Teen Titans South (Closed)

[Sister Saint Taba]

And if I never hear your voice
My turtle-dove, my dear
♥ ♥

(( Um.. Take spam to the OOC board, plox? :< ))

♥ ♥
I still have reason to rejoice
The way your head is clear.

[dj_takuya]

((Yes, please do.))

[dj_takuya]

Dragon
Dragon had felt nothing. It was odd, not to have felt angry, or hurt, or saddened, or even guilty. Peace had washed over him, and left him a spectator. Then, slowly, his feelings returned. First, it was sadness, that his life was ending, and then guilt followed, making him wish he could change everything. Pain overlooked him, leaving subtle marks through other emotions. But anger, that was the one that hit him like an eighteen-wheeler.

Suddenly, Dragon's composure snapped. His face contorted in extreme anger. He would listen to no more of Travesty's heartless taunting and cruel verbal whipping. She had literally done it for the last time. Without any warning, Dragon was suddenly behind Travesty. Dimly, he realized had run faster than he could even remember doing so, but it didn't matter. Now that he was using his heart's energy, all of it, he had tapped into his inborne powers of air, in addition to the fire already there. He had only been able to do that once before, and he been just as berzerk then. Now, his heart's shell glowed from within his chest. It wasn't literal fire, but the magic that was flowing through him did not need it to be.

Just as quickly as he had appeared behind Travesty, he reared back his arm and launched with the force equal to the aforementioned semi truck. The blow landed in the middle of her back, and as the momentum transfered from him to her, she went flying. At least a hundred feet away, she landed, stirring up a dust cloud as she landed face-first in a patch of dirt. "NO MORE!!" he screamed. "YOU WILL NEVER HURT MY BROTHER AGAIN!"

Dragon flew to her so fast he broke the sound barrier, and despite the wind pressure on him, his hair was sticking up in jutting points. He didn't land beside her, Dragon was too far gone to his anger to do something as controlled as that. Instead of that, he put both fists in front of him and pointed himself at her stomach, where he could do the most harm. He slammed into her with the force of Mach 3, and he and she were driven into the ground ten feet down. "YOU WILL PAY WITH YOUR LIFE!!"

He still wasn't done. Dragon threw her up with careless ease, and waited for her reach a hundred feet's distance from the ground. Then, he shot up at her with a bullet's velocity, and met her once more in the middle of her back, slamming his fists into it again. Over and over again, he pummeled her. For an eternity, he hammered at her most sensitive spot until he heard the telltale snap of a spine. Travesty's was more resilient and she could just mend it with magic, but it would cost her greatly to do so.

His anger receded enough to let his head do some thinking. He landed away from her, at least a football field away, and stared at her with uncaring, harsh eyes. He would no longer show her mercy, she was past forgiveness and she would never repent anyway. He didn't speak to her, there was nothing to say to that witch. "You speak of honor as if you are of sterling character. Jesus said once, 'Only one who has not sinned may throw stones.'" His voice was harsh, and some distant part of his brain protested treating his brother like that. But Dragon could not express himself any other way.

Dray
Dray was shaking. The boy's attack had been substantial, and it seemed as if he'd been wrong about him. He'd been able to stand against it, but only just barely and because he'd drawn from the boy's own strength. His strength slipped and he fell to one knee. His aura was almost completely spent by this point. He couldn't speak, and his power was gone. Even if he could have launched an attack, he didn't have the energy.

"I don't care about that..." he mumbled. "You still...don't get it... You and I aren't self-important. Our powers are for something bigger than ourselves. My friend knows that, and he taught that to me. Right now, he's giving his life, his powers, and his purpose to helping others. You are mindlessly fighting for someone who doesn't even care about you. Think, and tell me about one single time when Travesty cared for a problem you had, or made even a small gesture of kindness towards you. Has she ever been anything but commanding and demeaning to you?"
He took a long moment to catch his breath and let Sohl think about that. He knew it might sound flimsy coming on so suddenly and with such a turnaround, but had to try. "My point is, why do you serve someone who doesn't care about you? Why not do something honorable with your life? Just because she formed your body doesn't mean she owns your heart. My friend doesn't deserve to die, but we may be able to save him if we work together."

