I got to update before I left! Goodie! So, here is the last chapter. I can't post the people who reviewed, I'm SO busy, it's not even funny. But thank you SO much to all my wonderful fans, you guys are the absolute best!! Enjoy!
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Chapter Six
The voices in his head screamed to him, begging and pleading him to turn around and walk the other way. But he would not obey those voices. To think he might not see her eyes again, might not be able to hear her voice, or even feel her presence, made him want to cry. And as he said his last goodbye, he nearly did. Walking away from his home, his tower, and into the abandoned city streets, he knew this was the end. For him, and for both of them.
He could not handle the pain in her eyes he saw. The regret and confusion that searched for the truth, that wanted nothing more than everything to end. He, too, wanted it to end. Because he could not handle this pain, and he could not take another hour of waiting for her to come through. Because he knew she never would come through, and that she had hit rock bottom.
Head held high, he searched every corner of the desolate town for her. He spoke in confidence, shouting her name as if he had forgotten that she would attack him. Because not thinking was the only way to get by now, and there was no way not to feel the pain.
"Starfire!" He knew she could hear her name. He knew she would come eventually, and that there was no way he would be heading back alive. Maybe bruised and beaten, but not alive. Not inside.
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There was a blue horizon, somewhere up ahead of her shadow. Just out of reach, away from her grasp. But she kept searching, despite the fact that she was searching for the invisible, for something that was not there. But, oh how she wanted it to be.
She had begun to feel things. Like fire slipping into her veins, it made her throat ache and dry up. It tingled and burned, and she could feel is snaking along her skin, like tiny spiders crawling along her flesh. It disgusted her beyond her imagination, and she wanted so bad to see the light. But, unfortunately, she had to face the undeniable truth: there was no light in this dark shadow, and there never would be light again.
"Starfire!" That…was her name. It was like dusting off the cobwebs of her mind, and all of her former life she had once forgotten was there again. She could see happiness and innocence; friendship and love. She could see her teammates: Raven, her best friend, Beastboy, the funny one, Cyborg, her big brother, and Robin…her secret love, and the one that had called her name.
Not even in her mind could she call out for help now. It had once been a virus, just a bug feeding off of her body. In only a matter of hours, it had taken control, moving her arms and legs in a vicious fashion, making her do things she had never dreamt of. She had been able to think her own thoughts, and was able to disagree with everything about the situation. Now, all she could do was watch. And in some twisted way, her mind accepted every move she made, every breath she took. And soon, she would agree with everything she did.
Robin was there now, wandering around the streets, looking for something important. His back was towards her, his eyes looking restlessly around the town for something. She was facing forward, crouched behind a corner, eyes looking viciously towards him: her next victim.
"Starfire!" he called. She could not call back, she knew. But what surprised her was the fact that she did not wish to call back to him. Instead, she growled, a low and inhuman hiss deep in her throat. He heard this, as anyone would, and turned around.
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He did not run away. Instead, he waited for her in that very spot. He waited patiently in the darkness of the night, watching her slowly approach. He didn't try to see her as the girl he once knew anymore. Instead, she was another, a girl who was not human and not an alien. She was a knife that cut into his heart, an eye that watched his every move, a mouth that bit and cut, and a soul that stared forward with venom and malice. She was so many things, so many things he did not want her to be. So many things he was about to become.
Before he knew it, she was at his side. Her warm breath caressed his trembling flesh, holding him still to the ground. She kissed him, and just for a moment, she was Starfire again. But that died out slowly, and only she was left to bite his skin.
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The blood was so sweet, so filling. It was a rush that set her veins on fire, cutting into her mind like a sharp blade. No other person had tasted this good, and she was not afraid to admit it. She accepted every second of it, basking in the sheer glory of his warmth. She had wanted him before, only to have him kiss her and love her. The sweet innocence had slipped away, and now all she wanted was his life inside of her. Sucking as hard as she could on his neck, yet it was still not enough. She wanted it to flow faster, yet she wanted it to last forever.
But still, she felt more. She felt their deep and ardent affection that made her dizzy with devotion. And she knew she loved him, for she was too enamored with emotions he arose in her not to. And it pained her more than life itself to have to do such things to him. She hated the strings that moved her. She hated the strings that controlled her to kill. She hated the strings that brought her to life, supported her weight, moved her feet, and allowed her to breathe. So she asked herself the question that changed every aspect of her mind: how can you hate what you now are?
It was a twisted relationship of cat and mouse. She was in it, around it, and on it. And she could not survive alone.
So she spread it to him, and he was a monster as well. He would spread it to the next and the next, and soon the world would end. Because of her, because of it. Because of them. Because there was no way to escape this lethal trap. She was independent within herself now, and no other.
"Another bug is spreading, worse than before, and there is no cure. No one can survive this. It is, for sure, the end of the human race, and the start of another."
In that moment, everything changed.
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And, done! If you guys are smart, you would have figured out that Cyborg's analysis on how she will become dependent on her victim was wrong. So, she's dependent on the bug, and she is completely transformed. Robin now has the bug, and he will soon become just as dependent on it as Starfire. And so it spreads, around the world and across the globe, transforming innocent people into violent monsters. Fun ending, huh?
Let me know if there is anything I can do for anyone! Thank you all for reading! Please review, just this last time! Oh, and put me on your author alert list if you want to know when my next story comes out!
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-Alien