Massachusets General Hospital
Somewhere in Time And Space: "We have to close the rift now! It's the only way!"
"We're out of time!"
"I won't let you! The power is mine!" But the man responsible for the Cataclysm was in no position to stop them. Neccesity, Buzzkill, Amazon, Dragonboy and Damion had joined forces to take him down.
Vanessa looked at her brother fearfully. It was ironic really. In their relatively short careers as super-heroes she'd always been the strong one. And one would think that, knowing for certain there was an afterlife, that she would be more secure about what they had to do.
Vincent looked back at her, his own fear mirroring hers. Tentatively, he reached out and took her hand. If the solution to what was happening hadn't already frayed her nerves, that simple gesture would have still been enough to break her.
Since she'd found him in the attic of their home where he'd been imprisoned since their birth, she'd worked so hard to earn his trust and overcome his fear. But still after two years he'd never touched her. It had only been in the last few months that he allowed her to touch him without flinching.
Around them, heroes and villains alike were saying their goodbyes. Those with powers were walking towards, and into the rift in space before them. Those without stayed behind.
Vanessa watched Amazon embrace her boyfriend The Raven. He saw her watching and when Amazon had left, he gave her a curt nod. She nodded back. Just as Vincent had begun to overcome his fear of women, she had begun to learn to trust men. Some men.
"We have to go." Vincent said quietly. Vanessa nodded. She knew he was right.
"Hey," a ghostly voice said at her other shoulder. She turned and smiled at the spirit of her dead lover Ghost Girl. "I'll be waiting for you on the other side."
That made it easier, but in the end it was really her brother's support that gave her the strength to step forward. And vice versa. Hand in hand, the teenage heroes collectively known as Yin and Yang, or sometimes Gemini, stepped into the rift.
"The afterlife looks a lot like Boston." she said to her brother, a confused smirk on her lips. But there was no answer. Suddenly she realized Vincent was no longer holding her hand. Looking around frantically, she saw that he was nowhere in sight.