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CHAR/SHERS' POV
"Why do you think they did it?" Batman asked me, looking down at the body.
"I think it's a warning," I was crouched beside the body. This had, of 10 minutes ago, been a living, breathing person. Kelly Smith, level 3 clearance at Wayne Enterprises, age 25, was shot dead coming home from work.
"Who for?" Batman crouched down next to me.
"Dick Grayson and Charlotte Pennyworth," I said grimly. Batman nodded, and we swung off into the gloom.
"So who's the leader?" Robin asked hopefully. Red Tornado and Batman shared a look.
"We will leave yo to decide that for yourselves," and the two older heroes walked out.
"To the bio-ship! Nah, sounds better when you say Batmobile," I shrugged, and Robin and KF burst out laughing. Aqualad, Superboy and Miss Martian didn't seem to understand. We headed for the bio-ship, which I had yet to see, I had only been told about it. It was like a large red pebble, with blue lines running throughout. Miss M raised her hand, an the pebble expanded to create a formidable looking ship.
"Cool," I nodded. We climbed on board, and as I saw the straps coming out of the others seats, I didn't even flinch when they wrapped around me.
"How does that not scare you?" KF exclaimed.
"My name's Sherlock, I knew about them," I gave him a withering look.
"I didn't tell her," Rob raised his hands in surrender. I grinned, and turned back to the view out the window. I was, admittedly, worried. Someone out to get Dick and I, which is scarier then it sounds. Normally when we got kidnapped to get to Bruce, it wasn't as planned as this, they didn't send warnings. They just did it, but this proves someone big wants us. Someone who probably know our identities as Sherlock and Robin.
We changed to stealth mode, and my coat and hat became a very dark brown, that could almost be classed as black. We grabbed the lines, and jumped out of the bio-ship. I love jumping out of planes and jets, makes me feel like I'm flying, which grappling doesn't do so well. Superboy jumped down.
"Told you I didn't need a line,"
"And yet creating a seismic event," I rubbed the back of my head from where I had been thrown against a rock.
"Does not count as 'covert'," Robin finished. We all stood, taking in the area around us. Seeing Robin step into the shadows, I followed soundlessly, creeping through the darkness like it was Gotham. At the sound of gunfire, we headed in that direction.
"Why didn't you follow my lead and hide in the shadows?" Robin asked as he swung in.
"That's what you were doing? Dude, we're not mind readers," KF cast a look over his shoulder at Miss Martian, "well not all of us anyway," he shrugged.
"Sort out your relationship later, we got a fight to win," I rolled my eyes. It was a favourite joke of mine to mess with their bromance.
"Hey!" Mustard cried, but we got into the fight. Quickly, we had the two groups with guns tied up, and were deciding what to do with them.
"I know these uniforms, they're from the Cult of Kobra," Robin was crouched beside one of the men, lightly touching the uniform he wore.
"I'm sure Batman would not have sent us here of he knew there was a dangerous extremist around," Aqualad said calmly.
"And I'm not leaving untill I find out why," Robin muttered, looking at the screen of his wrist computer.
"Dude, till you know why?" Mustard exclaimed.
"This team needs a leader," Robin shot back.
"And you think that's you? You ducked out on us without a word!"
"Oh and you're the mature 15 year old?"
"Stop it! Neither of you are fit to lead, Mustard, your not mature enough, Robin, you duck out on us. Yes, I know I did too, and that's why I can't lead either. So, can we just get along for now?" I asked, fed up of the two arguing.
"You're right Sher, let's get going," Robin nodded.
"Such a great chain of command, niños," Bane laughed sarcastically from where he was tied to a tree. "I know a secret way, a way to get you into the warehouse," he grinned. Miss Martian kneeled on the ground in front of him.
"There is a passageway, but he's hiding something,"
"Ah ah ah, I'm not that easy chica," he tutted.
"Arg, he's mentally reciting football scores, in Español, this could take a while," she sighed, sitting back on her haunches.
"Untie me, and I will show you," he grinned. I didn't trust him, but he was our only lead.
"Fine," Superboy cut his bonds, and Bane stood, rolling back a stone to reveal a long dark tunnel. I froze, staring down into the darkness.
