Zanotronxl:... Because Plasmius and Cinderblock have families? Because why go right to the extreme answers?
Anarken Mad Bancho King: Well if the worlds destroyed... where are they going to keep their stuff?
B.E.A.T.N: Later
darkboy18: I haven't, not yet
Working, writing, editing and eating and sleeping... yeah, that sounds about everything
Skull Flame: No
Here are some reviews answered by Ghost:
Guest chapter 43 . Nov 30: Who do you think we are? Alan Moore and Frank Millar?
Shooting Star Dragon 3000: James managed it with some of his aliens during time skips, she'll be fine.
darkboy18: Glad you liked it. I have, not sure about Grey; but I found it enjoyable. My plans? Cooking, eating, writing and sleeping.
B.E.A.T.N: Trust me, it'll throw you for a loop who they are.
Zanotronxl: Glad you like the chapter, but we've got plans in the making.
Co-Writter: GhostKaiser23
Artist: GhostKaiser23, he goes by Hangman12 on Deviantart. Either look him up, or go to my profile to see links to all of his official work for this story
Disclaimer: Cartoon Network owns Ben 10 or Teen Titans
AUTHORS NOTE
Hey everyone! It's time to start the newest story arc... with a clip show!... NO! NO! NO! DON'T RUN AWAY!
Hear me out!
We are going to be going over all the future scenes until now to help you all remember what happened. But, at the same time, we know that is boring. SO! We are adding NEW ADDITIONAL SCENES as well as extending some of the existing scenes to give you NEW content and make the read a new experience!
I hope you all enjoy the start of the Beyond Tomorrow Imperative!
James' Harem 2
Chapter 43
Beyond Tomorrow Imperative Part 1 The Lead Up
ONE YEAR LATER
We find ourselves in a flaming wasteland
Buildings were broken, the skies were dark and grim. People were struggling to get by.
Lying on the floor was the dead body of a giant red devil man, hundreds of feet tall
In the rubble where three dead bodies
Hugging one of these dead men... Was a bleeding and bloodied Duela
On her hand and the hand of the dead body... Where matching wedding rings
*elsewhere*
We arrive once again in the destroyed, fire filled Jump City.
The whole place looked like an apocalyptic waste, though buildings were still standing, it could barely be called 'structurally sound'.
We find Cass running through the rubble, her suit ripped. She was carrying a small bag, ripped and torn like her costume, she was trying to carry supplies, running from whatever was chasing her. She came to a stop near where Titans Tower once stood. Where a giant red corps lay. She gulped as she saw it, seeing the wasted corpse rot before her and headed inside, her 'sanctuary' only to see three dead bodies, her mother crying over one of them
"Mother?" Cass whispered as she went over to her. She ran over... And saw the broken and bloody body of Nightwing
Her father, dead. With her mother crying over his corps
"No!" Cass gasped and cried, falling to her knees "No! Daddy no!"
"Cass, what's wrong?" a wounded Bart asked as he appeared, his eyes widening at the sight "... Oh... Oh Cass, I'm so sorry."
"Bart..." Cass sniffed as she turned to him before she jumped into his arms, crying "Bart!"
"There there. It'll be okay. One day." Bart whispered, rubbing her back as the fire raged around them
*Not far away*
"James!" Kori called as she supported Kom, both having pregnant bellies as they walked through the blazing hellscape, the two coming from Titans tower. They were exhausted, trying to keep out of the inferno as everything fell around them.
They passed the dead body of the giant monster, finding Duela crying over a dead body while Bart comforted Cassandra
And two other dead bodies left lying there
The group were driving through despair, feeling their friends and loved ones in death.
"No." Kom whispered in horror as she spotted one of the dead bodies, flying toward it quickly "No, no, no! No! James!" She begged, cradling the body in her arms.
"James?" Kori gasped before she raced forward. Kom was weeping heavily, the sight of their husband, dead in her arms. It was too much "No." Kori gasped as she fell to her knees
Kom looked at her sister, her eyes red from grief as the tears stained his dusty clothes.
The two held him close, James' dead hands gently resting on their pregnant bellies
*Titan's Tower*
Raven screamed in agony as she lay there.
In a pool of her own blood.
She had a large gash in her stomach, left ankle was broke. And her right leg wasn't even there anymore. She lay in the ruins of Titans Tower... The dead body of Trigon lying atop the tower
Raven cried as she lay dying. All she had lost.
Blood began to get in her eyes, making her flinch. Reaching up she felt the spot where her forehead gem use to be, ripped out leaving a bleeding hole in her skull
Suddenly the sound of jets filled her ears. Looking up she saw Cyberian rush to her side, picking her up gently "Come on Rae, you're not dying here." he urged "We need to find the others. Technus, start first aid."
"V-Vic...?" She choked out her words, trying to stay alive.
She felt his nanobots get to work, sealing her wounds and applying the needed treatment. She felt her consciousness fade, hoping the others would be okay
*nearby*
Terra panted as she emerged from the ground, her body made of stone... And the first thing she saw was the three dead bodies.
Dick
James
... And the green, limp, hand of Garfield
"No! No! No!" she yelled. She couldn't believe she was seeing the dead bodies of her friend, of her lover and her brother. It couldn't be... She couldn't have lost all of them!
But her grieving friends prove that wasn't the case.
They were gone.
She cried, looking out the waters. She saw the dead body of Trigon slumped against the destroyed Titans Tower.
