Chapter 14: Endgame part 1
GOTHAM_CITY
People looked up at the News bord with the countdown and the words THE IDENTITIES OF YOUR HEROES IN... on it.
"LOOK!" someone shouted.
People looked up to see not only the Boy Wonder but also a girl in a Robin uniform swinging in on grappling guns. They jumped onto the top of the building and disappeared.
On the top of the building was a T.V tower with a LexCorp device attached. The Boy Wonder shot a grappling gun at it and rewound the cord, ripping the device from the tower. The Girl Wonder caught it and smoke appeared as she melted it in her hand. They looked over the edge of the building to see the News screen had gone to static.
"Gamma Squad to Watchtower, we've taken out the Gotham transmission. It's some kinda LexCorp device," said Robin #3, pressing the comm in his ear.
"What does it look like?" Batman asked from the Watchtower.
"Can't remember. The Girl Wonder melted it," said the Boy Wonder.
"Sorry," said the Girl Wonder, not sounding sorry at all.
CENTRAL_CITY
Blue Beetle flew low so he was next to Kid Flash (Bart).
"Scarab says the signals coming from the Central City News station," said Blue Beetle.
"Hey! That's where Grandma Iris works!" said Kid Flash "C'mon!"
They sped up and Kid Flash came to a skidding stop as Blue Beetle landed. Iris was outside with a News crew as they watched workers try to take back control of their T.V tower.
"Look! It's Kid Flash and Blue Beetle!" someone shouted.
The 2 super-heroes looked at each other, wordlessly confirming a plan, and nodded. Blue Beetle flew up and his hands morphed to a sonic cannon. Kid Flash ran up the side of a building and waved his arms.
"Blue! I'm open!" he shouted.
Blue Beetle fired a single wave of sonic sound. It knocked the LexCorp device off the tower. It went flying and Kid Flash had to jump to the nabouring building to catch it. He dropped it and smashed it under his foot.
"Bats! Central City transmission stopped," said Kid Flash, pressing a button on his lightning bolt head-wear.
"What does it look like?" Batman asked.
"Right now? A smashed computer. It did look like a pod thingy," said the speedster.
Batman sighed before ending the communication with Kid Flash.
STAR_CITY
People stared at the jumbo-tron in the Star City stadium. It counted down. No one noticed the leather-wearing archer who fired an arrow at the screen. Calcifying foam bubbled over the screen, making the people present groan in disappointment. Wonder Girl came flying over and landed behind the screen. She found the LexCorp device and threw it down to Archeress. Archeress notched an exploding arrow.
"This is for messing with my dad!" she said.
The arrow flew up and the arrow-head met the device. People screamed in shock as the arrow exploded on impact.
"Delta Squad to Watchtower. The device is destroyed," said Wonder Girl, pressing her comm-link.
"Understood," said Batman.
LONDON, ENGLAND
"Never realized how wet it is in the UK," said Beast Boy.
When they had arrived it had only just stopped raining so Static hovered on his manhole cover, above the wet ground. The people stared at the green boy and hovering boy.
"How do you think I feel?" said Static "One drop of water and my powers are kaputt!"
"What does 'kaputt' even mean?" Beast Boy asked.
"Not sure," said Static. (Kaputt; German for 'broken')
"Look!" Beast Boy shouted.
Hovering above the city was a blimp with a count-down mounted on the side. The 2 super-heroes didn't recognize the brand of soda it was meant to be advertising.
"I'll short-surcet the screen. You take care of the device," said Static.
Beast Boy shape-shifted into a bird (earning them even more stares), Static stood up on his manhole cover and they flew up, towards to blimp, Static leaving a trail of electricity.
Static focused and shot electricity at the screen. The count-down blurred and it went to static. Beast Boy landed on top of the screen, wobbled when he shape-shifted to human again and grabbed the device. He threw it in the air and Static sent electricity after it, destroying the device as it hit. Beast Boy shape-shifted to a bird and landed on Static's manhole cover before shape-shifting back to human.
"Does this look like a taxi to you?" Static asked, annoyed because he was already having trouble supporting his own weight, let alone Beast Boy's.
"No. It's way to flat and circle-y," said the shape-shifter.
Static tipped his manhole cover, electrically locking himself to it, and Beast Boy slipped off. The shape-shifter shape-shifted into a bird again and glared at Static.
"Watchtower," said Static, pressing his comm "the London transmission is down. Great Britain won't be learning your identities today,"
(the whole 'taxi' thing I got from Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, I was thinking about it when I was writing)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
K.F (Jared) sped along the streets of Sydney, holding Batgirl bridal-style.
"How old are you again?" she asked.
"15," K.F responded.
"And you're strong enough to carry me?" the Bat said in surprise.
