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Mount Justice
November 2, 09:45 EDT
Mia groggily wakes up and puts on some workout clothes. She grabs her mp3 player, running shoes then heads out of her room. "Thank god Halloween is over. Those illusions messed me up big time, I really need to relax more. Maybe going on a run will clear my head." She makes a quick stop at the kitchen to grab a water bottle and to put on her shoes. Mia writes a quick note to whoever is in the cave then heads out for her run.
"Recognized: Zatanna Zatara, A03."
Zatanna walks out of the zeta tube and heads to the lounge.
"Hello?"
"Hey Zatanna."
She turns to see the Team and smiles at them. "Hey guys. Did you just come back from a mission?"
"Sure did" Robin answers.
"Well, where's Mia? I want to show her something."
Wally notices the note on the counter and reads out loud "Found something. 'Going for a run. Be back soon, love Mia.' Huh. At least now we know what she's doing."
"Guess I'll just have to wait for her. Mind if I wait in the mission room?"
"You may do as you wish" Kaldur answers and everyone went their separate ways.
While on her run, Mia suddenly stops when she felt something in the pit of her stomach. "Something's wrong." Making sure that no one else is around, Mia teleports to the cave as quickly as possible. When she arrived, her jaw dropped.
"Holy shit" "Zatanna is that you?"
A little girl with black hair, blue eyes and wearing a magician's outfit looks up at her and smiles.
"Mia!" Zatanna rushes over and hugs her leg.
"Heh heh" Mia lowers herself to look at Zatanna "Hey sweetie can you tell me what happened?"
"I don't know" she looks away.
"I know that look" "Zatanna, you won't get in trouble with your dad. I just want to know what happened so I can fix it. Ok?"
Zatanna hesitated for a bit "I was practicing a spell and something went wrong. I'm sorry Mia."
"Oh come here Z" Mia opens her arms and Zatanna's picked up "I'll figure something out. Do you know where everyone else is?"
"No."
"I need to search for them but I need help. The whole League is out and I can't call up Ted to help, so who can I…ah damn it" "Hey Zatanna, I need you to be a good girl for me. Can you do that?"
"Yes."
"Good. I'm going to put on a movie for you and the others to watch. What kind of movie do you want to watch?"
"Hmm…." Zatanna taps her chin "Can we watch Toy Story?"
"Of course! Let's go put it on now."
"Yay!"
Mia carries Zatanna to the lounge and sets her on the couch. After putting in the movie, Mia hears a cluttering sound in the kitchen. "Wally." She chuckles lightly as she casually walks over to the kitchen and sees a five year old speedster rummaging through the fridge.
"I can't scare him" "Hey Wally what are you doing?"
Wally pops his head from behind the fridge door "Eating."
"I can see that. Do you want to watch Toy Story with Z?"
"Ok" he closes the fridge and walks over to the couch.
"Well that was easy" "Wally I need to make a call. If you need me, I'll be in the mission room."
"Ok Mi."
Mia quickly heads to the mission room to call the last person she wanted to talk to.
"Blink to Red Arrow."
'What?'
"Roy get your butt over here now. We've got a situation."
*scoffs* 'Not my problem.'
"Roy!" "That's it."
Mia concentrates as hard as she could to teleport Roy to the cave. He appears in front of her and she sighs in relief but she instantly felt lightheaded and her nose starts to bleed.
"Whoa" she sways a little and dabs her nose with her shirt "Damn it. Well I guess I can teleport people."
Roy looks around in astonishment "I was just in Star City" "Mia what the he-"
"Roy! There are little ears here" Mia scolds.
"What are you talking about?"
Mia grabs his hand and pulls him to the couch where Wally and Zatanna are sitting. She points at the kids then gives him a pointed look.
"Well this is a problem."
"No duh. You going to help or what?"
"Fine. Let's go find the others. Any idea where they are?"
"No clue but I know someone who does. Follow my lead."
Mia walks closer to the couch with Roy right behind her. Both bend down to talk to Wally like parents talking to their kid.
"Hey buddy, Roy and I need to ask you something."
"Ok."
"Do you know where the others are?" Roy asks.
"Kaldur said something about going for a swim, M'gann's with Conner, I think Artemis is in the gym and Robin is somewhere in the vents."
Mia and Roy looked at each other with scared looks with the same thought "Oh shit." The duo walked away from the couch and had a quick chat.
"How do you want to do this?" Roy asks.
