The power of wind
Ten cold months have passed since the day she was captured, on night of the first full moon. They came in and they trapped her in the room. They said there was something wrong, with her, something terribly wrong...
"Let me out! I'm not crazy I promise!" the half starved teenager pleaded as she spun around the room looking for an escape. The walls were painted white showing all the dirt and filth that lay upon it almost as if it were stuck on with super glue. There was a tiny window across the room that leaked sunlight but it was barely reachable because of the steel bars in front. The maroon coloured door that could have been used for escape was locked shut. She knew it was impossible but still found the hope to keep trying. She scanned the walls for any holes but only found only ones that mice could venture through. Still she tried harder and eventually came upon a loose floor board and pried it up. The door seemed easy enough to break so she took a swing at it; Swish, Thwack. "Hey someone's trying to escape!" Two guards rushed in and put her in straps. "I think she just had another mental breakdown, poor kid" one said as they walked out securing the door.
Before Crystal was forced inside a psychiatric ward, she lived in a small town called Riverton but was all herself since her parents died from a horrible accident. But Crystal didn't want to be a slave to mean Aunt Miriam so she ran away. How did she get into this predicament? Well, this teen has what you would call a special ability (not that it had got her very far) and wanted the whole world to know, but they took that as a sign of being crazy, and the treatment –mental hospital.
As a kid Crystal always knew she was special. She loved being outside so she could feel the wind through her hair and watch the clouds gently float across the sky. She loved rainbow coloured flying kites dancing in the air so much she would even fly them in a storm. The young child would tell her mother with great excitement that she had super powers only to be told that "having an imagination is great but in fact fairytales and comics aren't real".
When she had discovered her powers she knew she was adopted. Crystal was somewhat upset with her parents for never telling her and dreamed about how different her life would be if she wasn't. Her family would fight crime together and take down evil villains like in comic books and TV shows. They would live in a beautiful mansion with roses, lilies, and daffodils blooming in their wonderful garden. It would be perfect. They would be celebrities and heroes, everyone would applause them when they came through the town in an expensive silver porch.
"Maybe I am crazy; I am talking to myself after all, she wept. Maybe this is all a dream and I'm not special ,maybe I have schizophrenia and everything I've felt, heard, saw is a big lie" She clutched onto the sapphire incrusted necklace given to her by her grandmother and held it close as if it were some sort of security blanket. A small gust of wind flew by. She felt the cooling breeze flow through her fingertips somehow showing her that she was wrong. It skipped through the air in a dance, twirling and twisting through the air. Autumn leaves outside picked up and took flight. She spun around and around like a hurricane carrying the dust and dirt off the ground. "It is real" she said with relief and excitement as she fell to the ground.
"There's nothing abnormal about me, you believe me right? I talk, walk and eat the same way as every one else does so why am I here? Didn't do anything! So why anybody won't let me out!" Crystal knew she had to get out somehow. Outraged her brilliant blue eyes started to glow with immense power. "Let me out" she screamed blowing the door right off its hinges. The roof was torn of the house as the building was smashed to pieces by the tremendous tornado that came from inside her. Panicked voices could be heard in the background shouting "tornado! Everybody run!" The huge current of wind blew everyone into its eye. Crystal too was dragged in. She tried to stop the raging beast but she couldn't. Come on focus! She said to herself. She spun around a dozen times a second, thrown and pulled by the mighty wind while trying to concentrate her energy.
"Ok, Ok calm down you can do this" the girl whimpered like a lost puppy. Crystal folded her arms and crossed her legs in meditation. The whorl pool of wind stopped to a halt leaving her floating high in the air not noticing the chaos around her.
Homes were dismantled from as far as a mile away. Dead bodies lay face down on the pavement with bruises all over and blood dripping from ear to ear creating a swimming pool of blood. It would have looked like a scene off a serial killer movie if it weren't for the total destruction of houses, cars and trucks in the area. The sky became light and let the sun fall down on the site although it didn't not make this crime scene any less horrific. Everything fell silent as the city was evacuated in fear of another attack.
Crystal was finally freed of the ward that was her home for the past ten months. She looked around at the dismay she had caused and felt a touch of empathy for those poor people. That feeling was short lived because it was overcome by the joy of being liberated. "Finally out of here" she muttered to herself as she flew away into the distance.
