I looked into her eyes as the life drained from them. What have I done. What did you make me do? I felt sick. I let her fall lifeless to the ground and I looked up to find Garfield looking at me horrified. No. Don't make me hurt him.

"Do you think you still have a choice. You are not in control anymore Teagan Cerinson." Lex, the one in control of me said.

I let both my bladed arms drag along the floor as I paced towards him. My face showing a permanent scowl I could not control.

"Teagan, I know you're in there." He began to move away slowly, fearing that he'd share Batbrat's fate.

"No she's not." Lex said, using my voice to talk to him. One blade morphed into the oversized staple gun I usually used to detain people.

"Remember when I told you this tactic would be more effective through bone." Scarab reminded me before shooting him through the arm. He screamed out in agony. No! Stop it! Please!

He ignored me, instead bring the blade up against his neck. He was terrified, I wanted to hug him, reassure him.

"Teagan really cared for you didn't she? That's making this so much more fun. I might even take my time." I found myself saying with an evil smiling. "But I can't waste time on you."

I pulled the blade back ready to strike him through the heart. No. Please scarab don't.

"Say goodbye." He whispered. I screamed out against her. I shut my eyes, unable to look at what I was about to do. When I opened my eyes I was surprised to find Batbrat forcing the blade away from him.

Thank

Jesus

I could suddenly feel a sharp pain running down my spine. Oh no, he was killing me. Why? I did everything he asked. I screamed and actually felt my screams leave my mouth. The armour suddenly peeled off my skin and made an orb around me as the pieces floated in the air. In an instant the pieces shot back at me moving into my skin. I screamed again at the feeling of shards stabbing at me.

I found myself surrounded by nothing but white and there was only one other figure there. It looked like my Cochineal form. I looked down at my hands to find clear skin, no armour.

"They wanted to kill us. I disabled the kill switch but in doing so I also disabled the device that represses your powers. Your body is destroying me so it can absorb all my power. Goodbye Teagan Cerinson." Scarab said before fading away in pixels. I opened my eyes to find myself on the floor.

"Teagan are you alright?" I blinked, recognising Batbrat as she hovered over me.

"It's gone, I think I destroyed it. They tried to kill me. I killed you. How are you here?" She smiled as she helped me up.

"I don't advertise my healing ability. Adds to the unpredictability my enemies fear." I suddenly felt the pain rise through my body again.

"Protect him!" I screamed out as I collapsed again. The pain went shooting out in all directions as shards literally shot out of me. I looked up to find a heap of them sticking out of Batbrat and she brushed them off like crumbs.

I walked towards Garfield, still pinned through his arm to the wall. I did this.

They did this.

They made me hurt him.

"Wait, what happened to Jaime?" I asked as the realisation of his absence hit me.

"You knocked him out and hung him from the roof before killing me." I didn't like her choice of words. I wasn't in control, it wasn't me. I looked up and sure enough I found him hanging limp from the roof. How am I meant to get him down from up there.

"Who in this place can fly?" I ask Batbrat as I failed to figure out a way to get him.

"Superboy, but are you sure you wanna show him what you've just done? They won't accept you after this. They won't trust you." They've ruined everything. Lex ruined everything.

I going to kill him.

"You get Superboy, I'll help Garfield." She ran off and I sat beside him only become more saddened in seeing how much pain I've cause him. "I've gotta get you to a hospital."

"You've got to go before Superboy gets here." I could see how much pain he was in though he tried to act like it was nothing. "I'll be fine."

I kissed him lightly on the cheek before standing back. "I'll come back."

After I kill Lex.

I walked towards the Zeta beam platforms to quickly transport my way out, waving sheepishly to beastboy as I disappeared.

METROPOLIS

I walked casually into the building. They were expecting me. Which was definitely a bad thing. As I made my way to Lex's office it was eerily quiet and the silence was getting to me.

"Teagan, run!" I was startled as I heard Riley shout. I stood frozen for a moment. I should help him. But it's probably a trap. He's probably helping to lure me in. What if he's not. What if they were using him like they did me. With false stories.

I kept moving forward.

I swung open the door to find Mercy holding a gun, well her arm, to Riley's head. Lex was absent until his face popped up on a computer screen.

"Ah, Teagan. So glad you could make it. So much easy to get rid of loose strings when they come to me." Riley looked at the screen pleading.

"Father please!"

"I'm not your father Riley. You were just gullible enough to believe it." Riley looked crushed. "Goodbye."

"Mercy, let him go." As usual she didn't answer, instead pointing her weapon at me. I ran along the wall of the room, dodging the bullets as they flew at me.

"God you are one crazy bitch. Killing teenagers, well I can see your career going really far!" I shouted at her.

While I had her distracted, Riley dug his elbow into her rib cage in one swift blow, knocking her back. While he has escaped her grasp he hadn't escaped her attention.

"Riley!" I screamed as blood flew from small holes in his chest. His eyes widened for a split second as his life faded. I stood there, shocked and frozen until I realised she had aimed at me again.

"Stop!" A loud woman ordered as she entered the room. I recognised the tall, pale, blonde woman. She was the scientist that attached the scarab to me. This is all her fault!

"Don't even think about it Teagan. Hear me out before blaming me." She looked to Mercy rather angrily. "Piss off."

Mercy left and I ran towards my lifeless brother. Yes he had been the cause of all my misery growing up but he was also my only friend.

And now his gone.

"I'm surprised you're not more upset." She commented as she neared us.

"I want to cry. I just can't feel it. I've lost everything. All I want to do is curl up into a ball and cry like a baby. But nothing." she looked at me fascinated.

"Your ability, it has allowed you to merge with your scarab's personality. It's mental power was just another thing you acquired, along with all its physical power." I scowled at her. I don't care about how fascinating I am.

"Right. Why shouldn't I kill you. This is all your fault. You put that thing on me. -"

"Made sure years ago that you would never kill Batbrat when you stabbed her. I'm a clairvoyant Teagan. I've seen this event many times in different ways every time I change something. You're welcome, because without me you'd be dead right now." She argued. Why would she want to protect me though?

"And Riley? You couldn't have gotten here just a little earlier?! You knew he would die!" She looked to the floor.

"He had to. Trust me. There was no future in which he existed that you did too. I made the choice and now it's happened." She looked to the door then back to me. "Mercy is about to come back in here, you have to jump out that window."

"What?! We're like fifty storeys up!" I protested.

"One; I think you're over exaggerating just a little. And two; you'll survive, trust me." The door began to edge open and I took off for the window. I smashed through it easily since Mercy had shot it at least a thousand times.

The air rushed past me as I plummeted to the ground. Well now I feel stupid for trusting her.

I suddenly felt the Cochineal armour cover my arms as I neared the pavement. The impact was absorbed by the armour, leaving me without a scratch as the armour morphed away. I smiled to myself.

I guess I didn't lose everything.

-the-end-

For now at least