Your body felt heavy, but it was moving. Someone or something held you. Things where rather incoherent and disoriented, you couldn't fight back. As you felt your body hosted up and restrained. The voices you could hear them more than ever. Clawing and screaming at you. It was unbearable, it made you mad, no drove you insane.
Made you scream and lash around. To find you could not move. You try to block them out but nothing worked. You begin to panic from the torment swarming inside you. You try to look for that little light, but it was covered, no blocked by the vengeful inhabitants of your mind. All waiting to take their desired revenge, seeing it in their eyes. With nothing to defending yourself they exact it.
Outside your mind, the others just like you strapped to a machine which inhibited their powers. Raven was unconscious. Robin knocked out cold. From Deathstroke beating him into such a submission. You position on the machine was right over Raven, restrained just like Beast Boy.
"Oh no! Guys, Sinner's acting mental again!"Beast Boy panics, watching you thrashing around and screaming. The glass tube over you barely blocked out your screams.
"Everyone! Everyone, where are you?! Jaime!? Dick!?"They hear you screaming for them. Your black eyes searching frantically for them. Unaware they where right there."Anyone!? Please!"
"Sinner! Vi! Violet! Focus, focus on my voice!"Gar does his best to reach you. To get you to return. But it seem in vain.
"You're tormenting her!"Starfire sneers at Deathstroke who just gives a casual glance at you and shrugs his shoulders.
"I'm pretty sure she already was."He retorts back."If you ask me, she was already loony."
Angering Blue who threatens the assassin."Once I get out, I'm going to break you into little bits."
"It's good to have goals ese.""Me, I'm having waffles after your dead. By the way can I introduce you to my assistant. I think you've meet."
Terra steps out from the shadows, her appearance changed. Sporting a dark and malice look. Black lipstick and the sides of her hair shaved off. Smirking at everyone."Hey team. How's things?"
Everyone was shocked and surprised. But not as much as Beast Boy."Terra?! What did he do to you?"
"Nothing and I've asked a bunch of times."She looks over
"Terra was a key part of my plan. A true double agent."
"No."Starfire refuses to believe his words."That can't be true."
But Terra proves it all to be just as Deathstroke said."What can I tell you Goldielocks, you win some you lose some."
"We took you in. Helped you."Blue.
"Yeah. Thanks. Now you gonna die."She said cold and ruthless. With nothing else to say she turns and leaves.
"T..Terra.."Makes her stop, the others look up. One of your eyes seem normal and clear. It looked right at her, demanding some sort of understanding while struggling to remain conscience."Te...Terra..."Your struggle with her name and the hurt of her betrayal. She kept her back to you out of defiance.
"Hey."She turns her head 3/4 around and looks directly at you."What's the worst that can happen? Right?"With a smug smirk, to quickly fall."You're pathetic. Guess you got used again. To die."
You couldn't believe what she just said. How cruel she looked, no concern in her eyes nor remorse. This shock was enough for you to lose your focus and you slip right back to being consumed by the endless torment. Going back to your screaming and thrashing around. Helplessly calling out for someone, anyone. Crying in pain for the pain you where enduring and what was inflicted upon you. Begging for it to stop like a whimpering pup. The strain and stress of it was so great, you gave yourself a seizure from the convulsions. To feel yourself suddenly become weak, it felt like someone was siphoning your very essence from you. The voices slowly began to fade away. Screaming in pain from it. It would be consider a good thing if you weren't fading away too.
Your mind racing on what was going on and still pleading for someone to come. Calling for them in your mind, while thinking about Terra and her betrayal. Uttering her name over and over in your mind as you fade away. So, this was how you would be going out. It made sense, to fade back into nothingness. Being born into it after all, at least those you have wronged and hurt will be free and your soul will finally get its deserved punishment.
Complete damnation. Accepting it with a grace, Death's arms open wide to embrace, folds them refusing you. It didn't make sense, you where to be Death's. You where to have your damnation. Why was Death refusing?
The restraints on you became undone, the voices come back and you come back. It took you a couple of seconds to get yourself together and assess what was going on around you. People screaming and fleeing. No cult members. You and the others free and Terra was out. Seeing her you flare up with rage, but that wasn't the biggest thing. Hearing a roar and the ground shaking. It wasn't from Terra.
