Time Against Time

Chapter Fourteen - Interlude

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Young Justice, folks! If I do, Wally West should never had ceased and Nightwing should never had leave the Team. Though, I own my OCs in this story.

WARNING: OOC, a lot of that.

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Chapter Fourteen — Interlude:
Drowning with Dizziness
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Dinah Lance smiled at the photographer as her camera flashed, taking the blonde woman's picture. A photographer shaked Dinah's hand, thanking her for the picture, and promised that she would give an extra to Dinah.

Dinah caught a glimpse of Clark behind the mob of reporters and photographers approaching the famous idols. And to her dismay, she also saw Hal Jordan. The man was flirting with a black-haired woman shamelessly; the woman would occasionally blush or flirt back. Hal not doing his work was enough for Dinah to stomp to him and whack him on the head, but she refrained from doing so; she didn't want to cause embarrassment for either of them or herself.

She felt a slight nudge on her side and she turned to look at Oliver, who was staring at her in confusion with his eyes. Dinah jerked her head towards the Green Lantern and Oliver chuckled when he caught the sight of Hal.

"Cut the guy some slack, Dinah," said Oliver. "He's becoming lonely these days."

Her grip on his arm tightened, "He's not doing his job, Queen," she hissed, her voice loud enough for only Oliver (and possibly Clark—superhearing and all) to hear. "He's not getting lonely, he's getting cocky."

"Isn't he cocky already?" the hero muttered, but Dinah paid him no attention. Instead, her gaze was directed to Superman, a worried glint on her eyes, as the man's eyes widened.

Then, Dinah heard it.

The sound of a bullet whished past her entered her ears and she watched in horror as it hit an actress, who was infront of her and Oliver, on the back of the head. Screams rang out on the air as the actress dropped on the floor, deadly still and with blood gushing out of the wound.

Dinah's ears ring as she tripped on her foot when she moved backwards, falling on her bum. She managed to stand up with the help of Oliver as the two dove through a private place to change into their hero attires.

When they were both changed, Dinah or Black Canary at this moment tried to track he assassin with difficulty. A lot of people were running around in different directions and screaming bloody murder; few were trampled and got kicked on their heads when they fell on their feets. It was a total chaos.

Beside her, Green Arrow nocked an arrow and let it fly on the air. Dinah discovered later that it was one of his special arrows, as it blew on the air and made an ear-bleeding sound. She covered her ears as the sound met her ears. She could guess that even some civilians were kneeling as they clutched their ears.

She almost sighed in relief when the sound was gone but her ears rang the second time that day. She could faintly hear Green Arrow yell on a megaphone that he seemingly pull out of nowhere, "People, please, run on the same direction so we could prevent some injuries. Thank you."

That worked, and it surprised Dinah that Oliver could handle a chaos like this. Usually, he couldn't handle Roy (not that she called Roy a chaos) so she doubted that he would calm the people. Well, she was learning something new everyday.