Chapter 5: The Day the Angel Flew

"Bye guys! I'll see ya later!" Dawn waved as she walked away to go meet Josh. Max waved to her, but Terry had his arms crossed in a pouty mood. She looked over at him.

"What's the matter with you?" Max asked.

"Josh is what's the matter with me.." Terry replied.

"Oh, c'mon, Ter! Couldn't you be happy for Dawn now that she's got a boyfriend?"

"I would be better if she had someone better than that...He's too....nice...I have a little suspicion over him."

"Don't you trust in Dawn? I think she can handle herself."

"Oh, I trust Dawn with my life....it's just HIM I don't trust."

"Give me a break...." Max said. Terry then got up and started to walk away. "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to see them."

"You're gonna spy on them??"

"I wouldn't think of it as SPYING per say....more like checking up on..." Terry said. "C'mon. Let's go."

"ME?? You want me to come?"

"Yeah."

"Oh no! There is no way! I respect Dawn's privacy and you should too."

"It shouldn't be private unless there was something going on between the two. I wanna know." Terry said as he grabbed Max by the hand and walked out of the school.

"If Dawn says anything about me-! I swear, McGinnis! You're dead!" Max told him. He nodded his head in understandment, but really wasn't listening. He just wanted to see what Dawn was up to. They walked down the street, and eventually saw Dawn walk into a little cafe. They slowly followed her in and got the closest table to her that didn't make sure that she could see them. Terry took out a menu and put it up to his face.

"Way to go in the disguising department..." Max said, thinking Terry was making a fool out of himself, but he wasn't listening again, only trying to listen in on the conversation.

"Man, they look close...that's way too fast. I wonder what evil things he has up his sleeves..." He said.

"Oi ve....Terry, I think you should leave them alone. They're so cute together..." Max replied. Terry looked over at her.

"You're not helping the situation." Terry told her. He looked over at Dawn who looked like she was having a very good time with Josh.
"I'm going to get a closer look."

"Man, am I starved..." Dawn said as her stomach growled. "I wish that pizza would hurry up..."

"Don't worry....It' coming..." Josh chuckled, thinking she was a bit amusing. Just then a waitress with a tray with hot coffee on top walked up to them with a smile. "Can I get you guys something to drink?"

"Yeah, two cappichinos, please." Josh asked.

"All right." The waitress replied and wrote it down. While that was going on, Dawn had noticed a person with a brown jacket and a girl with pink hair go by. She let out a surprised angry look, knowing that Terry and Max were here. I smell a rat....She thought. Make that TWO RATS! Dawn stood up and the waitressed looked at her hesitantly.

"Umm, is something the matter, miss? Do you wanna change your order?" She asked nervously. Dawn pushed her out of the way a slight to see if Terry was there, but they moved right behind her. The waitress stood there in a somewhat scared expression, with the tray in hand that was shaking. Josh gave her a funny look.

"Dawn...is...something the matter?" He asked.

"No, I suppose not...I guess I'm just being paranoid..." Dawn said, feeling like work was getting to her, but then she turned to the other side of the waitress to see if Terry and Max were there, saying, "or maybe not!" but she still didn't see anything. She kept going around the waitress, knowing that they were close, and eventually, the tray tipped from the waitress being dizzy from turning, and the cup of coffee fell on her head. She let out a scream in pain from it being very hot.

"TERRY MCGINNIS!!!!!! MAX GIBSON!!!! THIS IS ALL YOU'RE FAULT!!!" Dawn shouted as she tried wiping up coffee. Max came out of hiding and tried helping the waitress wipe the coffee off Dawn. Dawn was furious. She turned to the scared Terry and Max. "Why were you two spying on me??!!"

"His idea! His idea!" Max said as she pointed to Terry. He crossed his arms in anger.

"You're sucha traitor!" He replied.

"I'm not a traitor! I'm just being spineless at the moment!"

"Whatever! I thought we were sticking together on it!"

"Yeah, you thought! I was just here for along for the ride!" Max said.

"I can't believe you two!" Dawn said as she held her head.

"Dawn?" Josh asked.

