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Chap 12
No POV
"So Trinity is alive," Diana said," That's a relief."
Shayera walked into the room," Trinity? What trouble did she get into now? Last time I saw her was about a year ago."
"You saw Trinity a year ago," J'onn said shocked," How? She has been missing for the past three years- not even Bruce could pinpoint her location."
Shayera sighed," It's a long, long story. I actually saw her about the time she went missing before that."
Diana smiled," We have time."
Shayera sat down next to her friends," Aqua-man had asked me to do some recon with him. That's when we found her..."
No POV
Shayera called down to Arthur," Hey - I think it's about time to turn around! There's a storm coming in!"
The king of Atlantis looked back up at her," Alright-"
Something flew past Shayera, something big and fast, nearly knocking her out of the sky," What in the-" Shayera yelped. Whatever it was landed on a small outcrop of rocks that just barely peeked from the water," Should we go and see what it is?"
Arthur shrugged," We might as well," The sea monster he was Rodin on started swimming towards the rock.
Both allies landed on the rock at the same time, and both aimed their weapons (okay so Shayera was using fists) before Arthur yelled," Who are you?"
A flash of lightning illuminated the sky, and Trinity appeared cowering, her arms crossed as an X in front of her chest in a defensive position. Though by the way she looked- there was no way she could have a shield up.
Shayera threw he arm up to stop Arthur," Stand down Arthur. She's a friend," Arthur reluctantly let his harpoon fall to his side. Shayera walked up to her sobbing friend and knelt beside her," Trinity? What's happened?"
Trinity chocked the words out between sobs as the rain began to fall," Tracked Black Mask... Fire Fight ... One man killed... Whole League thinks... Murderer!"
"WHAT," Shayera growled," They think you Murdered someone! They of all people should know that you couldn't kill a fly," the angry Thanagarian went over to the edge of the rock and cracked her knuckles, "Maybe I should go back there and pound some sense into them!"
"No," Trinity yelped jumping up, but then fell back down to her knees," Don't. Please just get me out of here! They'll never believe me if I try to tell them I'm innocent."
"So," Shayera continued," We took her back to Fate's. He welcomed her and she stayed for maybe about a week before she was off running."
"What about last year," J'onn asked," Tell us about that."
"Well, I assumed one of you had contacted her somehow and told her that Bruce had cleared her name or something to that effect," Shayera looked at her hands," That was until a new friend of hers came to Fate's looking for her."
*****
Shayera walked into the small living room where Atom, Arthur and Fate were all sitting at a small table," What's going on?"
"There is someone at our front door asking for you," Dr. Faye told her," He claims to know your friend Trinity."
Shayera nodded," Well, let him in."
Not five minutes later Sharpshooter stood in the room," I seek for the one who is called Shayera," he turned to said person," I assume that is you?"
Shayera's eyes narrowed," What has Trinity done now?"
Shayera explained the Masqueraders," It turns out Trinity had become the leader of an army called the Masqueraders- a made up of young adults- that we're bent on taking down a type of drug lord called the Angel of Darkness. They had tried to take down a big shipment and lost a lot of fighters; Trinity had ordered a retreat and then surrendered herself so they couldn't be followed."
Diana shook her head," Trinity must have changed over the years."
Shayera's tone turned grave," You don't know the half of it, you didn't see what he did to her. I did-"
Shayera stood next to the Hawks. The sounds of the battle could be heard above them.
Black-Hawk had black wings stretched out for flight, Red-Hawk had fire in one hand ready to throw, and Kitty-Hawk was in her lion form. They carefully crept into the dungeons of the Angel of Darkness' current base," Keep it low ladies," Kitty-Hawk hissed," We have no idea where she is. But we don't want them to know we're down here."
Shayera looked around the corner and saw two heavily armed guards standing at the next cells' door," It's this one," she said at normal volume and swung her mace back, giving a war-cry as the cement busted under her mace.
"Hawks get the guards" Kitty-Hawk roared and pounced on one.
Shayera ran into the cell and gasped," Oh no ... Trinity."
Said person was hanging from shackles that extended to the ceiling. She had been stripped down to her underwear, beaten and starved, and she looked about five years younger than she really was. Not only that, but there were cut and scars all over her. One particular one bothered Shayera the most- it was on her right side and went from the hairline by her temple to right under her eye. Shayera roared in anger and busted the chain and hauled her friend up in her arms," Hawks! We need to go!"
"So we got her out of there," Shayera concluded, "And by the time I got back to murder every single one of those men- they were gone."
