Shadows And Creatures Of The Day, Teen Titans; Chapter 20: Cradle My Emotions. Burning Like Fire In My Heart.
Okaaay, SO; Roku is still getting under the gods' guardians' and titans' skins by hiring Lady demoness Veronica to possess the free spirit of 'playboy no more' Bruce Wayne. When Robin's civilian self finds out he gets under the weather and finds out that the marks are a force that lead him straight back to the dragon lord Roku. He escapes a ploy made to capture or harm by Roku's own hand and is saved by Teen age Rokuro; the last son of the dragon lord. He takes each day as it is...
The titans are left in the dark not knowing that a certain white wolf and demon form of Roku is on its toes and bearing its fangs at the newest addition to the fighter team- temporarily! Her name is Nina and her creator Maya has a link to Veravakumu and his human self's past in the scientific and spirit influences. Starfire only catches a glimpse of the true son's 'bad side'. He, the son Rokuro is made of human, light and dark. Just as all things are elementally balanced. Rob's already come into contact with two of these bodies of energy; Dark, and light. His human self remains a big secret, even to our lost little hero!
Hope you don't touch that mouse! Her is chapter twenty! Yay.
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"Nina..? Nina dear?" Both Maya, and Takahara Shoji hung their heads. She was still in deep, contemplating whether the daemons were real...whether Big brother had survived; that he had yet the demon creature wasn't giving up?
"Who-
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"He...she...it was not believable at first...though this person did have longer hair...but everything about him was no good!" Fury and confusion continued to arise within her.
"He is no.. good!" giving up when the floor had been singed she almost collapsed into a chair that had been put there in place of her movements. Raven very much wanted to contact Isis - yet it was Isis whom contacted her!
Beginning in her head the goddess contacted her so that she could no longer see where she'd been sent to. "Isis! What happened?" The lady stood in mourning blue over her form. "We are no longer in hiding..." she gasped...was that a tear in her eye?
It was. And that teardrop had Roku written all over it...
"Someone attacked the kingdom, and stole important documents with much about the dragon elementals..."
"What?"
"Like I have told you...we know Roku, and he is no god...he is what your kind call a 'soul stealer'..."
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Her fear of losing her friends to this...plotting sadist did not cool her rage. "We'll find him...he can't be under your spell forever, unless you want to lose your only access to the human world..."
But Roku? A soul stealer...? That would make his continuing race a...demonic one...! A lowlife nothing in itself to feed from what humans could not comprehend. And spirit lived to help or hurt. Harm or guard...whatever the rite...It was physically impossible to do much else to gain rank to the highest life possible. No...he was a wolf in sheep's clothing alright, he wanted to suck the life out of anyone he could get his claws on...like a devious glutton...Raven's arms dropped to their sides. "I...want to help you. We defeated Trigon; my father ." Isis was driven to her knees by this...boy child! He was key to being the savior of time itself!
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"He's on Earth, I saw him in the past and the present day during my meditation. A woman and man...they must be the ones responsible for the time shift in the past."
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~You have that power as well, I wish for you to grab hold of your senses. WE have to save your fellow Titan!~ She shifted to walk forward towards the door that was far to narrow yet may have been their only option...
~Perhaps there is a way...sorceress and priestess Ravenna..~ Raven's birdie mouth twitched as she fluffed herself down.
~Wha-
Why, in all due respect great lady...do you keep referring to me as someone I've never even met or heard of? She isn't me-
~Lend your body to her, for I am afraid to remain powerless just as you are.~
She turned to Raven as she pondered the raven's eyes. ~If not just for the fullest of moons!~ She was quick to explain and was serious.
~How...~Raven tapped a table top with her sharp beak and shivered from an open window letting in air. ~How do I contact the dead?-
~She is not dead, only vanished unto spirit as a messenger...~
~So...she was real? A-and lived in...~
Roku's time came into her thoughts. The son and father were connected, were the guardians not the only ones with past lives? But maybe-
~Ravenna was a lady of prophet not by choice...but by rite.~
~No...that's...impossible!~ the poor fowl's brain racked with activity as it flew onto the bed. Her bed. Was this bird her for now...? would the real Ravenna's spirit attach to her in their fight against the evil king of dark spirit?
