What... The Hell... Was That...?

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Lex walked into his book self and pulled one down, as it then was moved to the side. When he went in, there was a couple of monitors there that turned on...

?: Have you found her.

Lex: I have, and by mild surprise, she's with Ivy.

?: This time, I believe we should kill them both.

?: Yes, Ivy has been unresponsive to our meetings and mission debriefs - meaning that she isn't participating with The Light anymore.

Vandal: Then let us remind her of her current standing with us.

Vandal Savage was shown...

Vandal: A Harley Quinn with anyone is of no concern to me - even when she IS with the Justice League, but a Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy duo is most concerning. Ivy isn't the type to leave unless she has a reason - and she's never goes back to what she's quit. Eliminating them both maybe our only option.

Lex: Then by all means, let me send some of our returning members to go and "have a talk with them."

Vandal: See to it that you do.

Lex: I will...

A day later in Gotham...

Jason made his way to Iz's old place and looked around but didn't find the teen at the damaged sight.

He talked to his landlord but she said she hasn't seen him come by here which made him gruff out. He press the comm in his ear and said...

Jason: Not here.

With Dick, he checked around Happy Harbor, being in the vicinity but didn't see Iz anywhere, he saw Tim in the Bat jet with Conner and M'gann in the Bioship but they both had the same expression as him.

Nothing...

After a while, they all came back to the cave with sighs as Cassie sat on the couch, looking at Iz's friends along with Eri who had bags under her eyes...

Shazam: Hey, it's ok, we'll find him... e-even though he can fly faster than me - but we'll figure it out.

At the moment, Arthur, Diana, Dinah, Ollie, Nate who had John Stewart close by, Clark, Kara, and Bruce who was just coming in.

Cassie(WG) sat next to Diana, she was shocked to hear what Iz had done because he was an all around guy, but wasn't surprised that Nate was the one that triggered that.

She looked at him to see that despite that suit he had to wear, Iz made sure to break a couple of things.

Kara was shocked also, seeing Clark bleed bad her a little hesitant of the teen because what if he decided to just say "fuck it" and join the villains.

Andy's eyes were lowered, being in the med bay with Gabriel, who was on a hospital bed with Jaime, Rex, Imani, Nubia and Eve all bunched up in the chairs around him with Zatanna working on healing him.

Babs was at the entrance of the door, watching them and sighed, taking her mask off. As she did that, Jaime asked...

Jaime: Any luck Zatanna?

Zatanna: Mmm, so far - I have him stable right now but I can't undo the damage J'onn did to him with my Telepathic Skills. J'onn wasn't lying, he's been severely scared mentally. I even tried Time Magic - it's like trying to wipe glue off a mirror.

She then looked at J'onn who was in a hospital bed behind her...

Zatanna: I can't even begin to wonder what Iz did to him.

Jaime: What did he do?

Zatanna: Imagine your brain as the LEGO version of the Death Star in Star Wars. It's like Iz took that and dropped it from a five - story window.

Rex: ...

Andy: ... Sigh...

He turned away and put his hoodie on...

They watched him as he walked away, saying nothing. They couldn't try and cheer him up if they weren't...

He came in where everyone was - just when. Rice was about to interrogate Nate but they looked at him...

Wally: Hey man.

Bart: Hey... uh...

He caught up with him - not with speed but just with his normal jog saying...

Bart: You mind some company? No sense in -

Andy; No thanks.

With that, he began to leave but Diana flew over to him and gently took him by the shoulder...

Diana: Please, don't leave. We can talk this through.

He looked at her but then he remembered that day...

That day when everything went wrong...

And she was the reason from it...

He ripped away from her saying...

Andy: I don't want to talk it through...

He was tired of the charade he put on everytime she came around.

Andy: Especially not with you...

She heard him say that last part and was confused, what did he mean by that?

Ana saw this and left off with him...

Eri: ...

Mirio: ...

Bruce: What... were... you thinking?

Nate: Look, like I told you guys - I didn't know that was gonna happen. If anybody knew that the kid had a crippling reaction to Telepathy - it'd have to be those kids.

M'gann spoke up...

