A/N: Alright, This is my new Young Justice story. I probably won't be describing what the characters look like outside my OC's, since you can just look them up. Now, without further ado, here's Young Justice: Cardmaster.
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"Wait. Six?" When I heard the Boy Wonder question the number of teammates, I chuckled.
"He means us 'glasses'." When everyone turned they saw me next to two Martians, one, an older guy, and the other an admittedly cute girl. I was 5'9" with greenish blonde hair, emerald eyes, and pale skin, wearing a dark blue and grey coat over a sleeveless black and blue T-shirt. What they didn't see was the almost endless supply of lethal and non-lethal gadgets I had at my disposal. Robin looked a little miffed at my nickname for him, but before he could retort, Batman introduced us.
"This is the Martian Manhunter's niece, Miss Martian. And this is Black Canary's protégé, Cardmaster." Robin scoffed.
"What kind of a name is that?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Say's the kid with the name of a sweet and innocent bird." He glared at me as I smirked, mentally urging him on. But the red headed speedster ruined the fun as he practically ogled Miss Martian.
"Welcome aboard. I'm Kid Flash. That's Robin, Aqualad. It's cool if you forget their names." I rolled my eyes as he didn't even glance in my direction. I then noticed the big guy in the black T-shirt hadn't said anything at all as Miss Martian started talking.
"I'm honoured to be included." As they started to crowd around us, I decided to bring him into the conversation.
"So what's your name?" I said as I walked over to him. He looked at me for a minute before talking.
"Superboy." Then I noticed his shirt.
"Ah. Should've figured from the huge red 'S' on your shirt." I chuckled. "What about your other name?" Now he just looked confused.
"What do you mean?" I frowned.
"Your 'secret identity'." I air-quoted. "Every hero's got one." He shook his head.
"Not me. I was grown in a lab, and the entire time I was just called Superboy." Now I just scowled.
"Well that isn't going to fly. Everyone deserves a name whether you were grown or born." I thought for a minute before an idea hit me. "How 'bout Connor?" He tilted his head a little.
"Why that name?" I mentally cheered.
"You look like a Connor." I deadpanned. Then I started giggling. "I've always wanted to say something like that. Now, let's meet Miss M." I said as I brought him over to the group. When we reached them, Miss Martian's shirt changed to a black and red version of her original clothes. She looked at the newly named Connor.
"I like your T-shirt." She said. Both me and Connor smiled a little as Robin elbowed Connor playfully and Kid Flash put his arm on my shoulder. Aqualad looked at us.
"Today, is the day." He said. I had no idea what it meant but it must've been important as both Robin and Kid Flash grinned.
July 12th
A few days later, I had settled into the 'Cave', as we were calling it, along with Miss Martian and Connor. The others had left to try and recruit an old teammate, and were due back any time now. I heard the telltale female voice announce their return, but noticed the lack of an additional name. I went to the main room and decided to greet them. When I got there they all looked disappointed and distracted. I grabbed my gun and filled it with water bullets. Then I shot them. In the face. It was awesome, for me at least. Robin looked pissed.
"Hey! What was that for?" I shrugged.
"You looked like you needed refreshing. So I assume your recruitment mission didn't go as planned?" Aqualad nodded.
"He said our new position was to 'keep us busy and in our place'." I just looked at him.
"Does he even know what we'll be doing? I don't think he should ditch an idea just cause he doesn't like who set it up. Even I find that childish." Now they just looked at me. "What?" Kid Flash spoke up.
"We didn't think you could be that insightful." I glared.
"You've known me for less than a week. How much could you possibly know about me?" He had the decency to look sheepish. Then Aqualad stepped in.
"How has moving into the cave been?" I smiled.
"It's been pretty easy. None of us had very much to bring. All I had was some gadgets and clothes." It was at that moment that Miss Martian, who I had learned was named M'gann, came over.
"Hello everyone." I noticed she had an apron on.
"Have you been cooking again?" She nodded. I sighed.
