Taloni twisted the tight silver clamps on her forearms. The markings the lay engraved on clamps shined with an erie red glow. Her ice blue eyes scanned the dark dungeon she sat in. The knights had dragged her here after they left the rooftop. She knew they were inside one of the pillars of the Jump City bridge for she had sensed the blood of her people who had been killed here ever since she had arrived.

" My blood will be the last to stain these floors." Taloni whispered as she tugged on her shackles. The knight That had been assigned to watch her as the others readied themselves for the ceremony looked down at her with a sneer through his hood.

" Don't try any spells or attacks siren, Those shackles make you powerless and you know it. Your not the first to wear them you know." and with that he gave Taloni a hard kick in her upper arm, sending her sprawling sideways. He had also kicked off the makeshift bandage Taloni had made from the hem of her pants. The bullet wound began to trickle blood down her blue arm. She gasped as she hit the ground, her eyes filled with tears of not pain, but shame.

Look at me She thought "I, all that remains of the great sirens, sitting by, waiting for death. I should have let them kill that green kid...I could have easily escaped, I could have saved myself. What did I owe him!" But then another thought, another voice drifted into her head. "You know why you did it, you took an oath by accepting your powers, an oath to use them to protect man when they need it. Beast Boy is one of the heros of men, you knew you could not let him die".

She sat back up and stared coldly at her assailant.

" Now that you have caught me what will you do for a hobby, stamps." She grinned as she barred her teeth, her sharp canines gleamed and her eyes had a catty light in them.

" Silence!" Shouted the knight. Taloni smiled even wider when she notice the many of the knights side teeth were missing.

I remember you!" She said in a sing song voice, laced with a cold taunt." You're the knight I caught in the jaw with the lead pipe! Where was that, hmm Metropolis mid February right, Man that was a gusher...I " But she was cut off when the knight had silenced her by gripping her around her throat and dragging her up the wall.

" Why, you...I..." The Knight squeezed tighter, Taloni squirmed and gasped, she gripped the hand around her throat and pressed her claws deep into his flesh. He let out a grone and let go, allowing Taloni to slump to a heap on the floor, Gasping and rubbing her throat. The Knight held his hand under his arm and spun to face Taloni.

" You...you will pay for that!" With this he pulled a gun from his cloak and pointed at Taloni's head.

" Do it, go on, kill me!" Taloni dared, but a sadness also fluttered in on her Mediterranean accent.

" Brother, I hope you are not planning to kill it without the proper means." Said a cold voice from over the knights shoulder. The bleeding knight turned and quickly stuffed the gun back into his cloak.

" No, Elder Brother...I..I was just, it..." Muttered he knight

"Good, Bring her to the Wall, we are ready." and with that the elder knight turned and disappeared down a corridor. The bleeding knight turned to Taloni and grabbed her arms. He then forced her arms to cross over her chest, her hands clenched at her shoulders. When the silver clasps hit together the seemed to magically fuse together. Taloni gave a halfhearted tug to try and pull her arms apart, but it was useless. The knight then, with ease threw Taloni over his shoulder and followed where the Elder knight had vanished. Taloni watched as the room she was in disappeared as the walls of the corridor closed in. She shut her eyes and whispered in tongue not heard in years. Now to anyone else it sounded Like: " Veerdi Mina kid dorva, ya knosa pro nina" But to Taloni in her fast beating heart it said:

"Mother, please forgive me, I tried"