Teen Titans New Generations Arc Restart New Destinations

by Inkblot24

After the recap of Aiden's team being whisked through a portal to the world of the Teen's allies, only two Titans are sent to help an overwhelmed Princess Ava Marie, to face the imposter Fenrir from dividing her kingdom forever. With not one of our seniors to aid our Chosen few, the group goes on a mission to save Ava's name, even if that means losing more along the way.

21. Chapter 21

Teen Titans; Arc Restart- New Generations; New Destinations- Chapter 21: A Calamitous Shift Towards the Golden Dawn; Young Ami's Sacrifice- The Late Prophecies of Hecate of the Crossroads.

Ava and Rachel sat still, waiting for the cat- woman's tale to wrap up into it's finally conclusion. Hathor pruned her wiskers as the deity Min's counter- self. She had no longer the true attributes of Autur of Ancient Egypt. However, she still resembled the mighty sphinx by her lioness's features of a tail she had kept unto this present era.

She had eyes that were wide sometimes, more quizzical than her Isa (Or Lady Isis), Hathor knew how to make her caged birds sing a pretty tune. She had her eye on Aiden then, yet now...Ava sat beside the witch of an Azarathian duel- birth.

Hathor had to test their wills out, just until her lord, the great phoenix arrived to crash into the stained glass of the temple's massive alter.

~So , Horus was to fight...that was not how they told us in -

~Humans hate working till their brains ache. A good number of you take typical short- cuts without knowing what will become ofyour under developed minds. The young are no better! They learn to sigh, and lo! They will know nothing of the lost arts! ~ Hathor shrugged her shoulders as if thinking back to a time of unquestionable growth.

~You also know that the progress you humans made should have been avoided to some degree. ~ Raven nodded to this comment from the cat. She was the mothering sort...once upon a setting desert oasis?

~It was too much and we used all our strength to surround ourselves with more than we even needed. I know that. It's a difficult reality to approach. They refuse to teach grade schoolers anything but the destruction of the rainforests.~ Ava said. ~Or of the wars that took many lives in the past when many societies were struggling to survive in crowded cities. ~

~Yes, yes! Which is why the prince's fight was of vitasl importance of he was ever to obtain the rites of those set on creating the 'New' kingdom. Which we will continue towards ...~

The planetarium turned to a holographic illusion of all shades. Dark red as the rusty earth. Black as the night and the sky holding up a brilliant , full moon. Whites and yellow as wellas the sunny colour orange. Even green was of many spectacular shades.

~The new meant death to the elder era...Horus was to support his father's ideals and was to bring about peace to his upper kingdom. Which is where Set stands in our way within the rest of our saga...~

Isis had found every piece...every living, shuddering speck in her mind's eye was together! Bastet was furious and took her out onto Mafdet without thinking clearly of their original goals. It was to doom the entire dimension and to bring it back towards an endless era of misery. She fought as Ra had shown his own daughter in their sessions. Many clawing, biting attacks left the cheetah deity to howl out in pure agony. Yet so too did it burn for Bast, who had little protection from her predecessor of all order and just sacrifices.

Horus struggled to have Hathor's falcon return it's telepathic answer. Great Lady Autur was by the grand entrance of the Netherworld courts' facility as of now.

Teenager Horus heard not another cry out that the war would end. Instead, Set would be the one to ensnare their beloved Isis- the boy's mother, against her free will! Horus shook his skull to this and fought with Anubis in a vain attempt to free the soldiers from their responsibilities. They were currently under Lord Set and willing to re- create the past blindly whilst under his heavy fist.

By having the false- pharoh brought before the courts, Isis hoped for the coming war to seize indefinitely by her brother's heinous, man- slaughter crimes.

~Horus will bring peace to our lands. ~She prayed with two gleaming eyes to the air . ~My child will be the one to defeat the desert devourer!~

York's made his way up to the desert lord's seat. He slung his staff forth before the god of woes could protest it's arrival.

~Prince ! You are notas your father, you should let down your spear before I have you fed to the nile's demon descendants!~

Isis gasped as Anubis ran to aid the queen. Nephthys had also come to use her healing arts on the scraped sister of her kin. ~Your son's will is not yet alive within us! ~ Anubis cried tol the queen as her heart turmed to stone before the brawl in their sights.

~Horus..Horus must stop his uncle before we lose all that has been wrought on by the king's evil!~ She spoke as a trauma victim, so Nephthys grabbed hold of her sister to flee the great hallways.

~No , no!~ Isis shouted with a pained scream. Her child was so far away! Osiris! Where was Osiris as the gods had promised!?

~Hathor is not going to aid us...my pharoh is not to return! ~ Her rage had the queen struggling to claw from Nephthys's cautious grip. Anubis shouted that the nile queen had forced her way from his mother's grasp, and she now intended to do away with Set by her own ego.

~No! Sister Isis!~ Bastet shouted out from her tall hiding spot as Mafdet tossed a stray shot the cat- goddess's way.

~He will face her and win this rebellion ! You cannot fight against his honorable law! Desist!~ Mafdet brought her claws to topple the deity daughter's midnight fur into a bloody , lifeless mess. Bast fell as her cat self to save her from the fall...oh,and from such a high pillar she fell, down down. She made the best of her trick before finally collapsing with a weak sound towards the slick, alabaster stonework.

