"How did the mission go?" Nightwing asked as Tim, Gar and Jaime walked into the living area, Bart having sped off somewhere. Probably for chicken whizzees, Jaime thought.
"The fire was under control, no casualties." Tim said, plopping down on the couch, Gar sitting next to him.
"That's good." Nightwing said. Suddenly, a loud crash was heard and the four boys ran to the source of the noise. Inside the room, there was a similar machine that looked like the time machine Bart travelled in.
"What the?" Nightwing furrowed his eyebrows as steam emerged from all sides and the door swung open.
A silhouette could be made out in the mist and a voice rang out, saying;
"Helloooooo world!"
Once the smoke cleared, Tim, Jaime, Gar and Nightwing could see a boy, around about Jaime's age, with ruffled black hair and blue eyes. He wore a long sleeved red shirt and jeans with black boots. On his head sat some goggles.
Tim drew his bo while Jaime got his plasma cannons ready.
"Oh. A welcoming party. How delightful." The boy chuckled evilly, before reaching behind his back and pulling out a gun. The boy aimed it at the group and fired.
Gar, Tim and Jaime's hands flew to their faces while Nightwing just stared down the boy.
A weird green magic emerged from the barrel and flew around the team. It formed a box around them and encased them inside.
The boy slowly made his way over and leaned against his box, looking at the group.
"Who are you?" Gar asked, wide eyed.
"Roy. Roy Blackery." And with that, Roy gave a smirk and stalked out the room.
"Ugh. Not crash." Jaime sighed, prodding the green mist.
A good ten minutes passed before Bart entered the room, in his usual civvie attire and stuffing his face with chicken whizzees.
"Bart!" Nightwing called out and Bart turned to see them.
"Hmmf?" Bart said through a mouth of chicken whizzees as he made is way over.
"Go get Zatanna. Now!" Nightwing commanded and Bart nodded, discarded the food and sped off. He returned moments later, with Zatanna in his arms. Bart put her down and Zatanna shook her head.
"Easy magic." She smiled to herself before raising her hand. "Esrever siht lleps won!"
The box disappeared.
"Thanks." Tim said and Gar smiled at Zatanna.
"Someone's come from the future. A boy." Nightwing explained.
"Where did the boy go?" Bart asked.
"That way, ese." Jaime pointed the they all left, not before changing into their suits, sans Bart. He felt like he wouldn't need it.
Roy was in the training room, running his finger over a piece of equipment.
"Such primitive devices." Roy muttered to himself.
"Roy!" Nightwing called out and Bart's eyes widened as he saw the boy whip around.
"Ahh... A magician is here." Roy then saw Bart at the back of the group. "Bart! Not going to greet your old pal?" Roy made is way over and stood in front of the team.
"No. You moded person." Bart crossed his arms and looked away.
"You know what this kind of behaviour did in the future, Bart." Roy smirked, Bart snapped his head back and glared at him. Nightwing, Robin, Beast Boy, Blue Beetle and Zatanna slowly backed away to talk.
"They seem to know each other." Robin said and everyone nodded, but their attention was turned when Roy cried out in pain. Bart had punched him in face.
"Shut. The. Mode. Up." Bart growled.
"Hermano! Calm down!" Blue Beetle ran over and hugged Bart from behind.
Bart relaxed and leaned into Jaime, dropping his hand.
"Thanks, Blue." He said.
"Awww. How cute. You have yourself a boyfriend, Allen." Roy laughed psychotically, wiping blood on his sleeve. Roy then bent down and pulled a knife out of his boot before quickly throwing it at Jaime. But Bart's reflexes were quicker and he caught the blade with two fingers, inches from Blue Beetle's face.
"And you wonder why I broke up with you." Bart snapped.
"Wait... You... And him?" Gar asked, pointing between Bart and Roy.
"Yep." Roy laughed again.
Bart rolled his eyes.
"Guys, meet my psychotic ex-boyfriend, Roy Blackery."
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Dun dun dunnnnnn. A long chapter! For me anyway. Cliffhanger! Is this a cliffhanger? I don't know!
I just wanted to say that I have another book, called "The Ramblings of a Speedster." Its for when I can't update chapters like this and I don't want to update short, crap chapters here, so thats what Wally's thoughts are for.
Anyway, seeya in the next chapter and have a whelming day!
