I try to reach you, I can almost feel you
You're nearly here
And then you disappear
~Disappear ~ Beyoncé~

...November 5, 2010...

I woke up at my usual time for school. Only after coming downstairs do I realize that something is wrong. "Momma? Papa? Where are you?"

Storm comes speeding in the room, almost knocking me over. ~Aura!~

I sidestep to dodge her. "What's wrong?"

~Lou, Bud, Joker, and Harley just disappeared!~

"What?!"

~What happened?!~

"I don't know... Let's go out and investigate."

I shift my clothes into my Jester Quinn suit, opening the door and heading down the street with Storm at my side. Running at a normal pace, I notice all the kids out on the street. The whole city is in a frenzy. Cars are on fire. Actually, just about everything is on fire.

"Mommy!"

"What happened?" I ask, walking up to the crying little girl.

"Mommy disappeared!" she cries out.

"Mine too!" a little boy nearby adds in.

"All the adults have disappeared..." I murmur to myself. "Come with me. I'll get you to a safer place." I turn to Storm. "I'll even let you ride Storm if you want." The two children look up at Storm in fright. "She won't bite."

The two hesitantly walk up to the large hyena, stroking her fur once near. They giggle as Storm leans into their touch.

"Are you a superhero?" the little girl asks me.

No.

"For now let's get you to a safe place." I ignore the question as I lift them onto Storm's back. I continue to have any children I pass to follow me, getting up to over 50 kids following me to Gotham Academy.

A silhouette jumps down from above, stopping me in my path. "Jester Quinn, don't move another step."

"Ah, Robin, if you wanted another date you didn't have to ask me so dramatically," I tease.

The followers pause to watch our conversation.

"Where are you taking them?" Robin asks, ignoring my flirting attempts.

"Gotham Academy for refuge," I state, moving past him. "If you haven't noticed, all the adults are missing."

"Yeah, I noticed when our butler vanished in front of me."

"You have a butler?" I ask. "Cool."

"Yeah, let's just get these kids to the gym at the school," Robin scoffs.

"I may be helping but don't think this makes me a hero. I'm only helping to get my parents back."

"That's fine by me," Robin huffs. "I need to get in contact with my teammates. Do you have any idea what's going on?"

"If I had any clue, I wouldn't be here with you," I voice.

"That's true."

"You shouldn't even be out and about. I know I broke some of your ribs. Ribs take like 6 weeks to heal."

"I've trained my body to withstand the pain and heal quicker."

"You're an idiot."

"Where's your sister?"

Fuck. "Bolt? How the hell should I know? Why would I? I don't hang out with her."

He rolls his eyes. His wristwatch lights up and he pulls up the team. I watch everyone's face appear one by one. I move up next to Robin, looking over his shoulder. "Has anyone heard from Bolt? She's not picking up and she's not out and about in Gotham."

"Robin! Jester Quinn is behind you!" Wally shouts.

"Can it, mustard head. I'm helping."

"What?! Robin! You can't trust her!" Wally shouts. "She kidnapped and tortured you! You should still be resting! Your ribs will never heal!"

"She was helping get kids to safety, so I don't have much choice now," Robin admits, ignoring him about bed rest. "We're working together just this once."

I sigh in relief, glad he didn't tell them I let him go. They continue to talk as we get all the kids to the gym.

"Any kids, 15 to 17, go out and continue to find the younger kids and bring them here," I appoint. "Protect others like a hero would do."

"The others need my help at our base," Robin says, coming up to me. "Can I trust you to handle things here?"

"Handle things here? No. I'm going with you."

"Um, no, you're not. We can't trust you."

"You do."

"I–"

"I released you."

"Bolt released me."

"I'm the one that brought her to you." I retort. "I want to find my parents as much as you want to find your father and butler."

"My father?"

"Batman? Duh."

"Adopted."

"Yeah, I figured. Still your dad. So, how we getting there?" I ask.

"Teleporter."

"Great..." I sigh. "Do I have to keep my eyes closed?"

"Yeah," Robin says. "I'll lead you to the closest one."

