This is the Final Part of Part 1!
Chapter Four-
"What the heck are you doing?" Holly asked, yawning.
"Same thing as before," Sam said, pulling away from the computer for a minute. "working on something."
"And that something is?" Holly asked, getting up and throwing her robe on.
"Heat gun," Sam replied, turning back to the computer screen. "Well chemical equation right now. Go back to sleep."
"Cant," Holly yawned. "Can't quit thinking about today."
"Lioness?" Sam guessed.
"Yeah,"
"From what I can guess, she was your best friend at the League of Shadows."
"True," Holly said, sitting on the desk. "She met me right after I arrived and befriended me. We trained together, ate together, shared the same bunk. We were, as she said, practically sisters."
"And then?" Sam asked, knowing something followed.
"And then she graduated and left, six months before I abandoned them. I never appreciated someone as much as a friend." she said.
"Yet she is on one side and you are on the other." Sam said, typing something on the computer.
Holly looked at him. "You know what?" she said. "I would appreciate it if you would look at me when I'm talking."
"Too busy solving Revenge's problems now." Sam said, the turned to her with a grin. "Though I probably do need to heed that advice."
Holly rolled her eyes playfully and stood up.
"Hurry up," she said. "I'm going back to bed, again."
Sam looked at a sheet of paper and crumpled it up. "Yeah, I'll go to sleep in a minute."
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Holly woke up a few hours later to see Sam putting something in his daggers.
"What the-?" Holly yawned.
"Heat-bomb." Sam said with a triumphant grin. "Or dagger, whatever."
Holly watched him work for a minute before pulling the covers up to her chin. "Go to sleep already!"
"Can't." Sam said.
"Yes, you can." Holly said.
"Can't, don't go to sleep until four in the morning."
"Well its five thirty, and I need to sleep!"
"I'm almost done!"
Holly rolled her eyes and looked out the window at the starry night. Clouds were moving in and she knew it was going to rain tomorrow. She sighed and fell asleep.
When Holly woke up again, Sam was laying in his bed, reading a book.
"Do you ever go to sleep?" she asked.
"I did, three hours of it. It's nine o-clock. We need to meet Aqualad in thirty minutes."
Holly groaned and got out of bed. She got dressed and met Sam, who acted like he had gotten a full eight hours, on the curb waiting for a taxi.
They met the rest of the Team at the McDonalds.
"What's wrong, Holly?" Artemis asked as Holly sat down next to her.
"Sa-Revenge was working on a heat gun all night. I don't think I got five hours of sleep." Holly said, plopping her head on the table.
"Well Wally wouldn't stop playing video games. It was three in the morning before I pulled the plug." Artemis said.
"I really pity you two." Holly said. Artemis gave her that look that said 'I have no clue what your saying and am not sure I wanna know.'
"Alright," Aqualad said, drawing everybody's attention. "The party is being moved to another building a few blocks away. Superboy and I will remain in the crowd today to protect the guests. The rest of you will go up and down the streets and make sure no one gets near the banquet."
Everyone nodded. Aqualad got up and signaled Holly and Revenge to follow him. They walked outside.
"Here," Aqualad said, handing them a data pad. "There is information on this from a source that will take you to Ice Crystal and Lioness's base. Infiltrate and Report. Do not engage. I have a sneaking suspicion that there is a larger force at work."
Sam took it and pocketed it. The three walked back inside.
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Holly and Sam grabbed their costumes and shoved them in Holly's backpack before heading to the location Aqualad had given them.
They grabbed a taxi and were soon out of the city. Sam pulled out the data pad Aqualad had given them.
"Group of terrorists who have been caught trying to blow up several key government buildings. Extremists. Countrymen who claim they will bring back the former power of Russia." Sam read.
Holly leaned over and looked at the pad. "They use old military uniforms and new weapons." she looked up at Sam. "Who designed this group? Drunk?"
"They don't rob museums for no reason." Sam said, pointing to a specific part of the datapad. "They're collecting everything from Cold-War era back to World War Two era. This makes no sense."
"Well if they want to bring back the former power of Russia, then the perfect way to do it is to walk through the city looking like a museum parade." Holly said.
"This is no laughing matter." Sam said. "Adolf Hitler is perhaps the most known and often referred to as the most evil dictator in modern times. Do you know another?"
"Um, no?" Holly said.
"Joseph Stalin." Sam said. "The United States and the U.S.S.R. were the two world superpowers. Stalin was a member of the U.S.S.R. He killed twenty million of his own people."
"Thats horrible!" Holly said.
"Yeah, he made the Soviet Union what it was. However, it didn't last and almost all of Russia's power is gone."
The two sat in silence for a minute.