They had won... But was the loss worth it?
*Time Skip, a month Later*
The surviving Titan's had gathered, rain falling around them. It had been a month since it had happened... since the final battle with Trigon.
Since the three bravest heroes they knew died to save the world.
James 'Jay 10' Tennyson
Richard 'Dick' Grayson-Wayne
Garfield 'Changling' Logan
The Titan's stood there around several graves, looking down as their friends and loved ones where lowered to their rest. They all wept, their loved ones gone. And they weren't alone either as the likes of Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent and more where there as well. As well as the entire Tennyson family
Wives and girlfriends have lost their lovers. Fathers and Mother's have lost their sons. Children had lost their fathers
"Daddy." Cassandra whimpered as she looked down
Bart sighed and held her hand, letting her lean against him "I'm here." he muttered to her
"What are we going to do?" Kori whispered, putting a hand on her pregnant stomach
"We have... to stay together." Rachel muttered, the scars of the battle being highly visible on her. Both physically, emotionally and mentally
"We have to raise the kids together." Tara nodded
"It's what James would want." Argent nodded "Do our best to raise them. If we work together, we can do it."
"As a family." Kom nodded with a sigh
"... Has anyone seen Rose?" Jinx asked, Karen shrugging
The white haired girl stood atop a hill, looking down at the funeral while wearing a trench coat "I am sorry James." she muttered
"You ready to go?" a voice asked behind her
"Yes." Rose nodded, pulling her mask on and turning around. Walking out from behind a tree was Deathstroke "Teach me father. I'm ready... to follow in your footsteps."
*three months later*
Duela was currently in the slowly rebuilt Jump City, her belly swollen with her child and walking around in her empty home.
"Okay?" Seventeen year old Cassandra Grayson-Gordon asked, supporting the woman
"I-I'm fine, honey. Just...out of breath." She panted and sat down. "You've been such a good girl."
"Papa would want me to." Cassandra smiled sadly, her hand going to Duela's stomach "Nearly ready to say hello?"
Duela nodded, holding Cass' hand gently over her stomach. "Soon."
knock knock
"Oh, she's here." Duela smiled happily, relaxing "Can you get that for me please, Cass?"
The mostly silent girl nodded and rushed over, opening the door and smiling at the woman on the other side of the door It was a black-haired woman, wearing a black and silver shirt with blue jeans and a silver belt. "Hey, Cass. Is your mum in?" The woman asked. This woman was Donna Troy, younger/twin sister of Wonder Woman... it's complicated... and fiance of Roy Harper. An amazonian warrior and a certified midwife
Cass nodded and let Donna in.
"Hey, Donna. You made it." Duela smiled as she heard her.
"Of course, it is the due date." Donna nodded "Nervous?"
"A little." she admitted
"It'll be fine." Donna assured
"I hope so...I'm scared." Duela admitted... and gasped, water dripping onto the floor.
Her water had broke
"I-It's coming!" Duela panicked. "IT'S COM-AHHHHH!" She screamed
The night of Jump City was filled with a flash of lightning
It was much later, Duela was lying in bed, breathing slowly as Donna held a small bundle in her arms. "Here you go, 'mummy'." She smiled passing the bundle to Duela.
Cassandra looked in amazement, staring at the child as Duela pulled it close
Duela whispered softly as she saw her baby. Hers and Dick's child.
Little wisps of black hair, closed eyes and wrapped in a soft towel.
"Hell... Hello Terry... My baby boy." she smiled gently
"Terry." Cass whispered as she saw her little brother in her mother's arms "Cute." she smiled
*Eighteen Months later*
Two figures ran through the rain, laughing together. A black haired woman, wearing a black shirt and blue jeans; and a brown-haired man wearing a red shirt and black jeans. The guy was using a jacket as a way to keep them both dry, or as dry as possible
"Here we are." the guy smiled as they arrived at an apartment "I had a great night."
"Hmm." The woman nodded as she looked at him, her hair slightly wet. The guy leaned down and kissed her, making sure to keep them dry. The woman cupped his cheeks and kissed back, holding him close. Eventually the man broke the kiss and smiled "I love you."
"Love you to." she nodded slightly, barley vocalizing but her smile said it all
"So... can I come in?" he smiled softly
SLAM!
The girl suddenly grabbed his arm and judo flipped him, slamming him against the floor and making him laugh
"Come on Cass! You said I was forgiven!" he laughed at her action, revealing the girl was an 18 year old Cassandra Grayson-Gordon
"Still no." she replied "First time will be magical, not make up for bad prank Bart."
"I wasn't implying sex!" the older Bart Allen whined "It is raining and I wanted to fall sleep holding you romantically under a blanket as we watch bad TV!"
"Sweetheart." Cassandra smiled and kissed his cheek "See you tomorrow." she nodded and walked inside her apartment
"See you tomorrow." He waved and rubbed his back. "...She's warming up." He smiled
Cassandra leaned against her wall and let out a sad sigh. It had been years since her father and two of her uncles died. She was emotionally devastated, struggling to keep herself together
The world just felt... wrong without him
She held her hand over her heart...and looked to a picture of her and her family. Suddenly she spotted a shadow around the corner; a figure was in her living room. She readied herself, balling her hands into fists. Whoever was in here, they WOULDN'T be leaving without bruises. She stalked into the living room... and gasped
Lady Shiva had sat down in her favourite chair, legs crossed with a soft smile "Hello daughter dear. I believed that you needed a shoulder to cry on."
