Mumblings, Magic and Machine Guns

From the journal of The Question.

Date Unknown.

Days in alternate world, 3 weeks.

Have barely been able to keep track of days. Still speculation as to whether or not Supergirl has super memory, along with her breath, eyes, and hearing. As we are thus far unsure as to whether or not we will get home, I am keeping this journal in order to ensure that there will be some memory of our previous exploits with the Justice League. Upon initial arrival, met fellow Leaguers, Green Arrow and Supergirl. As the first week passed, we discovered the kind of world we lived on, where mages rule over peasants. Don't believe lack of technology one bit. Convinced governments have computers hidden away in castles operating spy satellites. Watching me and my fellow leaguers right now probably. Governments are extremely paranoid. Have got in several battles with so called nobles, some brought on trying to protect the week from their cruelty, other times because they thought they could take Supergirl as their mistress. Have learned that Nobles are not very intelligent. We all thought that Gotham City was a cesspool. But which is worse? A city full of criminals, with people trying to fix it? Or a world full of criminals in power? A world full of people, who no doubt look down on the peasants with their spy satellites, claiming they have no such technology. I think… Have not written in several hours, and must continue now. Was interrupted by crashing noise. Upon investigation, discovered it was none other than super hero Ted Kord, the Blue Beetle. While I have yet to see under his mask, I do plenty of homework. Have managed to hitch a ride in his flying machine, the Bug. Even as I write this, Arrow berates me for my supposed crackpot conspiracy theories, saying there is no evidence for their being hidden high tech resources on this world. But I know the truth. The less proof there is, the clearer it is that I'm right.

"You can't do that!" cried Billy Batson cried to a noble, leading a pretty young woman, who looked sad, away.

"Be quiet child, you'll anger them!" said one of the peasants watching the scene.

"Listen to him, peasant," scoffed the noble. "If you offend us, you could be seriously hurt."

Billy stared, as the girl tripped slightly, but the noble simply pushed her along. Tears were forming in her eyes now.

"Get inside the carriage girl. You should feel honored. You will have been deemed worthy to be taken by a noble, and…"

"SHAZAM!"

And several minutes later, the nobles were on the ground, and the young maiden was kissing Captain Marvel on the cheek, making him blush.

"Well… ah… I'll escort these villains to prison!"

He grabbed the nobles and flew off. As he was up in the air, he realized something.

"Would you fellas point me in the direction of your local jailhouse?"

"No," said Saito to the Dragoness. He reached into one of the pouches on the belt wrapped around his torso. "Here's the address Thorne and some thugs were going to meet about a week ago. Leave me alone."

He turned around, and walked back into the clock tower. Dragoness landed, and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Now wait just a moment. You can't just back out of this now, Saito."

"You probably think I'm surprised you know my name. I'm really not. Tabitha."

Dragoness drew back in shock.

"It doesn't take someone like Batman to figure it out. You fly with a staff, and Tabitha's familiar is a Dragon. I happen to know that Tabitha is here… The coincidences just keep piling up, don't they 'Dragoness'?"

"…"

"Now, if you don't mind, I'm sick and tired of being a hero."

"…"

Saito began walking back into the clock tower.

"Take that costume off, NOW!"

Saito turned around and glared at her. His mouth, unlike hers was not covered by his mask (most likely because of Battle Wolf's fascination with Batman) so she could see him clenching his teeth.

"You're not the boss of me. I'm done taking orders from…"

"I don't care who you're not taking orders from anymore!" Dragoness yelled at him. "You don't care about protecting people, or stopping evil! All you care about is you!"

Saito stared at her. He couldn't see past her mask, but again, it didn't take a genius to know that she was mad, and not because of some petty, 'the peasant is back talking the noble'.

"A superhero is someone like Battle Wolf, the man whose costume you stole! Barbra told me all about him. Do you know what he did? He was shot three times on his first day, but when he heard Joker was planning to use his gas on the entire city, he limped his way across all of Gotham, and managed to rip open his balloons! It killed him, but he still managed to cut Joker off, and knock him out before the gun wounds and the gas took its toll! He had only the most basic form of boxing on his side. YOU'VE got your powers as gandlfr, and what have you done? Petty thievery, defiling a superheroes memory, and wasted your time on petty revenge! You have the chance to help people, and all you can think about, is what YOU want!"

