Here's another one! Hope you guys enjoy!
Ana sat on top of the ship with a pair of binoculars in her hands; she watched the ambulance (that Ana "wished" up with her staff) enter Arkham Asylum. She slammed the palm of her hand against the top of the ship. A moment later, the hatchet opened up. Roy poked his head out of the ship.
"Is he in?" Roy asked.
"That's what she said." Ana replied; standing up. "And yeah."
"No, you're not coming inside yet." Roy stopped her from entering.
"What? Why?"
"Because you have to watch him and make sure he comes back, too."
"Why?" She whined. "Why don't youdo it?"
"Because I'm trying to cool down the Princess." Roy waved his hand. "You saw how pissed she was when Jason said she couldn't kill Crux."
"Well, yeah, but still." Ana tipped her head to the side. "She shouldn't be thatpissed…right?"
"Well, if someone tried to kill you, wouldn't you want to kill him?" Roy questioned.
Ana glared at him.
Roy ground his teeth together with a quick. "oh, right, sorry." He then slammed the hatchet closed.
"Ah! No! Roy!" She slammed the ship. But he didn't reopen the door. "Ugh."
Ana had never been to Gotham before, nor had she seen Arkham Asylum in person before. It always looked like a Tim Burton Castle to her. But seeing it in person washed away any innocence she had stored in her brain about the place. It lookedabandon but she knew (Hell, all of Gotham knew) it was farfrom it. Ana had always heard horrorstories about Gotham since she was twelve; making her believe it was a literal Hell Hole. So swore, frequently, that she wouldn't step footinto Gotham.
Heh, never say never. She smirked as she brought the binoculars back to her blue green eyes.
She spotted the ambulance heading towards them.
"Already?" Ana pulled the binoculars down and slammed on the door once more.
Roy swung open the hatchet. "She's still not calm. I think-."
"Jason's coming back." She pointed out into the woods.
"Already?" He dropped down into the ship, allowing Ana to do the same. "Shouldn't the transaction be longer? I was hoping we'd get to bust in and whoop some ass."
"We wouldn't have to be whooping ass or worrying if Crux was dead." Kori stated from the passenger seat.
"Yeah, but then I'd never get to come to Gotham and see how beautifulit was." Ana announced sarcastically.
"You can see behind all the smoke?" Jason joked as he entered the cockpit fully dressed in his Red Hood gear.
"That was smoke? I thought it was the clouds?" She shrugged with a smile.
"Either way, we're done, Roy. Let's get out of here." He ordered.
Roy was already at the pilot's seat; pressing away at the buttons and flipping switches.
"Yes, Let's." Kori agreed.
"Still pissed, Princess? Really?" Jason's tone was an annoyed one.
"Fear not, Fearless-not-Leader." Roy assured. "Turns out Tamaraneans have curse words for body parts I've never even heard of. But don't worry, I made sure all the minorsweren't around to hear it."
Ana scoffed while throwing her hands up.
"Kori, this was the best solution." Jason persuaded. "Killing a criminal is onething-."
"But because it isn't a crime to kill an alien, he wasn't going to jail." Kori finished. "So you've explained. Again and again." She turned away from him. "And you people wonder why I still don't feel at homeon Earth after all these years."
"How many years has she been here?" Ana whispered to Roy. He turned to her and shrugged.
"Don't paint us all with the same brush, Princess. I'll make you a promise, when we get to your planet, you can kill anyoneyou want." Jason nodded.
Kori removed herself from her seat with much force. "Of course I can." She strutted off. "It's myplanet."
Ana opened her mouth.
"Don't." Jason warned.
She held her hands up and closed her mouth.
"Well," Roy started.
"And there goes the other one." Jason sighed.
"This baby isn't getting us off-world, but as an inter-orbital transport? I've never seen anything this amazing in my life!" He roamed his hands across the board of buttons and switches that were lined up in intricate locations. "This, coming from a guy who's been thrown off the Q-Core building. Withouta parachute!"
"She's got a cloaking device, omni-satellite detection and deflection tech, promethium self-replicating energy cells andvertical take-off and landing!" Roy gushed.
Ana shook her head. "I felt like I was in my friend's roboticclass. Christ."
