WARNING: Really crap chapter ahead proceed with caution.

Chapter 24

The past always haunts the present

"Hey everybody miss me?" asked Cyborg cheerfully as he entered the living area with his arms in the air, he was a little more than surprised at the fact no one answered him.

"Ok not the welcome I expected" said Cyborg as he walked towards the fridge, "But who cares I'm gonna eat me some….hey where my pizza go?" he demanded as he opened the fridge and saw that none of his pizzas where there.

"You guys didn't tell me they belonged to Cyborg" said Onyx as he looked at Aqua Lad, who merely shrugged in reply. Onyx was about to say something else until Beast boy's character hit his with a devastating uppercut, "Hey no fair I was distracted!". His yelling and complaining eventually grabbed Cyborg's attention making the metal hero walk towards them.

"So who's playing who?" asked Cyborg as he stood beside Aqua Lad and watched the two huge dragons on the screen battle it out.

"I got you now dude" smiled Beast Boy as his dragon unleashed it's inferno fire breath.

"BB and Onyx" replied Aqua Lad as one of the dragons sent the other one smashing into the wall behind it, making Beast Boy break down into tears. Onyx dropped his controller to the ground and turned and looked directly at Cyborg.

"Hey Cy long time no see" he said as he smiled slightly at his metal friend.

"Onyx is that really you?" asked Cyborg as he reached out and touched Onyx's shoulder, "I thought you where dead?"

"You know me" smiled Onyx as he struggled to hold back his own tears. Cyborg didn't reply as he grabbed his friend and held him in a tight embrace.

"I missed you man" said Cyborg as tears streamed from his human eye.

"I missed you to bro" replied Onyx as he returned the brotherly hug and allowed his own tears to fall. Beast boy placed his arms around Starfire and held her close to him as the rest of the Titan's and Genesis watched Onyx and Cyborg hug each other.

"Uh dude not to ruin this perfect moment but you think we could stop now" said Onyx as he opened his eyes and looked down at his feet. Cyborg instantly pushed away from him blushing furiously.

"Opps sorry man" said Cyborg as he patted the 'dust' off himself and looked at Onyx again.

"Don't mention it" smiled Onyx as he held his fist out towards Cyborg. Cyborg just smiled as he bopped fists with his friend.

"I mean we are friends after all"

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Jinx slowly opened her eyes and saw a bright shining light.

"Where am I?" she asked as she raised her hand in an attempt to shield her eyes from the light.

"Your safe" smiled Speedy as his face came into focus, "Nice to see that your finally awake" he said as he helped her to sit up.

"I know this place" said Jinx weakly as she looked around herself at the various pieces of equipment.

"You should your in the med lab" smiled Speedy as he pulled up his chair and sat down beside her bed, and finally let go of her hand.

"So I take it you where here the whole time?" asked Jinx as she raised an eyebrow at Speedy making him smile slightly,.

"Yep….what you think I'd let BB stay here with you?" he replied as he looked at her making her laugh slightly.

"Good point" smiled Jinx as she spun her legs out of bed and put them onto the floor.

"And where are you going?" asked Speedy as he watched her walk towards the door.

"To get something to eat" replied Jinx innocently as she smiled at him, "Want to be my escort?" she asked as she held her hand out to him.

"It would be a pleasure" smiled Speedy as he ran to her and took hold of her hand. They both smiled as they left the med lab and walked towards the living area.

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"So where have you been bro?" asked Cyborg as him and Onyx waited for the game to finish loading.

"You wouldn't wanna know" replied Onyx as images of his prison in the depths of hell flashed through his mind.

"That bad huh?" said Cyborg as he looked at Onyx and clearly saw that it was bringing him some discomfort.

"Well not as bad as the beating your about to get" smiled Onyx as he picked his ever faithful Cyber Ninja.

"Listen last time we played this game you got lucky" replied Cyborg as he selected the Destroyer Dragon, "this time you are going to crash and burn"

"Whatever" smirked Onyx as the game started.

"LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!" said a voice from the screen making Cyborg and onyx begin to bash the buttons on their controllers frantically. Onyx's usually relaxed looking face changed serious as his ninja sprung into life and began attacking Cyborg's dragon, landing an impressive 9 hit combo.

"Still see you haven't lost your touch" smiled Cyborg as his dragon grabbed Onyx's ninja and slammed him into the ground and then the wall.

"Hey old skills die hard" smirked onyx as he looked at Cyborg, "Remember this move?" he asked as his ninja launched itself at the dragon and delivered it's unstoppable 56 hit combo making Cyborg drop his controller in shock.

"Aww man not again!" he sighed sadly as he watched his dragon explode into thousands of pieces.

"NO MAN CAN BEAT ONYX THE DRAGON SLAYING PIZZA LORD OF GAMES!" cheered onyx as he stood up on the couch and raised his hands into the air. Genesis and Starfire cheer loudly as Beast Boy and Aqua Lad carried him around the room. Cyborg shook away his sadness at being defeated and joined in on the fun as he followed his friends around the room.

