Goodbye
The rumbling walls and ceilings continued to crack and crumble around the quaking underwater base. The Titans had already destroyed Brother Blood's sonic resonator, and in a few seconds this entire base would be vaporized into a smoldering pile of underwater rubble. Yet amidst the chaos, amidst the destruction and despair, 5 souls stood upon the threshold of oblivion. Gizmo, Mammoth, Jinx, Batch, and the one who started it all, Julius.
"Isn't this room spectacular my dear Jinx? What a splendid view. I should know I designed it myself" Julius said carelessly. Tears swelled up in Jinx's frightened eyes. So much pain and agony writhed within the young girl's heart; she didn't even know where to begin, or how to speak to such a heart broken soul. Jinx wept "Julius please, don't do this, you've got to let me explain……I love you. I would have never betrayed you, you know that".
Julius sighed "I believed that……once, and I see now how futile it was in doing so. Everything I've ever loved or put faith into has fallen apart……even you". The girl screamed as she raced towards the throne Julius so coldly and carelessly sat upon, "I DIDN'T DO IT DAM YOU" Jinx shrieked. Echoing screams in the room reflected the young girl's voice. Sighs escaped Julius "Maybe, maybe not, but I will never know the truth.
My trust has been destroyed far too many times before Jinx, and even if you are telling the truth, despite my feelings for you, I know my heart can never fully trust your own". The boy hung his head down and sighed, tears and blood drops dripped from his pain wrinkled face. Jinx cringed in further tears as she saw something had happened to Julius's face. "Julius, what happened to you?" the girl asked, referring to the blood on his left eye.
Without saying a word, Julius stood up and Batch eagerly watched his master as he still held Gizmo and Mammoth captive in his large, thorny arms. Julius removed the golden clock like device from his dark coat. It was the vortex regulator, the one he hired Red X to steal for him. "The face Jinx" Julius said. The boy then screamed as he physically jammed the regulator into his eye, crunching sounds of blood and flesh grinding echoed loudly.
The wounded eye gushed out drops of splattering blood on the floor as Jinx cried out and looked away, unable to watch. Julius's left eye now had the vortex regulator directly inside the socket that Blood had wounded. The boy gasped as his mechanical eye shimmered in the light, "Behold the face of the future Jinx……my face" Julius said. Batch grunted as he hurled Gizmo and Mammoth to the floor, Jinx gasped as the 2 villains slid right beside her.
Gizmo grunted "Oooh my aching huh?", Mammoth growled "You're that weirdo that sent that plant freak us after us". Jinx crossed her arms and blocked off Mammoth's past as tears continued to fall down her cheeks. "No, not now, not ever again" Jinx whimpered. Gizmo gasped "Are you out of your crud munching mind?", Julius simply laughed at that. The mechanical midget genius scowled back "Oh yeah, what's so funny twerp?".
Julius smirked "My name isn't twerp, and it's not Julius, not entirely anyway. I never did tell you what my family's name did I Jinx? I think now's a good a time as any. My full name is Julius Vladimir Rykkor, son of Vincent and Sarah Rykkor". The evil trio gasped and immediately backed away from the throne. That name struck such chilling memories in the 3 student's minds, a name that was infamous through out the annals of history.
Jinx gasped "Rykkor? Your mother and father were the infamous super villains that tried to take over the world 10 years ago? The ones that revolutionized the underworld of evil?". Julius nodded "One and the same. My father was the most brilliant criminal mastermind ever, there was no challenge he could not overcome, no limit he could reach. Some of his inventions have helped create some of the most legendary villains to date.
My father's research knew no bounds or limits. He successfully aided the Superman cloning process that created Bizarro, created the genetic technology Slade used to fuse Plasmus, Cinderblock, and Overload together. He even figured out a way to create a genetically based chemical gas, which could activate the meta-genes that lay dormant in nearly every human being. But on top of that, he was also a loving husband and a devoted father.
My dad never let me miss a single second, he showed me every last inch of his work, taught me everything I know. My life was perfect but that all changed ten years ago when Batman destroyed my entire world. My parents had created a meta-human atomic bomb that would detonate across the globe and turn millions into super mutants in less then 48 hours. But before they could detonate it, Batman showed up and battled my parents hand to hand.
My mother kept me safe in our hidden family home while they launched the bomb off. Batman sabotaged the trigger however, and when my father tried to fix it, the bomb exploded and killed both my parents in the process. Batman's interference ruined the blast's effect and everything my parents had dedicated their lives to was gone. I was left……alone and lost. I continued my parent's work as best I could, vowing revenge on Batman.
