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Danni PoV
"C'mon ya big lug! Lets drop you off at the Mountain!" I stepped into the closest shadow and thought of his home. My vision faded and wen it came back the heroes hideout came into view. I slowly walked over to the entrance and gently set him down.
"Sleep tight Birdy!" Then I stepped back and turned around, right into the face of my worst nightmares...
Batman.
I felt my eyes go big and I took a step back towards Birdy. I am in sooo much trouble, I am gonna get turned into cream of Danni!
I threw up my hands and flinched back, "Please don't kill me o so scary Batman! I was just dropping him off.. He didn't have to grab on. He's just to much of a goody two shoes... You should give him a gold star for persistence or something! Yea! And just stand still so I can run away!"
I jumped to the side and tried to run around him, but just as I knew he would he reached out and grabbed my shoulder, spun me around, then pushed me forward so I ran right towards the cave. I slowed down and turned to face him.
"Meep!" I whimpered, then I crouched down behind Birdy and started shaking his shoulders, "Rise and shine Birdy! Danni needs you!" His eyes slowly opened and he started sitting up. I looked up towards Batman.
"See! He's alive! So now can I please go back to my normal existence away from here while y'all two share a special moment between mentor and partner!" I nodded up and down quickly and gave him my best mega watt smile.
Batman shook his head, "No." I swallowed loudly then nodded.
"No ok... How about we turn that frown upside down and say yes huh? It's real easy, say it with me... Yyyyeeeessss.. Ya see its just three letters, not that hard to say is it?" His eyes narrowed and he gave me a real bad-ass glare.
It scared me half to death, "OK.. no.. I can handle no!" I gave him a weak smile and five minutes later I was back in the mountain holding cell, head in my hands, wondering what had gone wrong.
The door opened and The Man of Bats walked slowly into the room.
"So you've come to interrogate me huh.. Well it won't work! I'm not the scared little girl I was two months ago! I've grown up! I can withstand anything you throw at me!" I smirked at him and turned up my nose.
The door opened up once again and I couldn't help but glance at whoever was in the doorway.
It was a lady with long wavy black hair, tanned skin, and sharp, weathered features.
My jaw dropped, "Mom?" I stood up slowly, "Mom is that you?" The woman smiled at me and held open her arms.
"But I thought that... But you died! I saw it!" I took a step back and fell to the ground. She walked forward.
"Come here Shadow! Come here my little girl!" I shook my head again, "No! Your not my mom! I killed her! You can't be her!" I could feel rage and power building up inside me, and hatred for whoever was putting me through this torture.
All of a sudden the imposter's face changed, my mother's features shifted to a black and charred version, the imposter started screaming, wailing for me to stop.
"No! I didn't mean to! Please stop this! I didn't mean to!" I clapped my hands over my ears and tried to block out the sound of my mother's wails for mercy.
"STOP!" My eyes flew open and locked on the imposter's own. I tore off my mask and flipped up into the air and landed gracefully on my feet. Snarling I threw my hands forward and blasted black fire out of my hands.
The imposter screamed and was engulfed by the flames. I felt a sharp stinging in my neck and my hand slowly made its way to the pain. I felt something embedded in the soft flesh and I pulled it out. A needle, how did that get there? My vision blurred and soon the world around me faded to darkness.
When I came to I was tied to a chair, my hands and fee both cuffed, and my eyes blindfolded. I twisted against whatever material was holding me still and I cried out in rage.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you.." I stopped immediately and turned my head to the voice.
"What.. No, who was that? Are they hurt?" I didn't care if they were, but a small part of me still wanted to know what had happened.
"They are fine, minor burns but almost completely healed." I nodded.
"So the Martian lived huh? Pity.." You see I knew it had to be her, she would have wanted to cause me pain, and she was the only one besides her Uncle who could shift shapes like that.
"So what do you want now Batman? I am still not going to talk! It takes more than just that to scare me."
On the other end of the conversation there was just silence, I knew he was still here, I could hear him breathing.
