Legacies Best Forgotten II

By: Malaizjan De Jesus

Author's Note: A fellow author (Reina Grayson) and I have been bouncing each other's OCs in the Batman Beyond series. Now eventually, it'll lead up to the final story: An Apprentice's Future. This was originally slated for my "Future" Saga that housed many of my OCs originally before she breathed new life into them and I altered them for one of Reina's fics. Now they are in the Batman Beyond series and I like the shift. So here's the list of fics we both did in regards to Terry and his new friends/heroes.

Meeting Your Family, By Reina Grayson

Meeting Your Family 2, By Reina Grayson

Legacies Best Forgotten, By Reina Grayson

Meeting Your Family 3, By Reina Grayson

Batman's Crush, By me

Batman's Crush II, By me

Batman's Crush III, By me

And now Legacies Best Forgotten II, By me

And thanks to Reina Grayson for helping me get the beginning of this going. Rated T for torture. And Jason's mouth.

Chapter 3

Terry watched as Dick took Demona off to the side, most likely to explain a few things to her. Orin was next to him. "Orin? What's up with Demona? Why is she here and not Meygan?"

"Demona returned here with you. She told us they split up so you could get medical attention. Meygan went after Areina." Orin's voice hitched on Red Bird's name.

Batman caught the tone shift. "You like Areina."

"Um…" Orin then mumbled.

"Orin?" Terry teased.

"She is…um…" Aqualad II could not talk.

"Look, it's sway. But remember this: she has her dad's temper. Don't get her mad."

In Crime Alley…

Water was thrown on Areina's face and she choked, coughing as some of the water managed to get up her nose. She tried shaking her head but there was something on her forehead holding her head still. She opened her eyes.

She saw the ceiling. The rusty pipes were all she could see. Areina was scared. Terror at not being able to move filled her slowly. She could hear movement around her but couldn't move her head to see. That in itself was a claustrophobic moment.

"Hello, Areina."

Red Bird was fuming. It was Drow in that annoying toned voice of his. "Go away."

"Now, now. Be nice." Drow came into her line of vision. "I am so glad you came to wake up. We found a new technique to test. Since you Greyson girls are our guests…I thought you wouldn't mind helping."

"I DO mind!" she snapped. "And how did you get out of jail!?"

"No prison can hold us. Oh well…" Drow placed a cotton cloth over her face.

Areina strained to move her head as she tried to hear something, anything. She needed to know what was happening. And that was the frightening part. The not knowing.

The sound of water running was heard.

That very moment was filled with panic. She heard Meygan gasp and choke as the sound of water got louder.

Then the water fell on her face, soaking the cloth in seconds. Areina tried to take a breath but the cotton cloth clung to her open mouth.

The panic set in.

Areina pulled on her arms and legs, desperate to get free as she tried to take a breath and couldn't. She needed to stop this and fast. She didn't have any of her limbs free.

She was suffocating.

Red Bird fought to get free. She wanted to turn her head, anything to get that needed breath and to escape the water. She was losing that fight and she fought even harder. She could hear the laughing that sounded distant but she didn't care.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!?" someone yelled.

The water stopped flowing.

"Red Hood? Back already?" Drow said meekly. The grandson of Two-Face was afraid of Red Hood. And with good reason.

Jason Todd was a nit worse for wear. His signature bomber jacket was gone. His clothes were torn with small bits of Inque still on them. He had visible cuts and he cheek was swollen; jaw was bruised. He stormed over to the captive girls and tore the wet cloths off their faces.

Areina coughed as she got fresh air. She couldn't believe that the Red Hood saved them.

"This isn't your concern," Ian told Jason. He took the wet clothes back from the deadly former Robin.

"Like HELL is isn't!" Jason stalked Ian, tossing the photon accelerator at Drow, not caring if the villain caught it or not.

Carter lunged for the item and caught it just before it hit the floor. The villain glared at Red Hood hatefully.

"Red Hood, we were just testing-"

"That's fucking BULLSHIT! This was outlawed by the US government decades ago! The JLU, I understand. I wouldn't mind seeing Barda get hers. But kids!? I'm ready to walk! I don't work for sick people!" Jason pivot on his heels and walked away. As soon as he was gone from Crime Alley, he was giving Dick a call.

Areina listened. She knew better and maybe it was because she nearly suffocated and drowned but did Red Hood sound…concerned?

"Red Hood, I need you!" Ian cried.

Jason flipped his middle finger. He then changed his mind about leaving, turned back around, stormed back to Red Bird and undid the strap holding her head in place. He then found the shackles. He didn't say anything but he freed one wrist, then shackled it, and repeated the process with the other wrist. He went over to Meygan.

"What are you doing!?" Ian asked, anger lacing his voice.

"Taking them back to their cell. I don't kill kids." Jason stared at Meygan's listless eyes. "What did you do to this one!? Her skin's graying!?"

"What do you care!?" Ian yelled. He stepped up to Jason as he did the same thing to Meygan he did for Areina. He was quick on the turning, gun pulled and he bore into Ian's eyes as the gun was raised.

