A/N: Hey guys! Sorry I will not include my normal shouts out in this update but I literally lost count of all the reviews I received with my other stories going on so, I'm really really sorry.
Also, I apologize for the long wait, I've kind of lost inspiration with this story which is kind of sad, really.
I've decided that I'm going to omit a fourth part to the Hidden series and just, maybe, have a longer story here, I don't know
I promise if you review this time though, I'll DEFINITELY include you in my next shouts out.
With that said, enjoy the chapter!
Cheers,
Franshes
"Quick!" Summer said, snapping into leader mode "Get the babies and get as far away from here as you can!"
Lise and Ravenie nodded, however, that proved to be easier said than done as a powerful blast threw the three of them on the ground.
The sound of Daniel and Alex's wails filled the room.
The tower shook as the fighting turned even more dangerous.
"Who's attacking us?" Lise asked, having finally gotten hold of Daniel, Ravenie having gotten hold of Alex, all of them under Summer's protective shield.
"It seems," Summer said horrified "That it's the three of them..."
"We have to help the others, Creak will kill them all!" Ravenie said furiously.
Summer turned to look at her, tears in her eyes.
"We HAVE to get away from here," she said "We're easy targets in here, with the babies and all, we need to get under cover..."
"What, and leave our families here to die?" Ravenie shouted over the mayhem "Not a chance Summer!"
"Ravenie," Summer said tensely "Think this doesn't pain me as much as it does you? They're my family too! But- when my brother died I vowed to protect you- protect his son...we have to get away from here if we hope to get out of here alive, if the others are smart, they'll follow our example."
"I hate to say this but Summer's right," Lise said, biting her lip, blinking back tears "We can't think of the others now, Ravenie, we have to think of our sons and getting them out of here alive,"
Ravenie hesitated before nodding slowly, tears streaming down her face.
She tried to tune out the yells, the bangs, the explosions after that, while the three of them struggled to get out of the towerm trying not to imagine how many of the titans had fallen under this surprise attack.
Summer was finally able to teleport them outside the tower, only to find that the battle was raging on there too...
With a gasp, Ravenie watched her parents bring Dikos down while Raven and Changeling kept Creak occupied.
Lise watched as streaks of light flew past her and understood that her father had come to the same conclusion she had and was trying to save her siblings.
She watched her mother hex Allison but fall down when Creak's army of machines began firing everywhere.
Overall, the scene was looking very dismal for the titans.
Until...
There was a bright flash of white light and suddenly half the army of robots were gone.
Mystery Heroine began attacking Creak who snarled, annoyed that his plans had been once again foiled by this pest.
With a few, well-placed energy balls that alternated between white and dark blue and a couple of punches and kicks, Mystery Heroine had managed to subdue the army of robots and bring down Allison and Dikos. Angrier than ever but unwilling to risk getting captured, Creak gathered his father and girlfriend and fled the scene.
That's when the girls took a proper look at their surroundings.
The Tower was almost completely destroyed.
Loud wailings filled the air, they seemed to be coming from Mark who then woke Taylor up and both babies began to make a chorus of cries.
Summer gasped as she saw her mother strewn across the floor, very obviously injured yet trying to get to Taylor.
"Here mom, let me," Summer offered, picking her baby sister up and placing her in her mother's arms.
Raven smiled, a pained smile and Summer could see how she was slowly losing consciousness, a deep wound in her abdomen.
"Mom!" she cried, anguished.
"Summer..." Raven croaked "Summer get the others...your brother...your sister..."
"Rae, Rae I've got them Rae," said a voice from behind and Summer turned around and let out a relieved sigh as she watched her father come out from under all the smoke and debris left from the battle holding onto Jade and Scott.
Changeling's arm was in a very bad shape, it looked like something in it had broken but he was carrying his children nonetheless over their many protests.
Jade and Scott were both injured, though lightly.
All of them were very dirty.
"Here, let me," Mystery Heroine said quietly and her hands began to glow white, immediately healing Raven's deep wound and Changeling's arm.
"You'll still need a sling and some bandages because it's very delicate," she told him "But it's better now..."
"Thank you," Changeling said, looking into the hood that hid Mystery person's face "For everything..."
"It was nothing. It's my job," Mystery Heroine said "Here, I'll cure your other children too, while I'm at it..."
Meanwhile, Lise went and picked the wailing Mark up off the ground. She understood with a sinking heart that, while her father had been able to get out her sister, brother, Ben, and her mother, they'd all purposefully left the baby in there...
She rocked both Daniel and Mark, attempting to soothe the distraught babies.
And then her eyes widened because she understood.
This had been no ordinary attack, the villains had come with a purpose. They'd wanted to take Mark away and make him into the next Creak. That's why they'd attacked the way they did, separating all the titans, with all the smoke and mayhem, getting them to flee the place and leave their target unattended.
"Has anyone seen my parents or siblings?" Ravenie asked anxiously, clinging to her son.
"We're right here honey," Nightwing called out. He was holding Starfire who appeared to be unconscious, his children around him. Dash and Rainbow appeared to be just fine. Dylan's shoulder seemed injured, though not much.
"Oh no," Ravenie heard Jade say softly before she walked up to her boyfriend, hugging his waist. Dylan held her tightly while still worried over his mother.
"What happened?" Ravenie exclaimed upon reaching her father and siblings.
