Author's note: Hey Guys, this is my first early chapter in a long time lol. Got up extra early to deliver this to ya extra early lol. This chapter is real cool with some interactions from Beta while it's Alex's birthday. Hopefully you will understand Wally's joke. Seth plays a major role in this story so I thought I give you a bit of info about his powers. It may be confusing but that's because I didn't really think it through. It seriously came to me a hour before I started writing.
I'd like to ask all of my Young Justice: Beta readers to check out a original story created by Liathelaxchick and I. We started coming up with ideas and we decided to make a joint story on a joint profile. Can you guys check it out, it would really mean alot to us. It's a superhero team story somewhat similar to this, you know, minus the Justice League. Strike, I'm kind hoping you would be the first one to check it out since you said you would check out anything I write over there. You would see that My ideas with Lia ideas blends into this epic story that you need to check out. I hope I don't sound like I'm stuffing this down your throats but this story is really awesome and your support would be much appreciated. If you don't have account on FictionPress, you can just do the guest account thing and if you really like it, you can follow or favorite it.
Technically, it's written by Lia (Who is a great writer btw, seriously check out her stories.) Since I'm focused on Beta, she writes the story but I edit and add in some of my own thing. This partnership is real great and it would show on the story. We released it yesterday and we would really like it if you guys check it out.
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I swear to you it will get better in the future. So show your support by submitting a review.
Strike OOO, Why doesn't anyone like OC stories? Geeze, I always had this problem on this site. Good thing I'm a good story teller, or else this story would be finished by now lol. I'm glad you gave it a try and liked it so I'm happy. I feel like ranting about something but I'm just going to keep to myself. For your information, I actually have nothing planned for Dante and Madison in the future. Sure, they will eventually end up together but even I don't know when. Come on Strike, ShadowMagician ain't going to last forever. Especially with the way Dante is acting and treating Zatanna. She was talking to herself, I don't know, she just likes talking to herself lol. Geeze, a whole bunch of chapters ago, you was on the Aiden bandwagon and now your off the wagon and you want to burn it down lmao. No love for Aiden huh? Clearly Aiden was taunting Dante. I get it though, You've lost all respect for Aiden. It's understandable after what he has done to the team and Dante. Villains and Heroes teaming up is like a sin lol. You know the villains would betray the heroes afterwards. Look at the end of season 2, Lex helps the heroes get rid of the Reach but instead brings someone more worse with Darkseid (Who is a major badass btw.)
Lia, Yeah, I figured Dante and Ella would be good friends. Especially when Dante finds out Ella is friends with his best friends or when Ella and Alex hook up, it would be kind of weird for Dante to adjust to that. Or even Ella joining the team. Super weird lol. Young Justice being cancelled is what brought me to write this story. It was either this or my own superhero story but I decided to go with this since I loved Young Justice. Hey, this story got us to work together on our own Superhero team story so I'm happy either way.
Cloak, I liked your top three and I'm hoping you do it with each chapter from now on. You can even add more to it, like why you it's your top 3 etc. Thanks for the review bro.
Ok guys, I hope you enjoy the show and make sure to check out the other story Lia and I wrote (Or co wrote, whatever. You know what I mean man.)
Mount Justice
March 24th, 2013 10:00 am est
Alex stood over since it was the weekend and Frank was busy at work at Wayne Tech. Alex covered his head with a pillow as his phone started vibrating and ringing on the night table next to his bed.
"Can I sleep on my birthday?!" He asked himself out loud as he glared at the phone. He reached over to the table without looking which caused him to knock some stuff down. "Hello?" Alex asked into his phone.
"Happy Birthday Alex!" A girl's voice said over the phone.
Alex rubbed his eyes with a smile, "Thanks Barbara."
"So what you planning on doing for your B-day?" She asked in a cheerful tone.
Alex yawned into the phone and started stretching, "I don't know. I think Dick has something planned."
"When doesn't he have something planned?"
"Good question." Alex retorted with a smile, he then heard another ring in his ear and he took the phone away from his ear and he looked at it. "Hey Barbara, I'm going to have to let you go. I got another call."
"Alright Alex, have fun!"
"I will." Alex replied with a bigger smile and then hung up on Barbara. He then answered the unknown number. "Hello?"
"Alex?" A girl's voice said in a shy tone.
"Uh, yeah. Who's this?"
"It's me, Ella."
Alex eyes widened as she said her name, he quickly sat up and straightened out his back, "Ella? You have a phone?"
There was a awkward silence, "Of course I have a phone you idiot. What teenager doesn't have a cell phone?"
"You… At least I've never seen you with one."
"Well, now I have one."
Alex looked at the screen on his phone again, "Why is your number unknown?" Alex asked as he put the phone back to his ear.
"I don't know. My… Dad bought me this phone."
"Your adoptive father? Really? That's cool."
"I know…" She said and there was silence once again, "So…" She said awkwardly, "How does it feel to be 15?"
"The same way it did when I was 14."
"Yeah, I never understood why people asked that question."
"So why did you ask it?"
