The Wicked One
Chapter 20: Teamwork
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How badly did she want to grip them in her hands, to tear away the flesh, to bathe herself naked in their blood. How easy it would be. How infuriating it was that they were so close and yet she could not reach them. She could smell them, the stink of their fear, the rich blood coursing through their veins. But try as she might she could not free herself from this prison of light. It would not sway, though she beat it longer than she could remember.
She could see him much more clearly now. He stood right up beside her prison, that pathetic look in his eyes. That sense of loss, the sadness. He was pathetic. He did not know anything about loss. He didn't lose his entire people. He didn't have a demon for a father; he did not have a mother who abandoned him. He had nothing to be sad for yet he dare stand before her, tears in his eyes mouth calling her name.
She shouted obscenities at him. Cried the countless ways she would torture him as he slowly died. How she would tear out those sad eyes. How she would bite off his green frown. But he just stood there looking at her. How she hated him. All he did was annoy, make jokes, and ruin her life. He was nothing but a green stain. He needed to be wiped away!
"I will kill you Beastboy!" Raven shouted as she beat herself against the prison, red eyes gleaming at the green teen, "And I will bring you back and kill you again and again until I have grown bored of watching you die you pathetic little human filth!"
"She does not seem to be taking too kindly to you." Fixit commented as he and See-More stepped up beside the Titan.
"You can hear her?" Beastboy asked, not looking away from Raven, "I've got like super hearing and I can't even hear her!"
"I can read her lips." Fixit stated simply.
"Well…what is she saying about me?"
"You don't want to know."
Beastboy gazed sadly at his friend as she continued to beat herself against the prison, glaring down at him, screaming at him. Her forehead seemed to be dripping with blood.
"I've seen her like this before." Beastboy spoke out loud, "But she only gets this way when she loses control of her emotions, and Raven's normally really good at doing stuff like that…something must have really sent her over the edge…"
See-More glanced over to Fixit, remembering how Raven went all demon on them almost right after he had tried to delve into her mind. If Fixit noticed he didn't make any indication.
"Well regardless if you want to take her with us we need to discern how to break her from this."
"From the prison?" Beastboy asked as he made his way to a nearby panel, "Maybe pressing a few of these buttons might do the trick…"
Though before he could move further Fixit stepped in his path. "We break her from whatever is causing this level of uncontrollability, then we break her from the prison."
"Oh…right…that would be a better idea…"
"But how are we supposed to snap her outta this?" See-More questioned out loud, even through the back of his head the force of Raven's red eyes sent chills through his spine, "I mean…she looks pretty mad…"
"Beastboy, you said she has been like this before, how has she been broken from this state the previous times?"
"Uhhh…" Beastboy scratched his chin, appearing to be in deep thought, "Actually it's usually one of us, her friends, that manage to snap her out of it. I remember one time Raven was about to drag Dr. Light into some darkness under her cloak but then Robin called her name and it snapped her out of it!"
"But if we can't hear her I'm guessin' that probably means she won't be able to hear us either…" See-More mused.
"That does cause complications." Fixit agreed.
"We could always free her from the prison fir-."
"No!" Said Fixit and See-More in unison.
"Okay okay! It was just a suggestion…"
The three then stood there in silence, apart from the repeated dull thuds of Raven's body impacted the wall. Beastboy continuously had to flinch away whenever his gaze strayed over to her.
"We should get moving." Fixit finally stated, "If we cannot find a way to calm her then there is no sense in staying. The Tamaranian could wake any moment and there are bound to be patrols that will discover us if we remain."
"No way!" Beastboy cried immediately, "I have to help Raven; I can't just leave her here!"
"You can and you will." Fixit responded coldly, "You are our guide out of here and you will lead us by your own will or by mine."
"You know, I am getting pretty sick of you threatening to take control of my head," Beastboy hissed, eyes leering dangerously.
"Oh? Well I shall take over your mind Beastboy. And do not think I won't simply send you straight into the hands of the Tamarans once I am safely out of this dungeon."
