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[sciencewhizard]

This keeps finding new ways to go from worse to worst. I can't manage to keep my best friend objective and my girlfriend's in a more dangerous situation than ever before.

And what about M'gann and Kaldur? If he wasn't betraying us before, what do you think the chances are now that his brain's been scrambled?!

This-... This is a mess...

Comments

[best_dad_ever]

Must really suck to be your little friend. All of the Bat's paranoia, but none of his ability to plan for disruptions.

[sciencewhizard]

[ Oh, this is exactly what he wants to hear. ]

He could use a little more paranoia if it helps him think.

[best_dad_ever]

And what was it all for? Exposing an invasion? Staving it off? If so, you failed in both respects. A shame all the real heroes are off-world.

[sciencewhizard]

...

[ Grumbling, definitely. ]

And what are you getting out of this, exactly? Do your bosses really think your partner's in it for the long haul with you guys? If they're anything like the rest of you, you should expect the backstab coming.

[best_dad_ever]

It's just a matter of being the one who backstabs first. Either way, I'm a survivor. As long as I can take my own personal time with Manta, I'll be just fine.

[sciencewhizard]

[ Crud, and there's that whole problem... ]

Dude. You really don't want to go after him.

[ Even if it might make things easier for them, that was still Kaldur's dad... ]

[best_dad_ever]

Technically, you're right. I actually want to go after him and you.

[sciencewhizard]

... WHY?

[ Aside from the fact that he's living with your daughter. Lawrence, please. ]

[best_dad_ever]

Because it should have been you.

Because people like you are responsible for keeping her head full of all that stupid, ridiculous hero-garbage. Had she obeyed and stayed on the proper side, this wouldn't have happened.

[sciencewhizard]

Hey, I would have taken her place if I could have.

She deserved the chance to live an honest life! One free from all the things you tried putting in her head.

[peckish4action]

I really hope Kaldur makes it out. I just... that was bad. My fault.

[sciencewhizard]

You really didn't think M'gann might cross paths with him? I- I get that she was the only one who could probably get in their ship at the time, but dude... She might have killed him.

[peckish4action]

She might have killed him.

I didn't even know he would still be there.

[sciencewhizard]

[ He's already said it. He doesn't know how many times he can keep saying, You keep doing all these thing without knowing the variables. ]

Do we... know if what M'gann does is even temporary or not?

[peckish4action]

J'onn would probably know. Except...

*he's off-planet. Along with Batman.*

[sciencewhizard]

[ Right. Great. ]

...Maybe Doct- ... [ He still shudders thinking about Nabu. ]

[peckish4action]

*and he automatically reaches a hand to place it on Wally's arm. And then tenses, ready to pull it back again.*

If it comes to that, I'd ask him.

[sciencewhizard]

[ He stares at the hand for a moment and then settles for putting his hand to Dick's. ]

[peckish4action]

*Dick stilled, for an instant, then sighed and relaxed, slightly.*

Hey, if... if I do get sidelined, because of this, you'll make sure to check on the emergency contact ways, in case I'm... not capable?

*or, you know, if he got sidelined the other way. Just a reminder - Wally had to stay focused, no matter what happened to Dick. It was... necessary.*

[sciencewhizard]

[ ...Wow. He really did not want to think about those options right now, but there was no point in him blowing up again, was there?

He just... nodded. ]

Yeah, dude.

[peckish4action]

*Dick nodded, sadly, gratefully. But he had to make sure. Things had gotten all sorts of screwed up, and there was a chance they would get worse. He couldn't afford to make any more mistakes, not even by omission.*

[wing_of_night]

If you can get Kaldur back to Atlantis, I'm sure Aquaman has some kind of healers that can help get him back to normal.

I'm more worried about how The Reach will use him to spin their agenda now that they're the "good guys." How much egging will people like Gordon do if they find out that a Martian violently scrambled some boy's brain? The facts don't matter to people like them, unfortunately...

[sciencewhizard]

... You don't think they'd-

[ No. They were the bad guys. Of course they'd use him like that. ]

I can't believe people are stupid enough to just accept them.

[wing_of_night]

It's... not all that surprising, really. They're going out of their way to play the politics game. Think about it, Superman came in a meteor-like pod and was hidden away for a couple decades, Martians come and go without alerting anyone, there's gangs that get random alien weapons from Apokalips, then there was the Krolatayans. [OOC: Apolgies for spelling.]

When a race comes to the UN extending an olive branch, people will be too relieved to check the other hand for a dagger.

[sciencewhizard]

Right- and they've been helping to organize each and every one of those incidents, with the exception of Superman and the Martians.

( ooc; No worries! By the way, [since we've threaded a couple of times before] I have a couple of comic muses if you ever wanna meme. )