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Posted by Blue Beetle
on 10/20/2008, 8:41 pm, in reply to "The Brave and the Bold: Meanwhile..."
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Melody Case sits on the couch an uncomfortable silence having fallen over the room due to the fact that she is it's only occupant. Barbara had left in a hurry with the red headed girl, Charlie, leaving Melody in a stranger’s apartment all alone. Standing up with a heavy sigh she walks over to the fireplace and the mantle that hangs above it. A variety of pictures sit atop of it, Barbara and someone Melody recognizes as Gotham's Commissioner of Police, she's wearing a cap and gown. Barbara and Dick at a Gotham Knights game both looking much younger. Barbara and Dinah along with another woman with long black hair and strong Italian features in a kitchen making pasta. As she makes her way down the mantle she sees a picture of Barbara and Ted. He's dressed in a tuxedo, she's in a red dress that looks to be made of satin, Bruce Wayne, Dinah, and Oliver Queen are also in the picture.
"Look's like things weren't all business in Gotham." She mumbles to herself. She reassures herself that is not jealously, although it would have been nice if Ted had mentioned her before now.
"Ah!" The voice startles her, turning around with a gasp of her own, the girl Barbara had left with sits panicked on the floor in a costume of her own, a domino mask over her eyes, a cape and a purple shirt with a yellow symbol on it. Least Betty's costume didn't clash. She doesn't even notice the picture she had been holding in her hand lies shattered on the floor, pieces of glass embedded in the carpet.
"Are you OK?" Mel shuffles over to her as quickly as she can in the heels that she is wearing.
"Th...y ...ot her, th... go... Babs." Charlie is hysterical, but Melody catches the words in between sobs and heaving.
"It's going to be alright. I promise." Melody wraps her arms around the girl trying to comfort her. She reaches for her purse that she had left on the couch, and the cell phone inside of it. She knows the number by heart, she had called him more then plenty when he was off working for those shadow people, she thinks he called them Checkmate, but right now it doesn't matter.
"Mel? Are you OK? What happened?" His voice is startled to be hearing from her. She wouldn't be calling unless something was wrong.
"I think you need to come to Barbara's place right now, we have a problem."
The flight across town is nothing with Hal flying us, he makes it look easy, both the concentration thing and the flying. Ollie told me once he tried to use a power ring but couldn't even get the thing to glow.
"What did she say?" Dick looks over at me, his shirt is torn, his pants stained with a combination of sweet and sour sauce and General Cho's Chicken.
"That there's a problem, figured that was enough." He's worried about Babs, I am too.
"Can't we go faster?" Dinah taps her foot impatiently; she really did a number to those guys whoever they were. Note to self, stay on her good side.
"We're almost there, just hang tight." Hal replies looking back at us as we approach the rooftop entrance of the Clocktower. Dinah opens the door and almost trips down the stairs, Dick follows right behind her.
"Thanks for the lift." I step onto the concrete stairs leading from the roof down into Oracle's hive of computers.
"I'll keep the meter running." Hal follows me in his green aurora still glowing strong.
"BABS! BABS!" Dinah's voice is loud; she knows this isn't good; Oracle should be at her computers. As Dinah and Dick look around for her I make my way towards the false door and the hallway leading towards the bedrooms and living room.
"Mel!" I see her holding Misfit, Dinah's intuition was right.
"Ted." She holds me tight. I wrap my arms around her holding her close to me. Her dress is wet I'm guessing from Charlie's tears. "Next time I'm staying with you."
"That's fine. You guys better get in here!" I yell towards Oracle's nest, Dinah and Dick rush in Hal still following behind. Dinah dashes towards Charlie.
"What happened? You need to tell us everything." She holds Misfits shoulders, shaking them slightly to get her out of the shock. "W-w-Went to a warehouse, couldn't get a hold of a--a-anybody. It was clear, I swear it was clear."
"Charlie where is Barbara?" Dick leans down, his voice sounds a little more gentle then Dinah’s. I feel Mel's hand wrap around mine, I grip hers tightly back.
"I don't know... they moved so fast... it was to dark....came back here." Her eyes are red; Barbara is like a mom to her.
"Don't worry we're going to find her." I say. "You two better go get changed, it's going to be a long night. Charlie you need to tell Hal where you two went, can you do that?"
"Yeah.." She wipes her face, as Hal walks across the room.
"Green Lantern?" Melody looks over at me and then at Dinah and Dick. "Let me guess Batman and Liberty Bell?"
"Close, Nightwing." Dick stands up winking, she blushes he's just as good as Booster. They both glance at me, I shrug an apology.
"Black Canary." I think Dinah might be a little offended.
"I'm sorry you look so much more....." Mel smiles back embarrassed.
"Well now that's out of the way, we need to get going. Hal you got the location?" I look over at Hal, as Dinah and Dick both begin to jog towards their rooms to change into something more comfortable.
"Yeah, Caribian Chemicals." Hal has a look of resolve on his face that few men could pull off without causing everyone else to break down laughing.
"Good. Let us get changed, meet you outside in five." I say, as I begin to unbutton my shirt. "I've got a spare here in one guest room. Mel I want you to stay here with Charlie, I'm going to activate the security system after we leave, you two should be perfectly safe."
"Ted, wait." Melody stops me pulling on my arm. She presses her mouth against mine. "I love you."
"I love you too." It feels weird to say it, but I do. As I make my way towards the guest room and my spare uniform my thoughts wonder to Babs, God help whoever took her.
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