Chapter VI
Rorek and Robin continued their lone walk along the great path of Nowhere, neither of them spoke as they tried to figure out where they exactly walking to.
"So……" said Robin in an attempt to break the tense silence between him and his travel partner, "Where are you from originally?" he asked, slapping himself mentally at the overall stupidity of the question. Rorek just smiled and looked like he was thinking, brushing his hair once again out of his crystal blue eyes.
"Somewhere" he replied almost comically, "Well a long time in Somewhere's past that is" he smiled as he turned his head and looked at Robin, he noticed that his reply seemed to confuse the masked teenage hero even more making him only smile even more.
"Let me explain there is many planes of existence but I know of only five. Heaven, Hell, Nowhere and Somewhere" he said as he stopped and looked at Robin, "Nowhere is as I have already told you is the place where the near dead and walk, seeking entrance to either Heaven or Hell." He took a breath as he rubbed his nose, "And Somewhere is where life exists, probably the place you came from as well I'll bet" he finished, making Robin vaguely understand what he was talking about.
"What about the fifth?" asked Robin as he looked at Rorek, "You said you knew of five realms?".
"The fifth is called The great void, a place where the daemons of old reside waiting for their return to the realm of the living" he said as he looked at Robin with seemingly emotionless eyes.
"So the plane Earth is in this Somewhere place?" asked Robin apprehensively as he tried to lighten the mood, folding his arms across his chest and rested his chin in his right hand.
"Bingo" smirked Rorek as he finished rubbing his nose, his emotionless eyes seemed to light up at the question, "Just try not to think about it to much or you'll never understand it" smiled Rorek as he slapped Robin on the back, making him stumble forward thanks to the force of the slap. Robin gave Rorek credit he was a lot stronger than he looked.
"Now I've answered your questions may I be allowed to ask you one?" asked Rorek as they returned to their walking.
"Sure fire away" replied Robin almost instantly, making Rorek smile as he looked at his travel companion.
"Why do you not care about Raven?" asked Rorek bluntly, making Robin cough at the sound of Raven's name.
"You know Raven?!" half yelled Robin in shock as he looked at the emotionless face of Rorek.
"Of course she is my beloved" replied Rorek simply as he nodded back at Robin, "Well she was until her father took control of her body and had me burnt to a crisp" he said with a grim smile, making Robin blink a few times in disbelief.
"Wow wait her father took control?" asked Robin after his furious blinking fit, all emotion except fear had been drained from his face as Rorek looked at him.
"Well that's who Raven called the red robed girl in her head" recalled Rorek as he looked at Robin, remembering the moment he had lost Raven to her father.
"Trigon" hissed Robin under his breath as he remembered Raven telling him and his friends about how her father' fragmented soul was inside of her, taking the form of a red robed version of herself.
"You know the name of the fallen one?" gasped Rorek as he heard Trigon's name escaping from Robin's lips. Robin looked at Rorek and nodded, making the same fear that was sweeping through Robin sweep through his armoured body.
"If Trigon is pulling the strings then that means Raven isn't Raven and that means trouble" said Robin as he pounded his fist into the palm of his other hand, "Rorek is there a way of getting out of here?" he asked as he looked at his friend again, his eyes begged for the answer to be yes.
"There is only one way but it is very dangerous and few are willing to try it" replied Rorek as he unravelled his black scarf from around his mouth, exposing his lower jaw finally to Robin.
"What?" demanded Robin loudly as he looked at Rorek, not blaming Raven for falling for him once he saw his whole face.
"You jump" answered Rorek as he looked towards the edge of the path into the nothingness beyond, "If your lucky you'll end up falling back into the plane you came from" he said as he walked towards the edge with Robin, looking over the side.
"And if your not lucky?" asked Robin almost dreading the answer Rorek would give him.
"You don't want to know my friend" replied Rorek quietly and grimly, "So are you that desperate to get back that you'll risk it all?" he asked as he looked at Robin once again.
"I don't have a choice" replied Robin as he looked at Rorek and then back over the edge of the path, gulping as he saw nothing below it, "I have to help my friends".
