Before the Dawn
Bludhaven
March 30
5:45 P.M
Haneul P.O.V
"You can't do this alone, Han," Nightwing states as we sit on the rooftop of an apartment building.
He had called, and convinced me to come to Bludhaven so we could 'talk' about who attacked and captured Adeline and the others.
"Sure I can," I counter. "You just don't want me to."
"Well, that's part of it," He admits. "We have a plan-"
"And you need my assistance?" I guess.
"We know for a fact that Wonderbat, Blue Beetle, Impulse, and La'gaan are there," Nightwing states. "I figured that you'd want to assist in rescuing them."
"How do you know this?" I ask, crossing my arms over my chest. "Was it from the flash drive Kaldur'ahm 'gave' you?"
"That, and much more," He says, is mask eyes narrowing. "She's there, but we don't know how long she'll be safe."
"She can handle anything, Nightwing," I growl at the former Robin.
"So you're saying you won't help her?" He snarls at me.
"I'm saying you have little faith in her," I counter.
Suddenly, a splitting ache in my head makes itself known, making me stumble for a second as my vision blurs.
"Han?" Nightwing asks, coming to my aide. "Haneul, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing," I gasp. "Just something that happens-"
"You've never done this in front of Adeline," Nightwing guesses.
"She's always so worried," I say, gripping my head with my hand as Nightwing helps me keep my balance.
"I would be too if your headaches are this bad," Nightwing admits. "Han, even before Add's was captured, you weren't looking good. What's really wrong, Han?"
I sigh.
"I suppose I should remind you of how Adeline and I met," I groan. "She caught me behind a building with a cheap street magician, who refused to get my crystal. In her heroic rescue efforts, I made a deal with her: She would help me find my crystal, and I would release the magician from his frozen spell. Well, we found it, and so did Klarion. She helped me escape, but we didn't get the crystal."
"What does the crystal have to do with anything?" Nightwing asks.
"As a child, I was cursed by Klarion. Long story short, he didn't want his slave to have powers greater than his own. So he cursed me. I've lived for this long, but I'm afraid that by using my powers as often as I do now has sped up the process, making me weak," I explain. "That crystal has the properties needed to expel the curse from my system, but right now… I am not well… I will get worse until Constantine's 'people' can deliver it safely to my old residence in New Orleans."
"Are you… dying?" Nightwing asks in shock.
"In short, yes," I admit. "I want to make the most of my time until Constantine prevails."
"Has he in the past?" Nightwing reprimands.
"He was my teacher when I escaped from Klarion's grasp in the witch world," I state. "He hasn't let me down in a while."
"Does Adeline know?" He asks.
"No,"
"She's not going to like this," Nightwing states.
"No," I agree.
"You don't look great, Han," He points out again. "She's going to notice."
"Not if she can't see me," I counter.
"So you're just going to keep yourself invisible, and out of her sight?" Nightwing asks in an accusatory tone.
"Until-"
"Constantine prevails? I've heard it, Han," Nightwing interrupts. "Han, forget about the mission. Adeline will be safe, and at rest if she knows that you are okay."
"I won't leave her to-"
"Goodnight, Han," Nightwing interjects, using my weakness to his advantage, and dropping a sleeping smoke bomb in front of me, while he uses a re-breather.
I groan at my weakness, and at Dick, but my mind is not immune to poisons, or gases.
I feel Nightwing haul me over his shoulder, and I fall into a dreamless sleep.
Pacific Ocean
March 30
6:28 P.M
Adeline P.O.V
I was awakened by a shocking pain coursing through my veins, stabbing me through my abdomen.
My eyes shoot open, and my mouth stays agape as I try to muster a scream, or shout… anything.
'What's happening? Where am I? Who are these… people?' I ask myself as the pain ceases for a moment.
My vision is all in red. At first, I thought that's just how mad I was, but now I see that it's because I am encased in the same type of pod that Batgirl was in when we went on the recon mission to Bialya.
I don't know where I am, but I can make out a few surroundings.
There is a screen of some sort with my energy readings on it, as well as my pulse, and other medical looking items.
I spot a door, rafters, and echoing around the large room is a strange moaning sound, like metal groaning under pressure.
