Chapter Five:

Watchtower

November 28th, 00:49 CST

"Recognized: Robin, 24. Static Shock, 40. Batgirl, 39. Batman, 02. Huntress, 24."

The heroes walked out onto the observatory deck of the space station.

"Y'know, I remember the first time I was on this space station. I had to save it from falling out of the sky." Static said, flopping in a chair.

"And you managed to fight off Braniac from taking over the entire world." Batman said. "But down to the business at hand. Oracle."

"Right here." A voice called. A red-headed woman in her mid twenties rolled into the room with a backpack strapped to the back of her wheelchair.

"Babs!" Batgirl exclaimed, hugging the red-head.

"Nice to see you too, Stephanie." Oracle replied, returning the hug. "But down to business."

"I hope this helps. This is one of the rare times Batman forces me on the Watchtower." Oracle said, unzipping the backpack and tossing a few items at Static.

"Whoah!" Static exclaimed, sitting up and juggling all the items before dropping them on the floor. "What are these?"

Barbara sighed. "They're new equipment. They're meant to duplicate your powers even though you've lost them."

Static slipped on one of the gloves and flicked his finger. His cola flew across the table and spilled everywhere.

"Heh heh." Static said, rubbing the back of his neck. "I'll get a mop?"

Batman glared at him and Oracle continued. "The gloves will allow you to levitate, throw, crush items that have a magnetic or electric quality. The new mask allows control over computers and technology, the disks will allow you to float like your pad or whatever does. The frisbees can be used as fences, and that just about covers everything I made."

"Quite a mouthful." Artemis muttered.

Static checked out his new gear. "What are the bombs for? Wait- are these-"

"Yes," Barbara said, letting loose one of her rare smiles. "Your friend Reggie dropped off your "shock-boxes". "

Virgil grinned and exchanged all his new gear, slipping the shock-boxes into the inside of his trench-coat.

"Now this looks stylish!" he exclaimed, hopping on his disks and floating up in the air. He preformed a few aerial stunts before landing. "Thanks Oracle!" he exclaimed.

"No problem." Oracle responded.

"But Bats, it begs the question: What is all this new stuff for?"

Batman walked towards the large holographic screen where the rest of the Teen Titans and Justice Leaguers were gathered.

"As usual, it is the Justice League and Teen Titan's jobs to make sure Black Friday doesn't turn into a nightmare, result in casualties, or anything else…bad."

"Each Justice Leaguer will be protecting his/her own city. Static will require backup since his powers aren't actually back."

"Oh not this 'Static cant do anything someone go babysit him' thing again!" Static exclaimed.

"Actually, I was only going to assign Miss Martian and Ravager to help you." Batman said. "But if you feel you need someone higher up to—"

"No!" Static exclaimed. "I mean Im fine. Thanks."

Batman smirked.

"Alright, I think we all know our specific cities." Batman said. "Let's roll."

Gotham City

November 28th, 03:56 EST

People charged at the riot-shield troopers. They clashed and pushed, the troopers were not using their weapons for fear of hurting the civilians. The crowd was wild in the brightly lit darkness. They ran and punched and hurled items at the troopers and each other, each trying to get in the door before the other. It was a pool of human misery and pain. It was a crowd of selfishness, hostility, and total unruliness.

Batman had enough of the chaos. He jumped down on top of a police car, crushing the roof. He yanked a megaphone from the police-seargent.

"Alright that's quite enough!" Batman yelled.

Everyone slowly stopped and looked up at the Dark Knight. "Everyone will maintain a calm and professional manner. When the store opens, NO RUSHING. NO HARMING ANYONE. ACT CIVILIZED."

"Hey!" someone yelled. "Youre supposed to stop crime, not keep crowd control!"

"Do you want to push me?" Batman asked, hand going for his utility belt.

No response.

"That's what I thought."

"Shouldn't we be doing this as a team? As a couple?" Robin asked, tossing another mugger over his shoulder.

"No." Stephanie replied, taking a bite out of another jelly donut. "My turn isn't for another five minutes."

"Don't eat all of those!" Robin called.

Minnesota

November 28th, 03:23 EST

Suzanne rolled over in her plush bed. She felt herself sink back into the warmness of her sheets and comforter. The pillow adorned her head, causing her to smile and pull the covers tighter. She was warm and comfortable and felt at home in her bed. No sad thoughts ever visited her here. Always thoughts of the warm, loving home she had found.

Her alarm went off. Almost 3:30. She groaned and rolled out of bed, her bare feet touching the warm, thick carpet. She walked to her closet and looked for some clothes to wear. She found a nice turtle neck sweater and dark, skin tight jeans. She slipped them on and headed downstairs to the kitchen.

Artemis was sitting at the table with a plate of hot cocoa mugs, only one of which remained untouched, steaming hot with melted marshmallows.

"Wally?" she asked, looking at the cocoa mugs.

