blizzard [ᴅɪsᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇᴅ]

[.14]

INTRUDERS

I sighed and ran my fingers through my ponytail.

Canary walked over to my desk. "How're you doing?"

I squeezed the pen in my hand tighter. "Geometry is torture."

Canary looked at me, as if she was trying to figure me out. "I don't know about that."

She looked over my shoulder. After a few seconds, she smiled widely.

"Actually, all of these are correct! Good job!"

I looked at my paper in shock.

Then I looked at Canary. "Seriously?"

"Yeah!" She clapped me on the back, and I bit my lip to keep from wincing. Black Canary obviously didn't know her own strength.

"I think that's enough for today." My trainer said, closing down the hologram computer in front of me.

"Thanks." I said, smiling.

She walked away. I looked at the control station in the room. Nightwing stood there, typing away.

I walked over to him.

"Hi, Richard." I said, looking at the screens. Maps with pinpointed locations were strewn all over the three holographic screens.

Nightwing's eyes widened. I assumed he had still not adjusted from the new development of me knowing his identity.

He kept his eyes on the computer.

"What are you looking for?" I asked him.

"La'gann." He answered back curtly, his attention glued to the screen.

"La'gann's missing?"

No wonder I haven't been irritated in a while, my mind laughed, inappropriately.

"He was abducted by Black Manta's minions the night Artemis was killed." Nightwing said, with a bit of regret in his voice.

"Were you two close?" I asked sadly.

"La'gann and I? No. Personally, I think he's a-"

"No." I interrupted. "You and." I paused, unsure whether the topics was appropriate. "Artemis."

Nightwing stopped typing.

"I'm sorry!" I exclaimed. "I-I shouldn't have asked. It's too-"

"It's alright." Nightwing said, taking in a shaky breath. "Yeah, we were close. Senior members. She was only a few months older than me, but it felt like she was my big sister. I miss her." He finished.

Silence covered the both of us.

"You-you didn't have to tell me that." I said shakily.

"You asked." Nightwing said, shutting down the computer. The maps disappeared.

We were both silent again.