Standing up still on the mechanic find Brother Blood, in a chimera for of everyone's powers. Surprised by this, you quickly free yourself and jump down to join the others. Growling and hissing at this mad man for what he had done, there was one who was more important. And he was trying to get away, feeling the others had this go to deliver a long deserve payback. Spread your wings and take off. Locking onto his signature emotion, locate him.
Robin and Nightwing engaging Deathstroke for their own personal payback. While his attention on the two heroes, gave you the chance you needed. Diving down to deliver your attack. When he turns around just in time and grabs you by the wrist. Surprising you. "Nice try, doll."He yanks you forward giving you a few hard jabs in the gut, followed by a powerful kick.
Sending you back, your body skipped and skid on the ground like a meaningless rock. No pebble."I told you not to touch her!"Robin charges at him.
Deathstroke manages to dodge his attack along with Nightwing's."Not my fault, your girlfriend is still weak."He blocks Robin's rage fulled slash."You're grandfather would be disappointed. Having someone like her."He grabs the boy and punches him the stomach before throwing him.
Robin flips, lands and charges the man. Nightwing comes from the other side. Both of them with matching anger against the assassin. It was hard to tell which one was more focused on their revenge the other. It was clear to Deathstroke he hit a nerve in them. By mocking Violet. So he kept it up, it took away from their focus.
"I think this time, I'll shoot her through the heart."He taunts. Taking out his gun."Shot through the heart. Right?"
"Grrrrrr...I've had just about enough of your mouth!"Robin sneers at, gripping the hilt of his katana. Swipes upward, missing the man who evades it. Realizing he was small open window, Deathstroke quickly puts up a defense just as Nightwing lands his hit.
"Why does it matter to you? She' not even related to you or anything."He taunts the young man."Heard she killed her mother. With bare hands. I can see now what she's called Sinner. Hmm...What's it like having a ticking bomb around?"
Seeing his ensnaring was slightly working on the two, Deathstroke kept it up. Blocking them both and pushing them back. He quickly draws his gun pointing it in the direction he threw you and fires a couple of rounds. Stunning Nightwing and Robin."Opps, finger slipped."He said. Turning the gun on them, dropping it from the rising temperature."What the-?!"He turns around to see rising like an uncontrollable fire that blazed on and on.
You. Glaring hard at him. With merciless and cruel intent eyes. That remained eerily calm. Contrast to your fire that welled around you, screams of the souls mixed in sounding like multiple Banshees. Your markings glowing, your twisted into more of a demonic one. And extra set of eyes appeared above your normal ones. Your hair whipping around, like fire. Baring your fangs at him.
"..."You hold out a hand and manifest a demonic flamed sword and hurl it right at him. He narrowly misses the attack. Astounded. You weren't finish, recalling and replaying in your mind what he did to you. But, that wasn't what filled you rage. There was another reason, what he did to your friends and family was one, but there was another.
Manifesting another one, igniting it even more. The blade grew from the energy you fed it. This time you slam into the ground, splitting it open, a wall of Hell's flames arise like a fiery wall. With a command of your hand turns into a wave and attacks Deathstroke. Who manages to just in time to save himself, by taking cover behind some rubble. That wouldn't stop you, manifesting two more blades, attack him head on. Bring the blades down, he blocks them with his twin katanas just in time. There was power in this strike, he could feel it and tell.
Pushing you back, you flip back and land. And charge him again with Nightwing and Robin. All three of you coming at different sides, neither of you ran into the other. Everything was fluid in attacking him. Dropping the blades switch to melee combat. Incorporating it with your flames.
"Well, seems like someone isn't as week as I thought."He kind of praises you, though it sounded like mocking. You didn't care, your focus was on him. With each attack, you thought of his blade plunging your heart.
Ending your life. Ending everything, which in an ironic way you actually where thankful for. Still, you still hated it. Unleashing your calming rage upon him. You'd have your justice one way or another. Kicked back by him, you get up. He was still standing showing very little sign of being fatigued and neither did you. Keeping up with Robin and Nightwing, all fear vanished from you against Deathstroke. With a running start, jump and deliver a flying kick. Which evades, you weren't done and the second your foot lands twist around with a spinning heel kick. This time you actually land.
"That all you got?"He mocks you with a belittling chuckle."I'd honestly think you'd would have improved by now. What-"He felt the ground rumbling under him, he moves back just as black flames erupt. Keeping his footing sharp, moves again just as another one erupts. Hearing the screeching and tormenting screams from each one.
