Disclaimer: I do not own the Titans East, 'nuff said!
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In the planetarium's display room.
A dozen or so henchmen were continuously firing upon the Titans East with taser rods. The Titans did their best not to get hit by oncoming fire by hiding behind some of the remaining displays in the vast room. At the moment Speedy was the only one who was actually able to counter the attacks of the henchmen being he's the only one with ranged attacks available to him. Aqualad was unable to locate a sufficient source of water and the twins were separated.
Speedy momentarily popped-out of his cover and unleashed three punching glove arrows. Two managed to knock out two henchmen but the last one was shot in mid-air by a taser rod. Speedy quickly ducked back under the display he was taking cover. Menos was with Speedy behind the cover of a display of the Apollo Spacecraft. The speedster had his hands on top of his head for cover.
"Esto no parece muy bueno," said Menos.
"Whatever you said," responded Speedy, "I think I can agree."
On the other side of the room, Aqualad and Más were hiding behind a large replica of the planet Saturn. Their situation was no better then their comrade's. From what his hydrokinetic powers could tell him, he had already used up all the available water in the area. He needed to find another way to fight back.
Aqualad spotted an opportunity. He noted that the metal stand that held the Saturn display he was hiding behind was rusted. He thought of a quick plan and immediately put it into action. He balled his hand into a fist and struck at the rusted metal stand. It immediately fell apart in rusted pieces. The whole display teetered over.
"Yeah," he said, "this'll work!"
Aqualad acted accordingly and pushed the huge planet opposite his direction. The planet, rings and all, rolled off of onto the floor, rings breaking off as they hit the floor, and started heading towards where the white-suited henchmen were like a giant bowling ball.
White-suited henchmen from all-over the place saw the incoming planet and were immediately alerted to the fact that they might turn into pancakes if they didn't move. Henchmen scrambled every which way to avoid being crushed by the massive replica of the planet as it plowed its way through several smaller displays. Finally it came to rest on the far wall, but not after leaving behind a wake of crushed debris.
The henchmen were fairly thankful that none of them were crushed by the planetary replica. Their very brief moment of relief however is immediately broken when the Titans took this small advantage and proceeded to kick butt.
Speedy jumped out of his hiding spot and unleashed a barrage of punching glove arrows on some henchmen that have left themselves exposed. Three shots knocked down three men in white suits. Menos, who was hiding with Speedy just a moment ago, made a dash to his brother . Más similarly went out to reunite with Menos.
A still standing henchman tried to stop the twin speedsters in their attempt to reunite by firing on them with his taser rod. But he was too late. Upon pulling the trigger on his weapon the twins have already come into contact with each other through their hands and have already dashed off. The henchman's shot hit nothing but bare floor. Más and Menos dashed in a blur of red and white towards the same henchman and knocked him down with speed enhanced strength.
"¡Ole!" they exclaimed.
Aqualad in the meantime was rushing towards another nearby group of henchmen. Upon reaching them, Aqualad swiped all three of them right in their faces with some well placed kicks. They all fell a distance to the floor clutching their jaws in agony.
On another side of the room, Speedy squared off with a henchman, using his bow sort of like a staff and the henchman doing the same with his taser rod. The henchman swung from above to try and knock Speedy on the head. Speedy quickly block by holding his bow horizontally above his head, stopping the rod from coming down on him.
Speedy countered by swing a leg up high and nailing the henchman in the stomach, forcing him backwards. Speedy delivered a final blow by swinging his bow like a bat upside the henchman's chin, knocking the poor sap high up into the air, only to come back down again where he sprawled on the floor. Speedy held his bow in a normal position again and loaded an arrow on to it.
He faced off with another henchman that was about to aim is taser rod at Speedy. They both raised their weapons at the same time. Neither of them fired immediately turning it into a stand-off. They both stayed like this for about a minute.
Suddenly, something caught the attention of everyone in the room. A loud siren accompanied by bright flashing, red lights filed the room. The Titans and the henchmen looked up to the ceiling where the noise and the lights were coming from. The Titans didn't know what to make of it but all the henchmen knew what to do.
All the henchmen suddenly dropped their efforts in combating the Titans and started to run/stagger towards a number of different exits. Those that lied on the floor, knocked-out, were pulled and carried away by their fleeing comrades. The last henchman was the one who was having a standoff with Speedy. Eventually, he too evacuated, not really caring if Speedy would do something to him as he fled.
