Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans. Get it? Got it? GOOD!
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Titans Tower, sometime in the afternoon.
This day marked the third day where as Arsenic and Lithium had not shown up anywhere. The Titans, as well as some factions of the JCPD, had gone into high alert about those two since the incident in the JCPD Headquarters. But ever since then they have apparently gone into hiding for who knows what reason or how much longer. There hasn't been any excitement at all in those past three days except for that incident with Control Freak.
In the meantime, everyone has taken on the waiting game once again. The Titans had each found their own means of passing the time. Starfire was outside the tower tending to the gardens, one of her favorite pastimes as of late. Raven was on constant meditation as always, though she did say she was specifically trying to find the spiritual signatures of the two culprits as she spent her time in the astral plane. Beast Boy and Cyborg were on the Game Station for most of their time trying to conquer the other's high scores. Robin himself has found a nice little activity to pass the time as well as redirect his pent-up aggressions:
POW—THUD—POW—THUD!
Beating the crap out of a punching bag.
"Hiya!"
He was frustrated. And with no-one to take it out on, Robin had ventured into the gym to release said frustrations. He was very frustrated and understandably so. Three days of quiet was enough to drive up the wall. He had no evidence whatsoever to give him any lead on the whereabouts of the two teenage aggressors that the Titans have been having their butts kicked by.
POW—POW—THUD!
Robin was not in his usual fatigues, instead he wore a red tank-top along with his usual green combat trousers and black boots. He delivered a few one-two punches at the bag which swung wildly from the chain it hung on. He then did a few more jabs and hooks, and few elbowing here and there, into the bag, yelling out with every blow.
"Hiya! Tah! Huh!"
Robin always had this knack for being a perfectionist. He couldn't stand being seen a weakling by anyone including himself. And to him, he was seeing himself as weak at the moment. Weak because he was not able to capture the two teens. Weak because he couldn't make any break in the case. He hated himself to a certain degree for it.
He was the undisputed leader of the Teen Titans. Though he has no powers to speak of, his veritable genius IQ and his cunning makes him one of the best fighters in the whole world. But for him It wasn't enough. He still had something to prove, always. As the protégé of the great Batman he had to prove himself worthy of his name. As the leader of the Titans he had to prove himself worthy of the position. This was his key weakness since it made him somewhat obsessive compulsive.
This weakness had manifested itself more often than he would wish. Their greatest adversary, Slade, would attest to that. But he is gradually learning. Learning to be patient , to be calm, to be more trusting of the people around him. This wasn't something he learned from Batman. Rather from the Titans. It is good to have friends close to you. He is learning he doesn't have to carry the wait of the world on his shoulders.
Robin delivered a swift roundhouse kick towards the hanging sack of sand. The bag swung at an awkward angle and came falling back towards Robin who was ready with another leg. Robin nailed the bag dead center and the sheer force of the blow actually caused the bag to break of its chain. The large sand-filled bag hit the floor with a loud thump and rolled on its side for a few feet. Robin stood there panting and sweating.
"Yo!"
A voice called Robin's attention. He turned to see who it is only to find some kind of projectile heading right for his face. Robin's eyes grew wide as his instincts kicked in. He expertly reached out his hand in a too-quick-to-see move and grabbed the object. He brings the object close for inspection. It was an ice cold bottle of water.
"You look like you could use it, dawg."
Robin lifted his eyes to see the source of the voice. It was Cyborg. Ha looked back at the water bottle. He quickly uncapped the bottle and drank down its contents in less than five seconds but left enough to pour over his sweat-coated head. He gave out a long satisfying sigh afterwards. He then tossed the empty bottle towards a wastebasket at the far end of the room.
"Thanks," said Robin.
"No sweat, man," replied the metal teen.
"What are you doing here? shouldn't you be with Beast Boy?"
"Am I that repulsive to you, Rob."
"…sorry about that. I guess your just here to check up on me huh?"
"Well you've been here for like, what, an hour n' a half? C'mon Rob, were all a little upset that we kept getting' our butts whipped by those two and we all want to nail them as much as you do dawg. But like you said before, we got no choice but to sit n' wait 'till they show up and we could get another chance to nail them."
"…am I that obvious?" asked Robin with a slight smirk on his face.
"Yup."
