Post by letkennydoit on Mar 1, 2011 6:43:40 GMT -5
Kenny- Jumping alongside the rooftops, trying to catch the bad guys that had recently robbed a bank. Yup, same old same old. And of course there would be some hero following them. His name is Ken Price but he was formally known as Shade. " All day everyday. A patrol and then someone robs a bank. " Ken took a deep breath in and then sighed it out in frustration. His new code name was now Phantom Shadow. He preferred this one instead of his former code name. With body movements like a gymnast and agility of a cat like creature, Ken was hot on their tails. " I wonder what I will do after this? " He pondered aloud as he did multiple back flip hand stands. His days were usually like this now. Ken would rush in and save a robbery or catch the criminals soon after. No real villains were around anymore.
With little to no motivation, he landed on his hand and lowered his body onto the final rooftop edge. His eyes narrowed as he peered off the side. The robbers were sure to pass this way to make it out of town. " Maybe I missed them? " Ken said aloud as he placed a knee on the edge of the roof and elevated his body weight with the other. ' Just maybe.. " He sentence was suddenly cut short as a car was spotted in the nearby distance. His educated guess had so far been correct. Like every other robber, they tried to skip town that way. Ken sighed yet again as he held his right hand up, fist clenched. He had anticipated everything so far and like the rest, it was sure to go as planned. His eyes narrowed further and he leaned in closer to get a better aim. With needles placed in between his fingers, Ken felt confident. He released the needles from his finger webbing and watched them gracefully soar against the air. The oncoming cars tires were struck with near precision and two of their front tires were taken out. They skid out of control and hit a nearby telephone pole, knocking the criminals out. His job was done and now he had nothing left to do. " All in a days work. " Ken said sheepishly before jumping down and leaving the scene.
Ashley- Dragon was currently in pursuit of a group of people who had just broken into a car dealership and had stolen a very expensive car. Dragon ran after the car, currently using the rooftops as leverage to get higher and higher as the car got farther and farther away, it was speeding away from him. He had to get this show on the road. Dragon gave a fanged grin as he jumped off the last building where the row of buildings ended. As he free fell leathery wings erupted from his shoulder blades, as the dragon humanoid gave a mighty flap of his wings and before he shot off toward the car. Those car jackers were going to get it, that was for sure. Dragon would make sure of it.
Dragon was quick to spot the stolen car and swopped down, the changing colored gemstone glowing faintly under his simple sleeveless t-shirt and shorts. Finally the gemstone stopped on a color. He noticed how smoke blew out from his nostrils each time he breathed out through his nose. "So it's fire tonight. How fun... Hopefully I won't blew up the car.... like last time..." He muttered to himself. He dived down toward the car, swooping down lower and lower until he was right on top of them, that was the trouble with non-hooded car, it made it so much easier for him to drop in on his prey.
Dragon dropped down into the back seat, growling dangerously as he grabbed both car jakers. He smacked them into each other, knocking them out and dropped them in the backseat. While he made his wings go back into his back and hopped into the drivers seat. He spotted a cop car not too far and drove up next to it, The police car screeched to a halt, and Dragon did the same, he got up out of the car and disappeared into a near by alleyway, no use in waiting for the copper to get out of his car.
Dragon just wanted to leave and go home, and walking home sounded like a nice idea. As he walked he kept snapping his fingers, making fire appear with a snap of his fingers. He swished fire around in his mouth as he walked, blowing out a harmless fire that disappeared a few inches in front of him, he was careful not to burn anything.
Kenny- Ken had left the hero scene for the day and retired to a back alley. It may have been dusty, filthy, and putrid but it was still his favorite hang out. He walked into the alley with feet dragging behind. " Man. Today was not a very exciting day. " His tone was more annoyed than exhausted as he jumped up on the abandoned dumpster top, that lay in the middle of the opening. Ken took a deep breath and sighed yet again. He rest his back against the wall and slid down to his knee's, letting one fall out under him as it reached the end of dumpsters edge. " Maybe it just isn't that sort of world anymore. Since the Titans split, everything has been boring. " His tone had changed from annoyed to saddened. The group formally known as the Teen Titans recently broke up and split into separate divisions.
Ken of course could not simply choose a side and so he went solo. Might have been one of the worst mistakes of his life. He placed his head against the cement wreckage directly behind him and raised his right hand sheepishly. His spirit had been broken and there was nothing fun to do anymore. Most of all, he missed his family known as the Teen Titans. They were the closest thing to a home for him. Ken closed his eyes momentarily and opened them second later. He was so depressed and no amount of weak robbers would fill that void the titans had left. His heart ached in all sorts of placed that no one knew about. With a grunt from his inner torment, Ken released a flurry of needles from in between his finger webbing. The needles hit the brick wall directly in front of him and jutted out like spikes.
He stared out into nothingness as he did so. Just the thought of his former family and boredom on his mind. His attention was suddenly broken as he blinked repeatedly. " What, where, ohh. " He was just broken from his happy memories and was now staring at a brick wall. " It's not fair! " His tone had raised higher and his voice climbed to a yell. Ken instantly threw his left hand and released another flurry of needles from in between his finger webbing again. " They should have never broken up! Why did that have to happen?! " He screamed aloud in a whimpering almost desperate voice. His eyes narrowed at the wall he was bombarding with needles. Ken had a unique set of eyes. A pattern and combination of Yellow and Black. Where his eyes would normally be white was black, the Iris was yellow, his pupil was black, and yet it had a small yellow dot in the middle. It could have freaked anyone out who was not used to seeing him. Ken mentally cursed his luck and the world as he threw yet another flurry of needles from in between his right finger webbing. " Just, my luck! " He paused for a moment and ceased his onslaught on the wall. His head lowered and his dark brown bangs fell over his eyes, concealing the tears that he shed silently. " It's just not fair. " Ken sniffled a bit before curling his legs to his chest and wrapping his arms around them to comfort himself. He buried his eyes in his knee's and tried to relax a bit more. His day had gone from boring to terrible in a few short minutes.
Ashley- Dragon shook his head as he walked down the street, not really having much of a care in the world. He continued down the street, somewhere along the walk he had stopped playing with his fire powers. If one were to look at him, they'd see a freaky sight or at least bad guys called him freaky and/or a monster at times. Which he was one. Dragon didn't have a superhero name, he simply went by Dragon which was his real name.
Dragon has red scales covering his body, he obviously looked like a dragon humanoid. His hair is long down to his knees, his hair is always in an untamed mess similar to a lions main. his hair is a dark purple which is an odd color. His eyes are white, which give people the idea that he is blind, which he isn't.
Dragon's wearing a sleeveless black t-shirt and black short shorts which are ripped in the back to make room for his tail. His tail is 3 feet long, thin and scale like. It has a pointed bladed at the ends tip. His tail moves around like an extra limb, so he can use to hold things or to attack people who try an sneak up behind him.
Dragon's ears twitched, his ears are small and scale like, furry at the same time and are pointed, they grow out of the side of his head, like human ears. He has four fingers and thumb, his feet have three claws and resemble more of his dragon-like appearance. He has horns that are on his head, out of his forehead are three small spikes that are angled to their respective angles or at least the ones on the left and right side of his forehead. His chin also has two spikes near his chin they are both angled downward. His claws are dark purple like his hair.
Dragon paused when he heard a familiar scream. Where did he recognize that voice before? Someone he knew... From the Teen Titans. He honestly had thought they would of all been a new team by now. He figured he had been the only one who had chosen to go solo. It was easier that way, he didn't have to worry about watching his teammates backs and only had to worry about his own back. Although he had did have to admit, it did get lonely after a while and boring, because all that was left were stupid small fries. "What on earth happened to bigger bad guys?" He growled softly to himself, as he sniffed the air, a familiar scent was mixed in the disgusting smell of the alleyway, he was currently by. He decided to check it out. He had to admit he wasn’t expecting his old teammate to be there. "Well if it isn't Shade." He commented lightly, holding out his palm to create a large red flame of fire to illuminate the darkness they were both in, to give them both some light.
Kenny- Throughout his entire time in the alley, apparently a lot of time had passed. A few hours to be precise. Ken raised his head off his knee's and sniffled. He had just heard a familiar voice. Someone who had not heard for a while. His eyes squinted in the dark as tried to make out the shadowed figure that stepped into the alley. " Who is there? " Ken stood up and leaned forward onto one of his legs. Each one positioned in a different angle. His right leg placed forward and left leg pushed further back, so it was inches from the cement wreckage. He reached behind his back carefully and gripped the hilt of his ninja like katana, that rest horizontally on his side. His hand firmly wrapped around the hilt and slowly drew it outward. Ken still had his eyes narrowed and his voice held strong.
The swords steel was now visible in the dim light the flame gave off as he pulled out the sword from its sheath completely. A loud sharp piercing sound emitting from the blade. He held the blade firmly in his grip and raised it in lightning speed, jumping forward to slice his shadowed intruder. He stopped right as the blade was about to reach the mans neck and sighed in relief. " Ahh. It's just you Dragon. It's been so long!! " His tone and expression had changed from serious and defensively angry, to happy and carefree. Ken wrapped his arms around the tall dragon like man, with his blade still in hand. " It's been far to long old buddy. " He spoke with a more happier and hyper tone. His worry had faded along with his sadness. Ken was no longer lonely because he had finally been reunited with Dragon. How cheesy but also how appropriate.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. "Wow you were really going to kill me. You little brat." He said with a smirk. "Now put away your bloody sword before I decide to snap it in half." He warned his teammate being completely serious. He shook his head as he watched as his friend had wrapped his arms around him. Dragon didn't hug the other back, there was no reason to do so. He figured he'd let his friend do whatever he wanted to do, at least for now. "So how have you been?" He questioned as he gently pushed his teammate and friend back to a more respectable distance, so at least the other wasn't clinging to him like he was before.
Kenny- He was pushed off of Dragon and asked a good amount of questions. " In order of your questions. Yes. Don't you dare. I have been alright, just lonely. " His tone still didn't change from it's previous hyper one. Ken withdrew his blade in it's sheath. A small clack heard as the hilt was in all the way. " So, how about yourself? " He smiled lightly and asked his friend with a curious tone. His answer should provide motive enough to ask the next question Ken had in mind.
Ashley- Dragon smirked slightly. "That's good." He commented. He was glad he didn't have a sword held up to his neck anymore. "That's understandable, seeing as lonely being a solo hero can be." He commented offhandedly. He shrugged his shoulders in response, as he ran a hand through his messy hair. "As for me. I've been fine, bored because all I've been dealing with lately are small fries." He said calmly.
Kenny- Ken nodded his head as he listened intently to his friend. " That is understandable. I am wicked bored also. Stopped three robberies today and one get away car. So, I am pretty much in the same boat you are. " He spoke with a lower voice as his pitched descended. " I kinda wish, I had never left the Titans and just joined a team. " A small hint of sadness in his tone as he choked out those words. His eyes filled with a void of distance and sadness as he spoke.
Ashley- Dragon nodded. "Yeah life here is getting dull and boring. What happened to all the big bad guys? Like Slade, Red X, and those people." He said with a sigh as he pulled at one of his bangs that had fallen into his eyes. "Same here, at least that way we wouldn't be bored to death." He added with a shake of his head. "Hmm I've got an idea." He said with a small grin forming on his lips, although it was hard to see, because his grin just looked wolfish and deadly. "Why don't we team up?" He questioned toward his friend and teammate.
Kenny- Ken's eyes opened widely at the mention of Slade and Red X. With a giggling laugh and his hand posed behind his head, he soon found himself feeling foolish. " Ahh, I almost forgot about those guys. " His ears suddenly perked when he heard the mention of a proposal. Did Dragon really just offer partnership? DRAGON?! The Dragon?? Ken's nodded his head timidly, although in the dark could barely be seen. " I think that is a great idea Dragon. That way neither of us are lonely and we can take baddies down twice as fast. " He smiled at Dragon and brushed his dark brown bangs from his eyes and to the side.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. How could Shade forget all about Slade and Red X? They weren't that easy to forget. Dragon now wondered if offering to be his former teammates partner had been a wise move, the kid could be a baby at times, that much he knew. Oh well he wasn't the kind of man to go back on his word after he had offered something. "Yeah. maybe those big bad guys will come back so at least that way we won't be so bored with these small fries." He said with a shrug of his shoulders.
