~Alex's POV~

| Alex's House, Gotham City
|June 12, 11:00 p.m.

What is a hero? How do you become a hero?
Hi. My name is Alexia Hunter. Right now I'm finishing a report on, well, the questions above. I thought for a second then jot down my answers.
'Done!' I thought.
I turned off my lamp and went to bed. Luckily for me, I can't sleep. Again. Lately every time I try to fall asleep, I start getting nightmares about a team of 5 teenagers. One I recognize as Robin, my city, Gotham's, very own hero. I see the Atlantean hero, Aqualad, and lastly Kid Flash, Flash's protégé. The other two I don't know, but one has the Superman symbol and the other looks Martian. They are always sparring with eachother or just lounging around, looking bored. Today I see the Martian baking cookies and the 'Superdude' (That's what I'm calling him until I learn his name. Don't judge me.) watching static.
'Oooh... interesting!' I thought sarcastically. The scene isn't very disturbing- wait a second, if like is the opposite of dislike, is turbing the opposite of disturbing? Sorry. The scene isn't very disturbing, so I actually get sleep. I awaken to a beeping sound coming from my phone. I get up and get changed into my uniform for Gotham Academy. I go down the hall and into the kitchen where my mom, dad, and brothers Leo and Jason (No it's not Jason Todd I named him after Jason Grace from Heroes of Olympus) greet me.

"Good morning Alex. Bagel?" Mom asks.

"Yes please!" I respond cheerfully. I grab the bagel and my backpack then proceed to walk out the door on my way to school. While walking past an alley, I hear a familiar voice yell,

"HELP!" I feel adrenaline rush through me and I run into the alley and find some thug stealing my fellow classmate's money and jewelry.

"Stop! Leave her alone!" I demand. The thug (I'm naming him Marco) turns around to look at me with a look of amusement on his face.

"Oh no! I'm shaking. What ever shall I do?" He responds sarcastically.

"I said leave her alone," I say, starting to get angry with Marco.

"Oh yeah? What are you going to do, little girl?" That was the last straw. No one calls me a little girl.

"This," I reply with a smirk. I charge at him and feint a right hook while I sweep his feet out from under him. He is so shocked that I attacked and knocked him over so that he couldn't dodge the kick I sent towards his head and he went unconscious.

"H-how did you d-do that?" My classmate asks.

"I have no idea. Are you okay?" I respond handing her belongings back to her. She takes them with shaking hands and says,

"I'm fine. I'm Barbara by the way. Do you want to walk together to school?" She seems to calm herself down and regains her posture.

"Sure! I'm Alexia, but you can call me Alex."

"You know, Alex, you could totally fight crime or something. I mean you took that guy out in two hits!" Barbara says, starting to walk.

"I guess. That was all adrenaline though," I say, falling into step with her. For a second, when she said that I should fight crime or something, I thought she knew. Oh! I forgot! I actually have a 'super power' if you would even call it that. I have enhanced hearing, sight, strength, and speed. When I say enhanced strength speed and strength, I mean like I'm quicker and stronger than average. Not Flash speed. Not Superman strong. Just above average. I'm also very quick-witted and clever. I have very good vision and I'm able to identify people from at least a mile away. I can also hear things from about a mile away clearly. I definitely needed to be more careful about risking my identity. Anyway, after school was over, I went home and changed into my alias, 'Fox' . After I was changed, I snuck out the window and started wondering around. Using my super-hearing, I heard someone say,

"Robin to the Cave, do you read me? Requesting backup immediately!" from at least a mile away. I ran to the nearest building and climbed up. Then used my enhanced speed to jump across the rooftops until I found the one and only Boy Wonder being trapped by Deadshot. I jumped down from my perch silently and took the two batons off of their straps on my legs and combined them to make a bo staff. I swung it around expertly and sprinted out of the shadows, Robin catching sight of me immediately. Using my instincts, I ducked as Deadshot turns toward me and didn't regret it as he barely missed my head with the butt of his gun. I use the opportunity of being crouched to swing my leg under his but he jumped over it and aimed his gun at my head. I used my enhanced speed and tackled his legs out from under him before he could pull the trigger. While he was on the ground, I kicked him in the head hard enough to knock him out and smiled when he didn't get back up. I went to turn around when I heard a grunt and smacked him in the head with my staff. I leaned down and made sure he was out for good before I cuffed his arms and legs and alerted the authorities to take Deadshot back to Belle Reve. I rushed over to the beaten-up hero and kneeled down next to him.

"Robin! Are you hurt?" I asked.

~Robin's POV~

The girl finished taking down Deadshot and wrapped things up with the police. She seemed to remember me sitting against the wall as she spun on her heel and ran to me.

"Robin! Are you hurt?" She asked with a little giddiness laced in her tone, holding a hand out for me to take. I accepted it gratefully and she pulled me up.

"I'm mostly fine..." I trailed off, not wanting her to have any reason to worry. That didn't work because as soon as I was up and she let go, I felt the pain of the bullet in my side and cried out, starting to fall to the ground in pain. she caught me and her face morphed from excitement to worry and sternness.

"No, you're not. Tell me. Now." I sighed as she put my arm over her shoulders, supporting me. I had to admit, this girl knew what she was doing. Wait, was she...?

"Deadshot, well, shot me dead in the side right here. Haha puns," I motioned with my free arm to my side which didn't feel too great,

"But I'm fine. Hey, you know who I am already. I have to know, are you Fox?" She seemed to smirk a little in pride and tried to quirk an eyebrow but failed so she raised both instead,

"You've heard of me?" I gave the closest thing to a smile that I could muster,

"Oh, yeah. You're all Bats has been on about ever since you took down that Cadmus warehouse." She smiled brightly and said,

"Wow. Wait! You're still injured. You know, and this is only if you want me to, because I'll totally understand if-" I cut her off with a look that said, 'Get to the point.' She cleared her throat and said,

"I can take out the bullet and stitch you up, but only if you want, I'm sure you can just have Batman do it or something..." She trailed off and looked at the ground.

"Fox? Batman's out of town and I would really appreciate it if you could help." She smiled and pulled out a first aid kit from her belt. Looking up at me with a grim face she said,

"This may hurt a little." That was an understatement to say the least. Granted, I've taken beatings way worse than this and I've been shot a few times, but never in my stomach. I have to say though, just like her fighting, Fox knew what she was doing. And I was grateful.