Author's note: Aww man! Seems to be the most used word in this chapter lol. Hey guys! Ugh! Has it been three days already. Geeze, time flies by fast. It seems like yesterday was Friday. Oh well, I'm excited to write this story so I'm not affected. As long as you guys show your love, I'm happy. Strike OOO, your summary was perfect and is now being used. THANK YOU so much dude! It means alot. Lia, I really enjoyed that chapter as well. It was my favorite one to write so far. I'm glad you guys like it. I got two questions, one for Lia and the other for is both of you. Ok, Lia... How can you be skeptical of Dante and Zatanna?! :( Tell me what you thought about them getting together and how you feel now. Now, for the both of you. Since Dante and Zatanna are a couple, what would their name be? I see Spitfire and all this other stuff people use to name these couples so why don't ya name mines? I would like to see the names you guys come up with. Strike OOO, I love that I leave questions in your head. It makes me feel good as a story teller :). I assure you, Alison and Desmond are not part of the Light. They are old friends of Dante's who will be used in season 5 for something. If you stay with me long enough, I'll show you what I have planned. Hopefully you guys will be reading this months and even years from now. Though, I don't think it would take that long to get to season 5. Unless, I have to go back to 1 chapter a week but that probably won't happen until I start College, which I don't even know when I'm starting. And yeah, that hiatus thing was funny lol. It was a joke, don't worry. And Strike, if you have any questions, you can pm me or ask here. I'll always answer any questions you guys have. Well... I don't want to spoil anything for ya lol. But yeah, both of ya can pm me or ask on a review. My response on a review won't be until Monday or Friday while pming me would get a somewhat instant response lol. Just don't forget to reviewe :) Your reviews make me happy :) And to end things... About the Aiden and Madison thing... I guess you guys have to just wait and see MWHAHAHAHAHAHA *Coughs* I need to work on that lol. Enjoy the show guys and REMEMBER Read&Review - Seems to be a joke now lol.
How do nightmares normally start? Is it all bad or is it good but then turns bad at the end? In Dante's case, it was good and then turned bad. In Dante's nightmare, he went from chilling with the beta team, too being in a empty street. As he walked the empty streets, his friends voices echoed throughout the city. He looked around but nobody was around. A newspaper clipping was flying in the air and Dante grabbed it. He looked at the headlines and it said Luthor was the President. Dante found it odd because they stopped Luthor from becoming President. Dante turned around once he heard a voice behind him.
"Hello son." A man on a wheelchair with IV tubes stuck into his arm.
Dante instantly noticed it to be his father. He walked over to his father and looked confused, "Dad? What are you doing here?" He looked around, "Where is everyone?"
Dante's dad looked up at him seriously, "They're dead." He smiled, "You killed them."
Dante stumbled back and shook his head frantically, "No, it can't be."
Dante's father stood up and took the IV tubes out of him.
Dante raised a eyebrow and placed a hand on his father's arm, "Dad, what are you doing? You have to put those back in."
His father grabbed Dante's hand and shook his head, "Not anymore Dante. I feel good. I feel young."
Dante looked shocked when his father who looked like a very old man due to his illness -he was really in his mid forties- shifted into a man in his early thirties.
"How is that possible?" Dante asked as he stepped away from his father.
"You'll soon find out when you develop your powers more." His father said.
"How do you know about my powers?" Dante asked.
His father ignored the question and smelled his surroundings, "You smell that?"
Dante sniffed to smell what he did. It was a foul smell and he covered his nose, "What is that?"
His father looked at Dante and grinned, "Death."
Dante's eyes widened, "What is happening?" Dante said as he held his head with both hands.
"Look at what you have done son. Look at what we have done." His father said as spun Dante around to see.
Dante was terrified when he saw civilians, heroes of all ages and the Justice League members on the ground dead. "No…" Dante muttered, he then looked at his father who was in a costume he didn't recognize.
"Yes." His father said threw a mechanical voice from his mask.
Mount Justice
November 11th, 2012 12:00 pm est
"Dante, wake up." Zatanna said as she shook Dante to wake him up since he was clearly having a bad dream.
Dante woke up and grabbed Zatanna by her throat and squeezed until he recognized who it was. Dante's eyes widened and he let go of her. He sat up and looked down at his hands as they trembled.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't know what happened to me." Dante said as he continued to stare at his hands.
Zatanna rubbed her throat and looked at Dante with a worried expression, "It's ok…"
Dante started exhaling sharply and Zatanna looked at him curiously, "You ok?" Zatanna asked him.
Dante shook his head frantically, "No, I just had a bad dream and I woke up to choking my girlfriend."
Zatanna placed her leg on the bed and placed a hand on his leg, "You want to talk about it?"
Dante was about to say something when someone in red came into his room. "Dante?" the man said.
Dante looked to the doorway to see The Flash standing there with his hands on his hips, "Yeah?"
"I need you by the zeta tubes." Flash said.
"Ok, let me-" He was cut off by Flash.
"I need you NOW." Flash said quickly as if he was worried.
"I'm in my boxers. Can I get some clothes on?" Dante asked which made Zatanna blush slightly.
Flash noticed Zatanna blushing, "Can you help?"
Zatanna nodded and spoke some words and then Dante was in his regular clothing. He even had sneakers on. Dante took his sheet off him and stood up.
He looked at Zatanna, "Thanks." He then looked at Flash, "Ok, how can I help you?"