Kenny- Ken nodded his head in reaction to Dragons words. " True. We might attract a larger crowd or something. Maybe even slade! I just remembered who he was. Kinda loss my mind for a second. " He sighed weakly and stepped out of the alleyway. " Alright. Lets get going. " His tone became stronger and more mature as all hyperness had left.
Ashley- : Dragon simply nodded his head in agreement with what his friend had said. He wasn't sure how to answer the others first response, so he remained silent. He turned around and headed out the alleyway. "Yes lets." He answered as he glanced over his shoulder to see if his teammate was following him or not.
Kenny- Ken had nothing left to say. Both him and Dragon filled the atmosphere with an awkward silence. He decided to follow his friend and keep his pace but of course it would be from the shadows. His eyes narrowed as he stepped into a nearby shadow and disappeared along with the scenery. Like a shadow beast, Ken drifted along the shadows, following the trail of Dragon. He kept his pace brisk and his movement constant. That way no one could detect him in the night.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. He really hated it when Ken decided to go and do his little shadow walking. Especially when there was no reason for him to be doing it. The dragonoid human kept walking, his eyes darting this way and that. Besides meeting up with his former teammate and friend - who was now his teammate - that had been the only entertaining thing to happen tonight. Everything else had been boring. Utterly and completely so. Now he wondered just what and where they would go now. Maybe back to the old Teen Titan's hideout? That could be a good place to start. Its not like they had anything else to do or anywhere else to go anyway.
Kenny- Ken was dashing between each shadow, no matter how small or how big. His body blurring as he did so and zipping in zig zags to keep his trail cold. He was being followed for some time and knew this was the only way. Things may have been boring but there were also dangerous. Ken nodded to Dragon as he followed the massively tall teen. " So, dragon. Where should we go? " His tone was light and playful as he whispered through the shadows. He stopped abruptly and stood directly in the massive shadow that Dragon created. " Hmm? " Ken's voice fell to a more confused yet curious one as he hummed in his throat; not sure what to make of the sudden motion.
Ashley- Dragon stopped, he narrowed his eyes straight ahead and to refrain from lashing out. His claws grew several inches. Oh how he hated it when people were behind him. His knife-spiked tail lashed in warning. Dragon had to be careful, he knew his teammate wasn't a threat to him, and it took his all will power to not have his tail strike through the others chest, faster then he would be able to shadow teleport away. "You know standing behind me is a very dangerous thing to do. You remember what happened last time you did that? My tail stabbed you through the leg." He said, as there was a growl deep in his throat. Dragon looked over his shoulder at the younger more kid-like teenager, his golden eyes narrowing into slits of anger. His lips were pulled back revealing sharp, deadly pearly white fangs. "As for where we're going. We are going to the old Titan's tower." He answered.
Kenny- Ken's eyes opened widely as he spoke about the tail. He only looked for the biggest shadow that was on the streets and his just so happened to be it. With a small sigh, he stepped to the side of big dragon teen and walked forward, so he was now side by side. " Sorry about that. I am used to being alone. It's been nearly a year since Titan tower was abandoned and the team split. " He held conviction in his voice as he turned to dragon and punched him playfully in the shoulder. " Well, why didn't you tell me sooner. " Ken smiled a bit and revealed some of his sharpened like shark teeth that could also be mistaken for beast boys canines. He extended his own shadow and held a hand to the dragon teens shoulder. " Alright. Hold still. " Within an instant, the shadow began to devour their being as they were drawn into it. A few moments after they would start to hop along any shadow until they reached Titan Tower.
Ashley- Dragon growled. He really didn't like shadow teleporting, it felt like he was going to be lost in the darkness of the shadow world forever, and that was creepy for him. "...How long till we get there?" He questioned keeping his voice strong, despite the shiver of fear that ran down his spine and to the tip of his bladed tail.
Kenny- Ken was hopping from shadow to shadow and held Dragon with him the entire time. He had taken dragon maybe once or twice when they were in an actual team but since then this was his first time again. His eyes opened wide and even though the darkness hid them, his moon bright iris's revealed the laughter behind them. " Not too much longer now. " They were popping in and out of telephone pole lights, street lamps, on passing cars, tree's and the shadows the clouds made when they passed by the moon. Ken was sure used to this but apparently dragon wasn't. He stopped abruptly and their images tore from the shadows like fabric. " Here we are. Titan Tower. " His voice still upbeat but also had its own ominous feeling as they stood a lake across from the tower. " Nothing to do now but cross the lake. " Ken said coyly while reaching for dragons shoulder again.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes and said nothing. He just waited for this to be over. Once it was, and once his teammate had let go of his shoulder, only to reach for it again, did he quickly shrug his teammate's hand off of him. "Don't even think about it!" He growled out, as he moved away from his teammate's reach. "I'm going my own way across, you can go your own way." He said as his wings tore from his back again, and he flapped them a few times to see how they were. Before he jumped up and flapped his wings hard to get up into the air, before he flew across the lake without a second glance at Ken.
Kenny- Ken had no clue why Dragon was so scared or timid about the shadow hoping or " Shadow Porting " as Dragon called it. He shrugged off the look that dragon gave him and resumed his shadow hopping. His shadow went into the water and simply climbed all the way to the other side. In an instant he popped out of the water and stood at the edge of Titan Tower. Ken turned around to see a still flying Dragon in the nearby distance. He shrugged that off and jumped on top of the Titan Towers shore edge. After doing this, his intent was to flip until he reached the titan doors. Without wasting any time, he jumped forward and landed on his hands. Then he elevated himself and started to do multiple front flips. Each time landing on his hands and feet. His body twist to the side as he jumped up and landed on his feet, doing a placement. " And the gold goes to Ken Price! " He shouted while throwing his hands in the air, like a gold gymnast.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes at his teammate's childishness. Then again a few of the teen titans had been childish, Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, Cyborg and Ken. Only Raven and him had been the serious almost all the time. He had been taking his time over the lake, taking in the sights and looking at the tower to see if there was any forbidding feeling to it, same the scents and sounds he had listened to everything and tried to see, scent and hear if anything or anyone was inside the tower. He saw, heard nor scented anything out of the ordinary, so he figured it was safe to enter. So he swooped down, flipping in mid air, so that he could land on his feet. Once he had landed, he walked over to the doors and pushed them open easily enough. He looked around seeing nothing but a dark and dreary home.
Kenny- Ken heard the loud flapping of giant wings as dragon landed near him and just walked in without so much as saying hi. He shrugged this off and followed suit. His first impression of the dark and miserably lonely home of the former Teen Titans made him want to cry. There was nothing to do and nothing could even be done. He sighed to himself a long drawn out, saddened sigh and stepped inside, closing the door behind him. The door fell with a creak and then a large locking sound. Yup. It sure was home. " It's just not the same. " His tone hinting a bit of conflict in his voice. Ken closed his eyes and took a few steps toward the darkness that was the Titan Tower. " Maybe the electricity still works. " He walked over to a switch he could barely see and flipped it on. The power came on and suddenly the whole tower was filled with light and activity. " Aren't we lucky?! " His pitch climbing, now changing to his usual childlike, hyper tone.
Ashley- Dragon honestly didn't really care if the tower looked dark and dreary, it just meant that no one had lived in there for a long time. Dragon didn't have much of an attachment to the tower as some of the others had. "Yes that is true." He answered calmly. He shrugged his shoulders at his teammates enthusiasm. "Yeah we are." He said his voice dripping with sarcasm.
Kenny- Ken was living off the streets for a while since the Titan broke up. He had no where to go, until now. " Um, maybe we should try to see if all of the technology still works. If we want to be a new Teen Titans then we need to. “ His voice hinting an obvious feel of common sense and seriousness.
Ashley- Dragon sighed. "We probably should..." He responded simply. "We'd need a better name then Teen titans or new teen titans." He added as he left to go mess with the computers and all the other techo-know-how that Cyborg had taught him about when they were a team. He was pretty sure he still knew how to do all the techno stuff easily enough. "Go see if the other lights still work. I'll take care of the techno stuff." He ordered his younger companion. Yes he was putting himself as leader of this little group.
Kenny- Ken listened to the new teammate known as dragon and sighed. He turned around a corner and searched for the other light switched around the tower. His eyes scanned the first room and he instantly found the switch. Next he went into the new few rooms and did all the switched within a minute. " This is taking to long. " Ken sighed to himself and faded into the basement as his shadow stretched large. He fell down to the area right in front of the socket box and opened it up with ease. " alright, now if what Robin told me about this tower is true then. " CLICK. His face lit up and his moon orb eyes shone brightly through the darkness. Every light in the tower had turned on and he couldn't have been anymore happy.
Ashley- Dragon found the control room easily enough and smirked to himself when he started up the main computer and waited for the computer to turn on. He hissed crossly when lightly suddenly bombarded his eyes. "s*** that hurt." He muttered as he blinked rapidly trying to get his eyes use to the sudden brightness. Once he could see clearly, he saw the computer was booted up and quickly started in commands his long, nimble fingers dancing across the keys. "Just a few more seconds..." He muttered as he typed. Soon he had the computer's up and running, and started to check the other computers to see if anyone electronic worked in this rundown tower of theirs
Kenny- Ken smiled to himself as he turned around and headed back for the stairway that he was too lazy to take. With a hop, skip, and a jump; his shadow shrunk to its normal size and he headed up the stairs. He reached the top steps and opened the door hastily. His hand came reaching around the corner and found itself on a broken picture frame piece, that jutted out of the framing itself. " OUCH!! ALL MIGHTY HELL!! " Ken screamed at the top of his lungs as he withdrew his finger to his mouth and sucked on it. He would rather suck his finger clean of the scarlet liquid, instead of seeing the sight of blood. His lips wrapped around finger tighter and his tongue made sure to lap up any remainder. Ken's eyes narrowed from the sudden infliction of pain. He shuddered at the thought of even looking at the drying finger as he pulled it from in between his moist lips and stuck it directly into his pants pockets. His mind was becoming cross at the idea that he would have to go see dragon with a bloodied finger. It would seem as if he had no sort of capability with any task. Ken suddenly shook his head from side to side and displayed a frown on his ghost pale face. He mentally cursed his luck and raised his head from the ground. His previous task had been accomplished and he did not want to waste anymore time. Without so much as a pause, he went looking for Dragon.
diot teammate screaming his head off for, but paused and thought better of it. He sighed and shook his head and typed in a few commands to the computer, pulling up the camera footage, at least that way he'd be able to find Ken quicker. He pulled up the footage and found Ken, he typed in a few commands and pulled up the intercom button. "Hey Ken, what were you screaming your head off for?" He questioned his voice echoing around the empty rooms and hallways
Kenny- "nothing!", Ken had replied. "I will be there in a few minutes. i want to look around for a bit". Ken began to walk around so that he was able to look back on his past memories of the abandoned tower. "weird" he began to think to himself, "feels like it has been forever sense i have been here yet it still feels like yesterday". as he was walking around he had come across a disc that was sitting on a table in the common area. he picked it up and brought it to Dragon in hopes there might be something on it that could help them out.
Ashley- "Sure it's not, you bad liar." He growled out into the intercom. He really hated having people lie to him. He switched off the intercom and sighed, before he reached up rubbed his temples. He waited for Ken to come back. He kept his eyes locked on the screens searching for any intruders that might be around, just encase.
Kenny- Ken entered the room with Dragon still at the computer area. "Hey I found this disc on the coffee table in the common area and was thinking its an odd place for a CD to just be laying around. perhaps there is something useful on it."
