Hi guys, I know it's been a while, but I'm finally back. My computer refused to update for a while, it was really annoying, but I fixed it. One thing to know, there may be a few little inconsistencies because I changed a few things. If you come across one of these just PM me and I'll explain
Chapter 9
Revelations
Scarlet clicked her pen in and out, making it jump up and fall back into her hand, she was studying the questions on her math paper. Lunch time at Gotham High was super noisy, but long practice of blocking out the world allowed her to work on her assignment. She clicked her pen again but this time it didn't come back down. She looked up in confusion.
A black hair blue eyed teen waved the pen back and forth above her head.
"Give it back," she said, holding out a hand.
He pursed his lips. "Hmm, how about…nah, too much fun to give it back."
She rolled her eyes. "You have three seconds before I chop off your arm," she said.
He smirked. "Ooh, I'm so scared."
She made a grab at the pen, he moved it out of the way. "Give it back! Don't be such a dick, Dick," she said.
He wrinkled his nose. "That's not very nice."
She snatched the pen back. "Go bother someone else," she muttered, continuing on her homework.
Dick smirked. "Fine fine, oh bwt, club meeting at four thirty." Titan's meeting.
She wrinkled her nose in distaste. "I'll be there, now go away."
He bowed mockingly. "As you wish m'lady."
She rolled her eyes, looking down at her math work to hide her smile.
A while later, the team, minus Robin, were in the 'rec' room in the tower. Cyborg, Kid Flash and Blue Beatle were playing video games, Wonder girl was reading and Red Kite was drawing. She lay on her stomach, her tongue out in concentration.
"That looks good," Wonder girl commented.
She blushed, half covering the drawing. "It's nothing."
"No really it's good," Wonder girl said. She looked at it. It was a picture of the team doing exactly what they were doing, with Robin put in in the doorway, hands on his hips, rolling his eyes.
"Thanks Wonder girl," she said.
"You can call me Cassandra, or Cass, or Cassie," Wonder girl said. "The team does, and you're part of the team now."
She smiled slightly. "Thanks." That was a nice thought, a nice sentiment.
"You can call her CS to," KF called over his shoulder.
Cassie grimaced. "He knows I hate that."
"How about we call Red Kite RK!" Wally said.
"Then I get to call you KI," she said.
Cassie frowned. "KI?"
She smirked. "Kid Idiot." Both girls laughed.
Wally simply let out an offended, "Hey!"
"Anyone know where Robin is?" Cyborg asked. "He was supposed to be here thirty minutes ago."
"Don't know don't care," Red Kite said.
Cassie nudged her. "Oh come on, we all know you to like each other, even Wally can see it."
Her pencil snapped. "What?"
Cassie smirked. "Admit it, you like him."
"Dang it!" Wally exclaimed, he'd died in the game.
"I do not!" She exclaimed. There was a blur and her broken pencil and pad disappeared. "Hey!" Wally waved it around.
"Not giv'n it back until you admit it!" He said childishly.
"Give it back!" She grabbed at it, he moved it away. "Come on! First Robin now you!"
Cassie raised an eyebrow. "When did Robin do that to you?"
"None of your-" She punched Wally in the stomach, snatching her things out of the air as he fell. "Bee's-wax," she finished, tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear.
"What's going on?" A voice asked, everyone turned to see Robin in the doorway, hands on hips. "Why aren't you all in the meeting room?" He looked at Wally, who was still on the floor, winded. "And why is Wally on the floor?"
"Well it's kinda hard to have a meeting when the team leader is unaccounted for," Red Kite snarked.
He rolled his eyes. Both she and Wonder girl burst out laughing at the exact replica in her drawing.
"What?" Robin looked at them in confusion, they just kept laughing. "Hey guys, guys!" The game players ignored their leader, continuing with their game. Suddenly the tv shut off.
"Dude what the heck?" KF asked. "I was winning!"
"Ha! In your dreams!" Cyborg exclaimed.
"You guys must be blind," Blue Beatle said. "I was totally on the win."
"Guys just shut up and listen!" Robin interrupted them. "We have a mission." Everyone shut up at this. "You may or may not know this, but several high level criminals broke out two days ago on the same day, almost to the minute." He pulled up a holo-graph on his glove, typing something in before the tv switched back on, showing the intel. "Poison Ivy, Clay Face, Vertigo, Cheetah and Parasite. Ivy and Vertigo were spotted exiting the JFK airport, we have access to almost every camera and are running a facial scan as we speak, but Batman wants us in New York on the ground to see if we can try and find them covertly."
"Sounds good to me," Red Kite said, snapping her pad shut.
"Meaning lose the suit," Robin said, looking at her pointedly. She grimaced. "Meet in the hanger in ten."
