CilanTheGreat: Things are actually starting to heat up...
Darthjennab : I'm really excited for the next few chapterssss
CilanTheGreat: I never thought we'd make it this far tbh.
Darthjennab: OMG CHAPTER 10. WE ARE AT CHAPTER 10.
CilanTheGreat: That's progress, I guess? We don't have much to say so...
Darthjennab: Fun times are ahead, major plot development and all that great stuff. ^._.^ ***^._.^ ***^._.^ ***^._.^ ***^._.^ ***^._.^ ***^._.^ ***^._.^ ***^._.^ ***^._.^ ***^._.^
CilanTheGreat:On with the chapter!
Wally zoomed up towards Dick's room, knocking the door anxiously then letting himself in before a response could be uttered. "Dick! Barry's being weird and- oh no you're sad…" Dick was perched upon his windowsill, barely giving Wally a glance as he stared blankly outside. Wally sighed them slowly made his way over to Dick. Whenever the boy wonder ever got like this, getting him to cooperate was usually next to impossible.
Then again, he did tend to exaggerate now and then.
"You know Rob, Aunt I tells me when I feel like shit, talking about my feelings will make me feel better." Dick turned his head, eyebrow raised,"When you feel like shit?". Wally shrugged his shoulders "Okay, maybe she didn't use those exact words but close enough… So are you going to tell me what's wrong?" Dick shrugged making Wally sigh once again. Taking ahold of Dicks' legs, Wally moved them then sat next to Dick on the sill, replacing Dicks' legs on top of his own. "I think you should share."
"Should I?"
"Sharing is caring young padawan." Dick glared at Wally, the speedster holding his glare easily
"Wally-"
"-Diiiiiick!" Rolling his eyes, Dick went back to staring out the window, Wally could be so stubborn at times.
"Barbara's gone."
Wally's eyes widened in surprise, Barbara's gone? "W-what do you mean by that?" Dick turned to look at Wally, blue eyes glossed over with unshed tears. "The people taking the heroes, they have Barbara, Wally they took her and we don't know how to get her back!" Wally frowned slightly, first Uncle Hal, and now Barbara? Wally knew how special Barbara was to Dick as how Dick was to Barbara. The crush BatGirl had on the Boy Wonder was so obvious it made Wally slightly sick to his stomach. It made the sickness slightly more worse when he realized how fond Dick was of the girl too. He never complained though because he was Dick's best friend and he had to be supportive… Because that's what best friends did.
"Do you think that's what Uncle Barry and Bats are talking about right now?" Dick shrugged his shoulders, his head falling back and lightly hitting the wall behind him. "I don't know, Bruce has been looking for days and I-I feel so useless…" Wally's heart broke at the sound of Dick's voice cracking, he could hear the pain in the other's voice and he didn't know what to do to help him. "I need to go find her Wals, I can't sit around and do nothing anymore!" Dick clenched his fists, his nails digging into the pale flesh of his palm. "Dick, you and I both know that's a bad idea, you could get taken along with her and then where would we be?" Dick didn't answer instead choosing to look down at the clenched fists folded in his lap.
"I know you're worried, I am too but jumping into this head first isn't going to solve our problems. We don't know who's going to be taken next, our best solution is to stick together." Wally placed his hands over Dick's fists, easing them out of their clenched state. "That's why if you're going to go then I'm going to go with you." Dick's head shot up in surprise, did he hear what he thought he just heard?
"Wally you can't-"
"I don't want to hear it. If you're going to be crazy then I might as well be crazy too. It's what best friends do, right?" Dick felt Wally's thumbs run over his knuckles and his cheeks warm slightly. "Thanks KF, it really means a lot,"
"Yeah, yeah, you owe me one though." Dick knew Wally was joking because of the goofy grin plastered on his face but Wally was always doing things like this for him. "Of course, anything you want."