Ashley- Dragon took the disk from Ken and popped it into the computer disk, he brought the disk on-line. "Lets see what it is." He said simply as he waited for the disk to load, and on it came a bunch of code. Dragon's tail lashed as he red the code before he decoded it. Once the code was decoded. "Looks like Slade's back in town, he's running some underground fighting club, fights to the death, getting injected with this thing called Venom it makes you a super powered freak, Venom lasts for about 30 minutes and when you revert back into your normal self you die. It's basically suicide." Dragon red off as he growled in annoyance. "We should of been doing something about this! Instead of just disbanding! Leaving something like this going on! What kind of Hero’s are we?!" He snarled in anger. His tail lashed from side to side, slashing a rusty old desk in half as his tail smacked into the chair sending it flying into the wall behind him.
Kenny- Ken frowned at the thought of fights to the death. Never to the death but maybe to the near death he figured. He found himself caught in a daze as he shook his head from side to side to snap out of his train of thought. " So, wait. Does this mean that he is killing people for the means of entertainment or is it something more?? " His voice hinted anxious feelings as his tone raised and lowered every other second. Ken took a second and cleared his throat. He had been in this time of state before and needed to regain composure. His eyes closed and he folded his hands against his breast. " No. Nothing but an experiment for the venom. " Ken's tone raised to a much more solid one and his voice held strong. He walked over to the computer to take a further look at the data. His eyes suddenly shot open and started to scan. " If what I think is going to happen then we will need more than us. Too bad the team is split and we don't even know if this is still operational. " Ken spoke in a manner more like robin rather than himself. He raised his hand and used his index finger as a pointer. " We need to trace these small codes on the screen back to their source and find this place, if it is still running that is. " His hunch should be correct if he calculated everything correctly but then again he was just human.
Ashley- Dragon growled softly, he came down from his fit of anger. "We should." He growled out in annoyance. "Move, I'll take care of this." He order the younger boy. "No one makes a fool out of me,
and this damn code is not going to start." He said firmly
Kenny- Phantom was pushed aside. His eyes narrowed as he fell to the ground from an angry Dragon. " Hey Hey!! Watch it. " He growled in aggravation with a low gravely voice. Phantom sighed to himself and jumped back to his feet. He looked at the frantic Dragon and watched in amazement. " You are very upset. Maybe you need to relax. " His tone raised higher and his voice became lighter. Phantom walked up behind Dragon and lightly placed his gloved, gauntlet like hand on the others shoulders. He then proceeded to give the dragon humanoid a deep tissue massage as he worked. His expertise was not computer based. So, he figured least he could do was help Dragon out.
Ashley- Dragon growled softly. "Of course I am. We disbanded and left people to suffer and die from this Venom drug." He snarled as he typed rapidly on the keyboard. His eyes darting this way and that as he read the code and worked on tracing the code back to it's source. He had to get it, he had to trace it. He had to stop it. Dragon's tail relaxed as he got a tissue massage. He relaxed slightly. "Maybe I do..." He responded quietly, as he worked on finding the right code so that he could trace it back to it's source.
Kenny- Phantom smiled inside. He knew that Dragon was starting to calm down. With his hands working carefully on the Dragons muscle tissue, phantom had no choice but to repeat soft words into the dragon ear; without actually going near them. " Keep calm. You need to keep a clear mind to back track these codes. The Venom product could have been changed as of label and manufacturer. You know that Slade doesn't do this type of stuff under the same name too long. Getting upset will only further delay our progress. " Like a bat out of hell, he had become something not like his normal self. This boy was capable of being serious at times and he wanted Dragon to work to his fullest capabilities.
Ashley- Dragon sighed and shook his head. "You know what. I'll deal with this later. Besides we're going to need help. If this really is a large underground organization. We can't do this just by ourselves." He said as he shook his head and ran a hand through his hair
Kenny- Phantom couldn't have agreed more. He smiled at Dragon and ran his pale skinned fingertips to his jaw and across his cheek. A shark toothed grin visible. ' You shouldn't work yourself up so much. It isn't good for your health. " His tone was soft and his voice gentle.
Ashley- Dragon glared at the wall. "Shut up. Like a need a child to worry about my health for me. I am perfectly fine and healthy. You're the one who should be worried about your health." He answered back. "Besides we need to find able and willing helpers who want to help us stop Slade and his underground." He said as he brushed some of his bangs and let them fall from his scaled fingers, into his eyes.
Kenny- Phantom smiled at his friend coyly. " No need to bite my head off Dragon. Was just letting you know that for the kind of job we do, stress needs to be out of the equation. " His eyes held firm at the dragon man as he placed another ghost pale hand on his shoulder blades, slightly rubbing them, " I may know of someone but I have no exact way of contacting her. " He held his voice strong and his tone raised. He sounded more like he was playfully catting around with the dragon man.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes and didn't comment. "Who is this woman you can't contact?" He asked ignoring Ken's first question.
Kenny- Phantoms smiled faded to a frown as he lowered his hands and turned away. " I am not entirely
sure who she is since I was never in her group and haven't met her personally but I do know she was a information gatherer for her former team. Her name is Lilith Valentine and from what I heard about her, she is good at what she does. She should be about Eighteen years old now. " His eyes closed and he lowered his head to the floor. How could he just go off of a whim like that and let Dragon think he knew anything of importance. He raised his gauntlet hands and clenched them to a fist. " We have no one else that I know of. we could at least look her up. " His voice fell an angry growl as he fought himself and his foolishness. Would she even join if they did find her?
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. "We should look her up then. See if she'll even bother to help us or not."
Kenny- Phantom nodded his head silently. Not much they could do besides look up the lone female hero and see what she had currently been up to.
Ashley- Dragon didn't respond as he typed on the keyboard pulling up a file on Lilith. He blinked when he read the information. Oh yeah he had forgotten all about her. Then again he had had his own problems to deal with. The dragon shook his head and sighed. “OK apparently she’s stolen a few things, such as jewelry and other things. Mostly petty crimes but she’s also done some good as well. She’s stopped a few crimes.” Dragon red off as his eyebrow twitched. “Anyways we can find her at an apartment complex in downtown.” Dragon said.
Kenny- Phantom looked upon the multiple crimes and heroics the girl had committed within her lifetime. Man did she have a record. Mostly petty get rich quick schemes but other than that she seemed clean. Well, her record at least. Upon closer observation he could see a picture of the girls current state. She appeared to be in a white leather but slutty kind of near hooker clothing. His eyes widened at this. " My I hope she isn't too lose. " He said this with blushing cheeks and a lowered voice. Phantom nodded his head with a silent gulp. He wasn't sure what kind of girl this person would be or if she would join but one thing was certain. She seemed to be a girl of the working kind. " Why do some girls dress so skimpy?? " He asked dragon with a frowned shark toothed grin and narrowed moon orb eyes.
Ashley- "How the hell should I know? I'm not a girl! At least a few girls dress modestly." He responded with a shake of his head. "So do you still wanna recruit her?" He asked.
Kenny- Phantom wasn't sure what kind of addition she could be but what he did know was that she would be an addition. " Well, she is better then nothing I guess. " He sighed under his breath and turned around to face away from Dragon. He must hate me now. Phantom thought to himself with crying inner tears.
Ashley- Dragon sighed. "Yeah she is better then nothing. What are her powers? Or does she even have any?" He asked. Needing to know so that he could see if she would really benefit them or not. For all he knew she could be more of a hindrance than an asset.
Kenny- Phantoms ears perked in interest to the mention of powers. " Oh yeah! I forgot that. " He smiled and turned around to view the profile a little closer. " Hmm. It seems it says charm manipulation and archery. " His tone was fading as he scrolled down to see if there was anything else to be written. " I guess we will have to see for ourselves. Those two abilities are all that is written. " Phantom hinted this with a stuttering voice and pained face.
Wasted time and only one clue. Phantom had no choice but to hurry up and see if she was worth the effort and trouble. He shook his head from side to side. Why was he doubting the girl before even meeting her?? She could very well be more talented than Dragon or himself. Without wasting anymore time with words, he grabbed a hold of the dragon like man and expanded his shadow below them. His eyes smiled as he spoke cheerfully “Next stop Downtown! " Phantom then faded into the shadows with Dragon and they were off.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. He wasn't about to trust a person he hadn't seen in two years, besides skill or no skill, he was still going to the leader of this team, and no one was going to take that away from him. Dragon growled as he was taken into the shadow realm again.
Kenny- The day was passing by and it was almost midnight. She sat there in the downtown area, perched on top of a broken down ambulance. Her base of operations and current home. The girl was eighteen years old and moved from location to location. She no longer had anywhere left to live. The area she was in was barren and there had only been a few bums living on the streets, near a fire pit. A small feminine sigh escaped her lips as she rest her back on the hood of the broken down ambulance. She lifted her head to the moonlit sky and sighed. Her baby blue iris's catching the moonlight and creating darker swirls in between the pearl white tint they gave off. " Life sure has been dull. " The girl spoke with a calm and gentle voice. It sounded seductive and almost moan like as she heaved out another sigh. Her porcelain skin glinted in the moonlight as well, despite the dirt patch marks and scrapes that lay on her body. The moonlight made her seem like a spirit in the night but she couldn't feel any further from that. Her body was unclean and unwashed for a few days, she was down to her last clean pair of clothes and she was recently kicked out of her home. Yup. She felt like a rat than a moon spirit. Lilith frowned as her attention was brought to an all time low. She closed her eyes and soon felt herself drifting off. The bums didn't pay her any mind as they knew her quite well. Even for being nearly naked, she still was unapproachable by those who scared easily. She could be seen as a b*tch a times but that was just her own personality.
The shadow hopping had ceased and they ripped from a shadow nearside the downtown opening. Phantom came out first with Dragon still in his grasp. He wasn't sure how the Dragonoid felt but her did know that there was no other choice. It was the fastest method of travel. " Alright. Now we need to find this girl and fast. " His moon orb eyes scanned the area and rest every few seconds on the peasants around them. " Man there sure is a lot of poverty here. " He spoke in a saddened low tone not taking his eyes from the scene around him. Some bums in the alley were fighting over some chicken and gangster music could be heard in one of the nearby buildings. Yup. The downtown area sure was the ghetto.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. "Of course there are." He looked around the people to try and find this Lilith person were looking for It was going to take them a awhile that was for sure. Dragon sighed as he keep looking around, finally spotting a an ambulance. and saw a girl on top of it. "Hey is that her?"He asked as he pointed to the ambulance
Kenny- Phantoms nerves were beginning to shake his concentration. He wasn't entirely comfortable in the downtown area. His domain had always been the rich uptown area and he had no clue why anyone would choose to live here. Phantoms train of thought was brought back into play as he heard the voice of dragon. " Hmm?? I think it may be. " He leaned forward to see if he could get a better look at the person and upon closer observation it would seem that it was. " I think it could be. Lets check it out! " With a hyper and all gung-ho voice, he ran off for the distant ambulance, completely forgetting about Dragon for a second.
Ashley- Dragon rolled eyes. 'Just like a child.' He thought as he walked confidently down the street. He didn't fear the ghetto area of this place. He had lived here once and he had lived in the rich uptown as well. Dragon merely followed after Phantom.
Kenny- Time just seemed to pass by the woman. She had been laying there under the full moon with only one thought in mind " I need a shower. " The shelter she had been staying at did indeed have a shower but that was days ago. Since that little incident of her destroying a few tables at the dinning area. " Oh come on! It was only eight tables. They didn't have to kick me out. " Her voice moaned this out in an angry almost cat like hiss. The time where she couldn't even be herself and get kicked out would be never. The titans disbanded and left her on her own. Didn't even give her the choice to join a team. " I am just as capable as any of those stupid hero's!! " She turned over to her side and felt a sharp breeze blow up her cloth like white miniskirt. " This day couldn't get any worse. I am down to my last clean outfit and life sucks. " The girl closed her eyes and reached behind herself to fix the visual tease of her skirt. She didn't want anyone to see her actual goodies.
