Chapter 3 All Hell Breaks Loose
'BANG!' I covered my head with my right hand.
"Now is that anyway to treat a young lady." I looked up to see a guy in black and orange armor. He held his hand out to me. I looked at his hand as if it weren't real. "Do you want to stay here? I can give you what you want if you can trust me." I took his hand and he helped me up. He held me around my waist as he jumped out of the hole he blew in the wall. We landed by a black car. We both got in and he drove away.
"Why are you doing this?" He looked over to me.
"I can help you increase your power so you can get the Teen Titans back for everything they did to you." Tears came to my eyes when he said Teen Titans. "Also I know where your twin brother is." I nearly stopped breathing when he said that.
"Where did you find him? How long have you known? How is he?" He chuckled slightly.
"Calm down. Oh and my name is Slade." I sighed and relaxed in the car seat. "We are here." I got out of the car after he did. We were in a dark alley. I followed him onto the lid of a sewer tunnel. The lid lowered us down into a dim hallway. There was a large steel door at the end of the hallway. It opened when Slade came to it. I followed him into a large room. It had a ton of electronics in the middle of the room. A young boy was working on something.
"Grant?" He looked up as I said his name. His eyes went wide.
"Angel?" I nodded and tears filled my eyes. "Little sis is that really you?" He looked down. "No, it is impossible. They told me you died." I walked up to him and put my hands on my hips.
"Grant Alexander Malone, what is wrong with you?" He looked up.
"You were the only person ever to call me that." I gave him a huge hug. We were both crying. "I was so mad that I wasn't able to protect you." I gave him a light punch on the arm.
"I have powers just like you, ya know." He chuckled.
"Grant you can show her around and tell her about some of the things we do." He nodded and grabbed my left arm.
"Ow. Ow. Ow."
"Angel what's wrong?"
"The stupid Teen Titans broke my arm and no one will let me heal it." Grant lead me threw a door and down a hallway to another door. We walked into a plain black room. He put his hand over my arm and my skin glowed red for a minute. "Thanks Grant it feels better now." His faced turned serious.
"Angel I don't know if you should be here. I mean I know you can handle yourself but what we do is dangerous. We steal and we are constantly running into the Teen Titans. We hurt innocent people and I don't want my innocent little sister here." I crossed my arms.
"Have you seen the news? I'm not innocent, just a little girl who likes to hurt others. Grant, you know I'm not going anywhere any time soon. Plus you are older by two minutes." He sighed.
"You have to swear to serve Slade forever. You have to constantly have to put your life in danger."
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. All I want to do is cause the Teen Titans pain." Grant saw the pain in his sister's eyes.
"What happened Angie?" I sat down on a black bed and looked down.
"My best and probably only friend is named Raven right. Two days ago I got in trouble at school for nearly killing a girl. She just kept talking about mom. When I got to the orphanage the owner Terra said I can't go anywhere so I blew her off. The next day I snuck out and Raven took me to the mall. We went to the club later that night. When she was driving me home I told her to drive faster because it was almost midnight. When we went across a bridge another car rammed us off the bridge and we fell in a lake. Raven kept me warm and called for help. All I could do was whine about how I would die. I passed out and when I woke up I was in a hospital. I hurt three people so that I could see Raven. She is in a coma. It is my entire fault." Tears were freely running down my face. Grant put his arms around me.
"Calm down Angel. She will be alright."
"Is there any way I can get a breath of fresh air?" He nodded and walked to the back of the room and put his hand over the glass. The glass disappeared and stairs took its place. I gave him a hug. I walked up the stairs and I ended up a block away from a park. It was very dark outside so I walked in the shadows. When I reached the park I saw something. I picked it up to see it was a baby wolf. There were deep gashes all over its body. There was fear in her soft blue eyes. I put my hand over the largest cut and healed it. I healed every cut before I walked back to the hidden stairs. My room was empty so I opened the first door to find a bath room. I washed her in the sink. When her white fur was completely clean I dried her off with a towel I found. I put her on my lap when I sat down. "Now what should I name you? How about Nariko?" She looked down. "Do you like the name Rai?" She barked slightly and rubbed her head on my stomach. "Good choice. That name means trust." Grant came into my room and Rai growled at him.
"Who is this?" Grant reached down to pet her.
"I wouldn't do that if you want to keep your fingers." He quickly pulled them back.
"What is up with the dog?"
"She is a wolf and her name is Rai. I found her pretty cut up."
"Slade wants to see you." I nodded and followed Grant to the main room again. Slade was standing waiting for me.
