Title: The Tale of Two Wondys
Marx - January 31, 2007 01:16 AM (GMT)
(OOC: You'll probably see where I'm going with this, but in case you get confused there will be 2 main stories going on at the same time on New Earth-1 and New Earth-2. This is probably going to be one of my longer stories since I'm going to fit two ideas I had into one story so you've been warned. *Cackles maniacly*)
New Earth-2
Cassie sat up in her bed with an audible sigh as she held her legs. She hated being alone but she also hated being around people at the moment. She knew that she had friends but it didn't matter as she looked over to the dresser at the Young Justice picture of her with the original six members of the team. Cassie'd have given anything to go back to those times when she was so happy and naive, and when Conner was still alive. Downstairs she could hear bickering, while she couldn't make out the other voice she definitely noticed Rose's. The arguing had died down lately since Jericho, Miss Martian and Raven rejoined the team but it still came up. They never argued this much YJ, sure there were arguing times but it seemed the version of the Titans argued just to argue.
"Cassie?" Cassie looked up as she heard her name called and turned to see Raven. "Yes, Raven?" Raven stayed outside of the door and seemed to be picking her words carefully. "I just...wondered...if you wanted some company?" Raven asked giving glances to Cassie but not keeping any long term eye contact. "You already know the answer to that." Cassie replied coldly. As much as she liked Raven she hated how she could read emotion. "I'm...sorry...I'm doing my best to filter out people's emotions but when they're extreme enough..." "I know. You can't always control it. I don't mean to be snippy it's just...there's so much going through my mind..." Raven gave an understanding nod. "I know what you mean...trust me. Maybe we should go...outside. Being all alone in your room probably isn't help-" "Hold that thought Rave." Cassie interrupted as she went past Raven to the figure who just walked by.
"Robin? Robin!" Cassie practically yelled before Robin finally turned around, obviously annoyed making her wonder whether he'd either been the one Rose was arguing with or the one who had to break it up. "What is it Cassie?" Tim said in a stone voice. "You've been avoiding me." Cassie bluntly said, interrupting Robin before he could answer back. "And don't say you aren't. We both know you are. We...we really need to talk about what happened, Tim. And not just saying 'It was a mistake.' Really talking about it." Robin let out a sigh as he looked into Cassie's eyes. "Fine. But not right now, okay?" Tim said as he turned and walked away leaving a very angry and frustrated Cassie in his wake.
New Earth-1
"So?" Cassie asked leaning forward on the couch with a grin. "What?" Will asked looking over to Cassie, clearly confused by the question. "So...what did you think about last night?" Will immediately raised an eyebrow. "Oh...you mean-?" "NO! I mean at the club!" Cassie interrupted, her cheeks immediately turning bright red as Will was the one with the grin now. "Oooooh you mean the whole Truth or Dare game thing..." Will started blatantly teasing Cassie by stalling. "Yeeees?" "And not when-" "WILL!" By now it looked like it was only a matter of time before smoke started coming out of Cassie's ears. "You're so cute when you make that face, baby." Will said with a smirk only to get a scowl from Cassie in return. "...you think everything I do is cute."
Will leaned forward himself and gave Cassie a quick peck on the cheek. "It's because you are. But to answer your question, it was cool, I guess..." Will said, looking away slightly as if knowing Cassie's response wouldn't benefit him that well. "Ha! I told you, you'd feel better if you told some people besides your secret 3." Cassie said with a cocky expression as she put her legs on Will's lap. "My secret 3?" Will asked with curiousity. "Yeah. Me, Duo, and Greta." "Aaaah...so?" Will asked, giving Cassie a similar expression to the one she'd given him when asking the same question. "So...what?" Cassie asked with a curious expression. "Soooo, what did you think of Erin?" Will asked with a smirk trying his best not to laugh at Cassie's face which looked like she accidentally ate a lemon.
"She was...interesting..." Cassie said, obviously thinking really hard for a way of making it sound positive. "Really?" Will said in an almost teasing tone. "Yeah...when she wasn't having one of her copies try to grope you under the table..." Cassie stated with a slight glare which caused Will to laugh slightly. "So you got that, huh? You know she was purposely trying to get under your skin right?" Will said as he began to rub Cassie's legs, only to get a growl in response. "Seemed more like she was trying to get on yours." This caused Will to laugh again. "I swear she's not usually that bad." Cassie gave Will a skeptical look. "Even when it's just the two of you alone?" Will had a slight smirk as he looked up thinking about it. "I usually...try not to be alone with her that often.."
(OOC:Eh? Eh? Get it?)
atlantis - January 31, 2007 03:43 PM (GMT)
((...get what??))
YAY!! Great post baby!!
Marx - January 31, 2007 04:17 PM (GMT)
(OOC: lol As in did you get where the two Cassies were from. And thank you, thank you :D)
Marx - January 31, 2007 06:51 PM (GMT)
New Earth-2
Cassie turned from Robin's retreating form and began to storm off almost forgetting that Raven was still in her room. "Oh! Sorry Raven, but now that you mention it going outside would be a great idea." She growled with such ferocity that it made Raven jump back slightly, though Cassie seemed to either not see this or chose to ignore it. "As you wish." Raven said with a polite nod as they made it downstairs only to be have a voice call out to them. "Wondy! Raven! Come here a sec!" Cassie continued to growl as she answered the call, from Marvin. As much as Marvin and Wendy seemed to be fun, Cassie really wasn't in a laughing mood and unless they had something really interesting to say...
"We got a bogey downtown. Seems to be shooting things up at random, he's a pretty big looking guy though." Marvin said as he keyed up an image of the bad guy on the monitor. "Oh he's not that big, it's just the shoulder pads and the stupidly big cape. Me thinks he's compensating for something." Wendy said with a chuckle.
New Earth-1
"Oh, that makes me feel just loooooooads better. Then I have a question for you. Has Erin ever kissed you?" This time Will's cheeks were the ones going red. "Uuuuh..." Luckily Will was saved by the bell as his T-Terminal went off. "Hey Will, are you with Cass? There's a slight situation here." Duo's voice rang out from the communicator. "We'll be in the Tower right away." Will said as he went to stand up but Cassie's legs pushed him right back down reminding Will how strong she was. "I don't think we're going anywhere until you answer that question." Will had a mixture of fear and laughter as he chose the smart path and answered. "She snuck in a kiss when we were sparring. For what it's worth, I hit her reeeeeeeeeeeeally hard afterwards." Will went to get up again and was once more pushed down. "Strong little thing aren't you?" "How hard was it?" Cassie asked with a slight smirk of her own, to be honest she enjoyed letting Will know he wasn't the only strong one.
"Well she knew that if she was going to kiss me she was going to have to do it really fast so there was a slight clang of teeth but for the most par-" (OOC Note: I was originally going to have Will say another reply to this but I figured it might be too vulgar for those who got the joke.) "The hit! How hard was the hit!" Cassie said with a slight glare. "It winded her enough that it took her a good minute before she could actually say that it was worth it..." Will said with a smirk, which Cassie returned as she finally took her legs off his lap allowing Will to use his magic to don his costume. Holding out his hand he pulled up Cassie and using his powers on her, changed her into her costume as well, which made her give him a playful glare. "You made it a little tight up top again, Will." Will gave a coy smirk in reply. "I just keep forgetting your...measurements. Maybe they're getting b-" "Will...I swear to Hera if you finish that sentence..." "And away we go!" Will said with a laugh as he shadowported the two of them to the Tower.
"Wondered what was taking you two so long." Duo said as she looked back at them and gave a double take when she saw Wonder Girl and gave a slight smirk of her own. "Hm, I see Will made your costume again." Duo said as she swiveled and tried not to laugh as she heard the slap behind her. "I knew it!" Will merely laughed himself as he leaned over and saw the figure on the screen. "Ooo nice cape, but it blends too much into his costume." "I could totally see you in those shoulder pads." "Naaah, my shoulders are broad enough as it is."
