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CHAPTER ONE
The full moon lit up the cool night sky, the streets slick from the downpour of rain that came just hours earlier. The facility John and his men were staking out had been quiet and seemed ripe for the taking. Well, as good and safe as anything in a world full of heroes could be. The guards went down easy like planned and they were able to gain access fairly easily. Plus they had the assurance that said heroes would be more concerned with the break in across town at Star Labs than the one at measly Queen Industries. Sadly for John and his crew, they weren't accounting on Green Arrow's sidekick Speedy to show up half way through their job. Nor were they expecting his friends, and instantly they were thrown into battle with heroes that shouldn't have even been in Star City.
Robin back flipped off the top of the motionless big rig, his right leg crashing into the chest of one of the masked men. As he landed, he spun around throwing two batarangs at the thugs behind him, disarming them. The two men were then suddenly swept off their feet, landing on their backs unconscious, the yellow and red streak seen only by Robin.
"And that's how we do." Kid Flash quipped as he made a show of dusting off his hands.
Robin was about to respond when they heard the roar of the trucks' engine come to life. He reached for another set of batarangs when he heard the sound of arrows ripping through the air followed by the sound of breaking glass and the scream of a man who had been pinned to the seat. Kid Flash ran to him and punched him unconscious. The other masked men had dropped what they were doing to finish with the other truck. The engine roared to life and right as they began to drive off, the engine suddenly died. One of the men saw a batarang lodged into the side of the truck above the right front tire. An arrow crashed through the window lodging itself in the leather seat and releasing a sleeping gas.
"Mr. Queen won't like his trucks being non-operational." Robin and Kid Flash turned to see their friend lower his bow.
"Yeah, I don't think he'll take too kindly to broken windshields and blood on the seats either." Robin said crossing his arms.
"So, what did you want to talk about?" Speedy asked just as an alert went off on his belt. "Now what Felicity?"
"Is that that hot blonde?" Kid Flash asked as he sped to Speedy's side.
"Dude, emergency." Robin said almost as if it were a crime.
"What? The other one's taken." Kid Flash said as if it were obvious that was why he was inquiring about the blonde tech girl that coordinated missions for Team Arrow.
"Problem at Star Labs." Speedy repeated aloud as he began walking toward his bike. "Got it. Send the cops to Queen Industries R&D facility. Left them a present."
"Want us to come with?" Kid Flash asked as he munched on a snack bar. "We still have to tell you why we came all this way."
"Why not?"
"No GA tonight?" Robin asked as they mounted their bikes.
"No, he's on another date with Canary." Speedy said as they raced off. "She demanded they have at least one uninterrupted date before they die." Speedy smiled and Robin laughed.
"Lucky." Kid Flash said running beside the two motorcycles. "Couldn't get a girl to date me if she fell out of the sky."
"Is that all you think about?" Robin teased.
"No, only mostly." Kid Flash said. "Hey, Garth is surrounded by hot Atlantean girls in swimwear, Speedy gets to hang out with hotness like Felicity and Black Canary, you get to jump off rooftops with that cute red head and Donna lives on an island full of Amazonian women. What do I get?!" Robin grinned, shaking his head at his friends comments.
"So what's this big news?" Speedy asked changing the subject before his friend got further into the injustice of his life lacking in hot girls.
"Donna, Garth, me and Rob have formed a team and we want you to join." Kid flash said his tone getting serious.
"Like a junior Justice League?"
"Come on man, imagine us all out fighting and going on missions together."
"I think I'll pass. I don't feel like being an errand boy for the League, them watching our every move. There's only so long we can go on continuing to be sidekicks."
"That's just it. It's not like that at all. We choose our missions. The League promised total autonomy. They only step in if we ask them too." Robin cut in.
"We're our own team." Kid Flash said.
Down the road they saw a truck speeding away from Star Labs. It drifted onto the road coming toward the three teens. Speedy knocked an arrow into his bow as Robin pulled out another EMP batarang. As the truck neared, the passenger stuck his arm out the window and fired off his semi-automatic. Kid Flash swerved to avoid the bullets. Speedy fired his arrow. The man cried out as it drove through his shoulder and pinned him to the seat right as Kid Flash snatched the gun out of his hand. Simultaneously, Robin had thrown the batarang lodging it into the grill of the truck. The two motorcycles sped by quickly as the truck came to a halt. Robin and Speedy quickly brought their bikes to a screeching halt at the back of the truck.
The driver jumped out of the truck and took off running but before he could get far Kid Flash pushed him into the side of the truck knocking him unconscious. He quickly ran to the back with his friends as they neared the double door cautiously. The doors swung open and six men charged out. Batarangs were thrown and arrows were fired. A yellow and red streak could be seen zigzagging through the men. Suddenly, the last row of crates in the truck toppled over onto the ground adding to the commotion. The three heroes looked over to see a girl, wearing a white mask with red stripes and a wide grin splayed across it, appear with two other men. Robin thought it resembled the Cheshire cat slightly but then filed the thought away to focus on the problem in front of them. The girl jumped down, her dark green kimono slightly lifting before settling just above her knees. Speedy knocked another arrow, as he faced their last three opponents.
"Red? You're not the Arrow." She said, noting Speedy's red costume, almost disappointed as she gestured to the color of her kimono. "To think I dressed up for him."
"You won't get away with this." Speedy said firing an arrow.
She quickly sliced the arrow in half as she drew her sais. "Get away with it? We're merely the distraction."
The three heroes turned back to Star Labs to see a helicopter on the rooftop.
"KF go." Robin said.
"Gone." He said as he disappeared in a streak of red and yellow.
