Ok longest chapter ever .-.
So, here goes; I wrote this chapter listening to the song Home by the Sea by Genesis. It kind of made me think, alot. So much in fact that I enclosed part of the lyrics in the story lines. That being said, the obvious disclaimer applies. I do not own the song nor the lyrics but only my own twisted sense in using it.
Rocketfire, I figured you'd like the Bat/Bruce contrast :3 And I almost wish the old man had punched him as opposed to what really happen. I feel so guilty at giving him such an icky past but it made him who I want him to be, a reserved well cultured tease thats slightly insecure, vunerable and somewhat likes to be dominated by force. An easy contrast to Roy, a loud mouthed blunt neanderthalesque guy with macho issues that likes to be in constant control :) I use Bruce and Angel mostly for balance in their personalities and to draw out the different sides.
Rant asside, another warning for this chapter, light sexual content and what I think of as mild/heavy gore towards the end.
Enjoy!
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Roy drove home completely satisfied. Everything was finally settling in the way he wanted it. He found himself singing absent mindedly to the song on the radio as he drummed his fingers on the steering wheel. He was a total sucker for the classics.
He pulled up to the drive way and saw a strange car parked outside. He carefully examined the car and went inside passing by Elliot in the kitchen. The butler was shakily dicing chicken in to cubes not even lifting his head to acknowledge Roy's arrival. Now Roy knew something was off. Elliot was nervous. He walked further in and saw Angel in Liam's arms. They were standing in front of a man that had his back turned to him and there seemed to be an argument taking place. Roy moved in closer to see if he could get a gist of what was going on and his heart sank as he recognized the owner of the back. It was Theodore.
"You can't have her!" Liam hissed, Angel giving the man an angry stare down, nodding in agreement with Liam. Normally Angel would hide against either Roy or Liam's chest during this kind of situation but here she was, silently fighting back. Roy grabbed the back of Theodore's jacket and pulled him harshly away from Liam and Angel.
"Back up fucker" He growled wedging himself between the two Watsons.
Theodore broke out a twisted smile and shook his head.
"Didn't know you'd taken to bringing home your prostitutes Liam, quite shameful" Theodore snorted.
Roy felt his blood boil. "Prostitute? Come at me you son of a bitch, I'll show you how far your money will get you with me"
Theodore chuckled and waved him off as if he were unimportant looking to Liam yet again as he fixed his jacket. "There is nothing you can do to stop me" He said dryly.
Angel dropped down from Liam's arms and stood in front of Roy holding her hands out. Her eyes glazed over and a purple light shot from her hands knocking Theodore hard into the wall. She lifted his body with her hand and proceeded to crash him into the wall several more times before flinging his limp and bloodied body out the door.
Roy and Liam stood in shock looking at Angel.
"Evangeline, stop!" Liam cried pulling her into his arms breaking her concentration.
Elliot hurried into the room and surveyed the damage, his face turning pale at the discarded Watson by the door.
Roy moved to stand before Angel, taking her hands that were slightly red into his own larger ones. She lifted her hands, tears running down her face and showed Roy what had happened, how Theodore had hit Liam, how he'd cursed at him and how much he yelled threatening to take Angel away. Roy shot up and practically ran over to the body that had begun to stir and pressed his foot to the back of Theodore's head, burying the large nose into the coble stone.
"I have a good mind right now to crunch my foot straight through your mother fucking skull you bastard. Give me one reason why I shouldn't" Roy hissed.
The man whimpered pitifully as Liam ran out and pulled Roy back.
"Don't Roy, it's not worth it" He whispered.
Liam turned pulling Roy into the house with him facing a nervous Elliot and hysteric Angel as the door shut behind them. Roy took Angel in his arms and whispered words of comfort against her hair, rocking her up and down against his chest.
Elliot gave a defeated sigh and excused himself to recollect his thoughts.
Liam placed his arms around Roy holding Angel between both their bodies and rested his head on Angel's back.
"I'm sorry" He whispered against the fabric of her shirt.