Nephthys held her hands to her eyes and wept when she'd seen the defeated body of the mother - cat in such a place as of now..

~Bastet...we are losing our allies as they shall not rise once more! This must end , no matter the outcome!~ Bast made not a stir as she slept to recover her imortal's strength. She was a child to Lord Ra! This was humiliatingly wrong without a reason by rite. No, Horus was not enough of one man tostop the desert lord's plot from unfolding. Isis too knew this though refused to remin so proud of her offspring..

~That..that must be!~ Bast was now quiet as her thoghts drifted off into a wave of unconscious beginnings. ~Apep...must have a hand in this treasonous plan of Set's..it must be why a creature was devoured by I!~

Nephthys thankfully heard a few gargled , telepathic words from her kindred ally, right before the cat woman had drifted off to sleep.

~Then..how can I be so blind?~ Nephthys decided to send wave after wave to warn her fellow family of the dangerous stunt that her husband intended to pull. Wool from a flock's baren flanks...he was wastig their time by the king's real ideals not yet met! Horus and Isis were tgen in grave danger...

~This story..it has more than one author in the spirit world-

~Yes , Princess. We tell stories to pass the hours by us..Yet, Horus was grown unto the very day he laid his staff down by a sheer amount of will. That will tohave severed Set from the family line forever. ~

~Ava, you said more than one author.~ Raven interjected. ~Then Hathor could be trying to have us forget our mission h-

~But her story sounds too real to me.~Ava shook her head, knowing thathad not beedn her intention at all by bringing up so many possible endings.

~That's not always a way to understand...are you sure we should not try to contact the Phoenix ourselves?~ Raven asked this with a set of determined pupil son the lioness deity.

~Humm, it woulkd be well of you..though he may not be tested. Rejected!~ Hathor put up her palm to exclaim to the Azerathian witch. Raven left her cowl over her eyes and frowned. ~You refuse to continue towards the ending then too?~

~No, no! Climatic scenes take time! ~Hathor protested with a giddy chuckle. ~Ava! My dear, you wish to know the ending? Whether Set was vanquished by Horus or...by Osiris's return?~

Ava raised a brow as Hathor leaned in to ask the child , just what would the answer be that Ava would choose to give?

~Alright-

~Then I will pain waste your venture, no shorter or lesser than a moon- bow!~

Hathor took her seat as the others sat to listen to the rest of the deity's story.

~Isis would not flee by Anubis's instruction. She chose to stay and wait for her beloved's return. Only the netherworld gods would allow such action..yet I...ehem..my past- self had not made yet well of her promise. She had yet to undertake such a mission with the New Kingdom at stake!...Let us return, and without haste..~

/

Aiden saw the shining eyes of the son of the sky in Egypt's history. He gawked- no! The panicked Aiden was still there..though he had an ace in the whole now that Apep was scared-

~Hit him back! ~ Aiden barked before the serpent's lone tail could shake the deity to younger it's glorious core. Horus pushed, even so as equally ruthless a competitor for the daemon entity to best in this Immortals' brawl.

~Child of the dawn- dragon! Fight through the barrier! I will weaken the mastermind...do this now!~ Horus felt his muscles pump, even while a spectral being as a lone protector to the Chosen.

~Right...Wh-My powers!? M..But he'll!-

~He will not find a way, not befoe your brave this sandy trench to escape the Nether gods themselves!~

Horus had a grim pep talk, though Aiden had cautious action to block from view. He was nervous! Ami would boxhis ears for being so dumb! The world's well being was at staske- the pressure was definitely on..

~I'll..~Aiden took in a deep inhale, then let it out with an even pace. ~I'll make this work. Barrier! Be ready to be bested!~

The Chosen's garb returned with an incredible sheen of gleaming , armored plates as a bonus. His staves and sword were equipped with an extra burst as well (for emergencies, like in the comics.) The sword had an aura as hot as a volcano as Horus took note of the teenager's transformation from a few feet off.

~Ok..think..magic..Got it!~ Aiden hated that which was just purely fantasy, hehad believed it unreal, untruthful..yet..he envied his old life..when this had been it from day one!

~Fire...Flame of the golden Rock! Faze the gates of the darkness with your call!~

The phoenix might have grinned by the boy's dedicated act of a passionate hero to this tale. He swept the sword to rip right by a few tendrils. His rage far from smothered, Aiden turned that into the fury of a Tamaranean warrior's descendant.

~Unbridled strength! Fire !~ His fist was the first to shoot an ember coloured bolt. The boy winced by the heat , hoping it had all been a sucessful trial and error. A rift had been left to flutter as a torn bit of silk by it's textures. ~Wha! I did it!~ Aiden jumped for astral- joy as his spirits rose by the power of Tamaranean flight.

~Wait till Ami gets a load of her super- bro! This i-

~AIDEN!~ The boy turned around, his face came closest of all to Apep's own gleaming, red eyes.

~You lose, you aand my dearly departed prince...~

~aaaaHHHH!~ Ami fell to her feet after having recovered from the earlier meltdown. While then collapsed into a spasm by her father's two shaking own feet, Ann also felt her ears magically pop* by a stray creature's sorrowful tune.