"I just really want to close this case, that's all, Cy," said Robin as he walked towards a towel rack on the nearby wall.
"You've said that before about a lot of other different things, Rob. And that line is getting' pretty old."
"…Maybe, but it's the truth." Robin grabbed one of the towels from the rack and wiped his head with it.
"Oh boy…here we go again with the obsessions and the paranoia and sleepless nights of you and us on wild imaginary goose chases--"
"Alright, Cyborg, I get it already. Guess I really do need to learn to relax. Though that's never been really my strong point." He tossed his towel aside.
"We all know you've been tryin' dawg. It been working pretty well lately so don't let a couple of punks ruin the deal for you, a'ight."
"…I guess your right. I won't accomplish anything if I keep beating myself over it."
"That's the spirit dawg!"
"Though it would be nice to get some kind of break in this case."
"Well, unless they start poppin' up planting fake bombs and stuff all over the place, the only thing we can do is sit tight."
"Yeah, yeah I know. I can't believe I'm actually wanting something to go wrong, I wonder if Batman ever had any moments like thi---"
Robin's speech stopped. The boy wonder stood still, like a statue. As if a sudden wave of inspiration has struck him. Cyborg showed his concern as he stared at the still Robin.
"Yo, dawg! Everything fine up in there?"
"…Maybe…" Robin held his chin in deep thought. "Cyborg, do you have a recording of the bomb from Police headquarters before it blew up?"
"Yeah…"
"Can you accurately identify the model of the warhead?"
Cyborg seemingly looked into empty space. His red, electronic eye blinked every so often.
"Yeah it's the same model used for cruise missiles during the gulf war," said Cyborg. "Why do you need to know, man?"
"The gulf war? I knew it!"
"Knew what, dawg? You figured out somethin'?"
"We may have a break in this case after all…"
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The outskirts of the city, evening.
The sun has set and the sky has turned dark. Here in the mountainous outskirts of the city, the nocturnal population has begun to make themselves heard in the dense woods. Owls in the distance can be heard hooting away at the night while various rodents scurried under fallen leaves and twigs. In the light of the pale blue moon, two familiar figures walked through he woods unassumingly.
"I never really liked the outdoors," said Lithium.
"Can I ask why?" asked Arsenic.
"It cause of its tendency to get into your clothes." Lithium said as she bent over and removed a twig that found its way into her boot.
"Don't worry about it, we're almost there anyways…actually we're already here."
The two stopped in their tracks as the reached a small clearing in front of a cliff face. The steadily worked their line of sight up the cliff face and found their target. Sitting on the edge of the cliff was what looked like an observatory, or at least what was left of one since nearly half of the structure was obviously destroyed leaving a wide gaping hole on the building's side.
"So that's where our last target is?" asked Lithium.
"Yup," answered her brother, "It was once a hideout of some washed-up wannabe villain named Professor Chang. He used the place to build a big laser cannon out of the telescope. Apparently the Titans and some other guy manage to put him down."
"What does that got anything to do with what we're after?"
"Nothing, really. Just that what we need, Chang stole a long time ago. If anything it would probably be in here, somewhere in storage."
"What are we suppose to be looking for?"
"A special lens used for laser weapons."
"But I thought the giant laser he was using was destroyed by the Titans."
"The big one was, but were after the smaller, more personal-sized ones in surplus that he's got locked up."
"So we look inside, find some off this whack-off's laser weapons, and take them apart for the lens?"
"That's the idea, yes."
"And this is the last target?"
"That's what the doctor said."
"…Finally." Lithium said in a much softer tone.
Arsenic looked at her. She was staring up at the structure. Her eyes were slightly watering.
"Hey…" he called out to her. "We're gonna succeed, don't worry about it."
"I know…" she said as she gave her brother a nod. He returned it with his own.
The two rushed at the cliff face. Just before the reached it they leapt into the air and landed of the cliff face feet first. Then they actually ran up the cliff face towards their target location above.
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The two figures entered the seemingly abandoned structure. Because of the gaping hole that was one whole side of the building, The pale moonlight gave the place an eerie feeling that would have most people shaking in their shoes. Of coarse our two characters are hardly affected by the atmosphere.
"So where is this laser thingy that we need?" asked Sakura.
"Storage is probably somewhere underground," answered Arsenic, "We need to find a way down."
