Chapter 9: Consumed by Evil

Woo hoo! Chapter 9! I'm gettin' somewhere now! It's all because of summer! I love SUMMER! Okay, in case you've been wondering for a while why my fic is rated R, this would probably begin as to why. Because everything from before wasn't all that bad. The most I got out of those were probably just a little bit violent scenes...well, now it gets better(I hope)! There may be some-what of a hentai scene, so if you don't wanna read, that, SKIP over it, because I think you would get the idea, and know why it's happening! And for the people who have been keeping track as to what has been happening, you're probably thinking that Terry being all mad again...he's going to go off and do something stupid....yet again. Well, the reason I did it twice is because the first time, when we see him in that depression, he feels like he is being tortured inside, for not being able to not only save Dawn, but his father as well. It was a matter of repetition I guess. And just when you think that he was going to stay on the good side, it happens again. I don't remember if I had mentioned it earlier in the fic, but I remember writing something about it(I'm too lazy to look it up); Terry told Bruce and co. that whatever side Dawn would have been on, he would have guarded her not matter what. So, now that Dawn is taken, he's assuming that Zio would use some kind of mind-control on her. I mean, it's almost always expected for the good guy to have some kind of problem and then get back on track. But since Batman is supposed to be some dark hero, it goes well...I mean, Bruce can't be the only one that had the dark problems. But to have Terry switch sides WILLINGLY is kinda something that not really anyone would expect. And...there it goes...^-^


I can't seem to win in any situation I have been in with them, Terry thought as he walked out of the manor. I can't be the hero AND protect Dawn at the same time. It had to be one or the other. It's not like I could have them both ways. I might as well choose a side that has more benefits. I can't keep struggling with this.

"Zio...." Terry called out. "I know you can hear me wherever I am....And I want you to know that I'm ready to join with you...I want to join and be apart of everything...."

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"H, he left!" Max said. "Now what are we going to do?"

"We have to get his ass back here!" Julie replied angrily. "And I'm going to tolerate losing someone else!" She ran over to the door and opened it up to find that Terry was just beginning to disappear. She ran towards him, reaching out her hand to him. "TERRY!!!!" She shouted as he faded away slowly. She tried to grab hold of him, but she wasn't able to hold him, since he was barely visible. When Terry had completely disappeared, Julie remained in shock, and she fell to her knees. Bruce and Max came out of the house to see that Julie was sitting there, hearing her devastated cries.

"He's gone." She said in her low tone. "Zio took him. And I know he was willing to go...."

"Zio took him??" Bruce asked.

"But why would Terry just let Zio take him?" Max asked.

"Why wouldn't he?" Julie asked. "Terry knew that Dawn was there, and wherever Dawn is, he would be there to protect her. But by now, Zio has Dawn under his control, and Terry will be next."

"Is this....really the end for us?" Max asked.

"No! It's not the end!" Julie snapped. "I'm going to try to bring them both back to us."

"And how will you do that?" Bruce asked sternly, crossing his arms. Julie then looked down at the ground.

"I...I don't know."

"Exactly. You don't know." Bruce said. "You have no idea where Zio is at this point, and right now, it's far beyond your reach as far as knowledge goes."

"I never said it was going to be easy!" Julie said. "All I care about at this point is to bring back my best friends and then stop these jerks from causing anymore pain to anyone. They took away many lives and Gotham is expecting its heroes to come and rescue it since it's in distress...and look where they are. Two are gone, and the only one left is me. But it's not like I'm not going to try, because I still want to see Gotham standing after this war.....I may not have as strong abilities as Terry or Dawn, but I still have some tricks up my sleeve. This Ice Queen isn't going to back down because her partners are gone. I fought many battles by myself in the past, and it's not like I became dependent on them....because I didn't. If I fight, I'll fight it alone."

"That's stupid. You know you don't stand a chance against them." Bruce said.

"Who else is there?" Julie asked.

"That's not fighting with honor, that's just fighting foolishly. Going in a battle that you know that you can't win is completely pointless!" Bruce explained.

"But why would you want to?" Max asked.

