A/N: BJ: We're BACK! Merry late Christmas and Happy New Year and Happy Valentines Day! Okay, as for the new character, her name is not pronounced Jean. Its G-Ann. Say it with me: G-Ann. Okay, thanks and we've had a lot of people wanting us to kill her off. She's like our baby, but I will enjoy killing her off. *evil cackle while madly rubbing hands together.*
Sparrow: You guys, so mean to my poor little Jeann. But I shall enjoy killing her…
Sparrow's Words of Wisdom: Stars are sharp.
Blu J's Word of the day: Stud muffin.
Kids ages: Timothy: 10 months; Maria: 7 months
Disclaimer: I would if I could, but I can't so I shan't.
~~*BEGIN*~~
Happy Harbor, Rhode Island
March 30th
9:00
Zatanna stood in the kitchen, stirring red cake batter. She didn't know why Dick wanted a red cake for his birthday, but he insisted. He's not the one making it, though. Jeann walked up, sighing. "You're doing it the hard way." She levitated the bowl and started stirring it with the spoon, grinning at her 'aunt'.
"See? Barely took any time at all."
"Not all of us have telekinesis."
"But you have magic."
"Fair point, but it still would've taken time. Thanks."
"You're welcome. Is there anything else I can do to make your life easier?"
Just nine and already getting mouthy.
"You could go help Dick with Maria."
"He already passed her off to Tim while he and Wally went roller-skating for his birthday."
"What about Timothy?"
"He's with his mom and Megan. I'm gonna go to my room."
"Okay."
No. No, no, no. NO, NO, NO, NO, BREAKLINE! Dangit.
With the guys
"Wally, you're the one who invited me to go skating. You're still hanging on the sides." Dick said, exasperated.
"I know, I know. I just… haven't skated in a while. Artemis refuses to come with me. I just can't wait till Timmy is old enough to come with me, y'know?"
"Yeah, but I'm still freaking out over the fact that women outnumber me three to one in my house."
"I hear ya, brother."
"Wally, we are brothers, right?"
"Of course, Dickie. Why do you ask?"
"Because I really do not want Grayson-West grandchildren. They would be a nightmare!"
"Yeah, yeah."
"No, really." He turned to face Wally, all the while still skating. "They'd be ninja-archer-magic-speedster kids!" While saying this, he added in some terrific hand gestures; which resulted in him hitting another skater, and falling on his face. To say there was a little blood is an understatement, but we shall not expand.
"OWWW!"
We're lazy. Breakline.
Zatanna heard a big crash come from Jeann's room. Both the kitchen door and screen door to the porch flew open and slammed into the wall.
"I LOST A TOOTH!" Two voices chorused, one deep and the other extremely high-pitched.
"Dick, you lost a tooth!?" Zatanna practically screamed.
"What, it was a wisdom tooth."
"Ugh, later. I'll deal with you later. Jeann, that's so exciting! Now you can put it under your pillow and get at least five dollars for it." Zatanna glared triumphantly at her husband, who was looking sheepishly at the floor.
"Uhhh… gotta run!" yelled Wally over his shoulder as zipped out of the room.
"Now for you." Zatanna said as she turned to Dick. "What happened?"
Dick quickly told her the story, minus the part where he screamed like a little girl. Zatanna rubbed her temples and said, "Dick, can you not be more mature?"
"I'm sorry, Zee." He lowered his head shamefully.
"We will talk about this more later. Now, shoo, I have a party to prepare for."
"Yes Zee." He walked out of the room, twirling the tooth in between his thumb and index finger.
As you can tell, we really are tired. Breakline.
Happy Harbor, Rhode Island
March 31st
11:43
Finally, the day of the party came. Zatanna and Jeann were in the latter's room doing… well what ever girls do when they lock themselves in their rooms.
Now, Dick sat in the living room with Kaldur, Jason, Wally, and Connor, talking about the most resent Olympics. "You know what," Wally said. "Ribbon dancing shouldn't be in the Olympics, it's not a real sport!"
"Neither is speed walking." Connor said as he ate his red cake.
"True. But think about it, ribbon dancing has no real objective. Speed walking at least has an objective.
"I thought the objective was to not get tangled up in your own ribbon." Dick piped up.
"Yeah, but you can actually do that."
Dick simply shrugged and continued to talk with Kaldur about what they were going to name their soon-to-be-born son. "Wait, Dick," Jason said; "How do you have a nine-year-old daughter?" Jason was still trying to catch up with what happened after his death.
"Yes, I would like to know this story as well." Kaldur said. "Did something happen between you and Zatanna years ago that the rest of the team was unaware of?"
"Whoa, no, no, nothing so serious." Dick said putting his hands up defensively. "Jeann's not actually my daughter."
"Ah, so you adopted her?"
"Well, not legally." Dick rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
"That's a lie!" Wally said through a mouthful of red cake. "Something did happen between our little bird and Zee!"
"Wally, stop," Dick groaned; "They're honestly asking."
"Wait, so who's telling the truth?" Jason said looking at Kaludr.
"Dick is." Connor said, so matter-of-factly that no one, not even Wally, could argue.
"Connor, why you gotta ruin my fun?" Wally moaned.
Before Connor could answer, Kaldur said, "Dick, you said this house has a pool?"
"Yeah," Dick said; "Follow me."
With that, the group walked outside. In a few minutes Dick walked back into the house, soaking wet and rather ticked. Zatanna, who was standing in the kitchen getting a drink, looked at her wet husband and said jokingly: "Dick, you're not supposed to get in the pool without a swim suit."
"Wally pushed me in the pool!"
"You stood by the pool and didn't expect that to happen?"
Dick glared at his wife for a moment, and then walked back outside. Zatanna chuckled. All of the sudden Jeann ran into the room, carrying Maria and yelled, "Get down!" Then pushed Zatanna onto the ground. "What's going on?" Zee whispered.
"Shush." Jeann said and put a finger to her lips; then Zatanna heard Jeann's voice inside her head. I've warned Dick and the others, now all we can do is hope they don't get seen.
Okay, but what's going on?
Well, um, let's just say my creators have come looking for me.
Hold up, what?
Zatanna, I was going to tell you this morning, but you were insanely busy.
That doesn't explain what's happening.
I'm getting there, be patient! LexCorp is after me.
What?! Why?
I'm one of their experimental meta-clones, alright!
Zatanna clapped a hand to her forehead as the pieces fell into place, and then got shushed by Jeann.
Well, what do we do now? Zatanna asked.
I already told you: we hope the guys don't get seen, or else I'm dead.
The two heard a helicopter go by then nothing. Jeann stood up and held Maria out to Zatanna. "We need to leave. And soon." She said.
Dick came running in the house and hugged his wife. "Are you okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, we're fine."
Jeann turned to the rest of the party and said, "I'm sorry, but you guys are going to have to come with us as well."
"Whoa," Wally said; "we're not going any where until we get some answers."
"Yes, I would like some answers as well." Kaldur said. Jason and Connor nodded in agreement.
Jeann growled in frustration before saying: "You will get answers, but first we have to leave here. Now."
Wally was about to continue arguing, but Dick said, "Wally, clearly we have to go now, before we, or our families, get hurt."
"Fine." Wally said with a scowl.
Dick and Zatanna quickly grabbed some money, then the group left.
~~*END*~~
A/N: Haha, cliff-hanger!