Ashley- Dragon twitched as he heard complaining. 'Will I be able to handle this girl? Will I be able to handle her complaining and her sluttish ways?' Dragon thought to himself as he took his sweet time following after Phantom. He really was having second thoughts on this whole ordeal right now. Maybe he should of said no instead of yes? Oh well too late to go back on his word now. Maybe this girl would be of some use. "Lets hope she's useful..." He growled to himself, switching to his native tongue, which was simple soft growls, roars, snarls, etc. It was good when he didn't want people to understand what he was saying. Dragon once he had caught up to Phantom he paused and kept his eyes on the girl's face. He said nothing and waited for Phantom to do the talking.
Kenny- The visual of the girl became more clear, the closer he got to her. She was extremely pale but had more of a creamy complexion rather than a lifeless and ghost like one. Phantom stopped at the side of the ambulance and looked her over. " Umm.. Are you Lilith Valentine?? " He slowly reached for his katana that lay on his back. She could have become hostile within those last few years.
Lilith heard the voice of a younger sounding boy and felt the presence of another enter her area around the ambulance. She turned around sheepishly and crossed her thighs together tightly. The skirt she was wearing was a miniskirt and would reveal her panties otherwise. " Yes. Thats my name and why exactly would you lovely boys like to know?? ' Her tone purred seductively as she propped her elbow up and rest the side of her head in the palm of her hand. Her other hand placed coyly on her revealed thigh.
Ashley- Dragon paused a few feet away from Phantom. He looked at Lilth and looked at her face only. He thought about what he was going to say to her. "We want to ask for your assistance on a little mission we've got going on. We were wondering if you could assist us with it. Miss. Lilth." He said calmly.
Kenny- Lilith's baby blue eyes lit up and a small charming smile formed on her face. " Exactly what do you two have in mind??" She swung her legs around and sat on the edge of the ambulance. Her legs crossed and her arms extended to her sides, planted on the ambulance hood, to keep her balance.
He eyes her up and down. She seemed like a very enticing girl. She wore ankle strap stiletto shoes that shoed off her slender legs and white french tipped toes; A mini skirt that just taunted the eyes and cut short just above her thighs, with torn up, laced together sides; an extremely short and small laced white leather corset, that showed off her large breasts and cut short just above her sternum; and finally white leather gloves that fit her hands like spandex and extended to her forearms. She was certainly interesting in his own point of view. " Well, you see we are recreating the Teen Titans and are hoping you would join us and offer your support as a member. " Phantom turned his head away from her direction and blushed slightly. How could he even try to look her in the eyes without passing out. He didn't even have a sexual preference but she had that effect on him.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. Oh brother what was with male humans being so affected by female humans? He would never understand their ways. "Yeah what he said. We're going to track down Slade and this underground he has going on." Dragon explained switching back to English, the language he had learned before even coming here to Earth. "I'll give you more detail if you decide to help us or not." He added simply as he crossed his arms over his chest, covering up the glowing and color-changing gemstone that was on his chest.
Kenny- Lilith listened to the boy speak and couldn't help but giggle. Already a few seconds in her charm field and he couldn't even bare to look at her. How simply delicious. She turned her attention to the dragon like thing and smiled with lifting her hand to her bangs and brushing one side to the other. Her chest pushing out and revealing a deep amount of cleavage. " Slade?? You talking about the Venom project?? Well, your two years too late. That project was passed down to someone much stronger than that loser. " Her tone hinted a bit of sarcasm and seriousness. She coyly moaned out the loser part as to hint that she could of cared less about him.
Phantom looked back over to her for a brief moment and then at Dragon. Man did he have a way with words. " Well, dragon. She seems to know more than we do. We shouldn't discuss this out in the open. Let's go back to the tower?? " He almost pleaded this while still being calm. With her charm field, the ghetto scene street sounds, and the talk about someone stronger than slade had made him very nervous. His head felt fuzzy and he was getting confused a little too easily. He took his hand off of his blade and crossed his arms against his chest like Dragon had. " So, are you in or out??! " Phantoms tone was serious and his voice stern.
Ashley- Dragon's eyes narrowed into slits. So she at least was useful. That was a plus, even thought her slutty ways ****ed him a bit too much. "Yeah what he said. Lets go back to the tower." He said simply. "Oh you can transport her through your little shadow realm but I'm going my own way." Dragon said his voice holding authority. He was the leader after all, and there was no way in hell was he going to let this slut take that away from him.
Kenny- Lilith tilted her head to the side and nodded intently as she listened. " Well, lets see. A free home to stay at and actually wash up, do laundry, and go on missions.. sounds great. However, I do have one little condition. This of course being that what ever petty crimes I commit must be ignored by our little group. I usually take diamonds and clothing or cloths. Anything i can really use to upgrade my persona or cause its pretty. " She smiled at them both and jumped down, looking at the two with sharp and precise eyes. Her dirt marks revealed all over her person in various places and her pearl white tinted gaze stabbing daggers into their skin.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. "I don't care about your stupid petty crimes, girl. Whatever crimes you do will be ignored, as long as they are petty and meaningless." He growled as his tail lashed from side to side. "Now lets get going shall we? We've got work to do, and you need to fill us in on what you know." Dragon said simply as he took a few a steps away from them as his wings tore from his shoulder blades.
Kenny- Lilith turned her head to the male and shook it from side to side. " No. I actually need to grab my luggage and clothing. " She turned her body as she spoke and catwalked to the back of the Ambulance. " Let's see now. " Her voice faded off as she opened the doors with a sharp tug and revealed eight big trash bags filled with clothing. " Here they are. Be a dear and carry them for me. " Lilith turned around with a smirk on her face. " Don't take too long now. " She lifted a hand to her mouth and placed her index and middle finger over her puckered lips. She then made a kissing noise and pulled out a small pinkish balloon heart from inside her mouth. She then extended her palm and let it balance on her fingertips. With one quick and seductive motion, she puckered her lips again and blew the heart in phantoms direction
Ashley- Dragon shook his head and jumped into the air, no way in hell was he going to get that done to him, he wasn't sure if it would affect him or not. Dragon flapped his wings and took off a safe distance from the two. "I meet you guys at the tower!" He shouted over his shoulder before he took off.
Kenny- Phantom wasn't sure what was going on but apparently she was ready. She walked back to the ambulance and revealed a large amount of bags. Before he could even protest against carrying them, a small pinkish heart floated over to him and landed right on his cheek. At first it seemed as if it didn't do anything but then a second later its effect took hold. His eyes turned to the shape of dark pink balloon hearts and he rushed over to pick up her bags without objection. Almost as if he had super strength, the boy with no real power lifted eight heavy trash bags filled with clothing and set them down on the ground near her. " Are you ready now My sweet sweet Lilith?? " His tone was low and his voice zombie like
Lilith waved off to Dragon and frowned at Phantom. " Exactly where are we suppose to put my bags?? I don't see a car or anything. How did you even get here in the first place!! " She stomped her stiletto heel on the ground briefly and pouted like mad at not having a luxury car or some form of transportation that as decent enough to satisfy her.
Phantom's eyes grew even bigger as he grabbed a hold of her and picked her up in his arms. Not even a hint of struggle in his actions. " I took my shadow hop my dear Lilith. " Without even allowing her to react or reply; he tossed her on a bag of clothes and extended his shadow hastily. The shadow outstretched and covered the entire area of the bags and her. " Lets go to your luxury suite madam Lilith. " Even though he could control his powers; He was drooling slightly from the mouth and his free will had completely been dissipated. The shadow consumed them moments later and they vanished within the dark abyssal chains of forced love.
Ashley- Dragon while he waited for Lilth and Phantom. His mind started to wander. Back a few years from before he had joined the Teen Titians. He had been with the Titians since he was 16, so he'd been them for about a year. So he was remembering the time he was 15, a few months before he turned 16 and had been asked to join the Teen Titans. Dragon's eyes became blank as he thought about who he had been fighting with just before the Teen Titans had decided to butt into his fight and help out, even though he didn't need or want their help.
Dragon stood a top a rooftop his arms across his chest, his tail lashing from side to side, bladed tip of his tail smacking against the cement of the rooftop. Dragon waited for a few moments before he saw his prey. He leaped from the 50 foot high rooftop, his for shfiting into a lethal and thin four legged dragon with a larger bladed tail, dull gold colored scales, black claws. Large razor sharp white fangs. a rough pink forked tongue. Eletric yellow eyes. The gemstone on his chest had become bigger, it glowed yellow. Dragon ran down the side of the building, before he lanched off of it and landed in front of
Malchior, another dragon who had somehow escaped from the dimension he was thrown into. Dragon growled at Malchior. -continue-Where are you going? Your fights with me, coward." Dragon snarled as he leapeded at the black and purple dragon with orange eyes. He bit Malchior on the throat, but he was grabbed and thrown into a building. Dragon snarled and opened his eyes mouth, charging an eletrical attack, which he fired it at Malchior. He snarled in disapointment when his attack did nothing at all. Dragon rushed at Malchior leaped at him, but he was grabbed by the dragon's massive claws. Dragon's tail lashed out and stabbed the dragon's wrist, making the let go of him. Dragon growled as he sunk his teeth into the dragon's scales. He had everything under control. but the Teen titans had decided to show up before he could stop Malchior himself. Dragon shook his head and sighed not one of his more happier memoies.
Kenny- The shadow hopping lasted for quite a while but they eventually ended up on the doorstep of the Titan Tower. Like ghouls of the night, their forms appeared and ripped from the shadows with ease. The eight bags still intact. His eyes shifted back to normal as he shook his head from side to side. " Ahh!! What happened??! " He rubbed his eyes as he spoke and stumbled around from his distorted state.
Lilith's bags, her, and Phantom had finally ceased the shadow porting and were now on the out side area of the Titan tower. She lifted herself off of the bags of dirty clothing and yawned with a stretch. " Man. I thought we would never get here. It felt like We were just a ghost and no one could ever reach us or see us. Man how do you deal with that?!! " Lilith was becoming a bit unruly as she turned around and grabbed ahold of two big bags of clothing. " I will meet you inside shadow boy. " She turned around and struggled to drag her bags inside. With a huff she passed Phantom and upturned her head. He was sure annoying at this point. Certainly not a good butler indeed.
His eyes were still burning but he could hear her as clear as a whistle. She was certainly a high maintenance type of woman and she treated him like dirt. " You know what. You can get the rest of your bags yourself. " He stopped rubbing his eyes and aggressively shoved them into his pants pockets, showing her that he " Put his foot down. " So to speak.
Lilith tossed her first two bags in the Titan hallway and roared like she was giving birth. " ARRG!!!" She heaved over on her knee's and rested her hands on her thighs. " God! I had no clue these bags were so heavy. Could you please help me Shadow boy?? " She coyly purred the little nick name she gave him as she looked at him with exhausted eyes.
Phantom watched the girl struggle to grab her belongings and closed his eyes with a sigh. " Fine. At least you asked politely." He turned around and grabbed onto two more of her bags. God why did she have so many??! He shrugged this from his mind for a second and tossed them a bit more easy. " See, not so hard. " His eyes still burned but his vision was coming back. He arched his back while standing and let it crack. " Ahh! That feels nice. " Phantom refused to do all of the work but he would help a little.
Ashley-
Dragon's tail lashed from side to side as he heard Lilth's yell. He blinked. What the hell were they doing?! Dragon got up and decided to go invistigate. He blinked when he saw the bags and shook his head, he turned around and headed outside, knowing that other trashbags were still out there. He walked over and grabbed the rest of the bags swinging them over his shoulder. "God lets just get this over with, the foods getting cold." He growled as he started toward the Lilith's room.
Kenny-
Lilith returned her posture to the upright position and placed her hands on her hips. A small smirk placed on her lips as she amusingly watched the Boy's do her bidding. Yeah, she was just that good. " Thank you kind sirs. After I take my shower I can share what I know with you. " Her smiled wanned a little as she placed her hands behind her back innocently and catwalked behind Dragon, following him like a good little girl. " My, you are a strong fella aren't you?? But you do seem a little old for being a teen. I hope this means your a big boy now. " She snickered this with a sensual tone and mocking type of voice as she was led unknowingly through the maze known as Titans Tower.
