Disc: ION.
AN at the bottom.
I hope you enjoy the surprise I was preparing.
"GL to Batman asking for assistance I repeat, GL to batman we can't handle Clayface." I said as I saw Robin fly past me and Superboy to collide against me.
"Oh my ribs." I said as I got up, Superboy was barely conscious I moved his body off me, I stood up and I looked up to Clayface who was looking straight at me.
"Now I know what you're thinking. Should I punch the green lantern through a wall? And the answer might surprise you." I said as Clayface raised his giant fist I made a shield as fast as I could, his fist came at me.
"Ah crapbaskets." I said as his giant fist collided against me and my shield breaking, my whole body was covered in clay but the strength behind the punch was incredible, I collided to a wall making a dent in it, and fell to floor face first.
"It's in my mouth, it's in my mouth, this tastes horrible." I said as I looked to the rest of the team. 'Damn Aqualad not paying attention.' I thought as I gathered all the clay I had in my mouth and spit it out.
"HEH HEH HEH." Clayface's laugh sounded menacing to say the least. I tried to stand but I had no strength left to fight him. But his laugh was interrupted by Batman breaking through the ceiling avoiding Clayface's swings and throwing batarangs with electricity to knock him out really easily.
"Get back to the cave and debrief after." He said ordering us to move out; I picked myself up and helped Aqualad.
"I told you to shock him you didn't follow the plan, get your head in the game we were lucky Batman was nearby or else we would be dead right now." I said to him as he took my hand and followed everyone else to the nearest zeta tube.
I approached Batman and told him how Aqualad was distracted and didn't electrocute Clayface when we had the opportunity.
We arrived at mount justice everyone covered in clay, and mud or whatever dirt Clayface is made off never read a Batman comic until Clayface became part of the Batfamily, but that was after DC Rebirth on detective comics. The Blackest night hasn't happened. The parallax event happened and that is when Kyle became a green lantern. Who is set to become the white lantern but that is after the blackest night, and the brightest day. Even all the guardians are alive meaning that Scar is set to betray the lanterns, for the Blackest Night to happen. The red lanterns exist but they haven't made their appearance yet. The red rings haven't made their appearance, not even Supergirl has appeared, here on earth. The story of Red Daughter of Krypton was a fun read; I think I'll visit space one if this days and see if her pod is orbiting the sun, it should be. But that is when I have free time maybe this Sunday I'll go there; if she is there she will be a nice influence on Superboy, he'll be family to her. But she treated Superboy like crap in the comics, I wonder if she would treat him different.
Not even the Justice League of earth 3 has attacked this earth. But that is until this Robin becomes Nightwing and Captain Marvel is known as Shazam. Even though superman died and another Superman is living as Clark White and had a son with Lois Lane from another timeline when the crisis on infinite Earths happened; and Batman had Damian training as Robin. Oh man so many theories, but I'll make Supergirl a priority. I really hope she's orbiting the sun.
"Everyone hit the showers and head home." Batman said "Aqualad you stay. Green Lantern I want to talk to you after you before you go." Batman said to Aqualad and me. I nodded headed to the showers where Miss Martian and Artemis were headed.
"It's in my hair, my mouth and I reek of whatever that clay was made of." I said to no one in particular.
I arrived to the group showers for girls and undressed of my green lantern suit.
"Couldn't you power down your ring and it would disappear?" Megan asked.
"When you fall into a pit of saliva that is as sticky as glue in a green lantern suit you know you messed up when you just power down." I said as I took of completely the suit leaving me naked.
"It's alien yes but its protective armor meaning it only covers the outside if I turn it off now all the clay will stain my clothes, since my clothes become stored in a pocket dimension created by the ring" I said as I took powered down the ring and the suit disappeared in the ground leaving the accumulated clay in the ground. My clothes appeared in my hand folded.
"Woah you do reek." Artemis said mockingly, I punched her in the arm lightly.
"Jerk." I said going into the shower
"So what do you girls think of Wally?" Artemis asked to us as we showered.
"Not much, he is fast and a dork." I said to her.
"Yeah he is...nice." Megan responded.
"And you Sam what do you think of Kaldur? You would totally make a cute couple" Artemis asked me reclining on the side looking at me mischievously.
"I Ah I ah umm. He's he is... yeah." I said dumbfounded. Megan and Artemis laughed.
"What about you M'gann?" Artemis asked her in between chuckles.
