Okie dokey...
(N/M Shin stands around a pile of ashes with her muses and her best friends that came to hang out)
N/M Shin: Zephyr...what is this? (Death Glare)
Zeph: ...That's... (Gulp) ...T-Terra.
N/M Shin: ... (Continues death glare)... (Realizes) ...OH! I thought it was something important. That's cool then.
(Zephyr sighs in relief and all of N/M Shin's friends look confuzzled)
Dakota: Hey -N/M Shin's real name-, who's Terra?
Fiona: Yeah, and when did you get a dragon?
Kaitlyn: And why is there a werewolf asleep on your couch?
N/M Shin: Because I have guests sleeping in his room!
All friends: ...ummm...what?
Hyato: Hey -N/M Shin's real name-, gimme a five! (Short Japanese guy swings in through window)
N/M Shin: GET OUT OF HERE YOU PERVERTED FREAK! ...AND HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE? THIS IS THE HUNDRETH STORY OF MY IMAGINARY BUILDING!
Hyato: I am like your American freak/hero, Spiderman! (Swings out of window on web with N/M Shin's KFC he stole just now)
Fiona: SPIDERMAN? WHERE! (Jumps out of window with fangirl-obsessioness)
Kaitlyn: Well, Invader Zim is on so, bye! (Rides out of door on her horse)
Dakota: (blinks) Umm, why did you put everyone in your fic anyway?
N/M Shin: I wanted to prove to all of my viewers that I have friends.
Dakota: And... Why did you edit it so no one knows your real name?
N/M Shin: Because I HATE my real name, you know that.
Dakota: Well, viewers out there. Her real name starts with an-(N/M Shin tackles her to the ground an then hog ties her easily because she is a vegetarian and is therefore weak)
N/M Shin: If you go any further then I'll have to brainwash all of them again!
Dakota: ...Again? Well, anyway, her last name is-
(N/M Shin knocks her friend unconscious and drags her to closet that was once occupied by Terra)
Jax: (Waking up) She is one of your weirdest friends...
N/M Shin: ...Have you met my friends?
(They both sigh as Fiona's scream of 'Spiderman' rings through the city and Kaitlyn's horse whinnies as they quote Gir on their way home while Dakota bangs on closet door)
Zephyr: Anyway, if you didn't understand, the bombs were in the robots, so a nuke just exploded right next to Darren and his group and one in Dallas where the WW robot was. But, we don't really care about the one in Dallas.
N/M Shin: This chapter will be mostly a flashback and therefore very short. I'm on my Dad's computer with the sucky keyboard because we have company in the computer room. But, my sister brought the cat over to visit with us for a week, so, yay!
Jax: Yah, the cat's name is puppy...
(Puppy acts adorable distracting Jax while he pees on all his stuff)
N/M Shin: Puppy the Kitten will be a temporary muse while Terra is... coughindesposedcough.
XXXXXXXXXXX-Flashbacks will be in italics (DUH)-XXXXXXXXXX
Oh man, my head... What happened last night?
...Heheh, I made a funny.
Geez, my whole body hurts, even my hair... What happened?
What do you mean 'What happened'?
I mean, what happened to make me hurt so much?
Let me think, you were standing next to nuke, and a psychotic guy who's been past his prime since your parents were your age was fingering the trigger. So, I have no idea. How about you?
Oh...wait, who are you?
No one really, we all talk to ourselves sometimes.
Did I go crazy, or am I just dying?
A nuke couldn't kill you in demon mode, you're probably just burned. Of course, radiation burns are known to be pretty bad.
...I wish I had paid more attention to radiation in science and history...
...Me too.
Ugh, I'm just...so...tired...
Then everything went dark.
XXXXXXXXXX-Flashback-XXXXXXXXX
Black phantoms stalked in an ever-closing circle around the young boy. The only light in the area around them being a moonbeam directly on the figure of the boy, but his attackers remained shrouded in mist and shadows.
Growls sounded from their throats, ringing in his ears, louder and louder, until he collapsed with pain. He clasped his hands over his ears, trying to drown out the endless haunting noises, but it kept coming, louder and louder than before. He was on his knees, the creatures coming closer and closer, the ringing growing louder and louder.
They knew he couldn't run, he knew he couldn't run.
They came closer and closer, their figures finally becoming clear in the single beam of moonlight. Their jet-black fur glistened with blood and sweat as the monsters grew nearer, their smell gagging the boy. He covered his nose, then his mouth to keep the bile down.
