Sooooo super sorry for the really late update. I couldn't find the time to write...sorry… Now about the story, there might be details and stuff that happened in real life that I haven't written, its because I don't know what happened, and I don't want to go into that stuff (the finding of relatives and counting how many people died and stuff... you'll see that I totally skipped over that!). So please accept this chapter, and enjoy.
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Aboard the RMS Carpathia/Pier 34 NY
April 15, 1912
Zatanna's POV
After a couple of hours on the RMS Carpathia, the ship finally arrived at Pier 34, New York. The docks were crowded with people, I guessed that they heard about the ship's sinking, and came to look for surviving loved ones. I sighed, knowing that nobody would be here for me.
Since Artemis and I didn't have to look for anyone, we quickly made our way away from the docks.
"So, do you know where we're going?" I asked Artemis, as we strolled the bustling (A/N; is that a word?) streets of New York.
She shrugged. I guessed that we would have to find where to go on our own.
"Can we take a break? I'm still a little woozy from sea" Artemis asked
"Sure, lets go over there," I say, pointing down to a plaza across the street. We cross and find a cute and cozy little cafe. We entered and sat down in the far corner and looked around. Suddenly, an older man comes up to the table.
"Can I get you two ladies anything? You look down" He asked us.
I shook my head, "No thank you sir, we're just resting, we'll leave now, if you need us to"
"No, no, dearest, I don't need you to leave, would you like a glass of water or something?" He asked again
"Sorry sir, but we're ok."
"Alright, I'm Mr. Smith, so if there's anything you need, you can come to me" He said.
I smiled at the nice man, "Thank you very much sir. I'm Zatanna, and this is my friend Artemis"
He smiled at us, "Well, I'd better be off, you two ladies take care now"
"Alright, you too, bye!" I say, then turn to Artemis.
"Come on, let's go. I don't wanna take his business away by just sitting here"
Artemis nodded, "Yea, you're right, let's go"
Soon enough, we were back on the streets of New York. Every once in a while, I looked down at Stella, who, somehow, stayed asleep the whole while. We silently continued to walk the streets, each lost in our thoughts, when I snapped out of my thoughts and looked around.
"Uhhh...Artemis…?"
"Hmm...?" She said, coming out of her thoughts.
"Ermm, where are we?" I said, afraid of her answer. We stood in a sidewalk, across from a dark alley.
She looked around and I could tell she was feeling the same thing as me.
Artemis opened her mouth to say something, but something, or more, someone spoke before her,
"Well, Klar, lookie what we have here" I looked down the alley to see two figures standing in the dark. They were slowly creeping forward towards us.
"I see, Cam, I see. Now what are two very beautiful ladies doing around this part of New York City?" The boy, 'Klar' spoke to us, in a wicked way.
I didn't say anything, and nor did Artemis, as the two boys kept coming towards us, and we started backing away.
"Hmmm, quiet ones, aye? Well I think we can fix that, right Klar?" 'Cam' said to 'Klar', and they started fully walking towards us.
We were about to turn around and start running, when another voice cut in, "You're gonna have to go through us to get to them" (A/N; I know, not the best catch phrase in this situation, but i couldn't think of anything else!)
The two boys whipped around and frowned.
"Well, nice to see you two finally made it, but if you don't mind, we must get going" 'Cam' said to the unknown figures, before turning around to reach for Artemis. But before he got close to her, something suddenly wrapped around his arm and tugged him backwards.
"What the-"
"Not so fast, Cameron" The voice said, as he stepped into the light. He had dark skin, short hair, and a red shirt, and looked fully built.
And thats when they all started fighting. Cameron pulled the whip off of his arm, and lunged towards him, ready to punch him.
As those two started punching and kicking, 'Klar' and the other boy, in a black shirt, started fighting as well. In just a minute and a blur of action, the two boy were down. (A/N; Sorry, everyone...I suck at fighting scenes…)
The red shirted boy approached us.
"My apologies that you witnessed that. But, What are you doing in this part of town?"
"Well, we kinda got lost…" I said, embarrassed.
"Oh, well I can help you, I'm Kaldur by the way, and this," he motioned to the other boy, "Is Connor."
"Hi," I said, "I'm Zatanna, and this is Artemis"
"What are you two doing around here, anyways? We don't see many new people here" He asked us.
"Well...we were just walking around when we found ourselves here, and then those two showed up"
"Oh, alright. Well, do you two ladies have a place to stay?"
"Ummm…" I nervously glanced at Artemis. She shrugged. "Well, no, we don't."
"Then I must invite you to our home, please"
"I'm not sure…" I said, awkwardly
"Don't worry, we live with our girlfriends, and I'm sure they'll be happy with some company" He said, reassuringly.
I looked at Artemis, to see her smiling. I nod to Kaldur, "Alright, but are you sure you're okay with 3 extra people?"
"Don't worry, now follow me"
He started walking out of the alley, where we still stood, and Artemis and I trailed behind him, with Connor following us. After a couple of blocks, we arrived at a cute, blue 2 story home. It had a red door, and red window panels (A/N; those wooden pieces on the sides of windows…), and a white fence around it.