"Why did you help Gamma?" I frowned.
"Ya know it's soooo much easier to talk when you aren't blind folded and cuffed to a chair!"
I heard him shift slightly, "You seem to be doing fine." I smirked, he was good.
"Fine! I was watching the news, good old G. Gordon the hero smasher, when I saw the clip on the aliens. I am a naturally curious creature and I looked them up. Let me tell you first, there is absolutely nothing on them that I could find! It's so annoying. Oh and since you cant see it, I'm rolling my eyes!"
I smiled at him then leaned my head back against the chair. "Ya know I'm really thirsty! Could you go get one of your lackeys to get me a drink? Or do I need to get it myself?"
Once again there was silence..."So from the accepting silence I'm guessing one of you guys got up off your lazy asses and got me a drink?"
Nothing.. "Geez tough crowd you have here Bats!" I sat up quickly then leaned my head to the side and felt around the room. There was no one else here besides me and Bats, excuse me Bats and I.
"Where's Birdy? I would have thought he would be here.. or at least in the room that the others watch this in.. Ya know like through one way glass or something. Like an observation room? But I don't feel him there either. Where is he?"
I paused to take a breath, then tilted my head to the other side, "Oh no! I didn't hospitalize him did I! Please tell me I didn't! I would feel horrible! I would never get to tease him ever gain! Oh the humanity!"
I slumped backwards and pretended to pass out. "So how was that huh? Pretty dramatic huh? I know I'm an amazing actor! Ya get that when your beat most of your life! Ya learn to roll with the punches and not show pain!" I smiled at him and tried to cross my ankles. I was stopped by the cuffs and I scowled down at their general direction.
"But right! Back on the train of thought! Sorry for the detour.. I'm a little ADHD.." I grinned at him once again then scanned the folds of my blind fold, with all the movement it had come a little loose, good.
"Anyway.. Why did I help Gamma.. That's the question.. Now whats the answer.. OK so I was looking up the greenies, I couldn't find anything, OK now we get to the part where I hacked your cameras! I love this part!"
I squealed then leaned forward like I was sharing a secret, "It wasn't that hard either, y'all seriously need to upgrade on that!"
I shook my head, the blindfold coming just a bit looser, "Anyway... so I had just hacked into the camreas when up comes the assignments! I listened in and waited for Birdy's, I wanted to cause a bit of trouble, the usual.. but then Nightwing held Birdy back so I was like whoa there hold on! Then they said each others real names and I was like Hell Yea! But it fuzzed out and I couldn't hear."
I looked up at him and pouted, "It was annoying. Anyway I shadow transported onto the ship and followed them out! And I'm sure the heroes can tell you what happened from there. All in all I'm not quite sure why I helped them.."
I looked down and frowned at the ground. "Then later when the entire place was about to blow.. I knew that there wasn't enough time. And I knew I could save myself... but I couldn't leave them, I couldn't be the cause of all of their deaths! I had already watched all those people on the plane die.. I couldn't watch all of them die either.."
I lowered my head and shook my head, slowly, then faster and faster. Finally then blindfold slipped off and I could see. I sighed then laid my head back against the chair. I crossed my eyes and saw that I had no mask on.. great.
He glared at me then stood up. I flinched and pulled back, here comes the pain!
"The Team thanks you." I froze and slowly slid my eyes over to Bats.
"Whaa?" He glared at me then turned and walked towards the door. "For saving their lives." Then he opened the door and walked out. I blinked slowly what had just happened?
Soon my hands became numb and my feet started showing signs of pre-numbness. I closed my eyes and tried to meditate, but there was this little ticking noise in the corner of the room and it was really starting to annoy me.
I flung my eyes open and glared in the general direction of the ticking. In the corner of the brightly lit room was a clock, and right under that clock was a shadow. I smiled and focused all of my energy on the tiny shadow.
Slowly it turned into a mini saw. I furrowed my brow and bit my lip, I could feel a bead of sweat slowly trace its way down my cheek and drop off my chin to the ground below.
