This is where things begin to get a little bit more interesting…
*Disclaimer: Do not own JL, only their kids for this fanfic
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Chapter Seven: Awakening
Rex's P.O.V
A light buzz begins to occur in my ears. The buzzing becomes louder and then I am starting to make out words. I hear the sound of echoing footsteps and if I listened real closely I can hear a faint beep, beep which sounded like a familiar machine.
I slowly opened my eyes to bright fluorescent lights shining above me. I wince from the sheer brightness. I tilt my head up and try to sit but my head begins to violently throb.
'Ughh, my head…where am I?'
I pull myself into sitting position and find myself sitting on a cot. I look around and see that I am in a hospital hallway.
"Good, I see you're awake."
I turn my head and see a young nurse standing there. She pulls a chart from the end of my cot and busies herself with reading it.
"Where am I?" I ask quizzically. I honestly cannot remember what I was doing here. She looks up from the chart and gives me a warm smile.
"You're in Metropolis Memorial Hospital. You and your friends got caught in that dangerous incident near the MetropoPast Museum." A sudden rush of memories came flooding back to me-the wizard, the jewel, the explosion…
"My friends!" I cry out in panic as I jump off the cot. But then a sharp pain shoots up in my head. I cringe and clutch my head, feeling the bandages wrapped around. The nurse supports me helps me sit back on the cot. "Careful," she warns. "You have a slight concussion. You need to get up more slowly."
I do as she says and manage to stand up in full, upright position. I feel a little dizzy and have a wave of nausea pass through me. Once the nausea had passed I had managed to ask her my question.
"What about my friends? How badly hurt are they? Are they in stable condition?"
"Your friends," she starts slowly, patiently "are fine. Other than a couple of cuts and bruises your friends are in stable condition. A few of them are awake and some of them are still not conscious. The most serious injuries were a concussion from the male twin and a sprained wrist from the boy who seemed really shy.
'Billy and Maddox…'
"Where are they?"
"They're in the north wing on this floor. We had contacted all of your parents earlier and when we had contacted Mr. Wayne he had requested a large private room for all of your friends. You weren't that hurt to need to be monitored. On the ride in the ambulance, the EMTs said that you were responsive but were slipping in and out of consciousness. When you arrived, we x-rayed your head and bandaged you up. You were the luckiest; you received the least amount of damage despite your slight concussion."
"Can I see them?"
"Yes, you may. Right this way…" she directed as she lead him down the hall towards the north wing.
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Within half an hour all of the teens were in the room, conscious, and dealing with their very relieved and very upset parents.
On the wall directly from the entrance were Billy and Lilly's beds. Their mother, Linda, was switching back and forth from tears of relief to shouts of fury. Wally was doing his best to pacify her. At the same time he was upset himself.
"I can't believe that you guys didn't have enough sense to realize danger when you see it," he remarked coldly. Billy and Lilly remained silent. It was too much to see both of their parents upset, especially their father.
The wall adjacent to the right of the entrance had Ophelia and Evangelia's beds.
"Are you alright baby girl?" Ollie asked his daughter.
"I'm fine Daddy. I am just a little sore, that's all," Ophelia replied, her voice sounding worn. "I just don't know what you were thinking," Dinah said, pinching the bridge of her nose with her index finger and thumb. She was clearly frustrated with her daughter. "We are going to talk about this when we get home."
'Great, just what I need…' Ophelia thought with disdain.
Diana and Bruce were giving their daughter the silent treatment and when they looked at her it was full blow glare.
"Guys…say something, please," Evangelia begged her parents, her eyes brimming with tears. She couldn't take it anymore. If the explosion didn't kill her, this type of treatment would. "We are greatly disappointed with you Evangelia," Diana said, using her daughter's full name. Evangelia knew that she was in serious trouble. "We had thought we could trust you to take care of yourself when you go out. Instead, you put yourself into danger. I guess we were wrong," Bruce had finished coldly.
Tears were streaming down Evangelia's face. Her parents never said anything this cold to her. "I'm sorry," she choked out through her tears. She continued to cry until she felt the warm embrace of her mother. Diana had tears in her eyes as well from her deep concern for her daughter. Evangelia looked at her father and she saw him turn away, wiping his eye. He was just as concerned as Diana.
The wall adjacent to the left of the entrance had Maddox and Valen's beds.
"Oh my poor baby boy!" Helena cried out loud as she pressed her son to her bosom. "Helena…" Vic weakly said, embarrassed by the way she treated their 16 year old son.