"I'm stronger than I look," said K.F "That and you're lighter than the average 18-year-old,"
"I'll take that as a compliment," said Batgirl.
"Hold on! I'm nearing the speed of sound!" K.F shouted over the wind.
Batgirl tightened her grip and there was a loud boom! as they broke the sound barrier.
They came to a sudden stop at the foot of a building with a huge screen. There was guards so they weren't going to be going through the front door.
"I can't run that far up a wall! My speed's crash but not that crash!" said the speedster.
"And my grappling cord isn't long enough," said Batgirl but she took a grappling gun out anyway.
"So what are we gonna go?" K.F asked.
"Hold on," Batgirl said, firing her grappling gun and grabbing K.F's hand before it was to late.
They both shot up. K.F shrieked a little, out of surprise, and grabbed onto Batgirl's hand with his free one.
"Get ready to run!" Batgirl said.
Just before Batgirl's grappling cord ran out she launched K.F upwards and the speedster started running up the side of the building. Using window ledges to prevent himself from falling (because, if he did, it was a loooooong way down). He clambered onto the roof and found himself only a few feet away from the device. But there was something... or someone unexpected... A guard smoking cigarettes spotted him.
"Hey! You! Stop!" he shouted, dropping his cigarette and speaking with an Australian accent.
K.F started vibrating... but not to faze vibrate through something... he vibrated at his own frequency (one not even Speed Arrow could vibrate at). The guard took a few steps forward. In an instant K.F sprung forward... and disappeared in thin air. The guard stood still, in shock.
"I'm going to forget I saw that," he said, after a few seconds.
"You should!" said K.F.
The guard turned around to see the boy coming back into existence behind him, slowly becoming visible. As soon as K.F's feet touched the ground he was 100% there and had his black-gloved hands on the device.
"How did you-" the guard stammered.
"I can vibrate my molecules at a frequency that allows me to skip a few seconds a head in time depending on how much I want to get from point A to point B," said K.F, quickly "I gotta go now!"
In a red-and-black blur the speedster was through the door and running down the stairs. The guard rubbed his forehead and looked at the box of cigarettes in his hand before putting it in his pocket to be thrown out later.
K.F came to a skidding stop outside of the building. He handed to device to Batgirl, who was safely back on the ground. She reached into her utility-belt and took her hand out, a bat-a-rang in between each finger, and she started clawing at the machine, it sparked before shutting down.
"Bats, this is Mega Squad. The device is down," Batgirl said, pressing on her comm.
"Understood," said Batman.
MINNEAPOLIS
Guardian, Lagoon Boy and The Flash zeta'd to Minneapolis. Lagoon Boy was bitter about being a part of the only 3-person squad and said he could take care of one device without anyone's help. Which got on Guardian and The Flash's nerves.
"Neptune's beard! Aren't I trusted alone?!" Lagoon Boy exclaimed.
"La'gann, calm down!" said The Flash "You're getting on my nerves!"
Lagoon Boy grunted and Guardian sighed. They looked up at the News screen mounted on the side of the building. But this one was different. The count-down was a small box in the corner of the screen and the rest was G. Gordon Godfrey, ranting as always! The background was wierd... Then they realized he was on the street, in front of the building, and ranting LIVE!
"Weeeell! It's about time! The truth of the Justice League! Did you know about their little 'Team'? People are calling it the Young Justice Team! HA! I don't think so! Soon, though... SOON they won't be able to hide behind masks! SOON! WE'LL KNOW THE TRUTH!" Godfrey shouted, then spotted the 3 heroes "Weeeell! The Flash, Guardian and Lagoon Boy! Here to keep the truth hidden?"
They looked at one another. The Flash disappeared in a red-and-yellow blur.
"Sorry, no cameras," said Lagoon Boy, crushing the camera lence in his hand.
"HOW DARE YOU!?" Godfrey shouted.
The Flash reappeared with the device and placed it on the ground.
"All yours Guardian," said the speedster.
Guardian bent down and smashed the device with his armored lower-arm and the News screen turned to static.
METROPOLIS
The device was on the very top of a T.V tower. Bumblebee shrunk down and flew upwards. She fired her stingers where the device and T.V tower met, trying to dislodge it. She sighed, wiped the sweat from her forehead, flew down and grew back to normal size.
"It ain't working!" she said "And the T.V tower's to fragile for you to super-jump up there without risk of breaking it, Miranda,"
The super looked up at the device. She thought back to when she was 12... she had time-travelled back in time... and Wolf had saved her from Teekl...
"Right now, Bumblebee," she said, clenching her fists "I'm not Miranda... I'm Superwoman!"
