Song Bird (A Young Justice Fanfic WATTY AWARDS 2013)

Chapter 39

Chapter 39

Opening her eyes Warrior groaned as she felt her lungs burning due to the air loss. From what Warrior could see she was tied down to a chair in chains. The table was covered with food and a rotten smell. But as she looked around more she realised that it wasn't the food that was rotten but the person sat next to her. Warrior felt physically sick as she the image of the dead man's rotten corspe sitting beside her, tied to the chair with ropes.

The whimpers came next. Looking down the table she noticed a women with pale blonde hair sitting at the bottom of the table. The silent tears fell down her face as she looked around in fear. She was pretty and young but looked like she had been attacked. She noticed Warrior staring at her.

"W-who're you?" The women asked fearfully.

"My names Warrior"

"Your one of those superheroes" the women said through her tears.

Warrior sighed. "I try to be"

"Do you know why he's doing this?" The women asked as hee voice cracked.

"No.. what's your name?"

"Evie.. Evie Smith"

"Right Evie, listen to me everythings going to be okay.." Warrior looked to a groaning infront of her. "Nightwing!" She exclaimed as he looked up at her from his bloodied face.

"Warrior.." Nightwing tried to get up causing the table to jerk. "I'm tied down" he said after a few attempts of trying to get up.

"Well I'm chained down so think yourself lucky"

"Chained?" He asked before catching sight of the corpse beside Warrior.

"Nightwing look" Warrior said her voice barely a whisper as she looked to the small corpse beside him.

Nightwing let out a pained gasp as he looked at where the small boy with the short Brown hair and large brown eyes sat. His mouth hung open slightly from when he last took his last breath.

"What happened to him?!" He yelled at Evie who started to sob hard.

"He did it.. ripped out his throat.."

Warrior bit her lip hard to stop herself from crying. She couldn't cry now. A dark shadow with red eyes slowly and quietly walked out from behind Evie. He smiled and revealed to Warrior at the corner of her eye the sharp long silver spike. As he walked over to Evie Warrior called to her.

"Evie listen to me okay. Your going to be fine. Just listen to my voice okay. Stay with me Evie"

Her father put a hand on Evie's shoulder.

Warrior couldn't see what he was doing but Evies eyes widdened in pain but no sound escaped her lips though it looked like she wanted to cry out.

"Stay with me Evie! Stay with me! Evie! Stay with me!" Warrior chanted, nearly screamed at the poor girl.

The metal spike came through Evie's throat and her eyes rolled. Both hero's stomach turned but they stopped themselves from getting sick. Evie slumped in her chair, dead as a door nail.

Warrior's father laughed as he walked up behind Nightwing and put a hand on his shoulder.

"No!! No!!" Warrior screamed at her father.

"Why does everyone leave me Storm?" He asked.

Warrior noticed that the spike was still lodged into Evie's throat.

"Roxie's mother left me. Roxie left me. You left me.. and I'm sick of it!" He yelled as he pressed hard on Nightwings shoulder causing him to cry out in pain. "This time you won't leave me!!"

"Stop!! Please stop hurting him!"

Warrior's father seemed to calm down as he removed his hand away from Nightwing's shoulder.

"Nobody's going to leave me now. I've got you, I've got two people you love so you won't be lonely. I just have to find Roxie and we can all be together again. I couldn't find Roxie's mother but I found her lover Reynold"

By then Warrior's father had walked past Nightwing and her and was now touching the corpse beside her.

"Say hi Reynold"

Warrior was nearly sick as she looked over at the corpse. Then a sudden thought came to Warrior's mind. For the corpse to be in that state it would have had to be there years.

"How long have you been here?" She asked, her voice barely a whisper.

"Since you left me. I've been here rotting away just like my friends" he whispered to her. "But you'll never leave again. Those chains are vampire proof which I heard you are now. Killed your first human yet? No? Well then aren't we lucky you brought your friend here?"

"No" Warrior said behind her teeth.

"I've never had my meat in tights before" Warrior's father said as he walked up to Nightwing.

'Storm.. Storm.. are you okay?' The sudden thought popped into her head unwillingly.

'Connor? Connor! Where are you?'

'Where are you? Where's Nightwing?'

'Trapped.. Where in a small cottage, can you find our location?'

'Miss M has it now. Were on our way. Are you alright?'

'No. Nightwing could have possible damage done to his shoulder. I'm fine. Though if you guys don't hurry up were dead'

'Five minutes'

With that he was gone and there was suddenly a huge crashing noise. Warrior looked up to one of her swords on the ground that had fallen from her fathers hold onto the ground. Her father was grinning while Nightwing was screaming and yelling and cursing every name under the sun. Warrior only then noticed the match in her fathers hands and the blood running down her costume. She hadn't even felt the blade slicing across her throat.

Before he could touch her with the flame the doors burst open. Superman flew into the house and flew into Warrior's father who dropped the match and fell to the ground. Connor had already untied Nightwing. Dark spots where invading Warriors vision as her eyelips began to get heavy. As superman tore apart her father Warrior slipped into a deep unconscious as Nightwing and Superboy where trying to remove the chains. The last thing Warrior heard who both young men calling her name and begging her not to die.