A/N: Not much to say, but thanks. Without further ado, let's get on with the story.
Raven's Justice
Chapter 18:Revelation
Raven's P.O.V.
It took a while to get over our 'home invasion' but things have finally gotten back to normal. Both Connor and my nightmares have decreased dramatically. I have finally been able to move all of Connor's stuff into my room and we are officially 'living together' and it's pretty great.
We spend our mornings doing our own thing. I read a book with a cup of tea while Connor plays with wolf. Things have been good, well at least so far. We always have to be on our toes living the life that we do.
But today was special, everyone was here for training day.
Right now things were wrapping up with Robin and Kaldur were going at it in the ring. They were both in there civilian cloths and point scores appeared after contact was made.
Captain Marvel and Zatara were there to manage them, and the Captain himself was eating a chocolate bar. I was sitting between Connor's legs reading a book and leaning against his chest. He played with my hair as he listened to everyone's conversations. I only began to listen when I heard Kaldur say "I believe I knew before they did."
But then Wally and Artemis came walking towards the group and I heard Robin ask "Do we tell them?"
"It is not our place." Kaldur responded simply.
Wait, they think Artemis and Wally would be a good couple? They both have passion and are incredibly smart. Wally puts up the class clown persona but is actually quite a sweet and caring guy. Artemis is definitely hiding somethings but once she starts to open to the rest of us not just Wally things will get a lot better.
I can see it work.
Wally declared to the group as he was entering the room "So if Zatara is our babysitter of the week why is he still here? And why is he eating my snacks?"
But before he could say anything else he was interrupted by the computer saying "Recognize Batman. 0-2" I set my book down and Connor and I moved to the center of the ring to where the others were.
Without missing a beat Batman orders "Computer, national news."
Cat Grant the news reporter from Metropolis was saying "The initial attack was short-lived but Metropolis was only granted a short reprieve. And despite the intervention of Superman and the Justice League there seems to be no end in sight."
Footage of a giant plant the was destroying down town Metropolis was playing and Justice League members like Green Lantern and Superman were seen either saving people or trimming the plant. Once there was a pause Robin asked Batman "Should we get out there?"
"No. The League will soon have the situation under control. That's not why I'm here. According to your intel Sportsmaster supplied Cadmus' Blockbuster formula to Kobra."
Wally then followed Batman with "Who combined it with Bane's venom to create Kobra venom."
Then Robin says "Which the Brain used to create his animal army."
Connor then supplied "And upgrade Wolf."
I then added "The Brain also used inhibitor collars like the ones at 'Belle Reve'."
Artemis who looked worried asked "Batman, is it possible that plat thingy's on Kobra venom too?"
He then responded as he typed "I had Green Lantern run a spot analysis. Divine cellulose does contain trace amounts of a Kobra venom variant."
Kaldur then stated "These cannot be coincidences. Unrelated criminals are cooperating with one another worldwide."
Batman just simply agreed by saying "Exactly. It's now clear our enemies have formed some kind of Secret Society of Super-Villains. The attack on Metropolis is only the beginning."
Robin who was also on the computer agreed by stating "You got that right. Plant creatures have sprouted in Gotham City, Paris, Star City, Tai Pei…"
But then the screen cut out. Wally then exclaimed "Dude!"
"It wasn't me. Someone's cutting into the satellite signal. All satellite signals."
The Joker appeared onto all the screens.
Ugh, I hate this guy. Dick from my universe would have nightmares about him all the time. Sometimes the sound of his laughter will send him into a state. I seriously hate his laugh. Hopefully this Robin doesn't share that with mine.
The Joker begins his monologue by saying "Ladies and gentlemen we interrupt your regularly scheduled mayhem to bring you this important announcement from the Injustice League." He shifts the camera to show 6 other super-villains.
Count Vertigo then begins talking from the center of the group "We are responsible for the attacks on your cities. If you wish to save them a ransom of ten billion American dollars is required. Delivery instructions have been sent to the United Nations. There is no time limit. But the longer your governments wait…"
Then Joker turns the camera back to his face and says "The more we get to have our…jollies." The camera cuts off with him laughing.
Oh no, this isn't looking very good.
Not good at all.
It was awkwardly quiet until Batman responded to his comm "Roger that Aquaman. The UN will prepare the ransom as a fallback but it won't come to that."
While Batman was talking Robin went through the video, trying to find anything to help find out where they are. But while he was doing this he was muttering "Count Vertigo, the Joker, Poison Ivy, Ultra-Humanite, Atomic Skull, Black Adam, and Wotan. Seven heavy hitters. Probably behind nearly everything and everyone we've faced."
