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Updated: October 22, 2016 11:50 P.M. Mountain Standard Time
Disclaimer: Yeah, I don't own the Teen Titans. Or the Young Justice. Or the Justice League. I don't even own this slightly modified theme song... oh well.
Chapter Nineteen: The Beast's Theme Song
Two days later
Raven was sitting cross legged on her bed, with a nice thick book laid in her lap. She was trying her best to have all her focus on the large tome, instead of on the green boy in front of her.
Now granted, the last two days had been really good in her opinion. Even though they were still on the run from the JL and all that. Beast Boy had finally gone back to his mostly normal self. He wasn't as subdued with his emotions anymore, and his emotional beacon was as bright as ever.
He still trained with the same focus as before, but he didn't try to destroy the forest around them when he did it. Sometimes, even despite the temperature outside in the lake, he would go out and take a nice swim as some animal. And Raven would be waiting for him on the shore. In one of her winter cloaks, having her soul shield up to protect her from the falling snow.
Overall, he was almost like the happy Garfield she knew back in the Tower. And for the most part, Raven was glad her friend was back to normal… really, she was.
Until right now.
She wasn't very amused. Hell, amusement had been thrown right out the window to be replaced with pure and utter annoyance. She almost wished at this point that Beast Boy would become his serious alter ego again so she wouldn't have to see this… whatever it was he was doing.
She lifted the book off her lap to her face to hide it from the sight in front of her. Feelings or no feelings, she didn't want to witness her crush make an absolute fool of himself.
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, mammals and… uh… birds?... Birds! Yeah! Mammals and birds, I, the devilishly handsome green machine, the one and only, Beast Boy, or if you know my secret identity Garfield Logan, welcome you to... Beast Boy's All-Star Prop Comedy Revue!"
Raven wanted to beat her head in with her book. If only to have a headache to distract her from the idiocy in front of her. 'And you guys like him because…' She thought to her mind.
'Shhhhh! The shows about to start!' Happy said in an excited tone.
'Yeah! Shut up so we can hear him leader bitch!' Rude said after Happy.
'... I must be insane.' Raven thought with a groan.
'Glad you finally figured that part out. Now will you please be quiet. We have to see what BB is going to do this time.' Knowledge said back this time.
'BB? Oh Azar, not you too now. Wasn't it bad enough when Happy called him that?'
'SHHHHHHHHH!' A multitude of voices said to her.
Raven stayed silent as the show unfolded in front of her.
"Now I know what you're all thinking. There's nothing more annoying than when you can't play your tuba in the bathtub." Beast Boy said to his one man audience from his position. Which was him sitting in a white bathtub prop in front of a red curtain he had set up in the middle of the green carpeted floor.
'Ooh! Ooh! I always hate it when I want to do that but I can't because of all the water!' Happy shouted. There was mutters of agreement from the others inside Nevermore.
Raven felt a vein in her head bulge. Sure, she might have discovered she liked the green changeling and all that, and she was glad she had gotten him out of his serious mode into his more carefree mode. But seriously? Playing a tuba... in a bathtub?
"More annoying than having to watch this?" Raven said from behind her book.
'BOOOOOOOOOOOO!' Raven ignored the boos that echoed in her mind.
'Dude, your idea isn't working!' Beast Boy thought frantically to himself.
'Just keep going master. I assure you that this has been on her mind for quite a while.'
Beast Boy pouted at the unamused half demoness in front of him, before he started to smile widely again. "Well Rae, in case you ever do run into this situation. Then I have the perfect solution for you!"
'A reality pill?' Raven thought.
"I present, the tuborkel!..."
…
'That concludes it. He really is a genius.' Raven thought sarcastically to herself.
'Ooooooh! I can't believe I never thought of that idea before!' Happy said loudly. There were several others who again muttered their agreement.
"Get it? It's part tuba, part snorkel! Tuborkel!... Huh?... Well?" Beast Boy asked, as Raven continued to look at him with a dead face.
