A/N: Ok, so, this is my first fanfic ever with actual canon characters. I'm extremely nervous and paranoid about whether or not I got their personalities down. ^^" Oh and this story will have a couple OCs in it, only one of which is a member of the team so she will be the only one with a main role. It's Torry AKA Tornade. She's sixteen and has the ability to control the wind. You'll find out the rest of the details about her throughout the fic. Anyway, I'm gonna try not to make this story revolve completely around my OC. I want her to blend in the way she does in my head. :P But, her character does need to be developed, so we'll see. Anywho, just read and give it a try please. ^.^ Read the A/N at the bottom when you're done for a bit more info on the story.
How goes the east perimeter?
All good, nothing but turbance over here.
… What?
Turbance, it's the opposite of 'disturbance.'
Dude, what is it with you and the word play?
Yeah, and how does your English teacher feel about that?
Focus you three. The mental voice of their leader, Aqualad, snapped the three young heroes out of their mental conversation.
Sorry, Tornade, one of the three, apologized sheepishly, although an amused grin stayed on her face.
Miss Martian, do you see anything from the sky? Aqualad questioned, his eyes never leaving the area he assigned himself.
Nope, everything's all good up here.
They all heard a mental sigh come from Kid Flash. I'm beginning to think that the League just sent us on a wild goose chase. We've been here for how long now?
Robin briefly opened the holographic computer from his glove. An hour and twenty-three minutes. There were collective groans from a few of the other team members.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting tired of staring at some random, abandoned warehouse in the middle of some stupid forest, Kid Flash grumbled.
Hey, Kid Mouth, instead of complaining, why don't you make this more tolerable for the rest of us and shut up? Artemis shot back.
Superboy, who had been ignoring the pointless conversation, whipped his head around when he heard what sounded like a snapping twig. Cliché, much?
I heard something, he announced, interrupting something Kid Flash had been thinking. Like a switch had been flipped, all of the heroes tensed, ready for action.
What and where? Robin questioned as he scanned the dark forest from his perch on the branch of one of the trees.
Sounded like a twig, about ten yards north from me.
Could've been an animal, suggested Tornade, although she was on high alert. She brushed some of her long, black hair behind her ear and peeked down from her perch on the top of the warehouse. A faint breeze rustled the leaves of the trees and various plants, but that was the only movement she saw.
Can you see anything? Aqualad questioned Superboy. Superboy squinted slightly, his vision switching to infrared as he gazed in the area the sound had come from.
No.
Aqualad took only a moment to ponder their next step. Then we wait, but remain on alert.
The team nodded, although they were aware of the fact that almost none of their other teammates could see them. Silence soon followed.
Is it just me, or is this forest too quiet? Kid Flash thought, only half-serious.
Maybe it would be, if you would just. Shut. Up. Of course, Artemis was the one with the comeback. Kid Flash glared in the direction he knew she was in.
You know what-
Cut it out you guys, you're giving me a headache, Robin snapped, rubbing his temple.
Maybe we should contact the League, Miss Martian thought. Tornade shifted in her spot, grumbling silently to her herself.
It does seem like a dead end. Maybe the tip Batman got was false? She suggested, briefly wondering what time it was. She figured that whatever the time was, she should've already been in bed.
Robin's eyes narrowed behind his mask. Batman doesn't get false tips.
Tornade raised an eyebrow. Wasn't it just last week that you were given a tip that Penguin was hiding out somewhere and the two of you ended up walking right into an ambush?
Yeah, but the tip was right. Penguin was hiding out there.
Tornade rolled her eyes, but didn't comment on the "Robin-logic." Besides, she was soon distracted by Superboy's next announcement.
Helicopter's coming.
Tornade cussed slightly to herself and crammed herself into a shadow that was hopefully dark enough to hide her from whoever was in the helicopter. Soon enough, the sounds of the blades ripping through the air was heard. Not a moment later, a large, black helicopter appeared. The helicopter paused above the warehouse. It was, however, unusually high in the air for a helicopter that planned on landing.
M'gann, see who the pilot is, Aqualad ordered. The young Martian flew up, still in camouflage mode, and looked into the front window to identify the pilot and send an image to her teammates. When she reached it, her brows furrowed at the sight before her.
Th-there's no one in there, she said, confused as she was also unable to sense any minds within the helicopter. The team frowned.
Then wha-? Superboy started to think, but cut himself off as a part of the bottom of the helicopter slid open. Not a moment later, an object fell from it. Robin's eyes widened beneath his mask.
It's a bomb! He leaped down from the branch and ran, unsure of how large and powerful the bomb was.
Retreat! Aqualad, somewhat pointlessly, ordered.
Uh oh, Tornade thought. She stood up and leapt off the side of the warehouse without hesitation. She used the wind to soften her fall so she wouldn't hurt Kid Flash, who was zooming by, when she landed on his back. He did elicit a small grunt, but he didn't slow down. Tornade wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist as they sped away. Not a moment later, there was a large bang as the warehouse was exploded.
Everyone alright? M'gann's question filled their minds. Affirmative answers from each member of the team followed.
Rendezvous at the Bio-Ship, came Aqualad's calm command. Everyone was already heading there, so the location wasn't an inconvenience.
Tornade and Kid Flash were the first to reach the camouflaged ship. When they came to a stop, Tornade let herself off his back, letting out a breath she hadn't known she'd been holding. Kid Flash let out a pant, causing her to look at him.
"You're heavier than you look" he said, before abruptly bringing out his back-up chocolate bar. Tornade was about to show him exactly how "heavy" her fist was, when Superboy showed up in his usual mini-earthquake causing way, landing right beside Tornade and Kid Flash. The two teens who didn't have super strength stumbled slightly.