Cass lowered her guard just an inch...but saw that her biological mother meant no harm. She was just there to be supportive. She rushed over and hugged her, crying
"There, there Cassandra. There, there." Shiva soothed "I'm here."
"H-how did you-?" Cass wept.
"Get in? Does it matter?" Shiva responded, stroking her daughter's head. "I am sorry for what happened to your father."
"I-I miss him." Cass wept as she was held "Every day."
"I know dear." Shiva nodded "But I am making a change."
"A change?" Cass asked, looking up at her, wiping her tears away
"With the Black Canary retiring to raise her and Green Arrows child, I am going to try this hero thing out. Working on Oracle's Bird of Prey team." Shiva explained
"That. That's good. You'll be a hero." Cass answered
"I'll try it out. At least for being there for you." Shiva nodded "Not sure about the fishnet look though."
The two laughed at that, knowing that Shiva wouldn't change her wardrobe that drastically.
*Time Skip, three Months Later*
*Titan's Tower*
We find ourselves at Titan's Island... where a space ship was waiting
"Do you really have to go?" An older Jinx asked
"Yeah, I have to." An older Cyberian answered, looking more mechanical than before "Sarah died in that battle and... Variety is old enough now. Strong. She's a good girl. I can't stay here. I need... some time."
"But you guys as well?" An older Karen asked. Her breasts where older and she was wearing a black and yellow female suit
Behind Cyberian... where Kori and Kom, both of who had small children in their arms. As well as Garfield's harem and children. And Terra. James' three former lovers clad in royal looking gowns
"We have our home to look after." Kom answered sadly. "And, we've got sanctuary on Tameran."
"Meanwhile the Meta Restraint Laws are just getting worse." Summer sighed; the retired stripper clearly upset "We don't want our children to live in such a... terrible world. We want them to be free."
"I'm gonna miss you guys!" Jinx cried and hugged them.
"We will to." Kori cried
"Keep your school for heroes going strong." Tara smiled sadly as she hugged Karen "I know you'll be great, Queen Bee... I'm sorry, Karen. It's... Still hard for me to distance myself from the hero life. Especially..."
"I know. The Markovia bombing was a terrible event." Karen agreed "You need this. I hate saying that, especially losing more of you after Raven disappeared but... You need this peace of life. A new start. But we do love you."
"Thank you." Tara cried
"Why isn't Tori here?" Kori questioned
"She and the Justice League are still hard at work battling Savage." Jinx explained, wearing a flowing black dress and her hair down and having had a growth spirt in the last few years giving her a rather impressive bust. The girls frowned but accepted it, reluctantly. One by one the group went onto the ship... And took off, blasting into space
Leaving Earth for good
"We need to head back." Karen friend sadly, in the years that passed the two having created new hero identities for themselves
"Right." Jinx nodded "Queens first, Queen Bee."
"While thank you, Madam Tala." Karen nodded, Jinx now using the name of an ancient sorceress as a hero alias. The two left, sad that their lovers and friends where gone but their was still work to do
At the Hero Institute of Virtue and Ethics
*Two Years Later*
We arrive in Jump City's park, the day was a little cloudy but it was warm.
A black-haired woman was sitting on a blanket with a red-haired man. Cassandra Cain and Bart Allen, both age twenty. They were dressed very casually; enjoying the sun, after what had happened some time ago, they needed some levity and hope.
"It's nice having days off like this." Bart smiled and held Cass close
Cass nodded gently and leaned on his shoulder, sighing in relief "Batwoman and Flash. Take up so much time." she said simply
"Yeah, I know...And. I know it's difficult to MAKE time like this. But, I enjoy slowing down every now and then." Bart answered, a little nervous as he gently rubbed his left-hand trouser pocket.
"What are you hiding?" Cass asked simply, not even looking at him especially as her eyes where closed "Been hiding something for month. Troubling you. What is it?"
Bart sighed with a smile, knowing that he was an open book to Cass. "Cass." He asked shuffling his body so Cass was sitting on her own and he pulled something from his pocket. A small velvet box "Cassandra Grayson-Gordon. Iloveyouwithallmyheartadwloarye-"
"Bart. No words." Cassandra said, putting a finger to her boyfriend's lips and smiling "Tell me."
Bart took a deep sigh, nodding. He held the box out and opened the box, revealing a ring with a small diamond on it
I love you, will you Marry me?
Cass saw the ring and felt her heart flutter, seeing her boyfriend propose...she teared up and nodded, hugging him tightly.
She looked into his eyes and smiled, tears moving down her cheeks. And he could understand what she was saying
I love you
*Time Skip, some city in the USA*
The night was dark, illuminated by the light pollution that blinded people from things above. On a rooftop, there was someone setting up a long tube with a stand.
On another side of the city scape, was a woman, dressed in a business suit and working late. A phone in one hand and a whiskey in the other. She could be seen talking into the phone but no words could be heard
The person was seeing the woman through a scope. Setting up for a kill.
BANG!
