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It was a silent battle of wills between man and machine.
My gray eyes staring determinedly into the red lenses of his eye focals. My forehead was creased as I was determined not to blink and break eye contact.
"I am uncertain of the reasoning behind your being upset over the color of my markings." His mechanical voice said.
I threw my hands up in the air, "The arrow on your head is yellow, it's supposed to be blue!" Why wasn't he getting this?
"Why?" He questioned.
"Because blue symbolizes the pure in spirit that is required to become a master airbender." Well, that's what they taught us anyway. I always thought that that was just another way for the monks to say 'we want to look more like sky bison,' but oh well.
"I am not, what you call, an airbender." He says back in that constant monotone of his.
"You can create giant tornados. So can I… well maybe not as large as your's, but I still can. I'm an airbender and therefore, so are you"
"Your reasoning is flawed. And I do not access my abilities through your martial art techniques, My android body allows me to channel a force known as aerokinesis through it, allowing my to create high velocity winds."
I rubbed the bridge of my nose, "Fine, you're not an airbender. But you should still change your arrow color to blue."
"Why?"
I threw my hands up in the air again, "Because it would look cooler!"
The robot simply tilted his head lightly to the side like a confused dog might.
"I give up." I said and sat back down into one of the many soft arm chairs that resided in the Hall of Justice.
Superman had left Red Tornado to watch over me while he went with Martian Manhunter to greet Batman, Flash, Green Arrow, Aquaman, and their four protegees. He said that they were taking their first step toward being inducted into the league, so I thought that was pretty cool.
As soon as I saw Red Tornado I knew that he just needed to change the color of his arrow. Despite being a robot and having no real concept of why one color is better than the other, I tried to explain to him why he should. But it was to no anvil, it was like trying to convince a rock to go for a run… or something. I don't know, I'm still going a little bit crazy from the flight over here. That's right, I got to go on my first plane ride and I was still a little on edge from it. While I'm not afraid of heights in the slightest, normally I'm in control when I'm flying and I've never been that high before. Everything looked so small and we were moving so fast! Way faster than any bison.
"...access to the gym, the fully stocked galley, and of course our library." I looked over to see Martian Manhunter (an alien like Superman except he actually looks different) and Superman leading a group of brightly dressed individuals into the library.
"Make yourselves at home!" The man in all red said… uh… Flash! Thats right, that was Flash. Flash then joined the others who were being talked to by Batman.
Three of the teens collapsed into the comfortable armchairs across from me. I didn't know who any of them were. I could guess who was who's partner in the league simply by the way they dress but I didn't know their names.
"Quick debrief to discuss the coincidence of four ice villains attacking on the same day." Batman said to the Leaguers before turning to us, "We shouldn't be long."
A thingy (I say thingy because I truly have no idea what it is) popped down from the ceiling and shot out a green light that traced over the League Members, saying their name and some kind of code. The voicekinda sounded like a girl Red Tornado
"Recognized. Batman 02, Aquaman 06, Flash 04, Green Arrow 08, Martian Manhunter 07, Red Tornado 16, Superman 01." The doors then slid open. This was the first time I saw most of these Leaguers in person.
I shook my head at the strangeness of this all. Automatic doors, flying machines, flying men men made of metal, aliens! What am I going to see next?
The redhead (I had never seen hair that color before) lounging in one of the arm chairs just seemed to notice me. Judging by the lightening bolt symbol on his chest, I would have to assume that he is The Flash's partner.
"Who are y-" he began but was cut off mid sentence by the oldest looking member of the group. And judging by the arrows and quiver on his back, I would have to assume that this is Green Arrow's partner.
"That's it?!" he exclaimed and caused the Leaguers to turn around. "You promised us a real look inside, not a glorified backstage pass."
"It's a first step. You've been granted access few others get." Aquaman said.
"Oh really?" Red Arrow Boy (for lack of a better name) gestured to the window above the library. "Who cares what side of the glass we're on? And who's this kid you just let in here? Is he going to be inducted into the League too now?" He gestured towards me.
I didn't know what to say and luckily I didn't have to. Superman defended me. "Aang is currently a ward of the League and has been getting restless in his current location. So I thought it may do him some good to come celebrate the Fourth."