~I-I've never been so afraid...they- the gods, guardian and spirit can know...do anything!~
Even attack and enrage the balance one last time or yet to come...for an eternal night...
Raven spoke so loudly as she screeched into the night...~I..I'm sorry Dick...you'll just have to wait for me to come to you...~ she thought to herself sadly. Soon it began to thunder in the night sky. As the dragons danced across the city.
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"When did this occur?" Maya crushed her palm into a fist and sadly put one arm over Nina. The girl was pale. And she was not supposed to be over her pigmentation scale! Still her eyes showed the true possible problem. Malchior and Wiz Gregory were called in. Though when Mal's eyes turned to her glossy ones, he froze where he stood.
"She looks as though she's white as a sheet! Or as a turnip as my nanny used to say..." No one person laughed. This was serious enough. Had they known that she'd been to a dark plane and back- she could not speak to them...this darkness forbid her from it.
He wasn't the least bit afraid to go over to her, she did not speak when he'd asked if she were hurt any where...how coy?
"Strange, strange indeed...hmm..." He stood to face the door to his guest room from before. Rubbing his chin getting ready to speak he must of all spirit know of some way to bring poor Nina back from the beyond.
The door opened in just that moment they had been staring at him. "Cyborg was surly tending to some matters, but now that we are better...why not speak with him about your functions? Hmm?-
"Excuse me?" Maya thought that functions could be anything in his old medieval brain he carried around...she was more than a subject to the others. Why not to this little man? This was her chil-
"Oh! So...you believe her to be human? Is that it?"
"What, so now you are considered a mind reading telekinetic?" Verra or Takahara said loudly to grab everyone else s attention. "You don't have that power like a guardian. Remember what you're dealing with Malchior! Who are you trying to be-
"I was only wishing to help your friend, dog!" Spat the magician – angry, as his words seemed to come forth more vicious than the last few.
Gasping, Maya placed a hand on Shoji's shoulder this time. "Please...you may both help her...all I wished was for you to call her by who she truly is! My daughter...if only...she were not circuit after wires and metallic, like ice...
"But she's not!"
Cyborg only glared at everyone except for the two not talking who were Cy's best buds too.
"How can you call yourselves human if you're having second thoughts... She is human...in spirit. She's not one on the outside- so what? Maya? You care about her that much, she isn't cold or heartless- And Vee?
"Yeah-
"You don't run Titans' Tower or Mal's life- let him figure it out."
"Sure sure, but Cyborg? Why is she not reachable?"
Suddenly he decided to act as Nina had for her big bro. She needed to come out of that state. And this had 'evil mastermind controlling someone' written all over it...her.
"Nina, I don't know if you can hear me...but come back, you don't need to change to make anyone happy..you're fine just the way you are..." He crouched down beside her and looked up. And at that moment he knew what had to be done.
"Did anyone see that...red, shine...?" he asked when turning to the glow and then back away.
"The shard..."Verra and Malchior both said together.
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Robin wasn't all cozy and toasty once October came round. And just too soon! It was almost the end of the month! Only a few more weeks to go...And the couple gruesome would be wed. Till death. Wow! Speaking of gruesome...-
"Bruce!" He had to find Bruce. Maybe he was still unsure of weather they'd been engaged or not, but-
It wouldn't hurt to find out! Slipping on socks he bounced out of bed. He hadn't been asleep just, resting his limbs a bit-
~Limbs?...Roku...riight...~ When he'd crossed the castle's country borderline there was little he could make sense of. Talking mountain lions...raccoon you could have a small conversation with, EVEN Veronica! What did she know anyway? Richard knew little of her past- Only that she was predestined and bound by Roku's law.
She was crafty, pouting to have her way all the time...and knew how to push Cyborg's buttons. Well, what else could he dig up on her...
She was in the living area reading a book. Not to herself...? This was an evil demon that stole hearts! She had to be spelling out trouble somewhere?
