There was a loud pounding noise on the cafeteria door as Superman knocked on it, but the kids ignored it as they lined up to offer some of their food to the fire. Rocket was the first, and she offered her best chicken leg. "For Lord Ares." She whispered, and the fire grew a little as it fell.
All of the kids either offered their food to Zeus or Ares, then Red Bat smiled evilly as the pounding continued.
"Are there more? Is it an invasion?" He asked his siblings.
"Reddy, I'm bored!" Robin whined. "I want off this satellite!"
Oracle and Diana nodded, making Red Bat sigh. "Okay. Oracle, get us off this hunk of junk."
Oracle smiled evilly, chanted one of her many spells, and all of them suddenly found themselves in the middle of a desert. All of the kids looked around, wondering where they were, while Oracle glared at nothing in particular.
"I was hoping for Disney!" She growled.
And they started bickering like the children and teens they were.
"Where the hell are we?" Red Bat growled at her.
"This is all your fault, Rob! 'I want off this satellite'!" Falcon mimicked in a girly voice, all the while moving his hips and hands to humiliate Robin even more.
Robin glared at him, his face going red. "I was bored!"
Tempest and Speedy were arguing over something stupid, Oracle, Diana, and Red Bat were blaming one another, Batgirl and Black Bat were whisper-shouting about something, and Robin was trying to tackled Falcon, who only sped away every time Robin jumped. Rocket's eyebrow ticked as she felt a headache coming on.
"SHUT UP!" She screamed, making all of the arguments stop simultaneously.
They all stared at her, blinked, then started yelling and bickering again. Raquel massaged her forehead, then an idea came to her. She grabbed Oracle and flew her away, setting her down a few miles away from the rest of their family.
"Rocket, what's-" Oracle started, but Rocket cut her off.
"You need to bring Leonidas back from the dead."
Oracle blinked at her, and seemed surprised at this, then seemed ready to say she couldn't, but Rocket cut her off once more.
"Scratch that, you will bring Leonidas back."
"Rocket, you can't tamper with time! That's way too dangerous! We may alter the course of time if we take him away!"
"That's what we make clones for, Oracle." Rocket told her, rolling her eyes. "We program Clone Leonidas to be ready to die for Sparta, and we take out the real Leonidas right before he dies because of the arrows from the Persians."
Oracle looked like she didn't want to do it, but nodded and got in a pose that said she was ready. Her legs were separated and her arms were up on her sides, magic coursing through her arms and into her hands. Her eyes went bright, as she chanted, "gnirb kcab gniK sadinoeL morf sih taefed!"
Suddenly a bright portal appeared in front of her, and a man fell through, half dressed and wearing the Spartan armor. But Oracle couldn't be amazed at this as she continued her spell. "Ekam a ypoc fo eht gniK dna dnes mih ot atrapS!"
Rocket smiled gleefully as the man slowly got up, looking around, wondering what had happened to his fallen men and the god king Xerxes. He looked down at both girls, and asked, "Where am I?"
Oracle sighed as she let her arms fall, her eyes going back to their normal color as the magic left her. Rocket ran to her and caught her before she fell, and turned to Leonidas, who was glaring at them. "What kind of sorcery is this?" He growled.
"King Leonidas, please listen to us before you pass judgement." Rocket told him, moving to take off her mask. "My name is Raquel, and this is my little sister, Zatanna. We're just humble servants." She told him.
Leonidas eyed them wearily, but let it go after Zatanna whimpered. He never did like seeing kids in pain. "Is she all right?" He asked Raquel.
She nodded, then moved to picked up the younger girl, "You asked what sorcery it was that had brought you here, right? Well, it was hers'. I asked her to bring you here, my liege." Raquel had watched movies, she knew that she should always call him something respectful.
Leonidas frowned, seeing that Raquel was struggling some with the weight of Zatanna, and offered to carry her. "I believe it is her I have to thank for being here, so why should I not carry her to fulfill it?"
Raquel shrugged and handed Zatanna over, then looked at her siblings, a frown touching her lips. "Uh, King Leonidas, do you think you can scare my brothers straight?" Raquel asked hopefully.