"He is like a big brother to me." Megan said.
"Nice save." I said.
"You like him don't cha?" Artemis instigated, I felt my face warm, and Megan and Artemis laughed harder.
"N n n no comment." I stammered.
"Sure you don't." Artemis said I could hear her smiling.
"I hate my life." I said with a deadpan look, which made both of them laugh harder.
"Anyways see you tomorrow, I'll be here making the food here tomorrow." I said
"Oh you should come, she makes the best pancakes." Megan said cheerfully,
After showering and drying my hair I went to see Batman who was waiting for me on the center of the main room.
"Hey Batman, what's up?" I asked him.
"Hello Samantha." He responded plainly.
"What did you want to talk about?" I asked him, hoping for the worst that I don't have any records of ever living here.
"I wanted to talk to you about your position as leader." Batman told me, inside I felt relieved; but my expression didn't change.
"You showed too much irresponsibility, by going to fighting rings and returning covered in bruises, some of them you haven't healed yet. You have displayed last week that you're unfit and unstable to be leader of this team. Right now you're demoted from your rank as leader until you show you're responsible enough for yourself then for the team." He told me I'm shocked to say the least, but it felt right. Meaning I can have free time I can go tomorrow to find Supergirl.
"I know this may be hard…"
"It's okay, you're right. I was too irresponsible and endangered the morale of the team. I nominate Kaldur as the leader if you accept my nomination.
"That's why I talked to him before you. He needs to have his head in the game if he's to take responsibility for this team." Batman told me.
"Then I accept the demotion, I shouldn't be happy but it feels right. You know?" I told him admitting my feelings.
"I was going to tell you that there is a surprise at home to cheer you up at home. But it seems you're contempt with not being leader." He told me I narrowed my eyes and looked at him in suspicion.
"Well thank you batman, I can relax a bit and my wounds will heal. They always do." I told him as I walked to the zeta tube and put in the coordinates to coast city.
"Recognized Green Lantern B 0 2." The computer said and I got transported to the secret zeta tube near the Green Lantern memorial park. I began to walk home, it wasn't that far and it 6:30 I have time to get home.
'I think Supergirl would be the same age as me fifteen. But she will have questions about her planet, and how she got here. But the pod has the answers, and she wouldn't make supervillains in the process if she gets her pod. This Sunday I'll go; I need to see if she's there.
I arrived home only for Hal to give me a letter. "Guess what you're going to do?" He said in a sing song voice.
"Oh god." I said grabbing the envelope which was directed at me and in neat handwriting it read. 'Gotham Academy.'
"Wait Gotham academy? I didn't finish school." I said
"Yeah but you only need to take a few tests throughout September starting the 10th in Gotham Academy and you'll be admitted with full scholarship if you do well on those tests. I heard they only give five." Hal said excitedly.
"Wha.. what?" I said.
"Batman said you're one of the smartest persons in the League and that's saying a lot coming from the guy who plans for plans." He said to me.
"But I don't know if I want to go back, what if I'm not smart enough?" I said.
"Please, you passed perfectly the exam in Oa. Okay you want to prove you're not smart, tell me rule eight hundred and four dash three." He said my mind began working immediately.
"No green lantern can interfere in a planet that is amidst civil war, only stop illegal suppliers of weapons that are not from that planets level of technology."
"See you're smarter than me, and that's saying a lot." He said as his smile grew.
"Fine, I'll do it; but if I fail it's your fault." I said as I went to my room.
'Gotham Academy, that's where Robin goes, same with Artemis getting this scholarship. Meaning Batman or Bruce Wayne directly intervened in the school committee. I can return to a normal life, I could retire and leave the whole lantern business along with superheroing. But can I really give that up? I don't care I can have a normal high school life.'
"Can I freak out now?" I asked to Hal as I walked to my room.
"Yeah Sammy you can." Hal told me.
"HELL YESS, I'm going back to school oh god I'm so happy, and Gotham Academy Oh my god." I said celebrating until I realized a thing.
"Oh god I'm gonna wear a skirt." I said, Hals laugh filled the house I just groaned as I fell face down to my bed.
"Kaldur to Samantha. Sam are you there?" Aqualad's voice came in my ring, I felt excited.
"Hey Kaldur what's up?" I said trying not to sound excited that he called me.
"So there's this dinner today in Poseidonis and Aquaman said I could..."
