Chapter 4 – Visions Come True
"How long have they been in there?" Nightwing asked.
"Five minutes?" Cyborg replied. Nightwing frowned heavily.
"They'll be alright," Starfire said, rubbing his shoulder. Nightwing relaxed.
"They better be," was all he said.
Midnight watched them from a distance. She was right, the whole crew was there, except Raven and Amira. "Hmmm.." she said silently. "They must have already gone in." She gasped as she saw a shadow pass in the building.
'Lilith,' came a voice in her head.
'Rochelle?' Midnight asked.
'Yeah, we're at the door, are you with us?'
'Yeah, I am..' Midnight sighed. Krystal's voice disappeared as the door to the building blew up. Midnight jumped at the noise.
The Titans grew alarmed as both Ember and Krystal marched out, smirking. "You think you can stop us?" Ember laughed.
"We know we can!" Nightwing barked. Suddenly the thought came to him, 'That lying traitor.' Ember laughed hysterically as she brought fire to life from thin air. It swirled around the Titans, knocking some to the ground. Krystal grew crystallized spikes on her arms, her back and her legs as defence. She threw several of them at the Titans. Midnight watched from her little hidey-hole. She looked around, making sure she was not about to get caught. She felt a breeze of air and her eyes widened.
"I thought I told you to run away," she snarled to the air.
"I'm sorry, but I can't leave my friends here to fight them by themselves," came an invisible voice.
"Grace, all my visions come true unless I do something about it, you need to leave," Midnight muttered.
"I'm not leaving," the invisible girl argued.
"You have to," Midnight whispered.
"Well, boo hoo!" Breeze jumped from her position and landed on Ray's head, bringing him to the ground. His head banged on the hard rocky surface. He was definitely going to have a concussion. Breeze turned around to see both Libitina and Akila fighting Ember. She rubbed her hands together, and blasted a mini tornado at them both. Libitina and Akila both got hit and in shock fell to the ground. Ember looked around, hastily, looking for Breeze, but got hit by the staff that Nightwing used. She groaned as she lifted herself from the ground. She smirked at Nightwing.
"Tell me," he began, "Did Midnight tell you about our plan?"
The girl only smirked, "I doubt she could have managed that, we knocked her out before she got a chance." Nightwing froze out of shock. Ember saw her chance and smashed her fist into his face. He staggered backwards.
"Dang," he muttered. His nose pounded red and blood dribbled from it. Ember cracked her knuckles and beckoned him to come forward. Nightwing spun his staff around and charged at the fiery girl. Ember jumped, landed on the staff, bringing it down and backflipped off it. The staff bent from one side then smacked Nightwing in the face. He snarled. He took out a blue disk and spun it to her. It caught her and she froze immediately. Nightwing kicked her stomach, the ice smashing. Ember fell to the ground, shivering from the cold. She wrapped her arms around herself, warming herself. She tried to use her fire to warm up, but the ice really did pack a punch. Nightwing stood over her. He stood in triumph, even though he wasn't smiling. He brought the staff down on her, making her land on her back. She lifted a hand to conjure up fire, but she was weakened. Nightwing's lips curled into a smile and he was about to hit her again when a mini tornado blasted him to the ground. He turned his head, seeing no one but feeling the cold breeze around him. Breeze helped Ember up and put her arm around her shoulder. She ran off with her into the building for a moment. Krystal noticed them going and panicked. She looked over for a split-second but got struck by lightening. She yelled in pain, then dropped to her knees. She looked up at Bolt, lightening fizzling up his hair.
"Where is Midnight!?" he demanded. Krystal looked into his eyes, silent. He lifted his palm to her head. "Tell me now, or I'll fry your brain."
"Woah, hold on," Krystal said quickly. She jumped to her feet. "What makes you think that I know where she is?"
Bolt's eyes narrowed, "Because she came here." Krystal looked around frantically.
"Well, you'd need to ask Ember, I don't know, I haven't seen her."
"I don't believe you," Bolt grunted.
"Fine, have it your way," Krystal brought her arm up in a deadly punch, and knocked him to the ground. He yelled in agony as he clutched his ribs. Ember arrived by her side, smirking, her hair the fiery red it normally was. Breeze had ran somewhere. Ember twisted her hand again and again, a fireball getting bigger and bigger. She saw Cyborg coming towards her so she shot it at him. A girly scream broke through the air. The Titans and the two girls looked over to see Breeze becoming visible and falling to the ground, a hole in her stomach. Ember's eyes widened. She rushed to her side.
"I'm so sorry!" she said desperately. Tears welled up in her eyes. Breeze looked frightened. Her breathing faster and her face turning pale.
Midnight saw with horror. She phased through the ground, going out of the doors of the building, pretending to look dazed. She shook her head then looked over at Breeze. Her mouth opened in shock. She somehow managed to make it across to the girl, and laid Breeze's head on her lap. Krystal eventually sat with them.
The Titans watched the girls relax the dying girl. They too felt a surge of emotions. They did cause a girl's death as well as the villains, but it didn't matter. What mattered was that Breeze, the youngest and most spirited of the lot was dying in her friend's comfort. Midnight stroked the girl's hair like a sleeping dog, Ember was apologizing every two seconds, and Krystal was holding the girl's hand.
"I told you my visions mostly come true," Midnight whispered bitterly.
"You know everything," Breeze laughed. Midnight tried to smile but it caused her pain to think of doing so.
"This is all my fault," Ember cried. She hugged herself.
"No, it's not," Krystal reassured her. Breeze suddenly went limb, her breathing stopping and her lips as blue as the sky, when it was a clear, sunny day, which it wasn't. Ironic enough for you? Ember cried harder, her tears stained red. Midnight wasn't crying as she couldn't but she held the girl close. Krystal had returned to normal, which surprised everyone as she never went into that form when the Titans were there, and she was howling. Nightwing stepped forward and placed his hand on Midnight's shoulder. Midnight tensed. She growled under her breath, and her body was flaming hot with silver fire. Nightwing retreated, glared at her and moved back.
"Is there anything we can do?" Starfire asked.
"Yeah, get out of my sight," Midnight muttered bitterly. Starfire gasped, her eyes filling with tears but she obeyed her wish, as well as the others. They all disappeared, leaving Midnight, Ember and Krystal alone with the dead girl.