One shot, one bullet
Pure efficiency
The woman dead; and no one knew who pulled the trigger
"Target terminated. Returning to base." The shooter spoke into an earpiece, packing up the sniper rifle, stand and any trace that she was there. She was like the night
She soon arrived back at a random looking apartment, taking off her mask and revealing an older Rose. She had cut her hair shorter, her body looking much more scared but also much more muscular
"Well done Rose." an old voice said weakly, a white man wearing an eye patch sitting in a wheelchair with a missing leg and some medical equipment attached to his arms
"Thank you, Father." Rose nodded and looked at the old man, know revealed as Slade.
"You've done. The name. Proud." Slade wheezed respectfully as he looked at her, seeing her grown up and now a full-fledged assassin "I have taught you everything I know. You've exceeded my expectations."
...
"Then I don't need you anymore." she said, suddenly grabbing his head roughly
"R-Rose! Let me go! What are you doing?!" Slade yelled and chocked as he reached up, trying to pry her off him
"Rest, finally, father." Rose said before she roughly twisted her arms
SNAP!
Slade's body went limp, slumping in the wheelchair with his head facing the wrong direction
Rose was silent as she looked forward, her face emotionless as she pushed him from the wheelchair like he was dirt. She picked a helmet off the table and some gear
She was the Terminator
She was Deathstroke
She looked at a picture for a moment before she threw it away, leaving the building and the picture behind
The picture showed teenage Rose being hugged and kissed by James, both smiling
The Ravager was dead, along with her heart
*one year later*
The sun was bright; clouds fluttering in the sky, people were coming to join a momentous occasion. The wedding of Bart Allen and Cassandra Grayson-Gordon.
Cassandra was in the back of the church, looking at herself in the mirror as she was clad in her wedding dress. She looked beautiful, dressed in white, holding a bouquet of flowers ready to throw after she was wed. It was a flowing white dress with it stopping just above her breasts. Going from that cut off point up her neck and down her arms was a semi-see through white material with a shiny look to it. Her face was done up with beautiful make up and atop her head was a veil carefully placed
"Ready to go, Cass?" A kind voice spoke, knocking on the door.
"Yes Mother." she smiled, looking at the older Duela Grayson walk in. She looked a little wrinkled, her hair was cut shorter, but still beautiful, she was wearing a beautiful dress, but as the mother of the bride. She walked forward and hugged her daughter
"Your father would be proud." she commented
Cass smiled and nodded.
"Ready?" Duela asked
"Ready." She nodded, taking her mother's arm and walked down the aisle to the altar.
The 'here comes the bride' tune began to play, Cassandra holding back tears as she looked at her gathered friends and family. Even Susan Wu-San, her birth mother, Lady Shiva, was there. Remembering the past eight years since her father passed away, nearly ten years since she got with Bart. How... Special he made her feel.
Like she was more than Batwoman
More than just a weapon
How he made her feel like a woman
As she walked down the aisle she waited for her husband-to-be to come, having been called on one last mission before he could be married. She knew he'd be here, he had never let her down. He'd never leave her
The priest and the people waited.
And waited.
And waited..
Waited...
"Miss Grayson-Gordon?" The priest spoke nervously, the whole family having waited for nearly a half-hour.
"He will be here." Cassandra said, gripping her flowers tightly. It was probably Thaddeus Thawne, Reverse Flash. Bart was going to rush through the doors any second, sparking with his lightning with his classic cheerful grin and a joke. He would smile, give her a kiss before he was supposed to, apologise and then they would be married. That's what would happen, that's just like Bart, that's exactly what he'd do.
She knew he would.
He never let her down, ever
Any second now..
Any...
Second...
*elsewhere*
Bart groaned as he fell to the floor in his Flash costume, ripped and torn and bloodied. He was coughing blood, looking at the ground and beaten to a pulp. 'C-Cass. Waiting.' He thought in pain.
"Oh. Poor little. Flash. Not fast enough ARE you?" A condescending voice smirked
'No... I can't fail here... she's waiting for me...' Bart thought as he pulled himself to his feet 'I'm the Flash! The fastest Flash ever! I... can do this! I have to end this! I can stop him, stop all of them, and get home! Cassandra... she is waiting for me! I'm Bart Allen, the Fastest Man Alive! And I have a future waiting for me!' he stood tall, lightning of pure white sparking from his eyes as he glared at his clone "You've never beaten me Thad... I'm... I'm taking you down!" he said, looking at the figure he was facing
It was Thaddeus. All grown up. Dressed in a reverse style of Bart's costume, his green and black design with that maddened look in his eyes. He wore the inverse of the classic Flash suit, an evolved style of his Kid Flash outfit. A yellow upper half with red legs and red lightning bolts. His eyes sparking with white lightning, the fastest Flash in history channeling the Speed Force like never before
"Oh, Bart. I told you. I'M the fastest!" He smiled like a madman with black lightning sparking from his eyes
"Is that why you need the Rogue's with you?" Bart mocked, pointing behind the madman dismissively. Behind Thaddeus were five figures
One was an older man in a blue and white parka with black lens goggles and a large silver gun with blue liquid.
The second was another man with a dark beige jacket, a red belt and a silver gun with red liquid.
The third was a man wearing bright neon colours and an over the top outfit.
The fourth was a man wearing a green and yellow lightning themed outfit with a beard and a magic wand.
And lastly was a man in an orange and green costume, holding a green coloured gun.
"They are just a tool to an end." The Reverse Flash mocked
"You have been a thorn in our sides for far too long Flash." Captain Cold frowned
"And it is time to remove that thorn." HeatWave nodded
"Well. Looks like it's time to put you all in jail." Bart grinned as the white lightning began to surround him, Bart getting ready to run "And it''l be over in a Flash!"
