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Chapter 22: A Generous Donation
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Kariand'r slammed her fist on the Plexiglas sphere her and Stevie were trapped in.
"Let us out! Now!" she screamed, her eyes glowing a bright cerulean. Stevie changed into an Amphiptere—a serpent with wings, razor sharp claws and fangs—and started clawing and slicing the Plexiglas sphere that engulfed them, leaving them trapped.
"You can slice and dice that sphere all you want, but it's made out of the finest Plexiglas in the U.S. Nothing can break through it," a mysterious figure told them.
Stevie glared at the dark figure and changed back to his human form. "Listen dude, I don't know who you are or why you sent your little assistant Deathstroke to take us down and trap us in this little bubble, but you don't know who you're messing with."
"Yeah!" Kariand'r stepped in, folding her arms across her chest. "I hate to disappoint you, but we're the Teen Titans' kids. I'm the daughter of Robin—er, Nightwing and Starfire."
"And I'm the son of Beast Boy and Raven. Maybe you heard of them. If you haven't, they're the greatest team of superheroes in Jump City." Stevie bragged.
"And since their power runs through our veins, that means we're just as strong and powerful as them," Kariand'r said, clenching her fist, making it glow a bright light blue.
"Yeah," Stevie said, placing his hands on his hips. "And we're going to use that power to get out of here and kick your sorry—"
"I've heard of the Titans," the mysterious figure stated, interrupting Stevie. "In fact, I'm one of their greatest enemies."
Kariand'r and Stevie gasped, looking at each other with shocked expressions on their faces.
Kariand'r clenched her fist and glared back at the dark figure. "So! Who cares if you're our parents' greatest enemy? The Titans broke up years ago and the city has been safe ever since. If you're such a powerful enemy, the world should be in your wrath by now," she told him.
The dark figure gave out a low, sinister chuckle which turned into pure, taunting laughter.
"You don't get it do you?" the dark figure stated, turning towards Kariand'r and Stevie, his hands behind his back as he walked towards them. "I'm a lot more powerful than you'll ever know. This city may not be in the palm of my hand yet, but it will with the help of you little maggots."
"What are you talking about?" Stevie asked.
The dark figure was silent for a moment until he started to step into the luminous light that was above Stevie and Kariand'r.
"You see . . . I'm the one who broke your parents up," he told them, stepping into the light, revealing his features. Kariand'r and Stevie gasped, looking at the dark figure.
He was a tall, muscular man dressed in an outfit out black and orange, very similar to the outfit Deathstroke wore. Stevie and Kariand'r knew what the man looked like; the only flaw was the orange and black mask covering the features of his face.
Kariand'r clenched her fist tightly, her teeth bearing and her Tamaranean blood coming to a boil. "YOU!" she screamed, pounding her fist on the Plexiglas sphere, her eyes burning with intense flames of fury. "You're the one who split my parents up! You're the one who got my father work obsessed! You're the one who made him forget about his family! Made him toss aside all the people he cared about! You're the reason why I live on another planet, far away from my own flesh and blood! It was all you! IT WAS ALL YOU!!"
The Plexiglas sphere then began to bend and break with every furious pound Kariand'r threw at it until it completely shattered to the ground.
Slade was surprised and also in shock at the strong Plexiglas that shattered to the ground like a delicate piece of glass from a young fourteen-year-old girl.
"Kariand'r! You did it!" Stevie smiled in surprise.
Kariand'r didn't listen. She huffed and puffed breathes of air and charged after Slade with her hands and fist glowing a bright blue. She punched Slade right in the cheek, making him sway back, but Kariand'r gave him four more quick punches, left jab, right jab, left jab, right jab, and finished off with an uppercut.
Slade fell hard on the ground, looking up at Kariand'r. She snarled at him and picked him up by the shirt, holding him over her head and throwing him across the room using her Tamaranean strength. Slade hit the wall in the room, leaving a dent in the metal covering and collapsed on the ground. He tried picking himself up, but was showered by a massive amount of light blue Starbolts that escaped from Kariand'r's palms.
Smoke was everywhere, but that didn't stop Kariand'r from giving Slade what he deserved. She quickly flew towards the puff of smoke and grabbed hold of Slade, tightly, and rammed him against the wall, punching him with both fist in the face until his mask completely shattered.
