Wow this chapter is pretty long…
*Disclaimer: Do not own the Justice League, just their kids in this fanfic
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Chapter Six: Saturday Plans
Rex's P.O.V.
Ring. Ring. Ring.
'Ugh, who the heck is calling at this forsaken hour of the day?'
I turn my head towards my side dresser where my cell phone and alarm clock are. The neon green numbers glow 9:45. My cell phone continues to ring. I sit up and look at the caller ID. It was Angie. She must be calling to arrange or confirm plans for today. I answer real quickly before it goes to voicemail.
"Hello…" I answer, my voice probably heavy with sleep.
"Hey, mornin' Rex," she says cheerfully. "How have you been?"
"A'ight, I guess…" I say unenthusiastically. I pull my legs out from underneath the bed covers and pull them over to the side of the bed.
"Listen, we uh, have plans today. We all were thinking of hanging out by 'The Vine' around noon for lunch. Y'know, the place down the block from MetropoPast Museum in Metropolis. Wanna come?"
'Do I wanna come? What kind of a question is that? And why is she describing the place as if I don't know where it already is?'
On Saturdays, we all usually head over to 'The Vine' for lunch. It's a nice little Italian restaurant on the corner of 71st Ave. and La Bella St. They make the best pasta for a pretty good price. A lot of teens from our school go there.
Or if we don't feel like seeing the people from our school we head over to this pizza and ice cream joint in Keystone. Either way I can figure out where we're all going. If not one place, then there's always the other. But I don't need to be treated like I'm out of the loop…
"Hello? Rex? Are you still there?"
Her voice snaps me out of my deep thought.
"Uhh…yeah sure, Angie. I'll be there."
"Do you need a ride? Phee can pick you up so that you don't need to take the bus or have your parents drop you off."
"No…it's ok. I think I have my own mode of transportation," I tell her as I look in my full length mirror. 'Who needs wheels, when you got wings?'
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The six teens are seen waiting outside of 'The Vine'. They've been waiting at least ten minutes for Rex to arrive and the restaurant was beginning to get crowded with the lunch rush.
"Where the hell is he?!" Billy says throwing his arms up in the air. "I'm getting hungry. The tables are getting taken and it's going to be a while before we eat even when we order!"
"Shut up Billy! We're all hungry too, but you don't see us making a scene about it," Lily argues.
Everyone was growing slightly more irritated by the minute with the hot sun beaming above their heads and the fact that none of them have eaten lunch yet. They had all agreed that they were all going to wait a couple more minutes before going inside.
A couple minutes had passed and there was still no sign of Rex.
They were just about to go inside when suddenly-
"Hey guys, I'm sorry I'm late…"
They turn around and they see their large friend. He had his jet black shoulder length hair pulled back into a small ponytail. He was wearing his traditional long black trench coat over his overall navy, gray, and black colored outfit. They've asked before why he's worn it but he shrugged it off, saying that he had liked the style. He even got upset one time with Billy teasing him so he even challenged him asking, "if he had a problem with trench coats." They didn't want to mess with their very intimidating-looking friend, so they had all learned to back off.
But today he looked different. Despite his dark, mysterious look there was a glint of care freeness in his deep green eyes. He even gave them a small smile, which was genuine for once.
This had shocked the group a little bit. They were beginning to see the old Rex again…
Billy was the first to regain his composure.
"Dude, where the hell were you? We all agree to be here by noon sharp and you're fifteen minutes late. You know how crowded this place gets! Now we're gonna wait forever to get our meals, much less get a table!"
Rex chuckled and pulled Billy into a headlock. He ruffled his hair playfully, something he hasn't done in a long time. This had everybody's jaw drop. He released Billy from the headlock and begins laughing but then stops, realizing his friends were looking at him oddly.
"What?"
"Well, not to mean you any harm Rexie but you've acted strange for a while and now seeing you like this, it's…it's-" Ophelia started, trying to choose the right words to say.
"What she's trying to say Rex," Valen says emphasizing the use of his real name. He doesn't really call him by his nickname lately because of his strange behavior, "is that you haven't acted like yourself for the past year and now seeing you act like your old self again is…"
"Weird…" Ophelia finishes off for him.
Rex suddenly bursts into laughter at his friends' blatant remark. It was true though. He knew he has been acting strange. He had been missing school, acting really moody, and slowly distanced himself from his friends for the past year. It was all because of his wings. He couldn't accept how he looked but after last night's flight trip he had felt totally free. He had finally learned to accept this new side of him. The real trick though was trying to hide his wings…
"I know I have been acting weird lately and I'm sorry," Rex begins after his laughing fit, "but the truth is that it's been…complicated."