[daniru aren dai]

Travesty can't remember much from the assault in which she was subject to by Dragon. She remembered her feeling dark pleasure from teasing Dani in his heart's weakness. Then pain shot up her spine and then she was on the ground a ways away, her spine snapped and Dragon rawred at her.

Time is often unfettering for a Fae yet when one finally reaches the edge of her powers, thier years begin to shower upon them. Healing the wound so that she could move cost her more than she had figured. She stood slowly and crippled in her stances. Her once darkly beautiful gown was frayed from abuse and bloodied from the wounds she had recieved. Her once sparkling hair was subdued now, losing its luster as it when from blonde to colorless before her eyes which at this point cracked between black and violet. Her skin faded from taunt and smooth to whethered and worn.

Travesty's eyes had fallen upon Dragon who had dealt such a punishment to her. They burned but the fire did not, could not reach her body. She was almost spent. Her time was waining now, she knew that the sands had finally began to fall, yet she refused to let him have the enjoyment of seeing her end before his own.

She stepped forward with hate and determination, yet as she moved forward her legs buckled under the wieght of her rapidly aging years. She sat there a bit distraught. When did he acquire such powers? He shouldn't be this strong! She didn't belive that she was losing to this meer child. She thought through it quickly but found herself with few options.

She figured that there was only one way to put off the inevitable and at least cause enough damage to Dragon that not only would his heart give out, it would break. Her eyes shifted targets, as she was unable to move she reached up her hands in two different directions.

Violet light encompassed her hands and shot out in a continual stream snaking thier way across the expanse. The light sought out two very distict targets, both very close to that troublesome heart of Dragon's. Dani didn't have enough time to react as he was yelling at Dragon, yet before it reached him the light surrounded him. He knew not what to make of it but noted that although the light shielded him from all it was not as fragile as he thought. He did however notice that the other light had surrounded Kit as well.

Travesty gave a crooked grin to which she expound on. "As I see that you think you have finally bested me. I give you one last test to trouble you and what is left of your life." her words were dark and laboured yet at the same time no less threatening, "You will have to choose now, you recent love or your blood. You can't possibly kill me fast enough to save them both. You can live with taking your life to take mine but would you take my life knowing it would result in the death of someone you cherished."

She stayed there on the ground, the violet light flowing outward from her body towards her victums. It was the last of her power in that light. It wasn't something to trifle with.

Dani noted Dragon's words and was more than pissed off by them. His brother had said something that he coudln't think that he could deal with.

"HOW DARE YOU." he said seething, "You dare to quote that book at me?! If one always waits for the pure to throw a stone then there would be never a stone thrown! I ask not for you to stop, I ask for you not to be rash enough to leave us like this. Do you think that I'm ready for you to leave? I wanted to tell y..." before he could finish the light from Travesty had enveloped him, keeping him from going much of anywhere and cutting off his voice to the world.

Sohl sat there defeated and spent. The words that Dray spoke hurt him and added to the brokenness of his heart and body. He had known how much it had hurt to not get recognition from her, yet he continued on with the hipe that one day she might praise him. Sadly, now at his end,he knows that a day such as that wil never come from someone such as her to someone like him. Poor little Remnant. You think that is good enough? her voice in his head echoed.

Sohl didn't want to be alone anymore. He was spent on his trying to please her and figured that if he was going to do it her way, he could try it Dray's way.

"What... do you think we could... could do to make them ... remember us?" he asked Dray but before he got an answer he continued, "I want to change someone's fate, but how can I do that if I can't even change my own?"

His questions lingered in the air before them as he waited for Dray's reply.

((yeah I kinda ran out there at the end for Sohl... my bad... P.S. I know what I'm doing))

[Black_Cat_Sora]

Kit watched the battle, keeping a hand over her chest, as if any moment Lance could be killed and her heart would stop with his. Fear clutched her entire body. Even if she knew she couldn't stop him, it was hard for her to have to watch, but somehow, she couldn't just turn away. It took all she had to keep her legs from giving out under her. This tention was too much to bare for one girl. She didn't even seem to hear the yelling going on between Dani and Lance.

She was snapped out of the trance she seemed to be in when out of the corner of her eye, she saw movement. She jumped to move out of the way, but the light was quick and engulfed Kit. She blinked and tried to move, but found she couldn't. She began to scream something, which was probably some form of curse words, but her words were silent to those around her. She was being held hostage...again?!