"Roy, you just need to be patient." Green Arrow approached the young man. So his name was Roy? That didn't really sound like a hero name. But what do I know?
"What I need is respect." Speedy stated and turned to his peers behind him. "They're treating us like kids…worse, like sidekicks. We deserve better than this."
The three younger heroes in chairs all shared a look. None of them seemed all that bothered by what was happening. Despite the difference only being glass, it was a difference that only a few people had.
"You're kidding, right?" Roy he said in disbelief. "You're playing their game? Why? Because you think they play fair? Today was supposed to be the day! Step one to becoming full fledged members of the League."
"Well, sure." The redhead said, "But I though step one was a tour of the HQ?"
"Except that the Hall isn't the League's real HQ!" Roy exclaimed. "I bet they never told you that the hall is just a front for tourist and a pit stop to catching Zeta beam teleporter tubes to the real thing… an orbiting satellite called the Watchtower!"
I felt my eyebrows raise at that. I had no idea what a satellite was, but a HQ in space sounded… so cool! No one from my home had ever attempted to travel into space. I honestly had no idea the sky never ended, I only learned what space was when Superman told me about planets and how we orbited around the sun.
Batman crossed his arms and glared at Green Arrow. "I know I know, but I thought maybe we can make an exception." He said in an attempt to explain himself. Batman's eyes narrowed and that was all the response needed to get the message through. "Or not."
"You are not helping your cause here son."Aquaman said, "Stand down, or-"
"Or what?" Roy cut him off, "You'll send me to my room? And I'm not your son! I'm not even his." He looked at Green Arrow. "I thought I was his partner…but not anymore."
Roy threw his yellow hat (which I just noticed had a feather in it. I thought that was kinda funny) on the ground, much to everyone's shock. I didn't really understand the significance of what was going on, but I knew that it must be big.
"Guess they're right about you three, you're not ready…" Speedy strode past the three protegees and out the door. The three stood up and watched him leave in shock, I decided to stay quiet so as to not draw attention to myself.
All of a sudden, a alarm sound went off and a woman appeared on the screen of the large computer. I recognized her from her statue in the entrance, this was Wonder Woman.
"Wonder Woman to Justice League, there's been an explosion at project Cadmus. It's on fire." She said calmly.
"I've had my suspicions about Cadmus." Batman said, "This may present the perfect opportunity to-" But he was cut off by another alarm sounding.
"Zatara to Justice League," A man appeared on a smaller screen under Wonder Woman, "the sorcerer Wotan is using the Amulet of Attan to blot out the sun. Requesting full League response." I recognized the name, he was the person who said I have a large cosmic energy output (whatever that meant). And how the heck do you block out the sun?
"Wonder Woman?" Batman questioned.
"It's a small fire. Local authorities have it under control." She responded.
"Then Cadmus can wait. All leaguers rendezvous at Zatara's coordinates. Batman out." The screen went black. Batman turned to the three protegees (who I still didn't know the names of) who had gathered behind the Leaguers.
"Stay put." He said.
"What? Why?" The shortest of the three questioned, I assumed this to be Batman's protegee.
"This is a League Mission" Aquaman said.
"You're not trained." Flash added
"Since when?" The redhead responded heatedly.
"I meant you're not trained to work as part of this team." Flash amended.
"There will be other missions. When you're ready." Aquaman said.
"But for now. Stay. Put." Batman said in a no-nonsense voice. "And make sure the kid doesn't leave either." he added.
Superman walked over to me, "Stay out of trouble, alright?" He said. I nodded my head causing him to smile and rub my bald head.
"Glad you didn't bring you know who?" Green arrow asked Martian Manhunter.
"Indeed." The remaining Leaguers left.
The rest of the adults made their way through the sliding metal doors.
"Tch!" the redhead frowned. "When we're ready...How are we ever supposed to be ready if they treat us like…" He flung his hands in the air. "Like sidekicks!"
The boy with dark skin and tattoos (awesome, another guy with cool markings like me!) bowed his head in disappointment. "My mentor…my king…I thought he trusted me."
"Trust? They don't even trust us with the basics! They've got a secret HQ in space!" Kid Flash pointed up.