Ten minutes later they were all in the jet, all dressed in civilian clothes. They all had spare clothes in the tower just in case. Scarlet felt uncomfortable without her katana strapped to her back. She had it tucked into a bag at her feet. She was dressed in skinny jeans, a Skillet tee-shirt, a gray leather vest, converse and dangly chain earrings. She also had reflective glasses and a Gotham Knights baseball cap. Her belt was in the bag with her katana, but she still had weapons on her person.
"Cameras just picked up Vertigo exiting a fast food joint in Time Square," Blue Beatle said. "I know. Yeah he is. Well we could get-shut up, just shut up."
Scarlet looked around, none of her team mates seemed the least bit surprised by the strange behavior.
"Why do you do that?" She asked finally.
"What?" Blue Beatle asked.
She hesitated slightly. "You know, talk to yourself."
"Oh that," he rolled his eyes. "The Beatle is an alien AI."
She blinked. "Oh. So it…talks to you?" She tried.
He nodded. "Basically."
"No offense, but having a voice in your head? That's pretty weird," she said.
He shrugged. "I've gotten used to it."
"What are we supposed to call you?" Cyborg asked. "It's not like we can go 'round callin' you Red Kite in public."
She pursed her lips. "You can call me Scarlet," she said finally.
Robin glanced at her. "How many names do you have?"
"To many to count," she replied.
"Whatever you say Red."
She looked at him, annoyed, but didn't say anything. He'd call her that wether she liked it or not.
"So what's the plan?" Superboy asked.
"We're going to split up. Team delta is Superboy and Wonder girl, beta, Blue Beatle and Wally, and me and Red are alpha," Robin answered. "Communicate via comm, and have your trackers activated, just in case."
"Are we just gonna search New York?" Scarlet snorted.
Robin shot her a disapproving glare. "No. Vertigo was sighted again, 'American Museum of National History' Delta's going for the east section, beta's center, alpha's west. Got it?"
Everyone gave a nod of assertion.
"Scarlet, because it's a museum, me and you will have to leave our weapons here-"
"WHAT!?" She exclaimed. "No way!"
"Do you want to get arrested?" Robin snapped. "Take whatever weapons you have that'll get past security but the sword stays here," he commanded.
She felt like she'd burst into flames in indignation, but she knew he was right.
"Fine!" She snapped.
"What about me?" Cyborg asked.
Robin sighed. "You're not gonna make it past the metal detectors, you'll be our eyes outside, manning the jet in case of a quick getaway."
Cyborg sighed. "Dang it!"
Scarlet sighed. "Let's just get this over with."
Scarlet looked around the crowded museum uncomfortably, without her sword and the majority of her weapons, this mission was looking less and less appealing.
"Relax," Robin whispered. "Just keep a lookout for Vertigo."
"You relax," she snapped. "Don't think I can't see you tense every time someone reaches in their jacket."
"That's called caution," he retorted.
"It's to crowded," she muttered. "And I want my mask," she grumbled, annoyed. The reflective glasses were stupid, especially inside a museum, but they did have thermal, heat, night and radiation vision, just like the masks.
"Oh yeah, a couple of teenagers walking around a museum wearing masks and carrying swords," he hissed. "That'd go over well."
"Guys we got a visual," Wonder girl said from the comm.
"Where are you?" Robin asked.
"Gunboat Philidelphia exhibit," Superboy answered.
"Do not engage we're on our way," Robin commanded. "Wally, Jaime, you got that?"
"Loud and clear," Wally answered.
"On our way," Jaime said.
"He's on the move," Superboy warned.
"Follow him but do not engage," Robin replied. "Stay in contact."
"What do you have Vic?" Scarlet said into her comm.
"Black cadillac just pulled up in front of the building," Cyborg said. "It's just sittn' there."
"Keep an eye on it," Robin said.
"I don't like this," Scarlet said to Robin. "It's to…"
"Easy," Robin finished. "I know."
"Vertigo is leaving the building through the eastern exit," Wonder girl said. "Following."
"Don't go anywhere secluded," Robin warned. "Just follow from a safe distance."
"Will do."
"Wally where are you guys?" Scarlet asked.
"Just exiting the building," Wally said. "Got a visual on Vertigo and delta."
"Stay in a semi-crowded area," she also warned.
"Yeah yeah I got it."
"Vertigo's headed for the parking lot," Superboy said.
She and Robin exited the building, making their way to the parking lot.
They heard cursing from Cyborg."Guys I just got sight of Ivy and Cheetah."
"Suit up fast," Robin said. "I think we've got trouble."
They got to the lot as quick as they could, but when they got there, there was no one there. At least, no one that they knew.
"Wonder girl?" She said into her comm. "Wonder girl come in!" She only heard static. She looked at Robin and shook her head.
"KF?" Robin looked at her. "Nothing."
She cursed with words no fifteen year old should know in four different languages.
"I'm gettin' static on all the comms except you two," Cyborg said. "Trackers are gone too."
"We'll meet you at the jet and go from there," Robin said.
"Will do."
Robin and Red Kite took a cab to an abandoned warehouse district where they'd landed the jet.