New Earth-2
"Our files say that his name's Zaha Torte. Recently escaped, for trying to kill half the population so he could free the god of Destruction and rebuild the world anew." Marvin stated as he pulled up a file with Zaha's picture on it. "You're kidding right? The god of Destruction?" Kid Devil asked with a humorous expression as he walked to the monitor.
New Earth-1
Duo let out a laugh. "Yes, the god of Destruction. That's what the DEO file says." "Should we call the rest of the team?" Wonder Girl asked, to which Harm let out a slight snicker. "No need. I brought him in last time by myself, I had a harder time from that dragon kid. You two can come along if you want to though." Harm said with confidence. "Oh hell yes! This monitor duty's boring the hell out of me." Duo complained as she got a playful shove from Cassie. "Oh I'm sure there's plenty of Hell left." "Ha. Ha."
New Earth-2
"Ooo can I go?" Kid Devil asked gleefully. Wonder Girl looked back at him with a glare as she could swear that Raven was making some kind of motion behind her, most likely a warning to the little demon. "Please please please Cass. I'm bored out of my mind and Rose is out with Jericho again." Wondy let out a defeated sigh. "Zaha is magical in nature. Having Raven along is great, but Eddie will probably help some as well." Wendy said with a slight smirk as she gave a wink to Kid Devil. "Fine, fine. You can come..." "Sweet!" Kid Devil yelled in triumph as Raven leaned over to whisper in Cassie's ear. "At least you'll still get a chance to hit something very hard." Cassie gave a small smile as she looked back. "Good point."
Marx - February 1, 2007 10:05 PM (GMT)
New Earth-1
"Well, let's go then." Harm said with a smirk as he called the shadows to himself Wondy and Duo. Once they emerged from the darkness they were confronted by the noise before they actually saw the source. It momentarily stopped as Zaha saw the trio, specifically Harm. "Youuu!" The three jumped in different directions as their presence successfully drew Zaha's attention. "It's good to be remembered." Harm said with a smirk before he officially went back to Harm mode. "I don't want to have to beat you senseless again so I suggest you surrender." He growled only to have Zaha laugh in reply.
"Or what, Harm? I'm at full power this time. Neither you nor your two @#$%^s will stand in my way this time." Zaha roared. While normally Harm would have immediately attacked and put Zaha in his place it became evident almost immediately he wouldn't have to. "Did he just call us...what I think he called us?" Wonder Girl said in fury. Duo didn't even say anything, she just summoned her scythe. Harm simply put up his hands as he let the two charge after the sorceror.
New Earth-2
After Raven transported the three there two things were bluntly apparent. One, this guy didn't know who he was dealing with. And two, Cassie was going to have a lot of fun teaching him. Taking flight Cassie went to attack as did Kid Devil. Raven chose to stay back since taking him out with her soul self wouldn't take any time at all and while she didn't agree with the way Cassie was doing it, she needed to vent and would probably take it out on Raven if the fight ended too soon.
"This is exactly what I mean!" Zaha said, clearly frustrated as he dodged Wonder Girl's punch, which left a crater as was barely able to put up a sheild to block Kid Devi's fire. With a quick kick to Kid Devil, Zaha knocked the air out of him and threw him into Cassie, who caught the demon but wasn't able to stop the next blast which threw both of them to the ground. "You're too busy attacking me to realize you should be joining my quest!"
New Earth-1
Harm's eyes began to narrow as it seemed that the two girls weren't taking him down as quickly as he thought they should. He obviously hadn't been lying when he said that he had more power. It still didn't seem like they'd have a big problem though. While Duo was angry it was obvious she was holding back, though this was probably just to get a good idea of what Zaha could do as Cassie tried to get through his shielding. An evil smirk crossed Harm's face as he closed his eyes and began chanting, and before long he broke the shield much to Zaha's surprise as Wonder Girl blasted him clear in the chest, knocking him into the air before giving Harm a smile.
"Thanks!" She said as he took out her lasso. "Anytime." Harm replied as he continued to watch intently. Part of him didn't want to interfere because he knew the two had it well and hand and the other just liked the satisfaction of Zaha's sexist view being proven blatantly wrong.
New Earth-2
Wonder Girl had just pulled out her lasso but the way Zaha was moving around it was becoming difficult to get a bead on him. "I don't have time for these games anymore. I have to go on my missi-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Zaha yelled as it turned out that when he stayed still enough to gloat, Kid Devil's fire was enough to penetrate his shielding giving Wonder Girl the time she needed to wrap him up. "Give it up, Zaha Torte. In the mood I'm in you reeeeeeeeally don't want me to use this thing." She growled as Zaha continued to struggle and Kid Devil crouched, waiting to attack if he needed to.
New Earth-1
With a slash from Duo's thermal scythe, Wondy had Zaha lassoed with a devious grin on her face. "This won't hold me." Zaha growled as his eyes began to glow red. "We'll just see about that then won't we." Channeling her anger into the lasso, Zaha yelled in pain as he was hit with the godly lightning.
New Earth-2
After getting struck with the lightning Zaha seemed to either lose control of his powers or lash out with his pain, but for either reason the result was the same as an exceptionally large blue blast shot from Zaha's chest towards Wonder Girl who blocked the majority of it with her bracelets, causing a bright flash, but the sheer force of it still threw her hard into the air causing her head to hit a nearby fire escape with a loud thud, leaving quite the impression as she limply hit the ground.
New Earth-1
"NO!" Harm yelled as he immediately ran for Wonder Girl, stopping the fire escape from hitting the two of them. "Cassie...y-..you're okay right? Please be okay." Harm desperately held Wonder Girl close to him for any reply but none came. "She's ...she's just unconscious, I can feel a pulse." Duo said as she joined Harm, also momentarily forgetting about the villain. "Maybe next time she'll learn her place." Zaha muttered as he slolwy stood up, showing that while he was affected by the lightning he was far from out.
Leaving Cassie with Duo, Harm stood up and as he walked to Zaha he uttered three words that no adversary of Harm's would ever want to hear. "Purgatory to me." Harm growled as the sword appeared in his hands. "PURGATORY TO ME!" Duo yelled and immediately the sword disappeared from Harm's hand and appeared in Duo's. Harm shot back a glare to the fallen angel as she said the words. "He's human.." Harm let out a loud sigh as he was glad he put that failsafe in the sword for just this kind of situation for those who could hold the blade. "Fine. We'll do this the long way then."
New Earth-2
"You're going to regret this very soon." Raven said, trying very hard to control her anger. She'd been staying back for most of the fight, if she'd have just taken Zaha out to begin with Cassie wouldn't have gotten hurt. Turning slowly to the villain he was barely able to say anything before he was consumed by Raven's soul self.
Marx - February 4, 2007 06:07 PM (GMT)
New Earth-1
"Harm!" Duo yelled as she continued to hold on to Cassie, who was still unconscious. Considering that no one seemed to be horrified, Duo could only assume that Harm had put some kind of shielding spell that wasn't letting anyone see exactly how much of a 'lesson' that Harm was teaching Zaha. "Harm! Enough! He's had enough! He's not even conscious anymore!" Harm had stopped mid punch as he looked down to see that Duo was quite right. He made a point not to kill him of course, but a wise man once said 'You'd be surprised what you can live through.' "Maybe next time you'll learn your place." Harm said as he got up and walked over to Duo.
New Earth-2
"Um...Raven? Where'd you send him?" Kid Devil asked the Titan who looked back at him with a glare. "You don't want to know." That was all Eddie needed to hear as he let it go and turned back to Cassie, picking her up. "How is she?" Raven asked quite thankful that Kid Devil hadn't wanted more information on the current whereabouts of Zaha.
