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Narrator's POV.
It was a quiet night in Jump City. I was just taking one of my usual midnight walks through the city, when I saw something green soar across the sky and crash into the heart of the city. Finally some excitement!
I guess I have time to introduce myself. My name is Eleanor May Grayson, but my friends call me Ellie, well at least my family does. If you're gonna ask, yes. I'm a member of the Flying Graysons. Well... I used to be. I'm 11 - 12 years old and I moved to Jump City, from Gotham City, almost over a year ago.
I was originally born in Dublin, Ireland, but my family has a habit of moving place to place, because my step-father and little sister aren't fans of superheroes and super villains. So I can't tell them that becoming a hero is my dream, and the people I look up to are superheroes.
Batman. Wonder Woman. Martian Manhunter. The Green Lanterns. Even Black Canary and Captain Marvel.
Heck, I can't tell my family that I have powers too. If my mother and father ever found out, I'll never hear the end of it, and we'll have to move again. I'm tired of moving!
Anywho, I followed the green stream across the sky to the heart of the city. In front of a pizza restaurant was a large crater. Whatever made this impact must've been very strong and was overwhelmed by the gravity, or was very clumsy... The other townsfolk circled around the crater to see what crashed from the sky.
As the smoke cleared, the creature climbed out of the crater. What emerged was a 16-year-old humanoid female. Her skin was a golden tan. Fiery red hair and glowing emerald green eyes. She wore a dark purple, nearly black, tank top, skirt and boots with armor plating over her arms, mid section and legs. Along with a crown-like helmet framing her heart-shaped face.
I noticed that the girl's forearms were bound together with a pair of shackles.
Sliding down the crater, the girl shouted to the citizens around us in her native tongue, "Slorf glorbmi nor mut! Slorg for! Unt sortik soro! Hah!"
Everyone backed away from her in fear. A townsman flashed his camera at her. Which irritated the alien girl and she thrashed her shackled arms around and into very hard objects, which crumbled under her strength. The townspeople ran for shelter, except me.
By her actions, I was guessing she wanted the shackles off.
The alien tried to force the shackles off, but no luck. Now was my chance to help in anyway I can.
Cautious, I walked slowly up to the alien girl and raised my hands. The girl saw me approaching her and glared at me with her glowing eyes, "Gogta!"
She raised her cuffs at me, as if she was warning me to stay away from her.
"It's okay. I'm a friend." I assured her calmly, "I want to help you. My name is Ellie." Then I asked, "Can you understand me?"
The alien girl looked at me and nodded. Good. There is some communication.
I lightly smiled, "Okay, This is a good start." I put my hands in a circular motion and chanted, "Azarath Metrion Zinthoz..." Then stretched my arms out wide.
Black and indigo energy emerged from my aura and enveloped the shackles. However nothing happened. I removed my hands, after the energy vanished, and sighed in frustration, "I'm sorry. These shackles must be very resistant." I apologized to alien girl.
The girl sighed, then she looked to her left and saw a pizza restaurant with a balcony, supported by a concrete-covered, iron column. And began hitting her shackles against it, shouting more words in her native language, "Zalp! Yon! Mesna!"
Out of nowhere, a bird-a-rang flew toward the girl and hit her helmet, causing her to miss her aim. She recovered and looked across. I followed her gaze and saw a young, 14-year-old human boy, standing on top of a un-scratched car.
His skin was a Caucasian peach, and his hair was ebony black, like my own, with a glossy shine. Obviously hair gel, to make it spiky. He wore a black mask over his eyes, which hid his eyes from the public. A black cape with yellow inside, a red t-shirt with green sleeves, and a black circle with a yellow 'R', green gloves that reached his elbows, a golden utility belt, and green, tight leggings with black steel-toed boots.
I narrowed my eyes at the boy. I recognized him as Robin, Batman's sidekick. The Boy Wonder who saved my life a year ago.
"Who are you?" The boy, Robin, asked, getting into a fighting stance.
Without a second thought, the alien girl charged at Robin, thrashing her arms at him. Robin dodged every hit, causing the alien girl to hit nothing but walls and the ground. I tried to stop the fighting, but none of the fighters were listening to me. Robin watched in surprise, as the alien girl used her foot to pick up an un-damaged car and kicked it towards him. An incredible feat of strength.
