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 Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:34 pm
Cyborgs aren't generally known for their prowess in the creation of delicate hors d'oveurs. Too many foodies haunted by too many images of steel ham-fists mangling phyllo dough to shake the stigma.
But I've got fifty bucks that says they've never experienced the kind of unreal airiness sonic-wave-scrambled eggs give a Denver omelette.
Suckers.
Make that sonic-wave-scrambled egg substitute. Gar's a stickler about not eating anything he's lived as for more than five minutes. And a special occasion calls for a special dish, one of those, "Ooh! Aah!" inducers that folks are a bit too afraid to eat.
Like a souffle.
Egg-substitute cheese souffle, nonetheless, the kind of dish that makes a man glad he has cybernetically-enhanced intelligence. So it's with a smug grin that Victor peers into the oven, spying the golden parmesan crust atop his perfectly-risen...
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
...make that Fallen....
"AUGH!"
...Souffle.
His grin drooping to a frown, Victor takes a cautious peek at his ruined two hours of work, ruined. Nothing left but a ramekin oozing cheese-laden globs to scorch on the element.
"CASSIE!"
Trucking out of the kitchen, Victor turns one corner, then another, thinking about how cool that rocket-powered roller skates attachment Gar keeps pestering him about really WOULD be between red, red visions of murderous rage. Spinning on his heel around one final turn, Victor stops dead in his tracks, pointing an accusatory finger.
"You'd BETTER have a DAMN good reason for screaming like that when you KNOW I'm...
I'm..."
It wouldn't be Victor if he wasn't in the middle of the fray in the blink of an eye, left arm swinging thunderously, wildly, while his right quickly morphs from fist to barrel.
*KACHK CHK CHK CHK*
Taking aim at the largest teeming mass, demons clawing and biting at his few patches of exposed flesh, Victor barks out one last order before launching the 180 decibels that'll distract the demons long enough for him to pull Cassie out...
"CASSIE! Cover your ears! NOW!"
...He hopes.
*FWOOM!*
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:43 pm
*SH-KSHHH!*
"What th-'"
Time slows down and stretches as my super-speed automatically kicks in-faster then a normal brain can process I'm looking out the window...and I look above me to see floors 18 and 19 blowing outwards in a frozen picture above my head.
"VIC!"
After breaking the sound barrier, certain frequencies of sound become 'visible'...they look like a distortion in the air. Frequencies like the ones Cyborg emits when he's in battle.
A red streak replaces Wally's image as the door to the emergency fire stairwell slams open, and the Flash races up the stairs to the blown out floors.
Door's jammed shut. Better-
Backing up, the Flash vibrates through the door, sending shrapnel flying everywhere as it explodes as he passes through it. Looking up, he sees-
What....the hell....
Wait. That's EXACTLY what this is.
Wally runs up to Cyborg and chops through some green tentacles at super-speed, neatly plying them in two, and then busies himself untangling Victor.
"Boy, you Titans still know how to throw a party, I see...what's going on here?"
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:07 pm
Crushing a skull or two beneath his boot while shaking off the freshly severed tentacles, Vic meets Wally's eyes for a split second.
"My souffle is ruined, and to a lesser extent, the hordes of Hades seem to be crashing the party."
Vic ducks a razor-sharp set of claws, using the demon's momentum to heave it into several others charging in.
"Cassie's in there somewhere, Wally. I haven't heard her since she screamed that first time..."
With a grunt, Vic finds himself driven into the statue of Jericho, splitting it at the legs. Teeth grit, Vic steadies his cannon and unloads into the demon's midsection, blowing it backwards.
Half of it, anyway.
Catching the statue with one hand, Vic gestures toward the center of the Hall where the greatest concentration of demons seems to be congregating.
"...And it doesn't look good. We've gotta to get to her. Now."
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:10 pm
"She's six feet ahead of you Vic, four from Wally!"
It was simply calculation as per the observation I made, the shouts were obvious even from the first floor of the Tower. With training coming to the edge of my thoughts, it seemed the ceiling was currently intact and could support my weight. Letting loose a cable of suspension, the agile movements I performed were well practiced and engrained into my skull.
"We just need to clear a path! I'm moving in from the top, going down!"
Having yanked myself free from the ground, my legs now were planted at an angle in the corner of the wall and ceiling. Launching forward with fists extended, the jaw of whatever creatures were about, snapped.
