Iamgoku: Hi everybody ! we're here with the second chapter of my spin off/Prequel to Intangible ,which follows my character, Shaun Jaymes Quinzel, and the two year journey before he became a member of the Justice League's Youth program.
Intangible as you may know was original titled 'Invisible' and 'syoc' originally authored by 'AC333', which the first 10 chapters were written solely by her, before I began co-writing in chapter 11, and continued to do so until chapter 23. AC333 decided to let me adopt the story after she desired to re-write it, not wanting the version we had both worked so hard on to die, I am now posting and continuing it on my account, with AC being m a consultant on various characters.
Now 'Intangible' and 'Blaze Year One' are both sequels to her story 'Suicide Squad' which takes place in Justice League following the Thanagarian invasion and Shayera's decision to quit the League, it is completed and can be found at the link below, I urge you to read that first, as it has several plot points that come up in 'Intangible' that you might get confused with otherwise.
s/11134687/1/Suicide-Squad.
And before we continue, I would like to thank AC333 once again for allowing me to continue this story that we have both worked so hard on, and found friends in one another through doing so.
Disclaimer: All DC characters are property of DC (duh).
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After the exhausting day he had been through, Shaun had finally managed to get to sleep, as he lay asleep in his bed his mind relaxed and let a peaceful dream overtake him.
(Dream)
He found himself running along a long hallway, the walls and surroundings were luxurious and exotic in appearance.
His small legs ran through the halls as the four year old was looking for someone.
Running into one room he saw an older girl who was sitting and putting together a model of some kind, her face seemed to be blurred white and their identity wasn't clear though she had dark hair.
Shaun found himself calling out to her in a young sounding voice.
"Komi!" he yelled out happily, causing the older girl to let out an annoyed sigh.
"Play with me!" he said as he pulled on her arm, the older girl merely shook her arm out of his grip.
"Urrghh I'm far too busy to be playing your stupid little games, go annoy somebody else" she said harshly before picking up the model she was working on and walking away, leaving him all alone.
Shaun felt a wave of slight sadness wash over him, before he smiled and ran off in another direction.
The scene around him seemed to shift to another area, Shaun found himself outside in a garden full of strange looking trees and plants. However the appearance of another person caught his attention, it was another older girl, though this one was younger than the previous.
She too had her face blurred; Shaun couldn't make it out, though she scooped him up in her arms.
"You found me!" he exclaimed smiling to her.
"Hahaha, I will always find you Ryand'r" the girl said in a happy tone.
"You can't hide from me" she said before proceeding to tickle the younger boy in the stomach, causing him laugh out loud and squirm in her grip.
"Hahahaha-No-ahahaha-Stop sister-hahahaha" he called out in-between laughs.
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(Dream End)
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Shaun woke up to the sound of the alarm clock near his bed ringing loudly, yawning slightly he reached over and hit the snooze button before sitting up.
'What a weird dream' He thought to himself, as he thought back to the dream he had, it seemed so real and vivid.
Shaking off the strange dream he got up and fixed the covers back onto his bed before heading to the bathroom to get ready for the day.
(With Ivy and Selina)
Ivy hadn't gotten a lot of sleep that night; she had been too stressed over the events of yesterday and what would happen today.
She and Selina had discussed things at length and what to do. They both conceded it was best for Shaun to be kept away from Harley, for his own good. And even Ivy had to agree that Harley would come to the Botanical Gardens and they just couldn't risk her finding him.
But she still didn't like Shaun's idea.
Despite the fact that his body was older and he was catching up and learning things at an amazing rate, she still viewed him as a kid, a five year old boy.
Well he was technically turning six in another three months.
Ivy and Selina were currently laying out items in one of the living room areas as well as a larger backpack to fit it all in when Shaun came into the room, clad in a pair of dark jeans and a red t-shirt with his hair still damp, a blue towel draped his shoulders.
"Morning" he called out before walking over into the kitchen and grabbing a bottle of juice, opening it he walked back over to where the two of them were and sat down,
"Ok, so we've gotten some things ready for you" Selina said motioning to the table which had various items placed on it.
