Hey peoples! Sorry it took me a while to post up this chappie. (Sigh) I so can't wait until I'm on Winter Break. Oh, and just for clarification, the creatures that Stevie turns into are mythical creatures. He's just like his dad, who can transform into animals, but since he's also the son of Raven, instead of just plain ol' regular animals, he turns into mythical creatures. I should really put a description on all the Titan kids' powers. Oh well, here's the eighteenth chapter! Hope y'all like it!
Chapter 18: Split Up!
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Shadow stood their looking up at the sky where Deathstroke disappeared, not moving a muscle. He thought about her last words. Could her father really do that? Can he really take away his powers making him a normal human being?
Shadow looked over at the destroyed city; the street lamps bent and the road cracked open. He looked down at his hands which were completely red from being clenched so hard, unleashing so much of his anger.
"But that's all your choice. You can stick with your powers—powers that caused your parents to split up—or you can get rid of them and actually know what it's like to be normal. Think about it."
Deathstroke's words were still buzzing around in Shadow's head. She did have a point thought. If it weren't for these stupid powers, his parents would probably still be together. He hated them so much and would desperately want to know what it's like without them.
He sighed in frustration, running his pale fingers through his spiky violet hair and closing his dark eyes. "What am I going to do?"
A groan made Shadow's eye shoot back open as he turned to his left and saw Mar'i stirring on the hard pavement in pain.
"Mar'i." He said running towards her side, wrapping his right arm around her shoulders and helping her up.
Mar'i groaned in excruciating pain, clasping her left hand on her stomach. "My freakin' stomach—hurts like Hell."
Shadow looked down at her stomach and then looked up at Mar'i. "Lay down." He told her.
Mar'i looked at him, raising her left eyebrow in confusion.
"Just lay down." He repeated.
Mar'i kept the confused look on her face as she bent forward and lied on the rough pavement with Shadow hovering over her.
"What are you going to do?" She asked, wincing in pain, feeling the stingy pain of her stomach.
Shadow didn't answer, but instead, felt around Mar'i's stomach very slowly and gently, grabbing onto the bottom of her shirt and carefully lifting it up.
Mar'i blushed wildly and slapped Shadow's hand, making him lose grip of her red shirt.
She scooted away quickly. "What the hell are you doing!?!" She screamed; her face a bright crimson.
"Look, I'm trying to see what's hurting you. I'm trying to help you." Shadow told her, walking towards her.
"Stay away from me you sick pervert!" Mar'i yelled; her arms covering her stomach.
Shadow sighed, rolling his eyes. "Come one Mar'i. Don't be such a baby. I'm just going to see what's wrong with your stomach. I'm not going to do anything sexual or that'll make you uncomfortable. I promise." He told her, giving her a disarming smile.
Mar'i looked at Shadow and then looked down at her stomach which was throbbing with pain. She looked back at him. He was still smiling at her which made her heart skip a couple of beats.
'God he has a great smile.' She thought smiling on the inside.
"All right. But if you do anything that'll—"
"Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything to you." He told her, interrupting her sentence. "Lay down." He ordered.
Mar'i gave him a, 'I'm watching you' look and slowly lied back down on the street pavement. Shadow looked down at her stomach and placed his right hand at the bottom of her shirt and lifted it up slowly.
He gulped nervously as his fingers touched Mar'i's bare skin, feeling around for anything that didn't feel right.
Mar'i bit her lower lip trying not to cry in discomfort until Shadow finally touched the spot that was bothering her.
"Ow!" She screamed, shutting her light green eyes tight.
Shadow looked up at Mar'i and then looked down at her wound. He showed a face of sorrow, looking down at the nasty cut on her stomach covered in wet, sticky blood. He was surprised the blood wasn't already seeping through her shirt.
"Yikes. Deathstroke sure did a number on you." He told her, placing his right hand on top of her wound while Mar'i let out a small 'ow'. "All right, you're going to feel a little bit of discomfort, but it'll get better after a while okay. So just relax."
Mar'i nodded her head up and down and took in a deep breath while Shadow pressed his hand harder on Mar'i's wound.
"Azarath. Metrion. Zinthos." He chanted calmly and quietly while his right hand started to glow a light blue. Mar'i chewed hard on her lower lip, the pain growing more and more uncomfortable. She then felt something on top of her right hand and looked down. It was Shadow's hand.
She looked up at him. He gave her a warm smile as he laced his fingers with hers and started chanting more. Mar'i smiled when he looked back down and felt another blush creep across her face.