"Uhhh…Fixit?" See-More whispered as the Titan's hands curled into fists. See-More wasn't sure how much power Fixit still had without his arms but he knew for sure that he was completely useless right now.
"I am not leaving without Raven." Beastboy spoke finally, his eyes never leaving Fixit. See-More could see the determination, the confidence. Fixit suddenly let out a mechanical sigh, he could see it as well.
"Well, I suppose there is no choice."
Suddenly thick mechanical wires shot out of Fixit's body and in less than a second See-More felt himself lift from the ground and turned so that the back of his head was facing the Titan, though See-More was still looking through the front of his head where he could see Fixit staring back into him.
I'm sorry. Fixit mouthed.
Pain suddenly exploded in See-More's head as he felt the wires bore into his mechanical equipment linked to the nerves in his brain. The thief let out a cry the same instant a great wave of sound erupted from the back of his head—hitting Beastboy directly, as well as the mechanical panel that he stood beside.
The panel exploded in a shower of sparks, and as Beastboy flew back he expected to make contact with the light prison he had been standing right in front of. But he kept on flying back as if it wasn't there. Shocked, he looked around, the moment locked in a kind of eerie slow motion. He looked up as he flew through the prison, Raven's prison, Raven stood there, robe extended several meters longer than its actual size, hood concealing everything but four glowing red eyes and a very large and toothy smile.
"Crap."
Mid-flight Beastboy hastily morphed into a humming bird, narrowly dodging a black tentacle as it slammed into the ground very near to the green bird as it hummed away. Raven let out a roar of anger before fixing her attention at Fixit, immediately sending a few of her tentacles his way. Wires still imbedded in the now unconscious See-More the mechanic did not have much room to maneuver. Fixit ducked, avoiding one of the tentacles but just as he managed to pull the wires out from See-More's head two more dark tendrils hit him squarely in the chest, sending him straight against the wall. Sparks flew from his body as the blackness held him aloft, pinned against the hard stone walls of the prison.
"It is such a shame that you are so empty of blood." Raven hissed as her elongated body approached her prey, "Even when I twist…I sink deeper, there is no blood, not even pain."
"You are only wasting your time if you are trying to draw such reactions from me, Raven." Fixit informed nonchalantly.
"Is that so?" Raven answered with a twisted smile, "Well I suppose I can still enjoy ripping you into tiny scrap-!"
The demoness was cut off however when a great green gorilla sudden landed on her back. With a roar of fury the animal used one large hand to pull down Raven's hood while the other arm wrapped around her neck.
With a cry of anger Raven fell back, the dark tentacles leaving Fixit's body, allowing the mechanic to sink to the ground. The two Titans fought for control for several moments; Raven swinging around madly as Beastboy held on as long as he could. All the while numerous objects: metal, pieces of the wall, weapons, all cloaked in black energy flew across the room in random directions.
"I was wondering when you would stop cowering!" Raven roared as Beastboy tried to hold on, "And now you fight me like the pathetic beast that you are!"
Suddenly the green gorilla itself was encased in blackness.
"Found you!"
Beastboy felt himself instantly lose hold of Raven as his body soared through the air, hitting a wall, the noise of the impact echoing loudly in the expansive prison room. As soon as he hit the ground Beastboy morphed into a cheetah, attempting a hasty escape, only to have the blackness catch him again. The Titan felt himself fly into the air, this time making contact with the ceiling. As he fell again, Beastboy, still dazed, attempted to morph again, but instead of turning into an animal that could fly he found himself in the shape of an ox. The heavy animal quickly hit the floor again, and this time Beastboy didn't have the strength to get back up.
"Aww did the poor little green man not get the animal he wanted?" Raven taunted as she approached the fallen oxen. "Let's see…did Beastboy want to be…a bird?"
And suddenly Beastboy was a crane, lying beaten and bruised on the ground, feathers everywhere.
