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Titans of Justice Unlimited Chapter 69 - “The Pact Part 3”
Written by: Scotty2Hotty
Edited by: Power Guy
Dr. Light’s secret hide-out…
The women were all horrified at what they had just witnessed. Trickshot had stopped screaming and had curled into the fetal position on the filthy ground. A single tear rolled down her cheek as her eyes were wide open, not blinking. She tried to cover herself, but it was futile as Dr. Light had ripped her costume to shreds.
“What a treat! Hope you enjoyed your first time, hot stuff. I think I broke you in pretty good for next time.” Dr.Light said as he pulled his pants up.
“Monster! MONSTER!” Lady Light sobbed. “How could you!? “
Sargona wanted to throw up and was thankful that Huntress and Jemstone were both unconscious and did not have to witness the horrific act. It would be years before she could get the sounds of Trickshot begging for mercy out of her head.
Sonic Boom was feeling a range of emotions. Horror, anger, and pity--she wanted so badly to cradle Trickshot and tell her it would all be alright. ‘What will I tell Uncle Roy?” she thought. She had cried so much that her eyes were swollen and red. Her throat was killing her from not being able to scream and wanting to so badly. She felt if she were not gagged, her Canary Cry would level this house of horrors as well as the surrounding area--wherever she was.
Jemstone and Huntress began to stir.
Jemstone opened her eyes and gasped.
Huntress was silent.“Oh God.” she whispered.
“Yeah, well He ain’t gonna help you Bats. But I can make it where you can see Him if you want.” Dr Light said as he ran his hands over the Huntress’s helpless body.
Jemstone was going crazy. Between her sobs she blurted out, ‘When I get loose I swear I’ll kill you! You’re filth! Inhuman! I’m going to rip you apart you son of--”
“Keep talking honey. You saw what I did to the Teen Titan wannabe over there. What I did to her will be a cakewalk compared to when I’m done with you. Do you like when Wonder Man touches you here?” he asked as he traced a line from her neck down to her navel. He had unzipped her top.
‘Don’t you dare say his name! And get your filthy hands off of me!!!” she demanded.
“Is this it? Is this how it ends for us? Raped and murdered one by one?” Sargona thought, sweat pouring off of her.
Dr. Light walked over to Trickshot was very still and still staring into space.
“Ha, I broke her real good. Why, she’s a living doll that I can play with.” He smiled, sticking his tongue in her ear. “Yeah, I’m keeping this one.”
“Would you be so fast to keep her?” came a deep voice. The girls all felt uneasy--more than they already did and smelled burning wood and ash.
‘Neron! Old pal, old buddy! You wanna have a go at the china doll here?” Dr. Light said gyrating his hips.
“I want her, but not how you expect. Her soul is ripe! It’s in agony--if only you could hear the panic, the madness that overcomes her spirit. It’s delicious.” Neron said as he levitated over the violated girl.
Dr. Light’s face filled with suspicion. ‘What do you mean?” he growled.
“I gave you power. I demand another tribute. Her, I want her. Kill her NOW!” Neron demanded, his eyes flashing red.
Sonic Boom’s thoughts raced. “NO!! Take me, not her! If only I could speak!” she thought.
“I hear you Sonic Boom. Noble, but useless. This is the soul I require. Do not tarry, Light. Send her to me.”
“NO.” Dr. Light huffed as he crossed his arms.
“Watch your tone old man. I give you another chance. Kill her. KILL HER!”
“Sorry, but I’m keeping the kid. She has years of pleasuring me ahead of her. Now, one of these other trollops I’ll be happy to let you have.” Dr. Light said, eyeing Lady Light.
“So be it.” Neron said, smiling.
“Glad you see it my way.” Dr Light smiled as he walked over to Lady Light. She looked him in the eye, full of defiance.
Suddenly Dr. Light felt as if he were shrinking. He felt his body wither and his vision blurred. “What the hell!? He said as voice changed from a healthy young man’s to that of a winzied elderly one.
“You denied me my tribute, so I revoke my gifts.” Neron then waved his hand as the lady Titans fell to ground, freed. Both Sonic Boom and Sargona coughed and nearly threw up from being gagged so long.
“Ladies, he’s all yours. Let the law of man take care of this one. I’m sure his compatriots in prison will be pleased to see the old laughing stock back amongst them. You disappoint me, Arthur. So much potential wasted….”
