"Castigate" part 3
By: Faita


	"I'm not really surprised. It's always the quite ones," Batgirl 
said amused by her comment.
	"That's not all" Cassie looked up. Streaks of bright blue traveled 
down her face and neck. Batgirl looked in shock.
	"I did not see that one coming" Batgirl said.
	"This is the way all the people on my planet looked before Tenma 
destroyed it. Now my people are sick, dead, and pale. This will be 
Earth's fate if you do not help me," Cassie said. Batgirl thought about 
it.
	"I guess" she answered after a minute.
	"Good" Cassie smiled. The space disappeared and they were once 
again in the small room. Batgirl looked around to see where she was. She 
saw Batman on the floor several feet away, rubbing his head. She walked 
over to him.
	"What happened to you?" she asked him helping him off the ground.
	Castigate, still wearing her mask, walked next to them.
	"You tried to come in," she said.
	"Of course" Batman replied still rubbing his head.
	"You would have not enjoyed it" Batgirl told him smiling.
	"What happened in there anyway?" Batman asked Batgirl.
	"Ah. We have to talk" Batgirl told him. He looked at her confused.

	"You have to be kidding" Batman said to them. The three of them, 
Batman, Batgirl, and Castigate were up in an apartment high above 
Gotham's streets. This was where Castigate was living.
	"Afraid not Batman" Batgirl said.
	"So when is he coming?" Batman asked Castigate.
	"Soon" was all she said.
	"And we can't tell anyone?" Batman asked.
	"Not a soul" Batgirl answered.
	"We have to talk more about this" Batman said sitting down.
	"Tomorrow. We have school in about four hours, we need sleep" 
Batgirl said standing up.
	"My Mom's going to kill me," Batman said running to the window.
	"Bye Cas?" Batgirl waved and joined Batman.
	"What'd you call her?" Batman asked Batgirl.
	"Just go" Batgirl said and pushed Batman over the edge of the 
railing, he yelled a little, but spread his wings.
	"See ya" Batgirl said and dove over the railing.

	"Are you sure this is it?" Terry asked Emily as they walked down a
hallway, Emily in the lead. 
	"We were here last night, don't you remember?" she asked looking 
away from the room numbers at him.
	"It looks different coming in through the window then it does the 
door" Terry whispered.
	"I'll give you that one" Emily said.
	"Thanks" Terry said. Emily looked back at the door numbers, and 
then she stopped.
	"This is it," she said pointing to room 1313.
	"That number doesn't make me fell better" Terry said.
	"Just knock" Emily told him while she put the piece of paper in 
her jacket pocket. Terry knocked on the door. It opened just an inch to 
see out.  Emily looked up from her bag to the door.
	"Hi Castigate" she said. The door opened wide. Cassie rushed them 
in and locked the door behind them.
	"How do you know?" she asked them. They looked at each then at 
her. She suddenly understood.
	"You're Batman and Batgirl?" she asked not believing it herself.
	"What! Emily did you tell her?" Terry said sarcastically.
	"No did you" Emily replied in fake shock.
	"We need to get to business then," Cassie said walking past them.
	"What do we need to know?" Terry asked her. She walked over to 
them; she placed one hand on Terry's face and the other on Emily's. A 
ball of light surrounded them. They where all in the middle of a huge 
city full of sunlight, plants, and people all around, it appeared to be 
some type of park. Terry looked around in amazement.
	"This is my planet before Tenma" Cassie said. A child ran over to 
them, and right through Emily.
	"Interesting" Emily said watching the boy run away.
	"How'd you?" Terry asked not able to finish his sentence.
	"Don't ask, you wouldn't understand" Cassie said. The park 
vanished and they appeared back in her apartment.
	"Just testing you" she smiled.
	"We pass?" Emily asked. Cassie nodded.
	"So what about these things you've been given for us?" Terry asked 
her. 
	"I'll give them to you know I suppose" she said. Then, Emily and 

Terry were in their costumes, masks and all.
	"We should learn that trick," Batgirl said. Cassie walked over to 
her. She waved her hands in front of Batgirl. Batgirl's costume went to 
a slivery light blue instead of black, and the bat on her chest became a 
much darker blue. Batgirl and Batman looked at it in amazement. Then a 
sliver blue pole appeared in Batgirl's hands.
	"These are your weapons Batgirl, they will help you" Cassie said. 
Batgirl smiled and held the pole in her hands. Cassie turned to Batman. 
She copied what she did to Batgirl. Batman's costume went to a slivery 
red and the bat on his chest turned a darker red. In his hands appeared 
a sword with a slivery red handle.
	"A sword? Isn't that a little old fashioned?" he said.
	"They were designed a thousand years ago Batman" Batgirl said.
	"Batman, these are your weapons, they well help you" Cassie said.
	"When do we fight?" Batgirl asked.
	"The fight as already begun" Cassie said.
	"What do you mean by that?" Batman asked playing with his sword.
	"Tenma is already on Earth" Cassie said calmly. Batgirl and Batman 
stopped what they were doing and looked at her.
	"When did he get here?" Batman asked.
	"Last night, after you left" she answered.
	"Are you sure?" Batgirl asked really worried.
	"Yes" Cassie said.
	"Cas, why is it that you never really, express emotion?" Batgirl 
asked.
	"No need. It is written that the two warriors that will save 
Earth, will kill Tenma in their dying breath" Cassie said.
	"D-d-dying breath?" Batman asked scared. Cassie nodded.
	"It's not like it's written in stone though," Batgirl said trying 
not to panic.
	"Actually, it is" Cassie said.
	"Well, in that case. When do we actually, well, fight him?" Batman 
asked.
	"Tonight. He always attacks his enemy in their dreams first," 
Cassie said.
	"So he knows who we are," Batgirl said.
	"Yes" Cassie answered.
	"So how do we beat him?" Batman asked.
	"You must kill him every stage he attacks you in order to defeat 
him" Cassie said. Batman and Batgirl's costumes disappeared and they 
were Terry and Emily again.
	"He will attack one of you tonight when you are asleep. They other 
will enter the dream to help" Cassie said.
	"How are we supposed to do that?" Terry asked.
	"I will help you" Cassie said.
	"When's bed time?" Emily asked.
	"Come	here at 10:00 tonight, you may spend the night here" Cassie 
said.  Emily and Terry walked to the door, unlocked the bolt.
	"See you at 10" Emily said, and they left.