Artemis nodded, smiling, and taking another sip out of her cocoa. "He went on to Central City with Impulse today. He's got his hands full making sure nobody gets hurt."

"Which, bringing up, why aren't you in Gotham, or Minneapolis?" Suzanne asked, grabbing her cup of hot chocolate and sitting down, taking a dip out of it, letting the warmth flow through her.

"Batman, Robin, Batgirl, and Tigress are taking care of Gotham. I'm assigned Minneapolis. I wanted to make sure you got up before I left."

"Thanks." Suzanne said, smiling.

Artemis grinned. "No problem. Considering its 3:30 and I've got a ten minute drive after zeta tubing there, I should probably go." She stood up and placed down her empty cocoa mug. Suzanne followed suit, having drank almost all of the cocoa in her cup.

The two women slid on their individual clothes. Artemis's costume was a skin-tight black body suit adorned with purple markings and white outlines. Her cape, too was black outlined in purple and white. Her horned mask hid her identity from all others and her blonde hair was hanging loose behind her shoulder.

Suzanne slid on her brown snow boots, purple hat, snow jacket, gloves, and the rest of her winter garments.

Artemis opened the door to the basement and the two walked downstairs. Artemis pulled out a remote from her utility belt, pressed a button, and the wall slid aside to reveal a zeta tube.

"Ill have to authorize you." Artemis said, pulling up a holographic keyboard. She typed something in and stepped into the zeta-tube with Suzanne.

"Recognized: Huntress, 24. Arrowette, 55."

Huntress emerged from the old supermarket and hopped on her motorcycle, speeding off towards the mall she had been assigned to protect.

Suzanne grabbed her own motorcycle and sped off into town as well.

Dakota City

November 28th, 03:22 PMT

"Now just hold on!" Static yelled, gesturing with his hands to indicate the crowd should back up. "Don't make me use my powers!"

"They're not listening to you." Static could hear Ravager's smirk over the comm.

"You got a better idea?" Static asked, activating a pulse charge along the electric energy fence Oracle had given him.

"Scare them." Ravager grinned.

"No, that's not how I protect my citizens." Static said.

"Well its not working." Ravager said.

"Will you shut up, Rose? Batman ordered you here for backup." Static exclaimed, emphasizing the word "backup".

Ravager frowned and continued surveying the area. "Miss Martian, alley, to your right."

The invisible Martian spotted the mugger and levitated him. He screamed, dropping the purse. Miss Martian slammed him into the wall and he fell unconscious.

"Smooth work you two." Static said, grinning. "And now for the main event!"

Static shot an beam of energy into the air and it exploded, creating fireworks. Everyone stopped clashing against each other and looked up in surprise.

"That?" Ravager asked. "That was your main event?"

"Well it did stop the riot!" Static said.

Minneapolis

November 28th, 05:34 CDT

Suzanne hadn't found anything she wanted. She had fought the crowds and gotten inside the store, nearly been mauled to death several times, and had found absolutely nothing.

Which wasn't surprising. Suzanne had already gotten everything she needed and some other things, so there wasn't exactly anything she could get she didn't already have, could have, or wanted to have.

She was about to get on her motorcycle when she heard a muffled scream from an alleyway. She raised an eyebrow and walked towards the origin of the sound.

"Shut up lady or I'll blow your brains out!" a man exclaimed. The screaming stopped. Suzanne peered into the alley. A man in all black was pointing a gun at an elderly woman. She was frantically taking off her rings and earrings, depositing them into a bag the man had.

"The fur coat too!" he exclaimed.

"Really?" Suzanne asked. The man whirled around, pointing a gun at her. "Stealing jewelry from old women, that's almost as bad as taking candy from children!" Suzanne thought for a moment. "And just as low."

"Back up girl! And run along before I use this on you!" the man yelled, indicating toward the piece in his hand.

"Let the woman go first, and return her stolen items." Suzanne said.

"Just go, girl!" the guy said.

"You asked for it." Suzanne replied. She pulled out a crossbow pistol she had hidden in her jacket and shot an arrow at the gun. It jammed. She shot two more at the stunned man who was nailed into a wall. A vial fell out of his pocket an Suzanne caught it before it could break. She stood up, the shadows partially hiding her face.

"Your stolen items are in there, ma'am!" Suzanne called, saluting and running off.

"Wait!" the woman called. "Who are you?"

But Suzanne was gone.

Watchtower

November 28th, 07:46 CDT

The Watchtower was dark. The light from outer-space was the only thing keeping the Dark Knight from blending in with the shadows. It was empty. Hollow and silent. It would've spooked almost anyone. Anyone but the Batman. Green Arrow walked up behind him, whistling and clicking his boots on the cold floor.

"Shouldn't you be in Gotham?" Green Arrow asked, walking up behind the Dark Knight.

"The crowds have dispersed, Batgirl and Robin are taking care of the city."

"Aren't you forgetting your daughter?" Oliver asked.

