Opening the doors

[Oracle]

((This is contenuing from the thread Saftey. Basically supers - expecially untouchables - are being blamed for war crimes and are being hunted by the government and so Nightwing opened up the Watchtower again as a safe house.))

Barbara - Babs - Gordern wheeled herself to the transport in her 'office' in Gothem and typed in a couple commands. Her vision faded and three seconds later she was in a very different transport room that could only be in one place. The watch tower.

Thanks to Blue Beetle, she had gained huge amounts of information on the government plans concerning the untouchables. Trusting Ted to email those in immediate danger, she herself and contacted Nightwing.

Learning of his plans to move those who needed it to the Watchtower, opening it's doors for the first time in years, Barbara had started bringing it up to date. Sending it all her information, the final trick had been transporting herself there. And here she was.

Wheeling through the hallways, she finally came to the docking bay. A couple forgotten ships slept there, rusting from misuse. Rolling to a keypad by the gate, Oracle quickly and efficiantly broke down the firewalls and the shield around the hanger's opening faded.

Slowly, the red head found her way back to the control room, above the womb of the Watchtower. All she was waiting for now, was for the first wave of refugee's to come. Sending an open transmission to all frequances, cell phones, radios, televisions, everthing. It simply said,

"Safe House is Open."

[Ted Kord]

Blue Beetle was zipping through the skies in his Bug, enjoying every second of it. He was heading for the watchtower, and was making a speedy trip as his aircraft whizzed around at over 700 miles an hour. He sat comfortably at the control panel, a smile on his face. It would be a perfect time to unveil his plans for a new Justice League.

He peered down and picked up a mouthpiece to contact everyone on his link. "Blue Beetle here, heading to safety. Anyone needing a ride would do well to contact me!"

He clicked the tiny silvery device back into place, and within seconds he received a message from Oracle. She had made it to Watchtower before he did, and he gave a sideways smile and a disappointed sigh.

It wouldn't be long until he was parking his aircraft safely in the hangar and heading to the upper levels, searching for Barbara.

[Oracle]

Oracle was gazing longingly into the womb of the Watchtower when Ted arrived. The Womb was a cylindrical room in the middle of the station, the one sitting inside was subject to all information, all over the globe, in mere seconds. However, she knew without her legs she had no way of getting in or out. Strange, how one of the greatest technical masterminds of the planet couldn't even help herself get into a chair.

Tearing herself away she followed Beetle's voice through the hallways until she came right up to him.

"Hey," She said, a genuine smile on her lips. "Glad to see you could make it. You're the first."

Gesturing for him to follow her she rolled herself through the hallways until they came to the main control room. Turning to face her old friend she said offhandedly,

"Nightwing should be here with the Teen Titans soon, and I've just contacted Bats and Spoiler. They should be here if they can stop arguing long enough to get into the ship." She shook her head, then turned to him curiously, asking,

"But what's this I here about you starting up the JLA again?

[Dick Grayson]

Nightwing sat sternly at the pilot seat as he navigated his way to the watchtower. He was always a stable flyer, especially with such a well equipped aircraft. It had been only recently developed, and flew like a dream really. It was always a strange thing, to enter space and to watch the blackness around the ship. It made everything feel so tiny and unimportant.

Dick sometimes lost himself as he gazed outwards through the ever reaching cosmos. Everthing was beautiful up here, and the earth looked amazing. It looked so peacful from up here. It did little to express the horrible happenings that occured upon it's surface.

"Almost there", Nightwing assured as he began to close in on the station. He peered back at his Titans and friends,some looked nervous, and he offered a smile to everyone before quickly shifting his focus back to the tower.

"And here we go..", he said as the spacecraft quitely entered the bay.

[Shockwave]

As the ship took off, Shockwave was determined to look unaffected by the situation. She had to be strong, and with this constant worrying and vulnerability, nothing was making her look any better. She could only hope that her cousin and her friend stood at the Watchtower. Gwen had no idea what she was in for, and that sense of unknown scared her. Everything else was so easy-- the talking, the complaining, the shocking-- But now she was way in over her head.

