Title: So far in "Helpless"
Marx - October 9, 2004 04:03 AM (GMT)
After choosing to be on a different team to keep from corrupting Supersonic anymore than she had, Duo found herself missing him, but when Cissie began to pry she quickly changed the subject to how she'd wanted to visit her grave, but felt a little scared to go alone. Knowing that Duo wouldn't do it, Cissie secretly called Supersonic who'd missed Duo just as much and was more than willing to help her out. All he had to do was get the others and meet her there. After interrupting Will and Cassie's first date since they got back together and having Secret 'smoke jump' there, all of them met up at the cemetary to Duo's suprise.
While she was glad they were all there, Duo made a point of keeping her distance from Supersonic, even when he tried to help, which begun to frustrate him even though he tried to keep it to himself. Finally getting to her gravestone, Duo was overwhelmed by the images she saw including her mourners and her killer, falling back cutting her hands on the thorns of white roses that had recently been put there with the note "I'll be seeing you soon..." After she got back up, Duo had accomplished what she wanted and was going to let everyone leave when Supersonic asked to talk with her to clear the air. Being able to tell that Duo really didn't want to talk to Super at the moment, Will sacrificed the rest of his date with Cassie and made up a lie about him and Duo already having planned to hang out that day. While Super knew that it was a lie he gracefully left them only giving Will a slight glare.
Everyone else had parted ways, so Will and Duo talked about the visit to the grave and reminisced about their previous lives before spotting an ice cream truck. Mmmm ice cream. To be continued...
Marx - October 10, 2004 11:08 PM (GMT)
After enjoying their respective ice cream cones, Duo teased Will only to have him retaliate by slapping the rest of the cone into her face, getting her back for the wedgie she'd given him before he'd gone to train. While Duo left to clean herself up, Will waited for his car to pick him up only to get suddenly attacked by a powerful demon who warned him about keeping the company of angels. A fight ensued between the two where Will broke the demon's nose and pierced his foot pinning it to the ground. But none of this stopped the demon, soon identifying himself as Vicious and breaking Wills ribs. Seeing that he has no choice, Will used his magic aura around his sais and launched another attack.
Marx - October 12, 2004 07:34 PM (GMT)
It turned out that using the aura to attack Vicious was the worst thing at the time that Will could have done as it was absorbed and made Vicious much stronger while greatly weakening Will at the same time. At this point Vicious lived up to his name beating and torturing Will until he was a total bloody mess, including embedding a white rose into one of Will's hand and left him almost unable to move. Using the little bit of energy Will had left, he was able to crawl and see that his car had been there and was already set to go to Titans Tower before he finally passed out.
Shinigami - October 14, 2004 12:42 PM (GMT)
The pm arrived at the deserted Titans Tower, save for Wonder girl. Happy to see the sight of her boyfriend's car Cass waits patiently for her boyfriend to emerge, after several minutes with no appearance of Will Cass decides to go to him at a leisurely pace, never realising the horrific sight that was to greet her.
Cassie finds the decimated shell of her almost lifeless boyfriend sprawled across the seats of the pm, his face beyond reorganisation; the only thing that identified him being his clothes. The sight causes the horrified Cassie to vomit harshly. Finally snapping into action she gets him to the nearest hospital where Will is rushed into intensive care and Cassie is barred from following much to her anger.
Cassie, then remembering that Duo had been with him that afternoon, proceeds to call the angel, her voice in hysterics as she checks and is relieved to hear that her friend is in perfect health and begs her to get to the hospital as quickly as possible.
Cassie, unsure with how to deal with the situation in general and almost over come with grief, calls upon Robin, boy wonder and head of the team for help, interrupting his evening with his friends. Hearing Cassie's tearful words he rushes to a JLA teleporter and gets himself at top speed to the hospital where he meets the sobbing forms of both Cassie and Greta after Cassie had called her informing her of the horrific events that had happened to her brother.
