Chapter 29
Welcome Aboard...
Polybius and Donna chilled on the beach, looking at Titans tower. To Polybius, it appeared that the Titans had driven off that witch, and his assistance wasn't needed. This gave Polybius more leniency as to when he could bring Donna in. As much as he didn't want her to get in trouble, he wanted more to spend as much time as he could with her as possible.
Looking out at the water, the two soaked it all in. The sun was setting so they had a beautiful sunset and relatively few people around.
"Isn't it beautiful." Donna said, "The end of a day and the promise of night fills me with joy."
Polybius looked over at her with some confusion.
"Back when Montezuma had me, prisoner, I knew bad things were going to happen when the light came on. That was my warning, and when the light went off, I knew I was safe." Donna explained, "And while in complete and total darkness, I did manage to find some comfort in it, knowing that most likely, nothing bad was gonna happen to me."
Polybius listened to her words intently as she took a pause. She looked down at the ground and began to tremble.
"I still have nightmares of those times." Donna admitted, "All of the pain, suffering, torment, and humiliation I went through because of him!"
Polybius moved his hand towards her in an attempt to comfort her as he saw her being to break down.
"I hate what he did to me." Donna said, "And then my mother degrades and hates on you all because you happen to look like him. The person who saved me from certain death! Yet no, all because you're a man, that's all she seems to care about. Like you are setting me up to get hurt or something!"
As anger rose in Donna's voice, Polybius decided to squeeze her hand and try and bring her out of it, but to no avail.
"Never mind how I feel!" Donna said, tears now in her eyes and starting to roll down her face "Nevermind that I still see Montezuma standing in the corner of my room in the middle of the night! Nevermind that I always have an uneasy feeling! And never mind that I never feel safe!"
Donna then broke down and began crying. Polybius did his best to comfort her as she let it all out. He could tell that she had years of built-up frustration was coming out of her at that moment.
"I hate it!" Donna declared as tears rolled down her face, "I just want to be free! I don't want to see or hear Montezuma anymore! I don't want to always feel uneasy! I don't want any of this! How can anybody live like this!?"
Polybius wished he had his voice at that moment. So he could better comfort her than what he could. That he knew exactly what she was going through at that moment.
However, seeing no other option, Polybius decided to do the only thing he could really think of and go entirely against his nature.
Wrapping his arms around Donna, he pulled her in for a tight hug and embrace. She was quick to return his gesture and hugged him back.
"I wish I could stay with you." Donna added, "When I'm with you, I feel safe."
Polybius didn't quite understand that part. He never felt safe, but if he was her safety, then he would fully embrace that role.
Donna then calmed down and pulled away from him and wiped her face. She smiled and let out a small chuckle as she looked him in the eyes.
"Thanks." Donna said, "I know if any of my sisters saw me do that, they would kill me."
The mute then gave her a characteristically, warm smile.
"Why am I like this?" Donna asked him, "I'm supposed to be an Amazon. A strong independent woman. One who doesn't need men in her life. But why is it when I'm with you that I feel so different?"
Polybius couldn't answer that question for her. All he could do was standby and watch as she gathered herself. Once she recovered, she looked over at the tower.
"I suppose we should head back and get me in processed before I have to go." Donna said, a bit gloomy.
The mute looked at his phone and saw the time. They didn't have a lot of time left, and getting Donna in processed was an important step.
"Well, look at you!" The two suddenly heard a male voice shout.
Looking back, they saw some big fat, ugly looking guy approaching them. The stench that came off of him could be smelled a mile away. The overall physical appearance of the man reminded Polybius of a rotting bison.
Walking up to the two of them, the man looked at Donna with a hungry look in his eyes. A lustful look.
"Damn, girl, you're thicker than a bowl of oatmeal." The man said, causing anger to spark in both Polybius and Donna.
"Excuse me!?" Donna demanded.
"You heard me sexy." The man said, "Come on over here, and I'll show you what a good time is."
Polybius stepped up and approached the man with anger in his eyes.
"Oh, what are you gonna do, pretty boy?" The man asked before turning back to Donna, "Look, honey, this guy may be sexy, but you gotta give fat guys a chance. The reason being is the worst thing we'll do to you is eat dinner without you. Meanwhile, this guy over here is gonna lie to you, cheat on you, and break your heart."
"You're sick!" Donna spat back, "Go away!"
"Only if you come with me back to my place." The man said, "I let you ride this massive dick all night long!"
Polybius had enough. Grabbing the man by the collar of his shirt, Polybius then punched the man hard across the face. This hit was so hard that the man's shirt tore off, and he stumbled over unconscious and fell on his back.
