Washington D.C.
April 20, 22:33 EDT
Gathering all of the crates they had come here for, proved to be a much longer task then they had first expected. They were both heavy and fragile, so it took at least two, sometimes three men to carry one crate into the ship. And with only a fifteen-member crew and about twenty-five crates…they were beginning to grow impatient.
"They need to hurry up," Tigress growled.
The dark haired woman walked over to stand next to Kaldur after helping carry in one of the crates. She crossed her arms, clearly tense from impatience and the knowledge that their plan here could be foiled any minute. "We've been here too long. We can leave the rest of it. We have enough and can come back for the rest another time." Tigress looked at Kaldur, her friend and leader. Her tone and tight facial expression proved she firmly believed in her claim that they could come back for the rest.
Indeed they could come back for the rest at a later time.
Kaldur's white-blue eyes turned to look at her while the rest of him remained still. He did not look angry or pleased with her impatience, but he remained calm when he spoke. "We take all if we can. If they have not shown yet, then they will not show."
One of the armor dressed men walked up to the two of them. This one had a very effeminate walk as he walked, it obvious that the style of walking like a man being forced. And when he stopped next to the two of them, it was clear in the way he jutted his hip that he was not one of the men.
"I can finish this Kaldur." A voice emitter, making her sound like a he, changed her voice so that she fit in with how she dressed. If one listened close enough they could hear the scratchiness of the voice emitter when she spoke. "I'm twice as strong as any of three men combined," She groaned looking back at the men.
Kaldur scowled, turning his head just slightly to look at her. His voice came out low and obviously annoyed. "You are dressed to blend in with the rest of the crew, Shield. You are not to do anything to bring attention to yourself. If you were to use your power and any hero came and saw, they would immediately question who you are and of your connections to the Light."
"And if I come into contact with any of the her-" Her voice was cut off as a high pitched sound cut through the air and then one of the crates the men held get smashed to pieces. The three men holding the crate all fell backward and a guy in the center of them stood up, scowling and looking unimpressed.
"Superboy," Kaldur stated. He grabbed onto his water bearers and moved to stand in front of the two of them, looking back at Shield with a slight glare. "You are not to use your powers," he whispered the order harshly.
Everyone began to act accept for Shield who momentarily stood in amazement as she watched the scene progress into a full out battle as the heroes began to appear.
"I see you guys are doing something evil of course," Impulse stated quickly as he sped past Shield. In the process he had hit her side, making her spin and stumble to the ground.
Tigress frowned as she watched Shield fall down and then an unseen force forcefully pushed her herself back. The assassin grunted as she rolled across the ground, nearly going all of the way into the water before stopping.
Shield glared at the Green Martian that hovered in the air. Oh how she hated aliens.
She was getting up slowly, glancing around at the heroes and members of the Light that fought. Kaldur was momentarily taking on Superboy and every now and again defending against Robin when he tried a sneak attack. Beast Boy and Miss Martian fought off and dodged bullets from the soldiers. A few soldiers still worked quickly at trying to get the last few crates into the ship. Tigress fought off Impulse, which proved to be a difficult task alone.
There was a hard kick at Shield's gut, making her groan in pain. A flash of red hair bobbed in front her face before disappearing behind her and punching her multiple times in the back and then finally smacking her upside the head.
Shield fell to her hands and knees, not going down that easily.
Turning her head just in time, she was able to see the punch coming before she pushed herself to the side kicking her legs out to trip Batgirl as she did. Have to follow through quickly or she'll get the upper hand again. Shield pushed off with her hands, aiming a kick at the red head's face and connecting with her jaw. She then spun on the ground with her hands kneeing her gut to get a grunt out of her.
Batgirl rolled away and onto her feet, reaching into her utility belt for some some batarangs and throwing them at Shield. One caught in the front of her helmet, cracking the screen enough that the image was no longer electronic and she now saw like looking through glass. And then a second connected with her shoulder and a third in her forearm.
Pulling out the one in the helmet she tossed it right back at her, following through with it and charging after throwing it.
The wind was knocked out of her when she was suddenly hit off course, being thrown into the side of the warehouse. She fell to the ground with a solid thud, unable to catch herself. Her head was turned to see what was happening as she now came off as unconscious, having yet to move.
