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Flying across the room was not what the Team expected from Wonder Boy.

But no- not just flying, it was more of being thrown. Yes, the Themyscira get-to-know-you game could possibly be fun. Just… not for non-Amazons.

Apparently, getting to know each other meant fighting while chatting and assessing the other's abilities. Right now, it was Ari vs. Conner… which was scary considering they were apparently were both powerhouses. Conner felt almost offended when Ari jumped, and didn't come back down. He could fly, Conner was supposed to be able to. He couldn't.

"Heeeeeyyyyaaaah!" Ari laughed at the cliche word, kicking down on Conner's head.

Conner rolled away with a scowl, only to find himself jumping right into Ari's lasso. "I gotcha! I gotcha! See guys, I got him!"

"Yes… we know." Kaldur nodded at the Wonder Boy's waving hands.

Ari shrugged, descending to the ground and offering a hand to Conner, who ignored it.

"Hey guys! Who's left?"

Everyone shrunk back. Even Kaldur, the usual austere look dropped in his wish to be excluded. "I think… Wally, was it?"

"Aw crud." the redhead's face went pale as he met the short kid in the ring, pausing. "You are really familiar."

"Yes, yes. Well that's nice, I'm turbed. Now can we please-"

"Turbed?!" the Wally stiffened.

"Well, Athena yeah!" the kid froze, looking up. "Sorry, Athena." he shook his head. "Yes! Disturbed is bad, turbed is good, see?"

"Yeeaah…" Wally glanced at his teammates, who standing wide-eyed outside of the ring.

"One, two, three, go!" Wally had no time to prepare before the kid had him tied on the floor. Ari sat on his chest, pouting. "Well that was underwhelming."

"Well," Wally grunted, pushing the kid off his chest and wiggling out of the rope, "then get whelmed."

"OOOOOH! I LOVE that word! Thanks, Flash Boy!" Ari squinted his eyes in excitement, bending over and patting Wally on the head. Wally grumbled, swatting the hand away. Ari leaned back, a look of confusion hanging on his face.

"You guys don't seem to like me much." He considered a moment. "Not that I mind, just saying. I mean, My Mom, as you would call it, I speak more Greek than English, my Dad, and uh, my aunts, and grandma- they all like me. So I don't see the point in hoping you guys would." he shrugged offhandedly. "Normal- well, more normal than me- kids are just so hard to please."

The Team watched with wide eyes as Ari stalked off, humming as he tied his rope in knots. "Were we... being mean?" M'gann asked with wide eyes.

"I didn't think so…" Wally answered, rubbing the back of his head as he joined his friends.

"I think it's more likely that you guys are just tight-nit, and not allowing anyone to join in your special bond." a voice surprised them all, coming from Black Canary as she leant against the doorway to the sparring room.

The Team considered this. "But… we didn't try to exclude…" Conner scowled.

"I'm not saying you were." Black Canary pushed off the wall, strutting up to them. "But you barely even participated in his game-"

"His game was VIOLENT!" Wally cut in, green eyes wide as he shook his arms in emphasis. Black Canary gave him the kind of look a disappointed mother would give her misbehaving child.

"I know, Wally. But on Themyscira, his game is perfectly normal. In fact, his game is customary. In order to greet someone, you fight them to understand where their physical prowess lies. To an Amazon, it teaches more about a person than words."

The Team was silent, processing the words of Canary. "So… you're saying he just… he just isn't comfortable until he knows his place as a fighter?" Artemis assessed, looking to their trainer for further instruction.

Black Canary smiled, tipping her head slightly. "Exactly. And, saying as he won without so much as a sweat, he figures himself to be the top of physical peak on your Team- well, he would if he thought he was part of it. You can put people together, but that doesn't mean they act like a team. That's why, in hopes you can sort this out, I'm sending all of you on a mission."

OOOWKAY...

I've been trying to type this up but I've just had NO time.

So my head hurts really really bad. I need to sleep in darkness. And silence. Ouch. M'head. Sorry it's short, everyone! It's my head's fault. *Would bang head against wall but then it would hurt more*

Alright, please review my friends! I'm working on getting The Secret chapter 2 out, but it's gotten really long so I may just make it a three part. *Sigh*

Now, for this story it can go in two directions:

A: Short, crackish, and fun

B: Longer, awesome storyline, still fun but has elements of seriousness

Please tell me which one! Thanks guys! Sorry it's so short!

~Universe