DAPHNE GASPED FOR AIR as she landed on the ground, hand clawing at her neck to finally get rid of this kind of whip that clung at her. She couldn't breathe and a chuckle was heard beside her. "I'm not even sorry," the girl replied smugly and Daphne caught a glimpse of the younger girl with also red-colored hair. She had seen her before and memories of the rooftop fight flooded her mind making her grit her teeth.

"Red was always just my kind of color," the girl added and pulled harsher on the whip. "And don't worry about your friends. They will join you soon in the afterlife."

Daphne almost growled at her words and a wave of anger that had been just bubbling inside her, began to rise to the surface. She could feel the change of her once blue orbs; she could feel the faint lines appear on her skin like a cracked doll. With blazing orange and red eyes, Daphne gave the girl a look that made her suddenly step back. A smile curved around her lips and her hand found a part of the whip that still was clinging to her neck.

The girl suddenly screamed in pain before she even noticed that Daphne had lit her whip on fire with just a touch of her fingertips, turning it to ash that laid on the ground like dust.

"You really shouldn't have done that," Daphne told her, not even fully recognizing her voice anymore. She stood up slowly, eyes trained on the girl before her who almost watched her with fear shining in her eyes. But before Daphne could do anything, a shadow appeared behind the girl, knocking her out for now.

The redhead blinked confused, noticing the change of her eyes again as the figure took a step into the light. "This youth," the woman muttered, brushing her dark and long brown hair back. "They have no respect anymore," she added as she shook her head mockingly to the girl she had just knocked out before her eyes snapped up. The woman was pretty, her eyes seemed to spark as they landed on Daphne and a smirk pulled on her lips.

Daphne just stared at her.

"Who are you?"

The woman looked almost disappointed as Daphne asked her this question but the emotions disappeared on her features before the redhead could even think about it. "Well if I would be a cheesy guy I would say your knight in shining armor, but I'm not. And you did handle yourself pretty well but we don't wanna have a dead body already now, would we," the woman joked and Daphne furrowed her eyebrows even more together. "What? I wouldn't have killed her," she exclaimed and the woman seemed a bit skeptical.

"Yeah I'm not so sure about that, but oh well I'm Kira," the woman introduced herself and the name sounded familiar. Suddenly the redhead had the feeling that she knows this woman, this feeling deep down inside her even when her brain shouted at her that she didn't.

Everything was just so fucking confusing.

"Alright, listen Daphne we don't have much time. Go and find your friends and I will try to handle the little kid here by myself if she wakes up again. But you have to go to your friends and don't let them harm the girl with the lilac hair. Got it?" Daphne just nodded, mouth to dry to speak and mind too empty to find a reply, so she just hurried down the dark hallway without turning back, not even noticing that the woman named Kira had already known her name without Daphne telling her.

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"Rachel," Daphne almost yelled as she hit the door. Just in time, Kory rounded the corner, head tilted to the side as she noticed her. "Hey, Daphne what's up?" The magenta haired woman asked and as the redhead turned her head towards her, someone yelled her name. Daphne just ducked in time as a baseball bat hit the door with a force that had been intended for her head leaving her a bit shocked.

Kory was quicker. Launching herself at the guy, ducking the hits from his bat as Daphne knocked again at the door. "Come out right now!" Immediately the door flew open and Rachel looked at her with wide and scared eyes.

This crazy family already had taken the girl and the redhead knew that the parents weren't far behind. But Daphne would not let those psychopaths take Rachel.

Not on her watch.

"Daphne, get them out!" Kory yelled at her as Garfield joined Rachel and nodding her head, she ran down the hallway with the two teens. "Who the fuck are they and why are they after us?" Garfield asked Daphne and she could see the slight fear in his eyes too. She looked down the stairwell, hoping that nothing would wait for them there. "I don't know what kind of fucked up family this is but I know that for whatever reason they want Rachel," she told him and her gaze flickered towards the said girl.

She squeezed her hand in reassurance.

"I promise they will not take you this time Rachel. Not on my fucking watch."

Garfield blinked in surprise as they hurriedly walked down the stairs again. "It's so weird hearing you curse Daphne," he muttered and the redhead just rolled her eyes.

She pushed the door open as the cold air hit her free skin. Eyes ranking over the parking lot as Kory suddenly joined them. "Where's Dick?" The magenta haired female asked and suddenly fear settled inside her heart. Kory was right, Where the hell was Dick?

"I don't know Kory," Rachel answered and suddenly the family was surrounding them. Daphne let her gaze shift towards the parents before her eyes settled on the kids. "Get behind me," Kory told them with a sharp tone in her voice, arms stretching out. "It's time to burn, assholes," she added and Daphne saw the hope shining in Rachel's eyes. Slowly Kory began to glow but as soon as she did, her powers faded away just as quickly.

"Fucking night," the magenta haired female cursed, and Daphne felt her heart beating faster.

Without thinking, Kory walked forwards, ready to hit the father of this group, but the man was faster, ripping off the door of a car as he hit Kory with it, slamming her into a vehicle behind her. A gasp left Daphne's mouth before angered settled in her body again.

Suddenly a hissing sound could be heard as smoke rose from the ground. Daphne could only see as something yanked the father of the group back in the darkness before she could hear someone landing on the ground. Her head whipped around as their eyes met and she knew. Daphne knew those brown eyes that stared back at her even when he looked completely different.

"Dick?" Rachel asked with wide eyes.

"That's Robin," Garfield almost whispered in awe at him before a fight between him and the rest of the family began. Daphne couldn't see much, the smoke getting wider any second, blocking her eyesight. She could hear the hitting noises, the grunts that followed, and then she could see how good Dick Grayson truly was. His movements told her that he did this kind of thing for a long time and she could just watch in absolute awe.

And it looked good. It looked like he would win, but no one saw the father get up so quickly again. No one saw how he ripped off a car door again, slamming it towards Dick. Her eyes widened as his body flew towards another vehicle, hitting it roughly and landing on the floor as he laid there.

It was like something suddenly took over, she didn't even felt the change, she just saw the way Garfield and Rachel looked at her and she knew.

Slowly she turned around, her red hair almost floating around her. And the man just stared at her. In awe or fear, probably both but Daphne didn't care at that moment. "Enough," she hissed with blazing eyes and the mother took a step back. But her husband didn't listen, he tried to attack Daphne but with a clenched fist, he suddenly floated in the air. Not too high just a little bit above the ground but that was enough.

He gasped for air, begging her with his eyes to let him breath but she didn't care. "You won't take Rachel," Daphne hissed at him, at them. "And I promise you, you don't want to fuck with me." And just like that, her power exploded, throwing the family backward and knocking them all out. She could sense the flames raiding off her, almost like wings disappearing into the dark night.

Daphne could feel how her blazing eyes vanished into thin air and suddenly her knees buckled as the darkness welcomed her again.

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