Summary: Inferus is Latin for Inferno, the kind Dante sends sinners to; sinners like the Young Justice team members who took the 7 deadly sins and allowed them to manifest in their lives. This is an AU of twisted darkness; a what-if filled with blood, agony, and bodily pleasures. If you want sunshine and happiness, this place is not for you. Ships include: Spitfire, Supermartian, Chesiroy, Birdflash, ArtemisxConner
Rated M for violence, gore, adult language, and sex.
Contents:
I. Gula – Gluttony – Wally West
II. Luxuria – Lust – Artemis Crock
III. Acedia – Sloth – Conner Kent
IV. Invidia – Envy – M'gann M'orzz
V. Ira – Wrath – Roy Harper
VI. Superbia – Pride – Dick Grayson
VII. Avaritia – Greed - Kaldur
Inferus
I. Gula
Wally West, ever hungry for food and drink, was now addicted to the thrill of the live hunt. The juiciest hamburgers just couldn't compare to the rush of warm blood falling from his lips as he tears through a fresh kill. Steaks, however filling, did not come with the almost sexual euphoria of tracking down prey, outsmarting it, chasing it down, overpowering it, and finally feeling flesh rip through teeth and fingers. He liked to feel his heart explode in his chest, his eyesight spiraling sharper, and the heat coming to his hands and feet. This was the battle joy warriors-past used to feel when savagery sang through the air with sword blades; the rush of excitement from possibly dying; and then the scream of triumph as you stand among the stinking corpses of your enemy. This is what bards sing of, and Wally loved it.
Wally used his speed to scare and toy with his food, laughing like a child between swipes from angry bears and loud bellowing charges from moose. But eventually, when his prey had outlived their entertainment, nothing could survive being torn apart at the speed of sound.
He made a list of all his meals—crocodiles, wild boars, a pack of grey wolves—and when he reached the end his insatiable hunger demanded even more; something smarter, something more thrilling.
It was dusk—his favorite time to hunt. He had been waiting quietly next to a forest path frequented by his current favorite cuts of meat when he spotted movement at the trailhead. He crouched low and focused his eyes on his next prey. She was exactly what he wanted, and he felt his mouth water.
He waited until she was directly underneath the tree he was hiding in to drop down with a maniacal growl, and zipped away before she could react. He became a blur, and moved in front of her, behind her, in circles around her, all in smudges of color that caused her head to whip back and forth and her eyes to round in terror. Wally paused to laugh again, and that's when she ran.
And so the fun begins, Wally cackled in his head.
His prey screeched at him and bared her teeth in defiance, but still she ran. Wally cut across her path over and over until she lost her bearings and instead of heading for the safety of the forest edge, crashed deeper and deeper into the darkening foliage.
This one tried to fight back. She lunged out in kicks and grabs when she felt the wind move with her hunter, and twice almost clawed him. She had sharp tools and flying projectiles, but each time Wally whipped away with a hair's width to spare, and his heart pounded faster in exhilaration.
His stomach rumbled and squeezed, and his mouth turned sour with squirts of saliva. He wanted to press his mouth to her neck and taste her flesh, lick her long veins, feel the wetness of her blood against his skin, and suck on her bones until he groaned in satisfaction.
His head swam, his hands sweated, and his desire for her body finally overpowered his senses. He banked, and ran straight for his prey. She felt him coming, and turned to him with dilated pupils just as he took one hand and effortlessly ripped out her throat. Blood splattered the surrounding bushes and birds darted into the night sky as her body fell to the dirt with a thud.
Wally skidded to a halt and watched his prey twitch away her last moments. He listened to the gurgling noises coming from her throat and reached down to dip his fingers in the bubbling blood. Her brown eyes were locked to his and the last thing she saw of this earth was her hunter sucking her blood from his fingers with a look of orgasmic elation.
He searched her body first, and pulled off a diamond ring from her left hand. He pocketed it, along with the cash in her wallet, and then began his feast. When he reached her abdomen, he was surprised to find his meal was actually a two-in-one, and wiped his hand across his mouth in glee.
Eating her didn't take long. He left her clothes and splintered bones in the forest, and went home with a comfortably foggy mind brought by having a full belly.
Wally was beginning to doze off when the front door of his apartment opened. He immediately sat up and readjusted the towel around his waist.
"Babe?" he called.
Artemis sauntered into the living room and grinned at Wally's naked torso.
"A hard work-out at the gym today?" she asked as she slid into his lap, fingers raking across his abdominal muscles.
"One of the hardest," Wally replied back, emphasizing the last word with a slight upward thrust of his hips. Artemis giggled.
"Oh, so, Babe," he continued casually, "I was thinking…" he reached behind him and pulled out a diamond ring. "Will you marry me?"
Artemis gasped and immediately pushed her lips passionately to his. I'll take that as a yes, he thought, and began clawing at the zipper of her jeans.
Roy sat on his couch and tapped his foot on the hardwood floor. He was worried about Jade. She was supposed to return from the prenatal clinic hours ago. He stood up and began pacing the living room. He hadn't wanted to call her cell phone because she had explicitly wanted no disturbances during her appointment. But it was already evening. Finally, he picked up his phone and dialed her number.
Somewhere deep in a forest, in a small clearing surrounded by trees splattered with dark droplets, a phone vibrated next to a fresh carcass. The teeth-marks on the bone and flesh were uncannily human-like, yet torn off with inhuman speed.
Gluttony