New Earth-1
"She's fine, Harm. She should be awake soon." Harm's expression finally softened as he picked her up. "Good." "But Will...what about him? You...know I don't care but..." Duo started but Harm merely pointed at Zaha, who looked just fine, no scars, burns or anything. "I didn't know you could still do that." Duo said in astonishment. "It takes a lot more out of me now though, I wasn't able to heal everything but the only wounds left could easily have come from the brawl that everyone saw." Harm said as he pulled out a little communicator. "I take it you guys are missing Zaha Torte?" "Yes, we were watching. Figured since it was so close to the Tower there'd be no need in calling you. We noticed some mystic shielding for a bit there..." The voice in Harm's communicator answered. "Nevermind it." "That's what I thought. We'll pick him up in five." "Good, Harm out." Harm finished before turning back to Duo with a nod as he called the shadows to them once more.
New Earth-2
"So she's okay?" Wendy asked as both her and Marvin turned as they as the huge raven shape that soon formed into Raven, Wondy, and Kid Devil. "Yes, she's just sleeping." Raven said calmly as she looked down at Cassie. "I'll take her to her room." Kid Devil said as he started up the stairs with Raven following closely behind. "Raven you know it wasn't your fault, right?" Wendy asked showing concern. Raven looked back at Wendy with her usual stone expression. "I know." Was the only response she got as she disappeared into Cassie's room. "You don't have to wait here too, Eddie." Raven said as she sat down and looked across the bed to Kid Devil who was also sitting next to Cassie's bed. "What? You think you're the only one whose guilty? If I'd-...oh hey! Cassie!" Kid Devil started before he noticed Wonder Girl starting to stir.
"Cassie are you okay?" Raven asked leaning over. "Mmmm, Raven? And Eddie? Where's Will?" Raven and Kid Devil exchanged a curious glance as Eddie voiced what they were both thinking. "Whose Will?"
New Earth-1
"You know you didn't have to wait with me, Duo." Harm said with a slight smile as he looked over to her. "She's my friend too, Will." Duo said returning the smile as Cassie began to stir. "Hey baby, feeling okay?" Harm said with a smirk as he looked down at her moving her hair out of her face. "Mmmm...Conner?" Immediately Harm's eyes shot open, as did Duo's as she began to slowly sneak out the room. "No. Not Conner." Harm growled with a glare. This time Wonder Girl's eyes shot open as she saw who was above her. "HARM!" She yelled as she immediately sat up and punched Will, laying it on him really hard across his jaw, which was enough to throw him down as she took off out the room.
"What the f....What's wrong with her?" Harm grumbled as he rubbed his jaw looking over to Duo who seemed just as confused as he was.
Marx - May 24, 2007 05:11 PM (GMT)
New Earth-2
"That's not funny guys. Where is he? And when did you get here?" Cassie asked shaking the cobwebs out slightly. Once again Raven and Eddie exchanged looks as Raven laid Cassie's head back on the bed. "Maybe you should get some rest." But Raven's concerned expression did nothing to calm Cassie down. "Where's Will!? Did something happen?" "Cassie, we don't know a Will. Maybe that blast hurt you more than we thought..." Eddie stated looking concerned as well. Cassie meanwhile had the look of someone who was having a joke played on them but didn't get it. "What's wrong with you two? Will? Harm? Really doesn't ring a bell?"
"I have no idea who Will or Harm is Cassandra." Raven said calmly, sensing that the more they denied any knowledge of whoever Will was the more upset she was getting. But she felt lying about it would only make things worse. "He was a villain we fought a few times back in the Young Justice days. I heard what happened. Are you okay Cass? And what's Harm have to do with anything?" Cassie looked over to the voice she recognized as Tim's. "Oh Tim! Thank Hera! Nobody's telling me where Will i-...is that a new costume?" Cassie shook her head in disbelief but seemed to be getting even more annoyed because her hair kept getting in her face. But then she looked even more shocked as she saw that her hair was past shoulder length which it hadn't been for months.
New Earth-1
Harm clicked his jaw back in place, feeling the pain subside as he healed. "I...don't think she held back on that punch at all." Harm said slightly in shock as both him and Duo ran after Cassie who had a bit of a head start. Meanwhile Cassie was dashing as fast as she could. How did Harm get in the Tower, and who was that other girl with the braid? How many others had infultrated the Tower. She needed to get some space to figure out what to do. But all thought went out her mind as she stopped and stared.
Superboy hadn't been by the Tower in awhile. He'd been pretty busy with other things. He mainly was just bored and just wanted to see how everyone was, and was slightly distracted by that when he saw Wraith for the first time. But before he could even get her with his best pick up line, he was practically tackled by Wonder Girl who presumed to kiss him full on. "CONNER! YOU'RE ALIVE!" Conner wasn't really able to answer back because of how hard Cassie was holding on to him. But it wasn't like his feelings for Cassie had gone anywhere so he wasn't going to fight it if she wasn't. Eventually the embrace and kiss were broken allowing Superboy to fully breathe. "Well of course I'm alive, babe. Just had some other stuff to do, ya know?" A noise caused both of them to turn around and when they looked they saw Harm had basically crushed the support bar for the stairs. His expression was hard to actually read, while his eyes couldn't possibly go any bigger, the rest of his face didn't seem to fit them. He let out a very audible sigh before disappearing into the shadows. "Will!" Duo yelled before running out of the Tower. Even Wraith seemed to have vanished as well.
"Heh...believe me, I don't mind. Take it you two are having a spat? A...rather big spat?" Superboy said with a smirk. While he did feel slightly guilty to be honest, he knew exactly how Will had felt because he'd felt it every time he was forced to watch them together when they first started dating, whether Cassie did her best not to do any PDA in front of him or not. Cassie didn't really reply or even hear what Superboy said she clung to him for dear life. Harm must have retreated with the others, but most importantly and the only thing on her mind, Conner wasn't dead.
New Earth-2
Robin gave Cassie a curious look before looking at Raven and Kid Devil. "Has she been like this since she woke up?" Robin asked, choosing to ignore the costume question. The two nodded as Robin walked closer. "Cassie, try to focus. What's the last thing you remember?" Cassie was still focussing on her hair. "Holy Hera! How long have I been out?" Robin let out a patient sigh. "Cassie, please. What do you remember?" Cassie could tell that Robin was quite worried so she decided to try and do what he asked, hopefully she'd find out what happened to Will and Duo later. "Well...the last thing I remember was Zaha hitting me with that blast...Holy Hera! Will didn't kill him did he!?" Once again Robin gave a look to Raven and Eddie. "So Harm was there?" Robin asked calmly and even though Cassie couldn't see it she knew that Raven and Eddie were shaking their heads which was only making her more frustrated.
"Of course he was! So was Duo. WOULD YOU GUY STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE I'M CRAZY!?" Cassie yelled finally losing her temper. "Uh...maybe we should go..." Kid Devil stated, already starting to edge away and both he and Raven left after Robin gave a nod. Cassie took a deep breath. "So let me guess. You've never heard of Duo either..." There was a long pause before Robin answered. "What did you want to talk to me about earlier today?" Robin asked bluntly to which Cassie had a confused expression. "Earlier today? I haven't seen you for weeks, Tim." Robin gave a serious nod as if he'd come to a conclusion. "Okay Cass. We're dealing with one of two things that come to mind offhand..."
New Earth-1
"Cass, it's okay. You're kind of scaring me a little. What happened?" Superboy asked as he saw the tears coming down Cassie's eyes. "I...missed you...so much..." Superboy gave Cassie a humored smile as he looked down at her. He wasn't sure what was going on, but he wasn't going to rock the boat. "Maybe we should get some air." He said as he felt Cassie nod on his chest and the two of them walked out. As they left the Tower, Cassie felt the wind on the back of her neck a little more than usual. She went to move her hair and saw that it stopped at her shoulders. "What...happened to my hair?" Conner couldn't help but laugh a little. "It looks fine to me." He said with a smile which she looked up and returned. Becoming a little more self conscious now she noticed her costume as well. "And...my costume's all off. I haven't really worn this one since....well...you know....and the top's a little tight isn't it?" Once again Conner let out a smirk. "I'm not complainin'."
