WHO'S READY FOR A POINTLESS FILLER CHAPTER? MEEEEEEE. So I know that you guys have been waiting for me to do something halfway decent, but I had no ideas for this chapter. Yay? But I know exactly what I'm doing for the next chapter, so you'll have a better read next time. But for now, enjoy pointless filler chapter. Oh, and check out my newest story: The Freshman Chronicles about the freshman of the new team. And check me out on youtube! (Polarbear1355) I recently uploaded a video with my feels for Yj: Invasion, so PLEASE check it out. ^_^ Now on to Pointless Filler Chapter! :D
Previously on the Journey of the Lost Arrow:
And Bruce could only watch, amused, as Aqualad let out a very girly squeal and bolted for the exit. He didn't make it far, of course. The girls tortured him mercilessly in their own way. With makeup and sparkles. Lots and lots of glittery, girly sparkles.
Connor smiled at his newly named brother. "Cameron Kent. I like it. Cameron and Connor Kent, twin sons of Clark Kent. Has a certain ring to it." Cameron smiled and nodded, and Connor could practically see happiness and relief radiating off the other boy.
Artemis sighed contently as she and Red walked back into the mountain, fresh out of the Zeta Tubes. After a nice, relaxing week redoing her house and hanging out with Red, she was ready for action and just about anything.
Except for what she saw when she first walked in. Aqualad was chained in the center of the room to a chair, covered in sparkles and feathers. M'gann, Zatanna, and Raquel were currently fighting off Connor, Wolf, and…was that Match?
"Let Kaldur go!"
"NEVER!"
"Connor, Cameron—it's no use! Save yourself while you still can!"
"I'll get you, my pretties, and your little dog too!"
"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"
"Kaldur will be our prisoner forever!"
"THE SPARKLES. THEY BUUUUUUURN."
"WHAT IS GOING ON?" Everyone in the room froze, and their heads snapped to see a confused and slightly angry Artemis and Red. It was Zatanna who spoke up for the group, with a slightly apologetic look on her face.
"The epic battle for the life of Kaldur," Artemis raised an eyebrow, and looked back at Red. He smirked, and tilted his head to the side. She nodded, and then turned back to the still frozen members of her team.
"Just try to be done before dinner." She said before turning around and following Red towards the living room of the cave. She soon heard the battle resume, and shook her head in amusement at her friends. Her very weird friends.
"Do you understand what just happened?" Red said, amusement lacing his voice. Artemis laughed and shrugged, clueless as he was about the 'epic battle for the life of Kaldur'. Soon, reached the kitchen, and were greeted by the sight of Robin, Wally and Roy, all sitting at the island.
"I take it you guys saw the Epic Battle for the Life of Kaldur?"
"Yup," Artemis said, walking over to Wally. The speedster grinned at his girlfriend as she wrapped her arms around her neck and kissed his head. Robin make a puking noise, and was met with a slap from Wally.
"Dude, don't even get me started on you and Zatanna."
Artemis rolled her eyes at them, and made her way over to the fridge. "Roy, how was your week?"
Roy groaned, and placed his head in his hands. "As much as I loved hanging out with Ollie, I trained with this stupid prosthetic arm that didn't work at all. I hated training just as much as I hate the Red Queen."
Artemis dropped the milk jug she had just pulled from the fridge. She had already pulled off the lid, so when it hit the ground, milk went everywhere. Artemis jumped back with a shriek, but Red, who hadn't noticed Artemis or her jug of milk, got full blast of it. The older archer was covered in it, and could only stand there as everyone gaped at him.
But before Artemis could apologize to Red or question Roy on the Alice in Wonderland reference, Black Canary walked in. All heads in the room turned to her, mouths still open. Canary frowned, and opened her mouth to say something. But then, shaking her head, she closed it and turned out of the room to leave. The kitchen was still filled silence, the sound of Canary's heels clicking in the hallway.
And then they began laughing. Wally was the one who started, actually. But weather he was laughing about Canary, Red or everyone's faces was unknown. Naturally, Robin chimed in next, and the Artemis and then Roy. Red was the only one not joining in the melody, but you could tell he was holding back. He only started laughing because Artemis had laughed so hard that she slipped and fell in the puddle of milk.
And that was how they stayed for the next ten minutes, each member laughing hysterically and Artemis and Red covered in milk. Soon the rest of the team came in, Connor, Kaldur, and Match cheering victoriously, and M'gann, Raquel and Zatanna grumbling.