Now Bruce came around the corner and was-
"Ugh...forget it-
Robin's spy skills managed to notice that she wasn't just locking lips. What was that blackish, gray wisp of air? Was that his...-
~ Oh god...what was that? His...soul...?"~ Am I next...-
Richard ran as far as his legs could take him. Not looking back ever again...
"Bruce...she's a monster...i won't let any of you be taken by her...!" He rasped to himself. Already out of breath. Was he...gulp...too late?
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Back to the lab...the bat cave wasn't only-
Wha-?" Robin could not for the life of him figure out why the code wouldn't allow him access! He tried again. Still nothing.
"She...you changed it...but I'm here?" Slamming his fists into the unbreakable father time, Alfred showed him a pitying face...basically telling him to stop with a small gesture of his folded arms...
"Master Dick! What ever seems to be troubling you? And that clock is an antique. Don't let Master Bruce find it smashed to pieces by your hand." He was holding a feather duster in his right hand. "Everything is my fault isn't it? She's never responsible..."
Alfred frowned at the young master. "What on earth are you talking about? She has done nothing wrong since the day she came to stay with us! It is you Master Richard whom disagrees with Master Bruce in his decisions every step of the way. When you should be confronting this with him. Instead you are taking out your rage on those most precious to you- spying for one on the one who took you in by the-
"You saw me? Why didn't you say anything then? Why lecture me now?"
Al only sighed, picking up a sharp piece of glass, surly the young man hadn't cut by it's sharp edge? Why was this...eerily glowing red...the glass never even touched him!~ He's far too fast...~
Ronnie was sending a mental picture to her lord, this could not go unchecked. He was gaining an...edge! But from what? His spirit was here on the plain ripe for the taking, what protected him from the first blow after blow of remorse...or of conscious fear and the guilt? Spirit or no this was unexceptionable to them; masters as they were of fate...
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"He must not find the shard...i will turn his whole world to red...if I ever get my hands on that wretch of a demon lady's victim..."
Roku sighed. Only to laugh at her follies and to congratulate his prince to be. "You little ruined soul...you'll be lucky if you never reach the next moon." He had to look out that castle walls, the balcony being part of the whole room and all!
"Well played, in my honor I presume?" Towards the doorway stood a maiden. Her lady's charm was clearly missing in his presence...Her angelic, wavy blond locks were as Aaron and Alicia's or Alice's had seemed before the rise and coming of a dark misted figure.
".NOT-
She flinched from his glowing fist as it dove into view from her left, then her right. He stood there watching the glove trying to grapple her as a means of discipline. His old gloves were from the world he'd been born into. Ravaging, harvesting youth in the dead sands of time for the new era...thugs only stood up to them or fled with their tails between their legs. No one was safe in the desert of doomed existence. Richard's powers were never yet brought into focus. Roku's mum, was a bottled up spirit of desire, death and a sickness that would rule his mind out through the calling of the god's up in the clouds...He had no father but painful, dreadful charges to have his wings clipped.
Did he care if this was his way of fighting back against human and god? Guardians were servants to those higher up freaks. Only here was solitude from where he stood. This woman was called Angela. She was found in the small city off to the west...far back into the ages...
The boy was overtaken before by his young entrusted demon child/half. Rokuro would bring serious thought to overtake that child's thought. Care free indeed. There was another way...always almost never a way out for the invited guest he had to entertain.
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"You sent...
"Ugh! Get your blood covered hand off of my robe!" She was lifted from the ground and carried while lashing out spells to the balcony. A wild gust threw the glove off course and into a dip almost over the edge. But luckily Roku had needed to know one thing right off;
She knew who the prince was. Possibly that young wizard Aaron as well? He could just tell. Simply by digging into her past with the help of some silly mind games. That would come to be enough of her. The squabbling and hissy fits. He needed to know more. For he craved what he dare not see, hear, feel or so on. He wanted her consciousness to crumble. As obedient as a kitty? No! More like a pup. Robin was going to get the biggest wake up call in his life!
Her dress of lace and black and white billowed in the dust covered air as it settled around them.
