Impulse~
October 15, 9:00PM Eastern:
My head hurt. My muscles felt like lead. I felt as if I'd been running for ages without stopping for a refill. As if on cue, my stomach grumbled.
"Hermano, are you ok?" Jaime. I could hear him. I made a hungry painful crossover sound.
"He's fine." I sat up and groaned. I looked around in a daze. Batgirl was working furiously at the computer, and Nightwing, Tigress, Superboy and Miss Martian were gone. I vaguely remembered being set down on a couch.
"What happened."
"Spirit happened that's what." Lagoon Boy stormed angrily towards us. "You were unconscious throughout the whole battle!"
"How is that even possible?" I asked. Laga'nn shrugged.
"The important thing is that Nightwing, Superboy, Kaldur, Tigress and Miss Martian are after her." Jaime added.
"They haven't found her for two hours! Two whole hours. She's probably run off to Apocalypse already. After what she'd done I hope she is." Lagann spat.
"Whoa esé. It wasn't her fault. She was controlled." Jaime said softly. He did have experience with that.
"Whatever." Lagann stormed away. Jaime shook his head.
"We need you out there too, Impulse, when you're all set!" Batgirl called. "Bring Blue."
I nodded but said, "I need to eat first."
Jaime chuckled.
"Fine. You can have some of my food."
"Great!" I sped off.
October 15, 9:30 PM, Eastern:
Half an hour later, Jaime and I were out on the streets of Gotham. I sped down alleys and side streets, and Jaime combed abandoned buildings. There was nothing in the alleys- nothing. I stopped for a breather and looked up at the cloud covered night sky. No stars glimmered like at Happy Harbour. It was only a dark grey veil. Suddenly, something caught my eye. There was an odd colour in one of the brown run-down buildings. Something was glowing inside.
'Jaime, come here. I think I see something.' I called him over the com.
'On my way.' He replied. I speeded up the side of the building and landed in the apartment, screeching to a halt. The room was eerily quiet, with no movement and only rugged furniture. A few loose ply boards were dislodged from near the bed. I bent over it, and pried it open more. At that point Jaime arrived.
"What's in here?" Jaime's armour pulled back from his face, and he wrinkled his nose. "Did she live here?" I shrugged.
"Most likely. Look." I pointed at the ground. A black and white detached costume lay there.
"Is that Demary's?" Jaime asked again. I nodded.
"Definitely." I grabbed the clothing. "I don't know how much use this will be now that the owner of these is missing, but it guess Nightwing could use them?"
"Dude. You're going to bring Demary's clothing back to the Watchtower?" Jaime raised his eyebrow as if it wasn't necessary. I felt my cheeks heat up. Now that he mentioned it, it did feel weird. I shook it off.
"I- uh, well yeah." I smiled sheepishly. "What else am I supposed to do with it?" Then out of nowhere, something small and metallic clinked loudly against the top of Blue's armour. "Uh, what was that?" We instinctively glanced up. Nothing but a dark loose roof. Jaime picked up an object.
"Look!" It was a small staff strung on a cord to look like a necklace. The staff was pure black and familiar. Jaime turned it over in his palm. "I know that!" He sighed.
"Know what?" I asked.
"Oh, nothing, nothing." Jaime turned redder than I was. "The Scarab believes that- wait hey!" I had prodded the small object curiously and it grew longer and longer until it was a staff.
"Now this is definitely Demary's." I breathed. "We'll bring this one back..."
"Wait, shouldn't we call Kaldur first before we bring it back?" Jaime put his hand begin his neck. "Remember last time." My face dropped.
"Oh yeeeeah..." I'd brought the alien tech into the Cave and kaboom it let Kaldur blow it up. Long story. "Call first." I decided.
'Kaldur? It's Impulse. We've found something we think you should see.'
'Come in when you're ready. We'll be prepared for any tech you bring in.'
Kaldur said after a moment. I glanced at the orb on the staff.
'I don't believe that this is tech...' I muttered.
October 15, 11:00 PM, Eastern:
Zatanna and Rocket both made a protective shield around Demary's staff. The whole team stood around it, silently. I didn't have to be M'gann to guess what everyone was thinking. They wanted Demary there for answers. Finally Nightwing broke the silence.
"Zatanna, is it possible for you to track Demary's location using your magic?" He asked. Zatanna looked unsure.
"I can't perform the spell without releasing the bubble. We can't let the staff loose in the Watchtower." She said. Kaldur nodded his agreement.
"Then we go elsewhere." He concluded. "I'll assign-"
"No." Superboy glared at him, nostrils flaring. "We all go. We're not letting our only lead out of our sight." Kaldur glanced at everyone, slowly, calculating.
"Very well."
'Zatanna, 2-5'
'Rocket, 2-6"
'Nightwing, B-0-1'
'Aqualad, B-0-2'
'Superboy, B-0-4'
'Miss Martian, B-0-5'
'Tigress, B-0-7'
'Batgirl, B-1-6'
'Bumblebee, B-1-7'
'Lagoon Boy, B-1-8'
'Beast Boy, B-1-9'
'Robin, B-2-0'
'Wonder Girl, B-2-1'
'Blue Beetle, B-2-2'
'Impulse, B-2-3'
'Static, B-2-6'
I closed my eyes as Kaldur programmed us to Zeta to an obscure location where we wouldn't be seen. I mean, it would be odd for some passerbys to see us just gathered together. I felt my body disintegrating as I teleported to another place.