There was another awkward silence, "I don't know." She said innocently which made Alex smile. He then got off his bed and started stretching some more.
"So what are you doing today?"
"Nothing much. My… dad is taking me out for dinner."
"What about your adoptive mother?"
"She has to work."
"On a Sunday?"
"It's complicated."
"Hold on a second." Alex said and then put his phone down. He then started putting on some sweatpants. "You still there?" He asked as he put the phone back to his ear.
"Uh-huh but I gotta go. My father just got back home. See you tomorrow."
"See ya." Alex said and then she hung up on him. He placed the phone into his pocket and left his room.
Once he was out in the hallway he looked at the room next to his.
"Want to be neighbors?" Alex remembered himself asking Dante on the first day they met at this very spot.
"Sure." Alex remembered Dante saying with a smile.
Alex frowned as he looked at the door, "Miss you buddy." Alex said as he tapped the door twice and remembered all of the things they both went through in this base.
It's been a whole bunch of months and they both changed so quickly. Alex is slightly more mature and Dante… is doing his own thing. Alex missed his old friend and wished he could have stopped Batman from throwing Dante out of the team. Speaking of Batman, he was starting to get on Alex's nerves. It's like he is a totally different dude then the guy Alex used to worship. Alex was still mad at Batman for what he did to Dante and for trying to get rid of Beta.
Alex thought about all of these things as he walked the halls with his hands in his pockets. He knew as soon as he turned this next corner that…
"Happy Birthday!" Beta and a few members from Alpha said to him with birthday decorations in the background. He then saw Zatanna's sweet 16 banner hanging in the air and he started laughing.
"Told you he would love it." Dick said with a smile as he approached Alex, "Had to get you back. Madison didn't want me to do it."
Alex continued to laugh and then looked at Madison, "You set this all up?"
"With the help of the team." Madison said with a smile.
"I thought you hate me."
"Used too. But your cool now." She replied as she hugged him which surprised Alex but he hugged her back.
"Birthday punches!" Tyreese shouted as he approached Alex.
Alex hid behind Madison, "No, please." Alex pleaded as he watched the taller teen get closer.
"Actually," Hector blurted out, "I was thinking we let Emma go first."
"Are you trying to kill me?" Alex asked as he narrowed his eyes on Hector.
"That's the whole point." Victor said with a smile.
"What am I doing exactly?" Emma asked in confusion as she looked at the team.
"You're going to punch Alex's arm." Artemis said with a smirk as she looked at Alex.
Emma shrugged, "I can do that." She said as she walked toward Alex.
Alex used Dick and Madison as a shield as Emma approached him, "Come on!" Alex shouted as he started retreating. He then started running away.
"Where do you think you're going?" Hector said as he swiftly ran over to Alex with a red blur and stood in front of him.
Alex turned backwards and as soon as he turned around, a pie slammed into his face. The cover fell to the ground and Alex looked at Victor smile in front of him. Everybody started to laugh, including Alex.
After cleaning his face up several minutes later, Alex stood in front of his cake that was carefully placed on a table. He made sure no one was next to him because he knew it was a team tradition to stick the birthday boy or girl's face into the cake. Hector lit the candles on the cake with his finger and Alex looked at the people in front of him.
"You guys have no idea how much this mean too me. Growing up, I never had any of this. No friends or family members to treat me the way you guys treat me. I just wish," He said as his eyes trailed off to the spot in front of him and he imagined Dante standing in front of him, "I just wish Dante was here for this." He noticed that everybody started to frown so he blew out the candles and smiled at them, "Let's get this party started!" Alex said with excitement.
"Isn't it a bit early to be eating cake?" Victor asked the group he was mingling with.
"Nah, you can eat cake anytime." Wally said with a smile. He then fed Artemis some of his cake and she took some frosting from her cake and placed it on Wally's nose.
"You guys are disgusting to watch." Hector said and then walked away.
"You're just jealous!" Wally shouted with a laugh as Hector walked away.
"So did you know?" Dick asked as he approached Alex who was eating his cake and watching Tyreese leave.
"Know what?" Alex replied after eating some of his cake.
"Barbara is training with Batman."
"What?!" Alex asked as he was clearly shocked.
"True story." Dick replied with a chuckle.
"Why is everyone getting trained by him except me?"
"Well," Dick started.
"Don't answer that." Alex said as he looked at Dick.
"I'm going to answer it anyways." Dick said as he looked back at Alex, "You're giving Batman the cold shoulder. Of course you're not going to get training."
"The man deserves it. He screams at us as if we are in a boot camp, he got rid of Dante which gave Ra's a chance to take him away from us and he wanted to get rid of Beta. That's not cool man."
"But," Dick said trying to defend his mentor/adoptive father.
"But nothing. He gave me the cold shoulder when I first started and when I started to do good, all of a sudden, he wanted to be best friends. Barbara and Jason are getting more training then I have ever gotten. My only trainer is you and Black Canary."
"I understand that you're mad at him but," Dick said trying to defend Batman once again.