"You have no say in this matter. However, If you knew of something more to satisfy my know it all brain...then you may tell me now-
She had to say something...he was going to throw her over into the sky. A sky kingdom's death awaited her below. "Aaron...you say many things about him..."
She froze in midair. The child by light of a vision! He was a magician as well. She was too...but it all seemed blurry! The adult in her was too shocked to reach or call for help from spirits around her. They only obeyed one mastermind at a time up here...
It was only a matter of time before he would forget everything too. Poor weighed down soul of a child's dream. Crushed to dust; caught by the wisp of air as it took away memories forever.
"No matter. If you cannot speak, you are going to fall head first. And I recommend growing a pair of wings..." he smirked giving a slight chuckle, then a full laugh rang out beyond the clouds.
"You...you cannot destroy what unquestioned faith those people have in one another-
"Defiance will have you thrown overboard my dear. Or maybe they should grant you an ageless wisdom of sorts. I doubt there will be any blood involved but...give me something to ponder whilst I stand here." His villainous grin at least was more demon than god like to suit him in the quest he fought for. He wasn't well. That boy was the cause of this. It had to be so. Otherwise, what would he wish to grasp? All the power in the universe had its shelf life. That was always a way to stall him till time passed.
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Raven's eyes glowing with energy and telekinetic power shifted to lower themselves astrally over her friends and teammates.
"A red crystal? That is not possible!" Starfire's mouth gaped open, slightly ajar as she somehow knew of the crystal! "Robin does not own any pieces of jewelery...I have been in his room and talked many times..."
"It was a piece of young Rokuro's great grandfather's power...Lorelei had a magic user grandfather...you see Titans, the legends tell us of a sorcerer and knight of wholeness- like a mission man of sorts." Mal crossed his arms and sighed. "He knew of Roku even before the coming of his late daughter's child. Lori must have used the crystal as well with her heart all for it...interesting." Musing Malchior wondered if that great king and knight magic user had ever been his guide to the path from his father...the dragon lord itself...and his mother's dear friend...?
"The man you speak of...was this his doing? Roku? Did he bring this upon poor Nina!-
"I was getting to that!" Huffed the Wizard age old teen. Starfire quieted herself. He was after all a great storyteller-
"Sorry malady, I lost myself in a dra-
"…...cough..."
"Anyway" he said, "The king dork dragon shattered the crystal of the good king's. It was after all a priceless family relic by birth of Ainsley rite...while the family of the spirit world fought the dragon to defeat evil with that crystal, Roku wanted the stone to control his spirit son. The last remaining piece to be brought forward...into darkness...
"Robin-
Which brings me to the conclusion; Roku hid shards along with the boy king not knowing yet of the remaining pieces only to be used by a true king. His son of his last wife. He was planning to escape and take over...i think he used that awfully serious soldier, Slade to do so...His aura wasn't normal. In fact-
"How did you find out so much without the gods' help?" Starfire looked at Bb as did the others. He'd been back after looking for Tara Markov at school. She unfortunate for him and her classmates was outside the city...a vacation, a business trip...or did she...move...? It didn't show on his face yet in his heart, tears poured forth. Dry marks were not apparent though.
Maya only laughed dryly. "They were not all so honorable. In fact, being created by human spirit power triggered these deities to become ill minded."
"Ill? What? Maya...just who are you?" Verra's counter self stood and pointed at the smiling lady. She pulled back the hair from the sides of her face. "She was supposed to be a portal-
"Not this-
Raven? You may come back to us!" Raven swerved, into spiraling blackness a light of her known color appeared over her head. The raven form diminished around the body of a young woman that was Rachel Roth. Raven's body now stood shocked a bit before the team. They stood inches from the sofa she leaned against for support. "Huh,...was...that?" Bb bounced over to his friend in a mad dash to catch her before she'd ever fall. He pointed at Miss Maya whom giggled and stood to force a cautious Takahara. Now dear Garfield got worried.
