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Chapter 1:

Two silhouettes sat on the edge of the tallest building over looking Jump City. The first spoke to her brother, without taking her eyes off the city, "Some say the world will end in fire…"

He did not turn to her. "Some say in ice."

"I do not trust this Slade character, brother." She brushed her wavy hair out of her face.

"What choice do we have, sister." His pale blonde hair was longer than hers and appeared white in the moonlight.

"He is evil. Pure evil. We have done many things we are not proud of, brother, but not working for someone like him." She finally looked at him.

"We're mercenaries, Kyra. We don't choose our jobs. We go with the others. We do not question their decisions." He still would not turn his soft green eyes to meet her dark brown ones.

"We're not children anymore, Blake. It's time that we make our own decisions. We're more powerful than they are and they know it. We don't have to do what they want anymore." Blake knew she was right. He wasn't quite ready to risk his life on it yet.

"It's not our place to question." He sighed.

She turned away from him and sighed, "From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice." She would no longer look at him. They had made up their minds and neither would be persuaded other wise.

"Something's up" Robin told the group when they found him sitting in front of the computer screen.

"Robin, nothing is going on." Raven told him, in her monotonous voice.

"Slade's up to something. I can feel it. He's never been this quiet before. Especially since he showed up after being killed." Robin argued.

"Robin, you're imagining things. With you it's all conspiracy theories and all. You know what. You need a break. We all need a break. We are going to go to the fair. It's in town today and my favorite band will be there!" Cyborg yanked Robin out of his chair and dragged him out of the room.

"What is this fair?" Starfire asked as they followed out of the room.

Kyra wandered around the fair grounds blindly. She didn't feel like riding the rides or playing the games. She went there because she knew none of the other would. She studied the people around her. She could never be like these people. She could never be free. She was born into captivity, born into a position of slavery. She should be a queen. A ruler of a magnificent people. But here she was, a highered assassin.

"Nature's first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

The leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief.

So dawn foes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay."

"Is that suppose to be a spell or something?" she heard a boy behind her ask.

She turned to find herself looking into the beautiful eyes of a masked boy. "Uh, no. It's a poem."

"Well whatever it is, it's beautiful. I'm Robin by the way." He held his hand out to her.

"Uh, Kyra." She shook it. Her strength surprised him. It wasn't just that she was strong for a girl, but her grip felt more or less like Cyborg's.

"Are you here alone?"

"You know I shouldn't be here. The others are going to wonder where I am. I should go now." She looked sad. But ran off just the same.

"You've never had that effect on girls before." Beast Boy appeared out of nowhere.

"Yeah I know."

Ten points to the people who can name either of the two poems I wrote into this story or the poet. The poems are in italics and I did not write them. They were written by a famous poet, just for your information.

Plus I love constructive criticism. So please constructively criticize. Or you could just review the story. I'll only keep at it if you'll let me know someone is still reading it. I'm not posting it for my benefit, just to let ya know.