Gotc: STUPID CALCULUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE MATH!!!!!!!!!!!

Ace: Wow, four hours on one problem. That has got to be a new record.

Gotc: Shut up before I hit you in the head with this book.

Ace: No thanks that thing weighs like 80 pounds.

Gotc: sigh Sorry folks, between school, work, and homework I have had exactly zero time to post. The good news, this fic has actually been handwritten in its entirety!!! Aaaaaannd, ROTG 2 has been started!!!

Ace: weeeeee…..

Gotc: Isn't there something you could be doing right now?

Ace: Not while you're still in the house.

Gotc: Must. Not. Think….

Ace: How would that be a challenge again?

Gotc: Ok, we need to move on before I do something bad to you…Squeaky!!!

Squeaky: Squeak! (They still need to read this?)

Gotc: Fine…. On with the fic! Enjoy everyone!! Oh, by the way, I'm going to divide major shifts in point's of view with a line of dashes! Just wanted to give you the heads up!

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Rise of the Guardian: Ancient Power, Modern Age

CHAPTER 11: Panic

The inky water raced beneath the League as they sped after Ace. Superman was out in front, Flash below, churning up water as he skimmed across it, and Batman brought up the rear in the Javelin. Even Superman kept losing Ace, as he pulled farther and farther ahead of them.

"He's heading straight for downtown Gotham," Batman reported over the intercom.

"Well there's not much we can do about it from back here!" Flash shouted back, "That dragon's got to be pushing Mach 1!"

"That can't be right!" Hawkgirl said, "Even the Javelin can only do Mach 3!"

"Forget about how fast he's going!" Lantern snapped, "If he's noticed riding that…thing in downtown Gotham, there's going to be chaos!"

"What about Ace?" J'onn pointed out, "What if this is all just a trap? We're all blindly following Ace into who-knows-what."

"Then we need to stop him before he gets that far," Superman said putting on a new burst of speed.

Batman quickly followed suit, and the Javelin's engines roared to life, pushing past the rest of the League to catch up with Superman. The two caught up with Ace, just as he hit the city limits. Batman glanced at his speed as he pulled level with Ace. Flash was right, Mach 1. The dragon next to him was powering through the air with its massive wings open to the fullest. Ace was nearly glued to its back, his feet wedged between the dragon's spikes, and his hands clamped onto its long, ebony neck. The two moved together in such fluid motion, Batman had a hard time telling where beast ended and man began.

A rapidly approaching skyscraper, divided them as Batman swerved off to the right, Ace to the left, with Superman hot on his tail.

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Everything rushed by in a blur. Air, buildings, and thoughts alike. Ace had one place to get to, and he had to get there before Argon. He was suddenly aware of the Javelin rushing up next to him, then swerving off as a building came up between them. On his other side, a steak of red and blue pulled past him.

"Out of my way Superman!" Ace snarled

"Ace think about this!" The Man of Steel pleaded, "You could be headed for a trap!"

"I will not let another innocent person be hurt because of me!" He yelled back

"I can't let you do this Ace," Superman said pulling ahead and stopping directly in Ace's path.

"Neither can I," Ace said as the dragon opened its jaws and unleashed a column of fiery energy at Superman.

The attack hit it's mark with full force, dropping Superman from the sky and onto a rooftop below as he barreled on past. They could throw whatever they liked at him, Ace wasn't going to stop.

Suddenly, the Javelin pulled out ahead of him and spun a 180 in the air before heading towards Ace in a suicidal game of chicken. Ace could see Batman in the cockpit, coming at him full throttle. The buildings on either side were too close for either of them to swerve off, and if they dove, there would be no time to pull up before they hit the ground. And neither of them were about to slow down. Ace leaned further forward, urging the dragon on faster and faster, as the Javelin bore down on them.

At the last second, Ace shoved off of the dragon's back as hard as he could, vaulting over the Javelin. The next instant, he landed on the dragon's back, and disappeared in the maze of brick and concrete.

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Batman swore to himself and pulled up on his speed, and brought the Javelin higher to see if he could spot Ace. The South District was beginning just below him, and the skyscrapers of the city had come to an end.

"There's no place left for him to hide now. So where did he-"

A ball of fire lit up the evening sky below him, billowing higher and higher, then topping off in a cloud of black smoke, visible even against the night.

"Batman!" Superman's voice came in over the com-link "Do you see that!?"

"Yes," He replied half stunned, "Where are the others?"

"Here with me, we're coming up on you now," Superman said, "You don't think Ace was caught in that do you?"

"No, but he knew it was going to happen."

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Gotc: Ok, sorta short.

Ace: 'Sorta'?

Gotc: Anyway, I'll try and post more next week, I don't have a whole lot going on, but we're getting close to my favorite scene in this fic!!! Later!!