Batman glared at him before returning his attention to the computer screen. "Tigress is taking the day off with the Titans."

"Oh." Oliver said. "So what are you doing?"

"Looking for any possible lead to the reason Static Shock has lost his powers. No luck so far."

"Solar Flare?" Green Arrow asked.

Batman froze before typing on the computer. "No." he said. "No solar flares in a month."

"What else have you tried?" Arrow asked.

"Silicon Dust, Luthor's P.D.R., Parasite, Atomic-"

"P.D.R.?" Arrow asked.

"Power Depleter Rifle." Batman replied. "Took away the Justice Lord's powers completely."

"Ah." Green Arrow said, sitting down in a chair at the empty table and propping his feet up. "Read about that in the newspapers."

Batman continued typing on the computer.

"Maybe we should send some of the Titans to Dakota to look for unusual activity." Oliver said after a silent moment.

"Do you remember the last time we sent them there?" Batman asked.

"Ah, yeah. The 'Terror Titans'." Oliver replied. "Well maybe some different ones."

Batman sighed. "It's worth a try."

The computer flipped down and Batman walked towards the zeta-tubes, cape whisking behind him.

"Where are you going?" Arrow asked.

"To the Cave."

"Well what about me?" Arrow asked. "You can't leave me up here all alone!"

The zeta-tube hummed to life. "Recognized: Captain Marvel, 15."

"You won't be alone." Batman said. "You've got the kid here."

"Oh great." Arrow said, face palming himself.

"Recognized: Batman, 02."

Minnesota

November 28th, 12:32 CDT.

"While the crowds were being controlled today by the heroes of the Justice League, a rather interesting turn of events took place in an alleyway on the south side of town."

Artemis looked up at the television.

"A man, whose name the police have not released, was attempting to mug a woman when he was stopped by an arrow-shooting vigilante."

Artemis carefully set down her cup.

"These photos, taken by police show red feathered arrows at the scene of the crime. Many are speculating that Red Arrow or Arsenal has returned, but some aren't so sure. The rescued woman claims her hero was a blonde teenage girl."

Artemis raised an eyebrow as the door opened and Suzanne shouted "I'm back!"

"The mugger however claims he was assaulted by Arsenal, who preceded to disarm him and returned the stolen jewels."

"Suzanne!" Artemis called, pausing the television on a shot of the arrows pinned to the wall in the alleyway. "Come here please!"

"Uh oh..." Suzanne muttered.

"Could you be so kind as to explain what is on the television screen?"

Suzanne glanced at the screen and back at Artemis.

"I'm guessing the right answer is 'Yes, I did something stupid.'?" she asked with an awkward smile.

"The right answer is the truth." Artemis said.

Suzanne sighed and, luckily for her, Wally blurred in at that moment.

"Do you know how many people want my autograph?" he asked. "Or how annoying Bart is?"

"Bart?" Suzanne laughed.

"Yeah, Impulse." Flash said.

"That's a funny name." she replied.

"I'll tell him you said that." Wally replied.

"Getting away from topic here." Artemis said.

"That topic being food and my fame." Wally said, dashing for the fridge. Artemis caught his hand.

"I mean what's on the TV."

"What's on? Re-runs on Everybody Loves Raymond again?"

"Just look!" Artemis exclaimed.

Wally turned around and took a few moments to study the screen before leaping with joy. "Yay! Roy's back!"

Suzanne coughed. "Actually that was me."

"Oh." Wally said. "Good job."

"NOT good job!" Artemis said.

"What?" Suzanne asked. "Was I supposed to ignore an old woman getting mugged?"

"No!" Artemis said.

"Well what would you have proposed her to have done, Artemis?" Wally asked.

"Call the police. Or me." Artemis said.

"Hey Artemis! This old woman is getting mugged in front of me! Please come help!" Suzanne imitated. "Yeah. That would've worked."

"I agree, Artemis." Wally said. "She did the right thing."

"Your opinion doesn't matter in this." Artemis said.

Wally frowned and blurred to his room to shower and change clothes.

Artemis sighed and looked back up at Suzanne, who had her arms folded and an expectant look on her face.

"Maybe you should have stopped the mugging." Artemis said. "But...I don't know. Don't make it such a public announcement. Now the Justice League has to-"

Artemis's com beeped twice.

"Yes?" she asked.

"What is this about Roy Harper being back from the dead?"

"It was Suzanne." Artemis sighed.

"Who's Suzanne?" Robin's voice echoed in the background.

"Go, Boy Wonder." Batman said, pushing Robin away.

Artemis sighed. "Im busy talking to her about it."

"I think she did the right thing." Batman said.

"Not you too." Artemis said, putting her head in her hands.

"But I think it didn't require that much publicity." Batman said.

Suzanne grinned triumphantly and walked out as Artemis moaned, rubbing her head.

The End is Coming.

The Finale is Near.

Red Revenge's Saga comes to a close.

United We Stand, Divided We Fall.