Ashlley-
Dragon rolled his eyes. "Spare me your bulls***ty flirting girl. I'm 19 almost 20, so no I'm not a teenager. And I'm the leader of this team, so you better stop mocking me if you know what's good for you." He warned as he glanced over his shoulder at her. His bladed tail lashing as he kept walking.
With little to no motivation, he landed on his hand and lowered his body onto the final rooftop edge. His eyes narrowed as he peered off the side. The robbers were sure to pass this way to make it out of town. " Maybe I missed them? " Ken said aloud as he placed a knee on the edge of the roof and elevated his body weight with the other. ' Just maybe.. " He sentence was suddenly cut short as a car was spotted in the nearby distance. His educated guess had so far been correct. Like every other robber, they tried to skip town that way. Ken sighed yet again as he held his right hand up, fist clenched. He had anticipated everything so far and like the rest, it was sure to go as planned. His eyes narrowed further and he leaned in closer to get a better aim. With needles placed in between his fingers, Ken felt confident. He released the needles from his finger webbing and watched them gracefully soar against the air. The oncoming cars tires were struck with near precision and two of their front tires were taken out. They skid out of control and hit a nearby telephone pole, knocking the criminals out. His job was done and now he had nothing left to do. " All in a days work. " Ken said sheepishly before jumping down and leaving the scene.
Ashley- Dragon was currently in pursuit of a group of people who had just broken into a car dealership and had stolen a very expensive car. Dragon ran after the car, currently using the rooftops as leverage to get higher and higher as the car got farther and farther away, it was speeding away from him. He had to get this show on the road. Dragon gave a fanged grin as he jumped off the last building where the row of buildings ended. As he free fell leathery wings erupted from his shoulder blades, as the dragon humanoid gave a mighty flap of his wings and before he shot off toward the car. Those car jackers were going to get it, that was for sure. Dragon would make sure of it.
Dragon was quick to spot the stolen car and swopped down, the changing colored gemstone glowing faintly under his simple sleeveless t-shirt and shorts. Finally the gemstone stopped on a color. He noticed how smoke blew out from his nostrils each time he breathed out through his nose. "So it's fire tonight. How fun... Hopefully I won't blew up the car.... like last time..." He muttered to himself. He dived down toward the car, swooping down lower and lower until he was right on top of them, that was the trouble with non-hooded car, it made it so much easier for him to drop in on his prey.
Dragon dropped down into the back seat, growling dangerously as he grabbed both car jakers. He smacked them into each other, knocking them out and dropped them in the backseat. While he made his wings go back into his back and hopped into the drivers seat. He spotted a cop car not too far and drove up next to it, The police car screeched to a halt, and Dragon did the same, he got up out of the car and disappeared into a near by alleyway, no use in waiting for the copper to get out of his car.
Dragon just wanted to leave and go home, and walking home sounded like a nice idea. As he walked he kept snapping his fingers, making fire appear with a snap of his fingers. He swished fire around in his mouth as he walked, blowing out a harmless fire that disappeared a few inches in front of him, he was careful not to burn anything.
Kenny- Ken had left the hero scene for the day and retired to a back alley. It may have been dusty, filthy, and putrid but it was still his favorite hang out. He walked into the alley with feet dragging behind. " Man. Today was not a very exciting day. " His tone was more annoyed than exhausted as he jumped up on the abandoned dumpster top, that lay in the middle of the opening. Ken took a deep breath and sighed yet again. He rest his back against the wall and slid down to his knee's, letting one fall out under him as it reached the end of dumpsters edge. " Maybe it just isn't that sort of world anymore. Since the Titans split, everything has been boring. " His tone had changed from annoyed to saddened. The group formally known as the Teen Titans recently broke up and split into separate divisions.
Ken of course could not simply choose a side and so he went solo. Might have been one of the worst mistakes of his life. He placed his head against the cement wreckage directly behind him and raised his right hand sheepishly. His spirit had been broken and there was nothing fun to do anymore. Most of all, he missed his family known as the Teen Titans. They were the closest thing to a home for him. Ken closed his eyes momentarily and opened them second later. He was so depressed and no amount of weak robbers would fill that void the titans had left. His heart ached in all sorts of placed that no one knew about. With a grunt from his inner torment, Ken released a flurry of needles from in between his finger webbing. The needles hit the brick wall directly in front of him and jutted out like spikes.
He stared out into nothingness as he did so. Just the thought of his former family and boredom on his mind. His attention was suddenly broken as he blinked repeatedly. " What, where, ohh. " He was just broken from his happy memories and was now staring at a brick wall. " It's not fair! " His tone had raised higher and his voice climbed to a yell. Ken instantly threw his left hand and released another flurry of needles from in between his finger webbing again. " They should have never broken up! Why did that have to happen?! " He screamed aloud in a whimpering almost desperate voice. His eyes narrowed at the wall he was bombarding with needles. Ken had a unique set of eyes. A pattern and combination of Yellow and Black. Where his eyes would normally be white was black, the Iris was yellow, his pupil was black, and yet it had a small yellow dot in the middle. It could have freaked anyone out who was not used to seeing him. Ken mentally cursed his luck and the world as he threw yet another flurry of needles from in between his right finger webbing. " Just, my luck! " He paused for a moment and ceased his onslaught on the wall. His head lowered and his dark brown bangs fell over his eyes, concealing the tears that he shed silently. " It's just not fair. " Ken sniffled a bit before curling his legs to his chest and wrapping his arms around them to comfort himself. He buried his eyes in his knee's and tried to relax a bit more. His day had gone from boring to terrible in a few short minutes.
Ashley- Dragon shook his head as he walked down the street, not really having much of a care in the world. He continued down the street, somewhere along the walk he had stopped playing with his fire powers. If one were to look at him, they'd see a freaky sight or at least bad guys called him freaky and/or a monster at times. Which he was one. Dragon didn't have a superhero name, he simply went by Dragon which was his real name.
Dragon has red scales covering his body, he obviously looked like a dragon humanoid. His hair is long down to his knees, his hair is always in an untamed mess similar to a lions main. his hair is a dark purple which is an odd color. His eyes are white, which give people the idea that he is blind, which he isn't.
Dragon's wearing a sleeveless black t-shirt and black short shorts which are ripped in the back to make room for his tail. His tail is 3 feet long, thin and scale like. It has a pointed bladed at the ends tip. His tail moves around like an extra limb, so he can use to hold things or to attack people who try an sneak up behind him.
Dragon's ears twitched, his ears are small and scale like, furry at the same time and are pointed, they grow out of the side of his head, like human ears. He has four fingers and thumb, his feet have three claws and resemble more of his dragon-like appearance. He has horns that are on his head, out of his forehead are three small spikes that are angled to their respective angles or at least the ones on the left and right side of his forehead. His chin also has two spikes near his chin they are both angled downward. His claws are dark purple like his hair.
Dragon paused when he heard a familiar scream. Where did he recognize that voice before? Someone he knew... From the Teen Titans. He honestly had thought they would of all been a new team by now. He figured he had been the only one who had chosen to go solo. It was easier that way, he didn't have to worry about watching his teammates backs and only had to worry about his own back. Although he had did have to admit, it did get lonely after a while and boring, because all that was left were stupid small fries. "What on earth happened to bigger bad guys?" He growled softly to himself, as he sniffed the air, a familiar scent was mixed in the disgusting smell of the alleyway, he was currently by. He decided to check it out. He had to admit he wasn’t expecting his old teammate to be there. "Well if it isn't Shade." He commented lightly, holding out his palm to create a large red flame of fire to illuminate the darkness they were both in, to give them both some light.
Kenny- Throughout his entire time in the alley, apparently a lot of time had passed. A few hours to be precise. Ken raised his head off his knee's and sniffled. He had just heard a familiar voice. Someone who had not heard for a while. His eyes squinted in the dark as tried to make out the shadowed figure that stepped into the alley. " Who is there? " Ken stood up and leaned forward onto one of his legs. Each one positioned in a different angle. His right leg placed forward and left leg pushed further back, so it was inches from the cement wreckage. He reached behind his back carefully and gripped the hilt of his ninja like katana, that rest horizontally on his side. His hand firmly wrapped around the hilt and slowly drew it outward. Ken still had his eyes narrowed and his voice held strong.
The swords steel was now visible in the dim light the flame gave off as he pulled out the sword from its sheath completely. A loud sharp piercing sound emitting from the blade. He held the blade firmly in his grip and raised it in lightning speed, jumping forward to slice his shadowed intruder. He stopped right as the blade was about to reach the mans neck and sighed in relief. " Ahh. It's just you Dragon. It's been so long!! " His tone and expression had changed from serious and defensively angry, to happy and carefree. Ken wrapped his arms around the tall dragon like man, with his blade still in hand. " It's been far to long old buddy. " He spoke with a more happier and hyper tone. His worry had faded along with his sadness. Ken was no longer lonely because he had finally been reunited with Dragon. How cheesy but also how appropriate.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. "Wow you were really going to kill me. You little brat." He said with a smirk. "Now put away your bloody sword before I decide to snap it in half." He warned his teammate being completely serious. He shook his head as he watched as his friend had wrapped his arms around him. Dragon didn't hug the other back, there was no reason to do so. He figured he'd let his friend do whatever he wanted to do, at least for now. "So how have you been?" He questioned as he gently pushed his teammate and friend back to a more respectable distance, so at least the other wasn't clinging to him like he was before.
Kenny- He was pushed off of Dragon and asked a good amount of questions. " In order of your questions. Yes. Don't you dare. I have been alright, just lonely. " His tone still didn't change from it's previous hyper one. Ken withdrew his blade in it's sheath. A small clack heard as the hilt was in all the way. " So, how about yourself? " He smiled lightly and asked his friend with a curious tone. His answer should provide motive enough to ask the next question Ken had in mind.
Ashley- Dragon smirked slightly. "That's good." He commented. He was glad he didn't have a sword held up to his neck anymore. "That's understandable, seeing as lonely being a solo hero can be." He commented offhandedly. He shrugged his shoulders in response, as he ran a hand through his messy hair. "As for me. I've been fine, bored because all I've been dealing with lately are small fries." He said calmly.
Kenny- Ken nodded his head as he listened intently to his friend. " That is understandable. I am wicked bored also. Stopped three robberies today and one get away car. So, I am pretty much in the same boat you are. " He spoke with a lower voice as his pitched descended. " I kinda wish, I had never left the Titans and just joined a team. " A small hint of sadness in his tone as he choked out those words. His eyes filled with a void of distance and sadness as he spoke.
Ashley- Dragon nodded. "Yeah life here is getting dull and boring. What happened to all the big bad guys? Like Slade, Red X, and those people." He said with a sigh as he pulled at one of his bangs that had fallen into his eyes. "Same here, at least that way we wouldn't be bored to death." He added with a shake of his head. "Hmm I've got an idea." He said with a small grin forming on his lips, although it was hard to see, because his grin just looked wolfish and deadly. "Why don't we team up?" He questioned toward his friend and teammate.
Kenny- Ken's eyes opened widely at the mention of Slade and Red X. With a giggling laugh and his hand posed behind his head, he soon found himself feeling foolish. " Ahh, I almost forgot about those guys. " His ears suddenly perked when he heard the mention of a proposal. Did Dragon really just offer partnership? DRAGON?! The Dragon?? Ken's nodded his head timidly, although in the dark could barely be seen. " I think that is a great idea Dragon. That way neither of us are lonely and we can take baddies down twice as fast. " He smiled at Dragon and brushed his dark brown bangs from his eyes and to the side.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. How could Shade forget all about Slade and Red X? They weren't that easy to forget. Dragon now wondered if offering to be his former teammates partner had been a wise move, the kid could be a baby at times, that much he knew. Oh well he wasn't the kind of man to go back on his word after he had offered something. "Yeah. maybe those big bad guys will come back so at least that way we won't be so bored with these small fries." He said with a shrug of his shoulders.
