Chapter Text
Part 1-
Blue Beetle coughed and gagged, his weight was taken by his knees and hands. His Scarab ran diagnostics on his systems and reported that his Host consumed too much smoke. Jaime shifted so that he was sitting on his knees and he used his hand to grab onto the wall to help himself up.
“Scarab, where are we?” the Hispanic asked, limping out from behind the building.
{Location Unknown}
“That’s not good” Jaime groaned, he pushed the metal back and shivered as cold wind hit his skin.
The boy wrapped his arms around himself as he walked by the street, trying to find a sign to tell him where he was. He found one near the edge of the town.
It said:
Welcome to Bludhaven
Jaime blinked twice, “Bludhaven isn’t too far from El Paso, right?”
{It will take seventeen hours by flight to get to Texas, El Paso}
Jaime nodded and reactivated his armour before taking off.
~*~
A figure smirked when the alert of an activated Scarab sounded. Long, green fingers typed on the counsel. He pulled up where the Scarab was, on Planet 3 in the Yucatan Peninsula. His eyes lit up in greed.
~*~
Jaime landed near his house; he deactivated the armour and headed home. Once he got there, the Hispanic knocked.
Movement sounded from inside and the door opened. Milagro’s brown eyes peeked out at him and she screamed, just like she did when he disappeared for a year. Jaime took a startled step back, his eyes wide.
More footsteps sounded and Alberto and Bianca opened the door wider. Milagro hugged their mother. Both parents looked like they’ve seen a ghost.
“J-Jaime?” his mother asked, unsurely.
“Yeah” Jaime whispered, “I’m not sure how long I’ve been gone”
The adults of his family shared a look while Milagro continued to stare at him.
“Y-you’ve been gone two years” Alberto finally got out.
Jaime stared in shock.