Flash walked up to him and grabbed his arm. He then started running out of the room at top speed. I don't know if you have been dragged at a 100 miles per hour but it didn't feel good to Dante who was on the floor the whole way. When they get to the zeta tubes, Dante is on the floor rubbing his elbows and legs. He suffered some minor scratches but he stood up and looked at Flash.
"What the hell?!" Dante shouted.
Flash chuckled, "Sorry, you would have taken forever anyways."
Dante gave Flash a blank stare of disbelief, "What do you want?"
"Are you up to date on events that happen in Central City?" Flash asked as he placed his hands on his hips again.
Dante shook his head slowly, "No…"
Flash nodded and smiled, "Good. Be back in a Flash." He ran out of the room and into a zeta tube.
A few seconds later he comes back in with two Hispanic boys that Dante determined were twins. They had tan skin, brown eyes, spiky black hair and some birthmarks on their faces.
Flash dropped them on the floor and looked at Dante, "They're your problem now." Flash then left the base again and never came back.
"Diablo," One of the twins said as he looked around the base. He wore a black and red costume with fire on it with a dark red domino mask.
The other one pushed him, "It's all your fault Flash dropped us here."
The fire twin pushed back, "No it isn't. It's your fault."
The two started arguing super quick that Dante couldn't understand them. They then started fighting like in the cartoon with a dust cloud and punches landing everywhere. Dante rubbed the bridge of his nose as he watched the two continued to fight. He then saw a Happy Birthday banner. He face palmed because he forgot today was Wally's birthday.
Dante whistled loudly to get the boy's attention, "Yo!"
They stopped and looked at Dante curiously. They got out of each other choke holds and they walked over to him.
"Who are you guys?" Dante asked as he folded his arms.
They stood proudly with their hands on their hips, "Blazer and Glacier." They said in unison. "But you can call us Blaze and Glaze."
Dante raised a eyebrow as he looked at Glacier whose costume was similar to Blazer's but it was white and light blue and he had a avalanche on it. "Like the donut?" Dante said referring to the word Glaze.
"Yes, like the donut." Blazer corrected with a smirk.
Glacier glared at Blazer, "No! Not like the donut!" The two banged heads and were having a glaring match up.
"Then what?" Dante asked and was hoping to stop these two from starting a catastrophe in the base.
Glacier backed away from his twin brother and looked at Dante. He cleared his throat and was about to explain when Blazer shouted out, "Boring!" Glacier growled and the two went at it again.
Dante studied them and knew there powers came from the Speed Force or they were meta humans that were just really fast. Dante will never know thanks to Flash just dropping in and giving him two unstable little boys. He then noticed Blaze had fire powers and used them repeatedly to beat his brother and Glaze had ice powers which, just like his brother, tried to beat him.
Dante's eyes widened as they got closer to the decorations Artemis and Zatanna put up for Wally. "No!" but it was too late. His warning didn't get to them on time. The two destroyed the banner, the table full of gifts, the table and all the other things. The only thing standing was a balloon but then it popped for no reason. Dante looked down and frowned because Artemis was going to come in soon to check on the decorations and when she does, she is going to kill the twins and Dante. Dante because he was responsible for them and just because Artemis was mean to him like that sometimes.
"Guys, please stop." Dante said as he continued to watch the twins cause mayhem.
The twins were teens that Dante estimated were either 12 or 13. He wasn't sure but their maturity was way below that.
"Stop!" Dante shouted which instantly got the attention of the two. They let go of each other and walked back to him like puppies that know they're in trouble.
"Do you guys see what you have just done?" Dante asked in a scolding manner.
They looked around, "Yes.." They said in unison.
Dante was about to say something but then Artemis stepped into the room and Dante had a urge to kneel down and hide behind the twins but he didn't. He had to take responsibility like a man. Dante trembled when Artemis stomped towards him while huffing and puffing.
"Artemis, calm down, I-" He was cut off.
"What the hell happened?!" She shouted and glared at Dante.
Dante used both hands and pointed to the two twins, "They uh-" He was cut off once again.
Artemis turned her glare to the twins, "Who are you and what have you done?!"
The twins gulped, "We're Blaze and Glaze." They said in unison and shivered because they were scared of Artemis. "We're sorry."
"Sorry?! I've spent the whole morning doing this." Artemis said as she looked around at the disaster that is Wally's birthday party.
"I'm sure we can work something out besides you killing them." Dante said as he rubbed the back of his neck.
The twins gulped when he said killing them.
Blaze nodded, "Yeah! We got super-speed so we can help you real quick." He looked at his brother, "Right?"
"Yeah!" Glaze answered excitedly.
Artemis looked at Dante, "Super-speed?"
Dante nodded slowly, "Apparently."
Artemis nodded and looked back at the twins, "Ok, if you help out I won't kill you." She said with a cruel smile.
Just as the twins were about to get to work, Wally walked in through the zeta tubes and looked at the disaster of a party.
"Surprise." Dante said halfheartedly.
"Hey!" Artemis said as she walked up to Wally, "Happy birthday babe." She hugged him and kissed him but he just stared at the decorations in disbelief.
"Uh, what happened?" Wally asked as he looked at her.
"Um…" Artemis couldn't think of nothing to say.
Wally then saw Blaze and Glaze, "You two!" Wally exclaimed as he pointed at the two.
"Uh-oh." The twins said in unison as Wally walked over to them.