"No? Perhaps you thought you were sly? Perhaps a fox?"
A green fox now lay on the ground, looking up at Raven, looking for mercy, for anything that was once Raven.
"Now with eyes like that I would think you were trying to be a dog!"
A green dog whimpered at her, begging her in his language to stop.
"Oh do my forced transformations hurt you? Perhaps if you had no bones…"
A green eel than began to flop around on the ground, it tried to use its electricity but with no water…
"Something wrong Beastboy? Having trouble breathing? My…that is a shame…"
Then Beastboy was a simple fish. It flopped around for awhile before finally lying still, its body heaving, trying to take in the water that wasn't there. It's single wide eye gazing up at the Raven that only smiled down proudly at him.
"And so the great Titan dies how he lived. Pathetic and alone!"
Fixit sat against the wall, not moving since being pinned by Raven, and not from a lack of wanting to. He could see the Tamaran with the long red hair, the one that flew off his back when Raven had attacked him, the one that was now awake and reaching for a communicator on his wrist.
"Blackfire get to the prison cell now! The prisoners are escaping! They-!"
The alien was cut off however as black tentacles suddenly struck down, piercing the Tameranian's body in multiple places. He did not even have time to scream.
"How irritating." Raven commented as the tentacles held the limp body up in the air, she then looked to where the fish was only to find that it had disappeared, "And you even managed to let my prey escape…"
One of the tentacles suddenly tore off an arm from the dead Tamaran.
"How…very…irritating." Raven hissed as the tentacles pulled off limb after limb before finally twisting off the alien's head and letting all the parts splatter to the floor. "Your blood is not even fit to drink, pathetic!"
"BEASTBOY!" Raven suddenly cried out in a fit of rage, "Come and face me you spineless coward! Let me tear free that smug little head from your weak and useless body!"
More and more pieces of debris bathed in black broke from the walls only to be hurtled back into them. Fixit knew it wasn't long before the entire structure came crashing down, or until Raven turned her attention back to him. The mechanic searched his mind, his memory, scanned over every piece of data, anything that could lead to a clue on to how to stop Raven. Surprisingly it wasn't long before an idea occurred to him, though even he had to admit it wasn't going to be easy to pull off.
"Beastboy." Fixit thought, using what limited power he had to project his mind into the room around him, "Beastboy. Can you hear me?"
Silence followed for several moments and Fixit was about to try again when a hesitant voice suddenly replied: "Uh…Hello?"
"Beastboy, you need to listen to me carefully. I know of a way we can stop Raven."
"Um…is this like…my conscious speaking?"
"Beastboy listen to my voice. It is Fixit."
"Oh…well I have nothing to say to you."
"You do not need to speak, just listen-."
"No you listen! Ravens loose because of you dude! Because you attacked me! And now I don't even know…I don't even know if I can save her!"
"Beastboy-."
"No! I'm done listening to you! Just leave me alon-!"
"Beastboy you have to kiss her."
Silence stretched in between the two. Fixit glanced to where Raven still stood, still yelling and throwing objects in her blind rage as she searched for her fellow Titan.
"I…what?"
"It is the only way."
"Dude! What the heck does kissing her have to do with breaking her free from that crazy demon!"
"She is being ruled by emotion right now. By Anger. The only chance to break her from one emotion is to fight it with another."
"But…I don't think she…likes me like that…"
"It does not have to be love. Surprise is as good as any emotion, anything that will shake her foundation of anger that she has built up around herself."
"But…but…she'll kill me! Even if this works she'll kill me for kissing her!"
"That is a risk I am willing to take."
"…and you're sure this'll work?"
"Positive."
"…Agh! No way dude! I can't do it! She's too scary and creepy looking!"
"If you do not kiss her she will forever remain that way."
"But…but...but…dude…I…oh man."
Silence was again fell between the two. But it only lasted for a second. Out of nowhere Beastboy suddenly appeared before Raven and before the empath had time to react he threw his hands around her and pressed his lips up against hers.