The two made their way forward in to the large empty space covered in debris. Above them on a partially ruined balcony, strange shadowy figures watched the two teens with glowing red eyes. The shadowy figures faced each other and somehow delivered a massage without making an audible sound. They then disappeared into the shadows.
Arsenic and Lithium are seemingly oblivious.
"Man, this place is dark," pointed out Lithium.
"Would you rather I bring a torch?" sarcastically asked her brother walking just behind her.
In the shadows, more mysterious figures scurried all over the place silently as not to alert the two intruders. They watched Arsenic and Lithium with crimson spectacles. Arsenic momentarily darts his sight to the side. He seemed to find nothing and turns his attention back to his sister ahead.
"I'm just saying we could get done a lot faster if we had a bit more light," said Lithium, a little bit frustrated, "I can't see crud in front of my face. Who would wanna hang out in a place like this?"
From behind the two, one of the mysterious figures stepped out into the open behind the two teens who didn't seem to notice at all. Slowly the figure snuck up on them, stepping into the pale moonlight. The figure is revealed to be a rater rotund individual, covered completely in a white radiation jumpsuit. His face was covered by a weird looking gas mask that covered his head with tubes that ran all the way to his cooky-looking backpack. In his hands he held a long rod-like weapon with a tuning fork looking end. His red goggled eyes stared fixedly at Arsenics back. His weapon begun to glow with sparking red electricity indicating it was some kind of taser.
Arsenic was seemingly oblivious when the strange henchman thrust forward his weapon. But as soon as the taser rod reached Arsenic's position, the teen side-stepped and avoided the attack completely. Quickly e grabbed the weapon with his hand and gripped it tight. The white henchman expressed a stunned expression as best he could from the suit that covered him completely. Lithium was also surprised as she spun her head to assess the situation.
"Who indeed?" said Arsenic as he stared at his foe.
Arsenic yanked the taser rod towards him along with the hapless henchman who was still holding onto his weapon. Arsenic the delivered a quick backhand to the henchman's face. The henchman falls on his back and goes completely out.
The boy then quickly inspected the taser rod in his hand and carelessly tossed it to the side. As he did so, more henchmen in white appeared in all directions around them. There were about ten or so surrounding the two, some held more taser rods while others had what looked like hoses of some sort.
The two got into ready fighting stances. The white henchmen begin to aim their weapons at them.
"Who trespasses on the property!" a voice from above.
Arsenic and Lithium turned their attention skyward for the moment. The saw an aging old man also dressed in a white jumpsuit and carrying a weird backpack. His head was partially masked from the eyes up exposing his wrinkly nose and mouth. He had on red goggles and a tube running into his nostril.
Professor Chang.
"I asked who are you!" he repeated from the balcony above the crowd.
"The Super Friends, who's asking!" sarcastically retorted Arsenic.
"Huh? Wait a minute, those eyes. I know you two. You are the bad boy and girl that have been causing a lot of trouble in the city. I've been seeing you in the news much as of late."
"Glad to know we have a fan."
"What are you doing in my hideout?"
"None of your business, old man!" exclaimed Lithium.
"It's my hideout! It's my business! And since you two do not seem to be here on charity, you must be put down like the bad kids you are! I will not allow anyone to stop my great comeback! Seize them!"
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Back in Titan's Tower. Sometime earlier in the day.
Robin was at the computer terminal in the main room, typing away. Behind him the rest of the Titans were in their usual areas of rest.
"Pardon me, friend Robin but why must this particular case be broken when our priority is to solve it?" asked the slightly (and always) confused Starfire.
"Uh, Star, it's a figure of speech," answered Raven, "Breaking the case is solving the case."
"Oh… my badness."
"So, exactly what kind of break did you figure out, Rob?"
"This," said Robin, who stopped typing and pointed up into the screen. The giant computer screen showed a blueprint diagram of some kind of sphere.
"Hmm…looks kinda familiar," said Beast Boy.
"It should," said Cyborg. "that's a cruise missile warhead used mainly in the gulf war. The same kind that Arsenic planted at JCPD Headquarters a ways back. We think this may be a big clue as to the whereabouts of Arsenic and Lithium and that crazy Doctor who's helping them. At least that's what Rob, over there, thinks."
"How does that help our investigation?" asked Raven.
