The Oak in the Wild

Forth chapter. Yay! I believe this story is going very well.

Sparkly love from sparkleeyes20.

Nature Carries the Words

I was sitting on a branch high in a tree. Things were peaceful, as usual. To show that everything was fine, I was happily and loudly humming a tune that I heard but don't remember the words to. I was just about to fall asleep from the nice, light breeze until I caught something on the wind that made me jolt upright.

'Oak!' it said.

It kind of sounded like the green skinned teen I met before. Another breeze blew.

'Oak! Help!' it said.

It was the green skinned teen. Where? Where are they?

'Please Oak! We need help!' her voice rang through the wind.

I quickly jumped down from the branch and began to try to pinpoint where the wind blew from. I figured out it came from the north. In downtown of Happy Harbor to be exact. I began running towards downtown. I shed my t-shirt to show the top of a green jump suit. I did the same with my pants so I was now wearing a complete green jump suit. Good thing I always wear this under my cloths. I turned the knobs on the anklets Brea made me. In an instant, my green tennis shoes turned into green high heeled combat boots. Thank you Brea! I tied the green mask around my head, hiding the string that keeps it on under my hair. My hair was already in a braid so I just took the green ribbon, tied it around the top tie, twisted it around my braid to look like a vine, and tied it again around the bottom tie. Finally, I pulled on my gloves which held special powder that, on the right hand, made men obey my every command and, on the left hand, made men crazy in love with me. Just like my mother. Oh I hate her! But no time to talk about that now.

I ran all the way into town. When I got there, things were a disaster. A giant robot was attacking and destroying everything in its path. All the teens were swarming around it, trying to find someway to beat and destroy it. They were wearing different clothing than when I first met them. I quickly took in my surroundings. Not much to work with though. A few buildings, the water, and several piles of rubble. Robin was knocked back after trying to go after the robot. The robot then was about to, literally, put its foot down and crush Robin. I gasped and reacted quickly. A large tremor shook the ground as I brought up two large, thick vines out of the ground. I latched the vines around the metal foot and used the vines strengths to hold it up. Robin quickly raced out from under the foot. I then pulled the vines away, causing the foot to smack the ground but not anyone else. As soon as that was done I saw everyone turn their heads to me. I smirked widely.

"Somebody call for me?" I playfully asked.

Everyone jumped to my side after I asked them. They all told me how glad they were to see me except for the strong kid. I wasn't paying much attention though. My gaze was on the robot's foot. I was now stepping towards us. I quickly brought the two furthest away from me, which happened to be Robin and that speedster kid (I dunno his name yet), closer to me before creating a vine dome of protection around all of us. The dome shook as the robot tried to break through them but they were too tough, even for that robot. Oh yeah! I am awesome! I let the boys go after I got the dome up. I left a small hole in the side of the dome for fresh air and sunlight for us to see. I noticed Robin was looking me up and down. I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Can I help you with something boy wonder?" I asked him.

Realizing I had caught him staring at me, he quickly averted his masked eyes to some spot on the dome.

"Hmm? I… don't know what you're talking about," he tried to cover up.

I smirked, hearing at what a horrible job he was doing covering it up. I chuckled lightly.

"Sure you don't," I said sarcastically.

He turned around completely but not before I saw the pink blush creeping up on his face. I chuckled once again.

"By the way, I don't believe I know your names yet," I told them.

The green skinned teen smacked her forehead and said, "Hello Megan! I'm Miss Martian or Megan as everyone likes to call me."

"I'm Kid Flash," the speedster kid said before slinging his arm around my shoulders then continuing, "but you can call me Wally."

I pushed his arm off my shoulders and took one large step away from him, eying him warily.

"I'm Aqualad but my real name is Kaldur," The tan fish like teen said.

"I'm Superboy or Conner. Don't forget it," the muscular teen said.

I glared at him before saying, "believe me. I won't."

"I'm…" I held my hand up to stop Robin as he began to introduce himself.

"I know who you are, Robin. Don't waste your breath," I told him.

