The Grand Canyon 11:34 a.m., April 3rd
The bioship landed across the canyon from the silver pod, which was settled in a pile of rubbish. Kid Flash was the first one to run over to it while Miss. Martian and Robin walked over cautiously. Miss. Martian, when she reached the pod, placed her hand on it and tried to search it mentally for any signs of life. Robin looked up the genetics on the pod but they both came up empty handed. Then the team tried different ways to open it, Kid Flash and Robin used physical means to open it such as weapons, combat and hurtling objects at it, such as each other. Miss. Martian tried the mental way, she tried communicating with the pod, tried to connect with whatever computer was controlling it to open it and finally used it for force.
All of their attempts failed.
"I don't get it," Miss. Martian paced in front of them. "How could nothing work to open these pods?" She was frustrated, she again looked at the pod. Running her hand over the top of the smooth silver surface, a word appeared. 'Pulsate'
Robin and Kid Flash jumped up and joined Miss. Martian, "Dude, whats pulsate?" Kid Flash asked, bending in close and looking at the word. He rubbed the hands all over the pod. "Maybe a door will open if we keep rubbing it!"
"Thats weird," Robin was inspecting the word, "That's latin for 'knock'."
Miss. Martian hit her head, "Hello Megan! We tried all forceful ways to enter the pod, we should have just knock. The peaceful way!" She floated about the word and knocked gently. "Hello? Is anyone in there?"
The top of the pod cleared like fog and they could see a girl in there. She wore a white cloak with the hood up and appeared to be sleeping, another word appeared above her 'evigilabit'.
"Awake," Robin said and the pod shook, they all moved back and watched as it took flight again but just hovered there in mid air. The thin layer that separated them from her disappeared and she fell out of the pod. "Kid!" Robin yelled.
"Way ahead of you!" He rushed to catch her and as soon as she landed in his arms her eyes popped open, same color as the pod.
They both screamed, she jumped away. Her hood fallen from her head revealing pale blonde hair woven into strands of braids that fell down her back and past her waist.
"We're peaceful," Miss Martian stepped forward, "We only want to help you, we're Earth's heroes. I'm Miss. Martian, this is Robin and this is Kid Flash." She pointed to each of them, "Who are you?" Miss. Martian held a hand out towards the girl in all white.
"Manere." The girl said, she watched each other them closely. She opened her cloak and pulled out a small stone like object, it shifted into a bow and arrow, which she pointed at them.
"She said 'stay away'," Robin told them, they were all mind linked and were able to communicate this way without her knowing what they said.
"I suggest we do what she says," Kid Flash replied, "I'm not too fond of her shifting weapon over there."
"It has the same energy as the bioship!." Miss Martian said, she held her hand out to the weapon, "Maybe I can change it's shape-"
"No!" Robin and Kid Flash both yelled.
"Per cor!" The girl in white yelled as she let her arrow go, it flew directly towards Miss. Martian. Right before the arrow meet with Miss. Martian a red arrow knocked it off course and Red Arrow jumped down from the cliffs above.
"Who is she?" He asked, arrow pointed at the White girl.
"She was in the pod." Kid Flash answered, standing in front of Miss. M protectively.
"She only knows Latin," Robin offered.
"Manere a me!" She yelled a warning. "I vobis nocebit."
Red Arrow put his weapon down, "I wont hurt you," When she laid eyes on him, she took a step back and squinted at him. "Put your weapon down." He slowly stepped towards her, all the others watched him as he got closer and closer to the girl in white.
She didn't move or say anything until he was a few feet away from her, then she stood up straighter, eyes still squinted. "Esse non potes, Oliver." She stepped away from him, but still studied him.
"It's okay," Red Arrow repeated, he stepped closer and closer to her, soon he placed his hand on her weapon which shrunk back into the silver stone shape. He reached for it but she jumped down and grabbed it before he could.
"Caritatem non attignit." She folded it in her hand then returned it to a pocket.
"She said you can't touch it." Robin said, everyone looked at him. "What? My Latin is rusty, no one speaks it anymore. It's suppose to be a dead language."
"How do you say 'what's your name" in Latin?" Red Arrow asked, looking between Robin and the girl.
"Nomen is name," Robin said, trying to be helpful as can be.
Red Arrow turned towards the girl in white, "Nomen?" She looked at him for a while, then began to step towards him until she was right in front of him. She touched his face lightly, he flinched then she pulled him down to her and kissed him. It wasn't passionate or long, a quick peek, the kind your grandmother gives the daughter-in-law she doesn't like.
She then backed away and looked at the group, "My name is Zarya, I am a princess of another world in another galaxy. I am here on a mission, where is your closest sorcerer?" Perfect English, clear as day.