"I'll take Artemis since you two don't really sync."
Roy nods "I'll get Kaldur."
"That just leaves Robin, M'gann and Conner. Who do you want to get?"
"I got Robin and you can get the couple."
"He's kidding right?" Mia looks at him and lets out a nervous laugh while rubbing her arm. Not liking her reaction, Roy groans and rubs his face in annoyance.
"What?"
"It's just that, you're not so good with kids."
"What are you talking about? I'm great with kids. Besides I should look for Robin since I know him the best."
"Oh sure you are but you have to remember, they're kids now" Roy glares at her "Look if Wally is five then most likely Robin is three and out of the two of us, I have the most experience with kids" Mia counters.
"Oh really?"
Mia pouts "Yes really. So how about…You know what, scratch that. You stay here and watch the kids while I go search for the others."
"No way am I babysitting these brats."
"Do you have a better idea Harper?" Mia crosses her arms.
Roy grumbles in response.
"That's what I thought. Now go watch the movie with the kids."
Mia pushes Roy to the couch and went to find Robin. Roy sighs and takes out a water bottle from the fridge then took a seat between Wally and Zatanna. Just as he was taking a sip, Wally asks "Roy, are you dating Mia?"
The question was so innocent and so random that Roy choked on the water. After coughing violently and calming down, Roy sets the bottle on the coffee table and looks at Wally.
"Why would you ask that?"
"Cause you and Mia act like a couple all the time when you fight. I don't like it when you two fight."
"Oh boy."
"Now Wally said that Robin's hiding in the vents. How am I going to find him?" She hears a thumping noise right above her head and she smirks. Mia grabs a ladder and reaches the vent. Not wanting to frighten the tiny Boy Wonder, Mia tells a joke.
"Knock knock" she starts while actually knocking.
"Who's there?"
"Boo."
"Boo who?"
"That joke was cheesy, sorry I made you cry."
She hears Robin giggling and smirks in triumph. Before asking, Robin moves the grate and looks at Mia with his big baby blue eyes.
"Hey little guy. What are you doing up here?"
"Hiding."
"From who?"
"I don't know" he starts to cry "I-I want Batman."
"Oh it's ok Rob. Come to Mama Mia and I'll see if I can get Batman. Ok?"
The tiny Boy Wonder nods and crawls out of the vent into Mia's arms. She clutches him tightly and steps down the ladder.
"Do you want to see Wally, Z and Roy?"
He shakes his head "I wanna stay with you."
"Ok but you're gonna have to wear your sunglasses."
"I don't wanna. I don't like wearing them."
"Ah man. What now?" "How about this, if it's just you, me and Roy you don't have to wear them but when the others are around you have to. Sound fair?"
"Ok."
"Good now let's go find Kaldur."
"Roy you never answered my question" Wally whines.
Roy rubs his tired face and takes calming breaths. "He's just a kid, he's just a kid" "No Wally. Mia and I aren't dating."
"Well you should."
"I think Wally's right. You should try to be nicer to Mia" Zatanna states.
"Great, now I'm getting relationship advice from five year olds. It's better than Ollie's I guess." The movie ends and Roy went to put in the next movie when Wally whines again.
"Roy I'm hungry."
"Me too."
"Oh boy" "Let me see what Mia plans to give you guys for lunch" he presses his comm link "Heard that?"
'Yep. So I'm thinking of making my delicious rice and beans. Everyone loves it.'
Roy looks at the kids "How does rice and beans sound?"
"Yay!"
"That's a yes."
'Great. Now I need you to start the rice.'
"Alright. Are you almost done?"
'I've got Robin, M'gann, Conner and Kaldur. Just gotta get Artemis and I'll be there soon enough.'
"Work faster."
'Shut it Harper.'
"Jesus, she's so annoying" Roy sighs and went to start cooking the rice.
~"Roy and Mia sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love then comes marriage
Then comes a baby in the baby carriage"~ Wally and Zatanna sang.
"Hurry up Mia."
Mia heads to the gym with Robin in her right arm, Kaldur holding her left hand, Conner clutching Mia's right leg and M'gann floating just beside her.
"You guys ready to get Artemis?" everyone nodded "Then let's go get her."
They arrived at the gym and Mia got M'gann to turn on the light since her hands were full, literally. Looking around, she found a small blonde head trying to hide behind a cycling machine. Mia bends down to talk to the kids.
