Revelations
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"This place is amazing!" exclaimed Starfire as she moved about the penthouse of the hotel the Teen Titans were staying in.
"Well, I thought this would be a nice place for some team building exercise," said Rio as she sat her bag down.
"Dibs on the master bedroom!" yelled Cyborg as he made a beeline for said room.
"Pots mih," said Zatanna as she also entered.
Cyborg hit an invisible wall and slid to the ground.
"Sorry," apologized Rio sheepishly as Raven glided in behind her, "I promised Zatanna she could have it since she's new to this whole "hero" thing."
"Why are we really here?" asked Raven as she floated over to the kitchen.
"We can't just come here for a nice team building exercise?" asked Rio.
"You told me this was a vacation from the JLD," said Zatanna.
Rio sighed in defeat and looked down a dark hall.
"I know you're there, Sasuke," said Rio in annoyance.
Reaper calmly walked out of the darkness and the other Titans got ready to fight.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Rio as she got between them, "Sasuke's here because I asked him to come!"
"Are you forgetting what happened the other week?!" exclaimed Cyborg, "He turned you into that… thing!"
"I know," said Rio, "But Sasuke has some information for us."
"What kind of information?" questioned Starfire.
"There's going to be an assassination attempt during the Rhelasian peace talks," said Reaper, "I informed your leader of this development the other day and told her to take proper action."
"Our mission is to stop this assassination and make sure the peace talks proceed without a single death from either delegation," explained Rio, "Zatanna's mission is to stay here and practice her magic."
"But I can help," she complained.
"I know you can," said Rio as she turned to Zatanna, "But I told your father that you wouldn't get hurt and I'd prefer not to have my intestines fly out of my mouth."
She then looked at the Titans then a clock out of the corner of her eye.
"We have half an hour before the peace talks are set to begin," said Reaper before she looked over her shoulder at Reaper, "Your payment is on the roof."
Reaper backed into the shadows and quickly vanished. Rio looked off to the side before pulling out her phone.
"Everyone get ready to move out," said Rio as she hurried into the master bedroom.
Cyborg groaned and got ready while Zatanna followed Rio. She peered inside the master bedroom and saw Moon Knight on the phone.
"I'm sorry I couldn't be there," said Moon Knight to the person over the phone, "I'm helping my friends out right now. Okay. I'll bring you back a souvenir. Talk to you later. Bye."
She hung up and sighed.
"Who was that?" questioned Zatanna as she entered.
"The girl from Happy Harbor Hospital I've been visiting," explained Moon Knight as she removed her hood, "I've been trying to visit her whenever she calls for me. Every time I'm unable to, I bring her something from whatever country, state, or city I'm in at the moment."
"What makes that girl so special?" questioned Zatanna as Rio went into the bathroom.
"She's the doppelganger of my ex-wife from Earth-1," explained Rio as she splashed some water in her face, "Before, I just visited her because I was checking up on her. Then I screwed up a ritual that was supposed to fix whatever shit Savitar had done to her and now she's only got a few more months to live."
"You did what?!" exclaimed Zatanna in anger.
"We can talk about this more later," said Rio as she went over to a suitcase that was on the bed and picked it up, "Just relax and practice your magic."
Zatanna narrowed her eyes as Rio went back into the main room before lying down on the bed and turning on the TV.
(Half an Hour Later)
"I need access to the Justice League's database and exact height of the League of Shadows assassin known as Cheshire," said Red Arrow over the earpiece he wore.
"Checking," said Kaldur on the other end.
"I can handle this Kaldur," said a female voice over the communicator, "Jade is 5' 6"."
"Who is this?" questioned Red Arrow angrily.
"Did I hurt poor Speedy's manliness by helping?" asked the feminine voice.
"Rio, how did you get in this call?" questioned Kaldur.
"You guys really need to upgrade your systems to avoid hacking," said Rio with a chuckle as what sounded like rushing air and rockets suddenly became clearer.
"What's that noise?" questioned Red Arrow as he peered out from behind the pillar he was stationed at.
"Trying out some new tech," said Rio, "Speaking of Jade, I really need to get back that necklace I left in the apartment after we broke up."
Red Arrow sighed as he ended the call and activated the computer in his glasses. As he looked around, the glasses showed him the height of all the women he saw before it picked up one matching Cheshire's height inside a news stand. He pulled his head back and pressed a button on the handle of his suitcase, causing the sides to fall off, exposing his bow.