'Am I underwater?' I wonder.
The shocking sensation begins again, making me arch my back, and clench my fists in pain.
This time, I let out a real scream, but I notice that I am not the only one.
I can't see them, but I can hear two other voices.
By the young rasp, I can tell one of them is Beast Boy, but the other… I'm not sure. It doesn't sound like anyone I know, so it might be this 'Impulse' I've met on occasion.
I clench my jaw shut, and try to focus on the pain.
"Pain is an illusion. It is just there to let you know that something is wrong with your internal homeostasis," Donna states, helping me to achieve the climb up the hill, pushing a boulder up the whole time. "Some people use an alternate reality to detach themselves from this pain. Spies, and assassins are skilled in this aspect. In time, you too, shall master this."
I recall all those years ago training on Paradise Island when Diana first discovered me.
'Okay, come on Adeline, you can do this,' I coach myself. 'They are just gathering information, but they won't care if you die. Han will care. Dick will care. Diana will care. Tim will care. Donna will care. And many others will care. You must survive this! You've been through worse.'
Soon I close my eyes and disappear into an internal reality.
…
"Adeline!" I hear Haneul shout from the front of the house, closing the door gently behind him. "Love, I'm home!"
I smile hearing his accented voice drifting through the hallway.
Sko lifts his head, and his forked tongue hangs out from the side of his mouth.
I set the soft towels down on the counter, and jog into the next room.
"Han!" I smile widely, jumping into his arms, planting a long, loving kiss onto his lips.
I feel him hum as he relaxes under my touch, and moves into the kiss.
"How are you today love?" He asks, running a hand through my loose hair.
"Well, you know how mornings are," I state as we move into the cozy kitchen.
"I'm sorry that I couldn't be there for you, love," He frowns, taking out plates from the cabinet, and preparing a small snack for us.
"Han, I made snacks," I state, placing my arms across my chest, as he takes out a plastic container of 'Cool Whip'. "It's not like Dick will let me go anywhere-"
"I know, but you need to rest," Han reprimands, taking the top off, and dashing some across my nose. "You should not be on your feet so much. And you," He points to Sko. "I told you to make sure she didn't move more than she had to."
Sko puts his head in the air, and looks away as if to say, 'I didn't do anything…'
I smile at the two, taking the whipped cream off of my nose.
Our serene moment was interrupted by the sound of small footsteps entering the kitchen.
"Mommy?" I hear a small voice ask.
I turn to see a child, no older than three years, staring at Han and I.
This child has bright, glowing blue eyes, a mop of chocolate brown hair, and slightly slanted eyes. His skin fair, but his eyes, tired.
He wears 'Transformers' pajama pants, and a 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle' shirt. In his arms, he carries a small stuffed animal dog, dressed up as Batman.
"Jason," I call to the little boy sweetly. "Honey, what are you doing awake? I thought you went to bed an hour ago?"
"I had a nigh'mare," He says, as Haneul moves to pick the boy up, settling him on his hip. "There were zombies in this one…"
"How do you know what zombies are?" Han asks.
"Nelson told me when we was at Uncle Wally's house," He says, rubbing his eyes with his small hands.
"Uncle Wally, huh?" I almost growl.
"We will speak with him tomorrow," Han says, giving me a tired look. "For now, let's get you back to bed, adul."
"Okay, appa," Jason nods tiredly.
Han and I make our way back to Jason's room, Sko following shortly behind me.
*Shock*
I pause in my steps as I feel a shock in my chest.
I leaves as quickly as it returns, leaving me in confusion.
Shaking my head, I continue down the hallway, and into Jason's room.
Leaning down next to his bed, I help Jason get back under the covers, and I turn on his Iron-Man night light.
"See, love?" I ask the young boy. "Now Iron-Man will protect you from any bad dreams."
"Mommy… everyone knows that Cap'n 'merica's way cooler," The boy mumbles.
"Oh, well excuse me," I say defensively. "I was not aware of such things."
"Duh, mommy," He says as Sko lays down beside him.
"Yeah," Han jumps in. "Duh, eomma."
"Don't you start with me," I narrow my eyes playfully at him.
"Will you be alright now, adul?" Han asks, brushing the boy's hair back.
