Star City
July 17, 23:16 PDT

it was very late at night in Star city, and Brick had his goons unloading some kind of illegal cargo own by the docks. But he wasn't counting on the intrusion of Star's newest independent hero, Speedy.

Two of the thugs were carrying a case of guns between them, when an arrow hit the ground below them with a thud, and burst into a thick cloud of smoke. They began coughing and spluttering, dropping the case in the process.

Brick pulled out a handgun and aimed it upwards, where the ex-sidekick watched from above.

"You again!" He shouted "i'm startin' to get insulted Green Arrow isn't messin' up my operations himself."

He fired, and Speedy dodged every one of the lasers. After a few dodges, the archer fired an explosive arrow at the large man, which detonated and tore his suit to shreds.

"You know how much I pay for a suit in my size?" Brick roared "scorch the earth boys" he muttered to his thugs, who nodded and pulled up their weapons, only for two to be tackled by a yellow blur, and the another pair to be hit by birdarangs, a familiar cackle filling the air.

Aqualad used his water-hilts to form whips so he could attack two more, and Supergirl froze the last ones to the ground with her breath, before kicking them in their faces.

Brick began throwing large rocks at Speedy, who dodged each to fire an explosive arrow at the large man. He replied with another rock.

Supergirl flew up and made the rock explode into dust using her heat-vision, Speedy firing a smoke arrow at Brick again.

"The cave is perfect" Aqualad told Speedy, hopping up to meet him.

"For covert missions, y'know, spy stuff" Robbin added, swinging over to them on a grapple hook.

"And wait till you see Superboy and Miss Martian! but I saw her first!" Kid Flash told them, sprinting over.

"You wish Kid Dingus" Supergirl rolled her eyes "but seriously, it's awesome" she told Speedy.

Brick interrupted by throwing yet another rock at them, which the Atlantean broke with some water-maces, followed by Speedy firing three explosive arrows at the villain to no success.

"Heh heh, tell Arrow he shouldn't send boys to do a man's job" he said, making the blonde alien scowl.

Speedy readied another arrow, and Brick goaded him to fire. He did, and soon Brock was smothered by a thick red foam.

"High-density polyurethane foam! Nice!" Complimented KF.

Speedy walked away without a word.

"So Speedy, you in?" Asked Robin.

"Pass" the archer told them "i'm done letting Arrow and the League tell me what to do. I don't need a babysitter or a clubhouse hangout with the other kids. Your junior Justice League is a joke. Something to keep you busy. And in your place" he stalked off "I don't want any part of it."

The boys stared at him helplessly "ass" Supergirl muttered.

Mount Justice
July 18, 11:16 EDT

"Recognised, Robin: B0-1, Kid Flash: B0-3" Robin and Kid Flash warped into the mountain, wearing civvies, and made their way towards the others who were watching a computer intently in their casual clothes.

"Did you ask him?" "What did he say?" They asked.

"He's arriving now" Aqualad told them.

"Then what are we waiting for!" The three boys ran off to greet Red Tornado, followed by the clone and aliens, the girls flying behind.

They exited the base to see a literal red tornado descending, which stopping whirring to become the hero, Red Tornado.

"RT!" Supergirl hailed, touching down finally.

"Greetings" he said "is there a reason you intercepted me outside the cave?" The automaton asked.

"We hoped you had a mission for us" Aqualad said.

"Mission assignments are the Batman's responsibility" the Leaguer told them.

"But it's been over a week and-" Robin was interrupted "you will be tested soon enough, for now enjoy each others company" Tornado told them.

"This team is not a social club" Aqualad argued "no, but I am told social interaction is a good team building exercise" RT replied "perhaps you can keep 'busy' by familiarising yourself with the cave."

"Keep busy" KF said "does he think we're falling for this!?" Robin exclaimed.

"Oh! I'll find out!" Miss M told them before focusing solely on Red Tornado's head.

"Recognised, Red Tornado: 1-6" the cabe's computer announced.

