I've had that wonderful thing called writer's block for awhile and this other wonderful thing called 'end of school'. I also just skimmed through the last few chapters of this fic and realized what a crappy writer I have been and the OOC-ness of several characters, so once again, apologies for that. The only OOC character should be Starfire. As school is now over, I should have much more time to devote to fan fic writing and possibly some editing.
Yeah, Star caught them. Doing what, precisely? Well. . .
The alien princess stared at the two current Titans. Nightwing was too busy making some kind of plan on the inside, so Kor picked up on something he didn't. Starfire didn't look shocked. "Predictable" the former Titan rolled her eyes and clucked her tongue. "You humans can't control your instincts. Which is part of why I fell for you, I suppose" she indicated to Nightwing. "You could".
"What?" Dick demanded, finally speaking. "Star, what the hell are you talking about?"
"My name is Koriand'r" Starfire reminded him. "Princess Koriand'r of Tamaran. Koriand'r of the planet Earth, if you prefer it".
"Again, what the hell are you talking about?" Nightwing asked, grinding his teeth."You're telling me your name-"
"Which is where the story starts" Koriand'r interrupted smoothly. "You attempted to raise the dead. You succeeded. You're in the middle of the Blackest Night you'll ever face and you could not merely get a Black Lantern to revive me?"
Nightwing clenched and ground his teeth. "It wouldn't've worked right".
"Precisely" the word rolled off of the alien's tongue smoothly. Much more smoothly than when she had first joined the Titans. "Slade was right about you" she clucked. That did it. Nightwing snapped.
The three former sidekicks gaped at the screen. Wally took this opportunity to snicker rather loudly.
"What?" his fellow red head demanded, sounding rather perplexed.
"I'm going to be on Dick about this for the rest of his life" the speedster grinned. "What's up with you? Don't tell me you actually wanted to see that?"
Harper shrugged. "I just wonder sometimes how Dick gets all the best girls".
"What do you mean all the 'best girls'?" a female voice snarled. The two male Titans realized at this moment that there was an Amazon in the room with them.
"Well, Donna" her ex started off. "I'm subtly implying that Richard Jonathon Grayson always gets the hottest, sexiest girls in the entire world".
"I'm going to have to agree with that statement, Donna" Wally nodded. "And unlike Roy, I have a girlfriend, so-"
"Even Garth would have to agree with that statement" Roy snickered. "And all of us know what a wall flower Garth is about certain topics". Donna rolled her eyes.
"Raven, Starfire, and plenty of other female superheroes find Garth attractive-"
"They find him physically attractive" Harper interrupted. "They don't really know him. Plus, Don-" Roy, grinning in spite of himself, had to add one last comment. "Weren't you and Dick together at some-"
"Oh, shut up" the black-headed fury snapped. She and the archer Titan both rolled their eyes and turned from each other, arms crossed.
Wally also had one final comment to make. "You do realize that you just called Donna one of the best girls, right?"
"Shut up, Wally" and "Knock it, Flash" rang through the air at the same time.
"What do you mean-'Slade was right about me'?" the original Robin demanded in a hushed, yet harsh tone. His most controlled leader tone. The one that typically made the other Titans roll their eyes and tell him to stop acting so much like Slade and that he needed to go to bed.
"You remind me so much of him" Star coo-ed in a harsh yet playful tone. "You may already have a father, Robin, but Slade has shaped you as much as any other parental figure in your life. As much as your biological father and as much as your adoptive one". She smiled a Starfire smile. A real one, but the expression appeared so. . .wrong on her face. "Did he ever fill out the legal documentation for the adoption agency? He has legally adopted Timothy, has he not? I understand that he has also adopted Jason Todd and Cassandra Cain, but has made no effort to adopt you. You disappointed him, just as you disappoint Slade now".
"What the hell is the matter with you?" the Titans' leader growled. "Star," he started again in a slightly more gentle tone. "I thought you were having some issues over being missing the past year or so, but I think you're really going through some big problems right now. Let us help you."
The alien cocked her head to the side, a twinge of her old naivete evident in her face."No, I do not think so, Richard. I think I will ally myself with greater forces".
And with that said, the alien streaked upwards through the tower and into the city.
The communicators of both Titans immediately went off, the faces of Arsenal, Troia, and Flash appearing on the screens.
"I'm gonna say we have an issue with Deader" Wally stated.
"Call Rae and Vic" Kor replied, rubbing her temple with a single finger. "Deader came back wrong".
Going to work on another one now.