Kenny- Ken nodded his head in reaction to Dragons words. " True. We might attract a larger crowd or something. Maybe even slade! I just remembered who he was. Kinda loss my mind for a second. " He sighed weakly and stepped out of the alleyway. " Alright. Lets get going. " His tone became stronger and more mature as all hyperness had left.
Ashley- : Dragon simply nodded his head in agreement with what his friend had said. He wasn't sure how to answer the others first response, so he remained silent. He turned around and headed out the alleyway. "Yes lets." He answered as he glanced over his shoulder to see if his teammate was following him or not.
Kenny- Ken had nothing left to say. Both him and Dragon filled the atmosphere with an awkward silence. He decided to follow his friend and keep his pace but of course it would be from the shadows. His eyes narrowed as he stepped into a nearby shadow and disappeared along with the scenery. Like a shadow beast, Ken drifted along the shadows, following the trail of Dragon. He kept his pace brisk and his movement constant. That way no one could detect him in the night.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. He really hated it when Ken decided to go and do his little shadow walking. Especially when there was no reason for him to be doing it. The dragonoid human kept walking, his eyes darting this way and that. Besides meeting up with his former teammate and friend - who was now his teammate - that had been the only entertaining thing to happen tonight. Everything else had been boring. Utterly and completely so. Now he wondered just what and where they would go now. Maybe back to the old Teen Titan's hideout? That could be a good place to start. Its not like they had anything else to do or anywhere else to go anyway.
Kenny- Ken was dashing between each shadow, no matter how small or how big. His body blurring as he did so and zipping in zig zags to keep his trail cold. He was being followed for some time and knew this was the only way. Things may have been boring but there were also dangerous. Ken nodded to Dragon as he followed the massively tall teen. " So, dragon. Where should we go? " His tone was light and playful as he whispered through the shadows. He stopped abruptly and stood directly in the massive shadow that Dragon created. " Hmm? " Ken's voice fell to a more confused yet curious one as he hummed in his throat; not sure what to make of the sudden motion.
Ashley- Dragon stopped, he narrowed his eyes straight ahead and to refrain from lashing out. His claws grew several inches. Oh how he hated it when people were behind him. His knife-spiked tail lashed in warning. Dragon had to be careful, he knew his teammate wasn't a threat to him, and it took his all will power to not have his tail strike through the others chest, faster then he would be able to shadow teleport away. "You know standing behind me is a very dangerous thing to do. You remember what happened last time you did that? My tail stabbed you through the leg." He said, as there was a growl deep in his throat. Dragon looked over his shoulder at the younger more kid-like teenager, his golden eyes narrowing into slits of anger. His lips were pulled back revealing sharp, deadly pearly white fangs. "As for where we're going. We are going to the old Titan's tower." He answered.
Kenny- Ken's eyes opened widely as he spoke about the tail. He only looked for the biggest shadow that was on the streets and his just so happened to be it. With a small sigh, he stepped to the side of big dragon teen and walked forward, so he was now side by side. " Sorry about that. I am used to being alone. It's been nearly a year since Titan tower was abandoned and the team split. " He held conviction in his voice as he turned to dragon and punched him playfully in the shoulder. " Well, why didn't you tell me sooner. " Ken smiled a bit and revealed some of his sharpened like shark teeth that could also be mistaken for beast boys canines. He extended his own shadow and held a hand to the dragon teens shoulder. " Alright. Hold still. " Within an instant, the shadow began to devour their being as they were drawn into it. A few moments after they would start to hop along any shadow until they reached Titan Tower.
Ashley- Dragon growled. He really didn't like shadow teleporting, it felt like he was going to be lost in the darkness of the shadow world forever, and that was creepy for him. "...How long till we get there?" He questioned keeping his voice strong, despite the shiver of fear that ran down his spine and to the tip of his bladed tail.
Kenny- Ken was hopping from shadow to shadow and held Dragon with him the entire time. He had taken dragon maybe once or twice when they were in an actual team but since then this was his first time again. His eyes opened wide and even though the darkness hid them, his moon bright iris's revealed the laughter behind them. " Not too much longer now. " They were popping in and out of telephone pole lights, street lamps, on passing cars, tree's and the shadows the clouds made when they passed by the moon. Ken was sure used to this but apparently dragon wasn't. He stopped abruptly and their images tore from the shadows like fabric. " Here we are. Titan Tower. " His voice still upbeat but also had its own ominous feeling as they stood a lake across from the tower. " Nothing to do now but cross the lake. " Ken said coyly while reaching for dragons shoulder again.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes and said nothing. He just waited for this to be over. Once it was, and once his teammate had let go of his shoulder, only to reach for it again, did he quickly shrug his teammate's hand off of him. "Don't even think about it!" He growled out, as he moved away from his teammate's reach. "I'm going my own way across, you can go your own way." He said as his wings tore from his back again, and he flapped them a few times to see how they were. Before he jumped up and flapped his wings hard to get up into the air, before he flew across the lake without a second glance at Ken.
Kenny- Ken had no clue why Dragon was so scared or timid about the shadow hoping or " Shadow Porting " as Dragon called it. He shrugged off the look that dragon gave him and resumed his shadow hopping. His shadow went into the water and simply climbed all the way to the other side. In an instant he popped out of the water and stood at the edge of Titan Tower. Ken turned around to see a still flying Dragon in the nearby distance. He shrugged that off and jumped on top of the Titan Towers shore edge. After doing this, his intent was to flip until he reached the titan doors. Without wasting any time, he jumped forward and landed on his hands. Then he elevated himself and started to do multiple front flips. Each time landing on his hands and feet. His body twist to the side as he jumped up and landed on his feet, doing a placement. " And the gold goes to Ken Price! " He shouted while throwing his hands in the air, like a gold gymnast.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes at his teammate's childishness. Then again a few of the teen titans had been childish, Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, Cyborg and Ken. Only Raven and him had been the serious almost all the time. He had been taking his time over the lake, taking in the sights and looking at the tower to see if there was any forbidding feeling to it, same the scents and sounds he had listened to everything and tried to see, scent and hear if anything or anyone was inside the tower. He saw, heard nor scented anything out of the ordinary, so he figured it was safe to enter. So he swooped down, flipping in mid air, so that he could land on his feet. Once he had landed, he walked over to the doors and pushed them open easily enough. He looked around seeing nothing but a dark and dreary home.
Kenny- Ken heard the loud flapping of giant wings as dragon landed near him and just walked in without so much as saying hi. He shrugged this off and followed suit. His first impression of the dark and miserably lonely home of the former Teen Titans made him want to cry. There was nothing to do and nothing could even be done. He sighed to himself a long drawn out, saddened sigh and stepped inside, closing the door behind him. The door fell with a creak and then a large locking sound. Yup. It sure was home. " It's just not the same. " His tone hinting a bit of conflict in his voice. Ken closed his eyes and took a few steps toward the darkness that was the Titan Tower. " Maybe the electricity still works. " He walked over to a switch he could barely see and flipped it on. The power came on and suddenly the whole tower was filled with light and activity. " Aren't we lucky?! " His pitch climbing, now changing to his usual childlike, hyper tone.
Ashley- Dragon honestly didn't really care if the tower looked dark and dreary, it just meant that no one had lived in there for a long time. Dragon didn't have much of an attachment to the tower as some of the others had. "Yes that is true." He answered calmly. He shrugged his shoulders at his teammates enthusiasm. "Yeah we are." He said his voice dripping with sarcasm.
Kenny- Ken was living off the streets for a while since the Titan broke up. He had no where to go, until now. " Um, maybe we should try to see if all of the technology still works. If we want to be a new Teen Titans then we need to. “ His voice hinting an obvious feel of common sense and seriousness.
Ashley- Dragon sighed. "We probably should..." He responded simply. "We'd need a better name then Teen titans or new teen titans." He added as he left to go mess with the computers and all the other techo-know-how that Cyborg had taught him about when they were a team. He was pretty sure he still knew how to do all the techno stuff easily enough. "Go see if the other lights still work. I'll take care of the techno stuff." He ordered his younger companion. Yes he was putting himself as leader of this little group.
Kenny- Ken listened to the new teammate known as dragon and sighed. He turned around a corner and searched for the other light switched around the tower. His eyes scanned the first room and he instantly found the switch. Next he went into the new few rooms and did all the switched within a minute. " This is taking to long. " Ken sighed to himself and faded into the basement as his shadow stretched large. He fell down to the area right in front of the socket box and opened it up with ease. " alright, now if what Robin told me about this tower is true then. " CLICK. His face lit up and his moon orb eyes shone brightly through the darkness. Every light in the tower had turned on and he couldn't have been anymore happy.
Ashley- Dragon found the control room easily enough and smirked to himself when he started up the main computer and waited for the computer to turn on. He hissed crossly when lightly suddenly bombarded his eyes. "s*** that hurt." He muttered as he blinked rapidly trying to get his eyes use to the sudden brightness. Once he could see clearly, he saw the computer was booted up and quickly started in commands his long, nimble fingers dancing across the keys. "Just a few more seconds..." He muttered as he typed. Soon he had the computer's up and running, and started to check the other computers to see if anyone electronic worked in this rundown tower of theirs
Kenny- Ken smiled to himself as he turned around and headed back for the stairway that he was too lazy to take. With a hop, skip, and a jump; his shadow shrunk to its normal size and he headed up the stairs. He reached the top steps and opened the door hastily. His hand came reaching around the corner and found itself on a broken picture frame piece, that jutted out of the framing itself. " OUCH!! ALL MIGHTY HELL!! " Ken screamed at the top of his lungs as he withdrew his finger to his mouth and sucked on it. He would rather suck his finger clean of the scarlet liquid, instead of seeing the sight of blood. His lips wrapped around finger tighter and his tongue made sure to lap up any remainder. Ken's eyes narrowed from the sudden infliction of pain. He shuddered at the thought of even looking at the drying finger as he pulled it from in between his moist lips and stuck it directly into his pants pockets. His mind was becoming cross at the idea that he would have to go see dragon with a bloodied finger. It would seem as if he had no sort of capability with any task. Ken suddenly shook his head from side to side and displayed a frown on his ghost pale face. He mentally cursed his luck and raised his head from the ground. His previous task had been accomplished and he did not want to waste anymore time. Without so much as a pause, he went looking for Dragon.
diot teammate screaming his head off for, but paused and thought better of it. He sighed and shook his head and typed in a few commands to the computer, pulling up the camera footage, at least that way he'd be able to find Ken quicker. He pulled up the footage and found Ken, he typed in a few commands and pulled up the intercom button. "Hey Ken, what were you screaming your head off for?" He questioned his voice echoing around the empty rooms and hallways
Kenny- "nothing!", Ken had replied. "I will be there in a few minutes. i want to look around for a bit". Ken began to walk around so that he was able to look back on his past memories of the abandoned tower. "weird" he began to think to himself, "feels like it has been forever sense i have been here yet it still feels like yesterday". as he was walking around he had come across a disc that was sitting on a table in the common area. he picked it up and brought it to Dragon in hopes there might be something on it that could help them out.
Ashley- "Sure it's not, you bad liar." He growled out into the intercom. He really hated having people lie to him. He switched off the intercom and sighed, before he reached up rubbed his temples. He waited for Ken to come back. He kept his eyes locked on the screens searching for any intruders that might be around, just encase.
Kenny- Ken entered the room with Dragon still at the computer area. "Hey I found this disc on the coffee table in the common area and was thinking its an odd place for a CD to just be laying around. perhaps there is something useful on it."
Ashley- Dragon took the disk from Ken and popped it into the computer disk, he brought the disk on-line. "Lets see what it is." He said simply as he waited for the disk to load, and on it came a bunch of code. Dragon's tail lashed as he red the code before he decoded it. Once the code was decoded. "Looks like Slade's back in town, he's running some underground fighting club, fights to the death, getting injected with this thing called Venom it makes you a super powered freak, Venom lasts for about 30 minutes and when you revert back into your normal self you die. It's basically suicide." Dragon red off as he growled in annoyance. "We should of been doing something about this! Instead of just disbanding! Leaving something like this going on! What kind of Hero’s are we?!" He snarled in anger. His tail lashed from side to side, slashing a rusty old desk in half as his tail smacked into the chair sending it flying into the wall behind him.
