ION (I Own Nothing)
Ages:
Dick: 17
Jason: 15
Stephanie: 14
Tim: 13
Cass: 11
Damian: 9
Stephanie was enjoying a pleasant... well, pleaseant-ish- sleep when a strangled and terrified scream broke her earbuds in two.
She sat up bolt-right on her cot, sweat running down her skin thanks to the humidity of the Amazon air. See, she was currently on a mission in the jungle with some of her family members, and sleeping in a cot tied high was the best idea she had come up with to protect her. She had probably watched to many "Dangerous Animals" documentaries.
The scream she heard was one of the most terrified she had ever heard, the pure horror and gut-wrenching hopelessness breaking her heart and filling her with dread. Steph had rarely heard screams with such pure devastation, and that was saying something. She had been around a lot of scared people in her job.
Her hero instincts turning on, all thoughts left her mind as she lifted her hood, pushing through the tent door with Cass at her heels. They had slept in costume and mask, after all, always be prepared, but had sleep-masks and stuff, which were easily changed in their rush.
Their mission group consisted of herself aka Spoiler, Cass aka Black Bat, Dick aka Nightwing, and Luke Fox aka Batwing- as Bruce was trying to control the loner "bats" and thought sticking the man on a mission with three of his kids would serve as bonding or something. Stephanie snorted. Next thing he was going to do was offer her hand in marriage to form alliances with We Are Robin. Oh yeah, also with Damian aka Robin as backup.
She grabbed Cass' wrist as she ran to the pinpoint of the voice, hearing a clinking as the Batwing armor activated. Her fear thickened when she didn't notice Dick, who despite easily being able to evade her notice would still let her know he was there, so she wouldn't have to worry about her brother's safety.
By the time they turned the corner, the horrified screaming had increased to such an intensity that she felt she would never recover from the sound of such pure and untainted terror being raged through a human's throat.
Her stomach dropped as she made out the figure of... Nightwing. "WING!" she screamed.
He was curled in a ball, his screaming terribly loud. "HEEEELP MEEEEE!"
The three stopped in front of him, glancing around frantically to fight off his foe and save their teammate/brother. Finding nothing, they raised their eyebrows at the normally fearless teen.
"HEEEELPP MEEE!" His terrified eyes somehow shone through his mask lenses.
"Uh... Nightwing?" Batwing asked.
Night jumped up. "OH GOODNESS IT'S BEHIND YOU! STEPHY PLEEEEESE! CASS COME ON WE NEED TO GET TO SAFETY!" Dick suddenly, reached out, grabbing Cass by the waist and grappled away, apparently expecting Stephanie and Luke to follow.
The two ignore him, turning to where Dick had pointed only to jump back in surprise.
"OH GOSH THAT'S A BIG SPIDER." Luke exclaimed.
"Well kill it, you dolt!" Steph yelled.
"B-but-"
"You have freakin' canons! Kill it!"
Luke flinched away from the tarantula, which was about the size of his hand, lifting his arm at lightning speed and leaving a smoking crater where the spider had been. Stephanie sighed in relief, gripping some of her blonde hair.
"OH IT'S STILL ALIVE!" Luke screamed. Stephanie yelped, jumping back and retrieving all of her exploding batarangs, throwing them blindly. She saw the monster twitching, but since she was out of explosive 'rangs (and had ingeniously started a forest-fire) she began to deploy her freez-a-bat-a-rangs, stopping the fire in it's tracks and icing the spider.
Just to make sure, she took out a heat-stick and tapped the ice, sending it blasting and crumbling into a million pieces. She sighed in relief, wiping the sweat off her forehead.
She straightened, raising her hand to her comm. "Hey, Robby-poo, I need stats on Night's whereabouts and vitals- which should be shooting and spiking right now. Also, I need a weapon's restock."
"What happened? Is G- Nightwing alright?"
"Don't worry, we took care of it." Steph nodded satisfactorily.
"Mission report, Spoiler. And Nightwing appears to be having a panic-attack. Follow the coordinates I sent you to him, and then meet me for restock. But you must tell me what transpired as the direct orders from Fa- Batman was to keep radio silence."
"Yeah, yeah." Stephanie flapped her hand.
Author Notes: And done! Actually, this wasn't to hard. Spiders are my kryptonite. *shudders*
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~Universe