M'gann: So blame them for something you weren't suppose to pull in the first place?

Now he stood...

Nate: It was suppose to be a simple follow up mental scan.

He directed a look to Bruce...

Nate: Something your Lord and Savior Batman didn't do.

Bruce: I didn't do a mental scan because I didn't feel the NEED to do one and was too cautious to even consider that.

Nate: Cautious?

He looked at Arthur...

Bruce: After seeing how Ana reacted to Arthur. I instantly came to the conclusion that there was more to their story - but I didn't want to go digging. I just decided to trust the league - including YOU to not do anything stupid.

Nate: So it's MY fault for YOU not telling me that!? I just wanted to know what he REALLY was about since you got this fuckin change of heart bullshit going on and wanna start trusting every meta out there.

Next thing he knew was that he had a pot thrown at his head. It didn't hurt but it did come as a surprise.

He looked over, everyone looking at Eri who seemed to be holding back some tears as she silently began to walk out too.

Marie: Eri?

Matt: Hey...

Shazam got up...

Shazam: Hey, it's too dangerous for you to go on your ow-

She put her hand out to him as he stopped...

And reversed...

Shazam: wo ruoy no og ot uoy rof suoregnad oot s'ti, yeh.

He began to talk in reverse as he came back over to the two...

Shazam: ... What the...

They stared in surprise before looking at her as she closed her eyes and said...

Eri: There. Now you see, I have powers to - it's Time related - is that GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU!?!?

Nate: ...

She then just left, wiping the tears from her eyes...

Mirio knew that she was gonna find Iz and end up meeting Harley - who doesn't know anything of what's going on - so he wasn't worried about her right now.

He stood up and stretched saying...

Mirio: Welp, I hope this was worth it.

Nate: ?

Diana: Worth it?

Kara: What do you mean?

He ignored them saying...

Mirio: Captain Atom? You wanna know about Iz and his friends so bad? Fine, I'll tell you. Let's start with you.

He said this looking at Arthur...

Arthur: Me?

Kaldur: My... King did something?

Mirio: Yea, he did.

He put his hands in his pockets saying...

Mirio: And he doesn't even know that he did it.

Arthur: What are you referring to?

Mirio: Ana. The girl that keeps flinching everytime you're around.

Arthur: ?

Mirio: November 24, 2015. You were fighting someone in the waters of Cassis, France...

Arthur looked down, rubbing his chin...

Arthur: It was a bit of time ago but... I remember that.

Mirio: Hmm... did you remember the town you flooded doing that?

Arthur: !

Kaldur: What!?

Arthur: I did no such thing!

Mirio: After your fight with Ocean Master - or Black Manta - or whoever the fuck you were fighting, you ended up flooding the town... HER town...

Arthur: ...

Mirio: Ana's dad pushed his own daughter out of the house and was crushed by that and to make it worse, that same overkill water attack yanked her 30 feet bellow land.

Arthur: ... I... N-No that's... no I... I-I would've seen her.

Mirio: If you didn't notice the town you flooded, how could you notice her?

Arthur: ...

Kaldur: My King... is that... true?

Arthur: ...

He then looked at Diana...

Mirio: You.

Diana: ?

Mirio: You're probably wondering why Andy said that "especially not from you" quip earlier, right?

Diana: ... How did you hear that... from way over there?

Mirio: Don't worry, we're gonna get to me, but first you. Did you know that both Andy and Imani had TWO other older siblings?

Diana: Why... why would you bring... that up?

Mirio: ...

Diana: I... didn't do anything to them.

Mirio: You did. I actually remember this fight because I was in Santo Domingo right after.

Babs: The Dominican Republic?

Mirio: Yea, and she was fighting -

Diana: Grail...

Mirio: Now you remember, great. She threw a building at her but from what the tv showed, Grail dodged it... they didn't show where it landed...

Diana looked at him in horror...

Mirio: You took, Andy and Imani's parents away from them including their two sisters, and thought nothing of it. You were in Santo, you didn't think that would land somewhere?

Diana: ...

She shut her eyes and ran her hands through her hair...

Mirio: Then there's your buddy Martian Manhunter.

