Sorry its been awhile, lots of homework and baby watching!
Just to lessen the confusion I know this is going to cause, this is Kid Wycked talking, this is Uriah.
Chap: Split seals
The black energies swirling around the young villain contrasted sharply with the bright sunlight coming through the forest branches. Jinx stared at her former teammate, noting the changes in him. His words had frightened her terribly, reminding her of the consequences of the promise she had made him over a year ago.
She cautiously approached him, keeping the power steady in her hands in case he attacked. "Kid Wicked?"
No. The Tooth Fairy.
She glared at him, recognizing the foreign entity. "No, I don't want to talk to you. Let him talk to me."
He's a little—indisposed at the moment.
She stiffened. Kid Wicked had always been able to fight him off before, but now—"Let him talk to me right now, or I promise you, I'll make it really ugly if you try to take me away."
The boy scowled, baring his sharp fangs at her. Why do you insist on talking to that weakling?
"Because he's the one I know and like," she snapped. "Now let him out!"
Humph. Don't take too long. I'm getting hungry. The youth's body shook hard, almost spazming. He gasped for breath, falling on his knees in apparent exhaustion. Jinx ran over to his side, helping him sit up. "Kid? Are you okay?"
J-Jinx? Where—
"Out in the country, somewhere around Kentucky, I think. How're you holding up?"
He swallowed hard, fighting back tears. I—I think, he's winning, Jinx, I can't hold him back anymore. He attacked the others—
"All the HIVE five?" She asked, horrified.
He nodded, Mammoth's in the hospital, Seemore's taking care of him. Gizmo's out hiding somewhere in the lair, probably trying to create some kind of containment field. He finally caught his breath, gratefully taking the bottled water she offered from her bag. I—I don't know what he did with Billy.
Jinx blinked in confusion. "You don't know? Did he take him to the Pocket dimension?" The Pocket dimension, as it was nicknamed, was a small hole in the Black dimension that Kid Wicked had made for a home before he had joined up with the HIVE Five. He now used it as his room, or more like a storage closet.
I don't know. He won't let me out at all anymore.
Jinx took his hands, looking him straight in his red eyes. "Wyckid, how did this happen? What happened to the seal?"
He looked away. We were robbing that bank on Fifth and Third, you know the one? She nodded. Well, the Titans came to stop us, as usual. Me and that Raven girl got into it.
"Didn't one of the others try to get her off you?" she asked. "They know you're never supposed to face her in a fight."
They tried to help me, but those stupid heroes kept them away from me. We clashed and I had to bring out my energies—tears started to leak out and down his face—I had to defend myself, Jinx, I had to!
"Shhh," she crooned, "I know, you couldn't help it."
She said that chant, and the seal, it just sucked it up. It wiped out the seal, Jinx.
She blanched. "All of it?"
He nodded. Its completely gone. When it was over, I woke up for a second, and he'd almost torn Raven's leg off. The green guy was out cold, and I think that the space girl was about to try and charge me when Robin called them off to take care of Raven. I thought I'd got him back under control, but he was just hiding out. He looked back at his friend, a hopeless look on his face. I can't fight Uriah anymore.
"Yes you can," she said fiercely. One year ago, Kid Wycked's other half, his demon half, had fought off the seals his mother had used to protect him from the devil inside him. The demon Uriah had nearly destroyed Kid Wycked before Jinx and her former teacher had managed to seal the demon back inside him. "I sealed him once, I can do it again."
But you had to have help last time, he said. Where are we going to find anyone to help us now?
"You worry about Uriah," she said. "I'll take care of the rest."
Good luck with that, Uriah hissed, easily subsuming Kid Wycked into his mind.
"Hey! Bring Kid Wycked back!" She shouted.
No, you two have talked long enough. Now that you've caught up on everything, I'm going to make you a fair offer. Join up with me, and I'll let your little boy toy live. We'll conquer the Underworld together.
"What do you need me for?" She asked, trying to find some kind of angle. "If you're so powerful, why bother with me?"
Because you have a special form of Chaos that I love seeing in action, he nearly purred. Destruction, confusion, mayhem. That's your real forte. You did promise, after all, he reminded her. I'll give you some time to say goodbye to your sweet heart. It wouldn't do to have him come looking for you.
"Wait till I get you alone," she hissed.
Oooh, don't tempt me, he laughed. Or I'll have to make sure that your first present from me is the hero's head on a platter. I'll meet you here again in three hours. Don't be late, mate. He melted back into the black portal, leaving Jinx alone on the road again.
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