"You want to start something? 'Cause I have no issues shooting you and Drow in the face."

Back at Watchtower…

The alarm went off. As Shock fought to get his boot on, everyone else went to the oversized computer screen.

"It's Bludhaven," Mathen said as his parents stood next to him.

"Morgan." Serenity was already pissed off. "She's mine."

"Ser…" Dick said gently.

"No! I'm going. I need no help and stay out of it!' Serenity was glowing, a nearly pure white haze outfitting her body.

Dick took his wife's hand and stared into her eyes. He pouted.

"Dick, no."

"Please? I want to watch," he begged, a teasing tone to it.

The younger kids were confused. So was Terry. But the older ones knew. And it was going to get worse from this point on.

"What about Meygan and Areina!?"

"Maybe we can get Morgan to tell us where they are. I doubt she's doing this to get something."

Serenity had no defense for that look of Dick's. She sighed. "Fine."

Dick kissed her fiercely in thanks. His hands held her to him, then roamed his hands to her butt and hauled her to him.

"DAD!" cried Mathen.

"I've been corrupted!" cried Brian, covering his eyes.

Both stopped kissing at the same moment. "Raincheck," they both said breathlessly.

"Is this how Molly was born?" Orin asked innocently.

"ORIN!" Vincent hollered.

Back in Crime Alley…

Areina and Meygan were back in their cell, but it was colder than before. Red Bird had that cloak around her in seconds. She watched Meygan just sit there in the corner, staring at nothing.

She crawled over to her, and heard her mumbling to herself. She didn't understand what her cousin was saying, but when she felt Meygan's forehead, which was flushed, it was a furnace.

Areina wrapped the cloak around both of them. It was getting colder in the cell and she felt sleepy. At least with Meygan's feverish body, all that heat kept her awake. "Meygan? Can you talk to Vincent?"

"De…mona…gone," she whimpered.

"No sweetie. I asked about Vincent."

"Can't…" Meygan moaned feverishly.

"Why?" Areina asked.

"Demona…gone. Collar…useless…" She cuddled up on her cousin.

Areina sighed. Her cousin was sick. She had no idea what was wrong with Meygan.

Then there was Red Hood. She couldn't put her finger on it but he wasn't acting as the stories said he did. The ruthless, smart mouth rogue wasn't like that to her.

Areina had watched after that tense standoff, in which Drow tried to do something. Red Hood fired a warning shot into the ceiling. Which both villains backed down.

Red Hood told them they were sick and just took the two back to their cell. He had been gentle with them and Red Bird was convinced that this was a fake Red Hood.

Areina watched how Red Hood lingered over Rave, checking her pulse, her breathing and her fever. He had kneeled next to her cousin and he was worried. His body language radiated worry.

This Red Hood confused her. Why was he acting like this? Was this another form of torture? Was he meant to kill them? Areina wasn't sure.

So this Red Hood was a fake. The real one was killed. Who was this fake?

Back at Watchtower…

Vincent Crock was ready. He was in full costume, the largest quiver on his back. It held 75 arrows, and had two secret compartments. He took his best bow; the Vancer Cos Velocity 3500. It had a night scope and heat scope. The accuracy was off the charts…

Vincent's life had changed since he had learned he had a blood sister. An older sister. He had Meygan but it wasn't the same.

He hoped they were okay. That whoever had them wasn't doing anything to them. He would shoot them dead if they did and damn the code.

Areina was blood. Areina was his only true link to their dad. He had been too young to save their dad. But he would stop at nothing to save Areina.

Then there was Meygan. She was only a year older but they have been close since her death and rebirth. The attack on Watchtower made them inseparable mentally. He knew Meygan would keep Areina safe. Even that the risk of her own life.

And that was the frightening part. If Demona was with them, what was happening to Meygan? Could she life without her? And what about her magic? Can she get it back without Demona's internal presence?

As Vincent left his room, he looked to check for clear hallways. He stealthily made his way to the room that had all the mother boxes in it. He was being drawn to Gotham, and he wasn't sure why. It was like he was being pushed into that direction.

The team, especially the ones that grew up with Meygan after she died and came back, didn't know much about Demona and Meygan but he did. When Meygan was 9, the two separated for 5 minutes. Meygan's body had started to die out within 3 minutes.

Over the next several years, the two experimented. There had been some progress but not much. Then again, the two were secretive about it.

Vincent heard voices as he approached the mother box room. He paused at the doorway and peered inside.

Demona was being a nuisance to Terry, trying to get to his belt. Mathen was looking over the surveillance footage. Kevin was meditating, probably looking for both girls. He didn't see Orin, Brian or Billy.

Vincent rushed past. Hoping he didn't get spotted, he got to the mother box room. Going inside, the young archer eyed the five mother boxes on the central pillar. There were relic parts of the old method of teleporting-the zeta tubes- all over this room.

Star City's newest archer walked up to the pillar. He stared at the remote-looking mother boxes, grateful for the instant teleport they provided. He grabbed one.

"Archeron? Where are you going?"