Speedy just stood there, dumbfounded. The other Titans gathered around him and they all stared at each other questioningly.
"You think they know something that we don't?" inquired Speedy.
"One thing I've learned," said Aqualad, "red lights and sirens never mean a good thing."
"We'd better get out of here."
"Espera," said the twins, "todavía tenemos que tener noticias de Terra y Bumble Bee,"
"Yeah, where are those two?" asked Aqualad.
"You think we should go look for them?" suggested Speedy.
"No need!"
Bumble Bee's voice came out of nowhere as it seemed. The boys looked toward the source of the voice. Bumble Bee ran out while grabbing the collar of an apparently handcuffed henchman. Terra also appeared though lagging behind considerably. The two girls rejoined the boys in order to relay to them an important announcement.
"Guys," Bumble Bee started, "Chang just set off a self destruct sequence. We got about under ten minutes left before this whole place comes down on us."
"What!" exclaimed the boys.
"We need to get the heck out of the place, and I mean now!"
"I know where the main entrance is," said Speedy, "It's the quickest way out of here."
"What about him?" inquired Aqualad, pointing to the handcuffed henchman Bumble Bee dragged by the collar.
"Oh, him?" said Bumble Bee, "He'll be answering some questions once we get him down to police headquarters."
"Alright let's get out of here. I'll take him for ya'"
Aqualad took the henchman out of Bumble Bee's hands and dragged him along as Speedy led the way to the main entrance which would become their main exit. As they all started to rush out, Bumble Bee stalled as she noticed Terra was lagging. She was more than lagging actually. Terra was in a world of her own, standing there with her head turned down.
Bumble Bee had a saddened expression on her face. She knew what was eating at Terra but she couldn't do anything about it, nothing at all could she have said to comfort her. After all, it's not everyday you learn you're a clone and that all your memories are not even your own.
"…Terra," called out Bumble Bee.
Terra snapped out of it for a while. "Huh?"
"This place is gonna blow. We have to leave."
"…Um…sure…"
Terra's answer had absolutely no spirit in it whatsoever. Bumble Bee was increasingly getting worried about Terra as time went on. But that was not their main concern at the moment. Bumble Bee held onto Terra's hand.
"Don't worry, it's gonna be okay…" reassured Bumble Bee.
Terra didn't answer back. Bumble Bee pulled Terra along as they made their way to the exit.
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Seconds later.
The girls soon caught up with the others and they were all on their way to the main entrance of the planetarium. They went through several hallways and doorways before finally reaching the main entrance hall. The entrance hall was just this vast open space with a replica of the Hubble Space Telescope on top of a cylindrical marble stand in the center. On the far end were the wide glass doors that lead to the front lawn.
"Only a few more feet," said Speedy, "and we've got plenty of time to spare!"
"Somehow," said Aqualad, "I think this is just way too easy…"
The Titans spontaneously stopped cold in their dash to the exit. Three mech-rangers suddenly dropped down from the ceiling and stood between the Titans and the door. The three mech-rangers simultaneously reached to their sheaths and drew out their broadswords then held the blades at ready.
Speedy looked at Aqualad with a very annoyed look. "You just had to jinx the moment, didn't you?"
The three mech-rangers charged at the Titans. Aqualad pushed aside the handcuffed henchmen he was holding onto. The henchman stumbled and came to rest on the far wall. The three mech-rangers came in with broadswords swinging wildly.
One mech ranger swung at Speedy and the twins who were standing close together. The blade swung downwards and hit the floor as the three Titans jumped in opposite directions to avoid being slashed. The mech-ranger quickly recovered its stance and went for Speedy again. Speedy quickly took out his boy and held it like a staff. Speedy managed to block the downswing of the sword, millimeters from his face.
"¡Hey el usted tornillos-por-cerebros!" came Más and Menos
The twin speedsters, standing on each other's shoulder, came to Speedy's aid by dashing in hyper speed and knocking the mech-ranger to the side. The mech-ranger slid a few feet and stopped when he hit the large cylindrical stand that held the aging display of the Hubble Space Telescope in the center of the hall. Más and Menos dashed in again in a blur of red and white. The mech-ranger immediately sensed the incoming danger and quickly slashed sideways.