~Wh...ah! Wait! What was that screech!~

Ann succumbed sadly to the pounding riot of the now, suffering duo. Damian and Zan ran to her aid before Kori had brought Amelia to her . She cradled the youngest girl her chest and was speechlessly lost.

~What is happening!?~ She saw suddenly with two glowing emerald eyes, full of a firey light. Ami was not however so fortunate. She shivered violently before Henry cried out in shock. ~The spell is not permanent!~

The spell by Hel had been full proof! Why indeed did Ami look like a dying soul ...?

~What about Ann then!?~ Wally exclaimed. He had her supported by asturdy arm with a quivering Damien Wayne.

~Something must be happening to the Phoenix! Or..Aiden! They are bonded by their powers!~ Henry shouted to the father of these unfortunate children.

~No..then..if Aiden!-

~Apep! He's being...~

~Very ...~ Verra growled as his tall ears picked up the same, high frequency sound as the two teens' ears did.

~Something does feel a might strange..~ Henry soon had the heroes staring his direction. He had shattered the moment, perhaps absentmindedly!

~Oy! Ya gawit! ~ Solario grunted to the brunetee wizard as he lowered his rebellious eyes to the student spell caster.

~Why is this any more important th'ehn the kids getting better ! Ya got a bone to pick, eh? What could be so!-

~The phoenix...~ Greg felt it as well as his body ached by an unforeseen force...

~I know this aura! Henry is telling the truth! Back down, Kaien!~

Kaien snorted by his great, flaming ego and let the sights of a hellish mutt remove themselves from over- top poor Vanderbilt.

~An aura to the west AND southern lands! It was not to be seen clearly...yet I believe the power of the phoenix is in danger- thus allowing the children tosuffer by it's influence becomingba target for another! Please! Where is the princess , and what ofyour team member!?~ He pleaded for Dick to relay that information, yet Verra shook his head to protest such irrational thinking.

~Henry, you and Greg have the power to see something..else?~ Richard excused Verra's poor example of a guardian with 'policing' issues.

~That is so! My connection to the faire world of the under- realms is no matter, never so great as I now realize-

~The reason then..~ Greg coughed, his throat clear enough to speak his peace.

~I was once fae in a second life of my own. I was of the southern isles when it was still growing as Ardius ; Sorcerer of the Sacred Sect of Delphi. I was once an agent by my powers , so this force before ...she! I recall it. Damn..we have been tricked!~ Here now, Greg wasin a panic. Only fae blood could sensethis seering force's presence from the beyond.

~I...cannot believe it...~

~Then the enemy we were fightin' all this time!?-

~Was to distract from the obvious imposter, whom still has yet to be led back to the Underworld for high treason..~

~So..wait!~ Dick blinked by how Ami was burning up in Kori's arms. The foxes around her were in a frenzy astrally. Amaterasu then must have also been far from well , even despite her protective aura around her young pupil..many more in Japan even..

~Then..if there is another enemy we do not see in the world-

~She is..definitely hiding something as to why Apep is wide awake.~ Verra finished.

~Then we might as well open the door ta' where she is run in the show-

~Cy, are you sure that's even!-

~Course I do! We did that whole portal- opening with our communicators back in the day-

~Cool, I guess?~ Zan seemed confused by what the senior Titans were discussing from their golden years as heroes to the city of Jump California.

~I guess you gave them the power to do that?~ Wally wondered as he looked to Gregpry for a reply. The sorcerer being nodded without any objections to the plan..yet would their power be enough this time to generate a massive rift into the land of Hades? ( We know where this isheaded! Remember! Hecate, unlike Cecilia or Sayumon , has duel mentions of having helped by her prophetic abilities. She was also the co- creator of Lady Light and Darkness by alchemy as a way to balance the Celestial realms- so that no one deity could rule it callously. )

~Hades will be our destination- though I must warn you! The children barely made it back from Hel's domain ..not only did Henry lose his tranfigurative powers, Hel had the Chosen continue on their quest..she did not question. ~

~What relation does the Norse hag have to the Grecian one! I was an alter- elemental in the past as Apollo , as she was the lunar- darkness of twighlight. ~

~Kaien was a braniac?~

~No..Zan, he was under the fire element then. Now he's just as a scouting liar for the council to man- handle as they like.~ Verra sniffed the other dog's way with a gruff 'ruff*.

~An, how do you suppose this doggy has made it ta' distant lands? I am as trapped here as you be in that rediculous costume!~

~Cool it, bros! We have to work at finding Aiden too. ~ Wally pressed on the matter of a family fighting, being less important than saving an actual family from falling apart.

~Kori, Dick. I'm d,sorry all this went over our will save the teens. I have oy my heart left beating to know that we can fight the fires ahead. ~

~Thank you...but Ami...Will he waste away by some difficult-

~No, and no.~ Henry shook his head, not forgetting once that he had saved Ami from freezing within the cold wastes by offering half of his soul to her.

~Kaien.~ Dick turned to the dog with his mind abuzz with questions- for later of course.

~You are going with us to the Underworld with Greg and Henry, to get even with Hecate. She has to tell us all of what she never told my family ...I have a weird feeling that she's changed or worse...can't say. ~

~And Verra!~ Damien barked to the dog as his ears perked up to listen in.

~You are gonna go get Aiden back with Zan, Starfire, myself, Wally and Ann if he can still fight.