"Anything?" Dick nodded his head, noticing the hesitant look Wally was adopting, Dick cocked his head to the side in curiosity. "Well you see maybe when this thing is all over you and I-"
" to team, can anyone hear me?!" Wally groaned inwardly, really M'gann now was not the time. Dick pressed a finger to his ear to where his comm was safely secured. "This is Robin, what's up Miss. M?"
"Kaldurs gone!" Wally and Dick shared a look, "Gone? What do you mean gone?"
"Well earlier I was trying out a new recipe for cookies and it had chocolate and everything and Kaldur said he would try them so when I went to go get him, he wasn't in his room! So then I went asked everyone else and they said they hadn't seen him and then I checked the security cameras and he just left!"
"Left? M'gann are you sure he didn't just go off to visit Atlantis or somethings?" Wally chimed in, sounding slightly annoyed, "I'm sure that's not it, ever since Aquaman has been taken he's been spending his time in the cave, he has nowhere to go!" Wally raised a confused brow at that,
"Aquaman has been taken? Since when? No one told me this!" Dick squeezed Wally's hand that was still in his grasp then let out a tired sigh. "He's been gone for about the same amount of time GL's been gone." Wally frowned deepened, his annoyance at M'gann now turning into worry. "M'gann you don't think Kal went off to go and I don't know look for him?"
"I hope not! He's not stupid! Is he? He could get captured, we need to get him before something terrible happens!" . Dick and Wally shared a look, "Miss M, get everyone to the cave, KF and I will be there soon, if Kaldur is really doing what we think he's doing then we're going to need a little help."
M'gann let out a noise of confirmation before signing off the comm, leaving Wally and Dick alone again. "So I guess you aren't the only one with crazy plans?" Dick laughed a slightly "I guess not, come on KF, we need to call a certain Web Warrior~" With that said Dick flung his legs off of Wally and let go of his hands leaving the Speedster feeling cold. "Uh, yeah. Let's go."
/|\^._.^/|\ I'm running out of ideas /|\^._.^/|\
Peter held his phone to his ear, watching as Barry and Tony gathered the Avengers and Leaguers into a Stark Tower meeting room at their final attempt for getting them to work together. "Spud so is it a go or no because we really need to go get Aqualad now." Peter listened to Dick rant in his ear about how fish were important and how this was for the greater good for about half an hour. That was also the same amount of time it took for Barry and Tony to trick the other heroes into having another meeting. It was quite impressive actually, he didn't think it was possible to get the two hero organizations back together in the same room but here they were.
This was all going to end terribly.
"I don't know Dick-" "-Think about it Spud. Maybe when we get Kaldur, we'll get a clue to where the missing heroes are turning up!" Peter sighed, he already knew he wouldn't be able to say no to the baby bird. "I'll get the team and we'll meet you there, just send me your location." "Thanks Spud, sending coordinates now!" Peter hung up then looked at the heroes once more, they'd be fine on their own. "Spider-Man to team, come in team, we have a mission."
/|\^._.^/|\ Batsy who? /|\^._.^/|\
"Someone please tell me how we all got like this again?" Steve asked truly confused on how he got here. One minute, he's in the gym sparring with Thor then the next minute, he's sitting in a meeting room. He also felt really underdressed, like super underdressed, all he had on were a pair of sweats and now people were ogling him. "It's okay Steve. With you here like that, I think we can all negotiate something." Tony answered back winking and smirking at Batman who was growling at Tony in the background. Steve rolled his eyes, he really hoped Tony wasn't wasting his time.
"So, I think we can all guess why we're all here today?" All heads turned to Barry who looked slightly winded in the corner. "What's up with you?" Ant Man asked also very confused on how he got there. Barry shook his head "S'not important…"
"Oookay then…" Oliver watched the exchange slightly annoyed at how buddy buddy Flash was being with the rival hero team. "Flash this is a waste of-" "Flash? I don't see Flash?" Barry replied looking away, his cheeks taking on a red tint. "Holy shit, I didn't think he'd be blonde!" Hawkeye yelled out, eyes wide "Damn it, now I owe Tasha 30 bucks, thanks a lot, Flash." Natasha smirked, "I'll be waiting~"
"It was very unwise of you to take that challenge Man of Hawk."
