"You are going to ruin my career" Zee tells her boyfriend as she snuggles closer to him and Dick runs his hands all over her bareback. "You cannot hold me like this, be this comfy and expect me to get off the bed like nothing"
"But we have to…big day! Huge day. First presentation and all that amazing stuff that you deserve so much as a world wide star" She plants kisses on the crook of his neck.
"I feel like really tempted to use a spell and stay like this forever although I'm sure that all the magic beings will be on us the second I do something like that"
"Then better save that spell for the future…when we are not longer able to be alone"
"May I ask who might be the individuals that won't leave us alone?" Zee knew very well what was Grayson talking and couldn't help her blush. A family with the love of his life sounded like a dream that she was hoping to live.
"I'm talking about Pocus of course. It has been 3 days without our girl, she will be all over us" She giggles on his neck, making him getting goosebumps.
"I just hope she doesn't get mad. We promise her to bring her the moment we got here"
"I bet that she had fun with Amistad and Liam" To Zee's dismay, Dick move to get out of the bed.
"Hey! We still have time!"
"No, we don't. Babe, we have to check that everything is alright and to make sure that no one will try to attack you or anyone from the crew" Dick sits on the edge of the bead and Zee follows him and sits behind him, rubbing her breast with his back and planting soft kisses.
"Alright. But baby, we still need to do our daily ritual plus I need the super Hunk Wonder special, after all this is my first show outside of the U.S. I really need that extra boost" Dick turns around and starts kissing Zee. Both laughs into the kiss as she pulls him down with her.
"So…?" Mikey, a blonde haired woman in her late 20's, asks Zatanna. Mikey was Zatanna's friend, and manager for this tour over seas.
"So what?" Zatanna and Mikey were checking the last details for an escapism number. Zee was getting hanged upside down with straight jacket and chained.
"I see that you and Dick are way better now…" Mikey saw how Zee was out of her game after a huge fight with Dick. All she knew was that Dick keep something from her. But the blonde saw how happy the couple arrived to the stage and how Dick was moving around the place like crazy checking the security of the place and checking all the prompts by himself.
"Yeah. We talk a lot and we decided that it was better to let bygones be bygones. Clean slate starting with this tour and we are better than ever"
"Then…am I hearing wedding bells?" Mikey notice right away the blush on Zatanna's cheeks.
"Okay. Mikey, give me one second…can someone start the timer? Before, y'know, all my blood goes to my head?" Zee commented, it wasn't her first time like this but that didn't mean that she could be upside down all day.
"Yeah. Sorry boss and…go!" Arnie, Zee's another assistant starts the timer.
"Time!"
"28 seconds…a new personal best" Arnie was impressed the magician's skills.
"Mmm…my dad could've done it in 15 but I think I beat someone else's! Hey! Baby! What was your personal best?!" Zee inquires as Dick gives instructions to other members of the crew.
"45 seconds and my dad's was 42…"
"Ha! I beat you for a large margin and also your dad's. Maybe I should set myself on fire to make things interesting"
"And here I thought that fire was my thing" Beatriz enters the backstage with Tora by her side.
"Hey! How are you girls? The show isn't staring yet. You are a couple of hours too early" She hugs her new two friends.
"Your hubby there asked us a favor to check on you and the crew" Zee looks at Dick who was too busy testing the ropes.
"Hey! Don't be mad at him! He's just worry about you" Tora jumps in Dick's defense.
"I'm not mad at him nor surprised. We talked a lot about this in morning and well…he isn't doing anything that I wouldn't do for him" Fire and Ice smiles.
"Are you ready to dazzle everyone? Us included?" Ice nudges the magician.
"Just be ready to get whelmed"
"Muito obrigado. Você tem sido incrível! O nome é Zatanna Zatara, boa noite!" Zatanna bows and thanked her public and she receives a standing ovation. Roses were thrown to the stage and multiple love declarations.
"Zee! You were amazing and dazzling!" The first one to receive and congratulate the magician was the Boy Wonder himself that was waiting for her with a bouquet of asters. Zee jumped to her boyfriend's arms.
"Thanks, baby. I love 'em. Very chalant of you" She pecked his cheek.
"Great show, boss" Mikey compliments.
"Way to go, Zatanna" Beatriz applauds her skills.
"One question. Was that real magic or what?" Zee answers Tora's question with a shrug.
"Now you have a meet and greet with some fans that got the VIP pass and then we are having an after party with the crew to celebrate today's show. It was a sold out!" Mikey informs Zatanna of her agenda.
"Alright. Tora. Beatriz. Can you stay with Zee? I might have a lead on the case but I need someone to check on her in case is a decoy" Grayson got back to his serious mode.
"Wait! If you find something then let me go with you…toge-"
"No can do, Zee. You have to meet your fans. I can handle this. I'll keep you informed on everything" Zatanna wasn't a fan of Dick's idea but she knew that she couldn't leave her fans waiting.
