Darkness {Young Justice}

Chapter 16

"Why are we helping that... monster?" Cassie asked. She was wearing her Wonder Girl outfit and was walking with Tim or Robin.

"She might not be a 'monster' as you call her." Tim said to her. "She just... might have been mislead in the past."

"Why are you defending her?" Cassie asked. "You seen the files. You seen what she did. All the lives she took."

"I'm just saying we don't know what she experienced and what had lead her to do what she did. Everyone has a story... you just have to know where to look to find it." Tim said. Cassie stopped while Tim continued to walk forward. She stared at him for a moment walking away and then she looked away. Her blonde hair covered her eyes as she realized where she stopped. There was one door, the door next to her held Darkness... the monster... the cold-hearted killer. She didn't understand why her teammates were helping this... this killer. They act like her hands weren't stained with anyone's blood and yet they are. 'She deserves to be punished for what she done to those people she killed... to those family member's pain.' Cassie thought as she stared at the door. She knew she was just thinking terrible thoughts, but what Darkness had done was inconceivable to her.

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"Hey, where are you going amigo?" Tye asked. Tye was Jaime's best friend and he practically knew everything about him except that he's Blue Beetle. Jaime always wants to tell him, but he couldn't. It was for Tye's own safety.

"I need to study for a history test, sorry hermano." Jaime basically told a white lie to Tye. He was really going to go to Mount Justice to see how Darkness was doing and if the team wanted to hang out.

'It's okay. I'll see you at school." Tye said to him.

"See you tomorrow hermano." Jaime said to Tye. He skateboarded to his house to leave his skateboard and then he was going to leave it behind. When he got home he went to his room and put it in its spot before leaving the house. He went to the disguised zeta tube and walked right in it. A flash of light appeared teleporting him to Mount Justice.

"Recognized Blue Beetle." The machine said when the light disappeared. Nightwing was on the computer and Megan was cleaning up the pieces of a broken plate.

"What happened here?" Jaime asked. He was still in his civilian clothes as he walked in. He looked around as if trying to piece the scene of what had happened.

"Garfield dropped one of the glass plates we had," Megan said.

"Where is he?" Jaime asked.

"He's in the bathroom. He cut himself and went to go find a band aid." Megan said.

"Want me to help?" Jaime asked him.

"No... I'll clean this up myself." Megan said to him.

"Okay," Jaime said hesitantly, but left to the room Darkness was in. All day he was thinking about her condition, he couldn't concentrate on any of his teachers' lessons. He tried to but failed. 'Do you think she woke up?' Jaime thought.

'Likely she did.' The scarab thought. 'Maybe she didn't it's hard to know for sure until we get there.'

'You're right.' Jaime thought. 'We will find out soon enough.' He was in front of the door. On the other side of it was Darkness, awake or still unconscious, he'll soon find out. He grabbed the door handle and opened it. He saw Darkness in the room, but instead on laying down on her back she was laying on her side.

'It seems she woke up, but went back to sleep.' The scarab said.

'Why would she do that?' Jaime thought slightly confused.

'It must be the blood loss. She did lose a lot of blood when we found her.' The scarab said.

"You're right. I'll stay here for a while to see if she'll wake up." Jaime said out loud accidentally. Luckily no one was here that was conscious. Whenever he talks to the scarab once in a while he talks out loud and everyone in the room would think he was crazy. They just don't know that his scarab could talk and they needed to communicate. It was difficult then it seems, but Jaime thought he was doing pretty well for a beginner at least.

'Do whatever you like.' The scarab said to him. Honestly, the scarab didn't really care what Jaime was up to only if it affected him negatively then he will try to knock some sense into him. The scarab thought this was perfectly safe or almost safe because of the killer in the room, but he didn't know about her past. So he knew he couldn't judge her like most everyone else.

Jaime sat on one of the white seats in the room and waited for her to wake up. He needed to know she was okay. Seconds passed by and turned into minutes and minutes turned to hours. In the third hour, Darkness began to move. Jaime's armor covered himself and Darkness opened her eyes. She was confused at first, but then her face showed realization. 'Maybe she did wake up earlier.' Jaime thought. "You're awake." He said to her.

Darkness looked at Blue Beetle like he was an idiot. 'Of course, I'm awake. what does he think I'm doing? Talking in my sleep.' She thought. "Why did you keep saving me?" She wanted to know why. She knew he had seen her files so why does he keep trying to help her? Why hasn't he called her a monster yet?

"I saved you because it was the right thing to do," Jaime said to her.

"But I was being punished for what I had done. I was ready to face any punishment they had for me." Darkness said to him.

"Why do you do that to yourself? Why do you think you deserve to be punished?" Jaime asked. He knew what she had done was wrong, but he didn't blame her. He actually wants to know why she blames herself so much, it strangely intrigues him.

"Because I killed people, not hurt! Killed! And I have to live with that guilt every day of my life! All of my friends are dead and I should have died with them. I was going to die with a smile on my face, but you just had to save me! Death is my punishment and I gladly accept it." Darkness yelled. She wanted to cry all of her bottled up emotions she had stored away in years, but she didn't. In the agency, they taught her that emotions make people weak and she knew she shouldn't show weakness. Not in front of Blue Beetle, not in front of anyone and not even when she's by herself.

Jaime's eyes widen and he went to go sit by her. "It's okay." He said in a calming voice. He tried to touch her arm to comfort her, but she flinched away. "I bet you're hungry. Let's go get you something to eat." Jaime got up and went to the door. He looked back and said, "Come on." Darkness hesitantly got up from the white bed and cautiously followed behind him.