"Azarath. Metrion. Zinthos. Azarath. Metrion. Zinthos. Azarath. Metrion. Zinthos." He chanted over and over; his hand glowing bright and brighter. He felt his hand becoming numb with Mar'i squeezing the life out of it every time he chanted, but then felt her loosen her grip as he saw her gaping wound starting to disappear.
Mar'i looked down at her stomach and smiled in amazement as it disappeared right before her eyes. "It's gone!" She cheered.
Shadow gave her a smile and pulled her shirt back down. "There you go." He said giving her a pat on the back.
Mar'i looked up at Shadow, her light green eyes twinkling with happiness. And right then, at that very moment, Mar'i threw herself against Shadow and embraced him in a tight, friendly hug.
"Thank you!" She giggled, leaning against him which made Shadow fall back.
Mar'i laughed. "Oops." She giggled looking down at Shadow, holding herself up with her arms stretched out and her hands placed on Shadow's sides.
"Y-you're welcome." Shadow smiled, his face becoming a bright crimson.
Mar'i smiled at him, but then felt her smile fading when she noticed the position they were in. The upper part of her body was hovering above him, while the rest of her body was right on him, laying on him.
She blushed madly. "Um—"
"SHADOW AND MAR'I SITTING IN A TREE! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
Shadow and Mar'i turned and saw that Kariand'r and Stevie were pointing and laughing at them, chanting in a teasing, immature chorus. They both looked at each other and quickly broke apart, rubbing the back of their necks in total embarrassment.
"Aww, we're sorry. Do you want us to leave you two alone for a while?" Stevie teased while Kariand'r laughed.
"Yeah, so you can smooch and make-out." She laughed while giving Stevie and high-five.
"Shut up you guys." Shadow told them.
"Yeah. Quit being so immature before I beat the crap out of you two." Mar'i threatened, shaking her fist at them.
"So, did we win?" Stevie asked looking around the destroyed city.
"Yeah, what happened to Deathstroke?" Kariand'r asked looking up at Mar'i and Shadow.
"I don't know. She knocked me out." Mar'i said looking at Shadow.
"What happened to her Shadow?" Stevie asked.
Shadow was silent for a while and thought of a quick excuse. "Um—she got away before I could attack her." He lied.
"So she's still out on the loose. Great." Mar'i groaned, rolling her light blue eyes.
"Now what are we gonna do?" Kariand'r asked looking up at Mar'i, Shadow, and Stevie.
"We're going to split up, track down Deathstroke, and show her no mercy." Mar'i stated, punching her fist on her left hand. "Kariand'r, you take south. Stevie, you're north. Shadow, take east. And I'll take west. Got it?"
"Um, Mar'i." Kariand'r said, raising her hand high in the air.
"Yes Kariand'r?"
"How do we contact each other if one of us finds Deathstroke?" She asked.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Crap." Mar'i swore, rubbing the back of her neck in frustration.
"Hey, check if dad has anything in his belt." Kariand'r pointed out. Mar'i looked down at her father's yellow utility belt and opened up a compartment. As soon as she opened it, four yellow communicators poured out.
"All right dad!" Mar'i cheered giving out the communicators. "Okay guys. Now let's split up and kick that sorry girl's ass."
Kariand'r and Stevie cheered putting their communicators high in the air as if they were giving a toast. Mar'i looked over at Shadow, who smiled at her and raised his communicator in the air. She smiled and did the same.
"All right. Teen Titans! Go!" She yelled while everyone cheered.
Deathstroke gave a sinister chuckle, looking down at the four Titan kids.
"What is taking you so long apprentice? How hard is it to retrieve each Titan kid one at a time?"
"I told you father, I'm not going with that plan." Deathstroke told him.
"What!? We had a deal young lady." He yelled sternly.
"Listen. I promise my plan will work. Just give it time to work through and we'll have all four of our little targets in no time." She told him, grabbing onto the back of her bandana and tying the laces tight with a determined look on her face. "And once we have them in our possession, there's no telling the possibilities we'll do once we take away their powers and make them ours."
Deathstroke looked down from the building she was standing on and saw Shadow hovering through the city looking around.
"It's all up to you Shadow." Deathstroke grinned. "I'm counting on you pal."
And with that said, Deathstroke disappeared into the Shadow's.
Ooh. Suspicious. Well, that's the end of that chapter. I'll post the next one soon. Hope you liked this one! See ya!