Oh so very, very many apologies about the delay with this chapter.Things have been so crazy I started work a couple of weeks ago and I have a lot of workto do for my course and then I got sick cause naturally, if I need to be healthy for a while,I'll get sick I'm kay now. Yay!
And I won't lie to you, I was putting off this chapter cause it has an action scene in it and
I find action scenes really hard to write and this one was really driving me nuts because
There's a certain amount of physics and I have little or no grasp of physics.
Never been a very scientific logical person.
On that note please forgive the appalling physics in this chapter.
Some of it made up and some of it is real but given the circumstances…of course if you're
willing to accept that five teenagers can have all those different powers, I really don't see
my physics being so very out there but if they are, sorry.
Also while I'm writing what seems to be a book of authors notes, someone made a very
good observation.
They said it was like I wasn't sure whether it was Starfire or Kori I
was writing which is a valid point. I'm having trouble distinguishing
the two, see I'm trying to balance it so that
she doesn't have greatest grasp because she's foreign but she's been living in the country
for a few years so she would have a fair idea of the language and
culture and sometimes she even sounds old fashioned because she is kind
of old fashioned.
But rest assured I am working on this and trying to find ways around said problem.
And one of my first reviewers said I should try to work on friendships more which I have
been trying and I think its paying off well so thanks for these reviews
And of course thanks so, so, so much to everyone who's reviewed.
It's weird this story is doing so much better than I thought it would and I want to say
thanks for your time and interest and being so nice and patient.
Of course the characters aren't mine but the story is.
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Man that's one weird little nutball" Victor said before he let out a boisterous laugh.
Kori, Victor and Dick were sitting on the sofa the plush sofa, eyes glued to the large
screen TV.
Kori was curled up on the sofa, Victor was leaning back sinking into it but Dick was
tense, sitting on the edge of his seat
The reporter on the news continued to make her 'witty' puns about the
teen protester who had chained himself to the gates of the new zoo.
"Come on" Dick ordered, rising to his feet and heading for the door.
Kori turned around and leaned on the back of the sofa looking at Dick.
Victor turned around and rested a muscular arm along the back of the sofa.
They were both staring at him, completely confused.
"Say what?" Victor asked, looking stumped.
"Grab your coats, we're leaving" Dick elaborated, looking annoyed at having the explain
himself.
"We had no coats and…" Kori pointed out.
"Why?" the two sofa dwellers asked.
"I've got a feeling" Dick answered, reddening at his own response.
"Dick got that lurving feeling, he's got that lurving' feeling" Victor sang jokingly and
burst out laughing at his antics.
Kori watched Victor roll about the sofa in laughter and then fall off accidentally before she turned to Dick, unfazed by the little scene.
"Feeling?"
"Yeah there's nothing important about him" Dick tried to explain.
Victor, who was now standing, sobered up.
"Ain't nothing important about a lil screwball who chained himself to the gates of a zoo,
psychotic maybe but not important" he objected.
"This feeling, is it like the one you got from Victor and I?" Kori asked.
"You better not have the same feelings for me as you do for her" Victor warned.
Dick shot him a murderous glare but Kori seemed to have taken no notice of the
exchange.
"Yeah so we have…"
"Hold up man, you are aware, this feelin' you got about 'important' people you got from
us, and we happened to be the last two people you met. The selection process isn't
exactly selective" Victor said, folded his arms across his chest and gave Dick a
challenging stare.
Kori looked at him expectantly and even he had to admit that Victor had a point.
"You think it's a coincidence that I met the two of you one after the other. Last two times I got this vibe from people, we got attacked. Either we get to that kid first or something dangerous will"
Kori nodded and followed Dick out the door; Victor groaned but followed her anyway.
"You guys got attacked?" he asked once they were outside
"Yeah but that's not important right now" Dick replied distractedly.
"Man you have a messed definition of the word, you know that?"
"How will we get there, Alfred are has gone to run some errands and Mr. Wayne is
elsewhere?"
"We could drive"
"I only have a license for driving a bike"
"You could drive on your bike and carry someone else and the third person could stay
here " Kori suggested.
"No, same problem"
Victor planted a large hand on both of their shoulders and turned them towards him.
"Listen up, kids cause school is in session"
"How long have you had your license?" Dick asked, trying to keep his voice steady as the red convertible swerved around a corner on the road.