"Yes, Josh?" Dawn answered as she turned to him.

"I'm going to go home, okay? It seems like you need to talk to your friends..."

"What about the pizza?"

"Hold on a second! I wanna know more about you first before you go anywhere, pal." Terry said as he pushed Josh down in his seat. "First of all...you never even considered to introduce yourself to any of Dawn's friends...mainly me! I've been keeping an eye on you, White, and you better not do anything to harm Dawn!"

"And what makes you'd think I'd do a think like that to her?!" Josh asked.

"I dunno...the word 'traitor' is written all over your forehead...."

"Stop it, you two!" Dawn said as she got in between them. "I don't want you guys to fight!"

"Stay outta this, Dawn...." Terry said. "This guy has a date with my fist about now!"

"TERRY!!!" Dawn shouted.

"Oh really?? Then I hope that fist has a good time once I break it!" Josh snapped. The two looked at each other and then they stopped to glance at Dawn, who was really ticked.

"Dawn...." Josh said. "I'm sorry...I didn't mean to act like that."

"Neither did I....sorry." Terry added, and then said, when thinking, "Okay, Dawn. If it'll cheer you up.....hit me!"

"You can hit me too." Josh said, feeling ashamed of himself, but Dawn didn't say anything.

"C'mon! Swing!" Terry said.

"Lay one on me." Josh added. Suddenly, She smacked the both of them.

"You're a very agreeable girl, aren't you?" Josh asked. "The pizza is on me, okay?" Josh said and walked off. Dawn watched him as he left the cafe and then turned to the two. Terry was very silent.

"Ummm.....Sorry?" He said. Dawn got up and sat back into the booth.

"Terry, you completely amaze me...." She said. "How could you do this to me??"

"I've been having a bad feeling about him, Dawn. I just don't trust him."

"Well, I do..Isn't that good enough?"

"I think you're judgement is a little cloudy on this one."

"Terry, shut up." Max said as she sat in the booth with them. "You should trust Dawn's opinion."

"I do-!"

"Then that's enough." Max said.

"I just don't see what you see in this guy, Dawn." Terry said as he sat back in his seat.

"Well, he's nice...and he's very sweet....and cute." Dawn replied.

"I'd have to agree with her." Max said. "Josh IS very cute..."

"Will you both listen to yourselves?? He's got you eating out of the palm of his hand!"

"Well, I'm sorry that he can attract girls more than you can...." Dawn said. Terry looked up at her in shock over the remark.

"You attract very few and then lose them.....Dana being the example." Max added. "Sorry to tell you the truth, Ter."

"WHA-?! You guys are.....!!!"

"Very truthful? Yes, that is definately us." Dawn finished for him.

"Yeah, but, you guys always try to put me down with that kind of truth....."

"That's because we're allowed to. Besides, truth is usually supposed to hurt." Max added, with a smile. Terry groaned and then looked over at his watch. "Do you wanna get going to Bruce's?"

"Yeah, we better go." Dawn said as she got up from her seat, picking up her bookbag. "Bye Max."

"See ya!" Max called to them as they walked out of the cafe. On their way to Wayne Manor, it was silent between the two. All Terry could ever think of was how Josh got to be with Dawn. It's just not right..he thought. Josh has something he's up to and it's completely fooling Dawn....but maybe...maybe I'm just being harsh on him. I haven't really talked to him before. I should give him a chance like Dawn did.....but....what Max had said earlier..... Maybe I am jealous of him. But why should I be jealous? I have nothing to be jealous about! Dawn's just a friend and nothing more....Terry, get a grip of yourself. Dawn is a partner and friend...not anything as like a girlfriend... besides, she and I fight like brothers and sisters sometimes. But.....

The had eventually arrived, and they walked in to find Bruce on a chair and Ace laying down next to him. Terry set down his bag on a couch and sat next to him.

".....Anything?" He asked.

