Adia shifted back to her human form, examining where she was and trying to find her way out. She searched and searched but there seemed to be no exit to the giant, tall brush maize. She took a step, then a shock blazed through her body and causing her body to convulse before being thrown back on the path she had started on. She walked backwards, noting the strange shifted and hard to see ground she had stepped on that had given her the shock, and tried to dodge them as much as she could, but her path obviously had already been chosen for her, leading her deep into the middle of the maize.

Adia felt tired and sick from the constant electricity traveling through her body, her hair beginning to have the scent of burning as its tips were singed. Her finger tips were bruising, and her lung and heart felt strange in her chest.

He was toying with her; he knew exactly what to do to get her where he wanted. Soon hopefully, he would appear and Adia could finally try to find out where Demitri was being held. She didn't know how much more her body could take, but she needed to stay strong, even stronger when Hunter showed his maniacal face. She shook off the pain she had been feeling as she stepped closer to the strange center piece, watching her every step carefully as she tried to make her lungs breathe in and out.

Something felt like it was watching her, the darkness unsettling as the night grew later and later, the sea's crashing and shifting the only sounds around her.

"Pet…" He called out quietly. Adia froze, looked around in the brush of the large garden. She ran forward through the bush maize, trying to find her way back to the beginning and get out of that maize as fast as possible.

"I can hear you pet…" Hunter whispered, lurking beyond the shadows, watching her every move as she ran farther, deeper into the maize.

Raven flew as fast as she could to the maize, hovering above it to try and find Adia, but instead she saw the hunter creeping through the maize, as well as Adia running towards him blindly. She pressed the communicator on her chest bone.

"Robin, we have a serious problem," Raven muttered. "You better get over here as fast as you can."

"Where are you?" Robin answered through the link.

"At the Garden maize."

"We'll be there as soon as we can."

"Oh pet, why do you run from me?"

Adia stopped her breathing heavy and ragged and her lungs burning every time she took in a breath.

"Even your precious Demitri stood and fought for you before the end."

"Wha…he…he…can't…be…"

"I had no need for him, not after the stunt you pulled with his precious half sister."

Adia felt her stomach grow so tight the air entering her mouth almost caused her to throw up.

"Oh, poor pet…he's given his life for yours twice now…"

An echo came into the back of Adia's mind……

"Adia, Run! Get out of here the both of you!"

Adia flinched and almost fell at the memory.

Suddenly a lasso flew around the large bush wall, landing around Adia's neck and pulling tightly against her skin. She grabbed the thin string as best she could and tried to pry herself free but from around the side of her Hunter appeared, pulling the rope tighter and pulling her closer to him.

"Now we ought to teach you some manners," Hunter declared, pulling her forward rapidly and causing Adia to loose her balance, crashing into the dirt ground before she could react.

Adia's skin became cold and her very world became more intense, her senses beginning to grow like fire. Her clothes began to change and become apart of her fur as her body grew in size, her face changing from human to wolf.

"No, no, no, pet…"

Hunter pulled out a thin, blue handle and tied the end of the rope to it speedily. Suddenly there was a current of electricity shooting through Adia's body, her wolf form slipping away quickly and her human form taking its place. Her back and arms steamed slightly as the current stopped, her body shaking abnormally.

"Oh Adia, what am I going to do with you?" Hunter stated, stepping forward and pulling the rope tighter. "You keep running from me, I can't have that."

Adia yanked the whip forward and pulled Hunter onto the ground, feeling what strength she had left rising. He hit the ground and dirt emerged into his mouth, the sudden attacked catching him off guard.

"I'm not running anymore," Adia growled, standing as best she could, her animal instincts beginning to take over her mind.

He sent another electric shock through the rope, Adia screaming in pain as it baked her skin and singed her body.

"Now pet, are you willing to learn to keep your tongue?" Hunter asked politely. "Especially with that little babe growing in you."

Adia's eyes grew wide. He knew…

"Azarath-Metrion-Zinthos!" Raven called out, the rope around Adia's neck turning black with shadow before it snapped off and she was freed.

Raven flew down in front of Adia, her eyes glowing black.

"A demon," Hunter declared, pulling what was left of his lasso to his side, walked backwards slightly, "I thought we wiped you from this plain a long time ago."

