AN: Okay, sorry for last time. Charter went to a new thing called Spectrum and the switch over wasn't smooth for me, had to get new cable boxes and such. Did my best in answering questions from last time and this week. Also, check out my Tumblr for another Titan bio.
Eric - You're not the only one who hear's Tara Strong when Raven speaks. I always hear that voice when I'm writing her, so really, if I can't hear it, it's not something she'l say, at least to me that is. And yes, the League would take it easier when dealing with a threat in Watchtower. They want to both subdue her but not cause extensive damage, so all powers are being pulled. Still, Blackfire's trained, more than her sister, it's her culture as well as Starfire's from the last story.
Gordanx - Thanks, I do my best when writing a fight scene but hope it comes across well after re-reading it two or three times before I post it.
Riley 000 - For M'gann's full power, I would say she's not quit there yet. She's still considered too young for the more advanced Martian abilities but ver time, I think Martian Manhunter and the other Martians will be eclipsed by what she can do. With Garfield, I always saw him as being able to shift into an animal form but not gain their full abilities, like if he became a snake, he wouldn't have venom sacks or if he were a lizard and lost his tail, he wouldn't be able to regenerate it. So he wouldn't have Wolf's enhanced strength. Now since his origins are different in the YJ universe, it could be different with prolonged exposure to them. And the way I see it, with the League not going all out to fight Blackfire means they don't want to risk re-destroying Watchtower. As for the whole heroes killing thing, yeah, that was an insight to how they perceive dealing with an enemy. That got me thinking watching the end to Man of Steel. Superman had no choice but to kill Zodd because he was such a big threat to Earth and the people, and was the first person he met how could go toe to toe with him. It was a last resort for him.
Seychelles - Ha, that's what I was going for. I was inspired by Bray Wyatt from WWE. She's a major threat and so unorthodox in what she can do, there would be no game plan in dealing with her. Hope you've been enjoying her character.
SharKohen - Thanks. It's hard trying to decide on what to use with everything available in the history.
jwill21 - Thanks.
batman4life - Thanks. Trying my best to keep the show and the comics in sync to work with each other. Like I said before, there's just so much history the show can use.
Now, before you read the last of 'Family', I just have to ask, how great is it that football season's back?
5.
Watchtower
April 2
15:29 UTC
"Please, I do not want to do this," Starfire said as she saw her twin sister prepare to fight her.
"What's the saying?" Blackfire asked as she increased the power of her starbolt. "To bad, so sad."
Charging forward, Blackfire let loose a war cry with her fists cocked back. An evil grin leaked bad intentions as she closed in on her sister when she was violently shoved to the side and crashed into a stack of metal crates the size of small Volkswagens. The few containers sitting on top clanged loudly as they fell with the sound of tearing metal causing Starfire to cover her ears.
"Good job distracting her," Supergirl said as she landed beside Starfire.
"It...it was not a distraction. I honestly did not want to fight my sister."
"Kori, she was going to fight you regardless of what you did."
Between what Supergirl was saying, Blackfire ripped apart the container she was under while yelling out her frustration. A purple beam of energy shot out and towards the ceiling, leaving a black mark as the angered Tameran floated back into the air.
"Who dares? Who are you?" Blackfire demanded.
"Supergirl. Now what do you wa-"
"Oh, Kori, resorting to get others to fight your battles for you? I knew you were weak, but this is just disgraceful. I'll cut you a deal, let me go, and I'll only maim you. Try to keep me here, and-"
"Why were you in Despero's ship?" Supergirl asked.
"Seriously? That's what you want to know? He managed to capture me and I will not go back. No man holds the queen of Tameran captive and as soon as I find him, I will destroy him and his associates, like you."
Flying into the air, Supergirl held her hands up. "I don't even know who that is. But from what I read, he was taken into custody and hasn't been heard from since."
Pulling her head back, Blackfire had a quizzical look overtake her face. "So...Despero's gone?"
"If that was his name, then...yeah."
Depowering her hands and eyes, Blackfire lowered herself to the ground and looked from Supergirl to Starfire. Both women stared back at her and slowly dropped their guards as she got a distant look in her eyes. The second Tameran then stared down at the floor and began muttering to herself. Nether heroine did anything, not knowing what to do in all honesty as they only continued to stare at her.
"Do...do you know what it was like in that ship with him? Even with my headpiece blocking his paralyzing glare, he was still a formidable opponent. No matter what I did, he was determined to make me his next conquest, to serve him for the rest of my life any way he wished me to. I thought I could overtake him, make him pay for what he did to our planet by bringing him back for punishment."
"Komand'r?" Starfire said as she stepped forward. "How did you become captured? I thought Tameran was safe with my promise to become-"
"Oh, Koriand'r." Flying forward, Komand'r hugged her sister tight. "If I had known what you might have gone through going with those outsiders, I wouldn't have come looking for you and ran into Despero. This would have never happened. I have spent many sleepless nights wondering what may have happened to my precious baby sister."
