Thanks for the reviews and excitement for the final chapter. And to those who took the time to sign and share the petition, thank you also. Now, back to the fun. Ans yes, I was thnking of maybe doing a Halloween story if I have the time. And maybe some other holidays from this time of year. Don't know yet, but I'll try.
2.
Titan Tower
October 06
10:41 UTC
Scattering, the three Titans outside the tower each took a different route. Individual plans were thought up of as each chose an area for their one on one skirmishes. It was time for them to use what they had been training for, and using holograms of each hero's fighting style was more than appreciated for their training had now left the gym, and was now a real life situation.
Arrowette made her way back where they came from and drew Mrs. Martian in. Her hopes were met as one half of her leaders did not use her telepathic abilities to attack and instead sought to bring the younger Titan down with her bare hands.
Running back to the line of trees, Arrowette turned and fired an explosive arrow in an attempt to knock Mrs. Martian out of the air. Her shot missed as the woman rolled out of the way then motioned for a boulder to be lifted to her side. With her arm raised, Mrs. Martian turned her waist as if she were a getting ready to physically throw an object then swung her arm forward, cutting through the air as the boulder followed her action.
Leaping to the side, Arrowette landed in a roll out as the large rock buried itself halfway into the sandy ground. In one motion, the blonde pulled back an arrow and fired it, watching as it expanded into a cargo net to ensnare the possessed Martian. It was knocked down with a wave of her hand, frustrating Arrowette as she huffed and reached for another trick arrow.
Shaking her head, Arrowette drew the arrow back as she aimed over Mrs. Martian's head. "Don't make me do it, M'gann!"
Landing, Mrs. Martian popped her fists from how tight she had them balled up, reminding the teen of how Conner would do when engaged in a fight. They really had rubbed off on one another. Walking forward, Mrs. Martian seemed to dare Arrowette to fire, taunting her with the way she moved forward with almost a sly smile on her face.
The way she was approached caused the teen to shake and drop her bow. "Dang it, M'gann, snap out of it!"
The motion of the archer pleading was met with the Martian Titan taking a few aggressive running steps and leaping forward, flying at the teen with her arms extended. Separating her bow into its slashers, Arowette dashed forward and flipped over the green skinned woman, smacking her on the shoulders with her weapons.
"Sorry!"
Her apology landed on deaf ears as Mrs. Martian skidded her feet on the ground, causing a small wall of dust to fly into the air as she turned and flew back at Arrowette. She met the teen with her fists flying. Rights and lefts were dodged and blocked with a few lading on their target.
"Sorry," Arrowette said as she fought back and struck her leader on the bicep. "Sorry." She landed a strike to Mrs. Martian's underarm after ducking and coming back up a moment before being kicked in the gut and forced back.
Hitting the hill of rocks behind her, Arrowette grimaced in pain from a stone sticking into the underside of her kidney. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw Mrs. Martian charging at her with a fist cocked back. Using the embedded stones behind her, the teen leapt off them and reattached the two pieces of her bow. She then drew an arrow and shot it as she flipped over her co-leader, catching Mrs. Martian in the fast drying polyurethane foam made to hold its captive faster than they could react.
Hitting the hill hard, Mrs. Martian struggled to get free as she faced away from Arrowette. Her attempt to shed her bonds did not last long as she morphed her front to her back and back to her front, shocking Arrowette as she had not seen her do anything like that before.
"Since when are you the liquid metal guy?!"
Stepping forward, Mrs. Martian walked out of her 'restraint' and leapt after the teen, landing a flying front kick to her shoulder. The moment her feet touched the ground, she shifted her body the same way she did when she was confined in the foam and started her attack again. As she flew after the Titan teen, four arms formed out of her body and were ready to deliver the hits once in range.
"Really don't want to do this to you."
Reattaching her slashers to form her bow, Arrowette turned tail and ran down the path with Mrs. Martian behind her. Drawing an arrow, the teen loaded it then slid at the last possible second, feeling her turned leader reach out and grabbed the mask off her face while leaving a stinging feeling traveling from the back of her head to the front along her crown. With a grunt, she fired and quickly drew another arrow to replace the first.
Closing in on Mrs. Martian, the arrow Arrowette fired activated and burst into a cable net. Before she could react, the Martian woman was ensnared and crashed along the ground. Struggling to get to her knees, she used her extra arms to push against the tight strands of material when she saw the Titan rubbing her head. With a sneer, she phased into he ground, just as Arrowette wanted.
Firing the second arrow she pulled, the blonde archer had no time to reach for another when she was struck from beneath and went flying. Mrs. Martian had come up from under her and delivered twin uppercuts as she phased through the ground. Eating a mouthful of sand this time, Arrowette spat what she could out as she kept one eye shut from having some of the sediment blind her and crab crawled away backwards from the advancing Martian.
"M'gann, please stop!" the maskless Arrowette pleaded. "I don't want to hurt you!"
Raising her arm, Ms. Martian telekinetically lifted the heavy boulder she hurled earlier into the air. She then moved it towards the downed Titan, intending to crush and kill her, just as Trigon warned would happen should anyone challenge him directly.