"Terry and Dawn have done a lot for me in the past, especially when I first came to Gotham. They helped me when I needed a lot of help. I'm simply returning the favor. Besides...It's not like I have anything else to lose..." Julie said as she lowered her head. She then stood up and looked at Max and Bruce. "The world may soon end because of Zio. When I fight him, I'll at least hold off the destruction as long as I can. I'm the last bit of Gotham's hope it has, and if I die, I'll be dying in battle; as a warrior...." They stared at each other with serious expressions, not able to say another word to each other.

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Terry arrived in Zio's fortress, unaware of what was going to happen. The room was dark, and it seemed rather bare, making him feel a little bit uncomfortable. What is it about this room that makes me feel like it's unwelcomed? Terry thought. It's not hot nor cold, and there isn't any real scent filling the room.

"So, it seems that you decided to come over to the better side, Terrence," A voice said. Terry looked around and saw nothing. Then Zio had came out of nowhere from behind him. "A very wise decision, I must say."

"Where's Dawn?" Terry asked.

"She's around." Zio replied. "You still care for her?"

"Of course I do." Terry answered. "If you plan on putting me under some kind of mind-control like you do with your other puppets, to make sure that they don't decieve you, then do it. I just ask one request of you."

"Anything." Zio replied.

"I want you to have me protect Dawn. A knight if you would call it that."

"You realize Dawn has become my most powerful asset? She's going to be my power source for everything. My sorceress is going to be helping me in the eratication of this world. You'd be taking on a big responsibility protecting her. With anyone that would want to go up against me, they would have to make it through Dawn first, and I'd hate to see anything happen to her."

"Nothing will happen to her as long as I'm protecting her." Terry said.

"Even if one of your little troops decides to try to stop her?"

"They mean nothing to me...." Terry replied. "Julie is the only one that is capable of fighting at this point. So if she tries to come for the two of us, she knows she won't stand against me."

"Very well then, Terrence. You will have your wish." Zio smiled. "However, there is one favor I ask of you...I want you to sleep with Dawn.... to implant this seed inside of her once I have you under control. The chances may be small to impregnate her, but I want you to at least try to. It is very important for this to happen."

"I understand." Terry said. Zio then put his hand on his head, and began to use his power to infuse Terry with full mind control. Terry stood there motionless, able to accept the duties he was going to be doing.

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"It's hopeless...." Bruce said as he checked his computers for possible locations for Zio's place. "To pinpoint his exact location is going to be finding a needle in a haystack."

"Keep trying, Bruce. I know you have more tricks in that thick-headed skull of yours...." Julie replied, while she paced. Bruce frowned at the comment, but before he could say anything, Max butted in.

"You know, I'd shut up that mouth if I were you." She told Julie. "I don't see you looking for it...."

"Sorry...I'm just stressed out right now."

"We all are." Bruce said. "You're not the only one."

"I know, I know." Julie sighed. "If only I had the power to visualize where the fortress is, just by tapping into their thoughts just like Dawn could, then we'd know where they were..."

"Great....Fantastic....Just one of your disabilities that prove uselessness to us." Bruce remarked as he continued to search.

"...What was that you said, Bruce??" Julie asked, grinding her fist into her palm, becoming a tad bit irritated.

"That's enough, Julie. Just keep your cool, okay? The last thing we need is an arguement." Max said, pushing Julie away from Bruce. Julie glanced at Bruce and then turned to the stern-faced Max. She dropped her guard and sat down.

"I just hope nothing bad happens to them." Julie said, crossing her arms. "With the fact that they're probably at Zio's fortress, gives me an uneasy feeling about things......"

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"Mistress....?" Terry called out when he knocked on the door to her room. He opened the door and found that Dawn was looking at a window with her backed turned to him. Terry walked in, and closed the door after him. He then went over to Dawn and finally was able to get her attention to move over to him. "Do you know about....what Zio wants?"

"Yes.....I know what he wants....." Dawn said as she lowered her head. "And I am ready for it......are you?" Terry nodded his head slowly.