“NOOOOO! Please change me back! I’ll do anything! I swear it!” Dr. Light cried as he tried to stand, his bony legs wobbling.
Neron gave the old man a disapproving look and vanished, his laugh filling the house.
“YOU ANIMAL!!!!” Jemstone said as she punched Dr. Light in the nose, bloodying it.
“I give up! Don’t hit me again! I surrender!” he said crawling into a corner.
Sonic Boom rushed to Trickshot.
“Lian! Baby, can you hear me? We’re going to get you out of here--get you some help.” she said as she cradled Trickshot’s head.
Sargona raised her hands. “I’m getting us out of here right now. There’s bound to be a hosptial nearby--and a jail.” she said staring at Dr. Light. If looks could kill, he would be dead 5 times.
“Heh, heh. Yeah take me to jail. At least I had some fun. Some real fun for awhile. Thanks cupcake--you should charge more next time!” he laughed pointing a bony finger at Trickshot.
“I hope what you did to her happens to you!” Lady Light said, choking back tears. “First my mother and now Trickshot,” she whispered in disgust.
“Not worried about it. Hell, I’m so old they won’t keep me in jail. I have family you know. I’m sure I can convince them I’m just a harmless old man, ready to die. Wanting to die in the loving arms of his family.” Dr. Light smirked.
“What do you know about family?” Huntress said.
“Not much. Hey, maybe I just a made a baby Dr. Light with Tricky over there. Wouldn’t that be a doozy! Super heroine gives birth to super mastermind’s child! It’s delicious, Hahahah!!! Yeah, I’m sure I’ll get out of this. And you know what? I’ll come after her. I’ll get her again.”
One Titan had heard enough. She walked towards Dr. Light.
The other girls weren’t sure what she was doing.
“Whatsamatter? Can’t wait your turn?” he said, rolling his eyes.
She wasn’t sure what had come over her. She was quiet as she took Dr.Light’s head in hands.
‘What is she doing!?” one girl gasped.
Another started toward her teammate, “Don’t do it! You’re no better than he is if you do this!”
“The justice system will take care of him! Don’t--” another woman’s voiced stopped as a loud snap rang out.
Dr. Light’s limp neck jerked and his head flopped over like a rag doll’s.
A flurry of voices started.
“I can’t believe it!”
“He got what he deserved!”
“But, that’s not our call to make. We aren’t vigilantes!”
“He was harmless now, just running his mouth--taunting us!”
“Look at the girl on the floor! Do you think she’ll ever know justice?”
“I…I had to do it. I had to. I’m not sorry. I…..I’d do it again!” she cried.
“But the others, what will they think?”
“We won’t tell them….”
“Are you crazy? Are we going to lie…cover this up?”
“Look, what happened here wasn’t a super hero thing. It was a crime against women--all of us--super powered or not.”
“I agree, but-”
“But what?? Dr. Light had to be stopped. How many times has he violated women?? He had to be stopped!”
Just then another voice was heard. “Sonic Boom? Jem? Are you guys here? If you can hear me, help is on the way!”
“That was Nucleus, Thank God, the guys must be ok.”
Starman's voice followed, "We're on our way ladies. Light, I'm coming for you! If you've hurt any of them I swear I'll tear you apart!"
One of the girls started, “We can’t let her take the fall for this. We make a pact, right now. None of us will tell what happened. None of us will tell who murdered Dr. Light. We‘ll make something up….”
Suddenly the door burst open. Power Guy kicked it down and was followed by several of the other Titans.
“Jerrica!” Wonder Man yelled running over to his girlfriend. “Thank Hera!”
‘Scott! Scott! I thought I’d never see you again.” she sobbed burying her head in his chest.
Green Lantern walked over to Sonic Boom. She hugged him and said "We need a minute.” The Titans all saw Trickshot lying in the floor motionless.
“What happened? Dr. Light--did he---?” Starman said, turning his head away from the nude girl.
He then saw Dr. Light’s dead body, drool coming out of his open mouth.
"Please step out for a moment.” Lilith said. “Phantom Lady, Hawkgirl please help me with Trickshot."
The men filed out.
“Lian, honey. It’s me Lilith. I’m friends with your dad. You remember me don’t you?”
“Ladies, this is bad. Her mind….” Lilith said chocking back tears. Lilith’s ESP also told her what had happened with Dr. Light. Sargona, Sonic Boom, the Huntress, Lady Light, and Jemstone all looked at her knowing full well she knew what had happened moments before.