A couple of relatively uneventful months went by, things slowly going back to normal as everyone tried their best to forget the events that had taken place. Liam sat at his desk staring out the glass wall to his left at the countless buildings until a pair of heels clicking drew his attention back. His secretary entered his office wordlessly and dropped an envelope on his desk before she returned to her work. He looked at the label on it and smiled. The papers were finally here.
Roy and Angel had been living with Liam for nearly five months and despite the turbulences, they were happy. Angel was developing rapidly, she'd already gone through a good number of the books in his library being able to recite them cover to cover after a single read yet she was still as childish and as much his princess as she ever was. Liam played with the envelope, running his fingers along the label, the waxy feel smooth beneath his fingers. He was ready for this, he'd never felt so ready for anything in his life.
He got home to find Roy and Angel playing with Regulus and Luna. Regulus, or 'Reggie' as Roy insisted on calling him, had gotten quite a bit larger since he first arrived and was also much more active. He was a trouble maker and drove Luna insane with his antics. He'd steal her catnip, mess up her bed and even scratch up her post when his was right next to it. Just things that Liam sensed irritated her to no end. Angel dropped the string she'd been twirling and ran to greet Liam.
She jumped into his arms swiftly and buried her face into his cheek placing large kisses where she could. Just incase Liam had any doubts, which he was sure he didn't, this squashed it. He lay the envelope on the table and turned his full attention to the girl whom was already rambling away in his head about her day. This was his family and he was smitten with them. He motioned for Roy to join them which he happily did adding his own two cents along the way as Liam inquired about her adventures. Liam turned and reached around taking the envelope between his fingers and slid it across the counter under the archer's rough hands leaning casually against the kitchen counter to observe the reaction. He smirked as Roy opened the envelope already having a vague idea.
Roy held the papers in his hands but his mind practically refused to process the information due to an overload of joy.
"Lilly?" Roy asked curiously.
"My mother's name" Liam admitted timidly
Roy nodded. It had taken forever and a day in his mind but here they were, the confirmation papers for Angel's adoption. Bruce in his almighty skills created a false history for her and they were able to legally adopt her case the need for them to step in to her aid ever arose. Well, not exactly 'them', them in this case being Liam legally and Roy as backup. Roy didn't exactly meet the requirements to have her under his legal custody. Boyfriend to a rich playboy doesn't always look good on ink as source of income.
"Evangeline Lilly Watson" Roy murmured.
He liked the sound of it, it matched the rich get up they had going. Roy closed the space between himself and Liam and gave him a small peck on the lips.
After they'd convinced Angel to shower, they sat at the table listening as Liam excitedly explained how he and Batman were developing a possible cure for Huntington's and possibly even Parkinson's. Roy had never seen Liam so excited. This made him realize just how much he should really stop bumming around and in the very least get a hobby that excited him as much as chemistry seemed to excite Liam. Angel in his mind was priority but he didn't want to use her as an excuse to let himself get lazy.
After the usual showers, Liam and Roy went to bed. Ever since the incident with Liam's father, Angel had taken to sleeping with them again, much to Roy's displeasure. He had enough pent up sexual stress to take last him for days. He and Liam rarely got physical, especially since Angel had become afraid of being with out one or the other for more than five minutes. He tossed and turned but couldn't fall asleep no matter what he tried tonight. He pulled out the cell phone Liam had given him and pressed a random key burning his eyes in the bright artificial light. The display informed him that it was just past midnight. He felt guilty about what he was going to do but he needed something to get him to sleep easier.
Roy got out of bed and crawled in behind Liam trailing kisses up his neck. Liam moaned sleepily and pushed subconsciously into the body behind him. Roy ground into him and bit his sweet spot causing Liam to wake.
"Roy what are you doing?" Liam mumbled sleepily.
"I can't sleep, I need you" Roy whined.
Liam rolled his eyes knowing that Roy couldn't see him.
"Seriously Roy? It's the middle of the night and Angel is here" Liam hissed.
"Bathroom, please?" Roy whined pushing himself against Liam's ass proving his need.
