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Star City
July 17 23:16 PDT
Two men started unloading a truck in the dead of night. An arrow landed between them, sending smoke everywhere, and caused them to drop the crate they were carrying. One of the guns slid over to Brick, who was behind the whole operation. Brick picked up the gun and aimed it toward Speedy.
"You again!" Brick growled. "I'm starting to get insulted that Green Arrow's not messing up my operation personally." He started firing at Speedy, who managed to dodge each shot.
Speedy quickly fired an arrow toward Brick, hitting the gun and causing it to backfire, ruining Brick's dress shirt and jacket in the process.
Brick looked down at the ruined shirt angrily. "Do you know what I pay for a suit my size?" He turned to his team. "Scorch the Earth boys."
They raised their guns to fire at Speedy when a blurry figure darted out of nowhere and grabbed one of the men. Something hit the other two men's hands, making them drop their guns. A dark figure melted out of the shadows near one of the men and round house kicked him into one of the metal storage crates. Aqualad swung his water sword into the last one, where he hit a storage crate and was knocked out.
Brick picked up a crate and threw it toward Speedy, who dodged it and aimed an exploding arrow at Brick, which didn't cause any harm. Brick threw another one, this one was split in half when Aqualad cut it with his water sword.
Aqualad turned to Speedy. "The cave is perfect. It has everything the team will need."
Robin appeared next. "You know, for covert missions."
Dark Angel melted out of the shadows. "And the tv's not bad...you just have to talk Superboy into watching something other than the 'no signal' channel."
Kid Flash jumped up. "And wait til you see Superboy and Miss. Martian...but I saw her first!"
Brick aimed another crate at them and the team sprang into action. Speedy shooting exploding arrows that had no affect on Brick.
Brick laughed. "Tell Arrow he shouldn't send kids to do a man's job."
Speedy set up another arrow aimed for Brick.
Brick laughed and spread his arms out. "Go ahead." he said confidently.
Speedy shot the arrow straight into Brick's chest. Red foam spread from the arrow, trapping Brick inside.
Kid Flash raced to Speedy. "High-density polyurethane foam...nice." He said approvingly.
Speedy turned and started to leave.
"So Speedy, you in?" Robin asked.
Speedy stopped and turned toward him. "Pass. I'm done letting Arrow and the League tell me what to do. I don't need a babysitter or a clubhouse with the other kids. Your 'Jr. Justice League' is a joke. Something to keep you busy...and in your place. I don't want to be a part of it."
Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, and Dark Angel watched him go.
Dark Angel crossed her arms over her chest. "Could have just said no and left it at that."
Mount Justice
July 18 11:16 EDT
"Recognizing Robin P-0-1. Kid Flash P-0-3." The computer said as Robin and Kid Flash were transported into Mount Justice, both in their civilian clothes.
The went to join the rest of their team near a holographic computer.
"Did you ask him?" Robin asked.
"What did he say?" Kid Flash asked.
"He's arriving now." Aqualad told them.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Kid Flash asked. He and Robin went over to the entrance and were quickly followed by the rest of the team.
"Red Tornado!" Kid Flash cried as Red Tornado landed.
"Greetings." He said. "Is there a reason you intercepted me outside the cave?"
"We hoped you had a mission for us." Aqualad replied.
"Mission assignments are the Batman's responsibility." Red Tornado said.
"But it's been over a week and-" Robin started.
Red Tornado held up a hand. "You'll be tested soon enough. For the time being, simply enjoy each other's company."
"This team is not a social club." Aqualad said.
"No," Red Tornado said. "But I am told that team interaction is an important team building exercise. Perhaps you can keep busy with familiarizing yourself with the cave." With that he walked past the team and into Mount Justice.
"'Keep busy...'" Kid Flash growled.
"Does he think we're falling for this?" Robin said.
"Ooh," Miss. Martian said excitedly. "I'll find out."
"Oh, no, Megan, that was..." Dark Angel started but Megan had already started to try to read his mind. "Rhetorical."
Megan sighed. "I'm sorry. I forgot he was a machine, inorganic. I cannot read his mind."
"Nice try, though." Kid Flash said. He lowered his voice as he leaned into Megan. "So...you know what I'm thinking right now?"
Dark Angel hit him over the head.
"We all know what your thinking right now." Robin said.
"And now we tour the clubhouse." Aqualad said mockingly.