~I...will.~ Anna struggled with her stubborn art to face this woven tragedy for what it was worth. She had the fire in her heart sizzling to explode right there!

~Gar, you'll stay by Jackie if they have to contact by any means- team!~

Richard sighed and let the new Titans' leader step up to the plate. ~Move it out! C'mon! We are not going down without a fight!~

/

Isis was fighting the unknown source of her grieving heart. Horus was battling the daemon god Set,and the outcome did not look right at all for the New Kingdom supporters.

Bast was still recovering in a mound by the steely cold floor. Mafdet had decided to tag along after Anubis, as his efforts to aide Horus had been more than worthless and useless. While sadly striking a chord unto the deity women, and right before the two queens' eyes, Isis had felt in her chest a power in which she had one day hoped to impart to her sole heir of the Upper Capital.

~Son of you , greedy child! And his child thereafter shall never seek Ra's holy light AGAIN!~ The hollar of Set made Nephthys and her son Anubis cringe . Her husband had left his Ba...Where else left to go did the l ale's Ka have a chance towards...redeeming him- self!?

~Stop this at once!~ Nephthys heard herself ,as a small part of her meek spirit died away - replaced by the desparate heroine and her nearly- defeated party.

~The gods will allow by their life- essence, that I succeed! Why do you side with the lost- causes! My Queen!?~ The hybrid lord rioted over the male Horus's shoulders. He had the boy in a bind as a serpentine figure from the god's own shadow, held the child no more from escapimg with his mother in one piece.

~Ra's light..is not to be sullied...by your dead- hand!~ Horus whiped around and lashed back out with his own relic still a thorn in the influenced daemon's neck.

~Aaah! AAHHH! This is!~

~The light of my eye...shall drive away your madness from this plane!~

~Kill me first!~ The deity laughed, then shed tears on his hands and knees. The pain was far too much for a tainted relic such as the deserter fiend, Lord Set.

~To the greatest son..sun! Die out with me! The kingdoms will become nothing more than a faded shadow! Dust to dusk...dust by your throne's great memory! Please! Before ...she!~

~I hear nothing of your lies! Horus!~ Isis stood with her ankh and charms by the widow's chest- yet Osiris would be revived...the gods were foolish to deny this queen herearthen desires to the extend of another's chaos...

~Nephthys,we must merge as all, one sister to the realm's peace...for it's continuation!~

~Y-..Yet..what of Set!~Nephthys looked over with a heavy heart. Her eyes not noticing the demonic presence of Apep by her beloved's side.

~Ye love not he as he remains beside the sect to- day.~ Anubis placed a hand onto one his mother's shaking shoulders. ~Ye have nothing left of he to remember well of his effort. He will pay the heavy price by our law...Mother, my relatives . Father shall return with me to the Netherworld sanctum. ~ Anubis expected there for his mother to protest with her grieving cries to the ,she dried her eyes with a sad, small smile on her crusted face.

~I..undertand. Let him be decided forhis trials..by the higher ones...~

~Thank you, Nephthys. ~ Isis took to her stance with her sister and together, Set's ability to remain as he was,faded into the light of a swirling oblvion.

~To the gods! You are all blinde to believe it! The gods' rule of the past shall defeat our true enemy! Liberate us from the throws of the WITCH! She will bury our realm forever! aaahhh! ~

Isis never again asked of the reason, she cared only that Osiris's recovery would go alone by her elders' of the councils' orders.

Bast stayed quietly in her den of worlds, her eyes forever wishing to discover where Autur had gone- right before Mafdet had been thrown into a cell block with her late ruler. Set was...misterable and sadly could recall only bits and pieces of the events ..A snake,a stranglehold to revet the world, to the distinctive past for another's enjoyment.

/

~He was mad forever that day, wishing if the gods above had innacted a ploy to replace the era of our being...~

~Hathor..you...were reborn?~ Ava asked .

~I was, thrice unto the time of my people, I saw Ishtar's fall as imminent in the sister realm of Babylon. You would only understand her as Lilu of to- day...~ Hathor frowned and shook her head. Her eyes shut as ifrecalling the demoness's strife, as if her own pity mattered anymore.

~So, Lilith used to be a deity...that is pretty upsetting to hear.~Raven shrugged, then stood to stand in the direction of-

~Watch out!~ She shouted for the two to flee before a bird , one as big as a jet took to crashing into the guilded, temple entranceway.

A barreling over of sand stone and alabaster had Hathorthrow up a powerful shield to protect the guests of her sir's temple home. It was he, yet his aura was being ravaged by a dark shrpud about the bird's wingspan!

~Ah! Our Lord Eternity! I am coming! Be rid of that parasite! Ava! Your magic will be weak without nightfall tocoax it awake. ~ Hathor swirled round to tell the princess as she stood there before both of the only adults present.

~Why is it being attacked? That looks like miasma!~

~Ava! We are going to send you back to earth. ~ Raven steadied her arms to concoct a spell from those parched lips. The desert was mysterious, yet very remote. It was difficult to understand just how the great fire birdhad been weakened...Though Raven herself had a sure enough hunch as to who would try such a trick..

~Go! Azarath...Metrion! MORTRIX, ZINTHOOOS!~

Her powerful projectiles scoured the air, the daemon entity was still in agony over it's poor luck - having run into a real demon in the Western realms! Incredible for a Universal relic!