Más and Menos narrowly avoided being slashed by skidding to a halt just out of the blade's reach. However in their impromptu stoppage the lost their balance and fell on their behinds, separated. They were too vulnerable at that point, The mech-ranger took immediate advantage of this by slashing down at them. The mech-ranger was halted in his offensive as an explosive arrow impacted its chest and forced it back onto the cylindrical stand in the center of the room.
Speedy was up and about. His arrow had provided a means for the twins to recover. Speedy quickly slung another arrow onto his bow and aimed, not wanting to give the mech-ranger any breathing room to recover its stance. Speedy fire, but the mech-ranger already saw it coming. It ducked just in time to let the arrow fly over its head, over the marble stand, and hit a supporting pipe of the display.
The replica of the Space Telescope toppled forward and sandwiched the mech-ranger between itself and the marble stand. This caused Speedy to loose sight of his enemy. The mech-ranger used its awesome mechanical strength to propel the fallen replica of the Space Telescope forward. The flying replica nearly plowed over Speedy had it not been for his quick reaction to avoid the replica by jumping to the side, avoiding serious injury.
Speedy quickly recovered but then so did the mech-ranger he was combating. The mech-ranger charged at Speedy with amazing speed and slashed at the teen again. Speedy avoided being slashed by raising his bow to block the blade. Their battled continued on.
On another side of the hall.
Aqualad was having his fair share of troubles. A mech-ranger managed to segregate the Atlantean prince from the rest of the team and was now taking him on alone. Aqualad found himself at a disadvantage, unable to match the mech-ranger's speedy and strength. Aqualad was just evading as much as he can while he pondered a way to somehow counter the mech-ranger's assault.
The mech-ranger swung missed constantly as Aqualad was quite nimble in his moves. Every once and a while Aqualad would somehow get a jab, or a hook, or a kick in the fray but theses were easily countered by the mech-ranger he was fighting. The mech-ranger swung wide horizontally. Aqualad was almost split at the waist but was able to jump backwards a considerable distance away from the mech-ranger.
Aqualad landed on his knee and slid to a halt. From this position he noticed something in the corner of his eye. Looking to his side, he found an old fire extinguisher hung on the wall. It wasn't red like the usual kind one would see in modern times but it was one of those old ones in a plain aluminum tank which gleamed silver. Another thing about these old extinguishers, they were water-based and not foam-based. Upon seeing it, Aqualad smiled ever so slightly.
"…This could work," he said.
The mech-ranger charged at Aqualad again, broadsword at ready. Aqualad used his hydrokinetic powers and reached out to the fire extinguisher. The large aluminum tank filled with pressurized water shook on its hinges before it broke off and floated in the air. Aqualad had full control of the extinguisher using the water from within.
The extinguisher shot like a rocket towards the mech-ranger, hitting it in the face and halting its charge. The fire extinguisher came around again and smacked the unfortunate android in the mid-section. This impact caused the mech-ranger to slide backwards. The mech-ranger soon recovered and found the fire extinguisher shooting towards its face. The mech-ranger blacked with its broadsword.
Though the mech-ranger managed to block that attack it was soon blindsided by a second fire extinguisher that Aqualad apparently found. The mech ranger stumbled and nearly fell on its backside but managed to keep its balance somehow. Aqualad stood ready with both fire extinguishers in the air. The mech-ranger regained its stance, then charged at Aqualad.
Meanwhile, on another side of the hall.
Bumble Bee and Terra were facing up against the third mech-ranger. The mech-ranger ferociously assaulted them with slash after slash from its large broadsword. All the girls could do was to evade each attack although Bumble Bee had been able to parry a few attacks while using her twin stingers sort of like daggers. She couldn't get a shot in however since the mech-ranger was moving too much.
The mech-ranger swung at Terra who jumped backwards to avoid being slashed. Bumble Bee took this opportunity to attack and flew at the mech-ranger while delivering a powerful kick to its face. The mech-ranger slid a distance away but was not knocked down and it soon regained its stance. Bumble Bee, not giving it a moment to attack again, unleashed a barrage of blasts from her twin stingers.
The mech-ranger received quite a few hits from Bumble Bee's stingers but all in all didn't receive that much damaged. It did however find it very hard to attack the two girls again since the barrage of electrical blasts kept it at bay. It switched strategies. The mech-ranger held its broadsword sideways and, in true Star Wars fashion, deflected the blasts from Bumble Bee's stingers.