Diana pounded her fist into the table," Those cowards!"
Shayera nodded," As soon as their head medic told me she'd be okay, I left. I tried to pick up the Angel of Darkness' trail but failed. Trinity sent me a message a few days later telling me she'd get it under control. Then a few months later Grundy showed up- and the rest is history."
J'onn nodded," I shall share this news with Batman and John. They should know this."
"Why not Flash," Shayera asked.
"I have a feeling Trinity has already told him," J'onn told her.
Trinity POV
The next morning I stood in the storage room, looking for a new gun for BB, when I heard a certain someone come up behind me," Hello Bruce."
Bruce pulled back his arm that he was about to place on my shoulder to alert me of his presence. His cape fell over around him," You've changed."
"You have to over the years out here," I opened another box," Where on earth did it go!"
"Why didn't you contact us," the Bat asked.
I shook my head and closed the box I was going through and walked over to another one," Because you told me that none of you ever wanted to see me go to jail," I opened the other box and pulled out the little pistol-like NERF gun, "Finally! But anyway-Hey, Hey, guess what," I openly glared at the Bat- something that someone who doesn't want a death warrant would do," You lied. But I shouldn't have been so surprised," I started out of the room," I've got to give this to BB and sign some stuff for Cobalt. See you later Bruce-"
Bruce grabbed my arm," Wait, Lara."
I looked down at his gloved hand holding my arm then back up at him," What is it," I said through clenched teeth.
Bruce let go of my arm," I wanted to apologize. We should have believed you."
I nodded and stalked out of the storage room.
BB smiled up at me and took his new glorified-NERF gun," Thanks Trinity!"
I took two fingers and gave him a mock salute," Anytime BB," then I headed for my office.
I sat down in the comfy chair and pulled a file out from my drawer. My office wasn't much; it had an old school desk with a few chairs in front of me like a regular principal office. There was a knock," Come in," I called, and John walked in! Perfect, why do I have a feeling Bruce told him I'd be in here?
John sat in one of the chairs," Shouldn't you be getting ready for war?"
I smirked," I am. I'm keeping calm and not flipping out. It keeps everyone else calm," I pulled out a pen from my pencil/pen can and carefully signed the papers," What can I do for you Mr. Lantern?"
John crossed his arms," It's John, and you know that."
I sighed and rubbed my temples," Alright then, what can I do for you John?"
"Simple," his green eyes flashed," Tell me why on God's green earth did you not at least CALL me. You had the tech, you had the means. You had to have known that Bruce proved you innocent!"
I sat up straighter," Well, John it's simple really. They needed me more here. These people... These kids," I stood up and headed to the door," Needed me more than a bunch of people who go back on promises. Remember that one John? That you'd always believe me? I knew you and the others didnt put up a fight for me!" John opened his mouth," Listen, I've got to give these plans to Cobalt and Juice, If you don't mind, I'd like to save lives!"
Yes, my plans involved Juice and Cobalt. It was a surprise; if they worked no blood would need to be shed.
Cobalt smiled as she waved to me when I walked out of her Weapons lab. Wind made my hair go crazy and my jacket blow around a Flash stopped by me," We need to talk."
Note to self: add John to the list of people to maim later.
Masqueraders were walking all around us, going to last minute training no doubt. I lowered my voice," Well then Flash, why don't we go somewhere private-" Flash picked me up and zoomed somewhere. I heard a door click shut and suddenly I was in a dark room. There was another click and a light turned on, It was one of those hanging lights, but the only place we had one of those was in the...
"Really," I asked cocking my head," The supply closet across from my office! This I your idea of private?"
Flash sighed and crossed his arms," We all know from experience that you can create sound-proof barriers," I growled and waved my hand placing the barrier up around the area of the closet.
"What do you want," I snarled," I have a war to prepare for you know!"
Flash growled," I know you do! That's why I'm worried about you! The Trinity I know wouldn't fight in any war! Let alone lead one of the armies in it!"
I rolled my eyes," People change Wally," I pointed at him," You of all... No I of all people should know that the best," During that little moment I got up in his face," And I don't really appreciate you coming in here and-" my body started to shake, and this time my de-aging was violent, more than it ever had been before (of course spontaneous aging could be violent! It's SPONTANEOUS!) I fell to the ground convulsing, Wally dropped to his knees, and then just as the attack had started it ended. Wally looked horrified, but I didn't really see why- it wasn't awful. I moaned and sat up," Okay, that hurt."