"Then why don't you stay with her and Tora and I go? No offense but you are just a cop and we have powers" Dick smirks at the duo.
"I might have a trick or two under my sleeve but I need you to help me with Z. She can take care of herself but a couple eyes can't hurt"
"Then I'll go with you. Ice can stay with Zatanna and I can give you back up…I'm really curious about your tricks" Normally, Zee would be mad at any woman that makes that comment to her man, not because she didn't trust him, she was just overprotective, something kinda funny since she hated when someone was overprotective of her but since they spent a lot of time together with Beatriz. She trusted her that and the fact that Beatriz make very clear that Dick wasn't her type.
"I can live with that"
"But Zee…" She cups his face with her hands.
"I'll feel a lot better knowing that someone is having your back" Dick took a deep breath before nodding.
"Don't worry. We will back before the after party starts" They shared a hot steamy kiss and Z kept her hands on his chest and rested her forehead on his lips as the couple was trying to even their breaths.
"You better. Be safe, I love you"
"I love you more"
"What's with that outfit? I'm getting the idea that you are not just a simple detective or cop…" Fire commented on Grayson's suit. Dick, wasn't wearing his usual Nightwing outfit but a dark wear one with blue stripes details on the side and a face mask that hides the lower half of his face.
"It's not a good idea for a U.S cop to operate and do vigilante stuff in another country. If someone spotted Detective Dick Grayson doing this kind of stuff, it could cause an international incident and blow on Zee's face as well" The duo were on the top of a building. Dick was using his binoculars to check on the abandoned factory in front of them.
"You really care for her, don't you?" She could tell his emphasis. He was more worried about Zatanna than the global incident.
"Yeah. She's my everything and I believe that I don't deserve her…she is my first and only love"
"Hey! Don't say that. You two are great together and it's way to obvious that she's just as bad as you are…which makes me wonder…are you proposing any time soon?" Dick took off his binoculars and took a deep breath.
"I was. I got the ring and everything some time ago"
"And? What happened?"
"I choose the mission over her and almost lose her and to be quite frank, even if we won, losing her wasn't worth the risk"
"The mission? What? Do you put many extra hours on the office?" Dick analyzed his options and opted to tell her about his alter ego.
"We are about to going into something that might be a trap or an ambush so I better make things clear between us…I'm Nightwing" Dick was dead serious and was expecting some reaction for the Brazilian but he got none.
"Who?"
"Bludhaven's hero? The aerial avenger? Anything?" Fire did her best to try to remember if she had heard anything about that guy.
"Mmm…I remember!" Dick smiled with Beatriz recognition. "There was like a huge buzz with Zatanna's performance that the news did a lot notes about her. Like how she's a leaguer, too performer and that she was dating Bruce Wayne's son, Dick Grayson, detective of BPD…and someone brought up the fashion disaster that Nightwing was when he first debuted"
"Fashion disaster? Excuse me?! That suit was perfect!" Fire flinched with his reaction. "People wouldn't recognize a good super hero suit even if it hits on their face"
"If it was so good, why did you leave it?"
"Zee thought that I was showing too much of my chest and that no one should see it but her but between us…I think that she was jealous because of how amazing my suit was and that I was more flamboyant than her" Beatriz did her best to not laugh but she realizes one of the reasons that Zatanna was with him. He was a lovable dork.
"Okay but what does this have anything with you not proposing?" Dick summarize the events with the Reach and Kaldur's mole plan and how they played most of his friend for months before pulling Zee into the plan to fake Artemis' death.
"I was so sick from lying to her for months. I-I fuck up! And right now we are just trying to get back in track" Fire puts her hand on his shoulder
"Look…I know it's hard but I think that Zatanna has already forgiven you. Now it's your time to forgive yourself and for what it's worth…I'm sure that she is saying yes the moment you pop that question"
"Thanks but let's leave this conversation for another time. There is no movement and my sensors didn't pick anything" Fire was confused.
"What sensors? Aren't you using just your binoculars?"
"I throw some discs with movement sensors when we arrived here and they haven't pick up anything…let's engage" Dick pulls out his grappler gun. "Mmm…can you fly without looking like a firefly or you know a human torch?" Beatriz crossed her arms and glared at the man.
"That's not how my powers work genius…I can't just do things partially"
"Right…then hold on tight on me. We can't risk being spotted" Fire clings to Dick as they jump from one building to the other. Grayson uses his tool to open the skylight and carefully, the duo descended.
"I can't see shit" Fire comments annoyed, she wasn't much of a fan of sneaky missions. "I'm going to use my powers…" Before Dick could react, Beatriz was surrounded by green flames. Seeing that the place was empty, Dick sighed.
"Let's try to be more careful"
"But it's empty besides…who's going to be able to stop Fire and…Knightwing?"