"Rae..she...you were an animal-
"Shape shifting saved her from the murderous Roku himself in the flesh." Maya waved her arm with her hand shimmering in the light. This light was an amazing piece to this enchantress's magic. Who was this young scientist? Really?
"I'm called a lady of wood, tree and earth...with my flute at my side, you will soon discover that we spirit seeking human form are not as complex as we yet seem."
Her green woodsy hair fluttered instead of the falling black brown braid she clung to before! And her summer dress she'd worn while off work from Nina's appointment with her friend Vee had become white with a billowing pair of sleeves blown by an invisible wind. No longer she knew was her body working with her...
"Priscilla Dear Heart... Do you not recall our meeting in your past Veravakumu? The wood elf is my name!-
Her ears were the shape of moons and pointed like Beast boy's own. Her skin color stayed the same tan it was always since...MAYA'S birth.
"Where did Miss Maya go?" Bb looked around when he knew to go back soon to pick up a fallen Raven. She clutched her head in pain. Then directing her purple eyes to the light green ones. "Wood spirits don't just take over bodies, who helped you?" she grunted as an aching reminder of her skull's blotchy memory...
"ISIS!"
"Yes, Ravenna. I am here child of Azar." what had been an expert's magic edged plea turned worrisome when the goddess's eyes narrowed into the next realm. Raven was next to the lady, also returning to her true human like form.
"Are...is everything alright." She was hesitant. With an astral body floating somewhere waiting to strike, Roku was undefined as a monster in the air- a force to be reckoned. And with Robin in Veronica's trap, ensnared by whether his self worth mattered and the demon controlling it;whether he existed...was another worry factor. Yes indeed. This wood elf? Verra must know her from his long since past.
"It may occur..." she rasped to herself. Isis's eyes showed the universe in her gaze. "It may what? Who is...what are you saying to me? What do you see, Isis..."
She only grasped her heart firmly...not talking back to say, but something was to occur...
A dangerous past life was bearing down on the boy, Richard was on the great path to discovery. Of himself, of a spiritual matter. And if Roku were to step in- everything of the past, present, future, would scatter. It would be...just calamitous...the truth was to be told to another. Not to small minds to wear them out as she thought it would. To a true hero and his team. Something fit well into its slot in her memory bank. A blank to be truth would occur, a boy would ask questions. They would fight. Win...or lose.
~Isis!~
Who's there?
~Come home...~
Isis pictured her home in the desert falling, crumbling into the sands back into brick and muddy earth.
"No..."
It was the voice of Nephthys- judging from her scared expression and her blue mourning gown she was in the distant past of spirit...
~Sister-
~ISIS!~
Huffing to have her soul brought back to her Ravenna stood as miss Raven in her eyes' light.
"What happened?" she sighed to the goddess.
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That night was some night, similar to a horror movie when the child would wake to hear noises in the dark. Only this wasn't a film by amateurs ….it was the conclusion to the fate of all worlds. Resting on teenage shoulders.
More than one pair however you put it. Robin cringed in his sheets with widened eyes attaching themselves to the direction leading to the closet. Monsters? Ha! His feet hit the floor
"Nguh..."
His feet lead him slowly, quietly towards the door's frame. ~Something...is here? In my old room? Bruce wouldn't have allowed anyone access to the manor!~ The bat cave's computer failing? That made Dick decided to see for himself, want to check out the uttered gurgling from his own closet! The moment came to his attention. He had to act fast.
"Who's-
Calumon? Why aren't you with the guardians? Why are you on the floor... like that?- He wanted to bring himself to lower his voice.
The little cotton fluffer nutter teddy bear groaned and sounded as if he'd lash out...but his arm was kept
down to his side? Was he, hurt?
"Wh-Why?"
His voice was shaken. A child like timber made Robin gape. His eyes a pitiful blue and sorrowful towards this Guardian spirit. The whisper of a friend beside him came next.
"..has the whole universe...somehow gone, and done a back flip?..."
Sighing, Richard realized it was nothing physical that could be seen by his eyes alone. There wasn't a scratch so it...was it emotional- not Kay! He only worked in the name of the gods...he had met Isis. As Rokuro's puppet doll...now he knew how poor Alice felt being her Japanese counter double.