"YES, I'm sorry I mean sorry you didn't finish." I interrupted him inviting me to dinner in Poseidonis 'I'm so dumb.'
"It is alright... I was wondering if you… would like to come to dinner here? Aquaman said I could have a guest, so I was thinking if you would like to come here, at around eight?" He asked.
Yes, I would love to go." I said trying to sound casual my voice in a high pitch.
"Alright see you at the dinner." He said ending the call.
"I'm nervous; He asked me on a date with Aquaman and Oh god What will I wear? I don't have anything nice. But its Atlantis, meaning underwater so I won't breathe. I don't know how to swim. What if the pressure kills me? Wait my ring can protect me from that; but what if allergic to sea food? I've never eaten anything from the sea." I said aloud freaking out.
"Sam you're thinking aloud again." Hals voice reminded me sounding from the kitchen.
"Sorry." I yelled back 'Okay so I need to go as a green lantern.' I thought but first I need to call Artemis and Megan and rub it in their faces.
"Call Megan." I said into my ring, after a few seconds she answered
"Hey GL what's up?" Megan answered me.
"I have a date with Kaldur to dinner in Poseidonis." I said as fast as I could
"That's great Oh my God I'm so happy for you. Right now I'm making food for me and Superboy." She said to me.
"Wait I need to call Artemis and rub it in." I said smiling.
"You do that. I'll finish up here." Megan told me with a happy tone as she hung up. I called Artemis through my ring called to her phone until she answered.
"You know you should get a phone. Your ring makes me pay crazy high since it marks it as international." Artemis said.
"Don't care got a date with Kaldur." I said cheerfully.
"OH MY GOD. I'm so happy for you, I'm surprised he invited you." She said in relief. "Yeah only problem it's in Atlantis, only special guests can go there and I'm someone from the surface. I can't go there in a swimsuit, or is it part of the culture to try and dress like them? Maybe that insults them. Maybe I should only go in my superhero suit" I said.
"Yeah to bad that suit is skintight." She told me.
"I knoow there is only this skintight bodysuit." I said to her.
"You're smart figure something out."
"Okay but what if the food is bad, its dinner with Aquaman who is a king, I'm someone with no manners. I fought on illegal rings younger than Robin started to be wonder boy. What if they serve alcohol? Can you drink underwater? Water doesn't work like that..."
"Sam you're rambling." She told me making my train of thought to stop.
"Sorry, don't freak out."
"Why are you telling me to not freak out?"
"Oh no I'm telling that to myself. I offer great conversation." I said to her.
"Oh god its 7 dinner's at eight, I need to get ready I can still smell Clayface on me. But smell doesn't work like that underwater. What if Atlantean's nose works…" I said thinking aloud.
"Shut up and get prettied up I'm on my way to do your make up. Do you have make up?" She told me.
"What's makeup? Never heard of it." I responded.
"Okay I'll take mine or ask for something from mom. I'll call M'gann for some help."
"Wait. Why Megan?"
"So she does your hair." She said as I heard movement on her line.
"Wait… wut?" I told her confused.
"Yeah it's a date with Kal in Atlantis."
"Poseidonis."I corrected.
"Whatever on my way, fifteen minutes." She said.
"I'm sending you the address." I said sighing and undressing to get ready.
"Dad Artemis is coming over; I have a date with Kaldur on Poseidonis." I said to Hal as I got in the bathroom
"WAIT WHAT?!" I heard him yell out.
"Oh you're not getting close to me with that thing." I said to Artemis as Megan was doing my hair, and pointing at the brush she had.
"You're really beautiful, so shut up and let me work." Artemis said.
"Yeah your hair is amazingly blonde." Megan said to me.
"I'm not pretty, that's what my sister always told me. I just played along. And that isn't an adjective." I said as Artemis was using a brush on my right eye and M'gann my hair.
"Aaand done."
"Same here." Artemis and Megan said to me, as I turned to the mirror. "Who is that?" I said pointing at myself, I looked like a magazine cover.
"See you're really pretty." Megan said to me my eyes highlighted, by a shadow of the opposing color around it.
"I'm ... I look. So weird, and my hair looks so pretty. I mean I'm fifteen; yet I look older." I said touching my hair tips, only for my hand to be slapped away.
"Don't touch it, it took me a lot of time." Megan said to me.
"Well now what about your dress." Artemis said.
"My uniform duh." I said as I made my suit appear.
"No mask, it took me time for the eyes." Artemis said as I made my mask dissipate. "There we go, only no bandages and no gloves." she added.