He leads us to the zeta-tube in Gotham Academy. Robin shoves me inside first.

"Recognized: Bolt, Bo8."

My eyes widen as I'm teleported to the cave. I stumble out of the zeta-tube, whipping around to face the arriving Robin and Storm.

"It recognized you as Bolt," Robin mumbles.

"My electricity must've messed with the teleporter and thought I was Bolt!" I blurt out.

"Or because you're 'twins.'" Robin rolls his eyes. "Do you know where she is?"

"I already told you. I have no clue." I turn to look at the cave and act like I'm impressed. "So, this is your little team's secret hideout? It's impressive, I'll give you that."

"Bolt! Robin!" Wally runs in, speeding to a stop. "Y-you're not Bolt!"

"And neither are you. She's much more attractive. What's your point?"

"Robin, why'd you bring her here?!" Wally shouts.

"She wouldn't listen," Robin answers.

"I'm willing to help. We can fight it out later," I wave off.

"For now, we'll put aside our differences," Robin says.

The others enter the room and immediately get defensive. Artemis aims an arrow, Kaldur pulls out his water bearers, Zatanna conjures up power into her hands, Conner raises his fist, Wolf growls, and Megan floats up.

I smirk. "Ah, the welcome party has arrived. Nice to see you, everyone."

"Robin, what is the meaning behind this?" Kaldur demands.

"We've come to an agreement to set aside our differences until we get the adults back," Robin says.

I smile. "Calm down, Kaldur. I'm not going to hurt anyone... at least not until this is all over."

"How do you know my name?"

"I know all your names–"

"Rob!?" Wally huffs.

"I didn't tell her anything!"

"Besides Robin's," I finish. "I'm always tapped into the electric grid of the world. I hear everything that goes on in this cave. Zatanna, Artemis, Wally, Megan, Conner, Wolf, and Kaldur."

"You will not address me as Kaldur, only my friends get to call me that."

"Aww, I'm not your friend? That hurts my feelings." I give Storm a pat on the head.

~Are you not afraid that they'll take you to jail after this?~ She laughs to me.

"They'll have to catch us," I grin.

"What?" Wally asks.

"Sorry, Storm here was worried that you'd take me to jail after this is all over."

"You can tell what she's saying?" Conner asks, looking to Wolf.