Marx - May 29, 2007 11:05 PM (GMT)
New Earth-1
"One of them better be that everyone else has lost their minds..." Cassie mumbled almost in a pouting way which got a slight smile from Robin before he went back into 'bat-mode'. "Fine. Three options. One is that Zaha's blast scrambled your brain because we haven't seen Harm since that whole Spyboy issue and I honestly have no idea who this Duo is." Cassie began to retort but Robin put up a hand. "Cassie, please let me finish. But you obviously know who we are, but not completely who you are, yourself." Robin said motioning towards Cassie's hair.
"Well, it's not like we haven't dealt with alternate versions of people. Especially with that other Superboy..." Cassie cocked her head to the side. "What other Superboy? Do you mean Match? You think I'm a clone?" Robin gave Cassie a look that was slightly hard to read. "No, not Match. The other one. Last year?" It was a little more obvious that this question was more of a test as Robin seemed to be very curious of the answer which Cassie did note and simply shook her head. "...no. I can't remember another Superb-.." Cassie stopped as she saw the look on Robin's face.
New Earth-2
It seemed like days that Superboy had been holding Wonder Girl. She felt kind of disoriented still but she didn't care. It was like the one thing she wanted the most had been granted to her and she didn't want to take it away by asking questions. Unfortunately Superboy wasn't as content with leaving things as they were. "Cass...not to say I'm not loving this. But I really hope you're not doing this to get back at Harm. You do see how that'd be slightly unfair to me right?" Cassie had a confused expression as she looked at Conner. "What's Harm have to do with anything. You make it sound like we're dating or something." Superboy once again gave Cassie a humored expression. "Cass, as much as I hate to admit it, you-" But Superboy was interrupted as two throwing stars went whizzing by. Wonder Girl was barely able to deflect one that was aimed right at her head.
Both her and Superboy jumped up as they saw the shapely attacker. "Whoa...baby.." Superboy muttered which got a slight look from Cassie before she tried to look past the pink hair to see the face of her attacker. But before Cassie could do anything Superboy shot forward and was about to punch her before she flashed Superboy a smile. "The name's Erin, loverboy. I'll get to you later. Just wait here for me." Cassie let out a fake laugh just waiting for the punch to connect but it never did as Superboy got a content look as he stared Erin up and down, letting her walk past. "Superboy! What's wrong with-?" "Ah ah ah, Wondy girl. This is just for us girls. I've never had any big issues with you before besides the initial having what I want, but I've never see him hurt that badly and I've tried to kill him. How dare you!?" Erin growled as she unsheathed her sword.
New Earth-2
"Cassie...there's no way you could forget that Superboy. I think that pretty much cements that it's one of the two theories if not something else. Did...anything of significance happen to you a year ago?" Robin asked seriously before Cassie gave an odd smirk. "...not that I'd mention in public...." Cassie mumbled under her breath, her cheeks burning, which contrasted with Robin's expression. "What was that?" "Nothing! Well, nothing involving any other Superboys anyway." Cassie said with a shrug. "Nothing at all?" Robin asked again, seeming very surprised once more. "No Tim, nothing. Why do you keep asking."
Robin seemed to be having a much harder time hiding his feelings now. "Cass. Conner died a year ago. You honestly don't remember that?" Cassie leaned forward and put her hand on Tim's shoulders. "Tim. Conner's fine, I saw him a month or two ago. He's just taking a break from the team." This seemed to strike a nerve as Robin moved just enough that Cassie's hand fell off of him. "Tim? But Robin seemed to remain distanced. "Just...tell me everything you can about what happened between you and Zaha that you can remember. Including the parts with...Will and Duo."
New Earth-1
"What in Hera's name are you talking about!? I've never met you before and who did I hurt?" Cassie yelled with frustration as she tried to discreetly reach for her lasso. But Erin seemed to stop mid charge like Superboy had. "..wait...How can you not know what I'm talking about? With you and Will?" Erin asked carefully taking note of the lasso, but also listening intently for Wonder Girl's reply. "Whose Will? Are you talking about Zaha?" Cassie asked kind of curious about the response as well. But to her surprise Erin put her sword back in it's sheat. "You know...I think this has just been a terrible misunderstanding. I can't tell you how sorry I am." Erin said barreling towards Cassie and wrapping the young amazon in a tight embrace. "But...you tried...to" "I know! I know! And I'm so sorry I tranced your boyfriend there. I wish you two the best. 'Ciao!" Erin said as she released the embrace and ran from the Tower humming something along the lines of 'He's all mine. Ha ha ha!'
"Conner? Are you okay?" Cassie said, still confused at the random attack but after all the weird things that had happened so far she was beginning to accept the weird. Conner meanwhile was still looking in a daze as Erin left before shaking it off. "Whoa...that was...intense." He said before turning back to Cassie with a serious expression. "Cass?" Superboy seemed like there was a major internal conflict for what he wanted to say. "Conner? What's wrong?" Superboy let out a sigh. "Look. As much as I want to go the same route 'Erin' or whoever that was went but...I actually have morals." He said with a slight growl in the direction Erin had vanished in. "What are you talking about?" Cassie asked with a look of genuine concern. "*sigh* Cass, there's something I have to tell you..."
Marx - June 10, 2007 05:42 PM (GMT)
New Earth-2
Robin listened intently as Cassie told him in as much detail she could remember about her confrontation with Zaha. He even began to believe her as she described in detail exactly how Harm had become a member of the team and from her accounts, as odd as it sounded, one of the leaders by popular vote. Either someone had done a really good job of implanting an entire other world in her head or she really was from another reality. "...so...Conner's still alive...in your world...." Was all that Robin said after Cassie had finished.
"Well yeah, you said there was another Superboy that..." Cassie stopped talking as she began to see that despite Robin's contacts, the water in his eyes was quite obvious. "Oh Tim, I'm so sorry! I'm being really insensitive aren't I?" She said going in to hug Tim, but he quickly stood up, practically dodging it. "I'm...fine. We need to see this Zaha to see if he can figure out exactly what happened." With that, Robin started to walk out the room. "Tim! Wait! Marx travels through realities all the time, why don't we just-" But Robin's glance back, let her know that once again he had no clue who she was talking about. "Oh for the love of Hera! Does anyone I know exist?" Robin let out a slight snicker. "What? Why are you laughing at me?" "Sorry, it's just you haven't used 'Holy Hera' and the like for awhile. I kind of missed it."
New Earth-1
"...so...I'm dating...Harm?" Cassie choked out, looking like one of her eyes was twitching. "I know! But we broke up over 2 years ago...at first I thought you were dating him just to spite me but..." Superboy said, trailing off, mentally kicking himself for not going the easy route. But seeing that he really was serious only made Cassie more confused. "But...he's Harm! He tried to kill us and...oh! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to mention that." Cassie turned red as she remembered that Conner himself had tried to kill all the Titans when he was turned evil by Lex, but to her surprise Conner just shrugged. "Why? I never tried to kill you."
Conner tried his best to ignore Cassie's mumble of 'I don't think I want to go back...' as he did the second hardest thing he had to do since Cassie clung to him. "Cass...you should find and talk to Harm. While I personally don't trust him, I know he'd never hurt you either. And...I just...wouldn't feel right being with you by default. If you choose to come back though, I'll still be here." Superboy said with a wink as he flew away. "Conner! Wait...don't leave me! Please!" But Superboy was nowhere to be seen. "How am I even supposed to find him!?" Cassie yelled in a frustrated voice before her T-Terminal conveniently fell out of her pocket as plot devices tend to. "...oh..."
New Earth-2
"What the heck am I wearing? This t-shirt is so tight I'd think that Will made it, is this actually my costume? I get that this is probably a tribute to Conner and all but his clothes weren't this tight when he was wearing spandex." Once again it was a little obvious that Robin was slightly enjoying this more upbeat version of Cassie as he punched some things into the computer. "He's in Riker's, convenient. I'll be back shortly." Robin started to go away but Cassie quickly grabbed his cape. "Oooh no you don't." "Cass, another reality or not, you need to rest. I'll be back soon, really."