"I told you; don't leave the food alone while it's cooking. It could-" I was interrupted by a large explosion coming from the kitchen. "…ruin the dish, and the building apparently." We all ran to the kitchen as I was debating putting up a warning sign for when M'gann was cooking. Probably giant neon lights you can see from space, just to be on the safe side. When we got to the kitchen the oven was in ruins. I turned to the Martian. "What were you trying to make?" She looked embarrassed.
"Chocolate chip cookies."
"With what exactly?" I deadpanned.
"Well, I couldn't find the recipe so I decided to add my own ingredients."
"Was one equivalent to napalm?" I asked. I saw her saddened look, but when I turned to the others for advice I found that they were all gone, and I could hear the zeta tubes activating again. Realizing I was on my own, I decided to stop teasing her. "Well, everyone starts off lousy at something. Just learn and adapt. That's really all you can do." She looked at me surprised for a moment as I went to the oven. I then turned to her.
"Want to help me fix this up?" She had a slight smile and blush on her face as she nodded. So we spent the rest of the day in the kitchen working on cleaning the oven. She used her telekinesis to lift things out of the way, while I did most of the actual repairing.
July 18th 11:16am
Me, Connor, Aqualad, and M'gann were in the main room wearing our civilian clothes when the zeta tubes activated. Robin and Kid Flash came running over to us. They spoke one after the other.
"Did you ask him?"
"What did he say?" Aqualad turned to them.
"He's arriving now." He replied. Kid Flash looked giddy.
"Then what are we waiting for?" He said as he dashed to the front doors. The others ran after him, while I just jogged along. I was the last one to get there, and Red Tornado had just landing.
"Greetings. Is there a reason you intercept me outside the cave?" I was wondering what the rush was myself, but I honestly expected a better answer than the one Aqualad gave.
"We hoped you had a mission for us." I just face-palmed, and I could tell Tornado wanted to as well. If he even knew what a face palm was.
"Mission assignments are the Batman's responsibility." Then Robin stepped up.
"But it's been over a week. And nothing-" Red Tornado held up his hand.
"You'll be tested soon. For the time being, simply enjoy each other's company." Aqualad looked a little annoyed.
"This team is not a social club." Tornado had to concede that point.
"No, but I am told social interaction is an important team building exercise." He had a pretty good counterpoint. Score right now is badass Justice League robot: 2, whiny teens: 1. Red continued as he walked past us. "Perhaps you can keep busy by familiarizing yourself with the Cave." When he was almost to the cave, I overheard Kid Flash and Robin talking to each other.
"'Keep busy.'" Kid said. Then Robin continued.
"Does he think we're falling for this?" Then M'gann brightened up.
"Oh. I'll find out." She then looked at Red Tornado and seemed to be concentrating. Soon enough she sighed. "I'm sorry. I forgot, he's a machine, inorganic. I cannot read his mind." I decided to cheer her up. I pat her on the head.
"It's cute that you tried." I said with a smile. She smiled back to me. Then Kid walked up.
"Totally, it was a nice try." Then he leaned in to her. "So, you know what I'm thinking right now?" I rolled my eyes as the Boy Wonder elbowed him.
"We all know what you're thinking." He said.
"As does the rest of the planet." I added. Aqualad still looked annoyed.
"And now we tour the club house." M'gann spoke up again.
"Well, Connor, Cardmaster, and I live here. We can play tour guides." Everyone looked at me and Connor. I shrugged.
"Might as well. I need to take a break from my side project anyway." I turned to Connor. "How about you?" He shook his head.
"Don't look at me." The speedster didn't even hesitate.
"We won't." Then he turned to M'gann. "A private tour sounds much more fun." I raised an eyebrow.
"You do know I'm still going to be a part of this right?" Robin then joined in.
"Sh-she never said private." Before the situation could escalate, Aqualad spoke up.
"Team building. We'll all go." Then we turned around. As we entered the cave, M'gann started the tour very early.
"So this would be our front door…." A few hours later we reached the back of the cave. I was still chuckling over their reactions to the chaotic armory that was my room. The tour probably would've been much shorter had M'gann not felt the need to show every single thing in the cave. She should not work as a museum guide. "…And this would be the back." I rest my case. "Then cave is actually the entire mountain." Now I spoke up.
