Hey, guys! I'm back (finally) with an update on basically the first story I've ever posted on this site. I'm really sorry to anyone if I took forever, but I kinda lacked inspiration to continue but that's all changed now!
Disclaimer: I don't own YJ, if I did then this wouldn't be necessary. I however do own Lynx though, so back off *Slaps Away Hands* Mine!
Normal thoughts 'normal thoughts'
Telepathic communication 'telepathic communication'
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Welcome to Happy Harbor
"Did you ask him?", I looked up from inspecting my claws as Robin and KF made there way over. 'The heck are they going on about?'
"What did he say?", KF questioned excitedly.
"He's arriving now", Aqualad answered. I turned my curious gaze to M'gann, who just shrugged and looked back to the trio.
"Then what are we waiting for?", I watched as the three made there out of the cave, all wearing identical expressions of excitement on their faces.
"Hey, wait up!", I called after them before making my way outside, M'gann and Superboy trailing along behind me. We walked out just as Red Tornado made his appearance, and KF began waving him over.
"Greetings", I raised my hand in acknowledgement. "Is there a reason you intercepted me outside the cave?".
I shrugged and fiddled with my ears as Aqualad spoke up " We hoped you had a mission for us", He answered the aerokinetic android's question.
"Mission assignments are the Batman's responsibility".
My gaze shifted to Robin as he stepped forward, not happy with the response "But it's been over a week, and nothing-".
He was cut off by Tornado's next response "You'll be tested soon enough. For the time being, simply enjoy each other's company".
I shrugged again, and folded my arms "Sounds good to me", I responded.
"This team is not a social club", Aqualad retorted.
"No, but I am told social interaction is an important team building exercise", He told the Atlantean before walking away " Perhaps you can keep busy by familiarizing yourself with the cave".
I watched as the android made his way to the cave before turning back to the others "So that happened".
I was rewarded with silence as they only stared ahead at Torndao's departing back "Keep busy", KF muttered turning towards Robin.
I rolled my eyes already sensing where this was heading, and distracted myself with my toes and the grass beneath them "Does he think we're falling for this?", I heard Robin questioning the others.
"Oh, I'll find out", M'gann chimed in and I looked up to see her doing that Martian thingy they did "I'm sorry. I forgot he's a machine, inorganic", she said turning back to us "I cannot read his mind".
At that, I shifted my gaze back to my feet and continued wiggling them around as KF sidled his way up to M'gann's side "Nice try, though", he then sent her a suggestive look "So, uh, you know what I'm thinking right now?".
"We all know what you're thinking right now", Robin elbowed him and I snorted.
"And now we tour the clubhouse", Aqualad spoke up sounding resigned.
"Well, Superboy and I live here. We can play tour guides" M'gann offered, she and the others turning to face Superboy.
He only regarded them with a look of indifference before speaking up "Don't look at me", he responded turning away from them and instead curiously watch me continue to wiggle my toes.
Feeling his gaze, I looked up at him as KF said something flirty again and tilted my head upwards as he looked away not meeting my gaze 'Probably should have went with Mari to her fashion show... or something'.
"Team building", Aqualad looked pointedly at me, as if sensing my thoughts "We all go".
I shrugged, and made my way over to the cave's entrance. I also vaguely remembered KF being beside me, but when I looked I only saw Robin instead and KF behind us rubbing his sides. 'Odd..'.
"So this would be our front door..."
Scene Change...
"... And this would be our back. The cave is actually the entire mountain".
"It was hollowed out and reinforced by Superman and Green Lantern in the early days of the League", Kid supplied, hoping to impress M'gann no doubt.
I could smell the hormones wafting off him strongly, and even a bit from Robin. He probably liked M'gann too, that should be interesting.
"Then why abandon it for the the Hall of Justice?", Superboy questioned.
"The cave's secret location was compromised", Aqualad answered.
"So they traded it in for a tourist trap?", Superboy scoffed "That makes sense".
I snorted, and turned to face Aqualad "So, if this place is compromised, why are we staring here exactly?".
M'gann gasped and turned her attention to Aqualad as well "If villains know of the cave, we must be on constant alert".
At this Robin grabbed my hand, and I raised my brow "What are you doing?".
He smirked "The bad guys know we know they know about the place, so they'd never think to look here", he explained to me, or tried rather.
