When Worlds Collide

77) Nico Be Judgey

A/N: this one is very short... suck it. This art was made my @PJOISPOWER so a big thanks to them! its for skirt-gate and I love it! <333

He stepped out of the shadows in the cave and immediately saw exactly why Bruce had locked them out of the cave.

"You ass," Nico said, drawing everyone's attention as he stepped out of his hiding space behind the bat computer. "You absolute asshole."

"Nico-" Bruce began, but Nico just glared at him.

"You won't work with me, but you're working with the League you just left and the YJ team?!" he asked, livid as he glared at Kaldur, M'gann, and the hologram of Diana. "What else? Is Dick secretly in on this too?"

Bruce was silent.

Nico gaped at him. "You asshole."

"We can explain-" Kaldur began to say, but Nico just held up his hand.

Nico's eyes found the monitors next to Bruce. "You're keeping tabs on my team. That's a live feed of the building where the San Diego raid is happening." His eyes shifted to the next one. "And that's the Chicago raid."

"We're making sure that they go well," Bruce said.

Nico ignored him and looked at the other screen that showed a view of what looked to be an outside fancy event. He crossed to get closer to it, now able to hear what was being said.

"That's Markovian..." he said, recognizing the language from one of the demigods that they saved in a raid a few weeks prior. "They're talking about Baron Delamb."

M'gann looked surprised. "You speak Markovian?"

Nico kept his eyes on the screen as the view changed to show Artemis in a dress. "I started learning Latvian for a kid at camp and the two languages are extremely similar. We have a Markovian immigrant at camp as well, so I started learning again." The camera view shifted to looked down at a drink and Nico saw Dick's reflection. "This is Dick's current mission. He's wearing one of those contact computer things you made. Why is he at the Markovian pre-coronation party?"

Bruce was quiet for a moment before he sighed. "He's looking into Bedlam. We traced the Tar they use to change kids to Markovia and there are suspects at the event. When the king and queen were murdered by a meta human the very night they announced that their country will become a safe haven for metas, that causes questions. Now, how do you know about the party?"

Nico turned away from the screen to glare at his dad. "Perdita is at the party. Garfield is busy with shoots, so she asked me to go with her, but I turned her down since my teams are running raids today and I'm on standby."

Bruce opened his mouth to respond, but Nico held up a hand to tell him to wait while Rachel's voice came through his comm.

"GK, we have a situation."

He unmuted himself. "What's wrong?"

"Chicago's raid isn't just kidnapped kids. We have meta-active teens in cages that are there too unstable to move."

Nico ran a hand through his hair. "I'll be there in a second. Are the guards taken care of?"

"Mostly. They're still clearing out the last few, but we are waiting to call it in until we know what to do."

"Understood," Nico said before muting himself again before turning back to the others. "I hope you have a plan for what to do with meta-active teens, because you're about to get some."

"Allow me to go with you-"

Nico cut off Kaldur. "The League will be called in soon enough. If you want to show up with other Leaguers, that's up to you, but I'm not risking exposure for this."

The demigod walked into the locker room, quickly changing into his uniform before reentering the room that was still silent.

Nico looked at them, his face giving nothing away. "When this secret alliance comes out, it will ruin the trust you have built with everyone." His eyes glanced to the monitors one more time, taking a moment to listen to the two voices whispering in Markovian while the Baron gave a speech. "Prince Brion doesn't trust his uncle to be regent. He thinks he is dangerous."

Bruce's eyes shot over to the monitor as he opened his mouth to speak, but Nico was already gone. 

A/N: Slay 

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