Huntress stepped out. She needed some air. She removed her mask and dropped to her knees, sobbing. Nightvision walked over to her.
“Hel? Are you ok?” he asked.
“No. I’ll never be ok again.” She said as Nightvision removed his mask and hugged his “sister”.
“I have to tell you. I heard voices--something about one of you murdering Dr. Light. I won’t press it now, but I need to know how this went down. From what I was able to hear….well, we’ll talk about it later.”
The Huntress closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
***
EPILOGUE ONE:
Several days had passed. Lian Harper was home with her father.
“Lilith, she hasn’t spoken….since….” Roy Harper said as he lit a cigarette.
“Roy, her mind it’s….it’s a jumbled mess. What Dr. Light did to her…it’s so horrific. The only way she can deal with it is by shutting herself off. Lilith said, placing her former teammate’s hand in hers.
“You know, if I had been there I would have killed Dr. Light myself. Someone should have killed him after what he did to Sue Dinby. Lilith what happened in there? Do you know who killed Dr. Light?”
“Sometimes my ESP works and sometimes it doesn’t. You know I just can’t turn it on when I want.” she replied, knowing full well Roy knew she was lying.
Roy smiled weakly. “Come on. I want to check in on my baby. I hate that she has to be drugged just so she can sleep.”
Suddenly there was a loud shatter of breaking glass and screaming.
“Lian!” Roy shouted as he and Lilith ran to the girl’s room.
They threw the door back and Lian was up caught in the shattered window, half in and half out. She was bleeding and her thrashing was cutting her deeper and deeper. Lilith had never heard such screams before----like an animal being slowly killed.
‘Lian! Honey! Oh God!!” Roy gasped as he pulled Lian from the shattered window, cutting himself in the process. Lian was screaming and clawing.
The tension from her mind was overwhelming Lilith. Roy’s muscular arms held his daughter down as she continued thrashing about and screaming. Finally she grew quiet and motionless.
“Shhhhh, Daddy’s here. Daddy’s here. No one’s going to hurt you…..never again. Shhhhh, shhhhhh.” he said as he cradled his daughter. Lilith kneeled down and hugged Roy and Lian. She cried and knew that there were many more nights like this to come.
***
EPILOGUE 2:
Jerrica Benton got out of the shower. Since the Dr. Light ordeal, she noticed she stayed in the shower longer. She thanked God that she was knocked unconscious when Dr. Light attacked Trickshot.
“Scott!” she yelled through the door. ‘Go ahead and order a pizza and open a beer for me please.”
“You got it.” Scott Trevor replied back.
She applied a beauty mask to her face and wished she had been unconscious for the rest of the Dr. Light ordeal. That way she……well, no sense reliving the event.
She put her hair in a pony tail. She was wearing one of Scott’s old fraternity t-shirts and her pink house-shoes.
“Perez Hilton would have a field day with the way I look right now.” she surmised.
She made her way to the dining room to see the table all set with linens and covered with food. A gigantic floral centerpiece was in the middle and there was champagne chilling. She then saw Scott Trevor dressed in his royal armor.
“Scott, what is this? Are you being summoned away to Paradise Island? And the table--it’s beautiful!”
“Nothing like that Jerrica.” he smiled.
Jerrica smiled nervously, not knowing what Scott Trevor was about to tell her.
“Jerrica, when Dr. Light had you, I thought I would never see you again. I thought I would die not knowing if you were ok.” he said, taking her hand.
“It’s over now. I’m ok.” she said.
“I know you are, but this made me realize how much I love you. I don’t want us to be apart ever again.” he said.
Jerrica smiled and realized her beauty mask was cracking.
Scott Trevor got down on one knee.
‘Scott, what are you….?” she said, her eyes welling up.
“Jerrica Benton, I am Scott Trevor, son of Steve and Queen Diana Trevor. I am heir to the royal house of Paradise Island. Aphrodite has seen fit that you win my heart. I come to you, humbled by your beauty, your grace, your laugh. Jerrica Benton, will you take my hand and accept my family for your own, my home as your own, and my people as your own? Jerrica, will you marry me?” the olive skinned man said looking up into her eyes.
For a moment Jerrica was silent, trying to take this all in.
“Oh Scott! Yes, YES! YES!!!!!!!!!!!” Jerrica said crying and hugging her fiance. “Look at me! Are you sure you want to marry me?” she giggled as she pointed to her pony tail and beauty mask.
