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Chapter One
-Recognized: Zatanna Zatara A03-
Everyone that was in the kitchen winced when they heard M'gaan drop the tray of cookies. Most of them groaned because now they'd have to wait for her to make some more. But the Martian didn't pay any attention to her teammates. Instead she rushed towards the Zeta tubes, just to make sure she wasn't hearing things.
"Who's Zatanna?" Jaime asked randomly.
"No idea." L'gaan answered, cleaning the mess that had been made.
"Am I hearing too much or did Zatanna just arrive?" Connor rushed into the kitchen, looking rather shocked.
"Again... Who's Zatanna?" Jaime insisted.
Connor rolled his eyes at them at ran off.
"Is someone going to fill me in or am I going to have to figure it out by myself?" Jaime whined.
"By doing it yourself, you mean: going to Robin and begging for his assistance." Karen smirked.
"Zatanna! Is it really you?" M'gaan was in tears as she hugged her long gone friend.
Zatanna sighed into the hug and half smiled. It felt strange to come back so suddenly, but she had no other choice. She was tired from running and most of all; she had missed someone a little too much.
"Are you back for good, or just temporarily?" Connor smiled as he walked towards the pair.
"Who's to say?" She smiled.
"Zatanna... Don't ever leave us like that ever again." M'gaan said, in between tears.
"Love you hair like that, by the way." Zatanna grinned as she pulled away from the Martian once more.
"Is my angel fish crying?" L'gaan asked worriedly, as he made his way into the room.
"Angel fish?" Zatanna, who was now beside Connor, asked amused.
"Don't ask." He mumbled, frowning.
Dick paced back and forth. His heart rate accelerating every minute. 'This can't be.' He kept thinking. 'There's no way... I'm definitely hearing things. I losing it.'
"Hey Nightwing! Connor's calling you!" He heard Karen's voice from the cave's door.
'Calm down Dick. Just calm down. It's probably nothing. Don't let your mind play tricks on you.'
Zatanna followed M'gaan into the kitchen and almost jumped when she saw all the new faces. Her eyes immediately fell on a certain raven haired boy and she furrowed her eyebrows.
"I would've expected you to be taller by now." She asked, feeling slightly confused.
After all, she knew Dick Grayson... That Robin wasn't him... It didn't feel like him. But she had to ask. It had been quite a while, after all.
"No! This Robin's a new one... Our Robin isn't Robin anymore." M'gaan chirped. Zatanna's heart skipped a beat and she paled instantly, fearing the worst. "He's now Nightw-"
"What are you doing here?" Zatanna turned towards the cold voice that interrupted M'gaan rudely.
"I... I've come back to see my friends and-"
"You come back after five years and expect us all to be happy about it?" He was visibly angry.
The others in the room, including the Martian and the Kryptonian, decided it would be best to give them some time alone. It was obvious that they had some pending issues.
"Dick, I-"
"It's Nightwing." He said, sternly.
"Nightwing..." She sighed. "Look, I know I had no right to do this to all of you but I had no choice. I had to leave... It was the only way..."
"Why?" He seemed to have calmed himself instantly. His face was no longer angry. Instead he looked sad, hurt and worried. "What happened? Tell me... Please..."
"I-I... I can't. Not now..."
"Zatanna... If there's someone trying to hurt you, I'll-"
"Look... Just trust me for now, okay? I can't tell you... Not now... But I will. I promise. I'm just waiting for the right moment..."
"Now's the right moment!" He was angry again. "You leave me after we'd just started to build our relationship, then come back after five years like nothing's changed and-"
"I'm aware that things change in five years, Nightwing. I've come back because I can finally walk free in this dimension."
"Dimension? You were in another dimension?" To say he was shocked at this point would be an understatement. "Zatanna, what's going on?"
She groaned at his persistence and started to walk off. But he was quicker, much quicker than when he was thirteen, and he grabbed her wrist, making her turn and face him.
"Tell me."
Zatanna felt faint and the smell of his fresh mint breath so close. She'd missed the proximity. She regretted deeply having to leave him without warning. But it had to be done. It was the only way she could save herself and the Team.
"Tell me, Zatanna... Please..."
His eyes were stinging with tears that threatened to spill, his heart beat racing against his chest and her smell, that smell he'd longed for five years, seemed to intoxicate him to a point where he lost his senses. He never realised how much he'd been needing her until this point. But a loud voice, coming from the other room, made him fall back into the real world, letting go of Zatanna's wrist in the process.
"Dick- Oh... You must be the person that just arrived." A red haired girl appeared with a smile on her face. "M'gaan's been going on and on... I'm Barbara, nice to meet you."
