OVERALL POV

Weeks went by after Kendall's return. Things began to be normal to her again. She went out with Starfire every couple of days, and spent time with Cyborg, whom she knew she had begun to develop strong feelings for. The only thing that seemed to really bother Kendall was Cyborg's sudden overprotectiveness that he developed on her return. She practically wasn't even allowed out of the tower alone, and he insisted on accompanying her to the roof when she wanted to get some fresh air. Kendall's annoyance was beginning to grow with him.

KENDALL'S POV

I sighed as I was walking down the hallway to head to the roof for a breather, knowing Cyborg was in tow behind me. I stopped abruptly, and so did Cyborg. I turned on my heel quickly. "Cyborg, I can go on the roof by myself." I said, annoyed.

"No can do babe, I don't want to you to be taken again." He said sternly.

I couldn't hold my frustration in anymore. Cyborg had been following me everywhere and kept making sure someone was with me. "I'm not a defenseless child Cyborg, stop treating me like one!" I yelled. My patience was wearing thin with him!

Cyborg just crossed his arms. "Until we know for sure that Sinnis won't come after you, I want to make sure you're safe at all times."

"I am safe, Cyborg! Jesus! I'm surprised you even let me use the damn bathroom by myself! What?! Are you gonna start following me in there too!?" I stepped closer to him angrily.

I could tell Cyborg was getting frustrated with me. "Kendall, I want you protected."

I got so pissed I just couldn't control myself. "I get that! But give me some FUCKING privacy!" I stomped.

Cyborg's face twitched and he got a little angry, I could see it in his eyes. "So you can what? Get taken again? I can't let that happen!" He yelled.

"Cyborg you are smothering me! I'm sick of it! I'm strong, I can take care of myself. Give me a break!" I shouted.

His eyes narrowed. "Strong? Take care of yourself? Kendall you disappear for five seconds by yourself on the roof last time and you were kidnapped by Sinnis! And do I need to bring up that you MURDERED innocent guards of warehouses for him?!"

I felt a pain in my chest. I stepped back a moment. "You swore you wouldn't talk about that…" I said, clearly hurt.

"Yeah well, it's true. You killed people. You were a murderer Kendall. Time to face that-" *SLAP*

My hand made contact with his cheek. It stung a bit from the slap. That last comment, I couldn't take. It crossed the line. I get that I hurt and killed people. But I wasn't me. And I admitted everything to Cyborg in the comfort that he would not hold that against me, but obviously I was wrong.

OVERALL POV

The sound of the slap echoed in the hallway. Cyborg's breath hitched in his throat.

The others heard the loud smack and came running, but stopped in their tracks when they saw Cyborg had been slapped.

Cyborg was stunned, he stood there for a long moment, with his cheek turned before he touched it gingerly and looked at Kendall. There were angry, hurt tears in her eyes.

Kendall turned again and started walking towards the end of the hall to go out the front door.

"Kendall, stop! It's dangerous out there for you!" Cyborg grunted in frustration.

Kendall stopped in her tracks and turned slowly to him, he stood up a little in anticipation for her to apologize and stay in the tower.

"….Why don't you go fuck yourself Cyborg." She said coldly.

The team let out a shocked gasp before the front door opened and she flew quickly out of the Tower.

KENDALL'S POV

As I flew out of the Tower, I rubbed my eyes with the back of my hand to dry some of my fallen tears. I was really hurt that Cyborg brought up my actions when I was under Sinnis's control. I confessed what I had done in the comfort of him, under the impression he wouldn't hold it against me. While I wasn't myself, I still remember everything vividly. The guilt I feel about it all is so heavy on my heart.

I felt my communicator buzzing and pulled it out to see Robin's face on the screen. "Yeah Robin? I said, trying not to sound like I was crying. I flew over to a rooftop to stop and talk to him for a moment. "Hey…. You alright?" He asked, obviously concerned.

I shrugged. "Okay as I'll ever be. I'm just pissed off with Cyborg. He had no right to make that comment." I said sadly.

"I know. It was wrong. But Kendall, he knows it too. He feels awful." He told me.

I looked at the communicator again. "He didn't seem to care when he said it."

"People make mistakes, and say things they don't mean. I wouldn't tell you that he regrets it if he didn't. Just talk to him okay?" Robin pleaded.