"All right." She said. Dawn then used her magic, to make her clothes disappear from her body and she walked closer to Terry. He took off his shirt, and finally his pants. He led her over to the bed that was nearby and then gently laid Dawn down, where he was able to get on top of her. Terry slowly kissed her on the neck while he felt her breasts. He moved downwards, still kissing, and finally moved down to her legs.

As close as they were in bed, it seemed that they were world's apart in their minds. Neither of them were able to think of their true thoughts of each other, and be aware of the things that they were doing. Both of those factors seemed to be taken out of the equation completely.

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"Father....!" Midnight said, feeling shocked. "I can't believe you let Dawn become the carrier....! And by Terry no less!"

"Dawn is the strongest of the two of you. I wanted the stronger one for when the child comes into the world. He or she will continue on the ancient lines, and he would become our most valuable ally. He might even end up stronger than Dawn. That's what usually happens when the ancient mother gives birth to a newborn."

"But father! I am just as strong as Dawn! Ten times more stronger than she is!"

"We've gone through this before, Midnight. You may have proved you had some strength against her in your battle with her, but in the long run, she would be able to crush you in a single blow....that was what I was afraid of seeing if she had ever reached her full potential. Now that we have her under control, it seems we do not have to worry about such an attack. If she would reach her potential, she would crush anyone that would go against us. Not only that, but adding my power onto hers, makes her the most powerful being alive, beside me and Eagle."

"So what am I now?? Chopped-liver??"

"Midnight, you are still apart of this. I never said that you couldn't do anything useful."

"I feel like you're playing me as a servant!"

"Midnight! That's enough. I'm losing patience, my authority is absolute, and I won't tolerate these remarks coming from you. You will follow orders as directed. I hope that's clear. You will just be on standby along with the rest of the other soldiers...." Midnight scolded under her breath, becoming more frustrated with all the things that were going on around her. Damn that girl..........She thought to herself. She may be my sister, but everything is going to only her. If she thinks that she can take my place, she's gotta 'nother thing comin', Midnight thought to herself. That bitch isn't going to take anything that's mine away.

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Dawn was sleeping ontop of Terry's chest, silence was in the room, and the most sound you could hear would be the wind from the outside, blowing the drapes gently. Just then, there was a knock on the door. Terry's eyes slowly opened up, and once he heard the knock become consistant, He slowly got out of bed, setting Dawn away from him so she wouldn't wake up. He put his pair of pants back on and went to go open the door. Once he did, he found two soldiers that were waiting for him.

"Terrence...?" One of them asked.

"Yes?" He replied.

"Lord Zio asks for your presence at his room." The other said. "He said he needed to put you on another assignment."

"An assignment?" Terry repeated. "Tell him I'll be down there as soon as possible."

"Good." Both soldiers left when Terry closed the door. He turned around to find that Dawn was still sleeping peacefully. He walked over to the bed and picked up his shirt to put on. He sat on the side of the bed that Dawn was on and leaned over to kiss her on the cheek, lightly brushing his lips against her. And with that, he set out of the room, and went to Zio's. Once he had got there, he was surrounded only in darkness, not able to see a thing. Then he noticed that there was a light figure coming out of the dark, showing that it was Zio.

"Very good of you to come here, Terrence." He grinned. "I assume that the project was a success."

"Yes, it was." Terry replied.

"Good. I'm putting you on another assignment." Zio said. "Now that your task with Lady Dawn has been fufilled, I want you to do another thing for me."

"What is it that you need me to do?"

"I want you to go back to Wayne Manor and to finish off the rest of your former partners.....I know they may not be much of trouble, but it's better to pull the plug on them early than not at all."

"You want me to...destroy them?" Terry asked.

"Of course. Unless...there's going to be some kind of complication."

"No, there won't be any complications at all. I can handle it, no problem." Terry said.

"Good. I expect a lot out of you, Terrence. I think that you already understand that you can't fail...Because I, for the most part, won't tolerate any kind of failure."

"I understand that perfectly, Lord Zio." Terry said as he lowered his head.