"Why is it every time we hang out that we run into men like this?" Donna asked, "Don't tell me that you are the expectation, and most men are like him."
Polybius pulled out his phone and texted her a response.
'Technically, I'm not a man, I am really genderless, a hermaphrodite. And I just choose to go by male terms based on my physical appearance. However, I cannot speak for all men, but this is certainly not how most of them act. I think you just have bad luck and run into these losers.' Polybius explained over text.
"I see." Donna replied after reading it, "That does explain a lot."
Polybius then put his phone away and looked back at the man. He was breathing, but Polybius had neither the time nor patience for him. Polybius was going to just leave him on the ground and walk away.
"Come on." Donna said, offering a hand to him, "Let's go get me in processed."
Polybius took it, and the two flew over to Titan Island. Once they touched ground there, they headed inside the tower, and Polybius tried to get ahold of Robin, but to no avail.
He was, however, able to get ahold of Starfire, who was very happy and eager to see Donna again after all these years.
"Friend Donna!" Starfire shouted as she quickly took Donna in one of her death hugs.
"Hey, Starfire!" Donna greeted happily as she returned the hug.
"What are you doing here!?" Starfire quickly asked as she broke off her hug.
"Well, after seeing everything you and Polybius do, I decided that I wanted to be a hero too!" Donna explained.
"That's wonderful news!" Starfire declared.
"Yeah, well, Polybius has been keeping my sister, Diana in the loop, and she kept me in the loop as to what has been going on here, and since you guys are going global, I figured this was the best time for me to join!" Donna explained.
"That is correct!" Starfire said, "Come, let us give you what you need so you can go and do great things!"
Taking her upstairs to where the other four were, Starfire burst through the door with Polybius and Donna not far behind.
"Friends!" Starfire shouted "I have some wonderful news! Donna has returned, and she wishes to become a Titan!"
"Well, alright!" Cyborg shouted.
After quickly getting Donna in processed as an honorary Titan, Polybius was more than happy to hand off a T communicator to her.
"Welcome to the club." Beast Boy as Polybius handed it off.
"Thanks." Donna said, holding the communicator in her hand.
"You want a phone as well?" Cyborg offered, "We've got extras on our own 5G network, and we can contact each other anywhere on the entire globe."
"Even on Paradise Island?" Donna asked.
"I think so." Cyborg said, "And if not, the T communicator certainly can, so if you don't get any signal, just let me know, and I'll get you some."
"Thanks." Donna said, "But what is the point of having both a phone and communicator?"
"The communicator is used for official, mission-related business. Hence why it is only able to make calls on it." Robin explained, "The phone is for personal use. For things like group chat and stuff."
"Group chat?" Donna asked.
"Yesh, the Titans have one large group chat that we all talk in, as well as things like Google, games, or whatever else you want to put on your phone. It's yours." Robin said, "The only person who is the exception to the non-official-business rule is Polybius, and that's for obvious reasons."
"Sweet!" Donna said.
Cyborg quickly got Donna a phone, and she looked at it. Once they got it all set up, the first person she went to was Polybius to get his number.
"You're number is in here, right?" Donna asked, looking at both his and her phone.
Starfire couldn't help but giggle as she watched the two work. She wasn't alone as Robin, smiled as well.
"What are you guys smiling and giggling about?" Donna asked.
"Nothing." Starfire replied for the team.
"Sure…" Donna said, not believing them as Polybius finished exchanging their numbers.
What neither of them knew is that Beast Boy had out his phone and took a picture of them. He then proceeded to post it on every social media website he was on. However, as he came on Reddit, the last one, he noticed Polybius had posted something that had been taken down immediately.
"Say, uh Polybius." Beast Boy said, looking at his phone, "Did you post something on our Reddit page?"
Polybius quickly headed over to Beast Boy to see that his post about the patch was gone.
"That's odd." Donna commented.
"What's odd?" Robin asked.
Donna then explained what had happened. From what she found in Athens, to the attack on Polybius, to their research.
"And you guys came up with nothing?" Robin asked.
They both shook their heads.
"Well, I guess that does makeup for you bailing on us with Mother Mae Eye." Cyborg commented.
"We've got bigger problems than that." Raven countered, "If Polybius is on a hit list, then we need to figure out who they are and why."
Polybius then reached into his pocket and pulled out the patch. He held it up for everybody to see.
"I've never seen anything like that." Robin commented, "But I'm sure Cyborg can find some match, right?"
"I'll try." Cyborg said, "But since Polybius's post was taken down off of Reddit almost immediately, I'm not sure how far I'll get."
