Chapter 4 is good to go! Hopefully the story starts to do as good as the first one, and there is a possible referenced future Bird/Nightflash and OC Tempulse (Or OC/Bart)
And, I am currently in the early stages of planning a crossover story, i'm thinking either bones meets Young Justice or Yu-gi-oh! sort of-due-to-a-certain-lord-of-chaos-using-magic-to-turn-the-heroes-into-cards meets Young Justice.
Location: Mount Justice
Time: 1800 PST
Date: July 10, 2021
Mason awoke to a unnaturally warm sensation, he rolled over to see if it was just simply a pile of blankets, his eyes widened when he saw that it had in fact been both Amanda and Bart cuddled up next to him, the thought of Bart being this close sent heat straight up to Mason's cheeks. Amanda must have noticed him turn over, because she glanced up at him. "Hey Mas, good to see you're up." She said as she sent a quick glance at Bart who was now hiding -although it was more like pushing- his head into Mason's chest to find the comfort, this made her let out a slight chuckle "He's been here with you since M'gann brought you here." She said as she sent him a worried glance. "Why were you at the cliff above Gotham?" Mason quickly looked away and answered hesitantly. "I...I guess I needed some fresh air, and wanted to get below the radar so to speak." He finished and ran a hand through Bart's hair.
Amanda sent him a knowing smirk. "You like him don't you?" she whispered into his ear his cheeks once again getting rushed with heat, this caused her to let out a small chuckle. "Your cheeks are as red as Kid Flash's hair right now." He quickly shook the blush away and stared down at him. "Please don't tell him, I don't want to ruin our friendship." He said a hint of being on the edge of begging clear in his tone. "My lips are sealed, but judging from the way he reacted when you slipped away like that, he's into you too." She answered as she saw the doors open, revealing the face of a disappointed Artemis standing in the doorway. "You two had me worried sick, when you didn't come home for dinner I thought something happened, I sent a message to Wally and he told me to zeta to the Mountain's coordinates, I-" She paused her scolding when she noticed Mason staring at her. "Oh...Hi Mason, didn't realize you were here." She said with a confused expression on her face.
"How's Kal been by the way?" She asked as she walked forward and sat on the chair at the desk across from them. "He's good, apparently he had a brother that went with his father and now he's taken up the mantle or...suit you could say of Black Manta." Mason sighed as his face darted back down to Bart, Amanda noticed this and stood up. "He hasn't left your side since we brought you in here." She finished and left the room, most likely to get some food for Bart.
Artemis glanced over at the door to make sure that she was gone, before turning back to Mason's direction. "Mason, can I ask you something?" she asked as she stared at the ground. Mason nodded and stared at her with his head tilted slightly to the side. "I think Wally likes Dick, like more than a friend should" She says as she looks up at him, worry clear on her face. "I don't know what to do, I know I should be angry and jealous about it, but i'm not...it's like I want to see them together." She asked with her voice on the verge of tears. Mason looked taken aback. "I don't know what to say, why not try talking about it with him?" He suggested and that caused Artemis' eyes to widen, not in fear but surprise. "Why didn't I think of that?!" She whisper-screamed into the air as she got up and ran out the door, most likely going to look for the speedster she loved.
When Amanda returned to the room, her eyes fell upon the sleeping forms of her two friends, Bart's arms keeping Mason close to him, holding him protectively. She let out a small squeal and sat the plates of food that she had balanced on her arms on the desk that Artemis had been sitting at. 'I'd better leave these two alone.' She thought as she snuck out of the room, unaware that Mason's eye was following her, a small smile on his face as he closed it and buried his head in Bart's hair.
"Wally?" Artemis asked as she entered his room, he was still cleaning off his souvenirs. He looked up and gave her a small smile. "Hey babe." He said as he sped over and gave her a small kiss. he sensed something was wrong when she didn't really kiss back. "What's wrong?" He asked while his mind raced with possible scenarios of whatever the problem had been, she noticed this and motioned that she just needed to talk. "I wanted to ask you something." She said as she sat down on the couch which was sat in the corner of the room. "About?" Wally asked as he took a seat next to her.
"About us." She stated bluntly this sent another wave of panic all over the speedsters body. "More importantly where you and Dick stand in your relationship." She once again stated bluntly this time causing him to start choking on air. "We're best friends babe, there's nothing going on between me and him...why does everybody think that?" He said whispering the last portion to himself. "Wally...hate to say it, but your in denial." She said as she got up and walked out of the room, leaving him to his own thoughts.
'I'm not in denial, I know I want to spend the rest of my life with her, it was BC who helped me realize that.' Was just one of the thoughts racing through his mind. 'But then again, it never feels as good cuddling her as it had been snuggling with D, the way it feels when I hold him, and the way his beautiful dark blue eyes cause a fluttering sensation in the depths of my heart, and the way that he just seems to fit just right with my body and oh my god I love him.' Wally's eyes widened at this realization.