“You’ve never looked more beautiful to me. Jerrica, I love you. I love you so much it hurts.” he said. He was crying now. “Here, I have a token of my pledge to you.” he smiled.
Jerrica had never seen a more beautiful ring. A huge diamond was in the middle surrounded by many tiny ones. Diamonds made a semi-circle around the shiny silver band. He slipped the ring on her finger. He said, “This ring is my pledge to you. I will love you forever.”
“Oh Scott….” Jerrica sobbed. “It’s beautiful. I’ll never take it off!”
“I told my mom about my plans. She and Dad are elated. They love you so much. My mom had the best artisans on Paradise Island craft the ring. It’s made from the same material as my gauntlets. The diamond in the middle represents you and I, the diamonds around the middle represent friends and family, as well as the gods’ blessings. The diamonds stop halfway through the band representing our future to come. The diamonds that are already there are for our time together so far.”
“Scott Trevor, you are too good to me.” She said as tears streamed down her face. “I love you. I love you with all of my heart. I am honored that you asked me to be your bride. I’ll never let you down, I promise.”
Within minutes, Jerrica was on the phone with all of the members of the Holograms squealing with delight about her good news.
***
EPILOGUE 3:
A few days later at the Hall of Justice, the entire membership had been assembled. No one was quite sure what prompted such an emergency meeting. Wonder Man and Jemstone were the last to arrive.
Nightvision was at the head of the table. “There’s no easy way to say this….”
“Nightvision, before you drop whatever bomb you have, I have an announcement.” Wonder Man smiled.
Jemstone didn’t say a word, but simply held up her hand, her engagement ring catching the light.
“You guys are getting married!!!!!!” Power Lad shouted.
All of the girls squealed like giddy school children. The Titans all rushed Wonder Man and Jemstone.
Wonder Warrior hugged his cousin. “Way to go cuz! Welcome to the family, Jerrica.”
Wonder Girl hugged Wonder Man, “I didn’t have you pegged as the marrying type, Scotty!”
“We can celebrate later. We have business to discuss.” Nightvision said as the newly engaged couple took their seats, holding hands.
“When we arrived at Dr. Light’s hideout, I heard something…something about Dr. Light being murdered.” Nightvision said looking at The Huntress, Lady Light, Sargona, Sonic Boom, and Jemstone.
“You know, I wondered what had happened to Dr. Light, but when I heard what he did to Trickshot I didn’t think to question how he got his neck broken.” Queen Bee added.
“I’m sure he deserved it.” Kid Comet said. “We all saw what he did to Trickshot.”
“Death is not bad enough for what he did.” Hawkgirl said.
“You aren’t listening. I heard one of you girls say something about keeping what you did to yourselves. One of you murdered Dr. Light. He was an old man again when he was lying on the floor. I need answers, ladies.” Nightvision demanded.
“Why?” Sargona huffed. ‘What difference does it make? I think he got what was coming to him, not just for what he did to Trickshot, but to all the women over the years he attacked.”
“But, that’s not our call to make.” Power Guy added. He felt that Dr. Light got what he deserved, but he agreed with Nightvision. “If we go around killing villains, we are no better than they are. We have to trust the system.”
“The same system that let Dr. Light out of jail time after time?” Dark Arrow said.
All of the girls who were involved with the Dr. Light case were getting nervous.
“Fine, I want to speak to each of you--Huntress, Jemstone, Sargona, Sonic Boom, and Lady Light. I want to hear each of your accounts about what happened. He was de-powered and old…did he try something? Was it self defense?”
The five super heroines involved all looked each other, recalling their pact. They all knew the truth would come out.
“Rather do it sooner, than later.” the girl thought. “Still, I think what I did was right.”
“Last chance to confess ladies.” Nightvision urged.
“Why are you pushing this?” Wonder Man bellowed. “Why are you going all Perry Mason? I’m sure there were extenuating circumstances. And from what I’ve heard you’ve been operating a bit outside the law since Blackbird dumped you!”
Nightvision shot Wonder Man a cold look and said, “Dr. Light had a few relatives. His family is asking questions. With the Titans’ somewhat spotty past, they have concerns. We can’t have anymore bad items about us in the news. If Amanda Waller--”
A voice spoke out. “I did it. I killed Dr. Light.”
All eyes turned as she stood up. “I did it. None of the other girls had anything to do with it. In fact, they all tried to stop me.” the Titan said quietly.
The collective membership was stunned at seeing who spoke these words.