Kenny- Ken frowned at the thought of fights to the death. Never to the death but maybe to the near death he figured. He found himself caught in a daze as he shook his head from side to side to snap out of his train of thought. " So, wait. Does this mean that he is killing people for the means of entertainment or is it something more?? " His voice hinted anxious feelings as his tone raised and lowered every other second. Ken took a second and cleared his throat. He had been in this time of state before and needed to regain composure. His eyes closed and he folded his hands against his breast. " No. Nothing but an experiment for the venom. " Ken's tone raised to a much more solid one and his voice held strong. He walked over to the computer to take a further look at the data. His eyes suddenly shot open and started to scan. " If what I think is going to happen then we will need more than us. Too bad the team is split and we don't even know if this is still operational. " Ken spoke in a manner more like robin rather than himself. He raised his hand and used his index finger as a pointer. " We need to trace these small codes on the screen back to their source and find this place, if it is still running that is. " His hunch should be correct if he calculated everything correctly but then again he was just human.
Ashley- Dragon growled softly, he came down from his fit of anger. "We should." He growled out in annoyance. "Move, I'll take care of this." He order the younger boy. "No one makes a fool out of me,
and this damn code is not going to start." He said firmly
Kenny- Phantom was pushed aside. His eyes narrowed as he fell to the ground from an angry Dragon. " Hey Hey!! Watch it. " He growled in aggravation with a low gravely voice. Phantom sighed to himself and jumped back to his feet. He looked at the frantic Dragon and watched in amazement. " You are very upset. Maybe you need to relax. " His tone raised higher and his voice became lighter. Phantom walked up behind Dragon and lightly placed his gloved, gauntlet like hand on the others shoulders. He then proceeded to give the dragon humanoid a deep tissue massage as he worked. His expertise was not computer based. So, he figured least he could do was help Dragon out.
Ashley- Dragon growled softly. "Of course I am. We disbanded and left people to suffer and die from this Venom drug." He snarled as he typed rapidly on the keyboard. His eyes darting this way and that as he read the code and worked on tracing the code back to it's source. He had to get it, he had to trace it. He had to stop it. Dragon's tail relaxed as he got a tissue massage. He relaxed slightly. "Maybe I do..." He responded quietly, as he worked on finding the right code so that he could trace it back to it's source.
Kenny- Phantom smiled inside. He knew that Dragon was starting to calm down. With his hands working carefully on the Dragons muscle tissue, phantom had no choice but to repeat soft words into the dragon ear; without actually going near them. " Keep calm. You need to keep a clear mind to back track these codes. The Venom product could have been changed as of label and manufacturer. You know that Slade doesn't do this type of stuff under the same name too long. Getting upset will only further delay our progress. " Like a bat out of hell, he had become something not like his normal self. This boy was capable of being serious at times and he wanted Dragon to work to his fullest capabilities.
Ashley- Dragon sighed and shook his head. "You know what. I'll deal with this later. Besides we're going to need help. If this really is a large underground organization. We can't do this just by ourselves." He said as he shook his head and ran a hand through his hair
Kenny- Phantom couldn't have agreed more. He smiled at Dragon and ran his pale skinned fingertips to his jaw and across his cheek. A shark toothed grin visible. ' You shouldn't work yourself up so much. It isn't good for your health. " His tone was soft and his voice gentle.
Ashley- Dragon glared at the wall. "Shut up. Like a need a child to worry about my health for me. I am perfectly fine and healthy. You're the one who should be worried about your health." He answered back. "Besides we need to find able and willing helpers who want to help us stop Slade and his underground." He said as he brushed some of his bangs and let them fall from his scaled fingers, into his eyes.
Kenny- Phantom smiled at his friend coyly. " No need to bite my head off Dragon. Was just letting you know that for the kind of job we do, stress needs to be out of the equation. " His eyes held firm at the dragon man as he placed another ghost pale hand on his shoulder blades, slightly rubbing them, " I may know of someone but I have no exact way of contacting her. " He held his voice strong and his tone raised. He sounded more like he was playfully catting around with the dragon man.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes and didn't comment. "Who is this woman you can't contact?" He asked ignoring Ken's first question.
Kenny- Phantoms smiled faded to a frown as he lowered his hands and turned away. " I am not entirely
sure who she is since I was never in her group and haven't met her personally but I do know she was a information gatherer for her former team. Her name is Lilith Valentine and from what I heard about her, she is good at what she does. She should be about Eighteen years old now. " His eyes closed and he lowered his head to the floor. How could he just go off of a whim like that and let Dragon think he knew anything of importance. He raised his gauntlet hands and clenched them to a fist. " We have no one else that I know of. we could at least look her up. " His voice fell an angry growl as he fought himself and his foolishness. Would she even join if they did find her?
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. "We should look her up then. See if she'll even bother to help us or not."
Kenny- Phantom nodded his head silently. Not much they could do besides look up the lone female hero and see what she had currently been up to.
Ashley- Dragon didn't respond as he typed on the keyboard pulling up a file on Lilith. He blinked when he read the information. Oh yeah he had forgotten all about her. Then again he had had his own problems to deal with. The dragon shook his head and sighed. “OK apparently she’s stolen a few things, such as jewelry and other things. Mostly petty crimes but she’s also done some good as well. She’s stopped a few crimes.” Dragon red off as his eyebrow twitched. “Anyways we can find her at an apartment complex in downtown.” Dragon said.
Kenny- Phantom looked upon the multiple crimes and heroics the girl had committed within her lifetime. Man did she have a record. Mostly petty get rich quick schemes but other than that she seemed clean. Well, her record at least. Upon closer observation he could see a picture of the girls current state. She appeared to be in a white leather but slutty kind of near hooker clothing. His eyes widened at this. " My I hope she isn't too lose. " He said this with blushing cheeks and a lowered voice. Phantom nodded his head with a silent gulp. He wasn't sure what kind of girl this person would be or if she would join but one thing was certain. She seemed to be a girl of the working kind. " Why do some girls dress so skimpy?? " He asked dragon with a frowned shark toothed grin and narrowed moon orb eyes.
Ashley- "How the hell should I know? I'm not a girl! At least a few girls dress modestly." He responded with a shake of his head. "So do you still wanna recruit her?" He asked.
Kenny- Phantom wasn't sure what kind of addition she could be but what he did know was that she would be an addition. " Well, she is better then nothing I guess. " He sighed under his breath and turned around to face away from Dragon. He must hate me now. Phantom thought to himself with crying inner tears.
Ashley- Dragon sighed. "Yeah she is better then nothing. What are her powers? Or does she even have any?" He asked. Needing to know so that he could see if she would really benefit them or not. For all he knew she could be more of a hindrance than an asset.
Kenny- Phantoms ears perked in interest to the mention of powers. " Oh yeah! I forgot that. " He smiled and turned around to view the profile a little closer. " Hmm. It seems it says charm manipulation and archery. " His tone was fading as he scrolled down to see if there was anything else to be written. " I guess we will have to see for ourselves. Those two abilities are all that is written. " Phantom hinted this with a stuttering voice and pained face.
Wasted time and only one clue. Phantom had no choice but to hurry up and see if she was worth the effort and trouble. He shook his head from side to side. Why was he doubting the girl before even meeting her?? She could very well be more talented than Dragon or himself. Without wasting anymore time with words, he grabbed a hold of the dragon like man and expanded his shadow below them. His eyes smiled as he spoke cheerfully “Next stop Downtown! " Phantom then faded into the shadows with Dragon and they were off.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. He wasn't about to trust a person he hadn't seen in two years, besides skill or no skill, he was still going to the leader of this team, and no one was going to take that away from him. Dragon growled as he was taken into the shadow realm again.
Kenny- The day was passing by and it was almost midnight. She sat there in the downtown area, perched on top of a broken down ambulance. Her base of operations and current home. The girl was eighteen years old and moved from location to location. She no longer had anywhere left to live. The area she was in was barren and there had only been a few bums living on the streets, near a fire pit. A small feminine sigh escaped her lips as she rest her back on the hood of the broken down ambulance. She lifted her head to the moonlit sky and sighed. Her baby blue iris's catching the moonlight and creating darker swirls in between the pearl white tint they gave off. " Life sure has been dull. " The girl spoke with a calm and gentle voice. It sounded seductive and almost moan like as she heaved out another sigh. Her porcelain skin glinted in the moonlight as well, despite the dirt patch marks and scrapes that lay on her body. The moonlight made her seem like a spirit in the night but she couldn't feel any further from that. Her body was unclean and unwashed for a few days, she was down to her last clean pair of clothes and she was recently kicked out of her home. Yup. She felt like a rat than a moon spirit. Lilith frowned as her attention was brought to an all time low. She closed her eyes and soon felt herself drifting off. The bums didn't pay her any mind as they knew her quite well. Even for being nearly naked, she still was unapproachable by those who scared easily. She could be seen as a b*tch a times but that was just her own personality.
The shadow hopping had ceased and they ripped from a shadow nearside the downtown opening. Phantom came out first with Dragon still in his grasp. He wasn't sure how the Dragonoid felt but her did know that there was no other choice. It was the fastest method of travel. " Alright. Now we need to find this girl and fast. " His moon orb eyes scanned the area and rest every few seconds on the peasants around them. " Man there sure is a lot of poverty here. " He spoke in a saddened low tone not taking his eyes from the scene around him. Some bums in the alley were fighting over some chicken and gangster music could be heard in one of the nearby buildings. Yup. The downtown area sure was the ghetto.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. "Of course there are." He looked around the people to try and find this Lilith person were looking for It was going to take them a awhile that was for sure. Dragon sighed as he keep looking around, finally spotting a an ambulance. and saw a girl on top of it. "Hey is that her?"He asked as he pointed to the ambulance
Kenny- Phantoms nerves were beginning to shake his concentration. He wasn't entirely comfortable in the downtown area. His domain had always been the rich uptown area and he had no clue why anyone would choose to live here. Phantoms train of thought was brought back into play as he heard the voice of dragon. " Hmm?? I think it may be. " He leaned forward to see if he could get a better look at the person and upon closer observation it would seem that it was. " I think it could be. Lets check it out! " With a hyper and all gung-ho voice, he ran off for the distant ambulance, completely forgetting about Dragon for a second.
Ashley- Dragon rolled eyes. 'Just like a child.' He thought as he walked confidently down the street. He didn't fear the ghetto area of this place. He had lived here once and he had lived in the rich uptown as well. Dragon merely followed after Phantom.
Kenny- Time just seemed to pass by the woman. She had been laying there under the full moon with only one thought in mind " I need a shower. " The shelter she had been staying at did indeed have a shower but that was days ago. Since that little incident of her destroying a few tables at the dinning area. " Oh come on! It was only eight tables. They didn't have to kick me out. " Her voice moaned this out in an angry almost cat like hiss. The time where she couldn't even be herself and get kicked out would be never. The titans disbanded and left her on her own. Didn't even give her the choice to join a team. " I am just as capable as any of those stupid hero's!! " She turned over to her side and felt a sharp breeze blow up her cloth like white miniskirt. " This day couldn't get any worse. I am down to my last clean outfit and life sucks. " The girl closed her eyes and reached behind herself to fix the visual tease of her skirt. She didn't want anyone to see her actual goodies.
Ashley- Dragon twitched as he heard complaining. 'Will I be able to handle this girl? Will I be able to handle her complaining and her sluttish ways?' Dragon thought to himself as he took his sweet time following after Phantom. He really was having second thoughts on this whole ordeal right now. Maybe he should of said no instead of yes? Oh well too late to go back on his word now. Maybe this girl would be of some use. "Lets hope she's useful..." He growled to himself, switching to his native tongue, which was simple soft growls, roars, snarls, etc. It was good when he didn't want people to understand what he was saying. Dragon once he had caught up to Phantom he paused and kept his eyes on the girl's face. He said nothing and waited for Phantom to do the talking.
