9:00 PM February 15th
The girl paced back and forth nervously "Uh, excuse me sir but are you sure this is the best way to go about this?" She asked, the caped crusader himself only gave a silent nod "Unless you want to handle it the conventional way" Night wing offered "No, of course not!" Taking a breath she regained control of herself "I mean, I agree this is probably the best way" taking another deep breath she got ready "Alright, let's do this"
8:30 PM February 15th
Jamie entered the cave to see Lagoon boy, Wonder girl, Robin and Miss Martian all talking amongst themselves "Hey guys, what's up?" He greeted. "Good question" Miss Martian asked. Robin crossed his arms "The league called us all here and they made it sound urgent but we have yet to even see a league member much less find out why they called us here" "So what, we've all just been sitting here for the past-" "20 minutes yes" Wonder girl provided irritated with the wait. Night wing then came into the cave. "Finally, we get to actually do something" Lagoon boy relived.
Coming to the center of the cave "We've got a problem" he said bringing up the giant screen and a key board. "Your target is a synesthete" instead of picture he brought up random information. "Sadly this isn't the only problem" "What else?" Robin asked quickly growing impatient "Yea, what's with the secrecy?" Bumblebee spoke up. "The only other known ability is-" He was cut off by a sudden power outage. In a few breaths the backup generator kicked in but Night wing was gone. The area he once stood was empty "Night wing?" Batgirl cautiously stepped to where he was, hoping for a clue or some kind of hint to what happened but there was none.
Wonder girl came next to her "Do you think it's the synesthete?" "How could it do something like this that fast?" she wondered aloud. "Night wing did say it had another power, maybe it was super speed" Beast boy offered.
"Alright, we need to find and subdue the target, and get Night wing back" Miss Martian ordered taking the lead. "Super boy, you and Robin are going to search the west wing of the cave, La'gaan and beast boy you guys will search the east wing, Wonder girl you'll be coming with me to search the north wing and that leaves you beetle with bumble bee and bat girl to search the south" everyone gave there affirmative. "If we are dealing with a speedster then we don't have a moment to lose so let's make this quick, use force if necessary, contact the others if you run into the target" With that everyone left to their respective assignments.
9:10 PM February 15th
"It doesn't make any sense" Super boy told Robin searching every inch of the west wing. "Night wing trained as Robin and Night wing and he's no light weight" Robin agreed. "For him to just disappear, no sign of a struggle no extra noise, just gone?" "Well if it does have super speed it might have whipped the place clean" Robin added. "Maybe I could help?" a young girl offered She remained in the Shadows so getting a good look at her was hard the only thing that the two boys could see was a silhouette of a small girl. Immediately dropping into fighting stances, "Wait!" she said suddenly on guard looking scared. "Uh, my friends call me Z, nice to meet you" she tried to smile Taking out his staff Robin pointed it at her. "I don't mean any harm" she said sweetly, still very clearly nervous.
"What are you doing here?" Super boy asked though it sounded like a command. "Well I've come on business" She said taking a cautious step forward, still in the shadows. She put her hands up "So answering that question is a little difficult" she looked over to Robin "When was the last time you cleaned that?" she asked pointing to the staff. He threw her a confused look. "Sorry, that had nothing to do with this I tend to do that" "Enough!" Super boy commanded suddenly. "I know what you're thinking she said "But let me ask you something, what kind of villain good enough to take down Night wing would willingly giver herself up?" "The stupid kind" Super boy yelled charging at her, she quickly grabbed onto his outstretched arm and used I to flip herself just over his head landing a little in front of Robin.
Now they could see her roughly 5'3, and her hair was in a short pony tail. She was wearing a mask hiding everything but her eyes, coupled with a matching ninja-like full body outfit. "Yea, you're right" she agreed Robin swung at her with the staff and once again she was able to dodge it, this time with more difficulty. "I'm really sorry about this" she told him just before grabbing his arm and with much effort tossing him over into Super boy. "I'm sorry" she apologized again.
Getting up almost immediately they ran over to where she stood. Taking a deep breath she centered herself. Robin swung his staff making contact with her side and knocking her into a wall. Coming over cautiously she hopped up in less than a minute and gave him a quick punch to the stomach using that second to jab at a pressure point. Robin fell over, her eyes went wide "I would just like to say that 1: he's not dead" she tried to explain to super boy who was running at her.
Barely managing to dodge an attack she continued to speak "2: that has never worked before I honestly didn't expect it to!"Ducking she tried to side kick him. Quickly withdrawing her leg "Ow, that hurt" Super boy was rearing closer. Quickly side sweeping him he fell to the ground after that she quickly hog tied him with some string she pulled.
Super boy looked to see a pair of wide eyes. "Once again I am very sorry about this, but I couldn't think of anything else" she took a few steps back. "Robin should wake up in about 20 maybe 15 minutes so" she held out her hand to see she had both of the communicators. Tossing a knife over to where Robin was "You won't be able to break those…you shouldn't be anyway, but that knife will it was specially designed so he can cut you out when he wakes up" With that she left heading east.
9:40 PM February 15th
"I'm telling you something doesn't feel right" Beast boy said on edge "You're probably just scared, don't worry about it too much" "By the way what's a synesthete?" "A human with super powered senses, they can only super power one at a time though" "noted" suddenly they heard grunting and screaming running to discover the source of the noise they saw a small ninja-girl, looking surprised to see them. She was huffing and puffing "Please no" she huffed "Not now" she shook her head.