An angry expression crossed her face when she heard what Travesty was saying. Despite her own voice being muted, she could clearly hear all that was going on. That Fae b***h! Her golden eyes shifted over to Dani. How could she make Lance choose between the two of them? What a horrid evil b***h. Kit growled. She looked at Travesty and with some effort, lifted her middle finger clearly to the woman.

[Mitsubakan]

Blake had watched the proceedings in silence. There wasn´t much he could do, but he couldn´t bear to let someone do this to Lance. Even he wasn´t that heartless. He had to think of something. Apparently, he had been completely forgotten, as usual with these Mythical being fights. He floated gently behind the Fae, his flame wings not even making a sound. He had to do something, anything. He couldn't let either one of the titans die. Kit had given him the benefit of a doubt after he had attacked, and Dani had been the first to trust him. The Titans we´re not going to go down so easily. But.....what can I do? If I attack her, then she'll probably kill them both. Damn.There´s got to be something.... he thought as he balled his fists. What do I do dammit? he thought as he hovered. He hovered there, then started to create a fireball. " Alright you Flying Lizard. I'm gonna give everything I got to you, so don't let it go to waste." he said as he flew in and around towards Lance. The fireball was blood-red, but had traces of blue at the edges. Gah-l Malpirg, as it was called in a forgotten tounge, or Spirit Fire, in the regular language. It was every bit of power that Blake possessed, and when he reached Lance, he rammed it into him and pretty much crash landed from fatigue behind Lance. The fire dispersed when it touched Lance, going into him. " You better get this right...." Blake said.

((couldn't think of anything else to do. =( Hope thats ok.))
(( I think I misspelled some words in there.... XD))

[katosa]

"no fun here" Jessica muttered and took off, flying away from where she had been near the titan's penthouse and headed twords the park, hoping there would be something to do, although she doubted it

[dj_takuya]

((Aw yeah! That's what I'm talking about!! You guys have taken my doubts and thrown them away! Dani, I have to say, much better when Travesty doesn't just throw off a blow and does something tricky like this. And Blake throwing all his power into Dragon, so noble. Man, I like these people more and more, the more time I spend rp'ing here. I don't have time to post now, but I will in the morning, after I get off of work. See you guys then!))

[dj_takuya]

((Business: I still need Talon's profile, Travesty and Sohl's profile, and I think that's if for right now. GET THEM IN! Also, yet another announcement on the front page, check it out, it's the heads up about the new story arc!

Pleasure:Great work improving Dani, you've really turned this fight around. Mitsu, great contribution, you'll see why in just a moment. Rachel, thanks for being a good sport about all this. Now on to the show!))

Dragon
Dragon growled out, "I believe that was his point, the stone not being thrown," before Travesty threw them all the most vicious and nasty curveball. The scaled boy could only watch in horror as the aged-looking fae witch -who apparently had recovered, but at a cost- sent gnarled, warped bolts of purple fae magic towards…oh no. “No, not again,” he whispered. He stepped backwards in disbelief and almost fell back, catching himself. She took such joy in taunting him with this drastic and costly maneuver.

She was resorting to desperate measures because she had nothing else, but the situation was no less dangerous because of it. If anything, Dragon was hesitant to make any move at all. He wasn‘t sure what those beams were doing, but if anything, they probably were stealing their life energy. Travesty wasn‘t one to act on one motive only, when she could accomplish multiple goals at once. Either way, he didn‘t like the way things were looking. He wished he hadn‘t been so mean to his brother just before. If this ended badly, he‘d regret that for however long he lived.

‘No, you can‘t think like that. You can win!’ Dragon told himself. “But how? Think!’ It was just then when Blake made his grand gesture of giving Dragon all of his remaining power. It wasn‘t like mixing up a powered drink, the power didn‘t meld with Dragon‘s. Whenever two different people combine their powers, the results might better be compared to mixing oil and water. Blake‘s powers were different and made for things Dragon didn‘t usually do. ‘Blake‘s always using those fireballs and he even loads his gun with powered up bullets!’ Dragon realized. ‘If I do this right, Dani and Kit don‘t have to pay for my mistake. Dragon, you better not mess this up,’ he echoed Blake‘s thoughts. Blake‘s Spirit Fire wasn‘t limited to creating literal, material fire. It could do much more ethereal things. Things like mirror Travesty‘s beams.

