Nico had just finished serving up food for the throuple when his phone rang. He set down his own plate and pulled it out of his pocket, checking who it was, and answered the call.
"Hey Artemis, what's up?" he asked, causing the red headed Artemis to look at him in confusion before realizing that he was talking to the blonde Artemis.
"I was wondering if you could help me out with something," she asked, sounding slightly nervous. "It's kinda connected to the mission I went on with-"
"I'm not gonna put myself in the middle of whatever Dick is doing. If he wanted me to be a part of it, he would have asked me and he very clearly didn't."
Artemis let out a sigh. "He's not here right now, so you don't have to talk to him or anything. This is about one of the meta teens we saved."
"The Prince?"
"No, the other one. A 16 year old who has no memories of anything before waking up in a mass grave. We think they were a victim of Bedlam." Artemis' voice sounded nearly desperate as she explained. "Their powers are confusing, way stronger than most metas, and they can revive themselves."
"What do you need me to do?" Nico asked with a sigh, running a hand over his face. He saw Jason look to him with his eyebrows drawn together, but Nico just looked away.
"I asked Dr. Fate to give them a mystic once over, but he just said that they had an old soul for such a young body. It kinda made me think of you."
"Cause I came back from the dead?" He asked, causing 3 matching glances of concern from the throuple.
Artemis laughed. "No, the old soul thing. I don't know how you were born in the 30's but are still a teen, but I was wondering if it could have been the same thing that happened to you. You once said you didn't remember anything from before you were ten, and then Jamie told me about the fight with Vigil where you said you lost your memories and then the next thing you knew, it was 70 years later. If I'm being honest, I'm kinda grasping at straws with this, but I just thought that..."
Nico let out a sigh. "Fine, I'll look into it. Do me a favor though and get the Prince there as well so I can test them both to see if they're descendants."
"Deal," Artemis said. "Brion is already here. We're at M'gann's house right now. Do you need an address?"
"No, just don't stand near any water and I'll just go to your shadow." Nico held the phone against his ear with his shoulder as he begrudgingly scooped the food off his plate and back into the pot. "I'll be there in a minute."
He put his plate and the sink before hanging up and turning back to look at the trio at the table.
"Didn't we just talk about how you needed to cut back on missions?" Jason said with a face he most definitely learned from Alfred. It screamed 'I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed'.
"Yes, but we also just talked about how I need to learn to ask people for help. I can't do that if I'm not also willingly to help," he said with a shrug, causing Jason's forehead to hit the table in exasperation. "Plus, I'm just checking to see if a meta they found is like me or not."
"In what way?" Artemis (the Amazon) asked.
Nico shrugged. "I'm not sure yet. There are a few possible ways. If we're lucky, they won't be like me in any way."
Jason ran a head over his now red forehead. "Just don't do anything crazy, please."
Nico smirked. "No promises," he said as he grabbed a domino mask from the shadows, put it on, and stepped into the shadows before Jason could complain.
As soon has he stepped out, he head 2 people scream.
Nico looked over to see the Prince of Markovia and a person in a hijab staring at him in fear.
Artemis cleared her throat before letting out a nervous laugh. "As I was explaining, this is Ghost King, and he's here to help."
Nico felt a shiver go through him as he looked at the person in a hijab.
Something is definitely wrong here, he thought to himself.
A/N: I have no idea what I'm writing. Writers block is making me its bitch.
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