It took some time, but Supergirl finally spotted it. "Kori."
"Oh, how I missed you too, sister." Starfire said as she hugger her sibling back.
"Kori."
"Can you ever forgive me for promising you to the outsiders in attempt for peace?" Komand'r hugged her sister tighter.
"Of course, sister. I understood why it had to be done and could never be mad at you."
"Kori! Move!" Supergirl yelled, but it was too late.
Normally when a being lies, there would be a skip in their heartbeat. That was not the case this time. For someone with super hearing, like Supergirl, to miss the ultra minute skip meant only one thing, Komand'r was an excellent lier.
The moment Supergirl took off to separate her friend from her deceiving sister, she was hit hard in the face with the woman's eyebeams. Before Starfire could react, she was blasted point blank in the chest by her sister's starbolts. Sliding across the metal floor, Starfire came to a stop beside her blinded friend. Getting to her knees, the Tameran looked up at her sister who floated over to her with an evil grin.
"Still so gullible, sister dear." With her eyes glowing, Blackfire stared down at the floored women with contempt. "You were supposed to be out of my hair and giving me what is rightfully mine. Instead, I had to promise myself to that fin headed despot because you couldn't be a slave like I promised. How idiotic are you to mess that up?"
"Wha...what?" Starfire stuttered.
"There was never a contest of honor between us. I had already promised you as a slave and it was my pleasure to show him how weak and submissive you are." Reaching out with one arm, Blackfire lifted her sister off the floor and cocked her other arm back. "I really only wanted to make Despero another one of my concubines due to his power. Imagine, a being capable of rendering all enemies with single look. But with him out of the picture, it seems your male friends will suffice nicely. And as for the superiority part of our last fight," she then charged her fist up with purple energy, "I just want to make sure you remember who the better Tameran between us is."
As Blackfire readied herself to blast her sister again, her sister who could not bring herself to fight her, Supergirl used her enhanced hearing to zero in on where the dark haired Tameran was and blasted her with a heavy dose of heat vision. Flying backwards, the elder sister dropped Starfire who rubbed her chest from being struck moments ago.
"Star," Supergirl said while trying to clear her eyes. "You have to fight back."
Shaking her head, Starfire responded, "I can't fight my own sister. She's too strong."
"Well I can't see."
"But I can." Rising into the air above the two, Blackfire had her hands and eyes fully charged and was prepared to bombard the blind Kryptonian and her own sister when a small device flew through the air, struck her back, and emitted several beeps before detonating.
The blast was powerful enough to launch her into the wall behind the grounded women head first and came crashing to the ground. Before any question could be asked, a large, black and gray shape glided to the ground then rose to their feet with narrowed eyes.
"Starfire, get Supergirl out of here, now," Batman ordered while grabbing two more Bat-a-rangs from his utility belt.
Grabbing her friend, Starfire flew out of the hanger right as the large door separating the outside from the interior slammed shut. Not giving the Tameran time to fully recover, The Dark Knight threw his Bat-a-rangs then fired a grappling hook to the rafters. Once airborne, he pressed a switch on his belt and had the outside hanger doors open. The vacuum created by the yawning darkness of space began to suck everything not bolted down out, including Blackfire, who was distracted by two more exploding Bat-a-rangs.
Outside in the corridor leading to the hanger, Starfire tended to Supergirl as several of the League and other team members arrived. With some demanding what had happened, Superman and Wonder Woman glanced inside the hanger and saw Batman holding on tight to his grapple line while Blackfire struggled against the pull of the space vacuum.
"Rrr, You're going to pay for that!" Reaching out, Backfire was just about to grab hold of Batman's boot when she saw him pull out another Bat-a-rang and threw it at her. Instead of exploding, the bat shaped object burst in a large gel-like substance, much like Green Arrow's incap-gel arrows. It was enough to make her lose concentration as it covered her body, allowing the vacuum of space to claim her and for Batman to have the hanger close.
A few moments after the loud clang of the metal doors, the others were allowed to enter once a buzzer sounded an 'all clear'. Reeling in his grapple line, Batman let is cape conceal him as he acted like nothing happened to begin with. As the others filled the hanger, The Dark Knight looked back towards the wide door Blackfire was jettisoned through.
Later in the main conference room where matters of such importance took place, such as the voting of new team members, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman sat around one end of a large, 'U' shaped table with Koriand'r sitting opposite of them. Those injured earlier were taken to the infirmary while others were put on lookout for the second Tameran just in case she should attempt to strike back for what happened. So far, all they could pick up was a fast moving object matching Blackfire's mass heading away from Watchtower.
"Again, I apologize for my actions. If only I could have known my sister was not...was not here to seek freedom from an oppressor, I may have acted differently." Sitting with her head down, Koriand'r held onto her pet worm as if her life depended on doing so. She knew all about the ones referred to as 'The Trinity' of the Justice League and also knew they expected a certain behavior from the other members.
