Somewhere deep in the desert of a far off country, rested an ex-superhero in a U.S. Army uniform. Conner Kent aka Superboy laid up against the tire of his squads parked humvee, hiding from the sun in the vehicles shadow. He mumbled slightly as he dreamt of old battles that he experienced during his time as a up coming hero.
"Kent! Wake up Kent!" Called out a voice bringing the young dark haired soldier out of his dream world. He looked up to see his squads leader, Sergeant Smith, standing above him hooking his helmet back on. "Orders just came in, throw your gear on and hop on the 50 cal. we are moving out soon."
"Roger that, sergeant!" Conner said as he jumped to his feet, grabbing his helmet off the cab of the tactical vehicle behind him. He opened the door and proceeded to climb into the gunner's turret. Putting on his helmet he reached down and grabbed a fresh box of ammo and began to load that weapon. Not long after the other four soldiers assigned to his team climbed in.
"Alright listen up," Said Sergeant Smith, from the back left passenger seat. "We just got Intel from the higher ups that a small village thirty miles east of here has been suspected of being taken over by enemy troops recently. We are to take a small convoy to check it out and our team has the pleasure of being the lead vehicle in said convoy. Lucky us huh!." The other four soldiers, including Conner, chucked at the remark.
"We're all set, get this convoy moving." Came a voice over the radio between the driver and the front passenger.
"Yes, Sir!" Said Mouse, the teams current radio operator, from the front seat. Mouse was an unusually thin man who barely made it above the standards to join the army. He nodded to Jenkins the drive, an extremely large man. The unit had to drop the seat down six inches just so he could fit inside the humvee, permanently making him the driver of this particular vehicle. Jenkins stepped on the gas and proceeded from the small parking lot onto a old worn down road. Many trucks and other humvees began to follow in single file down towards the town.
Conner watched as the small clouds, that rarely formed in this reign, drift across the bright blue sky. He always did this to calm himself before a mission.
"E.T.A. Ten minutes, lock and load." Mouse called out to Conner who upon hearing racked a round in the chamber.
"Keep your eyes open, it appears that the town is on the opposite side of a small valley." Chimed in Sergeant Smith as he looked over a map of the local area. "The road leads straight through some rocky mountains, the valley is about a mile long until it ends actually forming the entrance to the town from this side. Locals made a gate and everything."
Within a short time the convoy reached the so called mountains which in all reality were just hills made of solid rock about forty feet tall.
"Lot of places to hide in here, boss!" said Jenkins as he navigated the twist and turns of the road.
"Indeed, so take it slow and and watch the ridges everyone." Replied Sergeant smith.
Conner watched the top of the rocky hills; however, everything was quiet and desolate. He decided to try another approach and blinked his eyes, this activated his infrared vision. He quickly switched back as all of the rocks began to glow brightly from absorbing the suns heat all day. The sound of the large five ton trucks and humvees drowned out his super-hearing. He was going in blind on this one, just as all his fellow soldiers did. That's what made him enjoy this job, he was the same as the humans that he worked with.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, at the young justice base in Mount Justice. Nightwing, Megan, and Kaldur awaited the arrival of their newest comrade. Being late into the night, the other members of the team either had gone home or gone to sleep.
The intercom echoed through the enormous main room of the facility. "02-Batman, 13-Black Canary, 16-Red Tornado, B29-Raven." The three leaguers walked out of the zeta-tube in silence, following them was a small figure concealed in a dark blue cloak.
Batman broke the silence, "Team, I would like to introduce you to the newest recruit, Raven." Two arms exited the cloak revealing a small female body hugged tightly buy a black leotard. The hands grasped the edges of the cloaks hood and drew it back letting it fall to her shoulders, uncovering her dark purple hair that just fell above shoulder length. She had red chakra stone on her forehead at the center of the part in her hair, her eyes shown in the rooms lighting gleaming the same color as her hair. She scanned the three heroes in front of her.
"Welcome! It is a pleasure to meet you." Said Megan as she floated over to the Raven with her arm extended.
"The pleasure is mine," Raven responded in an emotionless tone, as she looked down to the hand presented to her. "No offense but I don't like physical contact."
"Oh...I'm sorry." Megan said with a slight stutter.
"It is quite understandable." Said Kaldur as he stepped forward to introduce himself.
"Nightwing, may I have a word with you?" Batman said gesturing towards the other end of the room.
"Not a problem." He responded as he followed his old mentor to the other end of the room.
The others watched as the teams leader followed Batman. "Now you must be very tired," Kaldur said bringing the attention of the group back to him. "How about we show you to your room?"
"That would be lovely." Said Raven.
"Now if you need anything don't be afraid to ask." Said Black Canary as she walked up behind Raven. "If the team can't help you or just want to talk you have my number, also don't forget that Red Tornado also lives in the base."
"Understood, and thank you for your concern." Replied Raven as she turned to follow Kaldur and Megan. As they were exiting she looked over to the edge of the room where Batman and Nightwing were still talking. She strained her ears but was unable to make out what the two were saying.
"That's her father!?" Nightwing said in a quiet, yet shocked tone.
"Yes, and she has inherited some of his immense power. She cannot control it and that makes her an extreme danger; however, she has never shown any sign in following her fathers foot steps. She needs friends and positive influence around her and I figure if anyone can help her it is you and your team."
"I understand, even with the danger she holds, she will be a valuable member of this team."
"Now get some sleep, I have a small mission for some of the team including her, tomorrow. It will be a great chance for you to see what she has to offer and for her to get her feet wet, so to speak." With that said, Batman turned and exited via zeta-tube with Black Canary. Red Tornado glanced at Nightwing who in return gave a nod and made his way towards his room.
"Hmm." Red Tornado thought to himself as he flew up to his room in the roof of the cave.