Chapter 3: Birth of a Prophecy

Kandice watched the people as they 'mingled' with each other. She, on the other hand, leaned on the balcony, drinking fruit punch. Because of her pregnancy, anything dealing with alcohol is out. The twins noticed Kandi's slight resentment and kicked. She smirked and rubbed her stomach. "Don't worry, I'm not mad at you two." She said

She looked up at Richie talking to Courtney and sighed. She then took the drink and dumped it over the balcony. "Ashes to ashes…" she muttered

"And dust to dust." Said a voice

She turned to see a woman wearing an all-black dress walked next to her. She had short hair like she did, and blonde highlights, but Kandi couldn't see her eyes, due to the fact that she was wearing sunglasses. "Shakespeare fan?" she asked

"Oh no." answered Kandi, "Just thinking…"
The girl looked over at the two blondes talking. "What a croc." She said, "Two blondes living happily ever after…"

Kandi turned and looked out on the streets of Dakota. The girl got close to her ear. "If I were you…I would've strung him up by his neck by now." She whispered

Kandi gasped and turned towards him. "What are you talking about?" she asked, shakily

"Your boyfriend's cheating ways." She answered

"I-I don't-"

"Don't try to deny it…Richie Foley is the man you're destined to be with."

"Who…who are you?"

"You will give birth to two sons, one good, one evil. You're going to die very soon so you won't know the outcome of the battle that will happen. Your death will be Richie's downfall. He'll forget his sons, and that's when the true prophecy will reveal itself."

Kandi's knees became weak and she grabbed the railing for support. The girl leaned down to her eye level. "You, my dear Kandice, needs to think about the one you're going to be with at the end of your miserable existence." She said

Her knees got weak under her and she passed out.

Richie sat by Kandi's side as she continued to sleep. He hadn't been able to find her at the party for at least a half-hour, but then found her passed out in the rain. He quickly took her into his car, soaking wet, he drove her to the nearby hospital. There, she was diagnosed with a high fever. The doctor had called her foolish for even attempting to go to a party in her condition. Richie asked what he meant by it, but he was brushed off, saying that he was not her family, and wasn't entitled to know what her condition was. He cursed himself a thousand times for talking to Courtney instead of paying attention to Kandi. She coughed and then moaned. The pills the doctor gave him, he ordered him to make her take it every four hours. The medicine was Altace, a blood pressure medicine, and the simple bottle of aspirin. He was curious to find out if Kandi had blood pressure, but that couldn't be the case. He looked around the house, and found no trace of whatever medication she had been taking before. She had taken it for her coughs, but now her condition seemed to have gotten worse. His fingers ghosted over her facial features. "Kandi…why won't you tell me…" he muttered

"She's not going to tell you." Said a voice

He turned around and his eyes widened. There was an exact duplicate of Kandice standing there! She looked exactly like her, except she had red eyes and her hair was shorter. She pointed at him. "You will be the worst father to them…you shall help stain their hands with blood." She said

"What…?" he started

She turned away from him and disappeared into the darkness.

Kandi walked up a dirt road. Her hair blew in the wind, and she looked at all the dead trees around her. The road seemed endless, because she had been walking since she passed out. She felt alone, and it was a horrible feeling. When she started this journey, she realized that she wasn't pregnant, just a normal college student. She looked up to see a house, old and out in the middle of nowhere. She pushed the rusty gate, and cut her finger on the hard metal. She sucked her finger as she kept walking. The empty front yard was creeping her out. She pressed her fingers against the angel statue and felt the ice coming from it. Kandi proceeded to the stairs and found herself at the big doors. Pushing it open, she found the foyer empty. She called out, put found nobody there. Going to the fireplace, she found a dusty picture of a little boy and his two parents. "What are you doing here!" asked a fierce voice

She turned around to see an old man with a cane giving her an evil glare. "I…uh…the door…" she stuttered

"What about it?" he asked

"It was open…I got lost…and…I can't remember…"
The old man squinted his eyes to get a closer look at her. "Step into the light." He said

She nodded and walked into the small light that was given. His eyes widened and he stepped back a few steps. "It can't be…" he muttered

"What?" she asked, "Did I do something wrong."
The old man then turned back to his usual calm demeanor. He turned to his armchair and sat down. Out of nowhere came a dog, growling at her. She gasped and stepped back a few feet. "Ace!" yelled a voice

Out of nowhere came a young man with black hair and blue eyes grab the dog before it bit her. "Ace!" yelled the old man,"Down!"