He was almost out the door before Cassie's next question made him momentarily stop. "Tim...did something happen between us? Or between...you and...the other me?" Despite his obvious pause, Robin pretended that he didn't hear the question as he left and Cassie flopped on the couch. "So all my friends either don't exist, are dead, or act really broody around me...this place sucks..." Cassie mumbled as she heard a voice behind her. "We're...not all that bad are we?" Raven said as she sat down next to her.
New Earth-1
Having nowhere else he really wanted to go, Will had gone to Erin's apartment, which turned out not to be the best idea... "Erin! Stop!" For almost the fifth consecutive time the pink haired form of Erin slammed against the floor. "Aw, Will you're being so mean to me. I'm only trying to...cheer you up." Will rolled his eyes as Erin's cutesy face had no effect. "Yeah, up being the key word. Just...let me be by myself for a little bit okay? Without you pouncing on me every five seconds. Please?" Erin pouted again as she patted Will on the back. "Oh fine if you're going to be all broody. I'll be back later okay?" Erin said actually having a genuine look of concern as she left the apartment.
Will looked down with a sigh before he was distracted by a knock at the window. "Erin! I told you, I'm not in the mood for-...oh...it's you. What do you want?" Will said, going through the motions of opening the window but 'it's you' was laced with so much venom Cassie was wondering about Superboy's faith in Harm not hurting her. But before she knew it words were spewing out of her like a fountain. "Look...I..honestly don't know what's going on. Last I checked you were...undead or something trying to open a hell hole in Tokyo and apparently I've been dating you for two years and Superboy never died and my costume and hair is all weird and this girl randomly attacked me with pink hair but left when I didn't know who you were and nothing here makes sense but it's so much better than I remember and I don't know how I got here or where here is or if I'm the one that's crazy or if everyone else is or mmmmph!" Cassie's eyes went wide open as she saw that Will had just put his hand over her mouth. But what surprised her more than the action was the look he was giving her, it was kind and almost as if he was humoring her.
"Breathe." Will said calmly with a slight smile as he waited for Cassie to calm down. "You alright now?" He asked as he saw her slowly nodding. "Good. First off your hair and costume are fine. Second, that was most likely Erin who attacked you...which I'm going to deal with later...and as far as you know the last thing you saw me do was try to open the Hell Hole and Superboy was dead?" Once again Cassie nodded, this was the first time she'd seen Harm not in costume and as Conner had said, so far he seemed like a pretty nice guy. "Come with me." "W-where?" Cassie asked, now slightly worried that she'd made the wrong decision as she was suddenly engulfed by darkness. "Trust me."
Marx - January 11, 2008 03:29 AM (GMT)
New Earth-2
"No, it's not you it's just...everything's so...off. I think I'd be a little more comfortable with it if things weren't so...similar as well, you know?" Cassie said to Raven. It was slightly frustrating, especially with Robin off doing his thing and leaving her at the Tower. "I understand, I can sense your annoyance. I think I'd be a little...upset if I were in your position as well." Raven commented, obviously trying to be reassuring. But like everyone in that reality she seemed to be a bit...cautious around Cassie.
"Do I have any friends here that aren't edgy around me?" She asked with a slight pout. Raven gave a warm smile back. "I apologize. The other you is a bit...quick to anger. And from what you've told me, you mostly hang around with Supergirl. I try...but..you're usually pretty preoccupied." Cassie could see the slight solemn expression on Raven's face and felt a little guilty even though it wasn't technically her who did it. "For what it's worth in my world, you're pretty preoccupied. I rarely see you around the Tower anymore for that matter. Find it funny this me hangs with Supergirl, we're not really that close."
New Earth-1
Cassie seemed blatantly scared as she could see again and immediately separated herself from Will. Her eyes darted around quickly now realizing that she was in a different place. It was a peaceful clearing with a flat, concrete circle in the middle. Despite the surroundings, Cassie was obviously on edge. "What just...where are we?" Will let out a sigh, his face showing his disappointment. "You really...don't recognize where we are?" Like her counterpart, a swarm of guilt washed over Cassie as her look softened. "No...I'm...sorry. I take it, I should?"
Will seemed to stare a bit before he answered. "This is where I first asked you out." As Will spoke he sat down on the circle. "Oh..." Cassie wasn't completely sure how to react, but looking at Will, now she felt a little ashamed that she'd been afraid of him. "That's...okay...I thought something was off with our connection. It's still there, but...it just feels a bit off." Cassie cocked her head to the side as she got closer. "Connection?" She asked curiously. "Well...yeah. We and the other Titans were in Hell during a mission and we all had to be connected to absorb the evil energy. After we broke it, the connection between you and me stayed. I've kind of...gotten used to it...but the point is, I don't think you're my Cassie."
Marx - January 23, 2008 03:56 AM (GMT)
New Earth-2
"Really?" Raven questioned with curiosity, mainly from Cassie's reaction to pointing out that Supergirl and her weren't that close. "Well...yeah. You know how we kinda look similar. Will kinda...mistook her for me when she was coming out of the shower. Kinda walked in on the kiss." Raven's face remained as it usually did but you could tell she was pretty surprised. "You walked in on it? What did you do?" Cassie gave a quick shrug. "It was pretty obvious what happened. And Will was insanely cute stuttering over his words trying to explain it."
Raven found herself smiling as she saw the expression on Cassie's face. Though she'd never met him, she could literally feel how much she loved him. "Supergirl didn't really come by after that." Cassie finished with a laugh. "I could imagine." Raven agreed.
New Earth-1
"Well, if I had to guess I say it had to do with that Zaha guy." Cassie pointed out as Will nodded. "There was a bit of a flash when my Cassie was hit with it. Might have brought you here in her place. We know at least 2 dimension travelers so-" "How did you do it?" Cassie interrupted, drawing Will's attention. "How did I do it?" "You know...ask me out." Cassie was kind of looking away shyly which made it very difficult for Will not to hug her. "Oh...well we'd gone on our second date...well...first official. Had some issues but overall it was good. I brought you...her...here and I just kind of...asked her to be my girlfriend. There was even a convenient single rose on the ground."
Cassie found herself laughing slightly at the rose. "But roses just don't grow by them...selves..." Will soon saw why Cassie's voice trailed off as once again there was a single flower. "Oh...I guess I did that unconsciously." Will said to himself as he plucked the flower and gave it to Cassie with a smile. "Thank you...this isn't a rose though..." She commented, smelling the flower. "You like tulips better..." Will mumbled back.
New Earth-2
"I swear it was the sweetest thing ever. He even used his powers to remove the thorns from the rose. It was just..." Raven found herself just smiling and listening as Cassie went on about Will. "Sweet. I can tell how much he loves you." Raven replied, sensing that while talking about Will was good, it was also slowly saddening her. "I...hope I'll be able to see him again. And Duo and Marx. Even Conner." "I'm sure you will. We'll figure something out." Raven commented, reassuringly. "Raven...I'm just gonna...fly around for a bit." Raven could tell by the way Cassie said 'I' that she politely wasn't invited.
"Cassandra, I don't think Timothy would-" "Please? I just...I need to clear my head. I'll be fine." Cassie said in an almost pleading voice as Raven let out a sigh and a nod. There wasn't much she could do that would have convinced Cassie out of doing what she wanted. That much seemed to be universal with both Cassies.
Marx - January 27, 2008 03:32 AM (GMT)
New Earth-1
"You know...you knowing stuff like that is slightly creepy." Cassie said with a coy smile. "Well, that's pretty ironic then isn't it?" Will replied with a shrug much to Cassie's confusion. "What's ironic?" Will stepped up to Cassie with a familiar smirk, though not familiar to her of course. "It's ironic because you like it when I'm creepy..." Will's smirk only got wider as the two of them stared at each other and Cassie found out that he was right...she did like it.
"That's not...true..." Cassie murmured as she closed her eyes. "..mostly..." Be it because of the atmosphere or just because of the familiarity of the situation, Will went to kiss Cassie with no hesistation.