"Then shall we?" smiled Rorek as he held his hand out to Robin, making Robin look at Rorek strangely as if saying 'Your going to?', "What you don't think I actually want to stay here do you?" asked Rorek as he winked at Robin, making him smile as he clasped hold of Rorek's hand. Rorek's hand felt warm as Robin felt a strange energy passing through him, looking down at the hand he was holding he soon knew why. Rorek's hand was glowing a gentle ebony, making Robin's fear subside as he felt a strange warmth stem from the strange light that bathed his gloved hand.
"We jump right?" asked Robin with a nervous smile, making Rorek look at him again and grin from ear to ear.
"Fall would be the correct term" he replied as they looked over the edge, swallowing their fear as they closed their eyes and prayed to whatever deity was listening to them. With a paused breath they stepped off the path, keeping their eyes firmly shut as they felt themselves falling into the nothingness that was the void.
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"Ok class remember the idea of this exercise is to destroy not to wound or disable" said Jinx as she walked in front of the pupils in her care, making each of them give her a nervous smile as she passed them. Since Brother Blood's disappearing act the Hive was being run by a new headmaster, his first act was to make the senior class teachers to the first and second year students. Jinx didn't complain and truthfully liked teaching, it gave her the chance to get a fresh start away from crime and fighting the Teen Titans, especially the one called Cyborg, for a while.
"Excuse me Miss Jinx?" asked a small and very nervous young boy named Discharge. His name came from the fact he had the ability to create very destructive balls of energy from seemingly the air around him and to tell the honest truth he was Jinx' s favoured pupil.
He was the smallest of the class and didn't really talk to the others. He had short brown hair and a innocent face complete with sad grey eyes. He looked like a normal kid, they all did however their talents made them as far from normal as you could get. But to Jinx they remained children and not weapons that could be used in war or for crime.
"Yes Discharge how may I help you?" replied Jinx as she stood in front of the near trembling boy, trying to hide the worry she always felt for him beneath a cold hard face.
"I am afraid I will hurt someone again" stammered Discharge quietly as he looked up at his teacher, tears could be seen creeping out from his delicate grey eyes. Although he could create the destructive energy balls and throw them at his foe he couldn't keep some of the energy under control, he had already sent four of his fellow class mates to the infirmary with minor injuries because of this lack of control.
"It's ok Discharge" whispered Jinx as she knelt down in front of the boy and held him close to her face, "I trust that you'll do just fine this time" she smiled as she looked at him, making Discharge's trembling stop as a small smile appeared on his face. Jinx allowed him to return to his place in the line and stood up, resuming her explanation of the exercise as she walked down the rest of the line.
"Are you ready to begin?" asked Jinx as she stopped and stood beside a small control console on the wall beside her.
"Yes Miss Jinx!" yelled the pupils in reply, making them all sound like they where part of an army rather than pupils in a school.
"Begin!" smiled Jinx as she pressed a few buttons the control console and walked through the now closing doors behind her, watching from the reinforced window as the pupils powered up what ever power got them into the Hive. As if out of nowhere a group of battle bots came running into the room, blasting at the pupils with dual energy cannons built into each of their arms. The initial robot attack was met by an unreachable barrier created by the pupil named Darkstar.
The girl was dark to say the very least, her shoulder length hair was black and usually covered her face. Unlike most girls her age she didn't like being touched by anyone, usually sending anyone flying from her in great pain if they even brushed against her skin. Her hands where always hidden from view and she never really spoke to the others in the class outside the class exercises, making all of them just leave her alone during the social interaction times. Her power, or curse as she referred to it, was the ability to create powerful energy barriers at will but she could also channel her energy into destructive beams of energy, each beam she created was easily capable of slicing through even the strongest of metals. Unfortunately use of this power left her exhausted when she used it for a prolonged period of time.
Jinx watched the exercise and wrote down the strengths and weaknesses of each the pupils in the black book she always seemed to carry about with her these days.
"Blaze, Reaper take out the robots on the right flank!" yelled Darkstar as her eyes glowed a dark purple, keeping her mind focused on maintaining her energy barrier. The two pupils she yelled at simply nodded in reply before they ran to the right side of the energy barrier, smiling as they prepared to have some fun.