"Uh, he means we're hiding in plain sight", Kid clarified.
"Ohh..."
"Ah, that's much clearer" I didn't notice KF and Robin glaring at each other to my side, but I did notice the strong scent of smoke in the air "Is something burning?".
"I smell smoke"
My ears perked up at M'gann's gasp of "My cookies!", and she was off down the corridor. I shrugged and trailed after her with the others. "I was trying grammy Jones recipe from episode 17 of-", she paused having caught herself "Heh. Never mind", she then placed the tray of burnt cookies on the counter in front of us.
"I bet they'd have tasted great", Robin offered, while I sniffed at the tray uneasily "He doesn't seem to mind" He gestured to the happily munching away speedster.
"I have a serious metabolism", he said around his mouthful before swallowing.
I eased away from him, and turned my attention back to the pretty alien girl "Got milk?" I was crushed when she shook her head and sent me an apologetic look "Greattt..".
"It was sweet of you to make any", Aqualad stepped in, smiling at her while I dangled the last cookie above KF's head.
"Thanks, Aqualad", M'gann smiled back.
"We're off duty. Call me Kaldur'ahm", I squinted at him and tried to pronounce, but only ended up failing as he laughed "Actually, my friends call me Kaldur", he said.
I gave him a thumbs up before turning back to teasing KF until he cheated and used his super speed "Ugh, name's Lynx", I told her while ignoring KF's attempts to get back on my good side.
"I'm Wally. See?" He leant over on the counter, distracted by the pretty girl and no longer trying to get me to forgive him "I already trust you with my secret I.D.", he winked then jabbed his thumb in Robin's direction "Unlike Mr. Dark Glasses over here. Batman's forbidden Boy Wonder from telling anyone his real name".
Robin only glared at him through his sunglass.
"Mine's no secret. It's M'gann M'orzz", she smiled "But you can call me Megan. It's an Earth name, and I'm on Earth now".
I nodded while fiddling with my ears "Sounds logical to me..", I looked back as Superboy made to leave
'Don't worry Superboy. We'll find you an Earth name, too'
"Get out of my head!" I jumped at the sudden outburst, then cringed when Megan's voice entered my mind.
'I don't understand. Everyone on Mars communicates telepathically'
"M'gann, stop", ordered Aqualad " Things are different on Earth. Here, your powers are an extreme invasion of privacy", he explained to her.
I rubbed my head and ignored the conversation going on beside me "That was unpleasant...", I mumbled to myself before Megan flew out the room and I was suddenly dragged along as well "Hey!", I looked forward to see Robin and KF dragging me over to an object that somehow reminded me of that Ostrich egg I once tried to steal.
"It's my martian bioship" Megan announced cheerily.
"... Who?" I scrunched up my nose in confusion.
"Not aerodynamic, but cute"
Her response was a girlish giggle "It's at rest, silly. I'll wake it", she then backed us and waved to her ship-thingy. Then all of a sudden before our eyes, the 'egg' began to morph into something more resemblant of a ship.
I admit, I freaked out a little "Hey, hey, calm down. It's not going attack you", said a voice as my claws elongated "Lynx". At the sound, I whipped around and bared my fangs at Robin who for his part didn't flinch at all "Calm down..", there was a gentle squeeze in my hand, and like that all the tension from my body just drained away.
"I'm... How did you do that?" I asked as my ears bounced back up from their flattened state.
He only laughed and walked along inside, myself trailing behind him.
"... Was it magic?", I asked curiously.
As soon as I was in the chair, a strap was immediately securing me to the seat, and I surely would've freaked again if Robin hadn't grabbed my hand and did that magic trick 'Gotta get him to teach me that'.
"Red Tornado, please open the bay doors"
As soon as the doors were open we were off and into the sky.
"Incredible", Robin breathed, staring outside the ship's windows.
"She sure is"
My ears perked up at Kid's tone, and I turned to him curiously "I-I mean the ship, which, like all ships, is a she", I only blinked at his hurried clarification while Robin snickered beside me.
"He's aroused by the ship?"
At that Robin held his sides and cackled while Kid's face turned an impressive shade of red "Dude!.
Having no idea of what I just did, I turned back back to watching the scenery pass by. If I had a tail, it'd be wagging right now.
"He'll come around", my ears twitched at the sound of Robin's voice, and I looked back to see what they were talking about.