Wally looked at Dante, "What are they doing here? They should be in Central City!"
Dante raised a eyebrow, "You know these two?"
Wally nodded as he glared at the two, "Yeah, me and Flash have a hard time with these two. They say they're heroes but they cause more mayhem then stopping it."
Dante frowned. Great, just what he needed, two unstable little boys being apart of his team. He then thought about how Tyreese would react to them. He really hoped Tyreese has been working on his temper lately.
"They're apart of my team now." Dante said halfheartedly as he looked at Wally.
Wally frowned and placed a hand on Dante's shoulder, "Good luck."
"Thanks." Dante said as he watched the twins try to fix the decorations. He then looked at Wally, "So what's there story? Are they apart of the Speed Force?"
Wally shrugged, "Maybe. They claim they are from the speed force but they never told us how they got there powers."
Dante folded his arms, "If they're apart of the Speed force then how do they have meta abilities like fire and ice?"
Wally looked as if he was thinking about it, "Maybe they are from the speed force but are also meta-humans."
Dante sighed, "We'll never know. Well, at least until they tell me or my team."
Wally nodded, "Let me know what you find out."
Dante nodded while he watched Artemis approach Wally with a present in her hand.
Wally looked at the present, "What's this?"
She gave it to Wally, "Open it and find out."
Wally opened it to see it was Omega's helmet which made Dante face palm. "What is this?"
"A souvenir." Artemis said with a smile.
"From what battle?" Wally asked with a confused expression on his face.
"The battle MY team won." Artemis gloated, "We took that from Omega."
"How considerate of you." Dante mumbled which got a glare from Artemis.
"Uh, thanks." Wally said with a small smile.
"Don't you like it? I like it. It symbolizes that my team completed their mission and your's didn't." Artemis said with a grin.
Wally chuckled, "How nice of you." He said sarcastically. They then kissed and hugged.
Dante jumped for joy but was clearly acting, "Boy, I can't wait until my birthday. I can't wait to see what Artemis get's me." He said sarcastically which made Wally chuckle.
"Nothing good." Artemis reassured him.
"That's nice." Dante said. He then saw the twins in front of them.
"We did it!" They said in unison. They ran to the decorations and stood in front of it, "Ta-da!" They yelled as they gestured to the decorations which were better but then it broke apart and looked the way it was. They turned around and looked at it, "Aww man." They said in unison.
6:00 pm est
Tyreese walked into the base and saw the messed up decorations. He walked past it and heard laughter and saw two read and blue blurs past by him. He raised a eyebrow and saw Wally run towards him with his whole body covered in feathers.
Tyreese snickered as Wally stopped in front of him, "What happened?" Tyreese asked in between snickers.
"Two brats can't leave me alone. Can you help me?" Wally asked as he looked very frustrated.
"How?" He saw the blurs past him again and heard them saying something which sounded like they were competing, "I can't catch up with them."
"Try to scare them." Wally suggested.
"How?" Tyreese asked.
"I'll lead them to you and you scare the crap out of them." Wally said.
Tyreese shrugged, "Whatever you think would help."
"I'm faster then you!" Blaze shouted as they ran around the base.
"No! I'm faster then you!" Glaze argued.
Wally pulled up in between them, "No! I'm faster then both of you." And he sped up and turned a corner.
"After him!" Blaze shouted and they then stopped in front of Tyreese who was in his Magma armor.
"Whose this?" Glaze asked.
"I don't know." Blaze replied.
Tyreese cleared his throat and then a explosion came up behind him with a demonic looking fire in the air with Tyreese glaring at them, "Get out!"
"Aye Diablo. It's the Devil!" Blaze said as he stumbled back and was terrified.
"Run!" Glaze said and the two ran away.
Wally ran up to Tyreese and laughed loudly, "That was funny. Did you see the looks on their faces?"
Tyreese reverted back to his original self and he chuckled, "Yeah."
From behind them, Blaze and Glaze listened to them talk about how they prank the two of them.
Blaze looked at Glaze, "They fooled us." He said as he punched his hand.
Glaze nodded, "Yeah they did."
The two looked at each other and seem to have that twin telepathic thing everyone talks about.
"It's on like Donkey Kong!" They said in unison and formulated a plan.
"Alright man, I'm heading to my room." Tyreese said and walked away.
"Thanks for the help." Wally said and he walked the other way.
As Tyreese walked to his room, he didn't notice the trip wire in front of him. He tripped and landed on the floor. When he opened his eyes and looked up, it was a bucket of water. His eyes widened and then the water landed on top of him. Tyreese coughed from the water getting into his mouth and nose. He was soaking wet but that went away as he growled and started to heat up. He was now dry and furious. He stood up slowly and he saw two blurs running towards him. The hall way was small so he extended his arms to try and catch them. They ran under his arms and Tyreese's eyes widened when Wally came running towards him but he couldn't stop in time so the two collided.
"Damn brats!" Tyreese exclaimed as he slowly got up but slipped due to the water on the ground.
He landed on top of Wally, "I hate them already." Wally said and the two slowly got up and made sure not to slip again.
"Hey fellas!" Glaze said as he was a couple of feet next to them. He then blew raspberries and stuck his tongue out at them.
The two started running towards him at a fast pace but Glaze extended his index finger and had a ice beam hit the floor. Once the two ran over it, they slid on it and fell to the ground. Glaze had a trail of ice lead them around the corner and the two crashed into each other on a wall.
