Chapter-22 Death By An Ebony Blade

Hey guyz! Thanx a lot 4 all the great reviews! . And if any of u read my AN at the end of the last chappie, you'll know that there will indeed be a sequel to 'Gizmo's Birthday' sometime soon. But in the meantime pity me, as I only have seven more days of freedom b4 God damn school! AGGGHHH! : ( Anywho, this chappie has no determined length yet, but it's still gonna be a pretty good length. So…enjoy! . (PS- ain't the chappie title kewl? Tee-Hee!) PPS- There's blood and slight gore 4 u in here! YAY blood & gore! Tee-Hee! .

As of now, the remaining four members of the first merged group- Mammoth, Raven, Beast Boy, and Kyd Wykkyd were walking along the darkened woodsy path, still mourning the probable deaths of their friends, Cyborg and Gizmo.

But like I said in the last chappie…they ain't dead!

"I can believe they're really gone." Wykkyd said quietly as he continued on the monotonous walk.

"I know; I guess it's true what they say, you'll never know what you're gonna miss until you don't have it anymore." BB mused as everyone nodded in agreement.

Just then, behind everyone else, Mammoth seemingly stopped in his tracks.

"We're gonna die in here, aren't we?" The big guy asked as everyone else stopped as well and turned back to face him.

"Well, there's some encouraging words." Raven said dryly as the group sat down in unison.

"I wonder how the others are doing out there. I actually hope they're all okay." Wykkyd stated as the group all stared upward at the emotionless night sky.

A few miles down from them…..

Cyborg was practically dragging his large half robotic body along the trail.

He'd been walking, with Gizmo in arms for almost eight hours straight. As of now though, Gizmo had fallen into a fitful sleep, and Cy had to keep him from rolling over onto his bad arm.

As Cyborg spotted a large rock beneath a cluster of dead trees, he sat down for a short break.

As he laid Gizmo's tiny body on the ground below, he began to worry even more.

"What if we never get out? What if…what if someone dies?..Or, or has already died? What then?" Cyborg thought idly to himself, as a sound of rustling leaves and footsteps drew ever closer to him.

Cyborg took no time to hesitate; he scooped up Gizmo and looked around.

"Who's there! C'mon! I don't have time for stupid ass games!" Cy shouted as a familiar voice called out his name.

"Friend Cyborg! Is that you?" The female voice called as Cyborg's eyes widened.

"Star? STARFIRE!" Cy called out frantically as she, Terra, and Jinx climbed out from nearby bushes.

Star's face lit up at the sight of her friend.

"CYBORG!" Starfire cried out as she attempted to give him a bone crushing hug, only to be stopped by him because of the fact he was still holding the sleeping Gizmo.

"Whoa! Whoa, Star. I'm really glad to see you too, but, well, yeah." Cy answered vaguely as he gestured towards the injured child in his arms.

"Oh! What has happened?" Starfire asked as she looked briefly to Gizmo and then back to Cy.

Just then, a very exhausted and battered Jinx caught sight of Gizmo and rushed over to them.

"Oh my-God! GIZZY!" Jinx cried out as she took Gizmo from Cy's arms and seemingly woke him up in the process.

"Hmm? J-Jinx?" Gizmo yawned as Jinx picked him up in a hug.

"So, what's his story?" Jinx asked, eying Gizmo's broken right arm.

Cyborg shrugged.

"Ah, it's a long story, really." Cy said sheepishly as Jinx smiled back at him briefly.

"Well, seeing that you're already with us, let's get going." Terra chimed in from behind the small group.

"Good idea." Cy nodded as they continued on.

Back in the mansion…..

Ammoraye sat at the control panel table, watching the monitors with intense focus.

Her servant Hirra was still rather pissed at her mistress' last attempt at killing off the two members of Raven and Wykkyd's group.

But Hirra found this awfully strange; as she'd been assisting Ammoraye in these sorts of things for years, but it never once bothered her like this. There was something about these specific teams that set them apart from all the others.

And with that in her mind, she made her decision.

"Hirra! Bring me more coffee!" Ammoraye hissed from the control room as Hirra grumbled and made her way down into the manor's vast kitchen.

As she poured her mistress a fresh cup of coffee, she looked around.

There were dish soaps, bug poisons, and a few rather large steak knives and cleavers, but what to choose?

Finally, as Hirra placed the small cup of coffee on a tiny elegant saucer and went for a stirring spoon in a nearby drawer, her hazy eyes came across a long, black bladed knife.

The one she supposedly ended her daughter Nizaca's life with.

But why the hell she kept in the damn utensil drawer for the world to see was beyond her.

She placed the knife in one of her apron's side pockets and made her way up the stairs.

"Hirra! Ah, there you are." Her impatient mistress snarled as Hirra appeared at the door and gave her the coffee.

