For taking too long with uploading, I ended up cutting, what would have been chapter 4, into 2 chapters. It also ended up being the longest chapter, so I had to cut it anyways.
This chapter didnt cooperate with me properly. But here we are, I'll try and get the next chapter up and running faster, I'm positive It'll get published faster.
Coast of Harran, Turkey 20:31
"We are nearing the coast of Harran in a couple of minutes, what should we do? Should I land here or head further?" M'gann asked.
"It has been a long trip M'gann, I'd say we should wait for the sun to rise before going out, we don't know much about Harran, so getting ourselves oriented would be the best course of action." Aqualad said, looking towards Black Canary he waited for her response.
"Even if I am the League supervision, you are still the leader of this team Aqualad. So, I'll follow your lead. M'gann, see if you can land anywhere on the coast. After that I suggest we all take a rest, get some sleep, before heading out." Looking over the team, Black Canary nodded to Aqualad.
Nodding back Aqualad spoke again.
"I suggest we also do an hourly watch rotation, even with the safety of the bioship, I want us to be ready for anything. We don't know anything about Harran other than what the news have told us. Having someone awake gives us another sense of security. I can even take the first watch."
"Sure, Batman was pretty worried during the 2-day resting period. And I'm sure BC is reporting any information to Batman anyways, so let's turn it down a notch." Robin said with a smile.
"So, who takes second watch?" Zatanna asked, looking around her team members.
"I'll do second watch, I can use my super hearing if anything approaches the bioship" Superboy said with a wince.
"Oh yeah, your super hearing. Well, I don't mind getting some rest, I can take third watch too after that. I need up the output of my Inertia Belt anyways."
"Alright, I'll take first watch, Superboy you take second, Raquel third, Artemis take fourth, Roy fifth, Zatanna sixth, Robin seventh, Black Canary eighth and M'gann ninth. That way you get the longest consecutive hours of rest. Any objections?" No objections.
Remembering something she saw during their mission in Bialiya, Artemis spoke.
"Hey M'gann, can you do the bed thing you did for Aqualad when he was dehydrated in Bialya? I really could use a bed to sleep on after sitting upright for so long." Artemis asked, looking at M'gann.
"Oh, yeah, sure Artemis. Here you go."
With a mental command, the seats reclined themselves and shifted into simple beds.
"I figured, once we leave the bioship, I'd let her stay in her resting phase under the bridge. Since we are going to stay in Harran for a while, we should find somewhere safe to stay inside the city."
"I agree with her; the bioship is nice and all. But it does get a little crampy in here. Plus finding a safe house sounds like the first thing we should do once we enter Harran." Artemis supplied
"I like that plan, going to and from the bioship doesn't sound like a good idea at all and the time wasted moving back and forth can be used for scavenging if need be." Robin finished.
"That does it then, after we leave the bioship we should find a safe house. With current supplies I believe we should see if we can find people we can ally ourselves with. Getting information from the locals is the first step to finding the documents." Giving a last nod Aqualad turned to the window starting his watch.
The Tower, Harran 22:43
At the roof of the tower, sitting on the scaffolding was Wally overlooking the city of Harran. No matter how many times he saw the city at night, he always felt unprepared.
Jade and Brecken had gone on a run to try and to get the recent drop from the GRE. With Wally cutting it close with his antizin they couldn't let him leave the tower in fear of him getting a seizure during the run.
Spike had contacted him around an hour ago telling him Jade and Brecken had passed the courtyard, after that nothing.
He wouldn't normally worry Jade always came back and with Brecken accompanying her it was safe to say they'd get the drop. But he had this gut feeling that something would happen soon.
A crackle from his walkie-talkie had him reach for it.
"Wally here, who am I speaking with?"
"You sound like a telemarketer." Hearing Jades voice Wally let out a sigh of relief before speaking
"Jade, how are you doing? You didn't contact me at the hour mark."
"Sorry Wally, the walkie-talkies battery had run out when I tried earlier. We have managed got to the drop safely though. Brecken and I are heading back, but it'll take a while." A hiss of pain "Sprained my ankle while fleeing a viral-"
"What!? Jade, are you alright? Please don't tell me you got bitten." He asked worriedly.
"No, I'm fine Wally. It's a minor sprain, nothing a couple of days won't fix." Sighing in relief Wally spoke again.
"When do you think you'll be back and should I try and send someone out?"
"Give us another hour maybe an hour and a half, and Brecken says not to send anyone out. Keep them on standby though."
"Alright, but hurry. I have a bad feeling about tonight."
"Don't worry about us Wally, get yourself some sleep though, we need you ready for some errands tomorrow. Once we get back I'll have Lena administer you some antizin while you're asleep, I know you aren't a huge fan of needles." Brecken spoke into the walkie-talkie.
Groaning loudly Wally finally spoke into the walkie-talkie
"Fine, I'll go to bed, but this mission better be worth the worrying you guys caused me. Wally out." Closing the walkie Wally put it into his pocket before standing up. Cracking his back, he walked inside the tower towards his room.
Making his way into his room Wally fell gracefully onto his bed. Reaching for his alarm clock Wally set the alarm to early morning. Placing it back on the headboard he let himself fall asleep.
The Tower, Harran 00:34
Sneaking into Wally's room Lena saw the boy fast asleep on his bed. He seemed to have rolled around too much by the alarm clock on the carpet. Walking towards his bed, she picked up the clock before placing it back on the headboard.
Reaching for his arm, Lena managed to give Wally his antizin without waking the boy up.
Sneaking out of the room, Lena looked back at Wally. Her face fell thinking about how he's had it these couple of days.
After today she resolved to keeping spare antizin for Wally.
You're not going to become one of them on my watch.
Closing the door behind her, Wally slept peacefully.
The Tower, Harran 05:30
Waking up to the buzz of his alarm Wally managed to get himself out of bed without needing a couple of extra minutes. Turning it off, Wally looked at the clock, raising his brows at the 30-minute mark. He slept through 30 minutes of continues buzzing.
Must've been more tired than I thought, huh.
Looking himself over Wally concluded he needed a change of clothing. He fell asleep in one of his runner outfits.
Ew.
Looking around the room, he couldn't find any available cargo pants.
Guess I'll just take a pair from Rahim, it's not like he needs all those pants considering Jade isn't letting him leave the tower anytime soon.
He did take a shirt with him, because ew, wearing one of Rahim's shirts is not something he wanted to do.
Leaving his room, Wally hoped Rahim was a) on the roof doing his little training routine or b) with Brecken talking about another one of his insane ideas.