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October 23 2016: Watchtower 1:16 a m
The Team lined up in order of seniority. Aqualad was on one end, Magi was on the other. Batman walked in front of each. No one, not even Tim, dared to look at him. "I cannot tell you how disappointed I am. You must work as teamwork. So, I will have you work together to solve a mystery yourselves." Some pricked up at "mystery". "You shall be divided up into groups. I'd like to point out that this is Captains Marvel's and Atom's idea. They will be supporting you in this."
I forget to mention that the whole League is standing there, watching Batman terrify these kids. Some (cough, Zatanna) were enjoying some (cough, Magi) stand there in fear.
Batman finally said the best part: the groups. "Alpha Squad is Aqualad, Lagoon Boy, and Superboy. They shall study the dependence on the ocean." Several people snorted. "Beta Squad is Miss Martian, Guardian, Bumblebee, and Beast Boy. They will study rare animals." The same people bit back laughs. "Gamma Squad is Batgirl, Robin, and Tigress. They will study drop-out rates compared to crime rates." Surprisingly, there were no comments. "Zeta Squad will be Wonder Girl, Blue Beetle, Kid Flash, Static, and Magi. They shall study a freak storm that happened almost 25 years ago." Magi almost fainted. Out of all the things in the world… Out of all that could have been picked… Out of everything… It was that.
Good thing she had therapy after this.
October 28 2016: New York City 4:15
"But, Dinah, I'm dying inside." Maggie was lying on the ottoman with her head hanging off. Usually, Dinah put a chair in front of her desk to talk to her patient. However, they learned quickly that Maggie worked better upside down. "This is cruel and unusual punishment."
Oliver bit back a laugh from his chair in the corner. "It's a miracle. She finally said something un-Percy-like."
Maggie sneezed, "Llik mih nehw I-"Kill him when I-
"Margret Sorcellerie! You know the rules: no killing Ollie." Dinah told her.
"Yeah," He said in the corner. "No killing Ollie."
"Ollie, sit down."
"Yes, Dinah."
"Maggie, why are you dying inside?"
Maggie raised her hand to narrate as she spoke. "Well, as you know, I have list of people I really "hate"; Ollie's quite high on that list. He, Percy, Leo, Zanna and Travis were fighting for first place, but-"
"I would have thought that you were high on that list, Dinah." Dinah rolled her eyes at the archer's comment.
"- But, in less than a week, a week, Bart Allen has beaten all you for first.-"
"What!" Ollie hissed.
"-He is the single most idiotic person on Earth. I just can't stand him. Every time I'm near him I want to punch or kick him. He annoying, not Stoll, Jackson, or Lance annoying." Oliver laughed and Dinah rolled her eyes at both of them. "He's just so … ahhh! And he doesn't leave Blue's side. It's … ahhh!" At the word Blue the Leaguers glanced at each other.
"So, you don't like Bart." Dinah said.
"Yes, finally, you understand my mind."
"Or is it you like Jaime."
Maggie's hand went limp and landed on her face. "Three sarcastic comments come into my mind. The first is: Is it true that Ollie is a cursed mentor? The second is: If I want love-life advice, I'd go to my best friends Helia or Maia. And last is: You figured me out; you're a genius, Ms. Lance! But I think the best thing to say is: I hate my life."
"Mag, I know you have a crush on Jaime. You did say so yourself."
"Technically, I never did."
"Technically, you did. Ollie, go make sure Cadmus didn't blow anything up."
He got up sulking. "Just it was getting interesting."
Dinah waited for the door to shut before she kept talking. "Come on MS. I'm the closest thing to a real mother you have. Even Howard has seen that look in your eyes."
"Ekam gafas de sol en mi cara." Sun glassed appeared on her face. "What look in my eyes?"
"I see your powers are growing. You can now speak in both a foreign language and in the Homo Magi's native tongue."
"I don't even know that I'm doing it."
"Was it a coincidence that you spoke in a language that Jaime is fluent in?" Magi didn't answer. "Your powers are your moods. When you're angry, a fire will start. If you're sad the wind blows a little. However, if you are excited, the wind is fast and strong. You don't even need words for magic, if you want something strong enough; your powers react, sometimes unintentionally. You know that a Homo Magi only speaks backwards for spells. Most of the League can understand Spanish or French. If one of them catch you-"
"Do you think I care?" Magi got up from the ottoman. "You told Howard I was joining the Team, yet I must work with Zatanna. She hates me. She hates me because… she hates me because." Magi dropped to the floor. Dinah walked over to her. No one, not even Howard, Cadmus, or Alabaster, knew why Zatanna hates her sister. "Why does she hate you?"
