A Wrinkle in Time
Part Four: Stranded
-Dave_GreenLantern_Armstrong- Gotham. Dave had never liked the rather dark and ugly side of this city. But then, his hometown of New York wasn't any better. Harley always had a fondness for the place, but she had a lot of history here. Anyhow, Batman had said to meet someone here. He'd only been told he'd know the person when he saw her. Typical Bats. Dave coasted easily over the rooftops, looking for signs of anyone. Being fresh off patrol, Dave was eager to get home. He had a girlfriend to see, and to catch up on some good old R&R. Batman naturally had mentioned something about temporal travel. Fun. More Enforcer taunting. No mad Qwardian monk or pissy Kh'ree lieutenant to take the fire this time either.
-Martha_Wayne- Marti had been flat out shocked by this version of her father actually letting her go wander through Gotham to meet up with this Lantern guy, but she didn't stick around for questioning it. A short time later saw her perched on the cross atop the old cathedral that was, at least where she came from, one of her favored hangouts. Possibly, out of a sense of irony, her favorite. It was a strange thing to see people wandering the streets at night with little concern over doing so. As strange as it was not to smell something burning on the wind. The night was clear, the stars were beautiful. A rare moment of peace, disrupted by a interestingly oversized firefly in the distance.
-Dave_GreenLantern_Armstrong- :Well, leave it to one of the Batman's 'kids' to go perching on a rooftop. Marti's seat on the cathedral was rather plain, and Dave dropped in a few moments later. "Hi," he greeted, offering a hand he never expected shaken. "I'm the Green Lantern. Batman said you needed to speak to me about a temporal problem?" He was rather cheerful. Undoubtedly a drastic change from the Bat. This made a marked change in how things had been before on these 'temporal problems'. Before, it had always been Jade coming to him over a problem with a dimensional anchor. Made him miss the good old days.
-Martha_Wayne- Marti greeted the cheerfulness in much the same manner Batman likely would have, ignoring it and skipping straight to the point at hand. Also ignoring the pleasantry of introducing herself. "I don't belong here. Batman said you could send me back to my own dimension, time, realm...whatever the fuck it is... And he said you know this Jade chick that was screwing with my head when I got here." Marti scowled softly. If Jade had said anything at all about being in another dimension, it would have made things oh so much easier.
-Dave_GreenLantern_Armstrong- seemed rather visibly shocked at hearing Jade's name. "Jade?" He trailed off. He hadn't seen her since Karkull had simply tossed her in time. He'd always considered himself close to Jade, despite that she would smack him if he ever spoke his thought aloud. He carried around part of her in his ring. Forcibly turning his thoughts from his lost friend, he focused back on Marti, gazing at her. Strangefate, Jade, the Enforcer - the list went on of people who had recommended he not use his ring's time/spatial traveling abilities. He didn't trust many of them, but none of them would tell him such to spite him maliciously. "You know this could mean the end of both our existences." His gaze was resting on her, making sure she knew what was involved.
-Martha_Wayne- The young woman's brow furrowed at his reaction. Somehow his surprise at the mention of this Jade didn't feel comforting. Her scowl darkened, but relented somewhat at his warning. "I have to get back, and I'll take whatever risk is needed to do so. But if it's something that's going to put you in jeopardy as well, I'll find another way." She paused, then narrowed her eyes. "Any idea where I can find this Jade person?"
-Dave_GreenLantern_Armstrong- "No." The somewhat somber mood seemed to return. "She was lost in time. I haven't seen her in a while. When did you see her?" If Jade was lost in time, was she thrown here? Why couldn't he feel her with his ring? The way Marti was talking, Jade wasn't being bounced through time, and she had an actual conversation with her. Jade had never been one to go out of her way though to hang around him. She usually found him annoying. Made him quirk a light grin. "Wish I could help you. But I can't sense Jade anywhere. Making a rift in space can be dicey. I don't know how to make them without causing fluxes. Fluxes bring out the Enforcer. That's when you get erased from history."
-Martha_Wayne- "The last thing she looked was lost," Marti muttered. "She was the first person I saw yesterday when I came to. She knew who I was. Made some crack about 'It's a Wonderful Life'. Said she's see me around and disappeared." Marti shifted against the cross, running a hand through her hair. His technical explanation hadn't meant much, all in all, but she took it to mean he didn't want to get himself killed. "Forget it, then. I'll find another way." As an afterthought, she added, "Just do me a favor - Don't tell Batman you didn't send me back." It seemed like Batman had been right, she was just going to have to wait for her guardian angel to come calling a second time. She wasn't about to get stuck under 'house arrest' till that time came, however, even if she wasn't sure exactly -where- she was going to go.
-Dave_GreenLantern_Armstrong- Well....this left Dave in a quandary. Jade *had* said she would be visiting Marti again. That meant Jade was keeping some marginal eye on her. How and why? Dave had no idea. But he trusted Jade. Jade would never abandon someone in a lurch. Again, she would be smacking and/or maiming anyone who said so, but she was a good person.