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The next morning Kori woke up later than she usually did. It was 6:00. She hopped out of bed and headed toward the roof and found it already occupied. It was Nightwing and… Supergirl? She froze in her place. Her world seemed to have stopped… but it didn't. Nightwing and Supergirl continued their sick game of tongue wrestling, and Kori watched on. Yes, it was a disgusting display of affection, but how could she not watch? Hadn't Supergirl left before?
The two figures on the edge of the roof broke apart for air. Breathing heavily, Nightwing raised his hand toward Supergirl's cheek and brushed it lightly with the back of his fingers.
"I love you." He said breathlessly. Supergirl grinned and jumped on Nightwing, once again starting their uninterrupted make-out session. But that was the thing… it was uninterrupted… Kori was right there in front of them, and they didn't even see her… like she wasn't even there.
Kori let out an aggravated growl.
"I loved you, you know… and now that I came back, you do this to me again!" she murmured under her breath, so no one but herself could hear… He turned around and walked back through the door and slammed it behind her and ran to the training room. She then saw a sickening sight…
"Marcus!" she gasped. But he, too, ignored her. He didn't even look, or break apart from the blond-haired, blue eyed girl he was making out with. Her eyes filled with tears and she stood there, rooted to the spot.
"The world is being taken over by preppy blond sluts…" she whispered to herself as her knees gave way under her, sending her to the padded floor of the training room…
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Kori shot out of her bed and onto the floor with a muffled thump in cold sweat. She was breathing heavily as she looked rapidly around the room as if looking for something. She buried her face into her pillow to muffle a quiet sob…
There was a tiny know on her door and her head shot up to look at the titanium plated door she had dreaded for so long… She stood up and looked at the clock. 6:00. She sighed and walked over to the door. She took a few reassuring breathes before opening it. There, standing in her doorway, was Marcus. She just broke down involuntarily…
"Kori are you O"- Kori pulled him into the room and shut her door and started sobbing into his chest. "K?" he finished. Was this… Kori? Crying? OK, right now, he was beyond confused…
After a while, Kori stopped crying and she jus sat there, enjoying the silence. Marcus didn't try to say something, because he didn't know what to say. Suddenly, Kori just said something.
"Would you ever leave?" she asked.
"What?" Marcus asked her.
"Would you ever leave? Would you ever… abandon me to be by myself?" she asked. Marcus narrowed his eyes and cocked his head to the side slightly.
"Of course not…" he assured her. Kori smiled and planted a gentle kiss to his lips.
"Really?" she asked him again.
"Really." He said to her and returned the kiss, more passionate. Kori broke away and looked at him.
"Promise?" she asked. Marcus smiled at her.
"Promise." He told her. Kori grinned and kissed Marcus with all the passion she had. Marcus was leaned slightly back, sitting on her bed, and Kori was standing in front of him. Marcus's head was leaning slightly back and Kori's face was above his own, her hair billowing around both of their head like a fiery curtain around them, so you could se neither of their faces.
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Meanwhile in the Evidence Room…
Nightwing glared at the TV screen in the corner of the room.
"Can't they get a room!" he murmured to himself as he watched Kori and Marcus's make out session through a hidden surveillance camera in Kori's room.
"You stalker." Raven said from behind him. Nightwing quickly switched off the TV and turned around toward her.
"Raven! What are you doing here!" Nightwing demanded. Raven ignored him and kept going.
"Shut up… I'm not done yet. THEY ARE IN A ROOM! YOU and SUPERGIRL were the ones who swap spit without getting a room!" Raven growled angrily. "And now, because of YOU, SHE'S the way she IS!" she yelled.
"What! Who is the way WHO is!" Nightwing inquired. Raven gritted her teeth together angrily.
"Starfire. She used to be a happy-go-lucky little girl… and that was why I liked her so much. AND THAT WAS WHY THE ENTIRE TEAM STUCK TOGETHER! You had to go and break her heart. YOU TORE IT TO PIECES AND SHE LEFT!" Raven inhaled sharply. "And now she's not happy. Ever. Marcus barely makes her happy. I can SENSE she's not happy here. That is how bad it is…" A light bulb broke in the room. "And it's your fault…"
"Well, if she was why the team stuck together, why did we after she left?" Nightwing inquired, trying to get a point across.
