Author's Note: Been gone for a bit, haven't I? Lol I'm sorry if updates are scarce, sometimes I prefer reading over writing. But my stories will be updated, can't say much for my anime ones though. But my DC stories? Of course! Don't even joke about that... ever...
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Guest: I'm glad you're loving it so much so far! But just one thing, I don't understand how it's fast paced. I mean, it probably is, I just don't see it. If you can try to be more specific about it, I'll see what I can do :)
Chapter Three
Answers and Visits
"I thought you only wished to speak with me." Donna said, glaring daggers at Batman as he handcuffed her hands behind her back. Also cuffing her to the wall as an extra precaution.
"We do," He said, stepping away from her once he was finished. "This is just so you can't try anything funny." She rolled her eyes at this.
'Figures' She thought, then sent a nasty look towards the Flash. Who in turn rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly, avoiding her gaze. He said they only wanted to ask her some questions, was all of this really necessary? "What do you want from me?"
"I'm sure Flash already told you, answers." He said, the other league members standing behind him. "So for starters, what's your name?"
She was silent, then sighed. "Donna Tan."
"What were you doing in Metropolis?" Superman cut in, walking up to stand near Batman. "Why were you inside that pod? Did someone send you there?"
"Do you mind asking one question at a time, please?" She sarcastically asked, and Batman narrowed his eyes.
"There's no room for sarcasm in this discussion, just answer the questions." He said, crossing his arms. Donna smirked.
"You ask me these questions, yet, how do you know if I am being truthful?" She questioned, genuinely curious.
"What would you gain from lying to us?" Flash asked
"She'd throw us off, for starters." Hawkgirl said, crossing her arms also. "How do we know if she's telling us the truth, we can't even trust her."
"What reason could I have possibly given you for not trusting me?" Donna asked, turning her attention to Hawkgirl and narrowing her eyes.
"Gee, I don't know." She shrugged, "Aren't you the one who basically just said, 'For all you know, I could be lying to you.'?"
"That's enough Hawkgirl," Batman interjected, "We're beginning to get off track, you still need to answer Superman." He said, looking back over to Donna.
"I don't have to answer to anyone," She said, then smirked. "I am answering because I choose to."
"Doesn't matter," He replied, "Talk, now." He said as he gave her his famous 'Batglare'
"Are you not charming?" She asked, again in a sarcastic tone. "Me landing in this 'Metropolis' you speak of wasn't my fault. That's just where the launch pod took me."
"Why were you inside of it to begin with?" Superman asked, then Donna opened her mouth to speak and closed it again. "Well?" He urged, and Donna looked down.
"Because I was exiled," She said, then looked back up at them. "I am forever banished from Malderan."
"Why were you banished?" Wonder Woman now questioned, her own curiosity being peaked by what the alien woman had said.
"Is that really important?" She asked, "It was because I was different."
"Different?" Green Lantern repeated, "What do you mean by that?"
"Precisely what I said, different. Nothing more, nothing less." She replied, then looked back at Batman. "Anything else you wish to ask of me, Mr. Bat?"
"Batman," He corrected, "Your people, we know what they're like. We know what they do."
Donna's eyebrows raised a little, "So you know that my people are heartless monsters, and? What is your point?"
"My point is, I think they want to destroy Earth." He said.
Donna nodded, "That is understandable, in fact, that is precisely what they wish to do."
"And I think that you have a hand in that somehow." He finished, and Donna's eyes widened.
"What?!" She yelled, leaping forward. They cuffs keeping her at a distance, everyone got in a defensive position as they watched her closely. Everyone save for Batman, who hadn't even flinched at her outburst.
"You know absolutely nothing of me!" She yelled again, her eyes beginning to glow. "For your information, the only reason they sent me to Earth was just so they could kill me! Along with the rest of you humans!"
"Is that so?" He asked, and Donna only gave a simple 'yes'. "So our planet is their next target?"
"Yes, it is." Donna said, calming down, nodding her head. "And if you don't do something about it soon, you and the rest of your planet will be in grave danger."
"What is their method of invasion?" Martian Manhunter asked.
Donna looked at him, and answered. "They go section by section, once one part of the planet is in their control they move onto the next."
"Where do you think they would begin?" He asked again.
"More than likely, where I landed. In this Metropolis?" She asked, looking at Superman. Mentally asking if that was the name of the city. To which he gave a nod.
"How would they know to look there first?" Flash asked, "There's millions of different places you could've landed."
"There are specific people on my planet who are trained in the art of tracking. They have mighty ways of finding their targets, especially when they're tracking one of their own. They are called the Meldar." She explained. "Even though I may not be there right now, they'll at least still know that I was there."
"Now that's weird." Flash commented, and Donna couldn't help but crack a smile.
