The Lives We Changed
Chapter 10
Disclaimer: me not own so stahp with the stupid disclaimers.
Hello! Crazy week for me, so my brother's wife is pregnant and I'm so happy! My little sister asked me how did the baby got in her tummy and why was he really red in the face (she's really little). Ha, oh man you guys so should have seen his face when she asked that, then I couldn't stop laughing and I told her cough* cough* "ugh, H.G. Wells?" And now everyone can't stop laughing.
I corrected the "Gardner misspellings", thanks roy23
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|Watchtower 10:28
|Monitor Womb
"When do you believe we can return home?" Kaldur asked Ted, also known as Blue Beetle.
"Not sure kid, but all we do know that this has some trace in magic so I'm not much help besides finding the dimension you all came from."
"Sorry to interrupt, but you kids gotta get some different clothes. I know that you've been in those uniforms and some oversized extra shirts and all, but we need to get you some real clothes. Ya know? You guys probably are getting bored just sitting up here and training all day, you need to walk around." Superman said flying into the room where almost the entire team was waiting after a quick sparring match to see their level of fighting.
"YES" Robin moaned, "as much as I love my uniform, I really need something else to wear."
"You kid," the Man of Steel pointed to the youngest occupant in the room, " your 'daddy' probably bought you an entire mall of wardrobe."
"I'm an only child of a multibillionaire. I believe that I have the right to be spoiled seeing that I have gone to hell and back millions of times." Dick raised his hands up in defense. "And I would kill for Alfie's cooking right now." He added, leaning back into his seat and crossed his arms behind his head just as his other worldly mentor walked into the room.
"I suppose that you all are in need of more clothes. Here is a credit card," Batman said handing the small golden card to Dick. "I trust that you know how to use one." Robin responded with a quick nod.
"I think that M'gann is good on clothes though, she can just shape shift her clothes if she wants to."
"We should call the others?" Kaldur asked
"I'll get hot head and flaming arrow down in the holding cells." Connor said walking to the entry way.
"Let me call KF." Said the Boy Wonder as he pushed the button on his glove to radio his best friend. "This is Baby Bat to Speed Bump, Wally get back to the giant floating iron thing in space, my father gave me a credit card to do some shopping." He said while fingering the numbers on the golden piece of plastic.
"Dude that's awesome! You're gonna buy the entire department of Hot Topic, Aeropostal, Hollister, and A&E aren't you?"
"No, and I didn't buy those. Bruce got them for me for my last birthday; anyway it was only the stuff that I liked."
"Yeah right. Just like last year when he bought the All-American Rejects to perform for your birthday."
"That really was him though. Dad just likes to spoil me, and Grandpa spoils both of us."
"Jonathan, get off the phone now." Roy said grabbing Robin's arm and saying, "Wally just get over here now or we're leaving without you."
"snort*, Wow, your middle name is Jonathan? Richard Jonathan Grayson-Wayne. Your name is a mouth full." Artemis said walking into the room. BC declared that the short tempered young lady was able to walk without pulling the stiches or further damaging her leg.
RECOGNIZED FLASH 04
AUTHORIZED GUEST KID FLASH B-03
"DANG IT! WE'RE THE LAST ONES HERE AGAIN!" KF yelled and stomped his foot in frustration.
"Even with superspeed you still manage to be late." Robin laughed as he flipped up to Superboy's shoulders.
"Come on! Let's get going!" Wally said pulling Robin down from his high throne and into the Zeta tubes.
"Wait" Martian Manhunter said as he used his telepathy to lift them up from the ground and bring the two trouble makers back in front of their older teammates. "One of the adults should accompany them, to make sure they will not be causing trouble."
"I will." Flash and Black Canary said at the same time, BC looked at the shit-eating grin Barry wore on his face. "We'll both go with them." She concluded.
"No offence but we don't need babysitters. Roy is 18, and Kaldur just turned 17. I'm pretty sure we'll be fine." Wally said pulling the two oldest out in front of everyone else.
"That's bull crap kid." Green Lantern said walking in, of course it must be Gardner who had to talk. "I heard the stories of you and your team, and it seem that a simple 'get in get out' mission will lead to a big fist fight and an explosion."
"That was only a few times, and that was our first big stealth mission." Artemis sneered at the ginger. To her, all gingers are trouble.
"And most of you have some bad blood from what I heard." Gardner hissed looking to the girl with blond long hair down to her hips, the talking fish stick with gills, and the anorexic acrobat that somehow got the big Bat's attention.
"These kids are trouble, and they should be put in a cell! Don't let them just walk around like this. Hell, they shouldn't even be in this business." GL exclaimed, hands raised in the air to add affect.
"Listen." Robin said jumping up behind Roy and getting right in Gardner's face, who was still a good foot taller than him, plus a few inches. "We told you that whatever the hell happened to us in our dimension happened. But just because you don't like the freaking fact that there are children who are fighting against the big ass villains like Joker and Harly Quinn, or Two Face, or any of the Cold or Freezed themed villains. We're going to keep doing it, whether here, or back home." Robin's voiced dropped low, his eye being hidden by his mask were now small white slits.
"We get injured, we learn from it. Get it in that thick skull of yours that we're fighting the good fight, even if we are young. But we each have our reasons." Robin said, his fists ready to punch someone, something.
"I have my eye on you. And don't expect me to save any of your asses when you end up getting hurt or injured."
"Trust me. We never depended on any Gardner, no matter what dimension it may be from." Roy said stepping behind Robin.
"And most of us have gone through hell, or worse." Superboy added crossing his arms.
"Do whatever the fuck you want to do! I don't care anymore. You just go and get yourselves killed!" Gardner screamed. "INCASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, THIS ISN'T A GAME! PEOPLE DIE, THE ONES YOU CAN'T SAVE!"
