Traya Smith (tiny_tornado) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-01-30 21:40:00

Entry tags:

firestorm, inactive - traya smith, npc - jai west, plot - "blackest night"

Memories Come Back to Haunt You
Traya was on monitor duty in the YJLA HQ, her helmet resting on the control console while she paid attention to the various broadcasts.

So much death and destruction in the world lately. So many heroes who had died. Superman. The Blue Beetle. Metamorpho. Cait. Cerdian. Jai.

It just seemed like the world was heading to hell in a hand basket. The darkness encroaching in.

But she couldn't believe that. Couldn't. They were the heroes. They always won. Good would always triumph over evil, so long as they held onto hope. Just like her dad always told her. No matter what happened, you kept right on trying until you got it right.

She leaned back and sighed. No major emergencies that required responding to since Gotham. Even with whatever was going on in Atlantis.

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masterofmatter
2011-01-31 01:34 am UTC (link)

There is a knock n the Monitor Wombs door, but is pushed open anyways by Michael.

"Hey, Traya. I just finished making these. With all the go-se thats' been going on, I thought this would be appropriate for the team," Michael says has he walks forward, his right hand gripping a bunch of strips of fabric while the left holds up another. It is black, and on the piece of fabric there is the symbol of Kid Flash.

"Cops do this when one of theirs die. I thought we could do it, too."

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	tiny_tornado 2011-01-31 01:37 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, hey Michael," she says, giving a little wave. She takes the strip of fabric from him. "It's... it's wonderful," she says. "You're a good guy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-01-31 01:39 am UTC (link)
	"Just thought it was appropriate. With a lot of big name heroes dying, I thought we could show the respect we had for them," Michael says as he pulls one up his left arm. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tiny_tornado 2011-01-31 02:04 am UTC (link)
	"It is," she agrees, pulling one over her own arm. "What do you make of all of it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-01-31 02:11 am UTC (link)
	"Don't really know, myself. so many dead, heroes and villains? Seems coordinated enough, but hell if I know what that would do besides piss a lot of people off..." Michaels eyes become downcast. "...and leave others behind." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tiny_tornado 2011-01-31 02:15 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah..." Traya agrees. "But we've got to keep looking forward. They wouldn't want us to be sad." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-01-31 02:26 am UTC (link)
	"I know. It's not fair to me, to you, or to Jais sister, but you're right. They wouldn't want us this way," Michael says as he gingerly puts his hand on Trayas shoulder, patting it in a reassuring manner. (WILL) (LOVE) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tiny_tornado 2011-01-31 02:33 am UTC (link)
	Traya smiled, just a little bit. "It hurts so much. But I remember the good times... and it doesn't feel so bad." (HOPE) (LOVE) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dareyoutorun
2011-01-31 02:45 am UTC (link)

At that moment, the scanners pick up something--or someone--incoming. The blur of motion could easily be Jon, the Martian Manhunter, or even the Flash himself, all of whom are capable of such things, but the blur does not slow at the entrance to HQ, as John might to introduce himself.

Tellingly, it also does not deny the intruder access to the building.

In three heartbeats, he is racing past the entrance and in the direction of the emotions he has seen like a beacon from the moment he rose.

In two heartbeats, he considered over 2,000 ways to kill each of them in the most painful way possible, to make them suffer the way he suffered when he died.

In one heartbeat, he phasing through the door to the monitor room, which shatters behind him as he does so.

The first thing he does...is clap.

"Not even dead for a month and I come back to find my girlfriend, and I use the term /loosely/, here in a quiet moment with a so-called /friend/ of mine.

What? No one's going to welcome me back?" Jai asks, most of his face still gone, his hair burned away and looking as though he literally just rolled out of the grave.

"This looks cozy. Am I interrupting you two? Am I in time for the part where you two tell each other 'you're the only one I'll ever love'?" he asks.

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	masterofmatter 2011-01-31 02:51 am UTC (link)
	"Ai ya, hwai leh!" Michael yells as he instinctively puts up a clear barrier of plastic in between himself, Traya, and whoever blew out the wall. And then he sees Jai. "Jai?" Then he processes what else he said. (WILL) (RAGE) "The hell did you just say?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tiny_tornado 2011-01-31 02:53 am UTC (link)
	Traya's eyes went wide with surprise. "Jai... is that... is that you?" (HOPE) The rest sinks in. "What... no! We were just talking!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dareyoutorun
2011-01-31 03:02 am UTC (link)

"You two are terrible liars, you know that? From over here, I could see it. You two want each other so badly you can taste it." Jai says, looking between them.

