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Chapter 23: Flashback # 3 Graveyard Gloom
The Titans woke up in a dark, foggy graveyard. Many headstones were black with corrosion, and spooky trees haunted the graves. All of the Titans looked uneasy. Chantal hugged Cedric tightly and all of them moved forward through the haunted woods. They heard a scurry of wind, and they saw Tuttle and Sam land neatly on a patch of old flowers. Sam leapt off the board and helped Tuttle down. They looked around quietly. Suddenly, they heard an evil cackling.
"Well hello Bryan. I see you have returned to me. I knew you would always come back to your uncle… Oh but who is this? I see you have a little girlfriend." The two whirled around to face Brother Blood. He had glowing red eyes which flickered black.
"You're not my…" Sam slammed Tuttle into the ground as Brother Blood shot lasers out of his eyes at them. Cyborg yelled, "Dude! How did he do that?" The Titans watched as the two ran. Finally, they hid behind a tree trunk. "Look Tuttle. That isn't your uncle. Your uncle is overshadowing him. We have to work together Tuttle, okay?" Tuttle nodded and the two jumped out from behind the tree. Spark threw her twin sais at Brother Blood and pinned him to the ground. Tuttle flipped over and pulled out his twin kantana swords. Brother Blood shot him down, and Tuttle crumpled into a heap. Brother Blood pulled off the twin sais and walked toward Tuttle. As he got up, Blood pinned him down with his foot.
"Well, dear nephew, I see you still haven't changed though. You should really join me. Your apprenticeship is well needed," he said. Spark looked at Tuttle and yelled, "NOW!" She used her wind power to cause the sais to fly back to her and ran at Brother Blood with brutality. They battled for a while. Blood touched a red, warm "S" slashed on his face. Spark quickly ran to Tuttle and helped him up.
"God Tuttle! I shouldn't have gotten you into this," she said, and helped him up.
"No," said another voice. "But you two are now in my web. I am the spider, and you are my dinner." Slade walked out and twirled his metal Bo staff. "You see, my nephew hasn't been good lately." Slade walked in a circle around the two. "But that will all change." Sam yelled, "Never!" and ran at Slade. He moved aside, but Spark kicked him with a back flip and cut his mask in half. Tuttle got up from the ground and got over to Spark. Suddenly, Slade knocked him away from Spark. He grabbed Tuttle's wrist, which burned.
Tuttle screamed, "No!" and Slade threw him to the ground. He had a burn that had a bloody and crocked ST. Tuttle winced, but charged at Slade. Another body slam tackled Slade into a tree and kept punching him until Slade fell off the side of the cliff. Spark ran to Tuttle and asked, "You're burn okay?" Tuttle winced as Spark touched it. Quickly, she conjured up a breezy wind and aimed it into the burn. Tuttle stiffened, but relaxed after the ice circulated through the burn. Spark leaned Tuttle up against the tree, and stood next to him with her hands on his shoulder.
"Tuttle, I knew I shouldn't have gotten you into this. Now that Slade's gone, go and run. I want you to live! Please Tuttle!" Tuttle refused, and Spark looked a little mad. Spark said, "TUTTLE! Come on, I seriously…" Tuttle pushed her into the side and landed on top of her like a protective shield as fire was shot at the tree. Tuttle and Spark gasped as Slade rose up. He laughed at them mockingly. "You think you can run?" he asked as he walked toward them. Tuttle and Spark stood up and got ready to fight. Slade jumped forward and kicked Tuttle into the ground, then grabbed Spark by the throat. She struggled to kick him, but he wouldn't let go. He slowly kept on squeezing her neck until she choked. He dropped her and his palm lit with fire.
"Now you'll never be able to see," he said, and thrust the palm at Spark's head and eyes. "NO!" yelled Tuttle as he jumped on Slade and tackled him. Tuttle hit him with all of the lightning he could. He and Slade faced off. "Either me or her," said Slade. Tuttle growled and tackled Slade toward the cliff. They both fell off. "Tuttle!" yelled Spark. She chanted in Chinese, and Tuttle rose up from the cliff's doom, and landed by her feet.
By now, Tuttle has had his legs cut deeply and his face bruised. His arms were cut. He struggled over to Spark, who was lying on the ground very still. He checked her for a pulse. His eyes watered, and he whispered into he girl's ear, "Don't leave me. I love you." Spark's mask was burned off, and it lay melting him her eyes. Tuttle peeled off the mask and saw that her eyes were in a fire and wind battle. He slowly eased her into his arms and chanted in Chinese like Spark had taught him. Wind started to rush to help her, and finally the fire was over. Spark slowly woke up, and looked at Tuttle. He hugged her quietly, and they both sat there crying.
A black hole sucked the Titans into another black room. They all looked at Sam, who was in deep thought. Tim said, "Where's Tuttle?" Sam looked at Tim and her eyes flared a slight deep blue.
"I know where he is, and we're going to find out."
Chapter 23 up! Long spoiler!
"Sam, you okay?" "Tuttle, can I say something?" "What?"
Chapter 24: Flashback 4: Love Hurts
