A New Darkness
Chapter 5
The fight at City Hall was not going well. No one had informed Young
Justice that the man was a metahuman, or that there were about 50 people on
that roof. Robin, Darkness, and Impulse were trying to keep ROB(that's what he
SAID his name was, honest) distracted, while the others tried to get the
hostages off the roof. They hadn't expected them to be under mind-control, so,
they were fighting back. It wasn't going well.
Robin was standing on a narrow ledge, at the very edge of the roof. He
was between ROB and his zombies, desperately trying to think of a way to break
his control over them. He was thinking so hard, in fact, that he didn't see
the zombie leaping for him. "Robin!" Secret screamed. He looked up in time to
see the man leap onto him, and pin his arms to the sides. With a disturbing
slowness, he felt himself falling.
"Robin! NO!" Secret screamed. Darkness stared for a second, then flew
into action. He leapt off the side of the building. Demmed if he was going to
let himself be killed like this. With barely a thought his cape shifted into a
pair of huge, raven-black wings, rooted in his back. He flew downward, using
his wings to push himself faster, reaching out to grab the man and Robin. With
a jerk that pulled his arms almost out of their sockets and strained his
wings, he grabbed hold of Robin's foot. Oof. This time, using his wings to
slow himself, he deposited robin and his attacker on the ground and landed
himself. With a practiced movement, he knocked the man unconscious and off of
robin.
Robin looked up at him. "Did I know you could do that?" Darkness
shrugged, a movement enlarged by the folded wings on his back. They were as
tall as he was, and his feathers ruffled. "Ah. Uh, I forgot to tell you about
these." Robin blinked. "What, am I a metahuman on your universe?" "No, I'm-"
they were interrupted by shouts from the roof. "Perhaps we should go back up
there?" "Yeah. Hold on."
With a bound, Darkness leapt upwards, straining against gravity, and
they rejoined the fight.
~*~*~*~End Chapter 5*~*~*~
Chapter 5 done. And distressingly small. I suppose you should just
consider 4 and 5 all one chapter. Maybe when I'm archiving it, I'll just make
it all one chapter. Hm. Anyway, I managed to avoid gratuitous action! Yay!
(and yes, I KNOW some of you like action. I rather like action. I just can't
write it worth a gallon of cooked spinach. Ah well.
Next Chapter: Wings!? What the...!?
Disclaimer: I don't own YJ. I own Darkness and this story. Yay! Heh. Don't
sue me!!