Miss M sighed in failure "I-I'm sorry, I keep forgetting he's a machine, inorganic" she told them "I, cannot read his mind."

"Nice try though" the redheaded human told her "so, uh, y'know what i'm thinking right now?"

"We all know what your'e thinking Kid Ass" Supergirl picked up the boy and placed him on the other side of herself.

"And now we tour the clubhouse" Aqualad said, albeit frustrated.

"Well, Superboy and I live here, we can play tour guides" the martian told them, turning to face the clone "don't look at me" he replied.

"We won't" Supergirl jumped at KF being between her and Miss M again "a private tour sounds much more fun" he smirked "she never said private" the speedster was once again picked up and moved.

"Team building" Aqualad told them "we'll all go."

Miss Martian led the way, with Robin and Supergirl simultaneously smacking Kid Flash on the back of the head.

"So, this would be our front door" she announced as they reentered the mountain.

"And this would be the back" she told them once they exited the rear of the cave.

"The cave is actually the entire mountain" she told them.

"It was hollowed out and reinforced by Superman and Green Lantern in the early days of the League" Kid informed.

"Then why abandon it for the Hall of Justice?" Superboy asked.

"The cave's secret location was... compromised. They needed to move on" Supergirl shrugged.

"So they traded it in for a tourist trap? Yeah, that makes sense" said the clone.

"If villains know of the cave, we must be constant alert!" Miss Martian began to worry, but was interrupted when Robin grabbed her arm.

"The bad guys know we know they know about the place so they'd never think to look here" he let out in one breath.

"Uh, he means, were hiding in plain sight" KF told her, pushing Robin off the girl's arm.

"Ah, that's much clearer" she didn't sound sincere.

Superboy sniffed the air for a moment "I smell smoke."

Miss M panicked "my cookies!" She flew off towards the kitchen, with Supergirl trailing behind.

The martian used her telepathy to open the oven, and remove a tray of black circles, placing them on the bench.

"I was trying out Granny Jones' recipe from episode 17 of- heh, never mind" the green girl said.

"I'm sure they would've tasted great!" Robin comforted "he doesn't seem to mind" they turned to face Kid Flash who was stuffing his face with the charred treats.

"I... have a serious... metabolism" he justified through a full mouth.

"I'll... make more?" The martian asked.

"It was sweet of you to make any" Aqualad told her.

"Thanks Aqualad" she replied.

"Please, were off duty, call me Kaldur'ahm, actually, my friends call me Kaldur" he smiled.

"Finally! A real name" shouted Supergirl with glee "i'm Kara Zor-El!" She stated proudly "Kara for short, and Linda Lang in public."

"I'm Wally" said the speedster, turning from the cookies for a moment "see I already trust you with my secret i.d" he boasted "unlike mister dark glasses over here" he gestured to Robin "Batman's forbidden Boy Wonder from telling anyone his real name."

"Mine's no secret, it's M'gann M'orzz" said the martian "but you can call me Megan, it's an earth name, and i'm on earth now" Supergirl found her cute in a little sister way.

Superboy began walking away when a voice stopped him "don't worry Superboy" it was Megan conversing telepathically "we'll find you an Earth name too."

"Get out of my head!" Shouted the clone.

"What's wrong I-I don't understand" she mentally pleaded "everyone on Mars communicates telepathically" the boys were all grabbing their heads in discomfort.

"M'gann, stop" Supergirl gently asked, she was less affected "on Earth, that's considered an invasion of privacy" she informed.

"Yeah, besides, Cadmus's creepy little psychic G-gnomes left a bad taste behind in his brain" Kid Flash said.

"I-I didn't mean to-" "Just. stay. out!" Superboy cut off the girl and walked away.

"Hello Megan, I know what we can do!" The martian flew off, with the boys in tow.

"C'mon S.B, join the team" Supergirl asked her kinda-cousin "i'm not in the mood" he replied.

After a moment, he buckled and followed too.

The team were led to the cave's hangar where Megan opened the doors to show them a... large red egg.

