Welcome to Pearl Harbor

Mount Justice.

July 18th, 11:16 EDT.

~Arackniss' POV~

"Recognized. Robin, B-0-1. Kid Flash, B-0-3." The computer answered, as Robin and Kid Flash entered the Cave, in their casual wear. They ran to the training area to met up with the rest of us.

The rest of us were in our casual attire as well. For my casual attire, I wore a white polo shirt, with black buttons, under a black dress and dark grey leggings with black boots.

"Did you ask him?" Robin asked, indicating he was talking about someone else, who was arriving to the mountain as well.

"What did he say?" Kid Flash asked. Everyone was in their casual wear.

"He's arriving now." Aqualad answered with a smile.

"Then, what are we waiting for?" Kid Flash asked, as he sped ahead of us. We quickly ran to the entrance of the Cave.

The entrance opened and we ran outside. Red Tornado hovered a landing to meet us. Red Tornado was a red robot, that was capable of wind manipulation, such as create tornadoes

"Red Tornado!" Kid Flash greeted.

"Greetings. Is there a reason you intercept me outside the Cave?" Tornado greeted, and then asked.

"We hoped you had a mission for us?" Aqualad answered.

"Mission assignments are the Batman's responsibility." Tornado reminded us.

"But, it's been over a week and-" Robin began, but Tornado cut him off, "You'll be tested soon enough. For the time-being, simply enjoy each other's company."

I nodded my head in understanding. Getting to know the people you're gonna work with is a good way to understand how the team will work out.

"This team is not a social club." Aqualad told Tornado in slight annoyance.

"No. But, I am told, that social interaction is an important team-building exercise." Tornado answered, then suggested, "Perhaps, you can keep busy by familiarizing yourself with the Cave." With that, he made his way into the Cave.

"Keep busy." Kid Flash intimidated Tornado, lightly punching Robin in the arm.

"Does he think we're falling for this?" Robin asked.

"Oh. I'll find out." Miss Martian volunteered. She stared at Tornado, trying to read his mind.

"Recognized. Red Tornado, 1-6." The computer answered, as Tornado entered the Cave.

"I'm sorry, I forgot he's a machine. In-organic. I cannot read his mind." Miss M sighed and apologized.

"Nice try, though. So, uh... You know what I'm thinking right now?" Kid Flash flirted.

"We all know what you're thinking now!" Robin stated, elbowing Kid Flash in the back.

"Ow." Kid Flash whined.

"And, now, we tour the 'club house'." Aqualad said.

"Well, Superboy, Arackniss and I live here. We can play tour-guides." Miss M offered. Robin and Kid Flash looked at Superboy and myself.

"Don't look at me." Superboy said, not wanting part of it. I waved my hands and shook my head.

"We won't. A private tour sounds much more fun." Kid Flash smiled.

Wait a-

"She never said private!" Robin reminded, voicing my thoughts.

"Team-building. We'll all go." Aqualad instructed.

We followed Miss Martian, as she gave us the tour.

"So, this would be the front door..." She began.

She gave us a good tour, and helped us remember each hallway and room.

"And this would be the back. The Cave is actually the entire mountain." Miss Martian finished, as she lead to the back door, and we returned inside.

"It was hollowed out and re-enforced by Superman and Green Lantern, in the early days of the League." Kid Flash informed.

"It's impressive." I commented with a smile.

"Then, why abandoned it for the Hall of Justice?" Superboy asked.

"The Cave's secret location was compromised." Aqualad answered.

"So, they traded it in for a tourist trap?" Superboy asked, putting the pieces together, "Yeah. That makes sense."

I looked away in uncertainty, remembering a certain detail how the Cave was compromised in the first place.

"If the villains know of the Cave, we must be on constant alert." Miss Martian noted with caution.

"The bad guys know, that we know, they know about the place. So, they never think to look here." Robin assured, only to confuse Miss M.

"He means, we're hiding in plain sight." Kid Flash translated.

"Oh. That's much clearer." Miss Martian answered, feeling more calmed down.

Then the smell of something burning reached my nose.

Superboy sniffed the air and stated, "I smell smoke."