"What else aren't they telling us?" Aqualad wondered.
"I have a better question..." Robin looked at his companions. "Why didn't we leave with Speedy?"
"Uhh who's Speedy?" I spoke up for the first time causing three heads to turn toward me.
"Who are you?" The redhead asked.
"I'm Aang!" I said cheerfully, despite the somber mood of the three others. Just cause they were sad didn't mean I had to be.
"Ok… Why are you here?" The one wearing the cape asked.
I tilted my head to the side, "To see the fireworks, isn't that why you're here?"
They all looked at me strangely, "You don't know who we are? Not even Robin?" The redhead said and gestured toward the boy in the cape.
I shook my head, "Nope, being from a different dimension kinda does that to you." I said nonchalantly and then grinned at their expressions.
"You're from… another dimension?" The dark skinned boy with the tattoos asked. I smiled brightly and nodded my head.
"Heh. Well, that explains why the League has taken an interest in you. How did you get here?" The boy now recognized as Robin said.
"No idea, woke up with no memory but I'm slowly getting it back."
"Well alright then. I'm Aqualad, and this is Kid Flash and Robin." Aqualad said.
"Nice to meet you. I like your tattoos. Now who is Speedy?" That was my first question.
"The guy that kinda just quit being Green Arrow's Partner." Kid Flash said with a gesture towards the hat still lying on the ground.
"I thought that was Roy." I said with another head tilt.
Kid Flash face palmed, "Of course GA would give away Speedy's secret identity that easily."
"Well who am I going to tell?"
They thought for a second, "Fair point, and I like your tattoos as well." Aqualad said causing me to grin.
We fell into silence that was interrupted by Aqualad after a couple seconds. "What is Project Cadmus?"
"Don't know, but I can find out." Robin said with a smirk before walking over to the computer and began pressing buttons
"Access denied." The woman Red Tornado voice rang out from the speakers.
Robing smirked, "Heh, wanna bet?" He pressed another button causing a bunch of random letters and symbols to appear on the screen. None of it made any sense to me, but Kid Flash seemed to know what was going on.
"Whoa, how are you doing that?" He said impressed.
"Same system as the Batcave." He said with a smirk.
"Access granted." The voice said.
Information began appearing on the screen." Alright, Project Cadmus, genetics lab, here in DC…" Robin read the file. "That's all there is…But if Batman's suspicious, maybe we should investigate."
"Solve their case before they do." Aqualad noted. "It would be poetic justice."
"Hey, hehe, they're all about justice." Robin laughed.
Aqualad sighed. "But they said stay put."
"For the blotting out the sun mission, not this!" Robin smiled.
"Wait, are you going to Cadmus? Because if you're going, I'm going!" Kid Flash was excited.
"Just like that? We're a team on a mission?" Aqualad questioned.
"We didn't come here for a playdate." Robin smirked.
"I came here for fireworks." I piped in.
The three of them looked at me as realization dawned on them, "Batman told us to look after him, we can't just leave him here." Robin said.
"We can't bring him with us either, he would be in danger without any training." Aqualad said.
"And he's in civies." Kid Flash added.
I frowned at the thought of being considered a liability so I idly started creating blasts of air to make Robin's cape move, "You can bring me. I've had training, just a different kind." I said smirking at their surprised expressions.
"This is interesting, what can you do." Aqualad asked.
I thought for a second, "That could take a while to explain but think of it as a little bit like Red Tonado's powers, only not limited to just tornados and it's controlled by a type of martial art. My people called it air bending."
"So you can create blasts of air and know a form of martial arts? How long have you been practicing?" Aqualad asked.
"My people have been trained at air bending since birth, and I don't mean to brag but I am the youngest to ever receive my mastery tattoos." I normally didn't brag (the monks told me it was a bad habit) but I was damn proud of my mastery.
The tree shared a look, "How old are you kid?" Kid Flash asked.
I frowned slightly, "My name is Aang and I'm twelve."
"I started when I was younger, much younger." Robin said.
"That still doesn't solve the fact that he doesn't have a uniform." Kid Flash said.