"Complicated? How complicated can it be?" Lilly asks him.
"Trust me, it's something you can't understand…"
There was an awkward silence that fell upon the group for a few minutes. But the silence was broken by the sound of a grumbling stomach. Billy clutches his stomach in an attempt to emphasize his hunger.
"Can we please go inside now and place our orders?" he moans.
Everyone begins to laugh and begin to head inside for the restaurant when suddenly-
KABOOM!
A huge explosion occurred from down the block, knocking people off their feet from the vibrations. The group stumbled and fell.
"What the heck was that?!" Lilly cried out.
"Seems to come from the MetropoPast Museum," Maddox says observantly.
Just then, they notice a man garbed in navy blue robes wearing a navy blue headdress to match. He was levitating in the air as he was moving down the block. His right hand was surrounded by a crystal blue aura. His left hand held some kind of jewel.
The jewel was a red, transparent crystal. It was about the size of your hand and in the center of the jewel was a milky white, swirling, cloud.
The elderly man gave a malicious smile and began a maniacal cackle. "With this jewel, I shall be able to have powers beyond limitations!"
The magical aura surrounding his right hand changes into a blood red color and expands, resembling the shape of a flame. He blasts the red aura from his hand at buildings, trees, and cars, leaving a scorch mark wherever it hits.
"Nothing can stop me! Nothing!!!"
He begins to take aim for the innocent bystanders. He shoots another ball of red aura magic at the crowd of people barely missing them, hitting a fire hydrant instead. The hydrant releases a splurge of water into the air and the people run away screaming, creating utter chaos.
"Guys we gotta do something!" Valen cries as he helps up a young woman and her toddler up from the ground.
"What?! Are you crazy, what do you suggest, Val?" Billy cried out as he and Lilly take cover behind a mailbox.
"Keep that creep from hurting innocent people!" Valen says as he rushes forward towards the villain. "No wait, Val," Maddox calls out as trailing behind him.
"C'mon we gotta do something, they can't do this alone!" Evangelia says as she runs after them. "Angie, no!" Lily pleads, seeing her friend run off. Ophelia looks around seeing her friends run toward the danger rather than away from it. "Guys, you can't leave me here!" she cries and runs behind them. "Have you all lost your freaking minds?!" Billy calls out. Realizing his friends weren't going to bother to listen to him, he runs after them trying to yell some sense into them.
Rex just stares at his friends in a daze, wondering whether or not they were the bravest people he knows, or if they were the stupidest. Another explosion occurs, snapping him out of his thought.
'Argh, why me?! Why does the universe make me feel like I have to be the one in charge in case something bad happens to these guys?' Rex thought in annoyance as he ran at the back of the group.
He catches up to his friends trying to create a diversion by throwing rocks at the evil magician. What they were going to do once they caught the bad guy's full attention he didn't know. He saw Maddox make a good throw and hit the back of the guy's head. He turns around, seething in full rage. He takes aim and blasts them with a powerful surge of red energy. They all dive for the ground and hide behind rubble taking cover.
They all continue to run, advancing forward while dodging all of those beams of energy. Valen take a fairly large rock and throws it at the hand the magician used to hold the jewel. The jewel falls out of his hand and shatters to the ground.
As the jewel shatters, the magical energy and power radiating from it causes a bright, white light that engulfs them all…
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Rex's P.O.V
I see my friends continue to run towards that crazy old whack-job, narrowly dodging those red beams he's shooting. I see Val pick up a rock that's about the size of ¾ my forearm. He takes aim at the hand holding the jewel.
After that everything seemed to move so fast and slow at the same time if that's possible…
I see the jewel quickly hit the ground and shatter. Then I see the magical energy released from it and suddenly everything moved so slow to me. I reach out and cry "Nooo!!!" and then the white light grows and engulfs us all. My friends were thrown back several feet from the powerful discharge of magic. I was thrown back a few feet, debris hitting me. I land on my back, hitting my head pretty hard, but not enough to knock me out unconscious. My friends, however, weren't so lucky. None of them were responding, but they were just out cold.
The magician gets up and shouts in fury once he realized that the jewel had been shattered. He turns to us and has a look on his face that says pure murder. He walks toward us, surely intent on doing us harm.
A wail of loud sirens closes in on distance, signifying the Metropolis fire department and police. The magician gives us one more evil glare, and then vanishes into a puff of smoke. I turn around behind me and see my friends get loaded in ambulances. I get up and stumble over to them, unsteady on my feet. I manage to get to where they were. An EMT sees me and he puts his arm around me.
Just as I was about to tell him what happened, everything goes black…
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