This chapter begins on a high note, or rather, a high scorpion. As it appears that a rather large insect was chasing a tiny, blonde girl in a rocky landscape; her most notable features would be her brown leather gloves, and a butterfly shaped hair clip.
As the young lady charges ahead, the giant tail is lifted for a strike; it comes down inches from her and throws her off balance. She skids across the ground and rubs her head, finding that her hair clip has been knocked loose to fall nearby. As she reaches for it, that enormous stinger punches into the dirt and again just misses her; she is off and running in an instant, with the creature giving chase.
Now she swerves to avoid an outcropping, which is destroyed by a sweep of the scorpion's claws, and vaults over a lower formation to keep ahead. She runs flat out, stopping at a wall of rock and turns to find the beast's shadow falling over her. She cowers against the sheer face as the scorpion prepares to lunge. But before the creature can move, though, a tremor shakes the ground. The girl's eyes are now glowing yellow and whose mouth has assumed a cruel smile; her hair blows all around her.
The rocks begins to crack and shift, and one end of a natural bridge across the canyon breaks loose and is lifted into the air, pulling free; she raises her hands and groans with the effort as the slab goes higher and higher. Her hands are glowing as well as she brings them down, and the rock drops squarely on top of the scorpion to crush it flat. One final tail spasm and scream of pain, and the thing falls silent.
And from atop this canyon, our five heroes had been observing this fight, thinking they had to intervene. Specifically, Devan had taken the form of a robotic armadillo, with pistons on his elbows.
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Teen Titans: The Alien Force
FanfictionThe world is protected by many groups, both young and old, but none are as well known as the Teen Titans. With each member having a unique power or skill, they made it their duty to fight evil in all forms, but things begin to change as they discove...