Hey guys, I'm back with a new chapter and before we begin I wanted to ask you guys something. I am torn with a decision I made. The reason I made black canary volts mentor was because she is my favorite female dc superhero but DES guest had an interesting idea but I didn't follow up on it. His idea was to make Wonder Women volts mentor, I've been doing something thinking and having wonder woman makes a lot more since. (DES Guest if you can please PM me, I think you're on to something and sorry for not saying anything) Please everyone let me know what you guys think because if I do change volts mentor I would have to rewrite some of my other chapters. The reason I didn't follow up with it was because I wasn't too familiar wonder women. So again, let me know what you guys think. But for now, onto the story.

July 22 Caribbean Sea

The flight to Santa Prisca was quiet, no one talked except to review the plan as we were taking off. I've never been nervous about taking down bad guys or for my own wellbeing but tonight I am, I guess it's because I'm a part of something again, after I found out the RFI worked and that I survived, I realized I'm alone everyone I cared about is dead and the only person who might be alive is Uncle Zeke but I don't a have clue on where to find him. But now I have new friends and I have a job to do. I looked down at my hands producing electricity, even though I'm used to my powers and I would be lost without them, it always amazes me to see it, to just look at it. I could look at this power running around my fingers for hours. I can feel myself get stronger every day and it feels good. When we got to New Marais dad had to use all the blast cores he needed to charge the RFI so he couldn't share, but it didn't matter while I was on the road my powers grew I got all the powers my dad got except Kuo's Ice powers. Kuo, that traitor I hope Nix killed her, she used to preach about saving lives and how she wanted respect but she threw all of that out the window when her life was on the line.

"We're approaching Santa Prisca." Miss Martian announced snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Drop zone "A" in 30."

Aqualad stood up and his chair morphed into the floor, he then pressed to symbol on his belt turn his suit from red to black. "Ready" he stated

"Putting bioship in camouflage mode."

A hole in the floor appeared and he dove through. "At least someone here can swim, the biggest downside to my powers is that any contact to water hurts like hell, it's a huge pain just to shower."

After a few seconds Aqualad reported on the comm "Heat and motion sensors are patched. Data is now on a continuous loop."

"Copy that Aqualad, see you at the rendezvous point." I replied

"Drop zone B" we all stood up and our chairs morphed into the floor and repels came down from the ceiling. Robin and kid flash hooked up. Kid Flash pressed the symbol on his chest and his went from yellow to black.

"How cool is this." He said looking at Miss Martian

"Very impressive" she said morphing he clothes to look more like Martian man hunter with a hood.

"Uh, that works, too. Hey, Supey, not too late to put on the new stealth tech.

"No capes, no tights. No offense." He superboy said

"While I do agree with you SB you don't have to look stupid to have cool stuff." I said as I press a hidden button on my gauntlet and the blue turns dark blue and my mask turns black.

"But it totally works for you—in that you can totally do good work in those clothes." Miss Martian said looking at superboy dreamily then in surprise as she realized what she said. She put her hood on and went into camouflage mode in embarrassment

I just laughed as I jumped out of the bioship knocking up some dust as I hit the ground. I look up and see the others followed me down I also see superboy jumping out forcing me to dive out of the way.

"Knew I didn't need a line." He said standing in his crater

'And yet creating a seismic event May not have helped us much with the covert." Robin said annoyed

"Aqualad, drop "B" is go." Miss Martian said

"Head for the factory. I'll track your GPS and rendezvous ASAP." Aqualad said

"Roger that." She responded

Heading through the forest passing under a waterfall and really think trees with robin leading the way.

"Did you hear that? Superboy said stopping.

"Uh, no. wait. Is this a super hearing thing?" Kid Flash said

"you do have great ears." Miss Martian said dreamily again until I hit her arm.

"Ok, Rob, now what?" Kid Flash said to robin until he realized he wasn't there.

"Ok that's getting old real fast.

"Superboy, Kid, switch to infrared. See if you're being tracked." Aqualad said over the comm.

Kid Flash pulled his goggles down. "Got a squad of armed bozos incoming."

We moved for cover and superboy said "Two squads. But they'll meet each other before they find us."

Gun fire could be heard off in the distance.

"No super hearing required now." KF said

"Swing wide, steer clear." Aqualad said

"yeah, as soon as I find rob." KF said running toward the gunfire.

"KID wait, and he's gone, God I hate speedsters." I said frustrated.

We followed him, it didn't take long to find him and to see he was getting shot at."

Super boy charged in and punched a man in a luchador mask followed by me zapping one of the thugs.

Behind me I heard robin scolding us "Whats is wrong with you guys? Remember? Why didn't you follow my lead, vanish into the jungle?"