Blaze had short red spiky hair and a cheeky grin that usually got him into trouble for seemingly no reason at all sometimes. He was the most vocal and was always cracking jokes, trying his best to make Darkstar smile for once in her life. He was a pyrokinetic, meaning he could create fire by just thinking about. The only down side was that he had a habit of going over the top sometimes, making him unpredictable at the best of times.
Reaper was a different story he only spoke when he felt like talking and always kept to himself. His arms showed signs of self mutilation, making several of the faculty members worry about him. His face was pale and void of any joy, even when he smiled, his dark eyes looked cold and empty especially when his black hair covered the slightly. His power was the ability to create a long black scythe, its blade was sharp enough to allow it pass through any metal on the planet with no resistance. The only draw back was that it took a great deal of time to make his weapon manifest itself in the real world but when it did he became nearly unstoppable.
"Juggernaut, Fortune take the left flank and make sure nothing is left standing!" ordered Darkstar as she channelled more energy into maintaining her energy barrier. The two pupils nodded to her before they made their way to the left flank, waiting patiently for Darkstar to drop her energy barrier.
Juggernaut was easily the tallest of the first year class and was virtually unstoppable, able to shrug off any attack that was thrown at him. He was like Mammoth, he had a large chest, powerful arms and legs and a very short temper. His head was shaven and his face had a few old scars on it, probably from a time when he didn't have his powers under control fully. His only bad point was his arrogance, it made him over confident and made him susceptible to falling into traps more than any of the other pupils.
Fortune was much like Jinx and used luck magic to aid her, but unlike the hexes Jinx threw she used her magic to create something like a protective barrier around her, making her virtually untouchable in battle. Her skin was a light tan colour and her blond hair was always tied up in a long tight ponytail. Her blue eyes where full of warmth and joy, despite her traumatic past. She was good friends with Blaze and seemed to be the only person who laughed at his jokes, making the rumour spread she had a crush on thelittle pyromaniac. Unfortunately like Darkstar prolonged use ofher power left her exhausted and vulnerable to attack.
"Blade, Blastmaster, Discharge!" Discharge visible trembled at the sound of his name being yelled above the noise of the laser blasts, "You three take the centre and make those things into pieces of scrap metal!" yelled Darkstar as she looked down at the three remaining pupils. Blade and Blastmaster high fived each other as they walked past Discharge, making the small boy gulp as he followed after his class mates, whispering, "Don't loose control" to himself over and over again.
Blade was like Blaze in only one way, they both liked to crack stupid jokes. He had fuzzy red hair, green eyes and a seemingly constant smile on his face. He never once seemed to cry and seemed to be the one who kept moral high when things didn't look so good. He was able to create swords of pure energy from his arms, making him very dangerous in close combat but his lack of long range weaponry made him an easy target for those pupils who could fire beams of energy at will.
Blastmaster was adeeply troubled soul who never spoke except when he was in battle. His power was unusual but extremely dangerous, he was somehow able to create a thrumming bass note that would gradually build in intensity until it the target was destroyed. The only side effect of this power was that he was unable to speak, making it hard for him to make friends anywhere. His dreadlocked hairwas just about touched his ears and his dark eyes never seemed to blink. He communicated with sign language and seemed to be very good friends with Darkstar, he was probably the only person she would talk about her past to.
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Jinx took note of Darkstar's leadership qualities and nodded approvingly at the way she dispersed her fellow pupils, she seemed to know what she was doing when it came to organising them into battle formations.
"Looks like you've got a little competition" said a deep cheerful voice from behind Jinx, making her turn her head and smile as she saw Mammoth standing beside her with a smile on his face, "She reminds me of you when we where first years" he smiled as he looked down at his life long friend, making Jinx shake her head as she returned to watching her pupils.
"Well somebody had to look after you" she joked as she jotted down 'leader' beside Darkstar's name. Mammoth just laughed at her comment, wiping away his tears as he looked down at her jotter.
"So I see you got the loose cannon?" he asked as he looked at the names on the page, stopping when he saw the name of Discharge.
