Wally woke up to sound of someone banging on the door. He groaned a "wait a second." before opening the door revealing caroline. but her look was different. she dyed the tips of her bob with purple.
"breakfast is ready. freshen up and i meet you here outside."
he nodded and shut the door.
he entered the bathroom. the sink had bottles of shampoos and other items. once he finished he went through the drawers. seeing that it was filled with shirts with the same logo. he settled on a long sleeved grey shirt along with pants that only superboy would wear and a maroon sweatshirt.
he stepped out the door and stared at caroline.
"lets go."
they arrived to a cafeteria. rectangular tables were at the edges of the room and round tables were scattered in the middle. they grabbed their desired breakfast and caroline guided wally to a round table being occupied by abigail and 2 guys.
"so you're the newbie." the guy with a buzz cut and glasses said to him with a smile.
Abigail rolled her eyes."yeah he is. don't bug him. he's a metahuman."
"finally. a male hardhitter." the guy with shaggy blond hair said with a chuckle.
"he is right here you know." caroline said.
"well then. sit down. the name is roger. the guy with the glasses is winston." the shaggy haired blonde said with a grin.
"don't mind him." winston stated." he is too full of him self.
"well i show my true self. how about you." winston just rolled his eyes at the statement before looking at wally and suddenly his skin turned red for a brief moment before turning back.
"that is pretty cool."
"yep. claiming santuary here is open to anyone without a home. thats why we are here. a couple kilometers here. a small town with families that wanted a safehaven is here too."
wally threw a glance at abigail."really?." he questioned.
"yeah. we just defend and anyone can go through training for the militia here." he replied. roger leaned in."some of the boys here just wanna see gatekeeper and the ladies." he said with a hushed tone gesturing the the ladies in the table. suddenly someome slapped him at the back of his head.
"and some of those ladies can pull off your head." the girl said taking an open seat next to glitch who was snickering.
"ma'am." winston greeted. the girl had mocha skin and her hair was up in a ponytail.she wore a beige coat with a black top inside. her arm had a band with the superman symbol."you must be wally."
"wally huh." roger butted in.
the lady ignored him."my name is buster. well codename. some take their identities seriously. "
they enjoyed their breakfast as wally learned more about the compound. they were interrupted by Abigail touching her earpiece.
"wally follow me." she said with concern laced in her voice.
he complied without question and as soon as he was out of earshot Abigail began talking."we found a lead on the reach you would like.you know those beetle tech turrets we found."
"yep."
"you noticed anything wrong about it."
wally thought for a second until realization dawned on him."it looked like it hasn't been used. hell, it was clean and no damage."
"exactly.that means-" he cut her off."someone is supplying them."
she nodded sadly as he took in the information.this was not getting easier.
she punched in codes at a door before opening it revealing gatekeeper and a girl wearing dark green robes. her skin was a light blue and black markings were on her right cheek. she had light green hair in along braid. a bow and quiver was on her back.
"you called" abigail started.gate keeper turned to face her."good. i need you, wally and zyaka'rai investigating a tip from banshee."she said.
"where is she?"abigail asked.
"still pulling strings in a bar."
"where is the location."zyaka'rai asked. an accent in her tone.
gatekeeper pressed a button. a map popped up showing a location.
"an abandoned warehouse in metropolis."
"huh.weird."wally said out loud.
"what is it?"gatekeeper asked.
"when you think of abandoned warehouses you think of gotham.And the fact that superman lives there gets me kinda suspicious I mean the man can hear everything."
"yes. the location raises questions."zyaka'rai said with concern.
"well be cautious...abigail"gatekeeper said to her."collect as much data as you can." giving her a flashdrive."I want any leads on this as much as wally does." she said gesturing to wally.which he replied with raised eyebrows.
"here"she gave him an earpiece."your codename is runner. abigail is clockwork and zyaka'rai is rue."
"but in personal terms you can call me zya(Zee-ya) or rai." zya said with a small smile.
"well. get to know each other..your leaving tonight."stated gatekeeper.
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bruce wayne was in a hotel in scotland. for most people they thought it was a vacation or a business trip for the prince of gotham. but was so much more.
"why are we here bruce?" clark said questioning the dark knight.
"nightwing was not the informant."
"then who?" arthur said. all of them are wearing civillian clothes. diana was also with them as they waited.
"just follow my lead."
they walked to a shady pub in an alleyway. the sign was crooked.
'the doll mill.'
"what is this place."
"a bar."
they entered the shady pub at sundown. immedietly the smell of alcohol and smoke was noticed. girls in corsets handed down drinks to drunk horny men with a fake smile.
"here" bruce walked up to a bar where a ginger head girl was cleaning glasses and talking to a customer. she was wearing a blazer with the bust open,a white button up and pants. she was the only decent looking girl in the club.
"banshee" bruce greeted the girl.
"if you want to have fun with the girls. call tommy."she said with a bored tone bit there was a glint in her eyes.suddenly bruce popped a silver card with a symbol.
"you know how this goes down."
siren smirked.she leaned in seductively."meet me in room bedrock." and with that she walked of.
"really bru-"diana started but bruce cut her off."calm down."
once they entered a room with a sign that says bedrock a tomahawk slammed centimeters near bruce ear.
"boss gives those cards for an important reason."banshee said with a sneer."so tell me..why are so important bats."