"Mom…stop…Mom, I'm okay…stop crying," Maddox said, completely mortified that his mother was babying him in front of his friends and making a spectacle of herself.
'Ugh, Mother…' he thought, sinking a little lower into the bed.
"Son, what were you thinking?! How foolish of you running into danger and putting your friends in danger like that. You could've been killed!" Clark Kent lectured his son.
"I thought that I could help innocent civilians somehow, rather than acting like a coward and running away," Valen answered defiantly.
"By how? You plan on saving people by putting more people in danger? I mean it's already bad enough that you foolishly threw yourself at danger but to put your friends at risk too…" Clark was too furious to even continue. Lois didn't know what to do. She was torn, she was glad that her son was safe and immensely proud of him for trying to be selfless but at the same time she knew her husband was right.
Rex was leaning against the wall next to the door, taking in the scene. Shayera was helping Wally calm Linda down and John was sitting in the corner with his head in his hands. His parents were relieved that he was alright at first. But then their anger seeped in, causing him to receive a very stern lecture and a slap from his mother from worrying her. This made his head hurt even more. He knew he didn't hear the end of it, though.
There was a knock at the door. A middle-aged doctor walked into the room. He wore a white lab coat over his clothing. His dirty blonde hair was combed back and had a goatee. He wore round, frameless lenses for his glasses.
"Hello children, I am Dr. Jones. May I please have a word with your parents in the hallway to talk about your present condition?" he asked in a deep, sophisticated voice.
All of the parents got up and exited the room.
They had walked a little further down the hall, into a section that was vacant.
"So what have you got for us, J'onn?" Bruce asked cutting to the chase. The Martian morphed back into his normal appearance. "Your children are fine. When I had scanned their bodies for any abnormal activities, everything turned out to be negative. However, I would keep an eye out for them. I don't know what the side effects of the energy released from that jewel are."
"So what the heck went on this afternoon?" John asked.
"Apparently Felix Faust was trying to rob an artifact from the museum down the block," J'onn explained, noting the look of anger on Diana's face. "The jewel he stole was said to manifest one's power. The jewel was used throughout history by different leaders to win wars and build great empires. Faust was trying to use that for his own gain."
"That scum, how he managed to escape the bloody pits of Tartarus I have no clue," Diana mumbled to herself.
"So are you sure they will be alright?" Shayera asked.
"Like I had said. Keep a close eye on them. They need to be watched carefully, especially considering who their parents are," J'onn said cocking an eyebrow at the last statement.
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A large business building is seen in the Metropolis skyline.
A man is seen sitting behind his desk, his chair turned looking out of the grand window. A buzz is heard from his comm. link and he presses the button down to hear the message.
"Sir, a Felix Faust, is here to see you," a feminine voice informs over the comm. link.
"Send him in," was the blunt, yet commanding reply.
Felix Faust is seen entering the dimly lit room. He was about to open his mouth to say something but the man had cut him off. "Before you even say anything, Faust, do you or do you not have the jewel?"
"N-no, no I do not," Faust had admitted in defeat. The sound of a fist banging on the armchair is heard. "Then there is no deal if you cannot complete your end of the bargain," he says menacingly.
"I had the jewel!" Faust cries out in frustration. "But those brats made me drop it. I had it in my hand! Please, I need that serum. I would not survive without it."
"You mean this serum?" the voice questions as it lifts up a small vile filled with clear liquid for Faust to see. "If you cannot handle a bunch of mere children then you are not fit to do anything more for me. I ask you to steal the jewel and give it to me and you can't even do that!"
"Please! I need that, my time is almost up," Faust pleads.
"I decide whether or not I require any of your time," the voice says full of authority. "After all, this is why I chose to revive and sustain you with this serum. But because you couldn't fulfill your task, I'm going to find someone more capable." And with that he drops the serum on the floor, causing the vile to shatter. He looks to the clock striking midnight.
"You are dismissed…" he says coolly.
"NOO!!" Faust cries out as he collapses and his body begins to disintegrate until there is nothing left of him.
"Bring in the assassin," he says into the comm.. link.
An assassin clothed in all black wearing dark shades enters the room and stops in front of the desk. The assassin awaits his mission.
"Your task is to find out who these children are. They have the power that the jewel was radiating. Observe and watch them to see if anything changes occur in them. Then bring them here to me, alive. I need them until I can extract that power from them. Afterwards, you may dispose of them…"
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*GASP* someone is after the teens already. Who can it be and why?
Stay tuned and find out…
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