"… Since when have you been the chatty type?"

"Siesta…" Saito said softly, shaking the pretty young maid. She rose, gently rubbing her eyes. Saito was no longer wearing his mask.

"Mm… Saito? Are we leaving?"

"Siesta, I want you to go back to Wayne Manor."

"What? But…"

"Just do it."

Siesta stared at him, and then looked behind him, spotting a girl in a tight blue.

"Whose she?" she asked accusingly.

"Don't worry, we're just working on something together."

"Is it dangerous? Are you going to get hurt? Why does your partner have to be another girl?" Siesta demanded, grabbing his wrists tightly, and looking angry.

"Just go back to Wayne Manor. I promise, I'll be back, and I promise I'll be fine, and I won't do anything with the Dragoness."

Siesta stared at him, her face in a fixed expression of anger confusion.

"If you break even one of those promises…" she said, her voice cracking.

"I won't."

The minute Saito, Dragoness and Batgirl stepped foot on Rupert Thorne's property, Saito broke his second promise. He disarmed one man with a shotgun using a well aimed kunai, only to take a shotgun butt right in his face. He felt blood dripping down his forehead. He wanted to take off his mask, but he couldn't. Batgirl threw a well aimed Bat-a-rang at the thug, and nailed him in the head.

"You okay?"

"I'm fine," he lied.

He heard Dragoness babble a few magic words he didn't understand, and a burst of wind knocked a few more thugs down.

"You're a natural," Batgirl said, smiling at Dragoness. Whether she looked pleased or not was anyone's guess.

"So what's the plan?" Saito asked, feeling blood trickle down his face.

"Alright look. You two are still new to this whole thing, so here's what I want you to do. I'll go into the mansion and try and take Thorne out. In the meantime, I want you to circle the house and, being very careful not to get shot, take out his thugs."

"I think we can handle that," Dragoness said, slightly disappointed. She had really wanted to take on the one of the big villains.

Batgirl crept silently up the stairs. Her ears were pricked in case of any noise, reflecting on how Thorne was a crafty one. He had been laying low at a different manor under a false name. He'd been under investigation for months, and was smart enough to drop off the radar. That was why they needed Okami to give them the address. Batgirl slowly opened the door and… click. Should have been concentrating on the job at hand.

"She said she'd be here in a few minutes. It's been an hour, we have to go in there!"

"Tabitha," Saito began.

"Dragoness," she corrected, and Saito was reminded how he had practically changed his name to Okami.

"Look, I know it's you under there, you know it's me under here. Does it really matter what I call you?"

"I want to be called The Dragoness."

"Why are you so hung up on this superhero thing?"

"Why did you become Okami?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"I want to make a difference," Dragoness said. "Back home I can't do that. Back home, even with my skill in magic there are things I can't change as Tabitha. I thought that I was the only one who went by this but… but look at Batman! He felt helpless as Bruce Wayne, but as Batman… He's a legend! Ask anyone about Batman you'll here legends about how he sucks blood, stories about how he's stopped Two-Face from stealing the 'Twin Ruby Eyes.' I want to stop super villains, fight for truth, justice and all that. I think… I think that The Dragoness is the most relevant thing I could possibly do. I've got allot of skill with magic, and I should put it to some genuine good."

"… I think the mask is getting to you."

"Why?" Dragoness said defensively.

"Because you're talking. Allot."

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"… Are you coming Saito?"

"… Call me Okami," he said, pulling his gloves tighter.

Okami kicked the double doors down. A pair of gangsters moved in, only for a lightning bolt to make them scatter. Dragoness flew in, and then fell down, smacking her staff down hard on one of them. The other one pointed his machine gun at the girl, ready to pull the trigger, only for Okami to throw a kunai at it, knocking it off balance, then run up to him, and punch him right in the face. He was left on the ground several broken teeth, and his partner with a concussion.

"We did it! Now let's find… RUN!"

Turns out their fight made allot of noise, and as a result, a small horde of gangsters came running down the stairs. The Dynamic Duo was forced to retreat, and hide in the kitchen. They ran to either side of the door, as a hail of gunfire came flooding in.

"Okay…" said Okami, trying to sound calm. "At what point… did we lose control?"

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