"This is not good! Not good at all! Nora! Nora come here!" cried a voice. Nora stepped out from her room. "Yes Sister Angela?" she asked adjusting her all black postulant nun outfit. "Take a look at this here!" Sister Angela said, waving her hand at the TV screen. A reporter was talking.
"After earthquake sorts, all super powered human and meta humans… people with powers are …" she trailed off, taking a breath. "Gone, even the villains that we know, like Poison Ivy and Cheshire are gone as well."
"Civilians with powers are also disappearing. Here is a list of confirmed disappearances." The screen flashed a list with the names of heroes and villains, but some normal names too.
Nora held a hand up to her mouth. "Mercy me! You think?" she asked while crossing herself. Sister Angela nodded. "I do! It's a good think you weren't outside. You stay inside until someone goes out with you now, 'hear?"
Nora nodded. "I agree Sister Angela."
**************MEANWHILE******************
"You're telling me that you want to gather up anti-heroes and freelancers across the country then London and then go defeat some crazy powerful force that took out the entire Justice League, and you want me to join?" Connor Smith said.
"Yes."
He laughed and shook his head. "No way. Me. Yeah, right."
"Well. Why not?" asked Barbra. Connor looked at her. "Listen I'm not that good. I'm well as hell not as good as Artemis or even Hawkeye for that matter."
"You have reached the Peak Human Accuracy! You have the accuracy at the highest limits of human efficiency." Barbra argued.
"That accuracy would not be superhuman. So, no thank you." He said.
"Listen, we need all the help we can get, Connor." Dick said. "It doesn't matter if you're not super human." Connor made a face.
"I am failed super human experiment! If you didn't notice, I'm blind! Those dolts at Cadmus tried to give me a more advanced vision and screwed it up." He crossed his arms. "In case you didn't know, Green Arrow was training me to be his new sidekick when I disappeared for 3 months."
Dick and Barbra stared at him in shock.
"We had no idea-." started Barbra.
"Of course you didn't! He didn't tell anyone about me. When I came back blind, he didn't try to help me at all, he just dumped me. You'd think he would have learned from Roy Harper. No way am I helping out him."
"Look, we really need you Connor. It's not for him, it's for the sake of the world!" Barbra pleaded. He sighed. "Fine, but if you really want somebody who can aim, you should call my friend, May Rin Sogeki."
"She's on the list. C'mon. We have some more people to collect."
****** (I can't do line breaks)****
Phone call Between May Rin Sogeki and Connor Smith
"Hello? Connor?"
"Hi May Rin."
"Oh thank goodness! I was worried sick about you! You've heard what happened right?"
" Yes. Listen um… this might sound a little weird."
"Shoot."
"Well. The League traced the power sources and now Nightwing and Batgirl want us to go to Africa and save everybody."
"The Anti-hero route huh?"
"What?"
"Like when all hope is lost they go to the free lancers and anti-heroes. Classic thing."
"Uh yeah. Anyways, are you in?"
"I'm in California."
"I know. We're going to get you. Can you get the people from Star City ready to head for England? I'll text you a list."
"Sure. I trust you Connor. Call me later okay?"
"Sure. Thank you May Rin"
"No problem. And Connor?"
"Yeah?"
"Be careful."
"Sure. Bye May Rin."
"Bye, Connor."
End phone call.
***Line break***
May Rin snapped her phone shut and laughed. "Geez out of all the things I've heard, that has been by far the least surprising." She brushed her square fringed bangs out of her face and pushed her lacey headband back. Her cherry-red hair was tied in pigtails and her eyes were hidden behind a pair of thick, overly round glasses. She walked down the street just as she got a text from Connor.
Amara Crocker, Ari Spence, Anyu King
She smiled. "All A names. Cool." A second later, she got their addresses and information. She looked at the first one.
Ari Spence, age 16. Former hero and involved in Game Master Trials. Level of Clearance- 7.
"Holy crap! Level 7?" May Rin whispered. And the Game Master Trails too. She had heard rumors about that.
A few years ago, this guy who called himself the Game Master kidnapped 24 freelancers, anti-heroes and heroes and trapped them in a virtual world and forced them to fight to the death. When you died in the game, you died in real life (A/N: Yes, this was a story of mine. You can read it if you want) Only a few people got out alive.
She didn't want to mess with her.
May Rin walked up to the building door and knocked on it. There was some shuffling then the door opened. A young girl, maybe 18, opened the door. She looked extremely pale and thin, and had dark circles under her eyes, which were bright green. Her hair was orange and long. The thing that threw May Rin off was a long, jagged scar running down her face on her right side, from her eye to her chin.
