OC POV

I was in the garage working another prototype of a new suit sitting legs crossed on the floor. I was using ARI to create my suit using holographic models. I was surrounded by holographic models for my suit, like stars.

"Imm, no that won't work," I then scrunched up something and threw it into my holographic bin. I moved my padding to the side and focused on my arms. I put my arm through the holographic and tapped away.

"Hmm, if we add uranium in here it should balance the heat. No, it's too heavy," I scrap the idea and throw it into my bin.

"What are you doing?" I hear a voice. I look to see Damian in a grey short-sleeved shirt and dark blue jeans.

"Working on my new suit," I say. "Don't move anything,"

He walks to me dodging all the holograms. "Woah, Val you cease to amaze me," he marvels at my creation. "Is that a space ship?" he asks

"Yeah, you never know if you're going to space," I chuckle. He sits next to me, "Is that super metal?" he says looking at the holographic object and grabs it.

"Yeah, I use that for the lining for my suit. It helps stick everything together and reacts perfectly to my neon lighting," I say

"How did you get your hands on that?" he asks

"Well, since our encounter with superman he had some on him. I managed to recreate or manipulate it and reconstruct it. I do that with a lot of my things. My suit is like a memory file, it scans the stuff around me all the materials. Then comes the hard part, I manipulate the atoms to match the medium with a special machine I created. After I do that I store so I can use it again in my designs," I explain

"Val, have I ever told you are amazing," he turns to me. I blush slightly.

"Um, thanks," I say

"But one question Supermanium is really heavy since it's made of dwarf stars and ways a million tones how did you make it so light?" he asks

"Well like I said when I was reconstructing the atoms I also made some alterations that didn't break the structure of the medium. So now instead of one million tones, it's one milligram," I say.

"Val, this, this is ahead of its time. It's like making something out of nothing. You're like a goddess,"

My heart starts beating rapidly, oh no. Wait he didn't mean actual-,

"I'm no god, I'm simply a scientist who's pursuing in the matter at hand," I say.

"Still you amazing," he says. "Aren't you hot in that jumper, it's July?" he says

I take off my navy jumper leaving me in my white crop top.

"Val," he says worriedly, looking at my arm to where my scar was from what I got from Scarlet Gemini. He runs his fingers next to my scar. "Where did you get this?"

"Um, I was tied to a chair and someone kinda slit a dagger down my skin," I say.

"Val, please be careful. I'm worried, I know I wasn't there but-"

I had another flashback of Madam Malus whipping me in a small room painted all black.

"Val," I hear Damian say.

"Look, Damian, thank you for your consideration but I can I'm fine. Okay, I've been through worst," I grab my box and get up, I start to leave but he gets up and grabs my wrist.

"Val," he says. "what do you mean been through worst?"

I pull my wrist out of his grip. "Look, I'll fix it up at the cradle," I say and head to my room. I turn on the cradle and the laser starts fixing up the tissue. I sigh.

Flashback

"How dare you try to escape," Madame Malum whips me, and I sit vulnerable in the corner of the room. I remember the tears I felt and the pain.

"Ad--- you have no need to escape. You are the best in our program, and the best student we have ever seen. Yet, you disobey orders, selfish child," she continues to whip my back.

"This pain should teach you. Pain will make you stronger, pain is an ally," she said. And finishes, leaving me in the completely pitch black room for a day.

Flashback ends

'Completed' ARI says

I look at my arm in the mirror and there was no more scar.

(Play song)

She just wants to be beautiful
She goes unnoticed, she knows no limits
She craves attention, she praises an image
She prays to be sculpted by the sculptor

I sit on my bed looking at the window. I lye beneath the covers and rest my pillow and hug another pillow.

Oh, she don't see the light that's shining
Deeper than the eyes can find it
Maybe we have made her blind
So she tries to cover up her pain and cut her woes away
'Cause cover girls don't cry after their face is made

I remember that ten-year-old girl endured when I tried to escape that first time. I also all the other crazy lessons and phases I went through as well. The serums, the torture, the things I witnessed. The only excuse they had was Pain will mould you to something stronger, and that pain was the foundation of the organisation.

But there's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful
Oh-oh, oh-oh
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

Then when I was eleven I finally escaped, I snuck on a boat to the mainland and finally saw the sky. From then I travelled as well but also on the run. I was thirteen when I met the Titans, I was caught in a crossfire. I saved their butts back then.

She has dreams to be an envy, so she's starving
You know, covergirls eat nothing
She says beauty is pain and there's beauty in everything
What's a little bit of hunger?
I could go a little while longer, she fades away
She don't see her perfect, she don't understand she's worth it
Or that beauty goes deeper than the surface
Oh, oh
So to all the girls that's hurting
Let me be your mirror, help you see a little bit clearer
The light that shines within

The last thing I needed was to stay with them, but when I found out I was free but still had to help them on missions. I thought about this a lot and decided to stay. The reason I did cause I still needed a place to come back to,

a home.

There's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

I go to my closet and walk to the full body mirror

Oh-oh, oh-oh
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

I look at myself, and in the mirror is that ten years old girl. That endured all that pain.

