Who else was annoyed the season 3 announcement was an April fools? I punched a wall :3 no dents though, I'm not a superhero... yet :) thanks for all the reviews! And for disclaimer see chapter one...
"First mission! Whoop!" I cheered, pumping the air.
"Calm down, jeezum Jeezum," Wally chuckled at his lame joke, while the rest of us just groaned.
"My phrase, you can't have it," I stuck my tongue out at him. We were all in the briefing room waiting for Batman to arrive. I finally had a costume to go with my name. I had a leotard, much like my mentor Black Canary, but in dark green, but she let me be slightly more modest that she was, giving me a black jacket that wasn't cropped like hers. I also wore black fishnet tights, and dark green, flat soled boots to just below my knee. I finished the ensemble, with black, fingerless gloves. I wore no mask, like Canary, because an advantage of the bracelet I wore made me unrecognizable, unlike her.
"Team," Batman greeted as he walked in, "this is an unidentified warehouse in the middle of the Siberian wilderness. You will go there, polar stealth, and gather information. Do not engage," he commanded, before sending Aqualad the coordinates and walking back to the zeta beams, but to where I wasn't sure.
I was lost in my thoughts, when KF came up behind me.
"Aren't you bothered your first mission is recon?" He asked me, seemingly confused.
"Well Flashie, from what Artemis had told me, you will make sure it isn't just recon," referring to all the time he messed up the mission, whether by falling into the path of the enemy or just being clumsy. I sped up and walked next to a certain blond archer.
"Hey," I grinned.
"Hi," she smiled at me calmly.
"You get back alright?" She asked me.
"You forget, I grew up in Gotham," I smiled, as she laughed.
"Yeah. Get any birds stalking you?" She nudged me knowingly.
"Birds or bird boys?" My eyes flicked over to a certain Boy Wonder.
"Both," she smiled. I pretended to ponder for a moment.
"Well, there was a flock of sparrows behind me as I walked back," I nodded. She gave me a flat look.
"Robins," she said firmly.
"No, but Boy Wonders? Quite definitely," I smiled.
"Tell me everything!" She sat us down on the bio ship, before pausing.
"Can M'Gann hear this?" She asked.
"I don't mind," I shrugged.
"M'Gann, can you set a mind link up for Ren, you and me?" The archer turned to the Martian.
"Sure," Mental link established, came through our minds as the boys gave us weird looks, wondering what could so private. I hissed, clutching my head as Artemis put a supporting hand on my shoulder. I sat up, and nodded.
"Girl talk," I smiled slightly at them, before turning to the girls.
Tell us everything, Artemis looked at me expectantly.
What's going on? M'Gann asked.
Well, walking back from the fair yesterday, some guys cornered me in an alley. I knocked out one, but Robin got the other one and the third ran away screaming. We said a few things, I broke down crying, we went back to the Batcave. I figured out who he was a few weeks back, so we had a few cookies, and came back here for the night, I shrugged.
What did he say to you? Artemis asked me, while M'Gann looked like she finally understood.
Urm, he only wanted to protect me. I shouted at him that he wasn't my boyfriend, I asked why he took the fall for me in training, he said the whole he didn't want me injured thing again, and then he asked me if I had grieved for my parents or not. That was when I started crying, I concluded.
You told him. He. Wasn't. Your. Boyfriend. To. His. Face. When. He. Obviously. Likes. You? Artemis fumed.
You're going red, I told her. She arched an eyebrow, before flopping back in her seat.
Mental link deactivated, M'Gann giggled.
"And we're back to talking out loud," I sighed, closing my eyes for a second.
"What were you girls talking about?" Robin asked.
"PMS and cramps and make up," Artemis said sweetly. If I was drinking, it would have been one spectacular spit take. Instead, I started choking on air.
"Jeezum," I spluttered, while the boys looked at me uncertainly
"I'm joking, it was boy advice," the archer smirked at me, and I rolled my eyes, going back to staring out the window.