Palo Alto
July 3, 19:02 PST
I went over myself and by went over myself I mean I went over who I was.
"Okay, so your name Lacey Mage Aoto-Plat, you used to live in a shitty home with your abusive parents and was transferred to a foster home when you were 4 and you don't understand why you're here when you should be in the foster home," I sighed, practically pulling out my hair while doing so.
I paced back and forth trying to figure out what happened to me.
"Whoa," someone said which startled me. "You look like my Aunt Zee."
I looked at the brunette boy with the mask and green hood who had just woken up from his slumber.
"Sorry to say I don't know who that is," I replied in a monotone.
He got up off the ground and came over to me. He stood up straight in front of me as I looked in his eyes warily. He stuck out his hand for me to shake.
"Wally West," he introduced himself.
"Lacey," I introduced myself not accepting the hand. "Who are your friends?" I asked looking at the two kids that looked like twins on the ground still unconscious.
The girl had a suit similar to Superman's with his 'S' crest on her chest and the boy wore the Martian Manhunter 'X' on his chest.
"It's my… cousins?"
"You say it like it's a question," I said heading towards the door.
"Well, their parents said they weren't supposed to use their powers until they were ready."
"What about you?"
He looked down at what he was wearing.
"How the hell did I get in this?"
I rolled my eyes and cracked the door open to peek out. I gained a perplexed look when all I seen were rows and rows of plants.
"Where the hell am I?" I whispered.
I was getting ready to leave when I heard soft footsteps up against the floor. I quickly closed the door and flattened myself against the wall to stay out of view as someone came into the room.
I looked at Wally who quickly hid himself and the twins behind the plants.
"You in here, amigos?" a Hispanic voice asked.
"Blue Beetle?" Wally said with hope rising in his voice.
"Yeah, cortito."
He quickly came out of his hiding place and I followed. I checked on the twins while Wally talked to the Blue Beetle.
"Mage's dad got worried when you guys didn't report in."
"Who's Mage?" Wally asked.
Blue Beetle gave him a perplexed as I shook the twins awake. They opened their eyes slowly and weirdly said in unison, "Who are you?"
"I'm Lacey," I replied helping them up.
I went over to Wally and Blue Beetle and listened to their conversation.
"Be serious, Wally," he deadpanned. "She's right there."
He looked back at me as I walked up to them.
"She told me her name was Lacey."
"That's because it is and I'm still not clear on why I'm here."
"Psimon," he whispered.
We tilted our heads like confused puppies as he turned around to radio someone.
"'Wing," he sighed in the com link. "We have a problem."
Watchtower
July 3, 21:21
We were sitting in the common room of the Watchtower quietly, barely looking at each other. My "dad" was trying to call my "aunt" M'gann for at least 2 hours but only got voicemails.
I sharply exhaled, breaking the silence in the room, as I ran my fingers through my hair and planted my hand on the nape of my neck where I felt a soft cloth hiding under my top.
I took the cloth around my neck out of hiding and looked at the jewel hanging from it. It was like glowing gold in the shape of an almond.
A headache hit me in the head and I had an image of someone giving it to me.
"Here," a woman with black hair and cyan eyes gently said as she handed me a box.
I opened it and seen the necklace that shined brightly.
"It's a Glamour Charm," she smiled while taking it out of the box and putting it around my neck. "I know how self-conscious you are about the scars you have so, this'll hide them and only I and you will know."
I smiled brightly and hugged her.
"Thank you, Mom," I said in a soft voice in her ear.
"You're welcome, Magie."
I could only stare blankly at the jewel.
"Why did I forget?" I whispered.
Apparently loud enough for Wally to hear.
"What was that?"
"Nothing," I sighed as I got up to leave the room.
"Where are you going?"
"To take a walk," I said with a hint of annoyance in my voice.
Watchtower
July 3, 21:24
Wally's POV
I have no idea what that Lacey-Mage chick's problem is. I just wish Aunt M'gann will answer her phone so we can figure out what's going on.
I slouched down on the couch while the twins were already doing so.
"Exactly what are your parents doing?" I asked the twins.
Malcolm shrugged while Marie rubbed her forehead from a headache.
"They're on a date," she said monotonously.
Pretty long date, is what I would have said but I simply snickered at my own comment.
My Uncle Dick quickly came into the room after that.
"M'gann'll be here in a few minutes," he said looking at us. "Where's M-Lacey?"
"She went for a walk," I answered.
He sighed and turned to leave.
"Just, find her, please, and come to the Meeting Room when you do," he said with a little annoyance in his voice.
I stood up and sighed.
"I'll find her, just go to the Meeting Room," I told the twins.
They nodded as I left out the room.
It wasn't hard to find her. She was in the Forest Room looking over the green vegetation and she turned her attention away from it all when I walked in.
"Um, Uncle 'Wing is looking for you," I told her.
She snickered at the name as we walked together to the Meeting Room.
"So," I said, trying to strike up a conversation while trying not to show my flushed face as I looked into her freakishly blue eyes. "Exactly, where's your home?"