"I'll be okay, appa," He answers softly. "Gu'night…"
"Goodnight, my little warrior," I smile, placing a small kiss over his soft forehead.
"Goodnight, my son," Han says, planting a kiss on the boy's cheek.
We both made our way out of his room silently, hoping not to disturb his sleep once more.
As I shut the door quietly, I feel Han take my hands into his, and lead me into our bedroom.
"I remember Diana telling me to keep you off of your feet," Han states, lying us both down on the bed softly. "I can't very well face her knowing that I haven't kept my promise."
"You know me, Han," I sigh. "I'm restless."
"I know," He nods, placing an arm around me. "But please, yeobo, just for the next few weeks."
"I know, but you get to move around! This isn't easy for me. I want to be out there! Helping people! Saving the world! Doing what I do best…" I trail off.
"What you do best, is being an amazing woman," Han states, running his hand over my swollen stomach. "Just until Nari is ready, okay?"
I frown, but keep my hand over his.
"I know, Han… And I want you to know that I wouldn't give this up for the world, but I am restless, and I feel like all I can do is sit here and wait for Nari to be ready to enter the world… I know Dick is excited. And M'gann, and Artemis, and Cassie, and Kyung, and Jeong-"
"Yes, yes, everyone awaits," Han sighs playfully. "Do you hear that, Nari? You are coming into the world with an audience."
"Don't scare her like that!" I reprimand.
"What?" He asks.
"She could have stage fright," I state. "And as much as I love her, I want her out of my stomach."
"I understand, love," He chuckles, nuzzling his head against my hair. "And I can't wait to hold her in my arms."
*SHOCK*
"Ahhh!" I hiss in pain.
"Adeline?" Han asks in shock.
*SHOCK* *SHOCK*
"AhAAAHH!" I scream in pain, gripping my head, and chest.
"Adeline! What's wrong?!" Han shouts. "I'm calling Zatanna!"
He grabs the house phone next to his bed, and begins shouting into it, all the while keeping his grip on my waist.
*SHOCK* *SHOCK* *SHOCK*
…
I am shocked back into this reality. Still trapped, and still in pain.
As I gasp for air, I remember my dream world.
'Do I want that?' I ask myself.
'You could not possibly pick a worse time than now to think about this, Adeline,' I deadpan at myself.
'True statement,' I agree as the pain stops. 'Okay, I'm about done with these aliens, and their shock therapy! How about we bounce?'
I narrow my eyes at the strange alien before me, gritting my teeth, and growling.
The red alien makes some sort of chattering noise to the greenish-blue one behind her, who responds with the same chatters.
'Must be their language…' I note. 'As soon as they leave, we're out. I'm breaking Garfield and Impulse out, and we're bouncing.'
I follow the aliens with my eyes, much like a predator would with prey.
'ERRRRRRR- I call to screech my mental process to a halt! We hear moaning of metal! We are underwater! We don't know where! We don't know how deep!' I halt my train of thought. 'We may be Amazonian, but we are still human. We could be crushed under the pressure of the water if we are in too deep. Literally.'
I scoff at my logic.
'I was on a roll, Logic. Why do you have to do this to me? You remember the phrase 'cross that bridge when we get there'?' I argue with myself.
'Do you want to die?' It asks in return.
"Now in this lab, we study humans with active meta genes," The red alien states. "-And how they respond to various levels of...stress."
'I didn't think they spoke English?' I question, hearing Garfield and Impulse start groaning in pain again.
I was about to brace for the pain I knew was soon to come.
That is, until I spotted the dark figure behind her.
The black armor made for pressurized spaces, and the blond hair is a dead give away.
'Kaldur'ahm,' I snarl, trying to move my arms up to slam on the containment unit in anger.
*SLAM*
The sound echos through the room.
"She is stronger than the rest, but this unit will hold her," The Turquoise Alien states, moving to narrow his big eyes at me.
I narrow my eyes right back at him, and curl my lips into a snarl, letting a growl rip through my teeth.
"I would not underestimate Wonderbat, Ambassador," Kaldur'ahm warns. "She has powers unknown to herself. If she were to channel that anger correctly-"
"I assure you, Kaldur'ahm, she is contained," The 'Ambassador' states, ordering the pod to begin shocking me again.
