Deliverance- 2
Assailant
Blue Fire Krazed
Aura Smiles sat in the bleachers of the enormous football stadium, the sounds of cheering fans, doing their best to cover the voices of the opposing side filled her ears, marching band playing pep tunes, cheerleaders and dancers adorning the stadium and helping the crowd out do the other team's support group. She was attending the first high school football game of the season, halfway through the game, the Marching band now out on the field performing their much rehearsed drills, with the color guard and dancers performing their moves with the music.
As the Band finished their performance, Aura spotted something from the corner of her eye, coming from a dark area that was the football team's practice field. She turned her head and noticed a shining maroon object approach the stadium with blinding speed, and before she could react, a dark red orb came crashing into her face, before continuing on its path and destroying the faces of others around her. Within seconds, she heard yells of agony and horror, and the shuffle of feet on the cold steel bleachers. She opened her eyes with difficulty and took a look around, all around her, people with burned faces, wide, teary eyes and petrified, unmoving faces had replaced the excited crowd she had been a part of. She looked down toward the field, to see the teams, dancing, football, and cheerleading, all on the floor, holding their heads, a agonized scream echoing from their lips every so often.
Another red orb came to her face, and she fell back, an eerie sound penetrating her mind, she held her head painfully, and fell back onto the bleachers, which were surprisingly cushioned, and let her self die on a pile of pained faces and injured bodies.
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The Titan's Tower flashed a red, as the alarm went off. All five Titans and an extra looked over at the humongous television on their window, quickly studied the coordinates of the trouble, and sparred no time in rushing toward the scene of the attack.
When the six talented teens arrived at the grounds of Jump High School, the scene before them made them all want to scream, people all around were screaming, most of them looked as if in searing pain, holding their ears and heads, shaking them side to side, attempting to clear something horrible from their consciences.
"Raven, scan their minds, find out why they're like this!" Robin commanded his gothic teammate, the urgency in his voice mixed with authority. The hooded girl nodded and wasted no time, she silently choose one person mentally, and looked within his mind, but the second she had done so, she regretted it, she released a loud, surprised scream and stumbled backwards, nearly loosing her balance. As soon as she assured herself that the painful sound was out of her mind, she looked at the team and their temporary extra member, all of whom were looking at her with urgency and bewilderment.
"There is a loud disturbance in their minds. A shrieking noise, is being projected into their minds, and is driving them mad." Raven said, her voice monotone as ever.
"How do you know this?" Blue asked quickly.
"Look at their faces, any more of this will make these people completely insane." Raven said, pointing out to the many people out in the stands.
Starfire looked around, completely frightened by the sight before her, the eerie feeling of being watched making her more uncomfortable. She looked behind herself and sighed, assuring herself that no one was there, but before turning to face to horrid scene, she spotted a shadow, coming from a darker end of the grassy area. On top of the roof where it seemed they sold food, was the shadow of a crouching figure, but within the blink of an eye, the shadow was gone. Something landed in front of the Tamaranean beauty with a soft thump, that made the others turn towards it, there, standing before them was the cloaked figure they had seen doing battle with Blue when they had first met only three days before.
The blinding lights of the stadium gave them more of an idea of what this being was. The demonic and angelic wings were gone, but no more studies were taken of it as it disappeared, right as Blue had taken a swing at it, attempting to connect his fist with it's stomach. No sooner had the figure disappeared than when it reappeared, one step away from where it had previously stood.
"Leave them alone!" Blue demanded, and angry fury present on his face.
"Or what? You'll kick me?" the voice that came from the figure was feminine, soft and coy, tinted with the sound of a dark voice. She held out her hand, and closed it, making a fist in the direction of the agonizing crowd and teams. Instantly, the screams became louder, as the pain in their ears increased, she smirked at Blue, never having taken her eyes off of him. In a blinding second, the screaming ended, and all was quiet, still, as a powerful Starbolt hit the hooded being over the head, causing her to loose her concentration and ending her attack. She fell to the floor and the Titans lunged forward, waiting not for the command of their leader that would never come. But before the assailant could be touched, she was hovering in the air, the two wings seen on her back three days before were adorning her shoulder blades once again.