Liam sighed and moved to get up trailing after Roy. Liam had wanted this just as much only… just not at God knows what time of the night this was. He barely made it into the bathroom before Roy had him pinned on the counter kissing his neck hungrily. Liam bit down on Roy's shoulder to muffle the moan he felt coming on as he lifted himself to sit on the chilled marble surface. Roy wrapped his arms around the blonde and gripped his ass pulling him harshly forward wrapping the lean legs around his waist. They slowly began to grind against each other as they drew out kiss after kiss letting their hands wander anywhere skin was readily available.
Liam slipped down from the counter and pushed Roy against the wall pulling him into a heated kiss. Roy slid his hand down Liam's back and down into the back of his sweat pants squeezing the firm flesh. Liam teased Roy's tongue into his mouth and sucked on it while rubbing himself against the hot thigh between his legs. He no longer cared what time it was, he felt the need he'd been pushing down come back up full force.
Slightly breathless, Liam kissed and nibbled his way down Roy's stomach tired of waiting and fell to his knees taking Roy's pants along with him. He kissed up and down the length that was still hidden by boxers leaving wet spots on the material. Roy dug his fingers into Liam's hair and pressed himself against Liam's lips. Liam licked his lips in delight pulling down the thin material releasing Roy's cock which bobbed against his stomach.
Liam bit between the sensitive skin on the insides of Roy's thighs before he licked a long wet line up the length and went down taking all of it into his throat. He purred in delight at how hot it was, it made every drop of blood rush between his own legs which he squeezed together seeking out friction. Roy leaned his head back against the wall and closed his eyes tugging at Liam's hair encouraging him to continue. The blonde head bobbed up and down the hot flesh as Roy's hand guided him along at the speed he wanted with tugs and pulls of his hair. Liam was feeling hotter and hotter with each passing second. He reached into his own pants and began to touch himself not being able to contain his need moaning against Roy's shaft. Roy violently sucked in air between his teeth and felt his knees shake at the spike of pleasure.
Liam sucked as hard as he could pulling off with a loud 'pop' before taking tiny licks at the tip. Roy growled and ground his wet cock against Liam's mouth insisting he put it back where he wanted it badly. Liam chuckled and sucked it down hard making Roy's legs shake completely almost giving way under the intense pleasure. Roy placed a second hand on Liam's head and began rapidly thrusting himself into the hot waiting mouth.
Liam stuck his tongue out and let Roy do all of the work, saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth. In the back of his mind, he knew it was wrong but he liked it kind of rough. He liked making Roy lose control, teasing him until he snapped. He loved Roy because no matter how rough it got, Roy always cuddled him afterwards planting kisses allover his face and neck. He cupped Roy's balls and gently squeezed them sending the archer over the edge, exploding into his mouth with a grunt.
He'd never seen Roy cum so much, he was barely able to contain all of the liquid in his mouth. Roy looked down at him panting and pulled him up hugging him tightly. He gave the blonde a chaste kiss before reversing their positions, Liam now against the wall. Roy sank to his knees and took Liam in his hand and kissed along his length gingerly pulling his pants around his ankles. Liam hissed and bit down his bottom lip after giving it a small lick. The calloused hand began working the length at a steady rhythm as Roy took to licking the sensitive spot between his ass and his balls. Liam let out a sigh of contentment as he began to sensually roll his hips into the sensation.
Noticing Liam was completely entranced in his actions, Roy pulled away from the length and stood pushing Liam back onto the counter. He pulled the slim hips forward and threw each leg over his shoulder before getting down to his knees taking the leaking tip into his mouth. He bobbed his head taking in as much as possible with his mouth and used his hand to cover whatever he couldn't swallow down. He then slipped two fingers into Liam's mouth which Liam hungrily sucked down muffling moan after moan as Roy's mouth picked up speed. When Roy felt the fingers were wet enough, he slid them against Liam's hole pushing one in slowly searching out his favorite spot. Roy wiggled his finger around andknew he'd found it when Liam began thrusting wantonly into his hand, soundlessly chanting his name. Roy inserted a second finger and began thrusting in hard against the spot in time with each bob of his head. Liam shook all over in pure delight, he knew he was close and that he'd go over the edge at any moment. He gripped Roy's hair, fiery locks peeking out between his fingers, and leaned into the mirror for support as the first wave of his orgasm hit him.