He looked at Nate...

Mirio: Wanna know why he had such a reaction to his Telepathy? Because that's not the ONLY time he's done that.

M'gann: I-It's not?

Jaime: In Mexico...

They saw Jaime come out...

Jaime: Martian Manhunter was beating Psimon in a mental fight... but Psimon decided to play dirty. He took the fight to Chiapas, Mexico - where Gabriel and his mom stayed. We actually use to go and visit him from time from time... he and his mom lived in poverty.

M'gann: ... Jaime...

Jaime: ... Those Brain Blasts you and him can do are way more lethal than you think they are.

Bart: Hermano...

Jaime: Gabriel got to me and my mom. It's crazy he didn't know what was going on but he knew that we shouldn't be nowhere near them. Before we knew it, we were thrown down but Gabriel and his mom were hit... hard. He survived... but she didn't.

Jason: You're serious?

Jaime: Yea... we couldn't take him with us either to Texas either, we begged them and they still refused. So his uncle took him in... but died a year later. Up until he got here, I didn't know what happened to him.

Mirio: And now us.

Bruce: ...

Mirio: You all wanted to know about Iz, me, and Eri, right?

At this point they didn't want to hear anymore. It was so sad what happened and right around the corner, Nubia, Rex, and Eve were listening.

They looked at Rex...

Nubia: ... Baby was it really that bad for them?

Rex: It was...

Mirio: Me, Izuku, and Eri are from another Earth. You guys are familiar with stuff like that, right? Considering you're still having monthly visits from Earth 3's Crime Syndicate, right?

Clark: ...

Batman: ...

Mirio: On our Earth, we didn't have any heroes like you guys. Which is why I wasn't so hostile towards you... but in my world, almost 90% of the population has SOME power. We used to go to school to learn how to use them and perfect them so that we can become heroes too. But Iz was one of the 10% that didn't get a power. I'm pretty sure you smart people can get how his life was.

Conner: ...

Tim: ...

Cassie(Gotham): ...

Stephanie: ...

Mirio: So, the strongest hero in our world GAVE him his power but after months of having it. He forcefully took it back, and Iz was already known back then. To make matters worst...

They knew it was coming but they didn't know if they wanted to know...

They breathed as he said in a low and unforgivable tone...

Mirio: They used... the THREE of us as bait for the villains... which got us killed.

Everyone's heart dropped...

Imani, and even Rex didn't know that. They didn't know that those three were from another Earth, they didn't know that their heroes did them dirty like that.

But hearing it come out of Mirio's mouth, it has to be true...

He sighed, taking a stoic expression and casually walked to the back saying...

Mirio: But we ended up surviving. Iz told me that - in his words, "an annoying ass voice in his head that won't shut up" offered him a new life as a deal - though I don't know the details. He saved us from dying and we ended up five miles on the outskirts of the town you all saw us in.

Bruce: ...

Mirio: Four years before that, Ms. Carla rounded up Gabriel, Imani, and Andy coming across them while she was in the Airforce. A year after, Ana found herself there and never left. And a year after we got there, Rex was sent there by his parents and told them that he didn't want to leave his new "annoyances". There. Now you guys are all caught up.

He gave Nate a look saying...

Mirio: Hope you're satisfied.

With that, he was gone...

All ...

A week later with Andy, who decided to just sleep in a hotel away from everyone he came out of said hotel and took a walk, thinking of how stupid it was to think that ALL the heroes would cooperate and they didn't...

Even though he tried to have Iz bow out of this last minute - it was still LAST minute. Now his house is gone and he has no choice BUT to be here.

Ana was walking with him when he first left but saw Eri out and decided to just stick with her while Andy got somewhere to sleep by himself...

He watched as some heroes flew above him but he didn't really wanna see them right now...

His best friend was out there somewhere...

He came to an alley and leaned his back up against the wall saying...

Andy: C'mon Iz, open up.

But nothing was said...

He waited for a few minutes before saying...

Andy: Dude, I know you can hear me, open up.

Another few seconds went by before a portal opened up, shining light blue...

Andy stepped through...

Finding himself somewhere far away with Iz sitting across from him. He looked around and asked...

