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I AM SO SORRY FOR THE WAIT! I had a lot going on with school and drama club and two new stories that I forgot to update but here's one now so enjoy!
Laghann to put it lightly was very distraught (heavy on the dis).
Nightwing hadn't thought it would be too hard to subdue the angry Alantian, but surprisingly he was stronger than he looked. Even with his broken leg, it took both him and Conner to keep him in the med-bay and he was still fighting them with all his power. Not that Wing could blame him, it took all his will-power to not go after Black Manta himself, he had already lost one friend to the Manta family and he wasn't about to lose another. But right now he had to keep a cool head; his team needed him to keep a cool head. Tossing Laghann back on the bed, they once again struggled to pin him down.
"Laghann you need to calm down!" The fish boy glared at Nightwing as he thrashed harder against his hold.
"What I need to do, is go after the BASTARDS that took my Angelfish and bring her back!" Conner who had been keeping quiet till then spoke up from his right.
"You can't just go now, especially with a broken leg. We will get her back you just need to be-"
"OH PLEASE LIKE YOU EVEN CARE! You dumped her! You're probably glad she's gone!" Conner glared coldly at Laghann and pulled away leaving Nightwing to try and control him.
"Don't you dare say that, of course I care about what happens to her! I just….she isn't in any real danger!" Nightwing paused and looked curiously at the clone with one eyebrow quirked.
"What do you mean Conner?" Running a steel hand through his black hair he sighed deeply and turned towards the window focusing on the view outside as he began.
"She's not in that much danger. There's something I…..we haven't told you. When we went after the others to get them back, Meghan ran into Kaldur and…went through his mind. Apparently Kaldur….is not a traitor and Artemis is still alive under the alias Tigress. They went undercover to infiltrate the light. He Wally and Artemis planned this whole thing. Meghan told me last week, they probably took her to fix Kaldur, they wouldn't out right kill her they need her." Turning around Conner saw the shocked faces of his teammate and leader staring at him. Nightwing was the first to recover and anger quickly replaced his features, clenching his hand into fists he charged at the clone.
"What do you mean this was all some PLAN!"" Both heroes's flinched at the furious tone emitting from the usually calm Bats mouth. "We've been mourning Artemis for weeks, WEEKS! AND THIS IS ALL SOME SORT OF STUPID RUSE! WHY HAVEN'T YOU SAID ANYTHING BEFORE NOW?" He glared at Conner waiting for an answer that the clone was quick to give.
"Meghan was going to show you what she saw but with Green Beetle and the Reach she didn't get the chance. Believe me when I found out I was infuriated as well, but me and Ms. Martian have nothing to do with this plan….well we didn't until now." His rushed words seemed to calm Nightwing, who slowly felt his anger at Conner ebb away. Backing away from him, he rubbed his eyes and sighed. Thinking for a moment of what to do.
"In light of this new information the team will have to talk about what to do, until then since Meghan is in no immediate danger we won't go gallivanting off after Black Manta." He said this last part to the still silent Laghann, who seemed to be trying to still process the information he just received. After getting a small nod, Nightwing sighed and turned to walk out of the door, Conner made his way towards him.
"Wait, where are you going?" Wing turned, anger once again appearing on his face, his fist tightening around the door knob.
"I'm going to have a little chat with Wally."
Alto Pallo (West and Crock residence)
The last person Wally expected to see in his home after a long day of college was an obviously angry Richard Grayson waiting for him on the couch. Instantly Wally was weary, it was unusual for his friend to travel all the way out here, unless something was wrong, the last time he had visited was when he found out Jason had died.
"Hey Dick what's up? Why are you here?" Walking slowly to him he put a hand on his shoulder. In an instant Richard threw his hand off – much to Wally's surprise- stood up and punched Wally square in the face. Causing the ex-speedster to fall painful onto the floor.
"WHAT THE HELL MAN!" Wally yelled angrily. His anger soon faltered however when Dick glowered at him murderously. He had never seen his friend look so enraged. Slowly he picked himself up from the floor and took a step back from the younger man. Dick glared at him for a moment seeming to decide on what he should say. Wally remained patient not wanting to get punched again, finally he spoke.
"How could you be so stupid? How could you not tell me about your plan with Kaldur?" How could you hide the fact that one of my best friends is still alive?" To say Wally was shocked was understatement that was the last thing he had expected his friend to say, how on Earth did he know? Dick continued. "How could you let me think Artemis was DEAD? I GRIEVED FOR HER AND BLAMED MYSELF! I felt guilty for doing this to you, and she's been ALIVE AFTER ALL THIS TIME! HOW COULD YOU NOT TELL ME! Especially after everything with my parents, and it's only been a year since Jason! Why would you hide this from me?" Once Dicks rant had ended he stared at the still gob-smacked Wally expectantly. Wally just stared at him as he felt guilt bubble up inside his chest, he looked down ashamed. He hadn't even thought of his friends reactions to all this, how could he have been so stupid as to not to tell him and let him lose another person in his life so soon after losing Jason?
"I'm sorry" Dick scoffed "I really am I should have told you at least and I regret not doing so. But one thing I don't regret is sending Kaldur and Artemis undercover. We need to have someone on the inside especially no with the Reach trying to take over, it was stupid to keep this hidden from the league but we needed to be careful. Ever since Roy there has been a possibility of having another mole on the team and it defiantly wouldn't be good if they tipped of the Light." Dick glared at him again before he softened the look and wearily slumped down into the couch.
"No it wouldn't have." Wally felt relived at the agreeing statement and moved closer to him (though keeping away from his fist). Richard looked up and this time instead of anger there was small happiness in his eyes.
"So Kaldur didn't really kill Arty? She's still alive?" A small smile appeared on Wally's face and he pulled the younger an in for a brotherly hug.
"They are both fine and not traitors….I'm really sorry Rob" Dick pulled away and sat back down on the coach a grin twitching at the edge of his lips.
"Yeah well just because I'm not punching you doesn't mean I'm not mad. Now that everything is out in the open you are going to explain this whole plan to me and what your goal is. I think I deserve to know at least that much information." Wally sat down next to him jittering slightly has he did so.
"Yes you do. Well I guess the place to start would probably be after Tula's death…"
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