"Argh!"
One of the deflected blasts found its way back to Bumble Bee's shoulder. The deflected blast shocked and burned Bumble Bee's shoulder causing her to drop to her knees. It that moment of vulnerability, the mech-ranger charged at Bumble Bee again, broadsword swinging. Terra noticed Bumble Bee's grave situation and acted accordingly
"Bee!" exclaimed Terra, "Watch out!"
Terra rushed towards Bumble Bee and tackled the kneeling Titan in order to shove her out of the way just as the blade fell upon both of them. The mech-ranger's broadsword missed the two girls and drove deep into the marble floor instead. The two girls sprawled on the ground just a few feet away from the mech-ranger's feet.
The mech-ranger pulled its broadsword up from the floor and charged at the two girls that were on the floor. Terra reacted quickly enough by pushing Bumble Bee off in one direction and at the same time pushing herself off in the opposite direction. The mech-ranger's blade hit the floor between the girls.
Bumble Bee immediately regained her stance somehow and flew away. Terra on the other hand found less energy to pick herself up with.
The mech-ranger picked Terra as its target. It pulled up it sword from the ground and moved towards Terra's grounded figure. The mech-ranger towered over Terra and held its broadsword in a way so that the tip of the blade was pointing down perpendicular to the floor. The mech-ranger aimed the tip of the sword at Terra's temple. She couldn't find the energy to move out of the way.
Terra's skull was almost skewered had it not been for Bumble Bee who came to the rescue. Bumble Bee zoomed in and parried the mech-ranger's blade using her stingers as daggers. The broadsword of the mech-ranger ended up piercing the floor inches to the side of Terra's head. Bumble Bee pushed off the mech-ranger away from them both.
The mech-ranger slid to a halt and soon regained its composure. Bumble Bee tried to do the same but the burn on her shoulder acted up and caused her to grasp it and fall to the ground. Terra got up and tried to comfort the Bumble Bee. At the same time the mech-ranger started its next charge. Terra looked up at it and narrowed her eyes in anger.
Terra got up then stared the charging mech-ranger right in the eye. Terra could feel her powers rushing through he veins once again and she also decided it was high-time the mech-ranger got a taste of it. Just as the mech-ranger was only a few feet from the girls, Terra raised a golden glowing hand.
The mech-ranger was caught of guard when the marble floor at its feet suddenly buckled and catapulted it far back. The mech-ranger fell on its back and dropped its broadsword. It sat up to see Terra who was raising her hand up a little higher. Soon, the mech-ranger's view was obscured by a large slab of the marble floor raising up off the floor.
Terra raised the marble slab and flipped it over so that the flat marble tiles were facing down. More specifically, down on the mech-ranger who had yet to recover. Terra never gave it that chance as she brought her hand down which effectively slammed down the huge slab of concrete down on top of the mech-ranger, crushing it completely. Terra let her arm fall and she panted heavily.
Back on Aqualad's side.
The mech-ranger Aqualad was facing did a pretty fine job of parrying and blocking while the two fire extinguishers constantly threw themselves at the mech-ranger. Every so often , the mech-ranger would somehow get close enough to Aqualad to make a strike. Aqualad would be able to dodge for the meantime but he knew that he will soon loose this battle if he didn't think of something quick.
At one point, the mech-ranger got within striking distance again. The mech-ranger held its broadsword like a spear parallel to the ground in an attempt to thrust and stab Aqualad. Aqualad saw an opportunity. With proper timing, Aqualad summoned one of the fire extinguishers to go directly in front of the thrusting blade. The blade skewered almost all the way through the extinguisher and missed Aqualad by inches.
Aqualad mentally whisked the fire extinguisher away, carrying the broadsword with it leaving the mech-ranger short a weapon. In this defenseless state, the mech-ranger was again caught off-guard when Aqualad delivered a strong kick to the chest, which drove the mech-ranger a few feet back. The mech-ranger soon regained its stance but it was to no avail without its weapon.
Aqualad went on one last offensive. He summoned the fire extinguisher with the broadsword still buried in it. He twirled his hand around in the air. The fire extinguisher with the sword embedded in it started to spin, with the blade outwards. It gained speed in its spin turning it into a makeshift buzz saw. Aqualad threw his hand forward and the buzz saw fire extinguisher shot towards the hapless mech ranger. Upon contact, the spinning blade created a huge gash in the mech-ranger's chest.
