AU: Well hello there! This is the second post today. Please read my other stories and PLEASE REVIEW!!! FLAMES ACCEPTED!!! IF I GET ENOUGH REVIEWS I MAY WRITE A SEQUEL!!!
Disclaimer: no (sigh) I don't own anything, come to think about it not even these words, they belong to the oxford English dictionary.
The little wooden pieces were daunting her, she didn't know if this was some strange earth ornament or communications device. Her eyes narrowed and her mask seemed to become more pointed than usual.
She stepped back from it sizing it up, not that there was much to size up…it was tiny. John saw her hesitation and sat 1 side of the square platform.
"Sit down Shayera, it's just chess." She looked at him then back at the board. Slowly she sat down in the chair opposite him and looked at the black and white pieces.
"Who's Jess?"
"No-one, I said ch-ess."
"Well then what's chess?"
"It's a strategy game."
"Like a war board?"
"Sort of. You see one person is black the other white. And…"
"So it's a game played by different races." John slapped his face.
"No. One person plays with the black pieces, the other person plays with the white pieces. Now pawns can only move one square ahead at a time, unless it's their first move where they can move two squares ahead…"
Sometime later
"Checkmate." The green pair of eyes stared at the white king.
"Beginner's luck."
"You've said that eight times already."
"It's still beginner's luck until it gets to twelve."
"I'm not going to sit here and watch you play badly for another four games." They stood and were about to argue until Batman stepped out of the shadows.
"And neither am I." Outraged John stormed out of the room and Batman took his place re-setting the board. Shayera just stared down at him with irritation. "By the way…beginner's luck runs out after the fourth time."
"Scared?"
"Not in the slightest. I just want a slightly less challenging task than having two sidekicks who don't work well together. You're not as good as you think."
A few minutes later Batman stomped out of the room with a particularly angry scowl on his face causing Flash to wet himself.
Shayera just sat staring at the little wooden pieces and smirked to herself at what a mistake John had done and how much he was going to regret it.
AU: phew. Another story done and I'm so proud I didn't include Dr. Fate once in this story (the AU doesn't count). Hmmmmmm smiles and looks around. Anyway please review, please!!!!!!!!!! I'll give you a cookie!!!