"It's final Nightwing." Alex said, not wanting to reveal Dick's true identity to the rest of his team though Alpha already knows his name.
Dick sighed, "I guess it is."
"Too bad there isn't a piñata around." Tyreese said as he was standing next to Emma and Madison.
"What's a piñata?" Emma asked the two as she looked at them.
Madison sighed, "You have so much to learn."
"No kidding." Tyreese said as he ate his cake.
"We can pin the tail on Hector." Madison said as she looked at Tyreese.
"Pin a tail?" Emma asked once again.
Tyreese nodded, "Yeah, you get a pin, stick a paper shaped like a tail and then you blind fold yourself, spin around and try pinning it on a donkey's butt."
"In this case, Hector is the donkey." Madison said with a evil grin.
"I guess Hector is your new Alex."
"Yes he is." Madison said proudly.
"I heard that." Hector said from behind them who was mingling with his brother.
"Good." Madison said without turning around to look at him.
"So does Tyreese like Emma?" Wally asked Artemis as he stood next to her.
"I don't know." Artemis replied with a shrug as he too started looking at the two.
"Maybe you should break the news to him." Wally said as he looked at Artemis.
"What news?" Artemis asked as he raised her eyebrow at Wally.
"I don't know. You're just so good at breaking the bad news to people. Remember my 16th birthday? When you told me Megan was dating Conner."
"You still talking about that?" Artemis asked as she glared at Wally.
"Of course. It was my birthday, you could have told me any other day. I was hurt."
Artemis rolled her eyes, "You need to get over it."
Wally shrugged, "I am over it. Because, if you hadn't told me that, I would have never gotten with you."
"I don't know whether to punch you in the face or kiss you." Artemis said as she looked at Wally once more.
"I'll take the kiss." Wally said with a smile and then kissed her.
"They need to get a room." Alex said as he watched Artemis and Wally make out which made Dick chuckle.
"You'll get like that one of these days."
"Not going to happen." Alex retorted as he looked away.
"You sure about that? How are things going with Ella?" Dick asked with a smirk.
"It's ok, I think… Wait a minute! You don't think I like her do you?" Alex asked as he looked at Dick.
"I do think."
Alex started to laugh hysterically, "You are one funny dude. Me… her? Ha!"
"Somebody is in denial." Dick said as he took a sip of his drink.
"And someone needs to lay off the drugs they are passing around in school."
"That's actually a funny story." Dick said and was about to explain why but was interrupted by Alex.
"What about you and Barbara?!" Alex said loudly for no reason so he can change the subject about him and Ella.
"What about us?" Dick asked.
"I see you two. You guys are totally into each other."
"We're just friends."
"Sure you are." Alex said with a chuckle. He then looked at Dick seriously, "See how you like being put on the spot."
Dick nodded, "Fair enough."
"That was kind of a dick move." Madison said as she stood next to Artemis and Wally.
"Ha!" Wally said with a laugh.
"What?" Madison asked with a confused look.
"You said 'dick'." Wally said with a chuckle.
"So?"
"Dick move… Dick?" He looked at her confused expression and he sighed, "Never mind. You don't get it."
Artemis shook her head but couldn't help but chuckle slightly at Wally's stupidity.
Dante was in a dark area and he constantly looked around for a light switch. Then, a blurry figure appeared in front of him. Then, the figure started to shape and the man in front of him surprised Dante.
"Dad?" Dante asked as he looked at his father.
"Hello Dante." Bass said with a smile but was standing, as if his illness wasn't affecting him.
"Another trip to Trollsville?" Dante asked his father as he folded his arms, referring to when his father trolled his dreams months ago.
"That was creative." Bass said sarcastically.
"What are you doing here?"
"Can't a father come into his son's dream to talk to him?"
"Sure, but that doesn't happen often. Especially to a normal teenage boy."
Bass nodded, "Good point."
"So what are you going to show me this time?"
"Something from before my time. But before I show you, I have a warning."
"Is it rated R or something? Am I not allowed to see it? Do I need a adult troll to come with me?" Dante chuckled, "See what I did there?"
"It's good to see that Ra's hasn't taken your humor away."
"Sometimes, it's the only way I can live on this god forsaken island in the middle of nowhere in the Caribbean sea."
"Anyways," Bass said to change the subject, "Ra's is planning something that involves me. Do not trust him at all. You understand?"
"What do you mean?"
"You'll find out eventually but I can't stay here for long."
"There goes the troll." Dante replied dryly as he watched his father. His eyes then started to widen as his father started to fade away.
"I love you Dante." Bass said with a smile and then disappeared.
Dante saw a door replace his father and Dante ran toward the door and opened it. On the other side of the door, everything was in black and white. He noticed he was in some kind of club and the people were wearing clothes from the fifties. Dante then saw Frank Sinatra performing one of his songs on a stage in front of people who were sitting down next to tables with their drinks on it.
Dante walked up to a waitress who was chewing gum, "Excuse me, where am I?" Dante asked her but she ignored him and walked through him.
