Chapter 3


Cassie ducks as Tim throws a punch at her. She narrows her eyes, using whatever he taught her over the years to analyze his every move. She didn't even need to use her powers (not that she wants to). Cassie looks into his eyes, trying to intimidate him, but finds herself melting in his light blue eyes. She tries to cover it up, but unfortunately, he notices.

"Getting lost in my eyes?" he smirks.

"Don't get used to it." She remarks, trying to ignore the way his muscles showed through his grey t-shirt.

"Still think you can win this bet?" he grins.

"Think? I'm taking you down." She says.

He smirks at her, his eyes flicking to hers and Dick who's standing near the sparring mat, evaluating them both. Out of the corner of her eye, she thinks that she sees Dick laughing softly at their small argument. She turns her attention back to Tim, waiting for his next move. When he doesn't make one, she decides to strike. She throws a punch at his face, but unfortunately she forgets who he is and is surprised when he grabs her arm and flips her.

"Ready to admit it now?" he asks just as she lands square on her back and the computer announces her failure.

"Of course I'm not." She says, taking Tim's held out hand and pulling her to her feet. "I may be seventeen now, but I'm still the same proud fourteen-year-old you met three years ago."

"You're also the same fourteen-year-old who I fell in love with." Tim says placing a small kiss on her lips. "Wanna go again?"

"You bet!" she says, walking over to the mat. But before she can get there, Dick comes forward, looking at his cell phone.

"Actually, Cassie, you and Tim better get changed. Diana just texted me; she's bringing over her new protégé to meet the Team. I want you two in full costume by then." He says.

"Wait, Diana has a new protégé?" Tim asks, surprised.

"Yeah, she does." Cassie tells him. "But it's okay. She doesn't have any rule over me now, so she can do whatever she wants."

"I'm a bit surprised myself." Dick admits. "But hopefully Diana's new protégé is nice and fits in well." Tim nods.

After telling Tim that she'll be changing and kissing his cheek, Cassie grabs her bag and heads for her room at the new Cave that was rebuilt a year after the Reach invasion. Working side by side with the Justice League had been an amazing experience for all of them, but they all realized that they missed the Cave too much. The Watchtower was cool, but the Cave had been the Team's base for over 8 years. So, they had the Cave rebuilt (with a few tweaks here and there) just the way it was. She really prefers it like this. Ever since the Reach invasion and the Bats revealing their identities to the entire Team and not concealing their faces anymore, the Cave has really been more lively than usual.

When she comes out dressed in her red sleeveless full body spandex, Tim's already changed into his Robin suit. She goes over and stands beside him, her hands folded over her chest. He leans over near her ear and whispers to her. "You're not nervous, are you? Because if I remember, you've already met this girl." She smiles at him to reassure him. He looks up just as Dick walks up to them, rubbing the back of his neck. They go about their regular business.

About five minutes after they settle down, the zeta beam begins to glow and it announces Wonder Woman's arrival. The Amazonian princess steps out of the beam and Cassie looks down, avoiding her gaze. Diana also tries to ignore Cassie as she turns and quickly types something down on the keypad beside the beam. The beam glows again, announcing the arrival of "Wonder Girl". When the glow dies down, there's a young black-haired girl there.

She walks forward very nervously. Cassie smiles at her comfortingly. She's wearing a red top like Cassie used to wear, except it wasn't a turtleneck top and had yellow stripes around the sleeves. The yellow Ws on her chest remind Cassie of her early Wonder Girl days. Along with the red top, she's wearing a pair of light blue skinny jeans and a pair of red and blue shoes. The top is a bit short so that it exposes a thin line of her midriff. Instead of the traditional star earrings, she's wearing gold loop earrings and she's wearing the same silver bracelets that Cassie used to wear.

Diana steps forward. "Wonder Girl, this is the Team." She makes the introductions. "Team, this is my protégé, the new Wonder Girl."

Tim walks forward, holding out his hand. "Hey there, I'm Robin, that's Nightwing, and I suppose you already know Cassie." He gestures to all of them in turn. But as he looks at her, Cassie knows that he's staring at her. The young girl looks up and Cassie suddenly wonders why she seems familiar. She passes it off as nostalgia, but then Dick stiffens up.

He walks forward a bit, his masked gaze never leaving Wonder Girl's face. "Have we met?"


"And this is the living room." Tim waves his hand in front of him. "This is where the Team usually hangs out and relaxes. It's also where we fight over who's gonna buy pizza on pizza night."

They all laugh because it's true. But honestly, Dick's just glad that Wonder Girl didn't take his earlier slip-up to heart. He doesn't even know what happened back there. He just had been looking at her, but then he had experienced a huge wave of nostalgia overcome him. The way she formed words, walked and laughed all reminded him of someone. And then there were her eyes. They were a striking cerulean blue that caught the sight of any passerby. The thing was, he knew those eyes from somewhere.

