The Investigation Continues ....

[reducing-ray.livejournal.com]

I shouldn't be wearing the suit, thinks Ryan Choi as he prepares to be beamed up to the Watchtower. It's disrespectful.

The news came to him quick, and he nearly collapsed under the weight of it. Ray Palmer had been his hero since he was a child ... and had honored him greatly by choosing him as his successor. But now, it felt like he was wearing his dad's suit -- metaphorically speaking -- and it didn't fit right. It was too big on him. Even with the alterations the science staff at Ivy Town had made, it still felt like Ray was looking down at him, and finding him wanting. He's not The Atom. Not yet.

He looks to his right and left at the transfer station -- Isaiah Crockett, the former Teen Titan known as Joto, and Ronnie Raymond, the former Justice Leaguer known as Firestorm. Both former teammates of Ray's, now both his students at Ivy Town University. He feels like a fraud.

And as the teleporter activates, transporting them to the Watchtower, all Ryan can think is I can't believe Ray's gone, followed fleetingly by I can't believe I'm going to the moon.

Comments

[reducing-ray.livejournal.com]

"The device itself is pretty simple to work ... there've been a couple others who've used it. But interrupting its workings? That would take some sort of metahuman force, I'd think."

[itsastretch.livejournal.com]

"Which means we're missing something here. There's metahum... hmm."

He glances towards Firestorm. "It was mentioned that Chronos was Ray's biggest enemy, if anyone would know what kind of force could stop the shrinking, or bring it about, he would. Get some folks together and see if you can find him and bring him into custody. I don't think he did it... would have been signs of struggle, and seems the wrong M.O., but he's still a suspect... and more importantly, he's going to think he's a prime suspect. If he thinks he's under investigation, he might be willing to give us some clues."

[jla-extras.livejournal.com]

"I'm on it. Keep me posted, Ralph..."

[itsastretch.livejournal.com]

"Believe me, I will. For now, bring Chronos in and be careful, that's not an easy task. And don't do anything that'd suggest to him that he's not our #1 suspect. I want to see if what he knows plus what your friend here can find out going through the notes comes up with any clearer answers."