"I felt like I was watching the Sy-FiChannel." Jason added.
"Okay, okay, before anyone asks, yes,I'm in Love." Roy stated.
"Too bad no one asked." Ana plopped herself in the seat adjacent to Roy.
"Wait, Omni-satellite detection? So you speak a word and it searches transmissions from where to where?" Jason questioned.
"From anywhere on the planet." Roy smiled. "Look, Ana, turn the black dial."
"They're twelve black dials." Ana pulled her hand up over the table of buttons.
"The one closest to Jason."
Ana took ahold of the knob and twisted it.
"Batman Africa." Roy announced.
"Batman Incorporated. Batwing reporting in."A voice sounded through the speaker. "Today I located the-."
"Turn it off." Jason ordered. His voice carried vile.
Ana quickly twisted the knob in the opposite direction of him. "Not a fan of Batman Africa?"
"Not a fan of Batman."
"Eeee," Ana took her hand off the dial and glanced up at Jason, who was no longer there, but behind Roy.
"Roy, I don't mean to tell you how to fly, but maybe you should steer out of the black cloud formation." Jason pointed at the windshield.
Ana and Roy faced each other, faced the sky, then glanced back at Jason.
"What?" Roy blinked.
"There's not a cloud in the sky, dude." Ana answered.
"Right." Jason nodded. "Never mind."
Ana and Roy faced the sky once more.
"I'm bored." Kori announced as she reentered the cockpit.
"Must…find…auto-pilot." Roy glanced around frantically for the button.
"You're gross." Ana scrunched her face up.
"I'm a man." Roy corrected.
Kori snorted behind Ana as she put a hand on his seat.
Ana laughed. She glanced over to Roy, who was now hunched; a pout now framing his features.
"Mayhap, yeah…But mayhap not." Jason suddenly said out loud.
"Is he talking to himself?" Ana peaked behind her.
"The realproblem is that I don't think this thing has an auto-pilot." Roy sighed.
Jason was now going into a full out conversation with himself. Kori now sat on the hand rest of the passenger's seat. "Are you sure we shouldn't-?"
"Nah, he's probably thinking out loud." Roy assured. "I do it all the time."
"I didn't know you were capable of thinking." Kori joked.
"Dude, she's on a roll." Ana chuckled.
"I know it wasn't me." Jason's voice was now hard to ignore. "Tell me, or so God help me-."
The three turned around to see Jason pointing his sword into thin air.
"What the hell?" Ana blinked.
"Jason, you really need to stop waving that knife around!"
"No, Roy, that smoke? Where's is coming from?" Kori pointed at the faint smoke that was becoming vivid.
There was a voice, it wasn't loud. Barely audible to any of their ears. But the voice became clear, along with the woman who stood before them. She had white hair pulled into braids with eyes as black as coal. Her body was covered with a pure black suit that was surrounded with black smoke.
"If she could see how foolish you truly are, she would be ashamedof you." The woman declared.
"That doesn't even sting, coming from the person she banished." Jason retorted.
"Where did that woman come from?" Kori questioned as she flew over the seat, a Starblot ready.
Roy and Ana jumped over as well; her staff in her hands while Roy readied his bow.
"The hell if I know." Roy replied.
"Enough!" The woman shouted as the black smoke circled around Jason's blade and shattered it. The smoke then entangled around Jason; engulfing him. "You have no idea the sacrifices I have made in my own battle against The Untilted! Unlike you, I wasn't able to walk away from my responsibilities after I was cast outof The All Caste. My battle with The Untitled started shortly after the sun began to cast shadows over the earth!"
Kori jumped forward and blasted a hoard of starbolts at the woman; releasing Jason from his black prison. "Under the circumstances, I would empathize with your plight, but I am more interested in preventing you from harming Jason."
"For real." Ana jumped over to Jason, who was quickly trying to push himself up from the ground.
"Yo, Princess, a little warningnext time you decide to fire a starbolt inside the ship!" Roy announced as he checked the status of the ship.
"Be careful, Jay. You're hurt." Ana placed her hand on his ribs. "They're cracked."
"We can't go to a hospital." Kori informed as she floated near them.
"No, I can heal them." Ana shook her head.
"What?" Jason looked down at her. "No, no time for that! You guys have to get away now. Essence is more powerful than you can imagine-."