TO BE CONTINUED
Written by: Scotty2Hotty
Edited by: Power Guy
Dr. Light’s secret hide-out…
The women were all horrified at what they had just witnessed. Trickshot had stopped screaming and had curled into the fetal position on the filthy ground. A single tear rolled down her cheek as her eyes were wide open, not blinking. She tried to cover herself, but it was futile as Dr. Light had ripped her costume to shreds.
“What a treat! Hope you enjoyed your first time, hot stuff. I think I broke you in pretty good for next time.” Dr.Light said as he pulled his pants up.
“Monster! MONSTER!” Lady Light sobbed. “How could you!? “
Sargona wanted to throw up and was thankful that Huntress and Jemstone were both unconscious and did not have to witness the horrific act. It would be years before she could get the sounds of Trickshot begging for mercy out of her head.
Sonic Boom was feeling a range of emotions. Horror, anger, and pity--she wanted so badly to cradle Trickshot and tell her it would all be alright. ‘What will I tell Uncle Roy?” she thought. She had cried so much that her eyes were swollen and red. Her throat was killing her from not being able to scream and wanting to so badly. She felt if she were not gagged, her Canary Cry would level this house of horrors as well as the surrounding area--wherever she was.
Jemstone and Huntress began to stir.
Jemstone opened her eyes and gasped.
Huntress was silent.“Oh God.” she whispered.
“Yeah, well He ain’t gonna help you Bats. But I can make it where you can see Him if you want.” Dr Light said as he ran his hands over the Huntress’s helpless body.
Jemstone was going crazy. Between her sobs she blurted out, ‘When I get loose I swear I’ll kill you! You’re filth! Inhuman! I’m going to rip you apart you son of--”
“Keep talking honey. You saw what I did to the Teen Titan wannabe over there. What I did to her will be a cakewalk compared to when I’m done with you. Do you like when Wonder Man touches you here?” he asked as he traced a line from her neck down to her navel. He had unzipped her top.
‘Don’t you dare say his name! And get your filthy hands off of me!!!” she demanded.
“Is this it? Is this how it ends for us? Raped and murdered one by one?” Sargona thought, sweat pouring off of her.
Dr. Light walked over to Trickshot was very still and still staring into space.
“Ha, I broke her real good. Why, she’s a living doll that I can play with.” He smiled, sticking his tongue in her ear. “Yeah, I’m keeping this one.”
“Would you be so fast to keep her?” came a deep voice. The girls all felt uneasy--more than they already did and smelled burning wood and ash.
‘Neron! Old pal, old buddy! You wanna have a go at the china doll here?” Dr. Light said gyrating his hips.
“I want her, but not how you expect. Her soul is ripe! It’s in agony--if only you could hear the panic, the madness that overcomes her spirit. It’s delicious.” Neron said as he levitated over the violated girl.
Dr. Light’s face filled with suspicion. ‘What do you mean?” he growled.
“I gave you power. I demand another tribute. Her, I want her. Kill her NOW!” Neron demanded, his eyes flashing red.
Sonic Boom’s thoughts raced. “NO!! Take me, not her! If only I could speak!” she thought.
“I hear you Sonic Boom. Noble, but useless. This is the soul I require. Do not tarry, Light. Send her to me.”
“NO.” Dr. Light huffed as he crossed his arms.
“Watch your tone old man. I give you another chance. Kill her. KILL HER!”
“Sorry, but I’m keeping the kid. She has years of pleasuring me ahead of her. Now, one of these other trollops I’ll be happy to let you have.” Dr. Light said, eyeing Lady Light.
“So be it.” Neron said, smiling.
“Glad you see it my way.” Dr Light smiled as he walked over to Lady Light. She looked him in the eye, full of defiance.
Suddenly Dr. Light felt as if he were shrinking. He felt his body wither and his vision blurred. “What the hell!? He said as voice changed from a healthy young man’s to that of a winzied elderly one.
“You denied me my tribute, so I revoke my gifts.” Neron then waved his hand as the lady Titans fell to ground, freed. Both Sonic Boom and Sargona coughed and nearly threw up from being gagged so long.
“Ladies, he’s all yours. Let the law of man take care of this one. I’m sure his compatriots in prison will be pleased to see the old laughing stock back amongst them. You disappoint me, Arthur. So much potential wasted….”
“NOOOOO! Please change me back! I’ll do anything! I swear it!” Dr. Light cried as he tried to stand, his bony legs wobbling.