I controlled the shadow and made it make its way over to where I was sitting. Breathing deeply I made the saw turn slowly at first, then I made it gain speed until it was just a blur. I moved it behind the chair and cut through the binds until the ropes dropped down to the floor.
Smiling I stood up and turned the shadow into a key and open the cuffs on my hands and feet. I shook them off then let the shadow melt back to the clock.
But as soon as it was back in place all of my strength left me and I collapsed to the floor. Gritting my teeth I pulled myself back up to a sitting position and I tried to catch my breath. When I had finally gotten my strength back I stood up and waltzed over to the door and tugged on the handle.
I hadn't heard them lock it so maybe it was still open, of course I was wrong. It was locked.
"Ugh!" I threw myself against the door and started beating on it with my fists, no one came to my rescue, but no one came to chain me back up either. Win-lose kinda thing I guess.
I slumped back to my seat and closed my eyes, maybe if I git some sleep I would feel a bit better and be able to get out of this hell hole!
I lost track of time, maybe a few hours later I heard the door open. I cracked open my eyes and focused on the one person I could bear to see at the moment.
"Birdy! Your OK!" I shot up and wrapped him in a hug.
"Augh!" His eyes got all big and he pushed me away, he glared at me then hung his head low. "Would you like to take a walk around the Cave?" He looked up at me and shook his head, "Please say no! Canary's making me!"
I smiled at him then wrapped my arms around him, "Sure! Lets go Birdy!"
He pushed me off then grabbed my wrist and pulled it around my back.
"Hey! Ow!" I tried to look back at him but he pushed my head back forward. I then felt metal cuffs slapped onto my wrists. "Batman's orders." Then he started leading me forward. I rolled my eyes then popped my shoulders out of socket and moved them around my head so they now faced the front.
I looked back at Birdy, "Learned that from Inferno!" Birdy scoffed then led me to what I guessed to be their training room.
La'gaan and Nightwing were in the middle of the room on a raised platform, kinda like our simulator except that there was no hologram around them or anything.
It was clear that Nightwing was superior I skill, but the Fish had some tricks up his sleeve that kept him afloat.
"Go Nightwing!" La'gaan looked over at me and glared. Nightwing saw the opening then hooked his foot around his knee and pulled, making Fish boy fall flat on his face.
It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen, the boy was flopping around like a fish out of water! I started laughing, and after I was able to calm down I looked up to see La'gaan glaring at me from across the platform.
"Since this is so funny to you why don't you come up here and fight me yourself! You wont be laughing after I.."
Nightwing walked up to him, "That's enough!" He turned and glared at me, "That goes for you to!" Then he walked off the stage and over to Birdy and I.
I smirked at him, the little fish wanted me to fight, he was gonna get a fight! I shrugged Birdy's hands off my shoulders and I walked up to the middle of the platform, "Come at me bro!"
"Commence Training.." The same automatic voice from the hanger came on now.
"Auargh!" Fish boy ran at me, his hands outstretched into a fighting position. My hands were reduced to just being held up in front of me, useless.
I let out a battle cry, "Sushi!" Then I sidestepped his fist and spun around and ducked to avoid the foot that was launched in my direction. I tensed up and watched as he spun around, slightly favoring his left foot. His feet seemed to slide along the floor, he didn't pick them up very high, he would probably have lower kicks then.
I flipped back and swung my foot up and just barely missed his chin. I landed on one foot then balanced on my toes and swung my cuffed hands out in front of me. My balance was off, I needed to either get the cuffs off or calibrate myself whenever I flipped.
I moved my feet apart and moved my hands back in front of me. Birdy and Nightwing were silent, and I could feel their stares burning into my face. Fish boy's eyes were sizing me up, and I swept my own across his lanky form.
His hands were closed into fists, and he had a stable stance. He kept swaying side to side, like seaweed in the current.
That's when I noticed something, all of his moves were slower, and he seemed to almost swim when he fought.
To test my theory I ran forward and swung a kick at his ribs. He moved out of the way, but he seemed to almost swim through the air.
