Mount Justice, July 18, 11:16 AM
Aqualad, Superboy, and Miss Martian all looked at the holographic computer tracking Red Tornado. The flash of the Zeta-Tube caught their attention.
RECOGNISED
ROBIN B-01
KID FLASH B-03
The three all looked to the Zeta-Tube as the computer announced their teammate's arrival. The two arrived in their casual clothing. KF wore a yellow shirt under a red overshirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers. Robin wore a green hoodie under a black overshirt with black skinny jeans. The two ran over to their teammates.
"Did you ask him, what did he say?" KF asked excitedly.
"He is arriving now." Aqualad replied concealing his own excitement.
Before they could move to meet Red Tornado the Zeta-Tube flashed.
RECOGNISED
WONDER WARRIOR B-04
They all turned to see their friend in his full uniform. His armor is similar to his mothers but he made his own modifications. His chest was covered in red armor, his 'W' logo was gold in the shape of the eagle, his legs were clad in navy blue leggings, his shin guards were over his red knee-high boots. His silver shield was strapped to his back and his sword dripped blood.
The team all looked at him in shock. "Dude." KF broke the silence, "What happened to you?"
"Oh, you mean this?" He swung his sword flicking some blood on the floor, "Enchantress manipulated the minitour into leaving the Labyrinth." He sheathed his sword to his side, "Had to persuade it into returning to its duty."
"A Minotaur?" Miss M asked.
"Half man half bull. Guardian of the Labyrinth." Hunter quickly explained. "So is he here?" He asked returning to the topic at hand.
"He's already passed the shoreline." Aqualad answered.
A large ramp lowered open at the base of the mountain. The teens poured out as they saw the League member descend. A red spiral of air allowed the android to fly.
"Red Tornado!" KF waved him down.
Red Tornado landed, "Greetings." The Android landed and looked over the teens. "Is there a reason you have intercepted me outside of the cave?" He asked.
"We hoped you had a mission for us." Aqualad answered.
"Missions assignments are the Batman's responsibility." He replied simply.
Robin spoke, "But it's been over a week and nothing-"
Red Tornado raised his hand silencing him, "You'll be tested soon enough. For the time being, simply enjoy each others company." He stated before walking past them.
"This team is not a social club." Aqualad states.
"No." He agreed before continuing, "But I am told social interaction is an important team-building exercise." He countered, "Perhaps you could keep busy by familiarizing yourselves with the cave?" He walked past them.
"Keep busy." KF scoffed punching Robin's shoulder.
"Does he think we're falling for this?" Robin asked.
"Oh." Miss M caught their attention, "I'll find out." She states and turned to look at Red Tornado.
The Android past by the sensor.
RECOGNISED
RED TORNADO 16
The boys watched as she tried to read his mind but to no avail. She sighed, "I'm sorry I forgot he is a machine. Inorganic, I cannot read his mind." The Martian stated shyly.
"Nice try though." KF smirked flirtatiously, "So do you know what I'm thinking right now?" He asked moving to face her.
Hunter rolled his eyes before walking up behind the redhead and lifted the speedster from the collar. "No one wants to know what you're thinking." He states before dropping the speedster.
Aqualad glanced down bitterly, "And now we tour the clubhouse."
"Well, Superboy and I live here." Miss M started, "We could play tour guides." She suggested and everyone turned to Superboy.
"Don't look at me." The clone stated.
"We won't." KF quickly replied, "A private tour sounds much more fun." He smiled back at the Martian.
"She never said private!" Robin snapped.
Hunter sighed at the ginger's antics, "Do you have an off switch?"
"Yea, right next to my on switch." The ginger replied before groaning in pain by an elbow to the ribs by the Amazon.
"Team building, we all go." Aqualad stated.
Hunter nodded, "I agree."
