Chapter Thirty-Five
Dragon Warfare...
""You have access to all the channels in the world from up here and there is still nothing on, huh?" Gwendolyn joked walking up to Batman "What are you watching anyway?" "Play back of your Emma and her friends from Thanksgiving," the Dark Knight answered. Gwendolyn smiled as she watched the footage of her daughter. "Oh they're good," she said smiling. He nodded slightly before saying, "Until her two friends arrived, Emma and the others we're holding their own," Batman said bring up a second screen, "Almost as if they were waiting for them."
"What are you saying?" she asked looking at him, "That my daughter let herself get hurt." "Her reaction to getting hurt is real, so no," he said looking at her, "I think she had a plan before taking them on." She was quiet for a few seconds before shaking her head and muttered, "Michelle, you brat." He looked at her as he asked, "Michelle had something to do with this?" "Inadvertently," she said with a slight laugh, "She would tell Emma stories of how the hero would outsmart the villain. This flat has Michelle's influence written all over it."
"So Emma and the others let themselves get beat down like that," Batman said. "Just to learn what the strengths of their opponents were. Michelle would call it dragon warfare," she said looking at him, "Now what is the real reason you called me here?" "I wanted to talk about you letting Emma join the team," he replied. "No," she said without a second thought, "I can't speak for my son, but my daughter will not be part of this; at least not yet." "Fair enough," he said before turning his attention back to the monitors.
"Anything else?" she asked. "He thinks Michelle is dangerous and Lance went missing during the Thanksgiving incident," Superman said walking up. "Lance went back to Michelle's dimension to make sure it didn't collapse," she said looking at the man of steel, "And why do you think Michelle is dangerous?" Batman brought up multiple videos of her cousin destroying ships on the back of a dragon, laughing all the while. "Looks like she's having fun," she said with a smirk.
"You're not surprised by her actions?" Superman asked. "Michelle doesn't get a lot of chances to do something like that," she trying not to laugh. "Understandable, but why did Lance take her place?" Batman asked. "Because she can only be in this dimension so long before hers starts to collapse," she said looking at him. "But if a member of my family is there, the dimension won't collapse as quickly." "How much time does she have in the dimension?" Batman asked.
"Two hours if she doesn't use her powers," she replied looking at the monitors, "The more she uses them, the less time she has." "And if she stays too long?" Superman asked a little nervously. Gwendolyn was quiet for a few minutes before saying, "In a way, she would be like an anti-matter bomb. Her time is like a countdown clock. As it wines down, the control over her powers loosens." "And if she loses total control, all life on Earth will end," Batman said. "Not just Earth," she said looking at him, "Try every planet in every dimension."
"That would be bad," Superman said. "You have no idea," she said with a slight shudder, "Now if you two will excuse me, I have a meeting in Gotham I have to pack for." "Mind if I ask with whom," Superman said. "Some bozo from Wayne Enterprise that wants to make an offer for Camelot Tech," she said with a hint of disgust in her voice. "I take it you either don't like Gotham or don't like Wayne Enterprise," he said trying not to laugh.
"Not a fan of big cities," she said before walking away. She took the Zeta tubes back to Jump City and made her way home. As she was passing one of the stores, her phone started going off. "Hello?" she asked answering it. "Hi, Mrs. Pendragon? This is Ms. Reigns, Emma and Rachel's principal," came a familiar voice, "I'm sorry to call you, but I need either need you or your son to come to my office."
"Ok. What happened?" Gwendolyn asked. "It would be easier to explain when you get here," came the reply. "Do I want to know why?" Gwendolyn asked as she started walking towards the school. "You have to see it to believe it," Ms. Reigns said. "On my way," Gwendolyn said before hanging up, "Crap." She dialed her son and waited for him to answer.
"What's up mom?" Howler asked answering his phone. "I just go told I have to see it to believe it as to why I have to go to Emma's school," she answered. "Crap," he said with a sigh, "I'll see you there." She ended the call and continued to the school. 'Should have asked him if this happens often with her,' she thought. That thought was quickly pushed to the side as she arrived at the school to find part of it looking like a war zone.
"Who pissed her off this time?" she muttered walking towards the front doors. "Don't think I want to know," Howler said from beside her. "You fly here?" she asked. "Yup," he said as they walked towards the front doors, "Figures thou. The kids first day back after the New Year and the school gets trashed."