Blaze and Glaze walked over to the two and placed their hands on their hips, "Teaches you," Blaze said, "Too mess with us." Glaze finished.
Wally waved a white flag he got out of nowhere, "I surrender."
Tyreese stood up and started overheating which made Wally back away from him. The ice around them started to melt and Tyreese gave the twins deadly glares.
The twins gulped, "Uh-oh." They finally saw Tyreese turn into his Magma armor and they ran away.
"Dude, calm down." Wally said as he looked at Tyreese.
Tyreese looked at Wally, "No."
In the living room section of the base, Madison and Aiden were cuddling on a couch and was watching TV on the big screen TV that was on the base. Though the TV was on, the two were paying more attention to each other as they made out and touched each other.
Aiden eventually pulled away and sighed in relief, "Geeze, Madison."
Madison blushed and laid her head on his shoulder as they watched TV, "I know."
Aiden looked back at the TV, "This show is good."
Madison raised a eyebrow, "Good? How would you know if you wasn't watching?"
Aiden grinned, "I can multi-task."
Madison smiled, "Nice." She then placed her chin on his shoulder and looked up at him, "So, I was wondering if you want to go out."
Aiden raised a eyebrow, "Uh… I don't really feel like it."
Madison looked at him curiously, "Why not?"
Aiden shrugged, "I don't know. I'm not really feeling it."
Madison backed away, "Feeling what?" She asked.
"I don't know."
"Then why would you say it?"
"I don't know?" Aiden said as he looked at her.
Madison scoffed.
"What?"
"Why am I with you?" Madison asked.
"Because I make you happy?" Aiden really wanted to say, to make Dante jealous but he didn't. He knew about her motives but she didn't know about his. Not yet at least.
There was a long silence, "I do make you happy right?" Aiden asked, "And Tyreese and I are the only ones who talks to you in the base."
Madison folded her arms, "Do you like me?"
Aiden nodded slowly, "Yes."
"Then why don't you want to go out?"
Aiden shrugged, "I don't know. I don't really feel like it."
Madison was about to say something but Tyreese came in with his armor on, "Hey Ty?" Madison said as she looked confused.
Tyreese ignored Madison because of his problem.
"What's up man?" Aiden asked as he turned his body to look at Tyreese who was behind the sofa they were on.
"I need your help." Tyreese told Aiden.
"What's wrong?" Aiden asked.
"Two kids are apart of the team and they need to be taught a lesson."
"A lesson?" Madison chimed in, "What kind of lesson?"
"They need to learn how to leave people alone." Tyreese explained.
Aiden was intrigued, "Two kids? We have new members of the team?" Aiden asked and quickly wanted to know what they can do so he can report these new members to the Light.
Tyreese nodded, "Yeah, two annoying twins."
Madison looked at the angry expression on Tyreese's face and she frowned, "Tyreese, chill out. They're kids."
Aiden stood up, "I'll help." He said but it was for his own reasons.
Madison looked at Aiden, "What? This ain't right."
Aiden looked at Madison, "Don't worry."
Tyreese nodded and left the room.
"I'll watch out for him." Aiden told her, "We'll talk later." Aiden left the room and headed towards where Tyreese was running.
Star City
10:00 pm pst
"They did what?" Green Arrow asked as he was in costume walking with Dante and Artemis on the rooftops of Star City.
"You heard me." Artemis said with disgust.
Green Arrow laughed lightly, "Aww man," He stopped laughing after a while, "I guess Flash was right."
"You knew about them?" Dante asked with a raised eyebrow.
Green Arrow nodded, "Yeah. Flash mentioned them in a League meeting but nobody paid attention to him." He chuckled, "I never would have known he would just drop them on you." He said to Dante.
"Well he did." Dante said with a frown, "And now I have to deal with them." He looked at Green Arrow, "Next time you see Flash, tell him I say thanks. In a sarcastic way."
Green Arrow chuckled some more, "Will do." He looked at Artemis, "Artemis, can you scout up ahead while I discuss something with Dante?"
Artemis raised a eyebrow as she looked at the two but she did what she was told and went up ahead to scout.
Dante looked at Green Arrow, "What's up?"
Green Arrow looked serious, "I've heard how you treat one of your team members nowadays. Clone was it? What's wrong?"
Dante sighed, "It's a long story."
"I'm listening."
Dante then explained what Madison did that caused a rift in Dante's and Zatanna's relationship.
"She apologized and told Zatanna you didn't know. Isn't that enough?" Green Arrow asked with a sympathetic look.
"No!… I mean… I don't know man. I'm thinking I have to be mad at her but I don't want to be." Dante explained.
"So why are you still not talking to her?"
"I don't know."
Green Arrow sighed and shook his head, "You can't stay mad at people forever. Especially if it's a teammate. I've been mad at Batman countless times -actually too many times to count- but I forgive him every time. Because he is a friend and a teammate. Wasn't Madison your friend?"
"She was but…"
"But what?"
"She made things complicated between us. She kisses me in front of my girlfriend, she says she has a crush on me and told me she likes me. She also said some hurtful things about Zatanna, which wasn't cool at all. It's just weird with her now and not talking too her seems like the only way to get through it. I don't want to be mad at her, I just don't want to talk to her." Dante explained.
"Hmm, that's quite a problem. I don't know what to say but I'm hoping someday you two can talk it out."
Dante sighed, "Me too."
"Speaking of Zatanna, how have things been between you two?"