"I'm sorry," drawing her crossbow, Arrowette aimed it over her team leader, "I'm sorry!"
Pulling the trigger, she sent the bolt on its way, watching as it sliced through the air and burst into a burning flare over Mrs. Martian. A second later, the air around them caught fire, burning the mist of clear flammable liquid she had fired after the cargo net. What was supposed to be used as a liquid fuse for covert detonations was used as a light misty flammable airborne blanket to weaken the one team member susceptible to heat.
The heat was immediately intense and sweat inducing as both female Titans felt the temperature increase dramatically. The area between their heads and the tree tops became filled with orange and yellow flames as it burned, forcing Mrs. Martian to her knees with her extra arms going back into her body.
Rolling out of the way, Arrowette got clear of the airborne fire blanket and quickly fired another arrow at Mrs. Martian, covering her in the incapacity gel the archers were known to use. With the fuel finishing burning overhead, the Martian woman lay unconscious, wrapped up tightly in the hardened gel. Making her way over to her, Arrowette drew several more bolts and quickly planted them around the prone Mrs. Martian and activated the heads to ignite the signal flares and keep the area as warm as she could for the time being. Hoping she would stay down long enough to go help her partners.
Grabbing her mask, Arowette slipped it back on and took hold of her bow. "Please don't be too mad when you wake up. Or, you know, please don't remember this when you wake up. And if you do, please remember you just tried to kill me because you were possessed."
Reacting to a sudden explosion from the tower, Arrowette turned to see a large hole pouring smoke from, what looked like, one of the electrical rooms.
"What is going-oh crap, Conner and Kaldur." Sheathing her bow in her quiver, Arrowette drew her crossbow and loaded a grapple bolt and clip into it. Holstering it again, she quickly climbed the stone laden hill and made her way to the tower to help her friends.
(-)
"Oh come on!"
Running down the slope in front of the tower, Terra dodged blast after blast from Blue Beetle's plasma cannon. Small craters were left from each impact with sand raining down on her as she serpentined down the beach. The armored teen never let up as he flew close to ten feet off the ground with his sights locked on the Titan Earth mover.
Firing another blast, Blue Beetle sent Terra flying through the air and landed on her upper body. Countless drills in the training room prepared her for the possibility of landing like she did and muscle memory took over as she tucked her head in and rolled over her shoulders. Stopping in a kneeled position with her left side facing her aerial opponent, Terra rose her right arm into the air as she twisted at her waist, commanding the sand to form a wall between them.
Not letting that stop him, Blue Beetle fired a shot through the barrier and flew through in time to be smacked with the thick clay found under the sand. Going down face first, he hit the beach with his legs nearly touching his head in a scorpion position. Quickly clearing the substance from his face, he turned just in time to see a large formation of rocks a moment before they smashed into his face, sending him into the water.
Standing on the beach and panting, Terra watched as Blue Beetle stood back up and formed hammers over his fists. The armored teen bared his teeth as he began to make his way back to the sandy shore where the blonde Titan stood with stones covering her arms. Her eyes glowed a bright yellow as she sneered while her hair gently floated around her shoulders. She wanted her life back, and helping to defeat Trigon was a step in that direction.
(-)
To the left of the tower, Lantern and Wonder Girl were in a close quarters dogfight. The demi-Amazon was keeping things that way, much to the frustration of the Green Lantern as he was becoming more adapt at being a ranged fighter. Even with his personal forcefield, he still felt the hits Wonder Girl was dishing out and was grateful for the protection his ring provided. That is until she performed a roundhouse so hard and fast, he could have sworn he would black out. Dazed for a moment, Lantern saw three Wonder Girls as he clumsily floated in the air. Normally, he would be glad to see a trifecta of gorgeous blondes reach out for him, but in this instance, he was just trying to keep her busy and Trigon's focus on him.
"Really don't like hitting girls," Lantern grunted. "Especially the hot ones."
Seeing Wonder Girl wind up for a right hook, Lantern formed a shield and blocked the attack at the last second. His construct cracked from the power of the hit as his will was shaken from being dazed. The super strength powered hook was then followed by a left cross, cracking his shield more, then a front kick, which nearly sent him into the water below.
Skimming the surface of the red liquid, Lantern rose several feet back into the air when Wonder Girl caught him in her mystical lasso of truth. Bringing him in with a strong jerk, the blonde powerhouse cocked her fist back and landed a powerful hit to Lantern's head, at least that was what she intended but ended up striking a replica of the ring wearer's face, shattering it with the shards circling her to keep her from paying attention to their creator.
Away form the teen girl, Lantern concentrated and expanded his personal shield outward, loosening the lasso binding him and slipping out. Dropping the shards, he then resumed his attack and slammed his shoulder into Wonder Girl's back. The hit was strong enough to force her to drop her rope but she still managed to grab him by the arm and Judo flip him away from her. As he flipped end over end, the possessed girl shot after him and delivered an uppercut to his jaw powerful enough to send him high into the air.
Popping her neck, Wonder Girl watched as he flew ever higher with her red eyes shimmering, then shot upwards after a moment, fully intent on finishing the boy off.