He looks at you standing there commanding each eruption. Your eyes locked dead on him, while the fires just sporadically sprouted. Nightwing and Robin stop their attack, after almost nearly being singed from one of the geysers. Deathstroke on the evasion for his life. Staying light on his toes and his eyes sharp. He was able to figure out the pattern and movement. Realizing he had, you switch it up and mentally command the fires to stop and take form into large spheres and launch them at him. They explode upon impact. The man could only evade your attacks, that rain down on him. Where ever he moved, the incoming projectiles changed course and went after him.
"Well, someone seems to have a temper."He said."Is it that time of the month?"
"I've had just about enough of you."You voice grows darker and deeper. Taking one step forward, rage rising, your appearance less human. Slowly rise off the ground and begin to manifest your fire into figure. Neither Nightwing nor Robin would have ever expected you too. Nor expected to see again. It left them stun."Thou soul will burn in the Inferno of damnation of hell. I beseech thy as an infection upon this world. I shall enjoy the screams of your pain."
"Aren't you poetic."He remarks, when he wished he hadn't."Shit."Looking up with his eye, their behind you constructed in demonic flames. In their colossal form, surrounding you, from their four eyes all way to their flamed horns.
Trigon.
Well at least a manifestation of him, still the sight of him wasn't what anyone expected. Even if you where the one controlling it, swinging an arm at Deathstroke it comes down with great force and strength. Damaging the ground, shaking it. Causing someone to wake up and see the fight happening around them. Once their eyes locked upon Deathstroke let loose all their pent up anger against him.
"Slade!"Terra hollers in blinding anger, jumps down and makes her way over.
The assassin jumps back before being stomped on. To quickly defend himself from Nightwing and Robin's attacks. Moving again out the way before the enlarge hand slammed down. While the other one tried to scoop him up, the second he jumps back he was meet with a back hand from you. Enough force to send him crashing back. He gets up with little damage, now starting to get irritated. Stands his ground and waits for you to attack again. Jumps just as the hand comes down to smash him, runs up the flamed arm quickly, jumping to the arm that came to attack him and scales that arm. His blades drawn, jumps off and thrust them right into Trigon's chest, right into you. Pushing you out.
"VIOLET!"Nightwing and Robin scream.
Trigon lets out a massive roar as he disintegrates away, his roars turned into your screams. Deathstroke over you, plunges his blades deeper and presses his foot on you, using you to break his fall. Jumps off you and takes his blades back. Looking at the blood."Hmm...I was expecting it to be much deeper."In his blade he sees Nightwing and Robin rushing him.
His blade clashes with Robin's, while the other clashes with Nightwing's sticks. Holding both of them back. Both of them putting the anger into it, with a deadly look burning in their eyes. Especially Damian's. The boy was out for than blood.
"You're a dead man, Slade!"
"Been there."Deathstroke retorts back and knees Robin back. Then turns his attention to Nightwing who kept coming relentlessly. Still it wasn't enough, seeing an opening, in three quick strikes beats Nightwing back."Is that all?"
"No."You get come from behind and send a massive blast at him. He surprised he turns around to be hit by it, though instead of it burning him. It traps him in a sphere of fire as a portal of fire opens up under him. The welling and agonizing moaning of the spirits could be heard. He looks at you. There was no mercy in your eyes, no qualms or second thoughts. The souls emerge and begin to attack him, you hear him trying to resist. But it was useless, they would devour him and drag him down to the lowest pits. He'd be in a endless world of suffering. Killing him would be too easy.
"Slade!"Terra rage shakes the ground, breaking your hold on the man."I'm kill you!"You look and see her enraged. No blood-lust in her eyes for the man. More than you'd ever see in someone. Two large slabs of rock and hurls them Deathstroke. He manages to dodge them, though finding Terra like was unexpected."I was being studied like the rest! Wasn't I? You planned this right from the start!"
"Calm down."He tries to reason with her."This is all a bit misunderstanding love."
"Terra. No."Nightwing
Seeing him there, ignores his words and puts up a wall of Earth to block them."Terra!"You call out and hurry to her."Terra!"Fly to the opening that was still there. You'd be able to reach her."Terra!"
Her attention on Deathstroke, hears your pleads and cries, seals off the opening. Shutting you out, though not before hurling a boulder at you. Knocking you back. Robin and Nightwing go over to help you.
