Fear coursed through my veins as the Joker's merciless laugh echoed off the walls.
"I'm back! Did you miss me, bird brat?" His faceless voice spoke directly to Robin.
"Show your face you coward!" Robin yelled furiously. That terrible laugh bounced around the room once again before he made himself visible.
"Look at this, the whole gangs here," the Joker sneered.
"What do you want, Joker," Aqualad demanded.
"I want what I wanted last time!" The Joker retorted.
"Revenge?" Artemis sarcastically guessed.
"Not just revenge, my dear," his voice lowered in a more threatening manner, "I want you justice brats dead." At that moment a crowd of large man in clown masks surrounded us. Silence hung in the air. The suspense of what would happen next luring over the room until two words were spoken. "Kill them." The goons attacked. We jumped into action. I couldn't tell how the others were faring through the chaos, but I wasn't doing so well. I had three goons attacking me at once. I needed to relax so I could use my powers, but I couldn't. Every time of doing tried to get ahead another tried directly after giving me no time to calm down and focus. A few my hits may contact but not as many as the goons'. I thought I was doomed until Superboy through one of the masked men into the three attacking me. I looked up to see the rest of young justice all doing a little better than I was. Artemis was on a beam on the ceiling shooting arrows down, while Superboy helped M'gann with a group of the henchmen, and Aqualad and Sam fought another bunch. I was about to jump in and help kid flash when I saw the Joker run cackling, out of the room with Robin close behind.
"I'm going to help Robin!" I yelled. I waited for Aqualad to give me a nod before I ran after the longtime enemies. I found the payer and a large empty room. Robin was doing well and it looked like the battle would be over soon. I decided it was time to end it and shot the most powerful bolt of electricity I could at the Joker. He flew to the center of the room and appeared to be out cold. I collapsed to my knees, exhausted from using so much energy so quickly. Robin cautiously walked over to the Joker to make sure he wasn't getting up anytime soon.
"Nice one," he panted also exhausted from the fight, "kind of ironic too." He had his back turned to the Joker now, facing me as he spoke.
"How is it ironic?" I asked, relaxing of the fight was over and we had one.
"What you wouldn't have electrokinesis if he hadn't electrocuted you and you just defeated him with it." I shrugged slightly impressed Robin could go from fighting is worse than me to having a casual conversation. At that moment the rest of young justice found us. We began to leave the building and leave you unconscious evildoers to the police, but froze only heard "not so fast, justice brats." No one had time to react before allowed BANG was heard Robin fell to the ground. The Joker ran out the back exit and Aqualad, kid flash, Superboy, and Artemis ran after them. I ran to Robin with the other two right behind me. I dropped to the ground and lifted the upper part of Robin's body into my arms.
"Robin!" I exclaimed, tears filled my eyes as he didn't knowledge me, "Robin, please! You have to be okay! Please!" I began to sob, shaking his motionless body, pleading for him to awaken. Blood from the bullet wound in his back covered me. But I didn't notice. "Robin! Oh God, Robin! Come on answer me!" I had never cried so hard in my life. I body shook his tears soaked my face. M'gann had tears rolling down her face as well as she tried searching his brain for activity. Sam just stood next to her in shock.
"Dick you can't leave me! You promised, remember? You promised you wouldn't leave me like this!" I lean over his body and cried into his chest. "Please Robin," I whispered, "I can't lose another brother." My body continued to shiver as I sobbed loudly. When suddenly M'gann exclaimed, "he's alive!" Sam's in my head snapped to look at her.
"He's in critical condition but he's alive!" She elaborated.
"We have to get into the ship!" Kaldur ordered as he and the others ran towards us.
"Went into the Joker?" Sam asked him while helping me up so Connor could pick up Dick. I continue to cry silently as I clung to Sam's arm.
"We lost him," while replied. What happened next seemed almost in slow motion. A click was heard and as I looked over my shoulder to find the source I found myself face-to-face with the tip of a bullet. Before I could process was happening Sam abruptly pulled me behind him and moved himself between me and the projectile.
"SAM!" I shrieked as he fell into my arms. At that moment my mind could only focus on two things: my dying friends and the psychotic laughter of the Joker as he got away.
A leak after the incident Dick was back to his old self. He had to take it easy but other than that he was fine. Sam wasn't so lucky the boy had been very close to hitting his heart rendering it weak and causing hand have to stay in the infirmary for a long while.
I walked down to the infirmary early that morning like I had been since the day Dick and Sam were admitted. He was awake already, reading a book.
"Hey," I said as I walked in sat in a chair by his bed.
"Hey," he said it as he put the book down. We sat in a comfortable silence, just enjoying each other's company until Sam spoke.
"Julie?" He asked.
"Yeah,"
"Can I tell you something?"
"Of course." He looked into my eyes and cupped one of his hands on my cheek.
"I love you." I sat there not sure what to say, Sam had told me this before but this time seem different. This time I knew he loved me so much he would take a bullet for me, and that didn't settle right with me. I figured out why one to say I knew I would regret it, by also knew it was for the best.
"You can't," I stated. He gave me a confused and slightly hurt look.
"What do you mean? Of course I can, I do," he replied.
"I mean you shouldn't," I said of them went to the window, "it's not safe for us to love each other."
"I don't understand." I could hear the hurt in his voice and I hated being the one causing it.
"Look for we are!" I shouted. I had to make him understand. I had to make him stop loving me, "you're in here because of me! I should be the one in the hospital bed not you excavation point I can't take the guilt of knowing every time we go into battle you'll do something stupid like you did last week!" I turned back to the window, not wanting to see my tears. "I can't live with the idea that you would risk ending your life to save mine."
"It doesn't matter how you feel, because I love you and I will always protect you and that will never change." Herne gathered walk over to me, and turned around and looked into his eyes.
"Sam, I don't want you risking your life. I couldn't live without you."
"Love always has risks, Julie, but we can overcome them. As long as were together nothing can break us." He leaned into me, our lips centimeters apart.
"I'm never let anything hurt you," he whispered.
"I love you," I whispered back.
As our lips touched, for the first time in my life, I didn't feel so alone.
Robin: So that's it? it's over?
Juliet: Yep! I lived happily ever after, the end!
Me: Not quite.
Juliet: What do mean?
Me: It's not over.
Robin: Explain.
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