Dante shivered as she walked through him and he started to touch himself to make sure he was real. He then saw a newspaper on a table nearby. He walked toward it trying to avoid the people that were walking around. He picked up the newspaper and saw a familiar logo. It was a Star City newspaper and the date was 1953. Dante's eyes widened and he quickly dropped the newspaper to the ground. Dante then watched as a teenage girl who seemed like she was 13 with black hair and a familiar birthmark walked through the double doors in front of him. He then saw that the birthmark was on her right cheek, which was the same as Dante and his father.
He followed the girl who walked toward a booth with a man in a expensive suit sitting next to another man who had short blonde hair and looked really tired.
"Hey sweetie." The man in the expensive suit said as he looked at the girl.
"Daddy, we need to go." The girl said as she turned around to look back at the double doors.
"Hold on," The girl's dad said, "Let me introduce you to Robert Queen." Her dad said gesturing to the man sitting next to him that was in his late twenties. "He's the owner of this new company called Queen Industries. He says he needs some help with security."
"Hello sir," The girl said pleasantly as she looked at Mr. Queen. She then looked back at her father, "Dad, I couldn't do it. Falcone's thugs are coming over right now."
"What?!" Her father yelled as he quickly stood up.
"They should be here any minute. We need to get out of here." She said and grabbed his hand to rush him out of the building.
"What's going on?" Robert Queen asked the man in front of him.
"We need to go. Falcone's thugs are coming after you."
"After me?"
"Well, me but since you're associated with me, that means you too."
As soon as Robert Queen stood up, five thugs with Tommy guns entered the club and looked at the three in front of them.
"Kill them!" The leader of the thugs said.
"Get down!" Robert shouted and jumped down which made the little girl fall down as well. Bullets scattered throughout the club and people started screaming as they fell down to the ground.
While on the ground, the little girl's eyes widened and started shivering as she saw her father on the floor next to her with bullet holes all over his body.
"Daddy!" She shouted as she looked into her father's lifeless eyes.
"Time to finish this." The leader said in thick Italian accent.
"God, she's only a little girl." Robert said as he stood up and stood in front of the girl protectively.
"If you don't want to die, I suggest you move out of the way." The leader said and then shoved Robert to the side which made him fall into a table.
The girl looked up at the leader and glared at him with tears coming down her face. "You killed my father!"
"Yeah, I do a lot of that." The leader said with a chuckle as he pointed his pistol at the girl. He then noticed the girl's eyes started to turn red, "What the hell is this?" The leader asked his men.
"She seems possessed boss." One thug in the back said.
"Kill this freak." The leader said and then the thugs started to fire their guns again.
The girl just looked at the bullets as they stood floating in the air. Even Dante was amazed by what he was seeing, seems this girl had telekinetic powers.
"What the hell?!" The leader said as he watched the bullets float in the air.
Robert, while on the ground watched the girl and the bullets at the same time with rapid eye movement.
The girl screamed out in pain as she sent the bullets back toward the thugs and they started dropping one by one as the bullets went through them. As the thugs laid on the floor lifelessly, the girl started to sob as she had her father's head on her lap and she ran her fingers through his hair.
Robert rushed over to the girl and placed his jacket around her, "Little girl, we need to go."
"No! I'm not leaving my father!"
"I promise you we will give him a proper funeral but if we don't get out of here, we will get arrested or worse." Robert said as he kneeled in front of her.
She wiped the tears off her face and she nodded. But as she stood up, time froze around Dante and the girl looked at him.
"What are you doing here?!" The girl asked him.
Dante thought he was freaking out and he looked around to see if she was talking to him. He pointed at himself, "Who? Me?"
"Who are you? Why are you here?" The girl asked him and then the room started to get dark again like when Dante saw his father.
"Um, my father sent me here." Dante said as he stepped away from this girl in front of him.
"So HE sent you here."
"Uh, yeah." Dante said with a slow nod.
The girl started to illuminated and Dante covered his eyes to shield them from the brightness. When he lowered his hands he saw a grown woman in front of him with long wavy black hair and a dress.
"Who are you?" Dante asked as he looked at the woman in front of him.
"I am your grandmother."
"Say what?"
"You heard me." His grandmother said which reminded him of someone.
"This is just ridiculous. First, my father enters my dreams and trolls my mind and then I go back into the past and meet my grandmother. What the hell is going on?"
"It's a long story."
"No kidding."
"Are you going to keep interrupting me?"
"Right," Dante said as he put his hands up in the air defensively, "My bad."
"My bad?" She repeated.
"It's a teenage thing."
"Of course it is."
"So are you going to continue or…" Dante said with a raised eyebrow.
"Why did HE send you here?"
"I don't know. To show me something obviously. Wait," Dante said forgetting that she told him she was his grandmother, "How are we related? You look kind of young." He said and he was right, the woman looked as if she was in her mid twenties.
"Because I died young." She stated frankly.
"How did you die young?"
"I gave birth to your father."
"Oh…" Dante said and looked down with a frown.
