Special Fall Preview: I won't be able to start any new stories this summer (and it's going to be all I can do to update), but here's a preview of some ideas I'm thinking about for late summer/fall. Vote if you like an idea or feel free to toss me any suggestions. I won't be able to get to these right away. I have about 6-7 chapters left on Resurrecting the Red, which I'd like to get finished by the time I've started on my "Grand Adventure" this summer. This and Shades of Avarice will take a little more time to complete. I figure I'll do this story until either I run out of ideas, I run out of time, or if I find a good stopping point.
Anyway, some possible stories:
News Day: Several reporters, including Clark Kent and Lois Lane, have been invited up to the Justice League Watchtower (or the new embassy in Metropolis) to conduct interviews. Too bad every other Leaguer is intent on antagonizing the Kryptonian in disguise. (coughFlashcough) This would be from 2-5 chapters in length probably.
Special Day: Birthdays are supposed to be special days. In this story, each chapter will focus on the birthdays of different characters at different periods in their lives, ranging from sad to funny, to the incredibly bizarre. The timeline will probably range from now to post-Epilogue.
Injustice!: An Injustice League humor fic written in the style of This Ain't the Golden Years.
Untitled: Either Wally or Vic Sage discovers the joys of parenthood. Humor
Vic: No! We can't feed our child Gerber's!
Helena (sarcastically): Yes and disposable diapers are the work of the devil, aren't they Vic?
The Authoress (Me): I bet old Vic would change his tune after changing one or two diapers.
Untitled: One of the Leaguers experiencing a midlife crisis. Not sure who yet.
Untitled: Wally and Dick have a "Grand Adventure." Too bad they don't agree.
Untitled: A mysterious time shift forces Wally West (aged somewhere between 40-60 or 70) back into the past, which would be the present time.
I'll probably start on News Day after Resurrecting the Red is finished in a few weeks since it'll only be a few chapters.
This Ain't the Golden Years
Chapter 28
December 23, 2058
Okay I really have to know. Could J'onn ACTUALLY be Santa? I mean, it does sorta make sense. I nonchalantly asked him and tried to make it look like I was joking (Wally of course failed.). He just smiled and didn't give me a yes or no.
Damn J'onn. I'll bet he's just doing that to play mind games with me. By the way, Ollie and I thought that Project Nothing was almost destroyed. Stupid J'onn read my mind.
In an unexpected bit of development he actually promised not to do or say anything. According to the Martian, we weren't actually doing anything so there wasn't any point in saying anything about it. I think he's secretly getting a kick out of it.
I think he's also enjoying the fact that for once someone's able to play mind games with Bruce.
Anyway, our wives are having a Girls' Day Out today. I wonder how that's going? I would have bribed J'onn to eavesdrop for me, but I can't do that since he's already keeping quiet about Project Nothing.
If J'onn's Santa I hope Bruce gets a lot of coal.
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Date: December 23, 2058
Location: Metropolis
Specific Location: The Mall
Lois: I hope you two are happy. Clark's trying not to tear his hair out.
Kara: Hey, I can help him with that.
Helena: You hold him down and I'll yank.
Barbara: Is that possible? I'd think you'd need superstrength to do that.
Diana: I'll yank.
Shayera: I'll use my mace.
Lois: I'll tell him you all said that.
Dinah: What's he going to do against all of us?
Linda: Run.
Everyone: (Laughs)
Helena: Hey, who are you? I know who Max is.
Dana: Dana Tan, I'm Terry's girlfriend.
Barbara: We brought them along because we thought we needed two new members.
Max: Members?
Lois: The Association of Dangerous Women
Diana: We have other members, but not all of them are here.
Dana: Schway.
Lois: Anyway, back to business. Because of your husbands…
Dana: And my boyfriend
Lois: and Terry…because of them, Clark's going insane. He was pulling a Question yesterday and today.
Helena: Really?
Lois: Yeah, he has a whole wall covered up in the barn with all his "theories" of what Ollie, Wally, and probably Terry are up to.
Kara: He chased me out yesterday after I tried to burn them.
Dinah: I want to see it.
Linda: Me too.
Lois: I don't know, Clark's kind of…
Barbara: Hey! I want to see the wall!
Shayera: I do too.
Helena: Everyone in favor of looking at Clark's wall and/or giving him verbal abuse raise your hand.
Everyone: (Raises hand)
Diana: You've been outvoted Lois.
Shayera: Just out of curiosity, WHAT are they planning anyway?
Dinah: It's a secret.
Barbara: Aha! So you do know!
Linda: Of course we do, we're their wives.