"My cookies!" Miss M gasped in panic, as she flew to the kitchen.

We followed her, as she used her telekinesis to open the oven, lifted the tray and set it on the counter. The cookies were burnt quite badly.

"I was trying out Granny Jones' recipe on episode 17 of-" Miss Martian explained, but calmed with a small chuckle, "Never mind."

"I bet that they would've tasted great." Robin assured, looking at Kid Flash, who was eating the cookies, never minding that they were burnt, "He doesn't seem to mind."

I took one and sniffed it. They were in the oven 10 minutes longer than they should have.

"I have a serious metabolism." Kid Flash explained.

"I'll make more?" Miss Martian answered with a slight smile.

"It was sweet of you to make any." Aqualad complimented in a kind tone.

"Thanks, Aqualad." Miss Martian sighed in gratitude.

"We're off-duty. Call me Kaldur'ahm. Actually, my friends call me, Kaldur." Aqualad, Kaldur, told Miss Martian.

"I'm Wally. See? I already trust you with my secret I.D." Kid Fla- Uh, Wally smiled, then gestured to Robin, "Unlike Mister Dark-glasses, over here. Batman has forbidden Boy Wonder from telling anyone his real name."

Robin gave him a glare behind his shades.

I shrugged my shoulders with a small smile, "No one's really who you think they are. Why spoil the fun?" Robin glanced at me.

"Mine's no secret. It's M'gann M'orzz. But, you can call me Megan. It's an Earth name. And I'm on Earth now." Miss Martian, M'gann, answered with a smile.

The boys and M'gann looked at me next. I rubbed my arm in shyness, but stayed quiet. Superboy walked off, saying nothing. Probably upset that he has no real name.

~M'gann M'orzz/Miss Martian's POV~

Superboy walked off, saying nothing.

'Don't worry, Superboy.' I said to him through telepathy. Superboy stopped and stared at me. 'We'll find you an Earth name too.' I smiled at him.

"Get out of my head!" Superboy shouted angrily at me.

I looked at everyone, 'What's wrong? I don't understand. Everyone, on Mars, communicates telepathically.' I explained.

Everyone, except Arackniss, held their heads in pain. I looked at Arackniss and noticed she was unfazed. Either she was inorganic, like Red Tornado, or she's telepathic too... A very powerful one.

Kaldur looked at me, "M'gann, stop!" I gasped, cancelling my telepathy, "Things are different on Earth. Here, your powers are an extreme invasion of privacy."

"Besides, Cadmus' creepy, little, psychic G-Gnomes left a bad taste in his brain." Wally included.

"I didn't mean to-" "Just! Stay! Out!" Superboy told me, as he walked into the living room and sat on the couch."

~Arackniss' POV~

I watched Superboy walked to the living room. I went deep into thought, until M'gann cut my train of thought, by face-palming herself, "Hello, Megan! I know what we can do."

M'gann flew off to the Hangar. We followed, but I stayed behind, and looked at Superboy, "Superboy, you coming?"

"Don't talk to me." Superboy told me.

I lowered my head a little. Superboy looked at me, then entered the hallway. I noticed and caught up with the rest to the Hangar. As we entered, there was a large, red and black egg. It was about twice the size of Martian Manhunter.

"It's my Martian Bio-ship." M'gann introduced. We entered the Hangar to take a closer look.

"Cute. Not aerodynamic, but cute." Wally said.

I rolled my eyes a bit.

"It's at rest, silly. I'll wake it." M'gann smiled at Wally.

She waved her hand at the bio-ship and it transformed into a large, space ship. She used her telekinesis to turn the ship and the door opened. M'gann walked toward the ship, then noticed we weren't following.

"Well? Are you coming?" She asked us.

We entered the ship. The main room morphed into a main bridge. A captain seat in the center, with five seats around the windows.

"Strap in for launch." M'gann told us.

We all took a seat each, and the straps automatically placed over our chests.

"Whoa." Robin gasped in slight surprise.

"Cool." Wally said with a smile. M'gann took the captain seat, since she can control it.

"Red Tornado, please open the bay doors." M'gann requested.