He shut his mouth when he heard this. I smiled at all of them. I heard a snapping sound. I looked up to see one of the large vines was broken. Great, just what I needed. I motioned for them to follow me to the side of the dome with the hole for air and sunlight. I threw my arms out to my sides causing the hole to become wide enough to be a door. I signaled for everyone to run through it. They did as I instructed. I just got Aqualad out before the dome collapsed completely. I pulled a giant leaf out of the ground as a shield. The leaf caved in a bit to allow me to see that the vines had fallen and hit it. But what really told me that the vines had fallen was what I heard next.

"OAK!" I heard Robin's voice call.

"I'm okay! Don't worry!" I yelled back.

I used my powers to push the vines off of my protection before breaking that and standing up. I brushed my hands and the front of my legs off. I then did a handstand on one of the large vines in front of me, went into a back bend, and came up with out a stretched muscle to be seen. I quickly raced to the sides of my new friends. Robin looked at me and smiled.

"Nice form," he said.

"Thanks," I told him, "ten years of self trained gymnastics never hurt me."

Robin looked shocked. He knew I was the same age as him and that if thirteen subtracted by ten is three, then I've been training myself in gymnastics since I was three. I redirected my attention to the robot. It obviously was trying to come and crush us again. I began to think about all the key points of the robot, trying to figure out how it ticked. A trick I learned from Brea, who is like a robotics freak. I focused on the joints of the metal heap. I raced towards the robot with great speed.

"Where are you going Oak?" Aqualad asked.

"I'm gonna figure out this heap o' metal," I told him.

I kept running despite the protests from Robin, Megan, and Kid Flash. I jumped out of the way when the robot brought his foot down. When the tremor stopped, I jumped up onto its foot and began climbing up its leg using the groves as hand and foot holds. I soon noticed a small incision at the part where its leg connected to the main metal, so to speak. I pulled at it a little bit to find it was quiet weak metal at this joint and bent easily at my little pull. I slipped my fingers through the hole at the joint. I hung from it while I knocked my heels together causing two sharp picks to replace the heels of my combat boots. I dug one pick into a grove and the other in a grove higher. I gripped the metal more firmly between my hands and began to push it back. I bent the metal back far enough to be able to crawl inside. Once inside I clacked my heels together again to make the picks return to normal. I began to walk through the robot hoping to find a weak point or an off switch. I found so much more when I found the main controls. A man, about the age of seventeen, was sitting at the controls. I didn't recognize him but I could easily change that. I could also turn this fight around. I put my left hand up to my mouth and blew lightly. A pink stream of powder left my hand and traveled to the man. He sniffed and inhaled it deeply. His hands fell from the controls and his head fell to the side, hitting his shoulder. I walked over to him with a metal pipe I 'found' in my hand.

"So, how do you turn this thing off?" I asked him.

"Here," he said in an in love state and pointing to an off switch.

Well that's convenient. I put my hand on the switch and turned it to the off position. The robot's controls automatically shut off. I smirked widely again.

"Oh and another thing," I said to him.

"What?" he asked excitedly.

I smiled and said, "Night, night."

I then hit him across the face with the pipe. I had to get him out quick though. He wouldn't stay unconscious for long and the spell would still be on him when he woke up. Don't want him getting any ideas do we? I dragged him out of the robot and dropped him on the ground near us. Gosh, he was heavy! Everyone looked at me quiet shocked. I just smiled in return. I heard a soft groaning sound beside me. I looked to see that the man was waking up. At first he looked kind of angry but when he saw me he immediately went back to his in love state. He jumped up and lunged at me. I jumped out of the way and then raced behind Robin.

"Somebody tie him up before he tries to rape me!" I shouted.

Aqualad complied and tied him up. The police showed up and dragged him away to be taken to jail. The spell would wear off as soon as he was in the jail cell. I was turning to leave for the forest before Megan caught my shoulder.

"Wait. I have something to ask you," she said.

"What is it?" I asked.

"How did you hear me calling you? I mean you were out of my telepathic range," she told me.

"Easy. Every sound, word, and story travels by nature," I began, "Nobody listens hard enough to hear it but I can. The waves of the water carry information around the world. Trees spread gossip and stories. Most importantly, the wind carries messages for those who need to hear them. Anyway I need to get back to the forest. I'll see you guys later."

They all waved goodbye to me and I left for the forest, thinking about the previous hours.