This Ain't the Golden Years
Chapter 23
Location: The Watchtower
Date: December 14, 2058
Specific Location: Outside the Brig
Shayera: What the…what are you guys doing here?
Cyborg: Uh….nothing.
Changeling (formerly Beast Boy): Experiments.
Cyborg: Yeah! Experiments!
Shayera: (Glare)
Wally: (zooms into the room)
Wally: I've got it!
Shayera: Got what?
Wally: Uh… (Zooms off)
Shayera: Wally!
Cyborg (whispers to Changeling): Let's get out of here.
Changeling and Cyborg: (Run off)
Shayera: Hey!
Shayera: Damn it. What are they up to now?
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Mission Report
December 14, 2058
Leaguers Sent: Hal Jordon, War Hawk, Superwoman, Static Shock
Team Commanded by: Superwoman
We succeeded in subduing Sinestro. However, due to information we have learned, we suspect that the Grodd of fifty years ago is involved with the current temporal crisis.
We have reason to believe that Grodd may be on the continent of Africa.
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Location: Africa
Date: December 14, 2058
Specific Location: Seventy-five miles west of Gorilla City
Batman: Hey you! Fuzz butt!
Grodd: (Sighs) Must you speak like the Flash?
Raven: Actually, the gorilla does indeed have a point.
Batman: What? It got his attention.
Wonder Woman: How does You Know Who put up with you?
Starfire: Could we finish this please? I'm worried about what my husband will do next. He and Roy are still in trouble for getting the Boyscout drunk.
Wonder Woman: Surely they wouldn't be stupid enough to do something again.
Batman: Uh…define stupid.
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Location: The Watchtower
Date: December 14, 2058
Specific Location: The Brig
Dick: Should we give him some more?
Roy:….
Luthor:…Hic…I'm Pwesident Wuthor…hic…
Wally: Hey Gar (Changeling/Beast Boy), no one's coming yet, are they?
Garfield (Currently keeping watch outside the door in the shape of a small green dog.): No, no one yet.
Cyborg (Victor Stone): Man, that Amazon wine is really strong stuff.
Dick: Yeah, we only spiked a glass of water and look how out of it he is.
Luthor: Hic….
Roy: Let's give him some more!
Wally: Luthor….Luthor….(Waves hand in front of his face.)
Luthor: Hic…I wove you….hic…
Wally: Ahh!
The others: (Hysterical laughter)
Wally: It's not funny!
Roy: Wally…I wove you!
Victor: Give him some more…
Garfield: RETREAT! IT'S SHAYERA!
Everyone: OH SHI..
Shayera: WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON IN HERE?
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Excerpt from John Stewart's Telephone Conversation with Bruce Wayne:
December 14, 2058
Bruce: They did what?
John: I'm telling the truth. Wally, Dick, Roy, Garfield and Victor snuck into the Brig and got Luthor drunk.
Bruce:…Do I dare ask how they managed to do that?
John: Apparently they still had some Amazonian wine left over from when they got Clark drunk. They spiked Luthor's water the first time. After they had gotten him drunk enough they gave him some more.
Bruce: Wasn't anyone guarding his cell?
John: Apparently Aquagirl and Ollie's granddaughter were, but they let them in.
Bruce: How did the Boyscout take it?
John: Well…he pretended to be mad, but you could tell that he secretly enjoyed it. Shayera was the one who was pissed. Wally tried to claim that he was trying to get revenge on Luthor for the whole Brainiac thing as well as killing his alternate self.
Bruce: I can't argue with that.
John: Yeah, well, at least we don't have to worry about Luthor trying to escape. He isn't sober enough to make a coherent sentence.
Bruce:….So who was the ringleader? Wally?
John: Actually…I hear that it was Dick.
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The Justice League Daily Service Announcement
Date: December 14, 2058
Fellow Leaguers:
Dick Grayson, Roy Harper, Wallace West, Garfield Logan, and Victor Stone are hereby temporarily banned from the Detention Center. Anyone known to be aiding them (ie. Anyone on duty if one of them is caught in the Brig.) WILL be placed on probation.
Have a nice day.
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A little later:
Barry: Wally…
Wally: I'm innocent, I swear. It was all Grayson and Harper.
Barry: Can't you do something more constructive? We're still in a crisis here.
Wally: Not really. Luthor's smashed and Grodd's been captured. J'onn said that they've figured out a way to send everyone back to the past.
Barry: I see.
Wally:…It was nice to see you again Uncle Barry. I missed you.
Barry: Please try to stay out of trouble Wally.
Wally: Who? Me?
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December 14, 2058
Well, it's over now. The League managed to stop the bad guys and sent everyone back home. I really miss Uncle Barry, it was cool to see him. Although I miss Aunt Iris and Mom too…
Oh well. Enough of that. Ollie's mad because we didn't invite him to help us with Project Get Luthor Drunk. Hey, at least we managed to videotape it. Everyone's been wanting a copy of it.
Although Starfire was a bit peeved when she found out what Dick did. Starry really needs to lighten up. I mean, even Raven wanted a video of it.
Oh yeah, I hear that Grodd added Terry to his "People to Kill" list. Apparently Ape Face thought that he was almost as annoying as me. Almost! Hah! I'm still number one on his list! Eat that McGinnis!
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Location: Gotham City
Date: December 14, 2058
Specific Location: The Batcave
Bruce: Fuzz Butt?
Terry: It sounded good at the time. I also called him a Donkey Kong Wannabe.
Bruce (dryly): You have such a talent for enduring nicknames.
Terry: Want to hear what I call you?
Bruce: No.