Gwen simply stood by the wall, counting quietly to herself and taking deep breaths. It would be quite a sight to behold because of how ridiculous she looked, but she was nervous. When Nightwing said the ship was almost ready to land, Shockwave felt more sick. Keeping her small hands balled into fists, Gwen peered through her left eye to see the vast space outside the ship. She gulped.

"Who's here?" Gwen asked shakily once the ship landed. She gripped the wall as tight as she could as all the Titans exited the ship. The young woman was worried she might fall. Turning her worried gaze to the others, she questioned quietly, almost to herself, "Pepper and Trenton should be here, right?"

[Oracle]

Oracle stopped talked when a buzzer went off. Looking through a screen she saw a familliar ship pull into the hanger. She grinned up at Ted,

"The titans are here."

Motioning with her head for him to come with, she rolled quickly through the hallways. She had refused an automatic wheelchair, choosing instead to sit in one where she would have to wheel herself around. It helped arm strength. However, it did take longer and was more difficult to minuver.

Finally rolling down the ramp into the hanger she saw Nightwing and an unfamilliar red head exciting the ship. Wheeling to Dick she pulled him into a quick akward hug from her sitting position.

"Glad to see you got it here safely with your new charges." She grinned, then turned to the new girl. She looked uncomfortable in a rather new uniform. Smiling reassuringly, Babs said kindly,

"My name is Oracle, welcome to the watchtower."

[Dick Grayson]

Nightwing stood by the open doorway as the Titans exited the javelyn. He was relieved to finally be here, ans very soon he could start planning what sort of actions should be taken. He looked back at Gwen and shook his head as a small smile spread across his lips.

"C'mon", he said as he placed an arm on her shoulder and practically peeled the girl from the wall.

Dick stepped out of the aircraft and slowly began to march straight into the Watchtower, after passing security checks. He was met with Barbara, whom he embraced carefully. Dick quickly straightened back up and peered around. "Not all of them, I'm afraid. Gonna have to go back down there eventually", he mentioned with an exhausted sigh.

"Is it just you here so far?"

[Oracle]

Barbara did not miss the exhaustion in her old friends face but she said nothing, not wishing to ruin the moment. She hadn't seen her old friend in quite some time, but she did make a mental note to check on him later, after all were settled.

Smiling at Gwen she turned back to Dick.

"No, no one is here yet but me and Te- Blue Beetle." A moment later, though, Oracle's brow was creased with worry and confusion. She remembered what she had heard when she entered. -trenton and pepper should be here soon.-

"Why?" She asked, "Who are you expecting to come so soon? And in what ship?"

[Shockwave]

Before the Titans, she saw a woman sitting in a wheelchair who addressed her kindly. Gwen felt as if she swallowed her tongue; this woman looked very beautiful, despite being in a wheelchair. She couldn't say anything-- worries of her being insulting in any way shrouded her mind. Nightwing had pulled Gwen off the wall, but she still felt her hands shake.

Taking in a few deep breaths, Shockwave managed to smile to Oracle, who the woman introduced herself as. The woman appeared to be some sort of science fiction goddess, except with glasses. "H-Hey, I'm Shockwave." Gwen replied uneasily. As her feet hit the ground below them, the young woman lightly pat her stomach to rest herself. She listened as Oracle spoke, nodding when she explained it was just her and another there at the moment.

Gwen's grey eyes shot open when Oracle addressed her. "Me?" Without receiving an answer, Shockwave continued anyway. "I thought my cousin and a friend of Nightwing's were going to come by, because they said that they were with Blue Beetle..." Gwen swallowed and dropped her brow, as if she were calculating something in her mind. "Uh, but that guy is here right now..."

Her ashen gaze shot from Oracle to Nightwing. "Am I missing something?" A wave of worry crashed over Shockwave's senses. Where was Pepper?

[Batgirl]

Batgirl chose that moment to speak."Shockwave, you're not missing anything. Your cousin, Pepper and Nightwing's friend, Trenton haven't gotten here yet. Just as we were leaving I heard them say they were going to hitch a ride with Blue Beetle."[/color]

She then turned to Oracle and said warmly"Hello Oracle, it's been a while hasn't it? As you can probably tell I'm with the Teen Titans now."[/color]


(OoC:I'm assuming Batgirl and Oracle know each other because Batgirl trained with Oracle.)

[robin]

"Make that two of us."