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Julie was pacing back and forth, not able to once stop for anything. She was becoming irritated with Bruce not able to come up with anything yet as to where Zio was. Her pacing was making loud, disturbing noises with her feet and both Max and Bruce get a little bit angry, but they said nothing. Julie's pacing continued, and it finally came to the point where it was beyond annoying.

"Would you CUT that OUT?! You're being annoying!" Bruce said.

"Well, I can't sit still!!" Julie said.

"You're going to have to if you want to know where Zio is. Bruce is very close to figuring it out, so it would be nice if you sat down and didn't make anymore annoying sounds!" Max explained. Just then, "Intruder" came up on the computer right before there eyes, and then was followed by hearing a loud explosion.

"Wh-what was that??" Max asked.

"It must be Zio's minions or something! They're gonna try to tear this place down!" Julie said. "I'm gonna try to get them out of here!" She ran up the stairs that led back into the manor and closed the clock door behind her. When she turned around to look at what was going on, she could see that Terry was right in her face. She stepped back in surprise.

"(gasp) Terry, you scared me! What-!" She asked but all of a sudden, Terry slapped her hard, and she fell to the ground. Julie looked up at him and noticed that his face looked completely different to what he normally would look like.

"What the heck was that for?!" Julie asked, holding onto her cheek.

"Just be quiet..." Terry said in a cold tone. "I'm gonna make this easier for you...instead of being killed by Lord Zio, I'll be your destroyer..."

"Wh-WHAT??" Julie asked. Terry took her by the hand and threw her to the other side of the room. Julie was thrown so far that she even went through the window. Max came up from behind him and hit him with a chair. Terry barely felt it, and he turned around to her, to see that now she seemed frightened. He then back-handed her in the face, and Max fell backwards to the clock. Just then, ice began to shoot out from the side of him. He quickly moved away and turned around to find that Julie was holding her hand out to him.

"I don't know what Zio did to you, but I won't let you hurt anyone. I don't want to have to hurt you and be your enemy...." She said.

"Well, it may matter to you, but I could care less..." Terry grinned and charged at her. He began to punch in a vicious manner, while Julie continued to block. Terry seemed much stronger than he ever was before. Before she knew it, she saw a cane go around Terry's neck. She looked behind him to find that it was Bruce trying to hold Terry back. Terry then elbowed Bruce in the stomach, took him by the arm, and then threw him at Julie. Both of them fell to the ground, and they quickly moved out of the way when Terry tried to attack. Julie wanted to use her magic on him, but it just made it hard, seeing that he used to be her friend. It was just too hard. She got up and then ran out of the house to have Terry follow her out. Terry ran after her, as she had planned, but then he tackled her from behind and pushed her into the ground. She hit her face first, sliding across the area of dirt. Julie tried to get up, but then she was just pushed back in even further.

"Face it, Julie. You're too weak to go up against me...so if you want to go face Zio, you're gonna have to beat me first." Terry smiled.

"...And you actually think you have a chance?" Julie asked. She took him by the hand and flew him over to the side so she could get up. "You wanna a REAL fight, Terry? Then come follow me...we'll settle this." She said an she created an ice pathway that led straight up to the roof of the manor. She slid right up as she created the path and waited for Terry to come up. He looked up at her and used his powers to float up, not having to worry about climbing ice. Terry then used his powers to break the ice away from the manor, for no apparent reason

"I have to admit it, Julie..." He said as he finally got on top of the roof. "You definitely have guts to take me on. However, guts isn't what's going to help you win this battle."

"You talk too much, Terry..." Julie grinned. Terry once again charged at her, throwing punch after punch. Julie continued to block as much as she can and when she noticed that there was an opening, she elbowed him in the side. Terry walked backwards, holding onto his side in pain. Julie remained in her fighting stance, not once letting her guard down. The pain had finally stopped, and he threw a roundhouse to her face. She flipped in a rotation, hitting the ground pretty hard. Owww....She thought. That's gonna hurt my ass for a while....

"Already down?" Terry asked. "I thought you to be fighting for a little bit longer, but I guess you're weaker than expected." Julie looked up at him with a scolding anger flaring. She used her ice magic and completely froze his feet to the roof.