"It's good to be isn't it Wally?"
Ducking and dodging, the basics in any fight, and used numerous times in this. With tonfa's at the ready, claws were blocked, tenticles were removed, and a sweat began to show across my brow. Damn mask, never kept my hair from my face these days.
"And all I thought we were doing today was pinning the tail on Gar!"
Letting loose a few small pellets, the reacton was simply and surprisingly the opposite of small. The tiny explsosives tore through the flesh of the demons like a hot nice through butter. Back on the defensive as claws attempted to reach my chest.
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:15 pm
What just happened now was just the beginning. I couldn't really hear anything thanks, to Vic's blast. But I managed to smile just the same. Though the corner of my eye I could see a streak of red. The Flash.
Great just what I needed. Mind you I had nothing at all against the guy. I mean, he's the Flash, and one of the original Titans. It's just.. I didn't want Diana to find out about this and he sees Diana on regular basis.
Ow.. my head...
Vic's Blast didn't get rid of the demons. They still stood there laughing and then afterwards left though portals. Just a warning. Damn it! They're playing with us..
My head hurts..
The dreams..
The strange dreams I've had kept coming back to me..
Ares.. what he said " All things come from one source.."
I heard a voice in my head..
It was Zeus
' All evil comes from one source'
I felt like the world around me was spinning.
I've been having so many dreams..
So many visons..
Yet I still didn't understand what they mean.
I felt weak.. the scars on my back didn't feel like normal scars..
The claws.. poison.. I could.. I could feel it.
I looked over at Vic.
I felt weak... and I hated looking weak in front of him. I said the first thing that came to me. The only thing I could say..
" Donna"
My eyes then closed as I passed out.
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:35 pm
"Donna."
"Donna!?"
Donna.
Haven't heard that name in a while. It still hits a raw nerve... guess it hasn't been long enough. When she left... when she died... some of us took it harder than others, which I guess is why d**k's arrival is a good sight more surprising than those demons'.
After Donna died, d**k disbanded the Titans
I brought them back.
Not even Maya Angelou could draft a Hallmark invitation that would smooth THAT over.
"Good to see you, d**k. Didn't know if you'd be coming..."
Reaching down briefly to catch Cassie before she hits the floor, Victor takes a quick scan of the scratches covering Cassie's body. With a slight frown he stands, taking a decisive step toward what's left of the door.
"Now let's get Cassie cleaned up. Who knows what kind of interdimensional nastiness those demons were carrying."
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Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:43 am
I find myself lying on the ground in a strange world. I look up at the sky and see two suns a smaller yellow sun and a much larger sun. Someone then approaches me. A woman's hand is right in front of my face offering me help in getting up. I take the hand and get up I then look the woman in the face.
" Donna? It.. it can't be"
" Cassandra we don't have much time to talk. But listen the source is taking over everything."
"The source?"
Donna takes off her neckalace and hands it to me.
" Take this.. you'll need it to bring me back"
"You're coming back?"
"Cassandra listen you must warn the Titans. Warn everyone. The source is growing it's taken me as well as many others."
After that I wake up. Foolish me .. it was just a dream. I look down at my hand and notice Donna's neckalace is in it.
"Or maybe not."
I noticed a vision of Ares in front of me. The scars that were on my back were suddenly healed. I felt better then ever.
Ares: "You need to be ready for the up coming battle"
Cassandra : "Wait!"
But I was to late. He vanished.
I needed to talk to someone but who.
I couldn't talk to Diana.. Donna was still a very touchy subject. I think she was for everyone.
I looked down at the neckalace. It was hard to believe it was in my hands.. Donna was buried wearing this thing. I smiled. Donna's coming back.
Then I began to wonder about the source. What is the source? I heard noises outside of the room. It was the party. It was going on. I put on my spare costume and walked out the room. The place was packed.
I nver knew there were so many Titans everyone from Nightwing to Damage to Argent was there. I felt lost in crowd. I didn't know most of these people. All I knew was that they were Titans. I grabbed some punch and stood in the corner watching everyone.
I didn't see Tim or Connor or Bart around. Though I was surrounded by so many people I felt so alone. I just.. I needed someone to talk to.. someone who would listen someone who I could trust. Everyone seemed so happy yet there I was in the corner with one question stuck in the back of my head ' What's the source?'