Dragon conjured his plan in a matter of seconds. When he decided to go with it, he faced Travesty once again and allowed himself a smirk. “If you thought that could keep me down…” he said softly, narrowing his eyes in prideful contempt. “Lady, you don‘t know me very well. My friends are more powerful than you give them credit for.” He elaborated as he stepped forward and sent both hands out towards Kit and Dani and twin beams of scarlet twined with azure met the spheres Travesty had wrapped around the two and began making headway taking over them. “See, Blake can do the same thing you can, and I‘m not even using a portion of his power.” Which was only kind of true, it was more than half, about three fourths, but he had used that much to establish the connection, he could cheat and use his own power from his heart shell to reinforce and press the advantage, but he wanted to see if Travesty had an ace up her sleeve for this development. ‘Go ahead, witch. Try something. I dare you,’ he thought to himself.

Dray
Dray rejoiced, he had gotten through to the boy! He was listening, at least, and wanted to hear the next part of his plan to save Dragon. “The boy, Dragon…his magic is like mine. Travesty made sure of that, but we can use that against her.” He knew Sohl would do anything he wanted, as long as Travesty was getting screwed in the process. He planned to use that fact shamelessly for his own purpose.

“If we can get a shred of my power to him, he‘ll have enough strength to slay that witch and keep his heart beating. But it won‘t cure his heart condition,” Dray continued, keeping a close watch on the boy‘s reaction. If Sohl started not liking what he was hearing, he’d ditch the plan and their fight would continue. “That’s where you come in. Travesty gave you mastery of the elements, but I’d be willing to bet that she didn’t tell you it was all the elements, including life itself. If that’s true, you can use that to pour healing life into Dragon’s heart to fill in the void caused by his disease. When that happens, his heart condition will be cured and he’ll be able to live on for a long time.”

Dray paused for dramatic effect, sure that he had the boy hooked by now. “Dragon’s a good person, and if he owes you a favor, you can be sure he’ll pay you back in full. And that’s after Travesty is gone. Imagine what could be gained from him at full power, and the terms are limitless. You could have wealth beyond even your own dreams, hot and cold running girls, and more power than God. What do you say, up for it?”

Jei
Jei hovered above the scene where the other Titans were, having been flustered at being ignored, and discovered the cause of their distraction. The boy with the sword, she‘d read about him before she‘d actually met the Titans, was defending against the attacking villian, a girl in a purple kimono, just like the green one Jei was wearing. She didn‘t like being ignored. She descended and instantaneously plowed into both Garjen and Gordon with a pillar of air. Gordon flew far, and when he hit his head and fell, he didn't get up. Jei took a small amount of satisfaction in that. She turned to Kenta, and waited for him to decide to attack or not.

Bionic Boy
Wade nodded to the girl and followed her. As he caught up to her, he realized that he didn't even know her name at this point. "So, you know my story now, what's yours? How did those guys get ahold of you?" he asked her.

[SuperDuperRockLee]

[[Uh, sorry everyone, but I will be leaving Gaia soon... Once I give the heads-up, feel free to kill off my characters... XP

But for now~]]

"I was being careless," Talon sighed, slowing down a bit as the two drew closer to the penthouse. "But I swear, they'll do anything to get me back. For their d*mn research." She subconsciously snarled. "It's not like I'd want them to make more... bird girls... but it would give them a break from chasing after me and Jere-" She abruptly stopped. "J-Jeremy," she finished quietly, silently proceeding to the "tower".

"Hmm, I dunno," Garjen sang. She looked up her purple sleeve. "Nope, nothing! That's what it looks like~" She pounced on a high windowsill to avoid the waves, but came crashing down once it destroyed her post. "Well, doesn't look like that's going to work!" She stood up, sweeping off her palms. "How about we keep going, then?" The girl waved her arm rapidly, sending two blue bubbles toward her opponent.

[Mitsubakan]

Kenta took his sword up, and both dodged bubbles, then sent 4 Soundwaves at Jei, then went down and swung his sword at Garjen. " Not funny. " He told her as he kicked at her, then at the same time threw his sword upwards at Jei.