Luckily, Robin ducked and the car flew past him and into a building on the other side of the street.
"Stronger than she looks." Robin noted, until he noticed her charging towards him.
Robin quickly dodged, but his landing wasn't as smooth. He got his bo-staff and hit the girl at full force. The impact caused the alien girl to fly into another car. Robin took another stance, but his staff crumbled in his hands.
The alien girl stood back and cracked her neck back in place, smiling, "Souta."
She jumped to attack the boy again, but a green billy goat charged into her and knocked her off aim. The goat transformed into a strange, young green boy, wearing a black and purple outfit, with grey gloves and a black and grey mask.
"Ex-Doom Patrol member, Beast Boy, sir. How can I help-" The boy, Beast boy, introduced himself with a salute. Until he realized who he was talking to, "Wowsers. You're Robin, aren't you, sir?"
I narrowed my eyes at the green boy.
"Well, you can start by not calling me, 'sir'." Robin told Beast Boy with a stern voice.
Beast Boy's eyes sparkled with admiration, "Well, let me just say, that it's a real honor to-"
"Beast Boy, was it?" Robin asked, cutting Beast Boy off.
"Yes, sir?" Beast Boy asked.
Robin pointed to where Beast Boy charged Starfire. Starfire picked up a large bus and threw it at the boys. Robin and Beast Boy dodged, but another figure jumped in and threw the bus beside it.
It was a larger, muscular teenager, wearing a grey hoodie, black pants, and gloves. However, he was wearing his hood up, only showing the lower half of his face, which showed that he was of African American descent, and his odd eyes. His right was regular with dark iris and pupil, his left was red and robotic.
"Yo! Who here's messing up my neighborhood?" The athlete shouted with an accent.
"She started it!" Beast Boy answered, pointing to Starfire.
The alien growled out of frustration and threw her arms into the ground, creating a small earthquake. After the aftershock was cleared, the boys noticed the shackles fell, revealing another pair of shackles, but her hands were showing. No wonder they were sturdy. Her cuffs were layered!
The alien girl aimed her hands at the boys, and orbs of green energy flew toward their direction.
The boys took cover behind the bus while I took cover in a nearby alley. The girl fired the orbs of emerald green energy in various areas, creating a trail of destruction on the buildings and road. She fell to her knees in exhaustion.
"Girl's gonna wreck the whole city." The athlete told Robin and Beast Boy.
"I won't let her. I won't lose this fight!" Robin replied, pounding his own fist.
He ran from the bus and charged toward the alien girl. The athlete and Beast Boy followed close behind him.
However, I jumped out of the alley, in between Robin and the alien girl, with my arms stretched out wide.
"Stop! She's had enough!" I shouted.
Robin looked at me with wide eyes of shock and recognition, but regained his composure and told me sternly, "Get out of my way. This doesn't concern you."
I stood my ground an sharpened my glare at Robin. This fighting is getting everyone nowhere and it's destroying the city!
Behind the boys, another figure appeared in a form of black energy. It was 15-year old human female with pale grey skin. She wore a black, long-sleeved leotard with a ruby belt, under her dark blue cloak. Her hood was up, so you could see was the lower half of her face and her violet eyes.
"She's right. Maybe fighting isn't the answer." The Gothic girl said in a raspy-eerie roll in her voice. She looked away once everyone looked at her.
Robin looked at me, and then at the alien girl and saw how exhausted she looked.
"Stand down." He told the boys.
I lowered my arms and stepped aside. Beast Boy gave a salute.
"What? You think you're the boss, or something?" The athlete asked him.
"Just give me a chance." Robin told him. He walked toward the alien girl
The alien girl got back up to her feet and aimed her starbolt orbs at Robin, who backed slowly. "Gogta!" She warned.
"Easy. My name is Robin. And I don't want to hurt you. I just want to help." Robin assured her, slowly getting something out of his belt.
"Gogta! Gogta obo rogna!" The alien girl warned again.
"It's okay. Look." Robin smiled, showing her his lock-pick.
The alien girl hesitated, but cancelled her attack and her eyes stopped glowing, showing green almond-shaped eyes, letting Robin unlock her shackles. The shackles fell to the ground, and the alien girl rubbed her wrists in wonder.
