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Somewhere by the Eastern Seaboard
January 1, 15:00 AST
'Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Looks like we'll be landing in Gotham City ahead of schedule. We'll be arriving in about thirty minutes. For now, please enjoy the rest of your time on the flight and thank you for choosing British Airlines.'
"About damn time," Mia mutters.
Evan chuckles. "We'll get there when we get there."
"You should've let me teleport us back," she whispers.
"Where's the fun in that?"
"At least we won't have to suffer going through immigration," Mia pouts and crosses her arms.
"That's just part of the experience. Grab some shut eye, you've barely slept the whole flight," Evan yawns a little.
Mia kisses his cheek. "I will in a bit."
"Alright."
Evan gets comfortable and soon falls fast asleep. She looks over at him smiling. Her hands running softly through his hair. Evan leans into her hand then settles down. "God, I can't believe I'm getting married." Carefully removing her hand from Evan's head, Mia settles back in her seat and looks out the window.
The day's bright with huge puffs of clouds dotting the sky. Mia lets her imagination run wild making odd shapes from them. "I wonder how everyone's doing." She mindlessly fiddles with her engagement ring then switches to her locket Jack sent her. "Wait, the tape recorder. I can't believe I forgot about it for six years." Mia fishes out the tape recorder and plugs in her headphones. She's grateful the recorder has an auxiliary plug. The young Latina clicks play and hears two voices she hasn't heard in five years.
'Hi there Mia.'
She silently gasps.
'Will thought it would be a great idea to leave you a message on this recorder. He's such an old man sometimes.'
'Rose, will you stop making fun of me in front of Mia?'
'You know I can't do that. I'm supposed to make fun of you for the rest of our lives.'
'Of course, honey. Now do you want to tell her or shall I?'
'Why don't you do it? I need to do something really quick.'
'Hi Mia. What we wanted to tell you is, we know what really happened to your family and to tell you we're thinking of adopting you.'
Mia's heart stops for a few seconds. She pauses the tap and sits there to let it all sink in. "They wanted to adopt me. I can't believe it." Mia finds the courage to continue listening.
'We have all of the forms ready and filled out, we just need to get someone to approve it. Once the forms are approved, you'll be living with us. I hope you're happy about our decision. Rose you want to add anything else?'
'Amelia, we want to say that these past three years with you have been wonderful. We want you to know that we love you and that—'
*gun shots*
Mia jumps in her seat by the sudden sound. She furrows her brows and listens intently to find out who made the shot.
'Who the hell are you?!'
'Where's the girl?' a deep voice demands.
"Now who's that?"
'What girl? We don't know who you're talking about.'
'That's too bad.'
Mia hears the click of the gun reloading. Two more rounds are fired and a body falling to the ground.
'Rose!'
Tears slide down her cheeks as she covers her mouth with her hand to muffle her soft cries.
'What do you want from us?!'
'I want to know where the girl is.'
'We already told you, we don't know the girl you're talking about.'
'I'll find her soon enough.'
The assailant reloads the gun and fired at Will three times. Will's body drops with a thud and he never got back up again. Mia almost stops the recording when the killer speaks into the recorder.
'I hope you heard that girl. This is all your fault, turn yourself in by July 25th and I'll spare their son. If you don't, he's as good as dead. Better hurry.'
It ends there. Mia listens to the last part again and commits to remember the killer's voice to memory. "That bastard is going to pay for this, I swear," Mia frowns deeply. She wipes away any leftover tears and tries to get some sleep. It didn't last long when the captain starts to talk again.
'Ladies and gentlemen. Please place your seats in the upright position and put away your trays. We are beginning our descent.'
She nudges Evan to wake up and follows the captain's orders. Soon they feel the plane safely land on the airstrip in Gotham City.
Gotham City International Airport.
January 1, 17:50 EST
Mia lets out a sigh of relief when she exited the airport. "Thank god!"
Evan chuckles behind her. "Come on Mia it wasn't that bad."
"We are never going through immigration again," she gives her fiancé a serious look, "Now, where's Stupid 1?"
