Jaime Reyes One Shots

Reaper (Part 2)

    I looked over my shoulder and carefully stepped out of the alley I was in and made my way down the street. It had been three months since my dad had gone MIA, and roughly two months since I had left the team. The team, who'da thought I'd call 'em that. Weird to say, but I sorta miss those runts. I sighed as I looked around the street, it was busy, but none of the bars matched the bar from the file. I had been hunting for the bar my dad disappeared in for months, and I'd managed to do it all under radar, thanks to a little glamour charm, nobody would recognize me. It completely changed my appearance, everyone would see a different person, whoever most attracted them, it had been hard, but I had managed, I just had to base it off the Greek Goddess Aphrodite. I had also been slowly losing my British accent, which bothered me, after all, my accent had been all I had as a reminder of my dad. My dad, the man who raised me, the man who taught me everything I know! He was missing, and nobody knew where he had gone, where he last was, for all I know, he could be.... I shook my head, no! I can't think like that, thinking like that is basically admitting failure! I refuse to give up on him! I heard footsteps following me, I carefully glanced over my shoulder to see a redhead following me, a familiar redhead, he was chatting with another familiar person, who didn't remove his gaze from me, that worried me. Had they caught onto me? You know, given that they're following me, and Blondie and Monkey boy are following from the rooftops, yeah, I'd say they caught on. I huffed before taking a turn down an alley leading to an old abandoned warehouse. I waited until the redhead and his friend were in the alley too before I spun around and cast a spell holding them in place, Blondie and Monkey boy dropped down behind me along with Mr. Silent and,
   "Nightwing, care to explain why your team has been following me?" I inquired as I released Speedy Gonzales and Bug boy, I turned to face Nightwing. I noticed that he was staring at my necklace, I snapped my fingers to regain his attention.
   "We heard that someone was checking out every bar in every demon infested city, and that this person appeared different to everybody, something about their greatest attraction? We thought it might have to do with the disappearance of John Constantine, aka, Hellblazer." I scoffed and shook my head, I looked Nightwing in the eyes, or I suppose the mask.
   "If I had anything to do with Hellblazer's disappearance, then I wouldn't currently be looking for him. And if I did, that would make me a demon, and if I were a demon, you shouldn't have brought your little runts with you, especially given none of 'em have ever dealt with the mystic arts. Maybe you should've brought along Reaper, that new girl, heard she was Hellblazer's apprentice, she would've been a great help to you on this hunt." I was taunting them, I knew Reaper wasn't with them, given that I was Reaper. I noticed Bug boy tense at the mention of my alias, I smirked at this. "Oh, I'm sorry, was that a sore subject?" I teased, immediately I was pinned to the ground by Bug boy.
   "Where is she!?!?" He shouted, I allowed a bored look to cross my face as I shrugged.
    "How am I meant to know?" I asked, he glowered at me before getting off me. Speedy Gonzales placed a hand on his shoulder before looking at me. I could tell that they were all having a hard time concentrating, but then I felt someone's hand grabbing my necklace, I whipped around and tried to cast a spell to stop them, but it was too late. Nightwing was holding my necklace, my glamour charm wore off and everyone gasped at seeing me standing there. I huffed and blew my hair out of my face, I crossed my arms over my chest and rested my weight on my right foot. I glowered at Nightwing.
   "Thank you for removing my only method of finding Hellblazer. You are truly helpful!" I growled, it took me days to perfect that charm, and now if I were to make it, it wouldn't be as complex because I couldn't waste anymore time. I could hear Bug boy starting to approach me. "Another step closer Bug boy, and you're gonna regret it." I looked over my shoulder briefly and noticed him hesitate before stopping, I hummed before looking back at Nightwing.
   "We may have found a lead on where Constantine is, but, we can't send anyone in since nobody is able to defend themselves against demons. Except for-"
   "Except for me and Hellblazer, yes I am aware of that. Now, if you would give me the lead I'll go follow it up. Then we'll both be out of the others hair." I held my hand out towards Nightwing, he shook his head before gesturing to Bug boy.
   "Blue Beetle will be going with you, his scarab allows him to scan for specific people based on their DNA and his scarab allows him to see the demons you and Constantine face. Blue Beetle is also the one who found the lead, so you will have to accompany him." I glared before huffing. I spun around and faced Bug boy, I gestured for him to lead the way. He picked me up however and flew off towards Texas. I wrapped my arms around his neck to avoid falling, but other than that I avoided looking at him or talking to him. Apparently, he didn't get the hint.
