Chapter 4 - Lady scream & Crimson

(Ishtar pov)

The sun began to move across the sky, the wind brushing across my skin from the warm morning breeze, my eyes watched the back of Muaka, it had been 300 years since I'd seen him this excited by anything.

'He has grown up a lot, and so has carnage..' While taking in the world around me, I heard the whispers of a voice in my mind. It was something I'd been used to for a long time, the reason I still walked the earth, my ever-present partner.

"Yes they have, it seems like not long ago, We had to move over and over because of his outbursts. Now he and carnage can relax, in this new age of peace." I spoke back, thinking as I could see the flashes of fire, hearing the ring of screams, watching the swirling of the red mark on his face from back then.

'His connection to us is broken, it took hundreds of years but we are free, there is no need to bring up such memories, Ishtar, they will be fine.' Scream, my partner said, she could feel what I feel, seeing the images I saw, her words were not as playful or aggressive as usual. It was easy for us to understand that it was worrying us.

"I am just grateful that he does not remember, it was a mess to try and break the connection. Let alone explain to him why his father was not around, even now he only asks about him sometimes." I watched my son order a hot dog from a street vendor, while carnage took one without anyone seeing, my head shaking to this as I placed money on the vendors stand before walking away.

'After the breaking, carnage has no idea about what transpired either. But I think that is for the best, being the spawn of one of the most evil beings in the universe, is a lot to unload onto our children Ishtar.' scream for all her anger was calm most of the time, she and I knew it was for the best that the past would be left in the past.

"Do not call our son, Spawn, it sounds like something he would say." passing through the packs of early morning people making their commutes, I spoke in a whisper at the name she had called our son. Still as I spoke, my hand rubbed the ring on my finger, it's design lost to time, ever attached to my ring finger.

'Are you worried? He does not own you Ishtar..' Screams tendril came from my pinky, rubbing the ring as well before speaking on the matter. 'I know your heart loves him, just as mine does, but allowing him to be free will only pull us and this world, into a world of hell.' she went on, no matter how I spoke about him, we never lied about the feelings we held for him.

"Sometimes I wonder.. *Sigh, the only thing good he has done was give us Muaka, but you can not tell me you do not worry as I do scream." I watched as Muaka pulled back a little girl from getting hit by a car, before backing away without being seen by the masses, my face a smile as I was happy he wished to do good with his curse.

'He will never leave that place, as long as the fragment of light is still within him, and supplied from your father's machine, he will never leave that place.' Scream went on, our minds picturing the place he was held, my hands trembling lightly as I felt the fragment like a phantom in my hand.

"If by chance he is freed, his anger will not be calmed as it was before." I knew it was farfetched, but nothing in this world was impossible, with aliens, magicians, and even God's being a thing in this world.

'If he is freed, we will have a better chance than anyone else, with the help of our team, he will not have such an easy time as he did in Babylon.' Scream gave words of encouragement, it was the very reason why I came out of the shadows in the first place.

"Friends is a stretch, a backup plan is more like it.." I spoke allowing scream to cover my body, giving me a suit over my skin, and clothes. My eyes allowing the light of the sun in, as white patches covered eyes, my hair growing as it turned blonde and red.

"Finally! we're here!" I could hear the excited yells of my son, his suit coming out of his body to cover him, while we walled to an area without many people, then stretching out the symbiote to attach to light poles around us as we took off towards the hall of justice.

"It's lady scream!" I could hear kids below us yell out as we passed by, their parents picking them up as they pointed and waved.

"Who's the kid with her? wait is it crimson?" I heard more voices of people, the people have known me and him for a while, so a nickname stuck with him as he fought villains.

"Better then being known as carnage.." I could feel scream roll her eyes, her mind and my own laughing at a hero having a name like carnage.

"Mom!" Muaka said to me, hearing our exchange of words as he rushed forward even faster.

"It seems like everyone is finally here." coming to a landing, we fell in front of a group of people i knew all to well, unable to say anything as a grown man in a bat outfit spoke to us.

"Hello, bats, were on time so we must still be waiting on the flash and his ward." Ignoring the sharp look of batman, I crossed my arms as Muaka high-fived Robin.

"I've told you before not to call me that Lady scream." Batman didn't like the name, only a few people said it but I just liked to mess with his ego.

"And I told you to stop leaving presents in my house, but we all don't get what we want." ignoring his wants I spoke lightly, turning my head to aquaman, green arrow, and the newly arrived flash.

"Come on bats, you gotta let the lady have some privacy." The flash said, apparently he was on my side which was funny seeing as he was looked at for joking to much.

"Just a precaution, now that we're all here.. let's move." Bats gave both of us a serious look, watching as green arrow, and aquaman turned their eyes away, clearly not trying to get involved.

"Your mom's awesome, she got bats *giggle to stop talking." My ears picked up the whispers of wally who wrapped his arm around Muaka, laughing only to get a sharp look from bats as he backpedaled with speed.

My eyes watched as the group beside bats laughed, my face a smile under my mask as I watched Muaka talk to the others, his voice happy as the sun shined down on us, my eyes moving to the sky wondering how I could keep it this way.

'It will be fine..'Me and scream thought at the same time, my hand rubbing the ring once more, hoping this would last forever.