004; Can you hear the devil drawing near?

[worldhaditsway]

 [Filter: Crowley and Elaine]

[Christina sounds panicked, her voice a little choked, like she's been crying. And you'd cry too if you realized that all the chaos around the city is your fault.]

It's happening again. It's me. I'm the one doing this to the island. It's all me. [Her breath hitches.] I need your help.


[Sometime later, the following message comes through the Teen Titans communicators....]

[T-Communicator Message; Filtered to all members of the Teen Titans]

The weird crap that's been happening the last week? It's my fault. I-I can't really explain it, but my powers... They can make people act on impulses and I don't even have to want it. It just happens.

So yeah... I guess the only thing now is figure out a way to make it stop.

[And she's wondering, honestly, how many responses will be in the vein of JUST KILL HER. It's what she expects, but she's trying to have faith.]

Comments

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[kryptonianclone]

There's no way to turn it off?

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[worldhaditsway]

Maybe? I don't understand- it was fine, at first, but... [There's a pause] Dammit.

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[kryptonianclone]

Have you ever consciously used it before?

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[worldhaditsway]

Consciously? [She laughs] Not this. This is the one thing I don't have to want. Just having me in a place makes it all wacky. I thought this city was different, but it... Was just delayed or something triggered it.

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[kryptonianclone]

Hmm... Maybe... Red Robin's pretty good with tech stuff. Maybe he can make something that'll stop your powers from working until you can learn to control it...? [He is so not the one who comes up with great ideas in the group.] Not sure if that would work or not on you...

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[worldhaditsway]

... Something like that could exist?

[...No, really. She is listening. She knows about Voids and Void tech, but something specific to just her...]

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[kryptonianclone]

I don't think it'd be impossible.

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[worldhaditsway]

That might be a good idea. I can learn how to fight until I'm more in control over it... If there is a way to really control it. I was supposed to use them to destroy the world, not save it.

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[kryptonianclone]

I'll ask if he can do anything about it. ... Or you could ask him, if you want. [Seeing as how he's avoiding Conner at the moment but hey, this is important.]

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[worldhaditsway]

I can ask him. [Awkward pause] For what it's worth... I don't know if anything happened with you, what I might have dug up, or even if I did... But I'm really sorry.

I haven't even been on the team a month and I'm already a problem.

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[kryptonianclone]

Hey, don't feel so bad. Not like you did anything on purpose.

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[worldhaditsway]

Not like I haven't before. Not here, obviously. But I have done it... [A bitter laugh] I guess even superheroes have their dark, scary pasts though.

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[kryptonianclone]

[He gives a small bitter laugh of his own.] You don't know the half of it.