'This won't work on me for long,' I note to myself, gritting my teeth, feeling the affects of the shocks falter. 'Whatever is happening to me, with this crazy lightning thing, it's strengthening my electricity tolerance. Soon, I'll be unaffected by this level of electric shock. Soon, I shall save my friends.'
"I must ask," Kaldur begins. "What need do you have for Wonderbat? She is an Amazon. Amazons are not carriers of the meta gene."
"Correct, Kaldur'ahm," The Ambassador smiles. "Amazons, are not carriers, but we seek a different reaction from three particular Amazons. Unfortunately, Wonder Girl was not captured, nor did you have orders to capture her. Wonder Woman is off world, but Wonderbat… she could be the key to discovering the power of the gods!"
"Joke's on you, Bug boy!" I shout through the pain. "I am not a demigod! You can find your 'God-like Abilities' in the Fields of Asphodel!"
The Ambassador narrows his golden eyes at me, and up's the ante on the shocks, making me cry out in pain.
"The goal is to learn if their abilities can be extracted, or duplicated," I hear the Red Alieness explain to Kaldur'ahm.
"I see," Kaldur nods. "You seek to weaponize the meta-gene."
"You never mentioned he was clever," The Alieness all but purrs.
The Alieness walks Kaldur and the Ambassador out of the lab.
"A pleasure meeting you, Kaldur'ahm," She says, before closing the doors, and continuing her work.
"Don't you know that it's not nice talking to your superiors like that?" She growls at me, placing a fist over the transparent part of the pod.
"He… is no...superior...of ...mine…" I manage to grit out.
"All Reach are superior to you humans," She narrows her eyes.
"Good thing… I'm not...all human then...huh?" I manage once more, smirking at my retort, but keeping my jaw clenched.
'This is going to take a while,' I note as the Alieness moves to her control panel, and begins taking note of our readings.
*FUMMMMMMM*
I feel a vibrating in my cuffs.
I raise a brow, and look down at them in curiosity.
'What in the name of Olympus?!' I cry inwardly as the cuffs begin to glow red. 'I'm no expert, but I'm fairly certain that they didn't do that before!'
That's when I spot the electricity start buzzing around them.
'No….no no no no!' I shout internally. 'Not good… this is not good!'
"Hey! Let me out! Something bad is happening!" I shout at the beetle.
She barely spares me a glance.
"You have to listen to me! If you don't let me out, or stop the shocks, something is going to blow up!" I try to reason.
She does nothing.
I scream in frustration.
'You can't keep making yourself faint!' I internally warn. 'I'm pretty sure constant fainting is not good for your brain's functions!'
Yeah, yeah. Whatever.
'Okay Addie, think,' I screw my eyes shut in attempts to focus, and block out the pain. 'Remember what Donna said a while ago when you visited Paradise Island? Pain is just the bodies way of telling the brain that something is happening in that area that is disrupting your internal homeostasis! Pain is just another function. Pain is natural. Pain is an illusion. Pain is an illusion.' I chant internally.
I didn't realize that the Alien had left.
All I felt was relief as the shocks stopped.
I pant heavily in the pod, trying to catch my breath, and regain control over my body. Slowing my heart rate, and silencing my mind from all of my scattered thoughts.
My knees give out, and I slouch down in the pod, closing my eyes.
'Holy Hephaestus, that was not something I'd look forward to doing again,' I state in my head, wiping the sweat off of my forehead.
All was silent, until I heard the tell tail signs that a Martian was in the ship.
That sign being the shattering of the pods.
That Martian being M'gann.
I fell forwards out of the pod, and onto the cold ground of the lab as the alarms began to blare all around us.
Impulse and Beast Boy came down mere seconds after me.
M'gann reveals herself as she drops the camouflage, kneeling down next to Garfield.
"Garfield?" M'gann asks through the link.
"I knew you'd come for me," He groans as M'gann assists him in standing up. "Are you shorter?"
M'gann eyes herself, and quickly elongates her limbs back.
"What? O-oh," She figures out. "The pressure of the water outside the ship is compacted-"
"Thanks for the rescue," Impulse interrupts. "I'll find Blue!"