Aqualad knew it was time for the finishing blow. He summoned both fire extinguishers to his side once again. Using his hydrokinetic powers, he forced both of the extinguishers to burst. The pressurized water from inside snaked around in the air until the water formed a large ball over Aqualad's head. The mech-ranger at the other end wasn't doing to well as the gash in its chest was causing major problems.
"This'll cool you off," said Aqualad, "once and for all!"
Aqualad threw a hand forward. A whip of water snaked from the ball and towards the mech-ranger. Aqualad wasn't just whipping the mech-ranger with water but was also making the water seep into the gaping wound in the android's chest.
As the water seeped in it caused internal short-circuiting on a massive scale. Internal computers were consecutively shorting out as the torrent of water invaded the mech-ranger's systems. Aqualad ceased the water and simply stood back and watch. The mech-ranger started to release steam from its extremities and it convulsed erratically from where it stood. Soon, the mech-ranger simply dropped dead.
Back on Speedy and the twin's side.
Speedy was squaring off again with the mech-ranger, using his bow as a sort of staff to block the mech-ranger's broadsword from reaching his face. For the most part of this fight, it was Speedy and the mech-ranger mostly squaring it off in close range combat. The twins would often attack from the side forcing the mech-ranger away and off of Speedy, allowing him a shot. But the mech-ranger's speed would always overcome them in the end.
Speedy knew they needed a knew strategy. It was then that he remembered that he had brought along a set of specially designed arrows for such a situation like this. He knew that if he could just get a clean shot, he could finish this battle. He decided to go for it. Utilizing a sudden burst of strength he pushed off the mech-ranger. Then he quickly sweep-kicked the mech-ranger while it was off-guard and made it drop to the floor as well as drop its sword.
"Guys!" he called out, "now!"
Más and Menos came out of nowhere it seemed. They stood on top of each other's shoulder just like usual. Más on the top grabbed hold of the fallen mech-ranger's feet. Menos on the bottom started to beat feet as soon as his brother got a firm grip. Using their super speed, the twins spun the mech-ranger around in complete circles several times before catapulting the android in a specific direction.
The mech-ranger shot straight into the marble podium that once stood the display of the Space Telescope. The impact was strong enough that it caused cracks to form in the tiles and pieces of marble to fall down. The mech-ranger was about to get up but Speedy and the twins wouldn't give it the opportunity. Speedy quickly threw a long piece of grappling cord he kept in his utility belt to the twins.
"Tie him up!" he said.
The twins nodded and soon went to work. The mech-ranger was now standing again but was unable to react quickly enough as the twin speedsters of the Titans East ran circles around it and the marble podium behind it tying it up in a long and strong grappling cord. Soon the mech ranger was tied up tight and couldn't move a muscle.
The twins retreated to Speedy's side as Speedy watched the mech-ranger as it struggled in its binds. Speedy knew the cord won't last too long so he acted quickly. He grabbed an arrow from his backpack and slung it onto his bow. He aimed directly at the mech-ranger's chest where he suspected the main power unit would be. Once satisfied with his aim, Speedy let the arrow fly.
In mid-air, the arrow's tip turned into a special looking drill bit. The drill tipped arrow, upon impact, not only flew right into the mech-ranger's chest, but also flew straight through its chest, through the marble podium, and out the other end. The arrow had effectively created a short tunnel going through the android and the marble stand. For the mech-ranger this meant catastrophe as the arrow had done serious damage to its internal systems. The mech-ranger eventually slumped dead.
Speedy stood victoriously. "Heh, and Bumble Bee tells me that a drill bit arrow was being self-indulgent…"
Speedy looked around and concluded that everyone was alright. Moreover, every one of the three mech-rangers seemed to have been defeated. He looked to the side and found their handcuffed henchman cowering in the corner as he had done throughout the entire time. Everyone seemed safe for the moment but he asked anyway.
"Is everybody fine?" asked Speedy to the crowd.
"Yeah, I'm cool," answered Aqualad.
"Sí, somos finos," answered the twins
"I'll be alright," answered Bumble Bee slightly rubbing her shoulder.
"Okay, how about you, Terra?"