"We were fighting- and the infrastructure was damaged- we didn't really notice and-and- the w-wall...it, sort of, fell on her..." Nightwing said, his voice shaking a bit "I-I couldn't even do anything to help her then, we-we were under attack. It was only after-after Mystery Heroine showed up that I could- pull her out from under the wreckage. She was unconscious from there..."
"Is she...?" Ravenie said softly though she couldn't bring herself to complete the question.
Mystery Heroine materialized out of nowhere, nearly scaring them all to death.
Wordlessly, she took Starfire from Nightwing's arms and gently touched his forefinger to her wrist.
"She's not dead," she declared, gaining a relieved sigh from all the people who'd been around "But her pulse is very weak, she has to be taken to a hospital right away..."
"Nightwing, I'll take her," Raven offered "I'll get there faster..."
"M-Raven, you're not strong enough yet," Mystery Heroine said, her voice betraying some emotion for once.
"Doesn't matter, she's my friend, I have to help her," Raven said.
"No, mom, I'll take her," Summer said "Mystery Heroine's right, you're weak, you need to rest in order to fully recover, plus you have to take care of Taylor, Scott, and Jade..."
"I think Jade's in good hands," Raven said with a light smile as she watched her daughter hugging Dylan. Dylan smiled at Raven's statement and leaned in to kiss the top of Jade's head, Jade resting her head on his shoulder afterwards.
"I think you should leave that to the adults kiddo," said a voice from behind and everyone, but especially Lise, breathed another sigh of relief as they watched Kid Flash enter the half-demolished Tower with Jinx, Speranza, Valerie, and Kyle- all of them unharmed. Ben came a little behind them.
"Dad!" Lise cried and she ran towards her father, hugging his neck tightly.
"Lise, oh thank God," he exclaimed "Honey, we looked foryou everywhere and we couldn't find you and we thought you'd already left so- oh God, can you forgive me Lise?"
"There's nothing to forgive dad," Lise said "You had to save them. I understand."
Next, Lise held her mother tightly before embracing each of her siblings, glad they weren't hurt.
"But we can still help,"Kid Flash said "Here Nightwing, I'll take Starfire to the hospital and be back before you can even blink,"
The titans laughed lightly at Kid Flash's humor before Nightwing nodded and passed Starfire to Wally who then ran out the nearest broken window as fast as he could.
When Kid Flash came back, not even five minutes later, Lise told everyone what she believed had been the reason for the attack.
Jinx and Kid Flash paled upon hearing this.
"Oh God," Kid Flash said "So it's all our fault...and we even left him here, they could've grabbed him at any time and then-"
"Wally, it's not your fault," Raven said firmly "It could've happened to any of us, now, the important thing is to avoid this happening again, we can't afford to have them get Mark as well, we don't need another Creak..."
"I have to get going but-she's right," Mystery Heroine said with a sigh "Just- keep that baby safe from now on okay?"
"Why do you keep doing this?" Summer demanded "Helping us but attacking the Justice League? Saving us but then leaving so suddenly- never once telling us even your name!"
"I've told you before, my name's Dove," Mystery Heroine answered dryly.
"And I don't believe that in the slightest," Summer challenged "You're hiding something from us and I want to know why,"
"She's right," Ravenie intervened "If you really are one of the good ones, what do you have to fear from letting us know who you are?"
"You-you wouldn't understand..." Mystery person replied, her voice seemed shaky "It's not me I'm concerned about- it's you guys!"
"Us? Why us?" Nightwing replied sharply.
"Because-if anyone finds out who I am you'd be in terrible danger," Mystery Heroine replied.
"And you've cared about that since when?" Ravenie said "I mean, you had no problem in threatening my dad and grandfather before, you left Batman in a wheelchair and who knows if he'll be able to walk again! How come you suddenly care for us, huh?"
"Because I did all that to protect you," Mystery Heroine answered quietly, earning an overall incredulous look from everyone.
"Just stop it with the lies okay?" Ravenie said softly "If you want to help then we'd appreciate your help in winning this war but please, I've already lost way too much for you, or anyone else to make me lose even more..."
Everyone nodded in agreement to Ravenie's words because, yeah, they'd all suffered heavy cassualites in this war.
"I don't get you," Summer replied "Do you like to be alone? Is that it?"
"No," Mystery Heroine said quietly "I hate it...but if I have a family again- I don't want to lose it..."
"You won't," Argent offered quietly "We're all going to be your family, and you won't lose us, promise..."
"You can't promise anything Argent," Mystery Heroine replied "But you're right...you guys ARE my family and I've kept this up long enough..."
"Huh?" Everyone said, confused.
With a sigh they heard a click from under Mystery Heroine's cloak.
"You want to know who the real me is?" A man's voice came out.
"I knew you were using a voice disguiser!" Summer said triumphantly.
Mystery person chuckled.
"Yeah Summer...always so smart," he said before he lowered the cloak.
Everyone gasped.
"JAKE!" Ravenie screamed.
A/N: Okay I hope this chapter's worth the wait and that you guys didn't feel like I rushed into it. I promise to try to have next chapter up by next week.
That said, please remember to review,
Reviews make my day and inspire me to write more,
Cheers,
Franshes
PS. If anyone's confused over how Jake's alive if Jinx and Kid Flash saw him die, I'll explain it in next chapter...
