Chpt.13

I slowly came to, blinking my eyes in confusion while I felt gentle hands being run through my hair. The motion was soothing and I couldn't help but feel relaxed because of it. I felt warm and safe and protected. It was a feeling I missed.

"Autumn, are you awake little one?" a familiar voice questioned. I looked up to see Wonder Woman looking down at me. My head was lying on her lap and we were sitting on a couch in Bruce's Manor.

"Wonder Woman?" I questioned with a small yawn. "What happened?"

"You fainted. At least, that is what Batman told me. I came to visit you today, but I wasn't expecting to hear about how much your life has changed since leaving the watch tower." Wonder Woman explained.

My memory slowly started to come back to me.

"Misha." I said slowly. "Wait, where's Misha?"

"You called, Sis." I looked over and saw Misha sitting on the couch next to Wonder Woman. I smiled at him and he returned the smile, but then frowned as he slowly rested my hand on my forehead.

"He found you. Somehow… he found you and was able to get to you." he sighed heavily, worry apparent on his face.

"Who? Who found me?"

"Autumn, is your brother here right now? Is that who you are talking to?" Wonder Woman questioned with some confusion. Sometimes I forgot that I was the only one who could see Misha.

"Yes, he is. He told me that someone found me." I informed, and just then, Bruce came walking into the room with Tim following behind.

"How are you feeling?" Bruce inquired, clearly worried.

"I'm okay." I said with a slow nod.

"Your brother is connected to you. When you passed out was when he stopped writing to us." Bruce informed. "Is he back now?"

"Yup. He's sitting right there." I informed, pointing to where Misha was in the spot next to me.

"Autumn, you said that your brother told you that someone found you. Who found you?" Wonder Woman questioned.

I looked over at Misha and he looked worried.

"Our other brother, Austin." Misha stated.

Austin. The brother that Misha warned me about. The one with abilities that Misha couldn't exactly describe. One of my siblings that joined Tala. The one who hurt Misha.

"Austin." I stated. "My other brother, Austin." Tim and Bruce exchanged worried looks.

"Misha explained to us about your other siblings." Bruce informed slowly. "Are you sure you're alright? There is no lingering pain?"

"No, I'm alright." I informed with a small smile, however, I was a bit surprised. Misha told Bruce and Tim about Austin, but they looked much more worried about me than I was when I heard about my brother. Sure, I was worried about coming into contact with him, but I wasn't as worried as Bruce and Tim.

I wonder why. I thought.

"But… Austin wasn't talking about hurting me. He was talking about how he didn't want to scare me. And then he said something about an oracle like in Oedipus… then he told me to be careful." I informed. Everyone, including Misha, was staring at me in silence.

"What are we going to do now?" Tim questioned, breaking the silence, looking over at Bruce.

"Well…"

"HELP!" a voice screamed through my mind, giving me a headache. My hands flew up to hold my head as I shuttered in pain. I looked over to see that Misha was also cringing in pain from the scream.

"Autumn, are you alright?" Wonder Woman was quickly holding me, while Tim and Bruce were closer to me.

"I'm fine… who was that." I mumbled.

"That… that sounded like Lenore." Misha stated. "But I never knew she could do that."

"Lenore… that's our sister… our sister that isn't with Tala."

"What about your sister?" Bruce questioned.

"Misha and I just heard her voice. She screamed for help." I whispered. Bruce's face grew hard and serious, and he looked over at Tim.

"Suit up. We're going to visit Lenore."

"Wait, you know where she lives?" I questioned.

"You're brother told us where she lives." Bruce informed. "Diana, look after Autumn."

"I'm going with you." I stated firmly, and Bruce raised an eyebrow.

"Autumn-"

"That's my sister. A sister who is good. I want to see her, and I heard her voice in my head. She cried for help, and Misha and I heard her… I want to help her."

Bruce gave a short nod.

"Alright. You can come as long as you promise to be careful. I don't want you getting hurt."

"Like I'd let that happen." Misha smiled.

"Misha wouldn't let me get hurt." I grinned, but Bruce frowned at that.

"He couldn't protect himself, I don't want to rely on him entirely to protect you." He muttered.

"What?" I questioned, but Bruce shook his head.

"It's nothing."

"Where does this Lenore girl live?" Wonder Woman inquired.

"A small town in Pennsylvania. It shouldn't take long to get there."

With that, we were quickly in the batjet and Wonder Woman was in her invisible jet.

"You forgot something." Tim stated with a small smile.

"What?" I inquired, and Tim chuckled as he placed the black mask onto my face that he gave me during the time I went with him on his patrol.

"You forgot your mask." He smiled.

"Wow. I can hardly recognize you now." Misha said sarcastically, but I didn't mind. I liked the mask. It probably looked weird, being in a purple t-shirt jeans and wearing a mask. But I didn't mind, I liked hiding behind a mask.

"It suits you." I looked up at Misha. He was smiling at me, noticing how I enjoyed wearing the mask. "My little sis, wearing a mask. A bit young to be a superhero though." He stated. I couldn't help but stare at my brother.

Youthful unmarred skin, curly brown hair, and dark brown round eyes. He almost looked angelic, without lines of stress in the corner of his eyes, but there weren't any traces of lines on his face from smiling either. He smiled so much… why weren't there any creases in his cheeks to show for it? Why did he look so unmarred and so angelic? It was like he was too perfect.

"Autumn, are you alright?" he inquired, concern appearing onto his face.

"I'm okay." I answered, looking away from him. I felt Misha gently place his lips on my forehead and give me a soft kiss.

"That's all I could hope for." He grinned.

"Autumn, will this be the first time seeing your sister?" I looked over at Tim and nodded.

"Yeah. Misha didn't really tell me what she looked like. I'm excited though." I grinned a bit, nervousness settling into my stomach along with.

This will be the first time meeting my sister… I hope she's okay.