12-07-2004, 08:48 PM

THAT WAS GREAT!!!! I loved the feelings thing, but wouldn't that be in private? You know, just the two of them? Anyway, is that the end of the fic? I hope not....
It was!!! Remember I said that the heater was on so high that none of the Titans would even go near the car. Raven could because she was real cold and Nevermore could because the normal cold feeling had returned.

Of course it's not the end!!! I haven't even gotten to the part that explains why this is called Piece of My Mind!!!

nevermore

12-07-2004, 09:04 PM

This is a public service announcement (Not really)

Please do not post any sensless chatter on here. I have not had many sensless chatter on any of my fanfics, and I don't want any at all.

So if you'd please, use PM so that many pages are not taken up by useless information, but filled with chapters and feedback.

I am Nevermore, and I approve of this message.

(Remember, this is just a polite request for you to stop posting useless chatter.)

The next chapter will be up tomorrow...I think.

nevermore

12-08-2004, 07:13 PM

All right I'm on the next chapter.

Chapter 10

As told by Raven:

It was a month after Nevermore had defeated Lark. He had explained all about his curses. He learned most of them when he was villain, but he learned some on other planets. I knew a lot of spell, but he knew almost triple the amount in curses!!!

The curse he used to save me was one of the most powerful ones that he knew. There was almost no way to dodge it because it was an evil curse, which also means that there was a side effect. He was able to stop it by meditating before it started. It took him a whole week to cleanse himself of the evil side effects.

None of the Titans know of how Nevermore and I felt about eachother. I suppose that this a good thing. After all, the last thing I need is for Beast Boy to be bugging me all the time about it.

It has been very quiet lately in Jump City. Nevermore seems worried about it. He knows that something is coming. He doesn't know what it is, but he still knows that it's bad.

I don't know if I should be worried or not. I haven't had a vision to help make up my mind. I hope that Nevermore is okay. If this is a side effect of the curse that he didn't eliminate, then who knows what will happen.

Anyway, as I was saying, it was an unusually quiet day. Everyone was trying to find something to keep themselves from being bored, with no avail.

Suddenly the alarm went off. Everyone looked at the screen.

I was glad that we finally had something to do. I was getting pretty bored.

A smile crept accross Robin's face as he said his famous line.

"Titans, go!!!" It was good to hear that again.

As we were leaving, I heard Nevermore say under his breath, "It's begun."

As told by Cyborg:

We all piled into my baby, except for Nevermore.

"It would be faster to fly," he said with a shrug, "Besides, there's no room."

He vanished, and I started up my baby.

"Booya!" I yelled as I drove onto the road.

It felt good to finally drive to a fight in the best ride that anyone could get.

By the time we had gotten there, the whole area seemed to have been part of an explosion, and right in the middle of the destroyed battle ground was Nevermore! By the looks of things he had gotten here a long time before us.

I stopped as soon as I could. Raven just burst out of my baby without caring about my car as she slammed the door shut.

She ran to Nevermore.

"Nevermore!" she yelled.

Nevermore suddenly opened his visible eye.

"Don't move," Nevermore said under his breath, but still loud enough for us to hear, "he's still here."

"Who?" I asked in a whisper. If whoever did this was still here, I didn't want to be caught off guard.

I was worried. If he was tough enough to do this much damage, then he must be dangerous.

Suddenly a man walked out of the alley behind Nevermore. He was dressed in total black. He even had a black helmet on.

"Finally, the others are here," he said.

"Who are you?" Robin asked. I wanted to know too.

"I'm one of many assasins that work for Lark," He said, with a voice that sent a chill down my back, "Lark will get revenge, even if it means that someone else has to do it."

This dude was seriously freaking me out. He would walk towards us, disappearing whenever he walked into a shaded spot.

Suddenly Nevermore sprung up and threw a punch. "Well that's low!" He yelled as he attacked, "Having someone else try to kill me? Pathetic."

The mysterious man kept dodging the punches, and threw one of his own right into Nevermore's stomach.

Nevermore fell to the ground and the strange man pulled out a laser. It wasn't nearly as good as my sonic cannon of course, but it still would do some damage.

Suddenly the laser was surrounded with black energy and all tension from me lifted. Raven was using her powers to take the gun away from the man. That was relieving to all of us, but we knew that we still had a job to do.

Raven broke the laser into tiny pieces, and threw them at the stranger. He stumbled backwards as each one hit him. Robin threw an exploding disk at him at the same time Star shot a ton of starbolts at him. Beast Boy transformed into a bull and threw him into the air.

He was an easy target. I shot him with my sonic cannon, and he fell to the ground with a thud. He was defeated.

It felt good to fight, and I was as content as content could be.

It was then that I remembered Nevermore.

He had passed out. He had burns and cuts all over his body.

I was concerned about him as well as everybody else.

Once we took the man to jail, we brought Nevermore home.

I wonder how he lost that battle, when we beat him so easily.

Okay, that wasn't one of my best chapters, but at least it's something.:shrug:

Aquagirl15

12-08-2004, 07:22 PM

hey it was pretty good. :shrug: but in any case it gave us a little more info about the curse Nevermore used. (i see it comming.) :evil: what? did i say something?

Lord Welshi

12-08-2004, 08:32 PM

That was very good. Very nice. Though the Titans defeated the assassin easily (which Cyborg even notes,) it appears Nevermore did not have such luck in his battle. i would guess you will explain this in the next few chapters? either way, it's a nice technique you used here: a character stating his own doubts to the audience, giving a closer link to what happens in the story.

Nicely done, keep going

Lord Welshi

Matt A

12-09-2004, 08:10 AM

Man, I missed a lot!

I can't think of anything deep or insightful to say right now, so I'll just say that this story is amazing and leave it at that.

Oh, and please don't bite my head off when I say this, but why is everyone so cranky about others posting fluff? It's not that big a deal!

Aquagirl15

12-09-2004, 08:32 AM

actually i don't mind too much fluff. but if it gets to the point where it's fluff here fluff there i'll call it off. you know like the mob on Rae's fic. :sweat:

Raven13

12-09-2004, 05:02 PM

I liked it just about the same coments that Aquagirl15 has!! A few things hear and there!:D

Keep writing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~ ~ Raven13 ~ ~

Raven37

12-09-2004, 05:41 PM

Very good! I know you havn't seen me around lately and I havn't posted much on this thread, but I do want you to know I am reading it and that was a very good chapter!:D WRITE MORE SOON OR I WILL TURN IGUANA MAN AGAINST YOU!:evil:

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Sproxie

12-09-2004, 07:08 PM

This was a pretty good chapter! but.. i cant seem to figure out what, but there is just something extremely different about nevermore in this sequel...
and about the fluff comment, "over exaggerated" fluff kinda gets annoying after a while, like the mob on Rae's fic.
back on track, post more soon!

nevermore

12-09-2004, 07:11 PM

Truthfully, I don't mind a little fluff, but I just don't want pages of it. Oh well new chapter!!!

Chapter 11

As told by Nevermore:

I woke up on a cold metal bed. I immediatly found a dent in it. This was the same bed that I would always wake up on whenever I fell unconcious. I sat up slowly, holding my aching head.

I went over the battle that I had just fought in my mind

I had gotten to the crime scene long before any of the other Titans. Huh. I knew it was faster to use my powers instead of riding in an overcrowded car. Anyway, I was on an empty street. There was no one there.

I remember being hit hard in the back by something, and then a burning sensation.

I got up and saw a man in black holding a lazer. He shot again and I dodged it. I jumped at my enemy, but I was hit in the arm from behind me.

I quickly glanced back, but nothing was there.

It finally dawned upon me. This villain had a heat seeking lazer!

I looked at my arm. It was severly burnt.

The man pulled out another lazer and shot.

I quickly drew one of my katars to block it. The yellow beam bounced off my katar and hit a building, destroying the front of it.

I charged at the mysterious man and he shot red beams from the first lazer, but I blocked them. Every time I blocked the lazer beams, small bits of fire would pelt me.

I was aware of the danger, and was frightened, but yet I kept charging until I finally got to him. I destroyed the laser that he was shooting with my katar, but he shot me with the other one, sending me flying into a building. Bricks and other debris flew everywhere.

I got up, and as the dust settled, I saw the man holding new weapons.

A new emotion burned within me. Fear was now replaced with anger and hatred, for he was holding the same metallic darts that Lark used! He was working for Lark!

He rose his hands, and said, "Remember these?"

I gritted my teeth from anger and charged, blocking most of the darts that the man threw. The few darts that hit me, I threw back, hitting everytime. The masked man staggered backwards a little. He stopped and pulled out the lazer. He shot me one last time and I flew into the middle of the street.

I shut my eyes from the pain that shot threw my arms.

Suddenly there was the sound of a vehicle approaching! The evil man hid in an alley as the T-car drove into view.

I heard Raven burst out of the the car and rush over to me. I opened my eyes to let Raven know that I was okay.

The man emerged from the alley, and when he said that he was working for Lark, I attacked. He dodged each attack and punced me in the stomach.

After that, everything went dark.

I was angry at myself again. I wasn't able to beat some loser, just because he had a lazer!

I got up and walked out of the room.

I didn't care that the burns hurt. They were bandaged well. The burns weren't that bad. I've seen worse.

As told by Robin:

We were all eating in the kitchen when Nevermore walked in.

"Our friend is better!" Star yelled as she flew over and hugged him.

Nevermore yelped in pain, and Star let go and apologized.

"Hungry?" I asked.

Nevermore just nodded and sat down. He helped himself to some of the pepperoni pizza that was left.

He was lucky that he had to miss the argument that Cyborg and Beast Boy had about what was for lunch.

There was a long quiet.

Beast Boy broke the silence. "Guess who the guy that beat you was."

Nevermore just stayed quiet and all of us gave Beast Boy threatening glares.

He completely ignored them. "It was Jonny Rancid!!!"

Nevermore groaned and dropped his head onto the table, staining himself with pizza sauce from the pizza sauce that he landed on.

Nevermore had fought him before with us. He knew how easy it was to beat him and hearing that he couldn't even beat Jonny made him feel even worse.

We could also feel the sorrow that he was feeling. We felt sorry for him.

"Want to tell us about your battle?" I asked, hoping that we might be able to find a way to encourage him.

"Sure, why not," Nevermore said, wiping sauce from his face. He told us of his battle with Jonny. At the end, nothing had come to us. We sat there trying to find a way to make it sound like any of us would have lost.

Beast Boy came up with the answer. "How are you supposed to dodge heat seeking lazers? No wonder you lost!!! I would have lost too!!!"

Nevermore seemed to brighten up. This made me happier.

All of us were sharing a conversation, as if nothing had happened, when the alarm went off.

"Titans, go!!!" I never get tired of saying that.

As we left the tower, I thanked Beast Boy. "Thanks for saying that to Nevermore. None of us would have thought of that."

"What are you talking about?" Beast Boy said, "I really couldn't have beaten Jonny!"

That took a while to type.

Sproxie

12-09-2004, 07:47 PM

"What are you talking about?" Beast Boy said, "I really couldn't have beaten Jonny!":anime: i like that, great to add some humor!
that was a good chapter! (i never have much to say do i?)

Crowgirl

12-09-2004, 08:09 PM

[QUOTE=Sprox 083]:anime: i like that, great to add some humor!
that was a good chapter! QUOTE]

Of course it was! I liked how it was Johnny Rancid instead of some new physco, that was a nice touch.

I, like Sprox, also like the Humor Beast BOy added to the chapter, it was funny.

Aquagirl15

12-09-2004, 09:12 PM

this was a funny chapter and it had good feeling. you definatly capture the characters well and this is getting more and more intersting every day!! :D :D MORE OR EVIL RAMPAGING CHEESE WILL EAT YOUR SOCKS!!! ok that was lame but i had to think of something :sweat:

Raven37

12-10-2004, 08:26 AM

*looks up at Aquagirl's post.* Jessie, Jessie, Jessie... When willl you learn? That was sooo lame! You know that evil rampaging cheese won't eat his socks if he doesn't post more, IT WILL BE RAMPAGING ALBINO LLAMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;) Anyways, very good chapter! I agree that you do portray the characters well and it was a nice touch to put in the BB humor. WRITE MORE OR I WILL SEND THE EVIL RAMPAGING LLAMAS TO EAT YOUR SOCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:evil:

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Matt A

12-10-2004, 02:48 PM

Great chapter. Keep up the good work!

Note to Raven37 and Aquagirl15: You too are really starting to scare me now...

nevermore

12-10-2004, 07:47 PM

I thank you all for your compliments. I can't think of anything right now, so I won't be able to get a chapter up today.

Oh yeah, Your threats are good, but the Vicious African Kitty is more dangerous. :evil:

nevermore

12-11-2004, 04:22 PM

I finally got an idea!!! :D

Chapter 12

As told by Nevermore:

We had been fighting at least two assasins a day for the past week, and we were all tired.

The Titans are most concerned about me, but I don't see why. They say it's because I have been getting the least amount of rest. Hah! I can handle it. I might be a little tired, but that doesn't matter. I'm used to it, but the other Titans might not, so I rigged the alarm, so when an assasin attacks, the alarm only goes off in my room.

It was about midnight, and I was just settling into bed, when the alarm went off.

I immediately jumped out of bed, and stealthily left the tower, careful not to wake any of the other Titans.

I found myself at a strange theater, the same one that we fought the puppet king in.

It was empty, and there was an ominous silence. I was worried that I would be attacked when I was unaware, so I drew my katars and stayed on guard.

I suddenly heard a swishing sound behind me. I turned around to see a masked figure hidden under a blood red cloak.

He just stood there, gazing at me through the eyeholes of the strange mask.

The assasin was frightening enough, but the added silence made the sight more frightening.

The masked man lifted his left hand, and held it there for a while. I backed away expecting an attack.

I took another step back as several feathers flew at me.

As I was distracted, the assasin silently jumped into the rafters and disappeared.

I was about to jump up after him, but a figure suddenly hit the ground in a heap.

I stepped back at the sickening sight.

The heap rose and revealed itself as a man. He had blood in many spots on his pale face and black shirt. He rose his arms and drew two daggers.

At the sight of the blades, I regained composure. I forgot all about the man's appearence, and I fought him.

He made no noise as he moved. The frightening man slashed with surprising speed, but I moved just as fast.

I blocked both daggers, and swung at the person. He jumped over my katar, and swung down hard.

I blocked with my other katar, and thrust forward. The strange man parried the thrust.

I jumped back as far as possible, putting a considerable distance between me and frightful looking man.

The man moved towards me, and I noticed something strange.

His legs were dragging across the floor!

I swung high at his face as he got close enough, but he somehow managed to jump over it.

Now I was confused. Why didn't he just duck?

The fiend struck hard on his way back down, knocking my katars out of my hands.

The man swung at me with both of his daggers. I put my arms in front of the weird man's arms, stopping the swings.

My suspicions were then confirmed. The man was made of wood.

I twisted his arms, and took the daggers from him, and threw them both above him.

Strings suddenly appeared as the wooden man fell.

He was just a puppet!

I then spotted the first strange assasin.

I jumped into the rafters at him when his back was turned.

The man fell to the ground, and I immediately tied him in the strings of his puppet.

As I took the mask off, I saw a face that was oh so familiar.

I quickly bound him tighter. The man behind the mask was one of the creatures from the demensional caves of Azarath!!! I thought that I had seen the last of those hidious spikedcreatures.

I shivered as the thought of the gigantic monster that tried to eat me, and put the mask back on the hideous creatures face.

I brought the strange creature to the jail, relieved to be rid of such scum.

I went back to the tower and gratefully went to sleep.

As told by Raven:

I woke up later than usual, but so did everyone else.

We were all glad to have had a good nights sleep. In fact, we were all so well rested, that Cyborg and Beast Boy didn't even fight about what to have for breakfast!!! (That was really amazing!!!)

Nevermore hadn't waken up yet, but I had expecting that. He hadn't slept for a while, and when he did sleep, he would sleep for about 2 to 3 hours.

We had all been worried about him lately. His was like Robin with Slade when he fought Lark, or anyone that worked for her.

It was about 1:00 when Nevermore finally walked into the control room.

"Did you sleep well?" I asked in a monotone voice.

"Yes, I feel better than I have in days!" Nevermore said as he helped himself to some apples and herbal tea.

This added to our good mood.

The rest of the day went by uneventful, and we were thankful for that. We needed a break from fighting all those assasins.

Nevermore was in his room most of the day though. I went to go check up on him.

I knocked on his door, and he replied quietly, "Who is it?"

"It's me," I said, "Can I come in?"

"Sure," Nevermore sounded tired.

I walked in and saw him sitting in a corner.

"You okay?" I asked.

"Yeah," Nevermore said.

It was then that I realized several cut on his back and arms.

"Did you have a fight with your papers?" I asked sarcasticly as I noticed the papers scattered all over the floor.

"No," Nevermore said witht the same tired tone.

"Then what were you doing?" I asked.

"What I need to do by myself," Nevermore said quietly.

"What do you mean," I said, now worried about Nevermore.

"I've been fighting the assasins by myself lately," Nevermore said, "I rigged the alarm so that it would only go off in my room if it was an assasin."

"Why would you do that?" I asked, now sitting next to him.

"This is my battle, and I need to do this by myself. I don't want to put you into danger because of my persuers."

"But then your putting yourself into an even greater danger than we would be if we helped you," I said with concern in my voice.

"I know, but I just don't want to put you into danger. Everything was fine here until I showed up. This is my battle, and I need to do it alone," Nevermore said, determination in his voice.

"When you joined the Teen Titans, you made allies," I said, "That means that we will help you no matter what. Your battles are our battles too, no matter how much you don't want us to help."

Nevermore obviously got the point, for he looked up at me and smiled.

"Thanks, Raven. I needed to hear that," Nevermore said with a sparkle in his eye.

I smiled too. "Glad I could help."

Nevermore got up, and kissed me on the side of my cheek.

I tried to keep control of my powers, but I couldn't, and Nevermores bed fell apart.

"I guess I get to use a hammock," Nevermore said with a bigger smile on his face, "Just like old
times."

I laughed, and we left the room together.

Matt A

12-11-2004, 04:58 PM

Class act! A little too many one-line paragraphs, but that's just presentation: the content itself is your usual high standard.

Oh, and I humbly and most graciously apologise to Crowgirl for helping to encourage spam. I'll still do it on my own thread, though...

nevermore

12-13-2004, 05:49 PM

I'll try to fix that next chapter.

Sproxie

12-13-2004, 05:52 PM

i haven't posted here? ugh... i gotta figure out how to keep track where i do and don't post....
I enjoyed this chapter lots! i sorta agree with the "to many one line paragraphs" but otherwise, great job! ;)

Aquagirl15

12-13-2004, 06:28 PM

really intersting. this was a part where you make us wonder. why was that guy a puppet? i hope we'll get more very soon or i might have to get the weapon jamborie that is forming on my fic to transfer to yours. :evil: i know that won't happen so *sigh*. :shrug: Please write more!!!

T.T.Raven4

12-13-2004, 06:49 PM

Nice. Why was he a puppet though? I hope you answer soon!

nevermore

12-14-2004, 05:10 PM

All right. I need to explain. Remember the guy that suddenly appeared behind Nevermore, but then disappeared into the rafters? Well, he was the one that was controlling the puppet, so that he wouldn't have to fight Nevermore himself.

Yes strange, but I like weird puppets. :evil:

Crowgirl

12-14-2004, 05:57 PM

Oh, and I humbly and most graciously apologise to Crowgirl for helping to encourage spam. I'll still do it on my own thread, though...
Actually, I don't know why you're apologizing, but it's okay anyway!

Puppets!! Reminded me of the Puppet King from Switched. Good episode, good episode...

Oh, great chapter too! I like how Nevermore's bed fell apart, hee hee. Also, I wish you would try to make more paragraphs, not just one-liners. But then again, I do know what can happen when you're paragraphs go on and on....

Now bring us a shrubbery!!!!

Aquagirl15

12-14-2004, 06:55 PM

bring us a shubbery
good times, good times!!! hehehehe!! :anime:

All right. I need to explain. Remember the guy that suddenly appeared behind Nevermore, but then disappeared into the rafters? Well, he was the one that was controlling the puppet, so that he wouldn't have to fight Nevermore himself.
i get it now!!!! :D thanks for clearing that up for us!! MORE OR ELSE!!! :evil:

Raven37

12-14-2004, 10:00 PM

Ooh! That was very good! It was a very cleverly written chapter.;) You will write more or I will make Aquagirl suffer! (You see, I say that because I have a new theory: If I make the author suffer, they won't be able to post as soon as possible, so I decided to threaten Aquagirl's life.) Muahahaha!:evil:

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P.S. Now, you will cut down the largest tree in the forest, with.... A HERRING!:D

Aquagirl15

12-15-2004, 08:25 AM

i'm writing a story too ya know! if you threaten me i won't finish mine! and then what will happen to the poor people who want to know what's comming next? :crying: i don't think they'd be too happy w/ you if you killed me and i was unable to finish my sequal. :mad:

sorry bout the spam! :sweat:

Raven37

12-15-2004, 08:27 AM

Hmm... oh, well. I still am going with my theory. KILL JESSIE!!!!!!!!:evil: Or write more if you wish me to spare her life.;)

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nevermore

12-15-2004, 09:35 PM

Oh kill Aquagirl for all I care! Anyway, this chapter took me two days to post.

Chapter 13

As told by Starfire:

It had been five earth weeks since the last assasination attempt occurred. It was the Fourth of July, and we decided to go to the place with all the rides and games!!!

I have gone there very few times, and most of the time, Beast Boy brings back a giant chicken that is not alive. I am not going to attempt to feed it mustard like I did last time.

Anyway, when we had arrived at the place of amusement, which I am told is an amusement park, Raven, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Nevermore went to play games in which you can win a prize. I went with Robin to some rides.

I was utterly fascinating!!! The mechanical machinary that are commonly known as rides never fail to amaze me.

You go into a cart that is placed on a metal track and a metal bar is placed in front of you. At first, I thought that this ride was a trap, but Robin assured me that it was okay, and it was!!!

We slowly went up a large hill made by the metal tracks, and when we got to the top we started to fall at a very fast speed. It was thrilling, it was marvelous, it was spectacular!!! This pattern was repeated multiple times, but it stopped.

I begged Robin to let me go on the ride again, but Robin said that there was more rides just as good as that one!!!

I needed no second beckoning to follow him to the next ride.

This one was very strange indeed. There were many little vehicles that had had some type of metal piece on the back that would touch the roof of the cage that they were in. Robin explained to me how the strange vehicles, and we got into different vehicles.

I had trouble controlling the vehicle that I was in, and to make matters worse, many mean people started to run into me with their tiny vehicles. I got angry, and I started to run into other people. I realized that I had figured out the purpose of the ride. We were supposed to hit
the other vehicles with our own. I saw Robin doing the same thing, so I knew that it was okay.

"That ride was most enjoyable," I said to Robin as we got out of the tiny vehicles.

"Glad you liked it," Robin said with a smile on his face.

"Oh, I am truely enjoying these rides, are there any more?" I asked eagerly.

"Yeah, plenty," Robin said.

We arrived at a big building that was painted in a very dark color.

"Before we go in there, I need to warn you," Robin said with a serious tone, and a face just as serious, "Whatever you do, don't attack anything."

I nodded and we entered the building.

I cannot begin to tell you of all the horrors that inhabited the building. They seemed so real, but Robin went up to one of the creatures that he called a ghost, and showed me that it was just a robot that was meant to scare us.

There were many more frightening mechanical figures, each one scared me so much!!! But for some strange reason, I found it enjoyable! Robin didn't seem too frightened, but he did jump back a couple times.

There were more terrors than just the robotic mosters. There were trap doors, strange mirrors that disfigured your reflection into frightening shapes, and hidden corridors. We must have gone through many dark corridors filled with mosters, we finally came to the end.

At the end though, I was sure that one of the machines were real! I didn't tell Robin, for I figured that it was another trick. But it seemed so real! A man dressed in a black robe, appearing and disapearing, while still managing to hide in the darkness, his eyes always following us.

A shiver ran down my spine, and I turned away from the terrifying figure, but I could still feel it's presence. We exited the frightening building, but the strange cloaked figure didn't. I was relieved, for if it was a real human, the ominous person would have followed. I laughed aloud.

"That was very much like Beast Boy's cursed movie!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah," Robin laughed too.

"Let us find more rides!" I said joyfully, and I grabbed Robin by the arm and pulled him along.

As told by Robin:

I took Star on almost every ride. She was fascinated with them, and couldn't get enough of them. I took her on almost every ride. She stopped for a while to get some cotton candy, but then she demanded that we go on more rides.

I couldn't help but laugh at her antics after and during every ride.

"Please Robin, are there any more rides?" Star asked.

It was getting dark, and the fireworks would start soon.

"There is one more," I said as I started towards the final ride.

We had gotten to the ride just in time to get a seat. It was the ferris wheel that Starfire and I had gone on before.

"Please, Robin, tell me. Are there going to be those beautiful explosions once again?"

"You mean the fireworks? Of course," I said with an enthusiastic smile on my face.

We waited a while for the fireworks to start. I was explaining what the fireworks were, when suddenly they started.

