Chapter Thirty-Six
Mentor Meetings...
"Am I in trouble?" Emma asked as she looked at her mentor from across the kitchen table at her house. Dinah smiled softly and said, "No. You're not in trouble. I just want to find out your side of what happened." Emma was quiet for a few seconds before saying, "One of the teachers was able to talk one of the scientists at Camelot Tech to do a demonstration on chemical reactions. Everything was going fine until." "Until what?" Dinah asked. "He brought in one of the blacklisted projects," Emma said looking at the table.
"Blacklisted?" Dinah asked puzzled. "Mom and Lance can explain it better," Emma said with a slight shrug, "The only thing I know is that this project used a crystal to create like a portal. At first, everyone thinks it's cool. Unfortunately, that was until the portal started to change." "Change how?" Dinah asked placing her arms on the table. "Miniature black hole," the young girl replied, "M'gann pulled the fire alarm and started to get everyone out.
"I heard one of the teachers ask how do you shut the thing off and the guy said that it was impossible. The control device got sucked in and the only way to shut it down was to shattered the crystal. Without thinking, I ran into the gym and let loose a Canary Cry with everything I had. Not sure how long it took, but I stopped after the crystal shattered. I think I may have blacked out, because the next thing I know is that Raven is trying to calm a massive migraine."
"From what Raven said, she teleported into the gym and found you unconscious on the floor with blood coming out of your nose," Dinah said looking at her protégé, "And you're lucky no one saw either of you using your powers." "Not sure if that is good or bad," Emma said looking at the table. "It's good actually," Dinah said with a smile, "It means that no one knows your secret. As far as the damage to the school goes, it can be written off as a result of he did. By chance, did he say what the thing was called?"
Emma nodded before saying, "He called it the crystal bridge. Can I go now?" Dinah smiled and said, "You can, and I will smooth over everything with your mother." "Thank you, Dinah," Emma said before leaving the kitchen. She walked into the living room where her brother was sitting and sat across from him. "Raven told me what all happened," Howler said looking at her, "You are one gutsy little chipmunk, you know that?" Emma blushed slightly as she said, "Thanks. You think mom will see it that way?"
"She will," he replied as the front door opened. They looked over to see Artemis walk in followed by Wally and Zatanna. "We just got word about what happened," Artemis said entering the living room, "Is everyone ok?" "Thanks to Kid Canary and Raven," Howler said with a smile. Artemis walked over and hugged the young girl as Wally said, "Way to go princess." "Princess?" he heard someone say from behind him. He turned to see Gwendolyn standing there not looking to happy. He gave a weak chuckle before saying, "It fits sense Howler is the Cobalt Knight."
"True," she said in agreement, "Now if you all don't mind, I need to say something to my daughter." Emma swallowed before standing up and asked, "I'm in trouble, aren't I?" "Dinah just finished telling me about what happened," her mother said as she walked over to her daughter, "And I couldn't be more proud of you. You did exactly what you were trained to do by her." "Thanks mom," Emma said smiling, "What about Raven?"
"Raven is asleep in her room," Howler said leaning back in his chair, "And I've already taken care of the blacklisted tech." Artemis gave him a strange look as Gwendolyn and Dinah walked in. "He means too dangerous to be tested," Gwendolyn said calmly, "The device that was used in the school was an attempt at creating a dimensional gateway like the one we use to go to Michelle's." "The Crystal Bridge," Howler said with a sigh, "That project was set to be destroyed tomorrow." "Guess someone wanted to see if it actually worked," Zatanna said sitting next to him.
"And because of that, my school got trashed," Emma said. "I'll take care of any legal ramifications and the league," Dinah said before heading towards the door. Emma waited till her mentor left before asking, "So, what are Raven and I going to do until we can go back to school?" "We're going to have to wait and see, chipmunk," Gwendolyn said sitting down. "You call her chipmunk?" Artemis asked a little surprised. Howler got up and walked over to the book shelf as his mother said, "Long story." "Mom dressed Emma up in what was supposed to be a bear cub costume for her first Halloween," he said grabbing a book, "Unfortunately, Emma looked more like a chipmunk than a bear."
"Mom says she had a photo of my in that, but she lost it," Emma said looking at her friend. "That's because she uses it as a book mark," Howler said holding the photo up. "You're kidding?" Gwendolyn asked as he walked over and handed the photo to her. "Can I see?" Emma asked walking over. Gwendolyn showed her the photo and smiled saying, "You were such a cute little chipmunk." Emma started to blush as Zatanna said, "She does look like a little chipmunk."
"Guys," Emma said as her blush deepened. "Be thankful it's us that is seeing this and not Bart," Howler said sitting back down, "He would never let you hear the end of it." Artemis was quiet for a few minutes before she said, "It almost makes a person wonder sometimes wonder if he doesn't like her."