Roy stopped moving his mouth as the hot liquid shot into his throat and continued to pump Liam with his hand while he swallowed. Liam could feel the muscles in Roy's throat tightening as he swallowed and thrust in a little harder riding out his final wave. Roy wiped his mouth and kissed all over Liam's face, neck, chest and hands.
"I love you so much" Roy mumbled between kisses.
Liam chuckled and kissed Roy thrusting his tongue deep inside the hot mouth tasting himself mingled in with a taste that could only be described as Roy.
"I love you too Roy" Liam said hopping down from the counter redressing himself. Roy did the same and shut off the light before they joined Angel back in bed and slept better than they had in weeks.
Roy awoke to an angry vibration under his pillow and pulled out the offensive object seeing his alarm flash. He groaned and buried his head in the pillow. It was Tuesday, Batman's day with Angel and the damned bat liked to start early. So far, he'd been working with Angel to see what her abilities were like and for the most part, generally failed. At this point, it seemed her powers only showed when she was under extreme stress which Batman refused to put her under. He felt he'd already done enough damage in the past.
Roy stretched and leaned over giving Liam a quick kiss on the lips before scooping Angel into his arms. She groaned and buried her face into Roy's neck hiding her eyes from the sunlight. She seemed to be as much a fan of it as Roy himself was. He made his way to her room and got her bath ready letting her sleep an extra minute on her bed. When she was clean and dressed, Roy placed her in the car seat and buckled her in handing her the pink bunny before pulling out of the garage.
Roy groaned in frustration at being held up in traffic. The dull glow of the red light reflected from the hood of the car taunting him. He had an incredibly fast car that thanks to the city, he couldn't push a mile over fifty. That's when it happened. Roy could never have prepared for what happened next now or in a million years. A car came wildly from the other side of the intersection straight at him. The tires squealed in protest against the pavement but the car showed no sign of slowing down before smashing into the front of Roy's car. Roy hit his head hard against the side window and then the steering wheel being knocked out instantly.
Loud sirens called Roy back from the darkness burning into his head. Every inch of his body hurt. He could hear frantic voices jumbled together and people screaming though he wasn't sure if it was at him. His eyes shot open and he thrust himself into a sitting position only to be pushed back onto the stretcher by the medics.
"Angel!" He cried frantically trying to turn his head.
The medic frowned and insisted he calm down.
"Where is she?" Roy screamed not giving a damn for what the douche doctor was saying.
"Sir, you were alone in the car, no one was with you" The man informed.
"The only thing in the car with you was this" Said another handing him Angel's bunny.
"And the other car?" Roy asked fearing the response to come.
"Also empty..." came the pitiful reply.
Roy fought hard against his restraints trying to get away and prove them wrong. Angel had to be there. The man that had given him the bunny lifted a syringe and flicked it pushing out the remaining air. Roy knew what was coming and fought even harder to get away but ultimately, he didn't resist as they pushed the sedatives into his blood. He tried to keep focus but slowly faded into the dark uncomfortably.
Liam paced frantically at the emergency room door that held Roy. Bruce was emotionless. Angel was gone and they had no idea how to get her back or where she could even be. The doctor cleared Roy for visitors and Liam dashed in hiding his face into Roy's chest sobbing heavily. Roy held Liam to his chest, too angry to cry at this point. Other than minor cuts and bruises, he was fine, but he didn't want to be there a second longer, he needed to find Angel now.
He sat up and pulled all of the wires off of himself sending the heart monitor into a flat line before removing his i.v. and hopping off the bed. Liam stared at him as he pulled his pants on and pushed his way out of the emergency room. Bruce and Liam quickly followed him, ignoring the frantic doctors.
Bruce led them to his car and they were off to the batcave. Robin met them at the door and cringed as he took in Roy's appearance. Bruce sat at his computer and began clicking away angrily through the Watson company files sighing in frustration when his searches kept turning up empty. Robin sighed and pushed his mentor aside cracking his fingers before gliding them across the keys. He'd instantly found hundreds of hidden files, each containing dozens of sub files. He groaned in frustration but began analyzing them anyway bypassing several firewalls in the process.
