Titan War
Chapter 10 Wicked Memory
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans. This is just a story for fun.
Kyd helped Red X walk down the hallways of the base. After a few minutes Red X regained his strength and was able to walk on his own. The master thief was thinking about Slade. The criminal mastermind unnerved him. He defeated Red X with ease and he knew his identity. Now Red X was trapped in some kind of secret base, with his only allies being Robin and Kyd.
"How do I keep getting myself into these kind of messes?" Mutter Red X under his breath.
At that moment Red X and and Kyd heard guitar music.
"Well that's certainly something you wouldn't expect to hear in an evil lair." Said Red X.
Kyd nodded in agreement. The two of them decided to go see who was playing the guitar. They made their way down a hallway and came to stop at one if the doors. Red X hit the open button on the keypad. Nothing happened. Red X pushed it again and still nothing happened. Red X got annoyed and banged on the door. The guitar music stopped playing and there was the sound of someone walking to the door. Then the intercom buzzed.
"So I see that Slade captured you Red X. And I see that Kyd Wyykyd is also here." Said Ravager's voice.
"Yep we've been captured, or are we?" Said Red X.
"You look pretty captured to me especially with those wristbands on. Trust me even if you do escape this place your not going to get very far." Said Ravager.
"Well that figures. So were you the one playing the guitar?" Said Red X.
"No that was somebody else." Said Ravager.
"Can we come in?" Asked Red X.
There was no response for a few seconds, then Ravager's voice came back on the intercom.
"Fine you can come in, but no funny business." Said Ravager as the door opened.
Ravager ushered Red X and Kyd in. Jericho sat in a chair strumming his guitar, he looked up at the new arrivals and smiled and waved at them.
"Jericho this is Red X and Kyd Wyykyd." Said Ravager.
Kyd looked at Ravager wondering, how she knew his name. Ravager looked at Kyd.
"I glanced at your file, so I know your name." She said.
Jericho started to play his guitar and everybody watched him. After a few minutes Jericho stopped to take a break.
"Good playing." Said Ravager.
"So what's your story?" Asked Red X.
"What?" Asked Ravager.
"Your story. You two are clearly not being held prison here since you don't have any wristbands on, so your here by your own choice. What gives? You can tell me I can keep a secret." Said Red X.
"It's...complicated." Said Ravager.
"Well why don't you tell us about yourself. Your clearly some kind of ninja, but what about him? I can't see that Slade guy having a use for a guitarist." Said Red X as he pointed at Jericho.
"There's more to Jericho then meets the eye. His a lot tougher then he looks and he has some interesting powers." Said Ravager.
"What kind of powers?" Asked Red X.
"Jericho can transfer his entire being into another through eye contact. He can also look at the memories of whoever his possessing." Said Ravager.
"Your kidding right?" Asked Red X.
"Jericho why don't you demonstrate your powers on Red X." Said Ravager.
Jericho put down his guitar and walked up to Red X.
"You can try, but I don't believe you." Said Red X as he made eye contact with Jericho.
Jericho's eyes glowed green as his entire being went transparent and zipped into Red X's head. The eyes on Red X's mask glowed green. Kyd starred at the now possessed Red X as the master thief picked up a guitar and started to play it.
"So Jericho, what do you see in that head?" Asked Ravager.
"This guy certainly dose have a colorful past. His about committed every theft imaginable. This...is interesting. Apparently Robin made the Red X's suit and this guy stole it." Said Jericho using Red X's voice as he put the guitar down.
"Interesting. Alright you can come out." Said Ravager.
There was a flash of something flying out of Red X's head and Jericho appeared. Red X shook his head as he looked at Jericho.
"Ok I believe you and I never want that to happen again. Ever." Said Red X.
"Told you he could." Said Ravager.
"Hey Kyd Wyykyd let try it on you." Said Red X as he looked at Kyd.
Kyd raised his hands and shook his head no.
"Oh come on don't be a wuss! Oh wait I forgot your mute." Said Red X.
"Jericho can look at his memories and then write them out for us. Come on Kyd Wyykyd it will only be for a couple of minutes." Said Ravager.
Kyd dropped his hands and surrendered, he turned to Jericho and made eye contact. Jericho went transparent and flew into Kyd head. A few seconds latter Kyd's eyes turned green.
"Well he certainly looks different with green eyes." Said Red X.
At that moment the possessed Kyd's face twisted into an absolute look of terror. His hands flew up to his head and he mouth opened to let out a scream, but no noise came out before he fell to the floor shaking.
"What's going on?!" Shouted Red X.
"Jericho is seeing a terrible memory!" Cried Ravager as she knelt down next to the possessed Kyd. "Jericho you have to get out of there!"
Inside Kyd's subconscious, Jericho was seeing an early memory of Kyd Wyykyd's childhood. A young boy about twelve years old with pale skin and red eyes wearing a black karate outfit was practicing throwing punches and kicks, while an older women with long black hair wearing a black karate outfit watched him. They were in a large dojo.
"Very good Conner, your improving." Said the women.
"Thanks mom." The boy with a smile.
At that moment there was a knock at the door. The women went to open it. A man with dark hair and wearing a business suit strolled in followed by a women in a business suit carrying a briefcase.
"Hello Catharine. Hello Conner." Smiled the men.
Connor stepped away from the men. Catharine stepped in front of Connor and glared at the man.
"What do you want Collin?" She demanded with a glare.
"What can't a husband drop by to check on his wife and child?" Asked Collin.
"Oh please, you've hardly seen Connor since he was born. Your ashamed of his appearance!" Snarled Catharine.
