>>5463473<span class="mu-s">MEANWHILE, AT MOUNT JUSTICE</span>
It’s always nice to have the team together and getting along.
It wasn’t easy to get Connor to play along, but the lure of free pizza and a slight amount of guilting on your part was enough to ensure his presence.
Red Tornado is still out on his super-special mission, but Hawkman has been doing a good job. A bit more disciplinarian than strictly necessary, but you can see where he’s coming from.
Besides them, you also managed to wrangle Jamie, Kaldur, Cassie, and Wally into participating.
As far as you’re concerned, everyone just needs to slow down and chillax a bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48VEaxqI8HMCassie hasn’t been in the best of moods for a while, and you had been hoping to brighten her spirits a bit.
Kaldur is starting to let the pressure get to him, and needs to just be a teenager for a day.
Jamie seems normal, but you can tell that he’s starting to chafe under all the micromanagement that the JLA is subjecting him to.
And Wally’s jokes have been getting worse and worse; a telltale sign that he still blames himself for what happened in Keystone City. In his mind, if he hadn’t accompanied Flash on his mission, he could’ve been on-site to prevent you from being injured.
The afternoon had been going reasonably well, up until Kaldur made the mistake of informing the team that they may be tasked with the investigation and future apprehension of the criminal known as Gunsmoke.
The previously lighthearted mood evaporated in an instant, leaving an awkward tension that’s impossible to defuse despite your best efforts.
Upon hearing the news, Connor just shrugs, radiating a mixture of apathy and annoyance that doesn’t require telepathy to notice.
“What’s the big deal? From what I’ve heard, he’s just some guy; we could easily take him in a straight fight. Just need to find him first.”
“I wouldn’t be so sure about that, big guy. Cassie isn’t exactly a lightweight and he managed to wipe the floor with her. No offense intended.” Wally says, quickly adding an addendum when he notices the death glare shot his way by the blonde Amazonian.
> “Can we please just talk about something else?”You don’t like talking about Gunsmoke.
It brings back memories that do more harm than good.
You’ve totally recovered from your injuries, but you’d prefer to put the whole incident in the past and focus on the future. Picking away at old wounds won’t help anyone feel better or accomplish anything.
But Wally and Connor refuse to let things go (as usual), and Kaldur has to step in when the argument shows no sign of abating.
You try to telepathically nudge him that it’ll only egg them on, but Kaldur just can’t help himself.
When the infighting refuses to abate, his solution is to hold an impromptu planning session.
Not quite what you had planned, but you’re a good enough sport to play along with it.