"You kids sure you're okay?" The cabbie asked. "It's gettn' late."
"We're fine," Red snapped, get out.
He payed quickly. "Sorry, she's grumpy." He got out. "Red," he hissed.
"What?" She snapped again.
"Cool it," he said in a low voice. "We'll get them."
"The last time I heard that I lost one of my team mates," she hissed. "So keep your reassurances to yourself."
He frowned in confusion. "What? I thought-"
"They all died in the eruption?" She shook her head angrily. "Let's just find them."
They entered the jet. Cyborg was in the pilot's seat.
"One of the trackers just came on, just a blip," he said.
"Where?" Red Kite immediately asked, strapping on her belt and sword.
"An abandoned theater in downtown Manhattan," Cyborg said.
"Let's go," Red Kite said, starting out, he grabbed her arm.
"Hey hey hey, you can't go busting in without a plan Red," he said. "It's suicide."
She wrenched her arm out of his grip. "I don't care if it kills me, I am not losing another teammate."
"Kira is out there and we're here!"
"Calm down Scarlet, it'll be fine-"
"Don't tell me to calm down Dean! I promised I'd protect them and that's what I'm going to do!"
"Raving about it won't bring her back…shh, it's ok, we'll find her."
"I just…I can't lose someone else."
"And you won't. It's ok love, we'll find them."
"But-"
"Shh, we'll get them."
Scarlet stared out the window of the jet as they flew, her eyes filling with tears at the memory. She brushed them away quickly.
"It won't happen like that," she whispered. "Never, ever again."
"Hey, you okay?" Robin asked. Cyborg was in the front and couldn't hear.
"I'm fine," she snapped, she sighed, the answered more quietly. "I'm fine."
"I'm sure they're ok," Robin assured her.
"It's undoubtedly a trap," she commented. "I knew it was too easy."
"Just have a little faith," Robin said. "We'll get them."
She nodded. "We better." Her expression darkened. "Or there'll be hell to pay."
Red Kite looked into the theater through a dust-covered window. Cyborg was a few miles away with the jet and Robin was next to her.
Kid Flash and Blue Beatle were both wrapped in vines, unconscious, Superboy and Wonder girl were unconscious, probably drained by Parasite.
Clay Face, Ivy, Vertigo, Cheetah and Parasite were all seated at a table, playing cards.
She placed a small metal piece on the window, putting another piece like a comm unit in her ear.
"When's the boss gettin' here?" Clay Face asked.
"If we weren't being paid thirty thousand dollars I wouldn't be here, answering to any commoner," Vertigo said snootily.
"Nor would I, but I'll suffer you killers if I get my money," Ivy said.
"Killers? You're one to talk," Cheetah snapped.
"Whenever you battle you kill my babies," Ivy said, caressing a small plant.
Cheetah snorted. "Whatever. I just want my money."
"He was supposed to be here fifteen minutes ago," Parasite said in annoyance.
"Sorry for the delay," a voice said. A man entered the room. Her blood ran cold.
"Drage," she whispered. "No…"
" 'bout time!" Clay Face exclaimed.
"I see you have the-" Drage broke off. "There's only four! And where is the red haired girl?!"
"We got what we could," Ivy said. "We'll get the others when they try to rescue-"
"FOOLS!" Drage roared. "The only one I wanted was the girl! The others were a mere bonus!"
"We'll get her," Vertigo said. "Calm down."
"You'd better get her-"
At that moment, Red Kite, Robin and Cyborg crashed in through the window. Robin went for Superboy, Cyborg attacked Ivy and Red Kite went straight for Drage.
She tackled him.
"You wanted me!? Here I am!" She shouted. Something wrapped around her waist, draggin her off Drage. Clay Face. She twisted around, throwing an explosive at the villain, distracting him enough to drop her.
A dull ringing pierced through her bloodlust clouded haze.
"You think I'd be stupid enough to not plug my ears?" She asked as she front kicked Vertigo in the chest followed by a round-house. She ducked a swipe of Cheetah's claws, blocking another with her sword.
"You know I promised I wouldn't kill," she said, blocking again. "But maybe I can make an exception." She saw Parasite flying towards her through her peripheral vision. She could, under no circumstances, let him touch her.
Something slammed into her, making her hit the wall with a painful crack. She groaned, rolling over, everything hazy.
"No…" She whispered. Robin and Cyborg were getting beaten back slowly but surly. She didn't want to do it, she didn't want to lose control. But she had to or they would all die.
As Parasite stocked towards her, he suddenly flew back, crashing through the wall. She stood, wind swirling around her, whipping up dust and debris.
"You think it's okay to hurt my friends?" She said loudly as she rose into the air. Fire blasted from her hands and water seemed to come out of nowhere, swirling around in a death trap. Then suddenly everything froze, the villains and the heroes staring at her in horror. A ghost of a smile flittered across her face.
"Think again."
Duh duh dun nuh! And we have a little revelation. Again sorry for not updating sooner, please review!