Livy Dark

The Darkness of a girl

It was at least 12:00 in the morning when she had all the courage she would ever get to leave. It was dark and chilly against her pale and sensitive skin. The minute her feet hit the grass on the other side of the fence she heard a gun load.

Vivian's head snapped back so fast that the flash was quaking in his spandex. The sight before her made her blood run and drop to a freezing temperature. She bit her cracked lips and peeled off a flap of the skin.

Her father, Mr. Freeze, had a gun and was inside a robe. He had a disappointed look resting on his features. His lips peeked up when he saw tears glaze over her eyes, "Now my love what are you doing?"

Vivian didn't answer and just ran to his arms and hugged him tightly, "I-I'm scared!" She cried and then backed away from him. He had a disgusted look on his face. He shot a bullet at her which she immediately froze as if came in contact with her palm. She let out a scream and ran. She ran from all the pain and sadness he had caused her. All the memories of good times and bad times.

She stopped at a cliff, water was rushing out from the water fall to her left and a large sewage drain was infecting the water. She heard gun shots behind her and instinctively jumped. She jumped off the cliff and into the water, into the rocks. She gasped as the water froze. The impact of the ice was enough To knock her cold though, and that wasn't good.
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She felt a cold sensation when she woke up. She was inside a small room and could hear arguing in the distance. She moved to stand up but immediately fell. Pain rushed into her back and she looked at the creme colored walls with a blank expression.

"FINE! Then she's coming with me!" A teenage boy with black hair yelled from outside of the room. He had a domino mask covering his eyes and next to him was a man with ears and a cowl. It was batman and robin.

She immediately screamed causing the pair to look at her. Robin was the first to act and walked inside the room with batman trailing behind him.

"Stay back!" She yelled holding a needle that was on the counter. She had fear painting her expression and she didn't even realize she was getting wrapped inside a hug. Robin was hugging her tightly with a warmth that was different then what she had felt before. It was calming.

"He won't hurt you anymore." Robin said as Vivian sobbed.

A couple minutes past and the girl sat on the bed as the dynamic duo explained all the lies she was told.

"We are not bad people. Your father lied to you. Does hurting people feel good?" Robin said in a gentle tone. Viviana shook her head as a response.

"Well we save people from getting hurt. I'm robin and this is my friend Batman." Vivian nodded she was about 15 and the boy looks the same, maybe a year older.

"Can you tell me what happened? What he did to you?" The black haired boy asked, she simply nodded and took in a sharp breathe.

"H-He hurt me. He said he loved me and then would hit me. He said he cared but when I was hurt he hurt me more. He said I was never going to be alone but whenever I was lonely he was no where to be found. You see I have these powers?" She didn't know how to explain them, "And whatever I touch I can freeze. My dad would put me to the test and if I failed I would get beat, or cut, or b-burnt." She had broken and started to sob quietly "I was just so scared! I am so sorry I hurt you! Please don't b-burn me."

Robin had tears in his eyes and pulled her into a hug. She snuggled her head into his neck. His spandex got damp with tears but he didn't mind, not one bit.

A couple minutes went by and Vivian was in Barbra Gordon's room getting changed Into clothes.

She was in a pair of ripped jeans with a blue tank top and the leather jacket she had when she came here. She looked inside the mirror once she was left alone.

She had white hair with a single blue streak. Her eyes where an Ivy green and she had a cut on her eyebrow. Cuts littered her face and legs. Burns contradicted her pale skin and bruises where on both of her eyes. Her cheeks had a natural blush but that was covered with tears.

She hated the thought of herself and she finally collapsed onto the floor with silent tears, "He loves me! HE LOVES MY GOD DAMNIT!" She yelled trying to convince herself that her so called father still loved her. The masked boy was immediately wrapping her in his embrace, "It's okay, I promise." He picked her up and walked down the stairs .

"What's your name?" He asked as she sat on the stairs with him.

She though for a long while, "I'm Livy, Livy Dark." And then she was in a car going to a team far away, as Robin had said it was to meet his friends. But the newly named girl was still hesitant.

As the ride dragged on her eyes began to sink and she was soon laying on Robins shoulder sleeping for the first time in weeks.