My previous question still stands.
|Downtown Bludhaven
June 23
Summer had just began and the sun was high in front of the clouds. You wouldn't think of the crime and corruption going on in 'Haven.
Alpha and Beta both went through the Zeta tubes, simultaneously and in civvies, with Miss Martian in a reporter form and Bumblebee small in size.
Alpha casually walked the streets of downtown separately but within visual and mental distance. They was an uncomfortable silence in the link, given that they're in the territory of someone they all love and miss.
We're nearing the crime scene. Miss Martian declared, breaking the quiet.
Get ready. Robin said, pulling down the beanie to hide his hair. They are about to breathe the same air as media vultures and he is quite known for being an adopted son of Bruce Wayne.
A minute later, the ebony haired boy was one with the throng of people that gathered around the police tape, secretly hacking police and government databases on his phone. Miss M became a nosy reporter, while scouring the crowd of anyone suspicious. Tigress discreetly took pictures as much as she can and Bumblebee surveyed the scene very closely.
Drying blood was everywhere, in splatters and pools. And that's all that there is.
There's clear signs of unusual energy from here. Tigress reported, reading the results from the scanner installed on her phone. The amplitude of the energy wave, comparing to Bart's, is way higher. And it's spiked.
That could mean, Robin deduced, that whatever happened here, wasn't planned.
A time travel accident, maybe? M'gann piped in, Or a some sort of rip in time and space? If that's even possible. The girl was shot, right? But no one heard gunshots. No one saw a gun, or even how the girl ended up here.
According to the report, the first witness left the cafe, saw the body, screamed then fainted. Robin's eyes, hidden behind dark shades, concentrated on the phone, That's when people stopped watching the F1 interviews and went out. Called 911. Good thing one of them was a nurse, off-duty. First responder. Helped contain the blood loss.
Guys, Bumblebee entered the conversation, noticing something wrong, This much blood spilled would have killed the girl within a minute, probably before the nurse could even get to her. And, from the looks of this, there were two pools of blood, barely even touching each other. I'm no detective, but I'm pretty sure there were-
Two people, Robin finished for her, nearly dropping the phone with realization. The position and velocity of the blood and the spatters, they don't coincide with each other. She-
"She wasn't alone," a figure in the rooftop concluded.
|Hart's Hospital, Bludhaven
June 23
Bart's fingers drummed in a dizzying speed inside the pocket of his medical garb, as thoughts whirled in his mind. Still, knowing a lot about false hopes, he tried his best not to fully entertain the possibility of other time travelers. Just yet.
"Would you please stop that?" Wonder Girl, in a nurse's attire as well, whispered before they entered the ICU.
"Excuse me, doctor," the man in the information desk called.
"Yes?" Batgirl with glasses and a tablet answered, "Is there something wrong? My anesthesiologist and I have a shift in the ICU for an hour. It's scheduled."
The man checked his computer monitor and burrowed his brows at the information. "Oh yes. I might have overlooked that, sorry. You know, I've got two shifts straight. You bringing interns in, doctor?" The attention turned to Kid Flash and Wonder Girl.
"They could use the experience," Barbara quickly reasoned, smirking, "And you, could use some sleep." With a quick laugh, he prompted them forward.
When the information desk was well out of earshot, Blue Beetle in a shaggy wig, commented, "Amiga, I guess you Bats are also masters of undercover work. You totally made it look like we belong here."
They have no idea. "Social galas and elite dinners can teach you a lot. Not just surviving hours of boredom and having to wear fancy, yet very uncomfortable, outfits." Being the Commissioner's kid and publicly known best friend of the Wayne heir has its cons.
"So, where is she?" Wondergirl asked, itching to release her hair from its hair tie.
Batgirl checked the tablet. "Room 4. First one on the right."
Bart got there 7 seconds before the others. And for the first time, he stood frozen, eyes wide in surprise and disbelief as he stared at the red headed girl unconscious in front of him.
Now may be a good time to return to those time travel thoughts.
"Uh, hermano?" Blue Beetle asked, lightly shaking his friend's stiff shoulder. No response.
A quarter of a minute passed but to the speedster, it felt like hours until he could formulate words. He took a deep breath then spoke, "I know her. From my past."
Everybody turned to him, urging him to continue. But all he mumbled was, "I can't believe it."
"Bart, who is she?" Barbara prompted, hating the suspense.
"H-her name is Mary," he replied, looking at her straight in the eyes, dead serious, "And she's your daughter."