"Not really..." Bruce said. "We have to talk about this reunion thing, though. I looked for it in some books, but came up with nothing....right now, all we can rely on for information for that is Dawn's memory." Dawn put her bag down and walked upstairs saying that she would be back in a little bit, and said to hold the conversation until she got back. She went into her room and set her bag down. She went over to her closet and pulled out a dress. It was a long white one and it was beautifully made. Dawn stood in front of a full-body mirror and put the dress in front of her to see how it looked. She then began to smile, thinking of how it would be interesting to see herself at the prom, dancing with Josh. Dawn then giggled. Just then, Terry opened the door all the way.

"Do mirrors always make you smile?" He asked. "Or are you just testing your cheeks?" He asked. Her expression turned angry and all of a sudden, she cracked his neck to it's original position when it was in pain.

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"What happened to your neck?" Bruce asked, when he noticed Terry walking down the stairs with a crooked neck. "I thought it was better."

"It was, Bruce....it was..." Terry replied as he picked out a book from his bag his mother gave him called, "Chiropratic 4 U". Dawn then came down and went over to Terry, and took his head and cracked it back by using her hands.

"OOOOOOWWWWW!!!!" He screamed. "Stop doing that!!!!!!" and then he realized his neck was back to normal.

"Oh, what are you crying about?! You're neck is fine now!" Dawn said. He was silent and then turned to Bruce. "So what's this about a sacrafice and a reunion?" Terry asked.

"Dawn, do you remember anything about it?" Bruce asked.

"....Yeah. I remember it being told to me by my mother a long time ago..." Dawn began, as she crossed her arms and leaned against the table.

"What did she tell you?" Bruce said.

"It's a reunion where lost souls come to meet in order to get into the Promised Land. The Promised Land is a land of eternal happiness." Dawn explained.

"What's the sacrafice for though?" Terry asked.

"The sacrafice is used in order to get into the Promised Land..."

"So then, what's so bad about that?"

"You don't have a clue as to what happens....if I'm not mistaken, the sacrafice summons a huge meteor. The lost souls go to the Promised Land while the rest of the Earth is left for destruction."

"D, destruction??" Terry repeated. "We have to find a way to stop it!"

"But then...If Vega's back, it looks like he's not after Dawn. He's just here for the reunion."

"Well, he may be here for the reunion...but I'm going to be there for him. I won't let him go."

"You said he knew about us...right?"

"Yeah, he knows about Batman and Batgirl, so he could reveal us at any time. I say we act quickly and take out Vega as fast as possible, but be careful at the same time."

"Right." Bruce replied. Suddenly, the phone rang. Bruce picked looked down at it and picked it up. "Hello?"

"Mr. Wayne?" A voice asked.

"Is this Mrs. McGinnis?" He questioned.

"Yes it is...is Terry there?"

"Yes. Hold on, I'll put you on speaker phone..." He said as he switched the phone to speaker so everyone could hear.

"Mom?" Terry answered.

"Terry McGinnis! You said you were going to babysit your brother tonight!"

"Tonigh-?? Mom, I can't, I-!"

"Don't give me 'I can't'! You promised me on this and I'm going to let you get away with this!"

"Mom, could you hold on the phone for a second. I'm going to have to talk to Mr. Wayne first." Terry said and pressed the 'hold' button.

"What do I do? I don't think I can get out of this.....I know we've got a LOT of work to do tonight and I don't think it's a good idea that I let this go." Terry asked. Bruce was silent, not sure what they should do. Dawn then spoke up.

"How about if I go babysit Matt, and you just go out for clues tonight. I don't want you getting a hold of Vega yet. Just try to find what you can find, okay?" She suggested.

"Thanks Dawn...but I don't think-"

"Terry, let Dawn do it this one time...I'm not too thrilled over the idea, but it might get Vega lured away from Dawn if he tries to come after her. You might be the one he might go after tonight since Dawn isn't around." Bruce explained, giving the good points. Dawn removed Terry's finger from the button. "Mrs. McGinnis?" She began.

"Dawn?"

"Yeah, this is Dawn...I talked it over with Terry and I thought I'd come over to babysit since Terry's hands are kinda full at the moment."

"Dawn, I don't think it's neccessary for you to-"

"Oh, I don't mind. I'll be over in a few minutes, okay?"