"Oh Connor's appearance had nothing to do with me not being in his life. I had some other matters to attend to. Now I have some papers for you to sign." Said Connor as the women behind him handed Catharine some papers.
"These are custody papers...saying I'll hand Connor over to you! I will do no such thing!" Snarled Catharine as she tore the papers up.
"I was hopping to handle this nonviolently. All you had to do was sign the paper. Now I have to use force." Said Collin with a twisted grin.
Connor and Catharine watched as Collin and the women started to change form. Gone were the humans and in their place were two evil looking figures with horns and armor.
"What...are you?" Asked Catharine.
"I suppose I might as well tell you. I am Lord Satanus and this is my sister Blaze. You my dear were chosen for a special project of ours. We wanted to create a hybrid warrior to be our servant. You were selected because of your great skills in combat. Imagine a being with the skills of a well trained warrior, such as yourself and the magic of a demon. It would be glorious!" Said Satanus.
"You married me and had a son simply to create a servant? You devil! Do you not care for Connor at all?" Snarled Catharine as she took a fighting stance.
"Son is such a useless term. He is a tool, who I will use for my own purposes. I will take him and train him turning him into a weapon that will do my biding. So I suggest you step aside if you want to live. I always get what I want and nobody will stand in my way." Said Satanus as he pulled a sword out and stepped towards Catherine and Connor.
"Connor get out of here!" Ordered Catherine.
"But mom!" Cried Connor.
"Just do it!" Shouted Catherine.
Connor turned to run, but a wall of flames popped up blocking his retreat.
"We won't be having any of that." Said Blaze with a wicked grin.
Catherine charged at Satanus, who swung his sword at her, but she ducked the blow and delivered a few palm strikes to his chest. Satanus didn't even budge from the blows, he just grinned and laughed.
"You are indeed a great warrior, but your are still a human and a human will always be weak!" Said Satanus as he shot his hand out, grabbed Catherine by the throat, and lifted her up. "I believe it's time to say goodbye!" He said as he rammed his sword into Catherine's chest!
Satanus dropped Catherine to the floor. Connor ran over to her crying.
"Mom! Mom!" He cried as he reached and knelt down next to her.
"Connor...my precious son...I...love...you. Don't...let yourself...be...turned...into a weapon...for them." Gasped Catherine.
"I won't...mom!" Cried Connor as he hugged his mom close to him.
Catherine gave a weak smile as the life faded from her eyes. Connor broke down sobbing. Satanus looked down at the weeping child annoyed.
"Quit your useless crying! I have no use for someone with such a useless emotion!" Ordered Satanus.
Connor got up and glared at Satanus.
"I'm...not your slave!" He shouted.
"Such insolences. I will not have you talk to me like that. Better yet why don't I remove your voice completely!" Said Satanus as he raised his hand and clenched his fist.
Connor let out a weak scream clutching his throat as he fell to the ground. The pain Connor was experiencing was horrible! Then it finally stopped. Connor opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. A look of horror appeared on his face.
"There much better. A huge improvement. I don't need a tool that talks back." Said Satanus.
"Come brother we need to return to our own realm." Said Blaze.
Before anything else could happen there was the sound of thunder and a blinding flash in the dojo blinding everyone. When the light faded a tall man with a white beard and long white robe appeared. A look of fear crossed Satanus and Blaze's eyes.
"Shazam." Said Satanus.
"Satanus. Blaze." Said Shazam.
"What are you doing here?" Demanded Blaze.
"I've been watching you both over the centuries. You have both committed many atrocities against the people of this world and I will no longer stand aside and watch you continue. I will banish you both to your realm and you will stay there." Said Shazam.
"I will let you do no such thing father!" Shouted Satanus as he fired a fireball at Shazam.
"Then so be it!" Shouted Shazam as he deflected the fireball away with a blast of mystical lighting.
"Blaze get the boy. I'll handle father." Said Satanus as he pulled his sword out and charged forward to do battle.
Connor got to his feet and ran to another room.
"You can't run from me boy!" Shouted Blaze as she glided after him.
Connor ran into a coat closet and hid in there. He could hear Blaze approaching the coat closet and then she blasted the door to bits. Blaze came into the closet with an evil grin across her face.
"Now your coming with me!" She said as she charged forward her claws out stretched.
Connor bumped into the back of the closet and a coat fell on him. In desperation he swung the coat in front of him at Blaze. The coat cover Connor as he wished to be away from Blaze. There was a strange cold feeling as Connor found himself in the local park several miles away from the dojo. Connor looked down at himself confused not sure what happened. But two things he was sure of, he no longer had a family he could rely on and that he wasn't completely human. Connor wrapped the jacket around himself as he walked away shivering in fear.
Though this memory was long Jericho saw the whole thing in just a few seconds. After a couple of minutes in Kyd's body he flew out and landed on the floor shaking slightly.
"Jericho are you alright?!" Cried Ravager as he knelt next to him.
Jericho nodded as his body shacked a little. Ravager turned to glare at Kyd Wyykyd, who had an apologetic look on his face.
"Just...get out of here." Said Ravager with a glare.
Kyd nodded as he slowly walked out of the room.
"You to X." Said Ravager.
"Fine." Muttered Red X as he left the room.
Jericho stood up and grabbed a pencil and some paper. He then wrote something and handed it to Ravager.
"What happened in there wasn't Kyd's fault. I saw a very bad memory of his. He had it pretty rough, his father was a demon that brutally murdered his mother and was going to use him as a tool. Kyd resisted him, so his father took away his voice as punishment." Read Ravager.
A look of shock and understanding appeared on her face. She felt bad for the guy. Ravager and Jericho shared a look. Both thinking the same thing.
"Father what are you planning to use Kyd for?"
To be continued.