Tysongirl 123 - I have some ideas but nothing set yet. I'll most likely have a vote at the end of the next episode between two differant ideas.
gordhanx - Yeah, I always liked Terry as Batman Beyond, but at this point, he's not even conceived yet.
SpectraShine - Yup, Mary McGinnis is the future mother of Terry McGinnis. I have one idea of bringing him in with a potential sequel too.
Black Victor Cachat - Jacket, yes. Fishnets, no. Haha. That's the good thing about Bart being a time traveler, he can make sure things come to pass or not. Makes me want a certain Deloreon even more.
mstea3 - Thank you. I'm happy you're enjoying it so much and like the ending I have I store. I also hope you enjoyed Darkness Falls, which set all this up.
2.
Jump City
October 06
09:17 UTC
"Keep them back!"
Hitting a front kick, Nightwing knocked a possessed civilian into two others while also keeping another two back with the use of his eskirma sticks. Beside him, Kid Flash zipped past in an effort to herd the larger of the group into a large circle and create an oxygen removing vortex around them to have them pass out.
Climbing into the air, the whirlwind the speedster created brought the number of civilians down to their knees. Unable to breathe, they were soon knocked out and lay still once Kid Flash came to a stop. A quick check of each one's pulse had him know they were all okay.
"Thirty three down, some, I don't know, couple hundred thousand to go or somethiiiiiiiiiiiing!"
Being swept of his feet, Kid Flash was tossed away from the group of people he immobilized and landed on his feet before crashing into a wall. Racing down to the sidewalk, the super fast team member skidded to a stop once he saw the pale skinned Kid Devil crouched low to the ground. His eyes glowed a bright red like the other possessed individuals as he hissed his catch phrase, which was the same for all those under Trigon's control, "Hail Trigon."
Diving forward, Kid Devil missed grappling onto Kid Flash who was simply too fast for the turned black ops member. Nothing the horned Meta did was good enough to catch the red and yellow blur who doubled his efforts to stay away by rounding up civilians and roughy launching them into the others closing in around him. None were injured as they had each other to land on.
"Eddie, bro, dude, KD, do me a solid and snap out of it." Moving from behind Kid Devil, Kid Flash stopped in front of a minivan with a dented hood. "I don't want to hurt you, but, you now, I will if I had too-WOOOO!"
Moving just in time, the talkative speedster avoided being it by a blast from Blue Devil who used his spear in the attack.
"KF, I got Blue!" Leaping in, Nightwing landed a flying kick to Blue Devil's side, knocking him into a parked Scion.
Returning the attack, Blue Devil took a swipe at Nightwing then charged his spear once again. Backflipping out of the way, the former Boy Wonder avoided being hit with the blast and landed on his feet, raising his eskirma sticks in time to block a downward swipe by the possessed League member. Maneuvering the staff to the side, Nightwing landed a hard knee to his foe's ribs before taking a backhand to the face, knocking him away.
Flipping his weapons in his hands, Nightwing spat out a glob of blood from having his lip busted. His tongue ran along his teeth, making sure none were missing as a history of crimefighting had him replace three molars before he was twenty. As he circled Blue Devil, Kid Flash dashed up to him and removed something from one of his belt pouches.
"Hey, what did you-" Not able to finish, he was forced to block another attack and counter by pulling Blue Devil forward, forcing him to land on his face.
"Now calm down, KD," Kid Flash said as he ran around his friend a few dozen times. "Just a few more passes."
Coming to a stop, Kid Flash held onto the launching mechanism to one of Nightwing's grapple guns. Unable to move, Kid Devil struggled and hissed as he fought to brake the ties which bound him.
"Jericho, now!"
Coming out of an alley, and a safe distance from the fight, the blonde teen slid up to Kid Devil and gripped onto his head. Staring into his eyes, Jericho's own turned black and blue as Kid Flash stepped back. Keeping an eye on what was happening, he saw Jericho fade slightly, as if he were disappearing, then vanished into Kid Devil's eyes. Jerking back, the possessed black ops member gasped for a few moments before falling to to his side. Slowly, his white skin began to return to its normal red hue when his eyes opened, the same color as Jericho's were when he was absorbed into Kid Devil.