~Ava...~ Raven struggled to say as the newly- instated princess of the Snowy Barrens. ~Get back to our home! Now!~

A shining glare errupted from the bird of prophetic means' back. It let out acry so powerful that the walls trembled by the creature's very will to fight against it's silent foe.

~Apep's incarnation! He must be eliminated!~ Hathor said this as Ava's world turned upside down. Her vision blurred to seek out thefacesof her allies. Hervoice became a distant, crying echo within the sands of eternity.

~Waaait!~ She fell, plopping solidly onto a seat cushion of the train..of the Eternal sector! The portal had transported it's passenger to the exact place she had been whisked away FROM.

~Oh...ah! I have to -

A lurch of the breaks meant that the train's ride would commence. They were headed however in the opposite direction..was time altered to make this so that Ava could finish her task for Lady Hathor? Was it planned during the war with the Ph...
~Apep..~She hissed in disgust by that character's presence. He was a snake ..no, a deity born from the god Ra in Egyptian mythology. Aiden never really hated that fourth grade had mean more than just world history to learn. He did however know that Ava's test scores were higher than his own back then when it came to the past, not just the present or future.

~Darn... I always thought this was a small war...but it's larger than anyone even guessed..I hope he's ok...Aiden, is still facing his dem-

~Are you certain of that?~

~Alue? Oh..right...You can talk to me long- distance. The train is going to Earth. I'm not fighting that birdwithout more back up to help Raven-

~That fire bird should be overlooked...~ Alue had Ava raise a brow. She must have just!-

~He is strong. You will see that the fire in his body will sacrifice everything to help your...chosen. Right now, the serpent daemon of 'Egyptian pasts' is coating the world you believe in...into a pitch black, everlasting shadow-

~Then I'll fight to stop him~ Ava protested telepathically through the speak. Her head lowered to not give away her emotions as she had been taught ..by Hati back then..

~You don't think we have what it takes-

~You'll have to see that you do not ...attract any unwanted , attention is all I mean to add. Go, return to that city and you will understand everything..~ The voice died off as Ava blinked her eyes open with a small gasp of breadthe.

~She creeps me out at the best of times...I can't believe that her family is in debt to Reia...that's pretty off in my book. Now, she's queen of the Under...or, Eternal realm..that is in itself...terrifyingly -

~ARRIVING In THE RURAL, WELLMONT REGION. NEXT STOP, THE EARTHEN SPHERE OF THE WESTERN PLANES' PRESENT ERA...WELLMONT, REMAIN SEATED AT ALL TIMES. THANK YOU .~

~Cozy..~ Ava yawned and hoped that no more delays would distract the condutor. She checked for her ticket which had miraculously stayed within her ...pocket...her chest plate had an easy spot to save any valuables from being lost. Age had a way of taking the fun out of most discussion ..even the slightly ...rawest of comical jokes.

As Ava Marie sat in seat for the last lurch of the train's route, a being from across the floor had an exceptionally off effect on the princess. The male was a teenager by his height, yet he was of Spirit world origin by hidden ears of an elven or fae lineage . Ava had the sudden urge to ask the man across from her questions of the culture, yet Raven's warning was clear.

None were to even see her glare their way. Ava was royalty to the Snowy Barrens , she had enemies where none could ever comprehend such athing to happen in a single night. If that character knew magic , Ava would be powerful..though not well trained enough to prevent her abilities from taking over. Ice as sharp as glass. Ava scrunched up her body to cover it in her largest cloak. It was enough to keep those eyes of a charming blue from her...too much like how Chris ..

~Chris,is never coming back!~ Ava folded herself tighter into a ball to hide her mourning eyes from them. She had to forget that he had ever existed ..it was not alright...but it was expected of the princesss as her journey still continued on.

/

The charcter's silver mane was short with a tail, similar to Hakuro in his youthful form. The male was of fae heritage,though he did not recognise this curious sight before his azure orbs. ~A love sick tot? How peculiar...she has an aura that even I do not recognise ..~ The silver haired teen rubbed his chin as his face was covered by a hooded cloak as well. Spirit were secretive,more sothan mortal bound sheep...thise we was not as they however.

~She smells of both mortal and...daemon..curse this ability...! The strix left me high and dry..~ The speak was of this mysterious fellow's past with a certain demoness. He shrugged off the instance and leaned further back into his seat.

~Her blood has triggered, a memory for me...ugh...how is it in Esteran's fate that I was so lucky t-

The child looked about. Not only did it mean that he would have to find his 'source ' again, this would only be his reunion with an enemy of the spirit world

Quiet would be for his ride to the plane of the teenager's agreement. There, he had a group of planners and seekers of their own division who were happy to oblige . This girl in thecorner was after all, just a passerbye with Time's ticking emblem above her skull.

~Immortals are all so strange. ~ The silver haired boy frowned and stared off past the glassy reflection of another day.

The time was near it's peak as Ava caught her breath It was only just in time as the train made it's way back to the Earthen plane- her second home and first real family the girl could recall so vividly. Ava smiled asher tears had let up. The half- Eternal blood's spirits rose to greet her fated destination. Aiden, was going to pull through. She had to keep her promise no matter how many eons drove them apart.