Kenny- The visual of the girl became more clear, the closer he got to her. She was extremely pale but had more of a creamy complexion rather than a lifeless and ghost like one. Phantom stopped at the side of the ambulance and looked her over. " Umm.. Are you Lilith Valentine?? " He slowly reached for his katana that lay on his back. She could have become hostile within those last few years.
Lilith heard the voice of a younger sounding boy and felt the presence of another enter her area around the ambulance. She turned around sheepishly and crossed her thighs together tightly. The skirt she was wearing was a miniskirt and would reveal her panties otherwise. " Yes. Thats my name and why exactly would you lovely boys like to know?? ' Her tone purred seductively as she propped her elbow up and rest the side of her head in the palm of her hand. Her other hand placed coyly on her revealed thigh.
Ashley- Dragon paused a few feet away from Phantom. He looked at Lilth and looked at her face only. He thought about what he was going to say to her. "We want to ask for your assistance on a little mission we've got going on. We were wondering if you could assist us with it. Miss. Lilth." He said calmly.
Kenny- Lilith's baby blue eyes lit up and a small charming smile formed on her face. " Exactly what do you two have in mind??" She swung her legs around and sat on the edge of the ambulance. Her legs crossed and her arms extended to her sides, planted on the ambulance hood, to keep her balance.
He eyes her up and down. She seemed like a very enticing girl. She wore ankle strap stiletto shoes that shoed off her slender legs and white french tipped toes; A mini skirt that just taunted the eyes and cut short just above her thighs, with torn up, laced together sides; an extremely short and small laced white leather corset, that showed off her large breasts and cut short just above her sternum; and finally white leather gloves that fit her hands like spandex and extended to her forearms. She was certainly interesting in his own point of view. " Well, you see we are recreating the Teen Titans and are hoping you would join us and offer your support as a member. " Phantom turned his head away from her direction and blushed slightly. How could he even try to look her in the eyes without passing out. He didn't even have a sexual preference but she had that effect on him.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. Oh brother what was with male humans being so affected by female humans? He would never understand their ways. "Yeah what he said. We're going to track down Slade and this underground he has going on." Dragon explained switching back to English, the language he had learned before even coming here to Earth. "I'll give you more detail if you decide to help us or not." He added simply as he crossed his arms over his chest, covering up the glowing and color-changing gemstone that was on his chest.
Kenny- Lilith listened to the boy speak and couldn't help but giggle. Already a few seconds in her charm field and he couldn't even bare to look at her. How simply delicious. She turned her attention to the dragon like thing and smiled with lifting her hand to her bangs and brushing one side to the other. Her chest pushing out and revealing a deep amount of cleavage. " Slade?? You talking about the Venom project?? Well, your two years too late. That project was passed down to someone much stronger than that loser. " Her tone hinted a bit of sarcasm and seriousness. She coyly moaned out the loser part as to hint that she could of cared less about him.
Phantom looked back over to her for a brief moment and then at Dragon. Man did he have a way with words. " Well, dragon. She seems to know more than we do. We shouldn't discuss this out in the open. Let's go back to the tower?? " He almost pleaded this while still being calm. With her charm field, the ghetto scene street sounds, and the talk about someone stronger than slade had made him very nervous. His head felt fuzzy and he was getting confused a little too easily. He took his hand off of his blade and crossed his arms against his chest like Dragon had. " So, are you in or out??! " Phantoms tone was serious and his voice stern.
Ashley- Dragon's eyes narrowed into slits. So she at least was useful. That was a plus, even thought her slutty ways ****ed him a bit too much. "Yeah what he said. Lets go back to the tower." He said simply. "Oh you can transport her through your little shadow realm but I'm going my own way." Dragon said his voice holding authority. He was the leader after all, and there was no way in hell was he going to let this slut take that away from him.
Kenny- Lilith tilted her head to the side and nodded intently as she listened. " Well, lets see. A free home to stay at and actually wash up, do laundry, and go on missions.. sounds great. However, I do have one little condition. This of course being that what ever petty crimes I commit must be ignored by our little group. I usually take diamonds and clothing or cloths. Anything i can really use to upgrade my persona or cause its pretty. " She smiled at them both and jumped down, looking at the two with sharp and precise eyes. Her dirt marks revealed all over her person in various places and her pearl white tinted gaze stabbing daggers into their skin.
Ashley- Dragon rolled his eyes. "I don't care about your stupid petty crimes, girl. Whatever crimes you do will be ignored, as long as they are petty and meaningless." He growled as his tail lashed from side to side. "Now lets get going shall we? We've got work to do, and you need to fill us in on what you know." Dragon said simply as he took a few a steps away from them as his wings tore from his shoulder blades.
Kenny- Lilith turned her head to the male and shook it from side to side. " No. I actually need to grab my luggage and clothing. " She turned her body as she spoke and catwalked to the back of the Ambulance. " Let's see now. " Her voice faded off as she opened the doors with a sharp tug and revealed eight big trash bags filled with clothing. " Here they are. Be a dear and carry them for me. " Lilith turned around with a smirk on her face. " Don't take too long now. " She lifted a hand to her mouth and placed her index and middle finger over her puckered lips. She then made a kissing noise and pulled out a small pinkish balloon heart from inside her mouth. She then extended her palm and let it balance on her fingertips. With one quick and seductive motion, she puckered her lips again and blew the heart in phantoms direction
Ashley- Dragon shook his head and jumped into the air, no way in hell was he going to get that done to him, he wasn't sure if it would affect him or not. Dragon flapped his wings and took off a safe distance from the two. "I meet you guys at the tower!" He shouted over his shoulder before he took off.
Kenny- Phantom wasn't sure what was going on but apparently she was ready. She walked back to the ambulance and revealed a large amount of bags. Before he could even protest against carrying them, a small pinkish heart floated over to him and landed right on his cheek. At first it seemed as if it didn't do anything but then a second later its effect took hold. His eyes turned to the shape of dark pink balloon hearts and he rushed over to pick up her bags without objection. Almost as if he had super strength, the boy with no real power lifted eight heavy trash bags filled with clothing and set them down on the ground near her. " Are you ready now My sweet sweet Lilith?? " His tone was low and his voice zombie like
Lilith waved off to Dragon and frowned at Phantom. " Exactly where are we suppose to put my bags?? I don't see a car or anything. How did you even get here in the first place!! " She stomped her stiletto heel on the ground briefly and pouted like mad at not having a luxury car or some form of transportation that as decent enough to satisfy her.
Phantom's eyes grew even bigger as he grabbed a hold of her and picked her up in his arms. Not even a hint of struggle in his actions. " I took my shadow hop my dear Lilith. " Without even allowing her to react or reply; he tossed her on a bag of clothes and extended his shadow hastily. The shadow outstretched and covered the entire area of the bags and her. " Lets go to your luxury suite madam Lilith. " Even though he could control his powers; He was drooling slightly from the mouth and his free will had completely been dissipated. The shadow consumed them moments later and they vanished within the dark abyssal chains of forced love.
Ashley- Dragon while he waited for Lilth and Phantom. His mind started to wander. Back a few years from before he had joined the Teen Titians. He had been with the Titians since he was 16, so he'd been them for about a year. So he was remembering the time he was 15, a few months before he turned 16 and had been asked to join the Teen Titans. Dragon's eyes became blank as he thought about who he had been fighting with just before the Teen Titans had decided to butt into his fight and help out, even though he didn't need or want their help.
Dragon stood a top a rooftop his arms across his chest, his tail lashing from side to side, bladed tip of his tail smacking against the cement of the rooftop. Dragon waited for a few moments before he saw his prey. He leaped from the 50 foot high rooftop, his for shfiting into a lethal and thin four legged dragon with a larger bladed tail, dull gold colored scales, black claws. Large razor sharp white fangs. a rough pink forked tongue. Eletric yellow eyes. The gemstone on his chest had become bigger, it glowed yellow. Dragon ran down the side of the building, before he lanched off of it and landed in front of
Malchior, another dragon who had somehow escaped from the dimension he was thrown into. Dragon growled at Malchior. -continue-Where are you going? Your fights with me, coward." Dragon snarled as he leapeded at the black and purple dragon with orange eyes. He bit Malchior on the throat, but he was grabbed and thrown into a building. Dragon snarled and opened his eyes mouth, charging an eletrical attack, which he fired it at Malchior. He snarled in disapointment when his attack did nothing at all. Dragon rushed at Malchior leaped at him, but he was grabbed by the dragon's massive claws. Dragon's tail lashed out and stabbed the dragon's wrist, making the let go of him. Dragon growled as he sunk his teeth into the dragon's scales. He had everything under control. but the Teen titans had decided to show up before he could stop Malchior himself. Dragon shook his head and sighed not one of his more happier memoies.
Kenny- The shadow hopping lasted for quite a while but they eventually ended up on the doorstep of the Titan Tower. Like ghouls of the night, their forms appeared and ripped from the shadows with ease. The eight bags still intact. His eyes shifted back to normal as he shook his head from side to side. " Ahh!! What happened??! " He rubbed his eyes as he spoke and stumbled around from his distorted state.
Lilith's bags, her, and Phantom had finally ceased the shadow porting and were now on the out side area of the Titan tower. She lifted herself off of the bags of dirty clothing and yawned with a stretch. " Man. I thought we would never get here. It felt like We were just a ghost and no one could ever reach us or see us. Man how do you deal with that?!! " Lilith was becoming a bit unruly as she turned around and grabbed ahold of two big bags of clothing. " I will meet you inside shadow boy. " She turned around and struggled to drag her bags inside. With a huff she passed Phantom and upturned her head. He was sure annoying at this point. Certainly not a good butler indeed.
His eyes were still burning but he could hear her as clear as a whistle. She was certainly a high maintenance type of woman and she treated him like dirt. " You know what. You can get the rest of your bags yourself. " He stopped rubbing his eyes and aggressively shoved them into his pants pockets, showing her that he " Put his foot down. " So to speak.
Lilith tossed her first two bags in the Titan hallway and roared like she was giving birth. " ARRG!!!" She heaved over on her knee's and rested her hands on her thighs. " God! I had no clue these bags were so heavy. Could you please help me Shadow boy?? " She coyly purred the little nick name she gave him as she looked at him with exhausted eyes.
Phantom watched the girl struggle to grab her belongings and closed his eyes with a sigh. " Fine. At least you asked politely." He turned around and grabbed onto two more of her bags. God why did she have so many??! He shrugged this from his mind for a second and tossed them a bit more easy. " See, not so hard. " His eyes still burned but his vision was coming back. He arched his back while standing and let it crack. " Ahh! That feels nice. " Phantom refused to do all of the work but he would help a little.
Ashley-
Dragon's tail lashed from side to side as he heard Lilth's yell. He blinked. What the hell were they doing?! Dragon got up and decided to go invistigate. He blinked when he saw the bags and shook his head, he turned around and headed outside, knowing that other trashbags were still out there. He walked over and grabbed the rest of the bags swinging them over his shoulder. "God lets just get this over with, the foods getting cold." He growled as he started toward the Lilith's room.
Kenny-
Lilith returned her posture to the upright position and placed her hands on her hips. A small smirk placed on her lips as she amusingly watched the Boy's do her bidding. Yeah, she was just that good. " Thank you kind sirs. After I take my shower I can share what I know with you. " Her smiled wanned a little as she placed her hands behind her back innocently and catwalked behind Dragon, following him like a good little girl. " My, you are a strong fella aren't you?? But you do seem a little old for being a teen. I hope this means your a big boy now. " She snickered this with a sensual tone and mocking type of voice as she was led unknowingly through the maze known as Titans Tower.
Ashlley-
Dragon rolled his eyes. "Spare me your bulls***ty flirting girl. I'm 19 almost 20, so no I'm not a teenager. And I'm the leader of this team, so you better stop mocking me if you know what's good for you." He warned as he glanced over his shoulder at her. His bladed tail lashing as he kept walking.