A Siren's Forte [Young Justice]

Royal We

Markovburg

July 30, 20:00 EEST

Jenna's nails tapped against the steering wheel as she slowly pulled up to the reception entrance. The car door opened almost as soon as she parked, revealing a valet.

Jenna fixed a smile on her face, gracefully stepping out of the parked car. She simply nodded at the valet so as not to waste time with chatter. Not when there were things to do.

One short walk up some steps later and she was handing her invitation to the man waiting outside the party. He briefly glanced over the invitation, nodding.

"Welcome, Miss Drake," he said in a thick Markovian accent.

Jenna smiled politely. "Thank you." Mom, your last name's coming in handy.

Then she was in. That was one less thing to worry about.

As she accepted a glass of champagne offered by one of the waiters, she did a quick scan of the courtyard.

To call it a party was heavily exaggerating things. It was...dull. There was some mingling happening here and there, but for the most part, the mood was down. Which was understandable.

Jenna made eye contact with a blonde woman when she entered the reception. She tilted her chin ever so slightly, receiving a minute nod in return from her and the man she was with.

At least they made it in too. Now I feel slightly less out of my element.

Luckily, it was all going according to plan.

~8~8~8~

"Listen up."

Jenna glanced over at Dick who was beside her. They had just barely started their journey, so she was expecting the full briefing at any time. Especially when there wasn't much time until the mission officially started.

"Bedlam is one of the most notorious meta-human trafficking syndicates on the planet. We now have intel that Bedlam's main base of operations is in Markovia," Dick explained.

Immediately, Jenna's eyes narrowed. She had no problem picking up on the fact that he was keeping their conversation with Oracle under wraps. Obviously, the part where the team, League, and Batman's team were all working together without knowing it was going to be kept a secret. But the fact that they even worked with Oracle too?

Whatever. Jenna wasn't to think too hard about it. She promised one mission, then she was done. Whatever they did to risk the trust of the team and League was their problem, not hers.

"Artemis, Jenna, and I will fly commercially from Vlatava to Markovia under false passports," Dick added. "I suspect that whoever's behind Bedlam was most likely behind the assassination of the king and queen, who had made it their mission to end meta-trafficking in Markovia. Bedlam may even be connected to the royal family, which would explain how the assassins managed to get past heavy security, and into the palace.

"So while Conner and Jeff fly the Super-Cycle under the radar and over the border with all our gear, Artemis, Jenna, and I will scope out the major players using hacked invitations to Prince Gregor's pre-coronation reception."

Piece of cake.

~8~8~8~

At least it better be.

"Not exactly a wild crowd." Jenna had moved closer to Artemis just as she spoke.

She decided that approaching the other two would be fine considering they were already in. And mingling with her two friends would certainly keep strangers from trying to approach her.