"So, are they-" Superman was cut off by a familiar alarm going off, they was a red light flashing in the room and Martian Manhunter quickly left to see what the problem was. Superman following not too long after.
"Umm... what is that?" Donna asked.
"It's a distress call," Batman answered, and after a few minutes of silence Martian Manhunter and Superman re-entered the room.
"There's an attack at area 51." The Martian said, and everyone perked up in shock.
"Why there of all places?" Wonder Woman asked.
"We think it may have something to do with the pod that Donna arrived in." Superman answered, and Donna made sure to listen after she noticed she was mentioned.
"After I completed my examination on the space pod, it was taken into the custody of the US Government only a few days afterwards. By what I was told, it had been stored away on the area 51 base ever since." Martian Manhunter explained.
"How come you never told us that before?" Flash asked.
"Because no one asked, which only made me assume it wasn't of any importance." The Martian answered, and Flash honestly couldn't disagree with that one.
"So, we need to get there as soon as possible." Superman said, then left the room. Martian Manhunter followed, and so did Batman and Wonder Woman. Flash began to follow also, but Batman quickly stopped.
"She's not staying on this ship alone," He told him, pointing at Donna. "Someone has to stay and keep watch."
"And let me guess, that someone is me. Right?" He asked, and Batman nodded. He looked back at Donna, then Batman, and shrugged with a smile. "I'm not complaining."
"Good," He said, then narrowed his eyes. "She's not to leave this room, clear?"
"Crystal." Flash said, saluting him. Batman said nothing else, only followed after the rest of the team. To the teleporters.
Flash closed the door and turned to Donna, "Are they gone?" She asked.
"Yup," He said, then crossed his arms with a smirk. "Why? You wanted us to have some alone time?" He teased, and she didn't answer. She merely pulled her hands apart, snapping the cuffs with ease. As if they'd been made from paper.
Flash's eyes widened and he put up his hands, "Woah, what are you doing?"
"Relax," She said, nonchalantly. "I am not going to hurt you, if that iswhat you were thinking."
He relaxed and forced a laugh, "You, hurt me? You thought-" He sighed, wiping away an imaginary tear. "Oh, no. Of course not, I wasn't worried." He lied, she had him nervous for a second. If it came down to a fight, he wouldn't be able to do much in the small room. Plus, she could just trap him in one of those domes that she could make.
They were both silent for a moment, then Flash remembered something. Something that he was very curious to know. "Hey," He said, making her look at him.
"What?"
"That thing that you did, when you first got to Earth and we were fighting and stuff." He said, using his hands as emphasis. "What was that?"
"What 'thing'?" She did a lot of 'things', he'd have to be more specific than that if he wanted an answer.
"You know," He rubbed the back of his neck, "When you had me all close to you, I couldn't breath..." He trailed, not really knowing how else to explain it. Then she remembered.
"Oh, that thing." She crossed her arms, "I took your breath away."
He smiled, "You sure did," She narrowed her eyes at him, was he ever serious? Seeing her looked, he cleared his throat. "Oh, you mean literally." He said, and she nodded.
"It is how Malderanians learn another language," She explained.
"So that's how you were speaking English all of a sudden!" He said, almost child-like. "That's actually pretty cool."
She looked at him a little taken aback, "You think that is... cool?" She asked, and he nodded.
"Yeah, I think that's pretty amazing." He smiled, "Wish I could do something like that." He praised, making her flush a little.
"Oh... thank you, Flash." She said, and he smiled in return. Then suddenly, they both heard a crash. coming from another part of the Tower. "What was that?"
"I don't know," He said, then opened the door. "But I'm gonna go check it out." He turned around to look at her, "Stay here." He was about to speed off, but she quickly flew to him and grabbed his arm.
"Wait!" She said, pulling him back. "I also wish to see what it is."
"I don't know about that," Flash said, a little hesitant about the idea. "Batman told me not to let you leave the room, it's bad enough you broke out of your cuffs."
"He saw how strong I am, I am sure he knew those cuffs would not hold me anyway." She said, crossing her arms. And she did have a point, he probably only did it as a means to make it clear that he wanted no funny business. "Besides, maybe you could use my help."
Before Flash could answer, there was another crash. It was even louder than the last, and this one sounded like it was closer. "Fine, just hope you can keep up sweetheart." He said, then sped away. Donna flying as fast as she could behind him with an accomplished smirk.
Author's Note: At first I was gonna bend the rules a little and add something about Cadmus Labs, buuuut in the end decided "NO!" since that's a Justice League Unlimited thing. This story is before all of that so instead I used area 51. Just for that tiny part, and for the fight next chapter.
I don't think I'm forgetting anything, so any questions? Comments? Constructive criticism? Anything at all you have to say, leave in a review.
Who's broken into the Watch Tower? Who's attacking the base of area 51? Find out next time in Justice League: The Malderanian!
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