"It was hollowed out and reinforced by the Boy Scout and the Green Glow Stick in the early days of the League." Everyone stared at me. "Superman and Green Lantern." Everyone 'ah'd' before Conner spoke up.
"Then why abandon it for the Hall of Justice?" Aqualad joined in.
"The Cave's secret location was, compromised." Connor looked more confused.
"So they traded it in for a tourist trap? Yeah, that makes sense" I nodded.
"I agree. Even by my standards that doesn't make sense, but some of the members have battle experience, so they must know that. It's probably a decoy for their real base." Before everyone could look at me dumbfounded once again, M'gann, who was used to my randomness by now, continued on.
"If villains know of the cave, we must be on constant alert." Robin grabbed her hand.
"The bad guys know we know they know about the place, so they'd never think to look here." Then Kid Flash stepped in.
"Uh, he means, we're hiding in plain sight." M'gann looked relieved.
"Ah, that's much clearer." Connor sniffed the air.
"I smell smoke." I groaned as M'gann gasped.
"My cookies!" As she flew to the kitchen, I couldn't help but think how it happened again. When we got there she used telekinesis to open the oven and take the blackened char- I mean cookies, out of the oven. "I was trying out Grammy Jones recipe from Episode 17 of-" She suddenly stopped herself. "Heh. Never mind." I raised an eyebrow as Robin spoke up.
"I bet they'd have tasted great." I decided to join in.
"Absolutely. I mean, Flash junior doesn't seem to mind." Sure enough, the human red head was crunching on the over-cooked dessert without a care. Then he noticed us all staring.
"I have a serious metabolism." M'gann wasn't giving up on the cooking though.
"I'll make more?" Aqualad spoke up.
"It was sweet of you to make any." The lone girl smiled at him.
"Thanks Aqualad." He shook his head.
"We're off duty. Call me Kaldur'ahm. Actually, my friends call me Kaldur." Kid Flash then leaned on the table.
"I'm Wally. See? I already trust you with my secret I.D., unlike Mr. Dark Glasses over here." Robin glared at him. "Batman's forbidden Boy Wonder from telling anyone his real name." M'gann smiled.
"Mine's no secret. It's M'gann M'orzz. But, you can call me Megan. It's an Earth name, and I'm on Earth now." Everyone looked at me.
"It's Jacob." I said. Wally looked like he wanted to ask for more, but I interrupted. "JUST, Jacob." I said sternly. I noticed Connor start to walk away before he suddenly stopped and turned.
"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" He yelled. Suddenly I heard M'gann's voice in my head.
"What's wrong? I don't understand, everyone on Mars communicates telepathically." While everyone else grabbed their heads, I felt strangely calm despite the intrusion. Kaldur then spoke.
"M'gann, stop." He said firmly. I felt M'gann's presence leave my mind as Kaldur continued. "Things are different on Earth. Here your powers are an extreme invasion of privacy." Wally then picked up the conversation.
"Besides, Cadmus' creepy little psychic genomes, left a bad taste in his brain." M'gann looked genuinely apologetic.
"I-I didn't mean to-" Connor interrupted her.
"Just. Stay. Out." He growled. Then he walked over to the couch and sat down. The mood was rather tense for a second, so I decided to change topics.
"Hey M'gann, why don't you show the others your bioship?" I said. She brightened up almost instantly, a look I much preferred on her.
"Hello, Megan. That's a great idea Jacob. Follow me everyone." She flew off towards the hangar as everyone else followed her. Before I joined them, I saw M'gann come back and talk to Connor.
"Connor? Please?" He didn't even turn around.
"Don't talk to me." I glared at him as M'gann looked down.
"You go on ahead M'gann, We'll catch up. Both us." I said. She nodded and flew away. As she left, I walked over to the couch and stood in front of Connor with my arms crossed.
"You over reacted." I said. He looked up at me.
"She invaded my head, and yours." He countered.
