Glorious delicious marvelous news! I am back and extremely happy. I will give you guy small description at the end of the story for those curious to know about how my university life has been going but knowing that it will a bit long, I rather put it in the end and not bored you with details that some of you might not give a DAAAAMN! Anyways, thanks for the follows and favorites and patience with me. I know I haven't updated as regularly as I was planning to but I will do my best to finish this story. I hate cliff hanged or discontinued stories, I will not make you guys go through it.
To remember you guys this whole story will be in Datura's POV that's why I am not writing Person's POV.
I'll be putting this just in case people forget my little date rules. Start of month would from day 1 to 10. Mid of month would be from 11 to 20. While the end of the month would be 21 to whatever day the month ends which is either 30 or 31. The only times I would say a specific day would be on a holiday, birthday, any important moment that requires a date. Sorry for any horror grammar, I always seem to notice once I publish. I seriously need to stop writing while half awake but there's something about me that I become inspired when I'm starting to fall asleep.
Chapter 14: First Mission
Mid-start of May
Once Nightwing reported the drug results to Batman, the Dark Knight was just as confused when he noticed all the ingredients. At one moment, not clearly sure due to lack of paying attention to time and calendar, Nightwing drag me into my lab to have a private meeting with the Bat.
"Are you sure about this?" He asks as a list of the ingredients appear on the screen beside his face.
"For now… yeah… That's why I needed some time. I had to double check with all the machines here and then triple check." I sigh walking towards the couch and sit on the arm rest. Surprisingly, he gave me an extra day to give a definite result and this is our first encounter since we fought in front of Mal and Nightwing.
(If he expects an apology, he can kiss my nature loving ass.)I growl in my head as I blankly stare at him.
"I didn't want to make mistakes, I tested most of the drug though. Left a bit to compare for any further appearance." I scratch the back of my head and dared not to look at Nightwing as he stood close to the screen with eyes on me.
"And what about the ones you accused? Enigma, Harvey and Crane?" He asks as the ingredients were replaced with the pictures of the three I named.
"Harvey is always looking for a new way to get money. He and Enigma are friends and seeing how Enigma gets bored easily, he might be part of it just for the fun." I slowly answer with personal knowledge of the two and how mom has described them to me.
"And the three of us should know very well that Crane would do anything just to inflict fear in people." I add becoming uncomfortable with just mentioning his name.
Crane is my second most hatred villain on my list. Joker being the first which is a duh. He tried to use one of his fear serum on me but failed when all it gave me was a headache and dizziness. The idiot had the nerve to use plant base ingredients for his new serum mixed with a bit of chemicals to make it liquid and by the time he tested it on me, mom's blood was fully mixed with my blood which gave me some degree of immunity. Not giving him the chance to used his real hardcore chemicals, I punched him so hard on the face that I broke his nose and his voice changing thing cut his lip. I can't help but smirk a little when I remembered his mask-less face bleeding from the nose and lip.
"Crane is in Arkham." Batman let out which earn a dry laugh from me.
"Yeah 'cause Arkham does a wonderful job keeping them there." I snap with a small 'are you stupid' face back at Nightwing which earn a nod and he simply mouth out what I think is the word 'true'.
"Regardless…" Batman calls of our attention as he continues to stare at us.
"I will investigate your claim. In the meantime, take this time to merge with the group. It is part of your probation." He let out making Nightwing look at him over his shoulder.
"Wait, what?" I shriek only for the screen to go black.
"Since when-"
"You are part of the team. He was bound to tell you to do this sooner or later." Nightwing walking out of the room. I pout at the order, knowing very well that merging means that I'll have to socialize with them.
Four days later, Beast Boy woke me from a nap on the common room to tell me about a mission briefing. I stared at him with a blank face and groan as I turned away from him to try and continue to sleep.
"I don't do mission." I moan as the boy starts to shake me.
"Nightwing said that Mal is going to show you how the computer works. Come on! Please!" He begs and when I looked at him over my shoulder, I couldn't ignore his wide green puppy eyes.
Ever since I apologize for snapping at him, Beast Boy have been pestering me like the little brother I never had. For the last three days he would drag me out of my room for breakfast, make conversation so I would speak with Meghan, Superboy and anyone that was around at the time and even drag me to training. He did try to make me participate on a training simulation but his puppy eyes aren't that powerful… yet. I suspect Nightwing put him up to this to abuse his ability with his puppy eyes and the fact that the kid has grown attached to me.
"And remember, you are also part of the medical bay so you have to be on call and ready if something goes wrong." He let out as if it's the smartest thing in the world.
"So far, none of your missions required me." I sigh pushing myself to sit up.
"Our luck always runs out. It's about time for something to go boom." He chirps making me stare at him.
"Is that a usual outcome?" I yawn rubbing my face, my finger brushing away the crust from my duo colored hair.
"80% of the time." He smiles which made me look at him with a raised brow.
"A normal person will have considered that insane and… other stuff but my brain is still asleep." I yawn again the boy takes hold of my wrist and starts to pull me.
