Venus woke from an restless sleep, her eyes red from crying the night before. She looked at herself in the mirror, before deciding on an excuse. "I was up late studying," She thought.
The she remembered she was home schooled.
"I was studying...Fire techniques" She finally decided.
She walked out her room, fully costumed, heading towards the kitchen. She rubbed her eyes, confused. No one was around. She looked around some more, before hearing snores. She looked, seeing Beast boy on the couch. He had been watching a T.V marathon all night.
She kept walking , until a voice called her name. She turned, seeing Nightwing in the control room.
"Y-yes?" She asked, walking into the room.
"How are you; You look tired," Nightwing asked. Venus blinked, confused. "Come in, let's talk," He continued.
Venus walked in slowly. "Why the red eye?" He asked.
"Practicing fire techniques," She blurted.
"Oh?" Nightwing asked, raising a brow.
Venus mumbled. She looked around, scuffing her feet. "What's up with you?" She asked.
"Me? Nothing," Nightwing answered. He turned, looking at the computer. "Just looking into the computer; Strange as it is, someone was on it without permission last night,"
"Really?" Venus asked. She winced on the inside.
"Really," Nightwing answered. He suddenly turned to her, his face cold and serious.
"I know what you did last night, Venus," He explained. "And you better have a good explanation too,"
"Doing...Research," Venus lied.
"Don't lie to me. I know you were in the Villain roster," He said.
"..."
"Volcana,"
Venus's head snapped up. looking him in the eye.
"I get that you want to find her. But you are not authorized to use that program" Nightwing scolded. "It is delicate software What if you brought a virus, or if malfunctioned?" He questioned.
"You don't understand. No one ever mentioned until-" She stopped herself.
"Until what?" Nightwing questioned.
"Nothing," Venus answered quietly.
"Don't play games, Venus," Nightwing commanded. He sat up from his chair, grabbing her gently by both shoulders.
"Don't forget i'm your captain," His eyes narrowed, leaning down so they met eye to eye
She blinked, before she lowered her head. "I'm sorry," She mumbled.
The two stood in silence, until one of the Zetapods glowed. Blue Beetle and Impulse smiling.
"Left them in the dust!" Impulse exclaimed.
Nightwing let go of Venus, turning to the newly arrived superhero's
"Left who is the dust?" Venus asked, looking over.
"And what is that?" Nightwing chimed in, pointing to the device in Impulse's hand.
"Souvenir," Impulse smiled. "Souvenir's are Beast Boy's thing, essay," Blue Beetle corrected.
"Oh really? I thought it was kid flash-"
"Just get to it," Nightwing interrupted
"Sorry. Aqualad attacked us with Icicle Jr., The Terror Twins, and a female ninja I didn't recognize," Blue Beetle explained.
"They were tracking him; But I made sure they didn't do it again," Impulse grinned.
"So you brought foreign, possibly alientech into the cave? Rookie mistake!" Nightwing growled.
Impulse lowered his head, handing Nightwing the device.
Impulse and Venus stood by each other, watching Nightwing and Blue Beetle study the device.
"He's in a bad mood, isn't he," Impulse joked quietly.
Venus's turned away, frowning sadly.
Impulse looked at her, before turning away. He looked back at Nightwing, who was looking over the device
Suddenly, a beeping went off.
"Ugh, I'm an idiot!" Nightwing shouted. He turned, only to have Superboy thrown at him. A group of people emerged from the shadows, charging to fight
Impulse ran at Icicle Jr, pushing him aside. He then went after the female terror twin, only to bounce off.
He was grabbed by the other, a collar placed on his neck. His power's were somehow stopped.
"I'm moded, aren't I?" He asked, before a punch threw him across the room.
"Impulse!" Venus shouted. As Icicle shot ice at her, Her fiery fist's hit them, melting them on impact. She lost her focus as the orange cladded ninja threw a small orb at her, which blasted fire extinguisher.
Venus wiped it away, her fire gone. She looked up, but before she had time to react, the orange ninja placed a collar on her neck, and a hard punch to the face.
Everything faded into black.