The hangar doors opened, the control orbs appeared under M'gann's hands, and the ship took flight. It flew outside and did a few tricks, until it began to fly straight. I looked out the window, to watch the view.

"Incredible." Robin said with a smile.

"She sure is." Wally said love-struck. M'gann looked at him, and he regained himself, "I mean, the ship. Which, like all ships, is a 'she'."

"Fast with his feet. Not so much with his mouth." Robin explained to M'gann with a cheeky smile.

"Dude!" Wally snapped. I suppressed a giggle.

"I may not have psychic powers, but I can guess what you're thinking. You overreacted and you don't know how to apologize. Just say 'sorry'." Kaldur told Superboy, to try to make him feel better.

Superboy just looked straight. M'gann's smile faded.

"He'll come around." Robin assured M'gann.

"He doesn't seem to like me much." She whispered to him.

"You guys remember he has super-hearing, right?" Wally reminded M'gann and Robin.

Then, Robin changed the subject, "Hey. How about showing us a little Martian Shape-shifting?"

M'gann regained her smile and stood up. Everyone looked as she morphed into a female form of Robin. M'gann struck a pose and morphed into me. Then she twirled and morphed into a female form of Wally, in his Kid Flash outfit.

"Is it wrong to think that I'm hot?" Wally asked in love-struck again. I smiled and clapped my hands.

Robin clapped his hands, "Impressive. But, you know you're not exactly going to fool anyone with those. Well... Maybe as Arackniss."

M'gann morphed back to normal and sat back down, "Mimicking boys is a lot harder."

"And your clothes?" Kaldur asked.

"They're organic, like the ship. They respond to my mental commands." M'gann answered with a smile, until Superboy spoke up, "As long as they're the only ones." M'gann's smile fell.

"Can you do that 'ghosting-through-walls' thing, that Manhunter does?" Wally asked.

"I believe the term is 'intangibility'." I corrected. He just shrugged his shoulders.

"Density-shifting?" M'gann asked, then shook her head sadly, "No. It's a very advanced technique."

"Flash can vibrate his molecules right through a wall." Robin chuckled, before he continued, "When he tries it, bloody nose."

"Dude!" Wally snapped, not getting the humor. I suppressed another giggle.

"Here's something I can do." M'gann told us, as she made the ship invisible to the human eye, "Camouflage mode."

"Red Tornado to Miss Martian, an emergency alert has been triggered at the Happy Harbor Power Plant. I suggest you investigate, covertly. I am sending co-ordinates." Red Tornado informed us, showing a map of Happy Harbor and the alert.

"Received. Adjusting course." M'gann answered.

"Tornado's keeping us busy again." Robin sighed in slight annoyance.

"Well, a simple fire lead you to Superboy. We should find out what caused to alert." M'gann explained.

"I think I know the cause." Superboy said, as he looked to his right and saw a small tornado coming towards us.

M'gann tried to steer the ship away from the tornado, but it got caught. The tornado shook the ship violently. M'gann closed her eyes and told the ship to follow the tornado to fly out. The ship answered and did as requested.

The ship landed in the parking lot. We exit the ship. The tornado adjusted its course to destroy the power plant.

Robin placed his hand on my shoulder. I nodded and we made our way into the plant.

~Kaldur'ahm/Aqualad's POV~

"Robin, are tornadoes common in New England?" I asked, as I got no answer. I looked at saw that Robin and Arackniss were gone. "Robin? Arackniss!" Robin's laugh echoed around us.

"They were just here." M'gann said in shock and confusion.

We looked and saw the windows shatter one-by-one. We ran to the commotion.

~Arackniss' POV~

Our opponent, a large red and black robot with a brown scarf covering the lower half of its face, used its wind abilities, to pick up Robin and threw him into a pillar. The others joined us.

"Who's your new friend?" Superboy asked Robin.

"Didn't catch his name, but he plays kinda rough!" Robin answered, trying to get back on his feet.

"My apologies. You may address me as 'Mister Twister'." The robot, Twister, told the Team, as it picked up the turbulence of the wind.

Superboy tried to charge through, but Twister created a small tornado to pick up Superboy, and threw him into a wall.