Neron gave the old man a disapproving look and vanished, his laugh filling the house.
“YOU ANIMAL!!!!” Jemstone said as she punched Dr. Light in the nose, bloodying it.
“I give up! Don’t hit me again! I surrender!” he said crawling into a corner.
Sonic Boom rushed to Trickshot.
“Lian! Baby, can you hear me? We’re going to get you out of here--get you some help.” she said as she cradled Trickshot’s head.
Sargona raised her hands. “I’m getting us out of here right now. There’s bound to be a hosptial nearby--and a jail.” she said staring at Dr. Light. If looks could kill, he would be dead 5 times.
“Heh, heh. Yeah take me to jail. At least I had some fun. Some real fun for awhile. Thanks cupcake--you should charge more next time!” he laughed pointing a bony finger at Trickshot.
“I hope what you did to her happens to you!” Lady Light said, choking back tears. “First my mother and now Trickshot,” she whispered in disgust.
“Not worried about it. Hell, I’m so old they won’t keep me in jail. I have family you know. I’m sure I can convince them I’m just a harmless old man, ready to die. Wanting to die in the loving arms of his family.” Dr. Light smirked.
“What do you know about family?” Huntress said.
“Not much. Hey, maybe I just a made a baby Dr. Light with Tricky over there. Wouldn’t that be a doozy! Super heroine gives birth to super mastermind’s child! It’s delicious, Hahahah!!! Yeah, I’m sure I’ll get out of this. And you know what? I’ll come after her. I’ll get her again.”
One Titan had heard enough. She walked towards Dr. Light.
The other girls weren’t sure what she was doing.
“Whatsamatter? Can’t wait your turn?” he said, rolling his eyes.
She wasn’t sure what had come over her. She was quiet as she took Dr.Light’s head in hands.
‘What is she doing!?” one girl gasped.
Another started toward her teammate, “Don’t do it! You’re no better than he is if you do this!”
“The justice system will take care of him! Don’t--” another woman’s voiced stopped as a loud snap rang out.
Dr. Light’s limp neck jerked and his head flopped over like a rag doll’s.
A flurry of voices started.
“I can’t believe it!”
“He got what he deserved!”
“But, that’s not our call to make. We aren’t vigilantes!”
“He was harmless now, just running his mouth--taunting us!”
“Look at the girl on the floor! Do you think she’ll ever know justice?”
“I…I had to do it. I had to. I’m not sorry. I…..I’d do it again!” she cried.
“But the others, what will they think?”
“We won’t tell them….”
“Are you crazy? Are we going to lie…cover this up?”
“Look, what happened here wasn’t a super hero thing. It was a crime against women--all of us--super powered or not.”
“I agree, but-”
“But what?? Dr. Light had to be stopped. How many times has he violated women?? He had to be stopped!”
Just then another voice was heard. “Sonic Boom? Jem? Are you guys here? If you can hear me, help is on the way!”
“That was Nucleus, Thank God, the guys must be ok.”
Starman's voice followed, "We're on our way ladies. Light, I'm coming for you! If you've hurt any of them I swear I'll tear you apart!"
One of the girls started, “We can’t let her take the fall for this. We make a pact, right now. None of us will tell what happened. None of us will tell who murdered Dr. Light. We‘ll make something up….”
Suddenly the door burst open. Power Guy kicked it down and was followed by several of the other Titans.
“Jerrica!” Wonder Man yelled running over to his girlfriend. “Thank Hera!”
‘Scott! Scott! I thought I’d never see you again.” she sobbed burying her head in his chest.
Green Lantern walked over to Sonic Boom. She hugged him and said "We need a minute.” The Titans all saw Trickshot lying in the floor motionless.
“What happened? Dr. Light--did he---?” Starman said, turning his head away from the nude girl.
He then saw Dr. Light’s dead body, drool coming out of his open mouth.
"Please step out for a moment.” Lilith said. “Phantom Lady, Hawkgirl please help me with Trickshot."
The men filed out.
“Lian, honey. It’s me Lilith. I’m friends with your dad. You remember me don’t you?”
“Ladies, this is bad. Her mind….” Lilith said chocking back tears. Lilith’s ESP also told her what had happened with Dr. Light. Sargona, Sonic Boom, the Huntress, Lady Light, and Jemstone all looked at her knowing full well she knew what had happened moments before.
