Star City, Oregon
July 17, 23:16 PDT
It was a late at night in Star City, and the crime boss Brick, a tall African-American man who has a muscular frame, a short white goatee, and wears his cornrows hair in a ponytail, is ordering his hired thugs to unload some king of illegal cargo own by the docks. But the Metahuman wasn't counting on the intrusion of Star's newest independent hero, Speedy.
Two of the thugs carried a crate of guns between them, when an red arrow hits the ground below them with a thud, and burst out a thick cloud of smoke. Causing the two to be coughing and spluttering from the smoke, they dropped the crate as the guns fell out and clattered across the ground.
Brick pulled out a handgun and aimed it upwards, where the ex-sidekick watched from above.
"You again!" Brick explained. Speedy didn't reply and just kept glaring at him. "I'm startin' to get insulted Green Arrow's not messing' up my operations personally anymore." Speedy scowled.
He fired his gun, Speedy leapt through the beams with acrobatic skills. He then ran across a platform while dodging every shot.
After a few dodges , the archer fired an explosive arrow at the large man's gun, which detonated and destroyed his rather nice suit.
"Do you know what I pay for a suit in my size?!" Brick exclaims, before turning to his thugs "Scorch the earth boys."
They nodded and pulled out their weapons, only for two to be tackled by a yellow blur, and then another pair to be hit by birdarangs, a familiar cackle filling the air. Then Aquagirl darted forward, whipping the still standing men into their own truck, putting them out of the fight for the moment.
Aquagirl darted behind the containers then go around to reach Speedy as he darts across the tops of them, avoiding Brick chucking chunks of earth at him. As Speedy dodges the third boulder Aquagirl sliced it in half, making it merely whistle across he sides then crumble against the containers on either side of her. She straighten, looking at Speedy as he walks over to Aquagirl, barely paying attention to what she had to say, "The Cave has everything the team will need."
"For covert missions, a place to hang," Robin added, hoping behind them on a grapple hook, "you know, spy stuff."
Kid Flash flips onto the containers, grinning, "And wait until you see Wonder Girl and Miss Martian! But I saw Miss M first."
Speedy glances Aqugirl. She just rolled her eyes ignoring Kid Flash's comment.
Abruptly, he darts to the side. They whirled around to find Brick heaving another chunk of earth into the air. Promptly Aquagirl bring her water-mace down upon it, shattering it into harmless pieces of rock as the boys darted out of the way, sending arrows and birdarangs at Brick.
Brick laughs the arrow and birdarangs doing nothing to him, "Heh-heh, tell Arrow he shouldn't send boys to do a man's job" he said, making the Atlantean scowl as she being ignored. As per usual.
"Dude, does the name Aquagirl mean anything to you?" Kid Flash retorts, flinging an arm over Aquagirl's shoulders, likely merely to emphasize her presence.
Aquagirl exhale heavily, having dealt with similar situations before.
"Heh-heh shouldn't send a girl to do a boy's job," Brick retorts, obviously to goad on Kid Flash on.
Kid Flash doesn't respond but narrow his eyes and make to move forward. Aquagirl elbowed him in the gut. He promptly stops, wincing.
"Don't," she ordered.
Speedy promptly shoots Brick in the chest, and Brick goaded him into firing another arrow at hm. The arrow sticks to his chest and then explodes, spreading out as foam.
"High-density polyurethane foam," said Kid Flash, grinning. "Nice."
Speedy turns away from Brick, stuck in the foam, and heads to where Robin is leaning against a container. Robin questioned, grinning, "So Speedy, you in?"
"Pass," said Speedy. "I'm done letting Arrow and the League tell me what to do. I don't need a babysitter or a clubhouse hangout with the other kids. Your Junior Justice League is a joke, something to keep you busy and in your place." He walks away, growling, "I don't want any part of it."
The trio stood there in a moment of silence before Kid Flash muttered, "Grumpy."