"She's been here less than a month. How many customs do you expect her to know? Hell, how many do you know?" He looked down at the ground, so I continued. "She is not like Cadmus, and whatever they did to you is not nearly as bad as what I have been through. At least they needed you, so suck it up and apologize." He looked at me for a minute as I realized what I said. "I'll tell when I'm ready." I said simply. "Now come on, we're going to see a Martian space ship." He turned his head to the side. Now he was just being stubborn, so I did what my mom used to do. I went behind him, grabbed his collar, and dragged him over the couch. Before I could pull him any further, he got up and glared at me.
"Don't do that." He said.
"Don't be stubborn." I said. When we got there everyone else was waiting for us at the elevator. M'gann looked happy to see us both, and we all entered the elevator together. When we reached the hangar floor, there was a large red and black orb in the centre. M'gann looked giddy as she ran up to it.
"It's my Martian bioship." We all left the elevator as Wally, once again, spoke up.
"Cute. Not aerodynamic, but cute." M'gann giggled.
"It's at rest silly. I'll wake it." As she held her hand out, the orb changed shape and expanded. When it finished changing shape, it turned around and a ramp formed. M'gann and I started to walk towards it. When I noticed everyone else was staying put, I turned around.
"Well? Are you coming or not?" Everyone followed us in, and when we reached the centre, it morphed into a cockpit with seats, panels, and what were most likely the controls in the middle. M'gann walked to the centre chair as everyone else went to the others.
"Strap in for launch." She said. When we sat in the chairs straps extended out and coiled around us. I chuckled at everyone's reactions.
"Is this cool or what?" I said. When M'gann sat in the pilot seat, she spoke up.
"Red Tornado, please open the bay doors." When they did, we set off. Robin was looking out the window as the ship did a barrel role.
"Incredible!" Wally just looked at M'gann.
"She sure is." When everyone stared at him, he started stuttering. "I-I mean the ship, which, like all ships, is a she." I just groaned. His flirting attempts were horrible. Robin seemed to agree.
"Fast with his feet, not so much with his mouth." Wally looked miffed.
"Dude!" Meanwhile, Kaldur, Connor and I were in the front of the ship having our own conversation. Kaldur leaned in to Connor.
"I may not have psychic powers, but I can guess what you're thinking." Connor turned to him. "You overreacted, and you don't know how to apologize. Just say sorry." I joined in.
"See? I'm not the only one who thinks you went too far. But he is right. Sometimes, an apology is all you need." Then he looked at me. I then heard the others whispering, but I couldn't tell what they were saying. Then Robin spoke up louder.
"Hey, how 'bout showing us a little Martian shape-shifting?" M'gann smiled and stood up. Soon her form changed to a female Robin in costume. Then she twirled and changed into Kid Flash, again as a female. Wally just stared at her.
"Is it wrong that I think I'm hot?" I shuddered.
"Not wrong, but very weird." I said. Robin started clapping.
"Impressive. But you know you're not exactly gonna fool anyone with those." M'gann sat down.
"Mimicking boys is a lot harder." Kaldur joined in.
"And your clothes?"
"They're organic, like the ship. They respond to my mental commands." Connor then spoke up.
"As long as they're the only ones." He growled out. I elbowed him in the gut as M'gann looked down.
"Seriously, what did she say to you?" I whispered. He looked at me.
"She asked me to introduce myself to everyone." I just stared.
"And that made you get pissed at her?" Before either of us could continue, Wally spoke up, probably to remove the awkward silence
"Can you do that ghosting through walls thing that Manhunter does?" M'gann looked at him as I turned the chair around.
"Density Shifting? No. I-it's a very advanced technique." Robin joined in.
"Flash can vibrate his molecules right through a wall." He chuckled. "When he tries it, bloody nose." Wally was once again, miffed.
"Dude!" I shrugged.
"Like I said the last time you made cookies, just learn and adapt. Basically, keep practicing." M'gann smiled at me while Wally actually looked thoughtful. M'gann then spoke up.
