Titan Lemonade – Un/Lucky
Nope… still don't own the Titans.
This is a set of lemon combos for my favorite heroes. Different pairings are likely and this is HIGH citrus content. I'll try to put a nice idea around it. The one pairing you'll never see however is Raven/Terra. I'm leaving that for anim8tur in 'Left to Love'.
Sweat dripped down a lean bare arm.
The arm tensed with sharply defined sinewy muscles as it griped a bow while its mate reached into a quiver.
A long arrow with an obsidian shaft and dark green feathers is quickly and carefully notched into place by a strong gloved hand with robotic precision.
The gloves were worn around the thumb and forefinger after thousands of shots; each one never missing its intended target.
Until tonight.
In his centered mind time seemed to slow around Speedy as bright pink hexes exploded in the brick façade behind.
With every arrow he launched something flew in the way.
Or a seemingly errant gust of wind would blow his perfectly aimed arrow off course.
Or his target would dance out of the way of the boxing gloved arrow with millimeters to spare.
It was getting annoying.
This should have been over before it even started.
He hated to lose and he'd be damned if a flat-chested pinked haired bitch would take him out.
So focused on her he almost missed the massive fist that nearly took his head off. Dropping his bow he quickly snagged the now overextended hand and in a motion practiced and polished until it was reflex he snaked his arm around Mammoth's huge arm and kicked the inside of his knee. Then using his low center of gravity proceeded to slam his head into the ground with everything he had. It wasn't nearly enough to stop someone as strong as his attacker but it gave him enough breathing room to grab a stun arrow and jab it into Mammoth's thickly muscled chest. Bolts of raw electrical power lanced over him as he screamed out in pain before falling silent with the slow steady rise and fall of his chest the only indication he was alive.
This small distraction was all a boy mounted in a large mechanical spider needed to land a telling blow against his side sending him skidding away from his bow.
Fighting through pain was nothing new to the hero who quickly flipped to his feet immediately rolling to the side to dodge an energy blast from the cannon on the boy's back.
Only to roll right into a pink energy wave that blasted him cleanly off his feet.
Sliding even farther from his primary weapon and standing up just as fast he quickly assessed his situation with a glance around the back alley battlefield.
Mammoth was down but with his constitution would quickly be back on his feet and in this fight.
Jinx was untouched and still keeping him at a distance which would normally be decidedly in his favor but he was without a bow and her slight twisting of reality was making her impossible to hit with an arrow in any case.
Gizmo was a nuisance but a stun arrow followed by an ice arrow should stop him.
Locking down on that course of action he fell backwards into a tumble coming up with a stun arrow ready to hurl like a javelin.
Taking aim at Gizmo's leg he let it fly. Gizmo thinking it off target let off a snort that quickly became a yelled as the energy ripped through him. A moment later an ice arrow connected solidly with the base of his spider walker letting off a puff of gas that quickly materialized into thick ice covering everything but Gizmo's head.
Knowing trying to reach his bow was almost certain suicide Speedy turned to Jinx.
Heedless of the pink energy bolts flashing around him tossing up fragments of brick and pavement cutting into his skin Speedy weaved his way between the shots towards Jinx. Getting close enough to try to slide into her legs he fell backwards with one leg straight for a good slide and the other cocked for a good kick. Seeing what was coming Jinx quickly pirouetted around him letting him slide past. Without missing a beat Speedy flipped up to his feet and spun in on her with a quick jab. Jinx slapped the jab to the side and hit the nerve cluster just above his elbow. Speedy's hand reflexively opened in a spasm and Jinx quickly took it and turned twisting it painfully behind his head. Gritting his teeth Speedy stomped on her instep and drove his head backwards into Jinx's unprotected nose. Stars exploded into her vision with her eyes watering from the impact. On pure instinct she pushed a hand up and rode the elbow that had been heading for her temple and allowed it to spin her into a terrific spinning back fist that crashed into the side of Speedy's face.
Both of them stumbled back to recollect their wits.
Speedy knew he had to finish this soon. He could see Mammoth beginning to recover and he knew the clock was ticking on Gizmo staying out of the fight as well. The next engagement would be the decisive one. He looked into Jinx's pink cat eye's irises opened wide in the dark night and saw excitement, a small bit of fear, and something else he couldn't quite fathom. She looked into the whites of his mask and just from the heaving of his chest and the small almost imperceptible motions of his head she knew he was looking at her, her teammates, and the battlefield quickly coming up with a plan.
'Like hell I'm gonna give him a chance to plan! Time to fight dirty!' Jinx thought loudly in her mind running back into hand-to-hand range.
Speedy had already assessed Jinx as being much faster than him meaning that he'd have to outthink or overpower her. Neither option appealed to him as while she was faster and he was stronger they were evenly matched in the tactics department which would turn the fight into a battle of attrition. Running out of time he knew this fight wasn't going to stay one-on-one and he had to act.
Jinx fired off arcs of pink energy leaving ghosting trails in the night as Speedy danced around them frantically looking for an opening to present itself.
'THERE!' he thought as she slightly wobbled from a missed combo that left her off balance. Speedy roughly grabbed her shoulder intent on jamming his knee into her solar plexus. Jinx let her left leg collapse under her neatly flipping off of his knee. Speedy held tight to her shirt tearing it down a seam leaving her small breast exposed to the world.
For a moment it was if nothing in the world moved as they both took in what had just happened.
With an inarticulate snarl Jinx slammed a hand covered in pink eldritch fire into the ground causing it to buckle and shift under the young hero. Speedy leaned back to catch his balance and Jinx jumped up fading away for just enough distance for a spinning thrust kick to his outstretched abdomen. With the wind knocked out of him he folded over and Jinx rammed her knee into his nose and with her other foot launched a hate filled kick straight at his unprotected groin. Again he folded over clutching his abused genitalia as Jinx spun behind him and kicked the back of his thigh hitting the sciatic nerve and sending him to kneeling on the ground. With the last of her rage she spun and slammed her heel into the base of his skull knocking him unconscious face down on the pavement.
Mammoth groaned and slowly stumbled to his feet leaning on a wall for support. Large fissures appeared in the ice covering Gizmo before a loud gun-like crack was heard along with the high pitch of motors whirring again against frozen joints. Both looked at Jinx and the apocalyptic expression on her face as she held her shirt closed. Arcs of probability bending energy randomly leaked off of her errantly destroying her environment and knew that it was in their best interests to be quiet and not antagonize her. Taking a few breaths to calm herself and rein in her powers she calmed down and stared at the young man on the ground. Taking in his perfect gymnast build and mentally cataloging what she saw she turned to the others.
"Pick him up and bring him with us." She ordered Mammoth who was in no hurry to further anger her.
"Giz, deactivate his communicator and check him for tracers, bugs, and anything else that can be used to find him."
The young genius quickly moved to comply.
It was time to put some of her Hive lessons to the test against their new prisoner.
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