"He doesn't seem to like me very much" Megan voiced.
"You guys remember he has super hearing, right?", Kid questioned and smirked as it dawned on the two that Superboy could most likely hear them.
'Were they talking about possible mates?' I leaned forward in my seat and gestured to Superboy up front "Back home, Superboy would be considered a prized mate to the females, and maybe even some makes too", I grinned pleased. Knowing Superboy could be snatched any second, Megan would surely lay claim on him that much sooner. I was a little confused when Megan hid her face and turned red, and why Superboy couldn't look me in the face. Across from me KF snickered, Kaldur just smiled, and even Robin wouldn't look me in the face. I folded my arms and flattended my ears, at least I tried.
"Hey, how bout showing us a little martian shape shifting?"
I watched as Megan stood up and transformed into female duplicates of both Robin and KF.
"Is it wrong that I think I'm hot?", KF said sporting a goofy expression.
Beside me, Robin began to applaud her "Impressive, but you know you're not exactly gonna fool anyone with those", he said gesturing to her chest.
"Mimicking boys is a lot harder", she answered taking a seat.
"And your clothes?"
"They're organic, like the ship...".
I slowly felt my eyes droop as the conversation went on, not having anything to input. Turning away, I distractedly scrated at my ear, and watched the scenery pass by.
I jumped as the ship was suddenly jostled and spun about wildly "Wha?!" I sank my claws into the seat and braced myself but soon enough we were free of the tornado and landing.
We all filed out and looked towards the raging tornado we had just barely escaped "Robin, are Tornadoes common to New England?", Aqualad questioned, but was only rewarded with silence before a distant cackle could be heard.
"He was just here!" M'gann gasped, surprised.
I growled deep in my throat and ran off after Robin, the others following behind me.. All except Kid Flash that is, as he took the lead.
"Rob-"
"Unh!"
I blinked dazed as Robin slid off my chest and tried to help me up "Lynx, you okay?".
Struggling, I barely managed a nod as I got my bearings back. It couldn't be any sooner as I felt another body barrel into me and Robin's concerned yell.
'This is not my day...' I thought sourly as I pushed Aqualad's body off mine, and shifted my gaze to see Robin hurling explosives at the crazed wind-wielding ceiling fan of a villain before all of us got up to face him, all except Kid it seems... 'Where is he anyways?'
I shook my head and raced forward as Superboy was sent careening into Megan. Suddenly, two mini tornadoes formed on both sides of me, with Aqualad and Robin in it's midst. Catching onto his train of thought, I nimbly vaulted over as Aqualad and Robin collided into each other before I myself landed on Mr. Twister's shoulders, and prepared to claw his face off, only to be propelled outside and sent tumbling...
That's what would of happened if a pair of arms hadn't caught me just before "Dude, you good?", I nodded not having to open my eyes to see just who had caught me, he smelled like hormones.
"So that's where you went...". I mumbled more to myself than him.
Just like that, the little mood that formed shattered as Twister made his exit and without pause we both moved to intercept him "What have you done to my team?".
"Embarrassed them, largely"
I growled "If one hair is out of place on their heads, I'll claw your face off!".
"Threat level?", he pondered, gazing at me "N/A", and just like that we were caught in one of his twisters and sent hurtling towards the building.
"Ahh!"
"Holy-"
...
"I got you, Lynx, Wally", I opened my eyes and blinked owlishly at her as she set us down.
"I would of thought you had learned your limitations by now", Twister remarked condescendingly from where he stood.
"What do you want?!", Aqualad yelled, Twister's words having an effect on him.
"A time-out", I growled, glaring daggers.
In response Twister only laughed and rised into the air "Isn't it obvious?" He began in that annoying tone of his "I'm waiting for a real super hero", he declared.
I bared my fangs and made to lunge forward, only to be caught by Robin "What are you doing?! Let me at 'em!", I yelled, struggling against Robin's hold. There was a conversation going on, but I heard little of it. All I wanted was... to... Ba-bump..
My struggling come to a halt as I focused on my position, my rage all but nonexistent as I listened to Robin's heartbeat against my back, and felt his breath on my neck "You calm?", I nodded frantically, not trusting my own voice at the moment.
'What the hell was that?'
I was brought out of my thoughts as the conversation finally reached me "We will not engage", I heard Aqualad saying.