After flying for hours on end the Teen stopped to rest at a sparkling, blue lake that a sphere of light rested on. She glanced at her reflection for the first time in ten months. Her brown hair was wild, messy and UN brushed. Her turquoise blue eyes looked tired and drowsy. The sun was harsh as it beaded down on her skin. It was boiling so she decided to take a dip in the cool, refreshing lake. The air was abundant with life as sparrows glided through the air in a sequence. She striped off her gown letting her skin soak in the gigantic puddle of water. The waters reflection showed what looked like a green animal coming towards her. "What the? She exclaimed turning around. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The ape stood a few meters back and seemed awfully alarmed. "Wait I'm not a beast I'm a human see" the ape protested as he mutated back into his human form. A boy with green skin and the ability to change into different animals stared back at the young girl."AHHHHHH! Turn around! Turn around!" the boy obliged and Crystal dressed her self with incredible speed. "Do you come here to perve on people all the time? Or is it just my lucky day?" Crystal remarked. "Well, um I was actually um never mind, I am Beast Boy of the teen titans" He held out a hand proudly. "Who are the teen titans?" "Only the best crime fighting superheroes ever!" "Then how come I never heard of you?" "Um...?" Beast Boy scratched his head starting to answer, but was interrupted by a black haired girl with a dark expression on her face, "We are busy on a mission beast Boy, and you can perve on girls later." "But I... the boy wined while being dragged far away. "What a weirdo!"
"So Beast Boy who is this girl you were talking to? Is she your girlfriend?" Cyborg teased.
"Uh... yeah sure". So do all your girlfriends call you a pervert? Raven remarked in a sarcastic tone. "Humph" Beast Boy folded his arms and sank into the couch as the others laughed. "I bet you can't beat me at teken 5!" The green titan challenged, changing the subject. "You're on!" Cyborg accepted. "Yes! I won in your face, go Cyborg go Cyborg" he chanted in victory. "Danm! Verse you to an eating contest!"
They raced into the kitchen and stuffed their faces with chips, lolies, pies, ice-cream, tofu you name it until nothing was left but an old slice of pizza underneath the fridge. "First one to eat it wins!" They both reached for the stale food knocking each other out of the way. "Ugh I can't reach. Hey would you move out of the way for a sec?" "You just want it all to your self don't you?" Beast Boy turned into a mouse and slid under. "You wana play that way, fine" In response to his companions use of powers the robotic human blasted the fridge to bits. Grrh! The two teens fought over the pizza like a pack of wild dogs fighting over a piece of stake. "Typical" raven sighed wanting to be in a peaceful and quite place so she could meditate. It was normal for those two to be in constant competition with each other. Robin raced into the room wondering what the racquet was about. "What happened to the fridge??" he said glancing at Beast Boy". "Hey it wasn't my fault this time, honest" he stated trufuly, dropping the food in his mouth. Robin walked out shaking his head, obviously frustrated. "Aww come on!"" how come I always get blamed for everything?" "Because it's always you're fault" raven said in an annoyed tone as she levitated the brush and pan moving it towards him. "Better get started before I force you to." "Aww you're the one with telekinesis why can't you do it". Raven glared at Beast Boy threateningly, her eyes seeping with dark power. "Ok! I'll do it Jeez". Raven retreated back to her meditative state, until she was awoken by BB. "Come one Raven play volley ball with us please?" No" she answered with a firm face." Come out and have some fun". "Fine", Raven approached the net with a strange look on her face. Raven served a mighty blow but instead of hitting the ground she hit him. "Ow! Why did you do that for?" "You told me to have fun". "Oh ha-ha very funny, I should have known. Next time I'm not even going to ask."
Crystal awoke from a refreshing sleep to find her clothes totally soaked from the showers of rain that she slept though without noticing. "Great I'm soaked, awesome-NOT! And with all the trees around me I didn't think to sleep under one. Good thinking (hits head), I must be a genius!" She lifted her self off the ground trying to find a place to dry off. Her stomach grumbled as it was empty because she had brought no food to eat and there was no food near by either. She flew all over the city looking for a job but no one would hirer her a) because she was too young and b) because she looked like a homeless person (which wasn't untrue). She flew miles across town managing to find a few bits and pieces of food that had been discarded and weren't entirely disgusting. She was living the hard life with no home and no money to go to but she was still hopeful that some one would take her in. Suddenly she remembered the other day when she met that weird green guy and what he had said about the so called Teen Titans. "Maybe they can help me if they have powers too? Maybe I can stay there, at least for a while." Far away in the distance she could see a huge tower in the shape of a huge T. The Teen Titans tower lay ahead of her so she decided to pay them a visit.