"Dude, seriously? The Hulk has better landings than you" Kid Flash grumbled. Superboy chose not to comment, not exactly appreciating how that comment brought him back to that time on the Metropolis Bridge.
"Conner!" all three looked up as the green alien came out of camouflage mode and floated down to land beside Conner. "You're alright!"
Conner gave his girlfriend a small smile. "Of course, not like it was a kryptonite bomb."
"Well, that was interesting" Robin commented as he emerged from the brush, Aqualad by his side. Despite having just escaped an explosion, the Boy Wonder was smiling. Kid Flash looked at his teammates, frowning as he finished his chocolate bar.
"Where's Artemis?" he questioned.
"Here" came Artemis' voice not a moment later. They all turned to see her walk out from the trees, rubbing her head.
"What happened to you?" Tornade questioned curiously as she walked up to the blonde archer and pulled a leaf out of her blonde hair.
"Nothing" Artemis lied, not willing to admit that she had stumbled down a hill in her hurry to escape the explosion. Wally would never let her live it down. They all gave her questioning looks, before just shrugging it off.
"It appears that they knew we were here" Aqualad commented, bringing everyone back to the main issue at hand. They nodded.
"Yeah, but who are 'they'?" Artemis questioned, wiping some dirt off her pants. Robin put his hand to his chin thoughtfully.
"All Batman's tip said was that there was some serious business going down here. Some meeting of some sort" he said, brows furrowed.
"A trap, perhaps?" Kaldur questioned, although he didn't quite believe that himself. Robin shook his head.
"No, I doubt Batman would've sent us in if there was a possibility of that."
"Maybe they were trying to destroy evidence of something?" M'gann cut in to the conversation between the two natural born leaders.
"We searched every inch of that warehouse when we first arrived, though, and we didn't find anything, but dust, bugs, and more dust" Torry pointed out. M'gann frowned.
"Perhaps the tipper betrayed us and revealed that he had tipped us off?" Kaldur suggested. Robin nodded.
"It's a possibility."
There was a brief moment of silence. Kaldur's eyes met Robin's. "That leaves one more, rather confusing and unclear, question…"
Robin seemed to latch onto Kaldur's train of thought as he finished for him. "Why did they wait so long to blow us up?"
Batman. 02.
The team looked up from where they had been discussing amongst themselves when the electronic voice of the zeta beam announced the arrival of the Dark Knight.
They had recently arrived back at Mt. Justice and hadn't been waiting for long.
Batman walked up to them and didn't even bother with pretense.
"What happened?" he asked in his deep voice. Of course, he already knew about the explosion. He had heard about it in the news. A late night explosion in the no man's land of Montana wasn't something the media liked to ignore. He would never admit it, but a part of him was glad to see that the team was alright with no apparent injuries.
The team launched into the story- well, Kaldur did most of the explaining, as he was the leader. Wally was easily ignored when he complained about how long they had sat there just to get a bomb dropped on them. By the end of the explanation, the Dark Knight's eyes were slightly narrowed, the only indication of how he was feeling.
"As of this moment," Aqualad finished, "our best guess is that whoever gave you the tip turned around and admitted his betrayal."
"Not possible" the Dark Knight said quickly, sounding rather sure of that fact. There was a brief pause as they waited for him to elaborate. He didn't.
"Why?" Robin was the only one currently brave enough to question the rather intimidating hero. Batman's gaze fell on him.
"Because the man who gave me the tip killed himself shortly after giving me the information. I wasn't able to stop him."
There were some gasps and whispers of disbelief.
"And you didn't tell us this… why?" Conner questioned, obviously irritated at the lack of information.
Batman turned his attention back to the whole team. When he replied, the tone of his voice left no room for argument. "Because it wasn't relevant to the mission."
"Then how did they know we would be there?" Kaldur questioned thoughtfully.
"Dudes," Wally said hesitantly after a moment, "you don't think… you don't think it was the mole, do you?"
There was a brief, tense moment of silence.
"I highly doubt that there really is a mole within the team" Kaldur finally spoke up. The rest of the team mumbled awkward agreements. Batman's keen eyes watched the team, not missing anything. He himself wasn't quite so sure that there wasn't a mole on the team. But, as of that moment, the evidence was pointing toward a mole who wasn't even aware of their betrayal.
"I'll look into it," he said eventually, "for now, the rest of you get changed and head home."
He glanced at Superboy, as if daring him to make some snarky remark. But, apparently, the clone wasn't in the mood as he just stalked off. The rest of the team followed suit, except for Robin, who just opted to leave with Batman.
"The heroes still remain unaware of our plans for them and their sidekicks."
"Yes, and it shall remain that way until we are ready to reveal our grand scheme."
A/N: Just so you know, this is the order of the thoughts in the beginning of the chapter:
Kaldur
Robin
Torry
Robin
KF
Torry
And then Kaldur, as you know.
I know it was kind of slow and this turned out shorter than I would've liked. I just need to get more comfortable with the story and doing canons. Trust me, the narration and flow will get much better once this story hits its groove. ;) As of this moment, I don't have the clearest plot in my head for this story. I'm not quite sure whether or not to make the enemy the Light, mostly because I have no idea who half of the villains who appeared are. Unfortunately, I don't read comics (lack of a decent budget and years of naivety to the awesomeness that is the comic book industry will do that to you). :/ If someone could tell me who those people are so I can research them, that would be great. ^^
So, another thing which some of you are probably wondering, is the couples. As of this moment, the only coupling I'm gonna have is SuperMartian and Spitfire. Right now, I'm not planning on coupling my OC with anyone.
If you're wondering anything or have any suggestions, feel free to review or message me. I'm not the biggest fan of flames. If you think my story sucks, then I'm sure you can find a nice and polite way of saying it. It never hurts to add a smiley face. :)
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