"It's Nightwing, no Knightwing. In any case, let's do a quick search"
"I'm leading the way" Fire walked on front of Dick, giving some light to the place. They walked around the abandoned building that used to be a factory.
"Woow. This is so empty and boring…I should've stayed with Zatanna and Tora. You clearly didn't needed the back up" While she was happy that there was not a trap, she was also boring.
"Wait! What's that over there?" Dick found glass box with a turban inside and it didn't take long for him to recognize the object. A few meter from the turban, there was a poster of one of Giovanni Zatara shows and someone had drawn some crosses on the eyes and written sideshow all over it.
"What's the meaning of this…?"
"That this guy has the Zatara family as his target"
"What makes you think it's a guy?"
"This turban is from Sargon the Sorcerer, it was a friend of Zee's dad. His family donated this to a magic show related museum and Zatanna was invited to donate something from her and her dad but a couple of days before the exhibition was ready…someone stole multiple items. There were cameras and everything but we couldn't place the perk but there was a guy that would come and go to see the place, the cameras didn't get him doing the deed but he was our lead suspect" Beatriz notice Dick's anger and annoyance.
"Everything alright?"
"Yeah. It's just that Zee was really looking forward to this museum project and when it got shelved because of security issues…she got sad. She was rooting for an area just to honor her father's trajectory"
"CALA A BOCA PUTA! SE OS POLICIAIS ESTÃO SOBRE NÓS-" A gang of 20 men showed up. They all had guns and weapons but the most important thing was that they have civilians tied up and were dragging them. They clearly beat up their hostages. "QUEM DIABOS É VOCÊ?"
"Flame on?" Dick smirks at the Brazilian.
"Flame on"
"Você é tão linda e maravilhosa" Great, another horny fan that was trying to hit on her during the meet and greet. Tora couldn't believe Zatanna's patience, she was sure that she would freeze a couple of pricks long time ago.
"Muito obrigado por ter vindo ao meu show" Z was doing her best to be polite and ignore the man advances. Usually, she would sass their ass but her mind was rather placed in another person.
"Em seguida, desculpe, mas não podemos manter a linha" Tora steps up to pressure the guy to leave.
"Mais um minuto" The man took Zee's hands with his. The magician was about to retort but stopped when she spotted someone arriving. "Nós poderíamos ser perfeitos juntos e-"
"Baby!" Zatanna knocked the chair as she got up and got free from her fan's grasp. She runs to her man's arms and greets him with a fiery kiss. "So glad that you are back" Tora laughs at the fan defeated reaction upon watching that his crush was with someone.
"How's it going?"
"Same old. I'm still a couple of fans more to take picture with and all that jazz…"
"Do you think you can make room for one more fan?" Grayson smirks at her.
"Sure but you know I can't play favorites…you'd have to go to the end of the line"
"Good. That means that I can have as much time as I want with you since no one will be waiting for you autograph"
"Oh, Grayson. You know that you are getting more than just an autograph" He pecked her lips once more before being pulled next to her to keep meeting her fans.
"Alright everyone! Gather up!" Zee calls for her crew. "I just want to thank you all for all your commitment and dedication. This show wouldn't be the same without you and I'm happy that we manage to start this world tour with the right foot…so please give it for you guys!" Zatanna's crew and friends applauds and celebrates the end of the Brazil stop. 3 days, 4 shows and every single one of them were sold out.
"You are the best boss!"
"That's our boss!"
"Zatanna! Zatanna!" Zee was so amazing and connected with her team that it was for them not to love her and they cheer for her.
"Alright guys. See you in the next stop. Everyone fly safe and remember to call me, Dick or Mikey if you guys need anything" Everyone parted ways. Dick and Zee already say their goodbyes to Tora and Beatriz with the promise of meet again and to call each other if they needed anything.
"Did the turban got safe to Ms. Stefanacci?" After thanking the crew and making sure that everything was packed and ready. Dick and Zatanna decided to take one last walk through the beach before going to the airport.
"You know that she wants us to call her Antonia and yes, everything is alright. Artemis make sure that the turban was safe"
"Good. I hope we can find the other missing objects but I'm worried about this guy…"
"I'm not. He's giving us the museum stuff back in some way and coming closer to us…"
"Yeah but he's targeting you"
"That doesn't matter. I doubt he has the skills to deal with my sexy and strong bodyguard" Zatanna clings to Dick's arm and the man couldn't hold his smile. "Like maybe he used those thugs to try to hurt me or us but please…just 20? That's not even our warm up"
"I guess you are right"
"Of course, I am"
"You know…I'm kinda surprised that you decided to take another plane to our next stop. I thought you hated the whole airport business"
"It's annoying but I do have a very good reason to get on a plane again"
"Which is…"
"I really want and need to get railed on a plane out of my bingo card…"