"It seems the three of us always seem to lose our mothers. My mother died giving birth to me, I died giving birth to your father and your mother died…"
"Because of my father."
"Right." She said with a frown.
"So can you explain what I just saw?"
"It was the start of the cycle."
"So you're going to talk about this cycle that only happens to our family."
"Yes."
"Go ahead." Dante said as he folded his arms and pouted because of all of this was crazy.
"My father was a ex cop that became a PI."
"PI?"
"Private investigator."
"Oh."
"They don't teach you that in school?"
"Obviously not."
"Are you always like this?"
"Sometimes." Dante said with a smile.
"Anyways, he also provided security to rich people. The Falcones from Gotham City came over to Star City to conduct business. My father was hired to see what they were up too. I used to help him out by blending in and spying on people. One day, I was suppose to slip a recorder into the room Falcone's people were going to meet but I didn't get a chance. They found me hiding and I ran away. They followed and well…. You saw what happened."
"What does this have to do with the cycle you two keep talking about?"
"That's when it started. I don't know what came over me but as soon as my father died, it felt like I was possessed or something."
"I've seen that before." Dante said as he remembered Seth being somewhat possessed when they first met.
"So after that, Robert Queen was kind enough to let me live with him until I turned 18. During those five years I tried controlling the thing inside of me but whenever I got mad or upset, it would come back."
"So you went on killing sprees?"
"Unfortunately… Yes. I was trying to be a vigilante, I was trying to stop organized crime and especially the Falcone's who still control most of Gotham City today."
"How do you know that?"
"I can see through Sebastian's eyes."
"You're going to have to explain that too me."
"I'll get back to it. Anyways as I was stopping organize crime, the thing inside of me wanted me to kill. Sometimes I lost control of it and it would start killing people. I would black out and when I snapped back to reality, I would find myself in my home with my costume on. When I watched the news, I saw I was the murderer they were talking about. So I stopped being a hero and tried keeping away from doing bad things. Then… I met your grandfather."
She smiled, "He reminded me so much of my father and I loved him so much. I got pregnant but the urge to kill came back and I gave birth to Sebastian. It turns out, some of that spirit or whatever the hell it was got into him and when I died, it left my body so it can live and find a new host. You and your father carry some of the evil spirit inside of you but thankfully it hasn't turned you like it turned your father."
Dante took in everything his grandmother had just told him. It kind of explains why his father had the urge to kill people but it didn't explain his powers.
"I don't even know where that came from." She said as he studied him and knew he was going to ask. "The only power I had was telekinesis but that was because of the thing inside of me."
Dante's eyes widened, "I know a little boy who has the spirit inside of him. He too blacks out and has telekinesis."
His grandmother's eyes widened, "That's not good. He may be young now but the urge will come to him when he grows. You have to kill him."
"What?!" Dante yelled, "I can't do that. He's a little kid."
"You have too Dante or else he will become a killing machine. If you think your father is bad, this little boy has all of the spirit inside of him. He will become ten times worse then your father."
"There has to be some other way." Dante said with a frown.
"You will have to find one. I know I tried finding a way but I was too late."
"Is that why my father wanted me to get close to Seth? To watch over him or something?"
"Your father is trying to right his wrongs. He has done a lot of bad things but he is trying to make up for that by trying to guide you into a different path."
"How can I find a way to save Seth from himself?"
"I don't know Dante. You will have to figure that out by yourself."
"So this is the cycle? You was a hero that was kind of bad. My father was a villain who was one of the worst ones in history, and I'm stuck in the middle of good and bad."
"Your friend Seth is also apart of the cycle. You will have to watch over him. You may be the only one that would be able to stop him."
"My father was right. The decisions I make will not only affect my future but Seth's as well. I understand now."
"Good. Because this dream is over." She said with a smile and then waved goodbye.
Infinity Island
12:00 pm
Dante sat up and started panting as he woke up. He didn't know why, it wasn't like it was a bad dream or anything. Well, the news his grandmother gave him was the only bad part about it. She also didn't explain how she knew about things in the present and how she saw through his father's eyes. He was going to have to ask his father about that the next time he see's him though from what his father said, it might be a long time. Dante was confused and didn't know what to do as his mind was clouded. He then noticed someone else was in his bed. He looked and saw a sleeping Zatanna laying down beside him. He raised a eyebrow not exactly sure what she was doing here or why she was in his bed. He then noticed he wasn't wearing a shirt and was only wearing boxer shorts. His eyes widened as he wondered if they had sex. He lift up the covers and found Zatanna in a tank top with shorts on.
"Wake up." Dante said as he shook Zatanna.
"What?" Zatanna said as she pushed him off her.
"Did we have sex last night?" Dante asked her as he kept shaking her.
"No… We got wet outside. It was raining." She said as she groaned and pushed him away some more but he kept shaking her.
"So why are you in my bed?"
"It was cold and you said I can sleep over." She sat up and pushed him way again. She then rubbed her eyes and looked at him, "You don't remember what happened yesterday?"
"I don't remember what happened this whole week."
"You used that cheesy line that you can keep me warm if we were half naked."