"He isn't a loose cannon" snapped Jinx as she looked at her fellow teacher and friend, "He just hasn't yet gained control of his very impressive powers" she added almost coldly as she closed her book angrily, making Mammoth sweat visibly as she glared at him.
"You just watch and see what the 'loose cannon' can do" smiled Jinx as she indicated for Mammoth to look inside the training room at her pupils.
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Darkstar waited until she was sure each of her class mates where in position until she lowered her energy barrier, collapsing onto the ground as she panted heavily for air. She managed to look up and smile as she watched her class mates charge the robots, making her wish she had the strength to join them in what looked like fun.
"Bout time" smiled Juggernaut as he rushed forward, smashing into the robot that was unfortunately closet to him.
Fortune couldn't help but giggle as he tore apart the robot, ignoring the laser blasts that bounced off his huge back. She continued to giggle as she walked through the battlefield, using her power to keep her safe from the robots blasts as she disposed of them with a few shots from her specially made plasma gun.
Juggernaut picked up the remains of the robot he had destroyed and threw it another of the infernal machines, destroying them both in a huge colourful explosion.
"This is easy" laughed Juggernaut as he rushed through the smoke, intent on finding something else he could destroy.
Reaper finally managed to create his deadly scythe and howled with glee as he sliced through two of the robots, the attack was so quick that the robots didn't realise they had been sliced in half until their upper halves began to slide away from their legs, finally resulting in another loud explosion. Reaper didn't hang around long and twirled his scythe in front of him, making a basic shield as some of the robots began to fire their energy weapons at him.
"I'm coming buddy!" whooped Blaze as he dropped down behind the robots and used his mastery of fire to make a great pillar of fire shot up from beneath the robots, melting them all into puddles of molten metal as the flames dyed away. Reaper just gave Blaze a small smile and nod before he disappeared into the smoke that bellowed about his person, leaving Blaze alone in the open. Blaze didn't have time to call after his battle partner as another of the robots was upon him, making him stumble away as the large robot prepared to smash him into the ground. Sparks soon began to fly out from the torso of the robot as its upper torso began to slide away from its lower one, making Blaze breath a sigh of relief as the thing fell to the ground instead of making him a smear on its arm.
"Sorry but teacher said the element of surprise always works" said Reaper softly as he helped his class mate to his feet, making Blaze grin as he held his friends arm firmly with his hand.
"And she thinks we don't pay attention" he smiled as he released Reaper's arm, "Come on there is still more of these things to take care of" he grinned as he ran into the smoke followed by Reaper as the robot he had sliced in half finally exploded.
Blade slashed another of the battle robots with his energy swords and leapt away as another tried to blast him, he laughed as he landed on top of the robot and drove his claws into the side of it's head, hoping to sever any power conduits that where beneath the hardened exterior. The robot tried to swat the dangerous youth from its head but its arms couldn't hit the agile child as he ducked away from each swipe, continuing to drive his swords into the robots head. The robot finally gave up and fell forward as one of Blade's swords severed its main power conduit, draining all power from it in an instant. Blade flipped away from the defeated robot and looked around him, searching for another robot to slash apart. He was about to move until he heard a hum coming from behind him, a hum that made his blood turn cold like ice. The robot prepared to fire its weapon until a deep resounding bass note drowned out the hum of its own weapon. Eventually the note became louder and heavier making various circuits inside the robot shatter as the continuous bass note continued to assail it. The robot finally buckled under the enormous pressure being given out by the noise attack and fell to the ground, exploding as the noise subsided. Blade removed his hands from his ears and looked round nervously, smiling as he saw the familiar outline of Blastmaster standing tall in the smoke of the destroyed robot.
"Heh heh thanks I guess I owe you one" smiled Raptor nervously as the ever quiet Blastmaster walked towards him, only nodding at him as he stepped through the debris of the shattered robot.
Discharge did his best to stay hidden during the pupils ferocious counter attack but was forced out of his hiding hole as the robots began to fall all around him. Nervously he walked through the smoke and debris, holding himself as he watched tongues of flame shot out from the smoke, destroying whatever they touched with a deafening explosion.
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"The boy looks terrified" remarked Mammoth as he watched Discharge carefully walking through the debris, noticing the fear that was present on his young face.
