Flash back part 2 Ch5

Jocylnn is eighteen she has been in five different foster homes, she now resides with a single Pastor Kaleb, his late wife had died while in child labor along with his daughter, he had a small church and ministers in the rough parts of Metropolis. When Jocylnn had come to him she had attempted two suicides and was addicted to heroine, she also had a criminal record. Kaleb had ministered to her by getting her into martial arts. Jocylnn had learned to focus her anger and sorrow into self-defense, an essential in Metropolis. Although she wasn't completely sold-out on Christ, the drugs and depression subsided. She had finally found someone to trust and belong to.

2:45pm Metropolis High School for Science and Theatre

"Jocy! The bell rang, it's time to go" Jocylnn peered over her chemistry notes.

"Oh, Thanks Jack…"The light bounced off the test tubes making the small science room brighter than Jocylnn would have preferred. She put away her things and walked out the door with her lab partner.

"Did you hear about the kook who says the Raison vaccine is gonna wipe out the entire population of our planet" He laughed, and ran his fingers through his thick brown hair. Jack was an unusual character, his thin frame and shorter hair cut made him the classic under-dog, not particularly geeky it was his love for science and math that put him over the edge of the Dork-A-Meter. They had met in a theatre class; Jocylnn was, at the time, gothic creepy chick, while he was the 'Bill Nye the Science guy' impersonator. The two of them had been paired up to do an expression exercise as Mr. Gabriel put it. Over time they both became acquaintances and could stand each other long enough to get through Acting 101. It was when Jocylnn saw some of the football team picking on Jack that she had really offered to get to know him, itching to try out some of her newest kicks she eagerly jumped into the action giving the quarter-back a black eye.

"Pretty crazy, it would really suck if he was right though…"

"Sure, but the man says that white bats from the future told him, I mean c'mon!"

"I guess…"Jocylnn shivered mentally "Hey, how did your interview with the Gotham Chemical plant go?"

"They said I was a shoe-in, but nothings written in stone." Jack shrugged "Which is Big- Ass-Employer for get outta here kiddo and get a diploma" They each laughed loudly as other students watched the pair walk down the hall, "Have you found anything yet?"

"Oh sure, Everyone is just dying to employ little miss juvenile, the last place I went took one look at my record and called security" She sighed "but you reap what you sow as Kaleb says"

"You'll find something" Jack replied reassuringly, he smiled warmly and winked "Where are you going after school?"

"Da-, Kaleb is ministering down town again, I'll catch a bus to 207th and pass out religious tracks after the sermon"

"I've got a date with Addison" He grinned, Addison had been his girlfriend since Jocylnn told Jack to 'man-up' and find a girl since they had no interest in dating each other. "We're going to a seafood place"

"Oh, well have fun!" They parted ways, he went to find his car and she to her bus. It was just an everyday, nothing special conversation. Finally Jocylnn had her life was on track.

An hour and a half later…

Jocylnn followed her foster fathers directions to the red-center he was teaching at. She was a block away when she heard a fight breaking out, it sounded like it was going to get ugly. Jocylnn turned around hoping to get to the diner she passed to use their phone but then she heard Kalebs voice.

"Please, this isn't worth your time, turn the other cheek…" Jocylnn panicked Oh god, you idiot get out of there before you get shot.

Another voice screamed a couple of insults and there was more shouting. Jocylnn froze unsure of what to do, I can't leave him, but if I get shot than what good am I – She heard gun fire, silence. Jocylnn sprinted over to the scene, most of the gang members had left just three remained stunned at the cold corpse in front of them. She hurried over and knelt beside Kaleb.

"No, no c'mon Kaleb get up" She brought her hands to his face "Please dad, daddy wake up" She could feel tears welling up in her eyes.

"I'm sorry I-I didn't think he would get in the way" Jocylnn turned around and saw a tall buff white kid; he was holding a shot gun in his hand. "He was your father?"

Jocylnn stood up slowly letting a warm hurt grow furiously into rage. "Yeah, yeah he was… and you shot him." She walked towards him speaking in a low soft voice "You killed him" She now stood three inches from him. "What did you want from them any way?" She slid her hand up and down his neck. "Drugs? Money? Women? Or D all of the above?"

"Well…" He eyed her suspiciously, the other lackeys watched her carefully.

