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Watch Tower – August 11, 2011 10:22 AM
Max was lying in her bed; she couldn't help but think back over the last few years of her life; it was the day before the anniversary of her dad's death. Most of what she could remember was Aunt Shiera taking care of her up at Watch Tower, although on many occasions getting to go to Batman's house to see Robin and train, or Uncle Flash's house. She smiled at the memories with Dick, Bruce, and Alfred. All the rest of the League had helped her Aunt out. Especially Uncle Flash and Uncle Bruce…or at least that's what Max called them, and they never said not to so….that's what stuck. She was told that she moved here when she was 7, but she also remembered what happened that caused that move, though only her 2 uncles knew that. She never told her aunt that she remembered in fear of her pity.
*Flashback*
"Honey go! I'll catch up I promise!" Her dad yelled to her from the bottom of the stairs with the sound of crashing and yelling following his voice. Max looked down into his eyes and knew this was it.
"I love you." She told him, tears threatening to fall.
"I love you too. Be safe and always do your best. And be good for Aunt Shiera and all of her friends; ok?"
He smiled big at her and she smiled back while nodding. She opened her wings and flew down to hug him very quickly as he hugged her back and kissed her forehead. It was that moment that she swore to herself that no other man would be allowed to do this to her unless she told them they could. She then proceeded to fly upstairs to her room, grabbing her stuffed dog her dad had gotten her, her sword, her and her father's bow and arrows, and flying quickly out her window on her way to where Aunt Shiera, Wonder Woman, and the Flash would rendezvous her.
On her way, she made the horrible mistake of looking back. She saw her dad trying to talk to the men peacefully as they yelled at him. The next thing she saw was them grabbing his wings in a manner that she was sure broke them and proceeded to beat him mercilessly and finally smashed his scull with his own mace. She fought back the tears that were ready to fall and tear her apart, but let out a scream to her dad...As she screamed, she turned back around determined to get to safety.
She arrived at the spot only to kill 3 enemy men who threatened not only her life with an evil smirk upon their faces, while the jet arrived and watched as the young girl killed the 3 men to spare her own life. She boarded and quickly ran to her aunt in whom she recognized immediately. Her aunt took her in her arms and she started to cry hard, as her blood-drenched sword dropped to the ground. The last thing she remembered was her dad; smiling big at her and telling her to go as he flew off to where the other men were and them brutally killing him. She felt her aunt start rubbing her back as a wind suddenly hit her and she then felt a second hand pet her head between her ears that set on top of her head. She looked up quickly, tears still in her eyes, at the surprise of the second hand; she instantly reached for her sword and took a defensive stance. After this, she finally took time to really look and saw a big man clad in bright red, that reminded her of her dad, so she dropped her sword, and proceeded to run up to him, feeling the need to be with someone close to her dad, and he took her and she hugged him tight; she heard her aunt sigh.
"Max, honey, this is Flash. Are you ok with him holding you?"
"Yea Aunt Shiera; he looks and has the same energy as Daddy." At this she smiled a small smile at him with a hopeful face and felt a couple of tears fall as he wiped them away.
" So, Max? I'll be sure to introduce you to Kid one of these days. I'm sure you and him will get along. Ok?" He smiled at her. She laughed. He was so much like daddy.
"Yea! Who is Kid?"…..
Soon she would find out.
*End Flashback*
She looked down at her stuffed dog and held him tight. She may have been 16, but this dog meant the world to her, and her family realized that and didn't judge her for it. Suddenly she heard a knock at her door, and quickly got dressed in her favorite jeans and her flash shirt, just to get a laugh out of her uncle.
"Come in!" She said loudly, as the door slid open to reveal her aunt.
"Hey Aunt Shiera, what's up? Got a mission or something?" She asked hopeful. She loved going on missions; especially with Black Canary. She was the one who taught her how to fight.
"Actually, yes. So get you're uniform on and meet me in the bay, ok? Oh, and bring gear to move. You'll be meeting some new friends tomorrow; ok?" She said happily. I looked nervous. I hadn't even met Kid, like Uncle Flash said I would, and I only knew about the other side-kicks because of his descriptions…. but nodded and complied.
"Ok. Give me 5 minutes and I'll be down. Is Uncle Flash coming too?" I looked hopeful. Uncle Flash being there would calm my nerves quite a bit.
"No, he's handling something of his own. But he'll be there tomorrow; when you meet your new friends." She said and walked away with the door shutting behind her, leaving me once again to my own thoughts. I sighed. Great; Uncle Flash wouldn't be there. As I thought, I got changed into my fitting cargo pants (dark green for camouflage) with my black combat belt. Next was my top. It consisted of a gold armor bra that extended back around my shoulders and around the tips of my wings; there was a built-in sword holder in the back. From the front, 2 thick belts wrapped around my stomach creating an X pattern, swooping around and meeting in the back, reconnecting; showing off my tattoo around my bellybutton and on my back. And last but not least, my combat shoes. Uncle Flash got them for me at Christmas last year and I wore them all the time. Then the part that made me a hero: my mask; it was a lot like my aunts, but instead of gold, it was black, and the falcon feathers were pinned back in an offensive look, not out like hers; plus the beak was longer away from my face and sharp tipped, unlike hers. It was also designed just for me to fit around my wolf ears. I made sure to put my feather from my dad's wings into my hair clip, wrapped my knuckles with the wrap Canary got me to help protect me in battle, grabbed my sword by my bed, and left with my duffle bag.