'Are you sure it was from a tuba Beast? I mean, this thing was hard enough to find as it was Beast.' Beast Boy thought to himself.
'... Well all your musical instruments look the same to me master. So I might not be completely sure.'
Beast Boy shrugged as he lifted up the tuba that had a longer twisted pipe for the mouthpiece. Somehow, a pair of goggles appeared over his eyes even though both his hands were occupied. He sunk down into the bathtub, acting like it was filled with water. And brought the tuborkel to his lips to play the Teen Titans theme song.
Modified of course for his satisfaction, as he and the Beast had practiced in his head. He couldn't wait for the day he sang it out loud.
'When there's trouble you know what they say...'
'Call Beast Boy!'
'He can eat the Tofu any day…'
'(Wants to say, cuz he's crazy, but instead) Cuz he's Beast Boy!'
'When Adonis is on the attack.'
'He will flee when the Beast is back.'
'Cuz when the world needs animals on patrol…'
…
'Go Beast Boy, Go!'
Raven sighed in annoyance. As Beast Boy seemed to become absorbed in his playing.
At least he was able to play it well. It could have honestly been a lot worse. He could have found a way to modify a guitar. Or worse, a drum set. Yet he was playing it as if he had experience with it before. That was a curious thing there.
But for some reason, her mind was only thinking one thing.
'We're in the middle of nowhere. Where the hell did he find the bathtub and tuba!?'
Inside, her emoticlones were going wild.
'Go BB, Go!' Happy yelled out.
'Play that tuba! Play it harder! Blow us away!' Brave shouted next.
'That's not the only thing I'd like to see blown away.' Affection said in an odd tone of voice.
'Ugh, so much noise. Will you quiet down. I can't hear BB's awesome playing.' Sloth said next.
'Yeah! Quiet down bitches! I want to remember this for a long time!' Rude shouted next.
'I wonder h-how he hasn't f-fainted yet.' Timid said in a small, yet excited voice. The other emoticlones left her alone for once.
'He must have a pretty large lung capacity to be able to do that.' Knowledge said in a calm voice.
'Hmmmm, such a big boy now. Playing such a big instrument. I wonder if that's the only big thing he plays with.' Rage said in the same tone as Affection.
…
'Not you too Rage.' Raven thought in agony. Now she had two horny emotions to deal with.
'Hey, I'm curious about his size too! But we can talk about that later! So keep it down! He's still playing!' Rude shouted at Rage.
'Make that three.' Raven thought with a tint of pink in her cheeks. Beast Boy was still playing without noticing. The song continued.
…
'When you, an-ger, the Beast in-side me…'
'You can, try to, run away, and flee.'
'When he, finds you, there won't be any doubt.'
'That you've, signed your, life awayyyyyyy…'
'Your life awayyyyyyyyy…'
'B-E-A-S-T-B-O-Y, Go, Beast, Boy... Let's go!'
'T-H-E-B-E-A-S-T, Go, The, Beast… Let's go!'
(Both at the same time) 'BT-EH-AE-SB-TE-BA-OS-YT, Go, BeastThe, BoyBeast...Let's go!
…
'How long is he even going to play? I mean, he must realize I'm not interested in the slightest by now, right?' Raven thought to herself.
'Oh c'mon Raven. You have to admit that he does have some skill with that tuba there.' Knowledge said to her.
'... Fine. I admit it sounds better than I thought it would. Coming from him.' Raven admitted.
'Now relax. And just try to enjoy it.' Wisdom was the one who said in a wise voice. Then she paid attention to the song again. 'You're killing it BB! Keep going!' She shouted enthusiastically.
… 'You know what. I'll just focus on the song. It's a lot better than seeing how crazy I am.' Raven thought as she put her book down and put her attention on Beast Boy. Who was looking slightly red in the face.
'How much… more…' Beast Boy thought in lightheadedness to the Beast.