"First and foremost is this" Ivy said as she picked up a black iPhone.
"You keep this near you at all times" she said seriously. "I'll be calling you twice a day starting tomorrow, and tonight I'll call you at seven PM, if you don't pick up I'll know something is wrong" she said as he nodded and put the phone in his pocket.
Next Selina bought out a small box and opened it, revealing a few small stacks of hundred dollar bills.
"I put enough cash in here to put you up at a hotel for two weeks and buy yourself food and a few other expenses, after two weeks I'll have an apartment set up for you" Selina said, catching Shaun by surprise.
"Apartment?" he asked.
Selina nodded.
"Don't worry I have enough money put away to buy tons of apartments, comes in handy when I need to buy a new hideout. I'll set you up in a penthouse somewhere in Gotham" she said.
Shaun looked apprehensive about the idea.
"Aunt Selina I can't ask you to do that" he said softly, causing Selina to place a hand on his shoulder.
"Good thing you're not asking. I'm telling you" she said firmly, before placing the small box at the bottom of the backpack.
"I marked a few good hotels on the Map application on your phone, when I call you tonight I expect you to be in one of them" Ivy said as Shaun nodded.
"Ok" Shaun said nodding, before looking over at a few of the other items. There was a few changes of clothing, mostly warm clothing as November was a cold month. Besides the clothing there were a few books and a wallet also containing some cash.
"Shaun" Ivy said after a moment, gaining his attention.
"Yeah?"
"I don't like the idea of you being out there by yourself" she said, Shaun was about to say something in reply when she continued.
"The only reason we're letting you leave is because of your new abilities, it gives you something to protect yourself with." She said walking over towards him and placing her hands on his shoulders.
"But if anything happens, and I mean anything" she said firmly. "You call us immediately."
"Yeah ok, Auntie" Shaun said with a slight groan.
Ivy's expression faltered slightly as she looked down.
"I know I might nag you sometimes, and I'm sorry" she began.
"But…..Since I can't ever have children of my own…" Ivy continued, her voice wavering slightly.
"It's ok Auntie, you don't need to say it" Shaun said, closing his eyes.
"I think of you as my own" she finished as Shaun moved closer and wrapped his arms around her.
"I know Auntie…I know" he said softly as he felt her eyes moisten slightly into his shirt.
"Stay safe" she said as Selina walked over, having filled the backpack up with items that had been on the table, when Ivy released Shaun from the hug, Selina passed the backpack to him.
"You better not get yourself into trouble kid" she said as she pulled him into a hug, when she backed away she had a smirk on her face.
"Well, at least not any trouble we wouldn't get into" she said as Ivy gave a scoff as she wiped her eyes, a smile on her face.
"I'll try" Shaun said smirking before he reached down towards the couch and pulled up a black jacket and put it on before placing the backpack on his right shoulder.
Ivy and Selina both watched as he stood there for a moment, seemingly preparing himself internally before he stepped forward and pulled them both into another hug, stronger than theirs as they found themselves squeezed up against each other.
"Thank you" he whispered softly.
The two Gotham villainess didn't respond, but leaned closer and enjoyed the hug before Shaun released them.
He gave them one last smile before turning towards the door and heading off.
"Don't forget, I'll be calling you tonight!" Ivy called out to him.
"Got it" Shaun called back as he continued towards the exit.
As the two women watched him leave their line of sight Ivy turned to Selina.
"Why do I have the feeling this just started an incredible chain of events of epic proportions?" she asked, Selina turned to her dryly.
"Because you're a paranoid drama queen, that's why"
(Later)
It was now late afternoon and Shaun was sitting in a taxi, looking out the window with a bored expression.
He had gone to two of the hotels his aunt's had marked on the map, but the first had no room available due to a large function taking place there, and the second one was shut down for repairs, apparently there had been a fight between Batman and Mr Freeze which had taken place inside the building and now it needed several floors repaired.
Shaun was now heading to another hotel that was marked on his phone's map.
