Oath: League of Bats. Redemption and Destruction.
Roy, Wally and Richard sat in their living room. "Alright boys let's begin our meeting." Roy began nodding his head. "As you know there have recently been attacks on various Oath industries, by an unknown person or group." Roy stated as Richard and Wally nodded. "Yep and in response to that: we've sent out the rest of Oath to help assist and protect our fellow members." Richard added in complete seriousness. "So do we know what their after?" Wally asked looking at his fellow brothers. Roy shook his head at the comment. "No. But we have reason to believe they are hunting our superhero alter egos." Roy replied as Wally groaned.
"Great. That narrows it down to every villain we've ever taken down." He groaned as Richard seemed to think for a moment. "Actually all of these attacks have been planned and well prepared. So we can actually eliminate quite a few villains from our list." Richard countered as Roy nodded. "Yes and add in the fact we have not been able to identify who's been placing the bombs and it narrows it down to just a few." Roy added as Wally nodded. "Only people with that kind of ability are: Vandal Savage, Lex Luthor, Ra Al Gaul, and Queen Bee." Wally said instantly narrowing it down.
"We can eliminate Luthor and Queen Bee from the list." Roy said with a smirk on his lips. "Why's that?" Richard asked obviously confused. "Because both have been in the other's bedroom for the past two months barely leaving." Roy answered as Wally groaned. "GAH! Don't put those images in my head man!" Wally said covering his eyes. Roy merely raised an eyebrow. "You're really going to say that even though we caught you almost making love to Connor?" Roy asked instantly reminding the two.
"I said I was sorry ok? And weren't you guys just hallucinating the whole thing?" Wally huffed at the reminder. Richard was about to comment until a large missile flew through the window and exploded. The three of them using their instincts and reflexes were able to get away from the blast. The missile detonated and launched the three members in separate directions as the explosion destroyed the furniture and proceeded to set the house on fire.
Roy opened his eyes to see their living room on fire. Instantly he attempted to stand up. It took him a moment but he was eventually able to stand though his vision was still fuzzy. "WALLY! RICHARD!" Roy yelled across the burning room. "Roy?" Wally's voice called out. "Wally!" Roy called turning his head to the direction of which the voice came from. Sure enough he saw Wally walking over to him his hand on the wall. Wally's clothes were torn and burned in random areas. "Wheres Richard?" Wally asked looking at Roy who's clothes were in the same state. "Over here." Richard's voice called out.
The two brothers instantly turned to see Richard who was in the same condition as they were. Richard slowly made his way to his brothers despite the house being ablaze. "We have to get out of here." Roy told them turning to the front door which was in a great flame. "Ya this is so not an asterous place to be at the moment." Richard agreed as the three brothers wrapped an arm around the other. Roy was in the middle leading his two brothers. Wally was on his right side breathing heavily. Richard was on the left of Roy in deep thought.
Once the three were in front of the door they all raised a leg and spartan kicked it off its hinges. They barely made it a few steps before fire engines and police cars surrounded the house. The three brothers were in a daze barely processing anything as the firefighters began trying to calm the fire. The three turned around and looked a the burning house. "Did that really just happen?" Richard asked as Wally looked somewhat teary eyed. "Our house." Wally said not registering what Richard had just asked. Roy clenched his fist in anger and it shook showing exactly how angry he was.
The day passed in a blur for the three brothers as the place that they had called home for the past two years was reduced to a pile of ashes. By the time the three of them had regained control it was already late at night. The three brothers sat in the local police department waiting. "What are we gonna do now Roy?" Wally asked as Roy sighed. "I don't know Wally. I don't know." Roy told him shaking his head as an officer walked out. "Rain and Wade could you come with me for a moment?" The officer asked as Roy raised an eyebrow.
"What about Rick?" Roy asked immediately. The officer merely shook his head. "I hate to say this boys but your identities have been revealed." The officer said softly. The three boys looked absolutely shocked as the officer said this. "What did you just say?" Roy asked almost instantly. "Your identities have been revealed. ." The officer told him as the three of their faces fell. "You've got to be joking." Wally protested as the officer shook his head. "I'm sorry but it's the truth. The reason I need the two of you is because your guardians are here to claim you. Unfortunately for young Richard we are unable to get in contact with ." The officer explained as Richard cackled lightly. "Might as well send me back to an orphanage. Bruce wouldn't take me back if I begged. Even if he was willing to you'd have to drug me and tie me up before taking me back to him. Even then I'd run away again." Richard snapped at the officer.
"Look we're not leaving without Richard." Roy said standing up. Wally was up in an instant nodding. "Ya. We've been through to much to let some idiots separate us." Wally added crossing his arms across his chest. "Look I understand both you and your guardians are upset about this but it's out of our control." The officer said softly. "You guys go on ahead." Richard said softly. Both brothers turned to their youngest. "Richard if we leave now you'll get taken to an orphanage!" Wally protested. Richard stood up and shrugged. "Can I use my one phone call?" Richard asked completely ignoring Wally's comment. The officer nodded wordlessly.
Richard then walked over to the payphone and began to dial a number while his brothers watched. "Hey. You remember that thing that happened with Bruce a while back?" Richard asked into the phone. "Well the house we were staying at kinda burned down. Can you bring the papers and come get me?" Richard asked into the phone before smiling. "Alright. I'll see you in twenty minutes then. Love you two." Richard finished hanging up the phone.
"Um Dickie-bird who was that?" Wally asked as Roy smirked slightly already realizing who he had called. "My legal guardian. He'll be here in twenty minutes." Richard said with a shrug. "You actually got a hold of ?" The officer asked surprised. Richard merely shook his head. "Obviously your systems out of date because my guardian changed right after I left Bruce's house. My current guardian is on his way." Richard told him as Wally raised an eyebrow.