'Just one last verse master. You can do this.'
Beast Boy nodded his head to himself as he took a very brief pause to breath in the air he needed. Then he went through the last chorus.
'With his superpowers he can bite...'
'Go Beast Boy.'
'Never met a Leaguer that he liked…'
'Cuz he's Beast Boy!'
'The Brotherhood of Evil is on the run.'
'Yet he won't stop, till the job is done.'
'And when you see him losing all control…'
'Go Beastie, Go!'
…
'Go Beastie, Go!'
…
'One, two, three, four, go!'
'Go Beast Boy!'
…
Beast Boy finally stopped playing, as he was breathing in and out rather heavily. His lungs didn't know whether to be grateful, or angry at what he had put them through. But regardless, he had done it. He had managed to play the whole theme song on his modified tuba.
He finally sat up fully again and looked at Raven. Raven's emoticlones had become silent, waiting to see their host's reaction.
…
"Well?" Raven finally asked.
Beast Boy had a look of confusion on his face. "Well… what?" Beast Boy asked.
Raven rolled her eyes, but a small smile came on her face. "Well, are you going to just keep sitting in there? Or are you going to play me something else that sounds good?" Raven asked in her monotonous, yet slightly playful tone.
'EEEEHHHHHH!' Happy went off inside her mind.
'Whoa…' Brave said next, to stunned for words.
'That was ****ing awesome!' Rude shouted.
'Okay, so I liked that he could play the tuba. It's not much of a big deal.' Raven thought to her emoticlones.
'You know what this means girls, it's tuba time!' Knowledge shouted excitedly to everyone.
'YEAHHHHHHH!' Everyone shouted. Including a half hearted, yet smiling Raven.
Beast Boy smiled toothily at her. "One hot tuba solo coming right up!" He said excitedly to her, as he raised the mouthpiece to his lips again.
'Wow Beast, you were actually right.'
'Was there ever any doubt master?'
'... I won't answer that.'
'You already thought it.'
'Damn it!'
Beast Boy was about to blow into the big horn. Wanting to see what else he could pull from his memory of the instrument. The two people in the room were finally going to have a normal day.
Slam!
Suddenly, a loud slam was heard against the door. Shocking the two back into reality.
Slam! Slam! Slam!
A couple more loud slams sounded one after the other. Raven looked to Beast Boy, and the two locked eyes. Already nodding their heads in agreement to each other.
Raven was floating off her bed within seconds. While Beast Boy somehow managed to make the bathtub and the tuborkel, along with the goggles disappear in a flash of speed. Both of them were tensed up in front of the door mere seconds after the fifth slam, with Raven's eyes glowing white and Beast Boy looking on the verge of morphing into some large and dangerous animal. The slamming on the other side of the door continued.
With careful hands Beast Boy moved to open the door. Only a little bit so that he could see outside the crack to see what it was. 'Um master, is that such a wise idea.'
'C'mon Beast, what is the worst that could-'
But as soon as the door opened a little, the unseen object on the outside slammed into it with greater force, forcing it all the way open. Beast Boy was interrupted mid thought as he was sent stumbling back to the side. Raven floated back to avoid the door hitting her. Her fists were dark with power, as she aimed to send a sphere of energy at their attacker outside.
Only, there wasn't anybody there on the other side of the wide open door. Raven felt confusion fill her as she looked around. Where had their attacker that interrupted them went?
Raven's gaze fell onto Beast Boy, who was staring in the direction opposite her, towards the corner of the room in front of him. His body was tensed, but not in the way it would be if he was about to morph. Raven had to move from her position to his side to see what he was staring at. Was it their attacker?
Kind of.
It was a floating gray probe, with a built in screen on its front. It was dented in the front, but that had to be from slamming against their door repeatedly. It was the thing that had been hitting against it. Yet it wasn't attacking.
