AN: Sorry, no answers to questions this week. Been having trouble with my internet connection with Charter's switch over to Spectrum so I'm working off limited WIFI while ordering dollar menu items every so often to stay here. I'll answer this and last weeks questions next update. Also, if you want to see some of the Titan costumes, click on my Tumblr link on my profile. I'll be posting a new pic of the new team every so often.
4.
Watchtower
April 2
14:58 UTC
It all happened so fast. As Komand'r looked towards the door where her sister, Koriand'r stood on the other side of, she made sure the others in the room were not paying attention by looking out the corner of her eye. Cassie was holding her rope loosely while leaning against a wall. Jaime was speaking to himself, something the dark haired Tameran found strange. M'gann was currently in a conversation with those outside, informing them of her thoughts on the new alien woman. And Conner was preoccupied with someone he was speaking to through an ear mounted communicator. All was perfect, all were unsuspecting, no one knew what she had planned since being put in the room with the superpowered youths.
The moment, the exact moment the door slid open, Komand'r made her move. No sooner had Koriand'r looked at her, the dark haired Tameran pulled on the rope Cassie held, knocking her off balance and creating enough slack to slip out of it. The next was M'gann who posed the immediate threat due to her mental powers. A short range blast of her eye beams sent the Martian woman crashing into Cassie and the wall behind her. Conner was next as he was struck in the face with one of her purple orbs, blinding him temporarily. Last was Jaime who had formed his armor over himself and fired a staple to keep her down. As the staple neared its target, Komand'r grabbed it from out of the air and flung it back at him, pinning the blue and black armored teen to the wall by his neck. She then snatched the headpiece she wore during her fight earlier and slipped it on.
"Komand'r!" Koriand'r yelled just as her sister rushed out of the room and unleashed an array of her orbs to have everyone take cover.
"Star, dear," Komand'r said as she stopped momentarily, "you of all Tamerans should know, no one can hold Blackfire." She then flew down the hallway with a trail of laughter behind her.
"M'gann, you alright?" Helping her former black ops partner up, Cassie made sure she was okay before considering going after Komand'r.
"I'm fine, Cass." Rubbing her chest, M'gann tried to stand on wobbly legs then fell back to her knees. "Ugh, hit me harder than I thought."
"Rrragh, I hate aliens!" Jaime said as he succeeded in freeing himself from being stapled to the wall then saw the others. "Um, uh, you know what I mean."
Kneeling beside her, Conner checked on M'gann with his eyesight already returning. "M'gann-"
"I'm fine, Conner. Just go get her."
"Kon-El," Supergirl said as she quickly leaned in the doorway, "we need you and anyone else we can get!" Behind her, the other members of the League had already taken off after the dark haired Tameran.
"Go," M'gann told her husband. "I just need to catch my breath."
"I'll take her to medical," Cassie told him. "Then I'll join you two."
"Right. Jaime, we'll circle around and cut her off outside the forest room."
"Hermano," Jaime said as he took to the air. "Can't you use that TTK of yours to-"
"No, I might bring down Watchtower if I use it."
Leading the way, Conner flew in the opposite direction the others took off in with Blue Beetle behind him. Even though Komand'r was stronger than Koriand'r and was obviously trained for combat, those in Watchtower had the home field advantage. With multiple ways to reach the same destination, it was only a matter of outsmarting her before outnumbering her.
Flying down the corridors of Watchtower, Komand'r, going by Blackfire, kept her eyes open for any threats to arise. Upon leaving the interrogation room, she wasted no time heading for the hanger where she was brought in from. Remembering the turns in reverse, she was hoping to make it back to where the only entrance she had seen without any interference when a red blur shot past her.
"Whoa there, uh, what's your name again?" Running backwards, Flash kept an equal pace with her while slowing her down at the same time. His response was a blast from her eyes, sending him on a quick zig-zag course in an attempt to avoid them.
Growling, Blackfire came to an abrupt stop and unleashed a duo of wide beams of energy, catching the Flash and sending him into a wall. Even he could not dodge something that was everywhere. Just as she was about to take off, Wonder Woman's mystical rope snared her arm, dragging her to the ground and back from where she came.
"We are not your enemies," the Amazon princess told her. "We only want to know what you were-" Just in time, the superheroine got her arms up to block two starbolts from striking her chest and face. The moment she dropped her guard to see where Blackfire was at, she was met with a fist to her face. The alien was faster than she previously thought.
"Are you the strongest one here?" Black fire asked as she puled the lasso off her arm and let it fall to the floor.
"That's up for debate." Swooping in behind her, Superman tackled Blackfire to the ground and subdued her by pinning her arms behind her back. "I know we may seem like the aggressors, but we just want to help you."
"Sorry, you're just a little old for my taste. Your brother on the other hand..." Digging her feet into the metal flooring, Blackfire managed to pop her arms out of socket and perform a backflip to wrap her legs around the Man of Steel's neck.
With a yell, the Tameran flipped back around, throwing Superman into Wonder Woman who was just recovering from the hit she took. With her arms back in their sockets, Blackfire continued her trek to the hanger while laughing at those she left behind.
"Well, that was demoralizing," Flash muttered while rubbing his head.
"Never mind that," Superman told him. "Just keep following her."
Turning down the next hallway, Blackfire saw the forest room just beyond the exit and knew she was getting close. There were maybe a hundred more yards between the end of the corridor and the hanger. All she had to do was get to the forest room and it was a clear shot to freedom. She was just about to exit the hall when the space around her began to swirl and another hallway appeared.