"Well, Superboy, Dark Angel, and I live here. We can play tour guides." Miss. Martian said, and glanced at Superboy.
"Don't look at me." He told them.
"We won't." Kid Flash said. He leaned toward Miss. Martian. "A private tour sounds much more fun."
"She never said private." Robin hissed.
"And I'm still one of the tour guides smart one." Dark Angel rolled her eyes.
"Team building." Aqualad said. "We'll all go."
"So this is the front door..." Miss. Martian started as they walked into the mountain.
"...And this is the back door." Dark Angel said as they walked out.
"The cave is actually the entire mountain." Miss. Martian explained.
"It was hollowed out by Superman and Green Lantern in the early days of the League." Kid Flash jumped in.
"Then why abandon it for the Hall of Justice?" Superboy asked.
"The caves secret location was...compromised." Aqualad explained.
"So they traded it in for a tourist trap?" Superboy asked. "Yeah...that makes since."
"If the villains know about the cave we must be on constant alert!" Miss. Martian said.
Robin grabbed her hand. "The bad guys know we know they know about the place so they'd never think to look here."
Kid Flash took Robin's hand from Miss. Martian's. "What he means to say is...we're hiding in plain sight."
"Oh..." Miss. Martian said. "That's much clearer."
"What am I, chopped liver?" Dark Angel asked under her breath.
Superboy sniffed the air. "I smell smoke."
Miss. Martian gasped. "My cookies!" She quickly flew to the kitchen.
Miss. Martian used telekinesis to open the oven and pull out the tray of blackened cookies.
"Oh, man!" Dark Angel said as she looked at the tray. "I was really looking forward to them."
Miss. Martian sighed. "I was trying out Grammy Jones' recipe in episode 17 of...uh...nevermind."
"I bet they would have tasted great." Robin looked over at Kid Flash who was eating the cookies. "He doesn't seem to mind."
Everyone looked over as Kid Flash stuffed another one into his mouth. He looked around at everyone. "I have a serious metabolism." Kid Flash said around a mouthful of burned cookies.
"I'll...make more?" Miss. Martian offered.
"It's sweet of you to make any." Aqualad said.
"Thanks, Aqualad." Miss. Martian said.
"We're off duty. Call me Kaldur'ahm. Actually...my friends call me Kaldur." Kaldur said.
Dark Angel hopped up onto the counter. "I'm Katie. It's short for Katerina. If any of you use that name I will personally shadow walk you into the Atlantic Ocean." She glanced over at Kaldur. "Kaldur, you'll go in the Grand Canyon."
"Duly noted." Kaldur said, smiling slightly.
"Okay...Katerina." Robin said, smirking.
Katie glared at him. "Watch it, Bird Boy. I'm still mad at you for the whelmed thing."
Aqualad and Kid Flash looked slightly confused.
"Long story." Miss. Martian explained.
"Well, I'm Wally." Kid Flash said as he leaned over the counter towards Miss. Martian. "See I already trust you with my secret I.D. Unlike Mr. Dark Glasses over there." He gestured to Robin. "Batman's forbidden Boy Wonder here from telling anyone his real name."
"Mine's no secret." Miss. Martian said. "I'm M'gann M'orzz. But you can call me Megan. It's an Earth name and I'm on Earth now."
Superboy started to leave the kitchen.
Don't worry, Superboy, Megan telepathically sent Superboy. We'll find you an Earth name, too.
Superboy grabbed his head. "Get out of my head!"
What's wrong? Megan sent to everyone as they grabbed their heads. I don't understand. Everyone on Mars communicates telepathically.
"M'gann stop." Kaldur said. "Things are different on Earth. Here your powers are an extreme invasion of privacy."
"Besides," Wally added. "Cadmus' little physic G-Gnomes left a bad taste in his brain."
"Just. Stay. Out." Superboy growled as he left the room.
Katie followed after him. The kitchen was quiet for a moment.
"Hello Megan!" Megan said suddenly and hit her head. "I know what we can do!"
She flew out of the room. Robin shrugged and they all followed her.
Katie and Superboy were sitting on the couch in the living room. Katie whispered something to Superboy and he shrugged. Megan poked her head into the living room as Katie stood up. She shot a look over at Superboy that said 'apologize' and left to follow the rest of the team.
"Superboy," Megan said. "Please?"
"Don't talk to me." Superboy said harshly. Finally he looked back at Megan and stood up. Megan smiled as they walked to the elevator.