[dj_takuya]

((Ouch, Garjen didn't even notice the column of air plowing into her...))
Bionic Boy
Wade noticed how she was so affected by the name, and try as he might, he couldn't let it go. He jogged to catch up with her again and walked alongside her companionably.
"So, this Jeremy," he began quietly. "Who is he? Why do those scientist guys want him so bad?"

Jei
Jei coolly swept her hand in a horizontal arc, hardening the air between she and Kenta. Her aero-shield moved as she twitched her hand towards each shockwave emitting from Kenta's sword. She blocked three of them, but the last slipped underneath her shield before she had a chance to manuever it into the wave's way. It hit her in the knees and sent her toppling backwards. Out of spite, she sent two more lances of hardened air at Kenta and Garjen.

"Enough of your meaningless spat," she hissed as she pushed herself to her feet once again, not an easy feat in a kimono. "I asked you a question. Where is your leader, Dani?" This girl was under some strange misconception to think Dani was the leader of the Titans, but her interaction with them had been limited and hence so was her knowledge.

[daniru aren dai]

Dani didn't like the words that his brother spoke. It wasn't the point of the stone not being thrown and now being stuck in this rather contemptuous bubble Dani couldn't yell at his brother in his rage. That only works if everyone is willing to play the game by your rules brother. He thought as he stood there and watched what unfolded before him next.

Now, Blake was a bit rash in Dani's opinion by giving up what he said was all of his power to Dragon. It wasn't an ill placed maneuver yet at the same time it spoke more of the all-or-nothing mindset he always had. Dani especially didn't like the fact that Dragon was naïve enough to experiment with the new powers offhandedly enough to try to copy a move that as far as Dani was concerned was entirely different. But once again Dani could only stand there in object horror as his brother slowly killed himself.

Travesty was a little taken aback by the little flaming boys move to give her little Drake some more time but futile was his effort when she noticed how he used it. Trying to copy her move and enveloping her own threads of power with a less tested and more volatile powers isn't a well thought through action, even for Dragon. Travesty was what she had always been, a sorceress. Magics were not something she couldn't work herself around and Dragon daring to cancel out an attack that would end not only her life but those of the ones he love so foolishly made her grin. He forgets who he fights against.

Travesty raised her arms a little taking a more powerful looking stance while remaining on the floor. She gave the threads a little tug which resulted in the spheres contracting slightly. She wouldn't give it away openly but she was gradually feeding off the emotions that her captives were giving off. She used the little that she had gathered so far to spread the infectious threads branching out from Dani's to envelope Sav and from Kit's to reach out towards Syn and Havok.

Travesty's grin faded with the exertion of this move but she spoke up to Dragon none the less, "You should … know better than that, my little Drake. … What ever you can do… I can do… better." She knew that she can't change the fact that his power has an effect on hers but he couldn't possibly hold out as long as she could in this standoff. Not if he planned on saving everyone. "Now, my little Drake, do you think … you can save them all? Just know that if this keeps up and since … since you don't fully understand what you are copying you could … very well destroy your friends for me. Wouldn't want that on your dying continence now would you?" Her breath was a little labored but thanks to the added energy she was getting from her captives she could hold out, at least for a while.

Sohl was there on the ground not looking at Dray but hearing him just fine. He may not understand it all but he did know a bit about the elements, especially the life one. He knew what Dray was saying he should do but at the same time he was unsure how he was supposed to do it.

"I'll do it. But you should know better than to suggest fame and fortune after using the element of life. It isn't as forgiving as fire or earth. If you use it to heal you receive the injury you heal. If you bring back the dead you become hollow. It isn't an all giving source, just a bartering system." Sohl continued before Dray offered him something else. "I will do it. Either way I wasn't going to make it much farther in this life anyway."

Sohl withheld a slight amount of information to himself. The life element is fickle as well. If the one using it isn't pure then the one on the receiving end will have problems, it could possibly corrupt their powers or kill them anyway. So much for sure things right…

[dj_takuya]

Dragon
There was no change in expression on Dragon's face. He'd prepared himself for this, and he was not going to panic now. Granted, given the seemingly hopeless factor of the situation sounded like plenty of reason, but still, there was no way even Travesty could make a situation that irreparable. There had to be a way, even to counter Travesty's expanding web. 'Think, damn you! You didn't come all this way just when things look bleak. You promised to fight this fight to the end! Don't give up! You've got a put a halt to her progress!'