La'gaan wasted no time throwing a punch at her ducking she gave him a kick to the side. Sending him to the ground "It worked that time" she cheered. Hearing a hiss she turned to see green viper slithering up her leg. Grabbing it she threw it at La'gaan, tossing him in the air he morphed into a falcon and flew over to her prepared to attack. "This is why you need to come prepared" she said taking the sash around her waist, wrapping it around her hand a few times.
Inflating himself La'gaan was able to grab she struggled and found herself unable to move or even free her arms, soon she gave up. Beast boy morphed back into his normal form. "We got her!" La'gaan gave a nod. "Yea, we should probably take her back to M'gan" They heard a mumble come from the small girl. "What was that?" La'gaan asked bringing her closer. "I said sorry but I can't let that happen" she said before head butting him as hard as she could. It was hard enough to make him loosen his grip slightly and just enough for her to scamper out of his hold. De-flating himself she grabbed his arms and tied them behind his back just before using him as a shield to stop Beast Boy's (Who was currently in leopard mode) attack and tied the two together. Moving to take their communicators as well they both tried to morph but the sash would only adjust to their sizes. "It was made for the two of you she told them.
10: 30 PM February 15th
"Four down five to go" Z thought wiping the sweat from her brow. She knew Robin was awake by now and had already freed Super boy. They probably went the direction she knew they saw her go and have discovered Lagoon boy and Beast boy and they were probably hot on her trail by now. Finding an air duct she climbed into it and crawled her way through, and then her heart nearly stopped. She saw it, all the dirt, grim and God only knows what else all on the air duct.
She tried to scramble back but couldn't she saw all the germs forcing her to shut her eyes and take shallow breaths. Peaking she tried to desperately find a way out "Help" she whimpered, she was stuck in that air duct. Feeling her body shake "Not my best idea" she thought. She began to bang on the walls like a caged animal. "Help!" she screamed over and over before she noticed herself moving, being dragged out of the air vent.
When she came in to the light she took a deep breath and clung her savior before immediately letting go. Looking to see who rescued her she saw a very surprised Miss Martian. They stood in silence for a bit before Super boy and Robin caught up. "That's the synesthete" Beast boy said suddenly appearing. "Guys hold on" Night wing said coming out of nowhere "Night Wing? Where did you" "Don't worry about it" he said before signaling everyone to back up.
"Z are you alright?" he said. "Y-Yea, I'm ok sorry I kinda screwed up my assignment huh?" she said wiping her eyes "Assignment?" Bee asked. "Yea, the league and I wanted to integrate Radar here into the team but she's kind of…complicated" he said struggling to find the words. "Maybe you should take off the mask now?" he offered. "Right sorry, I don't even know why you had me where it" she said pulling it over her head. Pushing her bang from over her eye, everyone could see her coco brown skin and large almond shaped eyes. "Like I said Radar here is a synesthete so she tends to be un-comfortable in crowds, we thought it would be good to have her meet you guys individually" "So why make her our enemy, you called her a target and made it seem like she kidnapped you"
"She tied me to Beast Boy and head butted me" La'gaan added. "That was also part of the exercise, we wanted to get her used to fighting and wanted to see it in the field. "She seemed pretty used to fighting already" Super boy spoke thinking back to their fight. "That's because I've been personally training her" Hawk woman said coming into the room. Everyone's eyes went wide "How many people are in here?" Bat girl asked.
"I know it's confusing but we needed to make it as realistic as possible" Robin tried. Hawk woman approached Radar "You made me very proud today my young pupil, if I didn't know any better I'd swear you were thanagarian. Her eyes went wide "thank you" she replied. Shayera looked back at the group "Please forgive us but this was her final trial before we allowed her to join the team. "She's still getting used to fighting but she's been training for a while now" Night wing offered. "She's suited more for gathering information. "Super boy, Lagoon boy, Beast boy and Robin" Shayera called getting their attention "You've seen her fighting abilities first hand so I'll let you judge whether she is allowed into the group or not" "Well, she's fast enough and precise, she can take a hit so I'm fine with it" Robin said a bit sheepishly. "Yea same here, and now I get plenty of time to get you back for the head butt" La'gaan smiled "Again sorry" she apologized. "Ditto" Beast boy agreed. "I've got no problem with it" Super boy said stoically.
"So, does that mean I'm in?" "Yes you are" Shayeria nodded. "Now about housing arraignments "Whoa I'm sorry but I never agreed to-" "Don't worry about it, the league has already handled it we found out about a nice family who is accustomed to super powered youths" Hawk woman explained eyes settling on Jamie. "What do you mean?" He asked "A nice family in El Paso" Night wing added. "Wait, you mean me" He said pointing at himself. "Uh b-but Hawk woman I don't think it's ok can't I move in with you or maybe I could-" "Out of everyone Jamie is the furthest away from your…problems since you don't know him it'll be the perfect way to fall off the map" Hawk woman soothed.
Radar soon gave up "Besides we've already got everything taken care of and it'd rude to keep Mr. and Mrs. Reyes waiting don't you think?" she remained silent for a few minutes. "Well in that case I believe I at least owe you guys my name…it's Zoey"