"Well let me explain first," said Robin as he got up from his seat and faced the rest of his team. "Like Cyborg said this type of warhead was used mainly in the gulf war. But after that it went out of production since there was a surplus. And in recent history it was no longer in use ever since Lexcorp has been the navy's leading manufacturer of long-range weapons. Almost all of these model warheads were disposed of since no one wanted them already. There already considered to be museum artifacts."
"Dude, please, no history lessons!" said Beast Boy out of annoyance. "Just tell us how we can crack this case with this."
"Alright. Like I said this model is totally outdated so any of it that's still intact is either on display, or hidden away and that gave me an idea as to where their hideout is."
Robin turned back to his computer terminal and began typing away. Moments later, a digital map of the city lit up on the huge screen. Robin typed a bit more. The map then zoomed in on a particular area of the city which was the southern docks. A large portion of the map began to blink red as if pointing out something.
"Where is that? Their hideout?" asked Cyborg, focusing on the map.
"I think so," answered Robin.
"Friend Robin, how can you be certain that this location is truly the villains' hiding place?" asked Starfire.
"I'm not entirely certain but this is the most likely spot."
"And you say you concluded this from the warhead Arsenic used?" inquired Raven, now fully curious.
"Yes. That's because during before the war this spot was actually an old ammunition dump. During the war it was kept top-secrete since over forty percent of the navy's firepower was stored there. The site was, and still remains to be top secrete. At the end of the war it was almost emptied out but with the military concentrating on their resources on relief efforts the place was eventually abandoned and left to rot. Now it's just a big empty space under the docks. There are probably still a handful of weapons stored there though."
"And you think this is where Arsenic got that bomb."
"It's the most probable location. We have no other leads from this."
"So this might be their hideout after all," declared Starfire.
"That's right Starfire and once we know for sure, we take this fight to their turf…"
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Back at the 'abandoned' observatory.
A white henchman charged at Lithium with a taser rod. The girl was able to doge to the side and backhanded the henchman at the back of his head. The henchman fell face first into the floor, completely unconscious.
Another henchman in white from the side made a charge at Lithium. She saw him coming and dropped low to the ground managing to evade a swinging taser rod to her head. While down there, she reeled up and thrust her entire body upward in an upper-cut. She caught the henchman by the chin and sent him ten feet into the air before falling back down and hitting the floor in his back.
Another white henchman took a position above her on some ruble. This particular henchman though had a hose-like weapon instead of a taser rod. The henchman sprayed forth a blob off red goop from the hose towards Lithium's position. The girl managed to see it coming and jump back to evade. As the red goop hit the floor, it immediately solidified into a weird shaped glob.
The henchman above took aim again at Lithium and sprayed forth a steady stream of the quick-drying, red cement. Lithium wasted no time as she immediately got up from her position and ran away from the white henchman's attack. The henchman kept his hose weapon on her creating a trail of solid red globs.
Lithium tried a different strategy and started to head for the near by pile of debris. She ran towards the pile and started running upwards, a trail of red cement solidifying behind her. She reached the peak of the debris pile and vaulted off in a back flip. In mid air she drew her combat knives, and cut a light fixture hanging off a cable. The light fixture fell and crashed right into the head of the hose-wielding henchman, knocking him out completely.
Lithium landed in a crouch. Her attention is drawn to her back, She turned her head and saw two more henchmen charging at her with taser rods. She got up, turned around, and held her knives at ready. The two henchmen both thrust their tasers forward. Lithium parried their attacks with her knives. The two henchmen make repeated efforts at attacking Lithium who managed to block, parry, and evade their attempts.
One henchman thrust his taser forward. Lithium parried it to the side with her knife, forcing the hapless henchman to continue moving forward due to momentum. Lithium took this opportunity and fan kicked the henchman at the back of his head, knocking him out.
The last henchman attacked Lithium with a downward swing. Lithium used both her knives in a cross to block. She effortlessly pushed off the rod and quickly kneed the henchman in the stomach. The henchman bent over in pain leaving him vulnerable.
Lithium took this opportunity to reel back and thrust her foot forward into the henchman sending him flying backwards into unconsciousness. Lithium stood alone, triumphantly smirking.
Meanwhile, on another side of the building.