The two look around until Mia spots a familiar figure standing by a limo with a sign O'Brians P.S. Stupid 1 forgot.
"Of course, he did." "Come on, I found our ride."
Evan looks over to see the sign then back to Mia. "Who's that?"
"An old friend."
She begins to walk towards the limo and figure. Evan follows right behind her with their luggage in tow.
"Alfred," Mia hugs the man. "It's been too long."
"It has," he hugs her back, "I assume this must be Master Evan."
"Yes sir." Evan extends his hand, "Nice to meet you."
"The pleasure's mine." Alfred shakes his hand. "Shall we get going?"
Mia and Evan entered the limo while Alfred grabs the luggage and places them in the trunk. He enters the driver side and starts driving towards the manor.
"Where is he?"
"At the cave I'm afraid."
"That asshole's dead." "I'm going to pop by over there. Please take care of Evan while I'm gone."
"Of course, Miss Amelia."
"Thanks Alfred," she looks over at Evan and kisses his cheek. "I'll see you later."
"Bye," he quickly kisses her lips.
"Be good."
"I will."
"That was for Alfred babe. Bye."
Mia disappears from the limo leaving behind the two men. The limo becomes eerily silent until Alfred speaks.
"Do you love her?"
"Yes sir," Evan nods.
"I'm sure you've been told numerous times about what would happen should you hurt her in any way."
"Yes."
"I will remind you one more time Master Evan." Evan grows silent. "Should I hear among the grapevines that you have hurt her, emotionally and/or physically, she won't have to worry about you anymore."
Evan nods vigorously and tries to calm his rapid heartbeat. "Mia, how in the world do you know these people?"
Mount Justice
January 1, 18:18 EST
"Recognized: Superboy, B05. Miss Martian, B06. Bumblebee, B18. Beast Boy, B20. Robin, B21. Blue Beetle, B23."
Everyone coming in from their mission start to relax when they stepped foot in the Cave.
"Welcome home, Angel Fish."
"Thank you, La'gaan."
M'gann and La'gaan started to kiss. Conner walks past them with an angry look on his face.
"I'm hitting the showers," he says.
"Now that sounds like a plan. You know, for you, hermano," Blue Beetle tells Beast Boy.
"Clayface is safely back in his Arkham cell," Robin tells Nightwing.
"Good work."
"I didn't do much, I just—"
'Emergency alert.' Captain Atom appears on the transmission, 'United Nations Headquarters is under attack.'
"Beta's only two blocks away," Mal informs Nightwing.
"Captain Atom, the Team's Beta squad is in the vicinity. ETA, three minutes."
The transmission ends. Nightwing goes to continue his conversation with Robin when he gets slapped upside the head. He quickly turns around to find Mia looking mad with her arms crossed and foot tapping.
"Mi—"
"Everyone out now," she speaks in a clam threatening tone.
"Who do you think you are—" La'gaan starts but M'gann stops him.
"La'gaan, let's go watch a movie for a bit."
She pulls him away before getting snapped like a twig by Mia. Mal calmly leaves knowing fully well about what Mia can do. Robin looks between Mia and Nightwing with worry. Mia notices and gives a soft smile. He understands so he leaves Nightwing alone to face her. "Dick is so dead." When it's just the two of them, Mia explodes.
"Where the hell were you?! You're lucky as hell that Al was there when he came to pick us up. I can't believe you forgot Evan and I were coming back today on my birthday. If you think that I'm going to forgive you for this then you've got another thing coming. I swear you—" Mia's swallowed into a hug cutting her off.
Nightwing tightens the hug and buries his face in Mia's neck.
"I've missed you so much Mia," he whispers.
Mia smiles and whispers back. "I've missed you too Dick."
He lets go of her and she takes a small step back.
She cups her hands around her mouth. "You guys can come back now. Nightwing is still alive unfortunately."
She winks at him. He just shakes his head. "God I've missed her." Everyone comes back into the mission room including Wolf who tackles her to the ground and starts licking her face.
"Down boy." Mia laughs, "I've missed you too Wolf."