Entering the Mission Floor and stopping by the holographic computer, I ignore the glare that Lagoon Boy and Beetle are giving me. I don't have to be a genius to know that they don't like me or the fact that the little green boy isn't spending time with them. Meghan form of welcoming was a small smile while Connor gave a nod as he, Nightwing and Mal stand in front of us. The rest of the team, like Robin, Wonder Girl and Batgirl, just gave me a quick look.
"Good, you are all here. Today mission is a in and out mission. Our target is a complex of warehouse in where the League suspect have a ring of guns and counterfeit products but in recent days there's been an increase of machinery." He explains as the screen start to show a warehouse in Rocky City, New Mexico. The place looks old, beatdown and in need of repairs.
"We suspect that a local mobster is running the warehouse and according sources, guns is his usual MO but counterfeit products is something new. Team Alpha will investigate, take evidence and picture and then come out. Little to no engage with those inside, we want to make a full case first. Team Beta will be in Bioship providing security and extraction." He simply commands everyone's attention on him.
I must admit, I am impress in how easily he can keep their attention on him. Usually Boy Wonder is the one to follow orders from the Bat and like a good little boy he follows them to perfection. Seeing him as the leader, now that is an upgrade.
(Maybe Boy Wonder is no longer a boy.) I smirk crossing my arms only to brush it away as he starts to assign groups.
"Team Alpha will be…"
"Please team alpha, please team alpha." Lagoon Boy start to pray which made me roll my eyes.
"Robin, Blue Beetle, Meghan and Superboy will join me to be part of team Alpha. Team Beta will be Batgirl, Lagoon Boy, Wonder Girl, Bumblebee and Beast Boy." He announced which earn a low groan from the Atlantean, clearly not liking the idea of being in Team Beta.
"Mal will stay here in control room controlling communication and giving the go-calls while Daphne will help out and learn." He adds which made me cross my arms and move my gaze to look at Mal who nods at me.
"Wait… so you going to put the criminal to give us orders?" Lagoon Boy growls as he glares at me.
"Oh, don't get your fish stick in a tight net, Fish Boy. It's not like you going to get some action."I smirk walking towards Mal as he growls at me, held by Beetle. Mobilizing out of the mission room, Beast Boy waves at me as he leaves, wishing me good luck.
"Daphne." Nightwing calls making me turn to look at him.
"Give this a chance. Who knows? You might like it." He continues starting to walk out of the room.
"Bossing you around will the highlight of my day." I shout earning a thumb up from him and just like that I am left alone with Mal.
"That was cute." Mal let out which earned my attention.
"What?" I ask but he let out a chuckle.
"Nothing." He said walking closer to the computer and start to type on it.
Giving his nonchalant answer a shrug, I grab the second chair and sat on it. Through the whole thing Mal started to tell me how the computer works and what button to press. Half way into their flight out, Mal calls for a video check. Apparently somewhere in their body there's a miniature body cam and its connected with their ear piece.
"Now, they don't talk much in their mission. Meghan has the ability to link everyone brain and they can talk telepathically." Mal explains as everyone continues to check their cams and whatever else they need for this mission.
"So you are telling me, she can enter my brain at any time?" I ask starring at the visual label as Meghan's.
"What? Scared that she finds something that we won't like?" Lagoon Boy voice suddenly echoes in the room which earn a glare from me.
"One, no one is talking to you Chum Bucket. Two, your fly is open." He quickly looks down and gasp when he found his zipper down. Robin lets out a laugh and turns to look at Lagoon Boy.
"Daphne: 2. Lagoon Boy: 0." He let out which made some chuckle while the Atlantean glare at the teen. Mal quickly let go of the communication button and stares at me.
"Behave." "Yes, dad." I let out to Mal's calls for peace and I continue to watch.
The mission wasn't that big of a deal with how it started to go. They entered the warehouse once the security cameras were turned off, which is weird to see. And they did as it was ordered in the Cave, some took pictures, other took evidence, and made sure to stay out of sight. The weapons look weird, sci-fi weird.
"Mal." Nightwing whispers as his body cam takes in the weapons.
"No visual match in our data base." He answers which surprises me. Clearly Mal been on the job for a while to know what Nightwing wanted without asking.
"You will get used to it with time." Mal assures at they continue with the mission.
Once with all that they needed, Nightwing calls for a mission complete and to go back to the Bioship, telling Team Beta to be ready for extraction. Mobilizing out of the warehouse, Nightwing is the last to walk out to reach the Bioship. Quickly make his way towards the extraction spot, our breaths get caught in out throat when an sound resounds in the sound feed. A gun shot.
"Nightwing is hit." Mal shout as Nightwing stumbles and hides behind a fork lift.
"What?" Meghan shouts turning around, her video feed showing her on the ship's platform.
"Nightwing is hit. Get him out!" I shout before mal could which earn the response I was expecting.
Meghan and Connor rush out of the ship and ran towards Nightwing location. Meghan flew up, leaving Connor to get their leader, and with a wave of her hand she stops some bullets aimed towards her. Connor had reach Nightwing and started to jump towards the ship.
"Medical be ready. Gun shot on his right shoulder, close to the neck." Superboy informs as he reaches the Bioship.