"Now what?" Looking around, Blackfire found herself in the middle of a junction with one hallway continuing ahead, and one each on the left and right. With a growl, the Tameran picked the left and flew as fast as she could.
Above the maze of halls, Zatanna and Raven watched as Blackfire flew down corridor after corridor. Some led to dead ends, which forced her to back track and find another way to get to the hanger.
"You really think this will work?" Raven asked as she floated beside the League's magician.
"We only need to stall her until the others figure out what she wants and how to deal with her." Holding her hand out, Zatanna had several more corridors appear while changing the layout of the older ones. "We know she's well trained and stronger than Kori, so the best thing we can do is keep her occupied."
"Yeah well, she seems to be occupying over here."
Watching the orange skinned woman, Zatanna saw her charge up her eye beams and unleash them on the walls she created to slow her down. The black haired woman had just enough time to get out of the way as the energy beams swept the area in a circular motion. Quick thinking on Raven's part made sure the glass on one side of the room was protected from damage when they both came under attack. Both women fell quickly to the alien who used a mixture of hand to hand combat techniques and her starbolts before flying out of the forest room to the hanger.
"Raven, you okay?" Zatanna asked as she got to her knees.
"Yeah." Taking her hood off, the teen rubbed her head where she received a knee. "I understand you teaching me how to harness more energy and how to advance my spells, but do you think we can work on how to actually fight next time?"
"Yeah. No problem. Magic users are less inclined to go hand to hand after all."
Away from the two magic users, Blackfire swooped around a tight turn, coming face to face to face with Blue Beetle and Conner. Both heroes stood between her and the hanger, the only place providing an exit for her. A grin slowly formed across her lips at the sight of the two men she made comments about earlier.
"Tell you what," Blackfire said with a hint of playfulness, "you two get free passes for being so cute. You'll get a great view of me as I leave, I promise."
"Chica loca," Blue Beetle said with his left arm formed into his pulse cannon and his right formed into a bladed weapon, "we only want to see you calm down and-"
"I will only say this once, as the Queen of Tameran, no one will ever hold me. Not Glurdlesketch, not Despero, and not you two. But if you choose to bow and serve me," she let out a dark chuckle, "we'll not only have fun, but I make sure to take care of my concubines."
"Take her down!" Conner ordered with a sneer.
Within the hanger, Supergirl, who had headed there after Starfire mentioned her sister may be trying to escape, stood just out of view with her Tameranian friend standing in full view of the corridor. Both captains had been sent to the medical wing of Watchtower where Artemis was keeping track of the injured, leaving both super powered females separating the fleeing alien from the freedom of space. Why she wanted to leave, only Starfire seemed to know but did not tell anyone, although she did have a look of worry on her face evident to the blonde Kryptonian.
"Star, you okay?" Supergirl asked. A moment passed with the other young woman not saying a word. "Star?"
"Kara, if it came to it, if you had to face the Superman and the Superboy in battle, and only one of you were allowed to survive, would you be able to achieve victory?" Koriand'r's words were almost too soft to hear without the enhance hearing of the Kryptonian.
"You mean kill them?" Looking at her friend blankly, Supergirl swore she could see a sense of dread in the alien's eyes as she gently nodded.
Letting out a breath, Supergirl wrapped her arms around herself. "When I was on Apocolypse, when I was a Fury, I was told to do just that. Sisters in arms are not the same as family and even though she's your sister, you have to do what is best in the long run." She paused for a moment to choose her next words carefully. "After meeting Kal-El and Kon-El, after seeing what this world has to offer, I would like to think I would do anything to preserve it, but at the same time...I don't think I could bering myself to easily do what was necessary."
Looking at her friend, Koriand'r slightly nodded, knowing she understood what she was going through.
"If I had to, Kori, I suppose I would go through with it. I doubt anyone else on these teams wouldn't do the same. But I don't think I would be able to live with myself if that happens. I would try to find another way. I would fight to make sure it would not come to that and would only think of it as a last option."
"Perhaps I would not be forced to make that decision. At least, I hope it would not come to that."
"Hey, if it does, which I hope it doesn't, I'll take make that choice if you want. Or I'll be right there beside you." Flashing a small grin, Supergirl gave a minute shrug once Koriand'r's glowing green eyes were on her. "It's what friends do, I've heard."
"And I am glad to have you as a friend," Korind'r said while giving a small grin back.
Ending the moment between the two, a loud explosion occurred with Blue Beetle being halfway embedded into the wall at the end of the hallway. Small, purple flames died out from various spots on the metal walls around him, causing the emergency sprinklers to trigger. Emerging through the shower of water, Blackfire floated past the armored hero and blew him a kiss with an evil laugh immediately after. Draped around her torso was Conner's shirt, tied in a knot above her abdomen.
"How I do love these boys." Shaking her head of the excess water, Blackfire ran her hands through her long locks as she entered the hanger. "Good looking, strong fighters, perfect stock for bree-" A smile spread quickly the moment she saw Koriand'r standing before her. "Sister, dear. This day just keeps getting better and better."
"Komand'r," Starfire said in as strong a voice as she could, "you will cease this at once and explain to me what you are doing here."
"Trying to get out of this dump. Tell me, you're not seriously thinking of trying to stop me, the better, stronger fighter."
"We just want to know why you attacked us. Why are you here and why-"
"Why ask why? You know me, all work and no fun make for a destructive, restless queen." Powering up her fist, the black haired Tameran had her eyes glow purple as she sneered. "I would tell you to get out of my way, but it wouldn't feel like old times, my dear sister."
"Please, I do not want to do this."
"What's the saying? To bad," with a flick of her wrist, Blackfire had the starbolt forming in her fist grow in power, "so sad."