Raven stared at the thing with caution, and prepped her powers, but Beast Boy held his hand up in front of her. This stopped her from firing a bolt of energy at it, as she looked to him again.
"Don't Rae, it's just a message, for me." He said to her, before he turned back to the probe and spread his arms. The probe let out a field of blue light that scanned his body, first up and down, then left to right. Raven tensed up slightly at the scanner, but trusted Beast Boy with what he had said.
A green light then showed in place of the blue light. Before the drone itself let out a series of beeps and the light disappeared. Raven wasn't sure what to do, but she ended up having to do nothing.
The screen turned on, showing a video image of a man in a purple helmet. He also wore the same kind of uniform as Beast Boy did, though his had what looked like a lightning bolt across his chest. Beast Boy's voice was soft, full of suppressed emotion.
"Mento…"
"Beast Boy, if this locator pod has found you, then you know what it means." The man on the screen said with a voice filled with the authority he wielded.
"The Doom Patrol is in trouble." Beast Boy said to himself. Raven looked to the side at him.
'Doom Patrol?... why does that sound familiar?' Raven thought.
"Our last known coordinates are our home in Midway City; begin your search there. You know what has to be done. I'm counting on you Beast Boy."
The probe stayed on for a couple seconds after the message, before it turned off and fell to the ground onto a pile of clothes. It's mission having been completed.
Beast Boy was staring down at it with a look of confusion, and seriousness.
"The Doom Patrol?" Raven asked.
Beast Boy looked to her, his eyes seeming… off. It made Raven shudder on the inside.
"It was a team of superheroes I had been with, before I left them and met you and the others to form the Teen Titans."
Raven looked to the probe, and then back to Beast Boy. More than a dozen questions filled her mind. "If you left, then why did this probe come to you? And how did it find you?"
Beast Boy shook his head around to clear it of whatever he had been thinking. "It doesn't matter why it came to me Rae. As to how it found me, let's just say that it is an advanced locator probe that only Mento, the leader of the Doom Patrol, can make. What does matter though is my old family is in trouble. And if those coordinates are accurate, than they must have been ambushed at their home base in Midway City." He said in a firm tone.
"Old family?... home base?..." She said to herself as Beast Boy started to move throughout the room. He was grabbing everything that was on the floor and putting it in a pile in the middle of the carpet.
'BB had a f-family before us?' Timid said in her normal tone.
Then it clicked in her mind. Something he had said to her before.
'Names Garfield Logan of the Doom Patrol. Nice to meet you… of course! Why was I so ignorant of that fact then!' Raven thought with a mental facepalm.
'Maybe because you were thinking of all the ways you could tease him about it.' Knowledge replied.
'Hey, Rude was the one who was doing all the thinking! I only agreed with some of it!' Raven thought back. Before she focused on the real world again.
"You mean, this is the Doom Patrol you used in your introduction to me before... And they were your family before the Titans." Raven said.
Beast Boy nodded his head, as he started to gather what looked like their remaining stuff together. "Yeah, so for Mento to call for me… it has to be important."
Raven thought on it a little more. "I need to ask, do you think we can trust this recording Gar?"
Again, Beast Boy nodded his head. But he spoke in a voice that had lost its carefree quality. "The only thing I can tell you Rae is that only Mento is able to program these things. Not even Robotman, a living machine, can figure out how he gets them to work. And they only go out to members of the team that weren't captured, killed, or the like. So for one to come to me specifically, even though I'm not with them anymore, means that the rest of the team has to be in danger."
Raven wasn't so sure. She wanted to voice how it could be a trap from the Justice League. Or how maybe this Mento was just trying to lure them in so he could capture them and turn them over himself.
But she kept her mouth shut. She knew nothing about Beast Boy's old team at all. Heck, she hadn't really heard of the Doom Patrol before then, or Mento, or Robotman, or whoever else was on it. So she had to trust Beast Boy on this issue.
So instead, she decided to help him with whatever he was doing. Which was gathering all their stuff up in the middle of the room.
