I'M SUCH A FAILURE AT UPDATING! This will make up for it I promise. I don't own Fear, Teen Titans, Batman, Blue Foundation, and Evanescence. A little bit of gore in this chapter. If you've read any of the Gone books you'll understand. Don't read the italics if you aren't on book five yet. Also, Prayers go out to the families in Colorado that were injured or killed at the midnight premier of "The Dark Knight Rises."
"You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the - on."
― Tupac Shakur
I woke up at ten in the morning, my head pounding and my stomache churning. It took about thirty minutes to pull myself out of bed. I walked out of my room and heard low voices.
"Are you sure we need to go out there? It couldn't really be the Brotherhood of Evil… I mean they were frozen!"
"Yes Beast Boy, Jinx and Kid Flash saw Madame Rouge. How are we going to tell Brianna that she'll have to stay in Gotham?"
I blinked in surprise, "Wait, you're already sending me away?" I snapped, coming out of the doorway.
"Ahh! Brianna, where did you come from?" Beast Boy yelled. I laughed a little at that, glad I could sneak up on him.
"Um, rural Jump City, what about you," I said before turning on Robin, "You're just sending me away? I've been here for like a month. Are you already tired of the responsibility, or is it the fact that you want your playboy life back?"
"No, no, no! Brianna, some of the worst villains we had ever fought are back… I don't want you getting hurt."
"I'm not some little kid Dad! I can help, I have powers! Just let me help you guys!"
"No that is out of the question! I won't let you get hurt. You'll be safe in Gotham, staying with Bruce."
"Safe! Yeah, I'll be safe, until the next big escape from Blackgate or Arkham. I lived in Gotham for three years. I know what it's like, a new psycho escaping every week, oh look the Scarecrow is out again! Better hope you have the antidote on you if you meet him. Uh, Oh, Poison Ivy is missing, stay away from a garden or you might be found dead," I yelled before continuing, "Besides, it's not like you have a point of how old I am, you were like eight when you became Robin!"
"My parents were killed and I had a dad who fought crime! I didn't really think-"
"My parents were killed and you fight crime! I am older than you were, let me help!"
"Brianna, I said no and that's final. We are leaving tomorrow, please pack your things, I'll bring some suitcases."
"Fine, get yourself killed!" I said stalking off to my bedroom." As I walked away I heard Raven speak up.
"Well that couldn't have gone better."
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I walked out of my room and into the living room. Everyone was already up and ready to go. They had already made a new compartment for me in the T- Ship. When my bags were in the ship I climbed in.
"Brianna, I know you don't want to stay in Gotham, but please be polite."
"Alright! I get it be a good little kid and don't cause trouble!" I snapped. I had my headphones on, but I was getting ready to pull them off.
"Brianna, I really wish I didn't have to do this but you are my responsibility. I need to keep you safe."
"I get it okay! I just don't understand why you can't let the honoraries handle it."
"They need a leader. I'll call you every night."
"Fine, I'll answer every night." I said before yanking my headphones off and putting in my iPod. I put it on shuffle, lay back, and started reading my book.
"Penny said two words, the second of which was "you." Caine laughed. "I think you meant '- you, Your Highness." I chuckled but kept reading. 'She's already trouble,'' Caine said, "First Drake, now Penny. I'm surrounded by psychos and idiots."
Turk looked hurt.
"One thing, Turk. You ever see me freaking out, like Penny is pulling something on me? You shoot the witch. We clear on that?"
"Absolutely," Turk said. "Your Highness."
"You get that you're the idiot, right, Turk?"
"Um…"
Caine stormed off, muttering, "I miss Diana."
I was laughing by the time I got finished with that part. About five minutes later I had to close the book for a little bit. Reading about a kid clawing his eyes out was not fun for me, especially when someone talks about bloody nerves. I felt sick. I pulled my iPod out of my pocket and chose my "High in the Sky" playlist I made years ago. It had songs I used to listen to on planes. Pretty soon a Blue Foundation song came on.