"There. Now, maybe we can be-" Robin was cut off as the alien girl kissed him on the lips.
She released the kiss and pushed him away, "If you wish not to be destroyed, you will leave me alone!" The alien girl told him in full English. With that said, she flew away. The others watched her in slight shock.
"So, I'm Beast Boy. Who are you?" Beast Boy introduced himself, trying to break the silence.
The group looked around the destruction.
"Well, whoever she was. The girl sure knows how to make an impression." The athlete spoke up.
Beast Boy smiled, "I think we made a pretty good impression. Crazy Space Girl is gone. The city is saved. Mission accomplished." Then he turned to Robin, "Right, sir?"
"Seriously, stop calling me that." Robin told him.
"Roger." Beast Boy saluted.
"Looks like we're done here. I appreciate the help." Robin thanked us.
"You're going to track down the alien?" The Gothic girl asked.
"I have to find out if she's a threat." Robin answered, as he walked off.
"More like, find out if she'll give him another kiss." The athlete muttered, as he turned to leave.
Beast Boy ran after Robin, "Hey sir? I mean.. Robin? Do you, maybe..."
"Sorry. I just went solo. I'm not really looking to join another team." Robin answered Beast Boy's question.
"Need a sidekick?" Beast Boy asked, but got no answer. He looked and saw the goth, the athlete and I going our own way. "You guys wanna get a pizza?" He asked.
The goth stopped and looked at him, "I really shouldn't." Then she continued walking away.
Beast Boy looked at me.
'Go ahead, Eleanor May. You can use some friends.' Isis encouraged me.
Isis is a voice that lives inside my head. She's been with me for as long as I can remember. She guides me whenever I'm in trouble. At least she doesn't tell me to do anything awful.
"I'd love to, Beast Boy. " I answered, but lowered my head, "But I need to get home before my parents get worried." Then I turned and walked down the road.
I wanted to get a pizza with Beast Boy, I really did, but I have to head back home before my parents find out I'm missing.
Beast Boy followed the athlete, "Just you and me then, huh? Cool. I never had anyone to hang out, since I quit the Doom Patrol. This is gonna be fun. We play video ga-?"
The athlete stopped, causing Beast Boy to walk into him. He removed his hood and showed his face. It was half cybernetic with light blue parts.
"There! Take a good long look! I had an accident, and now I'm a monster, alright? A cyborg!" He shouted.
His words caused me to stop and look at him with sad eyes under my hood. A monster, huh? Guess he and I are on the same page. There's a reason I'm wearing my hood up and I'd rather not say...
"Cyborg? Cool." Beast Boy smiled, taking a good look at Cyborg's face, "You're like Robotman 2.0."
"You're a weird little dude, you know that?" Cyborg stated.
Beast Boy giggled, "You called me 'dude'."
Cyborg put his hood back on and continued walking.
"Okay, well... See you later. Right, dude?" Beast Boy called, but got no answer. "Dude?" He tried again, but no answer. Then a large shadow cast over the city. Beast Boy looked and saw what it was, "DUDE!"
The shadow was cast by a large spaceship. From below the ship, fired a large strange rocket.
"Looks like Space Girl has friends." Cyborg noted.
"Or enemies." Robin added, joining in.
A large hologram of a large amphibious lizard alien appeared in the sky.
"People of Earth. We come to your planet hunting an escaped prisoner. A very dangerous prisoner. Do not interfere. And we will leave your city with only minimum damage. But if you attempt to assist her, your destruction will be absolute." He announced in a sinister voice.
The rocket opened to reveal a large group of the amphibious lizard alien species.
"That's a big ship." Cyborg observed.
"And those are some scary looking aliens." Beast Boy added, as Gordanians flew into the city to look for their 'escaped prisoners', which caused me to put my hood over my head.
"They told us not to interfere." The Gothic female reminded.
"But I feel there's more to this than just a 'search and collect'." I spoke up.
"You're still going after her, aren't you?" Cyborg asked Robin. Robin nodded.
"Can we came too?" Beast Boy asked.
Robin smiled, "I suppose I could team up, just this once." The others smiled.
The group began walking down the street to begin their search for the red-haired alien girl.
I, on the other hand, just stood there and sulked.
