Justice League: A New Chapter

Chapter 16: Scared

"Ok so we need to destroy that crystal thing right" Jeans asked "NO!!" Jared yelled "We need to keep that thing in tact. Yes we need to destroy it soon, but not now, after we are done. Im going to keep it on me for now and continue to examine it-" Jared was trying to explain. Then he thought about it a bit "Hmm well this is like the sole thing they're after.....maybe we should destroy it". "Well, thats all i needed to hear" Rob said and snatch the crystal out of Jared's hands, dropped the crystal on the floor and stepped on it with all his strength. Rob lifted his foot, the crystal was still in tact. No scratches or anything. "Well shit Jared" Rob said picking up the crystal "looks like we can't destroy it....hmm that opens a new problem" Jared said. Jared got up and walked over to a dresser, but it was a tad bigger. He opened a drawer and pulled out a lead box. "Rob come hold this damn thing its heavy" Jared pleaded straining himself. The box weighed at least one hundred pounds easy.

Rob held the box and Jared opened it, setting the crystal inside. "Follow me "Jared insisted, Rob and Jared walked over to the edge of the cave that led to a large cliff, Jeans followed in curiousity. "Toss it down" Jared demanded. Rob let go of the box and let it fall. "So how far down does that go" Jeans asked "Not sure, well over 200 feet for sure though" Jared replied. About a minute later they finally heard a loud clunk sound. The box had finally reached the bottom "Well that takes care of the crystal....now we prep for battle, we head to Bengali in the morning, it will be night time there but just before dawn, it will turn morning when we get there. Now get some rest all of you, this is the final fight" Jared ordered. "Rob...whatever you decide to do in this fight tomorrow, i'm right behind you, tomorrow is the day i don't mind you killing" Jared said. Rob nodded with a smirk and grabbed a bottle of whiskey as his sleep aid and went to his room. Everybody had went off to bed by the time 4 in the morning rolled around Rob was already up and doing target practice. Rob was having a hard time deciding if he was going to torcher slade or kill him swiftly.

4 years ago...

Rob was sitting in his apartment playing call of duty when there was a knock at the door. Rob paused his game and walked to his door and opened it, it was Tabby. "It's not everyday a beautiful women stands outside my door" Rob says "Shut up" Tabby says wrapping her arms around Rob as she enters the room. They both walk to his bedroom, the two of them were lying in bed together watching tv together, Rob had his arms wrapped around Tabby. They sat there for about three hours when Tabby's phone rang, it was her friend Bethany "Don't answer it" Rob whispers putting his hand over the phone acting as if the phone wasn't even there. "I have to might be important." she whispers back Rob rolled his eyes and let Tabby answer the phone "Hey, Yeah i'm busy why?" Bethany explained what was happening. "Ok bye, help will be there soon" Tabby said, then she dropped her phone, sat in the ground, curled up in a ball wrapping her arms around her legs and began sobbing. "Tabby...TABBY...What's wrong" Rob pleaded. "Bethany, she is being attacked by ninjas or something. Rob had always been rather superstitious and was kind of skeptical of who was behind it. He had to ignore his gut to keep his girlfriend from freaking out. "I'll go get her, where is she at" Rob said "She is at her house a block away, straight down the road" Tabby replied. Rob walked in the kitchen, grabbed a couple steak knives and left. He full sprinted to Bethany's house and got there in five minutes.

Rob tried the direct approach to be polite and tried the front door. the door was locked, so he slammed his full body weight into the front window taking out a ninja standing in front of it. He heard screaming coming from a closet down the hallway. Rob went to run around the corner but heard Tabby call from behind him, she had followed him there. Rob turned around to look at her, but as he did she screamed and pointed behind Rob. He turned around and was knocked out by a steel bo staff slamming him in the face. The last thing he saw was Tabby's beauty before he blacked out. He had allowed himself to get distracted by her, her beautiful looks, and her smile. "Dont worry dear, you and your friend will be fine, he is all i wanted....now run along home and forget what you seen" Slade said

Present

Rob had finished practicing by the time Jared came down at eight o'clock that morning "So, shall we leave soon" Rob said "Yes in a few hours, once everyone is up, and i make a few fixes to the vehicles and weaponry and we'll be ready, within two hours i'd say" Jared replied. Jared walked over to the Batwing and began making slight repairs, making sure it was ready for flight. He spent about thirty minutes on the plane before going to the car, meanwhile Rob was hitting the heavybag. Rob looked over his shoulder and chuckled, watching Jared try to lug mini missiles to the Batmobile. His smile slowly faded when he finally realized that this is it, this final fight could be the death of him, more importantly to him, it could be his friends. "Despite all the hell we have gone through, i've been a jerk and yet they remained my friends. Jared, Jeans, there the only people i have left in this world, ah hell there family" Rob thought to himself. At least twenty minutes had passed while Rob was daydreaming, Jared walked over "You ready?" Jared said, Rob shook his head "Oh..umm ya...lets do this, is everyone up?" Rob asked. "Yes Jeans out on his old Daedric armor and we scrapped all our old weapons, used the parts for scrap and i repaired Jeans old sawed of shotgun, even gave Adrianna an upgrade in her old samus suit, we made our own design together, might have to wait an extra hour for it to be finished constructing. I even have been working in whatever free time for myself and repaired my suit" Jared explained.

Jeans and Adrianna walked downstairs holding hands, they were dressed in their armor looking already ready for battle. They weren't smiling though, they looked almost scared. Their grip on each others hands grew tighter as they walked closer to Rob and Jared. "You know what, we're all family....me and Adrianna are actually really scared, we want a life past this once its over, so for now we are all in" Jeans was explaining, his mood slowly growing to an exciting rage "LETS FUCK SOME SHIT UP" Jeans yelled. "Ok we should head out, we leave now and we could get to Bengali in about ten hours" Jared said. Oliver came walking in the room, he had heard everything "Rob, Jared, everyone i wanna tell you how proud i am of you. Rob you're the best protege i could ask for.....Jared...i know Bruce would be proud of he were still here, kinda funny i can't believe i lived past him. Jeans, Adrianna, the world will appreciate what you have done to help Jared and Rob and I know they you have all lost everyone special to you, except you Jeans, cherish her" Oliver finished "Actually thats what i was about to say, i have one other person i hope is still alive...my last friend from South Carolina...her name is Sarah" Jared said. Everyone's faces had a shocked expression as Jared turned away walked over to the glass cases that Bruce had used for to keep all the former batsuits, robin suits, and batgirl's suit. He went up to Barbara Gordon's old suit, opened the case and took the suit out, walked over and leaped into the Batwing. "Ill set your vehicles to get to Bengali, im going to track Sarah down, ill meet you there, hopefully before the action starts" Jared shouted turning the plane around to take off "JARED YOU MOTHERFUCKER I HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING" Rob yelled to Jared as he shot out of the cave heading south. "Alright lets do this shit!" Adrianna yelled running to Jean's Mustang G-T sliding across the hood just because, she slide back across so she could get to the passenger seat and waited anxiously for Jeans to get in the driver seat.