"This is the first time he's been in a battle" replied Jinx as he watched the rest of the pupils on the variety of computer screens, "You can't blame him for being a bit scared".
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Discharge fell over as his foot tripped on a piece of shattered robot armour, making him wince as he scraped his exposed arm on the cold ground. He stood back up again just in time to be sent flying through the air as a twin blast of energy stabbed out of the smoke ahead of him, making him cry out as he crashed into the ground a few meters from where he was standing. He gritted his teeth as he felt his power beginning to come to the surface, concentrating hard in an attempt to keep it under control. A lone robot stepped out of the smoke and looked at Discharge, making its main energy weapon hum into life as it locked onto him. Darkstar suddenly leapt out from the smoke beside Discharge and smiled as she channelled her remaining power into a deadly beam of energy, sending the purple shaft of light straight towards the lone robot. The robot moved out the way at the last minute and as a result lost only its right arm as the beam sliced through it effortlessly, making Darkstar curse under her breath for missing. The robot continued to charge its weapon until its internal scanner told it it's weapon had reached full power. If it had face the robot would have smiled as it sent the twin beams stabbing straight towards Darkstar, making her close her eyes as she tried to make another energy barrier.
"NO!!!" screamed Discharge as his power exploded, making a beam of incredible energy shot out from his body towards the unsuspecting robot. The beam completely nullified the robots own energy attack and sliced through the robot, leaving a huge hole as it finally faded and dissipated. The robot ceremonially fell and exploded as Darkstar opened her eyes, shocked to see she was still in one piece.
"Exercise completed" chimed a voice over the speakers in the room , making the pupils cheer as the huge metal doors opened, allowing Jinx and Mammoth to enter the room.
"Thanks" smiled Darkstar as she kissed Discharge on the cheek before she walked towards her fellow class mates, making him blush as she watched her walking away from him.. Discharge couldn't believe what had happened, the girl who didn't like being touched had kissed him. He stood still as his hand rubbed the cheek she had pecked, making a small grin appear on his usually sad face.
"Looks like you made a friend" smiled Jinx as she looked at Discharge, making him smile even more as he looked at her, "I'm proud of you" she said as he walked towards him, rubbing his hair playfully.
"I didn't loose control" smiled Discharge as he looked down at his still slightly glowing hands, "I saved the day" he beamed as he looked up at Jinx once again,
"That you did" replied Jinx as she knelt down to his eye level, "Now go and celebrate with your friends" she said as she stood up and pushed him towards the others, making them all cheer as Juggernaut hoisted him into the air.
Mammoth gave the kid credit he proved toady that he wasn't the loose cannon everybody took him for, he was in fact a valuable addition to the Hive.
"You did good with that one" he smiled as he walked towards Jinx, throwing one his arms around her, "He certainly proved me wrong".
"He has a habit of doing that" smiled Jinx as she looked up at friend, making Mammoth laugh as they both walked back over to the pupils. Jinx suddenly stopped and looked at the room behind her, making Mammoth stop and look at her.
"What's the matter Jinx?" he asked as he stood beside her, wondering what on earth she was looking at. He was answered by a loud explosion as something erupted up from beneath the surface. A huge shadow suddenly appeared in the smoke, stretching huge arms to its side as whatever it was pulled itself out of the smoking hole in the ground.
"What in the name of God is that?" asked Mammoth in whisper like voice as he saw looked like huge spines growing out the shadows back, making the creature's head snap round when towards the noise it had heard. Six pale yellow eyes flashed in the smoke as Crosis looked at the terrified teachers and pupils, licking his lips as their fear filled his nostrils.
"Mammoth take the kids and start running" said Jinx as her eyes started to glow pink, doing her best to shallow the fear that was trying to take control of her mind.
"What are you going to do?" he asked as he looked at her, knowing the answer before she could even think of replying.
"I'm going to buy you some time" replied Jinx as her hands began to glow pink as well, "Just get the pupils to safety" she said as she looked at her friend, making the giant obey as he ran towards the pupils. He quicklypicked up as many of the terrified children as he could before he ran out of the training room followed by those he couldn't carry in his strong arms.