M'gann looked at Wally and Kaldur. Wally put on his goggles, and Kaldur nodded his head. M'gann nodded back, understanding.

I helped Robin back up. Then, joined the attack. Wally sped towards Twister, and tried to flip-kick it in the chest.

But, Twister caught him and threw him into the woods, outside the plant. M'gann and Kaldur tried to double-team, but Twister's winds blew them away.

I used my magic to manipulate the currents of the wind and attack Mister Twister. However the robot was able to create a shield made out of wind and blew me into Kaldur and M'gann.

"I was prepared to be challenged by a superhero. I was not, however, expecting children." Twister explained. Robin glared at it, getting a few disks from under his hoodie.

"We're not children!" Robin shouted, as he threw his weapons.

Twister used its wind to block the bomb, but the disk attached.

"Objectively, you are." Twister told Robin, as it flicked the disk off its chest, before it exploded, "Have you no adult supervision? I find your presence here quite disturbing."

"Well, we hate to see you disturbed. Let's see if you're more turbed, once we kick your can!" Robin shouted.

M'gann aimed her hands at the air-vent, above Twister's head, and used her telekinesis to remove the hatch. Steam clouded Twister's vision for a few seconds. Superboy jumped into the air, preparing to strike Twister. But, Twister used his powers to blow Superboy off and into M'gann. I jumped on to a beam and kept a close watch on Twister's movements and attack patterns. I used smoke bombs to cloud my movement. I tried a surprise attack, but Twister caught and threw me into the ground with a loud thud. Kaldur and Robin tried a double-team, but Twister created two small turbulence. The turbulence picked up Robin and Kaldur and threw them into each other.

"Indeed. That was quite turbing. Thank you." Twister told the Team.

Twister flew out of the plant, as we recovered from its attacks. Everyone got up and followed Twister. Suddenly, I froze in fear, as I heard thunder when a tornado appeared. Robin grabbed my hand and we ran to the action. M'gann used her telekinesis to prevent Wally from hitting the floor, as the tornado vanished and the dust cleared.

"I gotcha, Wally." M'gann said, letting Wally down.

"Thanks." Wally replied as we stopped a few feet from Twister.

"I would have thought, you would've, all, learned your limitations by now." Twister stated, getting annoyed, by the tone of its voice.

"What do you want?" Kaldur asked.

"Isn't it obvious? I'm waiting for a real hero." Twister answered.

Kaldur looked at M'gann. "Read his mind. Find a weakness."

"But, I thought I wasn't supposed to do that!" M'gann reminded.

"It's okay, with the bad guys." Robin told her.

M'gann placed her fingers over her temples, trying to read Twister's mind.

"Nothing! I'm getting nothing!" M'gann told us, until something came to her. She face-palmed herself again with a smile, "Hello, Megan! Mister Twister is Red Tornado in disguise. He's in-organic. An android. And how many androids do you know that can generate tornadoes?"

"Red Tornado set us here!" Kaldur said. I shook my head a little.

"After saying we'd be tested soon enough, this is his test! Something to keep us busy." Robin concluded.

"Speedy called it. We're a joke!" Wally reminded, sulking.

Kaldur pounded his hand in frustration. The boys walked towards Twister.

"This game, so over." Wally said, joining in.

I narrowed my eyes at the android. It certainly has similar powers to Red Tornado, but isn't Tornado a little smaller and lighter in color scheme?

I took a step back behind M'gann, "I don't think that's Red Tornado..."

"What makes you say that?" M'gann asked.

"We know who you are, and what you want!" Robin told Twister.

"So, let's end this!" Kaldur included.

"Consider it ended." Twister said in a dark tone.

Twister raised its arms to the sky and used its wind abilities to create a storm.

My body began to freeze as my blood ran cold, causing my fur to stand on end and I squeaked, "That..."

"An impressive show. But, we will not indulge you. We will not engage." Kaldur told Twister.

The storm clapped with thunder and bolts of lightning sparked from Twister's hands.

"Uh... Can Red Tornado do that?" Wally asked. M'gann looked at me with a shocked look.