"Oh man oh god oh man I'm kissing her I'm going to die I'm going to die!"
"Beastboy there is no more need to project your thoughts-."
Fixit stopped projecting his own thoughts however when he noticed a black aura begin to take over Beastboy's feet.
"Oh no oh no her eyes are still red she's still mad she's going to kill me oh dude she's going to kill me!"
"Beastboy try to relax, be more intimate in your kiss."
The blackness began to trail up Beastboy's legs.
"You relax! More intimate! I need to get out of here!"
"No! If you try to escape you will only ensure your death."
"But…how…"
"Use your tongue."
"What! No way! Dude that's completely disgust-!"
"In case you cannot feel it her aura is up to your waist now."
"Augh! Fine! I put my tongue in now wha- ow!"
"What happened?"
"Raven bit my tongue! Dude it's bleeding!"
"Just relax, it will-."
Fixit was cut off however when suddenly everything changed in an instant. All the objects and debris caked in blackness suddenly lost their aura and fell to the ground, even the aura that was starting to snake up Beastboy's chest vanished all the while Raven began to shrink until she was back to her normal self, Beastboy still locked in the kiss.
"Beastboy? Did you succeed? Is Raven sated?"
No response.
"Beastboy?"
Fixit used his now single undamaged eye to zoom in on where Raven and Beastboy still stood until he had a clear view of their faces. It seemed that the pair had switched places with Raven now keeping Beastboy in what appeared to be a very passionate and very deep kiss with Beastboy who had an eternal look of shock plastered on his face. Fixit could only shake his head in disgust.
Teenagers.
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"Gone? What do you mean she's gone?"
"What you got crud in your ears or something? She left, she crumming left!"
"Maybe she had to get more girl stuff…or somethin'..."
Kyd Wykkyd placed a simple piece of paper on the table that they all sat around, written on it, written in hot pink letters, were the words: 'Sorry, it just wasn't working out.'
"She probably just high tailed it and went to saddle up with them Brotherhood o' Evil!" Billy Numerous pointed out, his clones nodding in agreement.
"No way! I tried calling in to those skuzz brains and all they said was that Jinx would never be one of them before they disconnected on me!"
"But then…where would she go…?" Mammoth pressed, his large hands clenching and unclenching.
"Don't ask me!" Gizmo retorted in a huff, folding his arms.
Kyd Wykkyd merely shrugged while the Billy's all collectively scratched their heads and stroked their chins.
Finally, all at once, the HIVE Five turned to their last member and a voice that did not belong to any of them asked:
Well See-More, didyou see anything?
See-More woke up with a gasp.
"Ah, See-More, good to see you are finally awake." Fixit greeted. See-More immediately tried to see where Fixit was but through one side of his head he could only see a wall while the other side only revealed pitch blackness.
"Fixit? Where are we?"
"To my knowledge we are still in the catacombs of the Tamaranian dungeon. The Titans bound us and placed us in what appears to be an interrogation room."
"Ah man! They aren't gonna leave us here are they?"
"I do not know. While I no longer have the power required to read their minds from this distance I can still sense that they are outside."
"What do you think they are doin'?"
"Deciding what to do with us."
See-More fell silent at that. He could still remember what Raven said to him when she caught him in her room. He was just a bad guy to her. They don't free bad guys or help them escape. They lock away back guys and leave them to rot.
"Fixit, we gotta find a way outta here."
"I am aware of that. However I'm afraid there is nothing more that I can do. You, on the other hand, have everything you need at your disposal."
"Me? But my eye is all smashed up and broken!"
"I would advise you to keep your voice down. You are not broken See-More, although it may be hard to tell in this darkness I have managed to repair you to near full capacity while we have been bound here."
"What? But…how? You don't have any arms…."