"So, Traya, when I was out being tortured into using my powers...did you and Mikey-boy here just happen to have monitor-duty together then, too?" he asks.

"Maybe /that's/ why no one came after me. No one noticed I was gone. Or maybe Mikey decided it would be easier to get in your pants if I wasn't in the picture.

We /all/ know his first attempt to kill me with that tidal wave only failed because Petra bailed me out. But, Mike, you gave it the old college try, right?

Did you give Traya the old college try, too?" he asks.

"Not that I'm hatin' or nothin'. You should give a spin. I already got what I wanted." Jai snickers.

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	masterofmatter 2011-01-31 03:06 am UTC (link)
	"No, Jai. Nothing happened. Did you not see what I made in your honor," Michael said defiantly, all the while trying to figure out what the hell he was facing. And how to counteract it. Freeze? Immolation? Acid? (WILL) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tiny_tornado 2011-01-31 03:08 am UTC (link)
	This... this wasn't right! "Jai..." Traya pleaded, fighting back tears, "we're your friends! We wouldn't do anything to hurt you!" "I... I loved you!" (FEAR) (LOVE) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dareyoutorun 2011-01-31 03:35 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, you probably did, Traya. Past tense. But I never loved you. You are the single most /boring/ girl I've ever met in my life! I have /no/ idea what I was thinking, letting Henry hook me up with you. God, if Mitzi hadn't come along, I might have died of boredom, rather than in an explosion." Jai says callously. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-01-31 06:36 am UTC (link)
	"That tears it. I don't know who you are, but you sure as hell are not Jai West. Traya, pull yourself together. We have work to do." This thing is fast. How the hell do I out perform that? (WILL) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tiny_tornado 2011-01-31 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	Traya's expression turned sour. There was the faint sensation of winds picking up. "You're not Jai!" (FEAR) (RAGE) She brought both hands up, unleashing a powerful blast of air. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dareyoutorun 2011-02-01 12:38 am UTC (link)
	"Oooh, look at her GO!" Jai says, blurring out of the path of the wind. Presently, there's another rush of air and he's standing next to Traya. Jai grins. "You were boring in bed, too." he taunts, and then reaches out to slap her senseless. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

masterofmatter
2011-02-01 02:29 am UTC (link)

The hand is incinerated before it can touch her.

Michael had been anticipating something, and Trayas movements made him think NotJai was going after her. So he launched a concentrated burst of plasma where he thought the head would be. It may not have been the head, but it will do. Michael pushes himself airborne, trying to stay out of reach of this thing.

"Traya, MOVE!"

(WILL)

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	tiny_tornado 2011-02-01 02:34 am UTC (link)
	(FEAR) Traya threw herself into motion, in spite of her horror at what Jai was saying. He couldn't mean it. No. It wasn't Jai. It couldn't be... Propelled by winds, she too took to the air. "Jai! If you're in there..." (FEAR) (HOPE) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dareyoutorun
2011-02-01 02:48 am UTC (link)

The plasma blast hits Jai's hand, which is burned away before it can hit Traya. Jai yowls in pain and clutches the area where his hand once was.

"OW! WHAT THE HELL, MICHAEL!" Jai says, falling to his knees.

Jai groans in pain, looking up at Traya.

"You never really loved me, did you?" Jai asks, his voice small, confused and hurt.

"Did you even notice I was gone, Traya?" he asks quietly.

"Did you even /care/?" he asks, hanging his head.

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	masterofmatter 2011-02-01 02:50 am UTC (link)
	"Oh shit!" Michael panics a bit. It could be a trick...but the thing...he did take its hand off. He knew that he could do a lot of damage, but...he acted before thinking (WILL) (FEAR) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tiny_tornado 2011-02-01 02:59 am UTC (link)
	Traya let out a gasp of fear when Jai got hurt, throwing all caution to the wind as she landed next to him. "Jai... I loved you. I cried for days." She'd nearly turned Jai's neighborhood into tornado alley, not that she'd noticed. "We'll... we'll get you help!" (FEAR) (HOPE) (LOVE) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dareyoutorun 2011-02-01 03:06 am UTC (link)
	"Why didn't anyone come for me, Traya? I...I waited. I prayed. I even /begged/ and no one found me." Jai says, his voice breaking. "And now...I'm trapped like this, maybe forever." he says, his shoulders shaking. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-02-02 05:07 am UTC (link)
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