I wanted to join the crusade, but I have already missed my curfew, and if my family found out, this means we'll have to move again. I'm tired of moving. I loved Gotham City, and I like Jump City.
Where else are we gonna go?
'Things may be different this time around.' Isis whispered.
'That doesn't help, Isis.' I replied.
"You in?" Robin asked me.
I looked at the group, then sulked, shaking head, "I-I'm not really the hero type. Trust me. You wouldn't want to be my friend, if you knew what I am." The goth's eyes widened at my statement.
I turned to leave, but Robin placed his hand over my shoulder, "I insist you help us out."
'I insist you help as well, Eleanor May.' Isis insisted, 'You are in charge of your life.'
I turned and stared at the young hero, and nodded. I suppose there's no harm in trying for a little while.
*A Little Later...*
The group hid in an alley, hiding from Gordanians, as they looked for me and Starfire.
"Alright. We need some way to track-" "She's near." The goth female cut Robin off. She got a couple of confused looks. "I-I can sense things." She explained.
I closed my eyes and put my fingers over my temples, focusing on the aura of the red-haired alien girl.
One of my powers is being able to sense, feel and track auras of other people. An empath if you will. Once I'm able to remember the aura, I can track it like a bloodhound.
I started reading the alien girl's aura the moment I saw her. She had an aura of vibrant colors and strong emotions that make her very hard to ignore. I can sense her aura streaming the sky like an aurora. Within the darkness, something began to clear. I was landing in front of what looked like a video store. I raised my hands and fired starbolt energy around the door.
Okay, that's new...
"I'll see if I can pick up her scent." Beast Boy volunteered, morphing into a green and black bloodhound, and began sniffing around.
"There's a sonic analysor built into my arm. If she's around, I'll hear it." Cyborg explained, as he activated his analysor.
"Good." Robin said.
I opened my eyes with a quiet gasp, then ran down the alley. I was able to track and pinpoint the red-haired girl's location! She's at the video store! Robin, Beast Boy, Cyborg and the goth girl followed close behind me, to the video store.
Once there, we found that the door was melted down in a circular form. Inside was the red-haired girl, eating the store's snacks. Some of the still with the wrapper on them.
"Uh... Those taste better without the wrapper." Beast Boy said, catching her attention.
The red-haired girl turned, with her emerald green starbolt orbs appearing and growled. The others backed away for safety.
"It's alright. We're friends, remember?" Robin reminded.
"Friends? Why? For what purpose did you free me?" The alien girl asked.
"Just trying to be nice." Robin answered with an uneasy smile.
"Nice? We do not have this word on my planet. Closest in 'Ruthar'. Weak!" She explained.
"Well, around here, nice means nice. And if you want us to keep being nice, you'd better tell us why the lizard king took you prisoner." Cyborg told her.
The alien girl calmed and sulked, deciding to speak up, "Not a prisoner. I am prize. The Gordanians deliver me to the Citadel. To live out the rest of my days as their servant."
"And the Citadel are...?" The goth girl asked.
"Not nice." The alien girl answered.
"Then you're not going with them. Not if I have anything to say about it." Robin assured her, smiling. I nodded with a smile of my own.
"Um... Don't you mean 'we'?" Beast Boy corrected.
Suddenly, an explosion cut the conversation short. The lizard aliens, Gordanians, have arrived.
"Seize her!" One of the lizards shouted.
The group went into battle and were able to hold their own. Robin used his bo-staff. Beast Boy morphed into his animal forms. Cyborg and the red-haired girl used their physical strength. The goth girl used dark energy. And I used a mixture of martial arts and street fighting that I taught myself during my midnight walks.
The red-haired girl started using her emerald green energy orbs, but the Gordanians were able to ground her. Robin noticed and threw his opponent into the alien girl's opponent. The red-haired girl smiled in gratitude. Robin smiled back, but didn't notice the Gordanian behind him.
I gasped and noticed the Gordanian about to attack Robin from behind, "Robin, look out!"
In a sudden sprint, I pushed Robin out of the way and took the Gordanian's attack, knocking my mask off my face and my hood to fly off.
This made Robin and the alien girl angry, as they resumed fighting the Gordanians. Another Gordanian was fighting Cyborg, using its spear as an advantage. Cyborg dodged the best he can, but got his outfit ripped to sheds, revealing most of his body was cybernetic, a cyborg.