"All right....Bye."

"Bye." Dawn said and hung up.

"Just in case, Terry, you better watch Dawn for a little. Who knows if Vega or any of his men come to attack Dawn again. Keep an eye on her."

"Don't worry about me, Bruce. I can take care of myself." Dawn said.

"Oh, yeah....Sure. Just like last night?" Bruce asked, leaving Dawn silent.

"I'll guard Dawn. I don't trust Vega...You never know when he'll strike."

"It's not up to you to save me, Ter..."

"Look, Dawn..." He said as he walked up to her. "I don't care how much you don't like the protection....I still am going to. I can't turn my back around without knowing you're all right. You won't stop me from trying. Dawn, I care too much for you for anything to happen to you, I like you a lot and-!" He stopped himself at what he said and looked at her with shock, turning bright red. Dawn looked at him with a surprised look. "..Sorry...Um...There's something I forgot to do.... I'll come back as soon as I get it done." Terry said and walked off quickly, embarrassed over what he said.

".....I better go." Dawn said and left.

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"Why did I have to say that.....?" Terry groaned to himself, repeating what he said to Dawn over and over again. "*groan* I feel like such an idiot. That was real smooth....Now she probably thinks of it the wrong way....What was I thinking??? I mean, that's not exactly the way I wanted to say that....I better get dressed now...."

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"Welcome, Dawn!" Mrs. McGinnis greeted.

"Hi." Dawn replied.

"I'm so glad you were here to fill in for Terry...even though he should be the one doing it."

"That's okay. I don't mind it at all....and you don't have to pay me."

"Dawn, I couldn't let that happen! I wouldn't feel right if you didn't take any."

"I don't need the money. I'm quite all right...keep it." Dawn said.

"You are so nice and polite, Dawn. Your parents raised you well...I sometimes wish I raised Terry to be like a little more like you. You know, I wish he would also date someone like you...I think you two would be the perfect couple....did you hear about his break-up with Dana?"

"I heard about it and I felt really bad..." Dawn said. AND what is she trying to get to..? She thought.

"I know..The poor thing was miserable that night..." Mrs. McGinnis replied. "Oh, I have to go...I'll see you in a couple hours." She waved goodbye and walked out. Dawn closed the door right after she left and sighed. That was strange....can't anyone see that I like Josh? Oi...

"Whatcha doin'?" A voice asked. Dawn perked up and turn to see little Matt standing right before her.

"Hey, Matt!" She said. "It looks like I get to be your babysitter tonight."

"Cool...it's better than having that twip around...."

"C'mon, Matt. He isn't that bad...He's your brother and he works very hard."

"Yeah, well...whatever." He said and walked off to go play. Dawn went to the couch and slouched in it. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. She slowly got up and walked over to the door to open, only to find Max.

"Hey." She greeted.

"How did you know I was here?" Dawn asked.

"Bruce told me to come over, thinking you might want some company." Max lied. The true reason was that Terry wanted her to stay with Dawn so that nothing would happen.

"Oh, okay." Dawn said. "C'mon in." Max walked in and they went to sit on the couch. Max was worried about her. She's been doing a lot of things lately and had so much on her mind....She also wanted to know what she was going to do about Josh. Max knew that she might have some feelings also for Terry. So she made up a conversation.

"Umm....Dawn?" She asked.

"Yes?" Dawn answered.

"I have a problem..."

"What is it?"

".....I have a friend....that likes a guy.....but then I think she likes another guy, but she looks like she's in denial." Max began, trying to not give her any suspicion. "The one guy she likes is really cute and he's really nice...the other one is just a good friend, but once in a while they get into fights..." What they didn't know was that Matt was listening in and hiding so that they didn't see him.

"Hah! Talk about obvious...! Dumb moron....." Matt said, knowing exactly what Max was doing.

"So....?" Dawn asked, thinking that there might be more.

"What do you think she should do?" Max asked. "The other guy that's the friend might have feelings for her...so? What's your opinion?"

"Well, lemme see...if it's the cute guy, she should go out with him....the other one should remain friends..."

