Fawcett city - August 5
The man growled at the screen in front of him, showing that day events with a large bold text of ' metahuman stopped by mysterious local hero' at the bottom of the screen
" What?!"
His frustration only grew when he heard of the metahumans imprisonment in Belle Reve.
" No! No! No! No! No!" He screamed and with one motion, swiped everything off his table. Turning to his assistant who stood quietly beside him and much taller, he yelled at the man. " How did this happen?! I ordered for him to be captured and brought back to the lab!"
" We tried sir," his assistant replied. " But even our most high tech bots couldn't stop him."
" then why didn't you hijacked the police car and bring him back?!"
"We tried that too but it seems like the caveman escaped before we could."
" What?!" The man screamed once again, jumping up and down in anger. Before he refocused back at his assistant, yelling at an impressive volume and pointing at the door " Why are you just standing there! Go find him you, useless idiot!"
The assistant quickly left the room as he mumbled about how he ' didn't get paid enough for this', leaving his boss to continue to cursed out in anger.
" Those imbeciles, I gave them and small task and what do they do?! Screwed up and let what could be my ace got away! And that ungrateful savage, I freed him from the ice and in return what?! He-"
" Be calm Dr, Sivanna." A voiced rang. It was muffled but Sivanna knew exactly where it was from. Open the closet door beneath his table, the took out a machine. It had what look like a speaker attached in front of it, and in the middle a small lighting bulb shape gem.
" We may have lost the beastman, however, our plan can still move on without him, my friend." The voice rang from the speaker.
" But his engineering skill-"
" Is worthless if we can not translate the last pieces of text, as you remembered. We first need to open the right portal if we wish to gain access to the weapon and then this world will be yours and I am free to go home."
The words calmed down Sivanna. It was so close, he could feel it. Soon, everyone, including that damn Luthor, would bow down before him.
Fawcett City - August 6
" Well?" Cissie whispered harshly at him and Billy began to thinking his chance of changing his hiding spot in the middle of a very intense ( in his mind) game of hide and seek.
" Well, what?" He whispered back, sitting up to look over the bushes they were hiding behind. No one was there, good.
" Aren't you gonna tell me about your side job yesterday?" She asked, clearly annoyed.
" Cis, your grandad is the own the biggest media outlet in the city, it's not to far fetch for you to get a report on what happened yesterday." He pointed out. " Sides I think Freddy and Kit figured out where we are so I'm gonna made a run fo-"
" Oh no, you don't." She grabbed him by the collar of his shirt before he could stand up and pulled him back on his knees. " Billy you went to gymnast class all tired this morning and you nearly fell asleep doing a handstand, I'm worried."
" I'm fine Cissie," he insisted. " Just stayed up late yesterday, I got this book from my mom and-"
" Found you!" Kit announced, popping his head over the bush. " How Freddy couldn't find you guys are beyond me, you two were loud."
" Well, we would be quieter if someone wasn't in the mood for chitchat," Cissie respond was to elbow him on his side. Kit snort at their interaction before dragging them back to the picnic table set out in the front yard, saying it was present time.
As the pair followed the brunette, Cissie leaned in. " So what's this about your mother's book?"
"It's more of a notebook." Billy eyed Scott and Freddy who was already at the table alongside with Mr. Freeman. " I'll tell you later."
" You better."
They sat down as a very excited Kit carefully open his present. From Cissie, the girl got Kit the action figure of Black Canary that Billy might have told her that he was looking for. Books about historical figures from Freddy. And then it was Billy's gift. Inside the wrapped box, Kit pulled out a pair of sunglasses. It has circular lenses with a dark red tint and a thin frame.
" It thought it goes well this." He gesture. At the boy's outfit. " White sweater thing you got going on."
" Thank Billy." As Kit put on his new glasses. A very distinct sound the phone rang from inside the house. Freddy made a quick run for it inside the house, before running back out. " It for you Billy, your cousin I think."
Cousin? He did remember that uncle Dudley mentioned something about a sister but nothing about nieces or nephew. Still, he went and answered the phone.
A voice Billy didn't recognize rang from the other side of the line." Hey Billy."
"Uh, who's this?"
A laugh echoed from the phone. Wait a minute, he knew that laugh. "Robin?"
" The one and only." The other laugh some more.
"How? Why are you calling me, Robin?" Billy asked, looking back outside where everyone else is, making sure that no one could hear the conversation.
" You weren't answering your comm. So I have to track you down. Which remind me, we have a training session in thirty minutes ." Robin answered. " Sorry for making you leave the party early."
Billy didn't comment on how the boy knew about that, instead, he let out a sigh of disappointment. " It's fine, I'll be there."
Ending the call, Billy made his way outside once again. Kit was in the middle of open a small package, as he carefully tears open the wrapping he didn't notice that Billy was walking toward the table. Approaching Freddy, who stood opposite to his brother on the further side of the table. He tugged at the older boy sweater.
" I, uh, have to leave." he whispered, still no one else noticed that he was here.
"What? Why?" Freddy ask raised a brow.