Star stared in awe, and I cheered. Many people also cheered too. This time there were no distractions at all. No Mad Mod, no weird drones to capture Star, just me and Starfire watching the fireworks together.

I noticed how amazing her emerald eyes looked in the light of the fireworks. A look of true joy shone on her face. I couldn't help but notice how beautiful she was. The fireworks couldn't compare to Starfire at all.

"Simply fascinating," Starfire said, her gaze still fixed on the fireworks, "I have never seen anything more beautiful."

"I've seen things more beautiful," I said aloud.

"Do you have any more of that cotton candy?" Star asked.

"Plenty," I said with a small laugh. I gave her some cotton candy, and she ate it.

"There is no end to the wonders of this planet," Star said with a smile on her face.

I was trembling slightly. I felt the familiar feeling that I get whenever I think of Star, but it was stronger this time.

Star turned to look at me. Her eyes stayed on me for a long time, and I looked back at her. We kept gazing into eachothers eyes for a long time, and I found myself leaning forward.

Star leaned forward also and our lips met. At that very moment, the finale started, but we didn't notice, for we were lost in the moment. It felt so right. We moved away slightly just in time to see the final firework go off.

Star blushed, and I couldn't stop grinning.

We got off the ferris wheel and met up with Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy at one of the games, just in time to see Beast Boy giving Raven a giant chicken that he had just won.

"Do you ever get anything else?" Raven said, hesitantly taking the chicken.

"What's wrong with a giant chicken?" Beast Boy said with a look of true puzzlement on his face.

"Where's Nevermore?" I asked.

Nevermore suddenly appeared between Cyborg and Beast Boy.

"All right, I won an inflatable baseball bat, a basket ball, and a....."

"Ducky!!!" Beast Boy yelled as he grabbed a giant duck from Nevermore.

"Yeah that too," Nevermore said backing away slightly. "Oh I forgot. I also got this strange book that is said to contain spells, but it is written in a strange alphabet."

Nevermore pulled out a small brown book. It had strange shapes that were obviously the letters written in gold. It was an average sized book, and every page was written with the strange language.

Raven took the book and looked at it. "I think that I'll take it if you don't want it," she said, her eyes never leaving the strange letters.

"Sure," Nevermore said, "I didn't really want it anyway. Spells aren't really my specialty."

We left the amusement park with high spirits, but I couldn't help but notice that Star seemed uneasy on the way home. She was looking behind her and to her left and right.

"Everything all right?" I asked.

"Everything is wonderful," Star said, putting a false smile on.

I gave her a stern look, and her smile turned into a worried frown.

"I feel an ominous prescence following us," Star said, peering over her shoulder once again.

"We're almost to the tower, Star," I said reassuringly, "If someone is following us, the scanners will pick him up, even if he manages to get into the tower."

"Thank you," Star said with a grateful smile appearing on her face.

"Your welcome," I said returning her smile.

We got home, and I checked the scanners secretly, so not to worry any of the other Titans, but there wasn't any signs of anything.

"Well there's nothing following us now Star," I said still looking up to the screen, "Now let's get some sleep."

"Agreed," Star said. Before she left, she planted a soft kiss on my cheek.

Star left, but I stayed to make sure that no one was really in the tower. There was no signs still, but I still felt a strange prescence watching me. After watching the screen on all the frequencies for hours, I left, taking with me one last glance at the screen.

With the reassurence of the scanner, I went to sleep. I would clear up this mystery up tomorrow.

Hope you liked it.

Aquagirl15

12-15-2004, 09:48 PM

that was very good and i can see how it would take up time; i was very descriptive. that makes it really good! :D post more soon. and i gotta think of a new threat to give out. :sweat:

Matt A

12-16-2004, 08:55 AM

Very cool, very cool.

Star trying to understand the ways of Earth always gets good comedy, plus the stuff on the ferris wheel was pretty cute. I'm guessing that there is something dangerous still out there, though...

nevermore

12-17-2004, 07:02 PM

Next chapter is a very important one. You will need to read it...When I get it up.

Aquagirl15

12-17-2004, 07:05 PM

EVIL!!! you were supposed to have posted more now!!! :mad: i'm mad now i thought i was gonna get to read more NOW!

nevermore

12-18-2004, 01:48 PM

New chapter. It's beginning.

Chapter 14

As told by Nevermore:

I can feel it. I can feel...death. It is in this very tower, and it's wandering freely. Robin and everyone else say that there is no one in the tower, but death isn't someone...it's something.

The other Titans might now know this and try to believe that no one is here, but they know deep inside they know that something is following us.

I know, for I have seen it. A ghastly figure, cloaked in black, wandering the tower freely. Behind the cloak, a living man with peering red eyes, and skin as pale as a dead man's.

I know this because I knew him. Death is ruthless, and has always been so. I would fight to achieve my goals when I was a villain, but I would never kill. Death would though. His only goals were to kill. He was the leader of a band of villains, and I was one of them once, for Derane was also. I knew many other villains, each with their own way of fighting. Death was the most powerful of all. When fighting, he wore his cloak which caused him to look more frightening, but without his cloak, he was still frightful looking. Spiked red hair and fiery red eyes. Teeth that appeared almost venemous and a bony face that suggested that he was both alive and dead.

He has learned to keep himself cloaked to tracking devices, but seen by the human eye. He increases his more frightening appearance, by acting as if he was a strange undead creature.

I have been staying near to all of the Titans, in order to make sure that they will still be safe. I know that Death is planning something, but what?

It was morning. I had gotten up early today to train, and I had decided to get some breakfast.

As I walked into the control room, I saw all the Titans, but they weren't eating, no, they were all staring at the giant screen. I used my powers to become a shadow on the ground and moved towards the Titans. I silently appeared between Raven and Beast Boy.

"So what are we looking at?" I asked. Beast Boy jumped in fright.

"You're still not used to that?" Raven asked.

Beast Boy was a bit angry at this remark, but it was true. I would normally do that. I always had a tendency to pop out of nowhere, even when I had no idea that I had powers. I would be walking at school and I would see my friends and I would walk up to them, and they wouldn't notice until I said something. Ha! Eventually they made me pay a toll whenever I would do that.

I smiled at this thought, but the smile disappeared when a strange presense entered the room.

Despite the fact that the screen said that there were only the Titans and me in the room, we all knew that someone was right behind us. We all turned to see a man in a black cloak.

"Avas. I am not here to harm any of ye," said the man, "I am simply here to help out me ol' messmate."

The Titans were puzzled.

"Wot?" asked the cloaked figure.

"Umm, everyone. Meet my old leader," I said slowly.

"Me name is Death, but you can call me Cap, if you would like," Death said. He was always a pirate.

"You still have the old ship I see, eh?" I said, looking out the window to see a black ship. It was a replica of an old pirate ship. Captain Death had always had something with about the sea and sailing. He was smart though. He made sure that the ship had some metal plating behind the wood of the ship. It was always part of the plans that Cap carried out.

"Wait. You two know eachother?" Robin asked with a confused face and tone.

"Aye. We go way back, me an' ol' Darkpoint," Cap said, with a smile on his face.

"Darkpoint?" Cyborg asked.

"My pirate name," I said. I thought that I wouldn't hear that name again. I was happy to see Cap again, since he was here to help me and not to attack me, but I didn't like the name that he called me by.

"Your pirate name?" Beast Boy asked.

"Oi!!! I came here for an important reason! Let me ask Darkpoint here for help," Cap said angrily.

"I left my evil pirate days behind," I said with an irritated tone.

"Aye, I know. It's just that someones murderin' days weren't," Cap said with a rare serious look on his face, "You remember Lark, eh?"

At the sound of the name, a brilliant fire of anger lit within me. "Yes, I remember."

"Well, she wanted me and my crew to murder ye. I said no, and she took down most of me poor crew before she left. She also sank me ship. If it weren't for Tidal, I wouldn't be warnin' ye of the parils that await ye," Cap said with a grave tone.

For a second, I forgot about the unpridictable Death. "She sunk our ship!!! But I helped build it!!!" I yelled in anger, and all of the Titans backed away. "What is Lark planning now?" I said darkly.

"She is sending an assasin to a hidden temple that will give the first person that enters it and solves its riddles unimaginable power. I know this because there is nothing in the oceans that I wouldn't be knowin'," Cap said. "It can only be reached by sea, though. If you want to get there, you and your friends will have to ride with me an' me crew."

I smiled. I could convince the Titans to go along.

As told by Raven:

I frowned. Nevermore could convince us to go.

We huddled up for a confrence.

"You want us to sail with a bunch of smelly pirates?" Beast Boy whispered.

"Why would they be smelly?" Nevermore said with a sly smile on his face.

"They never take baths!" Beast Boy said sternly, but still quietly.

"They're on the ocean, they always get a shower from the weather or the spray of the sea," Nevermore said.

"But how can we trust a man named Death?" I asked.

"Cap and I go way back. Derane and I were part of his crew once, but he saw more promise out of me than the other crew members. He was the one that trained me to use katars. If he says he's here to help, I have to believe him. Death may be a villain, but he is still a man of his word," Nevermore said with a tone that convinced us all.

"Fine," I said finally, "If Nevermore says it's safe, then it must be."

This immediately convinced all of the Titans, and they agreed.

"We'll go with you," Robin said with a slightly worried tone.

The captain nodded and disappeared.

"Before we board the ship," Nevermore said, cutting us of, "you need to know a few rules. When in battle, do not talk to Cap. He isn't a normal human and when it comes to battle, he becomes a strange creature on the inside. When he tells you to do something, you do it. It is dangerous to disobey him. Stick close to me, and let me do all the talking if we ever get into trouble."

We had no choice. Nevermore knew these people better than we could.

We boarded the ship. Death immeadiately spoke out.

"Ar, ye scallywags, listen up. Nevermore is here, and so are some of his friends."

"Ahoy!" All of the pirates said together.

There were only a few of them, but each one of them looked deadly.

"We'll set sail to the island tomorrow. We need to rest up for the long hard journey," Death yelled menacingly.

The pirates went to the kitchens to prepare food and Nevermore followed.

"Are ye ready for a meal that ye won't forget?" Nevermore said in one of the best pirate accents that I have ever heard. "It's not bad."

"Sure," Cyborg said hesitantly.

We followed Nevermore to the kitchens to help prepare the dinner. Nevermore told us to put many strange foods into pots, pans, and bowls. Beast Boy just stood to the side, making a salad.

After a good amount of cooking, the food was laid out on the table.

Captain Death got up at the table where we were all seated and spoke, "Ar, this is a fine meal. Some of this food we haven't tasted in a long time, since Darkpoint, our master chef, left. So dig in."

Surprisingly, most of the pirates had good table manners, but some of them had some of the worst you would have seen, food everywhere.

Nothing seemed very appatising, but Nevermore piled some steaming food on our plates.

"Try some of this. It's my own recipe," Nevermore said, eating some of it himself.

I frowned, but tried some of the red food. It was surprisingly good. It tasted a lot like pizza, but there was a hint of apple. I would never have thought that it would have tasted so delicious unless I had some myself. Cyborg ate it with the most atrocious table manners than anyone on the ship. Beast Boy appeared to be sick, and left the table to get some sleep. Robin tried some of everything and gave Star some of what he thought was the best.

I found some herbal tea that Nevermore had made, and I had some fruit. Nevermore had the herbal tea too, but he ate his own creations, seeing if it was still good.

The pirates were having strange conversations. They seemed to be about Nevermore, because most of them would look over to Nevermore every once in a while.

I couldn't figure it out, but there was something about these pirates that I didn't like. Nevermore seemed perfectly comfortable around them, but I wasn't.

"Are you sure that these people won't harm us?" I asked worriedly.

"Of course," Nevermore said back so only I could here it. "I know each one of these pirates by name. I know each of there powers and reputations. None of them would hurt me or anyone that is with me."

This made me feel a bit better, but I was still suspicious of something. I stayed quiet the whole time, watching each pirate carefully.

"Can I talk to the Captain?" I asked Nevermore again.

"Of course, but after dinner. I'll come with you," Nevermore said. I knew that he could sense my worry.

It was about an hour later when all of the pirates had gone to their cabins to sleep, when Nevermore and I had a secret conference with the captain.

"Captain Death, I want to know about the island that we are going to," I asked worriedly.

"Ar, that be a long and difficult tale," Death said, "but I'll tell it to ye anyway."

Nevermore and I listened carefully as Death told us of the island.

Cliffhanger. :evil:

T.T.Raven4

12-18-2004, 02:30 PM

Nevermore was a lot of things wasn't he? LOL

That was very good. SPECTACULAR description of Death. Very Nice. Keep writing. PLease! This is awesome!

Matt A

12-18-2004, 04:07 PM

I wasn't expecting the whole "Pirates Of The Carribbean"/"Indiana Jones"-type thing to come in here. A most interesting development indeed...

Oh, and it's nice to have an old colleague of Nevermore's turn up and not try to tear him in half.

Aquagirl15

12-18-2004, 04:33 PM

well i knew right when you started describing Death that this was going to be like Pirates Of The Carribbean. Lark is comming back! :eek: bad things bad things... no good can come of this. :sweat: post soon or i will paint your room PINK!!!!! :evil:

Sproxie

12-18-2004, 06:43 PM

Nevermore... and Pirates...? Weird. you should stop watching Pirates of the Carribean for a while.
And that was a great description of Death. :) When does Lark finally come out again and fight nevermore like a m- ummm, woman? getting other people to do her dirty work won't last long. (right?)

nevermore

12-19-2004, 01:00 PM

I'm watching Pirates of the Carribean again right now. I don't know how many times I have watched it, all I know, is that I haven't gotten tired of it yet.

Oh yeah, I won't get the next chapter up until I get the internet in my room.

Raven37

12-19-2004, 02:38 PM

That was an awesome chapter! You described Death so well. I could totally picture him in my mind.;) I can tell how much you love Pirates of the Caribbean. It's a great movie. When it was in theaters, I went to see it, like, 5 times!:D Anyways, this will be interesting, I can tell. Please right more, or I will, um, I.... uh, will TAKE AWAY YOUR PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN DVD/MOVIE!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!:evil:

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P.S. Oh, and it's nice to have an old colleague of Nevermore's turn up and not try to tear him in half. LOL!:anime: So true, so true.:rolleyes:

nevermore

12-20-2004, 10:12 AM

It's in my room!!!

Chapter 15

As told by Death:

When ol' Darkpoint an' his friends boarded, I could tell that they had no clue about what was going on. I helped 'em by gettin' the crew started on dinner.
I observed them during the meal.

The robotic one, Cyborg I believe he is called, seems like a good strong fellow. He will be a lot of help with the ship.

His green friend was very amusing. He didn't like the meat, and made a salad. When he was at the table, he got seasick. Harhar. He will be a lot of amusement.

The one called Robin, he also looks like a strong helper. He might not be as strong as Cyborg, but he looks very reliable all the same. What I hear from Darkpoint, he is a very skilled fighter.

The alien, Star, doesn't seem all that strong, but she is more powerful than Cyborg and Robin put together. She lifted my ship right of the ocean!!! I have never, in all my life, seen someone so strong.

The one that they call Raven is very mysterious. She seems to get along great with Darkpoint. They are like peas in a pod. Darkpoint and Raven stayed together the whole time. She calls Darkpoint Nevermore though. It confuses me, but calling him Darkpoint confuses them.

They came to me cabin after the meal to ask me about the island that we were going to.

"Ah yes." I started, "The island of Gedil. A small island out in the middle of the ocean, but still very important. Both good and evil originated their, and they were locked inside. But one day a few sailors found it while in the middle of a storm. They landed on the island, and their ship was luckily unharmed. They found their way to the temple in the middle of the island, and somehow opened it. But when they did, good and evil were unleashed into the world. The sailors that opened it were consumed by the evil, and became the first pirates to roam the seven seas. Before they left the island, the locked the temple once again, but with several riddles that they had known. The then cursed the island so that if someone somehow found the island, they wouldn't be able to enter, unless they came from the sea.

It was because of this that Lark asked me for help. She wanted me to go their with my crew and get the power that supposedly lies within the temple, and then kill you. I told her that I would never attack one of me ol' crew members, and she started to attack us. It was a horrible loss, for she threw poison tipped darts. Almost half of the crew was killed. She then blew a whole in the ship. I don't know how, but she did. She then left to find a new crew that would help her.

We got the ship back from the bottom of the ocean, repaired it, and then came straight to your island to warn ye of the parils that Lark is planning."

"So this mission is purely to stop Lark?" Raven asked.

"Aye. It is and nothin' more," I said reassuringly. I knew the Raven didn't really trust us. "Ye should be gettin' some sleep. You don't want to be tired on the ocean, I can tell you that."

As Darkpoint and Raven left my cabin. I could tell that something bad was in

the horizon, but I couldn't tell what. I felt it in my skin. Something was going to happen, and it wasn't a storm.

I sighed, and went to bed.

As told by Raven:

Nevermore showed me to my cabin, which was actually very nice. The bed was very comfortable and the sound of the sea was very calming. The room wasn't very big, but I guess that that was expected.

"Are you sure that these pirates won't try to harm us?" I asked again.

"I am positive," Nevermore said reassuringly.

That didn't help much. I could tell that something wasn't right. I could feel it. I had a horrible feeling that something was going to happen. I usually felt it when I saw some of the pirates, and they were always the same ones. I don't know why, but it seems as if they are watching the Titans.

Anyway, I was about to fall asleep, but I heard a strange sound. It was real soft and slow. I got up out of bed, and followed it. When I was out on deck, I realized that it was music. A single person was playing, but I coud still hear it, no matter where I went. It was loudest near the mast. I flew up and inspected the masts, every one, but I didn't find the source of the music.

I stopped to listen to the music. I was near the source, for it was very loud.

It was soft though, as if it was a lulliby. It was played by what sounded like a flute, but I could tell that it wasn't. I had never heard this instrument before. The song continued. Softly, slowly, it kept playing. It had some weird effect, and before I could reach the ground, I fell asleep.

I woke up with a start. I remembered falling to the ground, but now I was in my bed. I wasn't injured in any way. I heard a knock on the door, and I asked who it was.

"It's just me." It was Nevermore. "You want some breakfast?"

I quickly changed into some new clothes and answered, "Ya just a sec."

"You missed breakfast, I kept some for you though," Nevermore said.

I opened the door, and I pulled him inside.

"What did I do?" Nevermore said with a surprised on his face.

"You didn't do anything," I said, "I just need to ask you a question."

Nevermore sighed as he answered, "No, the crew isn't going to harm us."

"No it's not that, it's just that," I paused for a second and then whispered in his ear, "did you hear a song last night."

"Yeah, I heard it, but it plays every night," Nevermore said carelessly, "It helps to get everyone get to sleep."

"Where does it come from?" I asked.

"It always changes, Cap never tells where it comes from," Nevermore said looking at me in a worried way. "Are you okay?" he asked with a sincere tone.

"I'm fine," I said, "It's just that I am not used to being around pirates."

"Remember, just stay around me, and do what I say, and you'll be fine" Nevermore said.

I took a bite of my breakfast. I was still worried, but Nevermore knew what was going on. I knew that he would be able to help us if we needed helpl, but I have a bad feeling, and I think that Nevermore feels it too, for he keeps looking over his shoulder.

I hope that everything will be okay.

As told by Nevermore:

I know that something isn't right. It's not the pirates, like Raven thinks it is. It's something on the horizon. I can sense that something bad will happen. There is great evil awaiting us, and I am afraid. I don't want to show it to Raven, or anyone for that manner. The last thing we need is a panicked crew.

I did hear the music last night. It does help you get to sleep, but it is also supposed to repel attacks from your enemies. It has worked many times before, but I don't think that it will work this time. This is too great of an evil.

Beast Boy is sea sick, so that is a bit of relief from our frightened feeling. He is even more green than usual. I went up to him, and started naming all kinds of food, and he started to throw up over the side of the ship. It was good not to hear his complaints about what we were having for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

I am training with Death again. I need to train. If I am going to help Death overcome this evil, I need to be at the peak of my abilities.

Only a week till we get to the island of Gedil. I am more than ready to face Lark.

This wasn't a good chapter, but it's something, and that's better than nothing.

Aquagirl15

12-20-2004, 12:33 PM

oh it was pretty good. i just can't picture Nevermore speaking like a pirate. :sweat: oh well. so i hope you post more soon or the rath of pink will torture you!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!:evil:

nevermore

12-20-2004, 11:33 PM

I'll try. But this pink is distracting me!!! Why did you attack me with pink!!! lol.

I think that the next chapter will be tomorrow, that depends on how seriously I take everything, and I have to come up with riddles and obsticles.:sad:

Raeofdarkness

12-21-2004, 09:48 AM

I love your poem nevermore. It is entertaining as well as true. I love the book also. It gives great mental images. My book, however, is still on paper. By the way Aquagirl15, try a color like baby blue. Still bright yet not distracting.

Matt A

12-21-2004, 06:46 PM

Crowgirl

12-21-2004, 06:57 PM

That was good stuff! The whole thing with the hypnotic music really helped to rack up the tension, and it really helped to make this chapter not filler. Somehow, I get the feeling that the impending evil is something even more dangerous than Lark.

Oh, and if you want obstacles, just watch the Indiana Jones movies and then try and go a little more extreme: solving anagrams whilst in a cage slowly lowering into a lake of molten lava, that kind of thing. It's not much help, I know, but it's the best that I can do.
Indiana Jones will be a great help. As will Pirates of the Carribean (but you probably knew that) and Zorro. Zorro does the whole fight-for-your-life-and-others sort of thing. HE ROCKS!!!

Everything I've wanted to say had already been said, so post more!!!

Oh Raeofdarkness, welcome to high society! (Just please, use a lighter color for posts:sweat: )

Raven37

12-21-2004, 08:57 PM

That was an interesting chapter to read. It made me wonder. I can't wait ot see what will happen.:D Please post more soon, or I WILL HAVE IGUANA MAN PAINT YOU FINGERNAILS PINK!!! MUAHAHAHAHA!!!:evil:

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nevermore

12-22-2004, 05:38 PM

I have decided to use a humongous amount of description.

Chapter 16

As told by Beast Boy:

I had finally gotten better. I stopped paying attention to the rocking of the ship. Back and forward, up and down, back and forward, up and down. Oh no. *Hurls* Uugh. I hate this ship. I can't wait to get off. I have tried to occupy my mind by consentrating on the detail of the ship. A coat of black paint covered the whole ship. The five black sails moving in the wind, moving us onwards. Cannons, all sizes of them, lined up both on and under deck, each the normal black color.

On the front of the ship there is a figure of a man wearing a hat, his arm outreached, as if showing us something, and holding some sort of medallion. The man has a beard, that goes down to about the bottom of his neck. His face shows a longing, a want for something. His other arm is halfway outstretched, making is seem as if he is going to put it under the medallion and grab it. His coat seems tattered and worn, ripped in a few places. A few other jewels can be seen inside the pockets if you look real closely. The jacket is open, revealing a vest. It seems incredibly smooth, and almost leathery. It has no visible pockets, and is somewhat plain. His pants are baggy and almost cover his worn out boots. Again, there are a few rips in the pants.

This is not the only thing on the ship with incredible detail. The inside of the dining room isn't even painted, and has the plain brown color of wood. There are candle holders in all corners of every corner of the room, each one holding three candles. They are gold, with copper nails holding them into the wall. The holders are shaped like fire, and shine brilliantly in the firelight. The door to the room was brass hinges, that don't make the slightest noise. The handle is made of gold. The table is also very plain, but it seems to be nailed down to the floor to keep it from moving.

The railing on the sides of the ship are always incredibly smooth. I think that it is sanded every day. They have no special pattern or decoration, but it still stands out.

I have not been able to observe my room, because there is always a song that plays at night, that lulls me to sleep somehow, and when I get up, it is already time for breakfast.

Lastly, I have noticed that Raven, Nevermore, and Captain Death have been worried lately. I don't know what they are worried about, and I think that it is because they are worried about what we will have to go against when we arrive at the island that we are heading to.

It was supposedly the last day of our trip, when I felt a strange feeling. It was a cold feeling. It was frightening. The sky was clouded, and the wind had picked up.

We were busy trying to keep the ship on course, when we heard a voice above the others.

"Land ho!" said the voice.

We all stopped for a moment to look. Sure enough, there was an island in the distance.

"What are you lookin' at? Back to work!" Death yelled, as he exited his cabin.

We all quickly returned to our jobs, which Nevermore was helping us with. I had no idea what I was supposed to be doing, so Nevermore just told me to go find something else to do.

I found the captain. He was talking to the person that yelled.

"We made good time. I will be glad when this venture is over," Death said.

"Why so, Captain?" the pirate asked.

"I have had a bad feeling the whole time. I can feel it in me bones. Something bad is going to happen," Death replied. I could see him shiver under his cloak.

I turned around to leave, but what I saw stopped me in my tracks. I turned a lighter green and tried to yell.

"W...W...We...We..." I stuttered. The captain heard me and turned around.

His eyes grew wide as he yelled. "We're under attack!!!" The crew abandoned their jobs to prepare for battle. Death turned to the person that he was talking to earlier. "Tidal, you know what to do. Hurry, I have a feeling that these enemies are much stronger than our other advisaries."