"Clean the wound and keep pressure." I order jumping out of my chair and ran towards my research room, knowing that I have at least 30 minutes.
Grabbing premade vails, I ran back up towards the mission room and stood close to the medical bay. The screen shows me that Batgirl is taking care of Nightwing and she's putting a bandage on the wound.
"The wound is a deep graze but I don't know if a vein was hit." She informs which made me nibble on my lower lip.
"Keep the pressure, Daphne is ready to treat him." Mal orders.
The ride back felt like it took years. Through the whole thing Batgirl keep Nightwing conscious and alert, while Meghan did her best to rush towards the Cave. Once inside, Meghan floats Nightwing into the room and without a second thought laid him on the nearest bed. Putting the vials on the table, I grab some scissors and cut the suit's shoulder to have full access to the wound.
"What are you-"
"Either get out or watch. Don't even try to tell me how to do my job." I cut Batgirl's question as I cut the bandages away. Grabbing the disinfecting alcohol, I poured without a care on the wound which earn a wince from the hero. Sensing tension, Meghan forces every one of the room and shuts the door.
"Damn! Thanks for being gentle." He groans which earn a glare from me.
"Oh, hush. You had worst." I grumble back which made him shut up because it's true, internally glad that the bleeding is slow so it means that no vein was hit.
Nightwing can clearly remember most of his injuries, others he was so out of to remember all the details. He broke both of his arms, his shoulder and knees has suffered dislocation, his nose has been fracture way too many times, three of his fingers has gotten crushed, numerous sprained wrist and ankles, fractured ribs, and even a broken toe. Again, those are the one he remembers, he knows he has suffered some concussions. Grabbing the clear vial, I uncork it with my teeth and spat the tap on the table as my other hand makes sure to keep the wound open.
"This will make the wound go numb." I explain pouring three drops inside the wound earning a nod and a groan. The liquid does give out a small burn effect but the stings lasts for some seconds. Putting the vial down, I grab the green veil and uncorked it the same way.
"This will make sure that no infection happens." I tell him which he nods once again. Grabbing the last purple veil, I showed it to him.
"And this will accelerate the healing." I sigh forcing the wound shut with my hand and let the thick substance to pour on the wound.
Once I made sure that the substance is all over the wound, I grab a squared gauze and press it against the wound and tape it down. Rolling bandages around his arm, I try to ignore his stare.
"How do you know all this?" He asks staring at me.
"All what?" I ask and clip the bandage together.
"The wound treatment." He asks as I walk away to wash my hands.
"Mom knew from the first day I moved in that I needed to know how to heal wounds, not just mine but hers and Aunty Harley's. She has a lot of enemies, they might try something on me." I simply answer and watch how the flows off my hands as the automatic faucet gets turn on.
"Have they?" He asks, getting up without using his injured arm.
"Many did but one hurt me good. Clayface wanted a piece of mom's territory but mom stopped him. He threw a boulder towards us as he was running away, when it crashed, a shard flew towards me and cut me on the thigh. Had to use those same three vials on me." I smirk remembering the day.
Mom didn't help much on that day, she just dragged me back to the greenhouse and the vials in front of me to choose, she would slap my hand whenever I chose the wrong one and snap saying to CLEAR MY HEAD AND THINK STRAIGHT. That was hard to do when pain on my leg was excruciating. It took me close to 30 minutes to treat myself.
"We have to check the wound in three days to see if the healing is going well." I sigh shaking my hands to get rid of the extra water.
I walk back towards the bed and start to cork shut all the vials. Nightwing stayed on the bed and stared at me, curious to know what else I have gone through when I lived with mom. My upbringing is clearly different than his but yet the same, being related to such high-profile figures puts their life in danger by just associating with them. But he felt safe with Batman, living with Poison Ivy mustn't be that safe.
"Hey." He whispers putting his hand on my shoulder which tensed up as I stared at him.
"Thanks." He smiles gently which made step away and grab everything in a rush.
"Whatever. Just… don't this again." I let out and walk out of the room.
Well, to explain my absence. If I haven't mentioned earlier, my university went on strike… against our will. My university belongs to a system in where we are all in the same University System but divided by individual campuses. On the first student committee it was decided that we would go on strike with the whole university system but we didn't have enough students to vote so we made a second student committee but this time with just our university and our students. It was decided to lift the strike and continue classes as normal when we started to notice some stuff, but the students that were controlling the gate and were pro-strike ignored the committee decision and kept the gates close... for close to TWO months. Long story short, our scholarship was frozen (its now available after three months of battle with the federal government), once those idiot pro-strikers realized that they were in a losing battle because people were losing their housing and medical and moving to other universities they did a shady deal with the university to open the gates (basically a hidden agenda) and our whole class schedule got fucked up that we had classes during summer only to start the new class year in a week (between Sept 4 or 6 don't remember right now). So, this whole summer where I was planning to update and finish this story or at least be half way done, got fucked up. -sigh- And now that I am free from school… I'm starting to feel a little sick…. YAY FUCKING SUMMER!
Anyways, let's just hope that I update soon if I don't, I am sorry. I am now into my LAST YEAR of university life… -confetti party- OH YEAH, I'M ALMOST DONE. See you later.