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Chapter 41: Learning and Snakes
Location: Everest-Underground City-Training Block 5
"I'm extraordinary over here and there's no one to challenge me! What's the point in having you all," Steel (John Henry Irons) said, after his four opponent of the day was body slammed into the mat.
"Couldn't you just slap him sometimes," Zatanna (Zatanna Zatara) said, closing her arms and shaking her head.
"I'll do more than slap him," Cheshire (Jade Nguyen) said, walking up to the ring.
"I'm a professional, sweetheart. Pay attention, you might learn something." John said, stretching his arms over his head.
"Teach me then," Jade said, entering the ring.
"I've had my fair share of tussles," John said, smirking.
"Like the mushroom," Harley asked, tossing a pair of rattan bastons.
"Those are truffles," Zatanna said.
"Like the sprout," Harley said, sitting down beside Zatanna to watch the fight.
"Nope, those are Brussels." Zatanna said.
"Enough," Jade said.
The others in the training room stopped to watch the fight. Jade and John circled around each other, each waiting for the other to strike. John saw Jade take a slight back step and attacked. John swung, and Jade side stepped him and spun one of her bastons above her head and brought it down on John's head. John went down but popped right make up. John started throwing strike after strike, and Jade blocked them all. John went for one overhead strike and Jade blocked I, and then dropped down and swiped John's legs out from under him. Before John can move to stand up, Jade is straddling his chest with one baston at his neck.
"Look at that. I did learn something," Jade said, "I learn how hard I need to strike to bring you down."
~JUSTICE LEAGUE~
Location: Everest-Underground City-Upper Hallway
Diana was walk through the hallway thinking about everything that Wally had said to her and the other. He had been right about how they had treated Shayera. Thinking back, Diana couldn't remember why she couldn't forgive her. In the end, Shayera had done the right thing.
Diana was focusing solely on her thoughts that she accidentally ran into Helena.
"I'm sorry," Diana said, helping Helena up.
"I'm good," Helena said.
"Have-have you seen Shayera," Diana asked.
"Yeah...I was just on my way to see her," Helena said, "Why do you need her?"
"I-I need to apologize," Diana said.
"She's not going to listen to you," Helena said.
"I know," Diana said, looking down.
"Follow me," Helena said. They walked to the elevator, and went to level nineteen.
~JUSTICE LEAGUE~
Location: Everest-Underground City-Lower Level
There were only five doors on this level. Helena led Diana down the hallway and stop in front of the second door.
"Watch your step," Helena said, before knocking.
"Enter," Shayera's voice drifted from the other side. The door slid open, and Diana gasped. She remembered seeing Shayera's tattoos and them coming alive, but she never expected this. The room had snakes everywhere and rose vines on the walls. The furniture in the room was black and silver.
Shayera was facing away from the door. Diana could see a white snake wrapped around Shayera's arm and several other snakes by Shayera's leg.
"Shayera," Diana said, "can we talk?"
"Diana, can you trust a snake," Shayera asked, turning to look at her.
"Excuse me," Diana asked.
"Can you trust a snake? I mean, they are like people," Shayera asked, stroking the snake gently.
"I don't quite know," Diana answered.
"You can love them for years. You can feed them, nurture them, but still, they can turn on you," Shayera said, standing from her seat and walking over to Diana. Shayera stopped right in front of Diana and held out her snake.
"So the only thing I really want to know is if a snake bites you, can you even trust it again," Shayera asked.
Author's Note:
I know this and the last few have been short chapters, but longer ones are coming.
Please review! Reviews motivate me to post, and let me know that the story is actually wanted.