	"What do think about this Emily?" Terry asked her as they walked 
up the road to the manor.
	"I'm kind of concerned about this dying breath thing," Emily said.
	"Well like you said, we make our on destiny" Terry said.
	"I don't really believe anything I knew before now" Emily replied.
	"Same here" Terry said smiling.
	"What are you smiling about?" Emily asked him amused.
	"We get to go inside each others dreams" Terry answered.
	"We better go in yours" Emily said.
	"Why's that?" Terry asked.
	"You'd be lost in mine" Emily answered.
	"I bet" Terry laughed.

	"Just relax and go to sleep, I'll wake the other up when Tenma 
attacks" Cassie said as Emily and Terry laid down in beds on opposite 
sides of a room.
	"I'll help you fall asleep so don't worry" Cassie said.
	"Good night Terry" Emily said.
	"You too Emily" he answered, and they fell fast asleep.

	"Terry wake up!" Cassie yelled. Terry groaned and sat up.
	"What?" he asked weakly.
	"Emily, she's been attacked" Cassie answered. Terry shot straight 
up in the bed. He and Cassie walked over to Emily. Emily was tossing and 
turning in the bed.
	"How do I get in?" Terry asked Cassie. Cassie placed two of her 
fingers on Terry's forehead, and did the same things with her other hand 
to Emily. A flash of light appeared at her fingertips, then Terry 
fainted.

	Terry looked around him. He was field surrounded by bright yellow 
flowers; the sun was shining down on him. He could almost feel it. He 
walked a few steps over a hill and in front of him loomed a giant stone
castle. Terry heard yells of help coming from inside.
	"That must be Emily," he said to himself. He ran down the hill and 
entered the castle. As soon as he entered he was wearing dark red 
clothes that made him blend in perfecting with the setting.
	"The dream must be trying to decide what part of it I am," Terry 
said to himself. He heard the yells again. He ran after them. He ran up 
stairs and through wet hallways. He eventually came to a small room in 
the top of a tower. He opened the door. Inside was a girl in a long pink 
dress tied to chain hanging from the ceiling. It wasn't Emily.
	"Then where is she?" Terry asked looking around the room. The door 
closed behind him. A man appeared behind him. Terry turned around to 
face him.  "Tenma?" Terry asked.
	"Terry, or is it Batman?" he asked devilishly.
	"A rose by any other name" Terry said.
	"How true" Tenma said walking over to him.
	"Where's Emily?" Terry asked him.
	"Right here" Emily said walking into the room. She was wearing her 
new Batgirl uniform. She held her staff in her hands. She charged at 
Tenma with it and threw him to the opposite side of the room. Terry 
walked over to her.
	"Nice dream" he said.
	"Nice clothes" she said. Tenma stood back up and shot some kind of 
energy blast at Batgirl, knocking her to the floor. Terry ran over to 
her.
	"Are you okay?" he asked her worried.
	"I'll be fine," she said weakly, "just beat him"
	"How?" Terry asked. Batgirl pressed a button that was on his belt 
that he didn't know he had. He transformed into Batman in the new 
uniform with his sword in his hand. He looked at it, then at her. He 
stood up and walked over to Tenma. Tenma fired another energy blast at 
him; he jumped in the air and dodged it. He swung is sword at him, but 
missed. Tenma created a stream of energy in his hands, and it formed 
into a sword.
	"Let's make this more interesting," he said and swung his sword at 
Batman.  Batman blocked it with his sword. The two got into a huge sword 
fight, clashing, slashing and blocking. They moved about the small room. 
Tenma knocked the sword out of Batman's hands to the floor. He placed 
the tip of his sword on Batman's neck. Batman backed up slowly, with the 
sword still at his neck. His costume disappeared and he was Terry again.
	"Now this is more interesting" Tenma grinned.
	"No, this is interesting" Batgirl said and stabbed Tenma though 
the back with Batman's sword. Tenma dropped his, and disappeared. 
Batgirl's costume disappeared and so did the sword and her staff. Terry 
exhaled with relief and walked over to Emily. He put his hand on her 
shoulder.
	"Next time ask before you use my sword" he joked. And they 
everything went black.

	"Come on Emily, wake up" Terry said shaking Emily's shoulders. Him 
and Cassie were standing above Emily, who was asleep in her bed.
	"Why isn't she waking up?" Terry asked Cassie worried.
	"She was hurt in the dream, it just takes a little" Cassie said 
but was cut off by Emily moaning. Terry sighed.
	"Good morning" Terry smiled.
	"My, head, hurts" Emily complained. Terry laughed.
	"You two completed stage one, you should be proud" Cassie said.
	"How many stages are there anyway?" Emily asked sitting up.
	"Six. Dreams, past, sky, space, death, and future" Cassie said.
	"So we have to kill him at each one of those places?" Terry asked 
her. 
	"Yes" she answered.
	"Oh this is going to be fun," Terry said.