"Trickster! Now!" Thaddeus ordered
"Right!" he nodded and pressed a button on his wrist. Several buildings 'exploded' revealing large devices which began to give off strange signals
Bart moved forward, starting to run... and tripped, falling face first into the dirt as he slowed down
As the Speed Force left him, draining into the machines
"ATTACK!" Thaddeus roared
And, within seconds...It was a blood bath. Bart's body was ripped apart. Frozen. Burned. Sliced. Electrified. Broken.
All the while...Thadeus Thawn, Reverse Flash looked on, smiling. Laughing. Shaking with euphoria as he saw Bart torn up like a rabbit from a bunch of ravenous wolves.
Bart Allen fell to the floor, bloodied and truley broken.
His suit ripped apart, his eyes locked on his wedding ring. He had stolen it before he left, wanting to get use to the feeling and being as impatient as always. His eyes stared at it, the light slowly fading from them. All he could see was the ring... and he- face smiling at him
"I'm sorry... Cassandra..." he whispered before his life left his eyes
Bart Allen, The Flash, was dead
In the church Cassandra suddenly gasped and lost her grip, her bouquet of flowers dropping to the floor as she felt her heart break
*the next day*
We find ourselves in Gotham, a black-haired woman sits alone in a room, nursing a cup of luke-warm coffee that she had been staring at for the last hour and a half. The singe of the boiling liquid died down and left her hands numb to warmth...She felt like she was alone...No. She WAS alone.
The man she wanted to marry had died before they could say their vows. Before the altar...before he could see her in her dress. On her left ring finger was a small golden ring with a tiny diamond. Her last memento of him. The people who killed him got away, had escaped justice and broke her heart.
She was cold, alone
Those monsters... those monsters killed her family, ripped her life from her... and they wont be rightfully punished
"A real shame." A voice spoke from behind the woman, speaking in a mechanically distorted voice. "I heard it was a great affair."
Cassandra moved quickly, throwing her cup at at the figure as she broke the leg off a chair to use as a weapon as she turned around and looked at the figure
The figure stood there, not moving a muscle, hands in the air and with cold coffee dripping down him.
He didn't scream. Didn't flinch. Wearing a black reinforced jacket, military-grade black armoured trousers, and a dark brown open jacket.
Cassandra glared at the figure, reading his body language...and was surprised, he wasn't going to attack. Not even going to defend himself. he just stood there, near-defenceless and wanted to talk.
"Waste of coffee in my opinion." The man spoke calmly.
"Who are you?" she asked, looking at his face but his face was covered, by a bright. Red. Helmet.
"A friend. Someone like you. Someone who's lost people." The person answered calmly "Mind if I sit?"
She gritted her teeth, but nodded
"Isn't it unfair that everyone you love keeps dying, keeps being taken away from you, and the evil gets to live?" The red helmeted man asked "You are the second, or third, deadliest woman alive. But what good is the 'no kill rule' when all it does is allow these sickos free? These guys are murderers. Killers. They took away what you loved most and they get to laugh about it. At worst they get locked up again, and they break out in less than a month. And they will do this again to so many others. So many people will loose their Dick Grayson's, their Bart Allen's. Come now Cassie, you know better than that. I can help you."
"... Who are you...?" Cassandra asked as she cried
"Some call me Red Hood." The figure said, reaching for his mask "But you know me as..."
Cassandra gasped as she dropped her weapon, staring at his face "It can't be..."
"Hey Cassie. Been a while." a 24 year old, and alive, Jason Todd smirked at her
*time skip, eleven months later*
We find ourselves in a snowy mountain, where a dojo sat and coated in the powder.
You could see a figure clad in black walk into the large building. The freezing cold biting into the woman, but she didn't care. Pushing the doors shut as she walked inside. Seeing large braziers, alight with fire and five feet in diameter, banners depicting a figure leaving woven streams of red. The woman walked deeper into the building, seeing Lady Shiva meditating in front of a fire.
Shiva wearing the costume she donned during her temporary hero run, dubbed the Jade Canary
"You've finally come." Lady Shiva spoke calmly as she waited in her meditative state. She didn't open her eyes, the lights shinning across her body. Shiva was wearing skintight black leather trousers that covered all of her knees, a green top with some golden pictures and symbols on it, alongside a green leather jacket, wearing no shoes and a sash around her waist "Are you sure you are ready for this?" Shiva asked the figure "There is no going back if you do."
The black-clad figure nodded and got ready and into a position. Whoever this was, was ready to kill.
"Very well." Sandra Wu-Son said as she finally stood up "I was hoping dressing like this and speaking would convinced you to stop. This isn't your way, that symbol is a promise. Isn't that right, daughter?"
The figure removed her face covering and revealed Cassandra Cain. "I've lost... everything. I'm not wearing the symbol." She said as her voice was almost lifeless "What point is that symbol if it doesn't work. I was a coward for not taking after you as a child. He would still be alive if I hadn't been so pathetic."
"Such are the choices in life." Shiva answered, saddened to hear her daughter's voice so monotone.