"I need you guys to do me a really big favor."
"What?" they asked.
"I need you to stay right here so I can get Artemis" Mia looks at Robin "Rob I'm going to put you down, ok?"
"Ok."
Mia gently puts Robin down next to Kaldur and went over to Artemis. When Mia was next to Artemis, she softly spoke to her.
"Hey honey."
Artemis turns her head "Mia?"
"Yeah Art, it's me."
"I'm scared."
"I know you are but if you come with me you won't be" Mia holds out her hand.
Artemis looks at Mia's hand then at her face and sees a big warm smile. She takes her hand and Mia pulls her in for a hug.
"Let's go see the others."
"Ok."
Mia carries Artemis on her back as they walked back to the others.
"Who's ready for lunch?"
"We are!"
Roy puts the rice to simmer and patiently waits for Mia. "Where is she?"
"Roy I'm hungry" Wally complains.
"Don't worry Wally. Super Mia to the rescue!"
The trio turned to see Mia covered in kids. All of the kids cheered while Roy couldn't stop looking at her and lightly chuckles at her predicament.
"Would you look at that, she is great with kids" "Does Super Mia need help?"
"Yes please" Mia smiles.
He walks over and went to grab Robin but he hides his face in Mia's neck. Mia giggles softly and ends up look at Roy's eyes. The two of them held their gaze for a few seconds until it was broken by Roy when he felt someone grab his hand and he looks down to see that it was Kaldur. Mia gestures to Conner clinging onto her leg and Roy holds Conner's hand, taking the both of them to the couch. As Roy was doing that, Mia headed for the kitchen.
"You know Roy can be nice, when he wants to" "Do you guys want to help me with lunch?"
M'gann, Artemis and Robin nodded making Mia smile. After letting the girls fill the pot with water and pour the beans in, Mia ushers them to the couch so she can finish up. She didn't even bother putting Robin over there because he would fuss and start to cry plus she's used to holding a kid on her hip while cooking. Roy gets up from his spot and walks to the counter taking a seat on a bar stool.
"Need any help?"
She looks back "Nope."
"I can hold him so he's not in your way" Roy offers.
Mia smiles "Thanks but I'm good. I'm used to it" she stops cooking for a second and holds Robin with two hands "Isn't that right Robin?"
"Yeah!" he giggles.
"Robin there's something coming."
"What?"
"It's the dreaded…tickle monster!"
She puts him in her arms and lifts his shirt to blow raspberries on his stomach. Robin squeals in delight and laughs which makes Mia do it a few more times. Roy just sits on the bar stool taking in the scene in front of him. "She's actually nice. Maybe Zatanna's right, I should try to be nicer to Mia." When the beans were done cooking, Mia needed help to pour it in a large bowl and Roy rushes over to help.
Taking the pot from the oven, Roy slowly pours the contents into a large bowl and places the pot in the dish washer. Mia smiles at him in gratitude then turns around to look at the kids.
"Lunch is ready."
"Yay!" they cheered as they scrambled to the dinning table.
Mia went to place Robin in a chair so she can help set the table up but Roy stops her.
She gives him a pointed look "Roy what are you doing?"
"I'm going to set up the table. You go sit down and take a break."
"Roy you don't have to-"
"You did most of the work, let me take care of this" he gently tells her.
Mia was hesitant to let him do it by himself but eventually she nods and sits down at the table with Robin in her arms. "Well would you look at that, he does have a heart" Mia thought as she watches Roy set the table up for lunch. He catches her watching and she winks playfully at him. Roy just shakes his head and continues to get the table ready.
When everything was all set up, Roy was going to serve the kids but Mia stops him this time.
"My turn" she looks at Robin "Hey bud, Roy is going to hold you so I can give everyone lunch ok?"
"Ok Mia."
Mia hands Robin over to Roy and went to serve lunch. She gives everyone a good portion of the food while filling up Wally's plate to the brim, a speedster needs to eat after all. After giving everyone food, Mia takes a seat next to Roy and feeds Robin. As everyone is enjoying their lunch, Wally asks Mia a question.
"Mi, do you like Roy?"
Mia was drinking juice at the time and does a spit take with the juice ending up on Roy's face. She coughs and had to hit her chest a few times so she could calm down. Mia grabs a napkin to clean her face then hands one to Roy with an apologetic smile.
"Don't worry about it. He did the same thing to me" Roy whispers.
