While You Were Out

[wannabeflashlantern]

A loud screeching noise can be heard coming from the landing bay. That could only mean one thing. He had finally got the Baby Box to work again, and Gold Sentinel was in the hangar of the Watchtower.

"Sir! We've arrived! Finally"
"Scooter, I'm surprised it got enough energy for this jump. We finally got half those riots under control. Thank God for the Titans, JSA, the GG and Big Science Action."
"Riot control is hard, sir. I'm just happy Shazam and Green Lantern were available to help manage the eastern seabord."

Alas, the skies turning green can cause panic. And while the YJLA was dealing with the problem, the other teams and their two teammates, Gold Sentinel and Scooter, were stranded on Earth trying to keep people calm. GS had settled for setting his Centrifuge Beam to "super dizzy" and making people be too concerned they were going to ralph to keep stealing televisions, canned food and water.

Why were they stealing televisions? Did they expect MTV and The Office to outlive the Earth? These questions and others baffled Gold Sentinel, but not all was lost. Or at least, he hoped.

"Hey! YJLA! Anybody home?"

Comments

[crazy_fast]

"What? You mean like a curfew? After saving the world? I kinda get a pass on account of the whole thing."

Genna snickered, her parents were pretty relaxed on the whole thing anyway. She could just text them and let them know she was out. They'd be fine with it.

"What about you? Aren't you like a thousand years early for yours or something?"

[wannabeflashlantern]

"Five hundred and forty seven years early. So you have that long til I'm due home." He smiles at her, smirking. "Unless you want to head in early, that is."

Eh, it's a long shot. Hell, most of him wants to savor it, to go slow. But forget going slow.

[crazy_fast]

"Not quite ready to call it a night, but just how long do these suits give us? I'd rather not end the night on a bad note by becoming space debris."

Slow? That's a dirty four letter word there. Genna can't stand to live slow if she can help it.

[wannabeflashlantern]

"Well, we should get back planet side. These suits can keep me going for a few weeks, but together, it's draining battery fast." He pulls her down with him slowly until they re-enter the high atmosphere, only a few yards beneath them.

And once they're in, he grabs onto her and shuts off the propulsion for the flight systems. And they're not turning back on until two hundred feet above the ground to slow their decent. His favorite way down. Let's see how she handles that.

[crazy_fast]

It was cliche sure, but when he killed those engines and they went into free fall she let out a whoop and a yell like Slim Pickins riding the bomb down in Dr. Strangelove.

"Yeeeeeeeeeeehhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

She was grinning like a maniac and laughing all the way to the ceiling when the system kicked back in and they slowed to a safe landing speed.