The Queen's Legacy (Phase Two)

[craaazyisland]

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As quickly as it had begun, the Tyrant's rampage down in the City was over. He was last seen disappearing into the alleys around Religion Row, where any pursuers were thrown off in the maze of temples and shrines. It was probably better they leave him alone in any case... seeing what had happened to those who didn't.

It had been a few hours. The City was once again quiet, dotted by small areas of destruction and trails of blood where the Tyrant had brawled with crew members. The injured had been gathered and shipped to the Outsider's hotel until they could be moved to medical proper. And though the situation was not over, it was safe enough to go down, survey the damage and start cleaning up.

...Maybe.



A few blocks from the hotel, something was quietly growing in the darkness of a rubble pile.

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Re: The Hotel (Refuge for the Injured)

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy was at his side in a heartbeat, "Easy dude easy. She's OK err...well not really but so long as we get a doctor down here like we're planning she'll be fine." He looked nervously at the door as if expecting a doctor to come rushing in at any moment. "She had a bad run in with the monster of the week out there."

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

His kept his hand in front of his mouth, trying to keep his eyes away from the wound on her shoulder.

He could help with that healing. He just had to use that shield of his. But after the last time he used them- when he had lost control- he had promised himself that he wouldn't use them again.

But back them he had hurt Katara. If he didn't use them now to do what he could, wouldn't that be just like hurting her again.

"B-Beastboy..." his voice cracked nervously, "if I start ac-acting weird... K-knock me out?"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy blinked slowly, "Um...alright but weird's a pretty broad definition or you." He joked weakly. "What did you have in mind? Can you heal her?"

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara murmured quietly. She could feel that something was making her move, and she was starting to slowly regain consciousness. She hurt all over: aching was definitely new to her, and she moaned quietly.

"Wha-ss goin' on?"

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

He nodded. "J-jus... w-well, y-you'll know somethin's wrong..."

He pulled a chair over next to Katara and sat down, taking a deep breath. Putting his shaking hand on Katara's good shoulder he made a soft hushing sound, "J-jus' lay d-down. Relax..."

If this went wrong, he could do so much more damage. But the sound Katara made reached right to Alex's heart. He had to try at least. And Beastboy was there, waiting to stop him if something happened. He used the sick, nervous feeling to encircle Katara and himself in an invisible forcefield. Within the field, wounds healed faster than normal. It would only a half hour for the visible wound on her shoulder to heal, but he couldn't be sure in regards to anything else.

As an after-thought, he made the shield visible so that others wouldn't accidentally run into its hard surface by accident. "I'm g-gonna t-try ta make things better..." He closed his eyes so that he wouldn't have to look at the open wound and instead focused on holding onto that feeling of nervousness without letting it rule him.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy felt his stomach do a flip. Alex was so nervous about using his powers but he was making an effort. "You can do it dude. Just keep calm. We're right here with ya." He encouraged gently.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara sighed and tried to sit up, then lay back down, groaning. The cut on her chest had been pretty deep, and getting the wind knocked out of her had certainly not been her best moment. She sighed, craning her head a bit and swallowing. She hated being weakened like this, but she knew that Alex deserved a chance to give her the strength to get over this: she still wanted to help.

She looked over and saw that Beastboy was there and...was she in the hotel?@!

"Hey, how did I get here?"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"Well um...the long and short of it is that you got in a scuffle with the big bad and lost. Nanashi brought you here and well...that's actually a pretty short story." He grinned hopefully.

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Alex sat silently, trying to ignore the two talking. "Y-you should jus' take it easy, K-Katara... It's at l-least safe here."

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Take it easy? Not likely, especially when it came to all of the people that might have been injured by Steve, who she was sure was still caught by the monster. She had to do something.

WAIT! Now she thought of her Bonded, and her fear started to rise. She forced herself up, hair out of place and uncaring.

"What about Billy? Renne? Are the other Outsiders okay?"

She was hurt, but she wasn't dead. What about the others?

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"Shhh shh shh easy easy!" Beastboy urged trying to keep calm. "Everyone's fine and you're not going to be helping anyone like you are right now!"

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

"K-Katara... I c-can only k-keep this up f-for an h-hour... at most. A-after that you c-can go. 'Till then... Y-you're staying." His heart was beating harder, and his stomach was revolting, which was not helping him keep control over his shadow. It was only making things worse. He swallowed hard.

He had to think he could do this. He couldn't let his fears break him. If he let himself think that he would fail, then he would lose control.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara listened to the both of them...and knew that if she resisted, if she blindly got up and forced herself to fight in this condition, it would damage more than help. Alex and Beastboy were Outsiders as much as she was, and she considered herself equal to them: what kind of co-leader would forsake the advice of a co-leader and a member?

"All right," she said, lying back. She stilled her private emotions to jump and fight. "Please...tell me how Billy and Renne are, and how the other Outsiders are doing. I need to know they're ok."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"They came in a little bit after you did." Beastboy smiled reassuringly, "They'll be alright. You guys were pretty lucky all things considered. It's starting to look like a war down there."

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Alex began focusing on his breathing in the way that Zuko had been teaching him. It was helping him concentrate on keeping the field up, and helping to keep his panic from rolling into a full panic attack.

"I... I s-suppose if there's no one else... I c-can help them too, b-but I'd n-need ta rest..." And quiet. Quiet would help now, but he couldn't bring himself to tell them to shut up, even in a nicer way.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara was starting to feel antsy, but at least she was better now: she was focused, after all, on the task at hand, which was getting better and making sure Billy and Renne were all right.

That, and well, she didn't take too kindly to losing a fight.

"What's the status on Steve then? Is he still wrecking things?"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"Yeah pretty much." Beastboy pulled the curtains on the window to peer out into the city, "The more people we get hanging out here the worse the news sounds." He put a hand to the cold glass of the window as if he could see Steve out there now, "Dude's totally ripping through our heroes like tissues."

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

There goes his stomach again. He puts his hand up to his mouth and then leans forward to rest his elbow on his knee. What if whoever-it-was managed to get into the hotel? "I-is... he c-close?"

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

At this point Katara rose, feeling much better than she had, which was good: it meant she could heal herself now, if needed.

But she also had some other work to do.

"ADEAT!" She called, and her normal clothing was replaced with a long white cloak with a hood and blue trim. She hadn't planned the outfit, but it was just as well: this needed to happen.

She turned to Alex, smiling. "Thank you."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy had been about to comfort Alex with false promises of protection and strength when Katara suddenly...inexplicably changed clothes. "Whoa...dude that's a new trick."

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Alex's eyes snapped open as he felt his shield shatter. He realized instantly that the chance of him losing control was gone and he sighed in relief.

"K-Katara... Are you s-sure you're- Woah." He finally realized the clothing change Katara went through. "Wh-when did you learn ta do that?"

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara grinned. "Call it a gift from Negi Springfield. Point is, I'm okay now, aside from that scratch. And now...people are going to need help here, aren't they?"

She looked at the two. "Do you know how many else are hurt?"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy shook his head, "I lost count, I've just been trying to let everyone know where our medic supplies were." He made a bridge with his pointer fingers, "Sorry."

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Alex bit at his lip, staring at the floor. "W-well, i-if you're okay... th-then I think... M-maybe... I sh-should g-get going."

He used the the top of his shoe to scratch the back of his leg.

Medbays were anything but a place of comfort for him.