The pirate smiled and jumped into the water. He disappeared as soon as he hit it.

"I want Darkpoint and his friends here right now!" Death yelled to the crew.

The Titans were standing in front of Death awaiting his orders.

"Darkpoint, I want you and your friends here to quickly make your way to the island. Hurry now. You can't waste any time."

Nevermore knew that it was pointless to argue, and we quickly made our way to the island, leaving behind a tremendous battle.

As told by Death:

I made sure that Darkpoint and his friends were gone. They needed to accomplish their mission.

I went below deck to help with the loading of the cannons. They were all loaded, and were ready to be reloaded. I went back on deck just in time to see the first cannon fire.

"Fire!!!" I yelled as another cannon fired at us.

Many of our cannons went off. Some hitting their target, but most of them plunging into the ocean.

More cannons went off. The ones that hit my ship rather dented the metal in the walls, or just bounced off. Our cannons barely ever hit, but when they did, a few of the enemy crew fell into the ocean.

Eventually, our ships were parellel, and the enemy started to board. Now it was hand to hand combat. I threw my cloak off, revealing my bony limbs. My eyes now went completely black, and I drew my weapons. I had a few katars and daggers, but my preferred weapon was the nunchucks. They were a simple black color, but the chain was put under a spell to keep it from braking. I lunged at the closest person that I didn't recognize, and hit him multiple times in the head and stomach. I went after another as he fell into the ocean.

I forgot all about my crew. I saw an enemy, and that was all that I could see. I would go after one after another. Each one falling into the ocean. I would rather knock them unconcious with my nunchucks, or I would rap them around the victims weapon, and pull back to take the weapon from them. I would then slay them with their own weapon. After that, I would throw the weapon at a poor victim whose back was unfortunately turned.

Eventually two pirates would go after me at the same time. Cuts, bruises, and gashes covered my body. The odds were against me an' my crew. This could be the end of us.

I wanted this to be longer, but I couldn't think of any riddles or obsticles.:sad:

Matt A

12-22-2004, 05:49 PM

Don't worry about the length. That was still cool.

Raeofdarkness

12-22-2004, 06:26 PM

Great! You are honestly one of the best writers here! No offese to Lord Welshie coursies. *everyone Kneels at the sound of the name*. The length was no problemo.

Sproxie

12-22-2004, 09:41 PM

Hey, Welcome RaeofDarkness, and nevermore, cool chapter, but I'm not too crazy about the pirate theme. :shrug: *cough*at all*cough*

nevermore

12-22-2004, 11:05 PM

Don't worry. The pirate theme ends next chapter.

Raven37

12-26-2004, 06:38 PM

I'm sorry I'm just now replying, but I was behind on my reading. Anyways, nice job. Now I see what you mean when Nevermore said not to bother Death when in battle.:sweat:

-Raven37

nevermore

01-01-2005, 01:00 AM

Happy New Years!!!

Chapter 17

As told by Nevermore:

We were standing right in front of the temple. We had no idea how we found it. We just wandered around until we did.

It was as small as my bedroom and had no door. We looked around the smooth sand-colored building, but found nothing. Beast Boy quit searching and sat down against a tree while the rest of us continued our search.

After a short while, we finally accepted defeat. We all sat against our own trees. We wallowed in our miserable defeat. I closed my eyes to concentrate on my thoughts, when I heard a noise beside me. I opened on eye, but just enough to see. Maybe they wouldn't notice, but then I realized that it was Beast Boy. He was getting up, and started walking away from the supposed temple.

"Where are you going?" I asked in a casual tone.

He didn't respond. Instead he kept walking, his eyes drooped as if he was tired. I became alert that something was wrong. I jumped up and stood in front of him.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked, hoping that he would answer. He just walked on as if I wasn't there.

I hurried to get the rest of the Titans. I told them of Beast Boy's strange behavior and we went to find him. Luckily he wasn't moving very fast and we caught up to him quickly.

"What wrong, BB?" Cy asked as he tried to stop Beast Boy.

Beast Boy ignored him and kept walking, no matter how hard Cyborg tried to stop him. This is all I needed to see.

"Get away from him! He is under the influence of a spell," I said urgently.

The Titans looked confused, but they did as I commanded and left BB alone. Beast Boy just walked onward, not stopping for anything. Even though we were in the middle of a forest, BB never ran into anything. He just kept on his straight course. We followed him for a while, when he suddenly vanished from sight.

"Where'd he go!?!" Robin took the words right out of all our mouths. It was a humongous surprise.

"Wait, I hear something" Raven suddenly said.

We listened and heard it. "Help! Get me out of here!" It was Beast Boy!

We followed the voice to where it was loudest, but it was just ground. We yelled back at him.

"How'd you get down there?" Cy yelled.

"I don't know! Just get me out!" Beast Boy yelled frantically.

"Do you remember anything?" I yelled back, hoping to get some information.

"No, I can only remember falling asleep by a tree," Beast Boy yelled back.

"Just as I thought," I said under my breath. I knew what was going on. "Beast Boy, watch out. I'm going to come down there."

"But how are you going to get down there? It's solid ground," Cyborg asked.

"It is ground, but we didn't test to see if it was solid," I said with a smirk on my face. I took a step forward and I fell through the ground. It was so sudden. There was sunlight surrounding me one moment, and the familiar darkness the next.

"Nevermore, did it work?" I heard Robin yell down.

"Ya. Come on." I yelled back.

One by one, the Titans started appearing. Star gave us some light, which I didn't need because I could already see. Shadow powers rock! Anyway, we were in a long tunnel. Star's starbolts provided an eerie green light. As we walked down the tunnel, we heard strange things. Voices whispering to one another, groaning, crying, and many other sounds. So many voices, so many emotions, all held within this one tunnel. I am sure that the tunnel had a horrible past.

After a long walk down the horrifying tunnel, we saw a light up ahead. Beast Boy broke into a run, and we all ran after him. We arrived at the end of the tunnel, and came to a dead stop. A giant door stood in our way. Candles on both sides of the door illuminated it and made its red and gold surface visible. It was at least ten feet tall, and had a gold arch around the edges. There was glowing blue letters in the middle of the door.

Out of curiousity, we read it.

Answer the riddle, and you may pass.
What takes on many shapes and can never leave?
What is everywhere but is never seen?
What is consistant and keeps coming back?
What is the cause of horrors there have been?

"How are we supposed to know that!?!" Beast Boy exclaimed.

"It shouldn't be that hard. Most riddles have simple answers," Raven said.

"But there are many answers to this one. How are we supposed to know the right one?" Cyborg asked.

"We just do, Cyborg," Robin said.

"Um, friends," Star said hesitantly, "I think that Nevermore might know the correct answer."

She was right. I had an evil smirk on my face, enjoying the others puzzlement. I knew the answer to this one as if I had heard it multiple times before. I had known the answer personally. I had lived it many times before and there was no way that I would ever forget it. "It's so simple," I said as I walked up to the door. I placed my hand on it and it started to glow. I closed my eyes and said loud and clear, "The horrors that have been caused and the hidden fear that returns, is the evil that enters the hearts of many, and corrupts their lives."

The door glowed a brilliant red, and after a bright flash, the door opened.

Beyond the door was another hallway, but this one was illuminated. A green carpet with one red line on either side of it was running down the middle of the short room. The walls were made of grey brick, as well as the ceiling. At the end of the short hallway another door, much like the first door, was blocking further progress.

I smiled with satisfaction.

"Dude! How did you know that?" Beast Boy said with an unbelieving tone.

"I have lived in evil," I said, "How would I not know?"

The Titans nodded and we walked down the hall. The door had handles, and it opened easily, but we immediately closed it. A multitude of bugs were in it. I couldn't even name the bugs that were in there!

"How are we supposed to go on any further?" Star asked.

"I know how," I said, "Wait here, and don't open the door. With that, I turned into a shadow and slipped under the door.

As told by Raven:

Nevermore was gone before we could stop him. I was going to offer to use my powers to shield ourselves from the insects. Really, I was wondering how there were bugs here. They would surely have been dead by now. I forgot about these thought when the door suddenly opened, revealing Nevermore completely unharmed.

"How did you survive?" Robin asked, "and what happened to the bugs?

Nevermore pointed to a pile of frozen bugs that reached the roof of the gigantic room. "I know a few spells," He said simply.

I was impressed. I never learned a freezing spell, not even when Malchior was teaching me stuff.

We went past the bugs, and into the next room. There were six statues. Each one different. One was a statue of a tall man. He had no hair except for the bushy beard and mustache that covered his mouth. He was wearing a normal shirt that had torn sleeves, showing very muscular arms. He appeared as if he would be as strong as Cyborg if he were a real person. He also wore some shorts and sandles.

The one to his right was a statue of a shorter man. He seemed to be Japanese. He had short spiky hair and a headband around his head. His eyes seemed closed and he wore a grin on his face. He wore a sleeveless shirt and long pants that, even though they were stone, seemed baggy. His arms were skinny, making it seem as if he wasn't that strong. He didn't wear shoes and was barefoot.

To that statues right was a statue of a tall girl. She wasn't as tall as the first one, but she was still tall. She had long hair and a cheerful, smiling face with friendly eyes. Her clothes were much like the second ones, except that her shirt had short sleeves.

The fourth statue was extremely short. It was about three feet tall! He had long hair that covered his eyes only, and it looked as if he had a bowl cut because it was even all away around. His face showed no smile, or any sign of ever being happy for that matter. He wore a long sleeve shirt thats sleeves went well past his hands and pants that surprisingly fit him perfectly.

The fifth was a bit shorter than the second. It was a statue of a girl with shorter hair than mine and a face that showed determination, the same determination that robin had. She had a long sleeved shirt, that didn't cover her hands, and long pants.

The last statue was one of a man. He was just as tall as the fifth one, but his face wasn't determined, no, it showed anger. It seemed as if a fire of revenge was burning in his eyes. He was dressed a lot like the others, short sleeved shirt and what seemed to be baggy pants.

After we studied the statues, we started to examine the door. There didn't seem to be a way to open it. We examined it carefully, hoping to come across something that would help us open it. I didn't want to go down that tunnel again.

While we were examining the door, I felt a presence behind me. Out of instinct, I turned around and provided a shield with my powers, and shielded the Titans. The next moment there were six stone people trying to break through my shield and they were about to succeed.

"Titans, ready!" Robin said with a tone of urgency in his voice. The Titans prepared for battle and I let my shield down.

Each Titan took their own statue. Cyborg and the first statue were pushing eachother back and forth. Each were equally matched. Robin took the second statue. Robin was using his bo staff and the statue was using martial arts to both protect himself and attack Robin. Star was trying to hit the third statue, but it kept dodging the starbolts and eyebeams Beast Boy was trying to attack the short one. He would morph into many animals, but the little statue would dodge everything. I went for the fifth statue. I threw a lot of stuff, but she would dodge and break everything that came her way. I tried to stay away. I flew up high, just out of reach of the statue. Nevermore had the last statue.

It was punching furiously at Nevermore and with great amounts of power too. Nevermore was blocking them, but I could tell by the look on his face that the vibrations that the katars made when they were hit, it hurt a lot.

The statue I was fighting took a chance to punch me. It jumped on a piece of rubble I was throwing, and hit me in the stomach. I lost my breath. The statue then hit me with an uppercut, and I fell to the ground. I was in a lot of pain. I couldn't move. I was barely open my eyes to see what was going on, but when I did open my eyes, they widened with fright. There, right in front of me, was the statue, its determined face became an evil smile. I wanted to yell for help, but I couldn't. I could only stare in fright as the statue raised its arms to attack.

Suddenly there was a flash of blue light and the statue fell to pieces. Cyborg had somehow managed to blast the statue while keeping his ground against the statue that was attacking him. I immediately got up to help him.

I chanted the words that controlled my powers, "Azarath Metrion Zynthos!" I sent the rubble from the statue that attacked me towards the one that was attacking Cyborg. The statue made a motion as if roaring in pain, and then crumbled to pieces.

"Thanks Rae" Cy said.

"No problem," I said as I ran off to help Nevermore.

Nevermore was having trouble. He was moving slower and slower by the second. The statue attacked and Nevermore blocked, but this time Nevermore couldn't take the pain and dropped his katars. The statue kicked Nevermore to the ground and picked up one of the dropped katars. I used my powers to stop the statue from attacking, but it's arm was moving forward slowly. His strength was far beyond my powers. He was getting closer and closer the Nevermore, and I couldn't hold him back any longer. The next instant, he broke free of my powers and struck dow as hard as he could. I closed my eyes, not wanting to see what had happened, but opened them immediatly knowing that the statue might attack me next.

When I opened my eyes, the statue was looking around as if he was confused. I looked at where Nevermore was, but he wasn't there. I took the chance to attack the statue while it was in this state of confusion. I used my powers to lift a katar, and then I launced it right through the head of the statue. The fallen statue fell to the ground and shattered.

"Thanks a ton!" Nevermore's voice was behind me, but when I turned around to look, he wasn't there.

"Where are you?" I asked.

Suddenly Nevermore appeared from my shadow. He was hiding in my shadow the whole time!!! I was relieved to see that he was okay. He grabbed his katars quickly.

"I think that BB needs our help," he said, nodding his head in Beast Boy's direction.

Beast Boy had morphed into a bull and charged at the short statue. The statue jumped on Beast Boys shoulder and pulled on his horns, causing him to fall to the ground.

"Yeah, I think you're right." I said.

Beast Boy morphed into a tyranasaurus rex, and tried to bite the statue, but it jumped on Beast Boy and poked his eyes. Beast Boy morphed back to his normal annoying self and covered his eyes, yelling in pain.

"Need help?" Nevermore said with a moking smile on his face.

"Let's see you do any better!" Beast Boy snapped.

The statue jumped at Nevermore and me, and I brought up a shield. The stone figure crashed into my shield and crumbled to pieces.

"That was easy," I said. Beast Boy gave me a look that was priceless. I had trouble not laughing. I would remember that look forever. Yep, that was the funniest thing I had ever seen.

"Well that's all of them," Robin said as he walked over to us, "Now we just have to figure out how to open the door."

We examined the door, but there was still nothing. No handles or nobs, not even a riddle. There was nothing there but a red and gold door blocking our path.

Suddenly a pebble fell on my shoulder and bounced off. I was so deep in thought that I didn't even notice. Another pebble fell on me. I noticed it this time, but I tied to ignore it. Then I realized that was a pebble!!! I turned around to see the statue's starting to merge their remains into one gigantic monster. It looked like cinderblock, except it had a much more bumpy surface, was much bigger, and much uglier.

"We've got more trouble," I yelled to the other Titans. I hated this place. Everytime you think you're out of trouble, you get into even bigger trouble. The giant rock moster threw a ton of boulders at us and we moved out of the way.

"Titans, move!" Robin yelled. We needed no second bidding. Those boulders were huge! But one good thing came from this monster. One of the boulders broke the door, opening the way! We quickly ran to the opened door. We ran down the hall as fast as we could and when we thought that we were far enough, we stopped.

"That was close!" Cyborg said with a relieved tone.

"Uuuh, what's that noise?" Beast Boy asked with a worried look on his face.

We all heard it. A rumbling noise coming from the direction that we just came.

"I believe that we are in danger, yes?" Star asked.

Nevermore nodded calmly. After a short pause, Nevermore's face became panic striken as he yelled, "RUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!!!"

We started running, but the rumbling kept getting louder and louder! Eventually we saw what was causing all the noise. Giagantic boulders were flowing behind us like water in a flash flood! We ran faster and faster. We ran all the way through the winding tunnel. the boulders were about 3 feet away when we saw a door! As we got closer to the door, the boulders got closer to us. We had no time to stop, not even to open the door. Before we got to the door, I used my powers to transport us through the door.

We made it! We were safe. We were all on the ground panting and gasping for breath...all except for Nevermore. He was staring dead ahead at something.

"What's...wrong?" I panted.

"Lark," Nevermore said calmly, pointing in front of him.

And sure enough, Lark was in front of us. She was staring at us as she drew her sword.

"This is the last time you'll ever bother me!" She yelled as she charged at us. Just when we thought we had made it, Lark had to show up. We were in for a battle of a lifetime.

Matt A

01-01-2005, 08:34 AM

Now that was cool! The fight with the stone figures was a neat touch, and whilst that may have been vaguely obvious (no slur intended) the fight with the big figure certainly wasn't. And as for the "rock river"...I'm guessing that you've been watching Indiana Jones recently, right?

Anyway, roll on for the fight with Lark! I can't wait!

Aquagirl15

01-01-2005, 04:30 PM

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! :D that was cool! although that is an understatement you know what i think about the first part. and it was long so thanks for that! great fight scene. Lark.... not a good sign at all. :sweat:

nevermore

01-02-2005, 07:40 PM

Matt A

01-03-2005, 05:03 AM

Actually, I have only seen one Indiana Jones movie, and that was a couple years ago. I can't remember what it's called, but I do remember that they ripped peoples' hearts out and that there was this blood that if you drank it, you would be hypnotized or something, and you could only be returned to normal if you were exposed ot fire.
That's "Temple Of Doom". I was thinking of the bit at the beginning of "Raiders Of The Lost Ark", where Indy has to outrun this giant boulder that's chasing him down a narrow corridor: a classic movie moment.

Anyway, so that this don't count as spam, I'll just quickly wish you luck with the next chapter. Good luck!

nevermore

01-03-2005, 11:11 PM

Here we go again.

Chapter 18

As told by Robin:

Lark had drawn her sword, and was ready for combat. Nevermore drew his katars immediately. They stood facing eachother, not moving, just standing in a defensive stance. Each of us recovered from our tiring run and stood up. I was still a bit tired, but I pulled my retractable staff. Beast Boy turned into a green gorrila, Cy armed himself with his sonic cannon, Starfire got ready to fire some starbolts with glowing green hands, and Raven pulled her hood up, like she normally does in battle, and made her hands glow black.

"Coward!" Lark said, her piercing gaze never leaving Nevermore, "Hiding behind your friends!"

"He's not hiding behind us, we're going to defend him," Raven said calmly, "His battles are our's too."

"It's over, Lark," Nevermore said with the coldest of all tones, "You're done putting my friends and me in danger." With that, he charged and we followed closely.

Nevermore gave the first strike, which was quickly blocked by Lark. She struck at Nevermore, but he jumped back, giving Beast Boy a chance to attack.

He jumped over Nevermore and slammed down on Lark. She held her sword up to block the slam. Two fist and a sword collided. A loud ring flooded through the room. There was a brief pause, and Lark pushed Beast Boy away fiercly. He lost balance, and Lark kicked him square in the chest, sending him flying. He flew past Raven and crashed into a wall.

Raven then flew forward. Lark swung at Raven and Raven blocked with her powers. Lark swung a couple more times, and Raven blocked them. Lark then took a swing, but stopped and faked out Raven. She took the opportunity to give Raven an uppercut.

Before Lark could attack again, she was hit with a combination of starbolts and sonic blasts. She went flying and flew into a wall. Dust and rubble flew everywhere. When the dust fell, a fist appeared in Cyborgs face, and sent him flying. Star let out a startled yelp as Lark used a sweep kick to trip her. She quickly flew away before the kick made contact.

It was my turn now. I gave a satisfied smile as I struck Lark from behind with my staff. She flew into another wall and I pulled my staff into two halfs, creating two elbow staffs. I held them tight as I ficiously attacked multiple times. Lark was still after I had givin her a few good strikes to the head. I put my staff back together and stood ready, just in case she was going to attack, but she didn't. I let down my guard when I was sure she was out cold, and she suddenly grabbed my staff and swung up through the gap between me and my staff, hitting my in the face. I was senseless, but the last thing I remember was Lark turning around and me being flung over her head and into the rock ground.

As told by Lark:

Robin was out, and I smiled. It was all to easy. Six against one, and I knocked four of them out. Starfire and Nevermore were left. I wanted a fair fight with Nevermore so I decided to stop Starfire the easy way. I took out three darts, but these were different. These were darts that had a knock out poison on the tips. I threw them and one hit Star right in her arm. I smiled when she fell to the ground unconcious.

Now it was just me and Nevermore.

He was trying to bring Raven to conciousness. I guess it was expected. I coud see how Nevermore felt about Raven. He is a fool to have such feelings. It makes you weaker. I have never felt such emotions, and I just took out five Titans with no trouble.

I snuck up behind Nevermore and put my sword to his throat. He froze immediately. He was scared. I was waiting for him to make a move. I didn't want to kill him without a challenge.

Suddenly, my sword started to glow back. I knew what was happening and I pulled my sword away, but it was too late. My sword had black edges and were incabable of killing someone. I gritted my teeth with anger and frustration. Why did Nevermore have to have powers like this?

I swung, but Nevermore wasn't there. I turned around when I felt a prescence behind me. Nevermore stood there, his only visible eye glaring at me. I couldn't move my eyes from Nevermore's dark green eye. it seemed to have no light in it. It was completely dark and struck fear into my heart.

He held up his right arm, a katar dangling from his hand as he pointed at me, "You want to fight? Fine! But don't expect to win," He said with a cold tone that sent a shiver down my back. I can never remember anything colder than that voice.

I quickly shook it off and charged at Nevermore. I swung, but Nevermore sidestepped it. I didn't see that coming. As I stumbled forward, carried by the force of the swing, Nevermore hit me in the back with both katars. To my relief, his katars had the same spell as he put on my sword.

I fell to the ground, but got up right away. This time Nevermore charged. I thrust, but Nevermore sidestepped, and struck at me. I raised my sword to block and Nevermore attacked with the other katar. I jumped over the low swing, and made swift chopping motion at Nevermore. He ducked it and did an uppercut with his katar out in front. I leaned back and narrowly dodged it. I grabbed his arm with my robotic on and he couldn't move it.

One good thing came out of Nevermore running from death.

I swung at Nevermore with my sword and he barely blocked the sword with his small katar. I had the upper hand. Soon I would stand on the pedistal in this room and be granted with an unstoppable power.

It is said that anyone that gets past the trials of this temple and then steps on the pedistal will be granted the powers of both good and evil. I would then have no trouble at eliminating Nevermore. I didn't want to kill him now though. I wanted to make him suffer for the rest of his life, just as he did to me.

I struck high at Nevermore's head, and he blocked it, giving me the chance to kick him away. I let go of his arm and kicked him as hard as I could in the middle of his stomach. But what I didn't expect to happen was that he flew so far that he landed on the legendary pedistal. I brilliant light surrounded him, and then it turned black.

The light filled the room and even though it was black, I had to shield my eyes from it's brilliance. When the light subsided, Nevermore still lay where he was. He sat up slowly, rubbing his head. He saw me and jumped to his feet.

Knowing that I had no reason to be here, I said one last thing to Nevermore. "It's not over Nevermore! Not by a long shot!" With these last words, I left the temple, leaving behind the Titans and a giant stone monster that I had defeated earlier.

All right. Is that worth the wait?

Aquagirl15

01-04-2005, 08:29 AM

hey we didn't have to wait that long, oh to answer your question yes. i envy you're skills to write fight scenes! they are always so awesome. to make a long story short, you'd better write more or doom awaits you with big, sharp, pointy teeth!!! (if you haven't seen the movie you won't get it.) :D

Matt A

01-04-2005, 06:23 PM

Yep, that was pretty cool. A very well described fight scene, and the one ending that I didn't expect. I doff my cap at you!

One question, though: where is the story going to go from here?

nevermore

01-04-2005, 11:03 PM

One question, though: where is the story going to go from here?
Very bad places. Aquagirl has a vague idea, but she doesn't know how bad it really is. It will be devistating! It will be collosal. It will be quite long and I'm going to stop talking now. Nothing big happens next chapter though. Oh well.:shrug:

nevermore

01-18-2005, 07:25 PM

I am sorry that it took so long. I haven't been able to get around to it though. :sweat:

Chapter 19

As told by Nevermore:

Lark ran. I didn't know why, though. I thought back to try and find why she ran.

I was fighting Lark. I had just tried to hit her with an uppercut, when she grabbed my arm. She swung her sword a couple of times. I was barely able to block it. She was winning. She faked me out and kicked me in the chest. I flew back and hit something. A light appeared from nowhere. I tried to turn around, and the light suddenly changed. I
closed my eyes and tried to block out the loud noise that was screeching in my ears. I couldn't tell what it was, but I know it was loud. Just as suddenly as it began, it stopped. I sat up, holding my aching head. I jumped to my feet when I noticed that Lark was still there. She looked angry as she yelled.

"It's not over, Nevermore. Not by a long shot."

I still didn't see why she ran, but I was glad she did. I was in trouble before she ran away. She was easily beating me. She had me scared for a while there. Her words were now repeating themselves in my head. I just sat there for a while, thinking of why she would leave.

I still couldn't figure it out.

Suddenly, I heard a noise behind me. I slowly turned my head. It was Beast Boy!!! I forgot that the other Titans were still here!!!

"You okay?" I asked calmly.

Beast Boy just nodded his head.

I nodded back, and started to wake the other Titans. I let them rest. There wasn't any point to go after Lark now. She would be long gone by the time we got back.

I turned into a shadow, and woke everyone else up. When I put my hand on their head, the cold from my shadowed hands would wake them up.