"Good."
"Did she tell you?"
"About her father?"
Green Arrow nodded.
"No."
"Have you told her you know?"
Dante shook his head, "No. Things were weird when you first told me but now I'm ok. Sometimes I have the urge to ask her about it but I don't know how she would react to it." he then chuckled, "She doesn't like you now though."
"What? Why? What did I do?" Green Arrow asked with a shocked expression.
Dante grinned, "She almost caught me the next day so I told her you said some bad things about me."
Green Arrow gave Dante a blank stare of disbelief, "Unbelievable. You blamed me?"
Dante nodded, "Yep. Hey," He poked Green Arrow's chest, "It's your fault for telling me you knew and then told me."
"You asked me too!"
"You should have never brought up that you knew."
Green Arrow scoffed, "Whatever."
Mount Justice
8:00 pm est
Dante and Artemis made it back to the base and saw burned walls, icy floors, some snow flakes and a huge crater on the floor. When he walked up the stairs he saw the twins, Tyreese and Aiden all fighting each other.
"What the hell?" Dante said as he looked at the destruction they all caused. He glared at the four, "Hey!" He said with anger.
They stopped and looked at Dante.
"Uh-oh." The twins said in unison.
"What the hell is going on?!" Dante asked in a commanding tone.
Tyreese pointed at the twins, "Those brats didn't know how to behave so Aiden and I are showing them."
"We don't know how to behave?" Blaze asked.
"You were the one that came after us!" Glaze finished.
Tyreese looked at Dante, "They-" he was cut off by Dante.
"Enough! I don't care what happened. You guys are going to stop fighting." He walked up to the twins, "You're new here, I understand but you have no right causing trouble." The twins were about to say something but Dante said some more, "We're your teammates. We work together, we're like a family. There is no need," He looked at Tyreese, "Too hate each other."
Tyreese laughed, "You can't be serious. You've been mad at Madison for the past couple of weeks. Don't contradict yourself Dante."
Dante looked down and frowned, "You're right." He looked at Tyreese, "And I plan on fixing that but for now," He looked around at the mess the four made, "You guys are going to clean this up and make up." He looked at the four, "Understand?"
Yeah and uh-huh was what he got as a response as the four got to work. Dante walked away from the madness and headed to his room.
Artemis followed behind him, "Good leaderships skills."
"Thanks?"
"It was a compliment. Batman would be proud."
"I'm sure he would."
Star City
November 16th, 2012 9:00 pm pst
The team -minus the twins- were watching Tyreese play his last football game. His team managed to make it to the state championship and they were tied with the other team. Dante and Alex sat in there usual spots while Aiden sat with Madison in her new spot away from the other two.
Dante looked at Aiden and Madison, "I'm going to talk to her."
"What? Why?" Alex asked.
"It's not right."
"But she deserves it." Alex pointed out while he looked at Dante.
"I know but I can't keep up this act anymore." Dante explained.
"You're not mad at her?" Alex asked with a confused expression.
"No, I'm not. I never was. I just… Didn't want to talk to her I guess."
"Oh… So you plan on doing it now? The game is about to finish."
Dante shook his head, "After the game."
Alex sighed, "Wish ya luck."
Dante looked at Alex, "You should too." He frowned, "Everyone should."
"But-" Alex was about to protest but Dante cut him off.
"For the team. Do it." Dante said.
Alex sighed and frowned as he looked down, "Fine…"
The game was finally over and Tyreese's team finally won a state championship. The team celebrated on the field and then in the locker room. Dante and Alex waited outside of the locker room for Tyreese so they can congratulate him and celebrate.
Tyreese finally came out of the locker room with a huge smile on his face. He noticed his two friend and he walked over to them. Dante and Alex congratulated him once he approached them and they all smiled.
Tyreese looked around, "Where's Madison and Aiden?"
Alex shrugged, "They never showed."
Tyreese frowned and Dante saw it, "I'm sure they will congratulate you when they see you on the base." He patted Tyreese's back, "Don't worry big guy."
"Are you ready?" Alex asked Tyreese.
"For what?" Tyreese asked.
Dante smiled, "Your celebratory dinner."
"You paying?" Tyreese asked with a chuckle.
Dante chuckled and nodded, "Yeah."
The three walked to a pizza shop nearby to make it a low profile dinner. No need for the expensive stuff, Dante kept reminding them. Mostly because he couldn't afford it. Once they got into the Pizza shop, all they smelled was Pizza and the shop looked like your typical pizza shop. Some Mexicans and Italians worked behind the counter and they noticed Tyreese from the game. They told Tyreese pizza was on the house for him and his friends -which made Dante happy because he didn't know if he had enough to feed a starving football player. They gave Tyreese a small pizza pie to share with his friends and drinks. The three made it to a table and sat down.
Dante took a slice of pizza and ate it, "Those two don't know what they are missing." He said after the bite.
"Too bad they missed free pizza." Tyreese said and was on his second slice which amazed Dante and Alex.
"Damn." Alex said after biting his own. He then shrugged, "Oh well, more pizza for us." He then looked at Tyreese almost done with his new slice, "Or him."
What they didn't know was that Aiden and Madison were in the back of the pizza shop eating their own slices.
"Listen, Maddie… I'm real sorry about not taking you out." Aiden apologized as he looked at her.
She ate her pizza and then set it down, "It's ok. I guess I was just overreacting."