"Here's something I can do." As she spoke I noticed the outside of the ship seemed to vanish. "Camouflage mode." Then we all heard Tornado's robotic voice.
"Red Tornado to Miss Martian. An emergency alert has been triggered at the Happy Harbour Power plant. I suggest you investigate." He paused. "Covertly. I'm sending coordinates." M'gann got serious.
"Received. Adjusting course." I felt the bioship turn around as Robin scoffed.
"Tornado's keeping us busy again." I spoke up.
"Nothing can always turn out to be something." The others looked at me strangely. I sighed. "A simple fire led you to Connor, and created this team. Just because something seems boring, doesn't mean it will be." M'gann nodded.
"He's right. We should find out what caused the alert." I then heard Connor speak up.
"I think I know the cause." We all turned to see a tornado heading right for us. Before M'gann could do anything we were sucked up and bounced around. Then she focused and managed to steer us out of the tornado. We landed in the parking lot and set to work. Kaldur had to yell over the howling winds.
"Robin, are tornadoes common to New England? Robin?" There was no response, and when we looked, the Boy Wonder had vanished. I groaned, while M'gann looked dumbfounded.
"He was just here."
"You don't know Bat's trademark do you?" Before she could answer, we heard the glass shattering from the power plant. When we got there, a huge red, blue, and black robot wearing a scarf had sent Robin slamming into the wall with a blast of wind. Connor jumped forward while I landed next to the Boy Wonder.
"Who's your new friend?" I asked as I helped him up.
"Didn't catch his name, but he plays kinda rough." Then the robot spoke up.
"My apologizes. You may address me as Mr. Twister." He then sent blasts of wind at Connor to slow him down, before firing a tornado at him to send him flying. I grabbed a 2 of Clubs and threw it at Twister. He just used the wind to send it right back to me. I paled.
"Get out of the way!" I yelled. When everyone did the card exploded, but M'gann got tripped up by the shockwave. Before she could hit the ground, I grabbed her.
"You alright?" I asked. She nodded. As everyone got in formation, we all grabbed our various gear. Then Wally charged at Mr. Twister, but before he could do anything, he was sent outside by a blast of wind. The others charged forward, while I stayed back. It turned out to be the smarter option, as our opponent sent everyone flying once again.
"I was prepared to be challenged by a superhero. I was not, however, expecting children." I smirked as I discreetly grabbed two more Clubs.
"Don't underestimate us 'children' we're the bane of adulthood." I said as threw the cards. They seemed to have missed as they went over him.
"You're not living up to that title if you can't even hit your target." He mocked. My smirk widened almost psychotically.
"Who said you were my target?" All of a sudden he was hit by a huge blast of electricity from above. I admittedly enjoyed hearing him scream. When the attack ended there was steam coming off him.
"I must admit, that was an impressive move. You may just be more of a threat than I thought." He then looked at me for a moment. "You look familiar, but I don't recognize your fighting style." I frowned at him. "Wait, that smile of yours, I see." My eyes widened. "You're his son. The Clow-" before he could finish another explosion hit his head. I was pissed.
"Finish that sentence and I will break you in half." He seemed to be coughing.
"Interesting. I wonder why they would allow a boy like you into a team of superhero children." By now Robin had gotten back up, and the 'children' comment made him mad.
"We're not children!" He said as he launched a grenade and a birdarang at Mr. Twister. The big guy used tornadoes to stop the grenade, but it just blew them away to make room for the birdarang. But when it hit, he didn't even flinch, and just flicked it away as it exploded.
"Objectively, you are." He continued to mock us. "Have you no adult supervision? I find your presence here quite disturbing." As he finished everyone I noticed everyone was back on their feet. Robin continued.
"Well we hate to see you disturbed. Let's see if you're more 'turbed' once we kick your can." Once he finished, M'gann used her telekinesis to burst open a steam container above him. Before the smoke dissipated, Connor jumped at Mr. Twister, yelling all the way, but was once again sent back by the wind. He hit M'gann, sending them both tumbling back, as the rest of us charged. I grabbed a Diamonds card, and sent it flying at his legs at a low angle. The card split apart into four separate buzz saws, but Twister sent a blast of wind at his feet, sending me, Robin, and Kaldur crashing into each other, and the card was sent flying away. I could barely hear him speak as I tried to stay conscious.