Wally just plainly pointed out "There's your secret society."
Artemis then added "Not so secret anymore."
Kaldur then suggested that "Perhaps after India they realized we would deduce the truth and saw no point in hiding any longer."
"Yeah. That was their mistake. Right now I say we go kick some plant creature ass." Wally added positively. He's always good at bringing up team morale, even if he does it in a stupid manner it still works.
Batman then told us "The Justice League will handle the plants. I have a different job for this team."
Wally then mistakenly said "Oh, man." Before being elbowed by Artemis who gave him a stern look that projected disapproval.
Batman continues without recognizing Wally's statement "With the plants attacking so many locations simultaneously there must be a central control system. Your mission is to destroy it."
Surprisingly Zatara added to the conversation after being quiet for most of the day. "You realize what you're really asking them to do."
"They're ready." Batman says to him quietly.
Wally's curious nature got the best of him when he asked "Ready? Ready for what?" But thankfully Artemis hit him again, shutting him up. Or so she thought because he then muttered "Ow! Will you cut that…"
"Hello, Wally. If the big guns are fighting plants who do you think we'll be fighting?" She was trying to point out that we'll be fighting the actual 'Injustice League' this was a serious issue.
Once again Wally's intelligence was nowhere to be found when he said "I don't know. I guess we'll…Oh-h-h."
Zatara was still talking to Batman as he concluded with "Well, Batman, I trust you're correct."
Batman comes back with "I trust you can locate the enemy."
"Indeed. Wotan involvement suggests sorcery is part of how the plants are controlled. Robin, if you would provide the holo-map I'll search for signs of concentrated sorcerous activity. Etacol retnecipe fo yrecros. There. That is where you will find the Injustice League's central control system."
Robin who was looking up the location told the rest of the team that the "Coordinates locked in. The Louisiana Bayou."
Kaldur then announced "We are on our way."
We all started to get ready but I heard Batman talk so I slowed down to overhear what they were talking about. Batman said "Captain Marvel, for this plan to succeed the entire Justice League must be seen fighting the plant creatures. You, Zatara and I are needed elsewhere."
I then ran over to join the others so that we can get dressed for the night mission.
[_[-]_]
We are now in the Bartholomew bayou, and the sun is just setting. We were fortunate to be arriving here in the darkness, we can use that to our advantage.
I'm really nervous. We haven't even been even a team for year and we are expected to fight these super villains that the League even has problems defeating. I don't want anyone on our team to get hurt while we handle the League's arch-nemesis.
While we were getting ready to land Wally asks "What's in the duffle?"
Aqualad looks uncomfortable but tells him "Plan B."
Flying the Bioship has never been hard, and I kind of enjoy having this job. But as we approach the landing spot I start to feel nauseous, like REALLY nauseous. I moan a bit involuntary, and Connor who up to that point was day dreaming out the window asked "Are you okay?
"Yeah, I'm good. I just got a wave of nausea." I explain to the others, but for some reason that is incredibly surprising and they all turned and looked at me.
Robin then exclaims " Half-demons get airsick?"
Wally responds to his comment by saying "Well she does look a lot paler than usual."
"Shut up." I use my shadow hands to smack them in the back of the heads. And they did a synchronized 'Ow!' Connor chuckled a little bit and then asked "Are you sure you are okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's just get this over with." I say as I grit my teeth trying to hold back another groan. My stomach was killing me, but I just have to get through this and then I'll go to the doctors. I begin to focus on the point of origin of the nausea and then I realize that it's not coming from me. It's coming through the ship. It was messing up my telepathic link to the ship and I was losing control.
The ship began to rock and I yelled to the team in a gruff voice "Brace for impact I'm losing control of the ship."
We pass over a couple people; I believe they were Count Vertigo and Black Adam. But then again I could be mistaken out fall happened pretty chaotically. As we fell something rammed the undercarriage of the ship and we started flying horizontally. We started bouncing against the ground like a rock being skipped across the water.
Once we landed there was almost no time to recover before the next thing happened. There were green vines that encircled the ship and was pulling it under. Black Adam began to tear a hole into the ship and I shooting pain ricocheted in my skull. Since I was still connected to the ship I felt what it felt, so when she was in pain I was in pain.
I was able to mutter out "He's hurting her."
Connor literally leaps into action and hits Black Adam in the face. The ship begins to fill up with water and Artemis says "No. No way I'm nearly drowning three missions in a row."
She grabbed her underwater breathing mouthpiece. After the past couple near death water experiences we all have this type of mouthpiece on us at all times. We put all of our mouthpieces on, well almost all of us did. Wally didn't get the memo and didn't have one. But guess who had an extra? Artemis.