It had been three days and none of the heroes had so much as eaten, much less slept. All of them were on edge looking for something to hint them in a certain direction. Robin only had three main files left. He flipped through the first and Liam threw his hand across Robin's stopping him from going any further.
"Employee records" He mumbled pressing though a few until he found the right one.
"Eros" Liam declared clicking on the file.
"You think Eros took him?" Bruce asked cautiously.
Liam nodded. "He's the only person that could possibly be of any assistance to my father in the matter"
Exhausted, they took the information getting dressed out in their gear, cowls and capes in place before made their way to the bat jet which had the coordinates set to a woodland area in the heart of Tennessee. Batman contacted the rest of the Justice League informing them of the situation and Robin summoned the rest of Young Justice giving them the coordinates. Batman had a feeling he'd need all the help they could get.
During the flight, Liam and Roy fell asleep against each other, exhaustion finally prevailing, even the Boy wonder himself was sleeping in a fetal position in the chair. Batman simply sat staring directly out the glass in his usual stoic way. He couldn't find sleep.
They landed a mile or so away, the sleeping trio waking with a start upon landing. A few of the league members as well as the rest of the Robin's team had already made it and were waiting for Batman's lead. He explained the plan to them and had Miss Martian provide them with a temporary mental link until Martian Manhunter arrived. They each broke away to their designated part of the plan and set it all in motion. Liam and Robin infiltrated from the main entrance clearing the other entrances and the security system for the rest of the team to follow.
The place was eerily silent. Robin could hear Liam's heart beat as the walked through the facility. This was Eros's personal lab from what he'd been told. The layout they had previously seen looked nothing like the place they were currently in. Lights flickered down the old, empty hallway, the smell of decay surrounding them. Robin felt his nerves on end, as though he were waiting for something even if he had no idea what it was.
A shadow flashed quickly near Robin's blind spot and he froze. Liam copied the boy's actions, each hair on the back of his neck on end. Shadows without substance in the shape of men began rising from the floor, twirling about Robin and Liam, icy fingers cutting like paper into their backs though no physical effects appeared. It disturbed Robin the way they would sigh and moan as they breezed by and through them. It was as if they were making the wretched sounds directly in his ear. Their glowing eyes riddled with despair flooded his vision and it was as though he could see nothing else.
The shadows continued to breeze by, growing in numbers into a considerable swarm engulfing them. Both heroes heard faint whispers emitting from them, some close, other sounding like they came from the end of the hall.
"Help us someone…" came the first voice as a particularly thick shadow shimmied up the wall
"Let us out of here" moaned a second ghosting against Liam's cheek.
"Living here so long…" broke in another two
"Undisturbed" whined another
"Dreaming of the time we were free" hissed another three
"So many years ago" came a final, fragile whisper. To Liam, that last whispered sounded horrifically like that of a small child.
Robin felt like he was about tear out of his own skin at how much it crawled. There were souls haunting him. He didn't work with the paranormal. At all. He latched on to Liam's arm and pushed forward wanting to get to wherever they needed to be as soon as possible. 'Can't fight souls, can't beat them, can't arrest them so no point in sticking around' Robin thought to himself as motivation for getting some movement into his legs. Logic always made him feel better.
The voices followed them crying out to them.
"Sit down" they whispered eerily.
"Let us relive our lives in what we tell you" came a distant broken whisper
"Sit down, sit down!" the voices insisted as the shadows flurried about working up a frenzy.
"You wont get away" came a childish whisper and a giggle followed by a grip on the left
"No, with us you will stay" came another grip on the right
"For the rest of your days" they chimed in unison with a cackle shoving Liam and Robin against the window as they poured in against them.
They felt a burst of energy consume them; images flashed behind their eyes showing several people, their families, things that go to make up a life… the countless nights of sorrow they now lived drowned into them, they could feel themselves being swallowed into the shadows, the pain they eternally felt becoming their own.