He continues to lick her face until Conner had to pull him back. Mia's still on the ground laughing then she gets up on her own. Conner walks up to her and gives her a giant bear hug.
Mia hugs back. "I've missed you too Con," she glances over at M'gann and La'gann then whispers in his ear, "You will tell me what happened between you and Meg."
He nods then lets her go. Mia looks over to see Mal and smiles.
"Big M," Mia nods.
"Lil' M."
They do their secret handshake then end it with a fist bump. M'gann brings La'gaan over to introduce him to Mia.
"Mia this is La'gaan, my boyfriend. La'gaan, this is Mia also known as Blink. She's the Team's big sister."
La'gaan eyes her suspiciously while she just smiles at him.
"Nice to meet you Nia."
"So, it's going to be like that. Well two can play at that game." "Pleasure to meet you Fish Sticks," Mia innocently smiles.
La'gaan growls so M'gann pulls him away.
"Mia," she looks over at Nightwing standing next to Blue Beetle. "This is one of our most recent member, Blue Beetle."
She takes in his appearance and starts to speak in fluent Spanish.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you."
He raises a brow. "You speak Spanish?"
"Of course," Mia smiles.
"I've never heard your accent before. Where are you from?"
"Isla Santo Miguel."
"Off Peru?"
"Yep."
"Cool. What's your name?"
Mia smirks. "Amelia Rosa Fuentes Ramires West-Allen O'Brian."
He lets out a long whistle. "You're definitely Hispanic."
"Thanks…."
"Jaime Reyes."
"Gracias Jaime."
"De nada."
Soon the two Spanish speakers start to have a conversation about food, music, and other things. It goes on for a few more minutes until a green hawk lands on Mia's shoulder.
She scratches his head. "Hey Garfield. I see you can turn into animals. Ready for a challenge?"
He nods then jumps down from her shoulder and lands on the floor.
"Cheetah." Garfield turns into it. "Husky." Done. "Gorilla." Check. "A velociraptor." He tries but fails and turns back into his human/monkey form.
Mia walks over and hugs him. "You'll get it. Don't worry."
"Thanks Mia," he smiles.
She smiles back.
Karen walks back in after hearing Mia's voice. "I hear someone's getting married."
Mia hugs her, "Karen! God I am. Didn't you get the announcement?"
"I did. So, when do we, specifically I, get to meet the fiancé?"
"After we've settled down from the trip. I'll throw a little something for you guys to meet him."
"Great."
"Now is there anyone else I need to see before I get back to my fiancé? I'm pretty sure he's losing his mind right about now," Mia announces.
The Twins casually walked in not even realizing their sister's back. They are so engrossed in their conversation they didn't even look in her general direction.
"Boys." They stop, stare at her with wide eyes, and smile brightly. "Are you too busy? Cause I can come back later."
"Mia!" they run over and hug her to death.
Soon all three are rapidly talking in Spanish. As they continue to talk, Nightwing leans in closer to Jaime whispering in his ear.
"Do you know what you're saying?"
"Sort of. They're talking so fast, even I can't get what their saying plus their dialect is different so there are some words that I don't know."
Mia looks down at her watch and sees the time.
She looks up at the group. "It was great seeing everyone again and meeting some of the new members. Unfortunately, I've got to get going and see the future hubby. I'm sure I'll see you guys again. Oh Mal,"
"Yeah?"
"You'll call me when someone does something stupid, right?"
"Of course," Mal smiles.
"Great," she smiles back. "Bye."
She teleports to the manor. Everyone leaves the mission room to finally relax but only the Twins stayed behind.
Tulio gives Miguel a worried look. "You have to tell her sooner or later."
He shakes his head. "Not yet. She just got back from vacation with Evan. I don't want her to worry about me."
"She'll find out eventually and you know she'll be devastated that you weren't the one who told her."
"What about you? Aren't you going to tell her?" Miguel counters.
A small blush appears on Tulio's cheeks and clears his throat, "I'll tell her when the time is right."
"Same here."
They nodded and went their separate ways with the same thought in mind, "Mia's going to flip when she learns that I'm dating someone."