Cyborg snapped the weapon in half and threw the Gordanian into a group. The remaining Gordanians fired lasers at Cyborg. Luckily, the Beast Boy morphed into a pterodactyl and lifted Cyborg to safety. The goth female used her dark energy as a form of telekinesis, and used a street lamp as a golf club to attack the remaining Gordanians. The remaining Gordanians retreated.
"I believe your expression is... 'Thanks'." The red-haired alien girl thanked the group.
"Aw man. My suit." Cyborg sulked at his ruined outfit.
"So? You look way cooler without it." Beast Boy complimented with a smile.
"Yeah. Like I'm taking fashion advise from the guy in a goofy mask." Cyborg pointed out.
"Goofy? My mask is cool! Isn't it, Raven?" Beast Boy asked the goth female, Raven.
Cyborg and Raven shook their heads.
"But... But what about my secret identity?" Beast Boy asked, pulling his mask.
"What secret identity? You're green." Raven pointed out.
Beast Boy tried to answer, but realized she had a good point. So he removed his mask, revealing a young, green, elf boy.
I recovered from the attack and got back on my feet, rubbing the left side my torso.
Raven looked at me and gasped, "You're an Azarathian too."
I glanced at Raven, as I put my hood back over my head.
It's true, I'm an Azarathian, a species of people from the far away dimension called Azarath. I share Raven's pale grey skin with pointed elven ears. Like Robin, my hair is ravenette. My eyes are hazel, near green, with black bruises around them.
I don't sleep very well...
"This isn't over. Now that we've interfered..." Robin began.
"Trogar will strike harder. It is only a matter of-" The red-haired alien girl tried to finish, until the leader, Trogar, appeared again.
"Fools! The Earth scum were warned. Your insolence will be punished. Your city shall be destroyed!" The lizard alien leader, Trogar, shouted. His hologram disappeared and the ship flew over the city and readied a large weapon.
"Great." Raven said blankly.
"So, after trashing the pizza place and perfectly good video store, now we've managed to make a humongous space gecko mad enough to vaporize our entire town?" Beast Boy summed up.
"Go team." Cyborg blankly cheered.
"All the fault is yours!" The alien girl turned to Robin, "I commanded you to leave me alone, but you insisted upon the 'being nice'!"
"My fault?!" Robin argued back, "You blasted me, you kissed me, but you never stop to mention that they have a gigantic particle weapon?!"
Then the two started arguing.
"We are doomed! I can't believe you talked me into this!" Beast Boy shouted at Cyborg, getting into an argument with him.
Raven and I put our fingers over our temples, trying to ignore the arguing, but it wasn't helping.
"QUIET!" Raven and I shouted, getting everyone's attention. Raven waved timidly, "Hi..."
"Look, it doesn't matter how we got into this mess. We're in it. And we will get out of it, together." I told the group.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Robin nodded and smiled, "Come on. We've got a city to save."
*A Little Later, Inside the Ship...*
Raven used her dark energy to teleport everyone into the ship.
Beast Boy shivered, "That dark energy stuff gives me the-" Beast Boy stopped, as he noticed Raven and I glaring at him. "I mean... It's cool. Heh." He corrected with his thumbs up.
Robin looked across the hallway, "We have to get to the firing controls. There isn't much time."
Robin walked down the corridor, followed by the alien girl, Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg. I stayed behind. I lowered my head and sulked.
'Now is not a good time to be sulking, Eleanor May.' Isis scolded.
'But I don't feel right about any of this. What if I don't fit in? I don't fit in anywhere so far...' I told her. Isis fell quiet.
"Mind telling me why you are always by yourself?" Cyborg asked me, snapping me out of my conversation with Isis.
"You heard Raven, Cyborg. I don't fit in with you guys..." I answered.
Cyborg placed his hand over my shoulder, "Look, Beast Boy's green. Half of me is metal. Your friend is into gothic stuff. You'll fit in just fine."
Cyborg and I returned to the rest of the group. Robin kept lookout.
"I bring you apology." The alien girl apologized.
"Don't worry about it. I'm sorry I yelled too." Robin apologized back.
"And again, you are 'nice'. On my world, only my Knorfga has shown me such kindness." She smiled.