Kara: Dammit! I want to know!
Linda: Well…it will definitely be their biggest prank ever.
Dinah: The Boyscout will probably be in shock for a month.
Dana: Er…why do you guys call him the Boyscout? He's Superman.
Helena: I guess you're still getting used to the whole "I'm dating a superhero thing, huh?"
Max: Yeah.
Dana: Hey! You've known since our senior year. I only found out at the beginning of this semester.
Max: Hey, I just realized something. Terry turns twenty-one next month.
Kara: Party!
Barbara: Bruce would kill you.
Helena: Let's get him drunk!
Shayera: Can't you guys think of anything besides getting people drunk? You're as bad as the men.
Helena: Hey, I need some kind of amusement. I can only laugh at Vic so much.
Lois: That poor man.
Shayera: Poor man? He's the one that started this whole Santa Clause mess!
Helena: Your son and Terry were the ones who came up with the "J'onn is Santa" idea.
Max: Uh…I thought we were going to go make fun of Mr. Kent and his conspiracy wall.
Helena: I have to finish shopping first.
Linda: You're not done yet?
Helena: You know how hard it is to shop for Vic?
Linda: Lingerie?
Helena: Do I still look twenty to you?
Linda:….
Linda: Lingerie?
Shayera: You're as bad as Wally.
Linda: You try being married to him for fifty years.
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Excerpt from the Personal Diary of Clark Kent:
Date: December 23, 2058
Damn Wally. Damn Ollie. I tried to get J'onn to scan them, but he claimed that he was unable to. He told me not to get so worked up about this, that they've pulled pranks before.
Except this isn't ANY prank. They've been bragging about it for the past two weeks. Even Terry has a permanent smirk on his face. I'm trying to figure out what they're up to. I still remember how Wally and Kara hid my car during mine and Lois's wedding. Then they hid clues around the world for me.
I ended up finding the damn thing in the middle of the Himalayas. Because of this and other things, it's only understandable that I'm worried.
Dammit, what are they doing? I've made a list of every possible clue that I've learned from them. I've written down some information that they've accidentally given out. Now if only I can make sense of it.
I tried to get Bruce to help me, but he's conducting an investigation of his own. Somehow though, I don't think he's quite as worried about this as me. He probably thinks he's safer down in the batcave.
J'onn told me that Bruce is worried too though. So maybe not. Anyway….what the hell?
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Date: December 23, 2058
Location: Smallville, Kansas
Specific Location: The Kent farm
Clark: What the hell?
Lois: Hi honey. I brought some company, I hope you don't mind.
Clark: (Gapes)
Helena: Where's the wall?
Kara: Hey! He's got two walls covered now!
Clark: KARA! DON'T TOUCH THAT!
Diana: Great Hera.
Shayera: Even John's not this obsessed.
Clark: I'm not obsessed!
Max: Defensive, aren't we?
Dinah: Hey Linda, look at this one!
Clark: What are they doing here?
Linda (innocently): Who? Us?
Clark: But…they…you….but….
Lois: Slow down Smallville.
Clark: They're the enemy!
Dinah: We're the enemy.
Linda: Really?
Lois: How are they the enemy?
Clark: They're spying!
Shayera: Actually…Helena, Babs, Max, and Dana are the ones taking pictures.
Clark: WHAT?
Dinah: We should have brought a camcorder.
Helena: Don't worry; I've got one on my cell phone. It can hold thirty minutes.
Barbara: You'll have to give me a copy of that.
Clark: (Sputters)
Shayera: You know, I hate to say this, but I think you've put Vic Sage to shame.
Helena: I'll tell him you said that. He's supposed to be the Kook, not Kent.
Kara: So if Clark's the Kook, does that make Vic the Boyscout now?
Dinah: Good God.
Helena: Vic would listen to a boy band before he became a boyscout.
Linda: I thought boy bands were evil.
Max: They are evil. I agree.
Helena: The lesser of two evils.
Clark: Hey!
Barbara: So if the Boyscouts are evil, how come your granddaughter is a Girlscout?
Clark: Isn't anyone listening to me?
Shayera: I was wondering about that too.
Helena: There're two reasons actually. The first one is that he wanted to infiltrate the Girlscouts to spy on them.
Dinah: I expected that one. What's the second?
Clark: Hey! I'm trying to work in here!
Lois: Shh.
Helena: He's addicted to Girlscout cookies.
Kara: Really?
Clark: HEY!
The women: (Look blankly at him and start talking again.)
Clark: (Gives up and sulks back into the house.)
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Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Should or should not J'onn really be Santa? I'm not decided yet, so your vote will count.