"No. But nor do I have blood. But that does not mean I do not bleed when I am damaged. My insides are compromised of microscopic symbiotic robots whose main function is to repair me should I sustain penetrating injuries to my body, I have managed to reprogram them to repair you instead."
"Whoa…wait, what about you then?"
"I will die-."
"What! Wait no you can't die!"
There was a sound of steps coming from outside the dark room.
"Silence See-More. I will die without them, so I have also manually begun downloading myself into you."
"…uh…could you say that again?"
"There is a cord from the base of my skull that I have synced to the components that make up your eye hard ware. I am gradually having my conscious programmed into it."
"But…will I still be…me?"
"You will not even know I am there unless I deem it necessary."
"What's that supposed to mean!"
"There is no time to explain. I am already near completion; I was hoping you would not wake so we could have avoided this conversa-."
Fixit then fell silent just as something very painfully left the back of See-More's head. The thief barely let out a cry of pain before the door suddenly opened and very bright lights filled the entirety of the small room.
"I thought I said to keep quiet." Raven hissed as she and Beastboy stepped into the room. See-More could see now that he was facing one of the bright white walls, he quickly switched his eye to x-ray. At once he was amazed at how clear everything was, usually his x-ray vision just made everything appear black and white and grid like, but he could literally see through things now.
He peered through Fixit's head and he could see all the circuitry, all the mechanics that made up his partner's brain, See-More looked further and he could look at all the micro organisms that resided in that circuitry.
Whoa.
"Uh…is he sleeping?" Beastboy questioned, quickly reminding the thief of the two Titans that stood in the room. He forced his vision to peer past the inner workings of Fixit so that he could see the Titans, just as clearly as if he were standing right in front of them. Suddenly small targeting icons appeared over both Raven and Beastboy's faces, off to the side of See-More's field of vision the two Titan's faces reappeared with lines of text materializing with them, upon closer inspection See-More could read the text which detailed the two Titans…their powers, their strengths and their weaknesses.
Whoaaaaa.
See-More couldn't remember his eye ever being able to do this much…was this part of what Fixit did when he repaired him?
Suddenly Raven raised one of her hands, a familiar black energy coating the entirety of her appendage, almost instantly the targeting icon captured the energy and relayed a very red warning text:
'Caution: Avoid At All Costs.'
Ah man! What do I do! See-More thought to himself, immediately another line of text replaced the previous one, still in red:
'Recommended Course of Action: Bubble Imprisonment'
That would be a good idea if I wasn't bound and if Fixit wasn't in the way…
"Fixit? Answer me now, I will not ask twice." Raven warned as she raised her energized hand and as See-More desperately tried to figure out what to do next a third line of red text appeared.
'Caution: Fixit model 3040 has Entered Self Destruct.'
See-More could suddenly feel something very hot against his body, something coming from Fixit.
"Whoa hey Fixit! Don't explode on me man!" See-More called out as his vision switched back to normal.
"Rae! The other dude is awake!" Beastboy pointed out.
"You guys might wanna get away!" See-More offered before blackness suddenly encased his body and he was in the air, facing the two Titans.
"Seriously man! We should get outta here!"
"We are going nowhere until you answer a few questions for me." Raven hissed.
'Recommended Course of Action: Shield of Body.'
See-More agreed with whatever was making these suggestions appear in his vision but Raven had his arms pinned to his body, and she didn't seem ready to release him before Fixit's body went boom. In response yet another line of text appeared:
'Allow Remote Access: YES or NO'
"Umm…" See-More muttered.
"Why did you capture me?" Raven questioned bringing See-More closer to her and Beastboy.
"Um…"
"Why are we in Tamaran?"
"Uh…"
"What is Blackfire after?"
"…Yes?"
'Remote Access Allowed…Fixit has gained control.'
Suddenly See-More's eye switched gazes on its own, faster than See-More could ever switch them, before stopping on a dime onto...
'Lens2160: Laser.'