Cyborg then took the patch from Polybius and set to work. Meanwhile, Donna looked out the window and then down at her phone.
"I should really get going." Donna said, "If I stay here much longer, my Mom will find out I snuck out again."
"Are you certain, friend?" Starfire asked, "We haven't even had the chance to do the hanging out!"
"Maybe next time." Donna said, "I'll be over again, don't worry about that. Just with how my Mom hates Polybius, I don't want to incur that wrath from her. Because if she figures out, I snuck out, she'll assume I went to Polybius, and she'll unleash Tartarus on me."
"Alright, then." Starfire said, "But you had better text us when you get back, so we know you returned safely!"
"I will." Donna said, "I will see you all later!"
After exchanging goodbyes, Polybius then walked Donna out of the tower and onto the roof. Once on the roof, the two stopped, and Donna turned to him.
"I'll text you later." Donna said, "Keep me in the loop. And if you find out anything about these guys who have you on a hit list, let me know immediately."
The mute Titan nodded.
"I guess I should go then." Donna said, "I'll come and visit, I promise."
The two exchanged smiles as Donna took off. Waving each other off, Polybius headed back inside to help Cyborg in the search. Once there, he found Robin and him looking at a screen.
"Hey, Polybius, quick question for you." Robin said as Polybius approached them, "Why did you bail on us when Mother May Eye showed up."
Pulling out his phone, Polybius explained his situation.
'Because I went to my room rather than join you all for pie, I was completely unaware of her presence in the tower. And when we got the double alert, I found out about her, but since it seemed that she was waiting on something. This led me to split from you guys as you went and felt with the HIVE while I dealt with the other threat. The plan was after that to really and rejoin you. But getting attacked and nearly killed, combined with Donna, and that I know you all are capable people, I figured that you could take care of yourselves while I dealt with that.'
"Okay…" Robin said, looking over the text, "Next time, go straight for us."
Polybius nodded his understanding.
"Now why don't you go and get some rest." Robin ordered, "Sounds like you had a rough day."
Polybius nodded and then did as he was told.
"He also needs to relax with his girlfriend, Donna. I am almost a hundred percent sure that those two more than likely hung out. And when she comes over, he and Star are gonna get into it." Cyborg said, "We all remember how Star and BB fought over Terra."
"Well, in that situation, Beast Boy had more romantic feelings towards her. And I think we all know he doesn't feel that way towards her." Robin said, "However, that conflict is a foreseeable one."
"Come on, man!" Cyborg countered, "We both know they like each other and just aren't admitting it!"
"If it were any other two people, I'd agree. But considering their mindset, I'm not so sure." Robin countered.
"What do you mean?" Cyborg questioned, "The first person she goes to is him. I don't know what screams 'I like you' more than that."
At that moment, Starfire, Beast Boy, and Raven walked in.
"Hey, guys!" Cyborg shouted, "Come back me up here!"
"On what?" Stafford asked.
"Aren't Polybius and Donna totally into each other, and both denying it." Cyborg stated.
"Totally." Beast Boy said.
"I must admit they would make an adorable couple." Stafford commented.
"Maybe Donna. But not Polybius." Raven answered.
"Aw, come on, Rae! You know they both are totally in love." Cyborg insisted.
"Even if Polybius is, I'm not sure he would want to pursue one." Raven explained, "We've all seen how he does get about romance."
"Donna tends to get the same way." Starfire commented, "It would make them perfect for each other!"
"Yeah!" Beast Boy agreed, "They should totally hook up. And we'll call it Polynna! No, wait! Donnbius! We totally gotta hook them up!"
As the Titans discussed what they thought about the aspect of Polybius and Donna becoming more romantically involved, Polybius sat in his rocking chair in his room. He too was thinking about Donna, but not in a romantic way. Instead, he was looking at his relationships with her versus the others.
And in his deep thinking about that, he realized something. He trusted Donna more than he did the others. Despite not seeing her for more than a year and having minimal contact since she left, he felt closer to her than the others. And he was quite okay with that.
Unknown to anyone on Earth, on a planet far away, the leaders of an alien race gathered. Their world was dying, and they needed a new place to live. And for them, the perfect planet to move onto was Earth.
They were quick to begin developing plans for a full and outright invasion of the planet for a hostile takeover. This followed by the extermination of the native fauna as well.
"It'll be perfect." The leader said, "Once Earth is ours, our species will live on! All we have to do is win!"
And there you have it! Chapter 29 of The Terror of Sileance. I am thankful that you took the time out of your day to read it and I also hope you have a good rest of your day!