"Current guardian?" Wally whispered to Roy. "It's most likely Slade. Considering how close the two are. He also has the resources necessary to forge the documents." Roy explained barely above a whisper. Wally chuckled at his forgetfulness. Twenty minutes later Richard, Wally, and Roy all walked into a room where their guardians were waiting. Barry ran to Wally and embraced him in a hug at borderline super-speed. Ollie wrapped his arm around Roy. Finally Slade put his hand on Richard's shoulder. "The paperwork has already been filled out." Ollie told the boys a grim smile on his face.
The three boys merely grunted. "Slade can you call every member of Oath and have them meet at Oath High school?" Richard asked looking up at his new guardian. "Of course Richard. But may I ask why?" Slade asked softly. Richard looked at Roy and Wally who both nodded at him. "We've got something major to discuss." Richard told him. "Leave it to us." Barry said as Ollie nodded. "Civilian members as well?" Ollie asked as Roy nodded. "Make sure there's a few news cameras there as well will ya?" Roy asked as Ollie raised an eyebrow. The three pairs went off to assemble the members of Oath while also changing into their costumes.
An hour later Red Arrow, Warp, and Nightwing stood on top of Oath High school looking down as members flooded the school yard. The superhero members of Oath stood behind them waiting. As expected there were a few news reporters waiting anxiously for Oath's big announcement. "Is this really the right thing to do?" Warp asked as Red Arrow nodded. "It's the only thing we can do at this moment." Red Arrow answered grimly. Green Arrow walked over and handed RA a microphone to the schools system. "Alright everyone. You're all probably wondering why we called you here today. As you know their have been multiple attacks on Oath in the past few months." Red Arrow said taking a deep breath. This was probably one of the hardest things he would ever have to do. Even if it was only temporary.
"Unfortunately we have no idea who the attacker is. No one has died but many have been gravely injured." Red Arrow continued as Nightwing and Warp watched their brother in silence. "This hurts me more to say this then you'll ever know. But it needs to be said. As of right now Oath is disbanded." Red Arrow declared sorrow clearly in his voice. "Just because we are disbaning does not mean you are allowed to go back to crime. Everyone of you has made a positive impact on the community of BludHaven and all of Oath's businesses will still remained united however you are no longer vigilantes. Only civilians." Red Arrow told them with tears building in his eyes.
"But no matter what anyone says though Oath is officially disbanded. We will always be a family." Red Arrow declared raising his arm up. The members of Young Justice cried some openly some not so openly. Even GA and Flash were close to tears as they listened to Roy's speech. Hell even Slade was completely silent. He would never admit it but he was going to miss being a part of Oath and he respected everyone within it. However out of all the people he respected in Oath Roy was now second only to Richard.
"You are apart of a family that stands for a new light!" Red Arrow declared pumping his arm into the air. Everyone in the schoolyard repeated the chant and pumped their arms into the air as well "A family that will trust and protect you!" Warp exclaimed pumping his arm up into the air. Again everyone repeated both the words and the actions. "That will stand by you even if the world should turn on you!" Nightwing finished as everyone chanted. "With this our last official Oath meeting is over!" Red Arrow declared tears now streaming down his face.
Twenty minutes later everyone in the courtyard was gone leaving only the super members. Static and Gear looked at their former leaders with dread. "Alright everyone gather around." Red Arrow declared removing his mask. Nightwing and Warp followed Roy's example and took of their masks. Pretty soon everyone with a mask had done the same. "With this meeting the Civilian part of Oath is offically done. Meaning that the only members left are those around you." Roy told them as Virgil and Richie's expressions brightened a little bit. "What do you mean by that?" Ollie asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Our plan has entered phase two." Roy told everyone. "Phase two?" Kaldur asked skeptically. "We've let our unknown enemy think they've won while buying us some time to not only discover who they are but to counteract them." Wally explained as Virgil raised an eyebrow. "So does this mean we don't have to go back to South Dakota?" Virgil asked as Roy smiled.
"No but Oath will be splitting up for a little bit. I will be going with Ollie. Wally will be going with Barry and Richard will be going with Slade." Roy began as Static and Gear looked at each other once more. "As for Virgil and Richie. You both have the option of either staying with me and Ollie or Richard and Slade." Roy told the two. "Both of you are welcome at either place." Richard added with a small smile.
"I guess I'm going with Slade and Richard then." Richie said with a shrug. "I'll go with Roy and Ollie then." Virgil told Roy. "Alright then I'll tell Wintergreen to prepare an extra room for your arrival Richie." Slade said softly. "Alright then everyone bring it in." Roy commanded. Everyone did so and formed a circle. The remaining members but their hands with the tattoo in the circle. "As of right now we begin our plan to not only stop the light. But this unknown enemy as well. In exactly two weeks time you will all receive a location to travel to. Each of you will scout your location and report your findings." Roy told them. "It maybe weeks or months before we see each other again so let's do it nice and strong!" Roy finished as everyone nodded their heads.
"We are apart of a family that stands for a new light!" They all spoke in union. "A family that will trust and protect us!" They continued their voices getting louder and stronger. "We will stand by each other even if the world turns on us!" The finished in their loudest voices.
So ends the first chapter of The Bats arc. No Official name yet unfortunately. I kinda stole a scene from my novel and put in here. Well it's not really stealing if I modified it and I created it in the first place. 40 pages in the novel so far for anyone whose interested. And this will begin the final arc before the big finale which will hopefully lead into a sequel if I can get over 200 reviews. If I get over 250 reviews by the time this story is finished I will do a sequel or I will just leave you off with a cliff hanger ending. But that's not for another 10-15 chapters or so. Well till next time Ja Nay