"Terra..."You grieve."Terra!"Exploding push Nightwing and Robin away and charge back to her. Sensing her own tormented pain and shattered soul and mind. Feelings tears that no doubt belonged to fall from your eye. Hurry faster to her. Her uncontrollable rage was bringing down the whole place, you managed to dodge the falling and crumbling pieces of the temple. Everyone could hear her heart wrenching screams. Dipping down, avoiding from being crushed near closer.
You had to reach her, you just had too. Something inside you, screamed for you not loose her. You couldn't. Thinking of the fond memories with her, despite her snarky and brash if not rude remarks and ways. There where good times, there was a bond. You didn't want to loose that. Because if you did...it'd leave you with nothing. Nothing at all.
Landing down on the ledge, look around for her."Terra!"You spot her standing there all alone, with everything falling all around, tears streaming down her. Jumping down, you hurry to reach her."Terra! Terra! I'm right here!"
Through her it all she, hears your voice and looks up. Seeing you with your hand out stretched to her, desperate to reach her. For a brief second she saw a tinge of salvation. The light that cast behind you, made her see something different. But, she realized it was you and instead of taking your hand, she throws a slab of earth, smacking you away. The force was enough to hurl you through the air and knock the wind out of you.
"I've got you!"
Someone manages to catch your body, realizing this, you try to release yourself from their grasp. But, they wouldn't let you go and held onto you tight until they landed. You push out their arms and like Beast Boy, try to run back to Terra. To be restrained.
"Let me go! Let me go!"You demand. But, the wouldn't and pull you with them."No. No! Terra! Terra!"
It was another beautiful day, so nice you opened the curtains in your room to let in all the light. Richie was fed, you where sitting at your desk reading. A new book, nothing dark a new one by recommendation. While listening to Beast Boy's podcast with Kevin Smith. It was just amazing. It brought a solemn smile to your face, closing the book get up and change. Going through your clothes stumble upon something to wear. Outside in the living room. Kori and Dick where sitting watching T.V. when they hear you come out. You go over to them both and give them both a kiss on the cheek telling them you'd be heading out.
Stepping back asking Kori if you looked alright, she gives a second glance surprised seeing you in one of the outfits she bought you. A halter top, sky blue sun dress with tan wedges, white arm guards. What was more impressive was the fact your skin was more exposed and your hair up in a nice pony tail. You looked like a breath of fresh air. Brought tears to her eyes, she gets up, to be hugged by you. Thanking her. Dick watches the tender moment between you both. Breaking the hug, you give her smile and leave. Stepping outside, nervous at first remember those famous words: "What's the worst that can happen?"
With that step out, with a big smile and hurry along. Reaching the park, spotting Jaime at the fountain. Flag him down, he spots you a big smile on his face, welcomes you with a hug. Looking at him nervously, he pats your head and leads you to meet them.
His family. Scared at first, when his family's eyes land upon you. Jaime introduces you to them, their eyes just stare at you, making you uncomfortable. His mother opens her arms wide and pulls you in delighted to finally meet you, thanks you. His sister too was accepting, around your age it seem. Commenting on your hair, how she loved it and was jealous. Last was his father who comes over giving you some flowers yourself. Expressing it was nice to meet you, his mother stating Jaime always talks about you.
Which made you blush embarrassed, Jaime ruffles your hair playfully, giving you a kiss on the forehead. Before the five of you spend some time together.
Still listening to the podcast,you finish your time with Jaime and his family. Head to meet up with Gar, there was a place the two of you had to go. Together. You rode on his back, as he took the form of a pterodactyl, find the area. He lands down and changes back, there was still rubble here. That was okay, being careful, he takes your hand so you wouldn't fall. Making it through, come to the spot. Placing the flowers down, both of you pay your respects to, Terra.
Despite everything, everything that she did. She was nothing more than a torn soul. One you could relate too. She was lost and confused. Caught up in her own hurt, she drowned in it. Unable to seek any sort of light, reminded you of yourself. So blinded by all that transpired in her life, she couldn't see what was before her, until the very end.
In you heart, she'd would be truly missed. The one person on this earth, that could understand you. She truly was your best friend. You and Gar hold each other for comfort, Terra was important to you both in own way. But one thing was sure, both of you loved her and would keep her close to your hearts.