However the taxi suddenly came to a stop, Shaun looked up to see they weren't at a traffic light, the driver let out a whispered groan.
"What is it?" Shaun asked.
"Seems like a car accident up ahead, some truck's smashed into a light pole." He said with annoyance.
Shaun rolled the window down and looked out to see all the cars in front of them were also stopped, and far down the street he could see the aforementioned truck the driver spoke off, police were at the scene.
"We might be here awhile" the driver said as he sat back.
Shaun pulled the phone out again and checked the map, the hotel was only about a half hour's walk from where they currently were, and looking at the current predicament he decided walking might be the best decision.
"I'll just get out here then" Shaun said as he pulled out the wallet Selina had given him and passed the driver the fair he owed him so far before stepping out of the taxi and onto the sidewalk, making sure to grab his backpack he shut the door and walked ahead.
Checking the phone once more Shaun checked the current street before nodding and walking straight ahead.
After a few minutes of walking Shaun was now in a less populated street, there were no cars going through it as the police had blocked off the road he had walked past in order to remove the truck that had crashed.
"Hmm, shouldn't be too far now" he said to himself as he walked along, however a sound caught his attention, it was coming from an alley to the left of him.
Turning he saw a man on the ground, three other men standing above him, they looked like typical thugs and their actions certainly proved it as one of the men kicked the fallen man in the ribs, causing him to let out a cry of pain.
Shaun stood still, his eyes looking around for anyone he could call out to for help, however he saw no one.
Turning back to the alley he saw the man who had kicked the fallen man moments ago pull out a gun from his jacket and level it with the fallen man's face.
That's when Shaun moved.
(Unknown Man's POV)
He let out a frightened cry as he scampered back towards the dumpster behind him his eyes wide with fear and staring back at the barrel of the gun in his face.
The three men had jumped him walking past the alley, stolen his wallet and had beaten him up for the past few minutes, despite his pleas.
And now as he looked at the weapon pointed at his face, his body was shaking as the three men laughed at his expression.
"Time's up" the man said as his finger gripped the trigger.
"N-No please!" he cried despite knowing it was futile, he would be dead in a matter of second.
However the shot never came as suddenly the thief holding the gun was thrown back into the back of the alley dropping his gun before his body hit the chain link fence hard before falling to the ground.
The man looked up to see a younger teenager standing there with both his arms outstretched, as if he had slammed them into the thief. He then turned to the thief to his left and pushed him with his left hand with force, sending him flying into the brick wall with a loud thud, before he fell to the floor motionless.
The final thief tried reaching down to the gun that was lying on the ground, but before he could he was grabbed by his shirt and lifted up by the teen and thrown back towards the chain link fence and falling to the ground, landing on the other thief and falling unconscious.
(Shaun's POV)
Shaun stood there for a moment, his breathing was heavier but not from exertion, he was trying to fully comprehend what he had just done.
Glancing down at the ground for a moment he saw the gun lying on the cold wet ground, and reached down picking it up, he grabbed the barrel in one hand and the handle in the other and in one swift motion ripped the gun in half and dropped it, the bullets clattering against the pavement.
Taking a deep breath he turned to see the person he had stopped from being shot, he was a young man, in his early twenties from the looks of it, with brown hair that was slightly dishevelled from what had happened, he had green eyes and fair skin.
The man was still on the ground and starring in shock at the unconscious thieves before looking up at Shaun, the same look of shock still on his face.
"Y-You…You just saved my life" he said in awe, his voice had a British accent to it.
He looked to be still shaken up from the experience and still comprehending what had happened.
Shaun was in a similar boat.
"Y-Yeah…" Shaun replied simply, not knowing what else to say.
After about a minute, Shaun reached down and offered him his hand, the man took it and Shaun helped him to his feet.
The man looked over at one of the thieves lying near the chain link fence.
"What is it?" Shaun asked as he looked to where the thieves were.
"The one who….who was going to shoot me…he took my wallet" he said as he looked at the unconscious man with slight fear, worried to approach him.