"But what about the feelings she already has for the other one...? She used to sorta like him until the new one came around..."

"Oh....well...that does seem like a problem...." Dawn said. "I think it's best to go with your feelings....I think I could read a horoscope on her or something...."

"Who cares about your stupid horoscopes....!" Matt said coming out of nowhere. "Before you do a reading of something like that for someone....try sorting out your own feelings!"

"....My own feelings, Matt? What are you talking about?" Dawn asked.

"You've got to choose between who you like! Josh, or Terry?" Matt asked. Dawn was silent.

"Wait a minute! How did you know about that?!" Max asked.

"I hear it all the time from Terry! I'm not a stupid little kid that can't hear...!" Matt said and then turned to Dawn. "Well...who is it?"

"Well....The one who I really like is Josh...." Dawn said as she held her hand. "I'm just....worried about Terry, if something ever happened." Worried? Is that all? Dawn asked herself.

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"Find anything?" Bruce asked through his communicator.

"Not a thing....Maybe Dawn's the one that makes things pop out...when I'm out....nothing ever happens. She's like a magnet that draws in evil..." Batman said as he drove his batmobile.

"Just keep looking..." Bruce said. "If nothing appears up later on, you could go home to go check on Dawn."

"Right."

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"Oh, c'mon, Dawn!" Max said as she followed her around the apartment. "You have no feelings for Terry whatsoever?"

"GOD NO! ARE YOU NUTS?! It's not like that! Josh is who I like!" Dawn replied.

"You're lying....! I know....Just tell me the truth....deep down inside that you like him a little more than expected! Don't get me wrong, I like Josh, but I don't know about him for you....You were just too afraid to say anything to Terry because he was dating Dana...now that you are sorta with Josh, it's happening all over again, only it's visa versa."

"That's rediculous, Max! I never had feelings like that for Terry EVER!!"

"It's not rediculous!" Max said. Mrs. McGinnis arrived just then through the door, seeing the two standing up. The two turned to her. "M, Mrs. McGinnis!"

"I'm sorry I was later than I was supposed to be....Is Matt asleep?"

"Yeah..." Dawn sighed, relieved that she didn't have to continue the conversation with Max. "I better go home..." She waved goodbye to Mary, and with Max following her, they walked out of the apartment. Dawn was silent. She didn't even want to talk about the "Terry-Josh" thing any further. I like Josh....Dawn kept thinking. Terry is just a friend....There's no way we could have a relationship.....Josh is way better than Terry anyways...I'm better off with him than Terry. Eventually, Dawn and Max went their separate ways, each going to their separate houses. When Dawn got back to Wayne Manor, she went upstairs to her room and went to change into a night gown, and go back downstairs to go relax for a little bit. She turned on the Tv and curled up on the couch to watch anything that was on. Dawn groaned to find out that there was nothing on. She became fidgety because of all the things that have been happening, and it made her very nervous at the same time. She then heard something outside that made a loud thump on the roof. It made Dawn jump a little, but she was also wondering what was happening. Then, a group of men came in and tried attacking her. There was more than last time, and she couldn't take them all on. Dawn tried the best she could, but then they finally got a hold of her and pulled her outside, ready to kill her. During that time, Terry had just flown in right before Dawn got in the door. He took off his suit and sighed.

"Only a couple of robberies...I say it was a pretty easy night..." Terry said as he gathered his things together.

"You better get some sleep. Tomorrow is another day..." Bruce suggested.

"Yeah, I know." He groaned. He waved goodbye and walked out. Just as he was about to get out, Terry heard some screams and hollers. He turned back to see Dawn struggling on the roof, being held by a guy on the edge.

"Dawn!!!" Terry shouted. The guy pushed her off the roof, and she plunged fast down to the rocks of the ocean. Terry ran to the side of the house where the edge was, and took off his jacket and shirt off. He jumped in after, trying to get to her as fast as he could. Suddenly, wings came right out of his back. He became faster and was able to catch her by the hand. Dawn gasped in suprise, seeing that Terry had wings on his back.

"You're an....angel..." She said, stunned. Everything then had went black for Dawn after that.