The car holding the arbitrator arrived under police escort and Cheshire climbed on top of the news stand she was in with her uniform on and a rocket launcher in her left hand. She took aim and was about to pull the trigger when Red Arrow's arrow hit the end, surprising her enough to accidently launch the rocket into the sky. All the civilians ran screaming while the North and South Rhelasian ambassadors were quickly taken inside. Tossing the rocket launcher aside, Cheshire pulled out her sais and made her way toward the car the arbitrator was in. Red Arrow got ready to move when all the speakers in the area suddenly started playing 80s rock music.
"Roy, you didn't even let me finish talking to you," said Rio through his ear piece.
The sound of multiple rockets reached everyone's ears and they looked to see someone made of metal wearing flying toward them. The person fired off a beam from their hand, hitting Cheshire and knocking her to the ground. The person landed and pointed both their arms at Cheshire while dozens of weapons came out of the suit to be aimed at her.
"What's new pussycat?" questioned the new Moon Knight.
"Really?" questioned Cheshire as she dropped her sais, "That's the best pun you could come up with?"
The rocket she had fired landed several yards behind her, ironically hitting the news stand she had been in, causing it to explode and dozens of newspapers to fly through the air.
"I guess you could say that a cat got my tongue," quipped Moon Knight as Roy came over to him.
"Moon Knight," he stated in acknowledgement.
"Speedy," said Moon Knight as about a dozen men ran over and pointed their guns at them all.
"Don't move!" shouted one of the men.
Moon Knight sighed as she kept her weapons pointed at Cheshire. Roy turned toward the limo that Cheshire tried to blow up, only to be surprised that Lex Luthor stepping out of it.
Reaper watched Moon Knight from under a larger black cloak when Death appeared behind him.
"That is some tech she gave you," commented Death.
Reaper instantly turned around and fell to one knee with his head lowered.
"As you were," said Death.
Reaper got up and turned back to look down at Moon Knight.
"She's been… distant from the others," reported Reaper.
Death sighed and gaze at Moon Knight's armor.
"At this rate, you'll be able to retrieve her," said Death as they watched Moon Knight had Cheshire over to the police.
"May I speak freely, mistress?" asked Reaper, getting a nod in return, "Perhaps we should tell her the nature of her destiny."
"No," said Death sharply, "You are not to speak a word about it to her."
"As you wish," said Death as he turned into smoke and flew up into the sky.
Zatanna sighed as lounged in the penthouse after the Titans had left and turned on the TV.
"It would appear that this mysterious Moon Knight was specifically asked by Mr. Luthor to provide security for this summit," explained the reporter as the camera cut to the armored Moon Knight talking with Lex Luthor as the other Titans arrived.
Zatanna shut off the TV and went into the kitchen. She opened the fridge and searched around for something to eat when she noticed a black dial in the back behind a bowl. Turning it, she heard a click and looked behind her. She walked around the penthouse and food a bookcase had swung away from the wall slightly. She swung it open to find an average sized wall safe.
"Kcolnu," said Zatanna.
The safe opened slightly and Zatanna was shocked at what she had found inside.
"Interesting new suit," said Jade as she walked into her cell at the police station with Moon Knight escorting her.
"I'm trying rely on Khonsu's powers less," said Moon Knight as she closed the cell door and locked it.
"I hear you and Zatanna are a thing now," said Jade as she began doing tai chi in the cell.
"What about it?" questioned Moon Knight.
"I wonder how she'll react when she finds out your little secret," pondered Jade as she raised her leg over her head.
Moon Knight lowered her head a little and took a deep breath.
"Who hired you?" questioned Moon Knight.
"Shadows," said Jade slyly.
"You know what I mean," said Moon Knight in annoyance.
"Relax," said Jade with a smile, "My job wasn't to actually kill anyone. It was just to make it look like it was."
"Really?" asked Moon Knight.
"It seems that the little arrow is under some sort of brainwashing," informed Jade, "We've been using him to gather information on the Justice League and Young Justice and he doesn't even know it."
"Relay all this information you can to John when you're able to," said Moon Knight just before Red Arrow entered the room, "We'll sort this out at a later date. For now, enjoy your time here."
She turned to leave but stopped next to Roy.
"Good luck getting anything out of her," said Moon Knight calmly as she walked out the door, "She won't even talk to me."
A Boom Tube opened and Red Arrow turned to Cheshire.
(Ten Minutes Later)
Rio studied a slowly spinning hologram in the middle of the living room of her armor and removed some things.
"What are you doing here?" questioned Zatanna as she came out of the back, "Shouldn't you be protecting the diplomats?"