Shaun nodded before slowly walking over towards them, he turned the man over easily and saw a bulge underneath his jackets breast pocket, reaching into it he pulled out a dark brown leather wallet, turning to the man for confirmation, and he received a nod.
Walking over to him and handing the wallet back, Shaun watched as he looked through it before placing it back in his pants pocket.
The man than turned to Shaun, a grateful and relieved expression on his face.
"Thank you so much" he said earnestly. "I'll never be able to repay you for saving me"
Shaun rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly, not really knowing how to respond, though before he could attempt to, his stomach let out a growl of hunger.
"Oh man" Shaun said rubbing his stomach, before looking up to the exit of the alley with a confused expression before turning back to the man.
"You wouldn't happen to know any places to eat around here would ya?" Shaun asked sheepishly.
The man blinked twice before snapping to attention and nodding. "Oh, yes of course" he said before walking forward, Shaun following at his side.
"My names Shaun by the way" he said offering his hand to the man, after a few moments he returned the handshake.
"My names Marcus" he said. "Marcus Watson"
(Next Scene)
Marcus now sat across from Shaun; they were both in a diner that Marcus knew was close to where they had met.
A hot cup of tea was in front of him, though he wasn't drinking it, he was too busy staring at Shaun, who was currently devouring food at a fast rate.
Shaun shovelled several pieces of bacon into his mouth and chewed it ravenously, before doing the same with a whole fried egg, he then picked up a glass of orange juice and took a large gulp of it before turning to a plate of pancakes and continued eating.
He had already eaten several plates of food before this, Marcus was wondering how he wasn't full, or at least hadn't choked yet at the amount of food he was eating this quickly.
"How did you do that?" Marcus asked.
Shaun looked up, a look of confusion on his face.
"Do what?" he said after swallowing another mouthful of food.
"You tossed those guys around like they were nothing" Marcus replied. "Are…Are you an alien or something?"
Shaun let out a small laugh.
"No, I'm not an alien, as far as I know" he said with amusement and smiling at the older man.
"Then how did you do all that?" Marcus asked with interest.
"I was in a...Accident recently" Shaun said seriously, a far off look on his face. "And now I can do things"
"What sort of things?" Marcus asked casually, while he was thinking to himself what sort of accident the teen had been in to cause such changes.
"Well I'm stronger, faster, and more agile than before. I'm pretty tough too." Shaun said before pausing momentarily and taking another bite of food before speaking.
"Plus I got this energy inside me"
Marcus seemed confused at the answer, but said nothing as Shaun continued eating
"That's…interesting" Marcus replied after having thought over what he'd just been told.
"My Aunt thinks I can do more with it, but I have to figure it out first" Shaun said before taking another sip of his juice.
"You live with your Aunt?" Marcus asked as he took a sip from his own cup.
Shaun shook his head.
"Nah, not anymore" he said after a moment's hesitation.
Marcus looked concerned.
"Did she kick you out or something?" he asked.
Shaun quickly shook his head. "Oh no no, nothing like that" he said quickly.
"I kinda moved out"
"Do you have a place to stay?" Marcus asked, he had an idea but wanted to hear what Shaun had to say first.
"Not at the moment, I was going to go check into a hotel, but then I ran into you" Shaun said before taking another bite out of his food.
Marcus looked down at his cup while in thought.
'Maybe I should invite him to stay with me' Marcus thought to himself.
While it was unwise to invite someone into your home after having only just met them an hour earlier, for some strange reason he did feel like he could trust Shaun. The younger teen didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards him, and there was the fact that he had saved Marcus's life when he could have just walked on past and let him be shot.
Yeah, he felt he could trust him.
Marcus looked up at Shaun after a few more moments, to see him eating still, and gave him a small smile.
"I might be able to help you out with someplace to stay" he said as Shaun looked on curiously.
(Next Scene)
Stepping off at the subway station Shaun and Marcus walked down the flight of stairs leading down to the street. Shaun could see a few stores and shops open around them, and they were coming up to a row of apartment buildings.