Dragon held his composure and his weakening spell through Travesty's speech. Her lost breath did not go unnoticed. "I don't believe you, witch. You'd say or do anything now to get me to give up. Just admit it, you've already lost, you're just too cowardly to say that to even yourself." He dug down deep for inspiration, wadding up his anger, his insecurity, his fears, his contempt, all of it. Every emotion he felt storming inside him, tensing him up, he balled up into one mass and let it all out in one, wordless blast of sound that made his throat ache.

Dragon poured all of his pent-up emotional energy into the spell, weaving the toxic emotions into the beams, and sent it coursing through the magic stream back to it's originator, Travesty. Dragon didn't allow himself the triumphant smile he felt, not for the sake of his concentration. The toxic magic streaming towards Travesty and Dragon felt the lack of it's presence as it left the energy stream and wormed it's way into Travesty's body. The emotions would flaw her judgement, make her afraid, and angry as he was, And Dragon was going to use that for all it was worth.

Dragon's push halted the domes overcoming Syn, Havok, and Sav and left them a half-dome of opportunity. "Go!" he shouted to them. "Go now and don't look back! Remember kids, don't end up like Lady Luck over there or someone like me will have to repeat history." He knew it would likely be the last time he ever spoke to any of them. His time was drawing closer, he felt it. He dug deep for more of his heart's shell and calculated his chance, like aiming a well placed gun shot, and when his aim was right, he released the power like a leashed animal and directed it towards the domes tightening over Kit and Dani. "Kit! Dani! Don't worry! I will never let you down! I love you both; and as long as I'm breathing, I'll fight for you!"

[daniru aren dai]

Travesty was stunned to have feelings ignite within her. Having been a Fae, emotions were not foreign to her but muted and even more so were those emotions connected to compassion and life. The only emotions that she had really felt these past centuries where ones of darkness: anger, hate, sorrow, pain and suffering. The ill fitting form of magical emotions was a bit more than she was used to. Not only were these extreme emotions that she was unaccustomed, they were not her own and emotions that she had never felt at this level.

He powers, mainly governed by her ability to focus faltered in their proceedings the spheres retracted and came towards her shielding herself, from what she knew not but she feared something and the reaction was sub-continence . But through all these emotions, she found one that she could relate to and held fast to it, ANGER and HATE. She knew these emotions well and used them to stabilize and mute out the others as they vied to make her lose control again.

Travesty's eyes glared at Lance and she knew that they were both nearing the end, but she wasn't going to let him hold the satisfaction that he defeated her without tainting that victory in anyway she could. She felt his unleashed emotions tugging at her spheres threatening to shatter them and end her moment of power over them all, but she pulled harder on the threads causing the spheres to tighten more turning into crystals in shape were the walls were mere inches from the captives now. She then looked back towards Dragon and stared him down.

"Good thing that you won't be breathing for much longer, I will have to make sure of that." Her left wrist flicked and a shard from the crystal shot from top to the bottom, cutting a deep gash down the right side of Dani's face and arm. The blood trickled from the wounds staining the clear floor of the crystal with crimson blood. Her gaze on Dragon hardened. "Know that whenever you want it to stop, you know how to end it, but to help you make up your mind…"

Travesty grunted then gave a shriek as from her chest burst fourth a black thread with quickly sought to connect itself with Lance's heart. The thread was black as tar and dripping blood, yet it found its mark rightly wrapping tiny tendrils around his heart connecting their life forces together with the darkest of magics. "I give you this… symbol… of my vow. We both end here tonight, … you just have to choose who… who stays and who… comes with us."

Travesty's chest was a mess, her blood leaked from the bullet-like wound yet at the same time the thread seemed to be trickling Lance's life into itself with the tell-tale signs of electrical static. It made sure that both life forms would end at the same time. Travesty looked towards Dani and then over to Kit, finally returning to Dragon. "Decisions, decisions, my little Drake." she managed as she waited out the last moments of her life.

Meanwhile, Dani is bleeding. He is hold his arm over the wound on his face and leaning against the crystal walls. The vision in his good eye was beginning to blur, he just hoped that Lance made his move soon… before Travesty decided to do the same to Kit.