New Earth-2
"*sigh* A dead end." Robin stated as he walked into the Tower. Raven turned as she heard the voice. "Zaha didn't know anything?" Robin nodded his head. "If he was responsible for the switch, he didn't do it on purpose. Considering from what Cassie said, they likely both got hit at the same time, there's no guarentee that it would work again. It's not like I'm going to risk him taking another sho-...Where's Cassie?" Robin's eyes darted quickly to where she was and then to Raven. "She...wanted to be by herself and go for a walk...or fly technically."
You didn't need to be trained by the world's greatest detective to see that Robin was a bit upset. "You just let her go!?" Tim yelled as Raven looked away. "She didn't want me along. What was I supposed to do?" Raven said calmy as opposed to Tim's growl, but he quickly regained his composure. "She didn't say where she was going?" Raven shook her head in response. "We don't know what's different between our two worlds. That could be very dangerous depending on where she's going. But it's okay. She still has her T-Terminal on her." Robin said quickly going to the main monitor. Luckily for him, Wonder Girl did still have her Terminal on and the signal was strong.
New Earth-1
The tulip fell softly to the ground as Cassie and Will were lost in the kiss to the point that neither was actually sure how long they'd been doing it. Though when Will actually thought about it and realized what he was doing, softly pushed Cassie back just far enough to break the kiss. "Bad...bad...very bad." He said, catching his breath. "If that was bad...I'm...very curious what you'd call good." Cassie said in a slightly dreamy tone, which made Will smile again. "No no. The kiss was....great. It's just...you're not my Cassie. We...we shouldn't." Despite his words, Will couldn't quite hide how unsure he was about the situation. Fact was, she even kissed like his Cassie. It was very confusing.
"I'm...close enough, aren't I? We're basically the same person." Cassie said as she went in for another kiss. This time their lips brushed together before she was pushed away again. "Cass...it's not that simple. This is really tempting for a number of reasons but...look...I could use a little help here." Once again, Will's words and actions didn't exactly match. "Mmm, that's what I'm trying to do." Cassie leaned in again, but this time Will actually let go of her and turned away. "You know what I meant..." Cassie finally stopped and let out a sigh. "Why can't the Harm in my reality be like you?"
Will let out a laugh. "That's pretty funny considering you were the main reason I reformed." Cassie raised an eyebrow. "Really....?" When Will saw the look on Cassie's face he immediately went serious. "Don't get any ideas. There were a lot of factors that led to me being like this. You meeting me at the right time, me being brought back to life and betrayed, me coming up with the plan to infiltrate the Titans in the first place, there's just...too many things that'd have to happen the exact right way or...just promise me you won't try to find me in your reality."
New Earth-2
"I promise you, Will. I'll find you. I turned you good before and I can do it again. How this Cassie was able to retain any sense of sanity in this world is beyond me." Cassie continued to fly around the area picking off the familiar landmarks until she finally saw the clearing with a certain circular concrete shape in the middle. It'd be a lot easier to focus on Will this way. Now came the hard part.
"How did Duo's song go?" Wonder Girl wanted to make sure she got the song exactly correct. She remembered from being in Will's body a year ago that dabbling in black magic halfway never worked out for anyone. She needed to be certain. Closing her eyes, she pictured in her mind when Duo first sent her and the rest of the Titans to Hell. "This would be so much easier with Will. Though if he was here I wouldn't be doing it, would I?" She said with a little laugh as she took a breath to start the song right as Raven teleported there with Robin and Kid Devil.
Marx - January 28, 2008 04:37 AM (GMT)
New Earth-1
"You know...considering your Cassie probably thinks like me, I don't think I'd mind if you were with another me." Cassie said as she draped herself over Will who let out a sigh. "And you'd have no biase in that at all, right?" Will commented with a humored expression, though he made no attempt to remove Cassie off of him. "Well...only a little." She said with a noted smile as Will rolled his eyes. "Wiiiiiiill, you're being so mean to me." Just hearing the pout in Cassie's voice, Will knew better than to actually look at her.
"That's not going to work." Will stated, as Cassie's eyes narrowed. It was very odd having someone she didn't actually know, knowing so much about her. "You know...you kissed me." Almost immediately Will's cheeks went red, though the quickly hid it, causing Cassie to giggle. "You...gave me the go ahead when you closed your eyes. I just...got swept up in the moment." Will found himself slightly worried at Cassie's smirk as she looked up at him. "Why don't you get swept up in the moment again then?" Will gave Cassie a warm smile as he kissed her forehead. "For the same reason I've yet to do anything with Erin. I'd regret it later."
New Earth-2
It turned out Cassie's concerns about remembering the song were unfounded as the words began to flow out of her. While she did acknowledge the new arrivals, she didn't stop. Wasn't sure it would have been a good idea to stop it anyway. She did have a slight sense of relief knowing that they wouldn't be able to follow her unless they touched her. And while they were saying something, they did seem too confused to bother. Cassie started to feel a pull at her and knew what was coming. But what she didn't expect was Raven taking her hand. Looking up she saw that Robin and Kid Devil were connected too. She would have ended the song there if she could have but at that point it was too late as she was pulled down.
The only other time she'd gone to Hell, Duo had supposedly helped to 'cushion' the blow. And without her, Cassie could now tell exactly how much she did...and unfortunately there was quite a big difference. There was a sudden thud as Cassie slammed into the ground. While she heard the groans around her, to be honest, she was focussing on her own pain. "W-where are w-we?" Robin stammered. "Oh...hell..." Eddie exclaimed and answered at the same time.
Marx - March 28, 2008 03:06 AM (GMT)
New Earth-1
"I don't like her." Cassie said with a sneer. Will could only chuckle. "Yeah, she tends to have that kind of effect on Cassies regardless." "There a reason I haven't beaten her up yet?" Will laughed a little once again but had a curious expression which Cassie was quick to catch up on. "Was that doubt?" Will continued to have the same expression. "Was...what doubt?" Cassie meanwhile had a look of semi-shock on her face. "You don't think I can beat her!" This time, Will was quite quick to defend himself. "No no no! No putting words in my mouth. I just think that...trying to beat her up would be more trouble than it'd be worth."
Cassie rolled her eyes with a toss of her head. "Ch'yeah right. Her and what army?" She wasn't sure exactly what she said, but Will apparently found it hilarious. "Yeah...about that army thing..."
New Earth-2
"Why did you guys follow me!?" Cassie yelled frustratedly. "Because we're your friends." Robin replied, taking subtle deep breaths to try to regain his stance. "Uh...guys...something's wrong with Raven." Kid Devil spoke up as he looked down to Raven who was on her knees. "I'll...I'll...be fine. There's just...so much suffering....why...why would you-" "Why are we here, Cassie?" Robin finished for Raven as he helped her up. "I'm here to find Will. I appreciate you guys' help. Really, I do, but...I....I need to see him. Raven, you can teleport everyone back, right?"
"I could...but I won't until I know that you won't be going back by yourself." Raven answered, now standing under her own power but obviously not all that steady. Cassie didn't seem to be too happy with this answer, but before she could really lay into them, Kid Devil spoke up again. "Um...if this is Hell...how exactly did you expect to find 'Will'? This would be a pretty big place after all." Cassie let out a long sigh. "We're connected...just like the Will and me from my reality. It's not as strong but I can follow it. He's close by." With that Cassie started to lead the way, taking brisk strides. "I'd just like to say I have a really bad feeling about this." Robin said, voicing his opinion which got the obvious response. "Noted." Making a right down one of the caverns, Cassie's sense turned out to be quite accurate.
Seated on what looked like a miniature throne, Harm looked at the Titans with a curious, but vested interest. "You do realize that the only reason I haven't killed you yet is because of the sheer curiosity of why you'd actually be looking for me, right?" Harm growled in a voice much deeper than Cassie was accustomed to, sending a shiver down her spine.
