A/N: I just realized that I never actually described what the characters looked like...

Oops.

Well, I'd like to rectify that.

Nature: As Nature, she's barefoot, with green vines growing up her arms, she has a short, blueish-green cape, tan shirt with a brown four pointed star, and a long green skirt. she has dark-ish skin, brown hair with a tan streak, and purple eyes. at her waist is a dark brown belt, and in her hair is a dark green headband. As Kathy, you can usually see her in jeans and a hoodie pulled back to the elbows in her time, and a more varied and pastel version of her costume minus the headband, barefootedness, cape, vines, and belt. her eyes are actually brown, and her hair is plain dark brown, though it is gray here in modern times.

Terra: I know the Teen Titan's fans really hate me for the name, but I honesty didn't know about Tara Markov when I created Willow Heart. As such, their costumes have pretty much NO similarities AT ALL. You see, Willow has tan skin, light brown hair and green eyes. As Willow, she wears it long, wild, and free while as Terra it is done up in little braids and tied behind her, and some of these braids are green. Her superhero costume is a long, dark green dress with equally long slits down the sides. On her hands are brown fingerless gloves, on her face is a distracting image of a green butterfly, and on her chest is a tan four pointed star. she has boots that match her dress, and underneath she has patterns on her legs etched in dirt. Some people wonder if there's even underwear under there. There is. As Willow, you'll usually see her in a burnt yellow pantsuit with a green shirt underneath.

Crystal: As Vision, she wore a white dress with pink gloves, high-heeled boots, and short jacket thing. The jacket and boots were edged with silver. she has a pink belt with a strange portal in the center which she uses to draw her weapons, a pair of twin daggers and special crystals she can make. on her face is, basically, a reverse domino mask with white outside and black lenses. on her bellybutton is a stylish V. She wears her long black hair down, and straight. As Crystal, she wears a sleeveless blue leotard which is a sunny day's sky blue on top, but a blue as dark as night on bottom. Her belt is silver, still with the portal, and she has long, black boots which are practically the opposite of her pair of short, silver gloves. She keeps the reverse domino mask, paints her lips blood red, and wears her hair in the same style as her mentors only with bluish, silver braids streaked throughout the mass of black. Normally, she wears her hair in a low ponytail, and all her clothes are black and white and grey. she wears contacts that make her eyes look blue, but really, her eyes faded to grey.

Desert: As Sun, she wears pure black, except for her pink bag at her waist, a domino mask, and short, loose brown hair. As Vision, she grows her hair out and dies it to look closer to Crystal, but changes the mask to a pink domino, replaces Crystal's belt with a black version of the one she wore as Sun, moved the V up to her chest, replaced the silver in her jacket and boots with black, and swapped the dress for a leotard. A Desert, she looked like the cover image, black boots, shorts, gloves, and eight pointed star, sandy leotard with black-lensed cowl attached, tan sleeves with black, easily removable gloves, and red streaks on one of her costumes arms, two, to be precise. Her lips are painted black, and her hair is back to being brown, with a hardly noticeable black streak. As Ree, she initially wore a black jacket, fiery shirts, and black leggings with leather boots, but after the events seen here and in previous chapters, she started wearing black shirts and short, tan jean shorts, sandy colored leather boots, and a red leather jacket, an evil smirk gracing her ruby red lips...

Anyway, enjoy!

Willow couldn't believe it…

Ree was alive!

It shouldn't have been possible, she was in there when the bomb went off…

But she knew, so she found a way…

So why was she crying?

Oh.

Ohhhh.

Her goal wasn't to get herself out of this alive, was it?

It was to get Jason.

The body she lay over. Ree was hurt, exhausted, and that was all she cared about.

She came on a trip, knowing she would probably die, to save her best friend, and she failed. This could very well make Willow's daughter break, maybe even Pop.

Oh god, it had!

Ree's mask was black. The edges of her boots were as well. Her pants and jacket were red, and her leotard was silver. Even the lenses of her mask, previously black were red. No! This couldn't be!

"I'll kill that clown if it's the last thing I ever fucking do."

No…

)\/V(

"Take me to Winter. As a Dark Wilt, it is my right to become a Stone."