"Because of the hope that she would come back. That was why I stayed. I truthfully wanted to either leave or kill you. And I couldn't kill you because"- she stopped her self from finishing he sentence of 'she told me not to' and paused. "It wasn't right. And like I said, I stayed for the hope of her coming back."
"Well, she's back." Nightwing said bitterly.
"You selfish idiot… That is not her. That's not Starfire." Raven pointed out. She turned and walked out of the room, leaving Nightwing to sulk and truthfully think about something since Starfire left.
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Kori and Marcus came out of Kori's room and into the kitchen. They found Cyborg and Changeling fighting over tofu and meat with Raven in the corner of the room staring out the window pointlessly. When they came into the room, it was like they hadn't because no one even looked their way or even said anything to them. The two ignored this and went straight to the couch to flip through channels and-
Everyone was interrupted by a shrill repeated beeping sound. The alarm… again.
Kori sighed as she watched the Titans pile out of the door and to their separate vehicles.
"Be there in a sec." she called out to them as she and Marcus ran toward their rooms to change into their hero outfits.
When they got there, what they saw wasn't pretty, and it came as a huge shock to them both.
In the midst of the Titans' unconscious bodies stood Slade. Twilight gasped, and one could have sworn that you saw her eyes flash a bright green for a second.
"You're supposed to be dead." She stated monotonously, trying to keep her voice from trembling in fear, excitement, and anger. Slade turned around and looked at her, smiling slightly behind his mask.
"My dear girl, I feel dead." He said as he took a step closer. Twilight and Vesper braced themselves in defensive stances… "Why, it is true. I didn't really believe Red X when he told me… I never thought you'd come back after… well, you know. Tell me, how have you been since you left?" Slade taunted.
Twilight smirked devilishly in excitement, hoping that she would be ready for this fight.
"Never better…" Vesper turned and looked at her in surprise and confusion, but didn't loose his focus on the fight at hand. "I knew you weren't really gone." She finished.
Slade also smirked behind his mask, thinking about how much she had changed since the last time they had met. "Yes… it's been a lot of fun being able to cheat death so many times. I can't count the times I may have died if it weren't for"- he was interrupted.
"Shut up!" Twilight half-yelled, but half pleaded. By this time, the Titans were awake from their unconsciousness, but not able to fully function right, only half hearing the conversation.
"Oh, so you haven't told them. Well, you better hurry up… they have a right to know what you have gotten them into. And… you should tell them before you don't have a chance to tell, and they don't have a chance to listen." Slade told her.
"No one is going to die… not this time. I won't let you do it." Twilight muttered.
"Oh, but it's not me you should be saving them from. It's you." Slade taunted. Twilight glared at him angrily, visibly loosing her focus. Slade smirked behind his mask and took this time to strike. He lunged toward Twilight and she miraculously dodged his attack, but he backed it up with a back kick, knocking her into Vesper.
By this time the Titans were all up and in fighting positions, ready to attack at any given moment, wondering if what they heard was right. They had looked at each other, all in a confused manner or another, even Raven. She somehow didn't get it, either, although she was empathic. So all in all, she was confused, just as everyone else was.
Twilight and Vesper both got up and attacked, both in different directions. They both didn't understand how Slade had deflected them both when he did, sending them both into opposite walls. The Titans all took this moment to attack, Raven with her magic, a black veil covering various objects being thrown at Slade, Cyborg with his sonic cannon, Beast Boy, morphing into any which animal needed, and Nightwing, attacking Slade head on. I mean, a habit can't just go away, even if it was a childish one? But he wouldn't become obsessed… not this time. Not if it would loose him the people that he loved…
Twilight immediately got up and ran over to Vesper. She helped him up, and was greeted with a cold and confused stare.
"Kori, what is going on?" Vesper asked firmly. Twilight looked away and stubbornly crossed her arms over her chest, and searched for something to change the subject…
"Your welcome, Marc! Gosh…" she remarked, trying to sound hurt, innocent, and just as confused as everyone else. Marcus shook his head.
