Chapter Twenty-Five: Fly
Em had been living out her dreams. She had returned to her first home. Everyone was very glad to see her, amazed at how much she'd grown. Em met the closest people she had to a real family, apart from the Titans, and saw the closest place she ever had to a home, apart from Titans Tower. She spent a long time there in that small town in the mountains, regaining her lost childhood. But she wasn't truly happy, and she knew it.
After spending a long and wonderful two months in her original home, Em bid it goodbye and struck out to see the world. She toured Europe for a month, then started into Asia. She came to her final Asian destination, Japan, half way through her fourth month away from the Titans.
Em found that she absolutely loved Japan. Tokyo was amazing, but she instantly fell in love with Kyoto. It was beautiful there. She spent a week there, then returned to Tokyo for a while. As she walked through she crowded streets, she was startled half to death by a beeping sound coming from her belt. She looked down and saw the buckle blinking red. It was the Titan alarm.
She was attracting many weird looks, so she whipped out her communicator, which she hadn't touched since she had left. She gasped when she saw the screen.
Robin was bruised and battered, standing back-to-back with the other four Titans. They were surrounded by Slade's robots in a dark place Em didn't recognize.
"Robin!" Em shrieked, attracting more weird stares.
"Em, we need your help," he replied desperately.
"What- how- where-?" Em stammered helplessly.
Robin was about to reply, but his communicator was knocked from his hands by a rock glowing yellow and the transmission cut out.
"TERRA!" Em shouted fiercely. People on the street were backing away from her. She switched to her electricity element, and many people gasped. She turned to the nearest person.
"Higashi?" she snapped.
The alarmed man pointed east.
"Doomo," Em replied, wasting no time on formalities as she leapt into the air and flew up above the buildings. She stopped a moment in the air, looking east.
Okay Em, your friends need you. Fly. Fly faster than you've ever flown before. Fly.
She gathered her strength, then shot off east. She was going much faster than she'd ever gone before, and she didn't care. She had to get there. She had to make it in time. She broke the sound barrier when she reached the ocean.
Fly.