Chapter 7: Don't trust "Family"

I called Maverick's phone and told him what happened. He told me that he and the others will show up shortly. I sat on Lux's front porch with her cat on my lap as I petted her. What am I suppose to tell the others. How am suppose to become a hero, when I can't even protect my best friend from being kidnapped. I failed her.

Batman, Robin, Kaldur and Maverick showed up and sat the cat on the ground and stood up. I kept my eyes on the ground not wanting to look them in the eyes. Batman and Robin went into the house. Robin stop to rub my arm in comfort for a second before following his mentor again.

"I know that look,"He grabbed my face gently making my look at him "don't you DARE blame yourself." He stared directly into my eyes then brought me into a tightly embrace. I brought my arms around his middle and we stood there for awhile until I felt something rub my leg. I looked down to see what it was, Lux's cat rubbed up against our legs jealous that she wasn't getting the attention. I smiled at her, she purred and wiggled in content as I petted. Maverick grabbed the cat and mouthed to me 'Talk to him.' and motioned with his head and made his way into the house.

Kaldur made his way over to me and opened his mouth to say something, but I cut him off.

"Before you say anything I know what I have to do." I told him determindly.

"And what is that?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

"I need to talk to the man who attacked me on the day we met. He has something to do with this I know it, I can feel it in my stomach." The look on my face was either help me or stay out of my way.

"No, I have to do this and if you tell Batman he'll try to convince me not too and go himself."

"Well if your so determined, I would like to go with you in case something happens and to help bounce around ideas." He smiled at me, I grinned and gave a quick hug. I almost ran to the car. Kaldur chuckled at the sight and followed.

Once at the prison I was shown to the room were you sit and there's a piece of glass in between you and the person your talking too. Not only that but you have the freakin phone to talk to them. I hope they clean them. The man who attacked me days ago was escorted in the room. I was with my hands in my lap with a blank stare on my face.

"I see my little injection worked." He grinned with his crooked yellow teeth. I cringed slightly before going back to my straight face.

"Where is she?" I growled at him.

"Who?" His stupid grin still plastered on his face. He rested his head on his hand with his elbow on the table.

"Lux." I told him gritting my teeth together.

"Oh yes...her." He grin grew. "We realized that you didn't want to be our little pet, so we did as you wished and left you alone"

"Who is we?" I demanded standing up slightly with eveyword.

"The light. Don't trust your so called 'Family'" He put his phone up and got up to leave the room.

"No! Don't you dare leave! Who is the light? Where is Lux?" I screamed through the glass.

"No one can turn away from the light!" He yelled out before cackling and leaving the room. I slammed my fist into the glass making it crack. The guard of the prison practically threw my of there. Apparently they don't like it when others break their things. As they threw me out the doors I lost balance for a moment, I turned back to them giving them a dirty look to see that they slammed the door.

I stomped back to my car where Kaldur was waiting. He was leaning against the hood with his arms crossed. "What happened?"

"He said that some group called the light has Lux because I got away." I said getting into the drivers and slamming the door. He got in on the other side and I started my car, pulling out of the parking lot.

"Now what do we go back to Batman with this new information." He asked leaning back in his seat.

"I know someone who can help and that we can trust." I smirked wondering how she will react to him. I pulled in front of a two story house. Just looking at it you couldn't help but smile at it. The house was lite so you could see the abundance of flowers that surrounded the home. I walked up to the door and knocked on it. I looked behind me to see Kaldur standing there awkwardly. When I turned around the door flew open reveling a very happy Rita covered in flour.

"Maeve! What a wonderful surprise and who is this?" She grinned at me before going to Kaldur she wrapped her arms him hugging him. She let him go and linked her arm with his and lead him into the house. She laid her hand on his arm and turned to me quickly with a look that said 'Oh My God' I smiled at her and rolled my eyes following her inside. She lead him to the couch and went into the kitchen. I sat next to him smiling at him.

"She is...interesting." He smirked at me. I laughed a little and Rita came back into the room with a tray full of cookies and tea. She sat them down and handed us your cups.

"So whats up?" She asked sitting in her chair with a cookie in her hand. I told her everything that had happened today and wanted to know from her what I should do.

"You know what hun, you got that look in your eye again. The same one that you had the day I met you. Behind the fear, behind the pain, there is determination to protect Lux. I remember that day. Lux was being bullied by some boys, and they hit her. You stood in front of her and took the punches, you were knocked down. But you got right back up and stood your ground, because you would do anything and everything for her. I remember that I sat you down on my kitchen counter and stitched you up. Lux was crying because she blamed herself. You simply laughed and said 'Tis only a flesh wound' in that horribly fake British ascent." Rita smiled at the memory. "You have that look that you are going to find her and you are. I know it, so go and do so." After her little speech she shooed Kaldur off to get a plan, not before giving us both a bag of freshly made cookies for the road. We were on our way back to Mount Justice when I slammed on the brakes as a lioness jumped out of the woods and landed on the road in front of us. Kaldur and I sat in total confusion. What the hell is a lioness doing here? That's all that was going through my head and was distracted so I didn't notice that it turned and was about to pounce. Luck for me Kaldur did and grabbed me and jumped out of my car just in time for it to miss me and land where I sat only seconds ago.

Kaldur and I watched in horror as it turned to us again and the face started to shift right before our eyes to become a fearsome wolf. It lunged again and I moved my arm up and created a ice barrier to make some time for us to get the hell out of there. Kaldur with my hand still in his got up and started to run down the road, but was stopped when the wolf tackled him to the ground. I closed my eyes and shot my hand forward. A beam of ice hit its side and sent it into the front of my car creating a very large dent. It stayed there for a few second so I grabbed Kaldur from the ground completely ready to run for our live when I saw it was shifting again, it began to late a human form. I looked at it in its cold, dead eyes as it did. When saw who it was a violent sob racked throughout my body see who it became.

Lux.