First I just want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and second I want to apologize for the long wait. I've been dealing with some family issues and I'm also going to school to get my degree so that's taken some time away from my writing but hopefully I can get back in the saddle as they say and pump out regular updates. ENJOY!
Chapter Forty Six
"What about this one?" twelve year old June Hubbard asked holding up the playing card to Maggie only for her to shake her head and watched her friend go right back to flipping through the cards to pull out another one, "This one?" she shook her head with a small laugh causing June to grow frustrated, "Then which one is it?"
She holds up the card with a smirk, "That's no fair" the blonde haired girl cried out snatching the card from Maggie in frustration, "How am I suppose to get the hang of this trick if you keep…"
"Tricking you" she finishes with a smirk that to the adults reminded them of Lois Lane, "If I don't trick you then how will you ever learn to pay attention" she slides the cards towards her and begins reshuffling.
"June!" a voice called out then added, "Its time to go."
The girls left the table and raced out of the yellow farmhouse to see Ben Hubbard waiting for them in his truck, "Do I have to?" June stated in a semi whine of disapproval hoping that an attempt at puppy dog eyes would somehow make the problem go away…it didn't.
"You and Margaret have plenty of time to play later." The girl went back in the house to grab her things before mumbling a goodbye then hopped into the truck, "I'll see you around kiddo"
"You too Mr. Hubbard" Maggie responds with a smile and watches as they drive away just as her dad touches down on the dirt surface, "Daddy!" she exclaims rushing towards him.
He smiles and lifts her up into his arms, "You ready to go home?" she nods then rushes back inside of the yellow farmhouse to grab her things but stops to ask, "Should you be dressed as Superman?"
He just smirked then does a quick spin so he was dressed in his normal Daily Planet attire, "I take it you had fun today" they walk side by side inside the house, "Where's Kara?"
Maggie gestured upstairs where loud muffled music could be heard from the ceiling that soon stopped and the blonde kryptonian appeared before father and daughter, "Hey cuz" Kara greets him nonchalantly while walking over to grab an apple.
"Let me guess. The interview didn't go well"
Kara just shook her head then bit into the apple, "Maybe I should just get a job at the Daily Planet. I hear that they're looking for new interns"
"I don't think that's such a good idea"
"I think it's a good idea daddy" Maggie adds earning a smirk from Kara, "When you and Lois go on your honeymoon Kara can watch the city for you" they stared at the young girl and she just looked back and forth between them, "What!"
"Sweetie can you give Kara and I a minute alone?" again she looks between both of them before nodding and walked into the living room leaving them alone, "Did you see the paper today?"
Kara smirked and blurred away for a few seconds before blurring back with the Daily Planet front page which read: Justice League Speak: A two part interview with the mysterious JLA by Lois Lane.
"Still can't believe the league Okayed this" she stated with a shake of her head, "Had to squeeze through just to grab the issue. People were buying them up like hotcakes…why humans use that turn of phrase I'll never understand"
Clark looked back over to make sure Maggie wasn't listening before turning back to Kara, "We need all the good publicity we can get and as much as I don't like being exposed anymore then the rest of the league. This needed to be done"
"I'm not questioning your authority cuz but what if Luthor somehow spins this around to make us look back. He's done it before and he'll do it again."
He shook his head negatively, "Lex is busy playing victim right now and the city is embracing him" he ran his fingers through his perfectly combed hair causing it to become messy, "If we hide in the shadows forever the more people will fear and hate us"
"You sound just like Jor-El" he turns and looks at her at the mention of his kryptonian father, "Krypton was at war with a group named Black Zero. This was before Jor-El had joined the council and he saw the suffering his people were going through on both sides and do you know what he did" Clark shook his head, "He did what your doing now, showing courage and understanding instead of the fear and hatred. He persevered and became one of the greatest minds our planet had ever seen"
"Sometimes I forget that you knew him longer then I did. He's always been just a voice in the dark" a smirk appears on his face, "Thanks Cuz"
She shrugs, "Its what I do" she takes another bite of the apple then walks back over to the living room, "You should know though that Bruce hasn't shown up at HQ in a week. Chloe has been running Watchtower while he's away but the others are starting to talk." She whispers.
"I'll talk to him."
Gotham City- Several Days Later
Maniacal laughter echoed through the abandoned toy warehouse as the sound of a struggle followed and a dark growl of frustration as the Joker had once again bested the caped crusader, "What's the matter batsy?" the jolly clown asked overjoyed to see Batman dangling upside down over a vat of boiling plastic, "You look like you could use a good soak"
A hand appears out of nowhere grabbing the joker's wrist causing the clown to cry out in pain and look up to see Superman towering over him, "Don't you ever mind your own business" Superman just smirked and a frown appeared on the joker's face, "Oh go on and do it already" one tap of the man of steel's hand and the clown prince of crime was rendered unconscious.
The kryptonian looked down to see that Batman was no longer dangling, "A few more seconds and you would've been an action figure" he stated turning around to see the dark knight standing in the shadows, "I'm not here to fight with you Bruce. I-"
"I know" Bruce cuts in as he pulls out a grappling hook and aims it towards one of the broken skylight windows, "They sent you here to talk some sense into me and I don't wanna hear it" the hook propels upwards quickly and the rope tightens signaling to the dark knight that it was safe to repel up, "Goodnight Clark"
The kryptonian watches the bat zoom through the window and quickly follows appearing right in front of the bat, "You can't run away that easy."
"Who said anything about running away? I'm merely just sticking to my part of the world" he presses a button on his belt activating the batwing, "Now if your done I'd like to leave"
Clark stepped in front of his path, "Not until we talk"
"About what"
"You know what" Clark responds with a pointed look, "We could argue about who was right and who was wrong until we're blue in the face but what matters is that the league needs you"
"No they don't"
"I know that it's never easy relying on someone or to ask that person for help but trust me when I say that the league wouldn't be the same without Batman in it. We need you just as much as you need us" Clark reached into his cape to pull out an envelope, "In case you change your mind"
Bruce accepts the envelope and doesn't say anything further and climbed into the batwing, "If its any consolation I've always thought of you as the brother I never had" Bruce states in his normal voice which threw surprised the kryptonian seeing as how he never used it when he was in the suit.
"I know" was Clark needed to say before taking off to the skies while Bruce looked down at the envelope in his hands before the batwing took off in the opposite direction.
TBC
Don't really like how this chapter turned out probably because it was a pain to write lol
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