Magi lifted her head, and Dinah saw tears. "She hates me because… Six years ago on March 9th, Cadmus and I lost our father. I had nothing but Cadmus and hopelessness. Zatara took us in. Months later, the worlds spilt, and Zatanna was in Happy Harbor and we stayed to help the stray demigods and that… We didn't know what happened just that the worlds went back together. Cade and I went to wait for them to come back. A couple days later Zatanna came back, when Cade was asleep, and start say "you did this, you planned it,"… then Howard took Cade and Sally took me… and I found out, the day of the League told the world its new members, that Zatara wasn't there but Fate was. I knew what Zatanna had been talking about. I'm the planner and Cadmus is the follower. If we had been there, there would have been enough magic to defeat Klarion without using Fate. She thought that, I wanted revenge on my father's death by her losing Zatara. I think it's cruel that "Margret" and "regret" end in the same letters. Why do I have to be on the Team? Demigods are in the heroes. Ollie's a son of Apollo. You're a clear sighted mortal. The first Flash is a son of Hermes. Sandman, son Morpheus. Wildcat, son of Ares. Zatanna on the League! Why me?"
"Because the Bats are getting suspicious," Ollie said from the doorway. "Dinah won't admit it, but Batman wants to find out what's going on. You see that he wants you to solve the mystery of the "freak storm". 'Wing and Robin don't care much about anything aside from girls. Batgirl will help Batman, and she can probably blackmail the boys into helping. That's four against four. We need you, Maggie, whether you know it or not."
"What about the fact that Connor is making movies about the Team?"
New York 10/29/16 4:16 a m
"And now, I give you the preview for Nature's Victims 4: Salvage Drop-Zone." Connor said to the press. Everyone loved Nature's Victims 3: Intervention Secrets. It was the story of three friends; Jason, Katalina, and Teddy, who have to save their friend, Eric, from mind-control which was placed on him at the end of the second movie. Jason, Katalina, and Teddy follow a strange kid named Hansel, who leads them to find a cure for Eric. At the end of the movie it was shown to the audience that the people who sent Hansel to help the trio were following that old saying "my enemy's enemy is my friend."
Connor nodded and the preview started.
As an island came into view, a voice said, "How could my first mission go so wrong?"
Another answered. "You do have the most experience. Perhaps that is exactly what has left you unprepared."
Words came up the said: Directed by Connor Stoll.
The tempo picked up and music started. A girl and a boy stood on a roof. The camera stared at the girl. "You're our friend just because you're a freak with anger issues doesn't change that. Have you met Jason?"
The scene changed to woods. Four teenagers and boy stood there. The camera zoomed in on a blond teenager. "What. Is. That?"
It next showed a creature made of the four elements. "An Alphalaxtian Golem." A female voice yelled.
Then, names started to come up.
Luke Jackson
"You know, I'm trilingual, and I still have no idea what you just said! Cause, dude, I've never even heard of an Apple-laxative before tonight!"
Margret Sorcellerie
"Careful, will she attack when frightened?"
Tristan Grace
"How do you know it's a 'she'?"
Samuel Valdez
"Those are rhetorical questions, right?" The third boy yelled from the creature's grip.
The next scene was in a city. The monster was going crazy. In a park the teenager from the creature's grip and a boy were talking. The teenager asked "I guess we can't just talk to it?"
Max Grace
"That tactic would prove ineffective."
"Is that your quote or something? Wait, it could work?"
The next scene showed Sam and Maggie on a plane. Sam snapped his fingers. "That's what I was thinking."
"Yeah, you're the thinker."
"Sarcasm? Dude, a real leader would focus on getting answers."
"A real leader would shut you up."
"Well, we picked the right leader. Meaning you're the one who has to explain this to the boss."
Next, showed a girl, not Maggie, holding a rope ladder. "Time to show my true colors." After this the camera showed Maggie and the boys fighting the monster. "I've two things to say before I die. One is from Pasteur: "In the fields of observation, fortune favors the prepared mind.""
The last scene was Luke and Sam walking and Luke saying, "You were born to lead this team, maybe not now, but soon."
Out of shadows, gold letter spelled out the title.
A man was walking in front of Luke, Maggie, and Sam. "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time its enemy action. Do not fail me again."
They answered in unison, their eyes were fully black. "Yes, all must see the Dark."
Well… I'm not makin' a real movie trailer- luckily for you. I had good intentions; I just couldn't put it on paper. But, before you jump to conclusions- the demigods are not evil. They are trying to stop the JL from finding out too much. And they were not spying on the team for the quotes. (Speedsters like to talk to older speedsters!) The First Flash is Connor's brother…
From now on, the chapters are going to be fast-paced and conversations stop at the most important part. It adds mystery to the story, and I'm trying to build suspense.
-Kassandra