Hecate watched through her magical relic at the sight to behold. Not only had the Chosen revived Horus from his slumber, yet a new ally was about to aid in destroying the serpent Apep. Hecate sniffed as her feet leftthe floor to fetch an important call from the other side. A pretty, blonde princess had promised to uphold all that Catalina Daia stood for. Yet...

~She has a pact with the Lunar sect of deity. ~ The crone huffed as her form resembled a haughty god mother instead of a defeated, old woman. ~Cecilia was the last of her line, her sister is not yet as powerful..and her vessel is not the one I wish to use..hmm~ Hecate's fingertips brought themselves tospell out a few symbols in mid- air. As a swirling channel popped up to showthe face of a nervous Cecilia Crescendo Daia, the crone had not enough time to act with her prophecy nearly completed.

~The boy, he is controlled yet by the snake?~

~Nay, mother deity of the unknown realms.~Cecilia was to one knee within the Eternal world. Her eyes were swept toseek the floor,'s cold fraction of her hollowed emotions. Alicia had chosen to aid the earthen Titans. That was not why she had lived again within another's form!

~Your sibling has no clue,yet her magic is shielding the true Earth from the demon's presence. ~

~That child, Lisa..~ Cecilia started off.

~She is of Alice, the girl Ethereal that is bonded, or was with my sister .~

~Then the Ethereal child is our target-

~What of our promise?!~ Cecilia shouted as the dark eyed deity glared back by the princess's rude behaviour.

~i...want you to spare her life...Thereis another of your sect! She is called Agatha of Dodona! She was revived aswell b-

~By the cat's poor offense against the courts' decision. He is an alchwmist no more!~ The witch smirked as Cici questioned the elder's tactics. ~Yet, what of the cho-

~You were his keeper in all of their trials. Do you not recall? If the boy's prophecy ends,then your life will be enough to repair your sibling. She will claim the child Viscado's body and rule beside you as the last of the Crescendo line.~

~I..care not for this wager.~ Cici stood to brush a wheaten curl from her ear. ~My sister wouldbe the victim if herpowers as the Ethereal returned by the hand of that...~ The blonde grimaced from her disgust in the human raising the elder's sibling. ~Then my lady Daia-

~I have no need of that title..~ Cecilia smiled as her memories of a reborn Alicia clouded the sorceress's judgement.

~Then Lady Cecilia! As my venerated vassal to-be, you will do as this crone doth decree! Does this sound fair to ye, my dear Crescendo child?-

~It..should..~ Cici frowned and would not tell the deity of her own suggestions to the Underworld goddess's pact.

~Miss Daia was not to be my messenger.~ The elder witch brought her hands to lightly touch the glass reflection before her. Cecilia must have felt the ghoulish presence of Hecate as her eyes shut tightly , her cheeks flushed by the frigid hold this daemon mother had over her ...

~Do your ancient relic proud, for Alicia and Catalina's sakes..~

~I am forever within your debt..~ Cici dropped her knee to the floor a second time. Her chest clutched tightly by a gloved set of freezing fingertips.

~I rescued that harpy- self you had been transformed into , and by your envious nature against the line of your mother's.~

~Yes, mistress ..~ Cici bowed even lower with a dry gulp* in her throat. ~I offer to ye what thou shalt then return the worlds to their harmony...the chosen's test will begin with his world left in question..~

/

Ami's breathing grew rapid . Ann struggled to find the solution, yet her hands were tied once again. Her brother had been swallowed into the miasma cloud of a demon- deity, Apep. Isis had only joined temporarily, yet even then..Astarte stood by her angry pupil as the world continued to steadily turn.

~I..do not want my emotions to go hay- wire on me.~ Anna moaned as her youngest sibling seemed to lose consciousness again. Astarte looked down onto the chosen's family. Her eyes somehow had trouble in tearing away from the pitiful sight. She..was empathizing with the human..

~As a deity of war and knowing when to plead for your life aboveall else.~ In other words, pride on the battlefield been in the fsce of one's demise. ~This prophecy is no better than an epic saga from my era of great feats. You will have to remain wise and bite your lip , just enough that your cry is still not stifled. In ...this case...you must weep-

~She's not dead!~ Ami shouted into the deity's darkened, leopard eyes. The speak of the spirit beings waivered I'm and out. Astarte understood, though had believed Anna afraid of using the gift except for during trying times.

~She does not have to be, for this will cause the death of YOUR weaknesses. ~

~W-h...Tears?~ Ann looked into the spiritual figure's orbs , despite her own misty - eyed appearance..

~Why?~ She begged Astarte through the speak now, hoping she would open up alittle over these intentions.. Why was crying the best thing to do right now?

~I can read your state of being. ~ Astarte clarified her views in that sentence , which caused Ann to flinch back in surprise.

~You..read emotions? ~ Anna herself had tried to understand telepathy before, when Ava had been in danger. Ami knew, Aiden refused unless it was left a last call to victory...Then, Astarte was not the same Sarah Santiago as before..

~No, your mental expression, child. ~ The deity shook her head with a dry chuckle. Silly, if she did explain her powers to the outsider, even if she were a chosen protector enlisted by the Phoenix. As Ann calmed a bit by that reply,her heart once again felt to heavy to carry inside her ribcage.