"Ah, thank you, now leave me, I have more business to attend to." Ammoraye commanded as she took her seat, and Hirra took out the knife.

"Oh mistress Ammoraye, before I leave, I would like to show you something." Hirra said in a deceitful meek tone as her mistress turned around to face her in her chair.

"Yea, what is it?" Ammoraye asked coolly as Hirra swung the blade forward with tremendous force, and brought it right across the front of her mistress' pale throat.

"AGGHHH!" Ammoraye choked as her dark crimson blood spilled out over the floor and her black gothic dress robes.

As Ammoraye choked on for a few seconds more, Hirra dropped the blade in the ever growing puddle of blood, and stared her dying mistress in the eyes.

"Look on the bright side…Now your daughter and husband have another chance to see the likes of you." Hirra finished darkly as Ammoraye's lithe, motionless body suddenly fell to the ground.

Hirra then nodded once in slight mourning, and then walked over to the monitors to watch them.

Back in the woods…… As the newly formed group of Gizmo, Cyborg, Jinx, Starfire, and Terra continued on, a sudden pang of exhaustion began to fall over them once more.

"Oh God, what time is it?" Jinx groaned as she looked up at the sky, which was slowly changing from black to blue; sunrise was near."

"I dunno, I'd say maybe four fifty?" Cy guessed with a yawn as they all sat down on the side of the path.

"I wonder how everyone else's holding out now." Terra said to herself as she and the others drifted off into a much deserved sleep.

But little did they know, that they were getting much closer to getting out alright.

Somewhere about three miles away….. Raven and Wykkyd's group, upon loosing Cy and Gizmo, had actually grown in size once more.

Only a few hours after their separation, Robin, Hayley, and Steffauri's group had caught up with them.

"So, are you sure that Cyborg and Gizmo are, are really…" Robin asked, just deciding to stop his words before saying 'dead.'

Everyone in front of him nodded sadly in unison.

"Aggh! When I get to Ammoraye, I'm gonna tear that bitch apart!" Robin cried out as he pounded his left fist down hard into the palm of his right hand; everyone stared at him.

Robin was really pissed now.

As they walked on, Hayley and Steffauri stood in the very back, just thinking.

Both sisters had already undergone so much suffering in their lives, but nothing quite as serious as this was turning out to be.

"Steffauri, I-I don't feel so hopeful for this turnout anymore." Hayley stated loud enough so that everyone in the group ahead of them could hear.

"What?" Robin asked as they all turned around in unison and faced the girls.

"We-well, just think about it for a minute. I-I mean, even if we did get out of here alright, things would never be the same for us ever again." Hayley began as they all decided to sit down.

"What do you mean?" Wykkyd asked as Hayley sighed and continued.

"Well, what I mean is, that even if we went back to our normal lives, nothing would ever be the same, because each of our sides, even if we are rivals, has lost someone very close to us. You guys lost Gizmo, and we lost Cyborg. So even if we tried to live our normal lives again, we couldn't hold up for long knowing we'll never see them again." Hayley said, wiping a tear from her crystal blue eyes.

Everyone then hung their heads.

"And I have already suffered too many a loss like this." Steffauri said in a whisper as she an Beast Boy eyed each other from across the way.

It had been only almost a week since BB had announced their breakup; but to the both of them now, it seemed like the pain of it had only just started.

As they all drifted off to sleep, the sun was finally rising.

Somewhere near Cy and Jinx's group….. "Oh man! We been walkin' foreva! Can't we take a break yet!" Billy Numerous complained as he, See-More, and Kid Flash walked tiredly along the dirt covered path.

"Just wait a sec okay?" KF yawned in sheer annoyance. Billy had been doing nothing but saying that for the past half hour. And had been getting the same reply each time.

As the three tired boys pushed their way through the thick brush, they suddenly found themselves in the middle of Cyborg and Jinx's sleeping group.

"Ha, ha! YES!" Se-More cried out as a few of the group's members woke up.

"Oh, you're here, great. Now, shut yer dumb ass up and get some sleep!" Jinx groaned as the three boys immediately dropped to the ground.

Billy and See-More found a small place near the group, and KF crawled over to Jinx, and wrapped his arm around her sleeping form.

"Well, maybe there is some hope here after all." The speedster thought to himself as he drifted off to sleep alongside Jinx.

AN TIME! WHOO! Did ya like ? . I hope so! See, I'm comin' up with longer chappies now! Hey, it didn't happen right away but hey, you got 'em, right? ;) Anywho, I have some very, very, very, very, very sad new 4 u all…There's probably only gonna be like four more longer chappies until this fic is over:( WWAAAAAAAHH! (Tears!) But still I AM going to put up the sequel to Gizmo's birthday after this is done! So when you review, pweeze put in any requests you'd like to see in that fic! . Will update soon! PS- I have school in four God damn days! AAAAAAAAAAGGGH! :(