   "Why'd you leave Reaper?" I could hear confusion, curiosity and hurt in his voice, confusion and curiosity I get, but hurt? Why would he feel hurt that I left? I rolled my eyes at his question before scanning the ground and area around us for any demons patrolling. Bug boy must've realized I wasn't going to answer as he gave up and simply flew us there quietly, eventually he set us down across from the bar from the file. I rolled my shoulders before walking into the bar, Bug boy following me, armoured down of course. I looked around the bar once we were inside, I noticed that there was a demon at every table, I ignored that however and continued scanning the room as I led Bug boy to an empty booth in the back right corner. We both slid in as I continued examining the room. I finally noticed a demon that was watching the space beside our booth, I followed his gaze and stared at the mirror there, it started flickering and so I tried to cast a simple spell to allow me to see it for what it was, it was one-way glass. And behind that glass, was Hellblazer, tied up and gagged, bloodied up and bruised, but he was alive! I forced myself to tear my gaze away from there before looking for who my dad's target had been, I realized it was the demon who had been staring at the mirror, and just my luck, he was coming over to Bug boy and I.
    "What're two fine folk like you doing here? Rough day at school?" The demon was polite, but I could hear the subtle edge of a knife there, one wrong move, and he would kill us. Bug boy looked at me, I could tell he was nervous, I kept my gaze on the demon as I answered smoothly,
   "Oh no, my boyfriend and I are just enjoying some time together. We had heard news that this bar was a safe haven for, any and all visitors, police and authorities can't enter. We ran away awhile ago, and wanted to enjoy a nice date out but didn't know if we could go anywhere but here. Did we hear wrong?" Bug boy nearly choked on his water but he was able to recover by passing it off as admiring me, I smiled sweetly at him before looking back at the demon, the demon returned my smile before laughing.
   "No you heard right, the name's Samuel. Yes, we are free from police, the government, the military, everybody!" I smiled at that before trying my luck, I knew it would more than likely give us away, but I didn't care anymore, Bug boy and I could take 'em all.
   "Even the Justice League? Do they avoid this place? Or what about the Hellblazer, John Constantine, because I don't want to have our date ruined by them." Sure enough the moment the words left my mouth, Samuel knew my true intentions, his eyes narrowed and all the demons in the place were watching us now.
   "The Justice League doesn't know about this place, but the Hellblazer, well, you can join him if you'd like... Reaper." I smirked before snapping my fingers, immediately the weaker demons were burnt to a crisp, being sent back. The other ones however, they all charged. Samuel had lunged for me instantly but Bug boy had my back and had pulled us both out of the way, his armor covering him immediately. I dove for the demons and shot spell after spell at them, Bug boy was doing pretty good against them, but it didn't last long. Samuel had caught him just as I dealt with the last demon, I whirled around to see Samuel holding Bug boy by both his arms.
   "Stand down Reaper, or else your little bug boy gets it." I growled at that.
   "Sorry Samuel, but I'm the only one who gets to call him that!" I cast a strong spell at him as Bug boy activated his rockets, escaping his clutches. We both watched as Samuel disappeared, I smiled at that before taking off towards the mirror. I lifted my foot and kicked it, the mirror shattered and shards went flying. I ran into the room and over to my dad, he slowly raised his head and when he saw me, shock crossed his face.
    "Em? Is that really you?" I smiled at my dad before nodding, Bug boy got rid of his restraints as I cast a spell to heal his wounds. My dad immediately pulled me into a tight hug.
   "Oh thank god you're alright!" I hugged my dad back just as tight.
  "Dad... I, I'm sorry I didn't find you sooner! I'm so sorry!" I looked at Bug boy who was walking back after contacting Nightwing, I smiled at him and mouthed a thank you, he smiled back and nodded. I stepped back from my dad and smiled at him again before walking over to Bug boy and hugging him too.
   "Thank you for finding him Blue, and thank you for comforting me two months ago." I whispered the last part but he heard it and I could tell he was shocked by that, but he smiled and hugged me a little tighter. Maybe the runts weren't so bad.

     "Blue Beetle, fail." I smirked at seeing Bug boy fall onto the floor, yet again, he had lost in a friendly sparring match. I held my hand out to him though, he smiled and grabbed it and I pulled him up.
   "One of these days, I'll beat you. I promise, hermosa." I smirked at his words before shrugging.
    "Whatever you say, Jaime, whatever you say." I leaned up and kissed him, yeah, this team of "runts" aren't so bad.