Arsenic was struggling to get free of a henchman's hold on him from behind. Another henchman was coming at Arsenic with a taser rod. Arsenic quickly thought of a plan. He hopped up just as the taser rod reached his place, up and over the henchman who was holding him. This caused the henchman with the rod to accidentally hit and shock his ally. Arsenic kicked the shocked henchman from the back sending him into his friend and onto the floor. Both are stunned to unconsciousness.
Arsenic turned to see a henchman armed with a cement hose aimed at him. The henchman sprayed forth a stream of red cement. Arsenic avoided the attack by jumping straight up. Arsenic managed to grab the railing of the balcony walkway and flipped upwards onto the balcony.
From the side, Arsenic spots two more taser-wielding whites coming at him. He readied himself as one of the two henchmen got ahead and thrust forward his taser rod. Arsenic managed to avoid the attack by stepping to the side.
Arsenic quickly grabbed the henchman's collar and threw him towards his trailing partner. Both henchmen went momentarily airborne and crashed into the nearby wall. They were immediately knocked out.
Arsenic heard stepping sound behind him and turned around. Arsenic saw the hose-wielding henchman from earlier, who somehow managed to find his way up the balcony, accompanied by three more taser-wielding whites. Arsenic smirks.
Arsenic quickly drew his .45 pistol, took very, very careful aim, and fired a single shot. The bullet found its mark as it penetrated the tube that connected the cement hose weapon to the henchman's backpack. This caused the pressurized red cement to spill out in powerful gushes all over and smothering the four henchmen. The red cement quickly dried and encased the four henchmen's bodies from the neck down, constricting them from moving anything aside from their flailing heads.
Arsenic smirked as he looked at the scene with hilarity. From behind him, a henchman snuck up on him ready to grab him by the neck. Arsenic is seemingly oblivious. The henchman crept silently ever closer, and pounced. Arsenic barely paid attention as he threw back his fist, knocking back and out the pouncing henchman in white.
Arsenic walked to the edge of the railing and hopped over it and onto the lower floor. He landed unhindered and quickly got up. He made his way to where Lithium was standing.
"Well that was fun…" said Lithium.
"This is a waste of our time," declared Arsenic, "Now I'm just getting pissed off."
"Hmph! You two really are so arrogant!" an electronically amplified voice off Professor Chang echoed from seemingly nowhere.
The two teens looked around to find nothing.
"Now I will show you what happens to bad little boys and girls who mess with other people's business!"
The floor began to quake. Arsenic and Lithium did their best to keep their balance and avoid falling over. Then suddenly from the far side of the floor, a huge explosion caused debris to fly everywhere. The two teens covered their heads from the falling pieces and dust. They raised their heads as soon as the dust cleared.
On the far end of the floor stood a twenty-foot mechanical insect of sorts. It was basically a giant globe that resembled an eye that was colored in a glossy white with a red pupil, From the globe's top parts stemmed out four mechanical legs that had a several number of joints that all ended in a two-pronged claws that served as feet.
"How do you like my latest creation?" asked the electronic voice of Professor Chang, from the robot. "I plan to mass-produce this and take over the city. But I haven't really given this thing a field test yet. I suppose that the two of you are good enough for target practice!"
The robot's red 'eye' began to glow a bright crimson. He two teen's eyes grow wide. The robot's eye reached peek brightness and fired a powerful laser beam at the teens. Arsenic and Lithium somehow managed to jump back and evade the attack.
The giant eyeball re-aimed its line of fire and started to glow bright red. Thinking quickly, Arsenic reached into his utility belt and produced a flash grenade and quickly threw it in the robot's direction. It exploded in a brilliantly bright flash which blinded the robot or at least whoever was piloting it. This caused the robot to spontaneously aim its eye to the side and shoot off-target, much to the teens' relief.
"Move!" Arsenic called out to Lithium, and the two ran behind one of the many pile of debris, out of sight.
"You cannot hide from me, children!" said Chang from within the robot. The robot began marching forward, scanning the scenery with its red eye.
"You'll have your due punishment soon enough!" said Chang. The robot blasted a few piles of debris into dust in an apparent attempt to flush out the two teens. However, Chang was aiming at the wrong spots. Behind him, the two teens, Arsenic and Lithium were hiding behind a piece of the broken balcony that more or less acted like a wall.
"Well, this is convenient." Lithium gave out a sarcastic remark.