"Should we go after Lark?" Robin asked after I woke everyone up.

"No," I said, "She is long gone now." I was angry at myself for letting her get away. I could have stopped her so easily, but I just stood there like an idiot!

"Come on, let's go," I said as I got up.

"You're going the wrong way," Raven said, "The tunnel is that way."

"I know, but I'm going to take the easy way out," I said. I pushed on one of the walls and it gave way, creating an exit.

"When did you find that?" Cy asked in a surprised tone.

"Just now," I said with an smirk on my face, "Now let's stop wasting time, and get back to the ship. I want to go home."

As told by Death:

We've been fighting for a while now. I am getting tired, and am noticing that me crew's number is being reduced every minute. If nothing changes, we'll die.

I was now taking on three pirates. One had a scimitar, another had two daggers, and the last had a staff.

I noticed the one with the daggers preparing to throw a dagger, and I prepared myself. He threw one of his daggers, and I swung upwards, hitting it into the air. I then attacked viciously at him, knocking him out.

I turned around to see the one with the scimitar start to charge. He swung down hard on me, and I barely blocked it. The force sent me to my knees. Suddenly, the dagger that I hit fell on my powerful enemy, slaying him on the spot. His limp form fell to the floor and his rusty scimitar fell to the feet of the pirate with the staff.

I quickly got up and blocked a horizontal strike from the staff. He then struck low, but I jumped over it. I struck down at the man and he sidestepped. I then tried a horizontal strike, but he ducked. I then tried another strike, which he foolishly tried to block. My powerful downward strike broke his staff in half, sending him and two halfs of a staff flying into the ocean.

I took a chance to look around me ship. There was destruction everywhere. I saw me crew falling one by one. Aye, it was true that I had powers, but I couldn't use them now or else I would kill both the enemy and me crew.

"Arr, hurry up," I whispered under my breath.

As if answer to my plea, the water under the enemy ship exploded and destroyed they're ship.

"Abandon ship!!!" I yelled as I saw the water settle.

The crew jumped into the water, leaving only me and the rest of the enemy crew on board. It was time for me to do what I did best. A small smile appeared on my face as I happily conjured up my powers.

My hands glew a dark red as I lifted them up to the clouded sky. Just as lightning filled the sky, I brought me hands down, sending a wave of dark red at everyone on board. No one on that ship ever got to see the sunlight that peered through the clouds.

Slowly, me crew started to board the ship again. As soon as I saw a tall young lad with dark blue hair, I congratulated him.

"Perfect timing, Tidal," I said, patting his back good naturedly, "You always do good."

Tidal had the ability to control water, and we used that to our advantage. He would always blend in with the water because of his totally blue outfit. He could not be seen as he gathered power for his powerful move.

After I had taken count of the crew, I learned of the losses. We had lost 28 good pirates. It was a sad loss, but I needed to be the brave captain and get us ready to sail. Although I caused a lot of death, it grieved me to learn that some of our crew had died. Some of them I knew really well. They were loyal and good companions. They would not be forgotten in my mind.

I turned around and noticed something showing up on the beach. I took out me telescope and took a look. It was Darkpoint an' his friends!!!

Warmed me heart it did to see that he was okay.

They immediately spotted us, and started flying over.

"Looks like we missed a good fight," Darkpoint said. He was looking at me funny. I would too. I was covered with gashes, cuts, bruises and burns.

I laughed. "Aye, you did. Just finished too," I said with a broad smile on his face.

Darkpoint nodded, the same look on his face. "You look terrible," he said as he finished nodding. I just laughed and walked off.

It was time to bring them home.

As told by Raven:

We were almost home. We left almost immediately, and we have been sailing for a while.

We are close to home. I can feel it.

I couldn't sleep that night. I missed my room. I missed the quiet of it. I missed the statues and books that were there. I missed it all.

"What are you still doin' up?" It was Nevermore. He had been standing besides me the whole time, and I didn't even notice.

I barely managed to hide my surprise. "Just thinking," I said calmly, not looking at him.

"About home?" Nevermore said, keeping his eyes out to the horizon in front of us.

"Yeah," I said.

"You miss it, don't you?" Nevermore said with a monotone voice.

"Yeah," I said again.

"I miss it too," he said.

I looked at him. He had lived on this ship before. He helped build it. I was surprised that he still missed the Tower.

"I helped build this ship," Nevermore began, "I lived on it too, but it couldn't replace the Tower. It is a home in which I belong. I miss it so much." He kept an amazingly straight face and a monotone voice.

I felt the same way. Nothing could replace the Tower. Then I realized why he missed the Tower so much, and why I did too.

It wasn't because it was where we lived, or where our rooms were. No. It was because it was a place to be with our friends. I couldn't imagine what life would be like without friends, but in a way I knew. I remembered from when Starfire went to the future. I wouldn't want to end up like that, and as long as we stuck together, I wouldn't.

I allowed a small smile to find its way across my face. I realized how important my friends really were to me.

Nevermore and I stood in the same spot, under the moonlit sky, for the rest of the night, just talking.

Eventually, the sun rose and the Tower rose up on the horizon. A sky of many colors behind it.

I was home.

In a few minutes, we had gotten to shore and were saying our good byes. But one thing we didn't expect, was when Death told us that he wasn't going out to sea.

"What!?!" Nevermore asked in surprise, his eyes almost popping out of his head, "What do you mean you're not going back?"

"Arr, I have seen enough of me crew fall to foes on that ocean. I think it is time that we settled down here, or somewhere near here. I'll be goin' now. Need to find a place to settle down. Good by Darkpoint, I mean, Nevermore."

Nevermore just stood there. He was surprised enought that Death was going to stay on land, but he also called him by his real name.

A small smile crept across his face as he spoke, "Goodbye, friend."

The rest of the day was uneventful. I was tired from staying up all night, but one thing kept me awake. The strange evil presence that I felt earlier seemed to be closer than ever.

I decided to meditate, maybe it was just my imagination. But no matter how long I meditated, the presence was still there.

The day dragged on. A boring long day. By the time night fell, I was too tired to stay awake.

Everyone went to sleep to, but after I did.

That night, I had a dream that could have been a vision.

It was dark. You couldn't see anything. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a strange face appeared out of nowhere.

It was an egg-shaped head really, with no hair, ears or nose. Its eyes were empty, black sockets from which tears fell freely. It had mouth that was in the form of a big grin.

Suddenly, a tear that was hanging from his chin turned a venomous green, and fell. It seemed to fall slowly, but then it hit a shapeless form. The form turned green and rose.

A howl then rose. It was a familiar howl, but I couldn't figure out what it belonged to.

The creature turned around so that it's white eyes glowed at me. It opened its mouth and attacked.

I woke up with a start. It was the middle of the night, and I could barely see. The occasional lightning would bring some light into the dim room.

Suddenly, I heard ragged breathing right beside me.

I turned my head slowly. The windows cracked as I saw what it was.

A person was standing next to my bed!!!

His skin was even more pale than mine, but there was blood all over it. Clawmarks in his shirt showed gashes from which blood flowed freely. His face had a clawmark that went over his mouth and left eye, which was wide with evident terror.

It was Nevermore!!!

He then spoke with a voice that was shaky and frightened, barely louder than a whisper. "It's...after me," he said. He suddenly appeared calm and fell to the floor unconcious.

All right, that is what took me so long, so I hope you enjoyed it.

Crowgirl

01-18-2005, 07:48 PM

AHH!!

That was really good. I enjoyed it a lot. I like how Death wants to stay on land, that's a nice touch. And the pirates have such cool names!! You know, if I had a pirate name, it would be extrordinarily violent. Maybe like, oh, I don't know, Chopstick*, or something extremely odd like that....

I think it and Lark have something between them, and that's probably why she ran earlier. If you think about it, it kind of makes sense, no?

The door in the wall seems kind of, too coincidental. Not that's that's bad, but it just seemed, out of place....

Oh well, I enjoyed it a lot. Can't wait for more!

Crowgirl

*Just so you know, I could have hit your forehead if I had wanted to, I just wanted you to finish the story first....

nevermore

01-18-2005, 07:54 PM

I came up with it in art when my art teacher was drawing something. It looked just as I described, and everyone thought that it was creepy. It was cool to me. I like creepy.

P.S. Crowgirl, I don't doubt you skills.

P.S.S. I just realized this. By it do you mean what attacked Nevermore? Oops, I meant the thing with the white face. :sweat:

Aquagirl15

01-19-2005, 08:32 AM

It (the thing that attacked Nevermore) sounds very creepy indeed, but creepy is good and so was that chapter. I was thinking about what it could be last night but no luck as all we know is that it has claws. :shrug: If we don't get more out of you soon someone very anoying will come to call!!!! :evil: I think you know what I mean...

nevermore

01-19-2005, 06:36 PM

Okay. I know what you mean.

Chapter 20

As told by Beast Boy:

It was the strangest thing ever. I was sleeping lightly when I was awoken by a faint noise. I heard it again and I figured that it was in the hall. I slowly opened the door.

Only darkness. Nothing more.

I left my room and looked down the hall. I looked for signs of what made the sound. I was walking down the hall for the sixth time when I saw the answer in front of my door.

There was a trail of blood on the floor!!!

I followed the trail. I heard the noise again. I quickened my pace. I was getting closer. I slowed down and tried to listen. I heard nothing. I found the trail and tried to get closer.

Then I thought, What am I walking for?

I ran, ran for all I was worth. I was a dog, following the scent of blood. My heart pounding faster and faster with fear and anticipation. There was nothing I would slow for.

I wouldn't slow the feet that were sore.

I ran faster and faster. Nothing to get into my way. I heard the sound of breaking glass and ran even faster now. I heard a noise. I found myself in front of an open door.

There stood Raven holding Nevermore!!!

As told by Cyborg:

I heard a noise. I woke up and listened. It was the sound of running feet. I checked my scanners to see who it was. I suddenly smelt tofu. It was Beast Boy.

I decided to go find him and tell him that if he needed to run, that he could go outside. I followed the rancid smell of tofu that was in the air.

I eventually saw Beast Boy.

"Alright Beast Boy. You woke me up with your running, can you plea..." I froze.

Beast Boy was looking at me with frightened eyes. My attention turned to Raven. She was holding Nevermore. He had blood all over him!!!

He was pale from loss of blood and fright. He had many gashes on him, but none worse than the one on his face. He was unconcious.

I snapped out of my shock and grabbed Nevermore from a startled Raven. "Come on," I said with urgency, "We need to get him in the infirmary. Beast Boy, get Robin and Star up. Raven," Raven looked up at me, her eyes completely filled with fear and confusion. "You come with me."

Beast Boy turned into a cheeta and went to do his job at all speed, while Raven followed me slowly, turning around as if something might be following. I ignored it, and kept walking. The infirmary wasn't too far now.

We kept walking. The silence was ominous. I saw the infirmary door and ran in and gentely put Nevermore down on one of the metallic beds.

"Raven," I said as she closed the door, "Heal him."

She needed no second bidding. She rushed over and started healing his wounds. She was able to heal some of them completely, but some still needed time. Luckily the gash on his face wouldn't take to long to heal because it was the first one that she tried to heal.

Raven finished healing him and I started cleaning the blood off of his face with a wet towel.

Robin, Star and BB came in soon afterward.

"What happened?" Robin said as he ran in.

"Man, I don't have a clue what happened!" I said.

I took the wet towel and continued cleaning Nevermore's face when he suddenly came around.

As told by Robin:

I was talking to Cyborg when suddenly Nevermore came around.

He shot up, his eyes wide with terror.

His appearance wasn't that different, just a few cuts, but the way he was acting made it seem as if it wasn't him. He was shaking and curled up into a ball. He stared straight ahead with frightened eyes as he rocked back and forth.

I didn't want to ask him questions while he was in this condition, but it just came out. "What did this to you?"

Suddenly he stopped rocking back and forth. He shook more violently as he turned his head to look at me with his fearful eyes.

He was quiet a moment longer, but then he spoke with a terrified voice. "Claws, a howl. A creature wandering the tower, the very reflection of a shadow. Can not be seen in the dark but will not appear in daylight. It will not rest until it accomplishes what it was created to do." He took his gaze of me and looked at a bare wall. "It will come again. It will attack and leave no trace."

He stayed silent after that. "We won't let it get you," I said comfortingly.

I motioned for the Titans to leave him.

"All right, team, we are going to take turns watching and making sure that nothing gets through that door, okay?" I said sternly.

The Titans nodded in agreement.

"Beast Boy, you've got first watch," I said as I left to try and get some information on whatever it was that attacked Nevermore.

"WHAT!!! Dude, you must be crazy!!!" Beast Boy yelled at me.

No one replied his protest, because they had all left.

I started my search in Nevermore's room. I knew that his room's security was tight and that there would have to be a forced entry. As I approached his room, I noticed that nothing was out of place, except for the blood on the floor, but that was from Nevermore.

I walked up to his door, and it slid open!!! Nevermore didn't lock it!

I cautiosly walked into the dark room. There was no light switch, so I took out my flashlight.

To my surprise, there appeared to be nothing wrong, but I had never seen Nevermore's room, and I wasn't exactly sure. As I looked around, I wished that I hadn't gone in.

There were marionettes hanging from random places on the cieling. Each one had their own features that made them both unique and creepy. I turned away from them and continued searching. I looked at a wall. There were masks all over it. Some with strange smiles that seemed as if they were insane and others with frowns. Each one seemed to stare at me with their missing eyes. I turned and shivered.

The wall that I faced now was not frightening or creepy. It was plain and had a desk against it. The desk had papers all over it. I was guessing that they might be some of his personal writing, or something that would again frighten me and I decided not to look.

On the last wall was his bed. It was just a normal bed, nothing special. Above his bed were his windows, from which moonlight shone through freely. The sight of the moon seemed to calm me, and I decided to leave since there didn't appear anything here.

I know that I should have searched better, but I was starting to be freaked out. I decided to take my turn to guard Nevermore.

I walked down the hall only to find that Beast Boy was on the floor, snoring.

I ran over to him and shook him awake.

"Why are you sleeping?" I hissed angrily.

"I don't know, I just dozed off," Beast Boy said sleepily.

I ran into the infirmary to make sure that Nevermore was okay, but I couldn't tell. He was gone!!!

There, now I don't get to be annoyed. I have to leave now, so bye for now.

Aquagirl15

01-19-2005, 06:48 PM

Wow that was reallycool!! :eek: And as you always do with my fic, I see bad things happening in the future. I want to more about this thing... it's awesome and very bad at the same time. :anime:

Matt A

01-19-2005, 07:04 PM

Hey, we spend ages waiting for a new chapter, and then two come along at once! It's just like buses!

Whatever it is, life's about to get very interesting again...Yay!

Crowgirl

01-21-2005, 09:22 PM

Hey, we spend ages waiting for a new chapter, and then two come along at once! It's just like buses!

That's an interesting comparison. :p

Lots and lots of practice. Remeber, this is a sequal which means that I had a whole other fanfic that I had to build up my skill with. In case you have forgotten, that one didn't start out good at all. That's how mostly everybody's fic goes. Mediocre beginning, yet brilliant ending. Patience ROD, patience.

nevermore

01-23-2005, 05:29 PM

Yes, patience is important. I am sorry, but I am having trouble writing the next chapter for good reasons. I will try to get it up as soon as possible though. :sad:

nevermore

02-06-2005, 05:33 PM

I'm finally posting this chapter! :D

Chapter 21

As told by Raven:

I was searching in the basement. It was cold and dark down there. I knew that we would have to search everywhere to find even a clue as to what attecked Nevermore, so I decided to look in the basement first.

I picked up a box, starteling some rats. I watched the rats run of. Suddenly, a horrible idea entered my mind. I remembered the night when Beast Boy had us watch that one movie that scared me. I didn't want to admit it, and my powers took physical form...and one of the forms were ratlike creatures.

What if I caused the monster? I thought to myself. No, it couldn't be. My powers are still working.

I sat there in the dark room thinking of any possibilities to what attacked Nevermore.

Suddenly, My communicater went off. I opened it and Robin appeared on the screen.

"Raven, we need you in the infirmary," he said with a calm tone.

"I'm on my way," I said with an equally calm tone. I left the basement to head for the infirmary.

As told by Beast Boy:

Robin had just called Raven when Cy and Star burst through the door.

"All right, Robin, whats the problem?" Cy said with a serious tone.

But before Robin could answer, Star spoke up. "Where is Nevermore?" she asked worriedly.

Robin turned angrily in my direction as he answered. "Beast Boy fell asleep while he was on guard duty!" he yelled angrily.

"WHAT!!!" Cy yelled at me, "How could you have fallen asleep?"

"I don't know, I just did!" I yelled back angrily.

"I told you that tofu was bad stuff," Cyborg said.

I decided not to continue arguing. Instead, I turned around and sat in the corner of the room. While I sat there, Star started to search for any signs or clues of how Nevermore disappeared, while Robin was talking to Cyborg, but I couldn't make it out.

A while later, Raven walked through the door. We all looked at her for a moment and then went back to what we were doing.

Raven looked around the room before she spoke. "Where's Nevermore?" she said with a hint of worry in her voice.

"We don't know," Robin said.

"What do you mean you don't know? Wasn't Beast Boy supposed to be guarding him?" Raven said with even more worry in her voice.

"He was, but whatever attacked Nevermore knocked Beast Boy unconcious," Robin said.

Wait, did Robin just say that I was knocked unconcious? I was confused. Just a moment ago he was yelling at me for falling asleep and now he was saying that I was knocked unconcious. But I remembered what can happen when Raven gets mad. I sighed in relief.

As I forgot my anger, I felt a breeze. Wait, I felt a breeze!!! We were inside, there couldn't be a breeze. I went towards the source of the breeze.

I was shocked when I saw what I saw. There was a giant hole in the wall. The only reason we didn't notice it before was because it was behind a curtain.

"Uh, guys. Get over here now!" I said as I looked at how far a drop it was from the infirmary to the ground.

"What is it BB," Cy said as he came to see what I found.

"Woah," Raven said as she looked at the hole in disbelief.

Cyborg took out a scanner and started to scan the hole. "There are signs that Nevermore was here...and with some giant monster," He said as he put the scanner away.

"We need to find Nevermore before whatever it was, kills him," Robin said in a commanding tone. "I want you to split up and search. Star and I will search on the east side of town, Cyborg, Beast Boy and Raven, you get the west. Titans go!!!"

As told by Cyborg:

"Titans go!!!" Robin yelled as Star picked him up. Beast Boy morphed into a pteridactle to carry me and Raven put her hood up.

"You heard the man, let's go!" I said in a commanding tone.

We got to there really quickly.

"All right you guys, we want to check the alleys or any abandoned buildings first," I said.

"Why?" Beast Boy asked in a scared tone.

"Because that's the most likely place that they'll go," I said with a calm tone that barely hid my fear.

We had searched every alley and had started with any abandoned buildings that we could find.

"Can we go home yet?" Beast Boy said after yawned.

"No, we can't go home until we find Nevermore," Raven said before I could.

BB groaned and went back to work.

"Hey, Rae," I whispered so that Beast Boy wouldn't hear, "couldn't you just use your powers to find him?"

"Yeah I could," Raven said in a whisper.

"Can you try?" I asked. I wanted to go home, so I wanted this to get done with sooner.

"Sure, I'll try," Rae said in a monotone voice as she levitated, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos." Her eyes glowed as she started searching.

I kept seaching, making sure that Beast Boy was still searching. Suddenly Raven spoke.

"I didn't find him," She said. I frowned. I was hoping that we might find him. "But," Raven continued, "I did find what attacked him."

Raven pointed behind me and I looked.

There was a shadow of a giant creature cast on the wall. I couldn't figure out why, but it looked familiar. I followed the shadow to the source.

I gasped at what I saw.

Finally. Sorry it took me long. I was having trouble writing, but at least I got it up. :shrug:

Aquagirl15

02-06-2005, 08:51 PM

nevermore

02-06-2005, 09:26 PM

Evil cliffhanger! Hmm short chapter but I liked how you incorporated Raven's worry. As for the wait, I guess I'm gonna have to do something to make you update faster... don't know what yet but you can be sure I'll think of something. :evil: Like you said it's happy not evil...

1. I know that I should have made it longer, but I just haven't been in the mood to write lately.

2. It was something evil that made me take so long in getting this up.

3. Of course it's happy. It makes people wonder and that is happy afterall. :evil: Happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy Yeah, I'm insane. And it took you this long to figure out? happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy.

Matt A

02-07-2005, 06:22 PM

I'm not even going to ask...I'll just offer you my gratitude for yet another cool chapter. Go you!:D :D :D :D :D

Oh, and evil cliffhanger! EVIL!!!!!:evil:

Aquagirl15

02-07-2005, 08:10 PM

You are probably one of the few people that haven't figured out that me and him are friends WM. That 'happy not evil' thing was from one of our conversations. So there was no point in not asking cause I told you anyway!

nevermore

02-13-2005, 01:43 AM

It's all Jessie's fault!!!

Anyway, new chapter.

Chapter 22

As told by Starfire:

We had searched everywhere for our friend, but we could not find Nevermore. We had just got to the middle of the vast city when we heard a loud crashing.

"Sounds like we've got some trouble. Let's go Star," Robin said with a very determined tone.

We followed the sound of terrified screams from the terrified people that were running away from something till we came to see a 'bus' that had run into the side of one of the many buildings. The building was on fire and so was the large vehicle.

"What happened?!?" Robin said as he gaped at the terrible scene.

"Sorry, I had no other choice," said a familiar voice.

I turned and saw who it was. "Robin! It is the Red X!" I said, surprised to see that he had just appeared from nowhere.

The Red X threw some red Xs at us and Robin jumped out of the way as I flew into the air.

"Star!" Robin yelled while deflecting more of the Xs that were so rudely thrown at him, "Go see if anyone is in the bus or building and evacuate them. QUICK!" His voice was filled with such urgency that I started to move without thinking.

I went over to the bus first. There was no one in there and I sighed in relief. Suddenly, I heard someone crying.

Immediatly I was filled with concern for the unseen person, and hurriedly followed the sorrowful sound.

I followed it to where it was loudest, but there was nothing but rubble.

"Hello, if there is anyone here, please indicate to where you might be," I asked kindly.

"I'm over here! Help me please!" a voice came from under a big pile of the rubble. I quickly went to work as the person kept on pleading and crying.

Suddenly, a flaming piece of the roof fell in front of me and the person screamed and started to cry more loudly. The crying made me want to help the person more than before, and without thinking, I blasted the rubble with a starbolt, sending it everywhere, revealing a little girl crying in a corner.

I picked her up. She was not breathing!

I looked for a quick escape, but there wasn't a way out. Flaming rubble was blocking all the exits.

Panic started to overtake me as I spun around, looking for any possible means for escape. I became frantic and shot an eyebeam at a wall. I felt a breeze. I had made a way to the outside!

I flew out as quickly as I could, holding the tiny earth girl tightly, but not too tightly, as I flew over to some friendly people in helmets who were trying to put out the flames and putting masks on people who had gotten out of the building.

"She's not breathing," I said as I walked over to one of them, "Can you still help her?"

The man took her and put his hand on her neck. "She's still alive. We'll get her some help," he said with a kind tone.

"Thank you very very much," I said, relieved and very happy that he could help the poor girl.

As told by Robin:

X was putting up a good fight.

I had to keep dodging or deflecting those annoying Xs that he was throwing. I would occasionally try to use my grappling hook to tie him up, but whenever I did, he would use the suit to vanish and escape.

He shot one of the sticky kind of Xs and I quickly pulled out a bird-a-rang and cut through the middle of it, making the two halves fly past me and into the flaming building. I quickly threw the bird-a-rang at him, but he sidestepped it while turning. After it flew past him, he caught it from behind.

"Come on kid," Red X said with a relaxed tone, "you can do better than that."

I gritted my teeth as I drew my retractable bo staff. I charged with a yell, but Red X just stood there. As I swung at him, he jumped over me, but I was ready for that.

With a smile of satisfaction on my face, I swung while turning and hit him as he landed behind me.

He crashed into a wall of another building and I walked over to him, holding my staff to my left. "Oh, I can do much better than that," I said.

X groaned and I thought that he was done, but he wasn't. He threw the bird-a-rang that he caught at my legs.

How did I forget about that? I thought to myself while gritting my teeth. I jumped over it while X jumped up and tried to punch me in the head. Luckily, I landed my jump before he punched and was able to bend backwards.

As the punch went over me, I grabbed his arm and turned, putting his arm over my shoulder. I threw him, but before I let go, he grabbed my arm and I was carried along with him.

Unfortunately, Red X landed on his feet and kept his hold on me and as I flew past him, he braced himself and spun me around and threw me at one of the nearby firetrucks.

I hit the hoses, so I it didn't hurt much. As I hit the ground, my communicater went off.

I quickly opened it and answered with frustration. "What!"

"Robin, we know what attacked Nevermore!" It was Cyborg and he was running.

"Really? What is it?" I asked forgetting about everything around me.

"It's Beast Boy! He turned into that monster thing again and he is running somewhere, but I don't know where." he said with an urgent tone.

"Well keep following him. We'll be there when we're done here," I said.

"Robin, look out!" I heard Star yell.

