Chapter 19 - Date with Destiny

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In a dimly lit room, ranks of dark pane glass holds pens that are stuffed with black silhouettes. It shakes a bit as several pairs of glowing eyes open behind it, which the whirring sound of many beating wings are heard.

A voice begins to speak male, but distorted somewhat. "Patience my children. Soon, you shall wreak havoc you crave." Standing at a worktable, he is humanoid covered with black and white fuzz and has two pairs of striated insect wings sprout from his back. He is in the basement of a house, working under the illumination provided by an overhead skylight. "Soon, I shall have the power I deserve. Soon, the entire city will bow before its new master... Killer Moth!" His head is that of the aforementioned insect, and the fuzz stops short of his abdomen and legs, which are covered with tough gray hide. He laughs madly, but a second voice cuts him off in a heartbeat.

This one is young, female, and very petulant. "DADDY!! DAAAADDDDDYYYYY!!" Through the layers of the house and in a pink room, she is a teenager, blonde, wearing pink pajamas and sitting on a bed.

Killer Moth smashes the closed door open and runs in. "Daddy's working, Kitten. Can't this wait until-?"

The blonde-headed girl storms back and forth. "No! He broke up with me. My stupid ex-boyfriend Fang broke up with me! And now I don't have a date for the prom!" As she crosses before him, she is seen wearing a pink band in her hair to hold it back. A telephone is flung across the room, then a pillow, and then she pulls at her hair and throws herself facedown on the bed with a groan. Starts to cry and yell.

Her father sits down next to her and holds his hand uncertainly out toward her back, not having much of an idea what to do in this crisis. Finally, he comforts her. Through the bedroom window, the sky is seen to be darkening into the purple of early evening. "Uh... there, there. I'm sure you'll find another date."

She sits up and groans disgustedly. "Prom is tomorrow, Daddy. I don't have time to find another date. So you're gonna find one for me!"

Killer Moth stands up. "Now, Kitten, be reasonable! You don't seriously expect me to-"

Kitten sits up to face him. "And I don't want just anyone. I want someone handsome, and popular, and totally cool. Someone no other girl could get. Someone who'll drive Fang wild with jealousy! I want-"

The black ooze begins to crawl and take form around your body, feet first. It makes its way past your knees that leaves the color red behind. The rest of your legs, below the waist and above the knees are coded with black. The black tissue then spreads all around your upper body, the color black at your sides and underarms while the rest are red, and a black spider symbol with small white outlines is seen on your chest. A much wider, white spider symbol is behind your back. Around your palms are black as well, but leaving your fingers red. And lastly, the black goo covers your head and facial features, forming itself into a red mask.

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Robin speeds through the streets of Jump City on a red motorcycle whose windshield hugs the front fender. A large R is stenciled onto a circular protrusion near the footrest. He wears a red crash helmet that is marked with an R. He bent over the handlebars, his cape blowing nearly straight out behind him due to the high velocity. "Range to target!"

In another street, you were swinging through while the T-Car is rolling up fast, with Raven in the front passenger seat.

Cyborg is at the wheel. "Five hundred and closing. Should have visual any-"

Starfire is in flight while Beast Boy, as a vulture, keeps pace with her. "There he is!"

"Correction. There it is." Raven commented.

A hand reaches into a jewelry store window to scoop out the contents. As Cyborg's tires are heard screeching in the distance and his headlights play over the area, the thief is seen to have a teen male's body and a gargantuan spider's head. A complete carapace, with four legs, is attached to the latter. Its legs are long enough to reach the ground. Across the street, the R-Cycle has pulled up and Robin glares at the creature, and Cyborg brings his vehicle in a moment later.

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