Alright, time for another episode of YJ: Titans. And it seems everyone enjoyed the kiss heard 'round the realms between BB and Rae. But between 'Smilers', 'Puppy Love', and 'The Adorkables' as their ship name, I like 'Adorkables'. Sounds like the 'Expendables' and the 'Incredibles'. But that's just me.
tysongirl123 - Tried to get back to you after reading your post, but you have comments disabled. The reason she bought her dress was what Artemis realized, she wanted to go as all out as she could and wanted something traditional and have something to keep from that day, that being her outfit, the first few articles of actual clothing she would wear, as it would have great sentemental value.
Eric - Not to spoil too much, but the way I always saw the magic here, is that Trigon would be slightly above Nabu power wise. Yes, Nabu could defeat him if he was careful and knew how, but Trigon is, for all purposes, a god compared to the other majick/magic users. Fate and Klarion could potentially overwhelm him if working together, but one on one is like a lightweight fighter against a heavyweight fighter. Both have their strengths and weaknesses the other has to exploit, but if the heavyweight gets ahold of the lightweight, it's all over. With Trigon's 'order', I still think Nabu would be against it as real order must involve free will with the desire to choose between chaos and order itself. No free will equals no true order as only one being would be incharge leading to chaos as the others would be unable to to choose for themselves. (Hope I worded that right.) And problem three, you'll see in this episode. The reason Angela did not tell Raven who she was is due to her not being able to leave Azerath. Remember, she'll rapidly age and die if she does and if Raven knew, she would most likely want to spend alot of time with her with each seperation harder than the last and the possibility of her not wanting to leave, leading to her not having a life her mother feels she deserves.
16. Against The Wall
1.
Jump City
October 04
05:49 UTC
Across Jump City, fire erupted in the streets. The screams of its citizens were heard far outside the limits with the roar of Trigon booming across the sky. Taking a step forward, the red skinned demon god shook the ground he stood on with fire erupting from each impact his feet created on the city streets. Buildings shook from the massive weight coming down on the street as his cloven hoof broke through the asphalt. Below, people ran for cover as fast as they could. Those unfortunate to have been caught in the fire lay still, their bodies completely white as ash, but not dead. Standing shortly after, they let out long moans as they shuffled forward, red eyes glowing in the night as Trigon stepped over them on his way to an island, which had caught his eye. Behind him, droves of Jump City's citizens followed after him, non-thinking slaves to his will.
Away from the emergence of the other worldly demon, an injured Robin limped down the street as fast as he could. Falling to all fours, he removed a manhole cover from the center of the street and quickly dropped down into the sewers while using the ladder to slow his fall slightly. Grabbing his knee, the Boy wonder winced as he took the time to rest for the moment before grabbing a Bird-A-Rang and placing it in is mouth. Breathing hard through his nose, he mentally counted down before popping his kneecap back in place, biting down on his weapon and grunting from the pain.
Putting his head back, the third male sidekick of Batman groaned as the pain subsided to a more tolerable level. Repacking his projectile weapon, he let out a huff and deployed his telescopic bo staff to aid him in walking.
"R, Robin to any team members, co, come in. Over." Holding his fingers to his ear, he waited for any response and grew anxious as time went by.
His fight with Batman went south incredibly fast. The Dark Knight was simply too much for him to handle on his own and in no time at all, managed to land a spinning heel kick to his knee, knocking it out of place. The last several minutes became a fight to outlast the possessed Batman and get away. Had it not have been for the appearance of Trigon, Batman would have managed to take him down and leave him helpless to defend himself instead of following the demon giant away from the city.
"Robin to anyone out there, come in! Over!"
"Robin, what's your position? Over!" Coming over the radio, Nightwing's voice sounded muffled by wind.
"In the sewers on...Second and Main from what I can remember."
"Head for the safe house on third. It should be around three blocks from your position. I'm heading there with Robin, er, I mean, Little Rob and Batgirl now."
"On my way. May take me some time. Slightly injured here."
"Need pickup?"
"No. I can manage. Out."
Slumping against the slime covered wall, Robin pulled a capsule from a belt pouch and bit the top off, exposing a narrow opening like that found on superglue. Folding over the gash in his pant leg where his knee was knocked loose, he applied its contents to a long cut he had sustained, killing any germs and sealing the wound. It now looked like a long scab had grown on his leg after it dried.
With his injuries taken care of for the time being, the current Boy Wonder brought up his holo-computer and followed the blue, 3D map to where Nightwing had ordered him to. It would take him time, but he was determined to reach the safe house with the others and figure out a way to retaliate against the Blood Cult's demon god.
(-)
Above the streets of Jump City, Starfire and Silver Banshee were engaged in a dogfight. Dozens of starbolts fell from the sky as the orange skinned alien attempted to bring the skeleton-like woman down. Chunks of street flew into the air as the two went low with the green orbs hitting the ground hard, leaving deep potholes behind as they flew at a break neck speed. Cars and trucks burst into the air from being hit by the energy shots Starfire flung at the Blood enforcer, creating fireballs from the fuel exploding.
"Cease and desist at once!" Starfire yelled.
"Bite me, carrot stick!" Swerving around a building, Silver Banshee skimmed the asphalt of the street to pick up a manhole cover. "Catch this!"
Turning over, the enforcer of Trigon's will hurled the metal object at her pursuer. Failing to reach her target, Silver Banshee watched as it was blown up midway between her and the Tameran with twin beams of green energy from Starfire's eyes. Momentarily allowed cover, the villainess unleashed a sonic scream, knocking Starfire back and into the ground.