I picked up my staff and dropped my communicator as I turned around in time to block a bunch of Xs that were flying towards me.

Red X was obviously not done with me.

I charged toward him again as he threw more Xs at me. I sidestepped some of them while others I deflected with my staff. Again, I swung at him, but this time when he jumped, he landed on my shoulders. He held my head tight with his feet as he did a backflip. When he was upside down, he let go of me and I flew head first into another brick wall.

I slowly got up, my head and neck hurting like crazy as I saw Red X standing in front of me.

"Looks like you're busy," he said in his usual tone, "See ya later kid."

He jumped into the air and disappeared before I could do anything, leaving me standing there wondering what he meant.

As if an answer to my wondering, a dark green blur ran past me followed by Cyborg, Raven and Star.

"Come on," Cy said with a serious tone, "He's headed for Titans Tower!"

As told by Nevermore:

I woke up by water spraying on my face. I quickly opened my eyes and shot up as I took in my surroundings.

I was in front of the ocean, Jump City before me with the tower to my back. I was behind a rock and a wave splashed against it, spraying salt water all over my face.

I jump back, away from the ocean. It was dark out and I could see many lights in the city. I could even see a large fire somewhere in the middle of the city.

I was wondering about how I got here, and then I remembered.

It happened again. The monster appeared the same way the second time as the first time. Both times I was on a bed when my door opened. I couldn't see who opened the door, but I saw that the shadow did not match the shape of the person.

Suddenly, the person became a monster and attacked, it's attacks were brutal and relentless. I couldn't get away. The only way I escaped this time was because I was smashed through the wall in the infirmary and the monster thought that I had died when I hit the ground. Luckily, I hit soft wet sand and wasn't killed, but merely knocked out.

I looked around, using my shadow powers to see easier. There was nothing. I was all alone on the island. The Titans were most likely looking for me or helping out with the fire.

I turned away from the tower and saw the last thing I wanted to see.

A huge beast, double the size of me and dark green fur, was pulling itself onto the beach of the island, its giant teeth glinting in the moonlight as it panted from a long swim across from the city. Its claws were long and sharp, its eyes were completely white with black outlining them and its large body that possessed unnatural strength.

Its gaze fell upon me. It sniffed the air for a moment as if confirming as if it were me. It suddenly threw its head back and howled a long, piercing howl and charged.

I wanted to move, but fear had immobilized me. The memories of the last two attacks kept flashing through my mind as it got ever closer to me.

I wasn't able to do anything but stand and watch. It jumped at me and before it hit me, something wrapped around the beast and it fell to the ground with a loud thud.

Where the monster once was were the Teen Titans, exept that there was no Beast Boy. I quickly jumped over the monster and rushed over to the Titans.

"Thanks," I said as I gratefully reached them.

"No problem," Cy said as he twisted his left hand, tightening it to his arm.

"Where's BB" I asked worriedly. He might not be my favorite person, but I was still concerned that he may have gotten hurt because I was staying at the tower.

"Right there," Raven said as she pointed to the monster that was just starting to rise.

"What!?!" I yelled in disbelief.

"Long story, but we still don't know why is a monster right now," Robin said as he took out some exploding disks and preparing for battle.

The monster, I mean, Beast Boy, growled at us as he stared at four new foes.

I was still slightly frightened of him, but still, I took my katars and used my powers to make them uncapable of killing, and got into my fighter stance.

There we were.

Star on the far right, green orbs surrounding her hands as her eyes glew green, Robin to her left, exploding disks in his right hand as he was preparing to throw them. On Robin's left stood Cyborg, his right arm was a cannon that was ready to fire a sonic blast at any moment. I stood next to Cyborg with my katars out, ready to strike at any moment, while Raven stood at the far left with black energy around her hands as her eyes glew white. And before the five of us stood Beast Boy, who was snarling and ready to charge.

"Titan, go!" Robin yelled, and we all charged.

Robin threw his exploding disks as he ran, but BB just dodged them with amazing speed, all while dodging starbolts from Star and blasts from Cy's sonic cannon.

He jumped in the air and grabbed Star, who gave a yelp as she was dragged from the air. When Beast Boy landed, he turned and threw Star at Robing and Cy. They caught her, but the still went flying.

Rae and I started attacking. She threw rocks at him as I snuck up behind him.

Unfortunately, he could make out my scent behing him and he turned, slamming his arm into my head. Although I was sent flying, Raven was givin a chance to attack.

"Azarath Metrion Zynthos!" She chanted as she lifted several large rocks. She hurled them at BB and he dodged them. But before the last one hit him, a starbolt hit him from behind him, sending him flying right into the last boulder.

Before he could get up, a sonic blast hit him and he slid about 50 feet across the ground before he ran into a rock that stopped him.

Unfortunately for him, Robin was standing on that rock. He had used his grapling hook to tie an exploding disk to the end of his staff and when he hit Beast Boy on the head with the end with the disk, he covered himself with his cape, protecting himself from the explosion.

Once the dust had settled, I gave a sigh of relief to see that Beast Boy was his normal self again.

"I'll go get the antidote," Cy said as he walked to the tower.

"Let's get Beast Boy to the tower," Robin said as he followed Cyborg.

Star picked BB up and flew to catch up with them.

"Are you okay?" Raven said as she helped me up.

"My whole body aches from a fall from the infirmary and my head hurts even more from being hit from a 10 foot tall monster, but other than that, I'm fine." I said with a grin on my face.

Raven gave a small laugh, "Come on, let's get back to the tower."

As the sun rose, an unnoticed masked figure watched us from the beach behind us as we entered the tower. I grin spread across behind the already grinning mask.

"So, I have to do it myself," said the mysterious figure, "Excellent." The masked figure then disappeared, a lone tear falling from where his masked face was just a moment ago.

Sorry it took so long. I just had to figure out whose point of view to start with. :rolleyes:

Aquagirl15

02-13-2005, 04:20 AM

Yeah it's always my fault isn't it? Anyway great chapter but you had to leave us with a cliffhanger. Nice idea bringing back something from 'The Beast Within'. I thought that was a pretty good episode and liked to see the idea used in a fic.

Matt A

02-13-2005, 06:43 PM

I haven't seen the episode (surprise, surprise...) but that was another damn cool chapter anyways.:D :D :D

nevermore

02-15-2005, 07:39 PM

Thank you. I have been wanting to put that in my fic for a while now, and I finally got to it. :D I will try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible, but I'm not sure if I will reveal more about the masked person yet. :evil:

nevermore

02-17-2005, 11:19 PM

I am just gonna get this up. If I wait any longer, I probably won't ever get to writing it. :sweat:

Chapter 23

As told by Cyborg:

We had just told Nevermore all about Adonis and Beast Boys transformation after being exposed to some chemicals.

"Well, that explains a lot," Nevermore said, his eyes wide with wonderment, "But how did Beast Boy transform into the monster again without the chemicals that caused the tranformation in the first place?"

"Maybe it was just the beast getting out," Robin said with a clueless shrug.

"No way!" I said with a stern voice, "There were traces of the same chemicals in BB's bloodstream as before. Why do you think the antidote worked?"

"But how did Beast Boy come in contact with the chemicals if it meant that they had to get past our Tower's complicated defences?" Star asked with a very confused tone.

"Probably the same way X got in," Robin thought aloud.

"WHAT!!!" I yelled in disbelief, "Red X got the belt back?!?"

"Yeah, but I don't know how, but however he did, he got the belt and is planning something," Robin said with a thoughtful tone.

"But isn't Red X a thief?" Raven asked in the usual monotone.

"That's what concerns me," Robin said with a concentrated tone, "but he ran a bus into a building just to get something. A thief wouldn't get that desperate to get something that he could just get at any other time."

"And I'm completely lost, so I am just gonna go find something that isn't blue and furry to eat," Nevermore said. Beast Boy was about to say something, but Nevermore interrupted. "And I'm not even laying a finger on tofu."

"When did you wake up?" Raven asked.

"Just a minute ago," Beast Boy said with a shrug.

"Oh, so you don't know that you were the one that was trying to kill Nevermore?" I said looking back to my scanners.

"Well, maybe I was awake before that," Beast Boy said with a nervously.

"At least it saves us another explination," Robin said.

Suddenly Nevermore walked back in. "Better get ready to go," he said.

"What do you mean?" I asked as Nevermore turned around to leave again.

Nevermore stood still and held three fingers up. "Three, two, one." Suddenly, the alarm went off. We all turned and looked at him with unbelieving stares. "What?" he asked, "A giant explosion is pretty hard to miss when you're lookin' out that giant window in the control room."

As told by Red X:

Stupid security systems. Whoever came up with bombs for security is extremely stupid. Who would want to blow up their own building to keep the stuff inside safe? The only way I was safe was because of this useful suit. The disappearence feature is great at keeping you safe.

Anyway, I looked around the destroyed room. The explosion had destroyed the roof because the walls were so thick. I found a door behind a pile of rubble. I moved the rubble around and when it was removed, I entered the next room.

The room was completely plain. It had cement walls, cement floor, and, surprise surprise, a cement roof. The room was filled with crates, but I only needed to find one.

"Time to get to work," I said as I pulled out a scanner. I walked past the crates while scanning them. So far, no good.

It's here, I know it. I thought as I started to scan faster. Suddenly, the scanner started to beep! I was close! It was starting to beep faster every step. I found the crate where the scanner beeped the fastest. I grabbed the crate with anticipation and opened the crate.

Although I was excited, I picked the small metal box with extreme care. I put it in a special pouch in my belt, so it wouldn't be disturbed for when I try to make a quick getaway.

I turned around and froze. I cursed angrily to myself as I saw the Teen Titans in front of me.

"I suggest you put that back," Robin said.

"Not a chance, kid," I said as I shot 6 Xs at them. Each one was dodged easily, but I knew they were...I just wanted to separate them.

I wanted to go for the hero first.

I shot two Xs at him. One up high, one down low. It worked once, so I figured it would work again. He blocked the high one first, but this time, he put the other end of the bo staff that he had drawn on the ground and jumped. He swung around the staff and threw a kick at me. I ducked and puched upward. He flew up in the air. I used the disappearing feature to reappear next to Robin, who was still in the air, and slammed him down with a punch. He hit the ground with a thud.

Before I could land, I was frozen in midair. I looked down and saw that I was surrounded by black energy. I tried to move, but I couldn't. I looked around and saw Raven. Luckily, I was able to aim an X at her. It hit her in the mouth, and since it had a sticky substance on the back, it stuck.

She lost concentration for a moment and that was all the time I needed.

I used a low kick to trip her and before she hit the ground, I slammed her, just like I did to Robin.

Right when she hit the ground, I got hit with a sonic blast from that Cyborg guy. I flew, but I hit something soft. Suddenly, I realized that it was a green gorrila. I gritted my teeth in both frustration and pain as he started to crush me.

I flicked my wrist and an X appeared in my hand. I stabbed the gorrila. I smiled as its grip loosened. Suddenly, it fell asleep and became Beast Boy. Tranquilizer Xs work great.

Three Titans left and they finally got smart. All three went after me at the same time. A sonic blast and starbolts flew at me at the same time. They all missed, but I figured out that it was intended. From behind all of the blasts, a Titan that I hadn't seen before, jumped out of nowhere and tried to punch me.

Although I was surprised, I was able to react quickly. I grabbed him and threw him behind me. After I threw him, I jumped in the air to get at the one alien girl.

As I slammed her into the wall, I dodged the green beams that she shot from her eyes.

"Come on, cutie," I said, "you know you want to go out with me."

I shouldn't have let my guard down. She kicked me, but luckily, she only hit me in the leg. I still went flying though.

I skidded along the cement floor until my head hit something metal.

I saw a metal fist coming down and I rolled to the left. I did a low kick before I got up, tripping Cyborg. He was on his stomach, so I was able to hack his systems. Wasn't easy, but out of blind luck, I shut him down.

I smiled with triumph as I trapped Starfire with a well thrown X. All of them down and I was home free.

I turned to leave when a flash of light caught my eye. I bent backwards just in time to see something black go over my head. I jumped back to get out of range. It was the new Titan kid. I forgot about him. I threw an X at his feet, and he fell.

"Ameture," I said as I walked past him. Suddenly, he appeared from the ground in front of me. I looked behind me and he was there too. Another two appeared on either side of me.

"Come on," they said tauntingly, "take your pick. It's a free shot."

I was frustrated. I gritted my teeth and closed my eyes. I opened them again, but I still couldn't figure out which one was the real one. I concentrated and I had a feeling that the one behind me was the real one. I made the Xs on my hands enlarge and become blades on my hands. I punched the one behind me.

It turned black and faded into nothing. I got punched in the back and was sent sprawling. "Ameture," said the kid.

I got up and swung a punch at him. He blocked with a katar that he was holding. The metal X and the katar made a metallic sound as the hit eachother. I swung the other hand at him. He blocked. I pulled both hands back and struck with both hands. He crossed his weapons and blocked the downward strike.

"You're pretty good," I said.

"You're not that bad yourself," the new guy said.

Now was my chance. I slipped one hand away and grabbed one of his arms. I used it to conduct an electric shock that took him by surprise. He went down and I walked away.

By now, Robin had recovered.

"Come on kid," I said "Your team is down. You might as well let me go."

"Not a chance," he said. He drew his bo staff and charged at me...perfect. I smiled as he struck. I disappeared and reappeared behind him and in front of the exit.

"Thanks for lettin' me escape kid," I said as I opened the door, "I won't forget it."

I closed the door and headed for my hideout. Now all I had to do was put the two stolen objects together and I would be able to steal whatever I want without a problem. I checked to see if I still had the metal box. I still had it right where I put it.

I opened it and gazed at my prize. I had gotten my hands on a metallic chromium core.

Sorry that that wasn't good. I'm just having trouble writing lately. :shrug:

Matt A

02-18-2005, 05:58 PM

Hey, that was pretty damn good. It's always nice to see the Titans get hammered every once in a while.:p

Aquagirl15

02-18-2005, 06:09 PM

Yeah that was good. You might not think so but we did. You're good at doing Red X! :D Can't wait for more, post or I will do something evil to you. :evil:

nevermore

02-20-2005, 10:23 AM

Thanks. I really don't think that I can get Red X right. I don't think that anyone can cause we don't know that much about him, but it's fun to try anyway and some people are really good. I'm surprised that no one has guessed about what he's doing. It's kind of obvious. Anyway, I'm working on the next chapter and it should be up someday this week. I'm not giving a sure date though.

nevermore

02-20-2005, 03:41 PM

Okay, so I got it up today. That's a good thing.

Chapter 24

As told by Robin:

I stood there for a moment. Red X had escaped! Why didn't I stop him?

I hit the ground with my bo staff and heard someone grunt. Nevermore jumped up, rubbing his head.

"What was that for?" he said with an irritated tone.

"Sorry," I said, "I was just frusterated."

"Well, next time, watch where you're swinging that thing, okay?" he said.

I didn't say anything. I just nodded and looked at the recovering Titans. Raven had just turned Cyborg's robotic parts on and braced herself as he was about to peel the X off her face. I turned around before he pulled it off. That has to hurt.

I saw Beast Boy getting up drowsily while holding his head.

I walked over to Star and got the X that was immobilizing her off.

"Thak you, Robin," she said with a smile on her face.

"Your welcome," I replied with a smile.

"Is everyone okay?" Cy asked as he threw an X to the side. We all nodded our heads to show that we were all okay.

"All right, team," I said in a commanding tone, "Let's get moving. We need to find X before he causes anymore trouble."

"Dude, he's probably long gone by now," Beast Boy said.

"Besides, if he decides to cause any trouble, the alarm will go off," Cy said reassuring tone.

"Fine," I said angrily. I wanted to go after X, but seeing that the team wanted a rest, I had to wait. I didn't want to make my team do anything that they didn't want to do. "We'll go back to the Tower and rest."

We all went back to Titans Tower for a well earned rest. I promised myself that I wouldn't stay up all night trying to find X.

As told by Nevermore:

"It's not over, Nevermore. Not by a long shot."

I heard it again. I was in the middle of a deserted road.

"It's not over."

I turned around, looking for the source of the voice. I could barely see anything in the foggy streets. It was quiet.

"What are you doing?!?" Said a different voice. It sounded scared. I tried to find where it was coming from.

I heard the sound of water behind me and turned. The fog cleared before me and I could see the ocean. I was at the piers.

Before me were two people. One was Raven, her eyes wide with both fear and confusion while the other person was different. He had an evil smirk on his face, a look of pure, unlimited evil in his eye, as he lifted his hand...It was me!

"As the water rises,
As you see it flow,
You will be a part of it,
To the depths you go!"

Suddenly, the water behind Raven rose and formed a hand. It grabbed her and pulled her down into the bay. I could see myself walking away, laughing maniacly. I was shocked. I ran over to the water. Raven was trying to get over the surface of the water, but it seemed as if there was an invisible barrier over her.

I tried to grab her hand, but my hand went right through hers, as if I wasn't even there. I was in disbelief. Why would I do such a thing?

"It's not over, Nevermore," a voice said again, "Not by a long shot."

Lark appeared from behind me. I felt helpless. There was nothing I could do. Lark was advancing towards me, her sword drawn, and I couldn't even touch anything. I started to run, clutching my head.

I realized that no matter how fast I ran, I wasn't moving. Lark was still walking towards me and the water was still to behind me.

I looked down to see that I was sinking in a black hole. I wasn't falling, just sinking as if I were in quicksand. I tried to get out, but I couldn't. I just kept sinking and sinking.

The last thing I saw was Lark standing over me, her sword ready to stab down at me. Before anything else could happen, the darkness surrounded me and I tried to yell for help.

I suddenly shot up and realized that I was in my bed. I was still in Titans Tower. I was in a cold sweat and was breathing heavily.

It was just a dream. Just a horrible dream. It meant nothing. Nothing at all. I got up and shook my head in an attempt to shake the nightmare out of my memory. I couldn't, so I just decided to get something to eat and go back to bed.

I opened the fridge and navigated through the blue furry food and disgusting tofu to find my supply of food.

It somehow managed its way to the back, but when I found it, it looked like some unidentifiable object was eating it. It was blue and furry, so it could have been anything.

I decided not to eat anything that was in the fridge. Who knows what kind of blue furry creatures were in there. I lost my apitite at the thought. I started walking back to my room, when I heard a noise.

Drip...drip...drip.

Something was dripping. It was a steady drip. I looked around for anything that could have been dripping, but there wasn't anything.

Drip...drip...drip.

It was getting louder, as if it was coming towards me. I broke into a run, a sudden wave a fear coming over me. It was getting louder and louder, closer and closer.

Suddenly, I heard a voice. "I will get you. You can not escape me!" it hissed with an ominous tone.

I turned a corner, trying to get away from the source of the voice. As I turned the corner I froze. At the end of the hallway was a person.

He wore a red sweatshirt that had sleeves that went past his hands and black pants that covered his feet. But what really stood out to me was the mask. There was nothing but black where the eyes should have been, a constant flow of tears creeping out, taking the constant path down its white face, past the evilly grinning mouth, and falling off of the chin.

Drip...drip...drip.

I stood still, petrified with fear of the haunting fiend that stood just a hall's length away.

Suddenly, red lights started to flash and the loud alarm boomed through the halls. A door near the middle of the hall opened and Robin ran out. He ran past me to get to the control room.

"Come on!" he yelled back.

I took one glance down the empty hallway and left without a word. A feeling of great relief passed over me. I would never take the alarm for granted again!

Matt A

02-20-2005, 07:36 PM

Woah. Now that was weird.:)

By the way, how much longer does this story have to go?

nevermore

02-20-2005, 07:42 PM

No clue. :sweat:

Matt A

02-20-2005, 07:46 PM

In other words, you're just making this up as you go along.

Aquagirl15

02-20-2005, 07:58 PM

Yeah that was kinda freaky but in a good way. Good chapter, I see you did manage to put in something interesting. :D

nevermore

02-20-2005, 08:08 PM

In other words, you're just making this up as you go along.

Yeah, pretty much. :shrug: This is all off the top of my head. I just come up with the main idea and try to make it interesting as I try to get through it. :shrug:

Matt A

02-21-2005, 06:26 PM

Personally, I suggest devising a rough ending now: even if said ending doesn't occur until several hundred chapters down the line, as least it'll give the overall story a better sense of direction.

nevermore

02-26-2005, 01:32 PM

Don't fear. I have it pretty much all figured out.

Um, I have another fanfic idea, but I don't know if I should start it now and work on both of these at the same time, or wait till I'm done with this one. Please let me know what you think I should do.

Crowgirl

02-26-2005, 01:42 PM

If I were you, I'd wait until this is over. Easier to manage.

That was a killer chapter (:<: Anybody want to tell me where that came from? I have no clue. :sweat: ). This story is freaky, in a good way of course, and you always have a way to keep us intriuged. Red X, Nevermore, all the other Titans, awesome stuff to come garenteed (Sp)!!!

Can't wait for more from you!

Ciao,
CG

nevermore

03-18-2005, 07:48 PM

Sorry that I am making you all wait so long. I know practically how the whole story is going to be from here, but I can't seem to write it. So while I am trying to get myself to start writing it, I am going to ask you guys to help me. I have about 4 or 5 ideas for a next fic. I might post their prologues so that you can decide which one I do first. Don't know when cause I am talking to people.

nevermore

03-20-2005, 08:34 PM

Okay, so maybe they're not prolouges, but at least I'm not giving away too much of the stories. :sweat:

The Rise to Villainy (Prequal to the Shadow)- Tells about Nevermore's past and how things were when he was a villain.

Bound to Hatred- Raven witnesses 5 people killed by one person. Now the Titans are trying to find and learn more about him.

Bird of Prey- About a boy whose powers suddenly take control of him. He joins the Titans so that he can learn to control them, but there is another like him that wants him dead.

Frozen in Ice- A person from Cyborg's past finds him on accident. Will her battles affect both of them?

So, I would like to know which one you guys would like to see first so I can be prepared for when I finally finish this one. These titles might change, just so you know.

Crowgirl

03-21-2005, 03:40 PM

I too am sorry I haven't posted lately, I was away this weekend. :sweat:

Here's what I think:

Bird of Prey
Bound to Hatred
Frozen in Ice
The Rise to Villiany

Matt A

03-21-2005, 06:16 PM

I didn't post simply 'cause I didn't. Sorry for being so lazy.:sweat: :sweat: :sweat:

Anyway, these are my votes:

1. Bound To Hatred (detective novel! woohoo!:anime: :anime: :anime: )
2. The Rise To Villainy (backstory! woohoo!:anime: )
3. Frozen In Ice (cyborg-based fic! sweet!)
4. Pird Of Prey (newcomer-based fic! yawn...:p )

Ta,
Matt A

Aquagirl15

03-21-2005, 06:28 PM

1. The Rise To Villainy; no one's picked this as 1st choice yet... oh well I like it and being different
2. Frozen In Ice; not many Cy fics, I'd like to see where you would go with this
3. Bound To Hatred; I like mysteries, although I'm no good at figuring them out :sweat:
4. Pird Of Prey; hey they were all good ideas, but one had to be last

Anime

03-21-2005, 09:52 PM

Wow! Sweeeeeeet.

One thing though. I'm not sure, but I cuda swore that I heard this same exact story before... I think on fanfiction dot net? it sounds so familiar, like I already read it.:sweat: Y'know how you have that feeling of deja vu when you read a story?:shrug:

anyany, keep it up.

(wondas to self where saw story befoe, scratches head)

nevermore

03-22-2005, 12:07 AM

Okay, here is how the order stands so far.

Rise to Villainy

Bound to Hatred

Bird of Prey

Frozen in Ice

Weird. These are in the same order as I put them up in the first place! :eek:

So, I will work in these in the order. Well, maybe. I have stories that need certain stories to be completed before I can even start to write them. (So many stories!!! I hope I can remember them all!)

This seems familiar? Hmmmmm, well, it's happened to me before when I was reading someone elses story, but I can't remember whose it is... But it's still strange how this could seem to have been written before. Oh well. :shrug: It won't matter cause I have something very big planned. :evil: I guess I had better force myself to start writing it then. :sweat:

nevermore

03-27-2005, 10:06 PM

Guess what! I finally got myself to write something!!!

Chapter 25

As told by Cyborg:

The H.I.V.E. was causing some trouble at a bank. Probably getting some money to afford a new school or something like that, I don't know, but what I do know is that we had to stop them.

When we got to the bank, Jinx, Mammoth, and Gizmo were exiting a vault.

"Will that be from your savings, or checking account?" Robin said, giving away our position.

"Well look who it is. It's the pitsniffin' Titans," Gizmo said.

"But this time, we'll win," Mammoth said with a lot of confidence in his voice.

"I don't think so, but you are more than welcome to try," Robin said, with the same amount of confidence. "Titans, go!!!"

Gizmo made the first move by firing some missles at us. Star grabbed Robin and flew up and so did Raven and Beast Boy. I jumped to the side to dodge them, while all Nevermore had to do was hide in my shadow and follow me.

I fired a sonic blast at Gizmo as I continued running. Gizmo saw it coming. He jumped and his four metallic legs came out of the machine on his back, letting the blast fly under him. Luckily, Star took the opportunity to attack him while he wasn't looking and hit him. It barely missed the machine, but it did send Gizmo sprawling.