"Quit being sooo louud... You...I, was sent to find you..."
"The team?" His forsaken friends were still hiding that they knew...? And Calumon was proof-
"Nooo, it hurts! I am no longer a soldier man! Staaaap!" He flopped onto the closet floor. His bubbly side didn't suit him so why not make this guardian an ominous speaking drone! OK then.
Robin tried to help the spirit teddy up. He was not used to fighting this darkness that clearly controlled the room's aura, waves of energy made them both shiver."Calumon! Hold on! I'll-
"…...You have to run away!" He gasped through clenched jaws. "He will find you, shape everything you know with the-
"CRYSTAL!"
"No..no, hang in there Calumon! I'm going to stop him just as soon-
A knock came to lift him from the floor as he had knelt there for several minutes trying to help the half conscious guardian fight his feverishly sunken will. That had to be Alfred checking up on the scream that by now had woken up the whole house!
"Awww..." This wasn't good, cool or anything cute happening that made Richard grunt to pick up the little ball of demon energy in sheep's clothing. He was in great pain enough to sound an alarm to all animals, demons, or even-
"Master Dick! What the devil are you doing in there? It's late enough even for-
"Can't hear you, catching my R.e.m sleep!"
He pretended to snore which he could never pass for the real deal in this life-
~Cut the crap Grayson! You have to save his...hide! Or, whatever...~
Alfred shook his head that's direction lead to the door outside of Master Richard's room. "Unbelievable...I, I could have sworn-
~Still there?~
"Huh?" Richard looked up and soon felt that wave from Calumon's body warp his own. He tugged at the feeling and fell from his bed in the process. He didn't get up. Calumon shook off his fever and noticed a body in the sheets. "It...oh!" He was quiet enough so that he took the power he'd had left to send word of his discovery astrally, then with quickened breath he mimicked the boy's snoring. The snoring was harder work than he thought! Poor Robin was out like a light. And Calumon...Yawwwn...was sleepy!
The little puff ball squirmed into the blanket for warmth to drive out the fever. Robin groaned; he was sleeping. "...must be...Ro...kuuuu..."
/C/
Morning came and Dick was still in his, R.e.m sleep business... Little Calumon waddled over to the door or tried to as he soon found Richard's arm tucked around his waist- poor little teddy!
He tugged free as soon as he had given five heave-hos'. There was no knock on the door as it miraculously opened to reveal an annoyed Ronnie.
~Oh, no!~ Roku's son's self had taken over as both little teddy Calumon and his puppet's head went up to see a woman calling by mind speak.
"I know Kayumon's temporary double is there, runt." She almost looked alarmed at the two getting cozier down into the comforter. Sheer luck indeed. Sheer luck had taken away the pain in his body...sheer luck as of all times had sent Calumon;Kay to Gotham, sheer luck was not on their side anymore. He was done...
"What do you want, witch's pet? Me right?" Rokuro tried to hide his accent but she seemed to have a keen ear and eyes for, lying. He tried to stand up- falling down was too easy. Especially if you lacked the control to do so. Stolen by a soul stealer's princess. Once upon a time poor Lilth was just normally, good. Something wasn't well about her later. Yet Rokuro never met her until that later...Roku on the other hand he had seen her since his timid creation as a human like child of the sands. But forget about that until later?
"Don't you recall squirt? Your tux doesn't fit you any longer! Get up, get dressed and follow me downstairs."
"How may I change if you'll just be holding me to it? You cannot stay here while i-
HA! Trading the brat's body for a new one? Why in such a hurry, i'm only little Rokou's nanny..."
She sneered as light appeared before them from the body of that young Dick Grayson.
"Stop! Leave me-
Alone? But what if you wish to rebel, little soldier?" she asked with brilliant dark lidded eyes shining into Rokou's new red and black ones.
"Why, don't you need the other body? I'm not a soldier to anyone-
Whateverrrrr shall I do?" The sorceress imitated the boy demon's teary eyes with laughter soon to follow that. The dragon's outcast creation only sniveled and mumbled a curse under his breath.
