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Nightwing+Zatanna: 18 Robin: 15
Impulse+Jaime: 18 Everyone else: 18
Chapter 11: Housewarming
The Cave:
Nightwing's POV:
Batman pisses me off so much these days! I've been sleeping at the cave recently, he's so annoying. He's all like "Do this, do that!". I think I'll just move out. Yeah, Tim has a lot in store for him! Poor little Timmy. He's got the DaddyBats to worry about now!
"Zatanna Zatara, B08." The Zeta Beam announced, just as Zatanna came up to me a kissed me. "Hey Zee." I said with a sigh. "What's wrong?" She asked me. "Oh it's just Batman pissing me off again." I answered. "So you've been sleeping in the cave?" She questioned. "Yeah." "You can move in with me, if you like?" She offered. She was serious. I didn't know if we were ready.
"Really?" I asked her. "Of course, I have a house out in Palo Alto, we can visit Wally and Artemis..." She continued. "California? I don't know..." I shrugged. "Well that's my summer house, really. I have a main house in Blüdhaven, if that's better?" She offered. "Yeah. Blüdhaven. Sounds great!" "So you'll move in?" She asked. "Yeah!" I answered.
We decided to have a housewarming party and invite Wally, Artemis, Conner, Megan, Kaldur, Raquel, Impulse, Jaime, Robin, Batman, and Zatara. As I entered her house, I saw that it was beautiful. Just what I would have expected from Zatanna. I unpacked everything in the bedroom, while Zatanna was setting up for the party. I changed into a shirt and chinos, I went to help Zee.
I walked up behind her, like I did when we went camping, and kissed her neck. She turned to kiss me, and we prepared for our guests. When we ears the doorbell, it was Wally and Artemis. We chatted about how things were going until there was another ring. It was Megan and Conner, they joined our chat. Over the course of the evening, Batman and Robin arrived. Later we had Kaldur and Raquel come and join. Zatara came, but he looked quite miffed that Zee was growing up. Last, Jaime and Bart decided to show their faces.
Eventually, everyone left apart from Jaime and Bart, who were crashed out. Zee had to use brute force to stop me drawing on their faces. We carried them to the spare bedrooms on the third floor, and then went to bed ourselves.
Blüdhaven
Zatanna's POV:
Jaime and Bart woke up eventually. I guess eating loads runs in the family, because Bart ate SO much food! Jaime had a headache from all his partying last night. "You alright there, ese?" I mocked him. Dick laughed. Jaime groaned while Bart ate too much. At about 11:00am they left to go back to their home. "Dick?" I said. "Yeah Zee?" He responded. "Do you want to help me protect Blüdhaven?" "Sure, is it bad?" He inquired. "Quite crime infested." I stated.
So Blüdhaven was our city. We patrolled it like we had patrolled Gotham, although that was the Batclan's problem now. A few hours later, we Zeta-Beamed to the cave. Nightwing briefed the Beta squad (Robin, Batgirl, Beast Boy, Wonder Girl, Blue Beetle, Impulse, Bumblebee, Guardian, Static and Lagoon Boy) and sent them off onto their mission in Star City.
Blüdhaven Clearing
Alpha Squad ( Aqualad, Superboy, Miss Martian, Rocket, Kid Flash, Artemis, Nightwing and me) had a mission against Klarion. We knew it would be tough, so Nightwing brought the Helmet with us in the Bio-Ship, just in case. Nabu had released Kent to the after life a year ago, so there was nobody wearing the helmet. Klarion was trying to create the Pentagram of Sorcery with the Ambre Jeune Perdu. He stole that.
Everyone tried to defeat him, but he was a Lord of Chaos, and way too powerful. "Nightwing! Manoeuvre Seven!" Shouted Aqualad, locking his fingers together to let Nightwing boost up to smash Klarion's Chaos dome. The dome shocked them both of them onto the floor, into everyone else who had already fallen. Nightwing and I were mind linked from the last mission we did together. "Zatanna. Do it!" He thought. "I haven't done it in a while..." I thought. "Please... He'll kill us!" He thought in reply. "Fine." I struggled to get up, and said "Temleh fo Etaf, laever flesruoy!" The helmet appeared behind me. I went over to it, and took a deep breath before putting it on. Everyone stared in shock. I let Fate take control, he was strong enough to banish Klarion. Sadly, I couldn't see what was going on.
I heard everyone getting up. Then I heard Zatara. Of course. "Fate! Let me daughter go!" He shouted. "No. Only she can take the helmet off now! I doubt she's strong enough." Fate replied. Everyone shouted that it wasn't fair, I had my own life to live. It was true. I had to get the helmet off. I used up my energy to take control of my arms. I finally pulled off the helmet, and crashed to the ground.
The Cave
Nightwing's POV:
It's been an hour. Zatanna is still crashed out, but she'll get up, she always does. "Nightwing." I heard Batgirl behind me. "No Batgirl, leave me alone." I replied. "Very well" she replied. She left and I was alone with Zatanna again.
That was a long chapter! R&R.
