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Chapter Eleven
Friday
August 12, 2005
3:35 PM
Justice League Satellite-Med Lab
"So," Speedy said as he sat on the chair next to Wonder Girl who was getting healed by Wonder Woman with the healing ray, "about that kiss?"
"Oh right," Wonder Girl said as if she had just remembered, "no."
"Oh come on. You told me you'd kiss me after the fight and clean-up was over."
"No, I didn't. I just said I'd give you my answer to that, after the fight and clean-up was over."
Speedy let out a frustrated sigh as Wonder Woman just looked on amusingly at the conversation between her sister and the young archer.
His masked eyes turned to the other end of the room and a large grin immediately made its way across face. He jumped up from his seat and casually walked over to the person his gaze landed on.
Speedy stood at 5'11" with short, dark red hair that currently seemed as if it was glued in place on his head with all the hair gel in it. He had left his square, red quiver by his now vacant seat along with his dark red bow. His eyes were hidden by a mask exactly like Nightwing's and his uniform was a dark red vest that had a gold circle over the right side that had a stylized S that bulged at the curves, dark red gloves that extended to a few inches below his elbow, a gold belt with a similar S for the buckle, dark red pants and dark gold boots.
He strolled up to Starfire and gave her a charming smile.
"So, Star how bout after you finish getting healed up we go out for a movie and couple of slices of pizza?" He asked her flirtatiously.
"How bout no?" She replied just as Nightwing stepped up behind Speedy looking as if he'd never fought in the battle at all.
"How bout we go back down to Earth and donate some cash to help repair Gotham?" He told Speedy as he put hi hand on his shoulder and pushed him away from Starfire and out the door. Starfire, Wonder Girl, and Wonder Woman giggled at the site.
"He never quits does he?" Starfire asked Wonder Girl as she relaxed against the wall against the bed.
"You gotta give him credit for it." Wonder Girl replied as Wonder Woman finally put the healing ray down.
"You're all done and ready to go." She told Wonder Girl before she turned to Starfire, "You will need a lot of work done."
Starfire just laughed before sitting still ad allowing Wonder Woman to use the healing ray on her.
"If you had any scars or stitches in before I used this," Wonder Woman told her as she moved the healing ray around, "don't expect them to be there later. The healing ray heals all minor wounds which include scars because they are basically mostly healed wounds. It heals most major wounds completely as long as they were made within two days. If it was made before the two day period than the damage has already been done and it can only fasten the healing process.
"It's very complicated to explain and that's basically the easiest way I can."
"Don't worry," Starfire said as Wonder Woman started to finish up, "I get it. Heals everything but when it comes to major wounds it needs to be healed within two days. That's basically all I need to know about it right now anyway."
Wonder Woman gave a nod and fifteen minutes later Starfire was all healed up.
"You both can head up to the teleporter on the fifth floor," Wonder Woman told them as Starfire got up and checked to make sure she was up to full strength, "J'onn should be running it. All you have to do is take a right after you leave the room and follow the hallway until you reach the elevator. When you get in just say 'fifth floor' and it'll take you there."
They both told her thanks before following her instructions up to the elevator.
"Fifth floor," Wonder Girl stated as they entered the elevator. Once the doors closed they were shot up and had stopped in only a matter of moments.
They stepped out of the elevator, their eyes wide.
"That felt like I was just shot out of a bullet." Wonder Girl commented as they walked straight ahead and saw the Martian Manhunter teleporting a group of heroes back to their homes.
"Ditto," Starfire said before she was abruptly pulled out of the room.
She immediately grabbed the arm of her attacker and flung them over her shoulder and across the hall.
The person flipped mid way and landed in a crouch position before quickly standing up at full height.
"What're you on guard twenty-four seven?" She asked Starfire as Wonder Girl just laughed at them.
"I'm really sorry, Canary," Starfire quickly apologized, "I didn't know it was you."
"Its okay kid," Black Canary answered as she walked back over to the two teenagers, straightening out her leather jacket, "I just wanted to know if you two were hungry. Starfire was the closest when I walked up and I figured once I pulled her aside, Wonder Girl wouldn't be far behind. The cafe is on this floor too and since you've both been fighting since early this morning I figured you might want to catch a quick bite before you leave."
"Sounds good to me," Wonder Girl said with a smile before turning her gaze to Starfire.