"I wish you would stop... But either way this ends, my sins will finally be balanced. Either you kill me, take the mantel of Lady Shiva, and continue this path of death and destruction. Or I kill you, and by killing my daughter I shall finally accept the dishonour of finally ending my own life. Holding you how I wish I had, a regret I hold as I look back at my pathetic life. Now prepare yourself Cassandra. You shall not be fighting Lady Shiva. I am Sandra Wo-Son, the Jade Canary. And I still hold hope that you change your mind before I must take your life."
"We shall see, mother." Cassandra said as she removed her cloak. Cassandra was wearing a full black costume, padded armour, reinforced shoes and guards. It was overall very plane and... bland. Like she had discarded her old identity "Begin." She spoke as she ran at her, aiming to kill her.
Sandra frowned as she prepared herself, knowing either way this battle would be her end. But she did know one thing, these final moments with her daughter?
They would be glorious
*two months Later*
A green and purple figure was zooming around the city, running away from something. The figure running through the city was in a terrible sweat, running as fast as he could...but was caught by sights of a hooded figure, always in his periphery. He was being hunted.
BANG!
BANG!
Suddenly he gasped as he fell to the floor, his body in agony as his knees where blasted out
His legs were shot out, by a powerful rifle.
His left leg blasted off to the left under a car; while his right leg split into the sewer drain.
The man screamed as he was rendered legless, only his calves remained, his kneecaps and quads were gone. He crashed and tumbled into the floor, terrified and bleeding out.
The sound of heels clicking filled the dark streets, a foreboding feeling filling the legless man
Thaddeus Thawn held his bleeding stumps, trying to crawl away
He was whimpering, bleeding from his mouth, screaming to be left alone in his mind. His fingers bleeding as he crawled inch by inch.
STAB!
Thaddeus screamed as a knife dug into his hand and missed his bones, pinning him into the tarmac. He was begging to get out of there, but he wasn't strong enough to pull the dagger nor was he focused enough to phase through it. He was sobbing, he was BEGGING. PLEADING to live.
Click.
Click.
Click.
Thud
Suddenly something landed next to him.
The Reverse Flash didn't want to look. He... He didn't.
But he did
He saw the decapitated head of Captain Cold lying next to him, blood dripping from the heads lifeless eyes and mouth
Thud
Another head
Heatwave. Still fresh from a kill.
Thud
Another head.
Weather Wizard. His wand shoved into his ear, penetrating through to the other side.
Thud
Thud
Two more heads.
Trickster. His head shoved into a Jack-In-The-Box
Mirror Master. His head cut in two by a shard of glass
Click.
Click.
Click.
"No... No... No..." he whispered
Click.
Click.
Click.
"Hello." A seductive female voice purred as a pair of black heels entered his peripheral vision
Thaddeus looked up and saw who had been tormenting him all this time... who had murdered The Rogues. "Let me live. PLEASE!" He begged, like a junkie begging for his fix... and he was.
"Now. Why would I kill you?" the seductive woman's voice purred as Asian fingers grabbed her targets jaw and forced Thaddeus to look up at her.
Revealing the woman
It was Cass. All grown up. Her eyes turned black as sin as she glared into the soul of Thaddeus Thawn. And her outfit was a strange mix of sensual, practical and casual. She was dressed similarly to her mother, Lady Shiva. A red leotard, black leggings, black combat boots and all with her fingernails and lips were painted black
"I-I-I..." Thaddeus stuttered as she ripped his mask off, revealing the face of a blonde Bart Allen
"Tell me. Why would I kill you?" Cassandra asked, running her fingers over his chest sensually
"I-I don't-! Who ARE you?" He panicked, begging and weeping
"Don't you recognize me?" she asked, rubbing his chin "You are genetically identical to him... aren't you? Of Bart Allen? My fiance... who you murdered?"
Thaddeus' eyes shrunk back into his head. THIS was his origin's fiance? This psychopathic murderess?... Yeah he recognised her. Batwoman. He'd fought her before, used her against Bart, flirted with her, tried to convince her to leave Bart for him, tried to kill her
What had happened to her?
"Well? You're genetically identical, aren't you?" she repeated, her black lips close to his bleeding ones
"Y-Yeah. I am." He nodded, fighting through pain
"So having a child... With you... Would be like I had one with Bart? Correct?" she asked, their lips almost touching
"S-Sure. Why not?" He smiled with bloody teeth, loosing consciousness... Only he couldn't pass out... Why couldn't he pass out?!
"No." she frowned, her hand holding his collarbone "These nerves keep you awake. I am not finished with you."
"That... That simple?" he flinched
"Yes." she nodded and kissed up him deeply
Thaddeus gasped in shock and smiled, enjoying the feeling... And then screaming in pain!
Cassandra pulled back, spitting Thaddeus' tongue into a plastic bag "There. Now Bart and I shall finally have our child." she looked up at him, blood dripping from her black lips as she glared at him "You are a monster... Why? Why must a monster like you get to live? When people like Bart die."
Thaddeus began to choke on his own blood, trying to respond, beg for the Speed Force, or whatever was trying to keep him alive...ALIVE. 'Don't-don't want to die! Don't want to die!' He begged, but he was.
"Do you feel it? That's what BART felt." Cassandra hissed "How he felt when you TORTURED him. KILLED him!"
Thaddeus tried to reach for her with his good hand...but no. He couldn't lift it. He had lost too much blood.
His eyes sparked their last as the life faded from his mortal coil.
All Thaddeus could see was Cassandra walk towards him. And the press of her boot on his head
C-Cra-CRACK!
