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Chapter 8- Lost in the Echo
No POV, set one year before Justice League Unlimited
Trinity woke up in the middle of the night. It was so cold; she was in the dessert of some kind. Then she remembered. While she and Flash and GL had been fighting a group of mobsters one of the men had been shot and killed. Most of the League and the mobsters blamed her for the man's death. Then the League tried to take her to prison. None of them would believe her when she said she hadn't done it! Not even John or Wally! That was what had hurt the most! They thought she was a murderer!
Trinity whipped at the tears forming in her eyes and turned to a light in the distance. It was a village! Her hope soared; maybe these people didn't know about the so-called murder and would be willing to take her in?
Trinity walked carefully down the villages' old path, old promises of former friends came back to her.
Batman shook his head," Trust me Trinity. None of us want to see you go to jail."
Green Lantern (her new mentor) shook his head at the way she was acting," Of course I believe you! I've got no reason not too! I always will!
Flash put a comforting hand on her shoulder," Look Trinity, I know you don't really trust me that much. But I won't let anyone hurt you.
Trinity jumped when the guns started to go off. She ran towards the noise to find many people cornered by men in machine guns. Trinity jumped down before anymore shots could be taken and threw up a barrier. Most of the village people gasped, the gunmen froze. When Trinity turned her head it was her turn to freak- all of these villagers where KIDS! No one older than her appearance that was for sure!
Memories suddenly came coming back to her of how she got into this situation and Trinity roared in her anger an made the force field fly forward with all the bullets," Close your eyes kids," she cried as the gunmen opened fire and the force field encircled them making all the bullets bounce off, right back at the gunmen. The men screamed as the bullets tore thru themselves and a few begged for mercy before they fell to the ground dead. Normally she would have been horrified that the men had just died at her hands. But they couldn't have been saved; the bullets they had been using were real bullets. They were going to shoot innocent children. I hope they'll be the only ones who die Trinity thought.
Trinity carefully moved her force field so that the men's bodies do that the kids wouldn't see them. She turned back to the kids," It's okay. You can open your eyes now."
All the kids flocked towards her, now that it was over, she could see there was only about ten kids! The oldest was probably sixteen, while the youngest was around three. The oldest- a dark-skinned boy- walked up to her," Thank you Miss. My name is Reed."
Trinity sighed," Mine is Trinity-Where are we? Why were those men shooting at you?"
Reed answered her," You are in Naba. It's a small village in the deserts of Egypt. The men were shooting at you because of the Angel of Darkness. If you wish to know more we must go into a house, some things don't need to be disgust in front of the younger children."
Trinity looked back at the kids, the Tweens and teenagers helping the younger kids up and leading them back towards houses. Reed led her down the alleys and towards a home at the center of the village. Reed knocked of the door twice, then paused before knocking on it three more times. A girl around seventeen with blonde hair, blue eyes and tan skin opened the door," Reed! You're alive," the girl's eye widened when she saw me," Reed? W-Who is that?"
Reed smiled," She is a friend Aquina. This is Trinity; she saved those of us AOD wanted dead."
Aquina's face brightened," In that case- come in! Come in!"
Reed led me into the small hut; Aquina shut the door and locked about six different sets of door locks. Trinity whistled and followed Reed," You guys really want to be secure huh?"
Reed scowled and sat down in a living room-like area," We have to be."
Trinity sat in a chair across from him," Alright Reed. Tell me everything that has been going on."
Reed nodded," The Angel of Darkness is a man named Abas Mensah," Reed showed me the picture of a man in his late forties with salt and pepper hair and mocha colored skin, black eyes and a ragged scar down his left cheek," He's similar to Drug Lords down south, but he's worse than them."
"How," Trinity asked, when, Aquina walked in with an old rusted tray and three tin cups and a tin pot.
"Trinity, I know it isn't much," Aquina said as she set the tray down," But would you like some tea?"
Trinity smiled," I'd love some thank you, Aquina," Aquina handed her a tin cup filled with hot water and a small bag of home-grown leaves. Trinity took a sip and then set it back down on the table," So- about Abas?"
Reed took a sip of his own drink before he told Trinity what he knew," The AOD goes into small villages like Naba and massacres all the parents and grandparents- he might leave a few of the younger fathers alive- but he forces them to join his army. He has taken over all the villages in this part of Beda."
"Beda," Trinity said shocked," I thought we were in Egypt?"
Reed smirked," That is true, but Beda is a smaller country inside of Egypt. We follow Egyptian law, and Egypt does not recognize us as a country. But we do not get involved with Egyptian politics."
Trinity nodded," Why did those AOD men try to murder you and so many of the children?"
Reed replied," The Angel of Darkness imprisons many of the children and uses them as slaves in anything he should need built. He also does not want any slaves with no meta powers. That's why he tried to have us all killed."
Trinity growled," Well, this AOD sounds like a bad dude. I can contact the Justice League for you but I won't be here when they come."
Aquina raised an eyebrow," Why not? I thought you were an apprentice to one of them! You're not a fugitive are you?"
Trinity laughed, she threw her head back and roared with her laughter,"Are you kidding me," she calmed herself," I'm not a fugitive. I was on a mission and one of the enemy's men was killed. I was framed, and when the League tried to take me to jail I bolted. The promises that we're made to me had been broken. They promised to believe me, not let anyone hurt me, and that they didn't wanting to see me in jail. All of it was lies!"
Reed nodded," Well if that's what happened to you I don't think we can trust them."
Trinity smiled," You're all smart people. I have some plans on how to start dethroning The AOD. But it will take time. I'm might be talking years Reed."
Rees smiled," It is better than doing nothing. What are some of these plans?"
"Easy," Trinity started giving life to all the battle-strategy training Batman had given her," We're going to need places where the AOD stores tech, weapons and ammunition, and food. We'll also need to set up somewhere with water supplies."
Aquina stood up," Reed and the others can get you all the tech and weapons you need. I, on the other hand, know that there's an oasis not half a mile from here. If we can keep this village under-radar, we can live here."
Trinity smiled," I can take care of that."
But in the back of her mind and in the bottom of her heart- Trinity missed the League. She missed them and her heart ached for them. It ached for Wally.
