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Post by eddie on Sept 10, 2012 17:38:20 GMT -5
Eddie was back to his sleepless nights. Sleepless wasn't the right word, the better word would be...well he couldn't think of it right this moment. He liked this time of night, most people were in doors a sleep and be could walk relatively free.
The darkness hid his red skin a bit, but not everything could be hidden and it made people nervous to be around him. He also had to constantly be aware of who was around him, it was hard to not have the easy physical contact his friends could have. He watched Dick pat Cyborg on the back or Gar hug Raven freely that it made him jealous, to the point where he almost didn't want his powers.
Although that was the last thing he wanted, Eddie never wanted to be powerless again. If he kept using his powers for good maybe could counter act how he'd gotten them.
Eddie did this a lot on nights he couldn't sleep, he stewed and went over possible reactions and scenarios that his friends would have to his powers, sometimes as he walked around the sleeping city he'd even play with different ways of telling them.
The guilt, the lie was beginning to eat at him, like really bad. He was tired of lying of having to always cover his tracks to make sure his story was believable, Dick was getting suspicious and he had a feeling Raven was watching him, probably picking up on his emotions, maybe even his thoughts.
He hissed feeling the fire inside pull up from his stomach, and higher up his throat and puff out of his mouth as he 'tsked'.
Another reason to get out, he wasn't ready to have everything laid bare...not yet. He'd tell them...he would it just depended on when. He wasn't sure if he wanted to keep the lie going for another two years...he could but lying was tiring and made him feel guilty every time he did it.
He was angry at Blue Devil how could he have let his Aunt die? That was another thing, a whole other layer of the onion, of the wound that was Eddie's heart.
Eddie didn't want to loose anyone else, he'd fight for them, he'd fight to protect them.
Kid Devil turned the sound causing him to whirl around, his hands curled in front of him, ready for anything, well anything except this.
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Post by Gemini on Sept 17, 2012 16:44:08 GMT -5
If there was one thing that Gemini enjoyed it was finding a hero when he was alone; being away from backup by team mates made them vulnerable and it was therefore the best time to attack. She had immediately recognised who this was; Kid Devil, a member of the Teen Titans. If he had been some minor hero then Gemini might not have bothered to get closer, but he was a Teen Titan, he knew Beast Boy and anything that would hurt that little green freak was something she was going to try.
She had been following him now for several miles, disguised as a variety of different mangy alley cats and had rummaging in trash bags. But now she had him exactly where she wanted; there was nobody around, nobody who would report that this hero was in trouble, it was perfect. There was only one thing holding her back; Kid Devil looked and felt hot; she had felt herself soften earlier as he had passed her by and smelt the odour of gasoline which seemed to go with him. Gemini didn’t worry often about not being able to beat an opponent, but in this case, she felt a nagging sense of uncertainty which she did her best to supress. She wouldn’t let herself be afraid of anyone, yes he might be hotter than she could handle, but she could always reform and attack again, if she didn’t attack now it would be cowardice and Gemini de Mille was no coward. Perhaps if she made herself big enough then Kid Devil wouldn’t be able to melt enough of her at once.
Slipping out of sight of Kid Devil, Gemini’s form started to expand, growing larger and larger, filling most of the alleyway with her increasing bulk. Although the form she wanted to adopt was big, the alley simply didn’t have any more space, so she stopped growing at about nine feet tall, her skin hardening and becoming leathery hard, in places developing thick ‘bone’ armour. Her tail lengthened as a series of spikes sprouted along her back, her mouth widening until it became a maw filled with razor sharp teeth and her formerly feline paws warping into viciously sharp claws.
Taking a moment to accustom herself to her new bulk, Gemini lumbered around the corner, moving as stealthily as she could, which wasn’t much considering her size. As Kid Devil turned, she roared, a deafening angry growl escaping her throat, something which also let her bare all those sharp teeth at Kid Devil. Lumbering forward, she swiped a massive clawed hand at the teen titan.
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Post by eddie on Sept 18, 2012 14:00:56 GMT -5
Golden glowing eyes widened and his mouth hung open in surprise. As spit flew from the gaping mouth in front of his face, he wisely shut his mouth to avoid swapping spit with Beast Boy.
"Dude, c'mon man this isn't funny."
Even as those words left his mouth, he took a closer look at the skin color and realized his mistake, this large monster, dinosaur like creature, was very much not his teammate.
As he rolled out of the way of the claw coming at him, he opened his mouth his own teeth showing, they seemed to turn from white to black and then an orange color, as from his mouth came out red hot fire, the heat was so intense he was pleased to know that he could handle it. His skin seemed to take on a higher temperature as the flames came from him. The fire breath only lasted a few moments until he needed to breath again.
As he was forced to stop to breath, he got to his feet, flexing his claws and running at the creature, intent on stopping it.
"Tonight isn't the night to mess with me!"
He snarled as he leapt into the air, gaining altitude as his wings unfurled from between his arms giving him the ability of flight as he got a better look at his opponent.