Marx - April 6, 2008 03:17 PM (GMT)
New Earth-1
Cassie paused as she was given the information. "...yeah? Well I could take all 7 of them." Will let out a loud laugh. "I'm sure you could, Cass." Once again Cassie gave him a skeptical look. "Are you just humoring me? Because if you are. Oooh you're gonna get it." Will looked at Cassie with a dark smirk. "Oh? And just what am I getting?" Cassie then returned the smirk as she suddenly pounced on him. "This!" The two play wrestled for a little before Cassie pinned Will down and kissed him.
Like before, it took a little while for him to realize he wasn't actually kissing his Cassie, but this time it was a little harder to get her off simply because she was so frickin strong. This probably wasn't helped by the fact that part of him did want to keep kissing her. Eventually he was able to think with the head on his shoulders and gently separate them. "Mmm, there. Now we're even." Cassie stated with a cocky expression as she stood up, leaving Will slightly confused. "Even?"
Cassie nodded. "Yup. You kissed me without any verbal permission so I returned the favor. Imagine what would happen if you kissed me again." Will gave an incredibly dark smile as he stood up as well. "Close your eyes." Cassie obeyed the request waiting for a kiss that seemed to be taking forever to get to her lips. Eventually she got impatient and opened her eyes to see a gigantic black monster where Will had been puckering up. Needless to say, Superman probably heard the scream that escaped Cassie's lips. "Heh, I still think you took that better than my Cassie. Probably is helped by the fact that you didn't think I'd killed me though..." Will muttered as Cassie was steadily trying to catch her breath.
New Earth-2
Despite her fear, seeing Will...any Will, overpowered Cassie's common sense as she launched herself at him. You could tell from his reaction that he was expecting an attack and was only more surprised when Cassie embraced him with a huge hug. "WILL! IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU!" She yelled, as she felt the hug returned. "I don't know what's gotten into to you. Can't say as I'm complaining at the moment." Harm said as his eyes began to glow and his hands began to wander.
Raven turned to Robin with a worried look and whispered. "That's not the 'Will' that she described. I sense nothing good inside of him." Robin whispered back. "Yeah, I got that without the empathy. You might have to get us out of here, whether she's mad at us for it or not." Raven nodded, only to get a tap on her shoulder. Turning around to see who did it, she saw a girl who looked to be in her older teens with short black hair and a Jokeresque smile. "I thought you were the 8th Devil's brat." Then she turned to Kid Devil. "And you're down here earlier than you're supposed to be. I do hope you weren't planning on leaving. You must stay for...dinner." As her smile got wider you could make out her fangs all the more before the smile began to fade as she saw past those three and saw Harm and Wonder Girl's embrace.
"Will! Stop being so...forward." Cassie said, as she broke the hug a little flushed at Harm's...wandering. "Don't quite get why you're calling me Will, but... Oh look, Trixie's here." Cassie turned to see the other girl who'd pushed the others out of the way to get a better look at her apparent 'competition'. "I see you have...guests... Didn't think I should be invited to the party?" Harm seemed only more amused by Trixie's jealousy as he raised it by putting his arm around Wonder Girl. "Don't ask me what's going on, they all found their way here on their own. Feel free to do what you want with the demon and the bird. We can probably get some use out of Trigon's daughter. And...I can find plenty of uses for this one." For the first time in recent memory Cassie found herself scared of those implications as she looked into Harm's eyes. "Don't do this, Will. I know there's good in you. You told me yourself you never really wanted to hurt me."
As Harm let out a loud laugh, Robin took out his bo staff as Trixie's smile returned as she looked at him and Kid Devil. "Hm, should I go for the spicy or the mild first?" Trixie said, with blatant glee on her face, while pointing back and forth between the boys. "Raven..." Robin stated, not liking being this far out of his element. But to his disappointment Trixie seemed to vanish into the shadows. "Oooh that's not good, is it?" Kid Devil said as he was ready to attack as well but no longer had any clue where to do it. Raven's sudden scream showed turned both guys' attentions to Trixie pulling Raven into a black portal while she clawed in vain at the floor. Robin and Kid Devil dashed at her but weren't able to get there in time. This was getting out of control very quickly.
New Earth-1
"That! That wasn't funny!" At this point Will was laying on the ground with an obvious smile on his face. "That depends on where you're standing." Cassie took a couple of deep breaths. "I could kiss you anyway, you know." Cassie threatened to which Will stuck out his now gigantic tongue. "You do realize this is how I really look, right? I use the human form because I'm more comfortable like that. And it's a lot easier to fit through doors." Cassie raised an eyebrow as she was obviously trying to see if he was kidding or not.
"No, really. There was this whole Hell thing and this is how I came out. Took me ages to remain in my other form without consciously thinking about it." Will said with a shrug as he turned back to his human form. Cassie said down next to Will again contemplating what to say. "Let me guess. It somehow had something to do with saving the other me?" Will nodded. "That it did. Only recently told her about it. And that was mainly because she happened to catch me in it after fighting this guy who'd been turned into a dragon. "Hm...don't think I've fought a dragon yet." Will rolled his eyes. "Trust me. It's not as much fun as it sounds."
New Earth-2
"RAVEN!" Cassie yelled as she tried to run for her fellow teamate before getting pulled back by her hair. "I don't remember saying I was done with you, yet." "Will! You're...hurting me!" Cassie clawed at Harm's wrists trying to get him to let her go but he only pulled her closer as he whispered in her ear. "Want to hear a secret? I don't know who this Will person that you think I am, is. But I'm not him. And now you're mine. Body and soul." Harm then pulled her into a forceful kiss.
Meanwhile Robin was doing his best to fight off Trixie who, with Raven gone, was a much bigger threat as she seemed to be able to shrug off Kid Devil's flames. With a hard kick to Kid Devil's gut, Trixie grabbed Robin by the neck, holding the hand that had gone for something in his belt and gave a look at Harm, who was now looking at her through his kiss with Wonder Girl. With a smile, Trixie bared her fangs and sank them hard into Robin's shoulder, gritting against the bone which also cracked under the force of her jaws showing that she was being quite literal about the 'having them for dinner' thing. And try as she might, Cassie could only hear Robin's pained scream as she tried in vain to push Harm away.
Marx - April 14, 2008 10:43 PM (GMT)
New Earth-1
"You sure? You'd think fighting a dragon would be pretty sweet." Cassie said with a naughty smirk. Will looked up, almost like an eye roll. "Might have been if I wasn't fighting the son of a woman I tortured and killed just to prove a point to my dad, knowing that the kid sold his soul to the Devil to get revenge on me." There was once again a slight pause as Cassie tried again to make sure he was serious. "Um...yeah...that'd kind of be a bit of a...buzz kill I suppose?"
Seeing that he kind of freaked out Cassie with that random honesty, he gave her some more. "Haven't told my Cassie that part of it yet..." Immediately Cassie's eyes shot open. "You told me something she doesn't know?" Will let out a slight smirk. "I don't have to worry about you getting freaked out and dumping me." He said with a small chuckle. Leaning forward, doing her best cute smile, Cassie figured she'd try to see what else she could get out of him. "Okay then, tell me something else she doesn't know."
Will looked up as he thought about it. "I found a half sister on my father's side and was forced to kill her because she had this small army of a human hating race of...demons for lack of a better term, called Eldrich. Turns out she was the best fighter and the ruler is always the best fighter so since I killed her I now have an army of human hating demons who do nothing but train to get themselves stronger at my disposal. Oh and my father's Satan. She..knows that bit but you didn't." Once more Cassie found herself pausing before punching Will in the shoulder. "Okay, now I know you're lying to me." But Will's look showed her he wasn't kidding. "And...you're the leader of the Titans?" Will shrugged. "I'm good at keeping secrets."
New Earth-2
Cassie was frantically fighting away Harm, who seemed to be enjoying her struggling all the more. "If it helps, you can call me Will. I really don't care at this point." He said with an evil smirk. "You don't even deserve to say his name!" Cassie yelled trying to fight back the tears as she used all of her strength to free one of her hands and hit him across the jaw as hard as she could. By the sickening pop she could tell she she'd dislocated it, and he let her go out of surprise. She didn't have much time, especially from the sounds of coming from Robin.