"A couple of months now, "Victor replied with a grin." How you doing back there, girl?"
"My head is still attached to my body which is reassuring"
Even with the seatbelt, Kori was still getting thrown about in the backseat, more so than
the guys in the front.
"Almost there" Victor stated as they skidded around another turn.
A sleek red convertible pulled into a stop right outside the zoo.
Victor hopped out of the car while the other stumbled out, clinging to the door of the car
for dear life.
"Smooth ride, huh?" Victor asked.
Dick shook off his momentary shock and directed his attention to the crowd standing
outside the gates.
"We have to get through them" he observed.
"Man, I'm the star of my football team, this ain't nothing compared to some of the teams
we went up against. Follow my lead"
With that, Victor started pushing his way through the crowd.
He managed to clear space for himself and the other two stuck right behind him taking
advantage of the gap he created.
Before long they were in the front of the crowd.
Dick walked towards one of the police and muttered something to him,
The police gave him an uncertain look but nodded.
"How long are you planning on staying here?" Dick asked the youth chained to the gate.
The boy raised his deep green eyes and gave him a mischievous grin.
"Till they hear me out, or some babes on mopeds show up"
"Dude, your causing a bucket load of trouble, you might want to take it seriously"
"I am totally taking this seriously...sweet" his eyes fell on Kori. "You guys brought a hot
chick. Protests always get way more attention when there's a hot chick involved."
Kori shrugged and sat down next to the boy.
"I'm Kori; please don't call me "hot chick'"
"I'm Gar but you can call me hunk of burning love"
Dick pulled Kori up by the arm.
"We're not here in join in the protest!"
"We're not?" she asked curiously.
Dick shot her stern look.
"We're not" she informed Gar.
"Then why are you here?" Gar asked suspiciously.
Kori and Victor both looked at Dick.
"We'll let you handle that one"
"Because we think you may be in danger" Dick replied.
"Dude, your hair gel must have soaked into your head and encased your brain cause your just nuts"
"Heh pot calling the kettle...in this case green" Victor noted.
"I mean, seriously dude who goes around telling people they're in danger...is the
Boogieman out to get me?" Gar started laughing at his own joke but was cut off.
The crowd's attention was diverted from the protest when the lamps that lined the walls
of the zoo suddenly lit up one by one in a row.
The lamps lit up again, almost blinding when they shattered, causing a few screams.
There was an eerie blue glow form the shattered lights that quickly turned into sparks that disappeared through the lamp bases.
Gar fumbled for his key and hastily managed to unlock himself and scrambled away.
He moved next to the three teens who were staring at the strange light show.
The blue sparks circled the lamps and disappeared underground when the grid wassurrounded by blue and there was a blinding flash.
Standing before them was a large humanoid shape made entirely of blue electricity, bolts
of electricity danced along 'veins' in its body and a computer chip rested on his body. It
let out a roar and within an instant the area was thrown into chaos.
The only ones not moving were Dick, Kori, Victor and Gar.
Dick threw Gar a look.
"In case you didn't know, that's his 'I told you so' look "Victor leaned in to tell Gar.
The electric monster vanished inside a control panel and a row of doors opened, doors
that led to the animals dens.
"That ain't good!"
"Ok ok electricity, electricity...we need to find a way to ground him" Dick began, shaking his head trying to come up with a solution to the problem.
"Friends, we may need act fast on this" Kori cried out pointing at the blue glow travelling
along the wires towards them.
"Ok, lets go" Dick shouted, grabbing Kori's wrist and pushing Gar at the same time,
running into the zoo.
"What now leader boy?" Gar shouted as they ran.
"Rubber doesn't conduct electricity, maybe we could try that"
Dick skidded to a stop; they were right outside the caretakers shed.
The blue monster was following them and hoping for the best they charged into the hut
This was made of thick plastic.
"Quickly throw on the boots and gloves"
"Dude these so don't go with my colouring" Gar whined as they pulled the boots on.
Everyone shot him a glare.
"What? Not the time for a joke huh?"
The lights inside the small room shattered and he group piled out the door as fast as they
could.
The monster was taking special care not to touch the ground and was appearing and
vanishing from one wire to the next.
"We need something rubber and we need it now"
Gar and Victor both chuckled and exchanged smirks.