She offered her extra too him and he responded with "Wow. Uh, thanks."
Aww they are so cute.
Damn, I got distracted by their cuteness. I quickly lower the hatch and disconnect my telepathic connection. I instantly feel better. I then set up the telepathic connection with the team.
I test it out by saying "Can everyone hear me?"
They all nodded and then Aqualad ordered "Out. Everyone out."
We all made it out of the ship with relative ease, and that included Wolf and Wally. I could only watch as my Bioship is pulled to the bottom of the bayou. It can't have water damage so once the mission is over I'll try reconnecting with it. I tell the team "She should be fine, but I don't want to attempt a reconnection until after the mission."
Once I finish my sentence a wave of Count Vertigo's telepathic power. We all hit the floor instantly. Wally could only muster "Vertigo."
Vertigo responded in a douche-y tone "Count Vertigo to you, peasant." He had this upper-class aura to him that just made you want to smack him. I have no guilt in wanting to take him down. Connor then tries to tackle him but in turn gets tackled by Black Adam. He gets knocked out. I check on him by asking "Are you okay?"
He responds quickly with "Just faking it. Go on with the mission. Love you."
"Love you too." I say while trying to focus on the situation.
Wally then declared in our minds in a dejected voice "You know that everyone can hear you, right?"
"Do you think we care?" I say.
Aqualad who was being very proactive and washed Vertigo away with a powerful stream of water gave me a look before saying "Robin, Raven, disappear. We will keep them busy. You two fulfill the mission objective."
I nod and instantly turn invisible. Robin basically did the same thing but without powers, and I think he might be more effective than I am. I would not put it past him.
As we progress through the swamp I tell Robin "I blocked contact with the others. Should we…"
But before I could say anything else Robin cut me off by saying "Sorry, that's not the gig. This is. The Injustice League central control system. Looks like that plant is acting as an antenna to control the other plants worldwide."
"Well, hello…" A voice from behind made us turn around. It was Poison Ivy, I am not surprised that she is involved. I mean come on there's plants everywhere. She quickly grabbed the both of us with her vines, when she grabbed me I became visible. The act was up, I no longer needed to be invisible.
"…And goodbye." I then look beyond her to see a white gorilla holding a sniper rifle. I use my shadow hand to grab and squish the gun so that it could no longer be used. This gave us or at least Robin to get out of the vines.
I thought we were in the clear but then I heard Ivy say "Sorry, Boy Wonder. I am putting an end to this little reconnaissance mission."
[_[-]_]
Connor's P.O.V.
I woke up in a golden light cage to Vertigo saying "They awaken. You're certain this will hold them?"
Woten who was creating the cage and flying all us, Count Vertigo, but not Robin and Raven said "The cage is impenetrable. Even the Superboy has no chance of escaping." Ugh he called me out. But I have to remember the mission. I have to keep my cool and fake unconsciousness a little longer. Beating them down will be so satisfying.
I can't wait.
Aqualad who even I could tell was a little peeved by the fact that magic was being used to contain all of us basically yelled "You are not the only one trained in the mystic arts, Wotan." He then tries to use said magic but he was too drained and collapsed back onto over cages floor.
Wotan just chuckled and said "Please, Atlantian. Do not pretend you're in my league."
Ooh that's got to hurt.
Then out of nowhere the Bioship comes and knocks our captors out of the sky. The team falls into the water. I see Black Adam go after Vertigo grunt "Not me. Stop those delinquents." I'm not sure how I feel about being called a delinquent by a villain. Is that a good or bad thing?
Whatever. I have bigger things to deal with.
Such as a giant gray gorilla holding a machine gun in front of us. Wolf started growling, good instincts. All I say before my attack is "I hate monkeys."
While I focus on Wolf and my attack I hear Artemis say "Ah. I feel naked. And not in a fun way." The idiotic boy in me just had to look, I saw that both her and Aqualad were up against Ivy.
"We will make our own fun as we have been trained. Maneuver seven." He says in a no nonsense manner as he dodges Ivy's vines. He then launches her up into the air using his hands like a cheerleader. Artemis summersaults in the air and lands a kick to Ivy's face.
KF goes for Vertigo who just landed along with Black Adam. Vertigo uses his power to slow him down enough for Black Adam to knock him out.
He then asks rhetorically "Where are Robin and Raven?"
Everyone was fighting there villain, wolf and I were taking a hit from the gorilla. I vaguely heard Ivy say "My baby."