I thought for a moment and sighed reluctantly. "…Fine. Just tell him to meet me at the boardwalk on 45th Street." I said.

Robin nodded before the communicator went dark. I stuffed it back in my pocket before looking around and flying off again to head towards where I was meeting Cyborg to talk.

OVERALL POV

Cyborg's tires screeched as he pulled into the beach parking lot. He finally managed to fix the car with Kendall's help after she returned. He jumped out of the front seat and sprinted to where he'd be meeting Kendall. He looked around for her to find her standing on the beach, the water splashing over her knees as she stood looking out to the sea. He sighed with relief before walking over to her.

"Kendall?" He asked, placing a hand on her shoulder. Kendall turned around and looked at Cyborg before turning back around to the sea. "Hey." She said, clearly still mad.

Cyborg scrunched his nose at her in a bit of frustration. He shouldn't have been surprised that she was still mad at him. "So on a scale of 1 to 10, exactly how mad are you?" He asked.

"I'd say like a 9.5." She said, crossing her arms in a huff. She really didn't feel like talking to him right now.

Cyborg sighed. "Kendall, look, I'm sorry. I really am. What I said… it was wrong, and completely out of line. You trusted me with that information and I blew it. I hope you know I really do regret saying it."

Kendall closed her eyes for a moment, trying to figure out what to say. She breathed in and turned around to face Cyborg. "What you said really hurt Cyborg… I hope you really do know that. And right now, I just don't know what to do about it. I don't know if I can trust you now. You told me you wouldn't hold it against me and it felt like you did just that back at the tower."

Cyborg was about to say something when Kendall's communicator buzzed. She pulled it out of her pocket and Robin was on the screen. There was a lot of commotion going on in the background. "KENDALL! WE NEED YOU AND CYBORG BACK TO THE TOWER NOW! SINNIS IS-" There was a loud crash before the screen went to snow. Kendall's face shot up to Cyborg's before she stuffed the communicator back in her pocket.

"We need to go, now!" She yelled. Cyborg started running back to his car, when he noticed Kendall was flying. "No, Kendall! You need to ride with me! What if Sinnis-" Kendall stopped midflight and shot him a look that instantly shut him up. "…I'll meet you at the Tower." He said at a loss, shutting the door and switching the car into gear, speeding off to the Tower. Kendall flew into the air, a silver form shooting across the sky.

KENDALL'S POV

I crashed through the front door and shifted back to my skin. "Robin?! Starfire?!" I yelled. No answer. "Raven?! Beast Boy?!" Still nothing. My heart dropped. I looked around to see there was clearly a struggle. The power was flickering and before I knew it I took a kick to the face from a steel toed boot.

I crumbled to the ground, in my daze I glanced up and did a double take. Did Robin seriously just kick me in the face?! I stood up quickly, the room spinning in the process. "What the hell was that for Robin?!" I yelled. He just stood staring at me. Next thing I know a green tiger charged me, knocking me back off my feet.

What the hell is going on?! I blocked Beast Boy's feverish attempts to bite my face with my forearm. "What the fuck are you guys doing?!" I shouted. I finally managed to shift to metal and knee Beast Boy. He shoved him off and stood back up, still metal though.

Then I noticed Starfire float down, her hands glowing as well as her eyes, the same with Raven, only her dark magic was holding a rather large… wait… was that the kitchen sink?

"What are you guys doing?" I asked, almost a plea in my question.

That was when I heard the slight chuckle that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. It was Sinnis.

"Do you like what I've done to your friends 231?" He asked, stepping out of the shadows. He touched Robin's neck, and that was when I noticed they all had metal prongs sticking out of the sides of their necks. No….

My eyes darted around frantically. "No, no guys! Please! You know it's me!" I shifted back into my skin. "It's Kendall! Don't let Sinnis control you!" I was begging.

Beast Boy frowned for a moment before shaking his head and getting the stern look back on his face.

Sinnis laughed horribly. "Oh 231…. Do you really think that the 'power of friendship' is going to stop me?" He stepped forward before kicking me in the stomach too quickly to where I couldn't react. I slumped to the floor. He looked down at me as I held my torso. "I think they'll make lovely additions to the team back at the lab with you… don't you?" He asked menacingly. I glared at him.