Diana had left when Tim proposed on giving Wonder Girl a tour of the Cave. Dick suspects that the teenager still has a soft spot for the name. Well whatever, she seemed to be getting along well with him too. Cassie acted like a big sister to the new Wonder Girl and had a protective arm around her shoulders. Dick himself had stayed quiet for most of the time, embarrassed, and would only talk about once in a while. Anyway, after showing Wonder Girl her new room at the Cave, they changed into civvies and were taking her on a tour.

Tim walks over to the fridge and opens it. "Hey, you thirsty?" he asks Wonder Girl. He grabs a can of soda and passes it to her, throwing a can to Cassie and Dick. "So, you trust us enough to tell us your secret identity?" he jokes. Cassie elbows him in the ribs, making them laugh once more. "Don't pressure her!"

Wonder Girl grins. "Its okay, Cassie. It's Skylar Summers."

"Nice name." Tim says. "I'm Tim Drake and that's Dick Grayson. You'll meet the rest of them Team when they get back from their mission. It's just the three of us right now."

Dick opens his mouth to say something but the wind suddenly whizzes in his ears and a blur passes by him. By the time he regains himself, there's a young teenager standing beside the fridge. "Hey, you guys know what happened to the ice-cream? I'm bored out of my mind and I just ran all over Happy Harbor. I need to eat something cold or else I'm gonna pass out." He turns around and stops, staring at Skylar in awe.

"Skylar?"

"Alex?"


"You're the new member of the Team?" Alex West asks.

She nods. "Yep, and the new Wonder Girl." She grins. "And what are you?"

He smiles. "The new Impulse since my cousin Bart became the new Kid Flash." He tells her.

"Wait, hold up." Dick comes forward. "You two know each other?"

Both of them nod. "We go to the same high school in Keystone." Alex explains. Dick nods and then looks at an alert on his communicator. "Good thing, then." The man says. "Then, Alex, can you complete giving Skylar a tour of the Cave? We're needed somewhere."

"I'll get changed in a second." Alex says, prepping himself up for speeding off, but Dick stops him.

"You've only been on the Team for a month." He says. "You're not ready for a threat like this."

"What exactly is the threat?" Skylar steps forward, her voice on the brink of irritation at being left out barely ten minutes coming to the Cave.

Dick sighs. "The Court of Owls." He says. "They're an organization of really advanced assassins. They're highly dangerous, and don't really attack at a time like this. That's why, you two, our newest recruits, need more training to face off against them." Alex folds his hand over his chest and grumbles under his breath. Skylar quickly shoots him a look when Dick looks at him with an eyebrow raised. Dick turns to Tim and Cassie. "Suit up. We've gotta go."


"Bad luck, dude." Alex tells her. "A mission on your first day at the Cave and you can't even join in."

Skylar grins. Sighing, she pierces a fork into her piece of pie. "It's alright. I understand we're pretty inexperienced. I've only been Wonder Girl for about three to four days."

He puts down his fork and stares at her. "Three to four days?" he asks. "And they allowed you on the Team? I wasn't even allowed on the Team until I had at least a month of experience!"

She shrugs. "I guess I'm a fast learner."

"Well, I guess we could take advantage of this." He softly says.

She narrows her eyes. "Advantage of what?"

"I mean, we're alone. There's no one around for miles." He explains.

"I still don't get it." She says.

He turns his head up and laughs. She shakes her head, trying to figure out what the redhead meant, and her eyes widen once she realizes what he means. "Oh no, if you think…"

"I just thought it might be time for us to get to know each other better." He cuts in, laughing. "I mean, we go to the same school together and we're on the same superhero team. I thought, maybe we'd be able to tell each other some super secretive stuff."

She scoffs as well as kicks herself mentally for reading too much into it. Alex was just trying to be friendly. Why did she think that he might have meant something else? "What, you think I'm just gonna tell you all about myself. We only met two days ago."

"Don't forget I saved your life." He cuts in through a mouthful of pie, pointing his fork at her. She shakes her head and laughs, putting her empty plate in the sink. "You're hopeless."

"Don't I know it." He grins.

"So, are you ever gonna tell me anything?"

"Don't keep your hopes up." She tells him, placing away the glasses she had taken out for lemonade.

"Come on, Skylar." He says. "At least tell me how you got your powers."

She chuckles. "Are you really that desperate?" she asks. He nods. "Yeah, pretty much."

"That'd explain why you don't have a girlfriend." Skylar says, making both of them laugh.


A/N: Okay, first a shout out to lindz4567 for reviewing on every single one of my chapters till now. Second, it doesn't look like this story isn't going t be good. I'm seeing a huge lack of reviewers to this story, and when they don't usually matter too much, they actually make me feel like writing. So, please review, or I don't know what I'll have to do (I may take down this story too).

Third, the next chapter will reveal some of Skylar and Alex's backgrounds. I'm not sure how much, but it will be revealed. Now, I've gotta work on the second chapter for "Maybe It's Not Too Late" and find some inspiration to finish "Don't Look Back".

Once again, please review.