SPLAT!
Thaddeus Thawne. Was dead.
Left in a bloody pile of fear and blood. Brought on by his own deranged mind.
No escape for him. No escape for his soul. From the afterlife or Speed Force.
"You had your fun?" Red Hood asked, leaning against a wall "I didn't think I'd see Lady Shiva play with her food so much."
"He deserved it. Every. Single. Second. Kill someone you want vengeance on? Dies once. Cut him off from his drug, kill his accomplices, drive him mad from fear? He dies second, by second, by second." Cass answered. "And for speedsters...Seconds are an eternity."
"Hmmm... You're harsher than your mother, rest her soul." Red Hood joked
Cass just walked off, going to make hers and Bart's baby. Finally, she would become a mother. Like her mother before her
"Hey, wait up partner." Red Hood called and chased after her "Remember, we have work to do."
"Of course." the second Lady Shiva said darkly
*elsewhere*
"It's okay Terry. Its okay." Duela Grayson whispered as she ran, discarding that name in fear
The chikd in her arms was crying, terrified about what was going on. The five year old was crying his eyes out. But they had to run, they had to hide. Her daughter, her precious Cassie... She'd gone crazy! They had to run... Hide from their own family!
Cass had sent her a video...
Where she killed Lady Shiva
She had to get away, keep her head down. Why didn't she leave?
She had to escape, make a new life.
She had to save her son
*five years later*
We arrive back at Jump City, the dystopia that it currently is.
But we arrive at a school, an unusual location where the main logo is an 'H' in a honeycomb. Right were Titans Tower once stood
A dystopia you may ask?... we aren't going to that yet.
We go into this H shaped tower where hordes of teens were walking around like it was a school
All of them wearing black and yellow coloured bodysuits with fitted gloves and boots, talking among themselves as they went about their day.
We head upstairs, to the office of the two headmistresses. Here we see two mature women, one wearing dark purple robes with pink hair that was fading to purple. This was the girl formally known as Jinx, now known as Tala. She was one of the two headmistresses of the Hero Institute of Virtue and Ethics
The other Headmistress was Karen Bleecher, now known as Queen Bee. She was dressed in a black and yellow costume, much like her older one, but more reinforced than before.
"Another year, Karen." Tala spoke to her friend.
"Yes, Tala." the dark skinned woman nodded to her lover, her regal outfit fluttering around her as she stood at the open window "And we already have a problem."
"Don't we always? What is it this time?" Tala frowned as she crossed her long sensual leg under her sexy dark purple dress robes
"A stupid child who will not listen to our rules." Queen Bee stated darkly "A teacher is already bringing him here."
Tala sighed heavily and rubbed her eyes. "Which student is it this time?"
"Ms Jessica Quick."
"Oh no...Not again." Tala sighed. "Very well, we'll have to have a talk with her AGAIN."
The door suddenly opened and a teenage girl walked in "Fine, I'm here." The girl grumbled as she was seen by the two Headmistresses. Jesse was a blonde-haired girl with blue eyes, wearing the HIVE uniform and a bit of a bad attitude.
"Ms Quick. You have been causing many problems with the school." Queen Bee frowned "Ruining our peace."
"What's the big deal? The city's not in any danger; PLUS, I'm bored. Not much call for a speedster." She responded
"Ms Quick. Order is kept via peace and uniformity." Tala frowned as her eyes began to glow
"Great job YOU-Oof!" Jesse muttered before she was put into a chair by Tala's magic.
Queen Bee walked towards Jesse, closing the window. And suddenly the room began to be filled with an invisible pollen/pheromone which quickly assaulted Jesse
"Ms Quick. Individuality is dangerous." the Queen Bee frowned
"I... guess..." Jesse muttered as her eyes fogged over
Tala waved her hands, magic flowing into Jesse's head as she muttered magic words under her breath
"You want to please your queen, don't you?" Queen Bee purred
"Yes... Yes Queen Bee..." she whispered
"Then you must be a good drone. All individuality. All of your bad attitude and naughty thoughts are to be gone." Queen Bee spoke "Being a good drone makes your queen happy. All things should be like this, for the perfect evil world."
"Yes... good drone..." Jesse mumbled as all light and passion left her eyes "I am a good drone. I am like ever other drone. All drones are the same. All good drones make the queen happy. The queen's happiness is all that matters."
"Good girl. Now return to class." Queen Bee nodded, kissing the student on the lips
"Yes my queen." she nodded and left
"Oh, it's always sexy to see you work Darling." Tala smiled
"Well we can't keep the world safe if peoples individuality causes death and destruction." Queen Bee smiled "Now, give me a kiss."
The two women kissed each other deeply, standing proudly atop the Hero Institute of Virtue and Ethics
HIVE reborn for 'justice'
*Some when, deep in space*
Space.
Normally the final frontier.
And for one man, it was.
