Chapter Five
The Rehearsal
“Okay dude,” Gar said as he flipped through the channels, “What are we supposed to do while all of you go out and do last minute things for the wedding?”
“Citywatch.” Bruce and Dick told him simultaneously.
They were both dressed in black dress pants and a white button up shirt.
Bruce tightened his black tie once more before grabbing his matching blazer and turning to Dick.
“Tighten your tie and put the top button on.” He told him as he put his blazer on.
“You know I’m not comfortable dressed like this,” Dick told Bruce as he laced up his black dress shoes, “I’ll put the top button on tomorrow, for the actual wedding. Today is just the rehearsal. Besides, tomorrow I have to wear a bow tie. Today I actually want to breathe.”
“We don’t even know our way around Metropolis,” Tim said breaking into the conversation, “How are we going to go on citywatch?”
“There are a bunch of other heroes here,” Dick said as he got up and looked at his friends, “They all have Titans communicators so if you have any trouble, just ask them.”
“C’mon,” Bruce said as he opened the door to his room, “If we don’t leave now, we’ll be late.”
“Oh well then,” Dick said with a smirk as he took a seat next to Vic, “I’ll just wait.”
“Dick,” Bruce said, starting to glare at the teenager, “Don’t go playing games. Let’s go.”
With that he left his room, as Dick turned to the others.
“I love getting a rise out of him.” He stated with a smirk before following Bruce out the door.
He walked over to the elevator and hit the button for the lobby. He put his hands in his pocket as he waited.
“Can’t believe I have to wear this in the summer,” He muttered as he gave his tie a soft tug, “If this wasn’t for Clark and Diana I would so be outta here.”
He left the elevator and walked out to the black car in front of the hotel.
“About time you got here,” Bruce said as he turned the car on.
“I decided to take the stairs,” Dick said as he got in the passenger seat, “Make sure you made it down before me.”
“Funny Dick.” Bruce said as he drove off.
They arrived at the Church about fifteen minutes later.
They slowly walked up the steps and, while Bruce took a left and headed for a side door, Dick headed straight into main room.
Sitting and waiting at the front were Kory and Donna. Kory immediately looked up when Dick entered the room.
“Well, well Donna,” She said with a playful smile, “Look who just walked through the door looking so hot.”
Donna looked at Dick and smiled playfully as well.
“Can’t argue with you there, Kory,” Donna said, getting up from her seat, “Too bad he has a bad personality or else he’d be the perfect guy.”
“Funny girls,” Dick replied with a smirk as he walked up to them, “Although I have to say the same for both of you. You look hot on the outside but on the inside you’re as cold as ice.”
“Funny Dick.” Donna said with a short glare.
“You want cold,” Kory said with a mischievous glint in her eyes, “You got it.”
She turned back around, her hair flipping over her shoulder a little, as she sat back down and ignored Richard.
Donna repeated Korys’ maneuver and took a seat next to her.
“You’re both really funny.” Dick said sarcastically as he took a seat on the bench in front of them.
Meanwhile-Across Town
Bumble Bee flew through the afternoon air with ease. She kept watch on the back alleys and city streets.
After fifteen more minutes of flying she saw some suspicious people in a back alley behind an old warehouse. She landed on the buildings roof and looked down at the men moving a few metal boxes from the warehouse to the truck. She pulled out her binoculars and took a look at one of the men’s right forearms. On it were the letters IG. She turned her binoculars to another mans forearm and saw the same tattoo. She checked a few more just to be sure then she pulled out a small handheld device and pointed it at the metal boxes the men were holding.
“No bombs.” She muttered, “No guns either.”
She pointed it at the truck and got the same results.
She pulled out her Titans communicator and pressed the center T.
“This is Bumble Bee,” She called into the small rectangle, “Intergang is on the move at,” She paused to check to street, “The back alley behind the warehouse on Vines and McGuinness. I need backup, quick.”
She put her communicator away and kept watch.
Meanwhile-Back at The Church
The rehearsal had ended five minutes ago and Dick and Bruce were talking in one of the corners.
“You can’t go out tonight.” Bruce said with finality, “We have the dinner to go to.”
“Bruce,” Dick said staring him straight in the eye through his dark shades, “This is Intergang. I’m sure Clark and Diana will understand if we skip the dinner. It’s not like we’re skipping the wedding.”
“I don’t care,” Bruce said with a small glare, “You, Kory, and Donna will be at that dinner tonight, on time. End of discussion.”
Dick groaned before pulling out his cell phone. He flipped it open and hit the speed dial number for Tim.
“Hey,” Came Tims’ voice from the other line, “How’d the rehearsal go?”