I glance up at the plant monstrosity and I could see lights littering the form. I knew from the plan that Robin planted his entire supply of little explosion devices all across it. Then they all went off and each individual vine fall down covered in burns and craters from the explosion.
Even though I was about 100 feet away from them I could hear Robin smugly say "Timber."
Nice.
Ivy tries to shoot more of her vines at them but my beautiful Raven destroys them. Damn she never looked hotter. But unfortunately while I was admiring my girl the giant monkey I was fighting landed a sucker punch.
I have got to learn to be more focused on the tasks at hand. No matter how hot my girlfriend looks.
But then a ray of light shoots at her. My heart stops. But then I can see that she went what I like to call 'ghost mode'. I see that radioactive guy and the Joker and the Joker had the nerve to say "Children? Children foiled our plan? Inconceivable. Unacceptable. Retributionable! That last one might not be a word. So sue me."
I paused like everyone else did during the explosion. I was called back to my fight when I heard Vertigo order "Kill them. Kill them all." Shit.
I see that Raven and Robin made it safely to the ground, good. Then my whole world turned sideways. I was being body slammed by Black Adam. We hit a tree and It's time to start punching, and punching hard.
Somewhere close by I hear Wally yell "Leave her alone. Uh!"
Then I heard a booming "Enough." But then I heard a explosion, someone probably got whoever that was.
I continue to hit and dodge Black Adam. Wolf is doing his best and is grabbing and tearing whatever he can get his teeth on. It may just work as a distraction, but I am taking every advantage of it as I can. The butt hurt guy who started to shoot what looked like to be silver lightning.
Raven landed right next to Kaldur who were the least effected by the lightning due to their magical knowhow. Even though the roar of the lightning is loud I could still hear the chilling sound of Kaldur saying "Time for plan B."
She nods and then her eyes go dark. I slowly begin to move toward them. But it was a hard an slow process.
A bag then falls from the sky, and I know it's from the Bioship. Kaldur then pulls out the helmet of fate.
Even Woten knew what it was and declared in a mystified voice "The Helmet of Fate." He stopped his magical lighting in confusion.
Wally recovers and yells "No, Aqualad! Don't !"
Black Adam then through at a tree so I in turn sucker punched him in the jaw. While my back was turned Kaldur put on the Helmet.
KF said in the distance "Oh, dude."
Doctor Fate flew up to Wotan and declared in a deep voice "Wotan, you are mine." He shoots Wotan with gold glowing chains and locks him to the half of a golf ball structure they were once residing.
I then here to my right the Joker say "Wonderboy, you are mine."
I remember what Raven told me about how her Robin had nightmares about his Joker. I don't think our worlds, or at least from what she told me, are that different. So confronting him must not be a walk in the park. And from what I know about Batman he doesn't really have anyone to talk to about it. Because I can talk to Raven when things get tough, but he had no one. At least no one to my knowledge.
I hear the Joker laugh and then say "Always wanted to carve this bird."
I then hear a booming voice from above say "Wotan has prepared for your return, Doctor."
Kaldur had Wotan, I had Black Adam, Raven had Ivy, Robin had Joker, Wolf had the monkey and Wally had Count Vertigo. But how long were we going to last.
I could hear Ivy declare to the darkness "I can't see you, Raven but perhaps I'll hear you scream." But then Vertigo adds "And perhaps I can be of some assistance."
But before he could land his pulse on raven Wally comes and turns him around, and also tears his cape. Artemis then comes from above and hits him in the face with her muddy shoes. That must have been rewarding. Vertigo got landed on Ivy. Artemis grabbed the section of cape from Wally but then he complained "Hey, that's my souvenir."
She just said hold still. As I peeked between the trees I could see her making a sling with it. Apparently he hurt his arm. But before anything could happen Wolf was thrown on top of her. All I could hear was Wally yell "Artemis!"
I was still jumping and being punched around by Black Adam. The tough thing was that we were pretty evenly matched, so we were at a stalemate of sorts.
I could hear from above "Surrender sorcerer. You cannot hope to defeat a Lord of Order."
"I can defeat you and I will."
Zatara and a bunch of League member came in and wrapped things up quickly. The next few steps were all kind of a blur. I was just glad to be finished.
[_[-]_]
Raven's P.O.V.
With the League here things finished pretty quickly. I look over to see everyone having a looks of relief or indifference but then I see Wally. He looks furious.
So I ask as calmly as I can "What are you thinking?"
"How could you let him put on the helmet? Nabu will never release him now. Kaldur will be trapped inside forever."
But of course as he saying this Kaldur takes off the helmet.
Wally asks him in a curious and slightly confused voice "Nabu let you go?"