"Here it is!" the martian girl said "my martian bio-ship"

"Uh, it's cute" Kid Flash told her "not exactly aerodynamic, but cute"

"It's at rest silly, i'll wake it" Miss Martian used what they assumed to be her telepathy to 'wake up' the ship. Soon it morphed from it's original egg-shaped form into a sleek, red jet.

It spun around to face away from the heroes and it's rear hatch opened.

"Well, are you coming?" The girl asked.

"Oh-ho-ho, sweet!" Supergirl flew into the ship with glee, the boys following nervously.

When they reached the bridge, six chairs formed out of the floor, three by the control panel up front, two on either side, and one raised up between them, which was obviously the captain's seat.

Wally and Robin ran forward to sit on the left and right of the captain chair respectively.

Superboy sat in front of Robin, and Kaldur in front of Wally, and Megan and Kara took places in the middle seats, blonde up front.

"Red Tornado, please open the bay doors" Miss M said out loud, before flying out and around the sky a little.

"Incredible!" Robin said once the ship was well in the air "she sure is" Kid dreamily sighed "I-I mean the ship, which of course like all ships, is a she."

"Fast with his feet, not so much with his mouth" Robin joked "dude!"

"I may not have psychic powers but I can guess what your thinking" Aqualad was slightly leaning over Kara to speak to Superboy "you overreacted, and you don't know how to apologise, just say sorry" Superboy looked away.

Behind them, the others were whispering "he'll come around" Robin assured Megan

"He doesn't seem to like me much" she told him.

"Y'know Kryptonians have super-hearing, right?" the blonde girl called out to behind her.

"Hey, how 'bout showin' us a little martian shapeshifting?" asked the Boy Wonder.

Miss M got up and transformed herself into a female version of Robin, and then Kid Flash.

"Is it wrong that I think i'm hot?" Asked the red head boy.

"Impressive" Robin applauded "but, you know you're not gonna fool anyone with those."

"Mimicking boys is a lot harder" the girl told him "well then do me" Supergirl asked.

"Woah" Wally was gawking at her "not like that Kid Dork!" The blonde yelled.

Miss Martian transformed into a perfect replica of Kara, from boots to cape.

"Now this I could get used to!" Wally grinned.

"Ew, go back now!" Both girls returned to their seats, Miss M now green once more.

"How did your clothes..." Kaldur trailed off.

"Their organic like the ship, they respond to my mental commands" the green girl told him "as long as they're the only ones" Superboy frowned.

A short but awkward silence followed, broken by KF asking a question "can you do that ghosting through walls thing that manhunter does?"

"Density shifting?" She asked "n-no, that's a very advanced technique."

"Flash can vibrate his molecules through walls, when he tries it? bloody nose" Robin broke into laughter at KF's expense.

"Yeah, and the first time I flew, I crashed a blimp" Supergirl supplied.

"Here's something I can do" they didn't feel different despite her comment "camouflage mode" she told them.

"Red Tornado to Miss Martian" a voice rang over an intercom "an emergency alert has been triggered at the Happy Harbour Power Plant, I suggest you investigate, covertly, i'm sending coordinates"

"Received, adjusting course"

"Red Tornado's keeping us busy again" Rob complained

"Well, a simple fire led you to Superboy" Miss M pointed out "we should investigate the cause of the emergency

Superboy looked out the window to his right "I think I found the cause" a large tornado was tearing it's way through the power plant parking lot, towards the ship.

As the team panicked, M'gann struggled to regain control of the ship, but in the end managed, and set it down nearby as the tornado began moving away.

The floor of the ship opened, and the team dropped out, witnessing the destruction and panic the whirlwind was causing.

"Rob, how often do tornados hit New England?" Supergirl asked, but received no reply. Robin had pulled his disappearing act and left them with his signature cackle filling the air.

Superboy was first into the main building where Robin had just been swatted aside by the tornado's cause.