"I have to leave." Billy repeated and refused to elaborate. Freddy didn't ask more, he knew Billy well enough not to, but instead, the boy promised to save Billy a piece of cake.
The Cave - August 6
Black Canary was going easy on him, Billy was sure. With her quick takedown of both Miss Martian and Aqualad on their level assessment. Adding with Wally and Superboy last train session.
He had spent a minute, maybe two, of his assessment in this combat training session dodging the woman and keeping his distance. And she was getting faster with her moves.
Putting the battle on your term was easier said than done.
He couldn't punch her because Black Canary had much longer arms than his and could definitely hit him before his hands could get anywhere near her. Same problem with kicking. Keeping his distant his safest bet, however, it got harder when Black Canary moved faster than Billy can react. The woman aimed a fist at him that Billy barely blocked with his forearm. Before switching side and strike on his right, of which Billy duck left. Taking advantage of Black Canary's lowered body he directed a kick at her closest body part, her neck. Unfortunately, the other woman caught his leg before he could strike and threw him to the other side of the arena.
If he was Robin ( Or maybe Cissie. Is Cissie even flexible enough to pull off that kind of trick?), he would do some sort of flip to get back on his feet. But he wasn't Robin so Billy just let his body flew through the air for a second before landing with a thud. Well, that was fun.
Sitting up Billy found Black Canary offered him a hand of which he took.
" You kept your distance and that's a good plan but you can't stay defensive forever. Also, we need to work on your kick." She commented, however, she paused for a second before asking. " Billy, you said that you had never learned how to fight, right?"
" Yes, but I, uh, watched people do it all the time on the street when I go on patrol ."
Because how else do you explain to people that you got hit so much at the orphanage you used to stay in that some older kid decided to take pity on you and teach you how to throw a punch by beating you up themselves.
Black Canary's bow scrunched but didn't say anything but rather she sends him back to stand with the others and called up Robin. As Billy walked back and passed by Robin, the other boy gave him a hive-five.
"Are you okay Billy? " M'gann whispered as he stood between her and Wally. " It looks painful when You fell."
" I'm fine," Billy admitted. " Nothing broke."
" Relax Meganlicious, Billiam here handle himself." Wally joined in. Billy let out a chuckle at the nickname, that was a first. " Why, just yesterday he took down a caveman by himself."
"Really?"
"Yes, but how did you?"
"My aunt is in the news business, not to mention you're getting pretty popular online." Wally winked. All three of them turned their attention back to the match before them when Kaldur cleared his throat.
The boy wonder lasted much longer than the rest of them. Skillfully dodging with flips so graceful that it was like he was flying and traded blows with Black Canary just as competent. However like the rest, Black Canary got the best of him. Pinning him on his stomach with his hand behind his back.
They got paired up for the rest of the afternoon, Billy was with M'gann. Dodging her punches, Billy shuffled around her and kicked the back of her knee causing her to fell. The action added on pointed for him on the holo-screen. on the other side of the area Black Canary frown, however, Billy didn't notice it.
She dismissed them for the day not long after and informed them about the next training dates.
Billy eyed the clock, it was half past five by now. The party was probably over by now but still, he wasn't in any rush to get home yet. A different story could be said for Wally who was gone in a flash the moment training was over. It was just M'gann, him and Superboy who stayed.
"Besides baking and watching statics do you guys do anything else for fun." He asked, eyeing Superboy on the couch as he stopped M'gann from putting in a cup full of salt into the cookie mixture.
"Well, I watch earth's shows on my laptop sometimes," M'gann confessed. " There's not much to do around here."
" You guys can go patrol with me in Fawcett." Billy offered. " I could use some extra hands."
" Are you sure your fine with that? I mean it's your city after all." M'gann
" I don't really care that much and it'll be fun!"
" Sure." Superboy stated nonchalantly not looking away from the static playing TV.
"I guess I'll tag along." M'gann said, her cheeks flushed a light pink.
" Great!"
The ten years old went on to a chat excitedly about the patrol area of the city while he helped M'gann places the cookie dough on the baking sheet. All of the was recorded and watch by Black Canary and Batman on the other side of the cave.
" You don't approve. " Batman stated simply his eyes were on Black Canary.
"Of course I don't, what kind of ten years old that knows how to fight dirty? " Black Canary crossed her hand as she paced around. " At least with Robin, you were there to watch him. But with Billy, he's alone. What were his parents thinking? Letting him go out like that?"
" His guardian wasn't aware of his activities until last year." The dark knight explained.
" And they still let him do this? " Black Canary raised her voice.
" From what I gathered there wasn't much he could have done to stop him, considering Billy would and could have sneaked out no matter what ." He turned to the holo-screen which showed live footage from the kitchen. " That's why I brought him here to the team, he needs training Dinah. The training we can provide."
Black Canary let out a long sigh. " I just it wasn't so."
" Ready to go ?" Billy in costume entered the code for Fawcett city holo screen as M'gann and Superboy came near.
" Yes." Superboy said with folded arms, still unexcited. Miss Martian, on the other hand, was much more enthusiastic. " All ready."
"Then come on!" The zeta beam swirled with light, as Angle tugged on Superboy arm toward it.
