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3) Are you sure?...
7th September, 10:30. Happy Harbor High School.
The entire school piles out of the building with an early closure, I think it's something to do with teacher training. Speaking of teacher training, I bet the lovely Canary will want to bruise us up again. No rest for the guy who get his ass handed to him by a supervillain, or a team that had their minds wiped by a guy whose brain is showing. Public indecency to the max.
Pushing past the mass crowd, I head to the nearest zeta pad and only just catch Connor and Megan as they were about to enter. "Ready for another beat down session? Canary will have us doing triple-training, or even quad-training." I guess and they both shrug their shoulders in unison. "I would go higher , but that's the limit of my vocabulary." I joke, however they had already jumped into the zeta. I throw my hands into the air in resignation. "I give up. Is there no appreciation for humour around here?." I mutter and step into the telephone box.
The spinning sensation you get from using the zeta is thankfully short-lived and the mechanical voice always brings with it the satisfying use of your name. "B08, Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner." that's me all right. Does Guy Gardner's say complete d-bag at the end?. The smirk that had formed on my face wipes away, as instantly as it appeared. As I emerged from the tube to find Wally being thrown mercilessly across the room, by a mischievously grinning Black Canary.
"I hate being right." I proclaim to no one in particular, secretly hoping she won't put me in hospital.
"Shut up." Connor bluntly commands, before stepping into the training circle and getting into a battle stance. When will he ever learn?.
After all of us received the biggest beat down we have ever met, me and Artemis slide onto the couch, while the others limp off to their rooms. Rubbing my aching limbs, I sneak in a few brief glances at the attractive blonde in front of me. Unluckily for me, she apparently notices and crosses her arms to cover herself and to seem more imposing. Attempting to waste time, I pull out the sketch pad I always keep ready in pocket and with a sharp pencil, I start to draw Artemis.
Out of the blue, she speaks up in a clear, but threatening tone. "Do you mind? Stop sneaking looks at me, you creeper." she glares at me with fire in those dark grey eyes.
"No, not at all." I sarcastically retort, it's too fun not to watch her cheeks go bright red in fury. "You should keep your emotions in check. They can be such a pain for us, sometimes." I provoke her further, keeping my eyes on my pad, pretending that I am ignorant to her anger.
"Unlike you, I need emotions. What are you anyway? Some hollow shell that can't even love, as it makes you weaker. So pathetic." she slams down the lantern card with righteous wrath. Ouch. That's gonna sting in the morning. Her face drains of all colour as begins to come to terms with what she just implied. It is true though. Weirdly enough, having other emotions don't affect me like they do to Hal and John. "I'm sorry." she barely speaks, her voice reduced to a whisper.
"It's okay. I appreciate your honesty, it's refreshing." I assure her and some vestiges of colour return to her face.
A few minutes pass filled with an awkward silence , until she suddenly re-engaged conversation. "You know that thing you did a couple of days ago?" she asks, I presume she is talking about the charging of my ring.
"The oath?" I comment to stimulate elaboration.
"Yeah. Where did you learn that?" she questions, whilst irritatingly fiddling with her ponytail.
"Uh... you just know." I explain, in shock that she is baffled by the most famous oath in the galaxy. "It's the oath of the Green Lantern Corp. It activates the battery and charges the ring from the main sources in Oa. It's a beautiful planet, you know." I reflect on my time on Oa with nostalgia.
"So this ring gives you these powers. Sounds easy and stupid." she furrows her brow, even to my eyes, I see she is contemplating her own lack of powers.
"Not as easy as you think. You see, I know it sounds clichéd, but the ring does choose you. It selects individuals in the nearest planet with the most willpower. Even after that, your powers rely on the wielder's will, you break the will and you break the lantern." my voice chokes at the end, after reliving my encounter with a Yellow Lantern during my first training mission.
"I don't see why it chose you. You're a goofball." she obviously jokes, although she seeds of plants doubt in my mind. She's right. I was never chosen. It was a sham. I couldn't even beat a yellow Lantern, I caved in, I was just so scared. "You okay?" she asks, concern leaking from behind her sassy demeanour.
"I'm fine." I state, however I feel far from it. Footsteps breach our conversation as Kid Flash entered the room and flops down beside Artemis.
"Wow. This is just like a Flash Family dinner." he blurts out, in the typical fashion which he usually does.
"I'm going to hit the showers." Artemis addresses us both, casting one last concerned look at me, before retreating to where KF came from.
"Oh yeah. That was awkward." he commences chewing a small chocolate bar. "She's totally into me." KF confidentaly speaks up, from his expression I believe he actually believes that himself.
"Sure thing. I'll keep an eye on that, you never know when girls are freed up." I wink and he chuckles, nearly choking on the chocolate.
"You never know, I think Robin will get a bird one of these days." he jokes and smiles when he realises his pun.
"If you two are done." Black Canary pops up behind Kid Flash, it's actually creepy how she managed to sneak up on us both. Wally exchanges a nervous glance with me and then he gulps.
"All done here." he quickly responds, so fast it sounded like all one word.
"Good. It seems Batman has a mission for you two." She gestures for us to follow and we instantly dart up and jog to keep up with his incredibly fast walk. She leads us to the training circle, where the legend himself is waiting.
"I wonder what the caped crusader wants us for." Wally whispers to me.
"That is what you will find out. If you don't talk." Batman amazes us both. How did he hear us? I swear he does have powers. The power to be a complete bad-ass. My admiration for the Dark Knight increases greatly, he has a remarkable ability to control even the most powerful heroes."The data Kyle was baiting for, has provided us with a unique opportunity. Thanks to that data, we can catch one of the most elusive villains out there. His name is Vandall Savage."
Both me and KF let out a collective gasp. Even Canary looks slightly surprised. "You got it Batman, this guy is ours." Kid Flash puts his arm around my left shoulder, all things considered, I share his confidence.
"No. You two are going in to extract hostages only. Recently Savage kidnapped two UN ambassadors from Canada and we have reason to believe he has them close to himself. Whilst the League deals with Savage, you will infiltrate and rescue. He will not be expecting you two." Batman briefs in a flat and monotonous tone. I can't help but feel deflated, however I know that it's innocents over villains.
"You got it Batman. You can count on us." I assure him, which is responded to by a swift nod. Kid Flash scratches the side of his head and asks
"Are you sure?"
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Sorry for the shorter part, you will notice the intermissions will be a lot shorter than the missions, as I want chapters to be structured and organised.
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