She jumped up, some of the T.V workers that were watching the scene wolf-wistled, earning glares from Bumblebee. Superwoman started falling down, she caught onto the device as she passed it and her and the device hit the ground, leaving a crater in the concrete. Superwoman held the device up and Bumblebee took it. She put it on the ground and fired her stingers. The device was scorched but still working. Superwoman stood up and stamped on it. It sparked a moment but completely shut down.
"Nice one Mir-" Bumblebee stopped herself and Superwoman straightened up "Superwoman!"
FLORIDER
"Sun, sand, sea! We should totally take the boys here, babe!" Wally said to his wife as he carried her bridal-style to the device "They would love it!"
"Wally! I need to tell you something!" Tigress said.
"What?"
"According to something the Future Team said when they first arrived..." Tigress tightened her grip as they broke the sound barrier "according to what they said our 3rd son, Speed Arrow and Archeress's older brother, is conseaved in about 3 months!" she said and she looked up at his face.
Wally smiled at her, his emerald eyes glinting under his red goggles.
"Can't wait," he said, smirking as he sped up to a speed no one thought he'd ever reach.
The Florider zeta-tube was to far from the device, Tigress could take it out alone but she needed Wally to get her there in time!
They came to a skidding stop. Tigress took out her cross-bow, slid her hand in her belt and took out a small, orange-and-black, dart-like-arrow. She placed it in her cross-bow and pointed her weapon. Tigress closed one eye and took aim. The device was attached to a T.V tower that was on top of a public screen. Tigress pulled back on her cross-bow trigger and the dart-arrow shot out. It sliced through the air and hit where the device met the T.V tower, separating the two. The device fell to the ground and smashed to pieces. Tigress turned to look at her husband and was met with a warm embrace.
"I missed you!" Wally said.
"I missed you, too!" said Tigress.
"I love you," said Wally.
"I love you, too!" cried Tigress, resting her head on Wally's yellow covered shoulder.
PARIS, FRANCE
There was some kind of election going on. There was a stage with a screen set up under the Eiffel Tower. Attached to the top of the Tower, broadcasting to all of France, was the device. Nightwing and Zatanna ran along the walkways until they came to the end. Nightwing looked up at the device and pointed it out for his girlfriend. Zatanna looked up at it. Nightwing fired a grappling gun and put his arm around Zatanna's waist, they both shot up to the top.
"Let's take this thing down!" said Zatanna, putting her hands on the device.
There was an electrical surge from the device and electrocuted her.
"ZATANNA!" Nightwing shouted.
Before Nightwing could grab her, the electricity ceased and Zatanna fell back, falling off the Eiffel Tower.
"ZATANNA!" Nightwing shouted again.
She was already to far for his grappling cord to reach. Zatanna tried to stop herself.
"Et- Etat- Etati-iv-" Zatanna stammered, unable to focus.
Her eyes watered and her vision blurred with yellow light... her vision changed to... to a sort of vision of the psychic kind...
-ZATANNA'S VISION-
A little girl, around 3, reached out to Zatanna. From what Zatanna saw she was in a living room.
"Mommy, where's Daddy?" the little girl asked.
"Daddy's stopping bad-people from hurting good-people," said Zatanna.
"Mommy, what does Daddy do for a job?" the little girl asked.
"Daddy is a police officer," said Zatanna "A detective,"
The little girl giggled, her sapphire eyes sparkling... those eyes, they were familiar... She hopped onto a sofa and looked into a portable cot with the name Giovanni sawn in blue on it. Zatanna went over to the little girl and looked into the cot. Inside was a little baby in a powder-blue, pyjama, one-piece, set. The baby reached up, grasping the air, its mouth agape, neon-blue eyes glinting. Zatanna reached down and picked up the baby who couldn't be more than a month old.
"Mommy? Why is Gee's name Gi-o-van-na?" the little girl asked.
"Mary... your brother's name is pronounced Giovanni... Little Giovanni John Grayson," Zatanna kissed the top of the baby's head "My little Magician,"
"Mommy?" the little girl -Mary- said.
Zatanna giggled and picked up the 3-year-old.
"He's called Giovanni because that was my daddy's name. And your called Mary because that was your daddy's mommy's name. Your middle name is Sindella because that was my mommy's name. And Giovanni's middle name is John because that was your daddy's daddy's name," said Zatanna.
"I thought Grandpa's name was Bruce!" said Mary.
Zatanna giggled and sat down with her children in her arms.
"I'm talking about your daddy's first daddy, the one before Grandpa," said Zatanna "The one in Heaven with your daddy's mommy,"
"Mommy... your mommy's in Heaven too, isn't she?" Mary asked.
Zatanna sighed, smiled and gave Mary a squeeze.
"Yes she is," the Magician said.
"Do you think she knows Daddy's mommy and daddy?" Mary asked.
Tears came to Zatanna's eyes. Then she felt a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"I'm sure of it," came a voice.
