Chapter 6: Let it Begin!
Dick and Zatanna woke-up on Dick's living room sofa. After a hard day of being super-heroes and learning their dead friend was alive, they had both gone to Dick's apartment in Blüdhaven. The T.V was on and was showing late night shopping. Dick rubbed his eyes and turned the T.V screen off. Zatanna sat up and stretched. She saw the look on her boyfriend's face.
"Dickie?" she said, pushing the baby-name "What's wrong?"
"I'm was just wondering," the Bat rubbed the crook of his nose "Why didn't the Future Team tell us who they are? If they're not born yet then what's the point of hiding?"
"What's your point?" Zatanna asked.
"And if we remember all of this they wouldn't want us knowing anything about the future," said Dick, looking at his girlfriend.
"And?" Zatanna pressed.
"Their names. What if their surnames are the same as some of ours?" Dick said.
"Are you saying that the Future Team might be second-generation heroes?" Zatanna asked.
"Maybe... I don't know," said Dick "To be honest if Dark Eagle or Robin, for example, turn out to be my daughters I'd rather have it stay a surprise,"
"Same here," Zatanna yawned "They mentioned a second Zatara, maybe he's my son? Hahaha," she weakly laughed.
Zatanna closed her eyes and lent into Dick's side, her arms wrapping around his torso. Dick wrapped his arms around her and they fell back on the sofa, fast asleep. Both unknown to the fact they'd guessed right. Dark Eagle and the second Zatara really were their future daughter and son and the 5th Robin was their future ward.
…THE NEXT MORNING…
The Team were gathered in the Watchtower briefing room. K.F ran his fingers through his dark brown hair. The computer announced Tigress's, Archeress's and Robin #5's arrival.
"Hey, Dark Eagle? Can you help with the clothes?" Archeress asked.
Dark Eagle stretched her hand out then folded her fingers into her palm. The mist appeared again and Archeress's and Robin #5's civvies changed to their uniforms.
"So what's the plan?" Tigress asked.
"Miss Martian is waiting outside of the zeta-tube closest to the North Pole with the Bio-ship. Hopefully there'll be something to key us into Wally's location," said Nightwing.
"And why are 3 Leaguers coming with?" Guardian asked.
"Hey! Wally was mine and Zatanna's friend long before you lot even knew him!" said Rocket.
"And Wally's my nephew," said The Flash.
"What could there possibly be there? The landscape woulda changed because of, ya know, the wind," said Static.
"Leave that to me," said Dark Eagle, smirking.
Miss Martian sat in her Bio-ship, in the captain's seat. Superboy was there, keeping her company. Miss Martian ran her fingers through her hair (she had shape-shifted it to be at shoulder length).
"What's wrong?" Superboy asked.
"Nothing... it's just," Miss Martian sighed "I asked Dark Eagle about the minds I sensed before they arrived,"
"And she didn't tell you anything?" said Superboy.
"No. She told me a few things," said the Martian "A) you become the second Superman. B) there's someone called Superwoman, formally known as Supergirl. C) there's a half-Martian, half-human hero called Man Martian, formally Boy Martian. D) there are 2 super-hero trainees that are White Martians, I can't remember their names though," Miss Martian breathed deeply "And, finally, E) there's someone called Super-Ace, formally the second Superboy and a future Superman,"
"Wow," said Superboy "I'm going to become Superman? And how is it possible, if Superman is the last full Kryptonian, that there will be a Superwoman and a Super-Ace?"
"I don't know and I doubt they'll tell us," said Miss Martian.
The zeta-tube below them suddenly came to life and the Team, plus the 3 Leaguers and the Future Team, walked out.
The Bio-ship landed in the snow of the North Pole. Beast Boy shape-shifted into a polar bear so he could stand the cold temperature. Zatanna pulled the cloak, she used for keeping warm, around her shoulders.
"I hate polar climates," the Magician complained.
Nightwing gave her shoulders a squeeze.
"Hopefully we'll find something before you freeze to death," he said, smiling.