She clenched his throat letting nails dig into his skin. "Well, that's all you can say? Baby, I'm sorry but 'Well' just isn't gonna cut it" She threw him over to the side and released a low animal like growl. She could feel fangs and claws extending, at this point she couldn't care less. The two other punks had disappeared and the crook lay bleeding on the ground trembling and trying to crawl away. Jocylnn walked over to him and grabbed him by the back of his neck.

He began blubbering something about mercy which gave Jocy a case of the giggles, the smell of tears filled her nose and triggered something dark and cruel hiding within her. "I-I didn't know, I wasn-"

"What's your name?" Her tongue shot of and licked her fangs.

He blubbered a little more, Jocylnn shook him a little which turned out to be a lot because his nose started to bleed somewhat.

"I asked you what your name is you pig!"

"Daniel" Finally he choked out.

"Hmm… Dan, Daniel" She lowered him so she could see eye-to-eye with him. "Danny-boy you are one sick puppy" She slammed him against another wall. "We had a dog once too, his name was Halo. On day he got hit by a car…" She picked up the hand gun from the bloodied cement and toyed with it as in deep thought. "So daddy shot him"

She held the gun up to his face and pulled the trigger. As he slumped to the ground she turned and gazed at the slowly growing puddle of blood. The image was distorted slightly but she could make out faint features. Fangs and claws obviously but her muscles had become more defined, and her cheek bones as well. She was beautifully horrifying, a gothic piece of art. Flexing her wings which she could see fully for the first time, she thought to herself tragically beautiful, or beautifully tragic? She grinned maliciously, Wicked was her first and favorite musical.

Sirens sounded about a block away and K-9 units neared ever closer, a fear entered Jocylnns brain like a parasite, in panic she fled the scene flying higher and higher above the buildings. The breeze filled her hair and freed her from the troubles below her, her flight seemed a little awkward but she took to it like as if she had been waiting for her entire life.

Night quickly conquered the day as it did Jocylnns strength. Although her flight had been much better than expected, her landing hadn't quite been so perfect. The ground was a lot harder than Jocylnn would've wanted as her body slammed into it throwing up dirt and occasional plants. Weakly picking herself up she laughed softly, she looked around. She was some where outside of Metropolis maybe the campgrounds North from the down town area. Jocylnn leaned up against a tree and puked, the motion sickness and reality had just set in. Oh my god, I just killed someone… again. She lifted her head up to see the stars. I'm alone. What am I going to do? Kaleb's gone now… I can be charged as an adult now I'll have to do time, how did this happen? Stupid question, she knew the answer, but she didn't feel like answering anyway. As for what she was going to do next, she was clueless.

"Bravo, I wasn't sure you could do it again" Her eyes feebly fell on a thin figure pressed against a tree, he stepped into the faint moonlight. He was a taller than her by about a foot, he had dark long hair with a sort of greenish tint, spiky like long needles.

He had a weird tattoo on his thigh, a thorny circle that turned into a dragon. "Like it?" Jocylnn realized how obvious her 'observing' was and blushed faintly. "I'm Envy" He held out his hand, but Jocylnn was still bent over and gagging slightly so he pulled back and dropped his hand back to his side. "We've been watching you for awhile now Jocylnn. Me and the rest of the gang, but you'll meet them later."

He crossed over to her and and knelt down next to her avoiding the mess the seeped inti the ground. As the dizziness wore off Jocylnn stood strait and walked away from the mess. "What makes you think I'm gonna get involved in whatever crap you're offering me"

"Well, Where else are you going to go, you have no relatives, no friends to take you in. Jocylnn, you're royally screwed" He got up and followed her. "Besides, don't you want to avenge Kaleb? Continue his work in making the world a better place?"

This caught Jocylnns attention, "How long have you been watching me?"

"Long enough to know what you did to your own sister and brother." Another flash of pain shot through her heart. "You should feel lucky, we're offering a chance to redeem yourself. You should be burning in Hell right now." A hint of heavy loathing filled his voice.

Courage and adrenaline left her in the dark as she tried to defend herself "That wasn't my fault!" As the words left her mouth she knew they were a mistake.

"Oh it wasn't? Weren't you the one who made Lucy go into the van? What about your brother, you slit his throat without a second thought. You could've run, but no, you killed him. Not to mention your father..."

"Shut up!" Envys condemnation pounded her mercilessly as she struggled to find a way to clear her slate. A light at the end of the tunnel, anything. It wasn't there, there just wasn't a way. "What do you want me to do?"

A grinned spread across Envys face "Follow me, we'll turn this world upside down"