I finally took notice of the violent winds, and stepped back as lightning was suddenly thrown into the mix "Uh, can Red Tornado do that?", Kid Flash questioned nervously.
I felt my hand unconsciously clasp around an object in my pocket, my brain screeching to a halt as it registered what the object was 'This is...' I recalled Vixen's words from that day clearly..
" Lynx, listen to me carefully. Only use this, when you are absolutely sure and have no regrets. There's no going back once you do, got me? None" .
I blinked as the memory faded, and a distinct glow appeared in my pocket "No going back...", I whispered, missing the curious glance Robin sent my way.
"Ironic".
Before I could fully use said object, we were all sent flying by Twister's attack.
"Ack!"
The last thing I saw before I succumbed entirely to unconsciousness, was a grinning spider...
Scene Change
"Lynx~" Huh? Who's there?
"Lynxxxx~" Where am I? Is this... Is this a spider web?
"You're mine now, Lynnnnnxxxxxx!" What the?!
"Lynx!"
I shot upright and looked around, breathing heavily "The hell?" I felt something against my neck and peered down, only to groan as exactly what I did settled in.
"Lynx, what is that?"
I looked up, and blinked as my gaze focused on... "Megan?", Taking notice of my surroundings, I realized we were in the bio-ship "Uh, it's not important", I answered her earlier question "Where's everyone?"
At my question, she averted her eyes and took her seat by the controls "They went to confront Mr. Twister...".
At her response, I got up and stared ahead confused "Without us?".
"I had messed up, and you were out of it after Twister's attack...", Oh, right. My body must have been adopting to the changes... "So they sent me back, so I wouldn't get in their way", she finished.
I blinked having drifted off in my own thoughts "Megan...", I rested my hand on her shoulder, and thought of what my mother would say in this situation "... They're males..".
A tense silence followed afterwards, before she started giggling and turned away "You're right. Thanks Lynx".
I smiled and turned away as I finally noticed Tornado's face on the monitor "Uh... awkward..", I mumbled, and let my thoughts drift off again as I fingered the pendant around my neck... 'I wonder what Mari will think of this...'.
I was jostled out of my thoughts as the ship made a sharp turn, and headed away from the cave "Uh, Megan?".
"I have an idea. Trust me".
I nodded along slowly as Megan explained her plan to everyone telepathically.
...
'Don't die, don't die, don't die...' Ran through my head, as I stalked around Mr. Twister and still avoid the many projectiles from him and Tornado's battle... or Megan's... whatever. Taking a running leap, I flipped over a van as Megan revealed herself and sent Twsiter into the air. Faintly the pendant around my neck began to glow, and as my feet touched the ground, I had already sent the same van sailing through the air, and into Twister where it exploded dazing him, and letting the team make short work of him.
'That felt so good...'
I walked up the destroyed body and watched as it opened up to reveal someone inside acting as the controls "Foul. I call foul", he mumbled, only to receive a scowl from me.
"You smell funny...", I pointed out, as Megan suddenly squashed the man under a boulder.
"M'gann, no!"
Blinking, I crouched down beside the boulder and inhaled deeply "Guys...".
"Don't know how things are done on Mars, but on Earth, we don't execute our captives!", Robin yelled.
"Guys!", I snapped, and they turned to face me "I don't smell any blood", I pointed out, and Megan smiled before removing the boulder revealing robot parts.
"That's why I couldn't read his mind".
"Cool", KF said, picking up an eyeball "Souvenir".
I shook my head, and fiddled with the chain around my neck "Impressive display of strength there", stilling my movements, I looked up to see the others looking at me.
"I can explain.."
ONE EXPLANATION LATER...
"And now this totem...", I gestured to my pendant "Is bonded to me.. Permanently", I looked up at the faces of my team, wary of their reactions.
"Whatever", Superboy grunted, before walking away.
At his response, Robin snorted and placed his hand around my shoulder "So you have history with some powerful people. Big deal", he smiled at me "You're apart of this team, and we won't let anything happen to you".
I bit my lip as the others nodded along, and looked away "Thank you.. For everything".
As they made their way back to the ship, I couldn't help but glare down at the totem resting around my neck "This is your fault...".
The totem only gleamed brightly in response
To be Continued...
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As for what's up with Lynx, that'll be explained in later chapters so stick around if you want to find out. And don't forget to review!
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