Marx - October 16, 2004 03:31 AM (GMT)
Duo makes her way to the hospital dreading what she's hoping was an exagerration on how badly injured Harm was. But she found no such thing as she also found herself overcome with emotion and helped to comfort Cassie. Soon the nurse comes in and explains the severity of Harm's condition while also explaining that since it was blatantly obvious that this was an attack that she'd have to get the police involved. This didn't go well with Tim, knowing that of Harm's enemies the police would most likely just hinder them.
Tim put out a call to Oracle in hopes that she'd be able to deter the police until he could do his own investigation. But at the moment they had very little to go on since the only witness of the attack was Will himself. Duo comes up with the idea to call Sano since as a telepath he might be able to figure out who the attacker was. But since she didn't have the YJ frequency the best option was the call Supersonic who could in turn get to Sano. Though Super was at the time fuming over what had happened earlier that day, he knew the priority at that time was helping out Will and quickly went to find the telepath.
Marx - October 18, 2004 08:11 PM (GMT)
Blazing through the YJ Volcano HQ, Supersonic was able to find Sano and tell him what was going on and Sano was happy to help out. In a flash Super and Sano were at the hospital and immediately Robin got down to business. He, Sano and Greta were going to go see Will, Robin to check the hospital files and Sano to try to mentally identify the killer. Cassie felt that she'd just get in the way, so she decided to stay back fighting the tears but wasn't able to for long, before Duo appeared and tried to console her, while suggesting they go to Will's room and bring some of his stuff which might raise his morale and help him recover.
Shinigami - October 22, 2004 11:03 PM (GMT)
Whilst Cassie trudged through Will's possessions, reminiscing over special memories Duo lounged in the living area down stairs, feeling that it would be best to give the grieving girl a little space.
Meanwhile Tim and Sano continued their investigation with Tim enlisting the help of Doctor Mid-Nite, scanning skin flakes under Will's nails and attempting to compose a list of suspects. Sano delved in Will's mind, trying to gain a visual image of the individual responsible for the atrocious attack, all the time Secret stood guard over both her brother's and Sano's souls, not wanting either to be hurt by the process.
Sano successfully manages to gain a sketchy image of the attacker and leaves Will's mind as he found it. Sano also makes a chilling discovery...that these events were far from over, the attacker had a purpose, to take down the friends of one of the Titans in an attempt to hurt them. Tim, wanting to let the others know the situation attempts to call Wonder girl but becomes worried when she doesn't answer.
Vicious, using his ability to teleport was able to penetrate Titan Towers undetected and sneaks up on the unsuspecting Cassie. A brutal attack ensues leaving Cassie with a horrific gash down the left side of her face, her hair mauled, broken ribs and masses of bruising. As Cassie lay pinned upon the floor, the sickeningly disturbed Vicious kisses her hard whilst applying pressure to her temple causing Cassie to slip into an unconscious state. The last thing Cassie is aware of as she fades into black is Vicious’ fingers ripping through her top and her fleeting thoughts begging him to stop!
Vicious before leaving places a white rose threaded through Cassie's bra...
Tim, worried that Cassie isn't picking up calls on Duo, bringing her up to speed and Duo goes to check on Cassie in an attempt to alleviate Robin's worry mind...
...She finds the bleeding limp frame of Wonder girl and in a state of shock barely manages to relay to Robin what has happened who instinctively yells for Supersonic to make his way to the Tower to help their friends.
Super without question obeys Tim's order and within seconds is at the tower, all the while praying that Duo was unharmed. Upon finding Cassie's hurt being and Duo in a state of shock he quickly transports Cassie to the hospital, but feeling that it isn't safe for anyone to be left alone he quickly returns to Duo at the tower...
As for Vicious...he's got his eyes set on the next victim...for the game is far from over...!
Robin - October 28, 2004 08:00 PM (GMT)
Shinigami, Supersonic, Secret, Sano and Robin all assemble once again in the hospital waiting room, as they await word on Wonder Girl's condition. After what felt like an eternity, the nurse comes in to inform the teens that while Cassie's injuries were extensive, she did get of lighter than Harm had and that she is awake and wishing to see them.