"I'm stronger than you think." She said slowly. "You left me no choice than to freeze you down...So now, I want some answers!"

"You think a little bit of ice is gonna stop me?" Terry said. He used his powers and the ice melted away quickly. Uh...That can't be good...Julie thought to herself. This is making it very difficult, now that Ter has magic....but when was he ever able to learn magic? I don't recall him ever trying to learn....She threw ice rods at him, to prevent him from walking towards her, but he continued to walk towards her. Julie walked backwards, but all of a sudden, her foot slipped, and she fell backwards off the roof. When Terry noticed this, he became shocked and then went after her. he dove off the roof and opened up his wings. Catching her by the hand, he flew back up. Terry....saved me? Julie thought. She then noticed something different. His wings...they weren't the normal color white that she has seen them as before. Instead, they were a pure black. Once he got back on top, he threw her onto the ground.

"...Terry....? You saved me.." Julie said.

"Feh...I was just keeping you alive so I could have the pleasure of killing you, instead of you, being the clutz that you can be, fall to a boring death of hitting the rocks below." Terry responded.

"Oh really? If you weren't really the Terry I knew, then you wouldn't have even bothered to come and get me. Your mission would have been successful." Terry's anger began to build and suddenly, without moving a muscle, he split the ground in have, causing a lot of damage coming Julie's way. The erosion was massive, and made it almost impossible to get out of the way from. She quickly moved out of the way, but accidentally landed on her ankle since she wasn't on her full balance.

"Like I said earlier, that Terry that you knew is dead. He is no longer among us, and I am what's left of him...his dark half. Thanks to Lord Zio, I was able to embrace his better half and completely eliminate is bad half."

"No..." Julie said in a low tone. "NO---!!!!!!" She slowly tried to get up, and use her biggest ice attack on him. By doing so, the ice she has used was thrusted at him at maximum speed, and Terry was completely thrown off by it. He was pushed back into the manor, unable to move from the ice that held him captive. Once his arms were frozen to the wall, Julie then iced together his legs from being able to move. She slowly limped over to him and looked him square in the eye, inches away from each other's face.

"I just won't believe that what you say is true." She said in a low tone. "And if you think you can just led me on to think that the Terry that I know is gone, then you have another thing coming-!" Just then, Terry leaned himself in and began to kiss Julie on the lips passionately. She was caught off guard by this, but then she pushed herself away from him and slapped him in the face. He had a grin on his face from ear to ear, and began to chuckle.

"You may have Terry still left inside of you, but that sure as hell wasn't him!" She said, breathing hard. Although I can see why Dawn really likes to kiss him....Julie though. He's VERY good at it...er...That's not what I should be thinking! Think STRAIGHT, MORON!

"Heh..." Terry said, continuing to chuckle.

"Why are you laughing?" Julie asked, using her low, angry tone.

"It's just funny to me to think that no matter how much you try, you know that you're going to be eventually stopped."

"That may be so....But it's not gonna be by you." A voice said and all of a sudden a tranquilizer went straight into Terry's chest, knocking him unconscious. Julie looked around to find that Bruce and Max were behind her.

"It's about time you guys came around..." She said. "What did you guys do to him exactly?"

"We used ad tranquilizer to knock him out....It's going to try to go through his whole body to take off that power that Zio put on him." Bruce explained.

"Is that physically possible?" Julie asked.

"We don't know....but let's just hope it does..."

".....You mean this whole time....you were trying to make this stupid thing while I was getting killed when you coulda HELPED ME?"

"Actually, I made this not too long ago...When Terry decided to go to Zio, I knew that something like this was going to happen."

"AND YOU JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE AN ANTIDOTE??? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT INGREDIANTS TO USE????" Julie asked, becoming a bit annoyed. Max just laughed nervously.

"Now, now...We don't need to worry about all that...What we need to worry about is getting Terry back to himself." She said. "And then we're gonna worry about going to Zio..."

"Yes...Hopefully Terry can tell us where his castle is since he was already there." Bruce said as he looked at the unconscious Terry. "If Terry can remember it, we might be able to save Dawn and take out Zio once and for all."