"Daddy!" Mary exclaimed, jumping out of Zatanna's arms and to the unseen man.
"Hello my little Robin," said Mary's father, making the 3-year-old giggle.
Zatanna cradled Baby Giovanni and looked at the father of her children, who was unmistakably recognized as... Dick.
-END OF ZATANNA'S VISION-
Tears flew from Zatanna's eyes but not because of the wind in her eyes. The ground was coming up... and fast! A sudden determination flooded Zatanna's systems.
"ETATIVEL EM!" she shouted.
Yellow light swarmed around her and she came to a sudden stop. She lent over so she was upright and landed, lightly, on her feet. She knew who Dark Eagle's mother was... she knew who her future son's father was... she knew what it meant for her's and Nightwing's relationship. Zatanna realized that people had stopped and was staring at her.
"Um... Bonjour?" Zatanna said, awkwardly.
The device suddenly landed a few feet away. The Magician figured Nightwing had thrown it away in discuss.
"Watchtower?" Zatanna said, pressing her comm "the device is down. Its-"
Zatanna turned around only to have Nightwing wrap his arms around her waist and kiss her on the lips.
"Zatanna?" came Batman's voice "What's happened? Zat-"
Zatanna took her comm out and put it in her pocket, wrapping her arms around Nightwing's neck, kissing back. They steadily pulled away. Nightwing smiled, gave Zatanna a squeeze and slightly lifted her off her feet, making her squeal.
"Never scare me like that ever again!" said the Bat.
Zatanna hugged him as he let her down. Nightwing stroked her cheek with the back of his fingers.
"I love you," he said.
"Do you love me or the girl you broke-up with when you were 16?" Zatanna asked.
Nightwing smirked at her. After breaking-up 3 years ago they both had changed... he had had to re-gotten to know her on the more personal level.
"Zatanna," he cupped her face "I love you!"
Zatanna lent into his touch.
"I love you, too," she said.
Despite this... she didn't tell him about her vision until it happened 7 years later.
NEW_YORK
A News Screen counted down. Dark Eagle was being carried by Speed Arrow as he neared the speed of light (being careful to stay clear of the deadly speed). Dark Eagle felt a weird gurgling in her stomach, let go of her husband with one hand and felt her stomach.
"You okay, babe?" Speed Arrow asked, his voice getting lost in the wind.
"F-fine..." she stuttered "but when we get home I'm totally going on maternity leave,"
"And stay on maternity leave?" Speed Arrow asked, raising an eye-brow.
"Yes," Dark Eagle sighed "I- urrrr! I feel funky!"
They came to a stop and Speed Arrow let Dark Eagle go. The Black Mistress doubled over, holding her stomach. She gave her husband a reassuring smile and looked up at the giant screen.
"LOOK!" she shouted, pointing.
The device was in the corner of the screen.
"I can hit that from here," said Speed Arrow.
He took his collapsed bow, jerked his hand and it snapped together.
"You sure, babe?" Dark Eagle asked, straightening up.
Speed Arrow took an arrow, notched it, aimed and closed one eye. His bow-string shaking as he pulled back.
"Cake," he said.
He released the string and the arrow flew through the air. The crowd gasped as it hit his target.
"Dude! You're better than Green Arrow!" some kid said.
The device fell and people ran, hoping it wouldn't fall on them. Speed Arrow took another arrow and notched it. He lowered his bow, following the falling device, and released the arrow. It shot through the air and hit the device. The arrow blew up on impact. The device was a hunk of burnt metal with a few surcet boards poking out. Dark Eagle went over to it but unexpectedly doubled-over.
"This baby will be the death of me," the Black Mistress hissed.
WASHINGTON_DC
Aqualad and Rocket stood in front of each other. In Rocket's hands was the device. Aqualad used some water and short surceted it. They both smiled at each other, both blushing.
"I heard you broke off your engagement," said Aqualad.
"Oh! Y-yeah... I realized he wasn't right... I..." Rocket stammered "I didn't really love him..."
"I'm sorry," Aqualad said.
"Don't be... I saw the looks he gave other women. I'm pretty sure he was unfaithful," said Rocket "He wasn't to upset when I gave back the ring. He just didn't appreciate me for me,"
"I'm sure there's someone out there that will appreciate you for you," said Aqualad.
"Yeah," Rocket said, blushing "and he's right in front of me,"
Aqualad looked up only to have Rocket kiss him.
"I still like you. I never really stopped. That time I dated Dick... I caught him on the rebound after he broke-up with Zatanna and he caught me on the rebound after we broke-up," Rocket said, quickly.
"And here I thought you would never feel the same way for me again," said Aqualad "I wasn't ready when we were teenagers, I wasn't ready then... I'm ready now," and he stroked her cheek and kissed her.
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