"Where have you been Bolt!?" Damian yelled when he saw Mason walking out to the kitchen. "Sleeping, what am I not allowed to fall asleep and have to be carried to a bed, am I not allowed to sleep here anymore!?" Mason argued back as the tattoos on his arms and legs started to light up, when he noticed this he ran out of the room and into a small crevice that he found. "Don't lose control." He kept muttering to himself, unaware of the footsteps approaching him.
"Mas, you okay?" Bart asked as he bent down and stared in. "I'm fine..." Mason stated as he crawled out "Robin was just getting on my nerves." He said as he thought up a quick lie. Bart nodded at the realization of it. "Okay, well I was wondering if you wanted to hang out and play games, or watch a movie or something?" He asked as he looked away to hide the faint blush appearing on his cheeks. "Sure." Mason said as he stood up. "What did you have in mind?" He asked as he stared in Bart's direction.
"We could watch the newest Transformers movie, or play the latest Justice League game!" He all but yelled in excitement, Mason nodded at the sight before him, letting out a small chuckle. "Alright, how about we do both, Watch the movie first then play the game." He said as Bart started nodding his head at super speed. Mason let out another small chuckle before grabbing his arm letting him know to slow down. "Sorry, I'm just excited." Bart said as he forced down an incoming blush.
Amanda came walking into the room and noticed the two. "Hey Bart, you ready to go home yet?" She asked, smiling when Bart told her Mason was going with them she offered her hand and helped them up. "Well, let's get going then, 'Mis made meatloaf for dinner and is only going to keep it warm for so long." She said and pulled them to the Zeta Tubes.
Recognized:
Impulse B-23
Tigress B-32
Tempest B-33
Location: Central City
Time: 1900 CST
Date: July 10, 2021
"Mason, if I knew you were going to be coming I would have made a third tray of meatloaf." Artemis joked when she saw the three walk into the door, Bart and Mason running towards her as she pulled out the second tray that she was making, y'know, speedsters metabolism and all. "You sure your not a speedster Mason?" She asked laughing at the sight before her. "I'm sure my powers only revolve around water Artemis." Mason answered, laughing at the situation as well, hiding the real reason why he eats the way he does, Bart the only one in the room, knowing the real reason why.
It was an hour before Wally managed to get all of his hero work done, and meet up with M'gann to go over their plans on getting Aqualad back onto the team. "So, Artemis, after dinner could I speak with you." He paused to look over at the three sitting next to each other, Mason and Bart stuffing their faces and Amanda laughing her head off at the fact that Mason manages to eat like a speedster. "In private?" He finished and turned back to see her nod her head.
After dinner was over everybody split up, Amanda heading to her room to text with a group of friends from her civilian identity, Wally and Artemis went to have their private chat, and Mason and Bart went to Bart's room and started their little movie and game night, prepared with popcorn courtesy of Artemis' cooking skills. "so, wanna go spy on the two of them?" Mason asked suddenly as Bart grew a mischievous grin. "Sure, I was wondering what they needed to talk about anyways." He said as he picked up Mason and sped out of the room. "This is their room." He stated as he sat Mason down.
"Wally, what did you want to talk about?" Artemis asked already knowing what it was about, Wally stopped his pacing and turned towards her, conflict clear on his features. "I need you to kiss me." He stated bluntly and stared at her face. "Why? If you don't mind me asking." She stated as she walked up to him. "I need to check something." He once again put it bluntly. "You figured out that you like D." She stated as she sat down seeing his eyes widen. "How did you know?" he asked. "You would have just kissed me by now, without asking." She stated with her i-know-you tone of voice.
Mason and Bart's eyes widened at the conversation that they listened in on. "Okay, let's leave them to talk about it, but, honestly I think him and 'Wing would look cute together." Bart said as he sped them back to his room to start the movie, by the time the movie was over, they had enough time to get through the first level of the game Bart had mentioned.
"Hey Mas, why don't you stay over for the night, i'll call Cissie and have her tell Roy that you fell asleep." Bart said, he knew Mason's parents wouldn't even care if he had been gone for the whole day, actually, they wouldn't even care if he went missing for a year, for the first few weeks of the recall team being formed Mason would always come in with bruises that had looked recent, after Mason had told Bart about his Mother abusing him, and his Father sometimes joining in, Bart told Roy about it and he took action, walking in one day to see the abuse in action, after that Roy had been looking after him ever since, but Mason would still visit his parents, and although it hadn't been as often, he would still come to the base sometimes with you guessed it, fresh bruises.
"Mas, did you happen to visit your parents any time this week?" Bart asked as he noticed the giant bruise on Mason's back as he was changing his shirt. Mason turned back, knowing that Bart had seen it. "Yeah but, I know they're getting better, my dad even tried to talk to me a few days ago, before the whole powers drama happened." He said as he sat down on the corner of Bart's bed.
"You know, he actually wants me to come home, he regret's what he did before I left the house with Roy." He told Bart as he rolled out a blanket to lay down on onto the floor. "You can sleep on my bed tonight, after everything that's happened I don't think the floor is the best spot for you." Bart quickly stated as he patted the spot next to him, Mason hesitantly nodded and moved up there, lying down and his cheeks becoming a light pink tint as Bart draped his arm around him, pulling him in, and refusing to let go, the next morning Artemis and Amanda walked in to see it, Artemis snapping a quick pic to use as blackmail to get out of cooking dinner for the rest of the week, and Amanda once again letting out a small squeal at the sight that she saw the night before.