Mia appears in the foyer and goes to find Alfred. She finds him in the kitchen making dinner. Slowly making her way to the stove to taste the sauce, Mia almost sticks her finger in the pot when a baterang nearly slices her finger off and lodges itself in the wall.
Mia looks over at him and huffs in annoyance. "Was that really necessary?"
"In this house it is," he responds without looking back.
"Fine. Do you know where Evan is?"
"I believe he's in the gym boxing with Master Bruce."
Mia chokes on her own spit."What?! Bruce is going to murder him!"
She runs as fast as she can to the gym.
"Perhaps I should've told her Master Bruce is only giving pointers," Alfred mutters as he finishes up dinner.
She makes it to the gym panting and watches Bruce showing Evan some new moves to use later in the future.
"Oh, thank god." Mia straightens herself up and calmly walks over to the duo, "I'm back."
Evan looks over. "Hey honey," he walks to kiss her on the lips. "You didn't tell me you knew Bruce Wayne."
"You'd be surprised by how many people I know. Right Bruce?" Mia smirks.
Bruce slightly frowns then replaces it with a smile. "I would think so. Let's get going, I think Alfred's done with dinner."
"Mind if we freshen up a bit? Staying in a plane for eight hours can make one desperate for a hot shower."
"Go right ahead. We'll see you two shortly."
"Thanks again Mr. Wayne," Evan states.
"Please Evan, call me Bruce," he smiles. "Barry trusts him but I still need to see for myself."
Evan nods. He walks out with Mia. They reach their room and take a shower together. Kisses are exchanged between them. After the nice, well-deserving hot shower, they change into some comfortable clothes.
Mia wears jean shorts, a white tank top, a navy-blue cardigan and slippers while Evan wears black sweatpants, a white shirt, blue jacket and slippers. They walk to the dining room together with their hands intertwined. When the couple arrive, they see Bruce, Tim, Dick, and Barbara at the table waiting for them.
"Look who finally decided to show up. You two sure took your sweet time coming down," Dick smirks.
"At least I'm not hopping around like a rabbit unlike someone," Mia shoots him a look.
Dick starts to blush profusely causing Tim to hold back his laugh and Barbara to hide her smile while Bruce internally sighs. Alfred comes in at the right moment and gives Dick a bag of ice.
"What's this for Alfred?" Dick asks.
"For you sir. I believe you just got burned."
Everyone burst out laughing while Dick sinks into his seat and Bruce smiles. The rest of dinner is relaxing with witty banter being exchanged, mostly between Mia and Dick, and Barbara chimes in every now and then to gang up against Dick. Time for dessert and Mia takes a seat next to Babs. The two whisper about God knows what while glancing at the boys every now and then.
Evan whispers to Dick. "Why do I get the feeling they're planning our murders?"
"Knowing those two, they probably are. It was nice knowing you O'Brian."
"Same here Grayson."
The two shake hands and wait for the blows but nothing happens. They look at the girls to see sweet and innocent smiles which they automatically know they are about to suffer the girls' wrath.
Mia's the first to get up. "Well this has been a wonderful dinner. Unfortunately, I'm gonna have to turn in early. Hopefully I'll see everyone in the morning. Good night."
"I'm going to turn in too. It's been exhausting to hear her complain on the flight home," Evan jokes.
"Just for that comment, you're sleeping on the floor," Mia counters with a sly smile.
Evan pales a little. "It was a joke."
"Whatever you say honey."
Mia starts walking to their room with Evan hot on her trail apologizing. The Bat clan continue to hear the couple's banter until they can't anymore. At that moment is when the atmosphere becomes serious.
Dick looks over at Bruce raising an eyebrow. "Well?"
He slightly nods. "Show him tomorrow."
"Are you sure we can trust him?" Tim asks.
"If Mia and Barry trust him why shouldn't we? I'm positive he can keep a secret no matter what," Bab answers.
"The guys and I will still keep an eye on him," Dick offers.
Bruce shakes his head. "There's no need for that. Go ahead and show him everything."