On the subway ride over, Shaun had told him that he had been staying with his two Aunts' previously, though hadn't given much away other than that.
"Most of these are abandoned or unoccupied along this street, though the other streets and surrounding blocks have plenty of people, that's why the stores are open and there's people around" Marcus explained as he saw Shaun's inquisitive expression.
"So you own an apartment up here?" Shaun asked, Marcus gave a small smile and nodded.
"In a manner of speaking" he said as they approached a three story apartment complex, it looked in better condition than some of its neighbouring buildings.
"I own this" Marcus said pointing to the apartment building.
Shaun looked at Marcus with a confused expression.
"What do you mean?"
Marcus gave a small chuckle.
"I own the building"
Shaun's eyes widened at that statement before he turned and looked at the building for a few seconds.
"Seriously!" he asked.
"Yep" Marcus replied smiling as they walked up to the front door, Marcus taking out a key and unlocking it.
"Wow, how could you own a place this big?" Shaun asked as they stepped inside the main foyer.
"I got it at a good price" Marcus said as they walked past the foyer, Shaun could see doors on each sides of the wide hall they were on and a few elevators and a utility closet.
They walked up the large stairs three flights until reaching the final level, Marcus opened one of the doors to a large apartment, it had obviously been smaller, though he had renovated it and knocked a wall down to extend it.
Marcus walked him through the lounging area and showed him the kitchen, a large TV sat in the corner on the wall, which was obviously a living room style set up.
Shaun walked around and saw some windows overlooking the street, and a large bookshelf on the wall, and a hallway leading to more rooms.
He spotted some frames near the bookshelf and took a closer look to see that they were degrees.
"Woah, you must be really smart, what are all these for anyway" Shaun asked as Marcus was putting some bottles of water into the fridge.
"Oh, those" he replied flippantly. "I've got some degrees and . in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Robotics and Electrical Engineering. I also try and keep up on other stuff too" he said casually as Shaun was staring at him with wide eyes.
"You're like a genius" he said with the same expression still on his face.
Marcus waved it off modestly.
"Hey, before you put your stuff away, want to see something cool?" Marcus asked.
Shaun put his bag down on the couch near the television and turned back to him, nodding before following Marcus.
They walked out of the apartment and into the hall, Marcus walked past two elevators before arriving at a fire escape door, he opened it to reveal a brick wall.
Shaun stared at the bricks for a moment before turning to Marcus with a raised eyebrow.
"Check this out" Marcus said as he pointed to two bricks that looked only slightly different to the others, placing both hands up and on the bricks Shaun saw a small flash of light.
"Fingerprint scanners" he said patting Shaun's shoulder, as the brick wall slid to the side revealing a brightly lit elevator with glass walls and metal hinges.
"Woah" Shaun said as they stepped inside, Marcus pressed a button on the interior and the elevator started descending.
"I found during some renovations, that there was a sub-basement below the normal one of the building." Marcus explained. "It was left behind from an abandoned sewer project back in the 80's,I managed to fix it up with and connect it with the upper basement, as well as get this elevator working. I also got power and lighting fixed up." Marcus said as the elevator came to a stop.
The doors opened to reveal a large room; there was a raised platform near the centre of the room with a circular hub and what looked like several computers and monitors, only a few lights were on in some places.
Shaun could also see several tables and boxes around the room in various places as well as work benches and machinery, he could also see several doors and a corridor leading off to what he suspected was more rooms.
"I mostly use it for storage or to work on my projects, it's also my own little sanctuary" he said as they walked over to the computers.
"I've been meaning to fix it up a bit more, but there's only so much I can do by myself" he said as he typed in a command and the room lit up even more.
Shaun walked over to one of the work benches and saw what looked like an unfinished robotic arm with some notes saying it was for an auto-assembling bot in car factories; there were also blueprints for a whole host of other designs and inventions.
"What do you do with all these?" Shaun asked.
"Oh it depends, I sometimes get copyright on them, or sell them to companies, or let them manufacture them while getting a percentage of profits. Other times I might just donate them to universities" Marcus said as Shaun nodded absentmindedly.
