Chapter 19: Undercover
I woke up later than usual with my head pounding. I knew that nothing major happened last night, other than the last night of driving across the country and finally collapsing onto the guest bed, it was a pretty normal day. Then I remembered the rest of the trip. The airport - with Cathryn - and the lake - with Aaron - was something that I had yet to tell anyone, not even Dinah.
Honestly, I was glad that Dinah was still gone and rethinking about her whole marriage thing, I know I would. It wasn't that I didn't trust Oliver or anything, because he was a good man and definitely a good man toward Dinah, but some people just can't handle the stress of a marriage, and Dinah was one of the victims of the stress.
I didn't mean to cause Oliver stress or anything because that wasn't at all my intention, but I had seen many marriages just fall apart after these two people just decide to get married and not think about how it could affect themselves as people and how it could affect their own lives and jobs.
I headed downstairs that morning and noticed the whole team, including Batman and surprisingly Wonder Woman downstairs. I raised my brow as I walked over toward them.
"Good, you're awake." Diana said. I held my head.
"Now, that you are all here, we have something to say."
"You two are getting married?" Zatanna asked. I almost laughed. I mean come on, Batman never showed emotion and Wonder Woman was that badass girl type. Plus there was something inside of them that told me that they'd both want to be in control of the relationship and that was really saying something. Then again, sometimes people fall in love with people exactly like them and it works out perfect.
"No, we're not." Wonder Woman said with no emotion. Scratch out that. Both of them barely showed emotions, especially during serious conversations.
"The Joker is teaming up with multiple other villains, including Sportsmaster, Cheshire, Lex Luthor, and a man who calls himself 'The Phantom'. We need you all to go undercover as guests at Joker's 'death party.'" I swallowed hard.
"Now, you'll all need the best costumes so I asked an old friend of mine to whip up some costumes which are in these boxes." Diana said, pointing to the stack of boxes behind her.
"The invitations are located in the boxes which also include the time and date. We've also put each of your job descriptions in there so goodluck." Batman said, quickly walking away with Diana. I sighed and grabbed my box after everyone else grabbed theirs.
"Oh my god. I have to take out Harley and wear this?" Artemis said, holding up an exact copy of Harley Quinn's costume. I smiled.
"Hm...Never ever expected to be wearing this." Raquel said, holding up her copy of Cheshire's costumes. I started to wonder if we were just replacing everyone, until it came to Zatanna and M'gann.
"A waitress?" Zatanna said as she held out the apron and silver platter.
"A dress!" M'gann said, holding up her black and white sparkly dress. I was quite shocked that she had gotten something so...modest. I looked over to the guys who had already opened their packages and held out multiple dress suits. Everyone looked at me and I sighed.
"Well, open it!" I heard M'gann say. I took a deep breath and opened the box. My eyes widened and my heart pounded and I suddenly felt light headed. My grip became looser, and I gripped it tighter, bending the box with my fingers. I felt my arms and legs shake. This couldn't be happening.
I didn't get a costume nearly as close to anyone in the room. I stared at the shiny leather and the golden studs and my eyes trailed down to the spiked heels. I swallowed hard. My vision became blurry and I realized I had tears in my eyes. But they weren't tears of joy, they were tears of nervousness. I took a deep breath.
"So?" I heard Artemis say. I sighed and looked up at everyone, noticing the confused looks on their faces. I swallowed again. I knew that I had to put on the suit if everyone were to live and succeed the mission. I sighed once more and closed my eyes, taking another glance at the very familiar costume.
A million thoughts plowed through my mind telling me to let out the secrets and tell everyone the truth. But that wouldn't help. That would just cause even more disaster. I sighed and swallowed and looked back up at everyone, the confused looks still plastered on their clueless faces.
"You're going to have to trust me on this one." I said quietly. "Follow my lead, or we're all screwed."