I sighed and attempted to sit up, without avail. I was bleeding, a lot. I mean, we all were. This guy, who called himself J - super original- thought he was the new messiah, just because he was super strong and shit. He decided that the money in the First Jump City Savings Bank was rightfully his, and we were called in to stop him.
"Come on, devil children, did you really think you could stop the messiah?" J said, laughing like a madman. I grimaced and coughed. There was a cold liquid building up in my throat. Cold steam poured out of my mouth. That was odd, this had never happened before. I could hear Summer struggling to get up. J laughed at her. "Little fire demon, don't try to struggle. It will only make your death that much less honorable." He chuckled.
"You're a jackass!" Summer spat. I was taken aback, she was never one to yell or snap at people. Way to grow some balls, Summer! J grimaced and leaped onto her, pinning her to the ground.
"Don't you dare speak to me that way, scum!" he screeched, and landed his fist in her face. Beast Boy screamed for him to get off of her, but everyone was too weak to go tussle with the super freak any more. I growled in anger and felt myself slipping into darkness and cold. I yelled to attempt to snap myself back to reality, but my voice sounded far away, and so different. I blacked out.
I woke up on my bed, covered in a cold sweat. I attempted to sit up but was held back. I fell back and grimaced. Every muscle in my body ached. I looked down and saw i was tied to my bed with thick rope and chains. I furrowed my brow. I craned my sore neck to see Cyborg curled at the end of my bed. He was snoring softly and I smiled.
"Hey, Cy, Wakey-wakey. Come untie me." I said sweetly. He shot up fast and jumped off of the bed. I raised my eyebrows at him. "Jeez, did we get weird last night or something after I blacked out?" I laughed. He sighed and began to untie me.
"Sort of. You remember anything?" He asked, delicately. I was wondering why he was being so careful. I shook my head. He sighed and began to tell me about last night. Apparently at about the point I blacked out I started drooling this shit that acted like liquid nitrogen. "You stood up and started gurgling and growling at J. You tackled him to the ground and just... sat on top of him and burned him with the liquid nitrogen shit for a solid minute, just listening to him scream, laughing. Then you just shot an icicle through his heart, like it was nothing. You turned into..." He shut his eyes. I felt tears well up in my eyes. He was gonna say a monster. I laid back down and turned away from him. What the fuck was going on with me? I felt the tears roll out of my eyes. I let out a sob and felt his hand on my shoulder. I swatted it away.
"How did I get here?" I said shakily. He pursed his lips.
"Star and I had to restrain you, and we had to tie you to the bed. You were screaming and fighting so I used chains too. I stayed up until you stopped and I was just so tired I passed out here." He said, sadly.I wiped the tears from my face. He sat next to me and put an arm around me. I started crying again. He petted my head and sat with me while I had my mental break down.
"What the fuck is wrong with me? I mean, I blacked out and suddenly I'm a murderer and a freak." I said. He rubbed his head against mine.
"Nothing's wrong with you, Shay, you just are this way. We just have to find out why." He said and smiled at me. I wiped the tears from my face and neck and grinned up at him. He hugged me and I melted into his side. I had a knot in my stomach that told me something was wrong. I needed to find out why I was this way, and I was gonna have to go back to my home planet. Ugh, this was gonna suck.
"I can't. WE can't go back!" I snapped. Robin reeled back from the fervor in my voice. Summer pursed her lips. I shook my head. "What part of banished do you not get? You're going to have to go without us." I said matter-of-factly.
"But how are we going to be able to survive there without any guidance from natives?" Cyborg asked me.
"We'll have the communicators. We'll talk you guys through everything." Summer said. "Just please don't mention us." I sighed. I was trying to think of any other planet who could supply the information we needed, but any of the near by rocks were either hostile, or had gotten the notice that we were not welcome. We stood on the roof, and watched as they piled their stuff into the ship. Cy walked up to me and gave me a tight hug. I looked up at him and smiled. He smiled sadly.
"We're gonna figure this out. You're not a freak, I promise." He said, smiling. I thunked my head against his chest.
"Just get home safe, okay?" I said and wrapped my arms around his neck. I felt his face heat up in my neck but I just sat there and hugged him for a little. Robin coughed and announced they were leaving. I planted a kiss on Cy's forehead and waved them off. Once they were flying away, I flipped open my pack of cigarettes and lit one up, then passed the pack it to Summer.
"They're gonna be fine." Summer said, sadly. I could tell she was nervous. I patted her on the shoulder.
"I goddamn hope so." I said, unconvinced that they weren't gonna run into trouble.
Summer and I sat and looked up at the sky until it got dark. I sighed. Still no word from the rest of the team. I was trying desperately not to call them. I was so nervous. I flipped open my communicator to call them, just as it rang. I answered it and smiled. Cyborg smiled back at me.
"Hey ladies, we're closing in on your planet. Wanna send us the coordinates for your city?" He said. I nodded and punched in the coordinates into the communicator.
"Remember, no mentioning us. We don't exist to you guys. You're just a bunch of aliens looking to find out more about the planet's history. You should go visit the fire monks. They'll probably know something." I said.
"Roger that, see you guys in a few days." Cy said and the communicator went black.