Alone in the dark, alone in his ship
The man inside was muttering to himself, trying to hear any echo and pretend it was a person. He was talking to himself, taking up two... Maybe three different side of a conversation
'Yeah, I've been fine, Cyberian. It's just been a little quiet.' Voice 1 muttered gently
"I know, but its space. It's not meant to be quiet." Cyberian muttered back
'I thought we weren't alone in the universe.' Voice 2 responded
'Apparently we are boring and no one is interested in us.' Voice 1 said
'Or maybe they don't trust robots?' Voice 2 followed up
"R-Robot?" Cyberian flinched, almost glitching as he spoke. Cyberian sat alone. Against the wall of a large empty space ship "Am-Am I...a 'robot'?" He asked, the echo reverberated through the empty corridors "Who-Who am I again?" he whispered, wires suddenly emerging from the ship and wrapping around him. He was slowly pulled into the ship, merging with it
The wires wrapped around him, the metal being pulled against his body bit by bit
On the outside, the ship began to change...and begin to reach out and grabbed any metal in close proximity.
The last thought the metal man had before his mind faded away was...
"I want to go home..."
*six years later*
It was late at night in Neo Bludhaven
A woman was power walking back home, carrying a bag full of shopping. She quickly rushed into a house, seeing the rain falling outside
It took about thirty seconds, but it was drenching her to the bone. "C'mon, c'mon!" She fiddled about with her keys before she unlocked her door and got inside.
The house was kind of small. A kitchen, living room with a smallish table and 14 inch TV in different corners. Everything was cramped as there were lofty steps going to a single bedroom and a bathroom. The 'couch', if you could even call it that, was a makeshift bed.
"Terry? Hello?" she called
"M-Mum?" A young voice called down from the bedroom, poking their head from the banister. A black haired eleven year old kid with slightly tanner skin and blue eyes. The young boy carefully came down the steps and hugged his mother's leg tightly.
"Terry? What's wrong?" she asked
"I-I was worried." Terry answered his face in her leg.
"I heard guns outside."
"Oh." she frowned and hugged him "I'm sorry Terry."
"It's okay." he mumbled "Don't leave like Cassie did, okay?"
"Okay, I promise." she nodded
*on Tameran*
We arrive on the alien planet, home of Queens Kori and Kom Tennyson, where they sit on their thrones and look after their people. The two where older, wiser. Wearing regal Tameranian garb
"I'm going to check on Summer and the others." Kori spoke to Kom.
"Okay, thought they might find it a bit invasive." Kom answered
"I am just visiting a friend." Kori commented as two fifteen year olds flew by and argued
No, YOU!" One of the fifteen year olds shouted
"No, you!" the other snapped
"Will you two stop!" a third added, chasing after them
"Beatriz, Alya and Alexia Tnis'n!" Kori snapped "You three shall stop this right now!" The three figures frowned and flew over, landing before the queens.
One was a tanned skinned girl, halfway between the pink tone of James and the orange tone of the And'r sisters. She had green hair that was very puffy, reaching half way down her back. Her eyes where also a bright neon green. She wore a tight green tube top and tight green pants, alongside a set of black boots and some green wrist bands. She was also rather busty, taking after her mother Kom. She had been the one at the front of the trio
The second was a fairly buff teen man. His skin was rather pale, his hair being a dark blue similar to James'. He wore a black sleeveless jumpsuit with some white lines and accents around the chest. He had bright yellow eyes alongside some silver wrist bands. He had been the one chasing the tanned one
And finally the third was a girl with grey-ish skin and bright blue hair, her eyes a bright yellow. She wore an identical outfit to the guy's, although her suit had gold accents and wrist bands. She was rather 'under developed' compared to the tanned girl. She was the one at the back of the pack
"Mother, Beatriz set my room on fire!" the buff teen complained
"Because you sound blasted me, Alexia!" the now named Beatriz snapped back as green flames flickered from her eyes
"I just wanted them to stop." the third one, obviously the one named Alya, sighed as some blue lightning sparked in her eyes
"Children." Kori frowned "Your father would be disappointed in if he was still around."
"But he's not, mother." Alexia frowned
"... We know." Kom frowned "But he was a great hero, so you should try to show him some respect. And you three are royalty, you should be acting with respect."
"Sorry." The three sighed
In the corner of the room was Terra. She was wearing a yellow royal dress and smiling sadly, watching her lovers work.
She just wished that James was here
*in some temporal plane, alternate dimension*
We arrive in a strange location, a temple in a far off place. Secluded in a room with a mountain of books, arcane circles and symbols, was a figure, wearing a dark blue and black cloak that covered their figure. The books were floating around with magic, reading and flitting between 100,000 words a second, spells creating swirling vortexes around the figure, flickering the cloak up gently.
THUMP!
A book fell. Then another. Then five. Then ten. Then thousands of books, dropping like rain as the arcane circles and spells surrounded the now rising figure.
The inky blackness of the cloak was melting away, like the sins of a person were being washed into purity. Leaving a pure white cloak.
The figure turned, floating in the air, looking older but mature, wearing her gold and ruby belt, her skin was a shiny gold seemingly made of light. Her 'hair' and 'forehead gem' made out of the same material as her 'skin'. And from glimpse's under her now white cloak, she wore nothing else.
Her body was all solid gold, made out of light
She was formally known as Rachel Roth, formally known as Raven.
She had ascended.
No longer a mortal. No longer bound by the constraints of human limits or her demonic influence.
She was a god.
A god of light and peace, of order.
Her solid gold eyes glowed, looking through the universe and what had happened since she left
War. Destruction. Suffering.
Thousands of lives lost.
Worlds collapsing and enthralled to murderers.
And then there is what happened to those she saw as friends and family...
The world was wrong.
'I must fix this. To make sure this world never happens.' She thought to herself, levitating in the temple and closed her eyes. 'I must find...where it started to break.'