"Why are we gathering everything here Gar?" Raven asked.
"Just in case." He replied. Raven was confused by his vague answer.
"So how far away is Midway City Garfield?" Raven asked.
"It's about fifty miles south of here. So it won't take us long to get there if we hurry." He replied as he was now searching through his pack.
"Mind telling me what you're looking for?" Raven asked when she saw the frustrated look on his face.
"Just a sec…" His face lit up. "Got them!"
He pulled his hand out, revealing two pairs of… rings? No, Raven had to remind herself. These weren't just normal rings.
"Well, at least we'll be disguised." Raven said sarcastically as she picked her pouch off from off her vanity. Then Beast Boy started to wander the room to make sure everything like clothes and food packages were in the middle. He took a look at it, before he walked to the door, and gestured for her to follow.
Raven followed him outside, where he pressed the button on the side of the porch. The house shrank back into its cube form, and Beast Boy put the pocket home in her pouch. She then put the pouch in his belt so she wouldn't have to carry it the whole time.
He turned to look around the clearing one more time. Making certain that nobody had seen what had been going on here.
"Okay. Let's get moving." Beast Boy said.
Raven felt that bad feeling again. "Wait… Gar, are you sure about this?" Raven asked.
Beast Boy looked to Raven, and then he nodded. "It's not like we have much of a choice Rae. We're starting to run low on food, and our clothes are starting to become smelly, even by my standards. Besides, I might have not left the Doom Patrol on good terms, but that doesn't mean I won't help them when they helped me... and who knows, they might even be able to help us to hide from the Justice League. We could live somewhat normal lives without fear of being hunted." He said to he.
Raven thought on what he said, but before she could say anything, he morphed into a green wolf and ran into the woods.
Raven looked at his retreating form, and let out a sigh. 'I hope you're right Gar… I really do hope you're right… just, don't get your hopes up to high.'
Raven changed into her soul self form, and followed along behind the green wolf. She didn't want to do this. Her emoticlones were screaming at her to not do this.
'It could be a trap!' Rage spoke angrily.
'It is very likely to be dangerous.' Knowledge spoke next.
'Even with holo-rings on, we could very well still be recognized.' Wisdom spoke after that.
'We could lose our BB!' Happy said unhappily.
Rude was cussing like a one eyed carpenter.
But he was right, if things went well, then they finally had a chance at escaping. If Beast Boy was right, they'd be able to live somewhat normal lives somewhere with their help. She didn't want to be hunted down forever. She didn't want to have to stay alert at all times for a sign of danger whenever she so much as stepped one foot outside…
'Girls, if we do this, we could finally live safe lives. Don't you want that?' She asked.
Then a depressing thought hit her mind from Timid. 'If we w-were to live normally th-though, would we be together w-with Gar… or a-a-apart.'
If they were to be hidden from the Justice League… would they ever be able to stay somewhat together like they had been doing. What would be her excuse to Beast Boy in wanting him to stay? She couldn't just tell him she liked him and expect him to stay. He might be nice and let her down easy… or laugh in her face at what he would think was a joke.
'What am I thinking? I was fine being alone before. I can go back to it easily. I don't need people in my life!' Raven thought determined.
'Do you?' Knowledge asked.
Raven continued to be haunted by her thoughts the whole way there.
Meanwhile with Beast Boy. Who was running slightly ahead of Raven as a green wolf.
'Dude, I hope that they're still alright. I mean, it sometimes takes these probes months to find one of the members of the Doom Patrol. And I'm an inactive one at that.'
'I'm sure they're going to be fine master. It is our mate though that I worry about.'
'Wait, you're worried about Rae? Why is that?'
'Haven't you sensed the conflict she has been feeling since the Doom Patrol was mentioned?'
The wolf looked back at the black soul raven following him. 'Well, she seems pretty normal to me now. Though that might be because she's in her soul self form.'