Meanwhile the former-hero/villain Raido XYZ, know calling himself the Omega, is confronted with the villianous Vicious. And all though Omega attempts to fight back, it becomes obvious that he is no match of Vicious.
Back in San Francisco, Robin sends Duo and the others in first, so that he may talk to Secret for a moment. On top of the problems that have befallen her friends, Greta is also feeling uneasy at the aspect of being in a hospital. As a Warder of Death, Greta is linked to the pain and suffering of those who die and move on to the after life.
But knowing that her friends need her more, she pushes her own fears aside as they go in to see Wonder Girl.
Unfortunantly it seems Cassie didn't want to see everyone. Upon seeing Robin, Sano and Supersonic, she began screaming and demanding that no one touch her and that the boys get out.
Robin who has seen this case a million times in the past, realizes that the attacker may have attempted to rape Wonder Girl. Thankfully those fears a put aside when he discovers that the attacker hadn't gotten that far. But he had gotten more the close enough, since Cassie herself in uncertain how far Vicious went with her.
Instantly the Boy Wonder turns to Sano and Supersonic. Robin tells Sano to contact Cassie's mother, Helena Sandsmark and Cassie's mentor Wonder Woman. Then turning back to Supersonic, Robin tells the speedster to take him back to Titans Tower so that he may investigate the latest crime scene.
Who will be Vicious' next victim? Will Wonder Girl ever recover? Will Harm wake up? Will these assortment of Teen Titans and Young Justice members be strong enough to beat down Vicious?
(Cue Dramatic Music)
Marx - October 31, 2004 03:34 AM (GMT)
Supersonic quickly followed Robin's orders and took him to Will's room where Cassie had been beaten. After extensive searching, Robin was able to get a basic understanding of the attacker's personality as well as some appearance traits and finding Cassie's lasso had a sample of his prints. Meanwhile back at the hospital, Cassie was finally able to calm herself down enough to tell Duo and Greta what happened, also delivering the message Vicious gave her.
Wondering exactly who Vicious could have been talking about, it triggered that 3 for 1 might mean the 3 personalities in The Omega's body. But before she would go she went to Sano to get a mental picture of the one who'd been beating down the Titans and was currently in the process of atempting to do the same to Omega. Almost frozen in horror, Duo recognized the attacker as the man who killed her 55 years ago, despite the fact that Supersonic had previously killed him. She then knew she had to get to Omega as soon as possible, and made an offer for Sano to go along with her.
Finishing the investigation, Robin was ready to go back to the hospital and after Super and the boy wonder returned to the waiting room, the went to find out exactly what the girls had learned.
Shinigami - November 7, 2004 07:24 AM (GMT)
Duo and Sano head of into the night, they're destination Cape Disappointment, the conversation is somewhat strained as Duo is overcome with flashes from the pass and an old brewing fear of her killer who has dubbed himself "Vicious". Sano tries to ease her worry somewhat, ensuring that the once villain turned friend to the two heroes, Raido XYZ, now going by the alias, Omega, would be fine, capable of holding his own. Duo takes little comfort in his words, knowing the sick mind that is behind the acts she tells Sano, in no uncertain terms, that lethal force may have to be used...this fails to provoke any kind of comforting memories for either Sano or Duo.
Meanwhile, Tim remains at the hospital, keeping as much control as he can over the proceedings whilst continuing on his investigation. After delivering a DNA sample to Oracle it was determined that Zanatana could create an image of the attacker to whish they could run a search. It was also revealed that the attacker was a demon hybrid and from his structure an idea of his powers could also be formed.
An urgent call from Artemis informs Wonder Woman that she is needed on her home island immediately, and she looks heartbrokenly at her protégé as she makes to break the news.
In accordance with Tim's earlier suggestion, Greta decided that she will return to the YJ HQ, Supersonic being her mode of transportation, who eagerly rises to the challenge, grabbing his friend, perhaps a little closer to him then is necessary, and reaching the HQ in seconds!
