Cerberus: Okay, did I write that first chapter too dark or did my summary suck so much that hardly anyone read it? I got one review and that's it. Thanks to you who reviewed and I hope you like this next chapter.
The girl shifted uncomfortably on the hard, cold tabletop as a man and an android stared at her with similar un-changing stares.
The man was tall and dressed in a grey bodysuit with a gold oval over his chest and within it was a black bat. His cowl bore the resemblance of a bat and the cape that draped over his shoulders swept across the floor. He wore black gloves and boots and a similar belt to Robin's strapped around his waist.
The android was completely red with a gold circle on his chest. Some parts were missing making the semblance of a T in red. He wore a blue cape on his shoulders with a gold chain holding it on and gold lining along the edge of the cape. The collar of the cape was high enough to cover the bottom half of his head.
She understood how the android couldn't change his facial features but the taller man only narrowed his eyes at her as he took skin, hair, enamel, and blood samples before looking to the computer for any kind of match.
When the rest of the Team aside from Superboy had arrived from Happy Harbor M'gann had left for the living quarters and Wally had been forced to go home but Superboy, Kaldur and Robin had stayed to offer some semblance of comfort.
Out of pure boredom, the girl caught sight of a few small stones on the floor and her mind took hold of them, pulling them through the air and spinning them through the air in front of her.
"Stop that," ordered the human. The girl glared at him from the corner of her eye as the rocks began to spin faster until it looked like a stone ring. The man matched her glare. The girl turned towards him as her fingers began to tap her knees and the rocks turned into fire.
"For the specific reasons of what? I'm bored and it's the only thing I can think of to do. Don't blame me because your computer is so slow about figuring out who the heck I am that I get bored sitting here doing nothing!" She turned away from the masked man and focused on the flaming stones.
"That's just it, you're not in any system," he said. The girl blinked in surprise. The flaming stones clattered on the table while also returning to normal rocks as she turned to the man.
"Batman are you sure?" Robin asked as he stepped forward.
"Completely. However, the tests suggest she's not as old as she appears." The girl glared at Batman before she pushed herself to stand on her own feet.
"Stop talking about me like I'm not right in front of you," she snarled as the rocks still on the table rattled.
"I meant no offence," Batman insisted but it didn't stop the rocks from trembling or the girl's glaring. "But the computer doesn't give any more information on you. I'll have to do some tests tonight but until then, I'll have to insist you stay within Mount Justice. Robin." Batman turned his back on the girl and Robin ran to catch up with his mentor as they walked towards the Zeta Tubes.
"Recognise: Batman. Zero. Two. Robin. B. Zero. One." Came the sharp call of the computer as the yellow light enshrouded to dynamic duo and in the next instant, they were gone.
The red-haired girl stopped shaking the stones as she sat herself back on the table as the android walked towards her. The girl's shoulders tensed as she kept her eyes on the hunk of metal.
"Is there anything you can recall? A name or anything akin to it?" he asked. The girl narrowed her eyes at her feet as the two remaining boys walked up to the opposite side of the table.
"Storm. That's all," the girl said in a low growl. Kaldur put a hand on her shoulder, getting her attention and a kinder glance.
"Then, until you remember something else or decide on another name, we'll call you Storm." The girl thought it over as she picked up one of the rocks and looked it over.
"Storm…A name for me?" She released a sigh before making the rock levitate. "I suppose it fits, saying what I can do."
"Very well then. Would you like to see where you'll be staying or would you like to go to your room?" Kaldur asked. Storm shrugged.
"I don't care," she said. "Whatever's fine." Kaldur nodded as he walked around to the other side of the table.
"Would you care for a tour of the mountain?" he asked. Storm looked at him, then her bare feet and nodded.
"Care to join us Superboy?" Kaldur asked as he helped Storm off the table again, now noticing her legs trembling under her weight. The black-haired teen shook his head before walking off in the same direction M'gann had gone in not too long ago.
M'gann was chopping vegetables when Superboy stepped in the kitchen.
"How's she doing?" M'gann asked as she brought the knife down with a slam that sent the end of a carrot flying across the kitchen.
"Just fine. She's decided Storm is going to be her name. She's taking a tour with Kaldur of the Cave," he explained. M'gann's knife came to a stop where the tip of it was parallel with her eyebrow.
"Why?" M'gann asked.
"She remembers Storm for a n-"
"No I mean, why is she taking a tour with Kaldur?" M'gann clarified as her grip on her knife tightened.
"Batman insisted she stay here until he figures out some stuff about her," Superboy explained. M'gann brought the knife down with another slam. "Something you want to say?"
"I just don't feel like I'll be able to be around her without feeling awkward. I mean, what am I supposed to say to the poor, traumatized girl that was bleeding and defenseless in front of me and I tried to crush her with a boulder! A BOULDER!" M'gann threw the knife onto the chopping block. The blade trembled from the force as the tip buried itself in the wood.
A light gasp interrupted the two. The teens turned to the terrified redhead who was staring at the knife as if she could've seen it being thrown at her and embedding itself in the wall at just the angle it was right now. She clung to Kaldur's arm and pulled herself behind him, never taking her eyes off M'gann. Kaldur looked from the knife to the girl cowering behind him.
"We were just passing through," the Atlantean said as he pulled the girl along behind him. Storm glared at the knife, then at its owner with a cold gaze that nearly froze the Martian blood pumping through M'gann's veins.
Kaldur pulled Storm into another hall and M'gann shivered. That's what I mean. It's either going to be really awkward or terrifying!" Superboy gazed down the hall where Kaldur and Storm had vanished.
Cerberus: Well? What did you think?