Of Both Worlds: The Last Guardian

Recap on chapter 17: "No; I should be though." She stood trembling, praying this would work out, "it's funny how Flame has been so curious about my scythe, yet I never told her about it" Flame looked down. "It's also funny how the prophecy states a guardian will betray her people, that guardian isn't necessarily the last guardian". The guardians looked at each other.

"No" Carme whispered.

"I find that very ironic; don't you Flame?" The guardians gasped in horror. They were mistaken, very mistaken.

"Well you figured it out, didn't you?"


Chapter 18
- I'm not scared anymore

"No, this can't be" Carme gasped and looked to Flame, "I trusted you!" She grinned devilishly.

"You're right; you did" Raven looked at Nyx remorsefully.

"Why did you do it?" she asked simply.

"Because I was never in charge, I never got to lead anything. I wanted to be my own boss" Nyx gasped.

"So that's why you knew about the scythe"

"Yep; hope you liked it" she continued, "It was me all along" Raven pieced together the current events.

"So you made us think that Nyx did all that?"

"Exactly" She looked to Nyx, I'm so sorry. Cyborg cut in.

"How could you betray them?" Flame pointed her finger to Carme.

"You never gave me a chance; ever" Carme shrugged.

"I'm sorry Flame, I never knew" Starfire, angered, yelled at Flame.

"You betrayed them. Don't you feel bad at all!" She grinned again.

"I feel bad that I got caught", she raised her hand and a circle of fire surrounded the remaining guardians and titans, "but I'm about to feel a whole lot better" She shoved Nyx to the ground. "You ruined my plan". Nyx stood up.

"No, I exposed it; you ruined it the day you betrayed them" Flame threw a fireball at her; it singed part of her wing. Nyx put her hands up and the sky turned black, thunder rumbled and lightning struck the roof. "I will de..." She felt a hard blow to her stomach and she tumbled on to her back. Flame created another fireball and shoved it in her face.

"Is this how you want to die?"

"No, I'll die when you're dead" she kicked Flame off of her. Flame created a giant fireball and hurled it at Nyx. Nyx created an equal mass of lightning and hurled it back. The two forces collided and created a stunning display of pyrotechnics. Nyx could feel her power draining. "No" she grunted as she tried to push back. Her power cut out and she felt herself fall over the edge of the roof. Flame laughed.

"Good, one last guardian" Raven cried silently. She tried to tell me all along, I pushed her away. The group stood inside there smoldering inferno prison. They had rejected one of their own and made a horrible mistake.

"Nyx; I turned her down" Jack looked around aimlessly.

"No jack you didn't know" Raven put her hand on his shoulder. Starfire pointed to the charcoaled sky.

"Friends look!" a very familiar winged girl was hovering over the roof. She flew and landed a kick square into Flame's back. She fell forward.

"You must mean one more guardian; if you thought you could get away from me you are terribly mistaken" Flame sneered as Nyx continued to throw lightning at her. "I will open the gates of hell before I let you get away" Flame grinned.

"How are you going to do that?"

"I will…" a streak of lightning struck her to the ground. Flame laughed.

"Sure; I admire your ambition. But you're too scared, you run at every opportunity" she heard a voice from under the ash.

"You're right; I was scared. But I'm not anymore" she stood up. Her uniform had changed from black to white. The tattoo changed on her arm; it now read Ad Lucem. The scythe had also changed to the same emblem. "Flame; I have to destroy you" she slammed the scythe into the ground and the electric force field surrounded her and charged into Flame. It threw her over the edge and the sky cleared. The flaming walls that once held the guardians and the titans disappeared.

"The last guardian" Raven murmured as Nyx turned around. She was garbed in white. Her internal struggle was over; good had overtaken evil. The old world is back, a voice said at the back of her mind. She walked over to the group.

"Nyx I am so sorry" Carme apologized.

"Yeah; ditto" Jack said sheepishly. Raven put her hand on Nyx's shoulder.

"I knew you were destined to bigger and better things"


A/N: Ad Lucem means "come to the light" in latin. PLEASE REVIEW!