"Cyborg is monitoring all communications while Raven put up sensory spells around the perimeter and Starfire is acting as extra security for Luthor," explained Rio as she removed another thing from the hologram, "Why were you in my safe?"
"What are you talking about?" asked Zatanna.
"You were in full view of the moon when you opened that safe," said Rio as she kept her eyes on the hologram, "While I may hate the fact Khonsu fucked up my head, he does give me a lot of information."
"I'll tell you as soon as you tell me why I found several empty anti-depressant bottles along with a dagger that has your blood on it and a half empty bottle of vodka," said Zatanna with a scowl as she folded her arms.
Rio swept the hologram aside, making it vanish, then sat down on the couch.
"You wouldn't understand," said Rio solemnly to the floor.
"Rio, I can help you," said Zatanna as she put a hand on Rio's shoulder.
"I don't need help!" yelled Rio as she backhanded Zatanna in the face.
She froze at what she had done as Zatanna fell to the floor and held where Rio had slapped her. Rio quickly backed away and ran for a bathroom. Turning on the faucet, she cupped water in her shaking hands and splashed herself in the face. After taking several deep breaths, she looked up into the mirror and saw Savitar standing behind her. She spun around to see nothing was there before looking back in the mirror to see she was alone. Turning away from the mirror, she slid down against the sink while knocking somethings off the counter and lied on the ground. Zatanna rushed in and tried to shake Rio awake before she mouthed something.
Rio instantly felt better before Zatanna collapsed. Rio grunted as she picked her up and ran her to the master bedroom. She then ran into the master bathroom and ransacked the drawers before she came upon some syringes. She rushed back to Zatanna with the syringes then prepped them quickly as Zatanna started to struggle breathing. Rio then stuck one syringe in Zatanna's arm and injected her with the contents before she placed her hand over Zatanna's throat.
"Nepo reh yawria," cast Rio.
Zatanna gasped for air then took several deep breaths as did Rio while she relaxed.
"Don't ever cast a spell like that again," warned Rio in a serious tone as she and Zatanna's gaze met, "This pain is mine to bare and mine alone. I don't need someone else I care about dying on me."
A silvery metallic liquid moved up her body as she headed for the balcony. Once outside, the metallic liquid had become a solid suit of armor similar to her original armor. Moon Knight looked down at her hands, flexing her fingers, before shooting off into the night sky. As she flew through the sky, Moon Knight heard a ping in her ear.
"It's me," came Roy's voice, "I… may be in over my head."
"I'll be over at the peace summit in about five minutes," said Moon Knight over the com, "I need to pay somebody a visit."
Suddenly stopping, Moon Knight spun around as her right arm formed into a sword, which she used to cut the black smoke that had been trailing her. She shot toward the ground then shot up into the sky before the cloud of smoke could react. Going at high speeds into the sky, the smoke stopped short of the ozone layer as Moon Knight grunted under the shortness of breath she was having. She started flying back down to the ground then landed on the roof of the building the peace summit was being held in. Moon Knight gazed up at the sky, not seeing any trace of Reaper following her, before her mask melted into the rest of her suit.
"Something wrong?" questioned Raven as she appeared behind him.
"Just… stuff," said Rio as she sat down then stared at the moon.
"You can either tell me or I can read your memories," said Raven as she took a seat next to him.
Rio withdrew the suit from her arms, revealing that she had several dozen cuts in the process of healing.
"Who did this?" questioned Raven in a serious tone.
Rio's suit covered her arms again while she remained silent. Taking a moment, Raven's pupils grew when she realized what was happening.
"Why?" she asked.
Rio lowered her head, her hair obscuring her eyes, as she cried.
"I don't want this," said Rio softly.
"Don't want what?" asked Raven in concern.
"This," said Rio as she held up her arm, "I never wanted to be like this. Back on my Earth, my parents would either push me away or push me far beyond my limits to do everything I could to be a unique individual."
Pushing her hair back, Rio closed her eyes.
"When I first got my speed, I found a message from my mother telling me that she wanted me to help people," Rio shook her head at this, "I don't want to do that. I just want to be a normal person. I want to have a family. I want to teach my kids to ride bikes. I want to grow old with someone special. I just… I just want to be normal for once in my life."
"But most people would be thrilled to be doing what you are now," said Raven.
"I'm not most people," said Rio solemnly, "I killed over two dozen people back on my Earth and countless more here. I'm more like Savitar than anything."
"You're nothing like Savitar," retorted Raven.
"46,382," said Rio guiltily, "That's the amount of people that died during my first fight with him. I'm not even going to bother touching the number in our second outing before we sealed him."