The dog stopped growling, and Kandi just sighed. "Who's this?" asked the black-haired teen

"This…this is Areis' mother…"

"That's impossible! You told me that she died when the boys were only a few months old!"

"Excuse me, but what are you the two of you talking about?" asked Kandi

The old man grunted and pet the dog named Ace. "You don't know, do you?" he asked

Kandi merely shrugged, she didn't even know who the old guy was. The manor she was in looked familiar, but everything else was just a blur.

Daisy sighed as she sat by Kandi's bedside. Richie had asked her to take time out and watch Kandi while he worked. At times, Daisy knew better than to ask questions. Virgil and Richie were both acting odd, but there was nothing she could do. She loved Virgil, and whatever she knew, she was content with. She sometimes worried, but he always seemed to come home to her in one piece. Richie and Kandi's situation was much different. She noticed their fighting, and she mentioned a woman named Courtney, but she had never seen the girl. Virgil did talk about her once, but only said that she was another college student that went to school in Gotham. Other than that, he never said anything about the situation. Daisy opened Kandi's mouth and put the medication down her throat, with the help of water. Why Richie wouldn't hire a nurse was beyond her. Whatever was going on between the two of them, she was determined to find out. This wasn't Richie's way of handling things. As she smoothed out the sheets, her fingers brushed Kandi's stomach. Daisy felt something strange coming from the stomach. It felt like a brush of energy, something she hadn't felt in a very long time. She quickly snatched her hand back and looked at her hand. Everything felt normal, but she was still a bit creeped of what just happened

Kandice walked with the old man across the living room. Next to her was the teenage guy that held back the dog. Kandi put a hand to her forehead. She was trying to remember why she was here, but she couldn't remember. "So you can't remember a thing?" asked the teenager, "Just your name?"

"Yeah, it' s Kandice, that's about it." She answered

"Do you know about your son?" asked the old man

"What son?" she asked

"Over twenty-one years ago you gave birth to two sons, Dante and Aries

Kandi just shook her had. "Sorry, not ringing any bells." She answered

The old man just nodded and walked into the kitchen. There, he told the teenager to go back to work. Ace stayed behind, next to his master. The look he gave Kandi was one of slight mistrust. She watched as the old man began taking teacups out of the cupboard. She walked over to him and the dog growled. "Ace…" he mumbled

"Let me help." She said, "I would make tea for…him…"

She felt her head get a slight headache. "Don't remember who 'he' is, do you?" asked the old man"

"No…" said Kandi, "Just…his name…Gear…doesn't fit right. Oh I'm sorry sir, I must be boring with you with my absent-mindedness."

"No, please tell me more."

"His face…he would wear a mask, I think he had this mechanical thing on his back…I'm sorry, that's all I can remember."

"The man you're describing. His name was Richie Foley, also known as Gear, a superhero."

Kandi gripped her head and walked towards the door. She found herself getting weak, and she fell on top of the teenager. She took a deep breath and got up. "Are you alright?" he asked

"Fine…" she muttered

"Bruce, maybe we should take her to a hospital."

Her eyes widened and she whipped around to look at him. "I remember you!" she said, "Bruce Wayne…but…you didn't look like that before…"

"You're not from this area…?" asked the teenager

"She's not from this time." Answered Bruce, "This is Kandice Harris, Josh's mother."
The teenager eyed her up and down for a minute. "But Mr. Foley is so much older." He said

"Hey!" she said, "Richie's only 22! He's not that old!"

Kandi looked back at Bruce, and then sighed heavily. She stormed out of the kitchen. "This is stupid…" she muttered

She walked straight for the door. "Where are you going?" asked Bruce, a bit harshly

"Obviously away from you two." She answered, "This is too weird."