"Anybody in there?" Kid Flash asked.
"Yes, I am here." Sitting up, Kid Devil looked around a moment before settling on the yellow clad speedster. "It worked."
Down the street, Nightwing and Blue Devil continued their fight. It was obvious the League member was not fighting like himself, but was instead using all his strength in each attack. He also did not seem to be growing tired as he continued to hack away at Nightwing's defenses. Tired from the continued onslaught, Bludhaven's defender reached for his grapple gun when he found it missing. Giving an aggravated sound, he avoided another attack and reached for his spare, firing it behind him and zipping away.
Landing on the side of the building behind him, Nightwing shot off, throwing an impact-gel pellet and ensnaring Blue Devil as he landed behind the Leaguer. With the gel already cracking from the power of Blue Devil's spear weapon, Nightwing shook his head as he pulled out a sonic neuralizer, capable of paralyzing a person for an hour or two, just so he could end the fight when Jericho jumped between him and the struggling Blue Devil.
"Hey!" Nightwing yelled when Kid Flash came up behind him.
"Take it easy, Wing," Kid Flash told him. "This is why I thought he would be good for this."
Seeing the teen vanish into Blue Devil's eyes, Nightwing found himself surprised. "What-"
Slowly, the bound Leaguer's skin turned back to its blue coloring. His head jerked back and forth for a moment before he opened his eyes.
"What just happened?"
"He can posses people. And turn them back to normal apparently," Kid Flash explained. "But they stay unconscious after he gets out of them. Neat, huh? Is he crash, or is he crash?"
Cackling, Nightwing holstered his weapons. "Looks like we have a trump card."
(-)
Across the city, the Titan team snuck around building, cars, rubble, and the such to stay out of view from both the possessed populace and the other teams who might be out and about. They were still a distance away from the bridge behind the tower, which was subsequently behind Trigon, and still needed to cross what looked like three consecutive blocks full of mindless drones. They could not even chance going to the roofs and flying due to the possibility of being seen from the ground or by any aerial gifted League member.
"Anyone else get a Body Snatcher, Shambling Dead vibe?" Arrowette asked. "Feels like we should have a theme song playing in the background."
"I know one thing," Lantern said as he passed a destroyed ATM machine within the convenience store they were cutting through, "no one unpossessed would pass by a pile of money from a broken ATM like this. I'm ankle deep in cash here."
Careful not to trip on any of the scattered bottles and cans on the floor, Raven flipped through the small book she held as she searched for anything that could help. "Hate not being able to teleport us yet. And there's not any dark enough shadows to travel that way either."
"So we go the long, suspenseful way," Terra said. "No big."
"Or through the sewers," Beast Boy commented as he morphed back from a cat.
"But the closest entrance would be in the middle of the street," Lantern told him. "Too much out in the open."
"Not really. Remember what M'gann had us study the map of Jump City for?" Terra asked. "To find quick routes to where we need to go and alternatives." Bringing up her holo map again, the blonde Earth mover showed him a nearby underground entrance.
"There's a sewer entrance behind the store where the Thai place is. It'll stink, but we could hold our breath while down there."
"Or I could encase our heads in a filtered bubble construct and we can breath that way," Lantern told them.
"That'll work."
Now at the rear of the small store, the five teens separated around the rear entrance and inspected the door for an alarm, which might give away their position by chance.
"It's jammed around the hinges. Arrowette, you're up." Moving to the side, Beast Boy made room for the archer who pulled out a small tool kit.
"This won't take long," the masked blonde said. "Watch your eyes."
Flipping open a small arc wielder, Arrowette went about slicing through the metal hinges while looking through a darkened lens. The others turned their faces at the bright light with a few sparks landing on the floor. Not two minutes later, the last of the three hinges were neatly cut through.
"Kay, done." Moving out of the way, Arrowette cleared the door to allow Raven to use used her black energy to grab hold of the freshly cut barrier and move it out of the way when she was forced to stop with a quiet gasp.
Standing on the other side of the doorway, three possessed civilians faced out from between the buildings. Between them was the manhole cover to the sewers where the Thai restaurant was.
