It was a clear day.
Mt. Justice
Feb. 13 19:08
"Jeez, Blue, could you move over! There's only so much space here!"
"Hey, hesse, not my choice! The sphere doesn't exactly come with automated seating arrangements!"
"Kid, Blue. Knock it off," Nightwing gestured for Superboy to keep flying. "And by the way, it does."
Kid Flash grumbled unhappily in his seat while Blue Beetle tried his best to give every one their room. He wouldn't admit it, but he still felt the least at home in the group. Especially squished next to M'gann and Gar. There had been some comet, or asteroid that had crashlanded. According to Nightwing, the thing was smoking and dangerous. Since Miss Martian didn't have the bioplane, (on a loan to Batgirl, Aqualad and Bumblebee) she was forced to take the NewGenisphere with the rest of them, making for a crowded flight.
And the fact Conner insists on taking that stupid dog everywhere, Wally thought. Conner flashed him a dirty look and Megan giggled. Oh crap. He had forgotten they already established a telepathic link.
The stupid dog has saved my life more times than you could probably count to, Conner thought back haughtily. Wally turned red and sank into his seat, nudging BlueBeetle.
"What is it?!"
"Nothing! I keep hitting you in accident- Man is it cramped in here!"
Nightwings annoyance rippled through the link, and they shut up. Gar kept looking back and forth, and as a kid who really didn't know much better, he spoke up:
"So uh...are we there yet?"
"Yes." Nightwing pointed towards a huge, smoking crater in the middle of what used to be a nice park. Rocks and other debris were piled in clusters all around them. Black smoke and white steam curled around eachother, fogging the hidden item inside the crater. Superboy landed the sphere and they clambered out.
"What...what is it?" Beast boy asked.
Gar, telepathic link, remember? M'gann reminded him. We don't know what's inside there.
Can you establish a link with it? Nightwing wondered.
No, she sounded strained. But it's organic. Alien? Nothing I've ever come in contact with before.
Stay on alert, Nightwing warned.
Yeah, Blue thought. Aliens are pretty nasty. Hate dealing with those things.
Ahem! Wally nodded at Conner and Megan.
Oh! Blue stammered. No- you guys are super cool! Kryptonians and Martians all the way! I only meant-
It's okay, Megan smiled. We have bigger issues. Look.
Indeed, something was emerging from the rocks the formed the outline if the crater. The team braced themselves for a gruesome sight.
What emerged shocked them.
She was female, quite obviously. The alien climbed down from the rocks and looked around. The team stood there, stunned. The creature that had emerged from the now clearly visible rocket was beyond beautiful. She was tall, built but in a very feminine way. She was clad in purple, fitted metal that curved around to fit her body. Her bikini like wear showed off her long, orangey bronze skinned legs, and her arms were brought together, bound. She had ruby red hair thay reached down to her knees, with some strands hanging in front of her face. Her lips were full and pink, her cheekbones high and elegant. Black, full lashes surrounded her bright green sceleras, with no pupils. Her expression, though fierce, was entirely focused.
"Woah," Wally said.
That pretty much summed it up for the rest of them.
"Nightwing!" A new voice rung, and Dick Grayson turned to see Zatanna running toward them, with Aqualad and Batgirl in tow.
"Rothief y'adnam!" The alien girl cried and flew up in the air, making a beeline for Zatanna and the rest.
"Go!" Conner shouted, confused by Dicks stunned silence.
The Team flew into action.
"Miss Martian-"
"Got it!" Megan flew up into the air, closing her eyes in concentration. When she opened them, they glowed green. The alien was stopped off from her plight of fury, suspended in the air. The girl levitated for a moment, confused. Then she yelled in anger and strained against her telepathic hold. Beads of sweat formed on M'gann's forhead and she struggled to keep hold.
"She's breaking it with sheer force!" Miss Martians voice was ragged. "I can't hold out much longer!"
"Can she do that?!" Beast Boy asked in disbelief.
"Apparently she can!" Conner growled. "Which means I have to take her down before she hurts Meagan!"
"Conner wait!" Nightwing shouted, but Superboy lept into the air, shooting towards the alien girl with incredible force. Her eyes widened, and quickly narrowed again. With a fierce cry she shattered Megans mental hold, and the Martian fell to Earth. The gold-skinned beauty focused her attention on Conner, grabbing his fist, absorbing the shock and sending him hurdling down to the ground again.
With a thunderous boom the boy of steel crashed into the earth beside Megan. The rest of the team watched, paralyzed. Zatanna rushed over.
"Yes," she was saying into her League . "Stronger than Kryptonian, strong. Alright. Zatanna out." She turned to Nightwing. "None of the Leaguers are available. We're on our own."
"Fantastic, " Nightwing slid his two batons into place. His eyes surveyed the sky, narrowing in on the flying teen.
"So, I was thinking...if we survive this..."
"Hold that thought, Z." Nightwing said. "Here she comes!"
"Incoming! Beautiful alien, coming in hot! And I mean HOT!" Wally shouted. The girl stopped her beeline to a hover above the two incapacitated aliens below her. She met Dick's gaze.
"Meri'aht yett'ffa. Terr'aghi dai!" She shouted.
"Zatanna, can you-" He couldn't finish the sentence. Batgirl tackled him as a beam of purple lasery fire shot over his head. He stared up at her.
"Thanks Babs,"
"And they call you Boy Wonder," she rolled her eyes and got off of him.
"Yo! Since when did she have laser hands?!" Kid Flash protested.
"Since when does it matter!" Blue shouted back. "Stand back- I'm using my sonic blast!"
The team ducked as Blue Beetle released a deafening sonic cannon onto the unsuspecting extraterrestrial. The pressure threw her back a hundred yards, crashing into a building through the window.
