A fiery portal appears in the living room of the Titans South base. Kid Devil steps out of it and finds that all the lights are off, making the room very dark. He sighs as he looks around
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Eddie's eyes go wide with utter shock. It almost seems too good to be true.
"Aunt...Marla?" He says softly. She's still shrouded in darkness, but he knows that it's her. Eddie's legs begin to quiver and his eyes well up with tears. Eddie runs towards Marla, tears streaming, and wraps his arms around her in a hug that he's waited so long to give her.
"You're alive..." Eddie manages to say between sniffles. "I missed you so much Aunt Marla. It is me, it's Gopher." Eddie buries his face against Marla's shoulder. It takes a moment before he realizes something feels very wrong. He can't feel any warmth from her. Eddie slowly pulls away, wipes his eyes, and looks at Marla's face, only to discover the horrible truth. Marla's face was deathly pale, her skin was rotting away, an eye was missing. Eddie recoils from her.
Her not-quite-right voice is off-pitch, confused, her remaining eye wide as she reaches after him when he pulls away. She puts one hand to his shoulder, gripping too tight to be comfortable, as if she's unaware of her own strength. The other hand lights on one of his horns, cold fingers threading through his silver-white hair.
Oh Eddie... Her hand squeezes around the horn for a moment, just a bit too tight. What did you do Eddie?
Eddie's too scared to move. He doesn't know what to do. It's Marla, but she's changed. She looks dead.
"I...I changed into a real devil." Eddie answers, shaking. "I-I can be a real h-hero now. I am one...I can really help people now, instead of just getting in the way..."
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The voice is soft, perhaps a little garbled from what he remembers, but it's still recognizable; it's still Marla, just a little bit.
She takes slow shuffling steps across toward him, eyes wide with surprise.
Eddie is that you?
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"Aunt...Marla?" He says softly. She's still shrouded in darkness, but he knows that it's her. Eddie's legs begin to quiver and his eyes well up with tears. Eddie runs towards Marla, tears streaming, and wraps his arms around her in a hug that he's waited so long to give her.
"You're alive..." Eddie manages to say between sniffles. "I missed you so much Aunt Marla. It is me, it's Gopher." Eddie buries his face against Marla's shoulder. It takes a moment before he realizes something feels very wrong. He can't feel any warmth from her. Eddie slowly pulls away, wipes his eyes, and looks at Marla's face, only to discover the horrible truth. Marla's face was deathly pale, her skin was rotting away, an eye was missing. Eddie recoils from her.
(FEAR)
"Aunt Marla?!"
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Her not-quite-right voice is off-pitch, confused, her remaining eye wide as she reaches after him when he pulls away. She puts one hand to his shoulder, gripping too tight to be comfortable, as if she's unaware of her own strength. The other hand lights on one of his horns, cold fingers threading through his silver-white hair.
Oh Eddie... Her hand squeezes around the horn for a moment, just a bit too tight. What did you do Eddie?
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"I...I changed into a real devil." Eddie answers, shaking. "I-I can be a real h-hero now. I am one...I can really help people now, instead of just getting in the way..."
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