"What did he ask you?" Mia whispers back.
"If we're dating."
"And what did you do?"
"I choked on water when he asked that question."
"Well here goes nothing" she tells him.
Mia looks over at Wally "What do you mean if I like Roy?"
"Well do you like him or like like him?"
"You mean if I love him?"
"Yeah."
For once, Mia was speechless. "Do I love him? I mean sometimes I want to strangle him and at other times he's bearable enough to have some kind of conversation. I don't know." Mia continued to be silent which gave Roy the opportunity to make fun of her.
"Cat got your tongue?"
She glares at him "Shut it Harper or I'll sic Lola on you."
Roy raises a hand in defeat and Mia turned to look at Wally.
"Well Wally, I'm not sure if I call it love but Roy isn't a total donkey butt. How's that for an answer?"
"That's fine. Hey Roy."
"What Wally?"
"Stop being a donkey butt to Mia."
"Yeah" the kids agreed.
Mia laughs as the kids ganged up on Roy to defend her honor. "I love them so much. Guess now I have to rescue him" "Ok guys, that's enough. Finish up your lunch and head to the lounge."
"Ok Mia" they said.
After everyone finished eating, Mia began to collect the plates while Roy went to place Robin on the couch and came back to help Mia with the dishes. As the two of them placed the dishes in the dishwasher, they had a small chat.
"Nice job" Roy smiles.
"You're not so bad yourself Harper" Mia returns the smile.
"So how long does this spell last for?"
"No clue but I was able to get into contact with Zatara and told him the situation. He estimates that it would last until late afternoon."
"What are we going to do until then?"
Mia sends him a sly smile "Why babysit of course."
Roy frowns "I hate you."
"I hate you too Harper."
When they said that, it was more playful than actual resentment. Mia quickly heads to her room to grab paper, markers and crayons so the kids could have something to do. When she placed them in front of them, she says "Go nuts" and they did. The couple sat on the couch and watched the kids draw. Mia starts taking pictures every chance she gets and saves them on her phone to look at later.
Every now and then one of the kids would give Mia a drawing and she thanks them after placing the drawings in a small pile. A few times either Mia or Roy had to settle some disputes between Artemis and Wally over who had the crayon first. When drawing time was over, Mia picks up the supplies while Roy puts in the next movie. Mia comes back and saw that the kids were about to watch Jurassic Park so she quickly pauses the film earning a few complaints from the kids but her attention was on Roy.
"Roy! What the fudge balls were you thinking?!"
"What? It's just a dinosaur movie."
"Are you kidding me?! This movie will give them nightmares, especially Robin and he's only three years old!"
"He's old enough to watch" Roy says casually.
"No he's not! None of them are! I take back what I said about you not being a complete donkey butt, you're a complete and total donkey butt. What made you even think that this movie is ok for little kids to watch?!"
"Oh come on. The movie is not that scary."
"To us it isn't but what about to kids? Did you ever think how they would react to this? My god, you're such a narcissist."
"Hey I didn't even want to be here in the first place. You're the one who teleported me from Star City without my permission!"
"Who else was I supposed to call?! The whole League is out on a mission and no one else could help but you. And trust me you weren't my first choice."
"STOP IT!"
The bickering couple turned to look at the kids and saw that they were on the brink of tears. Mia and Roy instantly stopped bickering but still gave each other the stink eye.
"Stop it!" Wally shouts as he covers his ears.
"We don't like it when you two fight" M'gann says.
"Mommy, daddy please stop fighting" Robin said without meaning to.
Mia and Roy were speechless and couldn't look at each other as their faces became red with embarrassment. Roy continued to stand while Mia sat down to take Robin in her arms. She looks at the rest of them with a sad look.
"I'm sorry guys. I promise that we won't fight again. Come in for a hug" she opens her arms.
All of them walked over into her arms and she hugs them as best as she could. She looks behind her to see Roy finally looking at her with shame and nods. Mia gestures to grab another movie and Roy did. After picking a real kid movie, Barney, Mia stood up and sat next to Roy on the couch with Robin on her lap. The two didn't talk for a bit as they think about what the kids told them.
"Am I always fighting with him/her? Maybe I should try to be nicer to him/her." Robin squirms in Mia's lap so she puts him down and leans back into the couch. Roy unconsciously puts his arm behind Mia's head while she leaned into him.
"I'm sorry" she whispers.
"I'm sorry too."