They flexed their wings, bat like and torn, the sinew snapping like twigs under the foot of some great beast. He had uncovered his ears in order to cover his nose and mouth, and the growls and snaps came full-blast.
He couldn't stand it.
One of the beasts leapt, their jaws fixing around his bare neck.
And he screamed as loud as he could.
The boy woke up, sweat running, cold, down his face. He kicked off the covers and ran to his parents' room, as most five year olds would, to find solace. But when he got there, they were nowhere to be found.
"M-Mom...D-Dad?" He whispered into the darkness. No answer.
"Darren, what are you doing?" A small girl whispered from behind him.
Darren jumped, startled. "Hannah, what are you doin' up?"
"Did I scare you?" She giggled.
Darren stuck his lip out in defiance. "No, I just didn't figure you would be up is all. Why are you awake? Bein' up this late is only for big kids, like me."
She giggled again. "You were talking in your sleep, it kept me awake. Did you have a nightmare?"
"So what if I did? You're only, like, three, what would you know about nightmares?" He said defensively.
"Hey, I know a bunch of stuff, you just-"
Darren covered her mouth, putting a finger to his lips. He paused for a second, and they could both hear voices downstairs. He led the way to the living room and they peered into the den, where their parents were having a very verbal argument.
"Whaddya mean dangerous? She hasn't hurt anyone!"
"That's because her powers aren't strong enough yet, but one day we'll be at the park and suddenly she'll laugh and blow someone up!"
"Listen, Raven, she's not as dangerous as you were! She'll be fine!"
"No she won't! She needs training or else she'll be a danger to herself and everyone around her!"
"I won't let you take her away for eight years just so you can fuel your suspicions!"
"You think I want her to be an emotionless freak for the rest of her life?"
"If you didn't want to take Darren away then why do you want to take Han?"
Hannah's eyes widened at the sound of one of her many nicknames.
"In my family, unstable emotions are only present in women. Darren will be fine, but Hannah will not!"
"I can't believe how selfish you're being! I don't want her to grow up not knowing me, so when her 'training' is complete she'll hate me! It happened with you and your mother, and I could never let that happen with me and my daughter!"
"So you would rather have her destroy everyone and everything on Earth? And you're calling me selfish?"
"I-She...I'm not selfish!"
"What do you hear when people talk to you? Do you have a little radio in your head or something! Are you even listening to yourself?"
"You can't take her!" Beast Boy was in tears now, sobbing on his knees. "Please!"
"Gar, I wish I didn't have to, but I do. I'm sorry." She knelt down next to him, rubbing his back affectionately. He caved in and wrapped his arms around her, his back convulsing in sobs.
"How are we gonna tell her?" he asked between his tears.
Raven paused before she answered. ""...Hannah... I'm sorry."
Darren looked to his sister beside him, she was near tears, but would not let them fall. He put a hand to her shoulder and she fell into him, weeping uncontrollably as he carried her to where their parents sat waiting for them.
"We have to tell you something... and cry all you want, because you won't be able to for a long time."
Those were her last tears, but they went on for hours.
XXXXXXXXXX-End flashback-XXXXXXXXX
Whoa...flashback. But, if I'm not dying, why is my life flashing before my eyes?
That's not your life stupid that was just a memory. Judging by the feelings you have for it, you have probably repressed it 'till now.
Man, I hurt all over. I would definitely be dead if it wasn't for bein' a demon and all.
Yeah, and think about it, your mom had her powers turned off and Con and Star aren't demon at all.
...Oh shit, Mom, Star, Connie!
XXXXXXXXX-Wow, painful memories for da poor demon-XXXXXXXX
And...That's chappy twelve folks!
Jax: Yep, we actually wrote another chapter.
N/M Shin: And I would like to take this time to wish all of my reviewers a merry Christmas!
Jax: Or Hanukkah, or Quanza, or whatever you celebrate!
Zephyr: Yay, happy holidays!
N/M Shin: So, in the next chapter, Darren has to get off his ass to find his friends and family, because after getting blown up by a nuke, they might be hurt or something! I just put up that flashback to burn a chapter and explain a few things.
Jax: And we've got a special gift for you if you can tell us what the creatures were in Darren's nightmare!
N/M Shin: So happy holidays to:
Taiba
MOOgoestheCHICKEN
Steve-racer
Kaos kitsune
Daughter of Trigon
VashTheStampede7123
Crazytomboy
Mew-xena
Kuramie and Kaiaramith
RobinStarfire4eva
We love you!
So until you're sick with candy canes and egg nogg, see you after X-mas!