She hung her head and clenched her fist.
"Zatanna nearly died because of my stupidity," she spat out, "I was happy when I stopped Dr. Carver back on my Earth but… I did that out of guilt for what I had done and I keep seeing all the faces of the people I killed whenever I close my eyes. As soon as I get my speed back, I'm never doing this kind of stuff again."
Her mask moved over her face and she headed inside. Raven frowned then went after her. Moon Knight entered Luthor's private suit and said man looked at him along with Mercy and Starfire.
"And to what do I owe the pleasure of having you grace us with your presence?" asked Luthor.
Moon Knight remained silent and held her hands, which Starfire noticed were shaking almost violently.
(Ten Minutes Later)
Luthor and Mercy left with Starfire closing the door behind them.
"What's up with you?" she asked.
"What are you talking about?" questioned Red Arrow.
"She's been shaking nonstop since she got here," said Starfire as they both looked at Rio.
"Later," said Moon Knight, getting to her feet,
A Boom Tube opened and Cyborg entered with Raven.
"So, what's the plan?" questioned Cyborg.
"Cheshire is most likely to disguise herself again so when I confront her, and she'll likely be using explosives, Raven and I will instantly cast a barrier of magic after Speedy detonates the explosives prematurely with an arrow, shielding the entire delegation from the blast," explained Moon Knight before a ringing went off in her ear.
Sighing, she held her right hand up to her ear.
"Yes?" she asked.
"We've got a bit of a situation back at the cave," said Kaldur over the line.
"My shift with the Titans ends after this," said Moon Knight with a sigh, "I'll be there as soon as we get back."
Moon Knight lowered her head and took a deep breath.
"Go down to the conference room and take your positions," ordered Moon Knight, "Speedy, you'll remain on stage with Starfire and Cyborg."
"It's Red Arrow," said Red Arrow with a sigh as he left with the others.
Moon Knight's armor retracted inside her hoodie and she finally broke down. Getting into a fetal position on the couch, she cried into her knees.
Reaper, seeing this as he hovered in the air, made to move forward when he found himself suddenly paralyzed.
"I told you to observe her," stated the angry Death as she walked on air behind him, "She is no longer someone you need to retrieve."
Reaper grunted as he couldn't move while Death stopped several feet behind him. Flicking her wrist, Reaper's entire body turned into smoke that scattered and thinned out until there was no trace of him. Death, meanwhile, looked at Rio with a sense of guilt before gazing at her barren left ring finger.
"I'm so sorry for all of this," apologized Death quietly before she spun around, vanishing into thin air.
(Ten Minutes Later)
Everyone was in the conference room as Luthor mediated the peace talks by suggesting someone perform the Rhelasian tea ceremony. A woman in Rhelasian garb wheeled a cart over before Moon Knight got in front of her.
"I don't remember you ever wearing that around the apartment, Cheshire," said Moon Knight to the shock of everyone.
Cheshire narrowed her eyes and threw the cart forward just as Red Arrow shot an explosive arrow that made it just past a magical barrier that was cast by Raven. The cart exploded on contact with the arrow, the barrier protecting all the civilians while the blast blew out the windows. The barrier went down as the Titans and Red Arrow gathered behind Moon Knight to prepare to attack Cheshire, who was getting up from the blast.
"It's over, Cheshire," said Red Arrow as he pointed an arrow at the thief.
"You would think so," said Cheshire as she got up.
A helicopter came up to the broken window with Sportsmaster and several henchmen standing at the door.
"Titans, go!" order Moon Knight as they all charged.
Moon Knight flipped over Cheshire, blades growing out of her forearms, and charged at Sportsmaster. The villain pulled out a pair of flails on chains then engaged Moon Knight. Cyborg shot his arm cannon at several people while Starfire threw starbolts at any of the League of Shadows members that managed to get close to the table. Raven's eyes turned black as magical energy gathered around her hands then took the form of a large bird, which swooped around the room, knocking down anyone that got in its path. Moon Knight managed to catch random glimpses of Red Arrow fighting Cheshire while she battled Sportsmaster, who now had rapier in his hand.
"Nice moves, knight," complimented Sportsmaster as he held the rapier in a starting fencing stance, "This team is doing better than the other one did in Santa Prisca or Bialya."
"Get that from the little mole on that team?" taunted Moon Knight.
"I don't know how you know about that but it doesn't change a thing," said Sportsmaster.
"Moon Knight, let's end this!" called out Red Arrow as he shot an arrow at the sprinkler system.
