"Starling! Look out!" Aqualad's cry proved unnecessary. Black Canary's protégé rolled neatly out of the path of the android, which had been descending on him from behind, before leaping high and kicking it in the back, sending it into the fire stream of his previous opponent. He did all of this before the warning cleared Aqualad's lips.
"Crash!" Kid Flash exclaimed.
"Thanks, Bart." Starling replied. "Now take care of the other one! Will ya?"
"Oh! Right!" Kid answered before cannonballing into the second android and vibrating his hand through its head.
"So! How'dwedo? Huh?" Bart blurted out motioning backwards to the broken robots lying on the training room floor.
"That was quite impressive." Aqualad replied. "Considering, those two nearly killed the entirety of the original team."
"Well that's great." Starling said dryly. "But why are we fighting knock-offs of robots the team beat more than six years ago?"
"First, our enemies have a way of not staying dead." Aqualad answered patiently. "Second, by finding new answers to old problems, you not only gain experience but, also provide older members with a new perspective."
A self-satisfied grin spread across Starling's face as he stuck out his hand. "Pay up Bart." Kid superspeed slapped five dollars into his hand. At the confused look on Kaldur's face he explained. "Bart has been complaining about the training. So we had a bet about who was right about the reason we kept fighting old opponents."
"And you won?" Kaldur sounded surprised.
"Yep, classic Black Canary thinking." Starling answered.
"While, I would just love to hear what exactly that was about." Nightwing said from where he had slipped in. "I need your help."
"Crash! Nightwing mission!" Bart exclaimed.
"Yeah, super crash..." Starling echoed skeptically.
"What, exactly, do you need our help with?" Aqualad asked a wary edge creeping into his voice.
"Simple surveillance." Nightwing replied flippantly.
"Surveillance does not require an entire squad, Nightwing." Aqualad countered.
"Okay…So I'm tracking intergang's extraterrestrial weapons supplier."
"And you think you have found them?"
"I've identified the drop location in Metropolis. I believe the tech is Apokoliptan."
"So that's why you're here." Starling spoke up. "You want Superboy and me to help you neutralize the tech?"
"Or at least identify it. You two are the closest thing that we have to experts on New Genessian and Apokoliptan technologies." Nightwing explained.
"Let me guess, M'ggan and Connor are already waiting on the bioship?" Starling snarked.
"Yes and I was hoping to take the three of you…"
"I am sorry Nightwing." Aqualad interrupted. "But I cannot accompany, the team currently has 3 squads out and I need to remain here to monitor them. You may; however, take these two and Supergirl."
"Good thinking, some extra muscle couldn't hurt."
"She is also fairly unproven in the field and a mission with three of our most experienced members should prove useful."
"Four, Kaldur." Nightwing corrected. "Don't forget Starling has been at this, nearly, as long as I have."
"I did not." Kaldur retorted with an unconvincingly teasing smile. "I was only including members who have proven themselves as team players."
"Gee, thanks Kaldur." was all the response Nightwing could muster.
"While I'd love to help the two of you work whatever this is." Starling cut in. "But, I'm assuming that this mission is time sensitive."
"Yeah, sure is." Nightwing confirmed. "Let's grab Kara and get going."