Aquatica

Chapter 15- Twilight

In my life, there are very few things that I value more than coffee. Very few things. There are also very few ways to actually enjoy coffee. In my experience, coffee is usually enjoyed in the silence of an early morning after a good night's sleep. With all of this being said, there are very few people in the league who actually let me enjoy a cup in silence. J'onn and Batman. As much as I love the rest of the league, they never let me enjoy a cup in silence. Superman always had to make small talk, Flash can never really stop talking, John was usually arguing with someone, Diana always would ask questions, and Shay would try and tell battle stories. I love them, but coffee is meant to be enjoyed in silence. Currently, J'onn was with Shayera, which left my silent companion of the morning to be Batman.

Sitting in front of the computers, I sat with my cup of coffee and he sat next to me, typing away on the computer, most likely filing our last mission reports. I glanced over the reports as they flew across the screen and I sipped my coffee. Just as the last file closed, I took my last sip and set the mug on the desk.

"You know what?" I asked, finally breaking the 30 minute silence that had built up around us. Bats hummed in reply, still not taking his eyes off the monitor. "I think today is going to be a great day," I said, leaning back in the chair and crossing my legs.

Bats finally glanced over at me, before quickly looking back at the computer. "And why is that?"

I turned my chair so I was facing him. "Because...I was able to finish my coffee in silence, with no fights breaking out, no alarms going off, and nothing blew up." I spun my chair so I was facing forward again. "That all equals an exceptionally good day."

I began to stand up to put my mug in the kitchen when the Watchtower shook, throwing me back into my seat. "What the hell was that?" I asked, trying to be heard over the alarms wailing.

"It was you speaking too soon about it being a good day," Bats said, furiously typing on the computer. In seconds, Superman and Wonder Woman were looking over our shoulders at the screens, trying to figure out what was going on.

"Sensors are picking up abnormal energy surges, but I've never seen an energy source like this before," Bats told us. Shayera and J'onn flew down to where we were, coming over to see what was going on.

"I have," Superman said, frowning. "It's a boom tube."

"A what now?" I asked, looking over at him.

Before he could answer me a bright light, followed by what sounded like thunder appeared from behind us. We turned around and saw a white light forming a circle, but it wasn't just any ordinary circle. Lines started to form inside, making it look like a tunnel.

A figure started walking out of the tunnel, silhouetted by the bright light. It wasn't until the lights dimmed out I realized I was looking into the blood red eyes of Darkseid. My heart plummeted. I have never dealt with him myself, but I had heard about him, specifically his previous encounters with Superman. Him being here was going to make my good day turn into a bad one pretty quickly.

"We meet again, Kal-El," He said, smirking at Superman.

"You!" Superman yelled, lunging forward and punching Darkseid in the face multiple times, sending him backwards and hitting one of the center beams and shaking the entire Tower. The tower literally lurched to the side, causing all of us to become unsteady.

"Stop them before they knock us out of orbit!" Batman yelled. J"onn and Diana stepped forward and tried to pull Superman off of Darkseid. I took a step forward to help but Bats grabbed my wrist. "Don't. He's too strong, there isn't much you can do except probably get hurt," He said. Looking back over I saw that Diana and J'onn were struggling to restrain Superman. I may have some powers, but I'm still only human.