"Zatanna." She smiled, shaking the girl's hand. She couldn't help but notice that the girl had called him 'Dick'. 'Who is she?' She thought.
"Anyway... We better get going. Bats needs us." She said, with a serious tone in her voice.
Dick nodded in response and Zatanna only watched as Barbara pulled him away. Holding his hand and running her finger across a silver band around his ring finger. At that moment Zatanna felt like Superman himself had punched her in the gut. She faked a smile back at them and proceeded to find herself an empty room. She needed to be alone and find a way of dealing with the fact that Dick's moved on... And it was entirely her fault.
x.x
It didn't get any easier after that. Artemis and Wally came round, because M'gaan obviously couldn't control her excitement. Dick was in the med-bay when Wally walked in on him.
"Dude! Someone trashed you real good." He grinned. "Need help with that?"
Dick looked from the bandages, to Wally and back to his bandages once more. He sighed deeply, wincing slightly at the pain in his upper right arm.
"No... I'm fine. And wipe that grin off your face." He snapped.
"Relax man... I get it. You're all tense because Zat-"
"Don't even go there." He mumbled, purposely interrupting Wally's train of thought. "I do not want to talk about this."
"So instead you decide to clear your head by getting beat up by some random thug in Gotham?" Wally said, rolling his eyes.
"Bludhaven, actually." Dick mumbled, wincing as he put a t-shirt on.
Wally sighed heavily and decided to drop the conversation, for now, and helped the raven boy get his shirt on.
"Woah... And when do you plan on telling anyone about this Tanna?" Artemis asked, worriedly.
"Soon... I promise. But I'd rather keep it quiet... So just give me time to work a few things out and then... I promise, I'll tell the others." Zatanna sighed.
"I won't tell... I promise." Artemis stated, hugging her friend. "But... Maybe there's a few things you should know-"
Their conversation was interrupted when Wally, rudely, ran into Zatanna's old room and pulled them both towards the kitchen. Apparently M'gaan had made cupcakes and they were delicious. Zatanna ate quietly, simply observing the changes within the Team. The computer announced Batgirl's return minutes later and Zatanna found herself face to face with the red-head once again. She didn't like her...
"Hey you." Barbara smirked, leaning in to kiss Dick.
Zatanna couldn't help but feel her anger boil at that moment. 'Is he doing this on purpose?' She thought. It was clear to her that M'gaan heard. She sighed, overly loud, and walked out. Dick noticed and went after her.
"Leaving so soon?" He asked, coldly.
"What's it to you anyway? You're pretty much occupied." She shot back.
"You left me-"
"I didn't have a choice!"
"Then tell me what happened. Explain to me what was so damn important that you couldn't even say goodbye." He was visibly shaking. He wanted answers.
"I... I can't... Please don't make me do this. Not here... Not now..." Her voice was shaking by now.
"When Zatanna? You can't just come back like this, as if nothing happened!"
"I... I know. Which is why I'm leaving."
"So you are going again." He frowned.
"No... Not exactly. I just... Can't stay here... I don't want to see you with... And like you said, I can't just come back and expect everything to be the same between us. You had every right to move on and I'm happy you did. I'm happy for you. I really am. All I ever wanted was for you to be happy."
Dick watched as she grabbed her things from her old room. Her words were on constant replay in his mind. Her was almost questioning his feelings towards Barbara. But he couldn't hurt Barbara, right?
"Zatanna... Don't... Don't go. Where would you stay?"
"I've got money Dick. I'll stay at some hotel tonight and tomorrow I'll go apartment searching in Manhatten."
"Don't... Come to the mansion... Then... Maybe we can talk... Please. Don't leave me out of this any longer."
Zatanna sighed deeply. It was unfair to keep him in the dark. She wanted to tell him but she was afraid of the consequences. If he was anything like he used to be, then she was certain he'd be out for blood once he knew.
"Two conditions." She said eventually.
"Name it." He answered quickly, a spring of hope in his voice.
"Your girlfriend can't be there and you can't tell absolutely anyone."
"Deal."
Like? No like? Let me know what yall feelin' \O/ I promise to try to type up the next one tomorrow okay? *-* I'd do it today... But it might end badly kkk So yeah, let's just save everyone the torture :p Sooo... Until next time my darlings! *-* xoxo
ps... WHO WANTS A ZEEXBARBARA CATFIGHT? muahahaa.. Okay, no idea how I'd write that though x.x Aaand.. Here's a little spoiler for you lot - A little bird told me Klarion might appear on the next one :x And no, I'm not talking about Robin cause last time I checked he isn't psychic... that's only Raven Baxter ^^ (Oh wait.. I think I'm switching dimensions here...)