The door to the elevator opened to reveal the entire team and Megan stepped out first.
"It's my Martian Bio-Ship." She said proudly as they all stepped out.
In the center of the platform was a small oval shaped ship.
"It's cute." Wally said. "Not aerodynamic...but cute."
"It's at rest silly." Megan said. "I'll wake it."
She raised her hand as the ship morphed into a much larger aerodynamic ship. She turned it around and lowered the door. Megan started walking onto the ship when she noticed no one else was moving.
"Well...are you coming?" She asked the team.
They moved out of their shocked positions and followed her onto the ship.
The inside of the ship was a deep purple and looked empty. Six chairs morphed out of the ground with one chair sitting in the middle.
"Strap in for launch." Megan said.
They all moved to the chairs. When they sat they sat down the seat belts automatically buckled themselves.
"Woah!" Robin said as the seatbelt came across him.
"Cool." Kid Flash stated as he sat down.
Megan sat in the middle chair. "Red Tornado, please open the bay doors."
The metal doors in front of the ship slid open. The flying controls for the ship morphed up beside Megan. As soon as the doors were fully opened the ship flew out, flipping in the air before finally settling into an easy glide.
"This is incredible!" Robin exclaimed.
Wally sighed. "She sure is..." Megan looked over at him. "I mean the ship! Cuz like all ship's she's a...she." He shrank down in his seat.
"Fast with the speed...not so much with the mouth." Robin joked.
Katie laughed from her seat in front of him.
"Dude!" Wally complained.
In the front of the ship, Aqualad was talking to Superboy.
"I may not be a physic, but I can guess what your thinking." Kaldur said. "You overreacted and don't know how to apologize. Just say sorry."
Superboy went back to looking out the window.
Megan was watching Superboy.
"He'll come around." Robin whispered to her.
"I don't think he likes me much." Megan whispered back.
"Don't take it personal." Katie whispered. "Kryptonians have a knack for being really, really hard headed."
"You guys remember that he has super hearing, right?" Wally said and all four of them looked to Superboy, who was looking straight out the window.
"Hey," Robin said, changing the subject. "How about you show us a little Martian shapeshifting?"
They all looked to Megan as she stood up. Within no time her entire body and clothes had morphed into a girl-version of Robin. She turned around and morphed into a girl-version of Kid Flash.
Wally stared. "Is it wrong that I think I'm hot?"
Robin clapped. "Impressive. But, you know your not exactly going to fool anyone with those."
"Mimicking boys is a lot harder." She turned around and morphed into a perfect replica of Dark Angel.
"That is so cool." Katie said.
"What about your clothes?" Kaldur asked as Megan sat back down, back to her original self.
"They're organic," She explained. "Like the ship. They respond to my mental commands."
"As long as they're the only ones." Superboy murmured.
"Can you do that ghosting through walls thing that Manhunter does?" Wally asked Megan.
"Density shifting?" She asked. "No. It's very advanced."
"Flash can vibrate his molecules right through a wall." Robin laughed. "When he tries it," he gestured to Wally. "Bloody nose."
"Dude!" Wally complained.
"Here's something I can do." Megan said. The ship turned invisible. "Camouflage mode."
"Red Tornado to Miss. Martian." Red Tornado's voice came in. "An alert has just been triggered at the Happy Harbor Power Plant. I suggest you investigate. Covert. I'm sending coordinates."
"Received." Megan responded. "Adjusting course."
Robin sighed. "Tornado's keeping us busy again."
"Well a simple fire led you to Superboy. Maybe we should find out what caused the alert." Megan said.
"I think I know the cause." Superboy said as he looked out the window and into a tornado.
A/N: Okay I think I got a system down for writing the episodes now. Thank you to all the reviews and favorites on the last few chapters! Please keep them coming! Also, one person wrote in a review about a possible pairing of Superboy and Dark Angel...however, I love Megan/Conner (I think it's adorable) so Superboy and Dark Angel will have more of a sibling type bond. BUT now the idea of a pairing keeps poking at the back of my head. So what do you guys think? Should I add my own little pairing in here? Please review and let me know!
P.S Please know that I like the Wally/Artemis pairing, too. I realize that that is not much to work with but blame the writers for not having a lot of characters.
P.S.S Sorry for the long author's note. I'll try to keep it shorter next chapter. XD