"Let us out of here" they hissed.
Liam shut his mind and blocked them out grabbing Robin making a run for it to a better lit end of the hall. With each flicker they saw a shadow appear and disappear, their icy touch still dragging at their skin, their empty eyes burning into them. They burst through a door closing the souls into their hall way prison. Robin instantly covered his nose with his cape as Liam put a gas mask over his nose. The putrid scent of decay magnified tenfold. They could now hear Miss Martian's panic ridden voice in their heads calling out to them.
'Robin, Noir, what was that?' came the panic encrusted squeal in their heads.
'We don't know… they were souls?' Answered Liam weakly, anxiously remembering the emptiness behind those eyes.
He took a quick survey of where they were, looking down to see a severed and decomposed arm under his foot. He pulled away from it only to find that the entire floor was littered with human remains. Liam could no longer resist, he turned to the side, pulling away the mask, and dry heaved, vomiting only acid across the floor since he still hadn't eaten.
'Liam!' Cried out Roy's voice.
Liam didn't respond, he continued to pour out the yellow liquid which stung his throat, his body shaking madly. It felt as though his intestines were going to pour from his mouth at any moment. Robin looked around and frowned. There were heaps of carcasses, some still fresh thrown every which way. Many of them still had their eyes open, their mouths hanging crookedly to the side. There was a particularly small body that seemed almost alive, it was staring directly at him, green liquid pouring from his mouth nose and eyes. A decomposing hand twitched drawing Robin's attention downward as crawled by his foot firmly wrapping fingers that had rotted to the bone around his ankle. 'These were failed mutations' Robin thought to himself kicking it away in disgust.
Liam managed to pull himself together long enough to dash for the door on the other side. He couldn't be in here a second longer. The bones crunched and the flesh squished under his boots but he didn't stop running. He held his hands to his ears in panic pretending he didn't hear it, slamming though the door. His entire body shook with violent tremors as he sat on the floor of another room rocking back and forth, images of his first days of life vivid in his memory. This was too familiar, these people had been butchered to perfect him, to perfect Angel. Another batch of acid pushed past his lips onto the floor recalling the corpses.
He kept his hands glued to his head, his eyes wide as sweat dripped from the tip of his nose. Robin placed an arm around the shaking man.
"Liam, not now, we have to help Angel" Robin murmured trying to shift the man's focus.
Liam nodded with a blank expression and walked along dazed, almost dragging himself against the wall. Robin felt sorry for him, he'd never seen anyone so frightened. He himself had almost pissed in his tights but Batman had taught him better, his emotions were simply not allowed to get the best of him. The pair met with Flash and Green Lantern joining up.
"What happened to him?" Asked The Flash looking at Liam.
"We saw some… things, leave it alone" Robin whispered as his eyes overlooked Liam's still trembling figure. His hands were still against his ears and he seemed to be talking to himself.
The Flash cringed. What ever it was, must have been bad news.
Liam slowly recovered, his panic settling down and his goal taking form in his mind once more. Now was not the time to be weak, Angel needed him. She was here, she was possibly seeing these things, and there was no one to hold her. Picturing her alone and afraid was more than enough to snap him into reality. He took a deep breath and walked down the room to a final door, the others following suit.
They stumbled across another hall, this one almost wide enough to be a room and Liam looked around. This was familiar to him. Hundreds of purple tubes lined the walls, most empty, some with bits and pieces of people or animals. He choked back another dry heave and pushed on before having a brunt force crash into his side. The other three jumped into action as several mutated creatures poured in from every side. Liam pulled out his bladed sai and impaled one after the other effortlessly tossing their corpse aside. He turned to Robin and hissed at the boy wonder to press forward which he obliged to and left.
The next room was small and had only one tube and several large computers. In the single tube was possibly the most amazing thing he'd ever seen. A frail girl, about his age floated amongst the purple gel curled into herself in a tight ball. She had snow white hair that flowed around her body, barely covering her essentials and a long pair of matching white eyelashes. Her features were delicate, high cheek bones and full lips decorated her face. A distinct 03 had been printed against her thighs, the blank ink almost glowed in contrast to the white skin. He plugged a device into her hard drive and cracked the security code and overrode the emergency release causing the liquid to vanish and the tube to be opened. The girl crashed down into Robin's arms and he covered her with his cape, a blush coming over his face as he did his best not to look.
