Young Justice Season 5 - The Fifth Generation

Episode/Chapter 10 - Water, Earth, and Lightning Part 2

"This is it..."

"Jaime, isn't the whole point of this visit to not go to school?" Milagro pouted her bottom lip as she stomped her foot on the concrete.

"Yes, yes, I know, but this is just going to be quick. I promise." Jaime assured her, "besides, this is going to be fun."

"Why couldn't I stay home?"

"I thought I told you... You have to go see Uncle Guy right after for more training, remember?" Jaime sighed, "so let's just get this over with, okay?"

Milagro sighed as Jaime took her hand and led her into the San Diego Higb School.

They walked through the halls, sat outside the office, talked to the principal, faculty, the office, and scanned faces in a 'completely uncreepy way', as Jaime had described it.

"Come on, come on..." Jaime tried to remember the girl. Black hair... Tall... Thin... He studied the blurred student ID once more, then looked around through the crowds of students about his age until he finally spotted a head of black, straight hair walking towards him.

Jaime nodded with the certainty that it's her. So as soon as she walked past him, he reached out and grabbed her arm. Suddenly, before he knew it, he wasn't even holding her arm. He stared at his empty hand, then turned back around to see her continuing to walk further and further away from him, "how did she..." He suddenly felt his palm and his fingers, then gasped when he realized that they were wet.

That's her.

Jaime grabbed Milagro's wrist and took off running after her.

"Jaime! Slow down! I can't run this fast! Too many people..." Milagro yelled through the crowd.

Jaime groaned and stopped, "Mil, I need to catch someone..."

"You know her?"

"Yeah. She's the one that saved us yesterday." Jaime panted.

"Oh..." Milagro nodded in understanding, then took off running, "then let's go!"

Jaime scoffed and rolled his eyes as he followed his sister through the halls. Before they knew it, they ran into a small, dark hallway that was cut off with no outlet, "what the... Did we completely lose her...?"

"Stop right there!"

Jaime and Milagro turned around to see the very girl they were trying to catch up to. She stood in front of the two, blacking their only means of escape, "look, you're--"

"Why are you following me?"

Jaime immediately felt panic run through him. Crap... Is this the wrong girl? No, it can't be. She walked right through my hand...

"We're here because you saved us!"

"Mil!" Jaime grabbed his sister and pulled her back, hand over her mouth, "sorry, my little sister is very loud... She didn't mean any--"

"Wait..." The girl peered at them, "you... I recognize you."

"Uh..." Jaime looked down at Milagro, then back up at their savior, "we're the ones that you saved from that gang yesterday. My name is Jaime Reyes, and this is my little sister, Milagro Reyes."

"I'm Lorena Marquez, just a normal girl, with a normal life. I can't be that super heroine you two idolize so much." Lorena crossed her arms.

Jaime rose a brow, "oh really? Then you must be close with her. Aquagirl just so happened to have dropped this student ID that looks almost just like you. What was a super heroine like her doing with this?"