Huntress stepped out. She needed some air. She removed her mask and dropped to her knees, sobbing. Nightvision walked over to her.
“Hel? Are you ok?” he asked.
“No. I’ll never be ok again.” She said as Nightvision removed his mask and hugged his “sister”.
“I have to tell you. I heard voices--something about one of you murdering Dr. Light. I won’t press it now, but I need to know how this went down. From what I was able to hear….well, we’ll talk about it later.”
The Huntress closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
***
EPILOGUE ONE:
Several days had passed. Lian Harper was home with her father.
“Lilith, she hasn’t spoken….since….” Roy Harper said as he lit a cigarette.
“Roy, her mind it’s….it’s a jumbled mess. What Dr. Light did to her…it’s so horrific. The only way she can deal with it is by shutting herself off. Lilith said, placing her former teammate’s hand in hers.
“You know, if I had been there I would have killed Dr. Light myself. Someone should have killed him after what he did to Sue Dinby. Lilith what happened in there? Do you know who killed Dr. Light?”
“Sometimes my ESP works and sometimes it doesn’t. You know I just can’t turn it on when I want.” she replied, knowing full well Roy knew she was lying.
Roy smiled weakly. “Come on. I want to check in on my baby. I hate that she has to be drugged just so she can sleep.”
Suddenly there was a loud shatter of breaking glass and screaming.
“Lian!” Roy shouted as he and Lilith ran to the girl’s room.
They threw the door back and Lian was up caught in the shattered window, half in and half out. She was bleeding and her thrashing was cutting her deeper and deeper. Lilith had never heard such screams before----like an animal being slowly killed.
‘Lian! Honey! Oh God!!” Roy gasped as he pulled Lian from the shattered window, cutting himself in the process. Lian was screaming and clawing.
The tension from her mind was overwhelming Lilith. Roy’s muscular arms held his daughter down as she continued thrashing about and screaming. Finally she grew quiet and motionless.
“Shhhhh, Daddy’s here. Daddy’s here. No one’s going to hurt you…..never again. Shhhhh, shhhhhh.” he said as he cradled his daughter. Lilith kneeled down and hugged Roy and Lian. She cried and knew that there were many more nights like this to come.
***
EPILOGUE 2:
Jerrica Benton got out of the shower. Since the Dr. Light ordeal, she noticed she stayed in the shower longer. She thanked God that she was knocked unconscious when Dr. Light attacked Trickshot.
“Scott!” she yelled through the door. ‘Go ahead and order a pizza and open a beer for me please.”
“You got it.” Scott Trevor replied back.
She applied a beauty mask to her face and wished she had been unconscious for the rest of the Dr. Light ordeal. That way she……well, no sense reliving the event.
She put her hair in a pony tail. She was wearing one of Scott’s old fraternity t-shirts and her pink house-shoes.
“Perez Hilton would have a field day with the way I look right now.” she surmised.
She made her way to the dining room to see the table all set with linens and covered with food. A gigantic floral centerpiece was in the middle and there was champagne chilling. She then saw Scott Trevor dressed in his royal armor.
“Scott, what is this? Are you being summoned away to Paradise Island? And the table--it’s beautiful!”
“Nothing like that Jerrica.” he smiled.
Jerrica smiled nervously, not knowing what Scott Trevor was about to tell her.
“Jerrica, when Dr. Light had you, I thought I would never see you again. I thought I would die not knowing if you were ok.” he said, taking her hand.
“It’s over now. I’m ok.” she said.
“I know you are, but this made me realize how much I love you. I don’t want us to be apart ever again.” he said.
Jerrica smiled and realized her beauty mask was cracking.
Scott Trevor got down on one knee.
‘Scott, what are you….?” she said, her eyes welling up.
“Jerrica Benton, I am Scott Trevor, son of Steve and Queen Diana Trevor. I am heir to the royal house of Paradise Island. Aphrodite has seen fit that you win my heart. I come to you, humbled by your beauty, your grace, your laugh. Jerrica Benton, will you take my hand and accept my family for your own, my home as your own, and my people as your own? Jerrica, will you marry me?” the olive skinned man said looking up into her eyes.
For a moment Jerrica was silent, trying to take this all in.
“Oh Scott! Yes, YES! YES!!!!!!!!!!!” Jerrica said crying and hugging her fiance. “Look at me! Are you sure you want to marry me?” she giggled as she pointed to her pony tail and beauty mask.
