When Worlds Collide

73) #Twinning

A/N: tis a bit long. Also, this is Sailor

"Long time no see! Did you miss me?" The clown said as he sauntered through the crowd, the people moving to get out of his way as fast as they could.

Nico clicked the communicator in his ear, turning it to the channel that had just the New Olympians and whispered, "don't do anything, just act like scared guests." He waited for confirmations before switching to the channel with just his dad and brothers. "I have a plan, stay in the ballroom."

"Your plan didn't work too well last time," Jason whispered through the comm.

Nico began creeping through the crowd while the Joker taunted Bruce. "Second times the charm," he whispered before switching the channel to the YJ team frequently. "Team, don't do anything crazy. You're party guests, not heroes right now. Keep an eye on my friends and brothers, but don't do anything unless it's life or death. Understood?" He heard conformations, though most of them were very begrudging. "M'gann, come find me. I'm in the south east corner."

The Martian confirmed before Nico muted himself. He saw the girl spot him and slowly moved towards him at the same moment that Tim was spotted in the crowd and pulled before Joker.

Nico cursed under his breath as he grabbed M'gann's arm and pulled her through a secret door and into a small panic room.

"I need you to transform into me," Nico whispered.

The woman's eyes widened in surprise, but still nodded and did as he asked. Within a few seconds, he was staring at a mirror image of himself. "Why am I doing this?"

Nico smirked, pulling off his jacket and shirt, revealing his uniform. He quickly stripped off the rest of his suit, leaving him in the barebones of his costume. He reached into the shadows and pulled out his chest plate and kneepads along with his mask, quickly securing them before putting his suit into a shadow pocket. "I have a matching leg prosthetic as a vigilante. No one has questioned it yet, but it would be nice to have proof I'm not the same person when they do."

Megan shook her head with a smile. "You are just like Dick."

Nico smirked at the amount of joked he could make, but instead just nodded. "I am going to lower my mental shields, only slightly, to let you put up a psychic link. I'll tell you what to say as me, but don't look any further. I've seen stuff that would send you into a catatonic state if you caught a glimpse."

The Martian looked concerned slightly, but still nodded. "Should I let myself get caught?"

Nico shrugged, pulling on his gloved. "I mean, don't run up and give yourself over, but don't try to stop it. You've known me for long enough, trust your gut." He was about to shadow travel out before he looked back at her and said, "if you panic when they grab you, just say 'porco cane'. It technically means 'pig dog', but we use it kinda like 'fucking hell'."

The girl gave a nod as she cracked open the secret entrance and slipped back into the ballroom. Nico stepped into the shadows and traveled into the room of the building, peering into the shattered skylight.

He saw that Dick and Jason had joined Tim in front of the Joker, the eldest with a tight grip on the second eldest. Nico briefly wondered if it was for support or to keep him from attacking, but he shook it from his mind, needing to focus. He saw Damian standing with Jon, the half kryptonian standing in front of him to block the goons from seeing. Bruce was standing with Selina, eyes scanning the crowd, probably for Nico.

He heard a bustle from one corner of the room and saw 'himself' getting pulled to the front. Will, who was on the other side of the room, looking like he was about to run to 'Nico', but Kayla held him back.