Chapter 49 - 49 Youre What?! (1/2)

The next day Gray woke up from his semi-drunk state after reprimanding Cassie, Mareena and Barbara for letting Kara get drunk and breaking his window like that. The Kryptonian refused to see her landlord, the embarrassment in her voice could be heard through the door to her room.

Although all of them had residences back at Mount Justice, they had another room on the floor beneath Gray's, as Mareena paid for all of their rents, paying in the bill for over a years worth of rent in a single pay.

The Pseudo-Servant had slept in past midday and took a shower the moment he had gotten up from his slumber. His shower was lead-lined and his expression was one of happiness as he stepped out into his kitchen, a smile on his lips.

A smile that couldn't be stopped, even when he saw the Team sitting down on his couch, all with varying expressions of anger or disappointment.

Gray ignored their teenage judgmental looks and instead opted to look at himself in the large mirror he had on the wall, adjusting his tie as Kaldur spoke from behind.

”So.... you're Rider”. His tone indicated that despite his attempts to stay passive, he was not happy with Gray.

The aforementioned nodded and took a bite from an apple sitting on his bench. The hurt looks from Cassie, Zatanna and Kara made Gray's happy expression falter, if only for a moment.

”Yeah. I am. I ȧssume the League already knows”.

Kaldur gave Cassie and Kaldur a look before shaking his head. The response from the boy wonder surprised even Gray. Wonder Woman couldn't tell the League anything other than the information he had already told the Team, and he was sure the Team would've given up his identity the moment Diana had told them about the long black sword Rider used at Themiscyra.

The shape and aesthetics of the sword were quite unique after all. Seeing an odachi over two meters long would leave a mark in any persons mind.

”Really? That surprising. I would've thought that you would've given me up. What brought this on?”.

Cassie spoke up, rather than Robin or Kaldur.

”We wanted to hear your side of the story first. As Rider, you haven't hurt anybody who didn't deserve it. And as Gray, you used the money you stole as Rider to help both humans and aliens get a good life on Earth. Despite your less than permissible means, you have done good as Lancer.... So we want to hear your side of the story before making a decision”.

Gray took a bite of his apple as he nodded knowingly.

It was reasonable. The Team, above all else hated to be treated as sidekicks, and hated being lied to. Gray had lied to them, but didn't understand why or for what intent. They considered, at least, some of them considered Gray as a friend. He had even given Wally a one-use mystic code in order to prove to the speedster that magic, or magecraft at the very least was real.

He had used it on their next mission and it froze the man they were trying to catch. How Gray managed to store that much ice into such a gem, not even he could figure out.

He put down the half-eaten apple and leaned back on his island bench, shrugging his shoulders and crossing his arms.

”Okay. What do you want to know”.

Robin, who had not surprisingly pulled out a small piece of paper looked down through his tinted sunglasses and read out the questions on it.

”Is your name actually Gray?”.

”Yes”.

”Are you from another Earth?”.

”Yes, that part was not a lie”.

”Were you normal before coming to out Earth?”.

”I think so. I don't remember much of my life back before I came here. Something happened to me the moment I came to this Earth, after waking up I found myself with these powers”.

Robin paused from his questions and looked up at Gray with an expressionless look on both of their faces.

”What exactly ”happened” to you?”.

Gray shook his head causing Robin to frown slightly.

”Don't know exactly. I have a suspicion of what happened to me, but all I know is that when I woke up, I gained the powers of Achilles..... as well as some other Heroes”.

Cassie spoke up next.