I watched in horror as Wally picked up my sunglasses. Sooo, That's why he looked horrified! I brought my right hand up to my temple and traced an ugly dark scar that went from my hairline to just underneath my eye, I turned away praying to god he hadn't seen it," Trinity... Lara? Are you okay?"
I took mental note of him calling me by my real name and cleared my throat an carefully stood up," I-I'm fine. Believe it or not I actually had worse."
"Good," Wally spun me around before I even realized he was that close to me in the first place," Then maybe you can explain that scar of yours?"
"It's nothing! R- real-" I started.
"Bull shit," Wally turned an angrily punched the wall behind him. Wally turned back to me and yanked his mask down," Lara- you look me in the eyes and tell me that scar is no big deal."
I looked him in his blue eyes and opened my mouth, but then slammed it shut and looked away from him," Okay, you wanna know what really happened-"
"About a year ago, we - the elder Masqueraders and I - thought that maybe if we could take out a big shipment of artillery, communication technology and even millions of dollars worth of the finer things in life - that Abas was taking to his new home base- we could cripple him and his efforts for at least ten years... But we were wrong. We were hopelessly out gunned. I lost many good people that day Wally- to many. Most of who weren't even over eighteen. When I realized how many people we were loading that it was hopeless. I ordered a retreat, but I gave myself up in ordered to stop any pursuit of the others."
Wally's gaze softened," What did they do?"
I crossed my arms over my chest and looked down at the floor," They took me to a temporary base for Abas; once he found out I was the resistance's leader he was going to kill me and make it a national thing. But before he did that he used different knives to give me scars all over my body, this was the only one that was so bad that Aquina couldn't get rid of... he," I couldn't bring myself to say it," He did vile things."
Wally held me, and then I realized I was crying," Oh my god, Lara I'm so sorry. He didn't- did he?"
I shook my head and sobbed into his chest," No, Wally, he just touched me, he had me stripped for hours just so he could look! He wanted to Wally. He was going to, he said it multiple times, that he'd do it right before he killed me! But Sharpshooter led a small infantry unit and saved me."
"Oh Lord," Wally said softly," How could we have let this happen? I'm so sorry Lara! We should have tried harder to find you!"
"No, please," I started to calm down. Regained my composure," Wally, please, don't beat yourself up over this! I'm the one at fault. I was the one who ran away. I was the one to go with this without only help. I was the one to sacrifice myself. Not you, not any of the others."
Wally's hold was so tight, nothing on this earth would make him let go. But it was also gentle, like any wrong move and I'd break into a million pieces," If only I had realized sooner. Maybe I could have stopped this from happening!"
"Realized what sooner," I asked looking up at him.
Wally smiled and ran a hand down my face, then used his thumb to trace my scar," That I love you," then he kissed me.
When he broke off from the kiss I looked up at him," Wally, I love you too."
Once we had gotten out feelings out we headed out to find the other two Leaguers- but it was more like they found us! Batman and John walked up to us," Trinity. We have a problem," Batman said, "Let's go to your office."
That did not sound good.
Batman turned and locked the door behind us. John spoke first," One of your fighters told both of us what happened a year ago. I assume you already told Wally."
I nodded," Yeah. He knows."
"Okay," John growled," Then you won't mind if I go kick the AOD's A-S-S?"
I removed my sunglasses," No John. You shouldn't do that. Cobalt has estimated that his forces will arrive around noon tomorrow," I checked my watch," It's noon right now. You all should go back to the watchtower and grab the rest of the seven. That's all we'll need."
John raised an eyebrow," How did you know Shayera was back?"
"Simple," I shrugged," I keep tabs."
Batman smirked," There's one thing still bothering me- how does AOD know your bases' location?"
I shook my head," I wish I knew! At first I thought it was a mole, but Tell- our telepath- determined that there was no mole. So I chalked it up to that someone found out that he planted some sort of tracker on me when he had captured me. I had to burn my clothes that I had been wearing and bury them miles from the desert and then Cobalt whipped up a type of decontamination bath to make sure I didn't have it in any of my old wounds."
Batman sent me a glare," I highly doubt that he used a tracker- do you know why he would wait so long before attacking?"
I smirked and pulled my gun out of my holster," Tomorrow will be the one year anniversary of the day I was freed from his grasp," I checked my guns' ammo," I think he finds it poetic that he thinks he'll kill me on the same day he swore he would," I rotated my gun on my finger and swung it around until I put it back in my holster.
John growled," I don't like leaving you all like this- even if it is to get the reinforcements."
Batman strode forward," I propose this plan then..."
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