All the while Omega and Vicious battle it out, Omega proving to be a formidable opponent who Vicious is failing to dominate, but Vicious isn't through yet as he uses taunts about Duo and her time with X to rally Omega, causing his attacks to be anger fuelled, violent but erratic...thus creating a weakness...
Robin - November 13, 2004 07:07 AM (GMT)
After Secret and Supersonic returned to the Young Justice Volcano Headquarters, Greta went quickly to alert her fellow YJers about the recent attacks against Harm and Wonder Girl. Afterwards, Secret and Supersonic decided to take some down time and enjoy a good Disney movie.
Meanwhile, down in his lab Invisible Kid revieves Secret's alert message and quickly responds.
Elsewhere Duo and Sano have gone off in search of the being once known as Raido XYZ and currently calling himself Omega, though without giving warning to their allies back at the Hospital. As they search, the pair question one another about their stake in the current situation. Sano is aware that Duo is hiding something, but what that is, she refuses to say.
Back the San Francisco General Hospital, Wonder Woman is called away by Artemis, and must reluctantly leave Wonder Girl's side. Before Diana leaves though, Cassie requests that she take her mother Helena with her so as to keep her safe should the attacker return. Helena is reluctant to leave her daughter, but agrees.
But truth is Cassie is not as alone as Helena thinks, for outside the hospital window, Robin stands guard over Wonder Girl and Harm. All the while the Boy Wonder continues to examine and re-examine the evidence he got from his investigation of the attacks.
Oracle then calls in, giving Robin confirmation on their supsect. It turns out the attacker is a man by the name of Simion Lister, an 83 year old family man who went missing several months back. Robin and Oracle with the help of the mystic Zatanna come to the conclusion that Simion has been linked to a demonic force allowing him the skill and power to defeat such strong people like Wonder Girl and Harm.
But the question remains why?
Robin then comes to a possible theory. The one common link since all this began.
Duo.
(Hey has anyone else notice this storys has slown down considerably? We used to be posting like mad before...)
Shinigami - November 18, 2004 06:38 PM (GMT)
Vicious continues with his assault on Omega, taunting the X part of him over his family, compelling Omega to attack with a fusion of fire and ice, which Vicious takes advantage of, drinking as much of the energy from the attack as he can to heal the wounds Omega had inflicted on him and boosting his power.
Vicious, reopening the claws wounds that Duo had made on Omega's stomach, caused the demon to realise that the tables had turned, so omega, summoning his waning strength, created a beam of light that dazzled inhabitants for miles around, giving him enough time to escape from the malicious Vicious!!!
Vicious, annoyed that omega had slipped away from him planted a white rose at the scene...his calling card, waiting to greet Duo.
The blast of blinding light acted as a beacon and Duo, convinced that it must have been created by Raido, flies without thinking towards the source, her heart floundering with the hope that Raido is alive!
Duo and Sano arrive at the scene to see the crumpled form of Omega, having scrambled back out into the open after Vicious had teleported away, his condition far from healthy and Duo instantly flies to his side, Sano...not knowing of Raido's change to Omega is disturbed by his appearance and hollowed eye sockets!
Duo's anger at her hurt friend and the sight of the white rose, carefully deposited by her killer causes her anger to manifest beyond her control and in an instant her spears encircle her and Sano until she directs them to shred the rose into fragments, all the while her angry tears streak down her face. Sano watches her emotional outburst helplessly and as the spears disperse Sano grabs Duo and pulls her close to him, attempting to comfort her whilst trying to compose himself.
Whilst this is occurring Greta and Supersonic have returned to YJ HQ and Greta has sent a message to all the other YJers telling them what has happened. Lyle, receiving the message, replies letting Greta know that he will join her and Supersonic shortly as safety in numbers is the best approach.
Greta and Super attempt to calm their moods by indulging in a Disney movie whilst Cassie and Will still remained hospitalised with Tim in charge of the proceedings there...
But Vicious is far from finished...who is next to be placed on his victim list?
Marx - December 2, 2004 12:37 AM (GMT)
Omega cauterised the wounds that he got from Vicious and led Duo and Sano across a pathway of ice into the cave where he'd been living. While both Duo and Sano were on edge, they were also pretty curious of exactly what had been going on with Omega since his "death". Of course though both were wondering, it was Duo who actually asked.
