wally was awaken rudely as the jet suddenly shook. he looked around confused.
"what the-"
abigail glanced at him." sorry. turbulance."
he stood up. the jet was rather large."its fine."
"if you want food. we stashed some somewhere."
"thanks"
he glanced at an amused caroline before looking around for food. once he found a couple of granola bars in a tin box because why not. he stood next to the two now wanted 'criminals'
"so...you guys are not afraid of the whole...becoming criminals in the eyes of the justice league thing."
"oh please."caroline started."how many times did they destroy private property or breaking in private properties. they only difference we have is that we do not wear tights." she turned to face wally."no offense."
"none taken. so where is this place." he said after eating 3 bars.
"uhh.. its a compound by the coast. even aquaman can't spot us.the whole compound thing...well you're in for a story."
"I am waiting."
"after seeing a couple of...destructive results of superheroes trying to stop the big guys. the goverment issued a couple of forces known as alpha corps. finding diffderent hard hitters that was not in the league."
"they formed their teams. different groups under independent watch." caroline continued."so they are more of us but not allowed to make contact with them. but we are how can you say this..unique." she said hesitantly.
"why?"
"we are all ladies." abigail replied with a smile."but we have male staff.." she looked at wally with a glint in her eyes." the heavy hitters are just girls"
she sighed as she relaxed in her seat."welcome to the compound."
"woah." wally said amazed as he took in the view. the building was a mix of old and new. it shined at the edge of the coast. an old manor was at one side and was connected into modern buildings.
glitch flick a switch and abigail started talking."hey there home.anyone hearing this."
"clockwork." the speaker said.
"we are here and..we have a friend that needs santuary."
"as long as gatekeeper agrees."
"copy that."
they land on one of the hanger bays and they exited the jet. wally looked aroud he was at a dock. the ocean view clear. soon he followed the two girls. as they were walking a group of soldier jogged by.
"ma'am." "great to see you ma'am" were some of the greetings to abigail.
"Here. i'll show you the lady in charge."
they walked past the hallways. once and while wally looked at the clear glass of what looks like labs and storage of objects.they walked by to a lab with what looks like an alien corpse then a lady rising from behind the table holding a saw.wally furrowed his eyes at the sight.
"okay."abigail stopped to face him."once you claim santuary here I can assure you that you have our protection but you pull your weight."
"deal?" caroline said with her hand out.
'no going back.'
he took her hand."deal."
"great."then abigail opened the doors.
"wally west...is the capes and tights too much for you."
he glanced at the different tech and settled his eyes at the lady in the middle. she had blazing red hair and she wore an exo suit with a military fatigue.
abigail gripped his shoulder."wally. meet the lady in charge. call her gatekeeper."
--
the league was still discussing plans on how to apprehend the trio who escaped.
"superman can you hear their heartbeats.?"wonder woman questioned.
"I-I can't" he said suprised.
"magic must be the cause of this."aquaman said with displeasure.
"superman is not immune to magic so there is a possibility." batman said.
"but where can they possibly hide. they have no magic users with them."hawkgirl said. proving a point.
"batman?" superman said. hoping to find an answer.
"i know someone" he said with a scowl. He stood and left showing that the meeting was over.
once he was out of site. he used a zeta tube to get to the Batcave. He reached the computer but was stopped by his first protégé's voice.
"I heard the news."
"you knew?"
Nightwing came out the shadows." if I knew I would have never accepted her to be my protégé."
"why did you accept her?" batman asked typing away at the tech before him.
"I felt the same way you did when I saw her. Compassion.she was bloody on the street."
"then why trust her."
"I don't see you asking yourself that when you took in Jason"
"he showed skill."
"so did she!" Nightwing bursted out in anger.
"Jason thought it was a game. and do you think Caroline does too?"
batman didn't reply as he walked away.
--
"heres your room. mine is across the hall. glitch 's is next to yours at the right. we have scheduled lunch and dinner here and breakfasts is every man for themselves. got it?"Abigail said.
"yeah" and with that reply she left. wally looked around. it look like a regular room at the Watchtower. he opened the closet revealing clothesthere was a mini fridge next to the drawers that had water and some snacks.
he layed down at the bed. exhaustion consuming him.