He walked around a little more while Marcus checked over the robotic arm, a small workbench caught his eye, and walking over to it Shaun saw a length of yellow fabric stretched out over the table.
Running his hand along it, he admired the feeling of the material, after a few moments he turned away from it and called out to Marcus.
"Hey do you mind if I go back upstairs, I was going to organise my stuff now?" Shaun asked.
"Oh sure thing" Marcus said as he turned back from his workbench. "And theirs fresh towels in the closet near the kitchen if you want to shower or anything"
Shaun nodded and stepped back into the elevator and pressed the third floor.
As the elevator travelled up he thought about his situation, he was lucky to have ran into Marcus, as he now had a place to stay. He kept thinking back to what had happened in the alley; he had frozen up and was unsure what to do. But when the thief pulled the gun out, it was like his body just moved before he could comprehend what he was doing.
But he did feel good inside, to have stopped them from killing Marcus, who so far seemed like a really nice guy, he wasn't used to people other than his Aunts being nice to him, it was strange.
But good strange.
(Later scene)
Shaun had placed his things into one of the spare rooms in Marcus extended apartment, the room was down the hall from the kitchen and near the bathroom. After putting his things on the bed he had gone and grabbed a clean towel and decided to take a shower, it would help relax him after the long day he had.
However he had absentmindedly forgotten that his Aunt was going to call him, and was currently in the shower as the phone was ringing in his room.
(With Ivy and Selina: A minute earlier)
Selina had decided to stay over with Ivy for the night, the two women had passed the time by playing cards, watching a movie, and had a few drinks. They were now watching TV when Ivy noticed the time.
"I had better call Shaun and see if he'd checked in" Ivy said as he picked up her mobile from the coffee table and went to her contacts before pressing the number for Shaun's new phone.
Ivy waited as the dial tone continued to play out, though after a few chimes she felt worry start to develop in her gut.
"He's not picking up" she said as Selina turned to her.
"Give it a few seconds" she said calmly.
Ivy waited a few more seconds before the dial tone cut out.
"He didn't answer!" she said with concern as she stood up.
"Ok calm down Pammy, he could just be in the bathroom. Try calling him again before getting all worked up" Selina said with a calm expression, though inside she was feeling nervous and a bit worried herself.
Ivy called once more and waited for him to pick up the phone.
And waited
And waited
The dial tone cut out again, and she sent a worried look to Selina, whose expression now too was filled with concern.
"Ok, maybe now you can get worked up" she said as she hopped up and followed Ivy into the other room where she had a few computers set up.
"I'm checking the tracking device we put in his phone" Ivy said as she typed into the computer and watched as a map came up, it zoomed in a few times as it found Shaun's phones GPS tracker and pinpointed his location.
Ivy sent the location to her phone before jumping up and grabbing her coat she had draped over the kitchen counter.
"Let's go" she said as Selina followed her, grabbing her whip before the two ran out the door in a hurry.
(Next Scene)
Shaun was back in the room and checking it out, it was bigger than the room he had at Aunt Ivy's. The walls were a light blue colour and there was a fan hanging from the ceiling, a wardrobe was in the right corner of the room near the door, he had already put his clothes in it.
There was one window facing outside towards the street, he looked out to see the moon high in the sky.
(With Marcus)
Marcus had just come back to the apartment after leaving the sub-basement; he had tinkered with a few of his designs before returning.
Walking over to the kitchen he filled a kettle with water before turning it on, the water began to slowly heat up.
He walked over towards the couch and was about to call out to Shaun to see if he was finished in the room, when suddenly the door to the apartment flew open.
Before Marcus could comprehend what was happening he found himself thrown back into the wall behind him by a large vine.
The vine then proceeded to wrap around him and constrict as it held him off the ground.
This was followed by two women walking into the apartment through the front door, his eyes widened with recognition as he saw Poison Ivy and Catwoman standing there, both with chilling glares on their faces.