Meanwhile at the YJ HQ, nature began to call on Super so he had to leave momentarily to take care of his "potty emergency". And as luck would have it, as soon as he left Vicous appeared and launched an attack on the warder. Making sure to attack her so quickly that she wasn't able to use her powers against him. After absorbing energy from Harm, Wonder Girl, and Omega, he proved to me more than a match for the confused girl as he began to see the physical similarities between her and Cassie. Realizing this, he chose to start where he left off when he was beating Cassie. As Vicious forced a kiss onto Greta he began to taunt Robin who'd been previously talking on the phone with her.
Supersonic, who'd just gotten out the bathroom, took his time on the way back to Greta's room trying to decide whether or not to tell her that he liked her or not but found out how irrelovant that was as he walked in on Vicious who was steadily undressing Greta. Backing up slightly the speedster was consumed with fear as he recognized Vicious as the man who'd killed Duo, but quickly got mad as he realized exactly what Vicious was doing and put a stop to it with a slash meant to kill the villain but did nothing more than leave a noticeable scar. Will Super be the next hero to go down? Will Robin and Invisible Kid get there in time to help? What exactly has Omega been doing since he last saw Duo? *insert another question here* Stay tuned to find out.
Shinigami - December 11, 2004 12:07 PM (GMT)
Lister's reign of terror continued as his attention turned to Supersonic, the individual responsible for his demise and his resurrection as Vicious, discarding Greta he proceeded to pursue Supersonic, his attention so focussed that he didn't notice Lyle invisibly slip into the room to save Greta, turning her invisible as well he carefully gets her out of Harm's way, made much easier by the sudden appearance, through the JLA teleportation system, of Robin the Boy Wonder, who proceeds to bind Lister.
Marx, horrified by Lister's resurrection fells his anger manifest to an uncontrollable point as he summons the largest surge of electrical power he has ever created and directs the flow through Vicious, not caring if it results in Lister's death for a second time, the act of killing coming eerily easily to the usual mellow, good natured speedster.
The blast filters through Vicious and he absorbs the majority of the blast, fuelling his powers, increasing his strength and speed and the bind that Robin had secured about him frayed and fell away as Lister's bulging muscles ripped through them.
Vicious, now recharged and free, teleported behind Supersonic and with a final taunt to Robin, teleported away, kidnapping the speedster.
All the while, Lyle tenderly and efficiently worked on Greta, repairing the most threatening damage caused to her by the illustrious Lister. Robin, realising that Greta had been saved by Lyle raced into the hallway and after locating Lyle and Greta asked for Oracle to teleport them back to the hospital and to try as hard as she could to get a hold of Sano and Duo.
Oracle's message final gets through to Duo who answers and is horrified to hear f the new attack and that her best friend has been kidnapped, Oracle teleports the two teens to the hospital, cutting short their reunion with Omega...leaving many questions unanswered...
Lyle, Tim, Sano and Duo soon gathered in the hospital room where Greta was situated after Lyle had finished repairing as much of the damage as he could and informing all that she would make a full recovery...it was then that Robin revealed the extent of his discoveries...finishing with the name "Simon Lister"...and asking Duo to elaborate...
Duo, impressed at Robin's accuracy could do nothing but reveal to the three boys the intricate, missing details of her pass, how she had become the evil angle of Death known as Shinigami...and revealing to them that Lister was indeed the ring leader of the group of men who had attacked her...the killer of Louisa Merquise...her killer...
A torrent of emotions engulf Duo through her speech as she reveals her second meeting with Lister as a decrepit old man who had still been able to make her cower in fear...she told them of running to Supersonic, crying, weak and ashamed and that the villain had then been filed as missing by his family...she left the boys to draw their own conclusions from that...she wasn't willing to voice Marxy's guilt in the open...
Duo declares to the group that she is going to save Supersonic, alone, and that she could not promise not to kill him...he was too engraved into her skin for her simply to let him get away...
