23. Secret Weapons 3: Faster than a speeding bullet!
"Great Hera"
"Is-Is he dead?" Flash asked softly.
"No," Batman shook his head as he checked the pulse of the bloodied man lying before them.
"We need to get him medical attention," J'onn surmised evenly. "Zatanna should teleport him to the cave."
"Yes," the caped crusader answered as he stood up. "Take him to the centre, not the cave. J'onn you should go with her. You and Tim are best trained among us in dealing with Alien physiologies."
Resting on his haunches, J'onn laid one hand on the injured man, while holding his wife's hand with the other. They were gone the next moment, disappearing to materialize in the infirmary of the resistance headquarters. Oracle and Wonder Girl were waiting for them.
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"Check for anything salvageable," Batman instructed his remaining teammates. "Look for weapons, ammunitions, electronic system. However, pay attention that none of them should be working."
"We don't want to give ourselves away," Batgirl supplied the explanation as she slunk away into the night.
Checking the surrounding areas all of them remembered the last time they had been to this place.
Batman and Batgirl,
/Flashback/
"Anyone alive," he asked to the young black clad girl standing next to him.
"No," Cassandra Cain, aka Batgirl answered evenly. They had spent the last six hours trying to find any survivors of the attack on the small farming town, the birthplace of Smallville's and perhaps earth's most famous superhero, Superman.
"We must leave," Hawkgirl landed next to him, her eyes lifting to the clearing skies. Dawn was approaching. It was time for the 'Bats' and the 'Hawk' to return to their cave.
"Yes," Batman answered unemotionally. Even though externally he seemed the same as ever, internally he was regretting the death of thousands of innocent people, just because of where they were living.
"Lets go."
/End Flashback/
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Flash,
/Flashback/
"Thank you Mrs. Kent," Flash spoke between chomps of the cake lying in his lap. "I needed that. Running around burns the carbs right away."
"I understand son," Martha Kent smiled from the door. Flash had made an impromptu visit to Clark Kent's home. Not for anything in particular, but just to surprise big blue.
"Thank you mam," he nodded again, taking a extra large bite of the freshly baked cake.
"Call me Ma," the kindly senior smiled at him. "Clark calls me that, so did that sweet boy he had come with him for Christmas."
"Sweet boy?" Flash asked in confusion.
"Yes," Martha concentrated to remember their guest's name. "I forgot his superhero name. We just called him J'onn."
"J'onn Jones," Clark clarified a few feet away from them.
"Oh, J'onn. Yeah real sweet," Wally laughed out aloud.
"REAL Sweet."
/End Flashback/
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Diana,
/Flashback/
"Guess who," Kara Kent, better known as Supergirl covered the eyes and whispered into the ear of her foster mother-grandmother-aunt all rolled into one.
"Kara," the answer was instant as Martha Kent turned around in the young girl's gentle embrace. "Its so nice to see you," she exclaimed as she raised her own arms to hug the girl.
"Missed you Ma," Kara replied with a quivering voice. "Sorry couldn't come for Christmas."
"We missed you too," Martha replied as her eyes fell on the tall woman standing behind Kara. Even without the tiara and the Wonder Woman costume, she instantly knew who it was.
"Come in Diana," her recognition surprised both Kara and Diana.
"How did you…." Kara looked from Martha to Diana and back Martha.
"We HAVE television here," came the humorous reply. "Besides there are few other superheroes who are as beautiful as the princess. Come in, come in," she gestured towards the Amazon.
"We are all family here."
/End Flashback/
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"Lets go," Batman voice broke through their thoughts. "We have what we need."
"Where are we going?" Diana inquired as she landed next to the 'wing. "The cave or the training facility?"
"The training facility," Batman replied in her own words, mentally adding, 'I need information and answers.'
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Back at the resistance headquarters,
"Oh God," Cassandra gasped in horror at the unconscious form lying before them.
"Conner!"
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Note: Sorry for the short chapter. It was just a second part of the previous one. The next one will be longer. Just getting delayed due to plot-position in 'Symmetry'.
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