~I...have to hope..that Ami's not going to the place where...You and I won't let her die!~

~Will you if I am not present on your-

~Hello? Should your buddies' role as a Guardian ring any bells!? You have a big bad job, and I have a dumb twin to save! I don't care if I will EVER become your equal!~ Anna's rage lit up to allow the verb's ego a big boost. Astarte had to draw the line as her lips pursed into a thin frown. She knew the Phoenix's blood was hot, thpugh never to suit a mortal's objections of the divines' interventions. ~I do not oppose your fear, it is cautious. Yet fear is a keeper of the mystic power over-

~I'm no psychic, but don't try your mojo magic out on any of us.~ Even though Anna had felt that the powers she owned for a time were on loan, the deity had her eyes lit. If Ann said any more...

~I can help, or rather your power is still incomplete-

~Says the lady who went off on an epic quest for two-

~I was there, preventing a breach..others were to blame within the Eternal void..~ Astarte soon raised her head up, eyes piercing the sky with a serious gaze into the dusty world. Earth was about to become sudden dust- storm.

~Down, NOW!~ Astarte dragged the two with the Titans finally catching the separated group in there sights. Gar screeched* as an eagle, his wing span overhead the wary deity mistress.

~Out ! The serpent is returning! Run from !-

~Her voice was drowned out by a ferocious rumble from below. The tendrils that represented the daemon's body writhed instinctively . Lively as ever, they swarmed the groups, bringing these brave souls intl the same keep of both Aiden and teenage Horus.

Kori cried out with her eyes of green emerald scalding . Her children, they were next on Apep's list !

"Nightwing! " She called out over the massive surge happening all around the heroes.

~Star! We can't be separated from them! Follow ! Titans!~

He was after the children of his own legacy in a flash, the serpent sensing this urge and making it so before Starfire's very eyes. ~Dick!~ He had been swept down belo the red earth, her head pounded from the rattling and shaking quakes of this false plane. If only they had not been split apart!

~I will not lose you!~ Starfire dropped into a crevice that had split apart by her desires. This world was a test by a trickster god's own intentions to collect energy. He would live forever if the plan succeeded to trap the chosen ..and his family's prophecy would return to dust before them..

Gar caught wind while on the wing , he had had enough of struggling. Chosen or left out, the Titan would not let the demons take his friends away, not without a fight.

Damian and Zatanna sped up after the crevice had nearly shut, their eyes fixated on how mortals could ever hope to pass into that world below. Damian paced, his feet shuddering with a halt by each rush from the lates shifting. ~Is he crazy!?~ Kay shot his attacks into the breakage, his wounds now healed enough to aid his allies. ~Kai! Help us break this apart ! My shots are not ha-

~I'm not gonna win em' back in this form. ~ Kaien's body was alight with the embers of a volcanic beast- the cinder creature from an earlier episode! (In these new years part one, Kaien makes his appearance as a smoke- cloaked doggie on the run after a demonic entity. He also tests the gall of his favourite queen next to Catalina, Isa Rothschild as Lady Isis. ) His body morphed to grow larger, greater than Vesuvius could ever hold.

~Agh!~ Henry pointed and saw the beast with his eyes widened in fright. ~That..is a daemon!-

~Daemon be lone deity ta' me. ~ Kaien in his newest guise howled as the rifts shook awake by the my 's cry. ~I am a lone wolf teh' the likes eh' that snarling anaconda! Break !~

The floor of the stone crevice shattered. The white wolf had the power as well as Verra to shatter illusions. Yet Kaien was skilled in this manner only as an ultimate power- house from the underworld.

~Back it up! He's letting free his fires!~ Glen pushed the groups back with a shout as loud as any thunder kings. Ronald aided in the attack ,his palms festered with sparking light as the storm had only started to rip apart the divide of a demon's recollections.

~WE ARE COMIN' FER YA SNAKE!~

The cracks grew to blast apart,the void below was a swirling chasm of fearful anticiption. Zan felt her grip meet with Damian's in an instant. Poor guy was thinking this a nightmare!

"Should we take the leap?" Cyborg asked, a gulp not all so uncommon for the retired, third in command.

~I say, hells yeah!~ Ronald saw Cy's expression change with his daughter's face on his arm's screen. Her grin too easy to notice as a trick for this trade.

~No hackin' the mainframe computer, Jacki-

~I'm gonna guide you guys in! We had an awesome somethin' happen here while you an' the team were freaking out. ~

"Huh? Jacklyn..? What are you talkin about! Did you run into that old data for space time!-

~No! I know how to track Ami! She and I bonded cause she wanted me to be prepared if things...got ugly...~

"Ami?" Dami gaped. Zan shook her head and thought of how that could have been overlooked..

"No games here, what is your big secret! Your career's not gonna be an anarchist for interpol. I don't care if you have cia know how , it's no-

~No..dad..~ Jacklyn shook her head and almost laughed, trying to not cry instead. ~ Ami told me that she's using a lot of power from that Japanese sun goddess. If she uses too much...that's why we have ta be super quick. I can help!~ She pleaded. Jackie's dad's eyes enough proof that Nasa would be left to the next generation after her's...