"Why not?" Starfire said with a shrug, "This way I won't have to stop back at the house and be forced to sit and eat before heading back out."
"Great!" Canary said with a grin, "Follow me."
Back on Earth-Gotham City-Wayne Manor-Tim Drake's Room
"Why do we have to go again?" Tim asked Dick as he fixed his tie.
"Because, we're the adopted sons of the richest man in the world who is donating over a billion dollars to repair the city." Dick answered as he put on his black blazer over his clean whit button-up shirt, "Roy's gonna be there too."
"Yo Dick," Gar called running into Tim's room, "my rents are on the phone. I need you to help me lie to 'em, quick."
"What'd you tell 'em before you left?" Dick said as he grabbed Gar's cell from out of his hand.
"I was spending the rest of the summer with a friend in New York that I went to school with," Gar quickly explained, "and that I would be gone before they got up. Friend's name is Ted."
Gar Logan had light brown hair that was currently up in messy spikes and deep, forest green eyes. He stood at 5'7" and was currently just wearing a pair of black boxers with red hearts on them and a gray t-shirt.
Dick quickly cleared his throat before putting the phone to his ear.
"Hello? Mr. Dayton?" Dick said, his voice deep yet light as if he had a smile on his face, "I'm Mr. Trenton, Ted's dad. We called up Gar last night and asked him if he wanted to stay for the rest of the summer…"
There was a pause as Mr. Dayton cut in.
"Yes, sir…" Dick answered shortly whenever he could, "…don't worry sir, Gar will make it to school on time…I know sir…yes, but…very well sir. Next time Gar wants to come stay with us, I'll come down in person. Have a good day Mr. Dayton."
He quickly flipped the cell phone closed before turning to Gar.
"Your dad's a bitch." He stated plainly, his voice now back to normal.
"Like I didn't know that already." Gar said as he took the phone from Dick, "Thanks, dude. You're a life saver."
"You want to thank me," Dick said as he followed Gar out the door, "get changed and help Vic fix the gate."
After he told Gar that he went directly past him and down the stairs.
"He never likes to go to things like this," Tim said from the doorway behind Gar as he put his dark blue blazer on, "I don't like it either. Events like this are really boring."
"Tell me about it." Gar said with a roll of his eyes before the door to the room across from his opened and Rachel stepped out.
Rachel Roth had a slightly more pale complexion than the others and dark, shoulder length black hair. She stood at 5'7" and was wearing black jeans, an old dark blue t-shirt, and a pair of old sneakers.
She raised an eyebrow at Gar before telling him in her usual sarcastic tone, "You might want to get dressed before you scare the spiders away."
Gar just grinned at her.
"You know you love seeing me like this," He told her.
"If I see you like that any longer I think I might throw up." She shot back.
The doorbell rang as Tim walked down the stairs.
"I got it!" He called out before running to the door. He opened it to fins Roy Harper standing on the other side, leaning against the wall.
Roy Harper had short, dark red hair that looked like it was glued to his head with hair gel and bright, sky blue eyes. He stood at 5'11" and was currently wearing a finely tailored two-piece suit that consisted of a pair of black dress pants and a matching blazer. His shirt was a clean white button-up like Tim and Dick's but he wasn't wearing a tie.
"What's up Tim?" Roy asked as he casually strolled in the large mansion. He took a look around to see the whole place mostly in tact, "You got a few broken windows on the outside but the inside doesn't even looked the least bit ravaged. Alfred does a great job cleaning up."
"Alfred's got a great shot too." Tim commented as he closed the front door, "He blew off a bunch of knee caps last night and, when he got back from pickin up the others, he started fixing up the windows. By the time I came back all the windows that had guns thrown at them on this floor and the one above us were fixed."
"Is there anything Alfred can't do?"
"Yeah. Get Bruce to smile when he's in his bat suit."
They both laughed a bit as Dick came into the room.
"Ready to go?" He asked them as they finally calmed down.
"You bet." Roy answered before grinning like a maniac, "Who knows, I may even get a few numbers while I'm there."
"I doubt it." Both Dick and Tim replied as Tim opened the door.
Down in the Batcave-Stone and Batgirl's Computer Lab
"How long have you been working on this anyway, Vic?" Babs asked as she and Karen looked over the blueprints he'd given them.
"I had a lot of time on my hands," Vic told them with a shrug as he leaned back in his chair.