Robin and Lyle instantly intervene, showing Duo that they care and sympathise immensely, but that there are things in life that are more important and that they were unwilling to let her leave, one to stop her from adding another body to her death toll, and the other to save her own sanity and life... both of them even going as far to try and stop her physically, Robin's hand trailed on a set of handcuffs, ready to sedate and cuff her if he thought it necessary.
Duo, appearing to be deflated, lures the two boys into a false sense of security by thanking them, it wasn't a false thank you...it was true and she was thankful for their kindness...and sorry for her betrayal...
With a sneak punch Duo knocked the boy wonder out cold whilst conjuring a set of energy spears which she trained on Lyle and Sano, demanding that they remain where they were. Handing Tim to Lyle she apologised for a final time, apologising as Lyle's eyes blazed with hurt and betrayal, and she ran crying from the hospital, set on saving her friend, and destroying the man who had started it all!
Lyle, unwilling to give up so easily rushes after Duo, wanting to save her from herself before she was beyond reach only to be stopped by Sano by his telekinesis. Sano, angered by Robin and Lyle's "lecturing" of Duo vented his anger onto Lyle, condemning him for what he perceived as them not understanding because they couldn’t...
Sano, believing himself to have done the right thing whilst hating having to let his friend go perhaps into the gates of insanity, left briefly, going to the nearest men's room he proceeded to destroy the mirrors lacing the walls, disgusted with his own image.
Lyle, absolutely seething, used his anger, reluctantly but productively, proceeding to check over Robin and begin the procedure to awaken him. Then exiting the room he came across Sano...and the anger and frustration of the day exploded as Lyle ripped into Sano! Telling him that he didn't deserve the title of hero or to call himself Duo's friend for letting her face this alone when the only outcome of it would be her receding to the thing she had strived so hard not to be...a killer... Lyle's anger depleted he sourly and truthfully told Sano that he disgusted Lyle for his weakness, and that Duo had a chance but had perhaps forfeited it because Sano had given up in himself.
Sano...his own tone weary spoke with patience as he didn't deny Lyle's accusation of having given up on himself, because when the fruits of your efforts are always death and pain, such was the case of himself and Duo, what is the point in trying? He also accused Lyle of being the one to give up on Duo, already believing that she had killed Lister, that the deed was already done in her head and soon to be done in reality...that she was already lost...
All the while Duo arrived on the street corner of her old neighbourhood, and her already fringed mind began to taunt her, with a little help from Lister, setting the scene with a white rose, Duo once again in her mind because Louisa Merquise...walking a path she had walked 55 years ago... Her mind already on the brink of insanity...
Lister greeted Duo with a sight of him beating her best friend, the only person she knew she couldn't live without...
Snapping out of the haze of her broken mind she raced towards Lister, trying to strike him down with her scythe only to be over powered and eventually thrown to the cold, hard floor...the feel of it beneath her brought back the torrent of memories which made her dead to the world as Vicious hauled her off the floor and secured her to the alley's wall by manacles crafted in hell...Leaving her pinned there, unable to escape...
Slowly Duo focussed her mind on the present rather than the past, and he eyes fell upon the fallen form of Supersonic, and in her mind she frantically begged him to escape...to save himself...
But Lister's game, his artistry, his masterpiece was far from finished...
Robin - December 19, 2004 02:14 AM (GMT)
Vicious continues to bring pain to both Duo and Supersonic, as he slowly tortures and manhandles the pair in the most horrid of fashions. At individual points Duo and Supersonic try to fight back but only increase the enjoyment which Lister feels as he watches them struggle under his control.
In San Francisco, after his arguement with angry telepath Sano, Invisible Kid goes off to take care of things of greater important. Primarily Wonder Girl and Harm who are both recovering from their own injuries from Vicious.
Meanwhile Robin regains consciouness and with the aid of Oracle gets the gist of recent events. After finding the Super-Cycle waiting for him with concern outside his hospital window, Robin goes to assemble those who might help save Duo.