“You’ve never looked more beautiful to me. Jerrica, I love you. I love you so much it hurts.” he said. He was crying now. “Here, I have a token of my pledge to you.” he smiled.
Jerrica had never seen a more beautiful ring. A huge diamond was in the middle surrounded by many tiny ones. Diamonds made a semi-circle around the shiny silver band. He slipped the ring on her finger. He said, “This ring is my pledge to you. I will love you forever.”
“Oh Scott….” Jerrica sobbed. “It’s beautiful. I’ll never take it off!”
“I told my mom about my plans. She and Dad are elated. They love you so much. My mom had the best artisans on Paradise Island craft the ring. It’s made from the same material as my gauntlets. The diamond in the middle represents you and I, the diamonds around the middle represent friends and family, as well as the gods’ blessings. The diamonds stop halfway through the band representing our future to come. The diamonds that are already there are for our time together so far.”
“Scott Trevor, you are too good to me.” She said as tears streamed down her face. “I love you. I love you with all of my heart. I am honored that you asked me to be your bride. I’ll never let you down, I promise.”
Within minutes, Jerrica was on the phone with all of the members of the Holograms squealing with delight about her good news.
***
EPILOGUE 3:
A few days later at the Hall of Justice, the entire membership had been assembled. No one was quite sure what prompted such an emergency meeting. Wonder Man and Jemstone were the last to arrive.
Nightvision was at the head of the table. “There’s no easy way to say this….”
“Nightvision, before you drop whatever bomb you have, I have an announcement.” Wonder Man smiled.
Jemstone didn’t say a word, but simply held up her hand, her engagement ring catching the light.
“You guys are getting married!!!!!!” Power Lad shouted.
All of the girls squealed like giddy school children. The Titans all rushed Wonder Man and Jemstone.
Wonder Warrior hugged his cousin. “Way to go cuz! Welcome to the family, Jerrica.”
Wonder Girl hugged Wonder Man, “I didn’t have you pegged as the marrying type, Scotty!”
“We can celebrate later. We have business to discuss.” Nightvision said as the newly engaged couple took their seats, holding hands.
“When we arrived at Dr. Light’s hideout, I heard something…something about Dr. Light being murdered.” Nightvision said looking at The Huntress, Lady Light, Sargona, Sonic Boom, and Jemstone.
“You know, I wondered what had happened to Dr. Light, but when I heard what he did to Trickshot I didn’t think to question how he got his neck broken.” Queen Bee added.
“I’m sure he deserved it.” Kid Comet said. “We all saw what he did to Trickshot.”
“Death is not bad enough for what he did.” Hawkgirl said.
“You aren’t listening. I heard one of you girls say something about keeping what you did to yourselves. One of you murdered Dr. Light. He was an old man again when he was lying on the floor. I need answers, ladies.” Nightvision demanded.
“Why?” Sargona huffed. ‘What difference does it make? I think he got what was coming to him, not just for what he did to Trickshot, but to all the women over the years he attacked.”
“But, that’s not our call to make.” Power Guy added. He felt that Dr. Light got what he deserved, but he agreed with Nightvision. “If we go around killing villains, we are no better than they are. We have to trust the system.”
“The same system that let Dr. Light out of jail time after time?” Dark Arrow said.
All of the girls who were involved with the Dr. Light case were getting nervous.
“Fine, I want to speak to each of you--Huntress, Jemstone, Sargona, Sonic Boom, and Lady Light. I want to hear each of your accounts about what happened. He was de-powered and old…did he try something? Was it self defense?”
The five super heroines involved all looked each other, recalling their pact. They all knew the truth would come out.
“Rather do it sooner, than later.” the girl thought. “Still, I think what I did was right.”
“Last chance to confess ladies.” Nightvision urged.
“Why are you pushing this?” Wonder Man bellowed. “Why are you going all Perry Mason? I’m sure there were extenuating circumstances. And from what I’ve heard you’ve been operating a bit outside the law since Blackbird dumped you!”
Nightvision shot Wonder Man a cold look and said, “Dr. Light had a few relatives. His family is asking questions. With the Titans’ somewhat spotty past, they have concerns. We can’t have anymore bad items about us in the news. If Amanda Waller--”
A voice spoke out. “I did it. I killed Dr. Light.”
All eyes turned as she stood up. “I did it. None of the other girls had anything to do with it. In fact, they all tried to stop me.” the Titan said quietly.
The collective membership was stunned at seeing who spoke these words.
TO BE CONTINUED