No better you than the you that you are (no better you than the you that you are)
No better life than the life we're living (no better life than the life we're living)
No better time for your shine, you're a star (no better time for your shine, you're a star)
Oh, you're beautiful, oh, you're beautiful

Everything I've done was to escape that pain, escape the things I went through. To let go of that scared, eccedentesiast, scared girl.

And there's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful
Oh-oh, oh-oh
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

I start to cry, first tears fall down my cheeks, then I fall onto my knees on the ground and my hands on my face.

I'm broken

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I decide to get my suit and head out, I needed fresh air. I told Starfire and head out jumping from one building to the next. I managed to save a couple from thugs, and that was it. The wind through my hair felt amazing, falling off buildings than using my grip line to swing from one building to the next. I sit on the edge of the building looking at the view.

"Hey Red," I hear a voice. I get into a stance to see the figure come out of the shadows.

"Josh, what do you want?" I ask

"Seeing how my sister is going," He says, he then puts his arms in defence "Relax, I'm not trying to kill you. Today," he says.

"Well your fiance tried to kill me today, I don't know what you see in her," I say lowering my defences.

"Eh, well aren't we all. You were supposed to become the Red-"

"I'm Valkyrie, I have chosen my path," I say.

"You know who we are, you can't escape, we know where we came from. We're not like the others," he says pushing his blonde hair back.

"Yeah, that we had two lives," I say

The secret I was hiding that I and my brother only knew.

"That we were created, not born. We both came from the presence," he sits down next to me.

"I visited uncle Luci, apparently he opened a bar," I said

"Really, heh maybe I'll visit for a drink," he said. "Are you still pissed that my fiance tried to kill you today?"

"Um, yeah. And you randomly show up and say 'hey, I'm not going to kill you just a friendly visit'," I look at him

"Well in my defence I wouldn't try to kill you. Just severely maim you," he says

"Gee, that makes a difference," I say

"Look, I'll stay out of your life if you stay out of mine," he says. "What's wrong?"

"Just, Madame Malus. She's still in my thoughts, all the flashback. And not to mention that she's Gemini's aunt," I say

"Well, you should have seen the boy's program," he says

I get up looking at the time. "I should probably get going," I say.

"Well, see you," I swing to the next building.

As I went to the Tower and to my room.

"Val," I hear a voice. It was Damian, I didn't want to deal with him I just went to my room but Damian stops the door and comes in.

"Val listen to me I'm sor-,"

"Dames, look. It's okay, I just need some time to think," I say

"Wait," he says. I turn to him.

"Can you, come to top with me, please. There's something I've been wanting to tell you," he says

"Um sure. Let me just get changed," I say then he leaves. What can he possibly want?

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I make my way up the stairs wearing a white singlet, flowy light pants and a pastel pink robe. I grip onto the side of my robe as I can feel a small chilly breeze sweeps in. I see Damian sitting near the edge and I make my way next to him.

"So what did you want to tell me?" I ask. He pulls a white rose beside him and hands it to me.

"For you," he says. I take the rose and sniff it and gaze at it.

"Why?-, Thank you," I say confused

"Val over the past months I missed you. A lot, and-" He stops

"What?" I say.

"Dammit, I'll just do it," he says and he leans his lips onto mine. At first, I was kinda surprised but eventually, I kiss him back, although the kiss was quite short. We part our lips looking at each other.

"I, love you. I fell in love with you a year ago. I want you badly," he says. I take in a moment to process these things. He wants me? Like actually wants me? I should go for it, right? I mean I did have a crush on him.

"Val, if you don't l-" I just interrupt him by smashing my lips onto his. I have one hand on his chest and the other in his hair, and his arms on my waist. Something was just so different about this kiss.

It was passion.

The kiss transported me to everywhere and nowhere. Space and time. Fireworks weren't enough to describe it.

It was longing and passionate.

Yes, that's it.

I parted away to breathe and gazed at his emerald eyes like there was a lush green rainforest in there. "I. Love you. Too," I say.

His expression changes to a smile and then he kisses me on the lips, then peppering kisses down my jawline. As he begins to reach my neck I stop him.

"Dick, why are you there? It's not nice to spy on people," I say and turn behind to see him appear in his black and blue PJs with a tablet of Bruce, Jason, Tim and an old man. I then hear a squeal from Dick.

"Aww, baby bird had his first kiss! Jason, you owe twenty bucks. I told you!" he says.

"I can't believe Demon spawn has a girlfriend now, by any chance did you make a deal with Poison Ivy-" Jason says

"Todd! Dick I'm going to maim you!" Damian gets up but I pull on his shirt.

I get up and walk by Dick. "Goodnight Dick, goodnight everyone," I say into the Tablet. Damian follows me and snatches the tablet and throws it.

Damian and I walk back together. "Goodnight Dames," I give him a kiss on the cheek. He then pulls me closer to him.

"Why don't you sleep with me?" he looks down. "No funny business,"

"Fine," I say than getting picked up in bridal style. I snuggle next to Damian under the covers, my head under his chin. He wraps his arms around me, thighs on my waist being completely secured.

"Night beloved," He says.

"Night Detective," I say.

He kissed me on the forehead and my eyes close shut.