Skidding along the street, Starfire came to a stop on her back with her legs coming close to going over her head, the dug up street from her fall stopping her from flipping completely over. Getting to her side, she was about to get back up when she saw Silver Banshee come at her with an SUV held above her head. Yelling, the white skinned woman proceeded to slam it down on the space princess when it was shot from the front by Starfire's eye beams as well as struck in the back by a pair of red beams of heat. The result was the gas tank exploding, sending Silver Banshee back a ways and forcing Starfire to cover her face.
"Kori!" Landing by her friend, Supergirl, with Superman, helped the recovering alien to her feet.
"My thanks for the assistance," Starfire told her. "The silver colored Banshee woman is a talented flier and air combatant."
"Where are the others?" Superman asked. "Where are the black ops and Titan teams?"
"I have not seen many of them-" Pausing, Starfire yelled as she flung a large starbolt at a recovering Silver Banshee, sending her through the wall of a building.
"As I was saying, I have not seen them for some time. We were all separated shorty after arrival."
"How about the League members? The first responders?" Moving faster than a speeding bullet, Superman landed a left hook on Silver Banshee who was just exiting the building she was knocked into and rejoined his cousin and her friend.
"I lost track of them as well," Starfire admitted. "My apologies."
"No apologies necessary, Star." Glancing up, Supergirl shot a retreating Silver Banshee down with her heat vision. "Any idea where they could be?"
"You two head for the safe house on Third," Superman instructed. "It's a fallback spot to regroup. I'll see if I can find anyone else."
Separating, the three went their different directions when a large, yellow Ankh appeared in the sky. The bright light caught the large demon god's attention, making him turn as two new arrivals appeared out of it. Doctor Fate and Zatanna. Father and Daughter floated high above the city at the same height as Trigon's head and held their hands out with palms facing him.
"On my mark, Zatanna," Doctor Fate said in his deep, otherworldly voice.
"I'm right here, father," the female magician said.
Narrowing his four eyes, Trigon looked upon the two magic users with disgust. Turning away from them, the red skinned giant continued heading to the harbor, forcing the two Justice League members to change tactics when a large dome formed in the sky, turning it a deep shade of red.
"Dad, what's he doing?" Zatanna asked.
Looking at the new addition to the city, Doctor Fate faced the direction of Trigon. "He's merging his realm with ours. No one will be able to get in or out of the city."
"He's making Earth like his dimension?"
"No, the universe." Shooting forward, Doctor Fate flew at Trigon with his body surrounded with a bright, golden light.
(-)
On the streets of Jump City, Blue and Kid Devil were tearing up buildings, vehicles, and anything else they could get their hands on. People occupying the area had long gone, running wherever they could to get to safety. Those injured in the attack attempted to make their way to safety while members of the Justice League came to their aide or held off the attackers.
Partnered with his wife, Black Canary, Green Arrow held off the elder of the Devils with a combination of gel impact and bola arrows. None stopped them as they easily tore through or dodged every shot coming their way.
"A little help here, Dinah," Green Arrow yelled behind him as Blue Devil backflipped over a bola trick arrow. "Man these guys are athletic."
"We're being called back!" Holding a hand to her ear, Black Canary relayed the message she had just received over her earpiece. "Something big just appeared and Oracle says to head to the fallback spot!"
"What appeared?!"
As if answering his question, Doctor Fate came flying overhead, brighting the night sky with how brightly he shone. Shortly after, another roar was heard, making both of the Devils freeze momentarily before disappearing.
"My guess would be whatever did that noise," Black Canary said as she ran up to her archer husband.
"That was a roar? I thought it was a building falling."
"Where did they go?"
"Canary, Arrow!" Flying over them, Wonder Woman came to a stop and hovered a few feet off the ground. "We need to regroup now!"
"What was Oracle talking about appearing?!" Black Canary yelled over another roar.
"By appearance, some sort of demon. Most likely, Trigon."
"That's what we're fighting?" Green Arrow yelled. "The Bloods brought that thing here?"
"Afraid so." Another roar stopped Wonder Woman's words for a moment. "Head to the fallback spot! We need to regroup!"
Taking off, the Amazon raced down the street with Black Canary and Green Arrow following.
(-)
Over the city, two winged beings fought each other in a back and fourth duel. Hawkwoman had been rescuing a mother and child from the streets earlier when she was attacked by the dagger wielding Brother Blood before his sacrifice to his demon god, Trigon.
Banking to the right, Hawkman felt the wind from his wife's mace as it barely missed his chest. With a strong flap of his wings, the armored winged alien backed away as she wound up for another attack.
"Shayera!" Hawkman yelled as he blocked another attack with his own mace. "Shayera, stop!"
With her mace being deflected upwards, Hawkwoman went with the momentum and landed a flip kick to the bottom of her husband's jaw. The attack sent him backwards end over end. He was then hit with Hawkwoman's mace across the face and sent to the streets. Recovering a moment before hitting a parked car, Hawkman swooped upwards and was just barely missed by Hawkwoman as she came in hard with a flying kick.
"Don't make me do this, Shayera."
Coming up behind her, Hawkman grabbed is wife, wrapping his arms tightly around her to pin both her arms and wings with his mace against her chest. Gaining altitude, he looked down at the city and saw the large being under attack by Doctor Fate.
"Shayera-ARGH!"
Taking a headbutt, Hawkman's nose leaked blood from being broken. Having no choice, and not wanting to harm her, he did the only thing he could think of.
"I'm sorry." Twisting the handle of his mace, Hawkman activated a electrical currant from his weapon and shocked his wife.
Screaming, Hawkwoman stiffened until her husband deactivated his weapon and slumped in his arms. Switching her around, he carried her bridal style and made sure she was still breathing. With her knocked out and breathing normally, he looked down upon Jump City and let out a sigh.
"Friends against friends. Wives against husbands. Partners against partners. May you have luck in defeating that thing, Fate."