I looked down at what I was wearing, blue pants (Superman called them jeans), red and white shoes, a white shirt with Superman's symbol on it (guess who had bought me these cloths), and a lightweight blue hooded sweatshirt. It had something called a zipper that allowed me to close it. It was a tricky little devil but I got the hang of it eventually. "I don't need a uniform, not like I have a secret identity anyway."
"We're talking more of a uniform for protection, something with padding so that you son't get hurt." Aqualad said.
"I'll be fine, really." I said but they all looked pretty dubious, "Look, I'll try and stay out of any action we might face. I'll just attack from a long distance."
"It is just a genetics lab, I doubt there will be anyone trying to hurt us there." Kid Flash said.
"Alright! Then we're going!" I did a celebratory twelve foot tall air bending aided backflip. "As long as we don't miss the fire works."
Robin laughed while Kid Flash and Aqualad just smirked.
Kid Flash was the first one to get there, obviously the fastest. I was the second one there, arriving a couple seconds after him. My air bending aided running allowed me to run at incredible speeds, but still not nearly as fast as the Speedster. I kinda just pushed air out from in front of me and moved it around behind me to propel me forward. And since I pushed the air out of the way in front of me, there was no wind resistance. It was really fun to move that fast, but it really hurt when you ran into something
Kid Flash ran straight up the wall and grabbed the two falling men, able to carry them the rest of the way up to the roof and throwing them up there. If the men hadn't been so heavy, I have no doubt he could have run straight up a building twice that height. But he was carrying over three hundred pounds for a brief period of time and he could not sustain his speed, he ended up falling and grabbed onto the two story window.
I was still at a full run and was able to use an air bended jump to jump up to him and help him up.
"Thanks." He said, I grinned in response. This was already fun!
I was about to go help the two scientists off the roof but saw that Aqualad was already on that, creating a swirling water spout that would make any waterbending master proud and hoisting the two men down from the roof. His tattoos were glowing an awesome blue color and he was holding the two metal things I saw strapped to his back from earlier, they looked to be what was powering the water spout. Man, what else could these guys do?
"Nice save there KF." Robin said all of a sudden, scaring the living crap out of me.
"Whoa, where did you come from?!" I asked, it was like he wasn't there one moment and then he was.
Robin's only response was a smirk, "Yeah, I hate it when he does the ninja thing too." Kid Flash said.
"Appreciate the help." Aqualad said as he climbed through the window, we had begun rifling through drawers in search of anything suspicious. We Robin and Kid Flash did. I could hardly read.
"You handled it." Robin said, "Besides, we're here to investigate. Poetic justice, remember?"
"I'm just here for the fun." I said with a grin, "It's been a while since I was able to stretch my legs like that."
"Yes, your speed was very impressive. You must have been traveling a sixty miles an hour." Aqualad said. I just shrugged, I have no idea how they measure speed here. They never really did apply maths much in my home.
Something suddenly caught Aqualad's eyes over my shoulder, because he was staring intently at something, "There was something in the…" Aqualad stared at the elevator.
"Elevator should be locked down." Kid Flash noted.
"What's an elevator?" I asked causing them to look at me funny. I held up my hands in my defense, "Hey, give me a break on this kind of stuff. My Home is a lot different than here. I've never seen a computer or even heard of electricity until I arrived here."
"An elevator is a kind of transporting that you can use in place of a staircase." Aqualad explained.
"Cool." I grinned, Everything here was cool.
"This is wrong." Robin instantly tried to examine the elevator using his gauntlet computer. That's even cooler! I swiped my hand a couple of times at the floating picture only for it to pass right though. They all looked at me amused but I didn't mind.
"Thought so…This is a high speed, express elevator. It doesn't belong in a two story building."
"Neither does what I saw." Aqualad stated as he forced the elevator open in a show of strength. we all looked down into the shaft but couldn't see the bottom.
"And that's why they need an express elevator." Robing used his grapple to hook to the top of the elevator shaft and began to descend. Aqualad and Kid Flash quickly followed on the rope, but I decided to just jump down.
"Aang!" Auqalad shouted in alarm as I shot past them.
"I'm ok!" I shouted back and began to slow my descent with a couple blasts of air, I balanced myself on one of the ledges and waited for them to catch up.