It was a large robot with red and black metal plating, blue tubes wrapping around his back and arms, and a beige scarf wrapped around his neck, or where it would be.

"Whose your new friend?" The clone asked, landing next to the downed boy.

"Didn't catch his name, but he plays kinda rough!" Robin told him.

"My apologies," the large man said. "You may address me as Mister Twister."

Supergirl flew into the building just in time to catch her kinda-cousin as he was tossed at her, causing the pair to be thrown into the wall, leaving a large dent.

Wally, Kaldur and Megan ran in and directly at Mister Twister, where the speedster pulled on his goggles and was thrown outside, while the other to were thrown into support beams.

"I was prepared to be challenged by a superhero," Twister said. "I was not, however, expecting children."

"We're. Not. Kids!" Supergirl roared and flew at him, grabbing onto his arm, and pulling on it hard. He grabbed her with his other hand, and tossed her up, before backhanding her away, and into Superboy.

"Obviously you are," Twister hoasted. "Have you any adult supervision? I find your presence here quite disturbing."

"Well we hate to see you disturbed," Robin said "Let's see if you're more turbed once we kick your can!" Robin cried.

Megan used her powers to cause a distraction, which Superboy ised to his advantage, only to be blasted away into Miss M. Aqualad and Robin ran at Mr. twister, but were stopped with a pair of small tornados, and were thrown into each other.

Supergirl zoomed forward and into the mechanical menace. He tried to throw a mini-tornado at her, only for the girl to inhale it, and exhale it back out at him. She flew forward one again but was hit with a smack to her torso, sending her skidding across the floor.

The blonde girl ran outside to find her teammates watching Wally be thrown around in a small tornado.

"I got you, Wally!" M'gann yelled, gently lowering him with her powers.

"I would've thought you all would've learned your limitations by now," The large villain taunted.

"What do you want?!" Aqualad shouted.

"Isn't it obvious?" Twister said. "I'm waiting for a real hero."

"I'm this close to tearing his head off!" Kara growled.

"Head, of course! Read his mind and find a weakness," Kaldur ordered Megan.

"I thought I wasn't supposed to do that!"

"It's okay with the bad guys!" Robin yelled.

The girl narrowed her a moment before. "Nothing! I'm getting nothing!" Then it hit her. "Hello, Megan! Mister Twister is Red Tornado in disguise! He's inorganic! An android! And how many androids do you know that can generate tornados!?"

The team, exasperated, walked forward and told him they knew who he was, and to end this.

"Consider it ended" Mr. Twister stated ominously, before raising his arms and summoning a strom greater than anything Red Tornado ever had.

"An impressive show, but we will not engage" Kaldur shouted

Soon, electricity began to generate in the storm.

"Uh… can Red Tornado do that?" Wally asked.

"You think I'm Tornado? Ironic."

He used the electricity to create a large explosion, knocking back all but the two kryptonians who shrugged off their burnt and torn jackets.

The two supers leapt at their opponent, Superboy merely being swatted down, but Supergirl managed to dig her fingers into his chest, when her x-ray vision picked up something odd inside the robot.

Twister grabbed the girl between both hands, and started zapping her with hundreds of volts of electricity, before throwing her down to ground below.

Moments later, the team got up from where they had landed

"What happened?" Wally asked.

"I placed the Bio-Ship between us," M'gann told him.

Superboy crushed a nearby rock and rounded on Miss Martian. "And that's supposed to make it right? You tricked us into thinking Twister was Red Tornado!"

"It was an accident." Defended Supergirl "now I don't know what happened to your psychic powers, but my x-ray vision picked up someone inside Mr. T"

"It was a rookie mistake," Dick said.

"We shouldn't have listened." Kaldur told them

"You are pretty inexperienced. Hit the showers. We'll take it from here." And then the boys ran off towards where Mr. Twister left towards.

"Stay out of our way," Superboy warned. He then followed them.

"What do they know" Miss M was startled by her only female friend's voice "S.B was only woken up a couple of weeks ago, and your inexperienced? C'mon, we'll take your ship back and enlist Tornado's help with this."