Wally woke up from Artemis shaking him. "Arty, why are you up at...8:00!" Wally screamed at the end realizing what time it was, he nearly forgot he had to get to the mountain to put the plan into action. "I forgot, I had to do something real important, Arty, you mind if I borrow Amanda?" He asked and saw her nod, he quickly used his super speed to get into his costume. "Uh...Wally, why are you in your costume?" she asked, before she got an answer he sped away.
Recognized:
Kid Flash B-03
Impulse B-23
Tigress B-32
Tempest B-33
The computer blared out in its monotone voice Damian frowning at the last name it called out, everybody else running over to meet them, Bobby was the first to speak. "Where were you hombre?" He asked, as he gently sat his hand on Mason's shoulder. Bart sped out of the room, coming back half a second later holding out Mason's uniform. "Thought you might need this." He said as he also held out the water bearers. "Thanks" Mason said then turned to Bobby. "And as for your question, I was being reminded what I was fighting as a hero for." He said sending M'gann a small smile, she returned it with a smile of her own, along with a nod.
"So, you know why your all here?" Wally asked as he saw all nine nod their heads. "We're here for a secret mission, but if Bolt is going, i'm not." Damian growled and glared at Mason. "Little D, if you try that again, I might not be able to resist the urge to laugh next time." He said as Damian turned and pretended not to hear him. "Dami-" "Robin!" Damian interrupted. "Damian, your seriously going to cause this argument again, you already forget what Mason did when he saw you about to kill me?" Wally asked as he turned to see Mason start staring at the floor. "Fine, Damian, you don't want to go with Mason, then you'll take the reins on informing the team on situations, I think Batman calls the person on duty...Oracle." Wally stated, Damian simply nodded, not caring, if he's lucky he could probably take from his assassin training and locate death traps and lead Mason to them.
"Robin, I know you're up to something, all you bats get this look when your planning something." Wally said noticing the mischievous yet sadistic grin forming on his features. "And I know you were trained by the Al-ghuls, so if you think about leading one of your teammates to their death, you're off the team." He stated and then saw Damian start pouting. "Alright, everybody going, head to the hangar." M'gann ordered as she began walking towards the Bio-ship.
Location: Pacific Ocean
Time: 1100 PST
Date: July 11, 2021
"Approaching our destination now. Everybody linked up? God I missed saying...well, thinking that." Miss Martian thought as she saw Beast Boy and Impulse nod, looking at the confused faces of the rest of the team. "Oh, whenever we're on missions that i'm on, I link our minds so we don't have to speak out loud, thus removing the possibility of letting the enemy know about our location and next moves." She explained, Tempest had instantly understood and nodded his head. "Good, now our mission objective is to scout out the new Black Manta's army, so Tempest, since you control water, you can go first, search for the safest way down, the rest of us will wait here." Miss. Martian ordered, once she saw Tempest nod she opened up a hole in the floor. Tempest instantly jumping out.
Miss Martian created a private link between her and Kid Flash. "Mason is going in, get ready to have to call Kal in." She thought as she put the bio-ship in camo mode. "Get ready to wait guys, we didn't get intel on how far down the base is, just it's location." She stated as she morphed the room into what looked like a kitchen and gaming room. "It's not much, but Impulse, if you get hungry." She paused pointing to the kitchen in the corner. "It restocks itself every time you close any cabinet or the fridge." She turned to the others and pointed to the T.V and game system in the middle of the room. "And this is for everybody to use, once again we don't know how long we'll be here." She said as she started to meditate, something she learned from Raven to help focus and amplify her powers so that she could stay in contact with Mason.
A few hours later they received a mental message from Tempest that the sides of the base were the safest to enter from, so they took his advice...only to get ambushed. Impulse looked confused. "I thought he said the sides were safe!" he screamed, a question sounding more like a statement. "He did...unless he betrayed us." Arrowette suggested, Tigress glared over at her. "He would never hurt his friends like this, especially Impulse!" She snapped back at Arrowette, just then Miss Martian sensed something wrong and turned on a mental projection of where Tempest was, it revealed him, chained up, bloodied and beaten. "Tempest!" Impulse screamed hands rushing in front of his mouth as he gasped staring at the mental monitor above them. "Miss Martian, we're going in, if possible contact Aqualad." Tigress screamed as she put a re-breather on Impulse and herself. "When you get in contact with him, contact us, if you can't then you'll know that something happened." Impulse said as he stuffed his cupboards full of food. "Let's get going T." He says jumping out, half a second later Tigress following, Supergirl following suit, she knew they were both going to need backup, and she would be it, because Tempest is her little brother, if anybody were to hurt him, they will feel the wrath of what three enraged heroes could do.
And there is the end of Chapter 4, hope it wasn't to confusing, but anyways, leave a review of what you thought about this chapter, and i'll catch you next week.