Bright Lights and a Siren's Wail Chapter 2:
Shattered Glass, Shattered Hopes
After years of searching, they had finally found each other. The banshee and the nymph, and now, they were yards away from each other. After a minute of silence, Krystal shouted towards the building the girl was standing on. "Prithee, have you lost your bloodlust? What a shame, I had hoped you would try to kill me."
"I…I will have my revenge!" The stranger yelled as she jumped from the roof straight at the dark haired girl. But, when she came within two feet of her, she saw a slight shimmer of glass, and realized her mistake. Krystal had erected an invisible shell of glass that shattered in a thousand pieces as soon as Boom touched it, slashing her flesh again and again. Nevertheless, she landed on her feet, and pushed off the ground away from, doing a flip and standing again facing the Titans. They finally got a good look at her.
Her bright green eyes were painless flowing with tears, almost as freely as her arms flowed with crimson; her short pink hair was mussed up from rolling on the ground. Under a long leather trench coat she wore a yellow tank top and baggy jeans, which all bore the scars from the shattered glass.
"I'm surprised you fell for that old ruse, Boom. Was it not you who invented that move?" Krystal asked her, the slightest hint of a smile growing on her face.
"You won't antagonize me this time. I've come to terms with our past, after all, how was I to know you were a homicidal maniac?" She grinned widely, hoping to make Krystal angry enough to make a mistake like she had. Unfortunately, she couldn't wait around to see if it would. Boom had to make a move fast; the blood loss was already weakening her. With a deep inhale, she directed a blast of air at Krystal, and with that cold wind came a roar, deep and low like that of a lion. It knocked her adversary off her feet, but sent her sailing into several of the glass statues.
With a quiet curse, the pink haired youth barreled straight at the other girl, hoping to make her attacks more concentrated in the closer range. But this choice proved to be a double-edged sword, like the one that Krystal immediately materialized and shot at Boom, aiming for her heart. At the last second, she dove to the ground, hearing the whistling blade cut through the air. Jumping back to her feet, Boom felt a twang of pain race through her ches
"I see my spell has finally reached you," the witch said with a devilish grin. "How are you feeling? A little light-headed?" She chuckled lightly to herself. She had turned Boom's lungs into glass, and now she was starting to suffocate. The Titans chose this moment to finally enter the fight.
"Raven, look after the girl; the rest, GO!" Robin shouted as he ran ahead of the others, his staff at the ready. He swung at Krystal with the precision of a pro baseball player, and hit her across the face. He didn't have long to grin in victory; long glass sabers were flying in his direction. A few back flips later and he was out of range. With a shout of righteous fury, green bolts started flying at the fallen villain. Her concentration now spread thin, Krys released her hold on Boom, and sweet oxygen came back to her lungs with a loud gasp, and she fainted.
Raven teleported the green-eyed girl into a nearby building, then returned to the battle, calling out, "Azarath metrion ZINTHOS!" A city bus became encased in dark energy, and flew at the sorceress, who had just hit Star with a block of solid glass. Krystal tried to shield herself, but she reacted too slowly. She disappeared beneath the public transport device with a loud crunch.
"Guess that's the end of the line." Cy tried to break the eerie silence that had fallen. "Now, we need to-" He was interrupted by the sound of creaking metal. They all turned and saw the decrepit bus rise up. A pristine column of crystal supported it, and from behind came the witch, completely unharmed.
"I see I am not the only one whose power comes from hell." She grinned malevolently. "Pray, dost thou enjoy thine ability to control the world's fate, child of Trigon?"
"How do you know Him?" Raven asked, her anger barely contained.
"I know Him well," Krystal's smile grew suggestive. "I know Him very well."
This pushed Raven over the edge. "You are the devil's whore!" She flew at Krystal, black orbs around her fists. The witch threw daggers of glass at her, and Raven went to brush them aside, but they weren't affected by her darkness. She attempted to duck down, but remembered the forest of crystal statues beneath her, and so braced herself for the impending doom
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