"It definitely looks like it Sparky." Karen commented as she grabbed another blueprint.
Vic Stone was a tall, well built, African-American with a shaved head and steel gray eyes. He stood at 6'4" and was wearing dark blue jeans, a white t-shirt, and a pair of tan boots.
Karen Beecher had chocolate brown eyes, a few shades darker than her skin, and stood at 5'8". She was currently wearing a pair of light blue jeans, tan boots, and a black t-shirt.
"With all the money Bruce is donating today," She continued, "I really don't think we'll be able to get him to buy us the equipment to make this. Not to mention the time it's gonna take to make, Sparky."
"I know we can't make all this stuff right now," Vic told her defensively, "I just think it'd be a good idea if we started now. It could take years for us to make that security system for the cave but the one for the house we can easily add some minor improvements to this summer.
"The new communicators can easily be made this summer too not to mention the new weapons technology I thought up. When Dick gets back later tonight I thought I'd ask him to see what he thinks. He gives the green light we can start work on it after training."
"You really like to keep busy." Karen told him with a small shake of her head, "You know you still gotta work on the T-Car with Dick and Kory, not to mention all three of you are planning on a jet and sub."
"You gotta admit, Karen," Babs cut in looking at another blueprint, "this stuff can come in handy. The new utility belt design especially. Making it reversible is a great idea and the idea for using dispensers to take out pellets and bat-a-rangs is great just press and hold and out they go. The quick release hasp can hold a mini first aid kit, collapsible line gun, mini forensics kit, tool kit, and hold more back-up equipment when the dispensers run out. And the best part is each one is designed to a specific Titans needs. We don't have to hold some of that stuff in our belts."
"Yeah but you gotta remember that the torch, recorder, and mini cam aren't dispensers, they're just holders for those three things." Vic told her.
"Personally I like the crime scene recorders and I think Dick and Kory are gonna like 'em too." Karen told him as she looked at the blue print for the mini video cameras, "It saves us all space and this way they can diagnose the crime scene without the regular mini cams and tape recorder. Not to mention when we're on stakeout and can't get into see what's going on, we can just dispense one of these and slip it through a vent or hole and it'll slip right through."
"Yeah I sure had fun designing that," Vic said with a grin.
"Well the three of us are about to have more fun since we now have to make a set of blueprints for and then rebuild the front gate." Babs said as she finally turned in her chair.
"Why can't we at least wait for Kory on the rebuilding part?" Vic asked as he stopped leaning back, "I mean, she's a machinist, she can probably make the bars for the gate faster than we can. Then all we gotta do is line it with the wires for the new security system and put it together before hooking it up to the new system."
"Cause Kory still ain't here." Karen told him as she playfully pushed him back in his seat, "So, until she does get here, it's just us."
"Until who gets here?" Came a voice from the entrance to the room.
The three teenagers looked up to see Starfire standing in front of them, a bagel with a thin layer of cream cheese in one hand and a small foam cup of hot chocolate in the other.
"You." The three of them answered simultaneously.
When one eye became wider than the other, Vic sighed.
"We want you to make the new bars for the gate since Dick ain't here." He told her as he got up, "We finished part of the prints so you can get started on bringing them down to the right size since this does have to do with your trade more than ours-"
"I'm not even in a trade yet." Babs cut in.
"And you could probably do it faster than us anyway." Vic continued as if he hadn't heard Babs.
Starfire just stood there for a second before shrugging.
"Sure." She told them before taking a sip of her hot chocolate, "Just let me finish my breakfast and get changed. Send the blueprints over to the computer in my office, I'll print them out and use the stock in the small shop Richard and I have set up in there. If I need anymore I'll just call it up from the stock room. You three can get to work on setting up the new security system in the meantime."
"Works for me." Karen said with a shrug as she turned around and took a set at the table and began working on another part to the new system while Vic and Babs nodded before getting back to work on their computers, "And the reconstruction begins."
A/N: Yes, Karen, it does. The next story arc will start off with a little romance and be prepared for Dick's history with Jason. As for these past two chapters, I hope you guys enjoyed Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, and Aqualad's appearances. But of course I also couldn't forget Speedy! As you can see, Roy still hasn't changed his ways. Will he ever?
JP-Rider and Sweetums14 both guessed Slade/Deathstroke as the big bad behind it all. All I can say - right now - is keep reading to find out.
I hope you all liked this chapter. Please review.