They were the last ones still in the Bio-ship. Zatanna smiled and, unprofessionally, she kissed Nightwing for a moment. They walked down the hatch and joined the Teams.
"So how are you going to fix the fact this place looks nothing like a month ago?" Static asked.
"Miss Martian, can you send me a telepathic image of what this place was like right after Wally disappeared?" Dark Eagle asked.
Miss Martian's eyes glowed green and Dark Eagle gained the image she needed.
"Okay. No distractions. Let me focus," said Dark Eagle, she brushed some loose hair behind her ear.
"What are you-" Robin the Boy Wonder started.
Robin the Girl Wonder unfolded one of her black tessen and put it in front of his face, inches from his nose.
"Shush up, Boy Blunder," the Girl Wonder said, with a knowing smirk.
"Cimim eht snoitidnoc," Dark Eagle said, black balls of energy, with neon-pink sparks flying around, appeared around her hands.
The wind suddenly picked up. It blew a lot of snow from the ground. When the snow settled back on the ground it was the exact same as when Wally had disappeared. The 3 track-marks from where Bart, Barry and Wally had run around the magnetic-field-disrupter where even there. Dark Eagle collapsed to her knees. Speed Arrow was at her side in a second and helped her back to her feet.
"There," the Black Mistress croaked "Now even the energy reading should be the same as when Wally disappeared,"
Nightwing took a radiation scanner from his black utility belt.
"She's right," the Bat said "The site is now positive for zeta-beam activity,"
"That's some spell!" said Static.
"I wish I knew it," said Zatanna, shivering.
"In the future, Zatanna, you were the one that showed me how to do it," Dark Eagle said, straightening up.
"Oh duh!" Robin 5.0 shouted "Now I know what we need to do!"
"How would you know?" Lagoon Boy asked, somewhat bitterly.
"Don't be bitter, Fish-Boy," said the Girl Wonder.
"Give Robin a chance, La'gann," said Dark Eagle "She knows what she's doing,"
"Thank you, D.E," said the Girl Wonder "Now, here's my idea," she took a metal orb from her utility belt and pressed a button on it, a hollo-gram of the Earth appeared, red dots in almost every contrary "These are all the zeta-tubes in the future," she pressed another button and half the dots disappeared "These are the zeta-tubes in this year, 2017, but if I scan for zeta-beam activity for the day Wally disappeared..."
"Then there should be 2 extra points of activity!" said the Boy Wonder, realizing the Girl Wonder's idea.
"One would be here," said Nightwing, also realizing the plan.
"And the other..." said Dark Eagle.
"Would be where Wally ended up!" said the Girl Wonder.
"Robin!" exclaimed Archeress "You guineas!"
"She is a Robin," said Nightwing.
The 5th Robin smiled and pressed another button on her little hollo-computer. All but 2 dots vanished. One in the North Pole and the other...
"There! That's where Wally was teleported!" she said.
"Where is that?" Static asked.
The 5th Robin used her fingers to zoom in on the extra dot and co-ordinates appeared.
"Wally's probably not gonna be there now. He was conscious when he went missing, he's probably moved," said Nightwing.
"But it's a lead!" said Zatanna.
"Where is that?" The Flash asked, uncharacteristically stoic.
"South-East Asia," said the Girl Wonder "but there's something else..."
"What?" K.F asked.
"Yeah, what?" agreed Kid Flash/Bart.
Dark Eagle looked at the co-ordinates. She pressed her leather-glove covered palm and a hollo-screen was admitted from her palm.
"Your right, Robin," the Black Mistress said.
"About what?" Rocket spoke up.
"Wally was teleported 2 kilometers from the Brain's second Asian lab," said Speed Arrow.
"First discovered in 2017!" said K.F "As in right now!"
"I don't care if it's Morgan la Fey! If that's where Wally is or was..." The Flash suddenly shouted but he calmed himself "look... if Wally's there... I'm going,"
"Same here," said Nightwing, Zatanna, Rocket and Aqualad.
"Then let's get got," said Dark Eagle, smirking.
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