Kaldur was helping a soldier into the ship. Shield momentarily wondered if the Atlantean thought it was her. Momentarily. He knew it wasn't and she knew that. Tigress was back-pedaling toward the ship while she fought off Robin, both giving and receiving hits from the boy wonder. Impulse lay on the ground next to the waters edge, Batgirl at his side and checking him over. Miss Martian was disassembling one of the crates to see what was inside while Superboy knocked out one of the last near the crates.
A couple men were backing away from said crates toward the ship, guns still in hand surprisingly. They shot at Beast Boy as he changed to avoid the shots, changing into a falcon, a cheetah, to a bull.
Hopping to her feet, Shield got up and made a b-line for Beast boy. None of the others seemed to notice her yet and she was able to make it through without being stopped.
Sliding in front of the gunmen with her hand on the ground, she looked like an animal ready to charge. Beast Boy charged her as a bull, huffing at her when she slid into view. She smirked under her helmet, listening to the huffing and pounding of hooves against the ground, feeling the vibrations through her hand and feet. He was a powerful little boy, she'd give him that but he was still just a boy.
When they were practically head to head with each other Shield tilted to his right enough for him to miss her. As he made a surprised noise and continued on, she caught onto his horn and pulled him the opposite way. She slid back a few feet with the force but was able to get him stumbling and sliding on his side in surprise. Her smirk grew into a grin as she had taken down the bull.
After his surprise Beast Boy quickly turned into a hawk to escape but she still grasped his wing. Shield aimed to grab his little head but he changed into a kangaroo, kicking her hard in the chest that she felt a couple of ribs crack. She rolled across the pavement and next to the crates.
"Evacuate!" Kaldur shouted to his crew.
Using his powers, he summoned up water and shot it for Beast Boy, succeeding and punching him past Shield into the warehouse. The couple of men that had been protected by her went in to grab her, beginning to drag her out. Superboy rushed the two, kicking one into the other.
"Leaving so soon?" Superboy asked.
"Not yet," Shield breathed out, holding onto her ribs with one hand while she stood up.
Miss Martian flew over, lifting Shield off of the ground and then dropping her with slight force. "We need to get those weapons out of their ship Superboy. They are Apokaliptian."
Superboy nodded and quickly jumped for the ship, grabbing a crate and coming back and beginning to do this repeatedly. Tigress threw down a smoke pellet at the mouth of the ship, Kaldur and the few still standing men disappearing into the smoke. Superboy went into it but was immediately pushed out of it by tentacles of water.
Her breathing was somewhat labored but she could handle more and she would. Not going down without a fight is the way of the Light. If she went down without a fight both sides would question her, so she had to make this look good. She moved to her hands and knees when a large force suddenly sat on top of her. There were oinks from the animal that sat on her. Fat pig, she thought snidely.
"Get. Off. Of. Me." She growled, beginning to lift him with all her strength.
One thing she did not like was the feeling of powerlessness.
Beast Boy shifted, jumping off of her and turned into a dove. Shield paid him no mind at the moment and focused on Superboy who was getting up off of the ground. She, on her knees, punched the ground with both fists, a wave of energy disrupting the ground and falling Superboy back to the ground.
Her energy was nearly spent but she jumped for the Martian, yelling, "I hate aliens!" Miss Martian's eyes turned completely green and she held her arm out, catching Shield in mid air and throwing her against the back wall of the warehouse some twenty feet back.
Shield bounced against the wall with a gasp and then fell from there as if in slow motion. She landed heavily on the ground, the fall taking all consciousness with it.
"The ship is gone," Batgirl stated as she and Impulse walked into the Warehouse entrance. He rubbed his head with a groan, looking bummed he been knocked out.
Superboy grumbled as he walked over to the crates, looking at the weapon that Miss Martian had taken out. It really didn't look like anything at all. A long silver piece about as long as an arm and just as thick, but the underside of it had connectors and wires. Obviously there was more to it than just this.
Beast Boy gestured behind him toward Shield, "What about him? He sure didn't seem like the normal men in Manta's crew we come across. He's…strong."
The others paused and looked back where Shield laid, Robin already there. "Let's find out," he said. The red clad sidekick gently pulled off the helmet, a pool of long brown hair falling out of the helmet.
"It's a girl," Impulse muttered in surprise as he suddenly stood next to Robin.
Robin nodded as if he had already known that. "She used a voice emitter to make her sound like a man. Obviously," he gestured to the man's suit she wore, "She was trying to look like just another part of the crew."
Impulse looked down at the girl as he thought about it.