"Gloves stay on." I said.
"No, you need to show your hands." Artemis added.
"But the scars. What if they think .ah ..." the rest of the sounds came muffled since Artemis placed her hand to cover my mouth.
"Don't overthink it, use white gloves not your black fingerless ones." Artemis said, I just sighed as I made my gloves switch to princess like gloves.
"Thif feefs wierf." I said through Artemiss hand.
"Ew, you spit on me." Artemis said as she removed her hand and started cleaning it in her pants. Megan laughed aloud, slowly we began laughing.
"Don't make me cry out of laughing, I remember the eyeshadow will run down my face." I said
"Don't worry its waterproof." Artemis said
"Now off we go to see you off." Artemis said as we walked out the room
"Wait." Hals voice echoed in the house.
"Smile." Hal said I turned to him and grinned.
"You look beautiful. And older, and I'm against this. But Aquaman is there so. You can go. " Hal said to me.
"Thanks dad." I responded and hugged him; he smiled brightly.
"Have fun in your date, tell Aquaman hi for me." He told me as I began to fly to the nearest zeta tube.
"Recognized Green Lantern B 0 2." The computer said as I powered my ring to envelop me and got transported to the Poseidonis.
"Incredible, Hello Samantha... you look precious today." Kaldur said to me, I blushed. "Thanks, I hope I'm not overdressed." I said rubbing my right arm .
"Not at all you look beautiful, and I like your... gloves." He said awkwardly
"Thank you." I said my face completely warm, and what I knew was a dumb smile on my face.
"Come, the king and queen are waiting; and my best friends for you to meet." He told me as He grabbed my hand, seeing Kaldur swimming it's something different my hearth keeps beating so fast at his touch. 'What the fuck is happening? This doesn't happen?' Even though I'm enjoying the feeling.
"Are you alright?" He asked me.
"Yeah why?" I asked curiously with a smile in my face.
"You glowed pink for a second." 'Huh?' I thought.
We arrived at the dinner room a huge table where Aquaman was seated beside what I assumed was Mera his wife.
"Aqualad is this, your special guest?" Aquaman said motioning to me.
"Yes my king she is my... guest." Kaldur said turning away from me I knew he had a blush, but my face was still really warm. I looked to the other guests one was Tula and the other was Aquaman's brother. The girl Tula was glaring at me she was dressed in a two piece water suit it had scale like cloth along with a light blue line in her chest she had a sash around her waist but it covered her short shorts, I tried to not glare back only to fail miserably. 'But she has a boyfriend why is she glaring at me? And was there really any other clothes that didn't show that much skin?'
"So Kaldur a 'Green lantern' is your special guest." Tula said to Kaldur pronouncing green lantern and special with a hint of venom.
"Yeah cop of the universe all that jazz." I said nonchalantly.
"Yeah those rings who choose anyone?" She said to me I glared at her.
"Yeah anyone who has potential; which is why I'm one of the five lanterns of this solar system." I said smirking she looked pissed as she turned away from me.
"So how do you do in the team? And how was your training in Oa." Aquaman said to me trying to take the conversation from turning into a catfight.
"Oh man the team we are working hard to become a real team to work with each other and our abilities. And Oa that was hard, lava planets, ice planets dessert planets, it was the most difficult months for me to ever live. " I cringed at the memory of learning to survive in those places.
"I learned to survive, except the lava planet obstacle course that was the harshest one. Jumping between rocks as they sink in lava it's never fun and those were the first months before I could even make constructs I could fly but it was really hard. Oh and the thousand question exam that was not of this planet ... literally it took Hal 3 tries to become an official green lantern and John took it 5 times. But me it took me 1 try." I said remembering the questions about laws as I sat down on the table.
"You cheated." Kaldur said to me everyone looked at me with disapproval. 'Really was there any other way to say that.'
"Not true the ability to remember everything I see is not cheating is called being smart... well actually smart means having a quick witted intelligence. Okay maybe it's cheating." I said smiling trying to dismantle the dirty looks Tula was giving me.
I looked around the table queen Mera was seated along with Aquaman's brother he was dressed in a similar fashion than Aquamans only he had red vest and black short sleeves. While she was showing more skin than I have ever in public, she is wearing a two piece bikini that didn't leave anything to the imagination; she moved with so much grace and had a crown atop her head, one word to describe her is royalty.