They all seemed to sigh in relief when they saw me. "Aang, please don't do something like that again. We must stick together in a building this big."
Despite the scolding, I was still grinning. "Sorry, won't happen again."
Instead of just free falling like before, I decided to jump from ledge to ledge to that they could see me. When they reached as far as the rope extended, they swung over to the ledge I was on and Robin pulled out his wrist thingy to open up the door.
"Bypassing security… There! Go!" Aqualad pried the doors open and we got our first look at the inside. The ceiling was very tall and everything seemed to be made out of some dark colored metal.
"Welcome to Project Cadmus." Robin noted.
Kid Flash ran ahead of them before anyone could react. Before he could get far though, he was forced to skid to a stop before he was crushed by some hulking gray monsters of some kind. They all had to be thirty feet tall, walked on all fours, were covered in red markings, had spikes covering their bodies, and had tusks protruding from their mouths. Kid Flash was lucky he wasn't crushed by them.
We all quickly caught up and could only stare as what seemed like fifty of those things walked past us.
"No, nothing odd going on here." Aqualad said in a sarcastic way.
"I take it these… things aren't normal in your world?" I asked, my home had some very odd creatures as well.
They all looked at me like I was crazy but I just shrugged my shoulders. Seemed like a valid question to me. We walked further down the hall until we reached a door that was extremely large and made of some serious heavy grade metal. Robin began his hacking (a word I just learned) and was able to get the door open in a matter of seconds. We weren't prepared for what was on the other side.
"Ok. I'm officially whelmed." Robin said as he gazed up around the room. The whole place was stacked to the ceiling with glass tubes full of… things that were producing a blue lightening. They kinda looked like giant lightning bugs.
"This is how they hid this massive underground facility From the world. The real Cadmus isn't on the grid." Kid Flash said. "It generates its own power with these... things. Must be what they're bred for."
"Of course." Aqualad agreed, "Even the name is a clue. The Cadmus of myth created a new race by sowing dragons' teeth into the earth." I had absolutely no idea what they were talking about, I just understood that they were somehow creating these things.
I got up really close to one of the glass pods and tapped on it to see if I could get a reaction from it, but it didn't stir. This isn't right, they shouldn't be trapped like this.
"Aang, leave it." Aqualad said when he saw what I was doing, I gave the creature one last sad look before going back to them.
"And this Cadmus creates new life, too." Robin said as he walked toward another computer (man this world is full of them), "Let's find out why." He began pulling up pictures of different creatures, all looking somewhat similar yet all having different aspects.
"They call them genomorphs." He said, "Whoa! Look at the stats on these things! Superstrength, telepathy, razor claws. These are living weapons!" He exclaimed.
"They're engineering an army, but for who?" Kid Flash said.
"Wait. There's something else. Project Kr." Robin said, "Ugh! The file's triple-encrypted, I can't-"
"Don't move!" A voice yelled, we all turned and saw that some man was racing toward us wearing mostly blue but also had a gold helmet and shield of some kind. He was also followed by some of the genomorphs that we saw on the screen. I couldn't really read but they were probably the ones with razor claws, judging by the very sharp looking claws they had. "Wait. Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash?" He said in surprise. I crossed my arms in a mock pout, I'm here too you know!
"At least he got your name right." Robin said to Kid Flash with a smirk before turning back to the computer.
"I know you." Said Aqualad, "Guardian, a hero."
"I do my best." The man said back.
"Then what are you doing here?" Kid Flash asked.
"I'm chief of security." He responded, "You're trespassing, but we can call the Justice League, Figure this out."
"You think The League's gonna approve of you Breeding weapons?" Kid Flash responded heatedly.
"Weapons?" Guardian responded surprised, "What are you...what have I...ugh...My head." He grabbed his head in pain and it was then that I noticed a tiny little creature sitting on Guardian's shoulder. It looked like a genomorph, but more cute and cuddly looking than the other ones.
Guardian's eyes snapped back open, "Take them down hard! No mercy!" He said effectively shocking me. He seemed pretty reasonable a couple seconds ago.