"Did you miss the part where I reduced her to embers?" Kori interrupted.
"Those weren't embers! That was smoke!" Jason shouted. "She's smoke!"
"Behind you!" Ana shouted as Essence appeared behind Kori and slammed her foot against Kori's back.
"X'Hal!" She cried as she was shoved forward into the computer banks. She crashed into them, the wire entangling around her arms and legs.
"That's the problem with you, Aliens and Humans alike!" Essence announced.
"I'm a meta, ninjette!" Ana shouted as she pointed her staff at her; her hair turning green. "And you're about to see No light, no light*."
Essence yelped and covered her eyes and swung her hand around, the black smoke flew around and crushed Ana against the wall.
"No!" Jason shouted as Ana's limp body collapsed to the ground. She groaned.
"Essence, stop! This is between you and me." Jason pleaded as he reached to his holster while leaning near Ana's body.
"Youare the one who brought these-ugh-children into matters that don't concern them." She rubbed her eyes to attempt to wipe the spell from her eyes. "The pulp will be on your hands!"
"I'm serious. Back off!" Gun shots fired. They were loud enough to cause Ana to jump out of her unconsciousness.
"Ah! A little warning here!" Ana cried as she attempted to stand up. Essence crushed her legs, they were still resetting. Ana collapsed back; the pain shooting through her legs.
"You're alive?" Jason looked back.
"Don't focus on me." Ana pointed to Essence, who was not affected by the bullets.
Essence scoffed. "You know there is no weapon made by man that can stop me." She was blinking furiously. The spell was still in effect. "I was willing to let you live, Jason. As long as your actions helped me to, at long last, Destroythe rest of my family. But that's not going to happen."
"Clearly." Ana finished as she pushed herself up with the wall.
"No weapon made my man, huh lady?" Roy joked. "Well, here are a few of my own!" He fired off arrows that only phased through her.
"Flare arrows?" She could feel them. "I'll give you credit. But the darkness that flows through me is older than the sun itself."
"Yeah, history was never my strongest subject. Or Biology. But what I lack in book smarts I make up for in aim!"
"Stop." Essence waved her hand towards Roy's voice. "You are just embarrassing yourself." The smoke collided with Roy and sent him out of the windshield.
"Roy!" Ana cried as she attempted to move forward.
But Jason shoved his hand out in front of her to halt her actions.
"Hood, what are you doing?" Ana grabbed onto his arm. "Roy-."
"Will be fine. Is your staff made by man?" He looked down at her.
"This? I don't think so. My brother bought it for me at a Thrift Store." She held it up. "Why?"
"Do you think it'll work on her?" Jason asked quickly as he noticed Kori blasting her once more. Kori then flew towards the windshield.
"I think…so?" Ana shrugged.
"Well, dosomething!" Jason demanded.
"Don't yell!" Ana defended.
"Before I go, you will suffer for daring to strike me out, Princess." Essence threatened.
"Let's disappear into the night*."
Jason glanced down to see Ana's eyes turn a bright purple before Essence was abruptly halted in mid hair. As if an invisible hand grabbed onto her. She then gasped, screamed, then dispersed into the air.
Ana blinked and turned her attention to the staff. "I guess it isn't."
"You guys okay?" He glanced around at the three.
"That is not really the question, Jason. Is it?" Kory narrowed her eyes at him as she helped Roy through the window.
Jason cocked a brow. "What?"
"She means you just found out your ex is the daughter of the woman who trained you both to be assassins, and they werebothkinda-sorta-members of The Untitled and you're worried about us?" Roy answered.
"You're an assassin?" Ana looked up at Jason, her hair a yellow now.
Jason tipped his head to the side for a second and then sighed. "I'm not…she's not an ex, Harper. She's a woman I thought I once knew."
Ana sat down on the floor. "An ex."
"Basically." Roy agreed.
Jason sighed. "Okay, whatever."
Ana held her head in her hands. "I don't even know what's going on."
Jason opened his mouth. Ana held up her hand in protest. "And I don't wannaknow."
These are the songs Ana used for her staff!
*No Light By Florence And The Machine
*Sky Is The Limit By Jason Derulo
More to come! R&R pls :D