Richie pulled the covers up over Kandice. He noticed that Daisy had ran out of the house quickly after talking to him about something that was about the twins. He didn't know what she meant by a strange energy, but he felt fine when he touched the twins. He was more concerned about Kandi's condition. The medicine seemed to be working, but there was no reaction from her brainwaves. He had checked them often by using backpack. From what he could see, there was no reaction in her whatsoever. It was as if her soul had left the plain of existence they were living on right now. He then shrugged it off as impossible. Even if her bang baby powers did come back, there was no way that she could do that. Her powers were basic psychic telepath and telekinesis. He sat out on the balcony, and could remember when the two of them were high school students. Everything was fine, it was just the two of them having regular lives. Being a college student and a father of twins was becoming a strain. He often looked at Stargirl as an option, but he wasn't sure. From what that mysterious girl said, he maybe needed to stick around, but then he began to remember what people would say about girls trying to 'pin' guys by having children by them. He knew Kandi didn't want to do anything like that; but then again, there were things that she kept from him. Whatever was causing her to sleep in a comatose-like state; he was determined to wake her up. With all the intelligence he had, he couldn't figure out that Kandi was sick. He looked at her, and she mumbled something in her sleep.

Kandice growled under her breath as she thought about what Bruce and the other one said. She couldn't believe that she had twin sons, and she was in the future. There was no way that she could astral-project herself into another timeline. As she walked down the dirt road away from Wayne Manor, she could've sworn she felt somebody following her. She looked back, but nobody was there. She sighed and kept walking. When she got to Gotham, she was amazed at how everything looked. It was much different than what she remembered. Everything was so high-tech, and she was beginning to believe that Bruce Wayne was right. Passing a store, she looked at what she was wearing. A red midriff sweater with a brown mini-sikirt. She had a silver belly-button ring and three holes in one ear. She also had a sliver tongue ring. She stared at herself in complete shock. One minute, she was a pregnant mother to the biggest jerk in her life, now she was a skinny college student. She began to back up her thoughts as she wanted to know how she knew she was pregnant. She was pushed by somebody and she growled. Wanting to get to Dakota, she opted for not starting a fight. Looking around, she found herself lost. Opting to take a shortcut, she ran down an alleyway. There, she was surrounded by a gang dressed in clown outfits. She huffed and placed her hands on her hips. "And what are you guys supposed to be?" she asked

"Haven't you heard?" asked one

They began to circle her. "We're jokerz." Answered another

"Right…" said Kandice

One grabbed her from behind and she hit him in the balls. She then flipped him over on his back. "Slag her!" yelled one

One came straight at her with a crowbar and she merely yanked it towards her and kicked the joker in the stomach. The girl joker came straight for her and she twisted her arm backwards and kicked her into a wall. "Anybody else wanna try me?" she asked

The other jokerz ran off in fear. She snapped her one arm out. "I thought so…" she muttered

She kept walking, having the uneasy feeling that somebody was following. Batman, who was planted on the wall the whole time, took off his camouflage. "You're right, she can take care of herself." He said

"Keep following her." Said Bruce, "If she's going where I think she is, she may need help."

"With what? She can take care of herself."

"She's lost in Gotham and if she dies in this timeline, who knows what can change in the past."

Mary bowed to her master and put on a fake smile. For all the good it was, she didn't want to report the girl. She was weak and fainted, there was no honor in killing her that way. Mary did want the girl out of the way, but she didn't want to kill her the coward's way. Aragog crossed his leg and smirked. "What is your report?" he asked

"The girl…" she started, "She's very weak, and had fainted at the gala event, just as you said."

"Good, now my plan can get into motion."

"Sir?"

"She is supposed to die to create a new world. Amplifying her powers to the limit will kill her. It's the perfect time for me to do it, while she has lost conciousness. She has no idea that she has dark powers, just as I had asked Luthor to do."

"Sir?"

"When Luthor 'created' her, I told her to put some of my DNA in hers, meaning she hasa dark powers that should take years to develop. If I amplify it, then the prophecy will come true, and her two sons shall have it."