The Dream Pt.2

A ghost appears next to the Heroine. Not scared at all, Raven asked the ghost, "Is this a dream about Christian Apocalypse?"?

"What do you mean?" the ghost asks

"The four horseman" Raven notes not amused

"Maybe it is," the ghost replies sheepishly.

As it starts to get darker, some of the characters in the background begin to talk...Trying to tell Raven what's going to happen. Raven can't hear them all. Raven asks, "What exactly are you saying?". Afterward, the voice keeps talking over each other without any coordination. Raven asks the massive crowd of voices without sources, "Can just one of you speak?".

Several voices say not in unison, "We don't know if that's possible." as raven gets a headache in the dream.

As Raven claps her head in an attempt to mute all the voices around her, she asks, "Who are you?"

Several voices say not in unison, "We are the college of demons"

Raven in pain asks, "What is the college of demons?"

Several voices say, not in unison, "We advise the leader of hell"

Raven asks "What do you want from me?"

The demonic voice said in unison, "We want you to submit and become the Emperor of the Last Days."

Raven asks in pain, "Why me?"

In a creepy voice, the demon says, "You are full of pain."

"I am, but I will not be manipulated by you" Raven says

Man with scales in hand asks, "Who says we want to manipulate you?"

She says with disgust, "You are demons, Mr. Famine"

Famine remarks, "You are a demon, yourself."

Raven responds angrily, "I'm half-demon, but I'm good, not evil."

In his prophecy, Famine declares: "You are the vessel for the Antichrist to destroy the world. The antichrist will release the seven beasts of sin and cause humans to turn on one another. There will be Boiling seas and burning forests. God's chosen people shall be turned into ash and bone. Lucifer and his demons cause the angels of heaven to burn. After all of God's precious humans are destroyed, Lucifer kills him.". Raven says that this is him lying. The embodiment of famine says, "No! It has been foretold for years. It will happen." as he grins and exposes his mouth full of mold-filled and decaying teeth. Raven asks who saw this happen. "Three centuries ago, the Oracle at Suez foresaw this." Famine responds, getting off his horse and putting the scale on the neck.

Raven says "I have seen the worst the world can offer. You don't scare me."

Famine says, "I am worse than anything you have ever seen"

Raven smiles as he says, "My father would like to speak with you"

"Who is your father" Famine asks as he looks at the girl

She turned on her demonic form and said, "Trigon." Raven developed new claws, six eyes, and horns as she took on her demonic form. As Raven looks at the four horsemen and the other demons and servants of the night, she says, "You must leave now, you annoying ants.". Well, what are you doing here, she asks as she stares at the demons.. "Leave me alone" she screams and the dream shifts. In the new dream sequence, there were a few people in this room. "I don't know who you are," Raven says to the crowd. They look at her with confusion. She strains and then wonders who these people might be. She is then reminded of who those people are. Doctor Fate, aka Kent Nelson, is the first person that I look at. Even though Nabu is the one who really runs things... Kent is nothing more than a meat suit. In addition to a golden helmet that holds Nabu and a navy blue suit with golden trim, he is wearing gold boots, golden boots, as well as a gold cloak. The second person that I look at is a martian. He calls himself the Martian Manhunter, aka John Jones, or J'onn J'onzz. The man wore a red X on his chest while wearing a blue cloak. Roy Harper, aka Arsenal, is the second-to-last person. The top of his shirt was red, and his pants were split half and half between red and black. A red hood was attached to the suit. Red and black stripes alternated on the pant legs. Red glasses were also on his face. Last but not least was Shazam. The cloak he wears is white. He is also wearing a gold belt. In the middle of his chest, he has a golden light bolt symbol. Raven stared at the four heroes in front of her. The dream has a purpose, but what is that purpose? It is likely that the purpose of the dream is to scare her. It was probably someone who created a dream for her. What is the purpose? Most likely the fact to warn her or scare her. She looked at Shazam..."Billy, I'm curious as to why you're here" Raven asks him. He shrugs his shoulders, saying basically that he does not know. In front of the four heroes who are sitting like statues, Raven says, "I know you've got stuff to tell me...let's talk". Raven starts to feel threatened. Something is amiss, and she knows it. What will cause things to spiral out of control?. As long as I am on my toes, that should do the trick.

