The Final Countdown by Eve-the-Charlotte
Pairings: Several mentioned, including Francis/Virgil, Ebon/Shiv, and Specs/Trapper.
The idea came to me after reading a few books about demons, nuclear holocaust, and things like that. Hope it's to people's liking. Read on.
It was the final countdown, their last chance, after so much death and destruction. Only six of Dakota's residents were left alive, and two of them were in too critical of condition to fight. Virgil "Static" Hawkins, Scott "Shiv" Gummer, Matthias "Specs" Noble, and Maria "Aquamaria" Fernandez would have to make do with their rag-tag team and what power they had left.
So many of their comrades had died in front of their very eyes. The cause of their deaths rooted at one being: Trigon, a vengeful demon who wished, since he couldn't rule Hell, to destroy Earth instead. He had attempted this once before, but was stopped by the Teen Titans, a group of teenage heroes at that time, long since disbanded in this one. He then attempted to try in a new place, Dakota City, a festering boil of a cesspool eighty miles west of Gotham City. There, he succeeded. And, one by one, they all fell down.
Maggie Foley was the first to die. She had just finished filling out her divorce papers, the thing that would finally end her time as the unhappiest wife in the world, married to one of the world's biggest homophobic racist assholes on the face of the planet. She just uttered her shout of glee when the library she was at crumbled as the portal opened, the thing that let Trigon in this plane of existence. Maggie suffocated under the rubble, unable to get enough air.
Adam Evans was next. He had just kissed his secret lover good-bye when Trigon crushed him with his foot.
Maureen Collins drowned when Trigon threw her into a lake, as she was unable to swim.
Ferret died when a gas line burst under his feet from Trigon's weight.
Gear burned to death when Trigon unleashed a burst of flame at him.
Talon suffered before death came knocking. Trigon had cruelly plucked out her feathers before smashing her into the ground with his fist.
Daisy and Frieda died together, in each other's arms, when a building fell on top of them.
Francis Stone shared one last night together with Virgil before Trigon ripped him to pieces with a concussive blast.
Sharon was killed when her car went careening out of control when Trigon swatted at it like an irritating gnat.
So many others died also, some slowly, some quickly, all with at least a degree of pain. Every living thing in Dakota died within a week, with the exception of six people and a single rose. It was the final countdown next, the last fight, the last stand, their last chance, at retribution, at vengeance, at avenging every living soul in Dakota that had died.
They would win, they would have to. It was the final countdown.
That was interesting to write. I think I read too much sometimes. Anyways, read and review and, hopefully, you enjoy it.
Word count according to Microsoft Word 2007: 528.