The boy takes off outside of the doors, faster than I could blink.
"Impulse!" M'gann shouts, reaching out for the boy.
"I'll get him" I groan, rubbing my cuffs, trying to stand up again. "It's always something with these kids."
I take off in Impulse's direction
"BART!" I shout, flying after the speedster.
"Sorry Add's!" He shouts, zooming in and out of random rooms, vibrating his molecules through the doors. "Gotta find Blue!"
'He knows my name?' I ask myself in shock. 'Well, future boys...'
"Then let me help, lightning brain!" I shout as he zooms past me.
"Hmm, good idea. Let's go!" He states, almost in a single sentence, while taking my neck and zooming me along with him.
I assume he took my neck so I don't get whiplash.
"Last corridor! Hope he's here!" He shouts, dropping me outside of a room to deal with the guards.
They all pause in their rushing around to stare at me.
I smirk, and crack my knuckles.
"Alright," I nod, getting into a fighting stance. "Who's first?"
One brave soul dared to charge me.
He was the last brave soul to charge me.
I took him by the arm, spun myself around to elbow him up the nose, then check him against my shoulder armor, then flip him over my leg to toss onto the other alien soldiers who were lined up to fight.
"Come on," I laugh. "You abduct me, but can't do it twice? What kind of Aliens are you?"
"W.B! I've got Blue!" Impulse shouts as the door to the room actually opens, revealing a half-conscious Blue Beetle with an arm over Impulse's shoulders.
"Good," I nod, flying over to take Blue from his hold. "Now we need to meet with the others as soon as we can navigate through this place."
"Nu-uh, hermana," Blue groans. "I want answers."
"I know just about as much as you, Jaime," I scrunch my brows together.
"Not from you," His dark brown gaze shifts lazily over to Bart.
"Okay, okay…" Bart agrees. "But we need to walk and talk, hermano."
"Bart, I know you are from the future, but what is this about?" I ask as we begin to take random directions based on where the most destruction-y sounds are coming from.
"I am from the future. That's the truth. But I am definitely not a tourist," He begins. "In my time, there are no heroes, only descendants, like me, and the Reach, the aliens. That's what that beetle on your back is. I was sent back to make sure that the Reach don't invade Earth, and make sure Jaime Reyes does not allow the Blue Beetle to take control of his body. To get the beetle on Mode. Jaime is a big reason why the reach invaded. He is the key. Lineage doesn't matter to the Reach. If you're a human, metagene or not, you're a slave. That's how it is. How it will be. Somehow the Reach gets you on mode. And Blue Beetle becomes the biggest, baddest big bad in history."
"Wha...No," Jaime groans, taking in Bart's explanation. "I-I wouldn't...I'd never…"
"Except you do," Bart interrupts. "And that's the real reason, well, main reason, I came back to the past. To stop you from betraying the human race, and bringing on the Reach apocalypse."
"Then we will," I resolve as we make a turn through the corridors. "You did not come all this way to fail, so you shall not. Shalln't. Is 'shalln't' a word? It should be."
"No, but 'shan't' is a word," Impulse provides. "You remind me of this kid I know. Like the personality. Uncanny."
"Impulse?" I ask in shock.
"What?" He asks innocently.
"Are you implying what I think you are?" My eyes widen as I almost skipped a step.
"What? That you might have a kid? I don't know. He doesn't know his real parents. They died way before I was around. Well not way before, but like, enough of time before-" Impulse begins to go off on a tangent.
"What did he look like? How old is he? What's his name?" I shoot off questions.
"Already disrupted the timeline enough, W.B," Impulse defends. "Can't do that any more."
"You're entire mission is to disrupt the timeline," I deadpan.
"Not the point!" He shouts as we find a large, green gorilla standing in front of a closed door with M'gann's posterior halfway through it.
"Armor up!" I shout at Blue.
"M'gann and the others are inside with Wondergirl, and Superboy!" Garfield shouts, as the doors begin to open as Blue inspects it.
M'gann falls through the door, and Cassie lies unconscious at our feet.
"Cass!" I shout, kneeling on the ground, inspecting my charge.