"Actually, it is." Arsenic retorted.
"Huh?"
"That laser from that thing's eye. It's the same kind that has the lens we need!"
"That thing? This day just keeps getting better, doesn't it?"
"Don't sweat it, we can take this guy."
The robot continued to fire at random spots trying to find its prey, much to no avail. Inside, Chang was getting frustrated at his failed attempts. These kids, whoever they are were completely foiling his plans. He was planning to make a huge comeback by staging an attack on the city using mass-produced versions of his robot but the unexpected visit of these two could prove to be the proverbial monkey-wrench in his workings.
"Hey! daddy-long-legs!" Lithium's voice called out.
The robot turned its attention to the direction of the voice. It spotted Lithium on the balcony. Its eye immediately began to glow. Lithium saw this and ran to the side. The robot began firing on her missing her by inches because of her speed. The robot was then distracted.
Arsenic took this opportunity to sneak-up on the oblivious robot. Once close enough, he jumped up and landed on top of the robot, where the legs met. Arsenic drew his knife and began stabbing down on the robot's spherical body. His attacks did not work though since the robot's hull seemed to be made out of an impenetrable armor.
"You'll have to do better than that!" bellowed out Chang's voice.
The robot began to shake violently. Arsenic found it too difficult to hold on and eventually fell off the contraption and into the floor. Arsenic rolled a few feet but soon recovered.
The robot then tried something tried something new. It leapt high up into the air, so high it reached the ceiling. Before it hit the ceiling, its legs bent upwards and when it did hit it effectively clutched onto the ceiling like a real bug.
It aimed its eye downwards at Arsenic's position and started firing bolts of red laser beams in rapid succession. Arsenic jumped, hopped, and flipped every which way to avoid turning into toast. He zipped in and out from behind piles of debris to take cover. Every once and a while, Arsenic also returned fire at the robot with his .45 and manage to force the robot to misfire a few times thanks to his powerful ammunition.
Lithium saw all this and decided to take action. She ran to a spot underneath the robot and leapt with all her might. She managed to grab onto one of the robot's legs. She looks for any weakness she could exploit. She finds some. Even though most of the robot's surface area is covered in impenetrable armor, the Professor seemed to have neglected putting protection in-between the joints of the legs.
Lithium knew what she needed to do. She drew her knives and stabbed them both into the area between two joints. Sparks flew everywhere as wires and circuitry were being torn. Lithium did some yanking and eventually the leg broke apart. This caused the overall balance of the robot to disappear. Inside, Chang was having the worst time trying to keep his machine in equilibrium but fails to do so.
The robot came loose from its clutches and fell a full three stories to the ground. It made a large crash on impact kicking up a huge dust cloud. Lithium had already hopped of the robot before it hit the floor and landed right next to her brother.
The robot laid still for a few moments. It stirred and surprisingly was able to stand-up on its remaining three legs. It stood tall, red eye threateningly aiming down on the two teens.
Arsenic took a hint from his sister and quickly reloaded his pistol. He took aim and expertly shot at the robot three times. Each shot met their marks which were the areas in-between the joints of the legs. All three of the remaining legs were severed completely and the main body fell back down to earth once again, making another crash.
A few moments of silence pass. Eventually a hidden door opened up from the ruined robots body and Professor Chang crawled out in a sorry, shivering state. He looked up and the first thing he saw is Arsenic's .45 pointed directly at his face.
"Had enough?" inquired Arsenic with a smirk.
Chang merely fainted on the spot. Lithium walked over to the scene.
"Hmm, must be a senior moment," she said, "So much for his big comeback."
"He was never much of anything in the first place." Arsenic said, then looked at the wreckage of the robot. "Give me a few minutes. I'll get that lens."
"I'll watch your back," said Lithium.
Arsenic holstered his pistol, walked towards the mangled wreckage, and began his work of taking it apart. One last item they needed. Their dream was the at the closest as it has ever been to them. He couldn't help but smile as he is sure his sister feels the same way. So very close to their goal. It was the best feeling yet and they knew that if and when they'll succeed, there will come even better.
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Author's Note: sorry for the really late update. I've been cramming all week on my projects. Well now that I'm on vacation time I should be able to get back to my regular pace. As usual, please R&R and I'll update the next chapter as soon as I'm done with it.