The arrow exploded on contact, causing the sprinkler system to go off. Moon Knight's eyes glowed through her mask as she made several different signs with her hands. The water took the form of a dragon that swam around the room and scooped up every foot soldier of the League of Shadows. Cheshire landed in front of Sportsmaster and put her mask on before pulling out an explosive. Throwing at the water dragon, it exploded covering everything in a thick smoke. Red Arrow, Raven, and Cyborg coughed when one of the foot soldiers jumped out of the smoke. The smoke quickly incased him again, holding him in place, as he gagged loudly as he struggled to breath. A moment later, his uniform fell to the ground, without him in it, as the smoke came together, reforming Reaper.
"What are you doing here?" questioned Starfire.
Reaper was about to speak when he spun around and hurried over to Moon Knight, who was holding her waist. Moon Knight slowly and shakily moved her hand, gazing at the red liquid that coated it.
(One Minute Ago)
As Cheshire pulled out the explosive, Sportsmaster pulled out a gun then fired just as the explosive went off.
(Present Time)
Moon Knight looked at Reaper in the eyes through his mask before she fell to her knees then flat on the ground.
"Moon Knight!" exclaimed Starfire as she and the Titans hurried over to their fallen teammate.
Cyborg grabbed Reaper and threw him against a pillar.
"What did you do?!" demanded Cyborg angrily.
"I did nothing," said Reaper as he phased back through the pillar then came around, "That happened before I got here."
Red Arrow turned Moon Knight over and checked her pulse.
"We don't have a pulse here," he said urgently.
Moon Knight suddenly shot up into sitting position and gasped for air, surprising everyone. She got to her feet and went toward the hole in the wall. Taking a deep breath, she took off with the autopilot on her suit going as she passed out inside it.
(Several Days Later)
Recognized: Moon Knight T 0-1
Rio walked into the cave tiredly on a crutch and holding her waist with Ace at her side to see the entire team waiting for her.
"How are you holding up?" asked the newly christened Connor Kent.
"Still in a lot of pain," said Rio as she sat down and leaned on Ace, "Batman said to take it easy for the next couple of weeks and I'm planning on it."
"Well, now that she's here, we can finally begin," said Kaldur as several screens popped up, "A few days ago, I found several boxes full of powerful and illegal drugs hidden throughout the cave."
"What?!" exclaimed Wally, "How did they even get there?!"
"I don't know," said Kaldur as he brought up another screen, "I couldn't find any trace of fingerprints or DNA evidence on the drugs."
"Did you alert the League that the cave had been compromised?" asked Robin.
"I thought it best if we deal with this as a team before we bring this to the League," explained Kaldur.
"Only us and members of the League should be able to get in here," stated Artemis, "How could someone else have gotten in."
Megan raised her head when she felt something off and looked over at Rio to see she was trying not to cry.
"Rio, is something wrong?" she asked the other girl with everyone looking at her.
"I… I tried," said Rio quietly.
"Tried what?" questioned Connor as he heard her with his super hearing.
"I… I couldn't take it," said Rio as tears began running down her cheeks, "I… see their faces. I… see him… taunting me."
She started sobbing lightly as everyone began to realize where this was going.
"I can't stop," cried Rio as Ace tried to comfort her, "I just… I can't stop."
Megan floated over to her friend, pulling her into a hug, and let her cry into her shoulder.
From the darkness of the cave, Death leaned against the wall, watching events unfold. When Rio had started crying, Death looked away in shame and guilt as Megan helped Rio into a bedroom to rest.
"You saved her," came an old voice behind Death.
"I know," said Death, her voice riddled with guilt.
"You changed her destiny again," said the old man behind Death, "You know the rules."
"Obviously," said Death as she turned and walked past the old man before stopping, "It's just… I owe her."
"You owe her nothing," said the old man, "You are one of the Endless. One of the ones that guides everything single thing in the universe."
"I don't need you to remind me, Destiny," said Death angrily before quickly becoming calm again, "You may have written her fate down but she is one of the few that are outside you sight."
"Only because you consistently prevent her from reaching her ultimate fate," said Destiny, "Could it perhaps be that you still harbor feelings for her?"
Death spun around, slapping her brother across the face.
"Don't you dare assume you know how I feel," said Death angrily before she turned away and continued walking.
"Be careful, Meena," advised Destiny.
Death stopped at the mention of the name and clenched her fists.
"Call me that again," spat out Death as she gave Destiny a look of pure hatred over her shoulder, "I dare you."
"I'm just reminding you," said Destiny, "Should you spill our blood, you will no longer be one of us."
Death looked away and vanished with Destiny following seconds later.
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