Jinx threw a hex at the creature as it watched and tried to follow after the children, making it roar in fury as it turned its head towards her.
"You don't want them!" she yelled as she threw another hex at the huge daemon, making it roar as the pink spell hit against his nose. Crosis remained still for a long second before he snorted again blowing the smoke away from his face, revealing his yellow eyes once again before he lunged at Jinx, missing her as she cart wheeled away from his huge mouth. She threw hex after hex at the huge daemon, making him roar in annoyance as the harmless energy blasts bounced against his thick scales.
"You are being most annoying" he hissed before he roared again and lunged at her, making Jinx throw a hex at the wall behind her. Several large metal panels on the wall suddenly fell on top of Crosis, making him roar as it felt them smash into his face. Eventually the whole wall collapsed onto Crosis, burying him underneath at least a tonne of reinforced concrete and steel. Jinx somehow knew that that wouldn't be enough to stop this new creature and quickly ran out of the training room, closing the thick metal doors behind her. The whole Hive was suddenly plunged into darkness before a red light flashed in each room and corridor, making teachers and students alike stop whatever they where doing and look around themselves in confusion.
"Alarm Alarm the Hive has been breached all pupils and teachers report to the main hall immediately, I the Hive has been….."
Crosis suddenly let out a terrifying roar, drowning out the alarm as he erupted out from beneath the debris of the wall. He shook his body and growled as he looked towards the door the luck witch had disappeared through.
"Her soul will be mine!" he roared before he dropped onto his powerful legs, smashing through the adamantium door with sickening ease.
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"Looks like another quiet shift" said one of the guards as he turned to look at his friend. His fellow guard nodded in agreement as he yawned, making his friend sigh as he grabbed hold of his auto rifle, "You had better hope the warden doesn't see you doing that" he added as he handed the dangerous weapon back to his friend, making him smile as he took the weapon.
"Yeah well quiet shifts are boring" said the tired guard as he looked out into the courtyard of the Jump City maximum security prison, "Nothing fun ever happens" he yawned again, only this time keeping hold of his weapon.
"Oh I wouldn't say that human" growled an inhuman voice from behind them, making each guard drop his weapon as he slowly turned round to see who the voice belonged to. Anharat roared as he swiped at the man with his huge claws, severing the head of one of them as the tired guard ducked for cover. The headless guards body remained standing for a few more seconds before it finally fell, spilling its crimson blood all over the floor of the lookout tower. The tired guard was no longer tired, he was now terrified as he heard Anharat's breath above his head, making him close his eyes as he said a silent prayer under his breath. His prayer was cut short by his scream as Anharat lunged at the man, tearing him to pieces as his razor sharp teeth ripped through his soft flesh.
The guards stationed at the gates of the prison heard the screams of the now dead guards and came running, unfortunately they came running straight into Anharat, making the daemon roar as he crashed into them. The men screamed as the daemon proceeded to rip and tear them to pieces with his claws and teeth.
"This is B squad the prison is under attack by what looks like demon, I repeat this is arghhhhhhhhhh……..". Anharat pulled his claws free from the last of the guards limp body and crushed it into the ground as he walked towards the huge metal gateway that lead into the prison, smiling as his cruel eyes glowed in the smoke of the destruction he had caused.
"I smell fear" he smiled as he tore the gates down, making the guards on the other side of it drop their weapons and run screaming from the blood thirsty daemon.
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"Trouble?" asked the Green Lantern as he entered the main control room of the multi million dollar Watchtower. Already the Flash, Superman, J'onn J'onzz the Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl where there, each of them had a confused look on their faces.
"You wish we got a report from the Jump City maximum security prison they're under attack" said Batman as he turned, making The Flash jump as the always mysterious Batman stood up.
"So last time I checked that was the Teen Titan's jurisdiction" replied The Flash in his usual downbeat tone.
"You didn't let me finish, as I was saying the jail is under attack but from the report it's under attack by a demon" said Batman in his always serious tone, showing no emotion as the rest of the League gasped in horror, "And the last time I checked we've beaten demons before" he said, no doubt referring to the demonic entities known as 'The Old Ones' and their leader Icthultu.