When Gizmo regained his composure, he returned fire on both me and Star by firing two separate laser beams at us. We both easily dodged it. As I jumped to the side, I saw a flash of pink fly over my head. I knew what that meant. I ran as fast as I could to dodge the rubble that fell to the ground.

I was almost hit by a boulder that fell in front of me, but I stopped myself from running under it. Another fell to my left and another to my right. I covered my head and closed my eyes as dust flew everywhere. I heard sounds of boulder falling around me, rocks bouncing off my metal body, and the sounds of the other Titans battling the H.I.V.E.

The dust settled and I looked up to see Mammoth lifting a rock.

He dropped the rock next to him. "Need a hand," he said as he threw a punch. I was sent flying as the fist connected to the side of my head. I bounced a short distance and started to slide a bit before stopping.

"All right, that's it!!!" I growled angrily as I got up. With a yell, I charged at Mammoth. He was prepared for it and was getting ready to attack me, but before I got to him, we heard a yell. Nevermore jumped out of my shadow and over me, and right as I threw a punch at Mammoth, Nevermore threw a kick at his head.

"Booya! High five!" I cheered after Mammoth was sent flying into Jinx and Gizmo. I gave Nevermore a high five that sent him flying backwards. "Sorry!" I yelled after him.

"Crud!!!" Gizmo yelled in frustration, "We're getting beaten!!!"

"Then it's time to show them our new trick," Jinx hissed angrily to Gizmo.

"Right. Prepare to loose, snotmunchers!!!" Gizmo pressed a button and suddenly another of each of them appeared...Gizmo made clones!

"You ready for a fair fight?" Mammoth said in unison with his clone.

And so the battle began. The Mammoths went after Starfire and Raven, the Jinxes went after Robin and BB, and the Gizmos went after me and Nevermore.

Gizmo shot a few missles at me from a missle laucher on his back and I shot missles from my shoulders to destroy them. Dust flew everywhere, but I used the heat vision in my robotic eye to find Gizmo. I ran through the dust and grabbed one of the metal legs that Gizmo was using. I ripped it off and swung it at the other legs. I destroyed all the legs before I pulled the machine off his back. I crushed the device and tied him up with one of the metal legs. Gizmo kept yelling insults as I carried him to a corner and set him down.

I turned around to see how the battle was going. Raven had Jinx trapped in black energy, Star kept the other Jinx busy dodging starbolts, Robin had knocked Mammoth out with some exploding disks, and BB was finishing off the other Mammoth with a swing of his tail while he was in the form of a T-rex.

Nevermore seemed to be the only one who was having trouble. He was busy deflecting laser beams and dodging missles from Gizmo. Suddenly, I saw a beam of blue light appear from nowhere. It was headed towards Nevermore!!!

"Nevermore, lookout!" I yelled. Nevermore ducked, but the beam hit one of his katars. The beam bounced off and hit Gizmo. Gizmo suddenly froze.

He didn't move a single bit. He seemed to be frozen in time. Nevermore rose, and took a look at what happened to Gizmo. He started to whistle casually, twirling one of his katars as he walked towards Gizmo, and stabbed the machine on his back, cutting it in half.

After doing this, all the clones disappeared. I turned to see where the beam that froze Gizmo came from.

"Looks like I missed," a familiar voice said casually. It was Red X.

As told by Red X:

"Looks like I missed," I said casually as I walked out of the shadowed corner. The look on the Titans' faces were priceless.

"How did you do that?" Cyborg said in disbelief and surprise.

"You guys are super heros, everyone knows about your adventures, including Slade's croniton detinator," I said knowingly.

"How does that have anything to do with Gizmo being frozen?" Beast Boy asked.

I sighed, "Because I used the same technology and used a laser to focus the effect to what I hit, causing it to freeze them," I said with an annoyed tone.

"No matter what technology you have, we'll still beat yo..." I froze Robin with a quick shot of my croniton laser.

"Come on, kid. You expect me to just sit here and listen to you talk while I have stuff to steal?" I asked his unmoving body. Suddenly a blue beam hit me in the side and I went flying.

I got up and saw Cyborg firing a sonic blast at me. I used the vanishing feature to disappear and reappear behind him. I shot at him, but it bounced off of his metal body and flew towards that newer Titan...um, Nevermore I think.

Well, anyway. It flew towards him, but it bounced off his katars. It flew back at me and I ducked it. Starfire was behind me and when I ducked, it hit her. I turned around and saw her, barely floating off the ground, her eyes glowing green like her hands. She was frozen in air.

I turned around and saw another sonic blast flying towards me, but this time, it was accompanied by a few boulders surrounded by black energy.

I fired a laser beam at each one. All of them were frozen, even the sonic blast! Now this was an important discovery. I grinned under my mask and fired another beam from behind one of the crates, catching Beast Boy by surprise. Another Titan down.

I fired another shot at Cyborg, hoping it would bounce off and catch someone by surprise, but instead, it hit the human part of his head and he was frozen before he could fire another blast from his arm.

I shot again, this time it bounced off his body and flew to his right, hitting Nevermore, who was running towards me.

Now all that was left was Raven.

I was about to shoot her when the laser was suddenly surrounded by black energy. I knew what was happening and I knew that I would have to work quickly. I shot an X at her, one of the sticky ones. Those are the most distacting, but this one was a special one.

Insead of it keeping its regular shape, it expanded and became round. It hit Raven and wrapped around her head. She immediately let go of my laser and tryed to get the red material off her head. She couldn't get it off by force and she phased through it, only to be hit by my laser and frozen.

I had frozen the Titans, but only temporary. If it wasn't temporary, theiving would be boring.

I stole what I wanted and left. I carefully holstered my laser. My plan worked and now I could steal whatever I wanted and there was nothing that anyone could do about it.

There, that's the chapter that took me forever to write. (Actually, it took me about an hour. It just took me forever to finally get to writing it. :sweat: )

Matt A

03-29-2005, 05:13 PM

Exactly! And it was well worth the wait!

Hmm, who can stop Red X now...only nevermore knows.;)

Ta,
Matt A

Aquagirl15

04-02-2005, 12:25 AM

It was a long wait but that doesn't matter. And you told me not to expect a new chapter! I'm glad we got one ever though you didn't think we would. All that's left is the 'ba, ba, bum...' at the end of the chapter. Well, that's what went though my head at the time. :sweat:

nevermore

04-06-2005, 12:14 AM

*ATTENTION*

I will not be on as much for many reasons. I have started track which takes out a good amount of my day, and now the teachers have decided to pile a ton of homework on us. I have to write a myth and have an oral report about the Islam religion done by this friday for English and Geography, so I will be really busy this week. But, I won't be as busy next week, so I might get a chapter out then.

But then, I have been having trouble with writing my chapter because my mind is filled with ideas for the next fic. Since it seems that Rise to Villainy is the next one, there will be 2 other fics following. They have to follow it and they have great plots that are all thought out, but I am still coming up with ideas to make them better, and it is interfering with my current fic, so if it takes me a while to write the next chapter, at least you know why.

Thank you.

Matt A

04-06-2005, 06:15 PM

Don't worry, I can wait...I hope.;)

If you want information on Islam, the best book to get is "Tech Yourself: Islam" by Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood. It is actually published in the States, and it's quite a major book, so you should find it no probs. If you can't be bothered to go to that much effort, a lot of the material from the book found its way into Standing Tall Together, so go re-read that. I'd still reccomend getting the book, though.

Ta,
Matt A

Anime

04-07-2005, 03:58 PM

Red X? Cool!

This is getting better by the chappy!:D

nevermore

04-23-2005, 03:11 PM

Chapter 26

As told by Starfire:

I fired my starbolt, but the Red X was not there! Instead, my starbolt flew and hit Robin by accident! I gasped and flew quickly over to him.

"Robin! Are you okay? I am so sorry! I was not attempting to attack you, I was attempting to attack the Red X, but he is not here!" I said in one breath.

"It's okay Star. Red X froze you before you could shoot that starbolt, that's all," He said with a small smile.

I smiled back at him and then noticed that all of our friends were frozen! I heard a thud behind me and I turned quickly around. I was prepared to attack the intruder, but it was just Beast Boy falling down.

"Hey, where's Red X?" Beast Boy asked looking around the room.

"He is not here...He got away," I said.

"But we'll get him," Robin said with the sound of determination in his voice.

"But how? The guy can freeze anyone or anything at will!" Cyborg said. He must have just been unfrozen.

"I don't know," Beast Boy said with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Of course you don't know, that's why we're trying to figure it out!" Nevermore said walking towards us.

"Well, the only way to beat him would be to destroy the laser, but then the metallic chronium core would react and we would all be frozen," Robin said, thinking aloud.

"Do not worry Robin, we will defeat the Red X, one way or another," I said, trying to comfort him.

"Yeah, don't worry about it. We've been up against worse. We'll find a way," Raven said as she landed next to me.

"But for now, I think we should all go out for pizza! I'm starving!" Cyborg said heading for the door.

"I would very much like the mint frosting on my slice of the cheese!" I said joyfully.

Robin sighed while shaking his head. "Why not," He said, "I guess it would be a good idea."

"Of course it is! No point on trying to defeat a guy who can stop time on an empty stomach!" Nevermore said.

We all got in Cyborg's vehicle, except for Robin who took his motorcycle, and went to go get pizza.

As told by Raven:

"Pepperoni!"

"No way! I want something vegetarian!"

"No way man! I want pepperoni! Or anything with meat on it!"

"Vegetarian!"

"Meat!!!"

"VEGETARIAN!"

"Stop it!" I yelled at Cyborg and Beast Boy angrily!

"Yeah, stop. Normally I'd be on Cy's side, but right now I'm on Rae's. You two just need to stop," Nevermore said with an annoyed tone.

"Yes, I do not enjoy your argueing!" Star said with a concerned tone.

"Well what do you suggest then," Cy said pulling into a parking space.

Robin got off his motorcycle after parking it. "Just get a pizza that's divided into separate sections. One part vegetarian, one part meaty and any other parts can be whatever everyone else wants," Robin said as if he was here listening to the argument the whole time, but of course I guess he knew that Cy and BB would be arguing.

"Took the words right out of my mouth," Nevermore said a bit relieved.

"Fine," Cy said.

"Now that that's settled, let's get some pizza!" Beast Boy said running to the doors of the pizza place.

We all ordered what we wanted and started talking while we waited for our multi-flavored pizza.

Finally, the pizza came, but there was something wrong. The sections were evenly divided, and we all got what we wanted, but Nevermore's section was soaked! It was as if someone had poured water on it, but there was none on any of the other pieces of pizza. He picked up a slice and water started to drip off it as if it was crying.

Nevermore dropped the pizza and jumped up as if he were startled. He was breathing heavily and his eyes were wide, focusing on the pizza. Suddenly, he turned around and gasped. It was as if he was seeing or hearing something that we couldn't see or hear.

"Nevermore? Is something wrong?" I asked for everyone else.

"Shhh!!! He's here," Nevermore said.

"Who's here?" Beast Boy asked.

"Sssssh!!! I'm trying to find where it's coming from!" He said with a nervous tone.

"What do you mean? What can you hear?" Robin asked suddenly alert.

Nevermore stood still for a while then spoke. "Drip, drip, drip...I hear the dripping of tears. It's him, I know it is," he said starting to back away slowly.

"Who?" I asked.

"There's nothing unusual on my scanner," Cy said.

"You don't want to know. I don't even know, but all I know is that he's after me," Nevermore said, still looking around. "Just eat your pizza and let's get out of here!"

We ate as quickly as we could. Maybe Nevermore was just getting paranoid and hearing things from the assasins that have just recently stopped trying to kill him. But whatever it was, Nevermore was freaking out. We went home, not asking anymore questions. I wondered if he was okay. I was very concerned.

Matt A

04-23-2005, 07:34 PM

Quite frankly, Raven had better join the club.;)

From the looks of it, this is where all the stuff with the secret island and the mysterious gifts that Nevermore unknowingly picked up are going to start coming back into play, and coming back fully. If I'm right, this is gonna get even sweeter than usual!:anime: :anime: :anime:

Oh, and will we be seeing Lark again? I sure hope so!:anime:

Ta,
Matt A

nevermore

04-23-2005, 10:13 PM

Unfortunately, we won't see Lark for a while, but you are right about the island and the mysterious gifts thing, but it's gonna be something that you won't be able to even guess what it is until next chapter. :D But I have been foreshadowing it though. :evil:

Aquagirl15

04-23-2005, 10:58 PM

I've been waiting for a new chapter...

Anyway, that was a unusual chapter. It raises a lot of questions. Why is Nevermore the only one who can hear this thing? What exactly is this thing? Why is the thing after Nevermore? And the biggest question of all: Will my questions be answered any time soon? Jk... everyone's busy now-a-days. :shrug:

nevermore

04-24-2005, 05:32 AM

Chapter 27

As told by Robin:

Nevermore was in the infirmary...again. He had wires connected to him and he didn't seem to care either. Cyborg ran some tests and he was coming out of his infirmary with a concerned look.

"So, how is he?" Raven asked in her usual monotone.

"Not sure. All the scanner show that he is normal. Every test he takes say that he is normal...well, as normal as Nevermore gets," Cyborg said with a sign on exhaustion in his voice.

"Maybe he really was hearing something and we just couldn't hear it," Beast Boy said.

"Probably, but why wouldn't we be able to hear it? We were there with him, we should have been able to hear it," I said, mainly to myself than to anyone else.

"Or maybe whatever made the sound didn't want us to hear it," Raven said.

"Then it's another assasin!" Cyborg said.

"No, usually the assasins draw us to him. This is someone who is doing this for their own reasons," I said.

"Who else would want revenge on Nevermore?" Starfire asked.

"Why are we so busy lately?" Beast Boy said frustratedly as he walked out of the door.

"BB's right. We've been more busy than any other time. I mean with Red X, Lark, and now this thing! We all need a break!" Cy said.

"But we can't! It's our job to keep this city safe!" I said getting a bit frustrated.

"All we can do is solve each of these problems one at a time," Raven said.

My comunicater started beeping. I opened it and looked at what was on it. "Looks like we are going to have to solve our Red X problem first. He's robbing a bank downtown," I said. "Titans, go!"

Cyborg got Beast Boy and Raven got Nevermore and in a few minutes, we were at the scene of the robbery. We burst through the doors just as Red X was walking out of a vault with bags of money.

"Well, well, well, what do you know. It's the hero and his little sidekicks. You don't really think that your gonna stop me, do you?" he said with a carefree tone.

"We don't think that we'll beat you, we know!" I growled.

"Bring it on," Red X said as he drew his Croniton laser.

"Titans, move!" I yelled before Red X shot a laser beam at us. We all jumped out of the way. Red X was shooting at us at any random order, trying to catch us off guard or to avoid our attacks. I threw some exploding disks, but he used the vanishing feature to disappear. I stood still, keeping alert to where he might appear.

Suddenly, he appeared right in front of me. I punched me in the face and and used a sweep kick to trip me. I fell to the floor and found myself looking at a charging laser beam.

"How long should I freeze you this time hero? The longer the freeze, the worse the headache," X said evilly.

Suddenly, a green ram hit him in the side he went flying.

"Thanks, BB," I said getting up. Another laser beam flew past us and I jumped to the side while Beast Boy turned into a small bird and flew away.

Red X was standing with his back to the middle of a wall and he was shooting beams more frantically.

We were hiding behind anything that we could. It seemed as if there was no way we were going to win. Suddenly, a voice boomed out of nowhere.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!!! I WILL NOT WAIT ANY LONGER!!!" Suddenly, it started to rain...wait...we were inside...how could it rain?

The drips of water that was pelting us started to shift towards Red X's direction. Suddenly, he was the only one getting wet. Suddenly, the drops started to build up a box around him. Red X was going to drown!!! I pounded on the box, but it was a solid box and it wasn't going to break.

"Nevermore? Nevermore, what's wrong?!?" I heard Raven say behind me. She sounded worried and scared. I turned around to see Nevermore crouched in a corner, holding his head.

Nevermore just muttered two words. "It's here."

After he uttered those words, the water surrounding X crashed on him and he fell out unconcious. The water rushed to the middle of the room and started to build a new shape....the shape of a person!!!

It suddenly became solid, forming an ominous being. He was as tall as Star and he even wore a mask...except his covered his whole face and his eyes were completely black with tears flowing out of them. The mask had no nose and had a crazy smile on it. The tears dripped off his mask and fell past his red sweater and black pants till it hit the floor, making a dripping sound.

"Your time has come," he said, looking in Nevermore's direction.

As told by Nevermore:

He was behind me. I could feel it. I could sense it...I could hear it. I heard the drip, drip, drip of his tears. What did he want? Why did he have to haunt my so?

I turned around to face him. I stood, staring into the cold, blank eyes. If I could see them, it would be easier, but you couldn't. I gulped and walked to join my friends.

"Titans...ready," Robin said quietly.

We stood there, no one made a move. The only sound made was the dripping sound. It was getting annoying. Like a leaky faucet dripping in the middle of the night. I drew my katars.

"Titans...GO!" Robin yelled. We all jumped at him. Cyborg threw a punch, but the fiend moved out of the way and grabbed his arm. Cy was cought of guard as the masked intruder threw him towards us.

"You will not escape the wrath of Tear!!!" he said as he lifted his arms. They transformed into water and he stretched one of them as he threw a punch at us. We jumped out of the way as the watery arm splashed with tremendous force against the wall.

Tear's arm retracted back into place as he punched with the other arm. I had to use my shadow powers to dodge it. He started to laugh crazily. It sounded so scary that it send a shiver down my spine. I froze for a second and was immediately hit by an arm. The force was so great that I flew threw the wall and into another room.

Tear walked to me. "It's over...newcomer." He raised his hand and a ball of water formed around my head. I started to struggle, trying to get it off. My vision was getting blurry. I was the mask and I kicked at it. It hit and the water fell off my head. I started to pant for air, but my attention was changed to a sound of something falling next to me. It was the mask! I turned around and saw a familiar face.

I was gazing into angry brown eyes of a boy around my age and he had brown hair that was shorter than mine...It was Skeith!!!

"Skeith!?!" I said surprised to see him.

"I will defeat you! No one defeats me and lives for long!" He said angrily. He put his hands together as if grabbing something. Water ran up his legs to his arms, then to his hands to form a swords. It became solid and the familiar sword took form.

He swung down at me and I rolled out of the way. I ran back into the other room to the Titans. I turned around to see a wave coming toward us. It crashed into us and slammed us into a wall. We looked up and another wave came at us. We were being pelted with waves and there was nothing that we could do!

I noticed that the croniton laser that Red X had washed up besides me. I quickly grabbed it and tried to find Skeith. I saw him, right in the middle of the hole in the wall. Another wave hit us and I quickly shot a laser at him and it hit, freezing him on the spot. The water drained out and we were able to move again.

We were drenched and exhausted but relieved. Cyborg contacted the authorities and they picked up Red X and Skeith.

We were done. I looked at the laser in my hand and a thought entered my mind. This was a very effective laser. Just think of what I could do with it. I thought. Then I realized what I was thinking and shook the thought from my head. I looked at the laser again, but the idea still remained in my head.

"Uh, I'll take that," an authority said. "The chromium core inside will be returned to the rightful owner.

I stared at him blankly, trying to understand what he said. Give it back? I had power here. I had...no! He's right. I should give it back. I thought. "Here," I said handing him the laser. When I let go of it, I felt as if a heavy burden was taken off of my shoulders.

I started out of the bank to the car, holding my head. What was going on with me? Why was I thinking like I was? So many questions and no answers. I decided to meditate to clear my mind. I was a real mess, today.

Matt A

04-24-2005, 06:34 PM

And just who or what is Skeith? I feel that I should know the answer to that question, but even with my brains fully wracked I'm afraid I don't.:o

Anyway, things are either going to start making sense or get even weirder: either is cool with me, especially if more chapters as mind-bending as that one are forthcoming. You should be proud!:anime: :anime: :anime: :anime: :anime:

Ta,
Matt A

Aquagirl15

04-24-2005, 06:41 PM

I'm confused. When you first described this thing it seemed like some kind of monster, but now it seems to be human. I'm gonna guess that Skeith is an old friend of Nevermore's from his villian days. What exactly was Nevermore thinking? I think this is foreshadowing something big.

nevermore

04-24-2005, 06:48 PM

I was always describing him as a human, he just had a really scary mask. If you don't know who Skeith is, then I think you should go to page 9 for The Shadow. Skeith is right there.

I'm confusing people...cool. :evil: :cool: :evil: And trust me, it gets even weirder than this. :evil: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....[We are experiencing some technical difficulties...please hold.]

Aquagirl15

04-24-2005, 07:07 PM

I was always describing him as a human, he just had a really scary mask. If you don't know who Skeith is, then I think you should go to page 9 for The Shadow. Skeith is right there.
Oh, ok sorry about that. :sweat:

I just read all of page nine and there was nothing about Skeith there.

nevermore

04-24-2005, 07:11 PM

Must be the wrong page then. I can't remember what page it was on, but he is definintely in my first fic.

Okay, I found it. It's on page 8 of my fic and he's in chapters 23, 25, and 26. There. Glad I could straighten things out. :D

nevermore

04-24-2005, 11:33 PM

Chapter 28

As told by Raven:

Nevermore wan't acting as he normally did. He seemed...distracted. I was wondering if he was okay, so I went to talk to him.

I knocked on his door. "Hello?" I said.

"Come in," I heard Nevermore say. He even sounded distracted. I opened the door and walked into his dark room. The only thing illumination was from a light on Nevermore's desk. He was writing something, but I didn't know what it was. "Hi, Raven," He said, his eyes focusing on what he was writing.

"Hey," I said, "Are you okay?"

Nevermore stopped writing. He put his pencil down and looked up at me. "Yeah, why do you ask?"

"You just seem different," I said a bit nervous.

"Well, things are just complicated right now, but I'm getting along fine," He said with a shrug.

"What do you mean? What's so complicated?" I asked a bit confused.

"Nothing much. Just wondering where Lark is and if she is gonna attack soon or not," Nevermore said.

"That's not all, is it?" I said.

He looked away from me. "I don't know. I'm just really confused lately and the worst thing is that I don't know what I'm confused about," He said with a hint of embarrassment in his voice.

"Are you confused about why it seems that eveyone wants to kill you?" I asked.

"Maybe. I never did anything to them. It doesn't make much sense, does it? Huh, maybe that's why I am confused," He said with a thoughtful tone.

"I guess it's just that they think that you are the cause of everything," I said, "but you need to know that they are wrong, but they don't know it."

"Maybe. I just need time to think," Nevermore said, picking up a book.

"All right, I'll see you later," I said while leaving.

"Bye, Rae," He said, starting to read his book.

I went to the kitchen to get some herbal tea and to read some of my book. I grabbed my tea and took a sip while walking over to the couch. I was reading my book when all of a sudden the door burst open and Cyborg and Beast Boy ran to the couch and jumped on it. They took their controllers and started to play that stupid gamestation.

"You're going down this time Cyborg!" Beast Boy said with a huge amount of confidence in his voice.

"Come on man, you know you can't beat me," Cy said with a relaxed tone.

"Hey, I almost beat you last time!" Beast Boy shot back.

"You lost by 10 seconds. Now enough talk, it's time to race," Cyborg said as the race started.

The sounds of the game were very annoying and it was difficult to concentrate on my reading. Beast Boy yelling at Cyborg didn't exactly help it either. At first, I tried to ignore it, but it just kept getting more annoying, just like every other time. The race ended and Cyborg won as usual and as usual, he jumped of the couch and started his special victory dance while BB was yelling at him. That was it.

"Do you mind?!? I'm trying to read!!!" I said angrily.

"Hey, it's not our fault you're reading here," Beast Boy said as they started another game.

I angrily got up, finished my tea, and left to go read in my room.

As told by Beast Boy:

Nevermore walked in. Me and Cy stopped our game to see who it was. We watched as he got an apple. He took a bite and looked at us.

"Hey," He said simply. He turned and left without another word.

Cyborg shrugged and we returned to our game.

"Nevermore's been acting weird," I said, getting a boost and passing Cyborg

"What do you mean?" Cy said, making a sharp turn and passing me.

"He stays in his room more than Raven," I said, starting to get closer to Cyborgs car.

"So? What's wrong with that?" Cy said as he got a boost and got way ahead of me.

"It's just weird. Normally he'd be rather practicing with his katars or in here yelling advice at us," I said trying desperately to catch up to Cyborg.

"Well, maybe he just want's some time alone," Cy said before crossing the finish line. "BOOYA!!! NEW RECORD!!! HAHA!!!" He jumped up and started a new victory dance.

"You know you don't always have to do that when you win," I said slightly frusterated. "I'm done," I said. I put my controller down and left. I walked down the halls of this humongous tower. I was glad I always kept a map in my pocket, or else I would get lost.

I found my way to Nevermore's room. I walked silently up to the door. I put my ear against it and started to listen. I could hear Nevermore inside. He seemed to be talking to himself, like if he was thinking aloud or something like that. I couldn't figure out what he was saying, but I could hear him. Suddenly, he stopped. I heard him walking towards the door. I transformed into a fly and flew up onto the roof so he wouldn't notice me.