John Jones says, "Rachel"

"What the hell?" Rachel asks looking at him

"I need..." John says

Raven asks, "John, what are you trying to say?"

John says, "Go see..." before forgetting who he is talking about

Raven asks, "Who are you talking about?"

In response to Raven, John says, "I do not know"

Raven asks, "John, what the hell is going on?"

The answer is, "I'm not sure, Rachel" John replies

The Raven asks, "What should I do about it?"

"Follow your heart. It will lead you in the right direction" John advises

Raven protests, "My heart is filled with darkness"

John smiles at her as he struggles to breathe and says, "Your heart is filled with good."

"But my..." Raven begins

"Father? You determine your heart, not he" John remarks to his young friend after cutting her off

"Are you going to be okay?" Raven asks while crying

John asks Raven, "Is this the real world or this one?".

Raven says, "Either or both"

"I'm going to die here." He waits for a second and then says, "I'll be fine in the real world."

Rachel looks at the three others with Martian Manhunter. As Dr. Fate bled from the nose, Shazam changed from his human form into his hero form rapidly. Additionally, Arsenal was bleeding from multiple arrows that penetrated his chest and shoulder. The four of them were dying in an extremely gruesome fashion. In Rachel's vision, Fate had his ligaments removed in a painful fashion and all of his bones broken. They screamed for Rachel to help them. As they began bleeding from their eyes, they screamed, "Aghhh, Help Us!". Rachel will die at the hands of the Horseman of Famine, spoke one of the many voices. Rachel wonders why she must fall to the Horseman. How has she offended whoever is in charge of everybody's fate? The gruesome scene she is witnessing is horrifying to her. What is the point of this exercise? Is it only to scare her or is it something more. Her trance was broken by someone entering the scene. Dove Granger, her friend, greeted her. Greeting her friend, Rachel asked why she came. Dawn told her what the demons told her in her last dream. In the wake of dawn, Rachel notes that she does not have anything new to contribute to the apocalyptic dream. Dawn says she cannot contribute anything to the discussion. It sounds as if she has a demonic voice. Dawn asks Rachel if she is feeling like herself. Dawn says that she feels like there are two people inside of her, herself and someone else. It could have been a split personality, or it could have been a demon...She was not sure. Rachel attempts to exorcise Dawn of the demons she faces. "Exorcizámos te, ómnis immúnde spíritus, ómnis satánic potéstas, ómnis infernális adversárii, ómnis légio" She shouts at dawn. Her coughing and retching grow louder as she screams. Dawn yells at her to stop, saying she is hurting her

Demon in Dawn shouts, "Let me be! Let me be!"

Rachel asks, "What is your name?"

The demon shouts "I have no words for you"

"By the power of Saint Michael, I command you to obey" Rachel yells.

A smile spreads across the demon's face as he says, "I don't answer to the Archangel." So who do you answer to then, Rachel asked as she looked at the demon. "I answer to Lucifer, The Lightbringer, and The Morning Star", said the demon to Rachel

"I thought he had been imprisoned in Hell," said Rachel to the Demon

The Demon confirms, "He is"

"Then how does he give you orders?" Raven asks confused

The demon replies, "He gives them to the princes, and the princes give us orders."

"So you don't know if your orders are coming from Lucifer?" Raven asks

"The princes have never lied to us" The demon says

With a roll of the eyes, Raven replies, "Okay"

The Real World

Beast Boy wakes up and looks at his friend who is sitting next to him. Raven was sweating and moaning in pain. It seems that Beast Boy's friend is struggling, so he is concerned for her. She is yelling, "No, no, not him!". His face is filled with concern. He shakes her and tries to wake her up. He shouts, "Raven, wake up!". Then after a few minutes, Dick Grayson walks into the room. Dick Grayson asks what is wrong. "She will not wake up. She has been sweating and bleeding for about 10 minutes. I thought the wound would stop bleeding" Beast Boy explained with concern. Dick Grayson asked if the bleeding started after she went to sleep. "Yes it did start once she went to sleep"

Suddenly, Grayson cried out, "Crap!"

The Beast Boy enquired, "What is wrong?"

Grayson replied, "It's happening again."

Beast Boy asked Grayson, "What's happening again?"

