"They have jumped once more and I am more than sure that another jump would set off the nuclear reaction." Tijd told Temps as he looked down at the tracker in his hands, which had been given to them by Andra to be able to track the unstable energy left behind by the two super being's time jumps.
"Then we must stop them before they jump once more." Temps sighed softly, nodding to himself.
"Do we have any idea where they are the moment?" Tijd asked his partner, who nodded.
"Father Time had an idea. There has been a type of order to the dimensions they have visited, after all. I believe that they are in danger if what Father Time believes to be true is where they are going to go." Temps informed the Dutch man, who raised an eyebrow to ask the question without any words. "It is one of the most unstable regions in the DC-Sector. I am sure you are familiar with it. Quadrant FP."
Tijd pale skin seemed to become even whiter at his partner's words, then nodded. "We must go right now! If that is where they are going... We have a real problem on our hands, Temps. Not even the guardians assigned to that Quadrant would be able to stop the injury that would come to them if they arrive."
"Then we must hurry and retrace their steps, Tijd." Temps nodded, "First would be in the TV-Sector. Quadrant S. We can follow their steps quickly from there. And we must pray we got to those foolish humans before any harm comes to them."
And once they had finished their hurried conversation, both time beings were gone in a flash, already beginning their mission to stop what ill would come to the foolish dimensional travelers if they reached the following Quadrant.
"There has to be some type of pattern to this..." Tony mumbled as he looked at the screen of his dimensional transporter, reading all the data on it. "First it sends them to our world, that has nothing in common with the Bats apart from there being heroes... Then to a world with..." He looked up at his teammates now, "Just what did that world hold? Did you see any superheroes?"
Most of his teammates shrugged, but Batman said, "From the way they spoke about costumed freaks leads me to believe that they are not common in their world. Therefore, it would be safe to assume that public superheroes are not a thing there."
Tony nodded at the information, then looked up at the place they were in now. The costumed kids that were looking at them with varying degrees of curiosity and distrust led him to know that, at least in this world, there were superheroes.
"Which means we're back to heroes again... So, starting with the Bat, two dimensions with heroes, then one without. This one supposedly has them... So... I believe I assume the next one we visit will also have superheroes in it."
"How can you be so sure?" Robin asked the man as he eyed the figure in the middle warily, wondering just why he looked so familiar.
"It's not an exact science and I don't really have enough data to say that I'm right... But it's a lucky guess." Tony finished with a shrug, then turned to the group of teenagers that had patiently waited for them to finish speaking. "Yo, are you kids heroes?" He asked them, which made the one in the middle nod slowly.
"You wouldn't happen to be looking for two people that swear they've been dimension hopping, would you?" He asked, and Robin noticed that his voice actually sounded like his own... Just a tad bit older.
"Yeah, that's exactly who we're looking for!" Tony smiled broadly at the boy, who then sighed and shook his head.
"They're already gone. They jumped about two hours ago over there, in that spot." The Robin look-a-like pointed at a part of the large beach, then looked over at the youngest member of the large group of unknown heroes. "Robin?"
The young boy nodded, "Robin?" He asked as well, making the other smirk.
"And I'm guessing that's your Batman, huh?"
"Again with the Batman... Who is that guy?" The young green boy behind the second Robin asked the person cloaked in purple, who only shrugged.
"Come on, Bats. Let's get a read to see just where these idiots went." Tony motioned for the Bat to follow, who did, along with most of the heroes.
But Robin decided to walk over to the group of teenagers and speak with the other him.
"You should look out for the guy. But not worship him." The other Robin said, completely confusing his teammates.
But Robin only smirked, "Bats is good. But not that good. Where's yours?"
"Left him a while ago to start my team." The other Robin shrugged, motioning to the teens behind him. "I figured out being with him wasn't worth all the pain and heartache. And I had grown into my own person even though he had yet to evolve in any manner."
The younger of the two Robins nodded, understanding the other's words, but shook his head, "They're not the same, your Bats and my own. Mine... He actually shows some care. Not very Batman of him but he has his moments."
"Then you're a lucky Robin."
Even as they spoke, Robin could tell that the other boy's teammates were completely confused as to what they were talking about. But he couldn't really be all that surprised. They most probably didn't even know who Batman was. And he knew because if he ever started his own team, he would make sure that he was as far away from the Bat that he could get so as to not be interrupted by him.
"Robin. Come on. We have a lock on for the next dimension." Batman commanded gruffly, grabbing the boy's attention.
"Coming, B!" The boy called, then looked back at his doppelganger. The other boy was a bit taller, but looked almost like him. This might have been him in a few years if Batman hadn't changed and become just a tad bit more open. He was glad he wouldn't see a team like this in his world. His Team was perfect just the way they were.
"See you." He saluted at the other teenagers then ran over to the large group of heroes, where he found Tony already preparing the machine.
"So, who wants to bet? Hero or no hero?" He asked, which made Bruce and Captain roll their eyes, even though Green Arrow raised his hand.
"I'm betting on heroes!"
"Then I bet on no heroes." Tony smiled, pressing the button.
And off they went.
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"You owe me some money, tin head." Ollie remarked with a smile as he looked at the metallic walls of what he knew was the Watchtower.
It was nothing like his own and the heroes around them were not the kind he was used to seeing up in the space station, but it was undoubtedly the Watchtower. And he was proven correct when this dimension's scarlet speedster ran up to the large group of heroes, looked them over for one minute, then motioned for them to follow.
"Come on..." He said, then raised his hand to his ear, "Supes, call a meeting with the Founders, please... Yeah, I found another like the other two... Well we kind of have to find out where those other two took Creeper! We can't leave the yellow guy all alone!"
And once his conversation with the other person was over, this Flash turned to Robin and smiled, "You have quite the best friend." Then fell quiet as he lead the large group to one room.
Something was wrong. Horribly and terribly wrong.
"Deadpool?" I called, my body hurting a lot more than it should have. "Creeper? Spidey?"
But there were no answers. Nobody answered me.
Just what was going on?
I tried to lift my body up, but for some reason it didn't want to respond. "What the-" I tried to say, but suddenly found a gloved hand clasping my mouth shut.
"If you want to live through this, kid, you better keep your mouth shut." A gruff voice that certainly didn't belong to anyone I knew growled into my ear and I could now feel the pressure of another body on top of mine. "Keep quiet and we might actually live through this." The man above me whispered, then fell silent.
And for a moment, I thought of trying to shake him off and question just who he thought he was. But that small plan was dashed away when I heard the unmistakable sound of marching footsteps passing past us. The man's body froze above me and he seemed to stop breathing, but I couldn't say anything because for a moment I did not allow myself a breath at all.
Minutes of tension passed before we could move again, and when the man finally got up from me, I was much too shocked to get up by myself. Luckily, the man's hands clasped around my shoulders this time and lifted me up, all the while turning me to face him.
"Huh... You're rather brightly dressed to be here."
But I didn't think of answering him at all.
For the first time I was able to catch a look at the dimension I had landed in. And I wished I hadn't come here.
It was a wasteland of debris, ruined buildings... And bodies. There were so many dead bodies. My eyes were wide as I focused on that of a little girl clutching tightly onto her mother's hand, both of their eyes wide as they hugged one another. They were already in rigus mortis... They had been dead for a while... But not long enough to not seem human.
"Oh my God..." I breathed out, then looked up at the man that had most probably saved me from ending up like the many people littered around the streets.
And I could safely say he was a person I had never met before.
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