"Not now!"
"The Marquee is rubber, isn't it?" Kori asked suddenly.
The boys exchanged looks.
"She's right"
"But how do we get that thing to the marquee. I don't think we can lure it there ourselves
again?"
Gar slapped his forehead, almost as if he was trying to shake an idea out when a shadow
was cast on the ground.
Glancing up he saw it was an eagle swooping overhead.
That's when something clicked and an idea formed into his head.
"Get to the marquee" he cried out.
The others looked at him and nodded.
Kori grabbed a mop and ran after the others who were already heading for the marquee.
They reached the brightly coloured tent and saw that it was supported by poles.
The poles held it up in a circular shape and a large pole in the middle provided the
height.
"Well what now?"
"That things following us"
Without warning, Gar started squawking and cawing, even flapping his arms to match his
sounds.
"Dude what the.. Oh man that's a lot of birds!"
It was true; flocks of birds had gathered after hearing the calls and were flying towards
them, as they were flying they were catching the monster between them and almost
dragging him towards them.
"Birds are airborne, he can't hurt them" Dick realised.
One bird even seemed to fly through him.
"Come on, get these beams down" Victor yelled, scattered the two boys and the girl, they each ran to a different beam and found a way to unearth it, causing it to fall until they were left with the last pole in the middle.
It was then the boys noticed Kori's mop.
"You were planning on cleaning up after this guy or something?" Victor asked.
Kori looked surprised and then grinned.
She dropped the mop and placed her foot over the mop part and then pulled up on the
handle, snapping the mop, leaving a plastic stick with a jagged end where the mop head
had been.
Grinning she handed the broken mop to Dick.
"Here he comes" Gar warned as the birds flew past, what was left remaining of the
marquee shook as they did.
The group noticed the familiar blue glow surrounding the laps beam and the monster
materialized, clutching onto the metal beams.
"Get out of here" Dick hissed at the others who stood rooted to the spot
This time it was the other three who shot him a glare.
"Fine!" he snapped, wedging the plastic rod between the beam and the ground and prying
the pole out, toppling to the ground with the monster.
The last they heard was a roar of defeat and then a deathly silence.
Just as quickly as it had started, it had ended.
They didn't move for a few moments, completely covered by a rubber blanket.
"You guys are alive too, right?" Gars uncertain voice rang out.
"I still got everything in the right places" Victor replied.
Sitting up they made their way out of the tent and let out a collective sigh of relief once
they were all out safe and sound.
"Um friends...we have an audience" Kori said in a voice barely above a whisper.
They turned around slowly and saw a huge crowd outside the gates of the zoo staring
at them dumbfounded.
"Great show huh?" Victor yelled out
Gar laughed and began blowing kisses and soon they were met with a deafening
applause.
The zoo keepers had rounded up the animals and while the zoo had taken a hit, no one
was any worse for wear.
Kori laughed and threw her arms around Gar.
"You saved us, you strange king of the animals" she shrieked.
"Just call me Tarzan" he grinned back when Victor picked them both up in a bear hug.
"And we live and fight another day" he cheered.
Dick was the only one who didn't seem to be celebrating; instead he was staring down at
the fallen marquee with a trouble expression.
"You handled that broken mop quite well" a gently voice complimented.
He looked up and saw Kori watching him intently.
"Heh, maybe I'll take up Judo" he grinned playing around with the rod, spinning it in his
hands.
He seemed to have a flair for it.
Kori watched him and then gave him a hug, burying her face in his neck.
Pulling back she gave him a shy smile and walked away, tossing him a little smile
over her shoulder.
Casting one more thoughtful look over his shoulder, he dropped the plastic handle and
followed her.
Gar and Victor were standing in front of Alfred, going every detail of the fight with him.
Nothing ever seemed to surprise him and this was no different.
He merely nodded at the other two once they had arrived.
"I should think it in our best interests to leave now" he informed them and led them to the
Limo waiting.
They did their best ignoring the reporters and cameras flashing at them as they left and
managed to make it to the car in one piece.
Once there were safe distance away from the library, Kori, Dick and Victor slumped
into the back of the seats.
Gar however was rooting through the mini - fridge.
"No tofu?"
To be continued.
Well there you go, make of that what you will.
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Nibbs