"What can you do to stop me," smirking Rokou only glanced at the clock by the wall and sighed. She froze with a stiffened lip and gave a swift glare towards Roku's package as well. "Well, when Slade arrives, don't ask anyone here to save you. Because they cannot!"
She tapped her fingered against the wall; that was beside her point. He was toying with the hours! Why not change a bit for the best..?
"Seems like a nice enough week to go out of doors for a change? Brucie's even-
"Call my double's men...mentor that and I wont hold back my destructive power!"
She would have laughed had enough of that been a false bit. But it was all real in that brat's blossoming demon side body and mind...she had to shake him, wake up Grayson. The true catalyst of the dragon...
"You know what? Bruce was really expecting us to go and bond a bit before the big day! Who would Dick be if he weren't the hero here? Are you hiding what's left of him, all confused and a bit betrayed. Believe you me!
Now eying the powder puff ball on the rug between to worlds; Richard's and Kayumon's spirit realm, she began a plan B all without even blinking twice.
"You are supposed to be his instructor, mentor, teacher! As always Kayu dear, you hold little against us..."Sighing she moved to levitate with her power that snow fuzz Calumon. "You'll be discovered if you decide to help him. Then you'll have to answer to, later deities."
Surely enough, that Kay wouldn't go down with out a fight. He was submerged inside a green bubble of energy. To contain his powers and to weaken his walls, tearing his connection to the team of heroes to shreds. Rokou's head pounded with the gasps of air the guardian tried to take as he suffocated at an extremely slow rate. It was time to land back down to earth...he would go. Dick knew she was purely a toady for the king himself. And, batman would hear his plea. Or else he'd made a terrible mistake in going back to face reality...
"Calumon? He's safe? You just zapped him inside an energy field! I saw everything!" As the lady went to leave she turned her head to her prey.
Now she knew who was taking the greatest leap of all. "Now don't go off from me, I'll be waiting..." She left just as easily as she had entered the room. Taking an invisible bundle with her.
Richard looked all around the room, without a soul other than himself it was, deathly quiet. Getting up he head for the bathroom by his opposite wall. He tried to stand- his legs ached and his soreness receded no longer. He'd forgotten the spell given to him by his counterpart, good younger Rokuro. It was on the other side of the bed! That wasn't all. The least of his worries only vanished if he spoke the words written as inscribed over the slip of paper! He'd forgotten to thanks to the Kayumon's babyish form...what now?
His arms shook from an epileptic rush of disturbance. By that curse place on the real Rokuro by; you could only guess who?
Then the rest of his body cried out in pain. His ignorance had caused this! The marks were back, and right now he wished Ronnie had not left the room at all! Trudging over to the sink he tripped on the side rug left for his use...really?...
The voice was back too, he had to fight! If that character of a double got hold of his body and mind!-
No! Richard would go out! Robin had to save poor Kay!
~A word of advice if I may?~ The voice insisted as the pain racked teen tried to give everything he had to answer it.
~You have a mission. Dragon earth will die so, you cannot go to her! Do what must be done so that-
No,nononono! I, have a... mission-Agkh!" grunting to the floor he tried to lift himself higher now. To save Kayumon...his forehead and arms were beaded with sweat and red scratch mark markings. Seeming to collect and bind around his chest, arms and legs. So, much...fire! He hissed as the pain sprung up his back and down to his toes. Knocking him off balance and making him collide into the rug.
~I see your point...so, I will try to heal you as best I can, to dull and shape that pain to your-
"JUST DO !"
With a touch to his heart the pain only vanished to grant him twitching from time to time...He was told to seal it away lastly once all had been cared for with or without Ronnie around.
~Whatever you do, stay as far away from her as possible, but stay close to her if the pain manifests itself too strongly...that is all there is to do or say...~ Richard ran in his rushed state once the clothes were on and everyone had grabbed a wallet. or...purse..whatever they'd need..
Is this short! I'm beat since by chance I use my right hand a lot. That stinks. Well, review if you've gotta!