Dante chuckled and pointed to what she was wearing, "Seems like the line worked."
Zatanna shrugged and kissed him, "You are a very persuasive guy." She then yawned and the two leaned against the wall near his bed, "You honestly don't remember what happened this week."
"No…"
"That's weird." She then observed the worried look on his face. "You had another dream."
Dante nodded, "Yeah."
"What was he telling you this time?"
"It wasn't him. It was my grandmother."
"Say what?" Zatanna said as she looked confused.
"Exactly what I said." Dante said with a chuckle as the two cuddled.
Zatanna linked their hands together and she looked at him while leaning her head on his shoulder, "What did she say?"
"That some kind of spirit or something was inside of her and when she gave birth to my father, she died but some of the spirit went inside of him. The rest of it traveled from host to host to survive. Me and my father have the spirit inside of us but he has more then I do which is why he turned into a insane villain. The rest of it is in…"
"Who?" Zatanna asked as she took her head away from his shoulder and looked at him seriously.
"Seth."
"The little boy who blasted me into a basement?"
"Yeah." Dante said with a frown.
"How is that possible?"
"I don't know. I don't even know how to save the kid. She told me to kill him, that he is too dangerous to live. That he would be far more worse then my father ever was."
"He can't be that bad. At least he can't copy other people powers."
"That's another thing. My grandmother didn't have the same powers as me and my father."
"That's interesting." Zatanna said, "Maybe the spirit gave you guys powers."
"My father doesn't have the power to take people's memories like I can."
"Your powers must be more evolved then his."
Dante nodded, "He did mention that. That, and I have a little bit of the spirit in me is the reason why I'm not a psychotic maniac."
"Doesn't mean you're untouchable. I'm seeing you change Dante."
"That's because of Ra's." Dante said defensively.
"It's also because you're letting him change you for some odd reason."
"Maybe I want to change." Dante said as he looked down at his hands.
"Why?" Zatanna asked and then kissed his cheek, "I love you the way that you are. You shouldn't have to change. Especially into a monster like your father was."
"Don't call my father a monster." Dante said as angrily got off the bed.
"What? You going to use this spirit thing to defend him. All of the people he killed and tortured."
"You don't know him!" Dante said as he put a shirt on and some sweatpants.
Zatanna crawled toward him and was on her knees as she looked into his eyes, "But I know you. You're nothing like him. You're letting yourself turn into him for some reason. You like playing the villain?"
"I-I don't know." Dante said as he looked away. He then walked over to window and looked out of it.
Zatanna got off the bed and used a magic spell to dress herself as Cheshire. She grabbed his hand and turned him around, "Don't become your father Dante. Don't become your grandmother. Be yourself. Be the boy I'm in love with."
The two started to kiss but it seemed painful to Dante. He stepped away from her and pointed to the door, "Get out!"
"But Dante,"
"Out!" Dante shouted again.
Zatanna decided to not argue with him so she picked up Cheshire's mask and walked out of the door. As she walked away from Dante's room, she bumped into Nightmare which surprised and scared her. He didn't seem to pay attention to Zatanna leaving Dante's room though. He seemed confused and needed help.
"Cheshire, can I ask you a question?" Nightmare asked her after the bump.
"No." Zatanna said and walked away acting like Cheshire.
Dante heard a knock on his door and he growled to himself as he opened it. "I told you I don't want to talk to you."
"Hey," Nightmare said as he put his hands up defensively, "I'm pretty sure we haven't talked in a long time."
Dante glared at Nightmare, "What do you want?"
"No need for hostilities Dante. Can I come in?" NIghtmare asked but came in anyways before Dante could answer.
Dante sighed and retreated back to his bed and he sat down as Nightmare leaned against a table, "Is there a reason why we're talking?"
"Can I ask a question?"
"No but I'm sure you're going to ask anyways."
Nightmare looked down, "Do you know about that girl DeathStroke is training? Haywire."
"No, why?" Dante asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, we have fought a couple of times and…"
"You can't be serious." Dante said as he observed the way Nightmare stood and acted.
"What?"
"You like this girl?"
"I don't know." Nightmare said as he looked down at his feet.
"Why are you talking to me about this? Why not your father? I'm sure he has some torture techniques to show you. Oh, I know, you can force her to get a tattoo like I did. Or maybe you can keep DeathStroke hostage and tell her to do what you say or else he gets hurt. Or maybe,"
"This was a mistake."
"Damn right it was. What the hell makes you think I would help you?!" Dante shouted as he stood up.
"I thought…"
"What?! That we were brothers?! You are as insane as your father. Get the hell out of my room. If you want girl advice go ask your crazy ass father!" Dante said and then lifted Nightmare up telekinetically and threw him out of his room. He then closed the door telekinetically and shook his head.
"The nerve of that psychopath."
Dante then felt the phone in his sweatpants vibrate. He quickly took the phone out of his pocket and placed it near his ear.
Still angry with Zatanna and Nightmare, Dante said, "What?!" As loud as he could.