"You have a right too though. You're my…"
"What? Girlfriend? You can't even say it?" Madison asked as she looked at him seriously.
"Well, if you would give me a chance to say it. Then I would."
"What are you saying?" Madison asked with a raised eyebrow.
Aiden looked down and clenched his fist under the table, "Nothing." He didn't want to get attached to this girl. He started liking her a couple of weeks ago and he couldn't lose focus. But he also needed to get to know her in order to get the information he needed on Dante. He couldn't ask Dante himself because Alex was so suspicious of him but he can get it out of Maddie easily.
"I'm sorry for treating you this way." Aiden said, "It's just new too me. You know?" Aiden asked as he looked into her eyes.
Madison sighed, "I guess. I'm sorry that I'm acting like this. Just…" She looked away, "I'm just so stressed out. Nobody at the base is talking to me except you and Tyreese and that kind of hurts."
Aiden grabbed her hand and smiled, "Don't worry, I'll always be here for you."
Madison smiled, "Thanks," She kissed him and then stood up, "I have to use the ladies room." She walked away to the ladies room.
Alex eyes widened as he saw Madison get up, "Hey guys, I see Madison."
Alex and Dante was sitting next to each other and Tyreese was sitting on the opposite side of them.
Tyreese turned around and saw Madison, "Yo Maddie! Come over here!"
Madison gave him a signal to wait as she entered the bathroom. She came out and headed towards them, "What's up?" She asked only Tyreese.
"Why don't you come sit with us?" Tyreesse asked.
"Um.." She looked to the back of the shop to see Aiden eating his pizza. "I'm with Aiden."
"Bring him with you." Tyreese stated bluntly.
"We're kind of on a date." Madison replied.
Tyreese looked down, "Oh."
Now Madison felt bad. She sighed, "Let me bring him over here." She walked back to Aiden.
"The guilty card? That's mean." Dante said as he smiled at Tyreese.
Tyreese shrugged, "It works though." which made Dante and Alex chuckle.
Aiden and Madison came back to the boys and Aiden instantly congratulated Tyreese. Aiden sat next to Tyreese and Madison pulled up a chair in between Aiden and Alex. Aiden and Tyreese talked football while Dante and Madison glanced at each other over and over again but tried to be subtle about it. Alex quickly noticed it and sighed.
"Gatorade!" Tyreese exclaimed.
"H20!" Aiden exclaimed.
Alex raised a eyebrow, "Are you guys seriously quoting Water boy?"
"Classic movie." Aiden said with a smile.
Tyreese smiled at Alex, "Look who knows his movies. What else you know?"
Alex smirked, "I know Dante has something too say."
Dante's eyes widened as he stopped glancing at Madison and looked at Alex, "What do you mean?"
Alex looked at Dante, "You know."
Dante sighed and looked at Madison who was looking away, "Madison, I know I've been a jerk-" He was cut off.
"Yeah you have." She retorted.
"But," He continued, "I wanted to make things right between us. For the sake of the team."
Madison scoffed.
"What?"
"You really are a jerk. You expect me to sit here and accept your apology? After all that you and the rest of the people on the base have put me through? Are you kidding me?"
"You don't have to accept it. I'm just-" He was cut off again.
"Trying to make things right." She finished, "After what you have said too me over the past few weeks and the way you treated me. It didn't seem like it."
"I know and I'm sorry about that."
"Maddie, he's just-" Tyreese chimed in but was interrupted.
Madison looked at Tyreese, "No Tyreese! I don't need you to defend me anymore." She pointed to Alex and Dante, "I'm tired of their shit."
"Hey!" Alex protested.
Madison glared at Alex, "Shut up Alex! You was the biggest jerk of them all. Always following what Dante does. Why don't you do something useful?! Get your own life and stop living in his shadow!" She said pointing to Dante.
Aiden looked at Madison, "Maddie, you're going a bit far."
Madison shrugged, "So! I'm tired of all of it." She looked at Dante, "You want to take back the hurtful things you told me time after time? Go ahead, but don't expect me to forgive you." She stood up and so did Dante.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Dante shouted, "I'm trying to apologize and now you decide to explode and tell people your feelings?!"
"Whoa, hey." The pizza owner said, "You kids take that outside. I don't want no problems in my shop."
They all left the pizza shop and Tyreese apologized to the pizza owner and thanked him for the food. The group now stood outside of the store and inside of a alley.
"Yes I decide now I want to say shit. I'm tired of being ignored by you and your girlfriend. And your other friends. I don't need any of you, I don't even know why I'm still on this stupid team since you guys clearly don't want me on it." Maddie explained.
"I want you on it." Tyreese said with a frown.
"Me too." Aiden added as he grabbed her hand but she moved it away from him.
"Then leave Maddie! Nobody is stopping you. I'm trying to be nice but you want to be a bitch!" Dante shouted in anger and was not thinking straight.
Madison slapped him on the face hard and a tear came to her eye, "Don't you dare."
Dante frowned and rubbed his cheek, "Maddie I'm-" He was cut off.
"Don't ever speak too me again." Madison walked away and Tyreese gave Aiden as signal to go comfort her.
"Shit." Dante said under his breath, "I really screwed up."
"Let's just go home," Alex said with a frown, "Too much drama for the night."
"Maddie!" Aiden shouted as he ran too her.
"Leave me alone Aiden." Madison said as she rubbed her eyes.
