Hey! Musical's over, so here's a chapter! One more, and then you'll have to wait for the sequel.
Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice or any characters but Kate, Tori, and Soulswap.
I sit up from where I had slammed into the wall after Sparrow's teleporting. I slump back down when I realize that the room's spinning. "Never again," I tell myself. I hear Sparrow's voice, but can't make out the words because it's too low. I push myself up just in time to see her teleport away. I glance around, trying to find what made her left. Robin is staring at the spot where she just was, Zatanna behind him with her hands over her mouth in shock. I squint, and find a smudge of pink lip gloss on Robin's lips. Anger boils up, and I shove myself up, stomping over to him.
"I hope you're happy," I snarl. "Because you're dead." My eyes roam across the room, hurriedly skipping over Megan and Conner's passionate kiss, momentarily pausing on Wally and Artemis, and finally resting on Kaldur. And some girl, Rocket, who was joining the team today, kissing him on the corner of his mouth. I freeze, not believing what I'm seeing.
"I'd better go…um…put Soulswap in a cell," I tell no one in particular. I spin around, hurrying to where we had left Soulswap. I yank him to his feet and pull him down hallways, paying more attention to holding back tears than where I'm going.
"Stop that," I think. "It's probably just a little misunderstanding, nothing to get worried about." Pausing to blink away the last tears, I realize I have no idea where I am.
"Lost, little girl?" Soulswap asks in a singsong voice. I ignore him, taking us down the hall to the left. "Too upset over your boyfriend? Don't worry, I'm sure you'll find someone else…in thirty years!" He ends his jab with a cackle.
"And I'm sure you'll find someone before you're seventy," I retort. Footsteps sound behind me, and I turn around to see Kaldur running up. I drop Soulswap by the wall and cross my arms, waiting.
"Kate," Kaldur says.
"Kaldur," I reply, trying to keep my voice calm, although a fresh round of stomach butterflies and tears are threatening.
"That wasn't…I didn't….she kissed me, not the other way around. I'm sorry if it seemed like anything else." Smiling, I wrap my arms around him, breathing in his familiar scent.
"I know that," I tell him. "Why would I think anything else about you?" He hugs me back and I relax into him, glad that that little drama is over.
"Well isn't this sweet?" Soulswap drawls. I pull back and wave my hand, a gag materializing in his mouth. Kaldur catches me off guard by kissing my cheek, and I turn bright red. Soulswap rolls his eyes. I tug Kaldur's head down to mine.
"Kate!" someone calls. We both jump back. Robin comes running around the corner. I glare at him. "Have you seen Sparrow? I haven't seen her since…yeah."
"No, the last time I saw her she was teleporting. It was a long distance, but that's all I can tell you."
"I'll go activate the tracker then."
Tori
I sit down in a rolling chair in the Batcave, checking to make sure it isn't Batman's. I place my bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream on my lap and take a bite. I'd gotten quite tired after teleporting around and crying on the roof, so I went back to the Batcave and changed into some clean clothes. Now I'm sitting and eating ice cream waiting for Robin to get back. I'd been thinking about what I want to say when he comes, but nothing seems to fit right with what I'm feeling. I finish up my ice cream and go upstairs. It's warmer in the house. I sit on the sofa and lean my head back on it.
"I wonder if this is it for us. No! That's stupid. He's totally going to get it. But..."
There's a familiar sound of one of the secret passage doors shutting that causes me to turn. Dick walks in, changed into his civvies. He places his glasses down on the kitchen counter before he spots me. I leap over the couch and walk to him.
"Tori, I-" He was cut off by a swift punch to the stomach, making him to double over. He gasps for air and I smack him in the back of the head. Dick shuffles away from me. I growl as he pulls himself into a fighting stance. I take a small step back before rushing at him. He raises his arms as if to block my attack, but at the last minute I spin around, grab his arm and pull him to the ground. I grab his other arm and pin him down. I sit on his stomach, careful not to put all my weight on him, but just enough so he couldn't get up. Suddenly, I'm hit over the head. I turn to see Alfred holding a rolled newspaper in his hand.
"No roughhousing in the manor." I grumble a little, but get off Dick and sit on the sofa. He follows me and sits on the other side. There's an awkward pause.
"T-" he starts again but I cut him off.
"No. Just listen first, because I feel like if I don't say this first I'll get angry with you again." He shuts up and folds his hands in his lap.
"Look, what you did back there really hurt me. It was like a huge dagger through my chest, especially since Zee said she'd quit her flirting. I don't think I want to know you're reason for kissing her just...do you like her?"
"What?"
"Like, do you like her more than you like me?"
"No." he said this in a way that made me smile a little. "I'm sorry we did that, and I'm especially sorry that we hurt you. That I hurt you. I swear that I won't happen again and..."
"Dude!" I say loudly, grabbing the sides of his face. "It's cool. I forgive you."
"R-really?" he looks at me in disbelief. His beautiful blue eyes look relieved.
"Yeah, I don't want us to end up like those guys in teen dramas with sour breakups and always angry with one another." He smiles and chuckles a little, resting his head on top of mine. "Besides," I continue, looking up at him. "I punched you in the stomach pretty hard."
"Psh, you didn't hit me that hard."
"Ha," I scoff, "please you looked like you were about to throw up." He laughs loudly and I laugh with him.
"Speaking of punches, the team took on the Justice League." My jaw drops as eyes widen.
"Duuuude. Like even Batman and Superman." He nods. I spin around and rest against his chest. "Okay, you're telling me this story." He leans back.
"But, don't you want to tell me about your mission?" I wave it off.
"I just stopped a bomb from making a city plode."
"Plode?" He grins.
"Like explode or implode. Because we didn't know what type of bomb it was except it was a bomb." Dick ruffles my hair.
"Nice word." I smooth it back into place.
"Thank you, now your story."
"Okay, okay. So it pretty much all started when you two left..."
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