“Good,” Dick replied, “Listen, tell the others that we have to go to the dinner tonight so we can’t go out.”
“Can’t you leave early or somethin?” Tim asked, “I’m sure the double W and the big S won’t mind.”
“No but the B-man does,” Dick growled back, “I gotta go. WG needs to make sure she has everythin for her camera and then I gotta hit the hotel and change. I’ll see ya later.”
“Alright,” Tim said casually, “Good luck.”
“Thanks.” Dick answered shortly before hanging up.
He walked over to Donna and Kory who were talking to Jimmy Olsen, the other usher in the ceremony and a photographer for the Daily Planet. He had red hair and freckles and was a few inches taller than Dick. He was also four years older than the three teenagers.
“…So that’s why Lois is out of town.” He heard Jimmy finish off the conversation.
“Let’s go.” Dick said after Jimmy finished, “I need some fresh air anyway.”
“Didn’t go well?” Kory questioned him as they left the church.
“No,” Dick answered quietly, “We’re staying.”
“But I thought we were just going,” Jimmy said, cutting into the conversation, “Remember, we gotta make sure Donna and I have all our equipment.”
“He’s talking about something else, Jimmy,” Donna told him softly, “We wanted to leave the rehearsal dinner early to hang out with a few friends but Bruce said no.”
“Oh,” Jimmy said but still looked a little confused, “Why don’t you just ask Clark and Diana? I’m sure they’ll let you go.”
“Trust me,” Dick said, stopping and turning to look at Jimmy, “Bruce wouldn’t care if they said yes or not.”
Meanwhile-Back with Bumble Bee
It had been a half hour since she had asked for backup and there still wasn’t any sign of help. The truck was almost completely loaded and it didn’t look like anyone was coming to help.
She checked the drivers’ seat in the truck and saw that no one was in it. She put the binoculars back in her utility belt.
She carefully flew down to the ground and opened the hood of the car. She checked around one last time before pulling out the spark plug wires. She closed the hood as quietly as she could and quickly flew up and on top of the truck.
She carefully looked over the edge and saw a tall, bald guy walking away from the back of the truck. She moved over to the back and pulled out one of the lead boxes. She opened it up and found about three hundred dollars in tens. She quickly closed it, checked around to make sure no one was around and grabbed another box. It had another three hundred dollars in tens. She put both of the boxes back and waited for someone to come back.
Five minutes later the bald man was back with five more lead boxes. She quickly knocked him out with a shock; unfortunately another gang member was around and gave a high whistle before she could knock him out as well. By the time she did twenty five Intergang members with guns pointing directly at her.
She flew up once they started firing at her and shocked the guns out of their hands. Suddenly a sharp boomerang whizzed just past her head. She pulled out a sharp B from her utility belt and sent it down at the person who flung the boomerang while sending an electric shock to another guy.
She flew down at two of the gang member and slammed into them and sent them into a wall. Suddenly she heard gunfire and felt a few bullets hitting the back of her uniform. She ducked down before they decided to shoot at her head and grabbed a flash bang grenade and threw it at them. Some of the gang members were knocked out due to the closeness of the small explosion.
When one of the gang members went to ram her, she flew up into the air and he slammed against a wall. She sent a few more electric shocks at some of the gang members before spotting one trying to drive the truck away. She sent a bolt of electricity straight into the guys back before he could open the door and he was immediately knocked out. Suddenly she heard a click from behind her and turned to see a bazooka gun aimed at her. As soon as her eyes widened they shot off the gun and she flew up quickly, barely missing the missile. She sent a B-rang at it while it was in the air while shooting a bolt of electricity at the guy holding the large gun. Just the missile exploded the man fell to the ground.
She spotted three other members trying to get away at the other end of the alley, and sent three bolts of electricity at them. They immediately fell to the ground.
She took a deep breath and gently floated to the ground. She rounded up all the gang members and made sure she had knocked them all out.
“Whoa,” She heard someone say behind her, “Must have been some party.”
She turned around and saw Speedy jump down from the roof of the building next door and land next to her.
“I’m Speedy,” He said with a smile as he held out his hand, “Got your message and came by to check it out.”
Bees’ eyes turned to slits.
“I’m pissed off,” She said angrily, “Because it took an hour for you to come by and check my message out. Why the hell do they call you Speedy anyway?”
Speedy’s eyes were wide.
“Well,” He said uneasily, “First time I helped Green Arrow I ended up getting to the bad guy faster than him. So he called me Speedy.”
“Then y’all must be the slowest superheroes in the world.” She said before taking off into the sky.
