Fic: Illusions and Other Tricks
Fandom: DC Comics
Title: Illusions and Other Tricks
Characters: Ted Kord, J'onn J'onzz, Barbara Gordon
Rating: G
Word Count: 213
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em.
A/N: Will not make a damned lick of sense until you've read __marcelo's Masks and In The Company of Mirrors. Will make altogether too much sense afterwards.
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J'onn wasn't the least bit surprised at how quickly Booster Gold and the Blue Beetle became fast friends. After all, they had more in common than even they realized, being the only human members of the team save Guy Gardner. There had been times when J'onn had wanted to tell them the truth, but Ted was operating on the assumption that Dan Garrett was dead and had been a real person in the first place, and Booster on the assumption that history was right. Robbing them of that would be indefensible cruelty.
Ted had almost figured it out with Bloodwynd, though. It had taken some doing, but J'onn managed to finagle his way out of it with Ted none the wiser. Or so J'onn had hoped.
Barbara admitted that Ted was getting closer to the truth first. She was also the first to admit that if he did figure it out, he wouldn't be able to keep it quiet, given his track record with his own secret identity and his reaction to the Bloodwynd fiasco. And, of course, she was the first to come to terms with the fact that he had to be stopped before he found out too much.
It was an unforgivable betrayal, so, naturally, J'onn chose to be Max.
Title: Illusions and Other Tricks
Characters: Ted Kord, J'onn J'onzz, Barbara Gordon
Rating: G
Word Count: 213
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em.
A/N: Will not make a damned lick of sense until you've read __marcelo's Masks and In The Company of Mirrors. Will make altogether too much sense afterwards.
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J'onn wasn't the least bit surprised at how quickly Booster Gold and the Blue Beetle became fast friends. After all, they had more in common than even they realized, being the only human members of the team save Guy Gardner. There had been times when J'onn had wanted to tell them the truth, but Ted was operating on the assumption that Dan Garrett was dead and had been a real person in the first place, and Booster on the assumption that history was right. Robbing them of that would be indefensible cruelty.
Ted had almost figured it out with Bloodwynd, though. It had taken some doing, but J'onn managed to finagle his way out of it with Ted none the wiser. Or so J'onn had hoped.
Barbara admitted that Ted was getting closer to the truth first. She was also the first to admit that if he did figure it out, he wouldn't be able to keep it quiet, given his track record with his own secret identity and his reaction to the Bloodwynd fiasco. And, of course, she was the first to come to terms with the fact that he had to be stopped before he found out too much.
It was an unforgivable betrayal, so, naturally, J'onn chose to be Max.