"You must've gotten sloppy," Raven snapped, sending another stream of her magic towards Hunter. He jumped back, discarding the broken whip and dodging the blast of black magic easily. Raven moved her hands, the blast following his movements as he flipped and jumped over the tall wall of green. Raven turned to Adia who was coughing and trying to get her body to relax…but the words that had come from Hunter's mouth were slowly sinking in…

"Adia, we have to get out of here," Raven stated, yanking on her arm to stand.

"No," Adia ordered. "No."

"Did you hear me? We have to get out of here!"

"I said NO!"

Adia's form changed rapidly, every single ounce of anger, hatred, sadness pouring out of her and into her instincts. Her long muzzle howled loudly, her eyes had become blood thirsty. Her fur that once was shiny and brown had highlights and shimmers of white, and all around her body was a strange white glow.

"HUNTER!" she screamed in the lower voice. Raven stepped back, realizing she had lost control and tried not to let the fear she was feeling out into the open, afraid that Adia might sense it…and tear her to pieces.

Adia knelt down low, before bursting from the ground climbing over the walls of the garden maize in a strange rampage, smelling Hunter's scent as if it was a beacon of pure light.

She knew where he was, and he wasn't going to live much longer…

Beast Boy and Starfire were flying as fast as they could, Robin and Cyborg there for the ride as they continued their flight towards the maize. Beast Boy heard the howling, suddenly afraid of what had happened.

Lily had been running on the ground as fast as she could, following the aerial group easily as you don't see a giant flying pterodactyl every day.

"What in the world is that!" Cyborg called out as the rest laid eyes on what they saw. A strange glowing beast had emerged and was darting its way across the top of the maize.

"That—it's Adia!" Robin stated as they saw Raven fly from the maize as well, following.

Adia jumped back down into the maize, smelling his scent just around the corner. She slid and turned the corner to find something she wasn't expecting, his jacket top on the ground in front of her.

"Foolish animal!"

Four strange metal arms emerged from the sandy ground, grasping around her wrists and long ankles. They pulled her legs back and arms forward, preventing her from movement as Hunter stepped into her line of view.

"You're nothing more than a crude beast! Did you really think you could defeat me!" Hunter screamed. Adia howled and roared at his comment, before pulling the metallic arms closer to her body, one snapping out of the ground and freeing her arm.

"you will pay for what you've done to innocent lives!" Adia screamed and broke the rest of the arms, tearing them off her limbs and launching herself at Hunter, trying to take a hold of his throat. He held her mouth off with both his hands, but his grip was failing. His arms shook violently as Adia's sharp teeth came closer to his neck, before he grabbed a hand full of dirt and threw it in her face.

Confused she shook her head and rubbed her eyes, Hunter kicking her hard in the gut.

Raven flew down quickly, but was ambushed and trapped by more arms, electricity shooting through them and shocking her painfully.

Beast Boy heard her screams and flew faster. He set Cyborg down in a hurry in the middle of the maize before continuing over the hedges, following Raven's screaming.

"Raven!" He called out before landing, transforming into an electric eel and zapping the arms to free her, hurting himself. The electricity stopped and Raven used her black magic to rip the arms from her, Beast Boy smoking slightly before her in his normal form.

Adia flew over their heads as Hunter flipped over them, Adia crashing into a thick brush of branches before she stood easily and ran towards Hunter's flying kick. She dodged it as Beast Boy and Raven ran backwards, Adia swinging around and chomping hard into Hunter's shoulder.

Hunter threw her off and into the brush once again, grabbing one of the arms that Raven had pulled out and swinging it across Adia's face, sending her flying through the bushes and sliding into the middle of the maize.

Robin suddenly attacked from above, Hunter jumping back and swinging the arm at him, Robin catching the edge of it with his quarter staff and swinging his leg around and kicking Hunter hard in the jaw.

Starfire flew down to Raven and Beast Boy, helping Beast Boy to his feet as Hunter stumbled back. Cyborg fired a sonic canon towards him, the blast erupting and sending dirt flying all around. Adia emerged from the bushes, brushing passed the two boys at sheer speed, jumping over Raven, Starfire and Beast Boy and charging towards where Hunter had been hit.

The light came again, just as before, the dirt clearing, and both Adia and Hunter were gone…