The line of text appeared for less than a second but as soon as it was gone a red beam of light fired from See-More's eye with the force and speed as though it was fired from a gun. It hit Raven squarely in the chest, sending the young Titan flailing to the ground- the blackness disappearing from See-More's body.
The gazes changed again, moving a mile a minute as See-More landed to the ground.
"Raven!" Beastboy cried before turning to launch an attack at See-More.
'Lens4128: Hypnotize.'
Even before Beastboy had time to turn into one of his animals a single shared glance with See-More had him on the floor- fast asleep. See-More did not even have time to understand what just went down before the lenses shifted again.
'Lens3444: Shield of Body.'
"Oh crap Fixit!" See-More remembered as he turned to face his partner's body. Just as he did there was a sudden, immense explosion. See-More watched the fire rapidly approaching him just as a light blue light filled his vision, and while the flames did little against his now shielded body the force of the blast still knocked him off his feet and threw him through the air. See-More felt him hit something rather soft before finally flying out the door of the room and against the wall in the hallway outside.
While he felt the wall when he made impact he felt no pain, he could watch the sleeping Beastboy propel out the room, Fixit's body disappearing in the fiery explosion, and the entirety of the room collapsing in on itself without missing a second of it.
Whoa.
See-More got up slowly. His hands fell over that same soft object he had hit earlier and looking down he saw Raven lying under him, clearly knocked unconscious. Looking further down the hallway he could see Beastboy, still asleep, the same targeting icon went over both the Titan's faces as he looked at them, indicating both of them as little to no threat.
"Aw man I just took out two Titans! If only the guys were here to see this!" See-More called out as he stood up. Just then another flash of red text appeared in his vision:
'Remote Access Disabled.'
"Oh yeah, couldn't of done all that without ya Fixit!" See-More admitted, patting his eye ware. Silence followed. See-More was not used to not hearing a stoic and logical response and he couldn't help but look over to the now rubble of a room that Fixit's body disappeared into.
"Sorry 'bout your body, man…"
'Recommended Course of Action: Escape.'
"Oh right…I guess we should be getting out of here and find Kyd…"
Yet before See-More could do anything the sound of footsteps could be heard echoing through the hallway- slow yet determined.
"Well, well, what have we here?" A familiar voice questioned. See-More knew this voice…only it was never so…clear.
The thief turned and the targeting icon immediately went over the Tameranian's orange face. Large red warning icons immediately flashed big and red as the name 'Blackfire' appeared over and over again.
"Oh crap…"
"See-more…I must say I am impressed." Blackfire spoke with a smile as her eyes went over the two fallen Titans. "Beastboy and Raven? I must say I didn't think you had it in you."
"Well what can I say…I'm full of surprises?" See-More suggested, rubbing his head sheepishly.
'Recommended Course of Action: Run.'
See-More felt his stomach drop when that line of text appeared, did Fixit really believe there was no other option? Blackfire's smile only widened.
"Something tells me there is more to it than that." She then looked around the hallway, "Now where are our little partners in crime? Don't tell me you all couldn't get along…after everything we've been through?"
"Well you know bad guys…can't ever really trust em…you know…"
"Oh I do indeed…"
Blackfire then took a step towards him…See-More immediately took a step back.
"You wouldn't have happened to see where they went, See-More?" Blackfire asked as she continued to advance on him all the while See-More continued to step backwards.
"Er…no…this place is like a maze…you know-."
"But you could find them, can't you? I'm sure one of those pretty eyes of yours has a way of finding them."
"H-hey Blackfire what about the plan? W-we should be trying to bust you out of here…remember?"
See-More knew that this entire mission could have been a set-up, that Blackfire planned to have them captured as soon as they arrived on her planet, but he hoped against hope that maybe this wasn't true. Blackfire never lost her smile…that was never a good sign.
"I'm afraid there has been a change in plans."
And See-More saw it. Through all the warning texts, the targeting icons, the list of her bio, he could see straight through those large purple eyes, he could see the pride, the assurance of her position in their situation. But even more he could see her plan, her wish to be something more…to gain his approval.