Moving out if the way, the group hid in the darkened store as one of the civilians turned to face the door where they were at. Inside, Lantern and Arrowette were ready with his ring and her slashers at the ready. Terra stayed low behind a cart of bread trays as raven stood on the left side of the door with her back against the wall with her powers still holding the door up. Beast Boy was in direct line of sight but had morphed into a roach.
Walking up to the semi opened door, the civilian narrowly missed stepping on Beast Boy as she looked into the store, never noticing the green cockroach move under the door where it was safer. Placing her hand on the steel door, she slowly opened it as the others joined her. A sliver of light on Lantern and Arrowete slowly grew the more the woman came in. Terra backed up slightly as her hand was caught in the light when something outside caught the woman and other's attention.
With their heads jerking up, the three turned and forgot abut the store as they walked to where the sound of the noise came from. Coming out from under the door, Beast Boy, in his roach form, kept his eye on them as they disappeared around the corner with several others joining them.
Skittering back in, the green shapeshifter changed back to his regular self. "They're gone. Something got their attention."
"You're welcome." Standing, Terra wiped her nose of a trickle of blood. "Got some of the sidewalk to bust after rupturing a water line. They'll be busy for a while."
"Good move," Raven told her.
"Yeah, well, now I'm free to do my own thing."
"OMG, Raven actually gave a compliment," Arrowette said with mock excitement. "She is human after all."
The Gothic girl then flashed her eyes red.
"Yeah, yeah. you like us. Just admit it."
"Come on, while they're still gone." Moving out first, Beast Boy squatted beside the manhole cover when Lantern lifted it up with a construct. "Thanks."
"Yeah," Lantern told him.
Jumping in first, Arrowette cracked a light stick and looked around the dark tunnel. Behind her, Terra landed and used her holo-computer to light her way with the map pulled up to find their way underground. Beast Boy was next, followed by Raven with Lantern coming in last and closing the manhole above.
"Phew, Thai food stinks," Terra said as she covered her nose with her shirt.
Smirking, Lantern created green helmeted constructs around each one's head. "That's not all you smell. This is a sewer."
"Eww."
"Gross."
"Nasty."
"Dude, barefoot here."
(-)
Directly above the group, the two Robins and Batgirl leapt across the convenience store and onto the Thai restaurant in search for the returned Titan team. Their capes flapped in the wind behind them as they sprinted across the rooftops and grapple lined to a higher building.
Landing one by one, the three man team continued to sprint across to the other side then flipped over a gap between buildings where the older Robin held his hand up to bring them to a stop.
"Keep your eyes open, they should be around here." Drawing is binoculars out, the older Robin searched the streets but could only see the possessed people.
"You really need another name," the younger Robin commented as he searched the streets across the building.
"Not the time."
"Would you rather keep going by 'Big Rob'? He may be your friend, but that Nightwing gets on my nerves."
"Says the small fry who acts too old for his age."
Shaking her head, Batgirl let out a huff. She had grown tired of this argument since they started it back at the safe house when she saw a sign through her binoculars. Heading over to the elder Robin, she tapped him on the shoulder and gestured for him to head over to where she was standing and pointed below.
"Really should take a sign language course." Seeing what Batgirl was pointing to, he read the sign out loud. "Red Robin?"
"Perfect. You're Red Robin and I'm Robin," Robin said, looking back at him and his 'guardian'.
"Wait, I didn't-"
"Hail Trigon!"
Turning, the three members of the Batclan saw Guardian standing behind them. At his side stood Vibe with his fists clinched tight. Added to them were dozens of the possessed citizens of the city coming out of the roof access door and assembled around the two turned allies.
"We're out numbered, at least five to one," the younger Robin said.
"I know. They should have brought backup," the older Robin commented. "And I am not going to be named after a restaurant chain."
Shaking her head, Batgirl popped her shoulders and was the first to rush those waiting for them. As she attacked the first four she ran into, the two boys watched as she quickly dispatched of them.
"Well, come on, Red Robin. Bob on in there." Grabbing his collapsible staff, Robin, rushed in to join the female bat.
"(Sigh) Starting to hate that kind." Grabbing his bo staff, the newly named Red Robin quickly joined in on the fight.