Aiden grabbed her hand but she took it away from him. He ran to be in front of her and when he did, she hugged him and started crying. "It's ok… I'm here for you." She kept crying on his chest while he hugged her, "Don't worry about those guys. You have me." Aiden said as he stared at the sky. He can use this to his advantage. She clearly didn't want to be on the team anymore and maybe he can turn her to see the light. It would take some time but he may able to kill two bird with one stone. Get her to give him info on Dante and turn her to his side so they can fight beside each other. Aiden smiled at the thought of it. Madison didn't know why but the more she got mad at Dante, the more she starts to develop feelings for Aiden.
Mount Justice
November 17th, 2012 5:00 pm est
Dante and Artemis were shooting arrows in the training room. Dante was still depressed about yesterday and it clearly showed because he wasn't shooting like his normal self. He would usually get a bullseye or something close to it but today he was shooting out of range. Some it fell in the outer circle of the board and others got stuck on walls next to it. Artemis noticed this and was a bit worried about it.
Artemis waited until Dante was done shooting his arrow and she placed a hand on his shoulder, "You ok?"
Dante shook his head and placed his bow on top of a table, "I really screwed up." He said as he looked at her.
"With what?" She asked.
"Madison…" He said in a sad tone.
"What do you mean? I thought you was mad at her."
Dante shook his head again, "I never was mad at her. I mean, I felt like I should be but I never was. I just… Didn't want to talk to her because she said so many things I didn't lie. I don't know…"
Artemis leaned against the table and folded her arms, "Ok, but why be depressed about it now?"
"Yesterday… We had a argument."
"Oh… What happened?"
"I basically said she can get off the team anytime she wants. Then I called her a bitch and then she smacked me. Good day huh?"
Artemis sighed, "That's not good at all."
"I know." Dante said as he looked down.
Zatanna entered the room and walked up to the two, "Hey guys," She kissed Dante on his cheek and noticed his slouched shoulders, the frown on his face and him looking at the floor for answers, "What's wrong babe?"
Dante sighed and looked at the ceiling, "Nothing…" He looked at Artemis, "You guys can't treat her the way you do anymore. You understand?" he asked her.
Artemis nodded while Zatanna was confused, "What are you talking about?" but Dante just walked away. She walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder but he moved it away and turned around and gave a pushing gesture.
"I just need some space right now." He said and then left the room.
Zatanna frowned and looked at Artemis for answers, "What's wrong with him?"
Artemis explained the story and then left the training room. Zatanna left afterwards and headed to Dante's room. She knocked on the door but he didn't answer. She knocked a couple of more times and told him to let her in.
Dante opened the door, "I told you I needed some space."
Zatanna nodded, "I know. Can I enter your room?"
Dante left the door open and sat on his rolling chair while Zatanna closed the door and sat on his bed.
"What's wrong Dante?" Zatanna asked.
"Just feeling guilty and stupid." Dante replied.
"I know how that feels sometimes."
"I'm sure you do." Dante said under his breath referring to her Father's incident.
"Excuse me?" Zatanna asked because she didn't hear.
Dante shook his head, "Nothing."
Zatanna stood up and grabbed his hand, "Come on."
"Where are we going?"
"Out. To get it off your mind and too make you feel better." She winked at him, "You know I make you feel better."
"I'm not really feeling it right now." Dante said as he looked down.
"You might get lucky." She said as if she was singing.
Dante stood up, "Alright." He said with a smile.
They walked out of the room and headed to the zeta tubes, "You know you're not going to get lucky right?"
"Aww man." Dante said with a pout.
Happy Harbor
5:30 pm est
Dante and Zatanna were walking around Happy Harbor holding hands with Zatanna attempting to cheer Dante up.
"Well," Dante said, "If you were to say I would get lucky and it happens. I would be satisfied."
Zatanna rolled her eyes, "I'm sure you would be."
Dante sighed, "Worth a try."
Zatanna shook her head, "Guys."
"Women." Dante added with a chuckle.
"You want to go to the movies? My treat."
"Hmm…"
"You might get lucky."
"Let's go!" Dante said excitedly which made Zatanna face palm.
They walked over to the movie theatre they went to on their first date and Zatanna paid for a romantic movie Dante clearly didn't want to see. Like a child, Dante pouted and folded his arms in protest but cave in when Zatanna said he was going to get lucky. Before the movie started, they head into the theatre and searched for seats.
"Front, middle, or back?" Dante asked just like on their first date.
"Middle." Zatanna said once again.
Dante pouted and gave Zatanna the puppy dog eyes, "But you said that last time. And-And you said next time it would be in the back."
"What kind of girl you think I am?" Zatanna asked as she placed her hands on her hips.
Dante narrowed his eyes on her, "You said that last time as well. Actually, you say that a lot."
Zatanna smiled, "I know." She grabbed his hand, "Come on lover boy." They headed to the back which made Dante excited and nervous for what's about to come.
Unfortunately, he didn't get laid but he did get some action in the back. They actually got kind of loud in the back with giggling and laughing which made some of the other viewers mad but Dante didn't care. They paid more attention to each other instead of the romantic movie Zatanna spent money on. But Dante guess she was fine with that with the things she was doing to him. Once the movie was over, Dante came out with a huge smile on his face which made Zatanna shake her head because he didn't even get laid.
"Happy now?" Zatanna asked.
"Yep." Dante said as he wrapped his arm over her shoulder.
"Good. Because that's the last time we ever see a movie."