"Now this makes no sense-" Sam said, but at that moment, the driver stopped the car, sending Holly and Sam into the seats in front of them. He turned around, a gun pointed at the two.
"Alright, wallet, phone and valuables!" he said in a heavy accent. Sam reached into his back pocket like he was pulling out his wallet, but came up with his disc launcher.
He and the robber had guns pointed at each other.
"You shoot me, I shoot you. Neither of us can get away with this." the Russian said after a moment.
"I can," Sam said.
"How?"
Holly punched the robber in the face.
Sam climbed into the front seat and kicked the driver out onto the muddy swamp. He pulled up a holographic map.
"We are here, we need to go there." he said, pointing to something on the map.
"That doesn't make sense," Holly said, climbing into the front seat. "That's a lake."
"I know, it doesn't make any sense." Sam said, before stomping the gas.
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Revenge slipped on his mask as Courage finished buckling her utility belt. The two slipped on the headlamps they had found in the car. Revenge handed Courage a rebreather before diving into the submerged mine shaft.
The two swam down, seeing nothing but darkness for a while. They finally felt the mineshaft go up. They followed it and walked in the first door they found.
The two young heroes found themselves in what had to be an armory. Weapons hung neatly on the walls and uniforms were stacked against one wall. Revenge went over and opened a box. Grenades were inside.
"Hostile Takeover." he said.
"Shh!" Courage said. The two froze and suddenly Revenge heard it too. Footsteps approaching.
"Quick!" he said, removing the air vent cover. The two crawled in as two soldiers walked in.
They were indeed wearing old uniforms. They grabbed some rifles and left. Revenge motioned for Courage to follow him and crawled down the air duct.
Revenge heard something and looked through an air duct. He was shocked by what he saw.
Thousands of soldiers were standing in old military uniforms with rifles on their shoulders. They stood perfectly still at attention. On the wall behind them was a red banner with four letters in black.
TO BE CONTINUED!
Chapter Four-
"What the heck are you doing?" Holly asked, yawning.
"Same thing as before," Sam said, pulling away from the computer for a minute. "working on something."
"And that something is?" Holly asked, getting up and throwing her robe on.
"Heat gun," Sam replied, turning back to the computer screen. "Well chemical equation right now. Go back to sleep."
"Cant," Holly yawned. "Can't quit thinking about today."
"Lioness?" Sam guessed.
"Yeah,"
"From what I can guess, she was your best friend at the League of Shadows."
"True," Holly said, sitting on the desk. "She met me right after I arrived and befriended me. We trained together, ate together, shared the same bunk. We were, as she said, practically sisters."
"And then?" Sam asked, knowing something followed.
"And then she graduated and left, six months before I abandoned them. I never appreciated someone as much as a friend." she said.
"Yet she is on one side and you are on the other." Sam said, typing something on the computer.
Holly looked at him. "You know what?" she said. "I would appreciate it if you would look at me when I'm talking."
"Too busy solving Revenge's problems now." Sam said, the turned to her with a grin. "Though I probably do need to heed that advice."
Holly rolled her eyes playfully and stood up.
"Hurry up," she said. "I'm going back to bed, again."
Sam looked at a sheet of paper and crumpled it up. "Yeah, I'll go to sleep in a minute."
******************************************************
Holly woke up a few hours later to see Sam putting something in his daggers.
"What the-?" Holly yawned.
"Heat-bomb." Sam said with a triumphant grin. "Or dagger, whatever."
Holly watched him work for a minute before pulling the covers up to her chin. "Go to sleep already!"
"Can't." Sam said.
"Yes, you can." Holly said.
"Can't, don't go to sleep until four in the morning."
"Well its five thirty, and I need to sleep!"
"I'm almost done!"
Holly rolled her eyes and looked out the window at the starry night. Clouds were moving in and she knew it was going to rain tomorrow. She sighed and fell asleep.
When Holly woke up again, Sam was laying in his bed, reading a book.
"Do you ever go to sleep?" she asked.
"I did, three hours of it. It's nine o-clock. We need to meet Aqualad in thirty minutes."
Holly groaned and got out of bed. She got dressed and met Sam, who acted like he had gotten a full eight hours, on the curb waiting for a taxi.
They met the rest of the Team at the McDonalds.
"What's wrong, Holly?" Artemis asked as Holly sat down next to her.
"Sa-Revenge was working on a heat gun all night. I don't think I got five hours of sleep." Holly said, plopping her head on the table.
"Well Wally wouldn't stop playing video games. It was three in the morning before I pulled the plug." Artemis said.
"I really pity you two." Holly said. Artemis gave her that look that said 'I have no clue what your saying and am not sure I wanna know.'