"Dante? It's me. Carol, Seth's mother."
Ah, damn, Dante thought to himself. Of course this phone call would come after Dante had his dream about the Spirit and Seth and all that other stuff.
"I'm sorry. I'm just mad. What's wrong? Is Seth ok?" Dante asked in a worried tone.
"The police came to evict us from our house and Seth got upset. Everything in the room is levitating and the policemen are on the ground unconscious. I think one of them is dead." She said all of this with a concerned tone, "You need to come over and calm Seth down. He's floating in the air and his eyes are purple. Please help us!"
"I'm on my way." Dante said and then hung up the phone. He opened his window and without time to put on a costume or anything, he flew out of the window and headed to Star City.
Star City
Dante floated in the air as he examined the scene in front of Seth's house. He could see through the giant window at Seth's house that everything was floating in the air. He saw the three policemen on the ground and then he noticed the swarm of police men outside of Seth's house. His eyes widened as he saw a swat team approaching Seth's door. He didn't know if it was to protect Seth or the Swat team but he landed in front of the swat team and let out a huge telekinetic wave that sent the policemen and swat members flying backwards. As they were distracted with getting up, Dante entered the house and saw all of the floating furniture and objects.
"Carol?!" Dante shouted for her to hear.
"In here!" He heard Carol shout from the living room.
Dante entered the living room to find Carol being the only one not floating in the air. The policemen lifeless bodies floated in the air but Dante sighed in relief when he saw them breathing. He then looked up at Seth who was covered in a purple aura and his eyes were glowing purple.
"Seth, can you hear me?" Dante asked as he approached Seth.
"Go away!" Seth said in a deep distorted voice but Dante heard a little bit of Seth's regular voice.
"Seth, it's me Dante. I'm not here to hurt you. I'm your friend. Remember?"
"Listen to him Seth. He's here to help you." Carol added hoping to calm her son down.
"Leave me alone." Seth said as his glowing purple eyes made contact with Dante's black eyes.
"I can help you Seth. I can help you and your mother. I know a guy who can help you. I just need you to calm down and let everything go. Can you do that for me?" Dante asked. If the hero thing wasn't working out for Dante, he can try being a hostage negotiator.
"They want to kill me. I have to protect my mother." Seth said as he looked out the window to see the fallen policemen up and pointing their guns at his head. They were aiming from behind their patrol cars through the window in the living room.
"I can protect you Seth. No one is going to hurt you. I promise."
Seth looked back at Dante, "You promise?"
Dante nodded and smiled, "Yeah, buddy."
Seth started descending and as soon as he did, Dante looked out the window to see the cops advancing toward the building.
"Damn." Dante muttered. He then looked at a weak Seth, "Hey buddy, you think you can move?"
"What happened?" Seth asked as he held his head and felt nauseous. He then heard everything fall to the ground, including the policemen. Seth's eyes widened, "Did I do that?"
"It's a long story buddy." Dante then looked at Carol, "Get him out of here. I'll hold them back."
Carol nodded and grabbed Seth's hand, "Come on honey." Carol said and she rolled away with Seth following behind her.
The door to the house broke open and the swat team started to enter the house. They saw Seth exiting the house and they pointed their guns at him. Before they can shoot, Dante had a table slam into them and then he moved a refrigerator to block their way. He then ran out to the backyard and found the two with their hands in the air as Swat Team members came from the side door. Dante cursed to himself and had a telekinetic wave blast the Swat Team members away from the two. He then ran toward the two and with Omega's super strength, carried the two with both of his hands and he started flying up into the sky with the wheelchair following them.
Dante landed in a park in the other part of the city and he gently placed Carol on her wheelchair that he had follow them telekinetically.
"What are we going to do now? We've lost our home. The police are going to come after Seth now." Carol said with a frown and tears started to come down her eyes as she looked at her son, "I never wanted any of this for you Seth."
"Why are you crying mommy?" Seth said with a frown which made her cry more.
Dante frowned as he watched the two hug each other tightly. He resisted the urge to go over to them and hug them as well.
"I have a friend that I think can help you."
Carol rubbed the tears off her eyes, "We'll take any help we can get."
A hour later, Green Arrow was now in front of Dante with Black Canary behind him.
"Brought back up huh?" Dante asked as he looked at the two.
"To be careful. You know?" Green Arrow retorted.
"I understand, I'm the big bad wolf." Dante said with a chuckle.
"Don't flatter yourself." Black Canary said as she looked at him seriously.
"Not hearing my jokes today huh?" Dante asked as he looked at her.
"We're not exactly on good terms anymore." Canary said as she narrowed her eyes on him.
Dante frowned and nodded, "I understand."
"Is there a reason why we're here."
"Yeah," Dante said as he rubbed the back of his neck, "I need a favor."
"Like I haven't heard that before." Arrow said as he folded his arms.
"Geeze." Dante said as he looked down at the floor, "I know I've betrayed you but there is no reason you should be treating me like this."
"There are plenty of reasons." Canary retorted.