Just then Blackfire's eyes glanced at something behind See-More, something that could have been missed if See-More blinked…but See-More never blinks.
'Allow Remote Access: YES or NO?'
"Yes!" See-More called out and his eye immediately turned so it was at the back of his head, his lenses shifting on their own, all targeting the very large man that had been standing behind him. The desired lens was found as large hands reached down to grab him.
'Lens777: Eye Ball'
A large, and very heavy, eye shaped object then shot out like a cannon from See-More's eye and while it hit the large man squarely in the stomach he only let out a very angry grunt.
"Oh-."
See-More immediately jumped out of the way as the alien slammed his fists into the ground where the thief had been standing, the impact shaking the entirety of the hallway.
"You will not escape!" Blackfire cried. See-More looked over to see Blackfire flying like a rocket towards him.
"Oh man!"
The lenses began shifting on their own but See-More knew they wouldn't move fast enough.
"Azeroth Metrion Zinthos!"
A black energy suddenly took hold of Blackfire, stopping her inches from See-More, just as the thief's lenses found their desired one.
'Lens612: Bubble Imprisonment'
"Oh no you don't!" Blackfire cried, using her free arm she suddenly fired a purple energy blast from her hand, catching See-More off guard as it hit him and sent him sailing down the hall floor, right at the feet of the very large Tamaranian.
"…Hello again." See-More greeted with a sheepish smile. The large alien only lowered one all encompassing hand.
With no time See-More gripped the dial on the side of his head and fired the lens that Fixit had previously picked. The bubble flew out, capturing the entirety of his attacker's hand and bringing it up until it touched the ceiling. The alien let out a sudden roar of fury and with a show of immense strength brought down his hand, prison ball and all, to smash into See-More.
"Oh crap oh crap!"
See-More slammed down on his dial again, forcing yet another prison bubble to shoot out-making contact with the bubble that was fixing to crush See-More. The impact was quiet yet devastating. The two bubbles simply bounced off one another, sending the one with the large alien's hand sailing back down the hallway, taking the large alien with it, while the other went down the opposite way…right into a certain empath.
As the bubble captured its prisoner the black energy that had Blackfire trapped dissipated. See-More got up as slowly as he could but when he finally did he could see Blackfire still hovering, looking directly at him, smile still on her face.
"Looks like it's just you and m-."
But before she could even finish a spritely, green ram suddenly slammed its head into Blackfire's backside, sending the alien princess face down into the ground.
"Aw yeah whose the ram!" Beastboy called out, striking a pose.
"You da ram!" See-More returned.
"You are going to pay for that." Blackfire swore as she stood back up, eyes and hands glowing a deadly purple.
"With what mone-?" Beastboy tried to ask but he was interrupted by a bolt of purple energy sailing past his head. "Hah! Starfire's a much better shot than you!"
"Shut-up about my sister!" Blackfire roared, hurtling more bolts of energy at the Titan who in turn transformed into a small green humming bird and proceeded to fly around the energy bolts with ease.
"Don't think you can avoid me forever!" Blackfire hissed, suddenly a red hot laser struck her in the back, causing the princess to stumble a few steps. Catching her footing Blackfire turned her fierce purple eyes to the optical thief whose lens was still steaming from the recent blast.
"I don't think he has to." See-More suggested, hand still on his dial.
"Why you-." Blackfire was again interrupted however when a kangaroo of the green variety suddenly appeared behind her and sending a well placed kick on her back sent her to the ground again.
"Aw yeah! Whose the kangaroo!" Beastboy called, this time looking over at See-More.
"You da kangaroo!" See-More replied, striking his own pose this time.
"Alright, fine, if that's the game you want to play…" Blackfire breathed before bringing her wrist up to her mouth, a strange alien device attached to it. "Oh Number36, would you be so kind and help me? The Titans and your little friend seem to have me in quite a bind."