"You think I'm Tornado? Ironic." Twister stated as he attacked us with lightning.

Superboy took off his ruined jacket and jumped toward Twister, but Twister attacked him with another blast of lightning. With sparks still flying from its hands, Twister flew towards us.

M'gann and I recovered and saw it coming. My fears got the better of me, as I froze on the spot. A shield of blue and white energy surrounded us in a protective manner. M'gann called the Bio-ship over us, to make us invisible.

"Fine then. I won't deny that you children have power." Mister Twister started.

Wally and the boys came too. Wally was about to speak, but M'gann put her hand over his mouth.

"But, playing hide-and-seek with you will not help me achieve my objectives, so stay concealed! If you confront me again, I will show no mercy!" Twister told us.

It flew off into the mountains, off to the town just on the other side. Everyone recovered and I blinked, recovering from my fear, as the shield vanished.

"What happened?" Wally asked.

"I placed the Bio-ship between us." M'gann explained.

Superboy let his frustration out on a rock, next to him, "And that supposed to make it right?" He turned to M'gann, "You tricked us into thinking that Twister was Red Tornado."

"She didn't do it on purpose!" I defended.

"It was a rookie mistake. We shouldn't have listened." Robin included.

"You are pretty inexperienced." Wally noted, shrugging before continuing, "Hit the showers. We'll take it from here."

"Stay out of our way." Superboy told M'gann, walking past us, then leaped after Twister.

I picked myself up, ready to join, but Robin looked at me and stopped me by grabbing my lower left wrist, "Arackniss, you should stay with M'gann. Twister will use your fear to his advantage."

I looked at the Boy Wonder and nodded my head in agreement. Robin let go of my wrist, as he and Wally quickly followed after Superboy.

"I was just trying to be part of a team." M'gann admitted, lowering her head in shame.

Kaldur scratched his head, "To be honest, I'm not sure we really have a team."

Kaldur ran after the boys. Once the boys were gone, M'gann and I entered the Bio-ship and flew back to Mount Justice. I could feel M'gann staring at me during the entire ride.

"If you have something to ask, go ahead." I told her.

M'gann continued to stare, but blinked for a second and shook it off, "How did you know Mister Twister wasn't Red Tornado in disguise?"

I glanced at the Martian girl for a moment, then answered, "Simple detective work. Just because they share the same signature and share similar powers doesn't mean they're the same android. Red Tornado is not strong enough the create storms as violent as Twister." I looked back at the front window, "Tornado's color scheme is lighter and Twister is about a couple of inches taller than Tornado."

"Wow! You're nearly as good as Batman." M'gann smiled.

I lightheartedly giggled, "I've been watching."

We called Red Tornado and told him the entire incident with Twister, at the power plant. I also told Tornado about Twister's movement patterns. They were much slower when it doesn't use its wind powers.

"The Team really needs your help." M'gann begged Tornado.

"If I intervened, it will not be to help." Red Tornado answered, then noticed, "Still. It is an odd coincidence that this 'Twister' shares my elemental abilities. And my immunity to telepathy."

M'gann and I thought for a second, then she face-palmed herself with a smile, "Hello Megan."

I grinned, "Are you thinking, what I'm thinking?"

M'gann smiled, then placed her fingers over her forehead and sent a telepathic message of our plan. After, M'gann morphed into Red Tornado. I jumped onto her back and used my spider features to camouflage myself, as we left the ship and flew toward the town.

"You're very light for your size." M'gann joked.

"I get that a lot." I answered.

As we arrived above the boys, I teleported off M'gann's back and reappeared on a roof of an undamaged building.

"Hit the showers, boys. I was hoping you could handle this. Clearly, you cannot." M'gann told the boys, acting like Red Tornado.

"But, we've got a plan, now." Robin told her.

"The subject is not up for debate." M'gann stated. The boys sulked, as they left the area. I'll admit one thing... M'gann was a good actress.

"I was beginning to believe you would never show up." Twister spoke, itching for a 'real fight'.

"I am here now." M'gann told Twister.