"Excuse me, big guy, I saw my chance at easy cash and I took it!"
"Yes but you also lost-"
"Shut up Steve, nobody asked you, Steve!"
"Is this all you people do? Fight? It's really annoying." Barry intervened, not looking too pleased, "Sometimes we fight, sometimes we sing. Sometimes we scream and throw others out the window. Changes constantly."
"Come on Tony, it was one time! Get over it!"
"No Bruce, I could have died, Reindeer games was being an ass and forgiveness is something I can't afford!"
"Lies!"
"Tony just get to why we're here! The rest of you shut up unless it's relevant!" "Ooh Cap has a mouth-"
"Tony!"
The genius sighed then looked over at the Leaguers who were watching them with either annoyance or amusement. "Okay guys things are getting serious, people are disappearing and if we help one another then I'm 62.8% sure we can help each other out." "Only 62%?" Batman asked sounding highly amused at how things were turning out. Tony glared at him, he didn't need the bats sarcasm making this whole situation worse. "It's 62.8% basically making it a 63, numbers rising depending on how well we work together." "Well, we all know how well that turned out the first time." Hawkgirl answered, staring daggers at the rest of the Avengers.
"I honestly think you just randomly brought us together to waste more of the time we don't have." John also replied looking like he hadn't slept in weeks, "This wouldn't be a waste of time if you guys would listen and stop arguing. You've all been so busy worrying about your own problems you haven't even realized that the kids have been working together better than we have!" Barry yelled looking slightly hysterical, he was going crazy and 10 minutes haven't even gone by yet.
"What do you mean the kids are working together?"
Superman hesitantly asked, warily looking at Barry as if he were going to explode. The speedster gave him a strange look, "Hasn't Connor told you about the team up? Wally won't shut up about it…" Superman narrowed his eyes "Connor hasn't told me anything, what about you GA?" Oliver growled "Artemis didn't specify on who she was working with, just told me they were new."
"M'gann has informed me of the new arrangements, she seemed especially fond of the Spider Man fellow." Martian ManHunter added, looking as indifferent as ever. "Wait, wait, wait, what kids are we talking about, we have kids?" Hawkeye asked looking confused, "The SHIELD trainees Clint…" Steve murmured looking like he had a serious migraine going on. Clint's eyes widened in understanding and slammed his head on the table in front him, letting out a groan. "For the love of- who's genius idea was that?" The Avengers' heads snapped over to Tony while the Leaguers all looked over at Batman. Tony chuckled sheepishly then pulled out a STARK Pad seemingly out of nowhere. "I'm pretty sure they're all okay, if not I have a tracking chip on Pe-Spider-Man." Clint gave Tony a weird look "Why only the spider?". Tony shrugged "Not important and why is Spider-Man located smack dab in the middle of the ocean!?" "That is Aquaman's domain, no need to worry about them." Wonder Woman voiced looking the least bit concerned, "Do none of you remember Aquaman's disappearance a while ago?" Batman asked, already out of his chair and heading to the door. The rest of the Leaguers looked at the Bat in alarm, then back at the Avengers. "Well don't just sit there! Avengers Assemble and Leaguers do...whatever it is you do!" Tony yelled out running after Batman. "Tch, Avengers Assemble?" "Shut up GA, not the time." Barry murmured following Tony out of the room.
/|\^._.^/|\ Ultimate Batsy-Break /|\^._.^/|\
"Why are we near water? No one said anything about water, I am useless in water!" Peter ranted as he and the team met up with Dick and the others, "Don't worry Spud, we won't all go underwater. A few miles from here there's a base, from Bats files it's apparently abandoned but he hasn't had to time to search for sure. So that's what we're going to do." Peter narrowed his eyes at the water, looking over the shore only to see miles and miles of ocean. "Are you sure Aqualad will be hiding out in an abandoned base?" Dick shrugged his shoulders, a serious expression pressed upon his face. "We tracked his comm and it brought us here. It stopped transmitting signals when he got near the base. It's the only lead we have, so we're going to take the chance." Peter sighed then nodded his head. If this was their only lead so far… "Okay guys, huddle up. If we want a swift clean recon mission, then we're going to need to split up."