Robin, dressed in his yellow, red, and black clad suit, walked out from the shadows of the Watchtower and revealed himself to the group. It was mostly Titans gathered but there was one hero, Oracle, that was not a Titan. He had his arms crossed and his cape was drapped over his shoulders. He looked the group over, Oracle, Nightwing, Batgirl, Shockwave, and now himself. He soon noticed there was only one hero that was not a member of the Bat-Family.

Almost an hour ago Robin had recieved a transmission from Oracle via his Titans Communicator stating that the Watchtower was open. Of course, Robin decided to visit. With his mentor in the League and Oracle obviously up there, Tim figured there was nothing to loose. The only problem was his being able to get up there. After all, the Tower was in space. Luckily, since Oracle was already there, she merely beamed him up to the Tower.

"Thanks for the beam, O. The Tower needs a lot of work before the League, or anyone else for that matter, can live here again."

[Starfire]

Kory knew all too well what was going on in the world right now. She had helped out in the war and now she was being accused of preposterous war crimes. Kory had been chased out of her apartment by several government officials, most of whom were later blasted by Kory's optic blasts. She was worried about herself sure, but she was more worried about the rest of the supers- especially Nightwing. Kory knew that the government would be looking for her so she tried to keep low. As low as a alien girl could get of course, which was not that much. Kory found out about the safehouse from another super who had helped her to escape, and so was making her way there now.

Right now she was wearing her purple boots, purple half-shirt, steel gloves, and steel armband that oddly went together with her skin, red hair, and glowing green eyes. Kory thought of amazingly happy things to keep her flying fast, which were hard to find after a week of running from the government. She hoped that as she approached the tower they would recognize the young tameranean and try to not blow her up accidentally. Thoughts about her friends came up in her head, and she caught herself saying out loud, "I hope everyone is okay..."

[Oracle]

Oracle's smile grew when Batgirl and Robin stepped forward. Nodding to Robin in answer to his thanks, her grin faded again. "I wish this reunion could be in happier times." Turning to Batgirl, now compleatly serious, she said,

"But that's just the thing. Beetle's already here, and there was nobody with him. He never got any message from Trent, or Iron Man, or Pepper."

She scanned her worried eyes over the crowd who had assembled. A small buzzer went off a couple rooms away. Somebody was approaching the watchtower through deep space. She closed her eyes momentarily.

"What isn't it ever easy, why?"

[Dick Grayson]

Nightwing began to worry as Gwen persisted in asking about Pepper and Trenton. He turned his head a bit to think, and was greeted with the vision of Starfire approaching. He kept her eyes fixed on her for a while, until she spoke.

"Everyone is okay...for now", he answered quickly as he looked back to Barbara. Ted had arrived alone, with no contact from any of the missing persons.

"I hate to state the obvious", he said with a sigh. "But something is very wrong". He looked back at Gwen and smiled as best as he could force himself to. "I'll get in touch...don't worry.."

[Shockwave]

Gwen Stratford raised a brow to Batgirl as she spoke. Oracle clearly said that Blue Beetle was at the Watchtower with her. If the man was there, then obviously he hadn't picked up the two. It was frustrating; she was sure Batgirl had probably misunderstood what Gwen had said, but just the thought of 'everything being okay' when things obviously weren't made her very uncomfortable.

A weight lifted when Oracle cemented Shockwave's thoughts. They weren't exactly positive, but at least someone saw her worries in the light. Gwen immediately felt her palms become sweaty. After a hard swallow, her ashen eyes scanned over to Oracle and mirrored a concerned look. Where was Virginia? She pursed her lips as if containing an emotion she wanted to hide.

Once Nightwing announced his suspicion as well, Gwen stared at him with wide eyes. He didn't seemed all that surprised or worried. Only two people could have been involved. Pepper, or Trenton. Which would commit a crime? Softly clenching her fists, she let out a small, jagged sigh. "You're taking this very well for a possible kidnapping." Gwen narrowed her brow and seemed unaffected by Nightwing's consolation. Well, Trenton was obviously involved with Nightwing... Maybe he knew? Slipping some scarlet locks behind her left ear, Gwen quieted. Her sight pulled up to Oracle with a pleading expression. Someone must find Pepper.