"Even if he's fast enough, we rigged the roof door with explosives." She said casually as they heard an explosion. "Oh, well there it is. Now…shall we play kiddies."
"I'm ok." Kid Flash said over the com link.
"We're not kids." Speedy said as he fired more arrows to no avail.
Robin charged her two goons as they began firing at him. He disarmed them with batarangs and as he neared the first man, Robin jumped up driving his knee into the man's torso. He grabbed the man's shoulders, pushing himself up so he was vertical with the man. Robin twisted his body pushing off of the man's shoulders sending him face first to the ground. Robin had launched himself into the second man's chest, feet first. The man flew back and crashed against the door of the truck before falling to the ground. Robin spun back around kicking the first thug in the face knocking him unconscious. He then turned his attention back to the other man.
"Your friend has moves." She said as she lunged forward with her sais once again, expertly wielding them. Speedy brought his bow up just in time to stop the blades from hitting him. She spun the one in her right hand around and attacked from a lower angle while she used her other to attack from higher up. Speedy quickly hit her right hand away with the tip of his bow before blocking her other sai. His red bow locked in with the bladed weapon. "Looks like yours aren't so bad either." She quickly turned half way hitting Robin's batarangs away with her sai. "Oh, two against one? I thought you heroes played fair."
"You should try it." Speedy said.
"I could…but then that would mean letting your other friend come help you since you'll need at least the three of you to beat me." She said. "But I think he's a little incapacitated and we're short on time."
Robin ran forward as she kicked Speedy's bow away from her sai. She lifted her leg kicking him in the face before turning back to Robin. He was mid-air when she blocked his kick with her arms, pushing against it. Robin back flipped mid-air, landing in a crouched position. He quickly reached behind him.
"Aren't you a little far from home Boy Wonder?" She asked as he pulled out escrima sticks. "Ooh, big boy toys. I hope you know how to use them."
Robin ran toward her as she stood there like he wasn't much of a threat. He could see Speedy behind her preparing for another attack. Robin commenced his attack but she was able to match him hit for hit. She leaned forward as she smacked an escrima away from her and brought her left leg back to meet Speedy's bow. She pushed off against it forcing him back, she then turned so she could fight both heroes. Her right sai fought off Robin's escrima attacks while her left blocked the archers bow from hitting her. Speedy grabbed the tip of his bow and swung with all his might at her legs. She jumped and kicked her right leg out into Robin's chest sending him back a couple feet. Speedy swung again but she caught it with her sais as she landed crouched, her right leg extended out.
She looked over to see the helicopter making its way toward them. She spun her body, her leg swiping across his knocking him onto his back. Quickly, almost gymnastically, she twisted and moved her body so that she straddled Speedy, her body hovering over his. He tried to move or swing his bow but her hands had his pinned.
"You may change my mind about this color yet, Red." Speedy could swear he heard her smile.
She quickly let go of him and grabbed the rope that came into view. The helicopter flew past, pulling her up into the night sky. Speedy quickly got up and watched as the helicopter flew away. He walked over to robin and gave him a hand getting up. He couldn't believe she had taken them both on. They were Green Arrow's and Batman's partners. How did they just lose to some girl in a kimono?
"Let's not tell Batman about this." Robin said sheathing his escrimas.
"Kid?" Speedy called.
"I'm fine. Just stuck in some gel thing." He sounded frustrated. "Hey what happened to the hot girl in the kimono?"
"Oh, yeah he's totally fine." Robin smiled. "So?"
"If it's like this…" Speedy said. "Count me in."
The helicopter flew through the night as it left Star City behind. They hadn't expected running into the sidekicks that they did but she supposed it was better than the League. She looked over her 'partner', he was dressed in a light gray armored suit, his hands clenched tightly. He didn't like running from fights, neither did she but they were hired to do a specific job not tango with little heroes. She turned back out and stared into the night. It would be light soon. Her sister would probably be getting up for school in a few hours, wherever she was.
She had let her mind wander enough, pulling it back to the present and the task at hand. She saw they were over the airfield now, approaching the hangar they were to meet him at. She didn't like working with him but she didn't have a choice. The helicopter landed in front of the white hangar bay, the sun barely starting to peak out from the horizon. As she and her men exited, she could already see him walking toward them. His gray hockey mask covered his face and he was in his usual get up. He wore regular clothes but he also was embellished with arm and elbow pads, attached on his right arm were metal plates that served as a type of armor.
"Wanna tell me what happened out there little girl?" Sportsmaster asked as he approached her and her partner. "The other team was captured, what complications did you run into?"
"No, complications. We just ran into the Arrow's sidekick, Kid Flash and Robin." She responded coolly. "They weren't a problem. We got what we needed and the newbie performed adequately."
"I don't know how happy he'll be that you ran into the League's underlings." he groaned. "Well, maybe our employer will only be half pissed since you got what we were looking for."
"Wayne Enterprises or STAR Labs in Metropolis should have the other components we need." Her partner spoke up.
"No way. Tonight was bad enough. Out employer was very adamant about not drawing the Justice League's attention needlessly. So we're definitely not hitting Batman or Superman's home turf."
"But what better way to get his attention than fighting the Bat. I need to be fighting not lurk-"
"Easy there little Ravager." She warned. "You came to us so you could show your skills so you'll do as you're told."
"Couldn't have said it better myself. Besides I know enough about that assassin to know he don't like insubordination, so if you even want a chance at training with him then you better lock that down." He told Ravager. "As for the sidekicks, they've been seen together more, fighting crime. Seems like we'll have to start keeping an eye out for the mini-Justice League. In the meantime, find other places where we can get what our employer requires. And-"
"I know, I know. Find someplace that will ensure minimal League interference." She finished.
"Good girl." He said, then walked away.