"You..won't talk to the Graysons yet. Not Anna either. They'll be told. But hush it until we are...in the clear. Got that?~ Jackie was relieved as her eyes lit up, her fingers typing frantically against the keys with a steady thrum from her super computer's main frame.

~The Titans are back! And that surprise was a visitor. Don't say I didn't warn you...see us back when you save my gal! Talk to you laters!~

A swift click* set the elder male's screen a tracker in a jiffy. By bio signature , Ami could be seen as a red dot blinking in plain sight. Cy sighed and turned to his crew of heroes and guardians.

"Y'all ready, team?"

~I am . ~ Kaien ruffed* , his fur standing as high as jagged rocks to the most treacherous peaks .

"Count me in!" Zan chirped with a grin.

"I won't let Bruce see me as a dead man. " Damian replied softly. His head was hidden in embarressment by this setting.

"Not losing out, then let's rock!" Cyborg, Henry, Glen, Kaien, Kayumon, Wiz, Kid Flash, Robin, Zatanna, and Ron dove right into the rift, not even bothering to look before they had leapt into total darkness.

/

The dive was further down than the events of Trigon's summoning. Much more and without Slade to muck things up for our heroes. Yet in fact, one villain in the midst of planning a new stage was watching...

( Or will be since I have a whole plot in mind for a cliffy arc that'll blow even the guardians away! Stick around and stay curious for mini updates.)

The drop was intense. Kaien acted as a powerful aid in helping the teams navigate the lower levels of their treacherous location. Had Kori and Dick been pulled in by Apep's enchantments? Where was the exit to this roller coaster of utter doubt and frustration!?

/

In a distant setting, the heated battle over both lower and upper kingdoms had not yet been won. Aiden was unconscious as Apep left a distrought Horus to fend off the chaotic king's many arms.

His charge was wounded by a psychic's attack. If Isis were close by, she could save the child as the only other magician left to her line - one whom recognised Apep for what it was by it's creation.

~Ra will kill you into the after life, demon!~ Horus yelled as his temperment dwindled while the serpent continued to drain the life- energy from Aiden's body.

He fought tendrils as their flesh was ripped apart . The serpentine giant only cackled with a loud iss surrounding the lone survivor of this epic prophecy.

~To Shu's greatness! You are my enemy until...the-

~UGNHGH!~ The deity felt the blow as he had only a bloodied Verra to tend to Aiden. His cough prevented the son of suns from looking right behind him . ~No! I swear..if Osiris ever wrangled you intothe netherworld...I'll help to end you myself!~ Verra's body was astrally projected, yet powerful enough as it aided the chosen without backing down once. Only, Apep had other plans for his cocooned incarnate to become one with the daemon's spirit. How Aiden grit his fists and as he let out ablood curdling scream! Verra's ears recognised that pain as how Rokou had been when once having tried to take over Richard's body...so many years before...( An eternal tomorrow, it was a banishing spell by Malchior who had a dagger to send the 'self' packing. )

~no...the prophecy is dead! You won't sully it any further!~ The deadly jaws of the dog widened to spew forth miasma from his darkest abilities. Aien grit his teethb and moaned further away hispain, as Apep's evil energy cradled the teen into it's throws.

~No!~ Horus swung his spear to fly, as Verra attatched his spirit round the tip for extra measure again the great, spectral serpent . Aiden gasped as if the blade had hit his lungs, yet Apep's influence had not been severed there. His tendril became a sharp object as it ccut through the air-

~No!~ Verra draghed himslf to pullup a barrier...yet...

~VERAVAKUMU!~ Dick saw it. He saw Verra's fur a bloodied pulp as the guardian's late form fell. Right as Aiden's eyes lit with tameranean fire, his mother too cried out.

~UNBRIDELED STRENGTH! FIGHT BACK, AIDEN!~

The boy as if by some hex did activate his powers. Kori nearly leapt from her entrance into the darkened world, yet refrained as Horus proceded to dig his weapon through the side of the choas god's chest..

~Leave this void, leave this world and grant it order!~

~O...rder...is..dead..with theee!~ Apep cackled as it's whole body turned to a smoky miasma. The deity's influence had repelled the daemon creature, though had it even left a mark to say the very least?

~Ungh...~ Aiden saw Horus and groggily forced himself to crawl, then he stopped by Verra's unmoving body.

~no...nonononono! Dog...ca. Not now! Wake up!~ He had lost an ally, just one made all the difference as Aiden's emotional energies caused the fire inside him to light a path towards home-

~No..this...this is all wrong! Dad! ...M..mom...~ The teenager sniffled as a child and was afraid to leave the cat behind. Dick knew that the Titas would be close. A call as if on an aggressive roller- coaster was an answer loud enough!

"wwwwhoooah!" Cy stumbled down as the magical members of their troupe attempted to catch the fall of their non-magic users' . Damian groaned until his eyes met Zan's with a gasp. Then they heard what could have just been a nightmare. Just a dream, though never would the group have known where those walls would have them crash down towards.

/

Ok! Every Titan and Guardian has met the last floor down. Though in case you were wondering, who could the guest be that Jackie wishes to point out? Is Apep dead and gone for good? Where are Isis and the elder deity? Will Aiden break from his tantrums long enough in order to leave their location in this final battle? This next chapter will be interesting, so stick around and stay curious for more! Read on as always for the arc's new start , cannot wait !