I'M BACK! DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNN!! I am WAY to hyper. I finished my homework in class, so YES! I CAN WRITE TODAY! wow... I'm at a loss for words.
Basically Everyone Who Has Ever Met Me: APOCALYPSE! TO THE BUNKER! AAHHHHHHH!!
Me: shut up...they always do that. I don't know why. P.S: This is mostly a FlashBack chapter.
TTNG: New Team
Chapter 17: Flashbacks Part One
Percy's glare was set hard on his face not moving at all as he drove down the street on his Harley. He was about to get on the highway, but he missed the turn. He pulled over and took off his helmet for a breather. He stared off into the distance. The glare was gone, but it was replaced by an intense determined expression.
"You're not getting away from me Clown Boy. Not this time." he muttered.
"Percy! Wait up!" Tim called to him. Percy stopped for a bit so that his friend could catch up. They were on the outskirts of Gotham looking for the Joker. Well, one was looking, and the other was trying to prevent the other from looking.
"I told you not to come if you couldn't keep up." the twelve-year-old snapped. Tim caught his breath and stood up straight.
"I told you already. I have to come. Bruce said to keep an eye on you." Tim said for the fifth time in twenty minutes. Percy didn't have to ask why Bruce wanted Tim to keep an eye on him. He already knew they were Batman and Robin.
"I don't need a babysitter. Especially not one my own age. Even if he IS the Boy Wonder." Percy said coldly.
"Look P, you've been looking for the Joker for four years now, and you always show up a half hour late. Right after he gets away from Bruce (he still won't let me get involved). It's time to move on." Tim said with a hand on his life-long friends shoulder. His voice amazingly matched the Dark Knight's. Percy pushed Tim away with brute force.
"NO! I took a vow that I would avenge my mom! And this was the last place he was spotted! I'm going there whether you like it or not! She deserves justice!" he yelled walking away from him.
"Justice and revenge aren't the same Percy!" Tim called after him.
"Tell it to Mother Theresa Preacher Boy!" Percy said without looking back. Tim looked ahead to see where Percy was headed. When he realized where it was that the Joker had been seen, a wave of panic went through him. He ran after him.
"Percy stop! You're headed for a-"
"Go home Tim!"
"But that's a-"
"I don't care if it's the Loch Ness Monster ready to eat me! Just go home!" Percy yelled with a cruel glare. Tim saw that he was already standing on it.
"Percy! Get out of there! That's a nuclear power testing area! And they're scheduled to do an experiment today!" Tim yelled loud enough for Percy to hear him fifty yards away. Percy looked down, and realized that he was no longer standing on dirt. He was standing on steel. But, right when he was about to run for it, a huge steel dome came up out of the ground and covered the whole area.
"Percy!" Tim called. He was SO grounded.
Percy couldn't hear him. He could only hear the sound of fire wooshing around him, and feel a burning sensation under his skin. They were studying Nuclear power in school. and he didn't like being in the middle of a test. suddenly midterms didn't seem so bad. The burning got worse even though he wasn't touching any fire. It worsened until he couldn't take it anymore. He screamed for all he was worth.
"MOM!"
Percy shook the memory away. It was too painful. Literally. He heard a tell-tale beeping coming from his motorcycle, and decided to check it out. He looked everywhere, and found something by the wheal. It was a tracking device. With the Spiderman logo on it, and a note.
Percy,
If you've found this, it meens I REALLY need to fix that annoyingly loud beeping glich. If so, I hope this note made you laugh!
"Nice try Arachne." he muttered. He layed the tracker where he was standing, and rode off. But not before writing a note of his own.
"When's Bethany gonna get here? It's been twenty minutes!" a very impatient sunfire said. Before Tim could give a sarcastic remark that was completely inappropriate for the situation, there was a knock. He jumped up and ran for the door. And who was there none other than-
"Beth!" Tim cried engulfing the red-head in a hug (to the girls enjoyment).
"Hey Tim! So what happened? Is Percy OK?" she asked with concern in her voice. Like Tim, she had been his friend as a kid.
"He, kind of took off. He took the map of all the locations the Joker has been seen." Tim explained. Beth's mouth dropped open. She didn't expect this.
"Oh. Wow. He must be furious." she said concerned.
"You can say that again. He just brushed passed me when he was going to his Harley." Arachne said. It was obvious she was worried the most about him. For reasons which were obvious to everyone (except Hex).
"Is there any way we can track him down?" Sunfire asked. Arachne got a deiouse smile.
"Yup. a few weeks ago, I decided to take extra precautions with Percy. I took one of the trackers I built, and put it near the wheal. I activated it when I saw him going to the garage. Kind of like when the Empire put a tracker on the Millennium Falcon. Only I'm not evil." she chirped suddenly happy again. Everyone groaned at the Star Wars refference.
"No wonder P likes her." Beth whispered to Tim. He stifled a laugh.
"You built a tracker?" LB asked through clenched teath.
"Yeah. But it beeps a bit loudly. I just hope he doen't stop that much." Arachne answered meekly. LB calmed down and smiled a bit. She didn't like anyone stealing her thunder.
"Well, we have a way of finding him. Titans Go!" Sunfire yelled. Tim followed everyon to the garage. Suddenly, memories came flooding back to him.
"Percy, you can't leave Gotham! You're fourteen!" Tim tried to reason with his friend. Percy glanced at his friend.
"Is that you or the Bat talking?" he asked. Tim was slightly hurt by this, but he shrugged it off.
"That doesn't matter. Where are you gonna go?"
"I'm going to Jump city. That place is crawling with crime." he muttered waiting for his bus.
"OK....where will you live?" he challenged yet again.
"Don't know don't care." Percy muttered. Tim looked him straight in the eyes.
"How will you get mony?" he asked.
"I'll manage." was his answer. Then the bus came, and Percy walked toward it.
"P wait!" Tim threw him a walkie-talkie, and a $100 bill. Percy looked at it, clearly shocked.
"Thanks man." he said hugging Tim.
"No problem. See you later. whenever that will be."
Tim was brought back to reality by someone yelling.
"Yo Tim! You comeing?!" Sun called. He nodded and followed.
I'm gonna make another chapter. It'll most likely be a three-parter.