Leonidas looked over his shoulder to find a group of strangely dressed children yelling at each other, an adult nowhere in sight, and he saw how that tallest was ready to attack the second tallest one with a hood. "I believe I can help." He said, then started walking towards the children.
As a shadow fell on them, all of the kids turned around, only to find the legendary King Leonidas standing above them, Zatanna in his arms, and a smirking Raquel next to him. "I believe that you get nowhere from bickering and fighting." He told them indifferently, analyzing each and every one of the kids.
"Oh my Gods! It's King Leonidas!" Diana yelled, having a fangirl moment.
The fear that Leonidas had instilled seemed to be lost as she jumped on him, soon followed by Robin and Falcon. Then, Leonidas found himself with both his arms full of children, also his legs and chest. "I never thought such a thing would happen." He told himself, while looking down at Raquel who was laughing silently.
"Why must I wear such colorful garments?" Leonidas asked as the group walked down the streets of Las Vegas.
Apparently, Zatanna had poofed them into a desert which was only a few hundred miles from the city, and they had reached it as soon as all the kids stopped fawning over the king. Zatanna had woken up to hug the king, start talking about how much she looked up to him, then cling to his hand as they walked down the streets.
The first thing the kids had done when they got to the city was get clothes for Leonidas, just because they all knew it wasn't Halloween. If it were, it had been a whole nother story. Leonidas was now wearing some jeans and a muscle shirt, but he still wore his sandals. His armor was in the backpack he was now carrying, which just so happened to be a Batman backpack.
All of the kids had changed into civvies, and were now trying to find the nearest mall.
"If you didn't, my king, people would look at you differently." Kaldur explained patiently. "We do not want you attacking anybody now."
Leonidas frowned at this, but before he could say anything, Dick pulled down on his hand, making him look down. "I need you to memorize these numbers," He said, and after Leonidas nodded he was ready, he continued. "4-5-0-8."
"What are those numbers for, young warrior?" Leonidas asked.
Dick smiled up at him, his blue eyes shining with mischief, and said, "I'll tell you when you need it, okay? For now, let's go to the arcade!" He said, turning to his siblings.
Leonidas smiled at his energy, actually enjoying having so many smiling children close to him, and not afraid that he would do something to them. The time each child spent in Sparta only hardened them, and they were weary of strangers. Even their king.
Leonidas marveled as the clear doors swished open to the sides, with no one moving them. The children had explained in their trek from the desert that there would be marvels he wouldn't understand in this world and it wasn't sorcery, but it was so hard to believe that. It was as if the Gods themselves had blessed this area!
"Come on, Uncle Leo." Jason told him, pointing to the right.
The children all followed him, along with Leonidas swinging Zatanna and Dick on each arm. He laughed as the children giggled in glee.
"We're here." Roy told him, making him look up from the children.
They were in front of a dark room, with flashing bright lights all around. Zatanna and Dick let go of his hands, running inside to a machine that gave them gold coins after they put green paper inside. The kids all left to their own devices, but Raquel and Roy stayed with him.
"Hey, Uncle Leo, do you dance?" Raquel asked, leading him towards the machine that gave the coins.
Leonidas was still marvelling at all the noises and the marvels that were in this one room, but managed to nod. He had danced a little when he had married his beautiful wife, after all.
"Good, hey, Roy, I'm taking him to Dance Dance. That okay?" Raquel asked the red head.
Roy nodded as he gave green paper to the machine, and got twenty coins in return. "I go against who wins." He said.
Raquel nodded, then grabbed Leonidas' hand, "Come on, your heighness. Let's see if I can beat your royal heighny." She said, smirking at him, then leading him to a machine that had a pad with four arrows on it, two people dancing on the screen on top.
Raquel fed it the coins, told him what he had to do, and said, "You ready, King Leonidas?" She asked.
Leonidas frowned at her smirk, and said, "A Spartan is always ready."
"Then, let's see if a Spartan is always ready for this." And the loud music started.
Don't question it. I believe Leonidas should stay with the kids, but tell me your thoughts on this. Please review.