Scarlett: Oh, would you look at that. I updated Marks. It must be my birthday.
2011
Kaldur and Zemirah sat in the kitchen, a tunafish sandwich before each of them and jokes on their tongues. Zemirah let out a bright laugh and Kaldur felt light.
"No way! I was right the first time, you. Are. Terrible."
Kaldur let out a small chuckle himself. He had just let her in on a little secret. For the past few years, he'd been pretending that he did not eat fish. Thus far, everyone but Red Arrow was fooled.
"So you and he was pulling off the longest running joke? Ayou wicked," Zemirah giggled again. "So how come you tellin' me?"
Kaldur looked around as though looking out for some eavesdropper, before leaning in close.
"Why should I trick you, when I can let you in on the fun?"
Zemirah let out another laugh and leaned onto his shoulder, tears of mirth welling up. She suddenly tensed and sat completely upright. She snatched his sandwich up and took a bite, dragging the plate in front of her. Before he could even question her actions, Kid Flash zoomed in.
"Hey guys!"
Kaldur only looked at Zemirah with wide eyes. Zemirah herself, struggled to swallow the large piece of bread, coughing harshly as she finally choked it down.
"Yikes, d'you need some water Mirah?" Kid Flash asked.
Zemirah nodded vigorously, still coughing. Kid grabbed a glass and filled it quickly handing it over to Zemirah. Kaldur put his hand to her back, rubbing comforting circles. Zemirah downed the water
"Thanks," she finally shuddered out after a few moments.
Kid Flash saluted, snatched up a few snacks, and zipped out of the room. Kaldur turned to Zemirah as soon as he was gone
"How did you know he was coming?" He immediately questioned.
"I can sense people."
"You can— what?"
"I can sense people."
Kaldur's eyes widened in amazement.
"That… Is incredible. Have you always been able to do that?"
"I've been able to do it for as long as I can remember. When I was little, I used to think it was just a 'sixth sense', but when I was able to tell exactly where everyone sat in my classroom in third grade without looking, I started testing it out."
"And you discovered that you could sense people?"
"More-or-less."
"Who is in the Mountain right now?"
"Not counting us and Wally? Dick, Artemis, Connor, and Caroline."
Kaldur's eyes widened in surprise.
"Can you tell exactly where they are?"
"Eh... When I get better acquainted with this mountain maybe. It's hard for me to tell exactly where someone is if I don't know the layout of the place. For instance, I know where the hangar is, and Connor is there. As for the rest of the mountain? Yeah I'm a little lost."
"Interesting, and very impressive… May I have my sandwich back now?"
Zemirah giggled and gave it over.
[Marks]
Bankori blearily ambled down the stairs. He wanted a glass of water before sleeping. He met his brother in the living room on Alex's laptop.
"I thought you were going to sleep?"
"I was, and then I remembered that Alex's stuff was out here. I was gonna turn it off and put it in his room."
"And you didn't, why?"
"Look at this."
Chokichi turned the device to let his older brother see the screen. A shadowy depiction of a caped figure. The caption above it read "Caped Crusader Caught on Camera!"
"And this very bad picture is important, why?"
"This is Batman."
"… You mean the emo guy from the Justice League?"
Chokichi inhaled and desperately held on to what little patience he had left, before continuing.
"He's called Batman, and he mainly operates in Gotham."
"Still not seeing the point here."
"Do you not remember what he told us about his life?"
"Do I look like someone who cares about some kid's life story?"
Chokichi paused.
"You are a horrible person."
"So you keep telling me."
"He was in Gotham when he was separated from his sister."
"And Emo-guy has what to do with all of this exactly?"
For a split second, Chokichi seriously contemplated the pros and cons of non-fatally stabbing his brother. Then he thought better of it and quickly moved on. If he started a fight right then the Reverend would scold them for waking him and destroying the living room.
"Batman operates in Gotham. There's a chance that whatever happened to separate Alex from his twin, Batman might know something."
As soon as he said that, Chokichi shut the device and got up; leaving his blond brother still confused.
"And if he does? How does that help us?"
Chokichi stopped at the doorway to look back at his brother.
"We go to Gotham and we ask."