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Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:10 pm
another day another crummy role shesh! im so tired of being horse #2 or Tiger#5 but oh well work is work
*hears something that sounds like a battle and a expolsion
*changes into a hawk to get a better view
"What hell is going on at the tower"
flies closer towards the ground and changes into cheetah
"Don't worry guys! Im on my way!"
god we haven't even finished repairing the damage since that nut-job with the ax attack us what his name again Axxy Mcgue?
whatever it not important right i have to get there!
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:56 am
((OCC: Okay Cassie and I were talking. I know that I'm not a titan or hero but apparently I'm an important side character in the story. Actually it's the reason I changed my account name to Linda))
When I was younger I questioned everything. I guess like alot of kids I was very curious. The only thing that's really changed is that now I've learned that there are just some questions you don't ask and keep to yourself about. I was a reporter but then later I became a medical student. As I said I question everything and everyone including myself and ever since I've met my husband, The Flash, more and more questions keep poping up.
Although in truth, I haven't seen him in long a time. I haven't seen much of anyone since I've been trapped in this other world. I look next to me and see Donna Troy, Troia, watching the suns set. I don't know exactly how to explain how I got here.. I'm not sure myself. All I know is that ever since I've been here it's been hell.
There are several people here, Donna said we were all lot from our real home, Earth. All of us people from different walks of life some are lawyers, college students, or even homeless. Either way it didn't matter we were all stuck here, all of us had the same goals: keep the demons from killing us and make it home. Donna's been an inspiration, in all honesty I really didn't know her before this. I mean I knew that she was one of Wally's friends and the fact that she was Troia was public knowledge.
But we've actually become friends though all this. Donna's been made our leader. We've managed to to make weapons and we fight whenever we are attacked. There's also a mirror we found where we can see what's happening on earth. I would often see Wally ziping around helping people and it made me smile.
It would also remind me of how much I missed him. However, I've always had this fear deep down inside that day Wally would keep running and never come back.. and no matter how much I would call out to him he would just keep going.
Donna comes up to me and puts her hand on my shoulder.
Donna: "I managed to get though to someone. Don't worry the Titans will help us."
I nod and I look up at her.
Linda: "What about the source?"
Donna: " One thing at a time"
She walks over to some of the others as I continue looking at the sunset.
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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 4:10 pm
I knew I need to talk to someone. But I wondered who would listen. Alot of times people are quick to judge young heroes and get angry at us. "Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannise their teachers" That was said by a Greek philosopher, Socrates, over 1000 years ago. Yet people still think of kids that way today. But in this place, though these halls, perhaps it was different. Everyone in this room was at some point in time a Teen Titan. I slowly walked over to Vic who was busy talking to Flash.
" Vic"
Donna's neckalace spilled though my hands. The same neckalace she was buried with.
" I need to talk to you alone.. It's important..It's about Donna."
I looked up at Vic. I hope that he could tell that I wasn't joking. If Donna was coming back, if there was a way to bring her back, I was determined to find it. Donna told me to warn the Titans. I knew whatever happened with those demons it had something to do with Donna. I knew that if I wanted to help Donna I couldn't do it alone. I also knew that the subject of Donna was a sore spot for the Titans old and new.
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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 5:52 pm
THIS is a sore subject with me.
"Donna's dead."
Wally zips in between Vic and Cassie, a dead serious scowl on his face, his arms crossed in front of him.
Cass looks at me with an expression on her face that says she's weighing the consequences of punching me in the face, but I don't care. I just got through the hounds of Hell here, and I'm not in the mood.
"Yeah. ExCUSE me for eavesdropping. But Donna. Is. DEAD. Whatever's going on, it has NOTHING to do with her. Don't go dragging her through the mud."
Now Vic's gaping at me too. They just don't get it.
"I'm tired of it. I'm tired of the drama. I don't know who's pulling the strings of THIS little adventure, but I'm out."
"WALLY!"
If it wouldn't put me through the wall, I think Vic woulda slapped me right there.
"Don't you GET IT, Victor?! It's always a clone. Or someone evil in disguise. Or parallel universes are crossing or HYPERTIME, or-"
*SMACK*
Ouch...
Wally rubs at his mouth where Cassandra slapped him, and sneers at her.