"Strike!" Blue air fisted.
"I doubt its over yet," Aqualad pointed. "Look!"
The girl was standing up, looking relatively unchanged, only madder. She yelled and blasted her way through the wreckage. Shaking off the dust she locked onto her target and sped off in his direction- shooting a screeching bolt straight at Blue Beetle.
"AaAaaHhhH!" Blue screamed as he went down, smoking and struggling against his boiling armour.
"This is getting out of hand! Take her down!" Nightwing ordered. He started a long run toward the girl, picking up speed as he went. The girl was channeling rage through unbelievable power. She had to be stopped before she caused any more damage.
Zatanna backed up.
"Dnib reh ni sepor!" She yelled. Docking rope immediantly flew up and entangled the beautiful stranger, but she ripped through them just as quickly.
"T'elinah ruh'iand er't kor!" She said, growing panicked. With a start, Dick realized despite the carnage the alien was causing, the woman was frightened.
Kid Flash zipped by, landing three or four blows on the landed flier. She staggered. Wally gripped his hands.
"What is this girl made of?" He cried. "Titaniam?"
"Meh re'ien Tamaran!" The rubylocked alien shouted. "Morr'ut lerr via'an!"
Bumblebee and aqualad rushed forward and blasted her, Batgirl throwing batgrenades. The girl shouted in pain and flew into the air, her eyes glowing brighter than before. She tensed her fists, summoning more power than before.
"Guys, stop!" Nightwing shouted. "I have an idea. Back off,"
The team retreated, backing off carefully. Dick puy away his batons, walking up cautiously.
"Hey, we aren't going to hurt you," he called up. "Well, not anymore."
The alien raised an eyebrow, and levitated to the ground.
"Dariyy'r gorin'dsr yette?" She asked suspiciously.
"No more fighting. Look," he removed his utility belt, tossing it away. "No more weapons. Just you and me. My name is Nightwing."
"Nyeitweeng?" She tried her best at the pronunciation.
"Close enough," he smiled. To his surprise, she smiled softly back.
"Meh Koriand'r," she gestured to herself.
"Koriand'r?" He pointed to her. "That's your name?"
She smiled again.
He flexed his finger, a lockpick springing out of it. She tensed.
"Easy," he tried a soothing voice. "I just want to get those shackles off you. Okay?"
She gazed at him suspiciously, but allowed him to take her hand. After a few minutes, the shackles fell to the floor. She rubbed her wrists.
"There. Now how's tha-" his sentence was cut off short by the beautiful aliens lips. She kissed him, soft and long. Though at first he slightly resistant, as he was if not anything else a man, he consented. And if truth be told, enjoyed himself.
"Dude," Wally whispered, helping Blue up. "How does he do that?"
"I think that's his superpower, hesse,"
Dick and the girl parted, and she smirked.
"Hi Nightwing. You're really cute, you know that?"
"You- you speak English?" He stammered.
"I do now," she shrugged. "My people absorb knowledge through skin contact,"
"And you had to kiss me to do that?!"
"No," she laughed. "But it was a lot more fun."
"Nightwing?" Zatanna stepped forward. "Are you two...um...done? Superboy and Miss Martian need medical attention."
"Allow me!" Koriand'r flew over to the two heroes.
"Woah woah woah, super hot, crazy lady." Wally sped to a stop in front of her. "You're the one who put our friends in this condition! We are supposed to trust you?!"
She blinked. "Yes," She moved forward.
"I don't think so lady. You may be gorgeous, but that doesn't mean we can let you near our friends!" Gar stood beside Wally.
"You attacked me!" Her eyes lit up again.
"Guys. Stop." Dick parted between the two. "Koriand'r, these are our team members. We will assist them, though we appreciate your concern."
"Fine." She shrugged.
Aqualad, Batgirl and Bumblebee loaded the injured members onto the Bioplane while Nightwing and thr rest of the team gathered around the stranger.
"So...how exactly did you get here?" Gar put one hand behind his head.
"I escaped from my prison," Koriand'r flexed her shoulder. "Ouch,"
"You're hurt," Nightwing put his hands on her shoulder. "Feels dislocated."
"Probably when your Reach friend blasted me," she glared at blue.
"He's not with the Reach," Wally said. "And...wait did you say you were in prison?"
"No. I was in a prison. I am..." she faltered. "A captive."
"Who kidnapped you?" Nightwing narrowed his eyes.
"It doesn't matter. I'm free now," she grinned before wincing again.
"We can treat that back at base." Nightwing said, wrapping her arms around him. "Here. Don't put any pressure on it."
"Not a problem," she groaned. The two hobbled off towards the sphere, Zatanna looking after them with a frown.
"Is that a hint of jealousy, I detect?" Wally nugded Zatanna.
"No," she scowled. "I just don't trust her. She's too..."
"Pretty?" Gar looked after her dreamily.
"Powerful?" Blue suggested.
"Somethinh. She's too something." Zatanna popped her knuckles. "She just better stay away from Dick. I don't want him hurt."
"Two of them already hit it off," Wally chuckled.
"Why him and not me, I'll never know," Gar sighed.
"I don't know mi hermano," Blue laughed, guiding him toward the sphere. "Maybe because you're twelve?"
Wally looked at Zatanna again.
"She really bugs you, doesn't she?" He raised an eyebrow. "Sure everything is over with you and Dick? You two had a history,"
"And it's exactly that," she said, twisting on her hat. "History."
She marched off toward the NewGenishpere and Wally thought. Whoever this girl was, she could be a powerful asset, or a dangerous enemy. Wally ran for the sphere.