Circe's Revenge
Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to DC or Marvel. I own Farrah/Persiana, Selene/Red Knight, and Lance/Diablos.
Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins…
A purple-haired sorceress watched through a crystal ball. Her name is Circe, and, ever since her defeat at the hands of Titans East, she had been planning revenge. (1) She scowled,
"Look at those fools. They dare to humiliate me, an immortal sorceress? I'll show them. I'll show them all."
She began flipping through a spell book and began to find a spell that would thoroughly punish the Titans. She continued turning pages until she stopped and smiled evilly,
"Perfect. This one is so perfect. Let's see them deal with this one."
She began preparing the necessary components needed for this particular spell. Whatever it was, it was going to be a big one…
Meanwhile, at Titans East Mansion…
Selene, the newest Titans East Member Red Knight, was training with the other Titans East members. The brunette swordswoman was practicing her fencing against Lance, the demonic hero known as Diablos.
The Amazon warrior disliked the red-eyed hero from the onset, citing the election to which he became leader was somehow rigged, or influenced by his powers. Lance pledged he would not use his powers in the democratic process, and he kept his word.
Selene charged in and went for a quick slice. Lance rolled out of the way and blocked the incoming strike. He then forced his opponent's sword down and kicked Selene in the stomach. Lance was careful not to use his full strength and hurt the Amazon swordswoman.
Selene hissed and glared,
"You shall fall, male!"
She charged again, but ended up tripping as Diablos swept underneath her legs. She fell on her stomach and, as she turned, she felt a cold sword point on her throat. Selene glared as Diablos asked,
"Surrender? You know I can run you through if I wanted to."
Red Knight snarled, and Diablos, moving the sword away, gave his hand,
"Let me."
The Amazon stood on her own power and shouted,
"Do you always show you're superior now that you are in charge?"
The others had stopped and began to stare at the heated face off. The Amazon swordswoman continued her rant,
"Well, answer me!"
Lance took his glasses off and said,
"Look, the team voted and decided to put me in charge. You're just angry because Wonder Girl isn't in charge."
Wonder Girl looked to Farrah,
"They are really going at it now."
The lioness nodded,
"Yeah. This could get ugly."
Connor Hawke, the teen Hawkeye, shook his head,
"Selene is caught up in her ways."
Donna sighed,
"She was always taking to the Amazon way a bit more serious than others. Still, sometimes that girl frightens me."
Selene pointed an angry finger at Diablos,
"You may be leader, but you have far from earned my respect, male. This is not over, not even by a long shot."
She stormed out of the training session.
Superboy let out a sigh,
"For a moment, I'd thought those two would fight again."
Miss Martian concurred,
"Yes, Connor. I sense a lot of aggression in Selene. She appears determined to see things her way."
Red Star smirked,
"And, to think this training session was going to be boring."
Later…
As day passed into night, the Titans East members were sleeping soundly. Farrah and Lance were asleep after a passionate time in bed. The others were asleep in separate beds. Little did they realize the trouble Circe was planning for them.
Circe was sitting in her inner sanctum, chanting indecipherable words and waving her hands in some sort of mystical gesture. As she did, she began glowing a dark purple aura, and her eyes glowed a searing white. She pointed her finger at the image of the Titans East Mansion and bellowed,
"LET IT BE DONE!"
A blast of purple and white lightning shot out of her finger and into the crystal ball. The immortal sorceress began laughing maniacally; her plan was coming into fruition.
The next morning, Lance and Farrah awoke to the sounds of birds chirping. The lioness moaned,
"I left the window open again. Ok, from now on, no matter how cold it is outside on a summer night, I am turning the AC on."
As stretched her body, she looked up, and noticed she could not close the window because the window did not exist. Instead, she was sitting in the middle of a tent. As she looked out, she noticed there were several other tents and sleeping bags. Panicking, Farrah looked back to her boyfriend,
"Lance, wake up. Something's wrong."
The red-eyed hero woke up suddenly,
"What is it?"
Farrah said,
"We're not at the mansion anymore. I don't know what happened."
Lance looked around, trying to comb the area with his telepathy. However, something was wrong,
"My powers. They're gone!"
Next Chapter:
Things get even weirder as Titans East discover what Circe has planned for them. What is it? Tune in Next Chapter!
(1) Read Justice League Persiana for details