The food arrived as soon as the king sat down, it looked really foreign, and it's so weird looking. 'I hope I'm not allergic that would be disastrous. But this is the first time I'm eating something fish related.' I looked uncertainty at Aqualad.
"Is there something wrong green lantern?" Mera asked me noticing my distress as I haven't touched my food.
"It's just that I have never eaten, anything sea related, in my entire life." I admitted.
"Is that so?" She said confused.
"Well then try it, I'm sure the cooks here in Poseidoniss palace will surprise you with their skills." Aquaman told me. 'I need to eat or it will be an offense to their culture, oh well… screw it.' I thought as I placed food on my mouth it tasted somewhat like chicken with spices that I've never tasted, its soggy yet delicious. Each flavor completely different, and creates a certain flavor that fits perfectly.'
"And what do you think?" The queen asked me as I chewed. I swallowed my food before speaking.
"It's really great; I have never tasted something like this." I said as I took another forkful of whatever this is.
The night went on me Kaldur and Tula talked about each other, the early life of Kaldur and how he became Aqualad. How Kaldur was best friends with her and Garth, I talked about the trials I had as a green lantern. I told them about what I did to survive in the dessert planet, that one is a fun story.
"I think it's impressive, it should be great as you can make anything with your imagination." The queen Mera told me, as I explained how my ring works.
"Yes, but please don't let me be the center of attention I'm sure you have better things to talk about. I'm a guest here." I said.
"Only a guest." Aaand there's the remark I was waiting for. 'What's with the passive aggressive attitude?'
"Well were currently studying a gigantic Icanoderm frozen yet still alive. Of course at this point our data is quite limited, but doctor Volco thinks the creature is very promising." The prince brother told us.
"So Kaldur, are you considering returning to us at the academy?" Tula asked. 'What is this bitch's problem against me? You have a boyfriend so fuck off.' I looked at Kaldur distressed, he looked surprised.
"You realize he left his studies some time ago. His sorcery skills are not on pace with your skills or Garths." Mera said to her Tula looked down to the table as if in shame. 'Thank the divine cockblock.'
"Well I was considering returning, "if" I return I would need a tutor." Kaldur said Tula just grabbed another bite and smiled at him; I just felt my right eye twitch.
"Samantha I have not heard about your time in the green lanterns home planet. We never actually talk that much about it in the cave. Well we are beginning to talk but you have not told me much about how was life there." Kaldur asked me I smiled at him, as I saw Tula narrow her eyes. The dinner continued until everyone was finished, I abstained to ask for seconds since I had to keep my manners. Tula didn't glare that much at me I was really tempted to punch her in the face, sometimes problems can go away with a punch in the face. But that would prove useless as she is Atlantian and she would kick my ass to next week in water and I don't know how to swim I just use my ring to fly around, but her glares stopped as Kaldur and me spoke through the night.
"We have an announcement to make, I am withchild." Mera said as she held Aquamans hand.
"Oh that is wonderful." Tula said excited as she swam away from her seat and into Mera to give her a hug, same as Aqualad who rushed to his mentor.
"Congratulations an heir to the throne, at last." Aqualad said to his mentor. "Congratulations, family will always be important." I said trying to sound polite I don't really know how to answer to this announcement.
"Apologies prince Orm, I did not mean…" "No fear Kaldur, no one can be more thrilled at this news than I." He said as he rushed to his brothers side to salute him. "Thank you brother. Thanks to you all." Aquaman said as he hugged Mera close and kissed her, I felt uncomfortable. Kaldur just looked straight at me.
"You're glowing pink again." Aqualad said.
"Am I ?...wait what?" I said as I saw I was enveloped in pink energy but just as soon it soon disappeared.
"Superman to Aquaman league emergency in Tokyo bay randevú at the watchtower." Supermans voice came out as underwater.
"Acknowledged, it seems I must make my leave. Swim with me." Aquaman motioned to Kaldur, both took off. Leaving me alone with the Queen, the prince, and Tula.
"Excuse me Green Lantern can I talk to you for a second?" Tula asked me.
"Sure." I responded.
"Come." She motioned me to follow her; we arrived at a part where no one was around. I remember they tried to take the Icanoderm. But I can't alert people of knowing an attack is coming that would be dumb as that would put me as a traitor for knowing the future. Or I would be accused of knowing the future, or grow suspicion as to who I am. I think I need to step down as leader, I think me being here will affect the story a lot. While Tula swam I flew or closest thing to flying until we were out of earshot from the dining room.