I turned to face him on tiptoe then swung my cuffed hands at his head, I moved them slowly, making sure he would get out of the way.
He bent over and jumped backwards, but I was quicker.
I jumped on his back and wrapped my legs around his hips, then I slung my hands over his head and put my cuffs right under his chin, my hands touching his somewhat scaly skin.
I pulled back and squeezed my hands together, strangling him.
He started squirming and he cried out in what I guessed was panic. I dropped my legs off his frame and I pulled him down to the ground.
A small red box floated out of the stage, "Failure!" I laughed then unwrapped my arms from his head.
"Got you Fish Sticks!" I smirked at him then pulled myself up to my feet, popping my knees quickly.
I looked up to see Birdy smiling down at La'gaan. "Nice try..!"
He didn't reply and I didn't really want to hear what he had to say. The Atlantian annoyed me. I stepped over him and hurried back down to where Birdy was. I stopped a couple feet in front of him and looked down at the floor.
A strange buzzing noise started going off in my ear, I glanced to the side but nothing was there, just La'gaan, and he was just laying on the floor, his head in his hands.
I shook my head and the buzzing quickly went away, strange. I glanced up at Birdy, "So how about the rest of that tour huh?" He blinked at me then nodded slowly. I smiled then looked up towards the lights overhead. Then my eyes trialed back down.
Just as I thought, shadows were everywhere. I'm not sure why, but I didn't throw myself at one of them. I stayed where I was and waited for Birdy to walk over. He showed me the rest of the Cave, and I stayed silent the rest of the time.
As we walked into the kitchen the smell of burning cookies wafted to my nose. I clenched my fingers over my nose so I didn't have to smell it and looked over my shoulder to meet Birdy's gaze. He shrugged then pulled me over to the counter in the middle of the ginormous kitchen.
"Stay here!"Then he walked over to a door and pulled it open. I could just barely see food on the inside so I had to guess it was a pantry. He shuffled out of it and set down the three things that he had stacked into his arms down in front of me.
A Protein bar, some crackers, and squeezable cheese. I raised my eyebrow at him then gestured to all of the food items set down before me, "Whats with all the stuff?"
He smiled at me then took out a cracker and put a bit of cheese on the top, then he crumpled off a bit of the protein bar and put that on top of the cheese. Lastly he put another cracker on top of that and pushed it down, making some sort of a sandwich.
He nodded to me then stuffed the entire thing in his mouth, crumbs dropping all on the ground. My hands flew to my mouth and I tried to stifle the laugh that was making its way out of my mouth.
He made another one and ate it just as quickly, any hunger that I had had was quickly gone. Once he finished he put all of it back and brought me back to my cell. He was opening the door when I decided that I didn't really want to go back in.
I turned my hands into shadow and swept my leg out, then kicked Birdy's feet out from under him. "Sorry Birdy! But Domino's got to fly out of the nest!" I grabbed onto his cape and shoved him inside, quickly closing and locking the door.
I blew him a kiss then stepped back into the shadow behind me. "See ya around!"
My vision faded and I felt myself transported back to my home.
When my vision returned I waltzed up to the Wall and pushed down on the brick to let me in. once I got inside I ran to the dining room.
"Don't worry guys! I'm here! There's no need to fear!" But when I got there no one was in the room. The lights flickered and I had the distinct feeling of being watched.
"Well well what do we have here?" I spun around and put up my hands up into a fighting position.
"Who are you?" I glared at the shadowed figure, if they had done anything to the Team I swear!
The watcher stepped out of the shadows slowly.
"What you don't recognize your dear old dad?" His face was just barley covered but his body still shone through all the darkness, the white lab coat, the muddy shoes that no matter how many times mom washed still managed to retain a last layer of mud.
And finally the macaroni necklace, and that was all I needed to see to make my knees go weak.
"No.. NO!" That couldn't be him.. my dad was dead!
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wow we met all of Danni's family today! One fake.. one maybe fake... we shall find out soon! Until next time readers!
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