He came out of his room, mumbling to himself as he walked away. I flew in the opposite direction. There was something weird going on. I couldn't trust Nevermore. I saw how he looked when he had that freezy laser. I could tell that he wanted it, probably for personal gain. I just had a bad feeling that something bad would happen and it would be all Nevermore's fault. I just plain didn't trust him.

Matt A

04-25-2005, 05:50 PM

And will BB be proven right? Only you know the answer...hint, hint.:p

Ta,
Matt A

Aquagirl15

04-25-2005, 08:26 PM

I have a pretty good idea where this is leading. Nevermore is kinda like Robin in the way that he wants to be good, but has urges to be bad. Maybe we'll get lucky again and get another chapter soon. *wink wink*.

Raeofdarkness

04-25-2005, 09:15 PM

No hints or winks from me Mr. More. Just a: THIS IS FRICKEN AWSOME!

Anime

05-03-2005, 10:52 PM

Okay, i vas uh little confused in the furst part of that chapter. But luckily, you ended it on a clear note.

I went from a :confused: to a :eek: and there aren't many people who can do that.

nevermore

05-05-2005, 07:47 PM

Thanks. But unfortunately, I have been grounded, and I have no idea when I will be...ungrounded. I will try to sneak on again when I actually have a chapter written. Sorry.

nevermore

05-18-2005, 10:03 PM

Chapter 29

As told by Nevermore:

I was back in my room. I had been here for the majority of the past two weeks. I was lying on my bed, thinking...just thinking, and occasionally muttering to myself.

I was thinking of past events. What I had done, what others had done to me, and how it could have been changed. I thought of how Lark betrayed me, of how she started to ruin my life. I thought of how much I hated her and how much I wanted to get back at her for betraying me and sending assasins after me.

I started to think of all the curses I knew that I could use on her. Freezing, paralyzing, aging, shrinking, hurting, killing...so many types, so many ways, so much pain. I had been reading my books of curses and evaluating which ones would be the best, but something inside of me would tell me to stop. I would start arguing with it, but loose. I would walk around a bit, convinced that I shouldn't use those curses, but I always found myself looking through the books.

The part of me that told me it was wrong had seemed to get weaker...was I going evil again? No, of course not. I wouldn't be asking myself that question if I was. Becoming evil is a choice, not something that happens over time.

I turned on my side, trying to think of something else.

Power. That's the first thing that ran through my mind, for in front of me, on the desk near my bed, were my katars. Katars had always been my best weapon. I knew that I could do much damage with them if I wanted, but instead, I chose to use my powers to blunt the edges when needed. My thoughts wandered to just a few days ago when we defeated Red X. I remembered the laser and how useful it could be. I remember the feeling of power that coursed through my veins as I held it, but I remembered the thoughts that I was thinking...the evil thoughts.

I turned around again to try and change my thoughts. Becoming evil is a choice, not something that happens over time.

I now stared at a blank wall. Good, nothing came to mind...but yet, everything came to mind. I remembered when I was evil, I remembered the hatred I felt towards myself afterwards. I remembered how happy I was when my only living relative was coming to see me, and the hatred and betrayal I felt when she betrayed me. I felt so many feelings of hatred, anger, and frustration.

Suddenly, I started seeing flashing glimpses on the wall, created from my imagination. They moved quickly and changed just as quickly. They started to change faster and faster every passing second. Each scene was something that I recognized so well. They were glimpses of my evil days, or the days that I hated everything. Suddenly, through the ever changing scenes, a faint figure started to appear. It started to become clearer, while the glimpses of my past started to fade. All was started to loose it's meaning, all feelings started to disappear. It as if I was being hypnotized. Finally, the figure became clear and I saw what it was. It was Lark. Suddenly, I heard her voice in my head..."It's not over, Nevermore...Not by a long shot."

Her picture faded from the wall. Then, as if some unseen force was moving me, I rolled over again. I gazed at my trusty katars...the tools that could always get the job done.

Becoming evil is a choice...and that's the choice that was made at that point.

I stood up and grabbed my katars. I started at them long and hard, as if trying to see something that wasn't there. After a long silence, I spoke.

"You're right, Lark...It isn't over...It's just begun."

As told by Cyborg:

Okay, now even I was a bit worried. I had to agree with everyone else...Nevermore was acting weird. He didn't come out of his room often and when he did, he was usually reading some strange book.

There was something in the way he talked to, like he wasn't himself anymore. He sounded tired and like he wasn't sure what he was talking about. Before he locked himself in his room, he would occasionally just stare into space with a really confused look on his face.

Something was wrong. Beast Boy had told me, Robin had told me, huh, even Raven told me, but I didn't take it seriously, but I was starting think that they were right.

I decided to see what he was doing, but secretly, so he wouldn't know. I wouldn't call it spying though. It's more like...getting answers.

Well, I went to where his room was, cause that's where he would normally be. I listened for a while, but heard nothing. My scanners said he was there, but it didn't seem like he was doing anything. Maybe he was sleeping.

Well, since the guy seemed to be sleeping, I decided to sneak in. I quietly opened the door...It was unlocked! That was weird. It was dark in his room and the only light in there was from the light coming through the opened door and my robotic eye.

I didn't want to make any more light than what was already there, so I turned on the night vision on my robotic eye to search the room. As I looked around, the door closed. I jumped around and heard a swishing sound. I turned around, but I didn't see anything.

I turned around again, but in a more panicked sort of way. Nevermore was in here and he knew I was here...the thing was...He didn't want me to be.

I was starting to freak out. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't find him. I looked down at my scanners to see where he was...He was rather over me, or under me, because he was in the exact same spot as I was. I started to move backwards, trying to get to where I thought the door was. I hit something and turned around. It wasn't the door. I turned around and found the door. It was all the way across the room.

I decided to run. The door should open by itself...I hoped. I ran across the room as fast as I could. Right when I got to the middle, Nevermore appeared from behind me. I could tell it was him because I could see his face in the glow of my scanner. I reached the door, but it didn't open! Sweat dripped down my face as I heard Nevermore's footsteps get closer.

I fought desperately to open the door, but I couldn't. I started to ram my shoulder into the door. I could still see Nevermore. Suddenly he turned into a shadow and the only thing that I could see was his purple eyes...they were glaring at me in an evil way that made my metallic body cold.

I started to blast the door with my sonic cannon, but it didn't work. Now he was really close and I was really freaking out. I wanted to run, but instead, I started to cringe up in fear.

Suddenly, I heard a scraping sound and felt a terrible bain on my back. Nevermore was walking by me, but he was scraping my back with a katar as he made his way to the door.

He opened the door and light flooded in. It was wonderful to see the light. Nevermore looked at me one more time with those beady eyes, then looked away and just before I could sigh a sigh of relief, he turned around and kicked me in the head. I went flying and landed on my back. I lifted my head to look at Nevermore.

His back was to me, but his head was tilted so that he could see me out of the corner of his evil little eyes.

"Good bye," He said with a voice that didn't sound like his, "I'm done playing the good guy. I'm goin' back to the good ole days."

I jumped up and fired a sonic blast at him, but he vanished.

I ran out of the room and looked for him, but he wasn't there. There was no doubting it now...Nevermore was evil and there was nothing we could do about it.

I immediately left to go find the team.

Crowgirl

05-19-2005, 05:35 PM

You. Did. Not. Just. Do. That. :eek:

Aquagirl15

05-19-2005, 06:22 PM

I have been waiting for this.... Awesome, there's nothing else to say but that cause I'm pretty shocked right now... :eek:

Matt A

05-19-2005, 07:13 PM

Yeah...that was impressive. How are the Titans gonna resolve this one?:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Matt A,
The Grand Vizier Of Shock

nevermore

05-19-2005, 10:12 PM

All will be revealed in time...it always is. I've been planning this part since before I even signed up here. I just hope I can pull of the rest of the story as well as I pulled this chapter off. (It took me a long time to think of the first part of it.) I shall begin thinking of the next chapter...this will prove to be a challenge for me.

I'm glad that you are all shocked. That is how I planned it and that is what happened and now I am extremely happy.:D I'll try my best to get the next chapter up as soon as possible...for your (and my) sakes.

nevermore

07-12-2005, 11:34 PM

I'm so sorry it took so long. At least it's here.

Chapter 30

As told by Beast Boy:

"Evil!" Starfire shrieked. "Nevermore could not possibly be evil!"

"Yeah, and this large scratch on my back was just a sign of friendship!" Cy yelled showing us the large scratch on his back for the hundreth time.

"Well, on some planets that me be considered a sign of friendship," Starfire said while shrugging.

"But this is Earth, Star," Robin said with a sorta saddened tone to his voice, "and here, it is not a sign of friendship."

"I knew he was evil," I said in a quiet, but angry, tone.

"We all knew it, but we didn't believe it," Cy said calmly.

"But I believed it!" I said with a louder tone. "I knew he was evil! I should have done something! I knew we couldn't have trusted him!" Now I knew how Raven felt when Terra betrayed us.

"But we did, man. We trusted him and now it's too late to change anything," Cyborg said.

There was a long pause, but then Robin broke the silence.

"So...How are we gonna tell Raven?"

We had all been wondering that. Raven wasn't with us when Cyborg rushed in with the bad news. We could tell her, or we could let her figure it out by herself. Either way, it wouldn't end up well.

"I do not know," Star said with a surprisingly sad tone. "But we can not keep her from learning the truth."

"But should we just tell her now, or wait a while?" Cyborg said.

"I think that it would be better if we told her now, because if we told her later, it wouldn't be good," Robin said with a worried look on his face.

Suddenly the sound of a door opening was heard. We all knew Raven was coming.

"Then your telling her," Cy said to Robin as he went to make some waffles or something like that.

Now we could hear Raven's footsteps getting closer. We all hurried to find tasks to do and try to act natural, as if nothing was wrong.

Then the door opened.

As told by Robin:

Raven walked in and stopped suddenly. "Well, it's unusually quiet in here," she said with a hint of suspition in her voice. She took a few steps, and then turned to me with a serious look on her face. "All right, what's wrong," she said suddenly.

I grew nervous. "W-what do you mean?" I asked, obviously nervous.

"Well, Starfire is watching something normal, Cyborg is cooking tofu waffles, but the biggest give away is the fact that Beast Boy is reading a book," She said a bit angrily.

"Starfire is watching something normal because there is nothing else to watch," I said, trying to fool Raven, but she picked up the remote and pressed a few buttons and the channel suddenly changed to some weird show called, "The world of fungus" or something like that, causing Star to squeal with delight. Raven turned back to me.

"Cyborg is cooking tofu waffles because he couldn't find anything else to eat," I said with a shrug.

Raven went to check the fridge, but as soon as she opened it, a mountain of meat fell out, burying her. The waffles fell on top of the mountain.

"So that's where they went," Cyborg said, trying to sound as if nothing was wrong, as he grabbed the waffles.

"And we are teaching Beast Boy to read," I said as Raven stuffed all the food back into the fridge.

"Upside down?" She said with a serious tone.

"I just wanted a challenge," Beast Boy said with a smirk on his face.

"You already have enough of a challenge when you try to read normally," Raven said, rolling her eyes.

I sighed. No matter how much I didn't want to, I had to tell her about Nevermore. I lifted myself off of the couch as Beast Boy left the room while sulking. "Raven," I started. "There's something that you need to know."

Raven turned to me with a face that could freeze the sun. I feverently hoped that something would happen to save me. Suddenly the alarm sounded. I sighed as I rushed to the computer to see what the trouble was.

"But it can wait. There's a break-in at a museum downtown. Titans, go!" I said, relieved that I didn't have to tell her.

I gladly took my motorcycle while the rest of the Titans got in the car. I was glad that I wasn't stuck in there, making up answers to all of Raven's questions.

It was a short drive to the museum. We quickly parked. "Titans, let's go!" I said as they got out of the car.

"Longest car ride of my life!" Cy whispered to me as he passed me.

We quitely move through the museum, following one of Cyborg's scanners to where the culprit was. He was in the room with all the stuff from the midevil times. We quietly entered and saw him looking around on the far side of the room. It looked like he was searching through some books and old papers.

I'm guessing that he didn't find what he wanted because he put everything down and turned around to leave.

"If you're looking for some books, I suggest a library," I said.

Cyborg shined a turned on the lights and to my disappointment we saw who the thief was.

It was Nevermore.

Aquagirl15

07-13-2005, 12:09 AM

Well I guess this means no one has to tell Raven. But I wonder what he was doing in the museum. Usually things have a deeper meaning than we first think so... I'm guessing there's some reason Nevermore was in the midevil section of the museum looking through papers.

Matt A

07-14-2005, 06:30 PM

Nevermore's back! Woohoo!:anime: :anime: :anime: :anime: :anime:

Raven walked in and stopped suddenly. "Well, it's unusually quiet in here," she said with a hint of suspition in her voice. She took a few steps, and then turned to me with a serious look on her face. "All right, what's wrong," she said suddenly.

I grew nervous. "W-what do you mean?" I asked, obviously nervous.

"Well, Starfire is watching something normal, Cyborg is cooking tofu waffles, but the biggest give away is the fact that Beast Boy is reading a book," She said a bit angrily.

"Starfire is watching something normal because there is nothing else to watch," I said, trying to fool Raven, but she picked up the remote and pressed a few buttons and the channel suddenly changed to some weird show called, "The world of fungus" or something like that, causing Star to squeal with delight. Raven turned back to me.

"Cyborg is cooking tofu waffles because he couldn't find anything else to eat," I said with a shrug.

Raven went to check the fridge, but as soon as she opened it, a mountain of meat fell out, burying her. The waffles fell on top of the mountain.

"So that's where they went," Cyborg said, trying to sound as if nothing was wrong, as he grabbed the waffles.

"And we are teaching Beast Boy to read," I said as Raven stuffed all the food back into the fridge.

"Upside down?" She said with a serious tone.

"I just wanted a challenge," Beast Boy said with a smirk on his face.

"You already have enough of a challenge when you try to read normally," Raven said, rolling her eyes.
That may possibly be the funniest thing I've read all week.:anime: :anime: :anime:

Cyborg shined a turned on the lights and to my disappointment we saw who the thief was.

It was Nevermore.
That, on the other hand, is the most evil thing I've read all week.;)

What the deal is here and how you intend to resolve it are both mysteries...but finding out the answers is all part of the fun.;) :anime: :anime: :anime:

-Matt A-

nevermore

07-15-2005, 03:42 PM

Oh, trust me, it gets even worse...much much worse. Just a few more chapters and then I will get to the most evil thing you will read. (Yes, it gets worse.:evil: ) I'm working on the next chapter. I should have it up soon...Well, I hope.:sweat:

Matt A

07-15-2005, 06:49 PM

Why do I get the feeling that I'm suddenly not carrying enough insurance?:sweat: :sweat: ;)

-Matt A-

PS: Yes, I know I've used that line before. It was too good to not use again.;)

nevermore

07-19-2005, 11:28 PM

Chapter 31

As told by Nevermore:

"It's here, I know it is!" I whispered to myself as I searched through the pages of ancient spell books and papers. I picked one up that had a list of spells. I tossed it away after a quick scan and scoffed. "Those aren't even real spells." As soon as the paper his the ground, it was engulfed in black and purple flame. I burned slowly as it's ashes flew from the ground in shades of blue.
"Come on. Where is it!" I said to myself a bit more frusterated.

I searched through several other books and looked over many papers, but couldn't find anything remotely connected to what I was searching for.

I turned to leave, but froze as I heard an all too familiar voice.

"If you're looking for some books, I suggest a library."

A light was immediately shone on my face and I raised my arms to shade my eyes.

"Stupid Titans!" I muttered under my breath. I couldn't disappear in a shadow, due to the light focusing directly on me by Cyborg's light.

After a long pause, I made a broke into a run to dodge the light.

"Titans, GO!" Robin said.

I stopped running as a bird-a-rang buried itself into the ground in front of me. I picked it up and threw it back at Robin, but he deflected it with his staff. By now he was close enough to attack, but I didn't feel like fighting. I was more interested in just leaving.

He swung his staff, but I jumped and landed on it. Robin dropped it as I landed on the ground, and I caught it as it flew into the air. I used it to pole vault over Robin.

I started running towards the exit when I was tackeled by a green gorrila. I was pinned to the ground and unable to move. I could have just become a shadow and slip past BB, but I felt like having some fun.

I made shadows start crawling up his arms and when they had gotten to his elbows, they pulled him towards the ground. Before he landed on top of me, I became a shadow and moved along him so that I appeared on top of him as he was slammed to the ground.

I quickly jumped off of Beast Boy and continued my sprint towards the door, but Cyborg suddenly dropped out of nowhere in front of me, and Star flew down to join him.

They were both ready to strike. Cyborg with his sonic cannon, Star with her starbolts. I started to think and found a solution. I smiled and raised my hands quickly, making a wall of shadow rise. It started to move towards my enemy as if it were a tsunami about to strike the shore.

Starfire quickly grabbed Cy and got out of the way as I rode the shadow wave towards the door.

The shadows receded back into the ground as I reached the door, but before I could exit, Raven appeared out of the ground in front of me. I could tell by the look on her face that she didn't want to fight, but to find out why I was doing what I was doing.

I heard a voice in my head. It must have been my concious, because it was telling me to stop what I was doing. I held my head and shook it quickly to get rid of the voice, but it still stayed. I didn't want to stay any longer. I turned into a shadow and left.

As told by Raven:

I didn't get it. What happened? It all seemed like a bad dream, but the I couldn't wake up. I didn't want it to be true, but it was. There was a thief at the museum, and the thief was Nevermore.

He had also attacked Cyborg. I didn't get it. Why did he turn evil? There didn't seem to be a reason. He had everything he wanted. A home, friends. He was happy with us. I could still remember the smile he would have on his face when he was lying on the roof, just staring at the sky, thinking of how lucky he was. He would always participate in activities, no matter how stupid. He would cook weird foods with Starfire, pretend to laugh at Beast Boy's jokes to make him feel good about himself, play games with Cyborg, (But he would always lose.) train with Robin, and spend time doing what I wanted.

He always had time for us and he enjoyed it. Why would he just turn evil? It didn't make sense. I just couldn't figure it out. How did it happen...Why did it happen. Was this supposed to happen? Is there a reason for this? And if so, what could it be? What could be so important as to put all of us through so much pain? To put me in pain...I just couldn't understand.

I couldn't believe it...I refused to believe it. There had to be something to explain what he was doing! I went to look through his room. Maybe there was something in his room. Maybe something he was reading would explain it.

I searched through all of his books that he would be reading. Most of them were curses and spells. Some were explaination to how to counter them, but none of them could explain to me how they would fit in.

Then I remembered Nevermore saying something about curses having bad after effects! Maybe that was it. I thought about all of our past battles. Maybe there was a curse he had used, one that had an after effect that would turn him evil, but I couldn't think of any. He hadn't used a curse since Lark.

Maybe that was why! Maybe it was something about Lark! Maybe he was trying to get something before Lark...but that didn't explain why he attacked Cyborg.

I could tell that he didn't want to do this. Back at the museum, he attacked everyone, but when I showed up, it seemed as if he was trying to shake something off...or break free of someones control! Maybe he was under someones control and seeing me weakened the persons power over him!

It was a reasonable explanation. It could have been that weird raven that he had defeated a long time ago. I remembered how the raven, Quoth, I think, controlled Nevermore to cover the city in shadow. It was a possibility. I had to try.

Nevermore would not turn evil unless it was against his will. He would not betray us...He would not betray me.

Definitely not my best chapter, but hey, I need to get to where I need, and I'm having a hard time focusing and I'm in a rush. I have to get back inside before my dad locks the door. (The computer is in a room that you have to go outside to get to. My computers broken.) Next chapter might be a bit like this, but the chapter after that should be much better.:evil: :D

Aquagirl15

07-20-2005, 01:37 AM

Why would he just turn evil? It didn't make sense. I just couldn't figure it out. How did it happen...Why did it happen. Was this supposed to happen? Is there a reason for this? And if so, what could it be? What could be so important as to put all of us through so much pain?
All of my questions wrapped up into one paragraph and conveniently located inside the chapter. Anyway, now we have a clue as to what Nevermore's looking for and perhaps a way to stop him.

RavenofAzerath~

07-20-2005, 06:09 PM

one word says all : issues

then agian....most people do, but this seems different......oh well...i just read it, and very fast for that matter so what do i know....i should shut up now hu?

RoA~

Matt A

07-20-2005, 06:11 PM

All of my questions wrapped up into one paragraph and conveniently located inside the chapter. Anyway, now we have a clue as to what Nevermore's looking for and perhaps a way to stop him.
My thoughts exactly. Plus having Raven explain her thoughts in such acute detail is somthing I probably wouldn't have done...and doing things that I wouldn't always gets you kudos from me.;) :anime: :anime: :anime:

-Matt A-

nevermore

08-03-2005, 01:18 AM

Thanks...Sorry I haven't been able to get to this. My dad had to go to New York, so I was busy helping my mom, I was also busy with counceling, (which my parents signed me up for behind my back! I don't need it! :mad: ) and my brother is in the hospital. So basically, I forgot completely about my story. :sweat: I just wanted to let you guys know what was taking me so long. I'm trying to come up with the next chapter! (Trying, but not succeeding.)

Aquagirl15

08-03-2005, 11:02 AM

Ouch that's a lot to deal with. I hope everything turns out ok. It seems that a lot of people either can't, or have no insperation for writing now me inculded. Anyway I hope things work out and you can come back, cause you know we all want another chapter!:anime:

Matt A

08-03-2005, 05:57 PM

As I've said many time before, real life is more important than here. Get yourself sorted out first: I can wait for a chapter, if that's what it takes.;)

-Matt A-

nevermore

10-16-2005, 11:27 PM

*Sigh* It's been way too long since I've last been on. Well, my computer is finally working and I finally figured out how to write this chapter. Yay!:D

Chapter 32

As told by Robin:

"Hey, Cy, where's Raven?" I asked as I passed him in one of the halls.

"I don't really know, but when I last saw her, she said that she wanted to be alone," he replied in a concerned tone.

"I see. Hmmm. Meet me in the control room. I'll be there in a minute," I said starting to walk away.

I had already gathered Starfire and BB, and I just found Cyborg, so now I only needed to find Raven. I decided to check her room before talking to the Titans. I was concerned about her. Nevermore's betrayal seemed to have a larger impact on her than anyone else, so naturally I was concerned, but I couldn't show it. I'm the leader. If the team sees that I'm worried, then they'll all start to get worried. I need to be strong for the team...especially for Raven.

I had finally arrived at Raven's room. I hesitated for a second, wondering if I should bother her, but I forced myself to knock. "Hey, Raven? Are you in here?" I said after I had knocked.

No reply.

"H-hello?" I called again.

The silence that followed indicated that she was rather not there, or that she really didn't want to talk. Since I realized that I wasn't going to get any type of reply, I decided that I should get to the control room. The team might have been wondering where I was.

"What took you so long?" BB asked as soon as I walked into the control room.

"Just trying to find Raven," I said sitting down. "Anyway, I called you here because I want to start a search of the whole city. We need to find Nevermore and find out what's going on. Okay?"

"Yes, I think that is a wonderful idea," Starfire said joyfully. I could tell that she was just trying to make everyone feel better.

"I'm cool with that," Cy said plainly.

"Sure," Beast Boy said in a way that made him sound tired.

"Great! Then Cy, I want you to stay here and keep track of us while trying to locate Nevermore on the monitor. Beast Boy, I want you to search for him from the sky. That way it'll be harder for him to realize that we're searching for him. Star, you'll come with me," I said in an official manner. "Titans, Go!"

"Where shall we search first?" Starfire asked me after we had left the tower.

"Hmmm. I guess we'll just start at the west side of town and work our way around town," I suggested.

"All right," Star said as she headed to the west side of town.

We landed near the city park. Apparently, there was nothing going on, so we headed closer to downtown Jump City. We kept alert as we walked. I saw a library and tried to see in the windows, but I couldn't, so I looked away just as someone came out. I kept walking, but I suddenly realized who it was. It was Nevermore!

"Hey, Star," I whispered. "I just saw Nevermore..."

"What?" she asked surprizedly.

"Shhhhh! We don't want him to notice. Let's follow him, but we need to make sure he can't see us. I'll alert the rest of the Titans." I picked up my scanner and called up BB, Cyborg, and Raven. "I found Nevermore. I'm going to follow him. Try to meet up with me, but try to keep Nevermore unaware that he's being followed."

We followed him and Beast Boy joined us shortly, but I told him that he'd have to stay as an animal. That way, he could still follow Nevermore stealthily if he found out we were following him.

For a while, Nevermore continued walking downtown, but then he changed directions. I couldn't tell if it was because he was remembering something he had to do, or if he noticed something, but whatever the reason, he was heading north.

We followed him, but we had to slow down when we neared the forest. There was a bit of open space between the city and the forest, so we stayed back a while, making sure he couldn't see us.

While we were watching him, I noticed something. Nevermore was looking up! I wondered what he was looking up, so naturally, I looked.

The only thing I saw were a few clouds and a bird. What was so important? Then it hit me. The bird was a raven! It must have been that one raven that was controlling him when he engulfed the town in a gigantic shadow!