But with my parents gone, my research lacked sufficient funds and I was forced to seek outside assistance through the HIVE academy. By making weapons and designing their security systems for them, the HIVE supplied me with enough funding and equipment to continue my work. But by then the Teen Titans had already set up shop in Jump City, and I had no choice but to put my revenge plans on hold until I destroyed them for the HIVE.
Now my must start over again. Brother Blood is gone, the Titans have won, and in the next 5 minutes, everything I have worked so hard for will be lost forever to the bottom of the ocean". A huge chunk of the ceiling crashed down and shattered the floor. Gizmo and Mammoth screamed and looked around, seeing the whole building falling apart faster and faster. Jinx shoved past Batch and called out to Julius in pleading tears "Julius, please don't".
BAM! A striking slap struck Jinx across her face, the girl cried in pain as she dropped to the ground and clutched her bruised face. "YOU TOOK AWAY MY LIFE" Julius screamed, more blood and tears leaked from his cybernetic eye. The shattered boy sobbed in hate filled chokes of tears and agony as he removed Mad Mod's diamond cane from his coat. Julius closed his eyes "So it is only right that I build a new one……without you in it my sweet Jinx".
Batch flexed his powerful thorny forearms out and blocked off Gizmo, Mammoth, and Jinx from Julius. The three students huddled together in the center, trembling with fear and sadness. Jinx whispered out a sorrowful "Julius". The boy replied "This was originally going to be your wish come true Jinx, I was going to give you the 1 thing you wanted more then anything else. Now I grant you a new gift, the gift of your existence……goodbye".
CLICK!
Julius pressed a button on the black cane, and a trap door opened up underneath Jinx, Gizmo, and Mammoth. The trio screamed as they fell down a long, silver tube that was sending them out of the base, and towards the surface. "JULIUS" Jinx cried out as the sight of her beloved boyfriend vanished forever. Julius's body was encased in a blinding surge of raw energy, a blinding blue and white light engulfed the entire room as well.
Batch stood there unaffected by the light and watched as his master's body started to age and change. Physical alterations started to warp and distort Julius's body, his arms and legs grew longer as he grew taller. The boy laughed as his maniacal cackle started to sound older and deeper. Water crashed through the broken windows of the underwater base as it collapsed. A robotic voice beeped "Now initiating auxiliary teleportation sequence".
Billy Numerous coughed and wheezed "Hoo doggie, I'll be hacking up sea water till the cows come home". Numerous and the other HIVE villain students had managed to escape the underwater base before it collapsed. They stood tired, soaked, and exhausted an empty beach. Clicking shoes alerted the students to someone's approach. The man was tall, had blue and silver hair, purple coat, bio-hazard sign, and a circular mechanical left eye.
Private HIVE blinked "And who might you be……sir?".
The man smirked "Forgive my lack of manners and allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dr. Rykkor, I'm the NEW head of the HIVE academy".
3 Months later……
The dark door creaked loudly as the small, dark haired boy entered the shadowy room. Webs blinked curiously as he called out "Uh Dr. Rykkor? Dr. Rykkor sir?". A light flashed on the throne with Rykkor sat ever so proudly on. The boy once called Julius had somehow aged into a full grown adult, no doubt due to the combination of Mad Mod's cane and Warp's regulator. Rykkor replied as he stared off into the abyss "What is it Webs?".
Webs gulped "Wolfsbane and the other Creep Corps are ready and awaiting your orders master sir, whenever your ready master". Rykkor nodded and continued staring off into the darkness. Webs blinked as he noticed Rykkor was staring at a photo graph, Rykkor was rubbing his fingers into the photo gently. The dark doctor seemed as if he was trying to enter the photo of Jinx. Webs curiously coughed and asked "Uh sir, did you want to be alone?".
Dr. Rykkor replied "I already am Webs……I already am".
I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way, to never let it get that far
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake, a smile, a laugh
Every day of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I watched you die
I heard you cry
Every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry
In the middle of the night
For the same damn thing
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I tried my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid
Because of you
Because of you
("Because of you" by Kelly Clarkson)
Mammoth opened Jinx's bedroom door, checking on to see if the girl had settled into their new HIVE 5 base. "Uh Jinx, you all right? I thought I heard you talking to someone in here" Mammoth said. Jinx sighed as she placed the photo of Julius face down on her nightstand. The girl replied "Just saying Goodbye is all", Mammoth blinked "To who?". Jinx frowned "My heart".
THE END!