"Well, things are different here." Robin smiled.
His smile caused the alien girl to blush, until the moment was ruined by Beast Boy.
"Uh... Guys? I think they know we're here." Beast Boy pointed, at a small group of Gordanians ran towards them, ready for a fight.
Meanwhile, at the main bridge, the Gordanians were readying the weapon.
"Lord Trogar, the weapon has reached full power." One of the Gordanians informed the leader.
"Then begin the firing sequence." Trogar ordered.
The Gordanians began the sequence, and activated the countdown.
"The Earth scum shall learn. It takes more than six juvenile heroes to defy the mighty Lord Trogar." Trogar gloated.
The weapon was ready to fire, until an explosion, behind Trogar, shut down the weapon. The smoke cleared to reveal...
"We're not six heroes. We're one team." Robin told Trogar.
Trogar roared and everyone ran into battle. Everyone was able to hold their own against most of the Gordanians. Beast Boy used his kangaroo form, until Trogar threw him into a wall, in his human form.
Trogar aimed to finish him, but Raven stepped in and used a shield to protect herself. Trogar was able to break the shield, and aimed to finish her, until Robin jumped onto his head and gave him a few hits.
However, Trogar caught him and threw him into another wall.
The red-haired alien girl gasped in worry, "Robin!"
Trogar dashed to attack her. Out of anger, the red-haired girl threw her starbolts. I attacked with a pair of ghost-like claws, created from the black and indigo matter. However, they had little effect on the Gordanian leader.
Trogar caught the red-haired girl and threw her into the floor a couple of times, but she punched her way free from his grip. Cyborg joined the alien girl and myself, as we triple-teamed Trogar.
However, Trogar was able to punch us back, causing us to join Robin. Cyborg's arm jumped a little.
"Can you rewire that into some sort of weapon?" Robin asked.
"I can try." Cyborg asked.
Trogar stood above the group.
"Get away from my friends!" Raven shouted, then she chanted, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"
Her spell caused a large explosion, which caused the ship to fall into the harbor. The Gordanians were down for the count, except Trogar, who glared at Raven, sharped his claws and aimed to attack her.
However, a large blast of blue energy hit his back and knocked him out. The blast came from Cyborg arm, which was in the form of a cannon.
"Alright. I'm only gonna say this once. Booyah." Cyborg smiled.
Everyone else smiled in victory.
*The Next Morning...*
The team was enjoying the scenery of the city from the island.
"That's quite a view." Raven said in awe.
"Somebody oughta build a house out here." Cyborg said in the same tone.
"Yeah, if you like sunshine, and the beach." Beast Boy joked, nudging Raven, who was hearing her hood down.
Raven lightly smiled, "You know, you're kind of funny."
"You think I'm funny?" Beast Boy asked, then smiled in excitement, "Oh, dude. I know some jokes."
Raven sweat-dropped.
"Please, I look nice?" The red-haired alien girl asked from behind us, as she was wearing a new outfit, which was like her old one.
But light purple, no crown and no metal plating, but arm and neck braces.
The others smiled in approval.
"I still don't know your name." Robin pointed out to the alien girl.
"In your language, it would be Star...fire." Starfire introduced herself.
"Starfire." I repeated with a smile, "It suits you."
"Welcome to Earth, Starfire." Robin welcomed with a smile, then he turned to me.
I braced myself and Robin threw his arms around me. I gasped.
"I can't believe you've been here all this time, Elle." Robin whispered, "I missed you so much."
"Dick..." I whispered, returning the hug.
Tears welled up in my eyes. I can't believe all this time, my cousin has become a superhero. I knew he might become something great. I had a dream about it a few weeks ago.
Robin released the hug and smiled at me, "I think you should join us. We can use someone like you."
I frowned and shook my head, "I already told you. I'm not the hero type." I looked at the city, "My family is probably wondering where I am." I turned to the group, "I hope we get to hang out again. Last night was exciting." I shook Robin's hand, "It was an honor teaming with you, Robin. I'll probably see you again in the near future."
With that, I flew over the water and made my way back home. Once I got home, I went to my room and sat on my bed. I felt something round in my hand. I opened my hand and there was a round, yellow, communication device with a 'T' in the middle.
A small smile grew on my face.