Marcus tried to call out to Shaun for help, but found his chest suddenly constricted tighter by the vine as Ivy and Catwoman walked towards him, Ivy's hand clenched into a fist.
"Where is he!" Ivy growled out slowly, Catwoman turned to looked around before turning back to their captive.
Marcus tried making some form of response, still not understanding why they were here, however a voice called out catching everyone's attention.
"Aunt Ivy, Aunt Selina?" Shaun said with confusion, causing Catwoman and Ivy to turn and see him standing there near the entrance to the room.
"Shaun!" they both called out with a mixture of shock and relief.
"What are you doing here and what are you doing to Marcus?" He asked in confusion and concern.
"We'll ask the questions here" Ivy said seriously with a frown.
"What on earth are you doing here, and who is this?" Ivy said pointing to Marcus who was still trapped up against the wall.
Shaun looked between them, looking at Marcus before turning to his Aunt's.
"Look I'll explain everything, but can you please put him down" he asked.
Ivy saw the look of genuine concern on his face and after a moment's hesitation, relinquished her vines hold on the other man.
Marcus fell to the floor and gave a gasp of air, before coughing a few times as he tried to regain his breath.
After a few moments he stood shakily on his feet, before turning to Shaun with wide eyes.
"They're your Aunts?!" he exclaimed with disbelief.
Shaun looked at everyone in the room before rubbing his neck slowly.
"I guess some explanations are in order, hehehe"
(Next Scene)
Shaun, Ivy and Selina were now sitting at the counter in the kitchen; Marcus was standing on the other side.
Shaun had started off explaining why he was at the apartment building, and how he had met Marcus. He had also explained more in-depth to Marcus about the accident he had been in, though left out the part that the Joker and Harley Quinn were his parents.
He didn't want him to know that.
Marcus was now standing there with a perplexed expression on his face as he studied Shaun's features.
"So…You're five"
Shaun nodded innocently.
"Almost six"
Marcus then turned to Ivy.
"What were the chemicals he fell into again?" he asked.
Ivy shot him a distrustful look, though answered anyway.
"Its technical name is X-764" she answered, Marcus looked at her with disbelief before turning to Shaun.
"And you survived it?!"
Shaun nodded before giving him a questioning look.
"Yeah?"
Marcus shook his head.
"That chemical was first produces back in the 1970's, it was found that it could break down and destroy organic tissue easily, hell even a couple drops of it could poison and break down a human's body. It was going to be put into military use but the world governments agreed it was too dangerous, production was officially meant to be shut down by the 90's." Marcus explained.
"They probably made the batch up you fell into illegally"
Ivy spoke up.
"Anyway back to the matter at hand" she said before turning to Shaun.
"You're not staying here"
Shaun turned to her.
"What? Why!"
Ivy frowned. "Because, we don't want you living with someone you just met today"
Marcus spoke up. "I assure you I wouldn't-" he began only for Selina to cut him off.
"Yeah, see we're not going to take any chances, we don't know you and we sure as hell aren't leaving Shaun here" she said before turning to Shaun.
"So, pack up your stuff kid, we're leaving"
Shaun's expression fell before he spoke up.
"You said you would let me leave because I had my powers now, and I could protect myself, right?" He asked.
Ivy and Selina turned to each other before Ivy spoke up.
"Well yes, but-" she began, only for Shaun to interrupt.
"So you don't have to worry then. If he did try and hurt me I can defend myself" Shaun said before turning to Marcus.
"I don't think you would though" he said as Marcus nodded, trying to avoid the distrustful gaze of the two women.
"Shaun, just because you can defend yourself now doesn't mean you can trust someone you just met" Selina said evenly.
Shaun turned to her, and had a contemplative look on his face.
"What if you gave me a few days?" He asked, this made Selina and Ivy look at him in confusion.
"If I stay here a few days, and I'm ok, will you let me stay" he asked looking at them with hopeful eyes.
Ivy turned to Selina with a concerned look, Selina returned it with one of contemplation, after a few moments the two women turned back to Shaun.