"Why do you look so awkward swimming?" She asked me as she looked back at me.
"I don't know how to swim, so right now I'm using will power to fly here, or closest thing to fly." I told her she looked disapprovingly at me.
"So, what's up Fishgirl?" I said to her.
"You know what I am referring to talk about." She said to me.
"What's between me and Kaldur is none of your business." I told her.
"Oh very well, the only problem is that everything that happens between you and Kaldur'ahm IS my business." She demanded.
"So what? You have a boyfriend. You would've leaved Kaldur in the dark if I hadn't met him, right? He told me he liked someone and that someone liked him back; yet here you are and you haven't told him about you having a boyfriend right, and that boyfriend being his best friend." I told her.
"How do you know about my relationship with Garth?" She asked me defensively.
"Oh please, you haven't made a move on Kaldur since I got here and met with you. You might've been his crush, and you crushed on him. But you felt replaced with the surface right? So that's where Garth comes in and makes you feel not lonely. Well guess Kaldur is someone I really appreciate, he is one of my friends and to me friends are family. Without them I would lose myself." I said to her she looked surprised .
"How do you know who Garth is?" She asked me
"Queen Mera mentioned him." She looked upon her realization.
"What do you mean by lose yourself and family?" She asked me
"What I mean about losing myself is that where I come from there's no Utopia for orphans. My life is full of misery yet this ring came to me and Kaldur, makes me feel not lonely anymore." She looked surprised, her mouth opening and closing to my amusement like a fish.
"You're glowing pink, weren't you glowing green?" She asked me
"What! Again?" I said surprised but stopped as I looked at myself. 'Wait pink is for star sapphires, but why? I don't think a sapphire ring selected me. What the hell is happening?' I thought as the color switched to green again.
"Sam, Tula I was looking everywhere for you. I wanted to give you a tour of my home and its culture, the king gave me permission to show you everything Poseidonis has to offer." Kaldur said to me as he swan towards us.
"I would love to." I said trying to sound humble but accepting as I was enjoying the night, maybe I can have this date. 'Please no explosions, please life can I have a happy night?' I hoped as I took Kaldur's hand only to be interrupted by explosion all around us and the city below the palace. 'Well life, fuck you too.'
"Wha..what ?" Tula said aloud, Aqualad was just as shocked.
"Move it you two, were under attack. We need to help." I said reacting as fast as I could. "Move it you two there's no time to waste here." I said as my facemask appeared on my face and I saw Atlanteans under some rubble. 'Wait isn't like rubble weightless here?' I thought as I moved to help the trapped civilians. I reached the debris to help the civilians only to see men in robotic like suits firing beams at other soldiers who were helping civilians out. I made a construct of a wall to cover me from the fire while the civilians got out of the rubble I saw Tula using the Atlantean sorcery along with Kaldur used to the men who were shooting.
"Watch out!" Kaldur said to me I moved to the right to avoid a shot in the back as I saw Kaldur or Aqualad right now use his weapons to knock the men in suits who were about to shoot me, constantly and swiftly punching and slashing at the ones who came after him.
"We need to go to the palace, regroup and then we move out with reinforcements from the local guards." I told them, Aqualad and Tula nodded at me.
"They're distracted Tula you have more control over water take out the main force Aqualad you and me take out the back. We ask for information and we leave for what they're attacking this attack was planned to mobilize the guards to help civilians and then to dispatch of them to face no opposition." I said as Tula shot electricity to the men who were all focusing on shooting at the queen.
I made a construct of many sharks to attack the nearest men, while Tula decided to destroy an archway to make the rubble fall on them. However that worked, Aqualad covered my back from shooting me. 'This is not my element, by far.'
"TULA!" A man shouted Tula's name making her loose concentration on the whirlpool she was doing to dispatch the attackers.
"GARTH!" She screamed as she got in the way of a shot of an attacker who was about to shoot Garth in the back.
"TULA!" Aqualad screamed as he made a whip and pulled the man closer to hit him and swung with a mace at his helmet. 'My speed is really getting affected here.' I moved to where Garth carried Tula's unconscious body. We are surrounded, I instinctively made a bubble around us covering Mera she extended her arms and tattoos of an octopus surrounded her body as she let out a warriors scream an octopus rose from the ground that glow of Atlantean magic the octopus irradiated.