"In New York, in a foster home," she sighed.
"Foster home?"
"I-It's a touchy subject that I don't like to go into great detail with."
When you can actually have a conversation with her, she's actually nice to be around, I thought.
I left it alone as we came upon the Meeting Room. The only people inside were my Uncle Dick, Aunt M'gann and the twins.
"Please sit," she told us gently.
We complied by sitting at the edge of the table. As she explained to us what was going on.
"Now, I bet you're wondering why you're here in Justice League Member based costumes."
"No kidding," Lacey said under her breath. I looked at my Uncle Dick who heard it but decided to stay quiet.
"Back when the original Team was in commission, there was a psychic named Psimon," she started. "He did to us what he did to you which was make you forget some things."
Lacey shifted uncomfortably in her chair before asking, "What exactly did he make us forget?"
"Well, from what I've been told, mostly your hero life," she answered. "Now, I will telepathically go into your mind to find your lost memories, if that's okay with you."
We all nodded as she closed her eyes and a second later they opened glowing a bright green.
Watchtower
July 3, 21:41
Mage's POV
I thought Wally's mind was a scary place with the daddy issues and the brooding but my mind, it was terrifying.
I could see my memories as shards of glass that needed to be put back together. I looked deeply at one that I would never forget.
"Lacey!" called a gruff voice at which I cringed at.
"Y-yeah," I answered hesitantly.
A big man in both weight and height walked in from the kitchen with a dirty look and scowled at me. I looked at him, scared.
I stood there waiting for him to do something which he did. He came in the room and towered over me and pulled my uncombed hair.
"Ow!" I cried which he seemed to ignore.
He pulled me into the kitchen and pushed me onto the ground into a puddle of water on the cold tiled floor.
"What did I tell you about turning the water off all the way?!" he yelled.
"It was an accident, Dad!" I yelled back earning me a smack.
"What did I tell you about using that tone with me?" he said.
I couldn't choke back the tears. I let out small sobs as he reprimanded me for it.
"I went through shit harder than you did and I didn't cry!"
I just simply looked at the ground and cried. When he was done with his speech, he grabbed a fistful of my hair and made me look up at him.
"Clean it up, right now!"
He let go of me as I weakly got up.
"Magie," I gentle voice said from behind me.
I turned around to see my Aunt M'gann. She had a somber look on her face.
"Are you okay?"
I simply nodded as I felt a trickle on my cheek. I wiped a tear and sniffled.
"Magie," Aunt M'gann calmly said as she put both hands on my shoulders. "I'm here to help you piece your memories back together."
I exhaled before nodding again as I turned around to look at the shards of lost memories.
"Okay," she sighed looking at the mess of my mind. "It looks like the time before you got adopted is the only thing that is intact."
I looked at the thousands of shards and sighed, "Exactly, how long is this going to take?"
"Not long if you can try to remember some of your memories."
"And if I can't?"
"Then, we might be here for a while," she said with a sigh.
I exhaled sharply as I closed my eyes tightly, remembering the day I was adopted at the age of 5, remembering the day I met my uncle and aunts and their children who I became practically intertwined with, the first day I met my first real friend, my first mission with the Team when I turned 10, what Psimon did to us, and what I felt when I actually talked to Wally.
I actually was about to regurgitate in my mind at that last thought as he was basically family.
I opened my eyes to the see the shards placed together almost like a mosaic of with the glass being my memories from my point of view.
I turned to look at my Aunt M'gann who wasn't there and a second later I was opening my eyes in the Watchtower Meeting Room.
I rubbed my eyes as the Team opened their eyes and did the same.
I looked around the room and then at my holo-watch. It was past midnight and I had a headache.
I rubbed my head as my Aunt M'gann got up and looked us over.
"Everyone alright?"
We all nodded as I shifted uncomfortably in my chair.
She gave a light smile as she and my dad left the room to converse about the whole episode.
"Lacey from a New York foster home, huh?" Wally said with his elbows on his knees, leaning forward in his chair with a slight sneer to his voice.
I turned in the rotating chair and looked at him with narrowed eyes.
I could feel glares all around and I wasn't exactly in the mood to explain my life.
"Like I said," I sighed. "It's a touchy subject."
"So, it's true?" Marie inquired. "You were adopted?"
"Yeah," I whispered.
"So, why didn't you tell us?" Wally questioned, his green eyes practically piercing my soul.
"How would that come up in a conversation?" I said with a little shake to my voice. "'Hey guys I'm totally adopted!'"
I simply put my face into my palm and cried.
"I just felt like if I told you that, I wouldn't be accepted," I sobbed. "Like how it was before I was adopted."
Wally put a comforting hand on my back and crouched down in front of me before saying, "Who's not going to accept you?"
I look up at him while wiping the tears that cascaded down my face.
"I thought you guys wouldn't," I sighed through a shaky voice.
They quickly embraced me in a group hug which comforted me. I cried on Malcolm's shoulder which he didn't seem to mind.
"I love you guys," I sniffled.
"We love you Mage," Wally chuckled.