Suddenly the raven landed on a tree and Nevermore ran towards it. Star flew me quickly to the forest, so we could hide in there. We made our way closer so we could hear what was going on.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't my old pal Quoth," Nevermore said with a smirk on his face. "Long time, no see...wish it had stayed that way."

"What are you talking about? I can tell that you have become evil, why don't you want my help?"

"I don't need your help. In fact, I don't think that anyone needs you anymore."

"What do you mean?"

"Are you really that stupid? I'm saying that it's time for you to go." Suddenly a shadow erupted from the ground and tried to wrap itself around Quoth, but the bird flew out of range.

"Gah! Fine! But it'll be your downfall!" Quoth said angrily. He shot several feathers before he dove downward. Nevermore was kept busy deflecting the feathers, that he was caught off guard when Quoth hit him.

Nevermore flew quite a distance before landing and he landed flat on his back. He stood up, but he had one hand on the ground, so he wasn't completely standing. He had an insane grin on his face and he started to laugh. "Hahahahahaha, is that all you've got? Heh, it'll take more than that to beat me."

Suddenly Raven and Cyborg landed about 300 feet to the right of Nevermore and his grin disappeared as he saw them.

As told by Cyborg:

Obviously, we had missed a lot. It took us a long time to get there, but I didn't think that we'd miss something.

"How'd you find me!?" Nevermore yelled angrily when he saw us.

He raised a hand to attack us with a shadow blast when several feathers hit him. He let out a brief grunt as he flew back and landed on his side, sliding a few feet before stopping.

He stood up, his fists clenched angrily. His right sleeve was torn up from the slide. He raised a hand slowly and shadows shot out of the ground and surrounded the bird that shot the feathers at him.

"That'll hold you for a while," he said angrily. Then he turned to us. "Now it's your turn." He advanced towards us, his eyes gleaming angrily.

"Nevermore, what's going on?" Rae asked suddenly. "Why are you attacking us?"

Nevermore didn't answer. Instead, he raised a hand. We was going to try an attack again. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a bird-a-rang sank into the ground in front of Nevermore and he stopped. I took advantage of the situation and shot him with a sonic blast. I kept the blast going, keeping him pinned to the ground as I walked towards him.

"I'm sorry about this," I said. I suddenly channeled a lot of energy into the cannon and ended my attack with a high powered blast, sending dust flying everywhere.

The rest of the Titans appeared out of the forest and ran to my side.

"Is he...defeated?" Star asked.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared out of the dust and wrapped itself around my cannon and started to pull at me. Starfire suddenly blasted it with a starbold and it let go and retracted back into the settling dust.

Nevermore was now visible. He was clenching his teeth and his only visible eye was gleaming with anger. It didn't seem like my attack did anything! Well, it did make him angry, but that's nothing to brag about!

Nevermore seemed to be tense and he started to make a sound which grew into a yell. Suddenly, he threw up his hands and a wave of shadows erupted from the ground and headed straight for us.

"Titans, Go!" Robin yelled and Starfire lifted him off the ground. Beast Boy lifted me over the shadow wave like Star did, and Raven appeared out of the ground next to me.

We all stood there, ready for anything. We all knew that this would be a huge battle that we would never forget. Then I heard Raven mutter under her breath.

"Nevermore...Why do we have to fight?"

Matt A

10-20-2005, 10:14 AM

Nevermore returns! About bloody time, dude!:p :anime: :anime: :anime:

Anyway, welcome back. This most recent chapter was, like most returning chapters, a creation worth waiting for. It seems like the finale is incoming, but the highly unexpected return of Quoth means that there's a few more random questions to be answered in the meantime...so maybe the finale is still a long way off. Either way, answers of a sort look like they'll be a-coming soon, which is just as good a piece of news.;) :anime:

Just don't take so long doing the next chapter, okay?:p

-Matt A-

Aquagirl15

10-20-2005, 05:14 PM

Cool Quoth is back... uh I mean OH NO! Quoth is back! Hehe... anyway I'm hapy! It is a great thing to be gone for a long time and find new chapter posted on this story. And now.... onto more stories! *dissapears in a burst of fire to the next story*

nevermore

10-23-2005, 01:09 AM

Well, I've been hit with so many ideas with this story and I'm having trouble figuring out which way to go with. Well, I'm going with my original plan for now, but there may be some changes in the future. But for the present, here's the next chapter.

Chapter 33

As told Raven:

It seemed as if my theory about Nevermore was wrong. He wouldn't be fighting Quoth if he were controlling Nevermore. There are no more theories...Nevermore is truely our enemy. I just wish I knew why.

Two weeks ago, Nevermore was playing fighting games with Cyborg, but now, he's playing fighting games with all of us...and this game comes with actual consequences.

It was five against one on an open area. No obstacles, no where to hide, nothing stopping us. Our battle was about to begin.

"Nevermore" I muttered under my breath. "Why do we have to fight?"

Right after I said that, Robin began a charge. "Titans, Go!" he yelled as he drew his bo staff. The rest charged, but they were much farther behind Robin.

Robin swung his weapon as soon as he was in range, but Nevermore just leaned back and dodged it. His feet didn't even move. Robin kept trying to hit him, but he always missed. It looked like a battle between Robin and Slade untill a green cheeta tackled Nevermore.

Nevermore was trying to push Beast Boy off of him, but he wasn't strong enough. Beast Boy raised a paw, ready to slash Nevermore, but Nevermore was a bit to fast. He turned into a shadow and moved along BB until he was on top of him. Then he jumped up and hit him with a powerful kick from above.

He did a backflip off of Beast Boy and a sonic blast just barely missed his head. He turned towards Cyborg and I took the chance to launch some rocks at him. I didn't want to, but he was an enemy. He needed to be stopped.

A shower of rocks pelted Nevermore from the back and while he was busy dealing with them, Cy blasted him with a sonic blast. Nevermore fell to the ground and stayed their for a while. Then he started to get up, but before he had gotten up, he shot his arms straight out and shadows shot out of the ground. One towards Cyborg, one towards me! I tried to get away, but before I could move, I was hit. The same went for Cyborg.

Nevermore got up and smiled and looked to Robin. He started walking towards him when Star suddenly flew down and lifted Nevermore up.

Nevermore started to struggle, but he couldn't get free of Starfire's tight grip. Once they were a good distance from the ground, Star threw him up and shot him with a starbolt.

Nevermore began to fall, but he quickly corrected himself so that he could land on his feet, but a green bird appeared above him. It suddenly turned into a kangaroo and kicked him downwards. This threw Nevermore off, and he landed flat on his stomach.

When this happened, Starfire, Cyborg, and I started to blast him. Robin then threw an explosive disk and a huge explosion followed, sending dust everywhere.

It had to be over now. There is no way anyone could get up after that.

At least, that's what I thought. When the dust had settled, we found that Nevermore was not there!

"Hey, looking for me?"

We all looked behind us and saw Nevermore. It looked like we did hit him because his clothes were ripped and he had several cuts and bruises, but he looked like he could keep fighting.

Apparently, this fight was far from over.

As told by Nevermore:

That attack was pretty powerful, but it didn't do much. Now we were facing eachother, like we had before the battle had started, but now I was warmed up and ready to fight.

It was time for the real battle to begin.

This time, I charged first and they stood their ground. I knew that they were going to try to attack me when I got close enough, so I disappeared into the ground before they could attack.

They turned around expecting to see me appear behind them, but I didn't. The had no clue what was going on, so I decided to confuse them even more. I made copies of myself and rose into view.

I made even more copies after that and the copies surrounded them. Now there were about 10 to choose from and I knew they wouldn't guess right. Mainly because I was right below them, charging up a move. While they were attacking the copies, a shadow began to grow larger underneath them. By the time the copies were gone, the attack was charged up.

The outside edges of the shadow circle rose around them and made a dome and it collapsed on them. I rose out of the ground in front of them and cherished the sight of the Titan's on their knees.

Suddenly, Robin stood all the way up.

"Wow, I'm suprised that you can still stand after that. I though you were much weaker than that!" I said mockingly.

"Shut up, Nevermore! I'm suprised that you'd betray us. I didn't expect you to be that low," he said angrily.

"What did you say!" I yelled, filled with rage after that insult.

"You heard me. You're a traitor. The lowest of the low. In fact, you're so low, the only way to go, is up." A smile spread across his face as he said this and this confused me.

Then I got it. I looked down and there was a bomb below me. I covered my face and braced myself against the explosion. I was sent flying from the explosion and landed face first into the ground. But before I could get up again, the ground below me rose suddenly and I was sent flying upward again. This time, I was shot by a blast from Starfire and Cyborg. Once I hit the ground, Robin was upon me and hitting me repeatedly with his metal staff.

After he had hit me several times, I managed to grab the staff. Now I was in control. I pulled it down sharply and Robin fell to his knees. While he was like that, I put my foot on his back as slammed him to the ground, taking his weapon from him.

I snapped it in half and threw the two halves at Beast Boy, who was now a charging bull, and hit him in the head. He immediately turned back to human form and flew far away.

Star started shooting several starbolts at me, and I was forced to move back to dodge them. Now I was fairly close to the forest. Normally, I'd probably retreat and escape through the forest, but this time was different. I had to stay to take care of Quoth...once and for all. If I didn't beat the Titans, I wouldn't be able to do that.

Suddenly, I was grabbed from behind by Cyborg.

Now I was angry. These guys just kept getting in my way. They kept me from doing what I was trying to do...and I wasn't going to keep up with it anymore.

Another bomb flew towards me and Cy let go, expecting that it would hit me, but I dodged it and it flew into the forest and exploded. Now, part of the forest was on fire.

Now was my chance.

I turned around and did a sweep kick to trip Cyborg, but before he hit the ground, I grabbed him and the momentum from the sweep kick helped me swing him around. When the timing was right. I let go and he flew into the forest.

The fire turned black as he hit it, due to my power to make sure he wouldn't come back. We heard a scream and then, silence. Cyborg was gone.

I turned to the Titans, a satisfied smile on my face. Their faces were the complete opposite. They appeared to be in extreme pain from the loss of a comrade...and I liked it.

"Titans...retreat," Robin said sadly, but still with a somewhat official tone. Before I knew it, they were gone.

"Now that they're gone," I said, turning to the shadow prison that held Quoth, "I think it's time to make you disappear."

I took off my shirt and ripped it into strips. Then I let Quoth out of his prison, but before he could do anything, I grabbed him and began tying his wings, beak, and feet together.

"Well, Quoth, it's been nice knowin' you, but it's time to say goodbye."

I blindfolded him and dropped him off the cliff and into the ocean, where he would rest forever in an everlasting sleep.

The last sound he heard was the sound of waves crashing into the side of the cliff, mixed with the sound of my laughter.

Matt A

10-23-2005, 09:38 AM

Okay, so we don't get any answers this time...we we do get Nevermore acting even more mental than we've ever seen him so far. I'm a hard one to shock, but, well...

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

That says it all, no?;) :anime:

-Matt A-

nevermore

11-05-2005, 09:49 PM

I'm sorry. I will not be able to post for a long while. I am going through deep emotional pain...a pain worse than death. I am shaking and my heart is beating so hard that I think it's going to explode or fly out of my chest.

Again, I am sorry. I'm just so stupid...I made such a stupid mistake. Goodbye, I'll see you all....eventually.

Anime

11-05-2005, 11:00 PM

Matt A

11-06-2005, 09:39 AM

I'm not sure if there's anything I can say here. I know it's none of my business, so I won't ask, but I hope that whatever sh*t you're dealing with now f**ks off before too long. That's for the sake of your well-being, not just getting another chapter for the story. There's more important sh*t than art, as we all have to find out at one point or another.

Fare well, my son. I can say no better than that.

-Matt A-

nevermore

11-14-2005, 10:50 PM

All right! I just wrote a new chapter. I don't know if it's as good as it could have been, but at least I got it up.:sweat:

Chapter 34

As told by Starfire:

It was quiet in the Tower that day.

When we had gotten home, Beast Boy sat down in a chair and stared at the ground with saddened eyes while the rest of us stood there, unable to accept what had happened.

After a long while, Beast Boy slammed his fist on the chair with frustration.

"I'm so stupid!" He growled. "I knew we should never have trusted him!"

"What does it matter?" Raven asked sadly. "We believed him and he betrayed us. We can't change that."

"I knew he was evil though! I could tell!" Beast Boy yelled. "Every time he walked past me, I could feel he was evil!"

"I think that we all knew that Nevermore was evil," I said very sadly. "But we didn't want to believe that our friend could possibly become our enemy."

"Why not?! He betrayed us before!"

"Yeah, but he was being controlled," Robin pointed out.

"But it was his own choice this time!" Beast Boy growled.

"We don't know that for sure..." Raven stated, but then Beast Boy rudely cut her off.

"Rae, he killed Cyborg. He was fighting that one guy who was controlling him before. WHAT OTHER REASON IS THERE!!!!" Beast Boy yelled louder than anyone I've evern known.

"I...don't know," Raven said sitting down.

You could just feel Beast Boy's anger pouring from within him. He truely hated Nevermore. He stared at Raven angrily. After a short while, he turned and left, the sound of his footsteps echoing in the hall.

"He's...Right." Raven said while trying to hold back tears.

Seeing Raven near tears was very rare...and very painful. I had to try to cheer her up. "Don't say that," I said with a caring tone. "You don't know if there is a new threat controlling Nevermore. Maybe there's a reason he's doing this that we can't understand right now."

"Did you see him?! Did you look into Nevermore's eyes!?!" Raven yelled as tears started to fall from her eyes. "He was enjoying our pain. He enjoyed killing Cyborg! Did it look like he was being controlled to you?!?!?"

I looked at the ground. I knew the answer, but I still didn't want to believe it.

"I'm going to check on Beast Boy," Robin said starting to leave.

"Well?" Raven asked me.

"No...He wasn't...being controlled," I said after a long pause.

"And if he's not being controlled, then why is he doing this? Can you tell me why?!" Raven said, her tears flowing more quickly.

"I do not know why he is doing this, but if we ever want to know what his motives are, then we must defeat him. We must stop him."

"Raven! Starfire! Beast Boy's missing!" Robin said, running back to the hall where we were.

"What?!" Raven and I asked at the same time.

"You heard me! Beast Boy's gone!!!"

"How do you know?" Raven asked while wiping her tears away.

"He left a note saying that he's going to try and stop Nevermore!" Robin said, showing Raven the note.

"We must stop him! He can not stop Nevermore on his own!" I said worriedly.

"I can't track his signal," Robin said, "He's jamming the signal somehow."

"Then let's look for him. We're not going to find him just sitting here," Raven said while pulling her hood over her head.

"Right. Let's go!" Robin said as he started for the door.

As told by Beast Boy:

I couldn't stand it. It was my fault that Cyborg was killed. I should have tried to stop Nevermore earlier, but I didn't. Now, I was going to do it alone.

I started where we had faught Nevermore earlier. He wasn't there and there were no traces of him, except for a few shards of his clothes that had been there since our battle. I had to start somewhere, so I turned into a bloodhound and started looking for his scent.

I found it pretty quickly and I followed it. It took me all around the town. One time, it took me to a library downtown, another time, a museum, and several other places. Finally, his scent started getting really strong. Now I was near the piers.

I followed the scent until I was in front of a building. I turned back into a human and I entered the building carefully.

It was completely dark inside. I couldn't see a thing. I wandered around aimlessly for about a minute before I stopped to think about what I was doing. Suddenly, the lights came on.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?"

I turned around slowly to see Nevermore staring at me from across the room with an insane grin on his face. The look on his face might have scared other people, but it only made me angrier.

"What are you doing here?" Nevermore said while he walked towards me. "Don't you think that the other Titans are worrying about you?" It sounded like he was actually concerned!

"They won't have to worry about me. I can take care of myself," I said coldly as I stared at him.

Nevermore started to walk around me, returning my stare. "Really?" He said like he was surprised.

"Let's just hope you can take care of yourself," I said. I was starting to get annoyed with him circling around me.

"Oh, you're here to fight me?" He said, his grin widening.

"That's exactly why I'm here," I said. "And I won't loose."

"Hmmm. This should be interesting!" Nevermore said happily.

He stopped moving and stood right in front of me, his arms folded, waiting for me to make a move. I knew that I'd have to fake him out or else he would beat me easily. I quickly planned my first move.

I turned into a green cheeta and started running at him. He kept standing there, so I knew that he was going to use his shadow powers, so when I got close enough, I jumped at him and he made a wall of shadow appear in front of me.

Luckily, I was expecting something like that, so before he made the wall, I transformed into a hawk and flew up over the wall.

Now, he didn't know that I did this so I had a free shot. I quickly transformed into a gorilla and fell on top of him. He was pinned by me and this time, I wouldn't let him get away with his shadow powers.

I started to punch him ferociously, putting my anger into each punch. I kept punching him even after he had gone quiet. I wanted to make sure that he would never bother me again.

I finally got tired and I turned back to human form. I turned around and started to walk for the door.

I was stopped suddenly when I heard a laugh from behind me. Fear had struck me like frozen lighting, freezing me where I stood. I couldn't move, I could only listen to the insane laugh of the insane man behind me.

"Hahahahahaha. HaHAAAhahahahahaHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!! Do you seriously think that you're going to beat me that easily?!?"

His voice made him sound like he was possessed by a demon or something. He sounded like a demon from a monster movie. I slowly turned around and gazed upon my enemy.

Nevermore's hands were surrounded by black flames and his eyes were glowing a very dark blue. He didn't look as pale as he used to, and his blonde hair had darkened as well. His clothes were ripped and he was bruised all over. He looked like a deranged murderer!

He looked up at me with his insane grin, his eyes covered by his hair, and laughed again. "Hehehe. You have no idea what you're in for."

He charged at me with unnatural speed. Luckily, I had regained my senses and I started to spin. When I was half way through my spin, I turned into a T-rex and slammed him against the wall with my tail.

I suddenly realized that I was winning! He was so blinded by his insanity...or whatever it was, that he couldn't think straight. I had an advantage over him now!

Nevermore fell from the indent in the wall and slammed onto the floor. I then flew over him and transformed into an elephant and landed on him. I stayed on him for a while before moving, making sure that he was thoroughly crushed.

I turned back to my normal self, but I didn't like what I saw. Nevermore was no where to be found! I looked around frantically, but I couldn't find him.

I looked left, right, up, and...down. When I looked down, I noticed that my shadow looked different. In fact, it wasn't even mine. It was Nevermore!

Suddenly, shadows appeared around my feet and pulled them into the cement floor.

I couldn't move! I was stuck! Nevermore rose out of the ground right in front of me.

He smiled at me for a moment. Then, his face changed into an angry face as he punched me in the face.

"C'mon! That's not even fair!" I yelled, trying to get out of the cement.

He punched me again, and again, and again.

I was sick of it. I turned into a gorilla again and caught his hand and threw him away from me. The best part was that I cracked the cement and when I turned back into a human, I was able to get free.

I turned into a cheeta really quickly and ran towards Nevermore. He had just gotten up when I lept at him and I bit him in the arm.

That was a big mistake. See, he didn't even make a sound. He didn't even flinch! He just stood there. I quickly let go, knowing that I made a mistake.

Instead of bleeding, shadows came out of the holes in his arm. It trickled onto the ground like it was a liquid and made a puddle.

My eyes widened as I saw that the liquid shadow was moving towards me! I started to run, but I wasn't fast enough, even as a cheeta! The shadow caught up to me and surrounded me. I tried to fight it by turning into different animals, but it didn't work. I was caught. I turned back into a human and I saw Nevermore in front of me.

I heard a scream behind me. It sounded like Starfire. I guess that they found me. At least they would know what happened to me.

The shadow had surrounded most of my body and had just started to wrap around my head. It felt like I was melting, but I wasn't.

I fell to my knees and I saw Nevermore start to run away. The last thing I saw was blood falling around Nevermore...normal blood. Heh, at least I went down with a fight, I thought.

The shadow had finally engulfed me and I disappeared.

Anime

11-14-2005, 11:11 PM

Gee whizzers! That was honestly the best thing I've ever seen you write, nevermore. I could totally imagine the Haha's in that order, with louder/ascending notes of laughter in capital letters, right?;) Don't worry, dude. I got your back.:D

Matt A

11-17-2005, 05:59 AM

Sick, twisted and utterly, utterly genius. It's what you do, nevermore, and here you've done it phenomenally well. As to where things will go from here, only you can say...and it's good to have you back to say it.;) :anime:

-Matt A-

Aquagirl15

11-18-2005, 11:53 PM

Dude that was like... unbelieveable! :eek: I never thought for a second the story was gonna get this shocking, and that's a very good thing. ;)

nevermore

11-22-2005, 10:42 PM

All right, another chapter. It's short, but I just needed it to get to set up the next chapter. Oh, and isn't everything I write sick and twisted in some sort of way? Here's the next chapter.

Chapter 35

As told by Raven:

Starfire, Robin, and I were searching the docks. We had searched practically everywhere else anyway. When I heard Starfire scream, I knew that she had found something.

I flew towards the building that she was near and I found her looking in a window. "What did you find?" I asked, but I didn't need an answer. I looked in the window to see what she was looking at and I was shocked.

There was Nevermore in the middle of the room and in front of him was something black and moving. Apparently, Nevermore had trapped Beast Boy in some kind of shadow and Beast Boy couldn't get out.

Nevermore looked up at us, grinned slightly, turned, and ran.

Suddenly, the shadow that was left behind turned into blood and collapsed in a puddle in the middle of the floor. A yellow communicator splashed into the middle of the bloody puddle.

Beast Boy's communicator.

I was lost for words. I couldn't speak, I couldn't think. Beast Boy was gone because of Nevermore. Another Titan was gone because of Nevermore. Another friend was gone...all because of Nevermore.

"Beast Boy!" Star's cry had snapped me back to reality.

She flew down next to the mess on the floor and I followed. We landed and looked at the communicator. I slowly lifted it with my powers.

Leaving it in that blood was like leaving Beast Boy in a pool of blood.

Suddenly, my communicator went of, making me jump, which made me drop Beast Boy's communicator next to the puddle. I picked up my communicator. It was Robin.

"Hey, I managed to lock on Beast Boy's communicator. I'm sending you the cooridinates so we can meet up."

"We're already here," I said, trying to hide my sorrow.

"Really?" Robin asked worriedly. "Is he...dead?"

I nodded.

"Grab anything you can. Maybe if you find something useful, we'll be able to trace Nevermore later," Robin said sadly. "Meet me at the tower when you're done."

The image of Robin vanished from the screen. I closed my communicator. I looked for what we could bring. The only thing we could bring was Beast Boy's communicator and a sample of the blood that was scattered all over the floor.

I held my communicator close to the puddle of blood and pressed a button. A needle extended from the end of the communicator and started to take a sample of the blood. That was a small feature that Cyborg added to our communicators so that we could take liquid samples if he weren't around.

My mind was suddenly filled with the images of Cyborg being thrown into the blazing forest.

I shook the images from my mind and grabbed the communicator.

"C'mon," I said to Starfire. "Let's go home."

As told by Nevermore:

I was now walking down a sidewalk in downtown Jump City. No one was around except for the occasional car passing by to get home from work or the rare pedestrian out for a late night walk.

I had torn my right sleeve off earlier and wrapped it around my arm to stop the bleeding. Beast Boy had really put up a fight back there. I had messed up a couple times during that battle, and all because I acted without thinking. I acted like a deranged maniac. I wasn't a deranged maniac, though. I should have fought like what I was, a calm, focused fighter.

But now it didn't matter. I had just killed off Beast Boy with a move I had never used before. I had more power than I had realized! Oh, what I could do with that power! The possibilities were endless. I had unstoppable power, and I had to use it. But that attack that I had used earlier took a lot of blood.

I wouldn't be surprised if there was a ton of blood all over the floor after he disappeared. I thought. Afterall, the shadows used in that move was really my own blood! Once the move was done, the shadows would turn back into blood.

Now I wish I had stayed! It would've been so funny if they thought it was Beast Boy's blood instead of mine! I laughed at the thought of how each Titan would have reacted if they thought it was BB's blood.

The streets were quiet and I realized something. There had been no crimes since I had gone evil. Right now would have been the perfect time to try something! There were two Titans gone, so it would be so easy to pull of a robbery or something.

Why weren't there any crimes?

I turned the corner and I saw Titan's Tower and I stopped walking. I gazed upon it, thinking of what I needed to do.

I knew the Titans would just keep getting in my way. I knew that they couldn't stop me, they were just annoying. I had already gotten rid of two of them, so why shouldn't I do them a favor and eliminate the rest of them?

If someone tries to pull off some kind of major crime, who's going to stop them? Robin, Starfire, and Raven? It took all five Titans to take care of Cinderblock, so what would happen if it were just three of the Titans against a different villain, like Plasmus or Killer Moth? They'd get pummeled. They wouldn't be able to stop the simplest of villains. They'd be a sick comedy act! They're so terrible that they're funny!

So by destroying them, I'd be doing them a favor. Besides, they wouldn't want to live with the grief of the loss of Cyborg and Beast Boy, so I would be doing a good thing by putting them out of their misery.

I started to walk towards the tower. It was time for me to pay a little visit.