Chapter Eleven Troubled Pasts?
"So Dani, you and Dakota haven't really told us much about you."
"There's nothing to tell." Dakota interrupts me.
"Really?"
Before I can answer she picks me up and carries me away before I can say a single word. Once in her room she puts me down and she looks at me angrily.
"What?"
"You know what."
"No, I don't know what miss Brood."
"You can't just tell them."
"I can say what I want. You can say or not say whatever you want."
"I have only told one person and it was Apollo after that one incident we had."
"You tried to kill me."
"I'm sorry you're so annoying. [in prissy voice] Do you want to make cookies with me? Teehee."
"I do not sound like that."
"Oh really?"
"Okay so yes my voice might be like that but I'm not a ditz."
She only raises her eyebrow as a comment.
"Shut up. I'm serious."
"Is everything alright in there." Conner's voice reverberates through the door. I know Dakota has a slight crush on him. It's totally natural I mean when I first saw him I was the same way but, he's too Dakota-y.
"Just a minute."
"You like him don't you?"
"No."
"Yes you do."
She gets up and leaves. She flings the door open only to see him leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and a leg casually resting on the wall. He looks up and sees her anger.
"Want to go train?"
"Very."
They leave as I walk out and run into a girl with black hair.
"Sorry."
"Who are you?"
"I'm Dani."
"Nice to meet you Dani, I'm Zatanna."
"Hey Zatanna, are you part of the team?"
"Oh no, my father would never let me join the team."
"Huh, that sucks."
"Yeah, -"
"Dani, Zatanna, there you are! Want to make some cookies?"
"Why not Megan."
We walk down the hall as I try to forget the bad memories with my dad.
Dakotas POV
"So, what was that all about?" Conner asks as he swings his fist at my face.
"Dani is too eager to give away information." I say as I duck underneath and manage two solid hits before he recovers.
"What do you mean?" He asks as he tries to knock my feet out from under me.
"Well, our mom was overprotective and our dad was a drunk." I manage as I jump over him completely and hit him between his shoulder blades. Immobilized there's nothing for him to do so he calls mercy.
"I can somewhat get that. Want to get some things out of the way while we lift?"
"Why not?"
We walk over to the bench press as he adds weight for me. I start as he asks his first of many questions to come.
"So which was more of a problem for you?"
"My dad, . . . my mom and I got along okay. . . We bickered occasionally . . . but my dad would come home . . . like a freaking drunk five year old. . . . Then they always wondered . . . why I was in my room."
"So like what did your dad do?"
"Oh you know. . . If I was in range. . . He'd grab my face. . . Or twist my ankles too roughly. . . Crap like that."
"You doing okay?"
"I'm fine. It's a little light." I place the bar back on the rack and sit up as he adds more weight. We start again in silence until he asks yet another question.
"Did he ever physically hurt you considerably?"
"No, not really. . . He was just drunk enough. . . To not know. . . When to stop."
"How about your mom?"
"Well, I was in our track team. . . which is how I met Amon . . .and I was supposed . . . to run before to get in shape. . . She wouldn't let me run outside. . . without people . . .and a buttload of clothing."
"That sucks. I can get that."
"So when track came around. . . I was so out of shape it . . . wasn't even funny."
"Done?"
"Yeah."
"Better?"
"Thank you. I needed that."
"Black Canary helped me with my anger. She might be able to help you too."
"Shower and meet back up to watch tv?"
"Sure."
I head to the girls' locker room for a quick shower and I throw on my casual clothes. Just as I'm leaving Alex walks in. She looks beyond pissed too.
"Hey, everything okay?"
"No! I am going to kill Amon."
"Hey, what'd he do this time."
"He-he told Canary about everything. Our life before the team, meeting Apollo. Everything."
"How did you find out?"
"I overheard Canary talking with him yesterday because she wanted to know about Apollo a bit more."
"What's so bad about that?"
"She then moved on to more personal questions about me and our life in detail."
"I would tell her if I were you."
"Problem with that."
"What?"
"Apollo already knows."
"Uhm, good or bad?"
"Bad, very bad."
Just then I hear the yelling. I quickly run out and see right in the hall Apollo has Canary against the wall.
"Apollo." Canary says calmly.
"You. . . You leave us alone." He growls out.
"Apollo, I told her. She deserved to know."
Very slowly his head turns toward Amon. He releases Canary and glares full force at Amon. Before anyone could react Apollo has Amon on the ground. At his throat is a knife.
A/N: I changed Dinah to Skyler just because I didn't like it at all. It just didn't work. You can thank Gemini for it too. Sorry it's so short.
-Leo
