With their plan underway they had to start training, and for Clark and Arthur that practicing control, as despite being two of the strongest gang members they also have the least amount of control of their abilities. In Bruce's pool house the two boys stand around practicing
Clark is staring hard at a piece of wall. "Come on, come on" He starts to see thru the wall until he's distracted
Arthur: Clark
Clark fires a hot vision blast into the wall
Clark: Dang it. Arthur, I'm trying to keep my see-through vision from becoming a hot vision
Arthur: yes I know all your groaning and grunting is making it hard for me to practice my power and considering how destructive it is even the practice has to be precise
Clark: alright sorry OK how about you test yours and I'll watch
Arthur: thanks man
Arthur leaped into the pool and sunk all the way to the bottom, 7 feet of water above their head would probably panic most kids but Arthur felt completely come his aside from the high chlorine chemicals
Arthur breathed and stuck out his hand's as water begins to spin around inside his taking the form of a trident, are there focused harder and the actual Trident appeared in his hands. Arthur opens his eyes and looked at it. Arthur then closed eyes again and this time tried to send it away and just like that it disappeared.
Arthur: Alright, That's something
Arthur began to summon it back and forth trying to get a feel of it and he was sure he finally had control over it
Arthur: woohoo, who rules the seas now
Arthur pumped his fist in the air, trident in hand which caused the entire pool to suddenly rise into the air taking him with it
Arthur: wait what no no no no no no no!
Arthur screamed as he tried to control it only to get spun around and spat back out onto the side of the pool and the water fell back in into it soaking the entire pool room and Clark. It was a good thing the room was sealed. Arthur picked himself up and throw the Trident on to the ground which dissipated into a pool of water at his feet.
Arthur: Stupid Sea Stick! Why does it have to be so freaking hard!
He shouted screamed as he punched the water on the ground, considering his strength the whole room started shaking until Clark walked over and put his hand on his shoulder
Clark: Hey, don't beat yourself up or the floor for that matter.
Arthur: My parents told me the trident is supposed to let me control water and the oceans, but I have 0 ideas of how to make it do that! The only people who do ocean a-holes in Atlantis and I'm not going to them! Every time I seem to be getting close. It either blasts me into the air or floods the area around me, sometimes both!
Clark: Hey, I know what you're going through, I mean look at the wall over there
Clark pointed to the wall he's been practicing is see-through a vision on it's full of holes and burn marks
Clark: not to mention being born with super strength is downright annoying, the entire world is made of
Arthur: Cardboard?
Clark: I was gonna say plastic but yeah.
Arthur: I know what you mean and when I was little I broke my first boogie board I was trying to polish it everything always seem so
Clark: fragile
Arthur: yeah, I guess we're both struggling. of course, I've never seen you rage on an inanimate object
Clark: but you did make some progress you are able to at least control summoning with sea stick
"Hmmm," Arthur thought stood up and stuck out his hand but writing appeared and then disappeared all by his command
Arthur: one step at a time I guess
Clark: Yeah, could you find my glasses?
Arthur looked up from the ground and notice Clark face, specifically his closed eyes. his classes must have been knocked off during the little title wave.
"Sorry" Arthur sad send as he looked around our classes were actually on the bottom of the pool. are there leaped in, swam down, grabbed them, popped back up instantly. He put them back on Clark face letting the boy open his eyes
Arthur: by the way see through vision?
Clark: yeah lets me see through stuff. what else would I call it?
Arthur: I guess that makes sense
Diana and Hal are practicing their fighting moves to distract the guards and bots. Hal lays back midair above the room as Diana practices against the constructs of guards and bots. Diana pushes one guard; leg sweeps another then summons a spear and chucks it thru three hover drone constructs pinned them to a wall
Hal: Diana you gotta learn to hold back, we'll need to keep them distracted for 20 minutes the way you're fighting you'll be lucky to get 10
Diana: I'm trying, I was taught never to relent when I fight, I fight to finish
Hal: Alright do you know any moves that are non-destructive
Diana: Spectacle fighting
Hal: And that is?
Diana: when you fight not for combat but or finesse, make some more and I'll show you
Hal clenches his fists as three green guards and drones appear and run towards Diana. Diana flips over one before landing on another's head, she then opens her legs and wraps them around the guards before spinning down him like a pole until she reached the torso before throwing the construct into the air with another thrust. As the drone flew throws her firing blasts, she simply waved her arms and spun as if doing ballet, reflecting back every shot.
Hal looked down with surprise and amazement.
Hal: Your dancing was deadly but the constructs are still in one piece so this might work
Diana: Yeah spectacle fighter, attacks are always lighter. of course, I could never top you
Hal: what do you mean?
Diana: Hal, all you ever do is spectacle flash fight. A spin here, a twirl there, in your face, around the world, you're a giant show off! Diana said with a smile
Hal (Un-phased): it's not showing off if you're just naturally incredible, I can't help of all of my moves are flashy. I make it look easy because it is easy for me. You heard the Wayne brain no one flies like me.
Diana: you know you remind me of all the heroes from the stories my mother would tell me before I went to bed. Hubris, which in every story usually ended up being what got them killed, as they fell from God and God-like greatness.
Hal: So, what you're saying is my power is God-like, I wouldn't put it like that it's great now but I don't think I'm divine... but who knows I can only get better.
Diana paused "yeah, sure, let's go back to practicing"
Hal: great idea
Hal charged his ring as Diana clash her bracelets together summoning her sword and shield. She thought to herself "he heard every word I said and yet somehow missed the entire point"
While the others practiced power Barry and Bruce were still planning in his research room, on the path they'll be taking.
Barry: Bruce I know I'm fast an all, but you should still cover your face for when we stop moving. My sparky speed energy makes camera shot fuzzy, I've got to remember to test what else it can do.
Bruce: We should later, As for my disguise way ahead of you Barry, been working on this for a while.
Bruce: really, hmmin that case
Bruce pulled out a cabinet and takes out a black mask that seems plain.
Barry: Kind of simple, you don't have any tech toys for this?
Bruce: If I'm doing my job right no one will be seeing my face anyway, I would have made something better but this prep has taken a lot of time. Speaking of prep, make sure to eat before we go, don't need you getting hungry in the middle of a job
Flash: OK, OK I'll meet you at the stop after I get a Pizza, or a hotdog maybe some fries or some candy bars, nachos, smoothie or maybe all of them
Bruce: on second thought why don't we just meet in a restaurant before we go there
Flash: yeah that works too, By the way, can you call Alfred again well that listing and talking got me hungry
Bruce: yeah sure blame the talking, not that "spark speed energy"
Barry: What would you call it?
Bruce: Speed Sparks
Barry: Hmm..nah. Another job for later.
