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Chapter 2
The next day Superman, Flash, & Batman headed immediately for Dakota City and Virgil Hawkins center of operations, the idea of their base being an abandoned gas station had always amused the Leaguers.
They were ten feet from the door when they were met with several very pissed super teens blocking the doorway. "What are you three doing here?" hissed Shebang from her position on one of the gas pumps.
"Yes, you don't belong here." Spit out a frozen Permafrost who hovered at the edge of the building standing on a patch of ice.
As the three leaguers tried to speak they found the area around their feet peppered with sharp spikes, "I would advise you to leave now." A very collected Nails said as she stepped out from behind a post.
Before anything else could be done a calm voice came from the doorway of the station, "Shenice, Maureen, Ally back off." A disgusted Rubberband Man stepped from the shadows, "Better late then never, and you are fucking late."
Turning back he spoke over his shoulder, "Let them come in; Shenice you have the east, Maureen the west, and Ally if you can do the north. Reconvene and do the south together, radio when you're headed back. "
With a glare each of the girls headed in their respective directions leaving the three superheroes to follow Adam inside. The inside looked much like it had the last time they were there, like the inside of an abandoned gas station.
Adam was standing over to one side by a large table, picking up a small remote he looked at the three, "It would be better to give you the details somewhere more appropriate." Clicking the button the three found themselves lowered into a large meeting room.
A gigantic screen covered one wall and electrical components and machines covered the edges of the room. Shifting his form Adam seated himself at the table, gesturing at the other chairs, "Mr. Wayne, Mr. Kent, Mr. West, take a seat, we have quite a bit to discuss."
The three heroes seated themselves looking suspiciously at the young man on the other side of the table, Flash was the fist to speak "How did you know…?"
Adam snorted leaning in the chair, "Do you really think that Virgil and Ritchie allowed us all this close without knowing the secret? They've known who you guys are since the minute they met you at the watch tower. You seem to forget that Ritchie is a genius and can basically hack any system, including yours, without leaving a trace. It's not like anyone would believe us anyway."
He settled back into the seat clicking on the large screen behind him, a picture of Virgil and Ritchie hanging out on it, "Here's what we know, Virgil and Ritchie left the house at about 6:30 AM; I know because they got out of their early to escape Sharon's cooking."
He gave a small chuckle before continuing, "Mr. H got a call from the school reporting that both Ritchie and Virgil were not present for the day…"
Adam was interrupted by Batman, "Why would Mr. Hawkins receive a call about Ritchie not being at school? Where are his parents?"
Adam sighed rubbing his head, "I had assumed you knew this, Ritchie's father and mother didn't take the knowledge that their son was gay, and in a homosexual relationship with a black kid, very well. They kicked his ass and kicked him out, Mr. H has temporary custody."
Confused looks appeared on the three leaguers face, "So who was he in a relationship with? I mean you would assume his dad may freak a little when he finds out his son is gay…" trailed off Flash
Adam looked at the three of them with shock on his face, "You mean you don't know, no cuddles in the watchtower? No super powers of observation? Ritchie and Virgil were together, as in a couple."
With a click of the pointer the screen showed a picture of the two teens with Ritchie behind Virgil, his arms around him. Virgil had Ritchie's hand in his kissing the knuckle as he leaned into his chest. It was a comfortable pose that was definitely between two people who were more then friends.
Smirking at the stunned expressions he quickly grew serious cutting off comments, "Ask later, let's get back to what's important at the moment."
The screen blackened as he continued, "Now Virgil may be one to skip but Ritchie never would. Mr. H got a hold of me and I tried to reach either of them on their communicators, no luck. I called in reinforcements the three girls who you have met; a police report was called in."
Clicking again the view shifted to a dumpster, "This is where we found their bags, no prints not even their own as well as everything vital was missing, books, costumes, etc. The only thing left in them was their two tracing tags and their student IDs. Obviously whatever happened we were supposed to know that these were their bags."
He turned to them again his eyes shooting fire, "We tried to contact you, but obviously you don't check messages on your emergency broadcast systems. It's been a month and we are no closer to finding the two then we were that day."
Sighing he closed the screen and rubbed his eyes tiredly, "We've had no ransom demands, no taunting notes, nothing to give us a clue as to where the two have disappeared."
He looked at the Leaguers somberly, "It's not a bang baby, none of them have this much patience or even stealth, the word would have already been back out on the street that Static and Gear had been taken down. Woulda been worth some serious street cred to whoever did it; and trust me they all know that."
Before Adam could continue Superman's communicator buzzed on his belt, he flipped it open Green Lantern's solemn face filling the screen, "Superman, we've just gotten a transmission, you need to hear, I'd advise you to get back here quickly."
Adam rose with the three quickly shifting into his meta form, "Do you really think I will let you three go anywhere without me right now? Not a chance in hell, this is my family that we're tracking."
As they were exiting the station he quickly pressed his thumb to the door, hearing a click as the door swung shut behind him, "Automaton security system." He explained quickly as he pulled out his communicator, not explaining what it mean as he radioed the three girls.
"It sounds like the Watchtower got some kind of communiqué; I'm on my way there now; he winced holding it away from his ear as three screeches could be heard echoing over the line. Adam's face tightened, "Shebang, I need you to go tell Sharon and Mr. H; I don't need to be freezing my ass on the couch for the next month. Permafrost, finish patrol make sure you check the docks, Nails, come back to the station, I need you on the machines."
He finished the last few instructions to Nails and was hearing the report from Permafrost as the craft pulled into the Watchtower, "Alright, I'm here, I'll let you know if it's anything, Nails, please keep an eye on the station, it's been quiet lately, could you also radio you know who? Get her to do a Static and Gear fly by?"
Obviously hearing an affirmative he nodded signing off the communicator quickly, Flash looked at him from the front seat. "Jesus, do you even sleep?" He had heard the multiple coded messages and underlying factors in the conversation. Knowing there was a lot going on.
Adam merely smiled wryly, "There's a reason we have a bunkhouse on the lower levels. Beyond the fact that Virgil and Ritchie needed somewhere to make out." He laughed shortly, "Let's just say with those two gone the work just can't get done, Ritchie is really the only one who can repair any of our equipment, and Virgil manages to recruit or help more meta-humans then I thought possible."
His shoulders tightened as he stepped out into the Watchtower, following the Leaguers hoping that this wasn't yet another wild goose chase looking for his real family. He prayed to any higher deity he could think of, including Anasazi, that just once they could catch a break.
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