Aaaand here's chapter 4!
And, yet again, I have thing to clear up. Jeez.
1) Wally is NOT a part of the Titans
2) At the moment, Red Arrow is not in this story. IDK why. He's raising Lian or something.
3) The Speedy on Titans East is original Roy. He doesn't know about Nightwing. Actually, lets say that he was found after Robin left, so he never even met him as Robin.
4) This IS a NWxZatanna fic, if you can't tell.
5) Oh, and just cause I got a comment on this: I will not be breaking up the Titans. Unfortunately, YJ is done :'( They've all moved on.
OK, this is just a sort of general comment on YJ. How does the team get into the bioship if Miss. M isn't there? Or unconscious? I was trying to figure that out while I was writing this, so I just kind of made something up. I have no clue if that's what actually happens.
And one last thing: advertising. For those of you who read my other stories, the sequel to Circus Again is now up in the YJ section! It's titled Wayne Manor. I couldn't come up with a good title.
The odd group moved across the roofs, headed towards where Artemis said the bioship was hidden. Artemis led the way and the Titans hung back. Beast Boy had transformed into a large bear with the unconscious Aqualad, Superboy, and Kid Flash on his back. Cyborg carried Megan. Nightwing hovered in the middle, cradling Zatanna.
Occasionally, he glanced down at here face and got a thrill out of the fact that she was here, in his arms, after so long. Of course, it was slightly ruined by the fact that she was unconscious after a fight orchestrated by his archenemy, but he had learned to count his blessings and be grateful for what he had. She would, hopefully, wake up soon anyway.
Soon, the group reached the place where the bioship was parked. After years of using the ship, it was easy for Nightwing to pick out the faint mirage that indicated that the bioship was, in fact, there but was in camouflage mode.
Unfortunatly, his team had never had any experience with the bioship- with the possible exception of Beast Boy- and so were not experienced enough to see what Nighwing and Artemis saw.
"Dude, there's nothing here." Cyborg complained. "Did we walk all this way for nothing?"
"No" Nightwing answered. "The ship's here, just in camouflage mode." Seeing that Artemis was about to collapse, he took matters into his own hands- metaphorically, as he was still carrying Zatanna. Raising his voice a little, he said, "reveal, B-02".
It was a failsafe (*cringe*) that M'gann had installed when she realized that the others may need access to the bioship when she was unconscious, otherwise occupied, or just not there. All they had to do was say the command and their designation, like Nightwing just did. The ship would recognize their voice and respond accordingly. Luckily, Megan hadn't changed it after he left, so the ship recognized him and whipped into existence.
"Whoa." Beast Boy breathed, having transformed back into a human. "How'd you do that?"
His question went unanswered as Nightwing had already moved through the door that suddenly appeared and disappeared into the ship. Artemis followed after, about to collapse. The Titans exchanged a few looks before entering the ship, where Nightwing relieved them of their passengers.
He directed them towards seats and gently placed the remaining members of the Team into seats. The Titans gasped and fidgeted a little when the seat belt fastened themselves, but Nightwing ignored them. Since Artemis had fainted almost as soon as she sat down, he concluded that he would be flying the ship and moved towards the pilot's seat. The Titans eyed him curiously as he settled down. He didn't even seem to notice the sat belt, which the Titans found hard to believe.
They found it even harder to believe that he meant to fly the ship himself. Of course, they didn't know that he's had training so that he could fly it...
"Are you sure you know how to fly this thing?" Raven asked dubiously. "Of course." Nightwing answered confidently, and before anyone else could comment effortlessly lifted the ship up ad started flying it towards the Tower. After a few minutes, he looked around the cabin and sighed. Everyone kept sneaking glances at him, and it was obvious that they were confused.
"Ask. I know you want to. Might as well get it over with." He said, resigned to his fate.
"Do you know these people?" Star asked. "If yes, how do you know them? And why did you not inform us of your relationship with other heroes, who are not of the Titans?"
Nightwing smiled grimly. "Lets just say that Slade was more right than he knew. We've known each other for forever…. we're practically family. Heck, we used to call each other brothers and sister, except for those who were dating, of course. Our mentors introduced us. Don't ask who my mentor was please. And there's a lot you don't know about me and my relationship to the hero community."
"Do you not trust us?" Star asked sadly, a little hurt. "Why will you not tell us?"
Nightwing winced."It's not like that." He avoided meeting any of their eyes. "I mean, yeah, at first it was because I didn't trust you, and I was trying to stay hidden and lay low. Then Slade got involved, and if he knew who I really was at that point it would have been… bad. Now, it's also that I don't want to be judged and I don't want to change how you guys think of me and how we work as a team. Trust me, this could have a big impact. And I'm still trying to avoid some people from my past. I promise you that I will tell you guys everything eventually. I was hoping that it would be years from now- like, when the Titans broke up or something- but I'm afraid it will be sooner than later now that Young Justice is involved. Can you guys bear with me until then?"
The Titans exchanged some more looks. What secrets was their leader hiding? It had to be big if he was this serious about it.
Would they ever know who he really was?
The rest of the trip passed in silence.
And there you have it folks!
I told you the chapters would get longer :)
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