"Split up?" M'gann asked looking slightly concerned "Yeah. Like I mentioned before, I'm useless underwater, if we ran into trouble down there I wouldn't be any help. Robin, Kid Flash, White Tiger, Power Man and I will stay up top, we'll have a better advantage up here then underwater." Artemis looked at the Spider with bewilderment "How would I be of any use underwater?" "I've seen what you can do with those arrows, I'm pretty sure you won't have any problems using them underwater. We'll take a quick look around and be extra cautious, we don't know what we're going to be facing. Everyone keep in touch and stay alert." Dick looked over at M'gann then nodded his head,
'Can everyone hear me well?' Spider-Man and his team jumped in surprise, "Holy shit, am I going crazy or is Ms.M in my head?" Nova exclaimed clutching his head between his hands 'Not just Ms.M dude, so I'd be careful on what you think. I don't think we all need the second-hand embarrassment.' Ava and Artemis both smacked Wally upside the head, silently telling the other to shut up. 'What! It's true!' Spider-Man shook his head, not ready for the argument that was accumulating. 'We'll get explanations later, right now let's head out!' Sounds of confirmation rang out and soon enough the teams split up going the same direction. The team searching above water taking the Quinjet and the team searching underwater taking the bioship.
/|\^._.^/|\I'll just hide here/|\^._.^/|\
Spider-Mans team flew around in the Quinjet for a while in complete silence, all looking down at the water passing by them. They all seemed to be enjoying the silence, that is until… "So Spidey, what's the real reason why you didn't want to go underwater?" KF asked a sly smile forming on the speedsters lips. Peter crossed his arms stubbornly not taking his eyes off the water. "No reason." KF's smile fell off his face his eyes widening. "Spidey you're still on mental link, I can hear your thought remember?" Peter tensed in his seat, his head falling into his hands. 'Webhead you okay?' Nova asked over the mental link, his voice calming Peter down a bit. 'I'm fine and before anyone asks yes it's true and no I don't mind talking about it.' Dick could tell that it was a lie but he kept silent watching and listening for the reaction of their teammates. Sighing, Peter leant back in his seat keeping his gaze at the Quinjet ceiling.
'When I was 10, Tony took me on a business trip to Afghanistan and things didn't really go as planned. We were attacked and then later captured, they used me as leverage over Tony. He either made the weapons they wanted or they hurt him or me. Water being one of their more tactful resources…' ' 'Why'd you go with him?' Connor asked, his voice sounding strained 'I was his new ward and he didn't want to leave me behind, the people he was working with… They said it'd all be safe but I guess they were wrong.' Everyone was silent, a sombre feeling radiated between them all, making them feel uneasy. Peter squared his shoulders, then brought his eyes back down to the ocean and to the task at hand. 'Yeah it happened but that's in the past now and right now we have mission at hand and it needs our attention.' Dick watched Peter carefully, watching the spider build a wall around himself. He knew if he confronted him now he'd just get shut down at any attempt. So, for now, he'd stay silent. They'd talk later.
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Darthjennab : WHY DOES EVERYTHING ALWAYS HAVE TO BE SO DEPRESSING
CilanTheGreat:Everyone likes some good angst every now and then
Darthjennab: Poor spud has such a hard life.
CilanTheGreat: It just gets harder from here...
Darthjennab: I mean, Robins life is still worse but he's on the list.
CilanTheGreat: Meh they'll just have to mend each other.
Darthjennab : Man, I can't wait to rea- I mean, write the next chapter...
CilanTheGreat: RnR please~