But before Inivisble Kid can come to help, Harm's condition goes critical. Now the Legionaire fights frantically to save Harm, while Duo and Supersonic battle for both their lives and sanity.
Marx - December 30, 2004 06:46 PM (GMT)
Vicious continued to have his fun with Super and Duo, even at one point kissing Duo which made her snap and send barrage after barrage of energy spears into Lister who once more used the energy to get stronger. With his new strength, he turned his attention back to Marx. Feeling that Super's mental experiences with Duo's death weren't enough, he chose to put Super through the beating that killed Duo first hand.
Back at the hospital, Lyle kept working on bringing Harm back and was eventually successful. With Harm not stable, Lyle joined Robin and Sano as they took the Supercycle to track down Duo and Supersonic.
Finishing the beating by stomping on Super's head repeatedly, Lister went back to Duo, leaving Marx barely alive(he would have been dead if not for his morphing physiology) and promised that he'd be back whenever she became happy and "forgot who she was". Mentally, physically, and spiritually broken Duo went after Vicious to kill him but stopped as she felt the bit of Super's soul that was still inside her slowly drifting away. Choosing friendship over revenge she quickly went back to Super and tried frantically to keep her alive. Sensing how hectic the situation was getting the Supercycle hurried to where Duo was trying to revive Super.
Lyle immediately went to work on Super trying to save him but even he admitted that it didn't look too well for the speedster. Knowing that right now she couldn't take watching her friend die, Duo decided to stay behind as Robin and Lyle took Super back to the hospital. Sano chose to stay behind and make sure Duo was okay.
Robin - January 16, 2005 07:30 AM (GMT)
After Robin and Invisible Kid had rushed Supersonic's body to back to the San Francisco Hospital, Duo and Sano were left behind in the alleyway where Duo had been killed 55 years before. Feeling immense guilt over the events that occured as of late, Duo comes to a final decision.
Duo decided that if she is to protect her friends from Vicous, then she must end her own existance.
But the telepathic Sano eavsedropps on Duo morbid thought and attempts to stop her. Yet like she did with Robin, Duo manipulates Sano into a false sense of security before striking him down. Sano now finds himself pinned to the ground with several of Duo's energy spears, and is forced to watch as Duo flies off into the sky.
Back at the Hospital Invisible Kid tries his best to save Supersonic, but then out of a nowhere a mysterious woman from Supersonic and Duo's past makes her presence known. Known only as Wraith, this girl makes the claim that she can help Supersonic.
And despite the annoyance that she proves to be for Robin and Invisible Kid, she is allowed to resurrect Supersonic. Once the speedster is awake, Wraith tells him of Duo's plans for suicide and in the blink of an eye, Marx is off to rescue his friend. But before he left Super asked that Wraith heal the others, which she does extremely reluctantly.
Meanwhile while flying over the ocean, Duo used her energy spears to cut off her own wings and drops down into the water below. But before death can claim her, Supersonic rushes to her rescue before returning to the hospital.
Once there, the hospital staff and Invisible Kid do what they can to save Duo. Soon the fallen angel is laid in a recovery wound, and the doctors inform the Titans that while she will live, her wings are lost.
And with a heavy heart, Supersonic must now try to help a friend who has lost so much. Her wings, her past, and so much more.
Marx - April 23, 2005 09:16 PM (GMT)
You know, I totally forgot about this last summary until now. Well the gist of it. Duo and Super make up and she tells him exactly why she avoided him which is after Super stops her from another suicide attempt, this time with one of her spears. Sano leaves her a note saying that he needs a break from superheroing and needs to find himself.
Meanwhile in the other hospital room, Wraith heals both Harm and Cassie for the most part still leaving them with a little pain since her power was supposedly running out. When she heals Harm, she bluntly tells him what happened to Cassie leading him to make his own conclusions on what exactly happened. This is only compounded by Greta telling Will one of her secrets that along with all the other things going through his mind was just too much, he simply went back to Cassie who was just waking up.
And Robin was let into the room and did his best to comfort Greta as well. I know, totally happy ending right? :P