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CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN: HE KILLED A FRIEND OF OURS
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→ THE TITANS ALL LOOKED at jericho, "how did you get this power?" donna asked.
jericho signed at octavia, "he said he doesn't know." octavia translated, "he thinks it's from the drugs his dad took when he was in the military."
"how long have you had this power?" dawn asked, signing to jericho.
"he doesn't know. since he was a kid." octavia said as jericho signed his response, "the only person he told was his dad... once."
jericho started telling the story, "him and his dad were late to his lesson. a truck cut us off. the driver got out of the car. wanting to start a fight with his dad. jericho stopped the drive by jumping into his body. his dad got back in the car with jericho and ask him if he did that. slade told him his powers came from him. he said to keep his powers hidden. never show people..." dawn translated.
"the only other person he's told was his mom. until now." dawn finished.
"body hopping." donna said softly, "there's so much you can do with that."
"can i talk to you two for a second, please?" dawn asked, walking to the grayson siblings. octavia looked over her shoulder. dick turned and followed dawn. dick grabbed octavia's arm, dragging her with him.
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"you're two supposed to break things off." dawn told dick. "i swear that's what i wanted to do. but then i saw that jericho got a gift." dick said.
"we agreed to cut ties." dawn said.
"we need this. a gift like that he's gonna use. it's too tempting not too. we can help him use it for the right reason, the right way."
"that's awfully convenient. jericho's needs and yours." dawn replied.
"i thought we all wanted slade." dick said.
"we do, but not at jericho's expense." dawn replied. "she's got a point..." octavia said softly.
"look at us. we're using a kid. imagine if it was her," dawn looked at octavia, "you would react just like how i am. jericho is just a kid who wants from friends with a damaged, fucked up father."
"slade took from us." dick said.
"he's still taking from us." dawn replied.
"what're you taking about?" dick asked.
"i woke up alone. i go to sleep alone too." dawn said. octavia frowned, "this just turned into a dick and dawn conversation... so... i'm gonna go." octavia said. octavia nodded and clicked her tongue, leaving the two of them alone.
"you're a ghost these days." dawn said.
"i'm sorry. i know i've been burning at both ends. i know how this looks. me and octavia bringing him here, taking him on." dick said, "i'm telling you. he needs us."
"needs us for what?" dawn asked.
"a place to belong. he wants to be out there in the world. to find his people. but for him, it's not gonna he so easy, he's a freak!" dick said.
"just like us." dawn said.
"exactly."
"you do have a saving people problem, dick grayson."
"i'm working on it."
"that's why i fell in love. if he stays... we tel him the truth. how we all met and why. cards on the table."
"cards on the table." dick replied.
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the doors to the armory slide open as jericho walks up to where the titans suits where. dick, dawn, and octavia behind him.
jericho looked around at the suits. "this is who we are." octavia said.
jericho looked back at them. "titans." dick said. jericho looked around at the six suits.
"i'm dove." dawn said, "hank is hawk."
"donna is wondergirl." dick added.
"and i'm sparrow." octavia said. "i'm robin." dick added. jericho smiled as he made his way back to the three of them.
"we would love for you to join us." dawn said. jericho gasped silently. he spun around and smiled brightly at them.
"but there's something you need to know." octavia said.
"i haven't exactly been clear with you." dick said, "when we met at the record store. i went there to try and talk to you. i lies to you because i wanted to get information from you. your father was never an insurance agent. he's a paid assassin." jericho frowned.
"he killed for a living. using the name deathstroke." octavia said. jericho signed his response.
"how do you know my dad kills people?" dawn translated.
"he killed a friend of ours. a few weeks ago." dick replied. jericho looked down.
"your dad's a hard man to track down. we hit a wall and we decided... i decided to approach you to see if you can help us find him." dick continued.
"that was all before we knew you. things are different now." jericho looked at octavia. she nodded, confirming her brother was telling the truth.
"it's not about your dad now. we want you to join us." dick said, "but first you need to know who we are."
"no more lies." dawn said, signing to jericho.
jericho looked back at garth suit. he pointed to his suit.
"he wants to know if he's our friend who his dad killed." dawn said softly. dick walked up to jericho, "yes. aqualad."
jericho signed to dick. he looked over at the two girls, "he wants to know the truth about his dad. everything." dawn said.