M'gann moved her right hand, and I used my telekinetic influence over the wind to summon a small tornado beside her. She used her telekinesis and moved the tornado toward Twister. Twister dodged and created his own tornado to counter and merge. M'gann and I raised our hand forward, as the tornado charged toward her, disappearing as it reached her hand.

"We are evenly matched, Twister." M'gann told Twister, putting her hands behind her.

I created another tornado behind her, picking up rocks within the vortex. Using her telekinesis, M'gann made the rocks fly toward Twister.

"No, Tornado. We are not!" Twister told M'gann, creating a wind shield.

It shot lightning at her. M'gann was able to dodge with her levitation, but she flew behind a boat. The lightning caused the boat to explode and the aftershock reached M'gann and knocked her out. Twister walked up to her.

"Remain still, android." Twister whispered, raising its hand, and USB cables came out of its fingers and attached to M'gann's head, "The re-programming won't take long."

M'gann, quickly, grabbed the cables, and looked at Twister with her head normal, "Longer than you might think."

"No..." Twister grimaced.

M'gann used her telekinesis to push Twister into an incoming tornado. The tornado threw it across a few feet, and faded, revealing Wally spinning in high speed.

Superboy grabbed Twister's arm and punched it twice in the chest. With the third punch, Superboy threw Twister into the water. Kaldur attacked Twister with an anchor and transferred his electricity.

The blast caused Twister to fly out of the water and lose its right arm. As it landed on the ground, I exit my 'Camouflage Mode' and used my telekinesis to rip the other arm. Robin threw two bombs and the explosion caused Twister's abilities to shut down.

Twister fell to the ground. The Team walked to Twister. I forced its chest open, to reveal a skinny man, in a green suit.

He fell out of the machine, "Foul. I-I call foul."

M'gann looked at me, I nodded. She used her telekinesis to pick up a large rock, and moved it over the man.

"M'gann, no!" Kaldur shouted, but M'gann dropped the rock on to the man, crushing him.

"I don't know how things are done on Mars. But, on Earth, we don't execute our captives!" Robin told M'gann with anger in his voice.

M'gann smiled, "You said you trust me." She lifted the rock aside and revealed a crushed android. "That's why I couldn't read his mind."

Wally picked up one of the android's eyes, "Cool. Souvenir."

Kaldur smiled and placed his hand on M'gann's shoulder, "We should've had more faith in you."

M'gann smiled then looked me. I smiled and gave her a friendly nod.

"Yeah. You rocked this mission. Get it? Rocked?" Wally joked. I rolled my eyes at him.

"Ignore him. We're all just turbed you're on the Team." Robin said, with a smile on his face.

"Thanks. Me too." M'gann said, sounding relieved.

*Later That Night, at Mount Justice...*

"It was clearly created to sabotage, or destroy you." Kaldur included, as we showed Red Tornado the android.

"Agreed." Tornado answered.

"Is that why you wouldn't help us?" M'gann asked.

"No. This was your battle. I do not believe that it is my role to solve your problems for you. Nor should you solve mine for me." Tornado explained. We looked at Tornado.

"But, if you're in danger..." M'gann began, but Tornado finished, "Consider this matter closed."

With that said, Tornado turned and walked away.

"Batman, Aquaman and Flash. They would've jumped right in, to fix things." Wally said.

"Guess, if we're gonna have a babysitter, a heartless machine is exactly what we need." Robin said.

"Dude, harsh!" Wally whispered in respect.

"And inaccurate." Tornado said, "I have a heart, carbon-steel alloy." Tornado turned to look at us, "I also have excellent hearing."

Robin chuckled in embarrassment, "Right. Sorry. I'll strive to be more accurate."

"And more respectful." Kaldur added, placing his hand on Robin's shoulder.

Tornado returned to walk to the back of the cave. M'gann and I watched him, then looked at the boys.

"Speedy was so wrong." Wally stated with a smile.

"This Team thing..." Robin began, "Might just work out." Kaldur finished.

M'gann looked at Superboy.

Superboy thought for a second, then finally said "Sorry."

He joined the other boys. M'gann smiled, feeling relieved.

I lightly smiled as well, I have a feeling this is gonna be the beginning of a wonderful friendship...