"Cute…" I murmur, and hear Kaldur chuckle a little.
"Thanks…"
He walks to the door and opens it, "We're back!" He shouts through the house. Inside, there was a little area to welcome people that came, and a coat closet to the left, the stairs were straight ahead against the wall on the right. On the right there was a room with a small table for 4, and connected to that room I saw a fridge, so I presumed it was the kitchen. On the left there was a simple room, and I saw a desk and many papers on it, from the half-way opened door. There was a small hall next to the stairs, and I could tell that there were one or two more rooms down that way.
I heard footsteps run down the stairs and saw two girls appear. They looked around our age, and one had bright red hair and green eyes and freckles, wearing a pink skirt and white blouse. The other girl had dark skin like Kaldur and short brown hair, and wore a purple shirt and black skirt. They both stopped when they reached the bottom of the stairs.
"Oh, Hello! Who are you? I'm Megan! And this is Raquel" Megan said.
Artemis opened her mouth to respond, but Kaldur interrupted.
"This is Artemis and Zatanna. They don't have anywhere to go, so they're gonna stay with us for a while"
"Alright, you can follow m-" Megan was interrupted.
"Is that a baby?" Raquel asked, pointing to Stella.
"Uhh, yea, why? Is something wrong?" I told her.
"Of course not!" She said coming over to Stella and cooing at her. Megan too came towards me to see Stella.
"Awwww! She's super cute! Is she your's?" Megan asked me
I flinched at the thought. "No...she's a friends'…"
"Let's get her upstairs, and you two, too" Raquel directed to me and Artemis.
She led Artemis and I up the stairs. There was a hall with two bedrooms on both ends, and a perpendicular hall where there was a bathroom, and another bedroom, where they led us to.
"Ok, you guys can stay in this room. Come down when you're all settled!" Megan told as happily, and left with Raquel following her out. I looked to Artemis when the door shut.
"Well, this is good, right?" I ask her, kinda questioning myself, too.
"Hmm, yea. I just don't know what we're gonna do after this. I mean how long can we stay here? They'll tell us to leave eventually." She answers.
"Yea...but I...I don't have anywhere to go anymore" I say, swallowing my tears, thinking about my dad.
"Oh Tanna! You know that I'd never leave you! I'm gonna go call Aunt Dinah and Uncle Oliver and see if they can come get us or something, so we can stay with them."
"Yea, thats a good idea. And thanks 'Mis" (A/N: 'Mis' as in arte'mis' just in case anyone was wondering…) I say, and turn to put Stella on the bed. I quickly go to the bthroom and wash up, and wait for Artemis to get out before we go downstairs.
"Hello?" I call out, as we enter the dining room, where Raquel and Megan were sitting
"Oh hi!" Megan greets us, "Hungry?" She say, gesturing to some sandwiches sitting on the table.
"Yea, thanks" Artemis say, and slides into a seat.
"Thanks for this, you guys. I know we're total strangers, so we'll try to leave as soon as we can" I tell them. They look at each other, as if telepathically talking, then look at me, smiling.
"Thats not problem, girl. You can stay here as long as you need!" Raquel tells me.
I smile, and sit down next to Artemis and start eating.
"Oh, hey, do you have a phone I can use? I need to call my Aunt and Uncle" Artemis says. (A/N: Actually...Im not sure if people had phones then...so please excuse my mistake if not…)
"Yea, of course! Let me go get it!" Megan says, getting up, and disappearing around the corner.
Me and Raquel were talking, when Megan came back with the phone, and Artemis got up to call her Uncle. Then we kept talking, when Artemis came back, Raquel asked, "So what happened to you guys, anyways?"
I freeze, and glance at Artemis, who looks as uneasy as me.
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In the middle of the ocean…
(On a boat, of course…)
"Dude! You're alive!" Wally shouts, and runs to 'man hug' (A/N: It wasn't very manly… :P)
"Yea, but I won't be if you keep strangling me!" Dick says.
Wally let go, "Oh right, sorry, but what can I say? A huge ship sunk and I just found my best friend who I thought was dead!"
Dick laughed, "Hah, yea… So what do you think the casualties are?" (A/N: Casualties as in how many people died...not sure if i used it in the correct way…)
"Man, I don't wanna even know" Wally says, "So…"
"Yea...I-" Dick was cut off by the loud speaker with the voice of the Captian.
"Attention all passengers, We will be reaching New York soon. Please gather your things and prepare to leave the ship. Thank you"
Wally looked up, "Well, better get your stuff"
Dick looked at him and said jokingly, "What stuff?"
"Oh...right, heh..." Wally said, rubbing the back of his head.
"I'm playing with ya, come on lets go"
"Alright"
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I'm not sure if the SS Californian even went back towards America, but for this story, they sure did! :) And I feel like Wally and Dick are a little...OOC. Tell me what you think! Thanks for reading everyone! And SuperMartian and AquaRocket has appeared! Yay!
~Elcall
