Chapter Three: The Enemy Below Pt. 2
"Where are you from?"
"I… I lived in uptown Metropolis… But I was running late, and I was mugged, and then I ended up there…" I blabbered.
He listened, almost not believing me.
"Look, I saw some guy trying to kill Aquaman, I didn't want anyone to get hurt so I tried to get him away from harm. I didn't mean to cause any trouble sir…" I say.
He just stared at me.
Aquaman… Oh no!
"Where is he?" I pulled on the restraints to sit up.
"Surgery, his shoulder was cut up." He answered.
"It won't work! He can't heal in the dry land! He needs to be in sea water!" I say trying to get free.
He suddenly turned to leave. "Wait! I'm not joking around! He needs sea water!" I shouted after him.
"He'll die…" I whimper in defeat.
I sat silently on the bed, I noticed my clothes were folded up in a chair, however my shirt was up and ruined, save for the hole on my pants were my knee would be.
I sighed, "How did I get in this mess?" I asked myself as I fiddled with the restraints.
I jolted when I see Batman open the door. "Let her go… She's coming with us." He tells the doctors.
They come in and do final check over, I saw the stitches on my side. 7 stitches…
They let me go and I could stand up, "Get dressed, we leave in a few minutes." Batman ordered as he left with the doctors to let me have privacy.
I looked at my clothes and groaned.
Walking to the bathroom, I dressed slowly, avoiding my stitches with a few whimpers.
My shirt was ruined, but they were kind enough to give me another to replace it.
It was a simple blue plaid button up shirt, but I could work with it.
Opening the door, I looked out to see Batman waiting.
"Now what?" I asked.
"How did you know he wouldn't make it without sea water?" He asked crossing his arms over his chest.
"He… He's a man out of the ocean right? So doesn't it kinda add up?" I say stupidly.
How could I tell him the truth? Hey Batman, I watched the show when I was little, I know everything that's about to happen! Yeah, I'll be in Arkham before I know it…
"Follow me… And don't think about running away…" He warned without looking at me.
I lowered my head and followed him close. "Wouldn't dream about it." I say lowly.
"Oh my God! Will he be okay? I mean is he okay?" I asked running over to Aquaman.
He was bandaged up, floating in the giant water tank. He was still out cold.
"Better, thanks to your idea." I see Superman walk up to me.
"It was nothing… He needed help and I just…" I stopped.
"Easy, he's stable, and recovering well." He gently patted my shoulder.
"That's good…" I say.
He looked down at me and frowned. "You look lost."
"I… I am lost. Batman, he just told me that the doctors couldn't find anything about me in the medical history… I broke my leg a long time ago, they should have all my information." I say hurting.
"We'll find out what's going on, but for now you should rest. We'll ask you a few questions and maybe we can figure this out." He said kindly.
I nodded, he guided me to a bed and I sat down on it. He sat in a chair next to me and we spoke. He asked simple questions, asked about childhood memories, anything that would help them find me on records or something. I could only answer with what I could remember.
Hours passed and he suddenly stood up. "He's coming to." He looked at Aquaman.
I stood up and smiled. He made it alive, even with the story now changed with his scared shoulder.
J'onn, Wonder Woman, Batman and Green Lantern walked up to the tank. As Aquaman opened his eyes, I smiled. "Good then we can finally get some answers." With that, Green Lantern hit the glass with his fist. "What did you do with the Plutonium?" He demanded.
Aquaman swam up to the top of the tank and jumped out. He yanked the vital readers off his chest and looked Green Lantern in the eyes, "Plutonium?"
"From the Submarine, You stole it!" The Lantern accused.
'I remember this…' I think as they argued back and forth.
'Aquaman wants to give his son a better future for Atlantis, so he came here to offer peace, but it didn't go so well. Now they're trying to figure out what happened to the plutonium.'
Right before I could remember the rest of the episode, my brain suddenly shut down…
"She's coming to." I hear J'onn's voice say softly.
"Ow…What happened?" I asked holding my head. "Your mind just shut down. What do you remember?" He asked me as he helped me stand.
"I… I was just thinking that's all… then I was trying to remember something… Something important." I say.
"You gave us a scare, you should rest more little sister." Wonder Woman guided me to the bed I sat on.
"I'm fine! I swear." I say as I sat down.
"Let's not take any more chances on that." She said caringly.
"What happened while I was out?" I asked.
"Aquaman worried about you, that was a surprise, but after J'onn told him you were alright, he started talking about getting back to Atlantis. Saying something about it was in danger?" She tells me.
"He'll be in danger if he goes back! What if that same guy tries to kill him again! He'll never make it to the sea if he just walks out of here." I say urgently.
"Ease little sister, we already have a plan. But we'll need your help." She said.
"What could someone like me do?" I asked.
"Keeping him and Green Lantern from killing one another would be a good place to start." She motioned to the two men still shouting at one another.
"Um, I'll try… But there are not definite promises." I say with a small sigh.
She only nodded with a small smile.
"That's the plan?" Aquaman asked skeptically.
"You have any better ideas?" Green Lantern sneered.
Before Aquaman could yell, I touched his arm. He looked at me and I shook my head. "Not worth a fight. It's a good plan. Just trust them." I say.
He growled but didn't not snatch his arm away. "Fine…"
The others were surprised with how he reacted around me still, it was weird, I'll give them that. He was a very prideful king, so why was he listening to a common 19 year old?
"Then it's settled. Let's get to work. Lantern, you stay with them until we give you the all clear." Superman ordered.
At first he looked ready to argue, until Batman looked his way. I shuttered at the gaze he got.
He huffed and sat at the opposite side of the room, away from us.
They left us alone, the plan in place. I kept the window blinds closed and watched to make sure everything went to plan.
For some reason I kept thinking about the mail box across the street…
I looked over at it and gasped. The assassin!
They saw him too, they set the plan in motion and went after him as his plan to kill the fake Aquaman failed, "I hope J'onn is okay." I say opening the windows as they chased the assassin down the road.
"I'm sure the martin will be fine." Aquaman walked up next to me.
We were quite for a second, and then I gathered my courage. "Why are you kind to me?"
"What?" He asked.
"I mean, you don't treat me like the others. You don't sneer or baby me." I say.
He started to say something, but then looked at Green Lantern, who was staring at us like a dog would a cat, ready to attack as soon as we made the wrong move.
"You saved my life, nearly at the cost of your own."
"So would they." I looked to the green hero.
"But you… A simple girl? What would you gain from saving me?"
"Nothing, just knowing you're alive is good enough for me really." I say shyly.
He gave a small smile, it was defiantly weird seeing him, of all people, smiling at someone like me. It's like seeing Batman laugh, it's unnatural.
"How's your shoulder?" I asked trying to get my mind off that old memory.
He rotated it slowly, "Better. And your side?"
I grimaced at the memory of my stitches. "Soar really." I say quickly.
"Thank you…" He said suddenly.
"Huh?"
"For saving me… I never did thank you for that."
Sorry I'm running late! I actually will put up another chapter today! Weather here is throwing everyone for a loop and is messing with my classes! I'm trying to keep everything together I promise!
Anyway! Here's this chapter! Give me a little bit to pull up the next one!
Peace out!
~*~Katie Gibbs~*~