"He almost did not. But your friend Kent was most helpful. He says hello."
I walk over to where Connor was sitting with Wolf. He smiles and I sit on his lap and lean back on his chest relishing in his warmth. He wraps his arms around my waist and holds me tight. I could tell he was worried about me during this fight but we are more of a silent couple and are okay with just enjoying his company.
But our silence was cut short by Batman ordering "We're done here. The Super-Villain Secret Society has been neutralized. As for your performance…it was satisfactory."
I smile again because I know that that's about as good of a compliment as it gets with Batman.
[_[-]_]
After most missions we each have to go to a League Doctor, especially when there is a lot of fighting involved. For the most part I was fine. The female doctor who was checking up on me was a familiar face at the cave. So I didn't feel as intimidated as I would with a stranger. There was still something that was bugging me from earlier in the mission. I waited till the end of the visit to ask "Doctor ,Can I ask you something?"
"Is it medically related? Because if it isn't I can't help you there."
I smile nervously not knowing what to do with my facial expressions. "It's definitely medical. I felt a sharp pain in my lower abdomen and I was wondering if that had to do anything with my… you know."
"You want to know if you can have kids?" She says with a soft look on her face. I could see realization slowly grace her motherly face.
I continue talking as she walks around the room gathering her equipment. "I never even considered that one day I might be comfortable enough to have kids. But after that pain from earlier I began to we concerned about if that is even possible. I'm half demon by the way and I have no idea how different I am from the normal human anatomy."
As I tell her my life story she completes the exam.
"Honey I'm going to run those test they should be ready in about an hour. You can wait in here if you want since you are my last patient. "
"Thank you." I get dressed back into my jeans, black converse and hoody. I am happy I brought my book but I am too worried to focus on reading. This is the longest and most agonizing hour I have experienced to date.
It seemed as though an eternity has gone by when my Doctor comes back in the room.
I try to read her expression but I can't determine whether it's positive or negative. She has a chart in her hands, but as she moves to go sit down in her chair I have the overwhelming feeling that it was bad news.
"I'm sorry Raven. Your body is capable of having children. If you have any questions I do encourage you to ask." She patiently waits as I process through the information.
Once I finally felt that my voice could work I asked "Is there nothing I can do to change it?"
She shakes her head.
I slowly get up and gather my things I say "Thank you" as I leave the room.
My world seemed to be closing in as I made the short walk to my room.
Even though we had never talked about having kids I feel as if the opportunity was stolen away from me. What is Connor going to think about it? He has been kind and supportive throughout this relationship and I just don't want to be a disappointment. And I know he won't be disappointed but I just feel as though this proves that I was never meant to be a mother. Never meant to pass my knowledge down to my family. That I was never meant to have a family. I mean come one how is a half-demon raised to have no emotions supposed to have a family, at least the one that is bonded with blood. I also never thought I would have to deal with something like this at my age…
My train of thought was cut off by my arrival to my door.
I wiped my eyes and opened the doors. I see Connor lying on top of the bed with his hands behind his head. Wolf was on the floor fast asleep.
The moment I step through the doorway I see Connor's head snap to my direction. His face goes from cheerful to concerned in 2 seconds flat.
"What's wrong?"
"I just came from the Doctors and I have some bad news." But before I could say…it. He jumps up and wraps me up in a hug and kisses my temple. And I break down. I start bawling. But I have to get a hold of myself so I can at least tell him why I exploded with tears.
I lean back and say "I can't have kids."
His expression looked shocked and he then picked me up in a hug. He kept whispering over and over as he carried me to the bed "It's okay, it's okay."
It took us a couple hours but I finally finished crying. By that point I was just in my t-shirt and it was covered in my tears. So now both Connor and I need to take a shower since my tears are blood. Connor quietly guided me to our shower. When we usually take showers together it is filled with passion and love but this shower was just methodical.
Once we got back to bed I had calmed down enough to tell him what happened yesterday. "I had some sharp pain in, well you know where. So I started thinking about what could be wrong. And that leaded to kids and then I thought about us. And how I can't see being with anyone else and now we can't have a family and it's all my fault."
"It's not your fault it's just the cards we've been dealt. I never cared if we had kids, as long as your in my life I'm okay with whatever happens. Okay? "
How does he always know the right things to say? I nod as I say "You know I love you, right?"
"I know. And I love you too." He kisses my head as we go underneath the covers. I rest my head on his chest and his arm encircles my back. His hand moves slowly up and down as he calms me to sleep. I actually think we'll be okay.
As long as I stay positive.
Just stay positive.
Positive.
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