'Trust me master. Her worry is coming off her like that of a mother bear towards her cubs.'
Beast Boy would have scratched his head if he could. How could the Beast even sense what she was feeling? 'But why would she be worried? I mean, this could be the break we've been looking for.'
'You mean a break from being the hunted instead of the hunter?'
'Well, yeah. But I mean that we could fully disappear. The Doom Patrol has been all over the world. They could put us somewhere so remote that no one would ever find us except them. We wouldn't have to worry about being hunted down again. Or have to think about hunting down anyone else who wants to harm us.'
'But do you think that is what our mate would want? To not be hunted, would mean we would have to be isolated. Cut off. Alone from the rest of the world. Is that what she would want?'
'Hello, we're talking about Rae here Beast. She is the epitome of wanting to be left alone.'
'That isn't what I've been getting from her the past few days master.'
'... I don't think I follow.'
'Ugh… master. Sometimes, you're density frustrates me to no end. Haven't you noticed how our mate has been trying to open up to you lately?'
'... Well… uh… um… kind of. I mean, I have seen her smiling a little more, which is totally cool… and I've gotten her to chuckle a few times…'
'What about the way she glances at you when she thinks we aren't looking. Or how she waits for us out in the cold for when we come out of that freezing lake. There's also the fact that her eyes shine a little brighter when you talk to her. Or smile in her direction. Or-'
'Okay! So maybe she is opening up! That doesn't mean that she still wouldn't appreciate not having a target on her back anymore!'
'Maybe. Yet she still worries about this little gambit we're taking.'
Sigh 'Beast… Do you think it could be a trap too then.'
'It is a possibility. This Doom Patrol might have been our family once, and they might know a few places where they can hide us. But they are also tied to the Justice League. We can't be certain that they would be on our side for now.'
'Well, keep in mind that probe could have been sent way before this mess even happened. For all we know, they could actually be in grave danger. I know you weren't there for when I was with them Beast, but if it was your family, wouldn't you take a risk if it meant possibly saving them.'
'Weren't the Titans our family? Wouldn't the same thing apply for them here?'
'... They were our family Beast. But Zatanna twisted them to the point where they aren't now.'
'Who is to say then that she hasn't done the same thing to your old family then.'
'Long pause… You worry too much Beast. You know that, right?'
'And you don't worry enough for the four of us.'
'And what is that supposed to mean?!'
He didn't receive a reply. Beast Boy huffed in his wolf form.
'Four? Last time I checked, it was only two… Besides, what are the odds that this does end up being a trap for us anyways. It would be like trying to win the lottery. The other Titans knew nothing of my former past, and those probes take months to find people. There's no way this could possibly be a trap! I'm sure of it!.'
Was he though?
Outside a manor at the time Raven and Beast Boy left
Zatanna walked out of the set of double front doors, and looked out to the city they had been patrolling the past three days. The one where she had been told to wait in with her team on Nabu's advice. She didn't tell the others that it came from him, she just told them she used a spell and some logic to guess where they were going to go. And besides Superboy's skepticism, they had believed the lie.
It wasn't a total lie though. Midway City was one of the biggest cities South of Nunuvat that didn't have a hero presence. Metropolis was too far East, Seattle was too far west, and Star City was too far South. Two of which had a large hero presence, while Seattle was too far to the west with a lot of heroes covering the area in between. So it hadn't been that hard to convince Robin and the others to base her and a few others in the area the two were likely to head to. Hell, Robin had even given her two of the more powerful Justice Leaguers to help out.
Yep, there was two other Justice Leaguers stationed with her, along with two of the Young Justices, and two of the other Titans. One of whom was Starfire since she was the strongest Titan. All of which were out observing parts of the city.
Zatanna rubbed her forehead in exhaustion. Even though she was taking less patrols than the others, the strain on her mind was killing her. And not just from the magic traces she had set up alongside Doctor Fate/Nabu.
