CHAPTER 20 R

Hey guys I'm back. Sorry if it took a long time but apparently my laptop is bangaxed and needs to get fixed so for now I'll be using a HP Mini to write this chapter. It's just so weird to be using this again. I touched the screen and expected it to scroll down then I remembered it isn't a touch screen one unlike my surface.

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No POV

Andre walked through the crowd on the second floor as he kept his eyes open for the Aurora diamonds. He had a feeling this mission wouldn't be as straight forward as the league said. Everything they said was going to be easy he would presume it's either hard or something was going to happen that he wouldn't like. Like the time Deathstroke told him he had a simple mission but yet he managed to get captured by crazy scientists and put in a room where they lowered the air density and put him through training that would kill the average human . . . but, he wasn't the average human. Far from it actually.

"Andre, about time you stepped out of your shell" A girl said. Andre turned around and smirked at Renzci. "I've been doing that all my life, Renzci. Why else would I be here?" Andre said. Renzci laughed, "I would guess to get the Aurora diamonds no?" "You know me too well, Renzci. But this time it's for a good cause" Andre smiled. "And the boy smiles! Now I know you're human" Renzci joked. Andre laughed and looked over Renzci to see Tommy sneaking a look at him. Andre smiled at him, causing Tommy to blush and looked back at Renzci who had her eyebrows raised.

"No you're not" She said. "Yes I am, come on. We need to snoop around" Andre took her hand and dragged her around. "You sly slapper. I shouldn't even be shocked at this stage" Renzci stated. "I'm full of surprises remember" Andre smirked. Just then Artemis came up to them. "Andre, Rose is arguing with this girl about you" She said. Andre nodded and motioned Artemis to lead the way. She led them to the back room of the floor. In the room was Rose and a person he never wanted to see again. Silver.

Andre leaned against the wall to listen in. Whatever they were talking about couldn't be good. By the furious whispers getting louder and louder, it was easy to tell. And Rose getting angry was rare.

"I'm not here to see you. I'm here to talk to John" Silver said.

"He doesn't want to talk to you. There's a reason for that and you know what it is" Rose argued.

"That's why I'm here to fix it. Why are you even stopping me!? You were the one who betrayed his trust" Silver retorted.

"And I'll never forgive myself for what I did to him. Even though I hurt him many times, he still looked out for me and now it's my turn to look out for him. I know the amount of things he did for me is uncountable but I'm trying. I'm putting my hands up and admit that if I took responsibility for everything I did, he wouldn't have had to go through all he did in the past. I know he wants nothing to do with me but I'll always be there for him like he was for me. There's not a single day what I don't regret what I did but I can't stop trying to make things right" Rose said in tears.

Andre furrowed his eyebrows. He never knew that was how Rose felt. He hadn't intended to make her feel like that. He was just too angry to see that.

Andre walked into the room and stood in front of Rose. "I want nothing to do with you. You should leave" Andre stated.

"John, he's still alive. You owe him at least a visit" Silver said softly.

"I owe him nothing. He went after me and tried to kill me and others. I'm never going to visit him so leave before I call security." Andre glared.

"One day, you'll see him whether you like it or not" Silver said as she walked away.

Andre turned around to face Rose. "Are you ok?" He asked. Rose nodded then turned to walk away but Andre pulled her in for a hug. "I'm sorry." Rose whispered. "No, I'm sorry. I never meant for you to have to carry that guilt for years. You're still my little sister, Rose, no matter what." Andre said, "So don't worry about it anymore."

Andre wiped the tears off away and smiled at Rose and she happily returned it. "Come on now. We have diamonds to find." Andre said. Rose nodded and together they left the room and roamed around. As they did the noticed Matthew Lynch talking to his brother and sneaking looks at them.

"In all my life I've never met people so shy to actually approach you" Rose commented. "Then we make them come to us with a simple trick" Andre winked at her and walked over to a painting on the other side of the room. Rose understood his plan and knew what she needed to do.

Rose waved over at the brothers so they could approach her. When they did she started to talk. "Tommy, can't believe you never introduced me to your brother." Rose said in a sing-song voice. "Oh, this is my brother, Matthew." Tommy laughed while Matthew shook her hand. "Nice to meet you" They said at the same time then laughed. "Wait, I haven't introduced you to my brother" Rose said.

"Andre" She called as she led the brothers towards him. "It's fine, really." Tommy said trying to pull away but Rose took hold of his wrist. Then in a moment Andre was beside his sister. "This is Tommy and Matthew Lynch. Tommy, Matthew this is Andre Sterlin."

"Nice to meet you" He smiled as he shook their hand, "My sister told me so much about you two. She actually talked about you so much that she got me a plane here just to meet you."

"Has she now? Well, it's only fair I show you around." Matthew said a bit slyly. " I can't say no to that." Andre laughed cutely. Matthew and Tommy went starry eyed the moment he laughed. He smiled and led Andre towards a painting.