"Yes?" she asked tiredly.
"Um hi. Ari I presume?"
"Yes."
"My name is May Rin, I need to talk to you."
*****Meanwhile****
"Who's next?" asked Connor. Barbra checked the list. "Sam Kyle. 342 Oakwood Drive. Former hero and involved with Game Master Trials?! Clearance level, 7?! Holy crap, even I don't have that level of clearance, that's the same as the president and Batman."
"Game Master Trials? What's that?" asked Sansa, who was sitting next to Barbra.
"I don't quite know the whole story. Some guy managed to get his hands on a bunch of super powered humans and trapped them in a virtual world and forced them to fight to the death. I heard a bunch of them died before they were able to break out." Barbra said
"Whoa, that's scary." Sansa shuddered. Dick pulled into the drive. "We're here."
***** Meanwhile***
Ari tightened her grip on the mug she was holding.
"I don't really want to." She muttered.
May Rin frowned. "Ari, it's for the sake of the world!" Ari looked up at her. "Look. I used to be a hero; I know how important this stuff is. But I just can't bring myself to use my powers again after I hurt so many people."
"That was for survival, Ari."
"I had codes and morals! I killed people for myself!" May Rin noticed a picture on the coffee table. It was a picture of a smiling blonde girl. She looked around 13, with very pretty blue eyes.
"Who's that?"
Ari looked at the picture and made a face. "Lila. Lila Porter. She was the last one of us to die in the virtual world. It was her technology that helped the Game Master make the world. She was the one who saved us. My best friend in the game." She sighed. "Look. I've had enough of being a hero. Even using my powers, I'm done. I haven't for 2 years."
"2 years?!"
"I just want a quiet life from now on."
"Ari, if you don't do this, more people will die, and you'll feel even worse!"
Ari sighed again. "Okay. Fine."
*****Break***
"Okay, okay, you want me to save the world?!" Sam said as she pulled on her hair.
"Yes. Totally." Barbra said.
"Look, I haven't even used my powers in 2 years!"
"You still carry around your umbrella."
"Force of habit." She waved it off, even though her yellow umbrella was right next to her.
"It's for the world, Sam. Ari will be their too." Dick said.
"You've convinced plant girl? Last I saw her, she was facing some real PDSD!" Sam said, waving her umbrella in disbelief.
"Yeah, we have. Are you in?" Sam thought for a moment, biting her nail "You include Cat girl?" she asked, pointing at Dick.
"Who?"
"Good. I'll come." She stood up.
"Who's Cat girl?" asked Connor. Sam made a face. "You don't want to know."
***In Star City****
"Up next, Amara Crocker. 657 Whirlwind Drive, involved with the Game Master Trials, Clearance level 7. Of course." muttered May Rin.
Ari looked at the sheet. "I could have told you that. Wait, do you have an umbrella?" she asked. "Why would I need one?" she asked. Ari sighed. "Just trust me on this one. You'll need an umbrella around Amara."
Five minutes later, May Rin found out why.
Amara was a small, tiny girl aged 15 in all black. Her hair was pretty and brown and she had sad, sad, brown eyes.
It was raining above her. Like, no kidding, the chick was holding an umbrella, and it was raining around her.
Just around her.
She listened to their explanation and nodded. "Okay. I'll come." She looked up. "Does the rain matter?" she asked. "No it doesn't Amara. I'm glad to see it's not thundering anymore." Ari said, "Yeah, it's gotten better." Amara noted, then she sighed and the rainfall got heavier.
"I still haven't seen the sun."
Ari placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry Amara, I'm sure once you get older it'll stop." Amara sighed again. "That's what Dr. Pallas said. Too bad she's dead, or she could helped me." May Rin wiped the rain off her thick glasses. This is great! We have one more person to pick up!"
****China****
Night Stalker felt the crowbar moving before it made contact with his cheek. The metal caused the cheek to quickly bruise, and form a red welt.
Ow! He thought. But he stayed quiet. He couldn't let them see weakness. After he had left into the cold snow, he made it across the border, but was soon followed and caught by Luther's guys in China once he had made it across.
Without any weapons, he couldn't fend them off with just the knife Yui had given him. That had led to him being thrown into a sack and tossed into a truck, which took him to a holding place. His ring, he didn't want to use. As much as he needed help right now, it seemed like a waste of time to bother her, he'd figure out a way. Plus, he didn't want her to get caught.