"Surface communications are down we cannot reach king Orin in time. Summon more troops to the palace." The prince ordered.
"The palace was not the only target. I witnessed explosions on sectors one, two, three and five." Garth responded as he cared for Tula.
"What is in sector four?" I asked.
"The science sector. Where the giant Icanoderm is being studied." Aqualad said. "That's the target." He added
"Then it is all a diversion. But with the king away I must protect the queen, and the heir." The prince said.
"I need no protection. GO." Mera said as she sent the attacker crashing through pillars with the octopus made out of Atlantean magic.
"No Mera, if you suffer any injury my brother would ever forgive me." The prince responded.
"The prince is right my queen. This battle is mine." Aqualad said.
"Says who? Tough guy; I'm your date. Besides I need to punch someone like right now." I said
"Lowering the protection cover. Keep the queen safe." I said the prince nodded.
"It's also my fight." Garth said.
"Your place is with her." I Kaldur told him
"Aqualad make way for me I'm slow in water. Queen Mera, could you provide us cover?" I said as Aqualad began to swim towards the men in suits that were shooting at us.
We arrived only to see guard's unconscious floating around us and explosions in the outside of the building probably access points for the attackers. A manta like ship appeared at the top of the building and began firing a yellow beam.
"We need to move fast, they're going to take the Icanoderm." I said to Aqualad "Follow me there's a secret entrance to the facility." I followed after him.
"Let me place the code then we move in carefully." Aqualad said to me, I heard movement behind me I whipped around as fast as I could and pointed my ring ready to fire only to see Garth arrive with us.
"You shouldn't be here you should've stayed at the palace with the queen and Tula." I Kaldur told him.
"The queen watches over Tula and sent me after you two." He said to us, I looked at Aqualad signaling that we don't have much time left; he went into the tunnel first.
We swam through the facility statues and arcs that predominated the architecture. I heard sounds coming from the left side I motioned with the hand signs we practiced to communicate in silence I signaled for people coming from the left side. He nodded at me as I pointed to the roof for an ambush.
"So you guys have a plan?" Garth asked as he didn't realize of the sounds. 'Sorry fish guy but you're bait.' I thought. Three men in black suits came around the corner I signaled for Aqualad to intercept. I used a construct of a gauntlet around my fist and punched as hard as I could the nearest one in the helmet, he began to float slowly.
"We learned our studies also." Aqualad told him
"I have a plan; we disguise ourselves as guards and stop the plans." Kaldur said to me. "Yeah one problem... well two actually." I said motioning to my chest, both Garth and Kaldur blushed.
"I'll go in on your signal Kaldur, you're in charge here." I said as they began to change.
They moved in through the hole in the ground immediately after they were in their suits, as they approached the trying to cut the ropes of that surrounded the Icanoderm.
"Impressive is enough Aqualad." Black manta said as he swam toward them. Aqualad and Garth began shooting at Blackmanta with the rifle of the ones they stole the suits from, Blackmanta moved swiftly evading each shot, and in a single shot destroyed both weapons Garth and Aqualad were holding. I moved in and began fighting the other seven men in suits my movements were really restrained but I used a harpoon shooter construct to shoot at them while I covered myself in another construct. I looked at Aqualad who used a man who was shooting at him as a human shield from mantas eye beams.
"Such a waste you really have no ambition beyond serving Aquaman! Art and schools of others willing to die for their king. This fool for example." Manta said turning to Garth who was trying to take off his helmet, Manta shot a Beam at him. I made a hand construct to push him into Aqualad's range for him to use his whip to drag him out of danger. I grouped up with them using a shield construct to cover me while I reached them.
Aqualad lifted Garth against the wall they were covering themselves.
"Garth get your head in the game." He said to him as I joined them.
"Get the rope without the rope they can't get the Icanoderm out of here. Aqualad distraction, Ill cut the ropes; and you either help or I'm gonna punch you in the face." I said as I began to analyze the situation.
"She's not lying." Aqualad said as he swam out of cover with a shield made from his water bearers, to protect himself from the constant fire of beams. I moved after him taking out the shooters by shooting them with the harpoon gun construct aiming at their limbs or heads.
"I summon the power of the tempest." Garth said as a whirlpool appeared and began to absorb the shooters. The laser stopped shooting as the ceiling was completely melted off.