"Kori, I'm not dumb. I'm serious. What is going on? And don't act like you don't know anything, because I heard what he said to you just a minute ago." Marcus demanded. Kori narrowed her eyes both in anger toward herself and Slade.
"I"- she was interrupted by a loud call.
"Dudes, incoming!" Changeling yelled, a car coming toward them, supposedly being thrown blindly by Raven. The two scattered, and Twilight made sure it was in different directions so that the conversation would continue no longer. Then Slade did something unbelievable… he seemed to have transported himself behind Twilight right before being both blasted by a sonic cannon and crushed by a bus. Twilight whirled around, knowing that she was his main target.
"You're not taking this seriously, Princess. Thanks to you, blood will flow in rivers instead of water, and death will fill the air." He whispered eerily into her ear. Twilight shuddered but smart-mouthed back.
"That was the corniest thing I have ever heard! If you're gonna try to scare me, then"- she was interrupted by a fist aimed at her face that she wittily dodged. She glared at Slade with a look saying both 'I wasn't finished,' and 'That was uncalled for!'
Slade ignored this and shook his head.
"You are going to be responsible for the death of your friends, and the destruction of the world." Slade hissed loud enough for her friends to hear slightly while at the same time hurling kicks and punches at her that she didn't react to, merely dodged.
"I told you: No one. Is going. To die." She stated angrily. Slade gave her a frustrated look behind his mask.
"Except you." He cleared out. Twilight glared up at him.
"If that's what he wants, then so be it. As long as no one else gets hurt. Otherwise, It's either him or me." She smirked bitterly up at Slade and chuckled almost demonically… "And I'm not afraid to die."
Slade scoffed and was about to say something else when a blue beam blasted him in the face, sending him practically soaring into the air and a few feet away from everyone else. He said one more thing before sending an exploding disc to each of the individuals present. Twilight and Vesper happened to be at the edge of a steep drop below a river (well, when did that get there! How ironic…) and they both flew back toward it. They were on the edge trying to keep their balance, but both failed. Twilight, though, spun around before falling and fell on the edge of the 'cliff' and quickly grasped Vesper's hand. She gritted her teeth in a futile effort to hold on to Vesper's slipping hand. She glanced behind her to see the others struggling with their own situations.
She looked down at Vesper almost pleadingly, tears brimming her eyes.
"Hold on…" she whispered, her voice cracked horribly. Vesper looked up at her and smiled.
"I love you." He told her. Twilight nodded and gripped tighter as he started to slip farther…
"Don't leave me…" she whispered as a lone tear streaked down her face leaving a wet trail.
"I'm sorry." Vesper whispered back to her. Twilight shook her head and looked behind her again to see that the Titans wouldn't make it in time to help her.
"Don't be. It's my fault." She whimpered helplessly. Vesper shook his head sadly and looked at her once more…
"Good bye, Kori." He said quietly. Twilight stifled a sob and closed her eyes.
"Good bye… Marcus." She said. She once more looked behind her and noticed that the Titans couldn't help her… "Good bye."
Marcus slipped once more from her tight grip and fell with a splash in the fast moving current of the river. Twilight sighed and rolled over on her back with her arm hanging off the side. By this time the other Titans had come up to her, panting and kneeling over out of fatigue.
"Dude, where's"- Changeling started to say, but a monotone voice that didn't belong to Raven answered before he needed to finish.
"Gone." One word, but it meant a lot to the group right at this moment. Different things, actually:
To Raven, this meant that there was another spirit roaming around that might decide to contact her for no reason at all, but in this case, the spirit might have a reason. If that spirit escapes Trigon…
To Changeling it meant that he lost a good friend and the God of videogames.
To Cyborg it meant that he had lost a good friend and that Twilight "Kori" wouldn't be happy for a long time, and might even go back to New York sooner than planned.
To Nightwing that meant that not only was he more jealous (since Twilight was now crying over a guy), but he was jealous of a dead guy, something he thought he would never stoop that low to do.
And to Twilight it meant that the one person she could count on was dead. He had left her, like all the others did. And she thought that it would never happen, even though she knew that everyone would sooner or later. She had softened up and let her guard down… and she blamed it all on herself.
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