"Well, hyenas are more closely related to cats and Catwoman taught me all about learning to understand a cat. Other animals kinda just fell into place after that."

~~~

"We've set a refugee center at the high school gym. Any luck with–" Wally asks but is cut off.

"No! Can't reach the Batcave, the Hall of Justice, or the Watch Tower, or any adult hero, even Red Arrow," Robin huffs.

"Guess we're on our own. Kid Flash, out."

The others went out while, Robin, Zatanna, Storm, and I remain to check on things computer wise. Everyone argued that Robin stay here to not overexert himself.

"Traditional media is offline," Zatanna says.

"Yeah, kids worldwide are all posting the same thing," I add on. "Every adult, 18 or older, has disappeared."

"The sorcery necessary to pull this off... Scary big," Zatanna shutters.

This must be those damn wizards. Wotan and Klarion, along with those other villains I can't remember...

"And we need you to find its source," Robin says.

"How am I–"

"I pulled this footage," he cuts her off. "It's your dad, helping us locate Wotan and the Injustice League, last month."

Papa...

He plays a video of Zatara.

"But t-the words... I mean, it's only part of it. And the rest takes training and... Robin, I-I'm just not on Zatara's level," she mutters.

"I know it's hard," I say. "Believe me, I know."

"Just try to stay whelmed," Robin says. "We'll find your dad, Batman... Even Joker and Harley... All of them. That's what we do."

"Well, what you do," I mutter.

Why are you playing hero as your villain self?

Cause I'm trying to rid of you!

You'll never rid of me.

"We're going to make a broadcast all over the world," Robin says. "Jester, do you know any other languages?"

"Oh, yeah, 13 different languages not including English."

Robin looks a little surprised but sets up the tech to record and hacks into all the satellite systems.

"Attention, children and teenagers of Earth. I am Aqualad. These are my friends, Robin and Kid Flash. Also with us is Jester Quinn, she's decided to help us for now."

"We are using Justice League's tech to cast and stream to every TV, radio, computer, and smartphone on the planet," Robin says.

"We know you must be scared and angry," KF says. "We know with your parents missing, there's a temptation to run wild."

"But, seriously, stay calm," I say. "We'll find a way to bring the adults back, but for now, the oldest should step up."

"Take care of your younger siblings," Robin says. "Take care of kids who have no one."

"Protect them," KF says.

"It is up to you," Aqualad says. "No matter the risk! Please help in any way you can."

"We're going to try our hardest to bring the adults back," I say. "We promise you that."

Aqualad then translates it to Atlantean. Superboy, Robin, and I translate whatever is left. We send the video out after finishing the recordings. After a while, Aqualad has Megan return to the cave, leaving Artemis to handle the children. Robin brings up a holographic map for Zatanna after everyone groups together in the mission room. Zatanna walks up to the holographic map and recites a spell her father did to reveal the location of this madness.

"Coordinates locked. Roanoke Island!" Robin says. "You did it."

Aqualad calls in Artemis, so we can all get ready to go. Artemis arrives, and they all go over the plan.

"Robin, you should stay here," I say.

"Though I don't like agreeing with villains, I agree," Wally scoffs. "You don't want to overwork yourself and pass out in the middle of the battle."

"I'll be fine," he grunts.

Suddenly a bright flash lights up the room, and a boy appears.

"It works!" the boy exclaims.

Everyone walks up towards him quickly.

"Where did you come from? Who are you?" Aqualad asks, threateningly.

"Quick, read my mind!" he says.

Megan does as told and a shocked expression appears on her face with a gasp. "He's Captain Marvel!"

"Yeah, and I'm Speedy Gonzales," KF scoffs. "Look, just because he believes he's Cap–"

"Gee, Wally, do I really have to bring you nachos and pineapple juice to get on your good side?" the boy says with a smirk.

The shocked team looks at each other. I begin to laugh.

"Well, this was totally unexpected," I blurt out through giggles.

"Who is that?" Kid Marvel asks.

"Jester Quinn, at your service," I say, curtseying with one hand across my waist and the other in the air.

"Wait, isn't she Harley Quinn and Joker's daughter?!" he shouts.

"Yeah, she's helping us because she's trying to get them back as well," Artemis says. "Though I don't know why you'd want those maniacs back."

I give her a glare that she quickly returns.

"You can communicate between both worlds?" Aqualad interrupts.

"I can," Kid Marvel says.

That's when the communications between the team and the adults begin to coordinate an attack.

We load up the bioship and head on our way to Roanoke Island.

Arriving at the island, we discover Klarion the Witch Boy is the center of all this trouble. Robin and Artemis drop down a little ways behind Klarion. Robin throws his birdarangs, and Artemis shoots a few arrows. Klarion senses them coming and puts up a shield to block them.