"IT NEVER WAS A GAME! I JOINED BECAUSE I WATCHED MY ENTIRE FAMILY BEING MURDERED! I COULDN'T SAVE THEM AND ENDED UP IN JUVIE BECAUSE THE ORPHANAGES WERE ALL FULL! AND THE WORST PART IS THAT I WAS STUCK IN A STUPID JAIL CELL FOR KIDS IN GOTHAM OF ALL PLACES!" Dick finished, his face red and his vocal cords screamed for a break.
"In Gotham City is where I lost my entire family. I was stuck in juvie, in Gotham City. I can handle myself." Robin whispered, his eye slits could barely be seen, but he continued.
"You think you've gone through hell? I was 6 when I first was shot with a gun. Last month I was shot twice through the stomach and out the other end. At school I'm called 'circus freak', when I come home its training with or without Batman. At the crack of dawn I come home from patrol broken and bleeding, only sometimes though. And you said that you went through hell." He scoffed at the red headed joke in a Green Lantern costume.
"You can't say that I still haven't gone through hell." Robin finished crossing his hands over his small but muscular chest.
"And that was only Robin. We can handle ourselves." Wally said walking over to the now fuming Boy Wonder.
"We won't follow you, but we will be in the mall just to beam you all back up whenever you're done with shopping." BC tried to negotiate.
"Does that sound better that staying up here with all of us watching you?" Flash asked the teens.
"It's better than a chaperone." M'gann said, always the optimist. But she was struggling to keep her happy cheerful personality in check as she felt the anger and hatred towards the Green Lantern and a few of her fellow teammates.
Fines and yeahs where echoed around in the small group.
*I thought that the jackass Gardner was a douche in our universe* Roy thought into the mind-link.
*I can't believe that there are more of him* Wally groaned
*someone should hold me back before I kill him* Robin said clenching and unclenching his gloved fists.
*You do know that I won't be the one holding you back* Artemis scathed as she eyed Gardner
*Robin please, no killing. I believe that is a rule we all follow* Aqualad told his youngest member of his team.
*That guy is really stupid* Connor said into the conversation
*He is very dense. I'm I using that term right?" Miss M asked her teammates
Robin sighed, *yeah, that's a start for that word*
"Ugh, hey! Are you all okay? You're not talking at all?' Superman asked the teens.
"we're just talking on in our mental link, it's faster and no else knows it can hear us"
"Miss Martian is the one with the link, yes?" Martian Manhunter asked them.
"Yes. We use this during missions to eliminate possibilities of radio jamming. We use it so often that it just became natural for us, like a bond." M'gann smiled up to her 'uncle', he still sometimes calls her his niece.
"Very clever." Wonder Woman said walking through the door onto the room with the glass to see the dazzling display of diamonds in the sky. "Why didn't we think of it?"
"Because Batman gets pissed when anything goes through his mind and he can feel the emotions of other people and they can feel his emotions." Robin said as though everyone knew it as a fact.
"I just keeps us together. We each have our own problems and if we really want to talk about it this just helps us understand because we can feel each other's emotions." Artemis said.
In truth, this experience really was going to make or break this team, no more secrets. Everyone is coming clean when they feel ready to, and some new secrets were revealed.
"Listen, we just don't need baby sitters. That's why we made the Team in the first place, to take off the training wheels of our mentors and grow." Roy spoke from experience.
"We understand that." Wonder Woman stepped forward, "And we just want to make sure that you all are safe. You are our guests in this world and it would be rude if we let you get hurt."
"It's part of the job. We look out for each other, promise." Connor took a step forward to where the elder heroines stood proud.
"We expect an hourly update to where everyone is and to stick together in groups no less than three." Superman spoke to the two oldest and the one in charge.
"We will."
"God you guys are no matter what just so overprotective!" Wally raised his hands at the older heroes.
"Just be safe." Flash said typing the coordinate to the nearest zeta transport near the Mall of America.
"And I'm sorry about Gardner, we all know he's a hot head but he just can't stand when kids get hurt."
|Bloomington, Minnesota 2:24
|The Mall of America
The Team has been walking around for about an hour now and are each carrying a bag or two.
Artemis was the only exception with 3 bags, filled with many clothes from Forever 21 (I don't shop there but I thought that Artemis would bet the one buying from there.) And other girly stores around the mall that M'gann had dragged her into. M'gann didn't need clothes, she just tried to remember what the clothe looked like and morphed into those clothes.
Connor, Wally, Kaldur, and Roy were carrying 2 bags, one with American Eagle or Hollister, and one bag from Aeropostal. Connor a typical few dark denim jeans that looked worn out and plain black shirts. Kaldur a few nice pairs of khakis and polo's, Roy with many jackets and a few undershirts and plain jeans, and Wally with his usual choice of a long shirt followed by a random shirt over and jeans.
And Robin only carried one bag with Aero clothing inside. He was dragging his older male teammates to Hot Topic where he saw a 'Bless the mother effing gosh darn fall" shirt in the display manikin. (f yeah I have this shirt but I get in trouble by some teachers if I wear it to school which is totally understandable)
Just as they were walking out of HT with many things for their youngest member and heading over to Journey's right across the wall from it, a huge explosion blew up a good chunk of the wall as at least 20 people dressed in black from head to toe with AK 47 locked and loaded in every which direction.
"No one calls the cops and no one gets hurt"
The robbers shot random shots up to scare the trapped citizens.
SUPER SORRY THIS CAME LATE BUT I'M BUSY. I MAY NOT UPDATE FOR A FEW WEEKS BECAUSE I WILL BE GONE FOR MY COUSIN'S WEDDING. I'm not too proud about this chapter that much, definably not my best but I haven't written for a while, I've been choking on homework and tests.