Deciding to ignore Robin and Kid flash argue I headbutted the nearest bad guy then kick him in the face by doing a backflip. I saw three more in red uniforms shoot at me forcing me to bring up a shield. When they ran out of ammo they charged me. I formed the gigawatt blades meeting them head on. The first guy tried to hit me with his rifle, I just sliced it in half, then hitting him in the chest. The next two got smart and attacked together, although pointless I dove in-between hitting them the blades as I passed through electrifying. Getting up I saw Aqualad finish up the last guy.

Once we put them against the trees I used arc restraint to keep them in place.

"I recognize those uniforms. They belong to the cult of the Kobra." Robin said

"I hate snakes." I muttered

"I am certain Batman would have mentioned it If he knew a dangerous extremist Was running Santa Prisca's Venom operation." Aqualad said

"Agreed. And since there's clearly no love lost Between the cultists and those goons, I'm betting Kobra came in and tossed them out. That's why normal supply lines have been cut off." Robin explained

Kid Flash started "We get it. Kobra wanted super cultists. Mystery solved. Radio Bats, and we'll be home in time-"

"These cultists aren't on Venom. Kobra's hoarding the stuff. We don't leave. Not until I know why."

"Until you know why?"

"This team needs a leader."

"And it's you? Dude, you're a 13-year-old Kid Who ducked out on us without a word."

"Ha ha! And you're a mature 15? You blew our cover first chance you got."

"How long do you think it will be before they realize neither of them can lead?" I asked Aqualad

"Robin would be a good leader." He said

"Would he? A good leader takes command not runs off then gets pissed off that we didn't know what he was doing."

"valid points. But what about you would you like to lead?." He asked

"Hell no. I have lost too people I care because of my mistakes.

Aqualad just looked down in thought

I focused my attention on the two idiots yelling at each other on a stealth mission.

"Yeah? You don't even have super powers!"

"Neither does Batman!"

"Duh, you're not Batman.

"Duh, closest thing we've got."

"Such clever ninos." The luchador interrupted. "But you only know half the story. Let me show you the rest. Get you into the factory via my secret entrance."

Miss Martian kneed down in front of him "There is a secret entrance, but he's also hiding something."

Her eyes then glowed white a sign she was trying to read his mind.

"Ah, ah, ah, chica. Bane is that easy." Bane said smiling

"Ohh. He's mentally reciting futbol scores en espanol. This could take a while."

"It's not complicated. The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

"That only works if were not enemies to begin with." I said not trusting him at all.

"We may not have to be but that depends on you."

I look at Aqualad who nods. I let out a sigh as I raise my hand absorbing the electricity keeping bane captive.

"trust me little man you won't regret this." he said smiling

"I already do."

After some hiking bane led us to the edge of a cliff where we could overlook the entire facility. Robin pulled out some binoculars and crouched down.

"Look at all that product. A buy is going down. But if Kobra's not selling to the usual suspects, then-"

I noticed bane walking to the a bolder so I followed him

"We need to identify that buyer." Aqualad stated

"Just what I was thinking." Kid flash said

"Yeah, you're the thinker." Said robin

"Sarcasm? Dude. A real leader would focus on getting answers."

"Answers are this way." Bane said after throwing the bolder

"So, now el luchador is our leader." Kid Flash grumbled, robin just elbowed him following bane.

At the end of the cave there was a huge metal door, bane placed his finger on a scanner and it opened. Once we got to a door robin and bane looked out searching for bad guys

"All clear." He said running off and vanishing.

"Has that little fool already been caught?" bane questioned

"No, he just does that." Aqualad sighed

"Stay put I'll get our intel and be back before the boy wonder." KF said running off

"Wait, Kid!" Aqualad said trying to stop him

"Great chain of command." Bane said sarcastically

"Ok, next time one of them runs off I'm hitting him" I said

"please do." Superboy said

"now is not the time, we must find out what is going on."

We headed further into the factory and hid behind some crates

"It's a massive shipment." Aqualad said

"Yeah, but they're only taking new product off the line. They're not touching this Venom." Superboy said

"Maybe freshness counts?" Miss Martian suggested

"Helicopters coming." Superboy said looking up.

For a few seconds, we'd heard it

"Miss Martian go in camouflage mode and get a closer look." Aqualad ordered

"oh in." she said and flew off

"hey, we should move try and find a better angle." I said

"right." Aqualad

We moved to a cat walk giving us a perfect view of everything

"Sportsmaster. He is the buyer?" Aqualad blurted out. "Aqualad to Red Tornado. Do you read? Ugh. Can't reach the League, Robin, or Kid. Comm's jammed. We need a plan, now"

"I have a suggestion." Bane smirked. He then jumped off the catwalk and attacked two kobras forcing one to fire his weapon

"Oh crap." I said

"What is he-" Aqualad started but was interrupted by a roar and a huge beast busting though the wall and breaking the catwalk.

"Destroy them." Lord Kobra ordered

I got behind Aqualad, who crouched down and formed a shield with his water bearer. As he was walking back I was shooting bolts of lightning and right before we got to cover I threw a cluster grenade.