"What? Isn't that what you wanted? To be with your friends? I'm just giving you what you want my dear." He chuckled. Anger surged in my blood, but before I could jump up and knock him in the jaw, he was blasted with a bright neon blue light that shot him across the room. I looked to where the blast came from and Cyborg was standing there, his arm formed into his blaster. "Don't you touch her." He said, his voice sent shivers down my spine. It was so uncharacteristic of him. It was actually scary.

Sinnis slumped off the wall, composing himself and brushing off the piece of rubble that was sitting on his shoulder from hitting the wall. He started laughing. "What will you do boy? Your friends are under my control." He said, pulling out a remote and pressing the button. Raven, Robin, Beast Boy, and Starfire's eyes all flashed red, then they attacked.

I dodged one of Starfire's starbolts. "Cyborg! We have to get your device to pull out their prongs!" I yelled. Cyborg blasted Beast Boy back, then looked at me and nodded. "It's in the room that we kept you in, on the bed!" He shouted back. I nodded, and took off like a silver bullet through the hallway. Starfire must've seen where I was headed, because she wasn't too far behind me, sending starbolts whizzing past my head. They didn't really do much to me though, since I was metal. I just kept flying and busted through the door without blinking. I flew quickly to the bed, grabbed the tool and spun around just in enough time to hit Starfire with my metal fist. "Sorry Star." I said as she hit the ground unconscious. I knelt down and quickly twisted out her prongs and propped her up onto the bed, so she'd at least wake up remotely comfortable from my hit.

I took off to the living room where everyone was still fighting. I flew past Cyborg as he sent a blast and knocked Beast Boy off his feet, sending him into his human form. I put him in a tight headlock and undid his prongs as well, letting him slump to the ground. No time to see if he was conscious or not.

Next I kicked Robin in the back of the head and undid his prongs. I stood up and looked at Cyborg with a smile. Then, I felt the worse surge of electricity I've ever known. My body collapsed as I started convulsing. Sinnis was standing next to me now. Cyborg went to charge him, but Sinnis held up his hand. "I wouldn't interfere if you want your friend here to survive this shock, boy." He warned. Cyborg reluctantly stepped back.

Raven was floating next to Sinnis, her eyes glowing black as she held a much larger object now in her dark grip. It was floating above me. My heart sunk. Was I really about to be crushed by my friend? Was this how it was going to end? I was still convulsing slightly as the electricity still ran through me.

Sinnis laughed. "You really are pathetic 231. You had so much promise." He mocked.

Cyborg got too angry to just stand by any longer. He went to run towards Sinnis, but Raven busted the floor through and dark pipes surround him, so he couldn't get any closer. Sinnis turned off the shocker that was coursing through my body still. I looked at him, shaking. "Wondering how I did that without my machine in your neck, hm?" It was like he read my mind, I did want to know how! "Well see, knowing your… rambunctious nature, I couldn't just rely on one control, see. So I took precautions," He clicked the button again, only nothing happened. "Go ahead," He urged. "Try to change."

I looked up at him, and tried to shift to metal- nothing- still skin. What the hell?! I tried again, still nothing. I looked back at him again in anger.

"Oh, now don't pout 231. It's unbecoming." He stepped forward and placed his boot on the side of my face and put his weight on it. I winced, unable to shift.

"Get off of her you piece of shit!" Cyborg yelled, still unable to move beneath the pipes. I looked around to see if the others were conscious, of course they weren't. Great. Just great.

He kept pressing that damned boot down even harder on my face. Ow…

"Seeing as I've taken a bit of interest in your friends, there's really no use for you now 231…" He said, looking at Raven. "Finish her." Raven simply nodded before lifting the large object above me. I just stared, unable to move from the paralyzing electricity. I shut my eyes tightly, this really was it, this was how it was going to end.

* YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY *gasp* YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY ! I finally finished this chapter! Oooooohhhhh and it's a CLIFF HANGER?! Man I'm on a roll! (: Very excited about how I'm ending this story right now. The next chapter is going to be the finish most likely, an epilogue possibly following. We'll see how the creative juices flow. 'Til then, please enjoy and as always leave feedback. I love to hear critique from you guys! 3*