"Hello Angel." I shivered slightly because his voice seemed to be slightly scary. "Has your brother told you about what we do?"
"Yes."
"Do you still want to stay?"
"Yes."
"Will you help us steel?"
"Yes."
"Are you strong enough to stay?"
"Yes."
"Prove it… ow!" Slade jumped to the side. "Something bit me!" I bit my lip from laughing. Rai was growling at Slade. He picked her up by her neck. "I should kill it." I ran over to him grabbed Rai and went back into my place in less than a second.
"You will do no such thing. Rai is mine and do not ever touch her." Slade looked slightly taken back.
"Just train the stupid mutt."
"Don't call her a dog either. She is a wolf and she will attack you if I feel threatened or if she is threatened." My eyes were starting to turn dark blue. Grant put a hand on my shoulder.
"Grant let your sister loose control if she wants to." Grant shook his no before he stood between Slade and me.
"No can do. My sister has a lot more power than me. She could easily take you out. Heck she could take out everyone in the world when she looses it." My eyes continued to get darker.
"Grant move out of my way." He looked at my eyes and shivered. 'Raven!' I turned and walked back to my room. I laid on my bed. Rai sat in front of my face and stared into my eyes. Slade came into my room and tried to punch me. I rolled out the way. He swung at me again and I side stepped. I grabbed Rai and ran out of my room past Grant into the main room. I ran to the corner farthest away. Grant ran to me but I put my arms up and pushed them to the side. Blue flames shot up and wrapped around my body. I lifted into the air with the flames still around me.
"Angel! Don't do this! You could kill your self!" I didn't listen to Grant. I was transforming to full power. I was lowered down and the flames disappeared. My skin was navy blue. My eyes were black and my hair was midnight blue. I had on a black tank top that showed my bellybutton and a tight black skirt and black combat boots. "Angel please change back."
"Grant chill out. I am in complete control." Slade punched me and I flew back but did a flip and landed on my feet.
"You couldn't even block it."
"I was talking." I waved my hand and Slade was put in a blue bubble. I walked back over to Grant. "Now what was I saying?"
"Angel please change back. Slade did the same thing to me. I can handle my full power but you can't."
"Grant can you have faith in me?"
"I am just worried."
"Don't be. I am about to have some fun." I walked over to Slade.
"Can you take this damn bubble down so we can fight?" Slade sounded mad.
"I don't know."
"Well if you weren't a stupid brat then you wouldn't be here. You won't be talking to your brother when you're fighting." I was so mad I didn't relies I let down the barrier until he jumped at me. I put up a shield in front of me. The force pushed me back. I shot a fire ball at him and it hit him in the chest. I was still mad but I was calming down. "No wonder you don't have any friends. Who would want to be one of your friends? You're mean, you think the world revolves around you, you are annoying, and you are the worst fighter I have ever seen. No wonder you hurt your best friend." Something inside me snapped at the last comment. Blue flames shot up causing the ground to break into pieces.
"Angel stop this, now!" Nothing got to me. I couldn't hear the ground breaking. I couldn't hear Grant yelling at me. I couldn't hear Slade taking about me. The only thing I could hear was Slade's words echoing in my head. Before I knew it I had Slade pinned to the wall by his neck.
"Slade since you don't know me I will make an exception. No one talks crap about me, no one mentions my best friend, and if you want to live never ever mention my mother."
"Aw, Angel doesn't want me to talk about her slut of a mother." I punched him as hard as I could. I let go of his neck and went over to Grant.
"Told ya I could handle my full power."
"Change back." I closed my eyes and reopened them. I was back to my regular self. I looked over at Slade.
"So can I stay?" He stood up and brushed the dirt off his armor.
"Yes, you have amazing power. I can help you get stronger so you can have anything you want. First I have to rid your body of light."
"Okay. How do you do that?"
"It is a simple spell. You might feel a little pain and you might loose certain memories but you will be stronger. Stand in front of me." I did as I was told. Slade put two fingers on my forehead and started chanting a few words. Pain hit my body as my eyes turned baby blue and a blue light came out of my body and floated into a small bottle that Slade was holding. My eyes got darker until they looked like they were black.
"The process is complete Angel." I blinked and smirked.
"Thank you Slade for getting rid of that other disgusting side of me." Grant walked over to me.
"Are you okay Angel?" I looked at Grant.
"I am fine now." Grant still had a worried look on his face but he forced a small smile. Slade put a hand on my shoulder.
"Angel you truly are a work of art.
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