Flashpoint Rebirth

Part 2

Luckily the Hall of Justice still remained in the place, or he would've had to run all around the country looking for it. In a flash he was seated between Green Lantern and Zatanna. Barry scanned the room. They were seated in a U shape, so everyone could see each other. He noticed

"Hey, Barry!" greeted the Green Lantern, also known as Hal Jordan. Then he went through a series of complicated handshakes. "For someone who's the Flash, you still can't seem to get the hang of this handshake thing."

Barry opened his mouth to speak, but someone else spoke up before him. Superman had just entered the meeting room. He didn't take a seat, instead he stood by the door.

"Good evening, everyone," he greeted.

The members mumbled their greetings in return.

Superman cleared his throat and began to speak. "As you know, there was an occurrence of powerful magic at the mountains of Tibet. Constantine and I went over to investigate the mountains. We found a broken down building on the mountains."

"The building was taken down just this morning, a few minutes before we found it. According to the broken gateway, the building was called Nanda Parbat," Constantine piped up.

"That's the training facility and headquarters of the League of Assassins," said Green Lantern. "I flew over it many times, but the Guardians didn't consider them threats, or I would've taken them down."

"Anyway, I'd like to introduce to you the kid that took down the building," Superman said.

"Kid?" The other members gave him a questionable look.

"Yes, a kid took down Nanda Parbat," Superman confirmed. He stepped aside revealing a girl. She wore a long dark cloak that completely covered her body. Her hood shadowed her face, making it nearly impossible for anyone to see who she really is. Barry knew this girl. Raven, she was one of the survivors from the war. "This is Raven."

"I sense a dark aura around her," Zatanna pointed out. "She clearly is not from Earth, no one on this planet can possess as much dark magic."

"I agree with ya, love," Constantine said, studying the little girl next to the Man of Steel. "There's somethin' demonic about her, especially when she released that dark bird."

"A dark bird?" Wonder Woman questioned.

Superman nodded. "We were able to find the building because we saw the dark bird rise from the rubble. It dissipated when we arrived."

"She used some kind of magic, very dark magic," John recalled.

Zatanna exchanged a look with Constantine. "Should we keep her here, at the Hall of Justice?" she asked.

"Actually, I was hoping to adopt her." Superman gave Raven a smile.

Raven looked up with wide eyes. She has never felt wanted. Not after she destroyed Azarath, not while she lived on Azarath. In her father's realm, she was trained to be a weapon, a weapon to destroy worlds.

"Or," Zatanna cut in, "she can come stay at the House of Mystery with me and John."

Constantine gave his girlfriend a nervous glance. "She can?"

The sorceress shot him a stern look. "Yes, she can."

"Of course! Blimey, you must really want to bring the demon girl home with ya," Constantine said, throwing his hands in the air.

Superman knew that they wouldn't give Raven the childhood he wanted her to have. They wouldn't give her the family she needed. They would probably try their best to find out all there is about her, to test all her abilities. He didn't know why, but he felt like he should raise her, as his daughter. She reminded him of himself, he came to Earth and was taken in by the Kents. He wanted her to be taken in by a caring family, too.

"No." He spoke sternly, the Justice League turned their attention to him. "Raven deserves a chance at a normal life. Perhaps the only way to get rid of her darkness is to show her the light."

Wonder Woman stood from her seat. "I agree with Clark. Bruce may not be here, but I'm sure he'll agree, too. We all saw how Jason changed. How Artemis chose good, even though she's from a family of villains. Who's to say this young girl before us can't replace her dark magic, with light."

The Leaguers nodded in agreement. Zatanna, however, folded her arms. She didn't object though, knowing the others couldn't sense the aura of the young girl. They had concluded the meeting and soon the Hall of Justice only had four remaining people.

"If you guys want, you can come over and teach Raven to use her magic," Superman offered.

Constantine shrugged. "If Zee wants to."

Zatanna smiled. "That would be nice. At least I can try to change her destiny," she said, giving her boyfriend a nervous glance.

Raven looked between them. She finally spoke up. "I will go against my destiny," she said.

"I'm sure ya will." Constantine bent down and gave her a pat on the shoulder. "We can come over, say, tomorrow?"

"Alright, we'll be expecting you tomorrow," Superman confirmed.