FAULT LINES ━━ titans [REWRITING]

TWENTY.

"Okay, pipe down, Tonks," Abby warned, tone self-explanatory.

"Tonks?" Kory repeated in confusion, eyes drifting to Abby for an explanation for the nickname.

Abby turned to her with a frown, "You never read Harry Potter? No? ... God, we are so gonna have to fix that."

At that moment, as Abby turned back around, her face immediately scrunched up in a peculiar combination of disgust, surprise and horror as she recoiled, shielding her eyes. It took Garfield a second to realise why the entire group had their hand clamped over the face — but a high pitches clothes! from Rachel was a big hint, and he quickly darted back behind the crates.

Dick turned to Kory, "Rachel said you can create heat... light, is that right?"

"I'm still trying to figure it out," Kory replied with a sigh after a while, brushing strands of hair behind her ear, "I'm not sure about my limits — I think I can absorb and redirect energy from the Sun... it would explain why I run dry at night."

Noah looked over in concern, "We can figure it out together," a mischievous smile appeared on his face as he looked to Abby, "besides, can't be as bad as the time Abby nearly activated a dormant volcano."

"It was one time!" Abby exclaimed with a huff, "I was aiming for the helicopter!"

"A volcano?" Kory asked, eyebrow raised in question.

Dick let out a laugh, before receiving an elbow to the ribs from Abby, and grinned, "We were trying to scope out this base on Santa Prisca, unfortunately the base was a tiny bit close to the volcano. "

"I was barely fifteen!" Abby reasoned with a groan as she faced Kory, ignoring the two boys' laughing, "Just try not to incinerate us like the last guy, okay?"

Kory didn't reply, a silent response as she moved forwards, moving so smoothly it was as though she was floating. Stood with her back to them, Kory closed her eyes, taking a second to gather her power, to pull the light inside of her to the surface. She felt it warm her skin and her eyes opened, fire raging beneath, eyes burning emeralds and hair liquid starlight, and thrust her hand forwards. Burn.

A column of fire erupted from her hand, bursting from her in fury and chaos, incinerating the crates Garfield had just been standing behind. Flames devoured the wood, spitting out ashes and embers. When the soot settled and the flames sizzled out, Kory straightened up, flicking her hair out of her eyes as she sauntered back towards the group.

Jessica stood with a moonstruck, awe-filled expression, stars possibly blinding her pupils as her chin dropped. "I don't have a comment. I have no words. Oh my fucking God!"

"And yet she continued to make, like, three comments," Rachel mused eyebrow lofting in amusement.

"Bite me, Rach," Jess retorted dazedly.

"Looks like you've got it figured out to me," Noah pointed out, a sly smile on his lips as Kory landed a (slightly scalding) high five to his open palm.

Kory grinned coyly at him, "What can I say?"

Dick blew out a long puff of breath, gesturing to Abby, "Abs can beat that. Easy."

Abby swivelled to face him, incredulous look on her face, "Grayson? Shut up."

"Five years and he's still the proud boyfriend cheering you on from the bleachers," Noah coughed, mocking a nostalgic pout.

A simultaneous exclamation of he's not my boyfriend and I'm not her boyfriend spouted from the mouths of the two, swarming the air like white noise.