"She won't be feeling well for a while," A strange, deep, gurgling voice taunts.
I look up and spot a larger version of Blue, but this one is black, and definitely not friendly.
"What did you do to my team?" I ask, looking around and spotting Robin on the wall, La'gann on the ground, and the others strewn about on the floor, except for Barbara, who stands ready to fight.
Rage fills my chest, and a growl rips from my throat.
Blue touches the walls, and a strange, alien code is sent out, opening all of the hatches.
"Get them out!" I order. "I'll help blue deal with this creep."
"No, Wonderbat, get out," Blue orders.
"Little brother... one way or another, I'm putting you back on mode," Black Beetle threatens. "You are of the Reach, and cannot escape it."
"I… have to," Blue pants, still trying to regain his stability.
"Blue, I'm not-" I interrupt the two.
"GO!" He shouts.
I feel someone grab my arm and drag me back, into the hatch Jaime had opened.
"We need to go!" I hear Batgirl order.
I reach out one final time before the last of my strength gives out, and I follow her inside of the bioship.
As we begin to take off, I hear a blurred commotion around me.
Something about getting Blue from the depths, and pressure, and getting away from the aliens…
'I think it's okay to sleep now,' My brain deduces.
'And how do you figure?' I ask it.
'Just, sleep,' My brain orders.
'Wait a second here-' I try to stop.
'Sleeeeeeeeepppppp…' It convinces me, and I fall into darkness once more.
March 31
8:00 A.M
Gateway City
When I woke back up, I was in some sort of hospital room, surrounded in beeps. And not to comforting kinds.
I turn my head, and I see that I am hooked up to quite a few machines, and I have an I.V sticking in my arm.
'Uhhggg…' I groan. 'That's highly uncomfortable.'
I roll my head back in discomfort.
"Adeline?" I hear a familiar, accented voice ask from my side.
"Han?" I ask, trying to turn my head.
"Don't move," He warns, taking my hand into his.
"Then come around here so I can see you," I order with a smile on my face.
"I cannot," Han states. "Not right now."
"Han-"
"Please, Adeline," Han pleads. "You wouldn't want to see me like this. I was so worried…"
"It's fine," I sigh. "Where are we?" I ask.
"On base," He answers. "Nightwing ordered me to take you somewhere safe, and the closest one I could think of was to-"
"Adeline," A voice interrupts.
"Major Trevor," Han greets as I hear the man enter the white room. "Thank you again for this."
"It's no problem, Haneul," I hear Steve state to Han as he moves to my good side. "How are you feeling Addie?"
"Like I got hit by a truck… in the face… with the fender…" I reply, noticing random aches all over my body.
"Well, that can happen when you get kidnapped," He says, as a solemn look crosses his chiseled features.
"I was-...?"
"Adeline," Han laces his fingers through mine. "He knows."
"About….?" I inquire, hoping that it doesn't mean what I think it does.
"I know that you are Wonderbat," Steve states.
'One more time fainting is okay with me,' I tell my brain.
"Han!" I shout, hearing my heart monitor rise.
"What else was I supposed to tell him when I carried you to his house? You just happened to be in Wonderbat's exact replica cosplay? And that you just happen to have a space dragon, just like she does?" Han defends.
"It's alright Adeline," Steve comforts. "Your secret, and your mother's, will be safe with me."
"You know about-"
"I put that together myself," He smiles kindly. "If I'm being honest, Adeline, I've always had a hunch that you and your mother were more than you let me know."
"Yeah, well…" I sigh.
"So I take it that means that she is not with your grandmother?" Steve asks.
I shake my head.
"Do you know where she is?" He asks.
I nod.
"Can you tell me?" He asks.
"Not until she comes back," I state.
"When is that?" Steve asks once more.
"Honestly, I'm not sure."
If I'm honest with myself, this chapter was kind of scatter brained. Can't blame me all the way though! Just came down with somethin' nasty. I told my friend to stay at home if she was sick, and what did she do? NOT LISTEN TO ME. WHO HAS TO SIT NEXT TO HER IN ANATOMY IN THE MORNING, BUT OKAY. GUESS I'LL JUST SIT HERE AND BE SICK THEN. THANKS.
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