chapter 8: Can't Do This Alone
Misty's POV
My head clears and I see Robin falling off the Bioship and a city in ruins around me. I quickly swoop and grab Robin and drop him on top of the Bioship. I look around and see everyone watching me like a dangerous creature.
"I- I did this," I realise out loud and tears start rolling down my cheeks, "I couldn't contain the demon inside," I cry and I start slipping downwards, "I'm a monster, I should be killed," I scream and drop out of the air falling unconscious.
I wake up in a bright white cell with an inhibitor collar around my neck.
"Why didn't you kill me, while I'm alive the world is in danger from me," I demanded angrily. Batman walks into the cell.
"So you're awake," he says coldly.
"Stay away from me, I'll just hurt you, I should have just stayed hidden away, never should have left the demon realm after I turned twelve," I say disparagingly.
"What happened out there," Batman asks.
"I couldn't control myself, you should have killed me, she's powerful, I can't control her, you're in danger as long as we're alive," I tell him.
"We aren't killing you," Batman says calmly.
"WHY NOT! I DESTROYED AN ENTIRE CITY LIKE IT WAS NOTHING! I deserve to die," I begin at a shout and end at a whisper.
"This is something you can work through, death isn't the only answer," Batman's says.
"Death is the only answer!" I shout as tears stream down my face.
"No," Batman says and I tuck my legs up to my chest.
"I hurt Robin," I whisper.
"He's going to live, your power beam injured him badly but he's recovering," Batman informs me.
"I think I should be alone, I don't want to talk to anyone," I say and Batman and he walk out.
Two Weeks Later.
"You need to eat," Batman says. I ignore him. "Misty," Batman says sternly. I'm not changing my mind, I need to die before I hurt more people. Batman walks out. A few minutes later Robin walks in.
"Misty, I heard you aren't eating," Robin says worriedly.
"The World would be better if I died," I mutter. Robin walks up to me and puts his hand on my shoulder.
"Look at me," Robin says and I look up into his deep blue eyes, "You don't deserve to die, no one deserves death."
"Yes I do," I say looking into his eyes, I hurt him.
"No you don't, Misty, I care about you, it would hurt me if you died," Robin says.
"But what if I kill more people, what if something like what happened to Cordial City happens again-" I cut myself off and start screaming, my collar starts smoking then shorts out and I'm enveloped in a dream.
"I WON'T LET YOU CONTROL ME AGAIN!" I scream at the demon.
"You can't stop me you're weak! I make you everything you are," Dark hisses.
"You are the worst side, the darkness, the evil, you only destroy, but it's harder to create than to destroy," I reply.
"And how is that creating been going, you've become like me, give in and you'll never feel guilt, pain, only power will be left," Dark says attempting to persuade you.
"At everyone else's expense, happiness with the destruction of everyone else isn't worth it," I growl.
"Oh sister, imagine it, just us dancing through all the world destroying and killing carelessly through the whole world," Dark says and I see a vision of us dancing through the sky humming and sending blasts of power at anyone who even exists wrong, like a god, with life and death in my hands, and those who I love safe, protected while the world burns by my power around them. There is a beauty to it, the death and burning. NO!
"NO! Robin wouldn't want me to become some sort of destroying angel!" I yell and feel the power surge through my limbs. I grab chains out of nowhere and chain down Dark.
I wake up and collapse to the ground. I glance around and see a tiny ring of destruction. I realize that I'm free of Dark, then something changes, all the negativity was her, trying to depress me. I spot Robin outside my ring of destruction and smirk at him.
"Excuse me," I say and laugh, "Robin, all the negativity, all of the darkness is gone, I can finally truly turn a new leaf," I say tears of relief flowing down my cheeks.