Terra didn't answer. She didn't even hear him. Bumble Bee turned to the blonde and looked at her worriedly.
"Um, Terra, I'm asking if you're hurt," Speedy repeated his inquiry.
"Huh? Ah…yeah I'm fine…" Terra answered with a complete lack of spirit.
With an answer like that, Speedy had a hard time believing her. He tried to push his inquiry further but he was distracted when a loud explosion occurred in the back of the building then shook the ground beneath them. Suddenly they remembered what was so urgent.
"This place is coming down," said Aqualad, "We need to get out, now!"
"On it!" exclaimed Speedy.
Speedy quickly slung an explosive arrow onto his bow and aimed towards the door. He shot the arrow and it blew apart the glass doorways that were the entrance to the planetarium. Aqualad grabbed hold of the handcuffed henchman's collar once again and all of them made a dash for the door.
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Back at the underground chamber.
The room was completely empty. The room had outlived its usefulness and therefore didn't need to be occupied any longer. There was only one last thing active in the room and that was Professor Chang's personal computer terminal.
The display hasn't changed from over ten minutes ago. It still displayed the same cryptic message: 'SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE ACTIVATED'. the timer below the message counted down nearly at its last number.
00:06…00:05…00:04…00:03…00:02…00..01..00:00.
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From outside the planetarium.
If onlookers had a bird's eye view, they would be in for a truly grand visual. For a brief moment in time, the night was lit by explosions of the self-destructing planetarium. Several small but bright explosions, starting from the back of the planetarium, detonated in sequence. The several small explosions blasted away walls and windows that were mostly on the upper floors.
Then, the roof started to detonate. The giant dome of a roof started to blow up in several random locations. The dome collapsed in on it self and imploded into the planetarium's inner structure. Once the dome had completely collapsed, on final explosion blew what remained of the structure to smithereens.
In the aftermath of the explosion and the coming down of the abandoned planetarium, a tall pillar of smoke emanated from a raging inferno inside the rubble remains of the planetarium. Fortunately for the surrounding buildings, the planetarium had a very wide open area, that mostly consisted of grass lawns and parking spaces surrounding it so there was no collateral damage.
On the front lawn, the Titans East gathered safely away from the inferno. The handcuffed henchman that they brought along seemed to have fainted from all the excitement and was snoozing on the ground. Speedy was the first one to check around to see that everybody was okay. He saw everybody gathered around him and that they were mostly uninjured, but he soon noticed that Terra was missing from the group.
"Hey," he called out, "Where's Terra?"
The Titans looked around for a bit and soon found the blonde in question. She was standing a short distance away from the rest of the team, overlooking the crumbled and burning remains of the planetarium as if she was in a trance. The rest of the Titans approach Terra slowly, except for Bumble Bee who knew about the girl's plight.
"Um…you okay there, Terra?" asked Speedy as he was the first one to her.
"…It's…not true…" Terra mumbled softly while turning her head down.
"What?"
A single tear ran down Terra's cheek. "…It can't be true…I'm not a…"
Speedy made a reach for Terra's shoulder. "Terra, what's wron--"
Speedy was interrupted when Bumble Bee suddenly grabbed one of his shoulders and held him back. Speedy looked over his shoulder towards Bumble Bee. She had a forlorn look on her face. Speedy looked at Bumble Bee with a questioning glance. Bumble Bee simply replied by shaking her head from side to side.
Terra continued to sob. With all the emotion she was going through she lost the strength in her legs and she spontaneously dropped to the ground on her knees and palms. None of the Titans approached her anymore. After all, what would they have to say to her?
"…Tell me it's not true…" Terra mumbled on while sobbing, "…Somebody…"
The Titans East looked down on her with genuinely concerned looks in their eyes. All except for Bumble Bee who in her knowledge was having the hardest time trying to figure out a way to explain to everyone else the situation as well as comfort the sobbing girl.
"…Please, tell me…" Terra continued, "…I'm real…"
Somewhere in the distance, beyond the noise of the approaching sirens, the rising sun's golden haze slowly lit up the dawn.
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Author's note: Like I promised the last time, plenty of action in this chapter. Thanks to all who reviewed. I glad to know that you guys are actually reading and liking, to some degree, this grammatical disaster of a fic. Tune in (or log is I should say) next update where there will be even more plot twists. Pls. R&R!