"Why are you here!?" demanded the crowbar dude in tinted English.
He stayed silent. He had been in the room, tied to a chair for almost three hours, being questioned. He had a black eye, a split lip, many cuts and bruises on his face, and he was sure a few bruised ribs. Red welts went up and down his arms. His mask was slit a little, which was not good.
"Who sent you?" he asked again. Again, Night Stalker said nothing. The crowbar was raised and slapped his face, the edge cutting into him a little, and forming a red mark across his face.
It had been going back and forth like this, again and again.
Night Stalker was breathing heavy, struggling to fill his lung with air with some messed up ribs. His head was down, and he didn't react. He just sat there.
Again, the crowbar went up, and he noticed it was dripping with his blood. But, it stopped as the door opened.
"I can handle it from here." said a crisp voice.
"Are you sure?" asked crowbar dude.
"Yes. Mercy is here if I need her." The voice said again, it was a male one. Crowbar stepped away, leaving the room. The man pulled up a chair, but a lady with blonde-ish hair and a dress skirt suit stood next to her.
"Night Stalker." He said, as though he was a teacher scolding a student.
He didn't move.
"I'm Luther, Lex Luther." He said."I would like to know why you've come to my base." He asked him.
Night Stalker didn't move, he didn't talk. Pain swamped him, but he held still.
"I know you're in pain, but I need you to talk to me."
Despite the pain he was feeling, Night Stalker laughed. If it caught Luther off guard, he didn't show it.
"Like I would tell you." He said, panting a little.
Luther didn't miss a beat. "You would if I told you if you didn't talk, bad things would happen."
Panic rushed through him. Being put on ice! He knew that's what would happen. It was his number one fear. He couldn't talk. He couldn't tell him anything. But if he was put on ice, his mind could be hack, revealing Yui as a spy. What could he do? Save Yui, Or himself?
"Fine." He muttered.
"I'm here to kill you." He lied.
Luther laughed. "Right, if you were looking for me, you'd look at my head office, not Tibet. Tell me why, the truth."
Night Stalker thought for a moment. "Revenge."
Luther studied him, than leaned back in the steel chair, crossing his arms. "You're not going to talk are you?"
Night Stalker said nothing.
Luther got up, and started to walk away. "We have ways of finding out the truth, Night Stalker. Mercy, get a pod ready."
And he walked out. Mercy faced him, and pulled a needle out of her pocket. She grabbed his arm, and injected the clear substance into him.
He felt his head go dizzy at once. He was going to black out at this rate! Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap.
Think! GET OUT OF HERE! His brain screamed to him.
He had to save Yui, but he just felt so weak. He just wanted to black out, but he couldn't. He focused his sight on the wall. The room was starting to spin. He felt his body go limp, but he didn't black out yet.
He…
He just…
Was he?
A pod was wheeled over by Crowbar Dude and he opened it. He could feel the cold. He was scared, not for himself, but for Yui. He knew once he was on ice, it was all over. She was done for. She was gone. They would pick into his mind and reveal her.
He blamed himself for being so weak. Someone untied his arms and legs, and he fell forwards, and was caught. He was picked up and dragged a few feet.
It was his fault. Yuri was going to be dead, and it was all his fault.
He couldn't do anything. He was useless.
Nothing could stop the door closing, trapping him inside of the cold, and sealing his fate.
He couldn't move, he couldn't think, he felt himself slipping away. He couldn't do shit.
If he called Yui, she'd die, or get put on ice as well, but if he didn't call her, she'd still be discovered. The League? Oh wait. Yeah, they're gone, stupid force. No. They'd never find him in time.
He had no choice.
As the world blackened, he felt his thumb moving towards his pointer finger, where the cat's eye ring was. He had to do this, before Yui was gone forever. He pressed the ring, and felt himself go away, as he was surrounded by darkness.
So, I have three stories in one. 3 plotlines, if you will. Yes, Night Stalker was in some of my other stories, but he is key figure to this story, as well as Yui. If you know their story, PLEASE DO NOT GIVE IT AWAY. Don't forget the, 100th Annual Hunger Games, written by Team Cato, if you submit a tribute for him, and tell me you did, it's a points for your character. I have a link on my profile, so please do submit!
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Everybody else- 1 point if you answer right OR wrong
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Sponsor Question Chapter 2
How many "Batgirls" have there been to date since Batman's invention? List them in order. (Including Charlotte Gage-Radcliffe)
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Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Carrie Kelly (I wasn't planning on counting her, but whatever), Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Damian Wayne.
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