Half an hour into the movie, Roy smirks and gently nudges Mia. She looks at him weirdly then he points to the kids and Mia smiles. All seven kids were slowly falling asleep and the couple couldn't help but laugh softly. The two of them looked at each other and smiled.
"Go grab some pillows and blankets while I put them down for a nap" Mia whispers.
"You got it."
Roy went to get the blankets and pillows while Mia went to turn off the movie.
"Mia!" they complained.
"Come on guys, it's nap time."
"But Mia we're not" *yawns* "Tired" Artemis states.
"Says the one yawning. Come on guys, let's get you settled in."
Mia waits for Roy to come back with the pillows and blankets and when he did, both of them tucked the kids in. Noticing that they were having trouble falling asleep, Mia sings a lullaby.
~"Constant as the stars above
Always know that you are loved
And my love shining in you
Will help you make your dreams come true
Will help your dreams come true
The lamb lies down and rests it's head
On it's mother's downy bed
Dolphin plays in the moonlight's glow
And butterfly dreams of a violet rose
Dreams of a violet rose
I'll cradle you in my arms tonight
As sun embraces the moonlight
The clouds will carry us off tonight
Our dreams will run deep like the sea
Our dreams will run deep like the sea
Constant as the stars above
Always know that you are loved
And my love shining in you
Will help you make your dreams come true
Will help your dreams come true"~
When Mia finished singing, she saw that everyone was fast asleep. She takes one more picture before going back to her seat next to Roy who was surprised that she could sing.
"Since when did you sing?"
"I started singing when I was 12 but I barely sing. I only do that for special occasions."
"So I'm guessing this counts as a special occasion?"
"Sure does" Mia smiles while she had a far away look on her face.
Roy nods and enjoys the silence that has been granted to them.
"Thank god they're asleep."
"Shh. Don't wake them up" Mia whispers.
"Right. What do you want to do now?"
"We might as well get some sleep too. If they're still like this for the next few hours then we better prepare ourselves."
"That's true. Hopefully they turn back to normal quickly."
Mia hums in agreement as she leans back and closes her eyes. Roy rests his head on his hand and felt his eyes close by themselves.
19:15 EDT
Robin was the first one to wake up. "That was weird" he rubs his head as he got up. Looking around, he noticed the Team sleeping on the floor with blankets over them then he turns around to look at the couch and smirks. Robin made sure to wake up everyone else and show them who was sleeping on the couch. Everyone smiled at the sight of Mia and Roy sleeping together.
Somehow, Mia ended up laying on top of Roy with her head resting on his chest and her hand clutching his shirt; Roy on the other hand, had one hand on her back and the other on her waist. Robin takes another picture of the couple and silently laughs "Caught them red-handed again." Not wanting to wake them up, M'gann psychically links them up.
"They're so adorable."
"It's weird seeing them like this" Artemis says.
"It's not the first time I found them like this" Robin states.
"And here I thought they hated each other" Wally comments.
"Does anyone remember what happened?" Zatanna asks.
"Bits and pieces" Conner answers.
"I seem to recall Mia and Roy taking care of us. I also seem to recall the two of them arguing about a movie we weren't supposed to watch" Kaldur observes.
Everyone nodded and agreed. For some weird reason all seven of them remember that specific thing and not anything else. "I think I called them mom and dad" Robin thought to himself.
"However, it was nice to see them be kind to one another for our sake" Kaldur concludes.
"Should we wake them up?" M'gann wonders.
"Nah, let them sleep. They've had a long day taking care of us" Robin reasons.
Everyone was fine with that and left the couple alone. Shortly after they left, Mia rubs her eyes a little just to get her bearings straight. "Damn I overslept, I have to…what?" she notices a small note right on the cushion and quickly reads it.
"Hey Mia,
We're back to normal so don't worry about us. You two enjoy your much needed nap after the day you've had.
Robin"
"I'm so glad that they're back to nor-'You two'?" Mia's gaze moves up and her breathing stops "Oh shit. I'm sleeping on top of Roy, I'm sleeping on top of Roy…oh no. I need to get up but" *yawns* "I'm so tired and he's really comfy. Maybe I'll close my eyes for a few more minutes."
She shifts her body upwards just enough so she can place her face in the crook of his neck. Right when Mia was going back to sleep, she felt Roy shift his body a little bit; he tightens his hold and rests his head on top of hers. "He may be a douche but he makes a pretty damn good pillow."