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Post by Gemini on Oct 12, 2012 16:39:23 GMT -5
Although bulking herself up made Gemini stronger and more physically powerful, it also made her slow and even if she wanted to avoid Kid Devil’s fire breath, it happened so quickly she had no time to react. One moment she was raising a claw and looking forward to slicing open the annoying Titan from top to bottom, the next she felt the wave of heat engulf her and loosen her control over her form. Gemini fought it as much as she could, desperately trying to retain control and for a split second after the smoke cleared her monster form remained seemingly untouched, until with a loud rubbery squelch, the head, torso and arms of the creature changed colour and lost all definition, drooping and then melting onto the ground in a steaming pile of cobalt blue goo.
If she had a mouth or eyes then Gemini would have been raging or at least glaring at Kid Devil for having the insolence to attack her in such a way, but her sensory cells along with the rest of her upper body had melted and she could do no more than twitch feebly as her now unsupported hind legs collapsed forwards into the puddle of her substance. She was horribly disorientated but above all angry, wanting to lash out at this brat who’d dared to melt her, for the moment though she needed to cool and reconstitute; force her cells to solidify back into the form she wanted them in.
It took her precious time, but moments later the mass of melted rubber on the ground started to churn, rapidly reforming into the creature form she’d been moments before. Demonic red eyes burning with anger, Gemini reached down and forced a concrete slab out of the ground, roaring loudly and hurling it at Kid Devil with enough force to flatten a bus.
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Post by eddie on Oct 16, 2012 17:06:29 GMT -5
Eddie stared in shock as the dinosaur in front of him caught on fire or it was more like it melted from the flames he'd exerted. As the flames died off and all that was left was a pile of goo...he wasn't sure how he felt. He had just killed something...it wasn't as though he'd merely defeated his opponet but he'd killed someone, this was different, different and he felt guilt and remorse, this knowledge made his stomach roll and he thought, thought he may be violently ill.
This was one of the few times he was afraid and filled with disgust for the power he'd long since wanted to be a hero. He didn't have a very long time to mourn the life he'd taken because within a little while, the dinosaur's shape was reforming and it had him taking a step back in shock.
"W-what...is this thing?"
Came the sputtered words as he stepped back his tail lashing to and fro as he assessed the situation in front of him. He fished his communicator from his pocket and turned his back and ran down the street, trying to put a little distance between them, he had to figure this out. He jumped on a parked car's hood and then on to the roof of the silver SUV, before he took a flying leap and felt his wings unfold giving him the advantage of distance. He had to get some air before that slab knocked him into next week.
"Kid Devil to Titan's Tower...I need a hand, we have....we have some trouble in the city... Ahh! Hey watch it!" he spat over his shoulder, watching the slab just miss his toes as he'd barely managed to get at a high enough distance to have missed it.
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Post by Gemini on Nov 27, 2012 11:37:10 GMT -5
The paving slab missed and Gemini growled in annoyance as Kid Devil took to the sky, demonic eyes fixed on his flightpath. As she couldn't touch the Titan stretching her arm to reel him in wouldn't work, but there were plenty of other tactics she could try.
As Kid Devil dodged the slab, she seized a lamp post, yanking it out of the ground and hurling it spinning towards the hero, following it up by sending three trash cans flying through the air. Bounding after him with her adopted form's physical power, she pursued, determined not to let him get away and regroup.
His call for reinforcements was annoying, it would only give her a limited amount of time to deal with him before team-mates started showing up. But perhaps his call had given her an opportunity, guile instead of brute force might win this for her.
Making sure Kid Devil's back was turned, she growled one last ear splitting time for good measure and dived sideways into a side alley, her form shifting and compressing as she stretched and coiled rapidly between buildings. Seconds later, her body changing into a human form, Gemini stepped out a look of concern on her borrowed features, red jewel in her forehead and wearing long dark blue robes.
"Kid Devil, I was passing by and heard your call, what's going on?" She'd seen the Titan known as Raven before, knew what she sounded like, with any luck this little trick would have Kid Devil completely fooled.
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Post by eddie on Feb 2, 2013 14:15:33 GMT -5
Eddie frowned slightly as the crazy monster seemed to disappear into the alley ways. He couldn't speak for a moment just stand there in complete shock, and wait as his brain tried to process what his eyes had litterally scene. He didn't know how things had gotten so messed up and he really wasn't sure what he was supposed to do about it, it sure caused quite a mess of things, if he had anything to say about it.
As he flapped his wings to help keep himself airborn, he slowly came to a disicion that he had to go over there and see what he was going to do about that creature otherwise it could get out and hurt innocent people. He took a couple hesitant steps towards the alley way, when he heard the running of footsteps in his direction and he turned his body, his hands parting to ready his claws in attack if this was another threat.
His yellow eyes took in the form coming at him and he visible relaxed. "Raven! Oh thank the gods you came, there was this massive dinosaur, and no don't give me that look, I swear there really was one, i'm not sure how it got here but it attacked me!" he said frailing his arms up in the air with a dramatic flare.
He looked at her studying her as he wondered why he hadn't gotten a responce back from his communicator that wasn't a big deal, she must have been in the area. He shook away his gut feeling and continued on. "It went in that alley way, over there. We have to check it out, it could hurt everyone if we don't take care of it!" he said not giving her much of an opportunity to respond, as he headed into the alleyway leading the way as he gave her his back, a very stupid thing to do, it left him wide open for harm, harm that he assumed he didn't have to watch out for with his friends, they always had his back, never one to stab a friend in the back.
(Feel free to injure him this could work out quite well for future posts)
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