"Aqualad they breached the facility moving in. Cover me." I yelled he immediately charged at manta attempting to slash him manta dodged and uppercutted Aqualad in the jaw sending him away and began shooting at him along with the other man. I got close to my range to cut the wire and not miss only to receive a rocket to my side sending me away from the ice. I recovered only to see one of 3 men nearing me pointing their rifles at me.
"Forget them, get the job done." Manta ordered. 'Alright he is preoccupied I need an opening.' I aimed my ring as the ice was being lifted a few meters of the platform it was in. I shot a beam of light to the metal that connected the wire to the ropes that surrounded the ice.
Manta moved in to grab a sample only for Aqualad to stop him using his whips and charged electricity, Manta sent feedback to Aqualad making him crash back to the wall. "If I can't have it. No one can!" Manta yelled as he shot a missile to the base where the ice was. I made a shield around me, knowing Aqualad and Garth would be fine they're Atlantians. I got knocked back by the explosion but the construct only had a crack. 'That's improvement usually an explosion would've broke the construct entirely.' I looked up to see the manta ship get away.
"He got away." I said.
"Coward!" Garth yelled.
"Hey you win some you lose some, and in my book this is a win. They didn't get their objective complete so that is a win for us." I said to Garth
We reached the palace; Tula was already standing again only grunting about her back. I approached the Queen who was looking straight at me.
"You did well Lantern." Mera told me.
"Thank you Queen Mera you sent Garth to assist us that helped us get us an advantage." I responded.
"I'm glad. But I'm sorry about your... date." She said to me I looked down disappointed. "It's okay; I just hope he doesn't stay here. But it's his choice and I respect his choices. Even if my heart wishes for him to stay in the surface... oh sorry I didn't mean to sound so girly I don't do girly." I said to the queen.
"Neither do I child." She told me as she placed a hand on my shoulder.
"Green Lantern can I talk to you?" Tula asked me.
"Sure." I told her, we began to swim through the palace until we reached an empty hallway
"Sup Fishgirl?" I repeated my salute, she just deadpanned at me.
"I want to say I am sorry for my behavior it was childlike. It is just he is my friend since childhood and even though I liked him. However I am truly happy that he sees what I see in Garth and that you share that feeling." She said to me.
"Is Fishgirl giving me her blessing?" I teased smiling mischievously at her.
"Don't push it Lantern." She said smiling.
"Don't worry Fishgirl, I hope we meet again. Besides your boyfriend seems like a good guy. I give you both my best of wishes, or however you say you wish them luck here." I said to her.
"Sure, and I believe Kaldur owes you a tour of Poseidonis and Atlantean culture." She said to me smiling.
"That would be nice. Maybe you can show me the academy." I responded to her, she hugged me and thanked me.
I thanked back and began to search for Kaldur I found him in the dinning room talking to the prince.
"Hey Kaldur, tough day right?" I asked him.
"Yeah, you would not believe it."
"Maybe this is a story for the cave." I told him.
"Listen about the leader situation; I'm not trying to…" He was apologizing but I interrupted him.
"It's okay I'm not mad, I really appreciate that you're leader. It takes stress out of my back and you'll be a great leader I just know it." I told him as I placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Power at ten percent." My ring said.
"Time I left." I said leaving to the zeta tube.
"Wait Sam before you go." Kaldur stopped me.
"Yes Kaldur?" I asked.
"Thank you, you placed me in my right state of mind. But I need some time to cool off and help here as much as I can." He told me.
"It's okay I'll hold the fort." I said
"Oh and Sam, thank you for coming and you look really beautiful tonight." He told me. "Thank you for inviting me it was magical. After all where can a girl get dinner with a king and punch people in the face in the same night."
AN
To Annie: I'm sorry, there's no other way to say I'm sorry to insult a dedicated reader. That read the entire story and gave me a constructive criticism as to how my character is flawed. I thank you for your criticism; and I'm sorry for attacking you this way.
To FanaticalFanatic: yeah, I know I was wrong on attacking the guest and I'm sorry to aggravate her.
To everyone else who is reading this story I feel humbled that so many people have favorited and followed this story. I hope in a blue light kinda way that we achieve eventually go big, but as they say; "We need to start somewhere." But I'm truly happy that this story has so many follows.
Oh and I hope you guys enjoyed the surprise that I was waiting to announce I had the idea to introduce her since chapter 3. Only that I changed Sam being leader to being demoted; but it gives me more freedom to write her and rewriting her interactions and team dynamic.
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Next chapter Tuesday 13.