"I deserve that." Dante said as he looked away. He felt hurt that the people who once trusted him now disliked and didn't trust him at all. It's the price he has to pay if he is going to stick with the Light. He understood that but this hurt him more then he expected. Was it going to be the same way with the team when he does something equally bad to them? He hoped not.
"You deserve a lot of things." Canary said as she glared at him.
"Enough." Arrow said as he turned to look at her, "Let's hear him out."
"Yeah, because that worked out so well before." Canary said and then walked away.
"What do you need Dante?" Arrow said as he looked at Dante seriously.
"I need you to take care of this kid I know. You know, the one I always hang out with. His mother couldn't afford her home so police came over to evict her. The boy got upset and knocked out the cops. Then, more cops came and I came in, save the day and brought them here."
"So you want me to take them in? Spend money on them?"
"Come on Oliver," Dante said using Green Arrow's real name on purpose, "They need your help here, not me."
"You're lucky nobody heard you say my name."
"I wouldn't tell anyone your name or Laurel's." Dante said as he looked at Arrow seriously.
Green Arrow sighed and rubbed the back of his head, "Alright, I'll see what I can do."
Dante smiled, "Really? Last favor ever, I promise!" Dante looked back at Seth, "He's a good kid." He looked back at Green Arrow, "He can be the hero I'll never be." Dante's smile grew bigger, "He can use a mentor more then I can at the moment."
"Now you're pushing it." Green Arrow said and then looked at Seth with his mother. "I'll do everything I can for him."
After Dante said goodbye to Seth and Carol, wanting to avoid telling them that Seth is possessed by some kind of spirit. Green Arrow approached Dante as Dante watched Black Canary take Seth and Carol away.
"You know what today is?" Arrow asked him as he stood next to him.
"I know it's a Sunday. I don't exactly remember what happened this whole week." Dante replied with a sheepish grin.
"It's the 24th. Alex's birthday."
"It is?" Dante asked with a raised eyebrow.
Arrow nodded, "Yeah, you should give him a call." Arrow said and then started walking away.
"Arrow!" Dante called out.
"Yeah?" Arrow said as he turned around.
"Thanks." Dante said with a smile.
"Anytime kid." Arrow said with a smile and waved goodbye as he walked back to Canary.
As Arrow and the others walked away, Dante pulled out his cellphone and looked at Alex's number. He contemplated whether he should call Alex or not. What's the harm in calling your best friend on his birthday?
Dante pressed the call button and he waited for Alex to pick up the phone.
"Hey, this is Alex, leave a name and number after the beep and I'll get back at ya. Hey, stop that! Damn twins." Dante heard on the answering machine which made him laugh to himself.
"Hey bro, Happy Birthday. I hope you're enjoying it. Wish I could be there but you know how it is. Us heroes never get to rest. Tell everyone I said hi and tell the twins to behave. Tell Tyreese I said what's up and tell Madison I said hi. Also… Tell Artemis I'm sorry for everything I've done to her. Hopefully, she'll understand why I did what I did. And for you buddy, I know you'll make a great leader. Remember, I'll always have faith in you. Happy Birthday…. Bye." Dante said and then saved the message for Alex to hear whenever he can.
Thought I'd add some comic relief to the somewhat serious chapter by having Alex's birthday party be funny. Some foreshadowing with BatGirl joining the team in the future. Alex is already friends with her and now he knows she is training with Batman. Wally makes a joke that hopefully you guys understand. Seriously, it's not hard to understand if you know Nightwing's real name, which Madison doesn't know. I think Dante talking to his GrandMother might be confusing but I just thought about it a hour before I started writing. It gives some insight into Bass's craziness and Seth's inner demon. We also have Canary being a bitch but who blames her? After all that Dante did, I would probably treat him the same. And Dante gives Alex a heartfelt happy birthday call. I think next week you'll be able to get Alex's reaction to Dante's call.
On the next episode of Young Justice: Beta...
I think the next chapter will be pretty short, I didn't have much planned for it but this is what's going to happen.
Ra's gives Sportsmaster and Cheshire a mission to take out Amanda Waller as Ra's has his suspicions that she is leading the Suicide Squad. Also, another appearance by the Suicide Squad as they defend their boss against Beta and the villains. Upon hearing Cheshire is going out on a mission with Sportsmaster, Dante get's worried that Zatanna might get caught so he goes for Zatanna instead. The first time Dante and Sportsmaster have ever worked together and it's against the Suicide Squad and Beta. Can the two handle each other and their enemies?
Here's the link again just in case you missed it: s/3126044/1/The-Team
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Oh yeah, we are about to break 200,000 words and with four more reviews, we break 100 reviews (The most I've ever had. Seriously, my other stories reviews don't even add up to this.) Show some love for Young Justice Beta! lmao.
One more thing I had to add. We are 25 episodes in and we haven't been cancelled! Woo! (Sorry, I had to do it 8{D3) - see that? A guy with glasses, a mustache, a big smile, and balls on his chin. It's Peter Griffin from Family Guy with a mustache. Ok... I'm done lol.
Enjoy the show!