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This chapter is going to contain the "death" of a certain character. If you don't want to read about the deaths of anymore Titans, as shown in my last chapter, I recommend you skip this one. If not, continue on.
Chapter 11: Crumbling Love
The cavern was only given light by the sunbeams passing through the cracks in its artificial ceilings. During the night, the cavern remained a dark and dreary place. Jagged rocks poked out from the floor and the ceiling, looking as though to impale anyone who came near. The cavern's hallway, as one might call it, stretched far below the surface. The deeper one got, the more a sense of death had, and still, lingered in this place. Even though cracks of light sometimes peered through the small openings, it could not do away with this mood. The hallway would then reach the room where it led to, and there one would find out the true nature of this place.
The room the hallway broke into was what appeared to be a bottomless hole. The darkness from it seemed to stretch upwards, wanting to engulf the room. In the center of the room there stood a platform, accessible via a walkway whose edges spread out over the hole, like a shield trying to stop the darkness. And there, on a stand on the platform, stood a statue of a girl. Her arms were outstretched, as though waiting to be carried off by someone. Her hair was frozen in outstretched position. Her face was also frozen in some kind of screaming manner. She was wearing some kind of body armor that had pieces of white wrappings jetting out of it and a large S in a circle in the center of the suit. If one not familiar with this room was to enter, they may not know the girl. But, to those who knew the location, they had known her all too well. And her name, known to some, was etched in the plate that remained them of her. It read: Terra. Titan. Friend. And at the plate lay a bouquet of flowers, once fresh, but now wilted.
"I take it that is the statue." Python said to Jinx. The two stood at the beginning of the walkway, looking straight ahead at the statue. "That's the one," Jinx said," but why would Blood want us to come here?" "I just take orders. Let's just get this done with." The two then walked up the ramp and got to the statue. Python then looked down at the plague and said, "Terra. Who was that?" "She was some Titan who betrayed the others to help Slade dominate Jump. Of course, she was stupid and helped them by killing Slade. Problem was she activated a volcano, and as a resulted of stopping it, turned to stone. The Titans are probably trying to find a way to turn her back into a real person." "And once again, it's our job to take them out. But, I still can't see why he wants this gone." "Because," Terra stated," that Titan called Beast Boy had strong feelings for her. Now, he wants her back." "Mental damage. That Blood is one smart SOB." Python said.
"Well, let's hurry this up." Jinx said as she raised her arm. She opened her palm, causing it to glow purple, meaning it was ready to fire a hex beam, but lowered it when Python said," Don't waste your strength. I got another idea." From his jacket pocket he produced three hand grenades and a roll of duck tape. He tied the three grenades together in a row. He then used another piece of tape to stick them onto the statue's chest. "We better find some cover." Python stated. The two headed a few feet away and ducked behind a rock on the walkway. As Python took out his Colt and aimed it at the grenades, Jinx asked," Do you think its right for us to ruined this site just for Blood?" "Okay, we have two options. Either we do this and stay on Blood's good side, or he takes us down. I would like to stick with the first option." Jinx shook her head with approval as Python got back to aiming his gun. He fired, the shot echoing through out the cavern as the bullet made contact with the grenade. The two ducked as the bullet pierced the grenade's shell, causing a great eruption to occur. As soon as the projectile debris ended, the to looked over the edge. The statue had been completely obliterated. Now, its remains had either fallen into the pit or on the walkway. "Another job well done." Python said as he got up and holstered his gun. "You are going to pay." A voice called out from behind him.
He turned around to face the voices' owner, who turned out to be Beast Boy. His eyes were filled with hatred and his hands were clutched into fists. At his side was a new bouquet of flowers, which he had dropped as soon as he had seen the explosion occurred. "It was only a job, kid." Python said as he stepped out into the walkway. "How can you that to her?" "Easy. I placed some grenades on her, I set them off, and she went bye-bye." Python said with a smile. "She never did anything to you!" BB yelled back. "That's life. Now step aside." Python said, his hands reaching for his pistols. "No. Instead, I'm going to take you down!" BB replied. He then ran at him, transforming into a Rhino during the charge. Python fired the Colts, but the bullets had no affect upon sinking into the skin. He rolled to the side of the animal's charge, avoiding it by an inch. BB turned into a raptor and slashed at him, slicing across his shirt and leaving three marks there, one of the talons had entered his skin and had caused it to bleed. "Okay, I guess your pretty good." Python said as he held his hand to the wound to stop the blood. At that moment, BB turned into a Gorilla and raised his fist, ready to strike.
But, a purple beam shot from the entrance and knocked BB back onto the statues original stand. "Let's go!" Jinx yelled. "Sure. Just got to leave him a parting gift." Python yelled. He whipped out a grenade and pulled the pin. As he threw it onto the walkway, he ran after Jinx. "Thanks back there." He replied. "Sure. But let's hurry before his friends show up." They then looked back for only an instant to see the grenade explode. The blast took away the half the walkway, the destroyed piece falling into the pit. They then continued their flight out of the cave. But, Python reached down to the dropped bouquet and picked up a still good looking rose. He handed it to Jinx and said," Can't let good flowers go to waste." She took it and said," You really know when to be romantic in the worst times." "I try." Python remarked. As the two ran out of the cave, they heard a deep bellowing roar that echoed throughout the cave, but then died out along with the daylight that continued to fade.
Chapter 12 is coming soon.