"Alright," Aqualad said, drawing everybody's attention. "The party is being moved to another building a few blocks away. Superboy and I will remain in the crowd today to protect the guests. The rest of you will go up and down the streets and make sure no one gets near the banquet."
Everyone nodded. Aqualad got up and signaled Holly and Revenge to follow him. They walked outside.
"Here," Aqualad said, handing them a data pad. "There is information on this from a source that will take you to Ice Crystal and Lioness's base. Infiltrate and Report. Do not engage. I have a sneaking suspicion that there is a larger force at work."
Sam took it and pocketed it. The three walked back inside.
******************************************************
Holly and Sam grabbed their costumes and shoved them in Holly's backpack before heading to the location Aqualad had given them.
They grabbed a taxi and were soon out of the city. Sam pulled out the data pad Aqualad had given them.
"Group of terrorists who have been caught trying to blow up several key government buildings. Extremists. Countrymen who claim they will bring back the former power of Russia." Sam read.
Holly leaned over and looked at the pad. "They use old military uniforms and new weapons." she looked up at Sam. "Who designed this group? Drunk?"
"They don't rob museums for no reason." Sam said, pointing to a specific part of the datapad. "They're collecting everything from Cold-War era back to World War Two era. This makes no sense."
"Well if they want to bring back the former power of Russia, then the perfect way to do it is to walk through the city looking like a museum parade." Holly said.
"This is no laughing matter." Sam said. "Adolf Hitler is perhaps the most known and often referred to as the most evil dictator in modern times. Do you know another?"
"Um, no?" Holly said.
"Joseph Stalin." Sam said. "The United States and the U.S.S.R. were the two world superpowers. Stalin was a member of the U.S.S.R. He killed twenty million of his own people."
"Thats horrible!" Holly said.
"Yeah, he made the Soviet Union what it was. However, it didn't last and almost all of Russia's power is gone."
The two sat in silence for a minute.
"Now this makes no sense-" Sam said, but at that moment, the driver stopped the car, sending Holly and Sam into the seats in front of them. He turned around, a gun pointed at the two.
"Alright, wallet, phone and valuables!" he said in a heavy accent. Sam reached into his back pocket like he was pulling out his wallet, but came up with his disc launcher.
He and the robber had guns pointed at each other.
"You shoot me, I shoot you. Neither of us can get away with this." the Russian said after a moment.
"I can," Sam said.
"How?"
Holly punched the robber in the face.
Sam climbed into the front seat and kicked the driver out onto the muddy swamp. He pulled up a holographic map.
"We are here, we need to go there." he said, pointing to something on the map.
"That doesn't make sense," Holly said, climbing into the front seat. "That's a lake."
"I know, it doesn't make any sense." Sam said, before stomping the gas.
******************************************************
Revenge slipped on his mask as Courage finished buckling her utility belt. The two slipped on the headlamps they had found in the car. Revenge handed Courage a rebreather before diving into the submerged mine shaft.
The two swam down, seeing nothing but darkness for a while. They finally felt the mineshaft go up. They followed it and walked in the first door they found.
The two young heroes found themselves in what had to be an armory. Weapons hung neatly on the walls and uniforms were stacked against one wall. Revenge went over and opened a box. Grenades were inside.
"Hostile Takeover." he said.
"Shh!" Courage said. The two froze and suddenly Revenge heard it too. Footsteps approaching.
"Quick!" he said, removing the air vent cover. The two crawled in as two soldiers walked in.
They were indeed wearing old uniforms. They grabbed some rifles and left. Revenge motioned for Courage to follow him and crawled down the air duct.
Revenge heard something and looked through an air duct. He was shocked by what he saw.
Thousands of soldiers were standing in old military uniforms with rifles on their shoulders. They stood perfectly still at attention. On the wall behind them was a red banner with four letters in black.
TO BE CONTINUED!
Yes, that's right, I'm back! And with a special sneak-peek to this Friday's chapter of Heart of Courage!
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Red Revenge stepped out of the transporter to find Artemis waiting for him in full costume.
"Didn't take Boy Wonder long to figure out where I live, did it?" he asked, walking past her.
Artemis glared at him, but ran up beside him.
"Let me guess, you want to talk about why I act like a jerk." Revenge said, still not looking at the archer.
"Actually, I thought we could go out for ice-cream." Artemis said.
Duh, duh duh!
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Red Revenge stepped out of the transporter to find Artemis waiting for him in full costume.
"Didn't take Boy Wonder long to figure out where I live, did it?" he asked, walking past her.
Artemis glared at him, but ran up beside him.
"Let me guess, you want to talk about why I act like a jerk." Revenge said, still not looking at the archer.
"Actually, I thought we could go out for ice-cream." Artemis said.
Duh, duh duh!