I'll seek you out
Flay you alive
One more word and you won't survive
And I'm not scared
Of your stolen power
I see right through you any hour
I won't soothe your pain
I won't ease your strain
You'll be waiting in vain
I got nothing for you to gain
I'm taking it slow
Feeding my flame
Shuffling the cards of your game
And just in time
In the right place
Suddenly I will play my ace
I won't soothe your pain
I won't ease your strain
You'll be waiting in vain
I got nothing for you to gain
Eyes on fire
Your spine is ablaze
Felling any foe with my gaze
And just in time
In the right place
Steadily emerging with grace
Ahh, felling any foe with my gaze
Ahh, steadily emerging with grace
Ahh, felling any foe with my gaze
Ahh, steadily emerging with grace
I was already putting the thoughts of Gotham, bloody nerves, and my parents. I skipped a couple of songs before finding an Evanescense song.
Playground school bell rings again
Rain clouds come to play again
Has no one told you she's not breathing?
Hello, I am your mind giving you someone to talk to
Hello
If I smile and don't believe
Soon I know I'll wake from this dream
Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken
Hello I am the lie living for you so you can hide
Don't cry
Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping
Hello, I'm still here
All that's left of yesterday
After that two more Evanescence songs came on.
I'm so tired of being here, suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave, I wish that you would just leave
Your presence still lingers here and it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal, this pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
You used to captivate me by your resonating light
Now, I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal, this pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me, I've been alone all along
When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me, me, me
My favorite one came on, and I drifted off into sleep.
You know you're not the only one
When they all come crashing down, midflight,
You know you're not the only one.
When they're so alone they find a back door out of life.
You know you're not the only one.
We're all grieving,
Lost and bleeding.
All our lives,
We've been waiting
For someone to call our leader.
All your lies,
I'm not believing.
Heaven shine a light down on me.
So afraid to open your eyes, hypnotized.
You know you're not the only one
Never understood this life.
And you're right, I don't deserve
But you know I'm not the only one.
We're all grieving,
Lost and bleeding.
All our lives,
We've been waiting
For someone to call our leader.
All your lies,
I'm not believing.
Heaven shine a light down on me.
Don't look down,
Don't look into the eyes of the world beneath you.
Don't look down, you'll fall down,
You'll become their sacrifice.
Right or wrong.
Can't hold onto the fear that I'm lost without you.
If I can't feel, I'm not mine,
I'm not real.
All our lives,
We've been waiting
For someone to call our leader.
All your lies,
I'm not believing,
Heaven shine a light down on me.
I woke up to a rough landing. I shoved my headphones on and turned them back to the station.
"Are we here, or are you just a really bad pilot?" I asked.
"Yes, we are here, and I didn't know you liked Evanescence." Raven said.
"You could hear my music?" I asked.
"Yep, we just had to switch to your channel. Did you know you sing in your sleep?" Beast Boy said.
"No… so you listened to me while I was sleeping?"
"We're here!" Robin said quickly. "Remember, right now we are civilians!"
"Got it dad. So why are we being normal now?" I asked.
"Because, I signed the adoption papers as Richard Grayson, not Robin."
"Shouldn't I know everyone's real names?" I asked. "Besides isn't the T- Ship a little obvious?"
"Well, call me Victor. Also, we installed a kind of cloaking device on the T- Ship to make it look like a normal airplane."
"I'm Rachael."
Kori.
Um… Garfield." They answered. We landed on a private airstrip where Bruce and Jason were waiting. I got out of the plane and grabbed two of my five bags.
"JASON!" I yelled and gave him a big hug. He made a small grunt of surprise and awkwardly stood there while I hugged him.
"Hey, Brianna." He said when I released him.
"Please, call me Bria." I said feigning happiness.
"We should probably get going. Goodbye Dick, I'll see you when you get back," Bruce said.
"Dude, he's been laughing at my name when his is Dick!" Beast Boy whispered to Cyborg.
"Bye dad, Garfield, Rachael, Kori, and Victor." I said, hugging them goodbye, "Please, be safe."
"Don't worry about us; we've beaten these guys before. Just… don't accept any drinks from Todd." Dad said before getting back in the T- Ship.
"Please God, if you're listening, keep Him safe. Keep all of Them safe, Amen." I prayed quietly.
"C'mon Brianna, we have to get to Wayne Manor. You're going to love it." Jason said.
"I hope so." I whispered.
SORRY AGAIN ABOUT THE WAIT! My parents got me Arkham City and Arkham Asylum for my birthday so I have no life. R/R please.