"You'll be OK," Robin put an arm round my waist, comforting me. I had bad memories of dark tunnels. Small spaces? Not a problem. The dark? I live in Gotham, and I creep around in the shadows. Spiders? Preferably not, but I could live with them. But put all of them together, and I freaked. Robin guided me down the tunnel, but as soon as I saw light at the other end, I ran for it, Rob right behind me. I vaguely heard something like, "did those little fools get captured already?" coming from Bane, and Mustard saying, "no, they just do that," grumpily. We dived behind a bunch of crates in the sunlight, just before a large group of guards from Kobra walked past. We shared a look, before running up to where we knew the guard room to be from the blueprints Robin had already downloaded. We threw in a smoke bomb, and knocked out the single man there that was watching the computer screens. We quickly and efficiently downloaded the hard drive onto our wrist computers, but didn't turn round when a gust of air signaled Mustards' arrival.
"This is the Kobra venom, it's going to be mixed with..." Robin trailed off as he brought another molecule up on screen.
"That's the Blockbuster formula from CADMUS!" Mustard gasped.
"This is bad, I'm radioing Aqualad," I pressed a finger to my ear, "static," I said flatly. Our comms were jammed.
At a bang from outside, we ran to help the others. I dodged multiple bullets, but the movement made me lose my hat. Cursing, I turned and followed the others, back to the tunnel, without Bane.
I didn't hear much of what was said in the tunnel, I was trying not to have a panic attack, using all of Batman's training to try and keep me calm. After a couple of minutes like this, Robin pulled me in for a hug, and I buried my head in his shoulder.
"Who am I kidding? Kaldur, your the only one fit to lead," Robin said, resting his chin on my head. I hummed an agreement, still not looking up.
"Are you kidding me? I could run circles-" he was cut of by my death glare.
"C'mon Mustard, you know it's true," I turned my head back to Robin.
"Are you all sure?" Aqualad asked.
"Yes," came all of our voices.
"Very well, I will accept the burden. But that is until Robin and Sherlock are ready to lead," he placed a hand on Robin's shoulder, and I looked up at him, confused, "you two were born to co-lead this team together, maybe not yet, but soon," he smiled at me. I stood to my full height, which is actually about a centimetre shorter then Robin, a grinned. We had chosen a good leader.
We started leading the tunnel, but just outside, holding a silver remote with a large red button, (really, these villains are so unoriginal), up so we could see it clearly. He went on the usual rant, about wanting his warehouse back and getting us do it for him, but Aqualad signaled for Mustard to step backwards for a run up. Banes' finger hovered over the button, about to press it, when a grey blur ran past, snatching the remote away from the villain.
"Looking for this?" KF grinned from where he was leaning against a tree. Miss M lifted him up with her telekinesis, holding him up against the tree.
"Finally. Drop him," and Miss M dropped Bane right onto Superboy's fist.
"Helicopters coming," Superboy said.
"We need to go. Robin, Sherlock, take Kobra," we didn't let Aqualad finish, for we had already gone.
We crept up on the villain, and Robin threw a batarang at Shimmer. I leaped out at the girl, throwing my foot out at her face. She crumpled to the ground, unconscious. Running over to Robin, because Kobra had a foot on his chest, I threw a batarang, hitting Kobra in the ankle.
"You dare attack a God?" He asked me, disgusted. I shook my eyes, but the down side of this was my mission went blurry, and I didn't see the punch coming my way. My head slammed into rock for the second time that day, and I groaned, feeling a concussion coming on. I heard the helicopter go down somewhere, and I stood just in time for the rest of the team to arrive. Kobra said something that sounded fuzzy to my ears, and just as he stepped into the gloom, followed closely by Robin, I collapsed.
DICK/ROBINS POV
"You will be receiving a written report of your failures, but for now, well done," our heads snapped up, even Shers, even if her movements were a bit more sluggish.
"How you determine a leader shows character, and I'm proud. Just next time, don't let one of your team mates get thrown into a wall too many times, or lose their hat if it serves as a helmet for these things," and as Sher smiled slightly, Batman stalked off.
"Well hello, my little sleepy friend," I grinned, slipping an arm round Sher's shoulders.
"It's your fault I had to come in and get punched," she raised an eyebrow at me, but picking her up, I carried her to the zeta beams. She feebly beat at my chest, not liking the contact but not strong enough to fight it. In the end, her concussion dazed mind made her slip into an exhausting slumber, and I smiled down at her. She looked really pretty in her sleep.