"What do you think?" Rose asked. "He's . . . he's . . ." Tommy tried but gave up. "You like him don't you?" Rose stated more than she asked. "No, he's just . . ." Tommy attempted to find the words to describe him but only a few words popped into his head. Beautiful, bright, simply just breathtaking. There was just something about him that would make people heads turn if he were to walk past.

"It's ok if you do. I'm not going to do anything." Rose said. Tommy looked at her and sighed. "I dunno." he said. "Come on, we can talk about it." Rose said as she linked arms with him.

*BREAKLINE*

"So your parents actually discovered all these artifacts in lost cities." Andre said. "Yep but some were given to us. Like the Cintamani Stone which is actually Resin as a solid that gives immortality. It was found in Shangrila with the help of Marco Polo's notes." Matthew said as he pointed to the stone.

"Who gave you it?" Andre asked. "Sam Ster-. Wait a minute" Matthew looked at Andre to see he was smirking. "Sterlin" Andre finished. "No way." Matthew said, shaking his head. "Believe it. It was the most beautiful sight to see in person." Andre said. "You actually get to go?" Matthew asked. "Yeah, We've come across pirates, Yetis, cursed tombs and statues, mutated humans and very beautiful views" Andre said, "Have you never gone on an adventure?"

"Yeah, but nothing dangerous like that. The historic places are always abandoned." Matthew answered. "Maybe one day you'll get the chance but trust me, they're not easy adventures to go on." Andre reassured, tilting his head to the side slightly and smiling. "You're really optimistic about these things." Matthew said. "Well that's just me." Andre happily with a shrug. Matthew couldn't help smiling.

Andre was really something else.

*BREAKLINE*

"How do you think Andre and Rose are holding up?" Roy asked Conner. "I say Rose is doing okay but I don't know about Andre. Reading Andre is like trying to tell the weather by just looking up at the sky. He could be okay one minute but the next be angry without anyone knowing. He's very secretive and devious, he knows things we don't and has a past that blows Batman and Robin's out of the water in a second." Conner answered.

"Damn. Now you're just making me worried. What happened to him in the past?" Roy asked as they walked up to the second floor. "That's the thing, we don't know. All we know is that he used to be Deathstroke's apprentice, his sister died and that he was there with Scorpion, Ravager and Mystique. We don't even know if his parents are alive or if he has any family, his age or why he doesn't like to be touched on his right shoulder. Mystique told us that he just doesn't want his arm to get cut off but that still doesn't answer our questions. He helped us speed up our missions but some of the abilities he possesses for the missions couldn't have come from a mercenary." Conner said in a hushed voice.

"And now I'm worried. I'm more worried even though I don't know him." Roy said as he subconsciously looked around the room for Andre. "We all are but how can you get someone to open up when they won't? Let's go look for him, all this chat about him makes me want to see if he's alright." Conner said.

Roy agreed immediately and speed walked but tried to look normal enough. They ran up the stairs to the third floor. As soon as they reached the third floor they saw Andre leaning against the wall but he was concentrated on two males across the room. He then turned to Matthew and said something before leaving and making his way closer to the two males but still a safe distance away.

After a minute or two, Andre went back over to Matthew and touched his elbow so he could turn around. Matthew said something and Andre nodded with a smile. Roy and Conner stepped to the side as Andre and Matthew walked their way. "She'll be here soon. Don't worry too much about the mission." Andre whispered to them as he disappeared down the stairs with Matthew.

"Let's get the others. W-" but before Roy could finish talking, the floor shook causing people to fall and windows to break. Everyone went into a panic as Morgan Le Fay descended for the top of the stairs with her son in a purple mist. Red Arrow and Conner hid behind a wall and ripped off their suits to reveal their uniforms. Roy put on his mask and extracted his bow.

They ran out and ran up the stairs to attack the masked woman. "Ah, young heroes. Nice of you to join the party." She said as she flicked her wrist causing the two flying back. "It's absurd that you would try to stop me from gaining perfection." As her son secretly ran to get the diamond.

Just then the rest of the team came to help. "You're not going to get the diamonds." Artemis screamed as she fired knock out arrows at Morgan. Morgan put out her hands that stopped them in their tracks. "I'd love to stay but I've got plans to get done. Goodbye." Morgan said as her son returned to her side.

"Wai-" "Sleep" She commanded. As she said that, the team fell unconscious. Morgan and her son disappeared the same way they appeared.

That was chapter 20, yes I know it's short but I'm sick and I did the best I could do in my state. I'M SORRY! Just don't kill me! I just wanted to spend time going fangirl on Shuu Sakamaki from Diabolik Lovers but yet I still haven't watched the anime season 2! Ikr, it's sad. Plus . . . I'm lazy so there's that too.

By the way if you know any anime that's as awesome as Highschool of the Dead, tell me in the comments.

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