"Okay, and... thanks" Megan shyly said "no problem, us aliens gotta stick together"

The two girls walk onto the ship and begin flying back to the mountain, with M'gann calling up Red Tornado to plea for his help.

"Please, we can't handle him our-" Megan was cut off by Supergirl ending the call

"Wait!" She said with glee "iv'e got a plan. Think about Twister's desire to battle a real hero..." The girl continued her explanation and then had Megan use her telepathy to speak to the boys.

"Listen to me," The martian said. "All of you."

"What did we tell you?!" Superboy yelled back.

"I know!" M'gann replied. "And I know I messed up. But now Kara and I are very clear on what to do. Please, trust me!"

The girls both relayed Kara's plan to them.

But a few seconds later, Red Tornado flew out to confront Tornado "Hit the showers, boys. I was hoping you could handle this. Clearly, you cannot."

"But we've got a plan now!" Robin protested.

"The subject is not up for debate," Red Tornado cut him team walked away

"I was beginning to believe you'd never show up" goaded Twister "i'm here now" Tornado said

Red Tornado and Mister Twister began to fight, exchanging air blasts and tornados, but when Twister used a bolt of electricity to explode a nearby boat, and Tornado was caught in the explosion, it was over.

"Remain still, android" small red cables came out of Twister's fingers and attached to Tornado's head "reprogramming wont take long"

Suddenly, Tornado tore the wires of and his head morphed into Miss Martians "longer than you might think" and that was their cue

A tornado made up by Wally super-speed-spinning and Kara using her super-breath, knocked Tornado away into Superboy, who broke off some metal plating, and threw the robot into the sea.

Aqualad, while underwater, electrically charged the anchor he held, and smacked Twister out, into the air, where Megan used her telepathy to blast off more plating, and an arm, followed by several explosive birdarangs which blew off his other arm, and sent the villain crashing into the ground.

Twister sat up, his chest cabinet opened and the small man fell out. "Foul, I-I call foul," he said.

Nobody said anything, but Megan levatated a large rock, and made it hover above the man

"M'gann, no!" Aqualad tried to tell her, but not quick enough as she ended up smooshing the man with the boulder.

Robin looked angry "Don't know how things are done on Mars, but on Earth, we don't execute our captives!" he yelled.

"Not a trusting bunch, are we?" Asked Supergirl as she kicked the rock away, revealing the man to be another android within Twister.

"That's why I couldn't read his mind." The martian told them.

Kid Flash picked up a robotic eyeball "Cool. Souvenir."

"We should've had more faith in you, like Kara" the Kryptonian grinned.

"Yeah!" Wally agreed. "You rocked this mission! Get it, rocked?"

"We're all just turbed you're on the team." Robin told the martian girl.

Mount Justice
July 18, 22:34 EDT

"It was clearly created to sabotage or destroy you," Kaldur told Red Tornado

The team and their caretaker were surveying the remains of Twister's pilot.

"Agreed".

"Is that why you wouldn't help us?" M'gann asked.

"No," Red Tornado said. "This was your battle. I do not believe it is not my role to solve your problems for you. Nor should you solve mine for me. Consider this matter closed."

"Batman, Aquaman, Superman and Flash. They'd have jumped right in to fix things," Wally complained.

"Guess if we're gonna have a babysitter, a heartless machine is exactly what we need," said Robin

"Dude, harsh," said the speedster.

"And inaccurate," Red Tornado said. "I have a heart. Carbon-steel alloy. I also have excellent hearing." Kara held in a laugh, barely,

"Right. Sorry. I'll strive to be more accurate." Said the Boy Wonder

"And more respectful," Kaldur corrected.

"Y'know, Speedy was wrong." Kid Flash said

"This team thing…" Robin began.

"Might just work out," Kaldur agreed.

As they left the room, Miss M and Superboy behind them, Kara picked up on the clone's voice with her super-hearing, and it put a wide smile on her face

"Sorry."