"I just could not bring myself to fight her. Even during our battle to see who would be promised to-"
"Koriand'r," Wonder Woman interrupted. "This is the third time you have told us this. We understand what you are feeling. I myself have close friends, close enough to be sisters as well as a legitimate sister I find hard to train all out with. But as I have said before, we don't blame you. Part of being a team is working together. If you have difficulty in a situation like this, we need to know. And even though she is your sister, you have to understand what she did was wrong for you. That's not how someone treats her sister. Your culture may be different than ours, although similar given the history of Earth, but you must realize she seems to only care about keeping you down and the amount of power she can obtain for herself."
"Admitingly, what she told me while trying to escape was hurtful. I had no idea she had planned something like that to be rid of me. I thought I could trust her."
"Trust is an easy thing to feel," Superman said. "There is hardly anyone with us who hasn't felt they could trust someone only to have that betrayed. But what we have told you is right, even though she was your sister, you need to stand up for yourself and do the right thing, even if that means fighting her. If she should return-"
"If she returns," Batman took over, "we need to know if we can depend on you helping us. As long as you are part of any of our teams, you need to be ready for combat at any given time and against any given foe. Personal feelings aside, can we depend on you to aid us if she comes back?"
"Subtle as always, Batman," Wonder Woman muttered.
"It's a simple question with a simple answer," he told his Amazon partner.
"I...I do not now," Koriand'r answered. "I have always loved my sister, but my friends here are like a family too." She hugged Silkie just a little closer.
"We will not ask you to take sides," Wonder Woman told her gently. "All we ask is for you to do what is best for yourself. In the meantime, try not to let this take too much of a toll on you. Family is more than just blood, and seeing as how close you have gotten with Kara, I would suspect you have another sister here."
Looking up at the three, Koriand'r gave a small nod. "Thank you. I was afraid you would be angered with me and punish me."
"There's nothing for us to be angry with you over Koriand'r, and certainly nothing to punish you for, not that we would do that. All we ask is that you remember you have teammates, friends to hep you when you need it, but to also do what is right for you."
"Thank you."
"Now, is there anything else we need to know?"
Thinking for a moment, Koriand'r went over everything she had told the three about her sister and relationship. She had plenty of thinking to do, mostly on what she would do if having to face Komand'r again. Even though she knew she should fight back, she still had a hard time seeing her as an opponent instead of a sister.
"I have told you everything you need to know." Picking up Silkie, she gave a grin as the pudgy worm wiggled in her hands. "I think I would like to see my other sister now."
Within the mess hall of Watchtower, Supergirl, sans cape-like skirt, sat against a wall with a half eaten apple in hand. A foot rested on the seat in the booth where she sat with the side of her head on the large wrap around window as her eyes scanned the ever deepening space outside. Earth sat in the corner of her vision, looking so peaceful from Watchtower with the sun just peaking out from behind it. It was a more welcome light source than the incandescent lights illuminating the interior of the space station.
Across from where she sat, light footsteps entered the mess hall, just passing where the League members would grab a tray and load up on whatever food they found appetizing, or whatever Barry and Bart left behind. Listening closely, the blonde Kryptonian could tell there was three more tables between her and the foreign body who only continued to close in on her as she took another bite of her fruit.
"Um, Kara?" Koriand'r said as she held Silkie in her arms. "Would you mind if I speak with you?"
Swallowing the bite of food, Kara shook her head but kept it against the window. "Go ahead, Kori."
Sliding into the booth on the other side of the table, Koriand'r set her pet worm down and gave him a banana. The pudgy creature instantly began nibbling on it, peel and all. "I wish to apologize for what happened earlier with my sister."
"You don't need to. I understand you not wanting to go against family. I wasn't going to force you to do something like that. But I will give your sister something, she has great aim."
"Are your eyes feeling better?"
"Just have a few spots here and there. Window filters the rays out a little, otherwise I could see clearly by now."
"That is one of the first things we learn upon gaining the ability to use starbolts." Scratching Silkie behind what could be called an ear, she let out a sigh. "To put it the way Raven says, this sucks."
Grinning with a huff, Kara sat her apple core down. "Things tend to get better. At least that's what I'm told. Not everything does though."
"No, it does not. I spoke with the Batman-"
"Still hate 'em."
"And the Wonder Woman, as well as the Superman. They gave me some things to think over, but I have already figured something out."
"And what's that?" Kara asked as she fed Silkie her leftover core.
"Komand'r may be my sister by blood, but I have another by...affiliation, I think is the word."
"Who's that? Raven?"
"You."
A small smile spread across Kara's lips at Koriand'r's words. She watched as Silkie took the last part of the apple core and happily munched on it. "After the time we spent exploring this world and what we did to experience it, I think we are sisters too. And if Komand'r comes back, I'll be right there beside you, fighting with all I have."
"I still hope that does not happen. But I promise I will do the same. I now know what she truly is and cannot allow her to continue doing what she deems is the right course of action."
"And if it does happen, you'll have your sister right by your side."