"They're using the diamonds to dig into a cave? Wow, how pathetic." Mira whispered. Aqualad nudged here.
"There is more. Once they find whatever they are digging for, they are going to sell it on the black market." He pointed out.
"Who's 'they'?" Mira asked.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" A voice asked. It was Bill.
"That's 'they'!" Mira shouted. She whipped out a fist from her ring and swung at Brett, who was standing next to Bill. Bill charged at Aqualad, who, using is Inertia belt, jumped into the air and dodged him.
"Evig mih stnap!" Sparrow shouted. A pair of nice pants appeared on Bill. "Wrong spell." He apologized. "Tekcajtiarts!" A straightjacket wrapped around the goon. "That's better." He smiled.
"Come on." Aqualad said, after Mira finished beating up Brett. "The others need our help!"
-break-
"Klarion." Black Knight spat. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, the usual. Just thought I'd stop by and rob a jewelry store." He smiled and petted Teekl's head.
"That's a little low for you, don't you think?" She asked, narrowing her eyes.
"You're right, I should stick to kidnapping little girls instead!" He snapped his fingers, and a bright red mist wrapped around Black Knight and pulled her to him. He put her against his chest and grinned. "This better?" Black Knight snarled.
"Chev, light these bastards up!" Chev sighed at her friend's poor language, but nonetheless complied. Her hand lit up with flames, which she sent flying towards some of the men. One dodged it easily, but the other was not so lucky. KF had already taken out two of the guys, while Bluebird had beat up two and was working on her third. Chev jumped up and brought her sword out, which was now on fire, and hit it against the man's back.
"Yeah!" The two girls hi-fived each other.
"Aww, you're all as boring as Calla." Klarion pouted. "So how about this!" Four other Klarions appeared.
"Crap." Muttered KF. "Blue, get on my back."
"What?" Bluebird turned.
"Just do it! I have an idea." He picked her up and put her on her shoulders.
"When did you get so strong?" She asked.
"When I moved." He replied. "Now hold on." She held on to the sidekick, who then ran past one of the Klarion doubles. "Nunchucks, now!" Bluebird grabbed her trusted nunchucks and whipped them at the clone. As soon as it made contact the double disappeared.
"How about this for fire?" Another clone had cornered Chev in a pit of black flames.
"Let her go!" Three familiar heroes ran in, the littlest bird leading them. "Tghil mih pu!" He shouted. The clone was then set aflame, and Sparrow quickly jumped in to save Chev.
"Thank you." She whispered, blushing.
"You're welcome." He replied, also blushing.
"Aww!" KF and Bluebird whispered. Then another Klarion pushed between them, running.
"Come back you coward!" Aqualad shouted. He chased the double with a water sword. Suddenly, a green paw reached out at the clone, grabbed it, and ate it. Aqualad looked up to see a giant, green version of Teekl. Mira sat on top of it, waving. Aqualad smiled up at her.
"What am I, chopped liver?" Shouted the Black Knight, who had been standing in Klarion's grasp the whole time. "Even the author forgot about me!" Aqualad ran to free her, but Klarion teleported to the other side of him.
"Nope!" He laughed, holding Black Knight for support.
"I have to do everything myself, don't I." As Black Knight focused, her eyes flashed pink. Klarion was pulled off of her. She then shot an arrow at the final Klarion, who when everyone forgot him, tried to rob the jewelry store.
"Aww, no fun." Klarion got up and dusted himself off. "Well, I've had enough. Goodbye kiddies!" He disappeared.
"This was our first mission! We accomplished nothing!" the agitated Kid Flash shouted.
"Not exactly." Aqualad said. "We did find some evidence." Mira nodded excitedly.
"I helped!" She added. "But Black Knight, what was that weird flash that pushed Klarion off you?" Bluebird and Chev looked at her angrily.
"Yeah, what was that?" Bluebird asked.
"I don't know. It was weird, huh." She said. "Anyway, let's go back to base."
"Weird. Right." Jill muttered. Kid Flash looked at her.
"You okay?" He asked.
"Um, yeah. Fine."
"Will you mind if I do this?" He picked her up bridal style, and started running.
"So what's this about?" She asked, watching the rest of the team board Mira's makeshift ship.
"Iris needs a babysitter." He said sheepishly.
"Of course."
-break-
At the debriefing, Darrel was explaining what was happening to Nightwing. Nina and Max were talking, while Mira was petting her green Teekl. "Hey Nightwing?" She asked. "Can we get a pet?"
"Umm, I don't know. Maybe." He said. Mira silently whispered Yes! "Hey guys, anyone seen Apollo, Jill, and Calla?" They all looked around and shook their heads. "Huh. Jill and Apollo I can imagine-" Nina giggled, "-but Calla?"
"Hey Nina." Max whispered. "You reacted to that pink flash. What was that?"
"Nothing." She looked away. "Um, I have to go home. Bye."
-break-
"Love me Love me, say that you love me!"
Jill's phone rang. She excused herself from the makeshift poker game she was in, and picked it up. "Hello?"
"Jill, it's me."
"Hey Songbird. What's up?"
"We need to talk about Calla." Jill sighed. "She, well, I thought we agreed to not use our powers. I mean, I have an excuse because of my sword, but you two…"
"Hey, I'm fine. I'm not going to whip out a piece of you-know-what on a mission."
"I know."
"Also, I'm not stuck with our friend. He pushed her, we both know that."
"He isn't going to stop, is he?"
"Nope."
"Well, I guess we have to deal with this, don't we."
"Yup. Hey, I have to go. Iris is beating us at Poker, again."
"Are you at Apoll-"
"Bye!" Jill snapped her phone shut, and walked back to the table.
"Who was it?" Asked her blonde best friend.
"Nobody."
From across America, in the middle of Chicago, a certain red head was lying on her bed. "Oh Calla. What are we going to do?"
-break-
Calla knew exactly what she was going to do. Brush her teeth.
"Well that was classy. Use our power and bail on your team." She pulled a knife on the bedroom intruder. Klarion smiled as she frowned and put her knife back under her shirt.
"Don't say 'Our power'. It makes me feel dirty."
"Says the girl with the knife under her shirt." Calla rolled her eyes.
"What are you doing here anyway? I thought you had some team to return to." Klarion laughed.
"No, I'm a free boy now!"
"Wrong answer. I know you Klarion. That battle was way too easy. You're working for someone. They sent you to test us, didn't they?"
"Excellent deduction Calla." He said in a mock-British tone. She huffed and walked across her room. She put her hair down and put the hair tie in her jewelry box. Next to the box was a diamond and amethyst crown incased in a glass box. Klarion appeared next to her. She reached for the glass, put stopped midway.
"I don't want to hide this."
"You don't have to. I know of the pact you three made."
"You know everything about me." She muttered.
"Pretty much. But anyway, Nina doesn't hide her power. Poor Jill's too afraid to release her ability, but you can do whatever you want." A glass key materialized in front of them. "All you have to do is open it."
"No." She went to her bed, where Teekl had decided to nap. She patted his head as he purred contently. She lay down and closed her eyes.
"See you in the morning Black Knight."
"Shut up Witch Boy!"