Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Marco
Batgirl had struck up a quiet conversation with Jean and Marco as they walked through the streets, reluctantly giving out the names of the lifeless bodies that littered the ground. She hated seeing so much death around them, but was overjoyed at the fact that Marco was still alive.

Batty stopped short in front of a body she recognized. "This is...Worldracer?!" she exclaimed, stomach twisting. She had never particularly liked him and his dead Marco joks, but the irony of the situation was just sick. How did he even get into this world, anyway?

"You know him?" Marco asked softly, his expression proving to her that he could look even more depressed than he had five minutes ago. She nodded silently. "Sorry," he murmured. It was silent for a moment, before he spoke up again. "It's so weird that any one of us could've died instead of him...I could be dead right now."

"Don't say that," Jean said firmly, punching him gently in the arm. Batty hated to interrupt the bromance, but she couldn't help hugging Marco. "Well, you're alive now," she giggled. "And stay that way."

"I'll do my best," he promised, wondering why this random stranger was hugging the life out of him.

Batgirl suddenly remembered what she was supposed to be doing. She had been so caught up in the atmosphere that she forgot - she was the only one to escape being imprisoned! Unlikely as it seemed, somehow she had managed to sneak away. She figured it was because Levi was too confused as to why he was being hit on to notice her.

She released Marco and bolted off towards - heck, she hadn't the vaguest idea where her friends had been taken. That was going to be a problem.

Next time: An Unwanted Trip