The razor clawed genomorphs charged at us but Robin quickly laid down some smoke cover for us. I saw him shoot his grappling hook at one of the metal beams overhead. I, being the pacifist that I was raised to be, decided to follow. I jumped up on top of the beam and followed Robin down the hall where we immediately came across another elevator. Robin immediately started hacking.
Kid Flash and Aqualad quickly followed us, those creatures hot on their tail.
"Way to be a team player, Rob!" Kid Flash said with annoyance.
"Weren't you right behind me? Aang followed me no problem." Robin replied back.
The genomorphs rounded the corner, and came flying at us. I quickly realized that Robin wasn't hacking fast enough and that I would have to fight. I sent a couple of hard blasts of air down the hall, the force of it caused the genomorphs to go flying hard into the opposite wall denting the metal in the process. Robin got the door open and we quickly got in before the genomorphs could come after us again.
"That was impressive Aang." Aqualad complemented causing me to blush.
"I was nothing." I said being modest.
"That wasn't nothing dude! That was awesome!" Kid Flash said and then observed the elevator numbers, "We're headed down? Dude, out is up."
"Excuse me? Project Kr, it's down on sub-level 52." Robin said
"This is out of control." Aqualad said.
"I'm with Robin, we keep going." I said. We came this far, what's a little bit further? Sides, I was enjoying using my bending in real life experiences.
"Perhaps… Perhaps we should contact The League." Aqualad said but then the elevator came to a halt. Robin rushed out and I quickly followed.
The place was weird to say the least. The walls were covered in glowing red fleshy stuff that smelled a bit like fungus. There was machinery lying around but I couldn't figure out a purpose for it being there.
"Which way?" Aqualad said when they came to a fork.
"Yeah." Robin said, "Bizarre-looking hallway one Or bizarre-looking hallway two?"
"Halt!" A voice said from behind us. We turned and saw some kind of being, he looked like a mixture of a man and a genomorph. His eyes and horns glowed red and he extended his hand causing two containers of I-don't-know-what to fly at us.
I knocked them off course with a blast of air while robin threw one of his exploding disks at him. It didn't cause him any harm (seeing as how he caught it mid air with some freaky mind power), but it did give us enough time to escape.
Kid Flash ran ahead and when we rounded a corner we saw that he had knocked down a female scientist in front of a closing metal door. He quickly grabbed a metal container and used it to keep the door open for them. "Hurry!"
We quickly followed though and just managed to enter as the genomorphs and Guardian running around the corner. Aqualad had quickly knocked the metal container out of the way, while Robin locked the door.
"I disabled the door. We're safe." Robin sighed.
"We're trapped." Aqualad clarified.
"That was close. What do we do now?" I asked.
"Uh…Guys? You'll want to see this." Kid Flash called them over to what appeared to be a big glass coffin. The speedster hit the on switch and everyone was shocked.
"Woah…" Robin muttered.
I had to agree with the masked boy. Inside the large pod in front of them stood a younger version of Superman. His black hair and face appeared to be completely the same as the Man of Steel. The only differences between them were the fact that the person in the pod was smaller and was wearing a white bodysuit with Superman's shield.
We all approached the pod, I didn't know what to think. I didn't know what this even was. I saw three of those small little genomorphs in smaller glass pods within the larger one.
"Big K little r. The atomic symbol for Krypton." Kid Flash said awestruck. He turned to us. "Clone?"
"Robin. Hack." Aqualad ordered.
"Oh…right, got it." Robin quickly got to work.
"What's a clone?" I asked.
"Oh right, I keep forgetting you don't know much of technology." Kid Flash said, "A clone is kinda like making a copy of a living being by acquiring some of their DNA and duplicating it until you have a completely new being."
"And DNA is…"
"Uh… think of it as like a little code that makes you, you. It can be found in hair samples, spit, tissue. Pretty much any piece of your body." He explained as easily as possible. I looked back to the being in the pod, how was any of this possible?
"Got it! Weapon designation: Superboy, a clone forced grown in…16 weeks! From DNA acquired from Superman."
"Stolen from Superman." Aqualad clarified.
"No way the big guy knows about this." Kid Flash stated.
"The solar suit allows him to absorb yellow sun radiation 24/7." Robin led. I nodded my head like I was following along, but really, I didn't know what radiation was.
