"Aaaaaaaaaaaargh!" Rogue and Kitty leaned on the door to listen better but Superman exited the Lab as they were trying to hear, "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!"
"What's wrong with him?" Rogue said trying to look around Superman and into the Lab. "The reversion process seems to be long and painful but hopefully it will end soon"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!"
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The Eyrie tower 3:00 AM
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!"
"Somebody shut him up already!" Wally said as he walked in his PJ's through the Lobby, "Right, we wouldn't want you to miss your beauty sleep" Shayera said sarcastically
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!"
"Isn't there something we can do? He's been like this for hours!" Rogue sat down on a bench, "No, we have to wait until the antivirus does it's work, after that he'll be one of us" Peter Parker said as he entered the room, "Wait! Listen!"
The whole room fell silent after Wally's words, "It's quiet!"
"Do you think he died?" Wally joked, "No, the pain probably caused him to loose consciousness; I'll go check on him, you should all go back to sleep, we need to be rested for what's coming" J'onn passed through the ground and in to the laboratory.
In the lab Superman was sitting on a chair looking at an unconscious Nightstone laying inside an energy field cell, "How long have you been here?" J'onn placed a hand on Superman's shoulder causing him to wake up, "Huh? What?"
"You need to rest, you've been here since you brought him last night" Superman stood up and yawned, "I did this to him, I knew what would happen but I was so determined to stop him that I…I didn't care, I didn't care what happened to him as long as it all ended"
"We all felt that way, If you hadn't done it, someone else would have, but this is not over yet, If Nightstone doesn't…" J'onn looked at Nightstone laying on the ground, "If he survives and the cure works, we'll have to use it on the others to make sure this is finally over!"
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"they have Nightstone! That means you're the new leader!" Mystic yelled at Thailog, "Fine, I'll take charge until we get him back! But I'll respect his place once he's back!"
Mystic forced him to look at her, "I'm afraid we can't trust him anymore, ha no longer seeks what is best for us, all he thinks about now is how to make the League suffer; the TV reports, crashing the watchtower, even spreading the original virus! If that virus is spread we could loose thousands of potential brothers! Listen to me, he's lost it, we haven't gotten new brothers in weeks and several of us have been close to dieing, not to mention our fallen brethren!"
"Gasp!" Terra covered her mouth not to be heard by Mystic and Thailog then walked back in to the shadows hoping she hadn't been heard.
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"Nightstone! Nightstone! Tom! Wake up!" Superman was standing next to Nightstone's cell, "What…? What did you do to me?" Nightstone staggered as he slowly tried standing up, "We treated you with an antivirus, you're cured! You're one of us now!"
"One of you?" Nightstone finally stood up, "One of you? What? did you expect me to thank you? Did you think that I would happily forget everything that has happened and join the league as if I were one of you? Well forget it because no matter what you do, how hard you try, you won't be able to stop me from getting back to my brothers and becoming one of them again!"
"If that's how you feel…" J'onn typed something on a computer and the energy cell around Nightstone disappeared, "You can go, but remember that our doors will always be open as long as you remain human"
"You'll regret this martian!" walked slowly out of the lab and entered an elevator.
"J'onn? What are you doing?" Superman begun walking after Nightstone but J'onn placed a hand on his shoulder and shook his head, telling Superman to leave Nightston alone, "He's on a road of redemption that he must travel alone if he ever wants to truly be one of us"
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Nightstone folded his wings and walked out in to the street now looking like an ordinary human, he was still nauseous from the antivirus, for a while he walked in random directions, he could hardly think thanks to a migraine that increased with every step he took, his hands and his forehead were sweaty and he felt like he was about to pass out.
After a few minutes of random walking he came to a park, he sat down under a tree and soon fell asleep.
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"they got out!" Nightstone yelled "I set up the explosion hoping they would be killed in it" Nightstone walked up to the window and saw the city in havoc, "all we can do now is save as many none infected humans we can find and take them to a safe place" Demona said as she walked in to the room.
"You heard Spiderman report that Daredevil had been killed in battle" Nightstone kept looking out the window as he spoke, "He was bitten, He asked e to do it before he turned, he wanted to die with dignity, I knew I had to kill him, but…he was still human when I did it"
Rogue walked to his side and sat down next to him, "All this is a sign of pureness in your heart, and everyone knows that what you did was in all our best interests" She smiled and placed her hand over his.
"That'll be all" Spiderman finished typing a few commands in to a computer, "Now all we have to do is wait" Nightstone followed Spiderman to a window where he lept and started to glide, suddenly a yellow figure jumped at him and brought him down,
"Nightstone!"
"I'm alright!"
Nightstone took a big jump and caught a rising air current but before he was completely airborne Macbeth grabbed him from one of his feet and brought him back down, both of them crashing on to the hood of a car.
"I'm not going back!" He bent down and uncovered his ankle which was bleeding, "he bit me, I have no choice" Nightstone took out a handgun.
Nightstone smiled, "a duel, a battle between us both" Superman stepped closer to Nightstone, "and why should I accept?"
"Because if you win, I'll go with you, I'll let you arrest me" Superman raised his hand to his chin, "And if you win?"
"You'll join us out of free will"
"You have no idea what it feels like, the power running through your veins, the taste of blood running through your mouth, the lust for more running through your body"
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Tom woke up then quickly turned around and vomited behind a bush, his word running through his mind over and over again, "You have no idea what it feels like, the power running through your veins, the taste of blood running through your mouth, the lust for more running through your body"
He got up and whipped his mouth, the migraine had faded away, he was still dizzy but felt a lot better than he had a few hours ago, the sun was setting now, he walked to the edge of a pond and stared at the man looking back at him from the other side of the golden mirror, "Who am I?"
"You are Thomas Nightstone, Son of King Macbeth and heir to his thrown as our leader!"
Nightstone turned around and saw a blonde girl walk out of the shadows, "Terra? How did you…?"
"What did they do to you? You're…you're…" Terra walked close to him, "Human, I was going back, I was looking for you"
"Thailog has taken your place as leader, they don't trust you anymore, they don't want you back!" Terra said worriedly, Nightstone had been like a father to her since she'd been forced to join their brotherhood, and she was still loyal to him, "I don't want to go back, I was wrong, come with me Terra, they can help you, they have a cure!"
Suddenly Terra punched Nightstone, "A cure? A cure? I see you're not one of us anymore!" Terra begun to walk away then turned around, "You disgust me!" a wall of rock emerged out of the ground around her then reentered the earth, taking Terra with it.
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Eyrie Tower, main lobby, 8:00 PM
Spiderman, Ironman, Goliath, Superman and J'onn were discussing they're opinions on what to do next when Nightstone entered the room, "I'm…sorry!" he fell to his knees and a single tear fell out of his eyes, "I'm sorry for what I did…I'm sorry…I'm sorry for everything!"
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