"Very well, Terra stays here."

"Bu-"

"Okay. Lead the way."

Willow didn't know what happened, and she didn't want to know, but she knew that she lost her daughter to darkness when a Vision with the wrong colors left with Spring, and Desert came out, eyes twisting and turning and made of sand.

"It worked. I'm in control, and can live a normal life if I wish..."

Willow dared to hope, but knew better.

"But I don't."

)\/V(

The United Nations Plaza. Bruce said that the Joker would be here. Willow just hoped that she could to Ree from killing the Jo-

"Batman! Terra! Vision!"

What was Clark doing here?

"The state department asked me to stop by," Clark said. Then he paused, looking away from them. Willow wondered what was so hard to say.

"Iran has a new ambassador showing up to the U.N. today. They checked it and it was all Legitimate and-"

"Is it the Joker?"

Clark's silence was clearly all the answer that Ree needed. She glared fiercely at him.

"The police can't touch him, and neither can you. If we don't go along with this, it could cause an international incident. Is one life worth ma-"

Then Bruce punched him. Clark rolled with it, but Bruce still ended up hurting his hand.

"I think I broke knuckle."

"No, just badly bruised. You're lucky I-"

Ree had heard enough.

"When does he arrive, .Superman.?" she asked with a frown.

"That's him right now."

"Now isn't this just touching? My old pals, Superham and Batpest are here to congratulate me! And is that Birdboy's little friend? Shouldn't you be on bed rest? I'm so sorry for your loss. Yes, I am the new Iran ambassador to the U.N."

Willow had had enough. She was heading back to her hotel and staying there until she had to go to the general assembly tomorrow.

)\/V(

"They can't do a thing. The clown was obviously hired to kill everyone, and noone can stop him."

Those were Ree's words when she returned to the hotel room. Willow knew that she had more plans, but didn't want to ask what.

"I'm going back out to fuck with the clown. I have a feeling I won't be the only one."

At least she wasn't starting a war.

Would this have been her if Ree hadn't survived?

That was not a possibility she wanted to think about.

)\/V(

The General Assembly. The group that Joker plans to kill. The people in charge ordered that Willow, Bruce, and especially Ree do nothing.

So she won't.

But she knew that Ree would kill Joker first chance she got.

She couldn't let her daughter fall like that.

Not when she still had a chance.

So, when Joker sprung his plan, she was ready.

"Say goodnight, Gracie!"

A lethal dose of laughing gas. As soon as she knew that the civilians were safe (thank .god. Fo Clark), she got out of there, ignoring the sound of bombs behind her.

She had to save her daughter.

)\/V(

There he was! On the that helicopter! Clark or Bruce must not have been able to stop him! She watched Ree jump on the helicopter, Bruce following a moment later.

Then the Joker's men shot at him, and both Ree's and Bruce's hero instinct activated, apparently. They moved in front of him, saving him.

During that moment, if you looked, you could see a Ree's beautiful, green eyes, then it spread to her irises, once again white.

Her hair once again was brown. She was saved.

Vision was gone, gone for good…

But there was still hope!

That's when she realizes another bullet killed the pilot. She panicked and watched, Ree, Bruce, and the thugs jump out of the Helicopter.

She couldn't see the Joker.

)\/V(

When she got to the docks, she saw Clark setting Ree and Bruce down. Bruce was angry, ordering the police to find the Joker's body.

But she could tell, just at a glance.

The Joker was alive.

)\/V(

Willow stared at the note in her hand. the obvious fake still lying on the bed.

Willow, Kathy, and Jess,

I'm sorry about the suddenness of my leaving, but you wouldn't want a Dark hanging around anyway now would you? I can't stay here. This place is too full of memories. Jason... Robin...

Times when being a superhero was about redemption, and hope...

I'm going off to wait for the very thing I hoped to stop. The loss is bad, but the return...

I'm sorry, I have to do this. I will return some day, I promise.

Until then, goodbye.

-Ree

The fake said some bullshit story about finding herself upon her best friends death. Willow only skimmed it.

Still, she had to wonder...

What was her daughter waiting for?