Titans East

Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to DC or Marvel. I own Farrah/Persiana, Lance/Diablos, and Eve Willows.

Chapter 10: Boiling Point

"AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!"

That loud cross between a woman's scream of rage and an animal came from the Titans Training Room. Since meeting her mother, Farrah was horrified and irate. She had been in training since that happened, shredding everything that came her way. She had not even come out to eat or to talk. The other Titans did not want to go in there. Even Wonder Girl, an Amazon warrior, was scared to talk to her friend. She had never seen the feline heroine so mad.

Superboy shook his head,

"Where's Lance when you need him?"
Speedy, who was sitting on the opposite end of the sofa, shook his head,

"I don't know. He said he had something to take care of."
Supergirl asked,

"Does it even bother you that Farrah's mother, who is from another dimension, was brought here?"

Wonder Girl nodded,

"It has to be magic."
Miss Martian thought,

"Or someone constructed a device to travel between Farrah's world and this one."

Kara stood up,

"Well, in any event, someone has to get her to calm down. I haven't heard that much swearing since Hawkgirl got into a drunken brawl with Hawk."
Just then, Diablos had phased through the room. He could sense there was a lot of distraught, and anxiety between everyone. He solidified and asked,

"What is happening? I could sense Farrah is upset."

Connor replied sarcastically,

"No, when there's no tuna fish in the house, your girlfriend is upset. THIS is a full blown freak out, man!"
The red-eyed hero asked,

"When did this happen?"
M'gan said,

"About two hours ago. Persiana not only is angry, but also frightened and terrified. Her mother appeared then, along with the male Cheetah."

Diablos nodded in understanding; he had heard the story about Farrah and her mother. He said,

"OK, I'll go talk to her."

He glided across the room, down to the training area.

Speedy looked up,

"Suppose he isn't able to calm her down."
Superboy grinned,

"I guess we'll be looking for a new recruit."

Wonder Girl slapped him upside the head,

"Quiet, you."

M'gan shook her head,

"I know how she feels, or at least can understand her frustration."

Everyone looked at the alien heroine. Miss Martian explained,

"Several human scientists experimented on my parents, and I have been wanting to kill them for what happened. Although, if I do, I would also be condemning other humans, and I have made friends with many, and I do not want to. The other White Martians may not understand why I feel this way."

Everyone was stunned at this. Supergirl nodded,

"I heard about that. The Kryptonians were one of the first races to encounter the White Martians. They were pretty savage."
She looked at her teammate,

"No offense."

Miss Martian shook her head,

"I am not offended. It is quite accurate."

Inside the training room…

Diablos had phased through the door, only to notice his girlfriend eviscerating another robot and throwing it onto a large scrap pile. Her costume was torn up, but she was fighting on pure instincts. The feline heroine launched herself into another frenzy when she saw more robots.

The red-eyed hero said,

"Computer, shut down simulation."
The robots stopped working, and Farrah turned; a savage, animalistic glare piercing Lance's soul. However, Lance calmly said,

"Farrah, you need to compose yourself. I know something's bothering you and I want to talk about it."

Persiana charged right at her boyfriend. Diablos braced himself for an attack.

Instead, the were-lioness Titan stopped short and leapt into his arms, sobbing,

"Don't let her get me! Please!"

Her embrace tightened, to the point where Lance could feel the claws go into his back. Diablos hugged her tightly and sat down with her until she stopped crying. Farrah was holding on, whimpering like a scared, abandoned kitten.

Lance sensed the distress,

"Maybe we should go somewhere where we can talk privately."
The were-lioness looked up and replied in a whisper,

"Ok."
The demonic-inspired hero phased through the walls with his girlfriend and brought her back to her room. Immediately, Persiana got off Lance and quickly scurried to her closet, changing. Diablos, being the gentleman, looked away and waited until she was decent again.

After a minute, Farrah emerged in tight blue jeans and a halter top. She perched on the bed and smiled,

"You can turn around, Lance."
Lance did and noticed his girlfriend was in slightly more modest clothing than before. He sat next to her, asking,

"Farrah, what's bothering you?"

Farrah was composing herself, but she still had fear trembling in her voice,

"I saw her, Lance. I'm scared. What she did to me…"
She came to him and hugged him, her tail wrapping around his leg. Lance tried to calm his girlfriend down,

"Farrah, I don't know how she got here, or what she wants yet, but I will protect you. I promise."

Persiana looked up at her boyfriend, his eyes telling the truth. She could also sense determination and courage; two things she needed to have right now, but could not seem to find. She sighed and rested her head on his shoulder,

"I know, Lance. I know you will."

Suddenly, the red-eyed hero's head shot up. Persiana immediately tensed,

"What is it?"

Lance said,

"Get down."

He pushed his girlfriend to the floor, just as the glass to the window shattered. The two Titans took cover behind the bed and saw a bullet-sized hole in the room.

The couple could hear the others coming up. Miss Martian burst through,

"Is something the matter?"
Lance said,

"We're fine; just a sniper taking a shot at us."

Just then, the phone started ringing. Supergirl said,

"OK, this is freaking me out. What's going on?"
Speedy picked up the phone,

"Hello?"

He stayed on for a minute before saying,

"It's for you."

He gave the phone to Lance. Diablos said,

"Who is this?"

The female voice on the other end said,

"Next time, I won't miss."
An abrupt hang up was heard on the other line. Lance did not recognize the voice at all. He hung up and thought to himself for a minute. Persiana panicked,

"It's her, isn't it? She won't stop!"
The white-haired were-feline curled up on the bed, scared. She was also angry; angry that she had abilities most people would kill for, and she was too scared to use them.

Next Chapter:

Two Titans get together for a night out, only to find a villain want to crash their night out.