"So what you wanna eat?" asked Speedy as he opened the door for Jinx, Ok what did I miss?" he asked as he watched onyx being paraded about like a king.

"Dude you missed Onyx here kicking Cyborg's metal butt" smiled Beast Boy as he ran towards Speedy, making Aqua Lad's legs buckle causing him to drop Onyx head first onto the floor.

"Ouch" groaned Onyx as he sat up and rubbed his head, "Remind me to hurt BB later" he said as he stood back up and cracked his neck. Jinx couldn't help but giggle at what had happened that was until she saw Onyx's face. Fear swept through her body and through her mind as she looked at Onyx's smiling face. Images of Nightmare's sick smiling face flashed through her mind, she could even hear his inhuman laughter as he tore apart her friends bodies in her mind.

"Get him away from me!" she screamed as she threw a pink hex at Onyx and ran from the room, her tears fell from her eyes. Everyone in the room didn't say a thing, they couldn't think of anything to say what they had witnessed stunned them all into silence.

"Jinx wait!" yelled Speedy as he chased after her leaving the room silent once again. Onyx stood back up ad walked towards a dark corridor.

"Where are you going?" asked Starfire as she watched him leave. Onyx turned his head and looked at her, his eyes had a great sadness in them.

"I need to be alone for a while" replied Onyx's as his body disappeared into the darkness.

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Deathwing slowly opened his eyes and looked around him in confusion, this new place he was in looked different from the church he was in before.

"Where am I?" he asked as he tried to stand up but his ribs where still killing him, he winced as he clutched them and rested his back against the wall.

"You are safe my friend" replied a voice from the darkness making Deathwing look around him even more.

"Show yourself" he growled as his hand started to glow a slight white colour. Slade laughed as he stepped out of the shadows and stood in front of Deathwing.

"Hello Deathwing" said Slade as his red cape bellowed about behind him, "I trust you had a nice sleep". Deathwing growled like an animal as he tried to throw himself at Slade but his ribs where to sore and he fell back to his knees holding them.

"What do you want?" demanded Deathwing as he looked up at Slade, his eyes burned with a bright anger towards his capture.

"I only wish to help you" replied Slade casually as he knelt down beside Deathwing's face, "I want to help you get Raven back". Deathwing just looked at him in slight bewilderment as he listened to what Slade whispered into his ear.

"Now do we have a deal?" asked Slade as he stood back up and lowered his hand to Deathwing.

"Like I told your master" replied Deathwing as he took hold of Slade's hand, "For Raven I'd do anything" he said as he stood back up and glared straight into Slade's eye. Deathwing couldn't tell but beneath Slade's battle mask the evil minded villain smiled, finally he had made Robin his apprentice.

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Speedy finally caught up with Jinx and spun her around.

"Wanna tell me what that was about?" he asked as he looked at her face. She just looked back at him her tears could be seen in her pink eyes.

"It's a long story" replied Jinx softly as she looked down at the ground.

"Well I got some free time" replied Speedy as he raised her head gently and smiled at her, Jinx couldn't help but return the smile as she wrapped her arms around his body and rested her head on his chest. Speedy just continued to smile as he stroked her pink hair and listened as she talked about Nightmare and his involvement in The Hive's destruction.

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Onyx sat on the roof and stared at the sun setting in the sky.

"Mind if I sit with you?" asked Genesis as she appeared behind him. Onyx simply shook his head as he continued to watch the sun, he didn't even turn and look at Genesis as she sat down next to him.

"Troubled thoughts?" she asked as she looked at his face making onyx smile and laugh slightly.

"Is it that obvious?" replied Onyx as he looked at her, his eyes told Genesis that his mind was in turmoil.

"Yes it is" said Genesis as she looked into his eyes, seeing the torment that was his soul.

"I can't blame her, I mean I did kill her friends and nearly killed her" replied Onyx, "I'm nothing more than a monster".

"No it was Nightmare who did those crimes not you" smiled Genesis as she slapped him gently across the back of the head, "Never think otherwise". Onyx forced himself to smile as he rubbed the back of his head.

"But Nightmare is me" he said as he stood up and looked at her, "And I'm always going to be him". He smiled as her before he turned his back to the roof edge and closed his eyes. Before Genesis could blink Onyx allowed himself to fall backwards off the Tower and laughed as his body sped towards the unforgiving ground below, he couldn't explain why but falling like his made him finally feel free from Nightmare.

"ONYX!" screamed Genesis as she watched him smash into the ground below, watching the dust rise from the place he hit.

Ok I'm sorry about that chapter it sucked. Anyway I hope you tried to enjoy it and that you will all try and stay safe.

Later days

PS: We're getting near the end of this story and the end of the Destiny series.