Hello there! Nice to see you all! In case you didn't know- this is the sequel to Nightshade! Go read that first! I would say it's short because its only got three chapters, but the second chapter is like 22,000 ish words...

OH well! Go read it!

Guess who doesn't own the Teen Titans!
Yet.

Dark Shadows

Chapter 1- Hypno-Mist!

"He's alive! He's been alive this whole, fucking time and we thought he was dead!" Jinx cursed. Nightshade took the quieter route, her lavender orbs staring into the crackling fire. Connor's orb was held in her clenched fist, a faint black glow being emitted from it. Lightning whipped the dark clouds to force them to release their heavy load and Thunder chuckled heartily, his laugh filling the living room. Another flash of lightning lit up the room again, destroying all shadows except for one lone dark silhouette lingering near the orb… not that anyone was paying enough attention to notice.

"How could he do that to us? That little-" Jinx snarled, still pacing angrily.

"Jinx." Nightshade interrupted calmly. She turned her head slightly to look at Jinx, her eyes dark pools of purple and black, "Calm yourself. You're scaring your friends." She turned back to the crackling flames, the fire reflecting it's warm light on her impassive face.

"Sorry…" Jinx apologized, ducking her horned head. She cast an apologetic glance to her friends sitting awkwardly on the various couches and armchairs strewn about the room. She walked over to her sister and stood next to her in silence.

After a minute the terse silence was shattered with Jinx's mournful words, "Why would he do that to us?" she questioned, looking up at her older sister. Nightshade continued to stare into the fire.

She finally answered, "Connor was… unique. I may have been much more powerful than him, but only because his talent was not meant for attacks… it was meant for escapes and defense. He can teleport to various places through the shadows, and create shadow creatures, and listen and see people and things across the world from him through the shadows, but he was never a true match for three superheroes with powers meant for attacking. He may have fled the battle, but he was more likely sent into a coma and teleported to a safer spot until he woke up." She walked over to the window and placed the orb on the table she turned to us and crossed her arms over her chest.

"If so, then he only just woke up. The orb would have registered him as dead, merely because if his brain isn't active, the shadow half of him keeps his body and mind alive, but the shadow half isn't alive. It's just another one of his multiple built in defense systems. The other thing that could have happened would be that he lost memories, permanently or temporarily, so he wouldn't feel the need to come back to this place." She waved her hand around, indicating the house and property.

"So, what do we do?" Kid Flash asked, leaning forwards in anticipation. Nightshade raised her eyebrows,

"I am going to go find that idiot and, if need be, find a way to trigger his memories. You are going to go protect your various towns and cities." She told them before turning her back and walking away, clearly showing her dismissal of them. Jinx walked behind her, protesting,

"You can't leave me behind again! Last time was a fluke! What's the odd's that it's ever going to happen again?"

"I'll call you when I find him." She walked through the wall, emerging on the other side without breaking her long stride. The Titans scrambled to their feet and pursued the two sisters.

"He's my brother too, you know!"

Nightshade turned to look at Jinx, an unfamiliar coldness filling her lavender gaze, "I'm quite aware of your affiliation, Jinx. You're not going. Last time was not a 'fluke', we were attacked and you were nearly killed. If it weren't for Connor's teleportation, you wouldn't be here now with your lovely ragtag group of rejected sidekicks. Now, I have something important to do- if you follow me and get attacked, you'll have to fend for yourself. Connor and I won't be there to help you. Good thing you've got a new family, huh?"

Jinx stood there, shock freezing her feet to the carpeted floor, and could only watch as her sister walked out on her, for the second time, and after she had just found her! She merely stood, not hearing or seeing anything other than the repeated images and sounds of Nightshade's stinging words and her walking out the front door.

Someone shook her shoulder, "Jinx." Kid Flash looked down at her, worry shimmering in his blue eyes. I stared at him blankly. It was one thing to be teased and bullied and hated, but to have to be teased and bullied and hated without Nightshade…

A distant memory pushed it's way to the surface, one of Nightshade promising that she and Connor would never leave me.

I felt my heart break right then- tiny fragments dropping down to my feet and resting on the deep red and purple carpet. Why would she do that? Nightshade never does things like that…

Jinx suddenly growled angrily, her pink cat-eyes glowing a vicious pink, "Why that little *censored for your peace of mind*!" she cursed, leaving us all staring at her with wide, saucer-like eyes.

"Uh… Jinxie? You… alright?" I stammered, edging closer to her and laying my hand on her arm.

She snarled again, "She tricked me!"

I blinked, "Uh, tricked you? Didn't she just kinda… disown you?"

She shook her head, "No, she used to do this to Mom and Dad… any of you notice a purple-y looking smoke?"

Beast Boy raised his hand, along with Raven. Beast Boy volunteered, "I smelt something funny, it was like her scent but magnified and… odd. Distracting."

Raven added, "It kinda swirled out for her palm, but it was very thin. Hard to notice. It only surrounded you, anyway."

Jinx nodded, "It's a type of hypnotizing gas, it makes you think and agree with whatever you were saying. I'm partially immune, but only because we're related by blood."

"So, wait, your sister used hypno-mist on you to make you think she hated you so you wouldn't try and help her look?" I interrupted.

She nodded, "Yup."

"…Your family is kinda weird, Jinxie…"

"Yeah, well, we live on the top of a isolated hill surrounded by creepy woods that tend to be bigger on the inside than on the outside, my parents were assassins and pretty much reeked of blood, and some of us have naturally pink or purple hair. What did you expect?"

Next chapter- Green.

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~Songbook12