"Miss Martian, radio is jammed! Link us up!" Aqualad shouted

"everyone online?" she asked

"yeah." Superboy mentally sighed

"you know it, beautiful." Kid Flash flirted

"yep" I said

"good. We need to regroup."

"Busy now."

"Robin, now! - Strategic retreat. Kid, clear a path. Volt cover our retreat" Aqualad ordered

I ran with the other firing back at the kobras, I noticed superboy trying to stop that huge beast used kinetic pulse to throw a metal crate at it. When I got to the door superboy closed it, but it didn't slow the thing down.

"Superboy, the support beams" Aqualad shouted

When superboy broke the supports it caused a cave in and broke the lights. I produced some lightning around my arms creating enough light for everyone to see.

"How could my first mission as leader go so wrong?" Robin questioned aloud

"You do have the most experience. Perhaps that is exactly what has left you unprepared. Fighting alongside Batman, your roles are defined. You two do not need to talk. But this team is new. And a leader must be clear, explicit. He cannot vanish and expect others to play parts in an unknown plan." Aqualad explained

"Oh, so I'm supposed to hold everyone's hands." Robin started but stopped Who am I Kidding? You should lead us, kaldur. You're the only one who can.

"Please! I can run circles-" Kid Flash started

"wally, come on. You know he's the one. We all do." Robin said stopping him

"Hello, m'gann. It's so obvious." She said slapping her forehead

"Could have told you." Superboy said

"Seriously you're the best we got." I stated

"Ok." Kid flash agreed

Then I accept the burden Until you are ready to lift it from my shoulders. You were born to lead this team- Maybe not now, but soon.

"Robin nodded in agreement

"All right. Our first priority is Preventing that shipment from leaving this island."

"Funny. I had the same thought. I Sabotaged sportsmasters helicopter, he isn't going anywhere."

"Good job Robin. But we need to get back we're gonna need a new way in." I said

"agreed let's move." Aqualad said

As we were running back robin pulled up his holo-computer

"Sportsmaster's the supplier/buyer. But it still doesn't track. He doesn't have the juice to acquire the blockbuster formula or to get Kobra to do his dirty work." Robin said

"And neither of them have the chops to bond blockbuster with Venom. That took some major nerdage." Kid Flash said

"I believe the expression is tip of the iceberg." Aqualad said

"Halt, ninos. I'm feeling explosive." Bane said holding a detonator

"you betrayed us. Why?" Aqualad questioned

"I want my factory back." Bane said

"Kid, you'll need a running start." Aqualad order through the mental link

Bane then started to explain. "So I forced you into a situation Where you would either take down my enemies or die trying. If the latter, the Justice League would certainly have come to avenge their sidekicks. And when the smoke cleared, Santa prisca would be mine once more. Blowing the tunnel with you inside should have the same effect." Bane tried to kill us but didn't notice Kid Flash snatching the detonator out of his hand.

"With what? This trigger thingy?" Kid flash asked

When bane tried to attack KF, Miss M just lifted him up in the air

"Finally." Superboy said excitedly "Drop him."

"Ah Ah Ah, me first, I'll save you some" I said

Miss martian dropped him as I fired a rocket at bane sending him in the air, but before he could get far I used the lightning hook to send bane straight at superboy, who punched bane in the face knocking him out. Superboy and I high fived at our work

"Aqualad I'm in position" I said kneeling on the roof of the factory

"good, Kid your up."

As sportsmaster started to leave Kid flash ran around the enemy knocking them out. When I saw that I jump and used a thunder drop the take out three kobras. When I saw a wave of kobras charging me I used bolt stream taking most of them out.

"Volt now." Aqualad said

I turned around and saw the aqualad sending a stream of water at that beast. I raised my hands and brought down an ionic storm on the thing taking it out. Looking up I saw the helicopter coming down to the factory forcing me to jump out of the way. When I got up I saw lord kobra standing alone against the six of us.

"Another time, then." He said walking backwards into the forest

"What's the point of running away if you're a god?" I asked

"We picked the right guy to lead. Automatically making you the right guy to explain this mess to Batman." Robin laughed

Aqualad just looked down in thought and I put my hand on his shoulder.

"No matter what happens we did good work." I said

August 4 mount justice

"A simple recon mission, observe and report. You'll each receive a written evaluation Detailing your many mistakes." Batman chastised "Until then, Good job." Him saying that made me look up in surprise

He then explained "No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. How you adjust to the unforeseen is what determines success. And how you choose who leads determines character."

Finally, sorry About the delay this should have been posted two days ago, but I started procrastinating, plus I had the ACT and my brother made me study for eight hours straight. Next chapter should be so much better I have a few ideas on this one, maybe some changes too. Leave a suggestion if you have an idea but please let me know what you guys think about changing mentors, I don't want to keep writing about black canary being volts mentor if I'm just gonna change it. I'll see you guys next time have a good day.