"Kariand'r! Stop!" Stevie yelled, wrapping his arms around Kariand'r, holding her in place.
Kariand'r started breathing heavy pants, beads of cold sweat painted on her Tamaranean skin. She looked down at Slade, lying unconscious on the ground, not moving. Not breathing.
Kariand'r paused for a long moment as her and Stevie looked down at the lifeless body. "He's . . . not moving," she whispered.
Stevie gulped nervously, terrified of what Kariand'r might've done to this dark man. He bent down and turned him over to his if there was any life in his face now that his mask was completely shattered to pieces like the Plexiglas sphere.
Both Kariand'r and Stevie gasped in total shock at the sight they saw. The lifeless figure that lay before them . . . was a robot.
"This isn't him," Kariand'r said to Stevie.
Suddenly, a thick, heavy sphere of Plexiglas, stronger than the first one, fell from the ceiling, trapping Kariand'r and Stevie along with a steal cage, an electric fence, and two ton brick wall with a small hole in the middle.
Stevie growled. "I don't believe this!" he yelled, pounding his fist on the Plexiglas sphere. "Let us out! Let us out now!"
When Stevie pounded the wall, the smooth, Plexiglas sphere sent static electricity that traveled through his arm and shocked his entire body. Stevie screamed in agony and collapsed on the ground.
"Stevie!" Kariand'r yelled, running to his side.
Clapping was heard from outside the traps that surrounded Kariand'r and Stevie. Kariand'r looked up and saw a dark figure on top of the stairs from the room they were, coming down with their hands place behind their back.
"Very impressing," the dark figure stated. "I would've never realized you'd be this powerful young Kariand'r. But, you are the daughter of two of the greatest members of the Teen Titans."
"Slade!" Kariand'r growled, glaring at the tall, dark figure. "What do you want with us?"
Slade gave a small chuckle. "It's very simple my dear. What you, your sister, and your little friends have is something me and my daughter want."
"What's that?" she asked.
Slade turned his back on Kariand'r as the floor below him began to open up, something emerging from under it.
"Power," he stated. "Your power. The power that runs freely through your veins. The power that your parent's inherited in your little bodies. With that power in my hands, I could rule all of Jump City—and the world."
"You'll never get away with this! My sister and Shadow are going to kick your sorry golorgna and they're going to free Stevie and me. You'll lose and will be sent to jail by our parents," she told him.
"Oh really?" Slade asked, pushing a button that was on his sleeve which turned on the screens in back of him. The screen on the far right showed Shadow and Mar'i looking out into the beautiful sunset while another showed Deathstroke running towards them. "My young apprentice has your sister and her little boyfriend under her spell. She lied to them and told them that all she wanted was to be unique and to know what it's like to have power. Shadow and Mar'i fell for her little act and are going to generously donate their power to us."
Kariand'r gasped, backing away from the Plexiglas wall. "No. T-they can't!"
"Oh yes they can," Slade said in a taunting tone. "They don't want the power that's been given to them. They're going to get rid of it, making themselves as powerless as your pathetic father."
"Shut up! Take that back!" Kariand'r screamed.
Slade laughed. "And they don't even realize that they're pretty much handing over the city to the enemy. They're throwing away such precious power that'll destroy the world, making everyone in this city fall to their knees."
"STOP IT!" Kariand'r screamed, her fist and eyes glowing a bright blue as she started pounding and punching the Plexiglas sphere, trying to escape.
Slade raised his left arm, pushing a button that was on his sleeve which triggered the electrical shock, shocking Kariand'r.
Kariand'r cried in agony, falling to her knees and leaving consciousness.
Slade looked down at Kariand'r and Stevie and smiled behind his black and orange mask. He turned towards the machine and started pushing a few buttons.
"And right now, you're going to help, by also giving a generous donation."
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Grrr! Evil Slade! How are Kariand'r and Stevie going to get out of this one? And will Mar'i and Shadow see through Deathstroke and Slade's little plan? Only way to find out is by reading the next chapter. I'll post it up soon. Peace out! And don't forget to review!