"…We'll give you three days" Ivy said, causing Shaun to smile widely at her.
"If you still want to stay here, you can. But we'll will be dropping by regularly, and I'll be calling you every day!" Ivy said seriously.
"Hahaha, thanks" Shaun said happily, running around and pulling them into a hug.
"Why don't you show me your room?" Ivy said as she stood up.
Shaun nodded excitedly as he pulled Ivy along by her hand, before she left the room Ivy sent Selina a look, who nodded in understanding.
Marcus was about to strike up a conversation when he suddenly found himself pushed back out of his chair and held up against the wall again, Selina gripping him by the throat and pushing him back.
"Listen to me very carefully" she whispered to him seriously.
"We're going to let Shaun stay here, but just so we're clear" she said squeezing his throat tighter.
"You hurt him in anyway, or betray his trust, hell if you even make him cry" she growled out before raising her free hand and sharp claws extended out of her gloved hand.
"We will make you suffer" she said before bringing her claws down to his groin area.
"And it will be slow, and painful. And will most likely end with you in several pieces being fed to one of Ivy's plant's" she said glaring at him.
Without another word she dropped the man to the floor before retracting her claws.
Ivy and Shaun came back a few minutes later to see Selina and Marcus sitting at the table, Selina was sipping from a cup of coffee casually while Marcus seemed to be sitting up straight and holding a cup of tea rigidly.
"Well I think it's time we take our leave" Ivy said giving Shaun another hug and kissing him on the forehead before turning back to the other two.
"I'm sure you two had a nice chat?" she asked looking at them with a glint in her eye.
"Oh of course we had a great discussion" Selina said smiling back at her friend before she too stood up and said her goodbyes to Shaun.
The two villainess then made their way to the apartment door, looking back to wave and cast Marcus one last warning look before disappearing from view.
Shaun smiled before turning to Marcus.
"Aren't they great" he said as Marcus let out a breath of relief.
"Oh…yeah" Marcus replied.
"I can tell they really care about you" he said, rubbing his neck slightly where Selina had grabbed him.
His new roommate sure had some interesting family.
(With Ivy and Selina)
Ivy lowered them down from one of the second story windows down to the street below with one of her vines; afterwards the two women began walking down the street together.
"I'm still not comfortable with this" Ivy said, Selina put her arm on Ivy's shoulder.
"Don't worry; I'm pretty sure we scared that Marcus guy into not doing anything stupid. And besides Shaun is right, he has his abilities now. What's the worst that could happen" Selina said as Ivy gave a small sigh.
"I suppose your right"
(FlashForward)
Shaun ran along the alley, the fire from the building to his right was spilling smoke out of its upper windows. Marcus was standing with the crowd gathered out the front, as firefighters tried to fight the blaze, but couldn't get into the upper floors as the fire had destroyed the stairs and they couldn't get close enough to the windows with the ladders as the heat was too much for them to handle.
Running along he reached into his black bag and pulled out a pair of red gloves, quickly putting them on his hands he reached in and pulled out a pair of red boots, stopping momentarily he replaced his black sneakers with the boots and put them in the bag before he resumed running.
Seeing a fire escape on the building to his left he kept running, gripping his shirt he pulled it open to reveal red underneath, leaping up into the air he grabbed onto the fire escape with one hand and with one hard pull he flew up into the air and landed on a windowsill before jumping again and landing on the roof.
Pulling of his shirt completely and his pants and stashing them in his bag, he pulled out a yellow mask.
Putting on the mask Shaun stood up in full costume.
He was wearing a red and yellow costume with a yellow mask that only revealed his mouth and nose and the eyes of the mask were red, the arms of the costume yellow but the chest area and back are red, his pants began as red shorts before the legs became yellow completely after the crotch area, and had a red belt, his boots and gloves were red as well.
Looking to the building across from him he saw the smoke billowing out of the top of it, and spotted a closed window on the wall, the inside filled with smoke and fire.
Taking off into a run Shaun leapt off the side of the building and sailed across the alley before crashing through the window of the burning building.
(FlashForward End)