Dante pouted and frowned, "Aww man."
Once they made it outside, they saw a man across the street who was watching them closely.
"What's up with that guy?" Dante asked.
"Nothing good." Zatanna said as she instantly noticed it was Count Vertigo. "We need to run."
"Why?" Dante asked as he looked at the man, "I can handle him by myself."
Count Vertigo started walking towards the two. He was Caucasian, had blue eyes and had white hair that was slicked back with a widow's peak hairline. He wore a lime blazer on top of a brown waistcoat and a dark green ascot with a golden broche. He also wore a dark green cape and matching pants and gloves.
"Dante, listen to me. We need to go." Zatanna said and started pulling him away.
Dante followed her but the two stopped as a wave of psychic force hit the two and started making them unbalanced. Dante felt extremely nauseous and felt like throwing up while Zatanna knelt down and felt the same as well. Dante eventually fell to the floor on his knees and started throwing up while Zatanna tried fighting the urge to do the same. She spoke some words a telekinetic force knocked Count Vertigo to the ground which made the two feel better.
Dante panted and wiped the puke off his mouth, "Who is that guy?" Dante asked slowly.
"Count Vertigo." Zatanna said as she watched Vertigo stand up. He then had a psychic force hit only her and she kneeled on the ground again.
"Stop it!" Dante shouted and tried getting up but he couldn't. He slowly tried while Count Vertigo looked at him.
"I'm only here for you. No need for the girl to get hurt." Vertigo said.
"Please stop… I'll do whatever you want." Dante said which made Vertigo stop.
Zatanna was laying on the floor, "Dante… Don't." She said and then fell unconscious.
Dante walked up to Vertigo, "What do you want?"
"Some powerful people want you alive."
"Why are you doing this?" Dante asked as he grabbed his stomach and felt like vomiting again.
"They need something and I need something." He gestured Dante to stop, "No more questions. Let's go." Count Vertigo walked away.
Dante grinned and accessed Omega's super powers, "Hey Count."
The Count turned around and his eyes widened as he fist hit his face and sent him crashing on top of a car. Seeing that the Count was no longer conscious, Dante ran over to Zatanna and tried waking her up.
"Did you get him?" Zatanna asked.
Dante nodded, "Yeah." He helped her up and he then called the police who took Count Vertigo to Belle Reve.
Mount Justice
9:00 pm est.
Batman entered the base via the zeta tube and he saw Dante waiting for him in front of the computer.
"You called?" Batman asked him.
Dante nodded, "We have a problem."
"What's wrong?" Batman asked as he narrowed his eyes on him.
"We have a mole in the team." Dante stated bluntly.
Batman didn't look shocked at all, "Go on."
"Today I was a attacked by Count Vertigo. I managed to defeat him but it seemed like he was only there for me."
"What's the problem?"
"I was in civilian clothing. How did he know who I was? Why did he attack me? How did he know where I would be?"
"Hmm." Batman said as he folded his arms and thought about it, "Anyone in your mind that can be a mole?"
"It could be the twins or Aiden. It can even be…" He paused and looked down with a frown.
Batman noticed the expression and sighed, "Madison."
Dante looked back up at Batman, "Then you know?"
"Green Arrow told me."
"Of course he did." Dante sighed and folded his arms, "What do you suggest I do?"
"Watch everyone closely."
"Even Alex?"
"Even Alex."
"Why?"
"You never know who would betray you. That's why you have to be prepared before it happens." Batman said as he was clearly speaking from experience.
"I'll keep a eye on them all." Dante said.
"Go get some rest." Batman suggested.
Dante nodded and left the room. Once Dante left Batman looked up with his arms still folded, "You can come out now."
Alex landed in front of Batman and smiled while rubbing his head, "Sorry. I was just working on my acrobatics."
"You heard?"
Alex stiffened and looked serious, "Yes, sir."
"Good."
"I'm not the mole."
"I know."
"So why say I might be it?" Alex asked with a raised eyebrow.
"So he can learn."
Alex didn't even want to get into that discussion. He then looked up at Batman, "I think I know who the mole might be."
"Who?"
"Hydro."
"Why do you say that?" Batman asked as he titled his head.
Alex then explained all of his suspicions of Aiden. From the time he saved him, to the High School incident and other countless things.
Batman listened closely to everything he said and then he nodded, "Alright, I want you to keep a eye on Aiden and…"
"Madison?"
"Dante."
"Dante?"
"Yes."
Alex nodded, "Yes, sir." Alex walked away and felt a water drop on his head. He rubbed it off and went to his room. Batman eventually left and all of the water on the floor started to form into a body. Aiden now stood in the middle of the room with a concerned look on his face. He knew he had to act fast now that Batman knows and is going to start his own inspection. The fact that Dante was now considering him to be a mole mad Aiden fear for his life. He needed to hurry with this plan. He walked the halls and saw Madison in the kitchen.
He placed his hands on the counter and looked at Madison seriously, "Tell me everything you know about Dante."
Damn... Aiden needs to hurry. Only four more episodes left until the Season Finale...Then a hiatus... Jk. Everybody is paranoid now. Good job Batman.
On the next episode of Young Justice...
It's thanksgiving and the teens go their seperate ways. Dante, Zatanna, Tyreese and Alex spend Thanksgiving together in Star City. Dante meets a interesting boy who reminds him of himself. Aiden says goodbye to someone he used to love.
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