For a woman who claimed she was so smart he couldn't believe how dumb she was actually being. Trying to blow her up by blowing up her house. Brilliant right? Nope she wasn't there and now we have her on a trail. Stupid freaking people. Why did he even bring them here? They want to kill the Justice League. He wants to kill the Justice League! He wants them to fail against the League though so he can feed on the League.

He wants to feed upon Jade's fear, Robbie's anger and Trina's greed. Negative emotions gave him power, but positive emotions drained him. He could handle Beck and his willpower, but he needed to break down Andre's compassion and Cat's love. He could do all of that if he could destroy their hope. Somehow he had to crush their hope….that damn farm girl. She had to go.

Tori stood on the Kent farm tapping her foot on the ground. She looked at her watch. It was 6:57pm. She looked up and saw the headlights of a U-Haul truck. Of course Jade wouldn't be late Tori thought. Tori crossed her arms as the truck came to a stop and she saw a silver Lamborghini pull up behind.

"That's a great way to be inconspicuous Jade!" Tori yelled as she walked towards the truck that Alfred was getting out of. He was surprisingly still in a tuxedo.

"Well hello to you too," Jade replied coolly. Pulling her sunglasses off and looking Tori up and down.

"What are you looking at?" Tori asked throwing her hands out to her sides.

"You're wearing the same outfit from earlier today," Jade stated with disgust in her voice.

"Cause it's the same day," Tori replied with both confusion and annoyance in her voice.

"I changed and got relatively dressed up to come here and as you can see Alfred is in a tuxedo," Jade hissed with a bit of venom in her voice. Tori looked at what Jade was wearing and saw that she was in a very nice black suit.

"Oh my gosh really?" Tori replied sarcastically, "Now that you mention it I do notice a distinct lack of pointy ears and growling from your ensemble."

"You can be so funny," Jade answered back sarcastically. Tori put her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow at Jade.

"This is a farm in a small town in Kansas and wearing dressy clothes and driving in a fancy car makes you stick out like a sore thumb which isn't good if you are trying to avoid getting killed," Tori growled with a bit of red filling up the brown of her eyes. Jade glared back at her and then smirked.

"Congratulations Kent you passed the test," Jade stated as plainly as possible.

"What?" Tori barely managed to muster. Alfred looked at Jade with both confusion and curiosity.

"We were hoping you would notice how we were dressed and the car and prove that you were smart enough to realize that it was conspicuous and tell us so, isn't that right Alfred?" Jade again stated plainly.

"Ummm… of course Mistress Jade," Alfred added still confused as Tori slapped her hand to her forehead and groaned.

"Please tell me you don't think I'm that stupid," Tori pleaded. Jade walked towards her and leaned in by Tori's ear.

"I'll stop thinking it when you stop pointing out such obvious things," Jade whispered as Tori just looked at her.

"Isn't it time for you to leave Mistress Jade?" Alfred asked finally breaking up the tense moment.

"Indeed it is Alfred thank you," Jade answered looking at her watch and walking towards her car.

"Wait you aren't staying too?" Tori asked getting confused again and following Jade to the car.

"Of course not, I have to find the person trying to kill us," Jade replied before getting into her car and driving away. Tori turned to Alfred and he smiled at her. She couldn't help, but smile back.

"I'm sorry you had to see our fight it's just that I don't think she and I will ever see eye to eye or be on the same page or ever like each other," Tori stated sadly walking to the truck and grabbing several boxes.

"Actually I believe Mistress Jade likes you a great deal Ms. Kent," Alfred said with a bit of cheer. Tori looked at him like he had 3 heads.

"What on earth makes you say something like that?" Tori asked with a great deal of shock in her voice. Alfred smiled and folded his arms across his chest.

"She talks about you all the time, she has spent more time with you in a week than she has with most people in a year, she enjoys bantering and she is trusting you with something very precious to her," Alfred stated. Tori looked at him in shock.

"I didn't realize….if I had known I wouldn't have been so mean," Tori stuttered while moving all of Alfred's things into the house.

"I believe that she prefers….messing with you…for lack of a better term," Alfred chuckled as Tori shot him a look of both surprise and annoyance. She huffed and pulled out a pan to start making dinner. Alfred stopped her before she could do anything else.

"Please Ms. Kent allow me it's the least I can do," Alfred pleaded making his way over to the stove.

"Only if you call me Tori from now on," Tori replied with a smile on her face. Alfred looked at her pleasantly.

"I will do my best Ms. …..Tori," Alfred said as Tori laughed pulling some chicken out of the refrigerator and handing it to him.

"I kinda like Ms. Tori," Tori told him as he started to season the chicken and he smiled again.

Alfred cooked and Tori helped and they ate and laughed especially when Alfred told horribly embarrassing stories about Jade. Tori came to realize that Alfred was probably the reason Jade was still alive.

Tori was getting ready for bed and was listening in on the people she cared most for. Alfred's heartbeat was steady and calm. He may have been asleep already. Andre's was going a million miles a minute. He was running. Trina's was beating at the pace it does when she was looking at herself in a mirror. Cat's sounded like she was watching some sort of sporting event and Beck's sounded like he was watching Cat.

Suddenly Tori got a worried look on her face. She listened harder and could hear voices, but not the one she was looking for. She hated herself for listening to the woman now. Alfred would be so sad. Tori donned her costume and took to the sky. She listened and listened as she flew faster and faster, but her fears just got confirmed. She couldn't hear Jade's heart.