"Indeed. That was quite 'turbing'. Thank you." As he flew away we all got back up.
"Can everyone move?" I asked. All I got was grunts and groans. "Good. Now, we need a plan to take him down." I paused. "Anyone happen to have one?" Kaldur spoke up.
"We'll have to think of one on the fly. Right now, we need to help Wally." We all nodded and ran outside. When we got there, M'gann had to act fast, grabbing Wally with her telekinesis before he hit the wall.
"I got you Wally." When she set him down he sighed.
"Thanks." He said. We all turned and faced Twister.
"I would have thought you had all learned your limitations by now." Kaldur stepped forward.
"What do you want!?" He yelled. Twister just started to fly.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm waiting for a real hero." Kaldur turned to M'gann.
"Read his mind, find a weakness." She looked confused.
"I thought I wasn't supposed to do that." Robin stepped in.
"It's okay with the bad guys." M'gann started to concentrate.
"Nothing, I'm getting nothing." Then she tapped herself on the head. "Hello, Megan. Mr. Twister is Red Tornado in disguise. He's inorganic, an android. And how many androids do you know that can generate tornadoes?" I had my doubts, but it seems everyone else was too frustrated to care. Kaldur looked mad.
"Red Tornado sent us here." I tried to step in.
"Uh, guys." They either didn't hear me or didn't care, as Robin continued.
"After saying we'd be tested soon enough. This is his test, something to keep us busy."
"Guys." I tried once again to break through, but no one was listening. Now Wally spoke up.
"Speedy called it. We're a joke." Kaldur punched his fists together in frustration. Then everyone but me started walking towards Twister. "This game, so over." When they got close to him, Robin started talking.
"We know who you are, and what you want." Kaldur continued.
"So let's end this." Mr. Twister looked down at us.
"Consider it ended." I had a very bad feeling as he created a massive cloud cover, and a huge tornado. Aqualad didn't look fazed.
"An impressive show, but we will not indulge you. We will not engage." Suddenly lighting appeared, and the clouds became a storm. Kid Flash looked nervous.
"Uh, can Red Tornado do that?" Twister seemed to chuckle.
"You think I'm tornado? Ironic." Before the lightning could hit us I threw a Clubs in front of us, making a wall of solid foam. Unfortunately, it didn't do anything. The lightning blast sent us all flying back, knocking me out. By the time I woke up, Twister was gone.
"What happened? I asked. Miss Martian answered me.
"I placed the bioship between us." We all looked at Connor as he crushed a boulder.
"And that's supposed to make it alright." He walked toward M'gann. "You tricked us into thinking Twister was Red Tornado." I glared and stood up.
"She put the idea forward. It was the rest of you who didn't even bother to think about it." I groaned as M'gann'held me up by the shoulder. The impact hurt me more than I thought. "Now, we need a plan, something more than just charge in and hope for the best." I could barely stand without M'gann's help, and it seemed like the others noticed. Kid Flash spoke up.
"You can't even walk, and you're both pretty inexperienced." I looked at him. "Hit the showers." Then Connor walked by.
"Stay out of our way." He growled. As the others went after Mr. Twister, M'gann looked down.
"I was just trying to be part of the team." Before he set off, Aqualad looked back at us and sighed.
"Too be honest, I'm not sure we really have a team." As he set off, I grabbed a Hearts card, and used it to scan my injuries, showing I had a broken rib. I grabbed a vial of pain killers, and chugged down half of it.
"We need to help them." I said. Miss Martian looked at me.
"But I'd just get in the way, and you need medical attention. I'm taking you back to the bioship." I grit my teeth as I let her carry me into the bioship. When she set off, we contacted Red Tornado. M'gann explained the situation to him, while I bandaged my injuries. "The team really needs your help." But Tornado disagreed.