I headed down to the bay where Aunt Shiera was waiting for me by the teleports. I saw Jonn' by the controls and waved as he waved back. We stepped on as I made sure I had extra clothes and everything I would need. Next thing I know, I was in Africa with Superman. He called us over and I left my bag in the bushes with my pillow to get later. I nodded at my aunt as we headed to where Superman led us. Apparently, I wouldn't be getting much sleep in the next day or so. Gorilla City was in need of serious help. They were under attack and needed help protecting, and we would most likely spend tomorrow helping them rebuild. I smiled. I loved helping people, and especially the apes; they were always so kind and thankful; sadly, not everyone was that way. By this time, we were in the city and Superman called me over to help him. I flew over…
"Yes, Superman?" I asked quickly.
"Falcon, I need you to go get those children out of the danger zone. Carry them to a bunker and make sure their ok." I nodded.
"Yes sir." And I was off. I saw the kids; some not much younger than me, and I grabbed 2 and told the other 3 to follow me.
"Come with me guys. We need to get to that bunker. It'll be ok I promise." I told them as I nodded and pointed to the bunker as they followed, the 2 in my arms holding on tight. I got them to the bunker and handed them over to the adults.
"Are they ok? Should I go get some medics? Or stay and help myself?" I asked quickly to make sure I could go off to my next duty; helping my aunt.
"They are fine young Falcon girl; thank you so much for getting them to us." The elder ape smiled at me and I nodded and flew off as the kids waved at me. I waved quickly back and turned to find my aunt. The next 12 hours I fought off villains and saved more kids and even went into the night, helping put out fires and such as superman rounded up all the villains. I only got about a 15 minuet rest that day and night.
*The next day*
I looked around, the place was a mess. As I assumed, I continued what I was doing to help reconstruct the area. The children I had rescued yesterday were helping me rebuild a garden and I was talking to them, enjoying the company of a younger person, even if they were apes. I didn't get acquaintances very often.
"Thank you all for helping me guys. I'm learning a lot." I said kindly and smiled. They all smiled back and started telling me about different herbs and plants and what those plants healed. I memorized the information they were giving me, in case I ever needed to help someone with it.
It was about 8 o'clock at night by the time we were done. I met back up with my Aunt and hugged and said bye to Superman. He smiled and hugged me back.
"Be good, alright? I'll find out if you're not and Uncle flash and I won't be happy." I laughed softly and nodded.
"Alright Superman; no promises, but I'll do my best." I smiled and flew off with my aunt to the teleport and my stuff.
"So, Aunt Shiera where are we going now? Obviously not back to Watch Tower; considering I brought baggage." I looked at her.
"Correct Falcon. We're going to Mount Justice." She looked at my quizzical face.
"There's a new super family there waiting for you. Batman is already there telling them of our soon arrival. Remember Kid Flash and Robin?" She asked me. Though I'd never actually met Kid Flash, I remembered Uncle Flash's description and nodded. I was excited to see Robin again; I hadn't seen him in probably about a year; he hadn't seen my new costume adjustments or my tattoos.
'Darn. I'm going to miss that training lesson I promised Canary tonight. Maybe she'll be there?'
"Well, they'll both be there. You'll be fine." She smiled at me.
"Ok 2 questions…I haven't changed or anything and I look disastrous. My hair is ratted and I'm caked in grime and blood. Plus, is Uncle Flash going to be there?" I asked her.
"You look fine don't worry. You look tough. And yes, Uncle Flash will be there, and so will Canary. Now that I think of it; she mentioned something about a fight session with you? Anyway, I know you haven't seen him in a couple weeks so you'll be able to hug him and talk to him a little if you're not too busy with your new teammates." She smiled and laughed as I stuck my tongue out at her given her comment about me looking tough. Despite my complaints, she knew I preferred that look.
Mount Justice, Happy Harbor August 23
"Alright, do all of you understand?" Batman asked as he looked down on the team of young hero's now anxious to meet their new teammate. Wally was the first to speak.
"When should we be expecting this new teammate, and is it a guy or girl?" 'Of course he would ask that', though Artimus as she rolled her eyes. Robin knew exactly who Batman was talking about; they had discussed this the night before while on patrol.
"Very soon; she will be tired, so don't expect a lot of activity from her." Was Batman's only reply as he turned to the computers marking the end of the discussion. All the teens turned and headed for the rec room.
When they got there, Kaldur called for them all to sit and discuss how they were going to go about their new addition to the team. They also looked at the clock. They hoped that the time that she would get here would come soon. Again, Wally was the first to speak.
"Is anyone else whelmed that we're getting a new female teammate?!" He exclaimed happily as he looked at everyone's hopeless look they were giving him. He frowned and sat down on the floor.
"You all will like her. I'll let her do all of her explaining, but she's a tough fighter, and a loyal friend. I've known her ever since she came to Earth. She's an alien, like you Mgann' and Connor. However I should warn you, she has quite a temper and a bit of an anger problem." Robin surprised everyone with his knowledge on the subject, and at that comment Mgann' instantly knew who he was talking about. She looked at him and continued his thought path.
"Hello Megan! How did I not see this coming?! Yes! I know exactly who you're talking about! You guys will like her a lot. She's cool and is an amazing person, although she is very quiet, you all will have to gain her trust before you see the real side of her." She said as Kaldur nodded to all of this information.
"Very well. We will welcome her with open arms as we would any other guest. We will fill her in on any information about our missions so far, so that she will be up to date on the type of work we do in this team, we will also be kind, and allow her to come to us about her. We will not force her to talk and we will make her feel conferrable around us. We will open to her about ourselves to allow for windows of opportunity to allow her to tell us about her… (Looking directly at Wally as he says this next part)…and we will listen with all interest to what she says. We care about her, and we will treat her as part of this family. As such, Artimus (looks at her too)…You and Wally are forbidden to fight and argue for this next week or until told otherwise. We do not want her to feel unwelcomed or scared to open up until she gets how things are run around here. Understood?" He says to everyone now, who nods and gets up to go do their own thing until their new teammate arrives.
