9: Nothing We Can Do
"Shit, Supey." Kid Flash groaned, his face in his hands, exaggerating his frustration, "you done hecked up, man."
Superboy glared, but held his tongue. He heard familiar motorbikes heading their ways from a mile away, and he broadened his shoulders and braced himself for impacts of the leader's scorns.
A door dinged, and the clerk was crestfallen at the destruction outside the storefront, "How am I in the hell going to pay for this?! I'm going to get fired!" He brayed, his face pained.
Superboy shifted away from an exasperated look from his friend and a glare shot from the man. Kid Flash sniffed, sagging his body. He perked up, a grin plastered on his nervous face, and paced toward the grief-faced man, "Sorry, dude! We'll take care of this, okay?"
The clone tuned them out, dreading the appearances of the Team. Superboy despised the looks of disappointment-and cringed inwardly at his imagination.
Aqualad braked before the line of scarred concrete, and rose a brow, "What happened?" Robin pulled up next to him. There was no Miss Martian in sight.
Probably putting the henchmen in jail. Superboy thought.
Pardoning himself from the distressed man, Kid Flash zipped over and pointed a thumb at Superboy, "The big guy got the chick feeling threatened and got punched for it-and he didn't appreciated that one bit." He shrugged, "Needless to say she helped him learned how to fly and put up one heck of a fight."
Robin groaned, "Seriously?" Superboy did have a bad temper, but couldn't he at least be reasonable?
Aqualad shook his head at Superboy once he got off his parked bike and approached the duo, "From the look of it," he eyed the damages, "she can hold her own quite well." He didn't comment on Superboy's temper, knowing it was a sensitive topic.
"She does." Kid Flash agreed, before he remembered, "Oh and she got a kid! Cute fella," he chewed his lips, "but he freaked out by the fight and set Supey on fire to stop him. Dunno how, but he did it."
The leader blinked, "Fire? A pyrokinesis child? With an apparent superhuman woman?" He brooded at this information, while Superboy swallowed thickly. Kid Flash winced at the gravity of the situation, "Did you at least get her name?"
Kid Flash gave a lopsided grin and a weak shrug, "'fraid not. Why?"
The Atlantean's shoulders stumped, "Just something to file a report to-but in the end, the girl just defended herself and the kid she was taking of. Nothing we can kick up a big fuss about."
"Even if those two have powers?" Kid Flash yelped.
Robin interjected, "Meaning we have no reasons to follow her. No troubles? We leave them alone, we're not the higher ups nor are we STARS Lab. We can't do anything worth a squash." He blew annoyed air, "Doesn't help that the woman is a mother-and that is just something we don't mess with."
"We will keep eyes and ears out for those two, if they cause troubles, and we will inform Justice League of two untagged superhumans running about, just in case." Aqualad closed his eyes, "However given the situation from earlier and with Superboy provoking this woman, it is unlikely that they will be problematic later in the future. There is nothing more we can do."
Superboy said nothing, his insides inflamed at the disappointment at himself.