"And these…creatures." Aqualad pointed at the little grey creatures above the Superboy.
"Genomorph gnomes, telepathic, force-feeding him an education." Robin read.
"And we can guess what else." Kid Flash frowned. "They're making a slave out of… Superman's Son."
Aqualad noted. "Now we contact the League."
They all tried to contact their mentors through pieces of technology they all carried. But I guess it didn't work when you are this far underground.
"We're in too deep." Kid Flash sighed, "Literally."
"We should set him free." I said, it wasn't right to keep someone like this.
"You're right." Aqualad agreed, "Robin, does he need the pod to survive?"
Robin looked at his screen, "Nope, he should be fine when he wakes up."
"Open it. Set him free." Aqualad said.
Robin pressed a few more buttons on his floating computer and the pod opened up with a hiss. The Superboy didn't move for a couple seconds but then his hand formed into a fist. His eyes opened and the next thing I knew, Aqualad had been tackled to the ground by the clone.
I was slow to react but Robin and Kid Flash were there in a moments notice trying to pull Superboy off of Aqualad. But they were no match for his strength. Kid Flash was punched through a glass container and didn't get up. Robin was able to get a gas container attached to Superboy's chest, causing yellow gas to form around his face. This distracted the clone long enough that Aqualad was able to kick Superboy in the chest, sending him into the control pannel of his pod.
"I don't want to do this!" Robin said as the clone got back to his feet coughing, he was holding a small square object. The object shot out two cables that sparked with lightening, they struck the clone in the chest but didn't seem to affect him. The clone tugged on the caples, pulling Robin toward him and throwing him down hard on the ground. I realized I was just watching this go on and decided to add myself to the fight. I sent a strong black of air at the clone, causing him to fly and hit the opposing cave wall hard. The good thing about airbending is that it didn't matter how strong you were, it mattered how heavy you were. And Superboy, despite being incredibly strong, didn't look that heavy.
"Aang! Check on Robin and Kid!" Aqualad ordered, he had formed a large hammer out of his water thingies and went charging to attack the clone who easily shook off my attack.
Robin seemed to be on the verge of consciousness, I tried to help him up but he just moaned and went limp in my arms. Ok, not good. I glanced at Aqualad, he didn't didn't seem to be doing so hot against Superboy. Currently, he had him in a headlock and was using his tattoos in an attempt to electrocute him into submission. But like Robin's attempt, it didn't do much. Superboy used his enhanced strength to jump really high and slam Aqualad into the cave ceiling. I looked like it really hurt but Aqualad didn't let go… Until he did it again.
Great, now it's just me and the indestructible angry clone who just took out three highly trained individuals. Super great.
He turned to me and looked like he was about to charge but then he caught sight of my shirt, I had that Superman logo on and he seemed curious about it.
"You like my shirt?" I asked afraid, he didn't answer. "Superman gave it to me, I can introduce you if you'd like…" He didn't seem to hear me, his eyes got really wide and he tensed up really still. Did I break him?
Suddenly he let off an almost inhuman roar of anger and charge at me. Huh, so I guess I didn't break him. I knew my attacks couldn't harm him so I tried to talk to him instead. It was the only thing I could besides dodge his strikes.
Luckily, another great thing about being an airbender is that you can dodge pretty much anything. It's typical airbender tactic to avoid and evade the enemy until they tire themselves out or create the perfect opportunity to strike. Air benders didn't get into a lot of fights however so I was kinda new to this.
I ducked a wild punch, "Please let us help you!"
I sidestepped an uppercut punch and got behind him, "You don't have to fight me!"
He spun around with a roar, swiping his arm in an attempt to hit me. I avoided him by ducking between his legs in one quick motion, you have to be flexible and small to pull that off, luckily I was both. "Please stop!" I pleaded but to no anvil. He was rather easy to dodge, he had no technique and choreographed his moves clearly.
He roared again but instead of attacking me, he attacked the ground. Delivering an earth cracking blow to the rock floor with both fists. The shockwave sent me flying and the last thing I saw before I lost consciousness was the wall speeding right at me. And the last thing I thought was how bad this was going to hurt.