"That's the best you can do?" Klarion taunts, aiming a red lightning bolt to the two. They narrowly dodge. KF, Aqualad, and Superboy all run towards the magic circle, only to be bounced back by the force field Klarion summons around it. Zatanna tries to destroy it with a spell, but it only does nothing to the force field. Klarion scoffs. "Baby magic."

He recites a spell that ends up blasting Zatanna backwards just to be caught by Superboy. Miss Martian summons big boulders and throws them against the force field, causing Klarion to basically use flamethrower at her like he's some kind of Pokémon. She yelps and moves out of the way before being hit.

"Hey, Klary," I voice. "It's been quite awhile."

"Ah, dear Jester, what are you doing with these brats?"

"I've come for my parents."

"So you're helping them?"

"Well, now that I know that you just split the world in two dimensions. I'm not really helping them anymore. Don't really know why I didn't just go home... Why did I come here?"

"I knew we shouldn't of trusted her!" KF shouts.

"Calm your nipples, Kid. I keep my promises. I'm not gonna hurt anyone. I'll just sit back and watch the fireworks."

"I do like a good show," Klarion grins.

"Hey, hey, let me inside the force field. I'd like to chill with the only other teen villain I know." I move to the force field and he teleports Storm and I inside.

"We need to hang out more and cause chaos," Klarion smiles, continuing to block the team's attacks. Klarion laughs. "Show 'em what a familiar to a Lord of Chaos can do, Teekl." After that Teekl begins to grow and grow and grow, turning into a giant cat five times the size of Wolf. Superboy goes to attack him, only to be smacked away. Sparks begin to form from the gem in the middle of the magic circle. "So, you teamed up with the grown-ups. Teamwork is so overrated."

The lightning coming from the gem is redirected at the team, hitting and knocking out Robin and Artemis.

Robin!

Zatanna rushes up to them. "Artemis! Robin!"

The lightning consumes Aqualad as he can't take anymore. KF is blasted to the side.

"Zatanna!" Aqualad suddenly shouts, noticing the girl pick up Fate's helmet.

"Stop!" KF shouts.

Zatanna places the helmet on her head before anyone can do anything. She's enveloped in white light, reappearing in Fate's costume and flying up above with Fate's symbol glowing behind her. "Klarion! This ends now!" Fate's voice appears through Zatanna's.

Aqualad, Megan, and Nabu attack the force field. Nabu begins to fade to Zatanna then returns back to Nabu.

"Ha! There, see? When the world's divided, the helmet split too," Klarion bellows. "You're not all here, Nabu! And you are losing hold of that poor, soon-to-be-dead girl! She gave herself for nothing."

"No, Witch Boy! Her degree of sacrifice will not be in vain!" Nabu/Fate shouts, summoning up a strong amount of power.

They all use their powers to rip down his force field.

"No. No, no, no, no, no! No!" Klarion shouts, stomping his feet like a child. Nabu traps him in a symbol of his power.

Nabu chants words backward and a bright light envelopes the area from the magical jewel, causing the adults to return.

Klarion shrugs. "They sure don't make evil immortal sorcerers like they used to. Oh, well!" he says, snapping his fingers and making the symbol around him disappear. He stands up and brushes himself off. "Fun as it lasted. Teekl!" Said cat gets off of Superboy and turns back to his normal size while running to Klarion. Teekl jumps into Klarion's arms and he snaps his fingers, creating a red portal behind him. "See you later, armadillos! Unless I see you first!" He laughs as he disappears within the portal. Storm follows behind him.

"See ya, losers and next time it won't be on friendly terms," I wave off, disappearing into the portal too. I'm released from the portal into Gotham City. No sign of Klarion or his cat. I turn to Storm with a challenging smirk. "Race ya."

~You know it's unfair!~ she shouts as she races behind me.

We enter through the front door.

"Momma? Papa?"

"Little monster!" momma cries out.

The two appear around the corner and bury me in a hug.

...

The next day is Sunday, the day where Zatanna moves into the cave. Robin, Artemis, and Megan help her with her boxes.

"My room is right next door. If you need anything," Megan says.

"Thanks," Zatanna sighs. "I, uh, could use a little alone time, okay?"

"Of course," Artemis says, leaving the room. The others follow, Robin being the last just to turn around and give her a sympathetic look before leaving too.

"Recognized: Bolt, B08."

I'm greeted by defensive stances. "Uh, what's with the warm welcome?"

"Sorry," Robin mutters. "We had Jester Quinn here and she messed with the system. It somehow thought she was you. I wonder why?"

"Alrighty."

"And where were you?" Robin asks.

"I actually stayed in bed as I didn't get much sleep the day before. Then I later learned about the disappearing adults and helped out around Gotham. I figured you'd handle it better without me. That and I left my communicator here somewhere..."

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Here's the 13 languages she knows fluently besides English: Russian, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, Hawaiian, Korean, Romanian, Portuguese, Latvian, Slovakian, Latin, and Thai.

She's learning others on her own time like Chinese, Vietnamese, and Ukrainian.