"If I intervened, it would not be to help. Still, it is an odd coincidence that this, Twister, shares my elemental abilities, and my immunity to telepathy." M'gann had a thoughtful look.
"Hello Megan." She turned to me. "I've got a plan. A real one." I grinned.
"Well lets here it." She nodded and turned the bioship around.
When we got to the city, everyone else looked worse for wear. M'gann linked us all telepathically.
"Listen to me, all of you." I could hear Connor in my head now as well.
"What did we tell you?" Now it was my turn to growl.
"Suck it up and pay attention. She has a plan, and since yours clearly isn't working, you better listen to her." M'gann looked at me thankfully before concentrating again.
"I know I messed up, but now I'm very clear on what we need to do. Please, trust me." When she explained the plan to everyone I grinned.
"I like it." She looked at me.
"You're still too injured, so you'll be in the bioship." I stared at her
"Oh come on! Let me do something." I put my hands together and pouted at her. She quivered a little before conceding.
"I'll let you fly the bioship." I stared blankly at her before smiling.
"Yes!" I threw my arms up. "Now, go kick android ass." She nodded, and dropped out of the bottom of the ship. I went over to the pilot's seat to watch the show. It was impressive how they worked together to create the illusion of Tornado's powers, and I couldn't help but congratulate them on their teamwork. When it was over, I landed the ship right next to them. As I walked over, I scowled at the man who fell out of the android. Before anyone could stop me, I grabbed a pipe and crushed his head. The others pulled me back, and Robin glared at me.
"I don't know how you used to do things, but here, we don't execute our captives." I just chuckled.
"What execution?" I looked at the 'man' I had hit. When the others turned, they saw a robot skull. "That's why M'gann couldn't read his mind. He was never really here." They all looked at me apologetically before Wally ran over to the robot and grabbed one of it's eyes.
"Cool. Souvenir." Kaldur put his hands on M'gann's and my shoulders.
"We should have had more faith in you two." We smiled at him. Then Wally spoke up.
"Yeah. You guy's rocked." Then Robin joined in.
"We're turbed you're both on the team." M'gann chuckled and I just kept smiling.
"Thanks. Me too." I sighed before looking at the wreckage. When I did, I noticed one of the eyes was glowing. I walked forward and crushed it under my foot.
"Hey, who's gonna carry this back to the Cave."
After we had all grabbed a piece and brought it to the bioship, we called Red Tornado to explain what had happened. Kaldur finished up.
"It was clearly created to sabotage or destroy you." Tornado nodded.
"Agreed." M'gann spoke up.
"Is that why you wouldn't help us?"
"No. This was your battle. I do not believe it is my role to solve your problems for you. Nor should you solve mine for me." He said. M'gann looked worried.
"But, if you're in danger-" Tornado interrupted her.
"Consider this matter closed." As he walked away Wally and Robin walked next to me.
"Batman, Aquaman, and Flash, they'd have jumped right into fix things." The speedster started.
"Guess if we're gonna have a baby sitter, a heartless machine is exactly what we need." I elbowed him lightly.
"That's a little harsh." Apparently Tornado heard him.
"And inaccurate. I have a heart, carbon-steel alloy." He stopped and turned. "I also have excellent hearing." Robin chuckled nervously.
"Right. Sorry, I'll strive to be more accurate." Kaldur put his arm on Robin's shoulder.
"And more respectful." As Tornado walked away, everyone else went home. Before I went to my room to sleep off my injuries, I saw Connor stop in and look at M'gann.
"Sorry." He said. I saw M'gann smile and I grinned.
"Atta boy."
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A/N: And that ends the first chapter. Please Read and Review so I know what I can improve upon. Also, some notes: First off, imagine Jacob's appearance to be the New 52 Lobo, just with a different color scheme. And for the main pairing, I'm making it Jacob and M'gann, so sorry SuperMartian fans, but I think she would be a great balance for my character. But I'm not leaving Connor alone. He and Jacob are going to be brother figures to each other, and M'gann will be like Connor's sister. And about Jacob's father, that will be a part of the story later on, but if you want to know who he is, PM me.