Everything was starting to blur but she had to focus. Hurrying, she could see why Robin was in so much pain. Trixie had literally taken a bite out of his shoulder and was in the process of taking another one as Cassie pulled back her hand to punch her but it was caught at the wrist. Turning back she saw that it was Harm, who'd reconnected his jaw and apparently had a similar healing speed to the one she knew. She wasn't sure what was annoying her more. That she'd brought this situation onto herself or that he was smiling. Sure her Will had shown some very slight masochistic tendencies but come on! "Let her go!" A familiar voice said as Harm was thrown back as was Trixie. The form of Raven materialized, looking slightly worn before releasing her soul self and leaving, taking Robin, Kid Devil and Wonder Girl with her.
"Damn." Trixie said with a pout as they left, wiping the blood from her lips. "Should we go after them?" She asked as Harm looked at her with a smile. "Later. All of that got me all hot and bothered." He said pulling Trixie to him as he had done Cassie before, though Trixie seemed to like it. "Should I get the knives?" She asked while Harm smiled even wider. "You know me so well."
Marx - April 25, 2008 02:00 AM (GMT)
New Earth-1
"We really should get going." Will said as he took Cassie's hand and helped her up. "Going? Where are we going?" She asked curiously. "As much as I love spending time with you and all...I really..." Cassie nodded as she finished what Will was trying to say. "You want to find your Cassie." Will smiled slightly. "Yeah." While Cassie did seem a little sad that their time was coming to and end but tried to hide it. "Any...clue how to find her?" Cassie asked to which Will smirked. "I know someone who might." Pulling a device out of his pocket, he pressed a button. "What's that do?"
Will smiled as he didn't answer but looked away. Cassie found herself really curious, especially when she heard something getting closer to them. Soon she found out what it did as the PM drove up and stopped a few inches from where Harm stood. "Heh, I remember that car." Cassie commented as she rolled her eyes. "Yeah, sorry about that whole dragging you with the tentacle thing. Even though it wasn't technically me who did it." Will said as he opened the door for Cassie. "Don't mention it. Though I am curious if you can do that shadow teleporting, what you need the car for."
"Sometimes I just like to drive. Not to mention it connects to my mainframe. Someone I'm trying to track. Tends to move around a lot though." Will said as he punched some things into the keypad. "Awww, Will are you trying to show off to me?" Cassie taunted with a coy smile. "No no. If I was trying to impress you I'd show you my base or take you to Aglorond or something." Will answered that without really thinking and found himself blushing slightly at Cassie's 'maybe we should go there then' smile.
New Earth-2
As Raven's soul self faded, she, Robin, Wonder Girl and Kid Devil appeared quite winded and in Robin's case in a lot of pain as he held his shoulder. "Thanks...Raven...where did you get to?" Robin choked out as he began to undo his cape to cover his shoulder until he could get to the Tower. "I...don't think you really...want to know." Raven said as she put her hand on Robin's shoulder. "Don't. I'll be fine." Robin ordered, knowing Raven was probably about to heal his shoulder, but that would mean her taking the pain into herself.
"Trust me. It'll be...better if there isn't a...visual reminder." Raven said as she used her powers and Robin's shoulder was as good as new. "Cassie...are you okay?" Kid Devil asked Wonder Girl, who seemed to just be staring off into space. "Sure. I just almost got all of you cannibalized. I'm great." Cassie muttered, as she walked towards the Tower which Raven apparently teleported them right in front of. Robin was going to go after her but was stopped by Raven. "She needs some time...alone I think." She said as Robin nodded.
Marx - April 30, 2008 09:14 PM (GMT)
New Earth-1"Got him." Will said with a smile as he pointed at a blip on the digital map. "Looks like he's on his way to the volcano." Cassie got a slightly confused look.
"Volcano?" Will smirked as he answered, "YJ's Headquarters is in a volcano." Once again Cassie gave a skeptical look. "Here, I'll show you." Will said, taking Cassie's hand and shadowporting with her. Once the darkness faded, Cassie looked around at all the technology and the windows that showed the flowing lava that was outside.
"Whoa...this looks more like a supervillain's place than a YJ. When did Young Justice reform anyway?"Harm smiled as Cassie looked over the place. "Actually that happened randomly. Most of the Titans were kidnapped and a couple of our friends teamed up to save us. Ended up dubbing themselves YJ." Cassie was now looking over the control panel.
"Oh? Whose a member?" Will let out a loud laugh that drew Cassie's attention. "Sorry, the roster kind of changes slightly every other mission or so...just found the question funny. Right now it's Shazam, Shinobi, Secret, Falcon, and..." Will started as he seemed to be distracted by a black and white blur that zoomed into the room. "Supersonic." Will finished as Cassie looked over the speedster, who she didn't recognize. Though to be honest, half the names he mentioned didn't actually ring any bells. And in her reality Greta hadn't gone by the name 'Secret' in ages.
"Hello?" Cassie muttered as the blur stopped in the form of a teen with his head covered with a hoodie, which he took off to show his glowing eyes.
"Hey Cass. Will. What brings you to the casa?" Marx asked as Cassie surprised him with a sigh.
"Oh I know you too, huh?" It was a bit odd having people she didn't know, know her. Will on the other hand smirked slightly noting Super's confusion at Cassie's reaction. "Cassie...had a moment that involved a magical blast which might have switched her a Cassie from another reality. Any way to be sure about that?" Will asked, to which Super nodded and pressed a device on his wrist causing Electro to appear in the room.
"Does everyone have a vehicle that responds to devices?" Cassie asked, and to her surprise the cycle responded,
"Oh I respond to a lot more than that, if you catch my drift." Electro commented as one of his head lights went out simulating a wink.
"Um...is that cycle coming on to me?" Cassie asked through her laughter.
"You get used to it." Will said with a sigh.
"Oh sure. She finds a flirting cycle weird and she's the one giving off an extra-dimensional signature." Both Marx and Will paused and turned suddenly to Electro. "Could you say that last part again?" Will asked first.
"Wonder Girl. As far as I can tell she genetically fits in this reality but gives off a signature from another dimension. Weird." Cassie meanwhile loud out a breath of relief, knowing for sure that she wasn't crazy. Marx was the next to ask a question, knowing now why Harm searched him out. "Can you use that signature to go to her dimension to make sure our Cassie's there?"
"Ain't no thang." The cycle answered confidently which caused Marx and Will to smile genuinely and Cassie to force one.
"Uh oh." Electro said causing skeptical looks all around the room.
"What do you mean, 'Uh oh'?" Cassie spoke out first. Before Electro could answer, it was answered for him as a portal opened up. "You gotta go too?" Marx asked to which Electro nodded...which was quite odd coming from a cycle. "What do you mean you have to go? Sometimes you're gone for weeks on these missions. We don't have time for this. We're just hoping that our Cassie is in the reality we can track. She could be anywhere." Will growled, causing Marx to put his hands up in his defense. "I'm sorry. You can be as mad at me as you like. But if the portal's here I have to go through it. It's not really an option. I'll try to finish as fast as I-"
Harm stepped in front of the portal glaring at Marx. "No Marx,
this isn't up for discussion." Marx's eyes shot open, but not from the fear of Will's threat. "Um..Will...you really don't want to stand in front of a portal I haven't gone in...yet..." The reason Marx's sentence trailed off at the end was because it was a moot point. Whenever a Marx didn't go into the portal immediately, the portal would become a vortex and suck in everything in the area until it got the Marx which was intended. Being in front of it, put Will in the 'everything' category.
"Where did he go!?" Cassie demanded after the portal shut as soon as Harm unwittingly went through it. Marx seemed just as surprised as she did. "Um...I don't know. It usually doesn't close until the Marx that was called went through it. Apparently...Will was close enough for whatever I was needed for..."
TO BE CONTINUED IN WILLIAM'S TRAVELS