A heavy set man came into the room and stopped in front of him kicking him in the face causing him to fly against the wall. He jumped to his feet and threw maneuvered around throwing several batarangs at the man who was surprisingly agile for his age. He threw a few more as the door behind him opened and a sai wizzed past his ear, straight into the man's chest. The man gripped the blade in shock and looked up at Noir, panic and confusion evident in his face. Noir sauntered over to the man and lifted a long slender leg against the burly chest. He gripped the blade with both hands and pulled it up, clean through the man's skull before kicking back the bleeding carcass. Robin stared on in horror. He'd never seen such a violent death before his eyes.
"Goodbye Father" Liam hissed shaking the blood from his blade. The rest of the heroes joined them in the room and Roy looked to the girl on the floor. He quickly ran to her side clutching her in his arms sobbing. Liam dropped his blades and kneeled next to his love and let his own tears fall. Robin was confused. Had they not been searching for a toddler? Batman sighed and placed a hand on Robin's shoulder, everyone looking on in concern.
She could hear someone crying against her, there were voices, familiar voices. She felt safe. She opened her eyes to see a familiar mess of red brushing against her cheeks.
'Daddy?' Came a familiar voice into Roy's head. His eyes darted up to meet familiar blues.
Roy's eyes widened. She was talking to him without touching him.
Roy nodded. "I'm here Angel"
Angel moved to sit up causing the cape to pool around her lap and looked around her. A few looked away and Robin blushed before turning his head dramatically to the side. Miss Martian covered Superboy's eyes and Artemis did the same to Kid Flash. Aqualad naturally averted his gaze. Liam reached out and pulled the cape back over her now decently formed chest and sighed.
'Daddy!' She squealed into Liam's head thrusting herself into his arms.
He held onto her tightly and scooped her into his arms bridal style covering as much skin as Robin's cape would allow. He stopped mid walk and sighed placing Angel in Roy's arms.
"Go ahead… I'll be right out" He whispered picking up his blades and turning back to where he and Robin had come from.
They hesitated but moved on when they saw there was nothing that could be done to detain him.
He walked back into the corpse filled room, his nose crinkling at the smell but he remained undeterred. He blew a white haze into the room and quickly scraped both blades into one another drawing a small spark. He shut the metal door quickly and ran. The spark met with the smoke and instantly a ball of fire broke through the room, flames licking under the door. Liam ran as fast as his legs would carry him until he found his way out through the second exit and collapsed to the floor by the Flash's feet. He'd done it, he'd set them free. He let exhaustion overcome him and simply remained on the ground.
The Flash picked up the man at his feet and looked up at the smoke that poured out of the building. He smelt what appeared to be burning flesh which made his cheerios flip flop in his stomach. The said cereal now did a full summersault at what seemed to be hundreds of shadows bled out across the floor thinning out of existence with shrill cries that stung their ears. In a matter of seconds, they vanished against the moonlight with bursts of black energy finally free once more.
Barry Felt chills run up his back and instinctively moved close to Batman. He looked up to see an unamused pair of cowled eyes staring him down. He gulped and moved away with a dumb smirk spreading across his face. He knew Batman loathed PDA but it was worth the risk.
Roy made his way into the aircraft, Angel in arms with Batman, The Flash whom still held Liam and Robin close after.
Batman looked at his protégé and smirked noticing the boy's eyes constantly flashing to steal a glimpse at Angel. The Flash followed his lover's eyes and smirked noticing the same thing. This was going to be interesting.
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Sorry! forgot a final note! chapters from 13 on will take a bit longer since I'm trying to wrap this up in the most complete way possible (and maybe leave room for a kind of sequel?) before moving on to my next story. I don't want to write a story I love and hate the ending, I am very much a fan of happy endings! If I wanted shit endings, I'd not write at all, life has enough of those endings for me =/