"You think I'm being cold? I knew Donna-I GREW UP WITH HER. I saw the horrible hell her life became, and I saw her overcome it all. She died a hero. Face demons? Fine. I'm cool with that. Hell, I won't even ask WHY we found Cassie here fighting Grecian demons alone. But I am not going to stand here and say that this is going to somehow lead to-"
Wally's voice is cut off, and he shakes his head.
"Hearing things, now...What I meant to say was-"
I did not just hear that...
For a split second, the Flash's image blurs, as if two dozen Flash's are in the room, searching everywhere for a split second.
"What I was saying was-"
DAMN IT! Now somebody's screwing with me!
.....Linda?
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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 6:47 pm
"What you're saying is that Donna is dead, this I KNOW for sure. . .and we've all accepted it, some better than others it seems."
With my weapons concealed once again, my mind focused, and stance in the shadows emerging, I let my presence, since the fight, be known. "Don't everyone jump to conclusions. Weigh things out before actually assuming this had anything to do with Donna. . .it could be something else?" Letting my eyes shift over the entire area of which we're standing, steps are taken to get the group closer together.
"No one's 'out' Wally, not yet. . .not until I get things together." A smirk coming to cross his face, a well known smirk. "Now, anyone up for some chit-chat?"
I have to keep the mood like, this isn't going to be easy. . .for anyone.
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Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 6:51 am
Fallen souffles...
Hordes of demons...
Dead Titans, alive...
...Maybe...
Gar being... Gar.
I wouldn't expect anything less from a Titans shindig.
But seriously... "chit-chat?"
"All due respect, d**k, if you want 'chit-chat' you can track down Robin and discuss at length the pitfalls of wearing short-shorts on cold Gotham nights."
If d**k wants to play Batman, fine, let him. I'll take the direct route.
"Something smells funky here, and for once I'm sure it's not Gar, so I say we let Cassie have her voice. After all, that IS what we're about."
Something's up.
Bottom line, Cassie's walking around acting and looking as if she wasn't just torn to ribbons by a pack of angry hell-demons.
I can't be the only one noticing.
And I've still got an angry scratch on my arm. What's up with that?
Wally's flitting around, which is never a good sign, but Cassie's my responsibility now and Wally knows how to ask for help if he needs it.
Like I said, something's up.
"You've got my ear, Cassie. Now, what say we take this outside."
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Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 7:20 pm
[Tad looked around.... vigilantes everywhere. He was kind of suprised.]
"Make sure you wear your costume, Tad. Not everyone knows everyone outside of the hero thing. Personal detachment. It helps us work better as a team."
[Tad made his way through the crowd (And boy, was there a crowd), much to the amusement of some of the people.]
"Nite-Wing? Someone's a fanboy.."
"You think he knows?"
"Has to be a meta, no normal person would act like that..."
"'zat a hockey jersey? Yeesh."
[Tad saw the shiny head of Cyborg and walked over to him. He was standing next to a rather pretty blonde.]
Hey Cyborg! The gym's great, you gonna force-feed that sow-flay to me now? Why couldn't we have ordered pizza or something?
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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 4:33 pm
I looked over at Nightwing and then at Flash. I could've sent both of them though a wall but I didn't. I was trying hard to hold myself back. It was then I felt a hand on my shoulder.. it was Robin.
" Calm down Cassie, tell us what happened."
I felt another hand on my other shoulder. It was Connor with that concerned boy friend look on his face. Next to Connor was Bart. I realized then that it didn't matter what Flash or Nightwing said at least I still had my friends. I looked over at Cyborg seeing as how he was one of few the few people who was actually willing to listen to me.We walk outside as I speak to him
" For the past few months Ares has been coming by to speak to me about some sort of upcoming battle. In fact he was the one who gave me my lasso. Anyways after I got hurt in fight with the demons, I had a dream and Donna was in it. She told me to warn the Titans that 'the source' was coming. Whatever that is.. At first I though I was just having some weird dream. But when I woke up I was holding this."
I show him Donna's neckalace. The one she always wore.. the one she was buried with.
" Ares was then in the room and he healed me. He said something about 'the source' to.'
Looks at him to see if he believed her.
" Listen you don't have to believe me. But others have died and come back to. And if Donna is trying to reach us or she is coming back then I for one am not going to turn my back on her."
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