Instants later, Blue's spiked, neon blue wings had sprouted from his back and he was sending lightning fast attacks in her direction, the Teen Titans following his lead quickly. A Sonic beam hit the attacker and knocked her into the path of a shrieking Starbolt composed by the red haired alien girl. The hooded female fell to the floor once again, rubbing the sides of her head as her wings flapped twice to get her back in the air, once back in the air, she turned her attention towards the enraged alien, a dark look directed her way, the figure charged, forward at an amazing speed, but not nearly as impressive enough, as another body knocked the assailant to the ground a third time, pinning her to the floor, stomach down before she could reach her target. The Boy Wonder worked quickly to tie the wrists of the unknown female before she could recompose herself, but he was thrown off, a white hot feeling had come from touching the gloved hands of the mysterious female. Before anything more could happen, the dark Goth grabbed the assailant within the dark claws of powerful black energy, and out of the hooded being came a dark solid shadow, which was murmuring angry incoherent words of defeat. The shadow attempted to run off, but was caught in the jaws of a large green tiger.
Robin, Blue, Starfire, Raven and Cyborg all went over to the large green cat, to study its prize.
"Who are you?" Robin questioned the shadow, which looked like an extremely short, stout man.
"Shuwos, the great!" the elf answered in a voice that sound dark, and shadowed, much like the one that had been mixed with the voice of hooded figure.
"What is your purpose?" Starfire pressured.
"Up until you little morons came along, I was going to take over the city, killing every being within it, but it proves that girl was not strong enough for the job..." the elf snorted, pointing his nose in the direction of the hooded figure that lay unconscious in the claws of black energy. The five titans and Blue glared at the little man, and he was instantly tied with some ropes produced by the leader. Once the dark, stout man was tightly bound to a place where the authorities could find him easily, the team turned towards the ghastly scene, exhausted bodies scattered among the bleachers and field, the stadium plagued with en eerie feel of death.
"Split up, separate the living, and if there are any dead... lay them here," Robin said mournfully, pointing to a spot near him. But before the team could scatter, a voice broke through.
"What do we do with her?" Cyborg tilted his head towards the still unconscious girl within the clutches of black energy.
"Leave her, we'll figure out what to do once we're done," Robin answered, and with that, six teenagers fanned out, carefully separating the living from the dead.
An hour later, six dead bodies lay in the spot indicated by the Teen Titan's leader, as Beast Boy carried over the limp body of a high school student.
"Is this the last?" Starfire said, her eyes wet with tears as she stared down at the dead corpse of a brown haired adolescent, not much older than herself. The green changeling nodded his head and gently lay the body next to six others, not witty remark to try to lighten the mood, no laughter, just awkward silence as the team of teenage superheroes studied their surroundings, innocent people pulled into medical trucks, on their way to a healing facility that would treat their wounds, physical pains, at least. Once again, the subject of what to do with the girl was in question.
"She attacked me before, she's murdered seven innocent victims. She should be exiled to a life of torture!" Blue had said, once the question was repeated, by the alien.
"But she hadn't acted of her own free will, she was being controlled by the villain, Shuwos, therefore... she is... innocent?" Starfire said quietly, not certain on what to say.
"That doesn't make her any less dangerous! I know her, she should be executed!" Blue said in an almost desperate manner.
"How about we keep a close eye on her, keep her in our tower?" Beast Boy cut in, but instantly cowered as five sets of eyes turned towards him, "Or not..."
"Actually Beast Boy, that isn't such a bad idea... we'll watch her behavior in the tower, a single thing goes wrong or is odd, and we'll send her to jail." Robin concluded, as Blue nearly exploded from frustration, but agreed. The Titans took one last look, the feel of the stadium still dark and blood chilling, and six teenagers took off towards their homes, an extra still being held in a bubble of black energy.
Thanks for the reviews all, I hope you like it. Don't worry, I'm getting to the romance .
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