Well... Here we are with chapter 3.
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Green rested the back of her head on the top of the sofa cushions, staring at the rough ceiling of the Bat-Cave. She closed her eyes and listened to the sounds of the others talking. The only people who weren't talking to someone were Rebecca and Jack. Ashley was talking to Lily, Corey, and Bart, Kenely was talking to Damian, and Jack was probably talking to himself.
But Green wasn't focussed on what everyone was saying, rather she was just listening to the sounds of their voices.
She was asking herself if she had the right to be jealous of the others, the ones who knew who their parents were, especially the ones who's siblings or at least SOME alive family members. Namely Lily and Corey. They still had each other and the hope that they could save their mother. Rebecca still had her three uncles. Kenely could still get back to her home dimension where her mother lived, Damian still had two brothers, and Bart had his two second-cousins.
But Sean was dead. He had been dead for 2 years. And the only other person she had ever cared about was the person who killed him. She didn't care about him anymore.
"Everyone shut up!" Rebecca suddenly shouted.
Everyone obeyed, surprised by Rebecca's sudden outburst, especially since today was the anniversary of the day her parents died. She usually only talked to Ashley today.
Green opened her eyes and looked at Rebecca, welcoming the chance to take her mind off her deceased brother.
"Why the hell are we just sitting here? There are friends, family, and innocent people being tortured and experimented on up there," Rebecca pointed towards the sky, "And we're just sitting here in our little cave waiting for them to come kill us. So what if we've been safe down here for a year, but that doesn't mean they won't eventually find us. If and when they do, we won't be ready because we're just socializing instead of working on training. So, don't come crying to me when half of us get killed by the Reach." Rebecca finished her monologue before walking over to Ashley and pulling her off the couch.
"Listen, the Reach have people with virtually the same powers as Blue Beetle, so we train with Ashley playing the bad guy and the rest of us learning to fight an enemy much stronger than us, especially those of us who don't have powers."
Rebecca began throwing punches and kicks at her best friend, who continually dodged them without putting on the Blue Beetle armor.
"Rebecca." Ashely said, sternly.
Rebecca ignored her and continued throwing punches.
"Rebecca. Stop." Ashley said, more sternly this time.
Rebecca ignored her again.
"Grayson, get a hold of yourself." Damian grabbed Rebecca's hand before she could throw her next punch.
"I... I... I just don't..." Rebecca's legs began to shake violently, causing her to fall to the floor, Damian still holding her arm, "I just c-can't s-see anyone else d-die... N-Not-t a-aft-ter M-Mom-m and-d D-Dad-d." Tears fell down her face and she attempted to cover them up with her free arm.
Ashely knelt down in front of Rebecca and wrapped her arms around the red-head, who immediately dug her face into Ashley's shoulder.
At least she had known her parents, Green thought.
"None of us are going to die," Lily said, sounding very serious but wearing a gentle smile. A complete contrast to her normal attitude, "I promise."
Kenely just made a sound as if to say 'fools.' without actually saying it.
Green would never say it to Rebecca, but she agreed with Kenely. There was no way this was going to be a casualty-free war.
"Hey Lissie, do you have a family?" Jason asked the girl sitting on the couch across the room from him.
She gave him a 'really?' glare and went back to polishing her gun.
"Yeah, well, I have a niece, and two brothers left, and I'm trying to decide whether we should team up with them or not." Jason replied, staring out the tiny window.
"Left?"
"Yeah, my older brother was killed about 3 years ago, and my father died during the initial invasion."
"Well, I killed my brother when I was six years old. And my parents don't care about me at all. I'm sure they didn't even notice that I left, they don't even know I killed him." Alyssa replied, her expression didn't change.
"I'm sure they're looking for me, and we may be able to kick more Reach ass if we join the team."
"But they wouldn't let us kill, would they?" Alyssa asked, like that was the most important detail.
"Maybe they'll let us kill Reach. I mean, there's no way Tim would let me kill humans, and neither would Rebecca." Jason replied.
"How do you know they aren't dead? What if all the people who were hiding in the bat-cave are dead and we just don't know." Alyssa smiled maniacally.
"That isn't funny." Jason replied seriously.
"Did I sound like I was joking?"
"You're a terrible person."
"You're just realizing that now?" Alyssa smiled.
Jack watched Rebecca clutching Ashley's back with her face buried in her shoulder.
Did he have the right to be here? Everyone else had a reason, they lost family to the Reach, or they had friends in captivity.
He still had his father. He still had a home to go back to, regardless of the money problems.
"Should I go home? Is Dad worried about me?" He whispered to himself.
"No, I can't. If I go home, Dad won't be able to support himself. And if I go back now it'll put him in danger." He replied.
"But if he's worried, I should at least tell him I'm okay."
"Do you want them to kill him?"
"Well, no."
"So don't go back."
"But... Everyone here is here because they lost their parents. I still have my father."
"But, now I'm a member of THIS family. I can go back after we get rid of the Reach." He finished the conversation with himself.
Well... that was chapter three.
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