"When do we leave?" asked Superman as he looked at Batman, making the dark knight smile as he looked back at the man of steel.
"You don't" answered a new voice instead of Batman, making each member of the Justice League snap their heads round to the source of the new voice. Emsharas stood in the middle of the control room smiling as she looked at each of the heroes that made the Justice League, power crackled down her staff as her feathers changed colour once again. Superman was the first to react to Emsharas presence and flew straight at the daemon, making her ancient eyes blink only once as he approached her. Without saying a word lightning danced from her staff and struck Superman in mid air, making the man of steel scream in agony as the lightning fried every nerve in his powerful. He was finally saved as the Green Lantern blasted Emsharas with his power ring, making the bird like daemon growl in anger as she was sent smashing through the ground by the green beam of emerald energy. Superman gasped for air as the lightning disappeared, allowing his scorched body to fall to the ground once again.
"He's still alive" said J'onn J'onzz as he stood over Superman's still smoking body, his alien eyes glowed a bright orange as he rested his hands on Superman's chest. Green Lantern remained in the air and looked down as the Martian Manhunter tried to revive the strongest of the League.
"What was that thing?" asked The Flash as he zipped over to J'onn and looked at his Martian friend before looking over towards the hole where the daemon once stood.
"And what did it want?" asked Wonder Woman as she stood beside Hawk Girl, resulting in the winged heroine shrugging in reply.
"I am Emsharas" replied Emsharas as she floated out of the hole the Green Lantern had smashed her through, smiling as she looked at the terrified Justice League, "And you shall all die this day!" she half roared as she flew forward, her crystal eyes began to glow with a deadly white glow as power danced about her forever changing feathers.
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Aqua Lad yawed as he turned off the huge TV screen, blinking a few times in an attempt to rid his vision of the small spots of colour that plagues it because of the TV program he was watching. Behind him he could hear Wildebeest making himself another snack as he called it. Wildebeest was one the replacements Titan's East had to make when the twin team of Mas Y Menos went missing during a battle with Brother Blood, Aqua Lad knew they where dead but he still kindled the hope they would walk through the front door one of these days.
"Where does he put all that food he eats?" asked Hot Spot, the other replacement the team had made. Aqua Lad just shrugged as he looked at the human flame thrower, making him sigh as he returned to just relaxing on the very comfortable couch. Aqua Lad did often wonder himself where Wildebeest put all the food he ate but never had the guts to ask the easy to enrage hero.
"Man when are you going to go to tidy this place?" complained Bumble Bee as she entered the room, still wearing her yellow poke dotted pyjamas and pink fuzzy slippers. Her appearance made Aqua Lad and Hotspot force themselves to not laugh. They failed and soon broke down into a fir of hysterical laughter, making Bumble Bee growl as she felt her anger beginning to bubble and boil inside of her. Speedy, the designated leader of this new branch of the Teen Titan's, entered the room and stood still for a moment as he watched Bumble Bee choking the life out of both Hot Spot and Aqua Lad, both of them where still refusing to stop laughing even as their air supply was being cut off, making their faces turn bright red.
"Ok break it up break it up!" ordered Speedy as he pulled Bumble Bee away from the nearly unconscious Aqua Lad and Hotspot, "We're supposed to be a team" he said as he looked at each of the members of Titan's East, both new and old. Hot Spot recovered quickly and growled as he powered up his flame throwing arms, making Speedy give him the 'don't even think about it' look.
"Yeah well tell they started it" pouted Bumble Bee as she stuck her tongue at Aqua Lad and Hot Spot. A huge explosion destroyed the supposing unbreakable glass of the Tower's windows, making each of the Titan's East shield their eyes as the glass from the destroyed windows sprayed all around the room.
"I'm sorry did I come at a bad time?" laughed Varnes as he entered the Tower through the newly created hole, tucking his wings behind him as he looked at each of the Titan's East with his aquamarine eyes.
"Titan's go!" yelled Speedy as he pulled out his long bow and proceeded top blast the winged daemon with a barrage of energy arrows. Varnes simply smile a dangerous smile as the arrows bounced off his body, making the Titan's East know there were in for one hell of a fight.