Andy: Is this Belgium?

Iz: Andy... I wanted to be alone.

Andy: ...

The boy sat across from him saying...

Andy: Well, you may get away with that with Rex, Ana, Imani, and Eve, but not me, I'm your best friend. So I have special clearance.

Iz: ...

He then looked at Andy saying...

Iz: You know Mirio most likely told them, right? You don't care?

Andy: My best friend was so mad that he disappeared for a week and a half and when I
finally find him, he's in fucking Belgium, the other side of the earth. You really think I'm worried about me right now?

Iz: ...

Iz stared at him before looking down but Andy scoffed and said...

Andy: Dude, Eri's fine.

He looked up before scoffing himself and looking away.

Andy: Yea, must suck to know that I know what you're thinking even without powers. She is fine though, pissed off, but fine.

Iz: Yea...

The teen then came and sat next to Iz, elbowing him in the side.

Andy: I think Mirio told them everything.

Iz: ... Yea. How's -

Andy: Gabriel's fine too. He managed to pull through so far. I actually went by there to see.

Iz: Sigh... that's a relief. What about -

Andy: Ana's fine too, she and Eri are with Ivy and Harley.

Iz: ... Oh... and Harley -

Andy: The four of them are looking for you. Boy, you got that girl spoiled for real.

Iz: What?

Andy: Harley Quinn came in with a vengeance. She didn't see Captain Atom there so she hacked the Zetta tube thingies and went to the tower.

Iz: She did what!?

Andy: We don't know what happened after she went there but she must've not been successful... I ain't mad at what she did next though.

Iz: The hell she do?

Andy: Dawg she called this man's wife up and told her that he was flirting with Black Canary.

Iz: Oh!

Andy: PFFT!!! I have never seen this man more scared in his life. I don't even know how she got the number.

Iz/Andy: Hahahahahhahaa!!!!

Once they were don't laughing...

Andy: But in all seriousness, Batman did suspend him and put J'onn on probation, M'gann being his Probation Officer.

It sounded like everything worked out...

Being away for a week, after calming down, Iz kinda saw that as assholish as Nate was, he was only looking out for the Justice League as a whole.

He shouldn't have went behind their backs about it, he should've consulted them about it - he really shouldn't have used Iz's friends as a way to get info...

But the teen somewhat got where he was coming from - no, that doesn't mean that he and J'onn didn't deserve that asskicking.

Hearing that Harley was coming at him with a wrath unlike any other made him feel...

A little bit bubbly in the stomach...

He smiled at that before sighing and standing up...

Andy: ?

He stretched and said...

Iz: Alright, come on.

He opened a portal...

Andy: Uh... where are you going?

Iz: We're going back.

Andy stared at him...

Iz: It's been a week.

Andy: Yea but... bro you don't have to rush getting back there.

Iz: I know but letting Harley just roam around in a blood rage isn't doing anyone any good.

Andy stared at him before standing up...

Andy: Izuku -

Iz: Andy -

Andy: Dude are you sure?

Iz: Andy? If I'm being real with you. If Gabriel did not survive, I'd do to them what I do to the villains in Gotham and just make everyone scared. But I'm not, I should, but... I see that some of these people - mainly the teenagers in the Justice League don't mean any real harm. I dealt with what Nate and J'onn did. Everyone's alive and well. That's all I want.

Andy: ... And you sure you're good?

Iz: Yea, I am.

Andy sighed as he made a portal, Iz was about to walk through it but Andy caught him by the wrist saying...

Andy: After this, we don't have to go around the Justice League no more, ok?

Iz: ...

Andy: I wanna be happy but I want my best friend to be too. And if that means avoiding heroes at all costs then shit in with it.

Iz blinked at him before smiling...

Iz: Yea, ok.

Andy: ... And we can use them for financial support.

Iz: That we can do.

Andy: I mean, they did almost fry our friend's brain so they kinda owe us.

Iz: That they do.

Andy: All in favor of making their pockets hurt say "Aye".

Iz/Andy: "Aye." Hehehahahahhaahhah!!!!!

With that, they both left through...

With Harley

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