It had only been what, a few weeks to a month since her spell had erased the former memories of the four people she now controlled. Yet, somehow, they were all fighting back against her. Even though she had stripped them of their identity, and replaced them with different ones. Hell, it was a miracle no one had figured it out she was controlling them.
'Well, almost everyone.'
Zatanna was now sure that Artemis knew, along with Kid Flash. Since the two of them had announced recently that they were retiring from the superhero business and going to college. Their only excuse being that it didn't feel right being a hero anymore. They were still in the Cave, packing up all their stuff.
Hopefully they wouldn't be a problem in the future.
Naturally, Robin had been furious about the two heroes departure. But within minutes, he had buried himself into his work again, taking his anger out on it. At least she had made that part of his personality correctly. The Boy Wonder had always been known to take his frustration out on his work.
Then there was Superboy.
Zatanna wasn't sure if he knew for sure or not, but she did know he was suspicious of her. She had hoped that by having him come, he would focus on the two rogue heroes, but no. No matter where she went, he always seemed to be around, watching her. That scowl he always seemed to wear directed right at her.
Zatanna would have asked Nabu to do his mind thing on him. But she didn't for two reasons. One, she knew how much Superboy hated to be mentally manipulated, after the way he was cloned, raised, and all that. She wouldn't ever want to do that to him unless it was absolutely necessary. She even considered him one of the few friends on the old team she had.
The second reason... well, that was because of who his girlfriend was. So to try it would definitely expose her, since M'gann knew Superboy's whole memory and identity inside and out. So all she had to do was make sure she didn't do anything suspicious. And hope that he never figured it out.
Outside of those heroes though, Zatanna didn't have any clue who else knew. Or who else was being manipulated by Nabu for her benefit. Artemis had been one, and she suspected a few others. But she couldn't list their names now because of the headache she was having.
'Okay, I didn't come out here to think. I need to get this errand done quickly. Or else I'll miss my chance.' Zatanna thought to herself. As she forced the headache back from her mind.
"Ylf pu." She simply stated.
Just like that, her body flew up into the air. And within a few seconds, she was flying over the gates and out over the city.
Midway City.
'That lord better hope he was right. It takes two whole days to strengthen that whole damn tracer line, even with his help. If we so much as miss this opportunity, then I am going to be pissed!' Zatanna thought in anger to herself. As she flew silently through the air out of the city towards Metroplis. Where she would use the Zeta Tube to come out in New York.
From there, she'd meet up with Nabu, and she would go north, while he went south. Strengthening the tracer line again as they would go around the continent, and meet up on the west in Seattle. It would take two days, and according to Nabu, she had a window of four where the two could come in at any time.
"Ylf ta repus cinos deeps." Zatanna muttered.
There was a loud bang as Zatanna broke the sound barrier, and within seconds, Midway City was a small blur behind her.
Back in the manor, from one of the windows, a blonde haired girl watched the well dressed sorceress fly off. And a crooked smile came onto her face.
"Have fun with crooked old Nabu my dear. I do hope he loves the present I will have gift wrapped just for him when you two arrive back after the preview is over."
With that, the girl laughed to herself, as she let the curtain fall back into place. Hiding her from view of the world. The last thing to show, being her startling blue eyes.
Author's Notes:
Important! I need suggestions for the two Justice Leaguers in a later chapter!
Well, I'm happy to say that I got this chapter out this week in the first place. It was supposed to have more to it, when I realized the potential of the first part. So I actually worked on it, and found a nice spot to leave a cliffhanger in the process.
I know, I didn't change most of the song. Then again, I can't rhyme as well as Cyborg did. So sue me. At least I actually did more than him! Also, I
Zatanna is talking to Nabu. She is working with Nabu. But why is the girl under Nabu's control saying all that? Is it possible that the villain isn't Nabu? And if it isn't, then who else could it be? So many questions… so little time...
Till Next Time
Allen