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Slade watched his new army being made with a smile, his army was getting larger with every robot created soon he would have the power to take the city and destroy the Teen Titan's once and for all. He turned away from the construction yard and walked towards his personal training room, making the automatic lights activate as he walked down the long corridor, passing his personal 'soldiers' Cinderblock, Overload and Plasmus. He had went to great lengths to free them from their 'accommodation' at the Jump City prison, making each of the very powerful creatures become his servants in an attempt to repay him for their freedom.
His training room was immense, each of the walls where black and where covered with a variety of weapons, ranging from spears to small daggers. Slade loved being in the room, it brought peace to his dark soul and allowed him to hone his already deadly skills. He walked purposefully towards the weapon's cabinet and opened it carefully, looking at each of the fine weapons and battle masks he had stored in it. With a smile he lifted out his latest creation. Like his bo staff this new weapon was able to extend or shrink to any size making it easy to transport but unlike his favoured weapon this one had deadly spear like points at each end, making it a very dangerous weapon indeed…especially in his very dangerous hands.
"I know your there" he said in his cold dry tone as he closed the cabinet again and taking out one of his battle masks as the door closed. Kraven smiled as he stepped out of the shadows, he had already drawn his long sword from its scabbard, it's black blade seemed to moan every time it was moved.
"I admit human you are as skilled as my sister said" smiled Kraven as he watched Slade put his mask on, "And from the room you choose to acknowledge my presence I guess you know why I am here?" he said as he pointed the tip of his deadly sword at Slade, making the criminal warlord smile as he turned and extended his newest weapon to its full size.
"You came here to kill me am I right?" replied Slade as he looked at the daemon standing before him, feeling no fear as the creature looked back with his blood red eyes, "Well I am happy to say that many have tried and so far…none have succeeded" said Slade as he entered his fighting position, holding his new bo staff like weapon behind his back with a firm hand. Kraven snorted once before he rushed forwards, making Slade smile as he waited for the first strike of this battle.
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Cyborg cheered at his latest victory, both he and Beast Boy had been playing games all day and he had beaten the snot of the green changeling each and every time.
"Man why don't you just give it up?" he asked as he looked down at his defeated friend and team mate, "You know you can't beat me" he smiled as he watched Beast Boy stop crying.
"Ok one more game winner take all" challenged Beast Boy as he grabbed his controller and looked at Cyborg, making the metal teen smile as he raised his own controller.
"Oh it's on" smiled Cyborg as he started up a new game, smiling confidently at his guaranteed win over Beast Boy. The race began like all the others with Cyborg's racer speeding off leaving Beast Boy's to eat dust, but Beast Boy didn't seem to mind as he followed after Cyborg's car smiling to himself as he took each corner perfectly. Cyborg started to fell the unfamiliar touch of panic grip him as he watched Beast Boy's racer beginning to catch up to his, making drop his mines in an attempt to stop beast Boy's relentless approach. But Beast Boy didn't stop he simply weaved round the mines and before Cyborg could even blink Beast Boy had taken the lead, making him cheer as they approached the finish line.
"And the winner is………….." smiled Beast Boy as his craft prepared to cross the finish line. The screen suddenly went dead making Beast Boy wail as he dropped his controller, before he could even think of blaming Cyborg the window behind him exploded sending him flying across the room as glass sprayed all over the room.
"Yo what the?!" yelled Cyborg as he leapt up from his seat and looked at the exploded window in shock, brushing any stray shards of glass off his body. Suddenly a new shape appeared in the shattered window, a shape that made a terrible fear sweep through Cyborg's cybernetic body. Gogarin eased himself into the living of the Tower and looked down at the terrified forms of Beast Boy and Cyborg, smiling as he could smell the fear coming from their bodies.
"Today is the day you die mortals" snarled Gogarin as he watched Beast Boy get back onto his feet, "Now lets see how you taste" he said before he charged forward, roaring as he sent Cyborg's body smashing through the wall behind the terrified changeling.
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I personally think this chapter sucked but I'll let you the reviewers (if I get any that is) decide that. Hope you enjoyed and I will hopefully have the next one up soon. Take care of yourselves everyone.
Sorry for any and all spelling/grammar mistakes
Later days