"This is happening to Raven as it happened to you" Grayson said

"Have you ever seen this before?" Beast Boy asked.

"No...I have not seen this again" Grayson said

"What are we going to do about it?" Beast boy asked Dick, annoyed. "We won't do anything about it," Dick replied, leaving Garfield slack-jawed. "I'm sorry, but did I hear that we won't act on this" Garfield asked the leader of the team.

Greyson tells the changeling, "You didn't hear that wrong, but we will call an expert in the morning". As Dick walked away, Beast Boy asked, "Who are you going to call?". As Grayson walked into his room, he said, "I'm going to consult Martian Manhunter and see if he can help.".

Dick replies, "Oh, and Gar?"

Beast Boy asks, "Yes, Dick?"

Dick says to the young man, "Please don't do anything stupid until we talk about it in the morning."

I wonder why he thinks I will do something stupid, Beast boy asks himself. Maybe it is because of the amount of stress we have all been experiencing for the past couple of days. He might be aware of my crush on her. It may be that he knows my nature and well-documented history of impulsive behavior. I think I need to speak to someone. Who is awake at this hour? Using his contact list, he sees who is currently online. Currently, there is only one person online, Cassandra Sandsmark. I open the text chain and begin texting her.

Garfield Logan: Hey Cassandra, how you doin'?

Cassandra Sandsmark: Hey Gar, what are you doing up so late?

Beast Boy: Not much, I just have trouble sleeping

Wonder Girl: Me too, do you still work with the Titans in San Francisco

Beast Boy: Yes and do you still reside in Seoul?

Wonder Girl: Yes, I am the government's liaison to the Republic of Korea

Beast Boy: Which government, The United States?

Wonder Girl: Oh yes, of course. Was it the Canadians that you thought I was working for?

Beast Boy: LOL, I just asked. What fun things have you been up to?

Wonder Girl: The street prey have been interesting to fight

Beast Boy: Street prey, that is an interesting term

Wonder Girl: That is what Super-Man of China calls them

Beast Boy: Okay...So that sounds fun

Wonder Girl: What is up with you?

Beast Boy: I've encountered a few problems

Wonder Girl: Have you noticed anything noteworthy recently

Beast Boy: Yes, I have been getting wounds while I am sleeping

Wonder Girl: How is that possible?

Beast Boy: I honestly don't know. Now Rachel is experiencing it.

Wonder Girl: What are you going to do about it?

Beast Boy: We will wait until the morning.

Wonder Girl: What will you do after that?

Beast Boy: I honestly do not know

Wonder Girl: I can come back Stateside if you guys need

Beast Boy: Thank you for offering but I think we'll resolve this by the time you get back Stateside

Wonder Girl: Of course.

Beast Boy: Could you check if this is happening to other teams as well?

Wonder Girl: Why? Do you have any special reasons for wanting that?

Beast Boy: I have a thought and I would like to examine whether it will work.

Wonder Girl: What is the thought?

Beast Boy: We are the only ones experiencing this and nobody else

Wonder Girl: Okay...I'll check it out.

Taking a shower was Beast Boy's next move after he stopped talking with Cassandra. Although he was sweating, the feeling did not bother him. His thoughts turn to the fact that he stinks. His nostrils filled with the pungent smell of sweat and blood congealing. There was an absolute toxic smell to the body odor. Having to deal with what the team was going through was becoming more and more tiresome for Beast Boy. Sleep and productivity were severely hampered, and he was generally unable to contribute to the team. To tell Rachel he loves her was all he wanted to do. Rachel just wanted to be held by him and show his love for his Dark Princess. Probably because she hated the guts of him, he wouldn't have done it. As far as he was concerned, he was caught between a rock and a hard place. While he was in the bathroom, he removed his shirt and walked toward his team's bathroom. He opened the door without thinking to knock, and someone was already inside.

"Ughh, Gar...Leave" yelled Dawn as he scurried out of the bathroom

While standing outside the bathroom, he said, "Dawn...I'm sorry."

After taking a moment to collect herself, she said, "It is fine...You didn't know."

Beast Boy walked back to the couch and pulled out the video games that he had been playing before this whole thing had happened. He had quite a few choices to pick from. "What do I want to play" He mused out loud to nobody in particular.