There was no response from the communicator but Blackfire had a victorious smile on her face nonetheless. See-More and Beastboy traded a look, but just as he did See-More suddenly noticed a dark figure appear behind the Titan.
"Uh…green guy?"
Beastboy barely managed to turn his head before the shadowed figure sent a blow to the back of his head, sending the small green Titan to the ground, he didn't get back up. With Beastboy out of the way light finally fell on to the figure that attacked him, revealing a very familiar face covered by a hood and a long black cape.
"Kyd!" See-More called with a wave and a smile, "Hey man you don't need to attack the Titans! They're actually help-."
See-More stopped however as a targeting icon fell over Kyd Wykkyd's head as his teammate looked over at him. Warning signals flashed immediately as the HIVE member regarded See-More with a cocked head.
"…Kyd?" See-More began but then Kyd Wykkyd pulled the cape around him before vanishing. See-More took a step back; he looked over to Blackfire, expecting Kyd to target her next. Instead See-More's lens moved on its own, twisting to the back of his head, where he could see Kyd Wykkyd about to strike him.
"Fixit, wait, stop!" See-More called out, causing Kyd Wykkyd to pause and then jump away as a red laser shot out from See-More's eye. "What are you doing! Kyd's our partner!"
The red warning texts only continued to flash in See-More's eye as the targeting icon kept its focus on Kyd Wykkyd's face. Without warning the laser shot again, this time Kyd Wykkyd used his cape to vanish, the blast hitting the wall with a loud explosion.
"Fixit! Stop it!" See-More demanded.
"Don't you get it yet?" Blackfire asked, now standing up right, one glowing hand pointed at See-More, "You dear comrade is after you."
Blackfire then sent out a blast of purple energy that See-More was forced to leap away from, though his vision was thrown off when his lens started to rotate on their own again and he slammed right into the wall.
"Ow!" See-More moaned, rubbing his elbow, his lenses finally stopped and Kyd Wykkyd was standing in his vision again, fist held back.
"Kyd?" See-More asked, looking into Kyd Wykkyd's red eyes, at first he saw nothing, but then there was a flash of emotion, and Kyd Wykkyd paused again in his attack. "Kyd Wykkyd…why are you-?"
But See-More was cut off as a sudden ball erupted from his eye, Kyd Wykkyd was quick enough to avoid it hitting him but when the ball made contact with the wall instead it exploded, ending a wave of primal force outward, sending the two HIVE members off their feet.
Even as See-More was falling his lenses were already shifting again at hyper speed, the blur of images and colors was beginning to make him dizzy. When the lens stopped See-More was on the ground but he was looking down the hallway, he could see Kyd Wykkyd, attempting to get back up, Blackfire, readying to shoot at him again now that Kyd was out of the way, the useless and still unconscious Beastboy, and Raven, meditating in the prison bubble she was still trapped in. The targeting icon went over the latter empath's face and See-More made quick note on which lens Fixit had picked out.
'Recommended Course of Action: Release Raven.'
"Aw man…I hope you know what you're doing…" See-More grumbled, though he didn't bother to get up, even with Fixit's help, he wasn't too confident he could take on both Blackfire and Kyd Wykkyd…
But why?
With a sigh See-More looked over to Kyd. The two partners in crime shared a glance that lasted only a moment.
"Sorry man…"
See-More then pressed once on the dial and all the prison bubbles returned back to the owner, the one from Raven and the other from…
"You will not save yourself this time, little one." A gruff and angry voice bellowed. See-More turned his head slightly, so that he could see the giant alien, both hands gripped in what looked like one boulder sized fist. The fist was brought down just as Raven woke up from her trance.
"Enough of this." Raven breathed before standing, and still floating she cried out her mantra, "Azeroth Metrion Zinthos!"
And before either Tamaranian could launch their attack, before Kyd Wykkyd could try and escape, and long before Beastboy would awaken, the entire hallway, and its occupants, were consumed by blackness.
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To Be Continued…