It was nearly midnight in Jump City. It was a pretty clear night with the moon shining brightly in the sky with the occasional sound of a car engine passing through the streets. With it being a Friday night most of the younger citizens were out partying with some of the older ones having a nice quiet night in but none of this mattered, all that mattered was that the Jump City Museum was empty. Well nearly empty, there were one or two security guards but that wouldn’t be a problem for the person who was getting ready to enter it. That person was the man who the Teen Titans knew as Nightmare, the brother of their very own Jak Sage. Nightmare was stood atop a roof a few building away from the museum with a set of binoculars in hand, he had been researching this for weeks so he knew exactly where to enter the building and the routes that the guards take when doing their patrols. Now normally Nightmare wouldn’t put this much effort into a simple theft but this was no simple theft, he was after the Amulet of Vulcan.
He had read in the paper recently that the Amulet was soon to be heading to Jump City for a few weeks as part of the Roman God display. There were legends around the amulet that said whoever possesses it shall have the ability to burn anything they wish. Now while Nightmare was potentially the most experienced Pyrokinetic in Jump City there were still some things that even he couldn’t burn so attaining this Amulet would be highly beneficial to him, especially in his quest to finally end the life of his brother. He would then take one final look through the binoculars, now was the time to strike. He ran off the end of the building, shooting fire out of his feet to propel him across the gap so that he didn’t splat on the street below, and as he got to the next building he would roll on impact before once again getting back to his feet and running towards the edge of the rooftop. He would then launch himself off this one and let himself drop a few flights before grabbing the ladder of a fire escape on the side of a building. As his hands grab it there was a distinctive popping sound which was the sound of Nightmare’s shoulder popping out of its socket but that was nothing to him. As he held onto the ladder his weight would cause the ladder to lower so that Nightmare was on the ground. He ran across the road to the side of the museum, there was no entrance but that wasn’t where Nightmare was planning to enter it.
Nightmare would stand with his arms by his sides with his fists pointed straight at the ground, then he shot fire out of his hands and feet to rocket himself up towards the roof of the museum, why he didn’t get around like this normally he didn’t know but for now Nightmare’s mind is a bit preoccupied, he was hell bent on getting the Amulet and there was nothing that was going to stop him getting it. As he got up to the roof he would run across to the sky light that was directly above the security room and as he peered in he saw just what he expected to see, one guard looking at the screens with two other guards patrolling on the screen. Out of his pocket he would pull a glass cutter with a suction cup on it, he would then place it on the glass and let it do its work. Once the glass was cut he would pull the glass away which allowed Nightmare to lower himself in, holding onto the edge of the glass he had just cut Nightmare would sent a stream of fire from him foot to completely engulf the security guards head. Once the fire stopped all that was left was a burnt skull where the man’s head should be. With the room clear Nightmare would then let himself drop to the floor of the room and move towards the computer and disable the security alarms and also place a signal jammer he had stolen in the museum, the last two guards had no way to contact the outside world which made them sitting ducks.
Nightmare would then head out of the security room and towards where he knew one of the guards would be. As he turned the corner he saw the guard exactly where he knew he would be, this planning by Nightmare was pretty much spot on and so far nothing had gone wrong. He would then silently run up behind the guard before launching himself feet first at the guards back, drop kicking him to the floor. As he got back up to his feet Nightmare would engulf his foot in fire and bring it down hard on the guards neck, breaking the neck while burning the throat, not enough to kill just enough to leave him in agenising pain. As Nightmare looks up he sees the guard rounding the corner exactly as he expected. Nightmare would then take a deep breath and blow out a huge amount of flames which completely took up the entire room, burning the guard to a crisp. Nightmare would then make his way over to where the Amulet was and destroy the glass surrounding it. He would pick the Amulet up but as he did the Amulet started to glow a blinding red light, forcing him to drop the Amulet. As the light starts to fade Nightmare looks up to see a demonic figure standing in front of him.
Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:45 pm by 
Subject: A Hellish Nightmare 