And then Kaldur slipped on the milk. The Atlantean dragged Connor and Match down with him, and it was a domino effect. Connor accidentally kicked Zatanna, who grabbed Raquel, who fell on M'gann. Then Wally fell out of his chair and grabbed Robin's coat on his way down, so the little bird crashed into the floor, too. And so the only team mates that weren't on the floor where Red and Roy. The two twins grinned at each other before stepping over their team mates and walking out the door.
"Remind me why I hang out with them?" Red said, slipping down the hallway to his room. Roy shrugged and followed him, because it was either the sane one of a group of giggling crazies.
"Because you'd have no one else to hang out with?"
"Touché."
The door to Red's room slid open, and both redheads entered. Red walked into the bathroom to clean up the milk off of him, and Roy took the time to examine the room. It was the typical teenage boy room, and was quite similar to his room at the Manor. Posters and pictures covered the walls, and one wall looked like the team had attacked it in paint. Roy heard the shower turn on, and slowly, steam began to poor out the bottom of the door.
Sighing in slight boredom, Red sat down at the desk in the room and picked up the iPad sitting there. He frowned slightly. He was going to have to get one of these from Ollie. Smirking at the Green Arrow case and the screen of Artemis, Ollie and Red, Roy began to play the games. He had just made a high score in Temple Run when the bathroom door opened, and the smell of Old Spice filled the room. Roy turned around to brag to Red about beating his score, and was greeted by the sight of Red in nothing but his boxers, digging through the drawers.
"Dude! Put some clothes on!" Roy said, throwing his hands over his eyes.
Red laughed, and rolled his eyes at the identical boy. "We have the exact same body."
"That doesn't make it better!"
Roy felt a tap on his shoulder, and peeked through his fingers to see a fully clothed Red.
"Come on, Twinzie. Let's go see if Canary's killed the others yet."
Roy stood up and began to follow Red out of the room. "Okay, but I'm more worried about Bat—Wait a second. Twinzie? What's a Twinzie?"
Red simply laughed.
Cameron watched amused as his brother battled against Black Canary. At first, the idea of a Super going up against a human scared Cameron. But then Connor got his butt kicked.
Cameron still hadn't had a go with any of the team mates or Black Canary, but that was fine with him. He was afraid that he would hurt someone. And everyone on the team was so nice to him, he was afraid something would happen if he went up one of them. So for now, he was sitting on the sidelines, watching Connor get his butt kicked by their blonde instructor.
"All right team, that's enough for today. Hit the showers." Canary said, standing over the body of another wiped out Connor. Each team member groaned and dragged themselves towards the shower rooms. Cameron was about to go talk to Connor when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Cameron," It was Canary, "I know that you're afraid to use your strength right now, but I think you should join in the next session." Cameron frowned, and suddenly found the floor very interesting.
"I'm not afraid of my strength," He said, his voice quiet, "I'm afraid I'm going to hurt someone," Canary smiled at him, and nodded.
"I understand. How about I have Superman come by to have training sessions with you and Connor?" Cameron hesitated for a second before nodding with a small smile.
"Okay, I'll tell him to get his cape over here then. For now, why don't you go find Connor and the others? I think tonight is movie night."
Cameron smiled at Canary again before turning back down the hallway again to search for Connor.
Maybe life at the Cave wouldn't be so bad.
Yay it's over! :D Now on to the Writer's Mailbag.
Mark in Orlando: Hi Mark! How's Orlando? :) Yes, Ollie did laugh at M'gann impersonating Dinah, but remember before he knew it was M'gann? How freaked out he was. And Ollie's a very over protective person, at least in my eyes. Daddy Arrow to the rescue! It's just my personal opinion that he would be like that.
BustaSkillz: Artemis and Wally are still very much together, and Red and Artemis's relationship is one of a brother and a sister. I hope that clears things up.
Anon: Sorry you didn't get to see everyone's reactions in this chapter, but I promise it will be in the next one. :D
Peridot272: THANK YOU SO MUCH. That means a lot to me. :) And I'll eventually get back to their lockdown weeks, and post it here. Just for you, too. ^_^
Okay, that's it for the Writer's Mailbag! I hope to hear from more of you guys soon!
Fairfarren,
~Polarbear1355
