Young Justice: A New Purpose
Episode 0: In Brightest Day Part II
Previously on Young Justice: A New Purpose
"Hello son" Nathan's father replied, who was sitting with his wife, Mara, on the couch, while Hal sat across the room on a slightly smaller couch.
"Hey dad, mom" Nathan acknowledged them, not wanting to engage in too much conversation with them, as he sat down next to Hal on the couch.
"Honey, your father and I have come to a decision and we wish to explain things to you," replied Mara with sympathy present in her voice.
'Wow, right to the point this time' thought Nathan, who fidgeted on the couch to brace himself for what they were going to say.
Start of Part II
"Son, we only want what we think is best for you during this troubling time you're in, and what we think you need is some time away from Gotham City," Eric stated to his son, who he could tell was getting angry with their decision.
"Honey we don't want to see you depressed anymore and we think some alone time in Coast City with Hal will help you a lot" replied Mara, with her soothing voice, trying to calm her son, whom she could tell was about to explode, but died down some after hearing his mother. Mara took pride in the fact that her motherly voice was always able to defuse any situation dealing with her son, most of the time anyway.
"You're in on this too?" asked Nathan, turning his attention to Hal, slightly angry.
Hal through is hands up in the air, "Hey Squirt, I declined them at first too for the same reasons you are right now," defended Jordan, "However, I changed my mind after we had a long chat" finished Hal gesturing to Nathan's parents when he mentioned about having a long chat with them.
Nathan sighed in defeat knowing there was no way out of this. 'Besides if Hal says it's cool, it could be fun' thought Nathan. Hal Jordan was his closest and favorite uncle in the family by far and to actually spend the entire summer may actually be a great idea, but he still didn't like how the news was brought up or that it took the loss of his girlfriend to spend extended time with Hal Jordan in Coast City.
"So when am I leaving?" asked Nathan, looking at Hal.
"We leave in the morning kiddo" replied Hal, as he ruffled Nathan's hair, "Just you and me on a road trip. We'll call it a guys trip" replied Hal.
Nathan almost immediately began fixing his hair that Hal ruffled. His hair had grown a bit from being in the hospital and starting school, so he never had time to get it back to his short, normal look. "Don't you need more than two guys to call it a guys trip?" asked Nathan.
The two began laughing, but Nathan stopped suddenly, "Wait, what about school?" asked Nathan remembering that he still had to finish out the year.
"Don't worry, Squirt. I'm friends with Bruce Wayne. I told him what was going on and he assured me that he will work something out for you" replied Hal.
"Thanks for everything" replied Nathan as he started up the stairs to his bedroom to get started on his packing for his trip to Coast City.
Nathan took his finished packed suitcase to the entrance of his bedroom so that he could quickly grab it and go in the morning and then fell on his bed to get some much needed rest before the big trip and slowly drifted off into a dream.
(Dream)
Nathan found himself on the Gotham streets, specifically the street where he lost Lily to the mugger. Nathan with quick, short movements of his eyes located the alleyway entrance to where Lily and he were shot and he slowly walked over to the alleyway. Against his will, his feet continued to move him down into the depths of the dimly lit alley to where his eyes focused on a girl's body laying in the middle of the alley. Nathan quickly identified it as Lily as he continued to stare at her lifeless body, hoping that somehow he would hear her say something or see her twitch and he would help her up, but nothing happened.
"Nathan" echoed a shallow voice. Nathan darted around with his eyes to locate the voice, but found nothing and was going to look back at Lily when he heard the voice again. This time he did a quick 180 and found himself starring at a live Lily. He starred at her long flowing blond hair, her sun kissed skin, and her beautiful brown eyes, however Lily didn't look happy. She wore a saddened expression on her face as she returned the stare Nathan was giving her.
"You didn't save me" replied Lily, still with her shallow and saddened tone, "You could've tried harder to stop me from taking you down this alley with me" replied Lily.
Nathan couldn't keep eye contact with her anymore, the guilt was eating him alive as every sentence she said sunk into him. He knelt down on his knees and started to cry.
"I'm sorry…I'm s-sorry….I'm so sorry L-Lils" Nathan whispered to himself as his vision started to go black.
Nathan sat up in his bed breathing heavy. Nathan recalling his dream put his hands over his face and rubbed his eyes, trying to get his thoughts together. He lowered his hands and looked at the clock, 6:00am.
Nathan was about to lay back down and try to get some more sleep, but just then his door opened and Hal came in. "Oh you're up? I was just coming to get you. We got a long way to travel Squirt" Hal stated, and then left his room, so he could get ready to go.
Nathan came down the stairs with his suitcase in tow and sat it by the front door. Nathan then made his way to the kitchen and met Hal, who asked him if he wanted breakfast, but Nathan wasn't really feeling hungry after having his dream, and just decided to grab something small and eat it on the way to the airport.
Coast City
May 5, 14:30 PDT
Nathan and Hal got off the plane and got their luggage and walked through the parking lot, till they found Hal's car. Nathan dropped his phone that he was using to keep in touch with Dick and Barbara, but as he bent down to pick it up, he had to stop himself from hurling on the spot.
Hal noticed Nathan's predicament and decided to chime in on the situation, "First time flying Squirt?" Hal asked slightly chuckling as he did so.
"Yes and have you ever actually used my real name?" asked Nathan, who still thought it funny when Hal called him Squirt.
"I don't think I have…Nate" replied Hal, who rolled his eyes and chuckled at the look that he was receiving from Nathan.
Nathan finished packing his belongings into Hal's back seat, while Hal put his stuff in the truck of his car and they both proceeded to the front of the car, where Hal took the driver's seat and Nathan took the passenger spot.
The ride to Hal's place was going better than both were expecting. They managed to start up all kinds of conversations, mostly about embarrassing topics about Nathan, while evading topics that neither wanted to bring up. However, neither of them noticed the yellow barrier that had formed in front of the car, since they were both laughing and looking away from the road occasionally when speaking to each other. By the time Hal saw what was in front of him, it was too late. Hal applied the breaks, and they both braced for the impact…..BAM!
Sorry for the long wait awesome readers, I hit writers block after Hal and Nathan got in the car, so the ending may not be as good as I hoped. Please review on the ending of this and let me know what you think, or how it could have gone better. Again sorry for the wait and I hope I didn't lose your interest in this story. So yeah, please give me reviews on anything that you thought could have went better or any ideas about the next chapter.