Miss Martian began to walk back inside and the others followed. Robin shoved KF, "So this would be our front door." She began. They made their way through the cave. They went through the showers, living quarters, medical bay, locker room, gym, library, and the lounge and kitchen which were in the same room. "And this would be our back." She stated as they walked out of a cave and out towards a ledge that faced the Atlantic. "The cave is actually the entire mountain."
"Superman and Green Lantern carved it out during the early days of the League." Kid Flash stated as they walked into a room with a body of water.
"Then why abandon it for the Hall of Justice?" Superboy asked.
"The caves secret location was compromised." Aqualad answered.
"So they traded in for a tourist trap?" The clone asked skeptically, "Yea that makes sense."
"The Hall is only a front." Hunter stated, "The real Headquarters is a space station in orbit called the Watchtower." He informed getting shocked looks from the other three, "What? We're teammates and teams are built on trust."
"If the villains know of the cave we must be on constant alert." The Martian deduced.
Robin took her hand, "The villains know we know they know about the cave so they would never think to look here." He stated confusing the girl.
KF walked separating their hands, "He means we're hiding in plain sight."
Hunter walked between the three, "But that doesn't negate the fact that we must always be prepared for battle." He unsheathed his still bloodied sword and sent a discreet glare at the two. He leaned over to whisper to the Martian, "Remember, hormones." She laughed quietly.
Superboy sniffed the air, "I smell smoke." He suddenly stated.
Miss M suddenly gasped, "My cookies!" She exclaimed before flying down the hallway.
The others began to follow when Hunter spoke, "I'm going to go back to the showers and get more casual clothing." He stated before flying past them.
Hunter stripped himself of his armor and stood as bare as the day of his birth. He walked into the large communal shower and walked under one shower head. He turned the nearest knob and turned it to it's highest temperature. He's always loved bathing in the hot springs of Theymyscira. Hunter couldn't enjoy the heat for long he wanted to return to the team.
He ignored the towels began to levitate above the floor. He began to spin so fast that the water flew off of him. Now dry he landed on the floor still completely naked. He walked amongst the lockers before choosing a locker that had his name on it. He unlocked it before opening it. He took the clothes from the locker and quickly threw on the clothes.
He wore a long-sleeved maroon shirt with his mother's logo, black jeans, and a white hoodie and white sneakers. He took his lasso and hid it under his shirt by wrapping it around his torso and his bracelets under his sleeves. He quickly flew down to the kitchen.
When he arrived he found the others gathered in the kitchen. He saw a trey of burnt cookies that KF was eating. The all looked at him.
"Dude that must have been the fastest shower ever." Robin said astonished.
"Speed of Hermes." He shrugged before landing and walking up to the group. "Cookies?" He asked unsure of the black discs.
"I tried to make some for you guys." Miss M explained.
"It was sweet of you to make any." Aqualad commented.
"Thanks, Aqualad." The Martian replied.
"We are off duty." The Atlantean stated, "Call me Kaldur'ahm. Actually, my friends call me Kaldur."
"I'm Wally." KF introduced, "See I already trust you with my secret I.D." He leaned on the island and smiled flirtatiously. "Unlike mister dark glasses over here, Batman's forbidden boy wonder from telling anyone his real name." He states getting a glare from the younger.
"Mine's no secret, I'm M'gann M'orzz." She stated, "But you can call me Megan. It's an earth name, I'm on earth now." She all but gushed.
It had just occurred to Hunter that he hadn't known their names prior to this, "I am Hunter, Hunter Prince." He stated.
Behind Hunter, Superboy walked away from the group. Hunter understood why the clone felt left out, all he had was a designation, not a name. M'gann also noticed the clone walking away.
"Don't worry Superboy. We'll find you an earth name too." She assured mentally.
The clone glared at the Martian, "Get out of my head!"
The others looked confused at the clone before looking to the Martian.
"What's wrong? I don't understand." She connected to everyone's minds.
The boys all held their heads as she connected their minds.
"Everyone on mars communicates telepathically." She explained.
"M'gann stop!" Aqualad ordered and she broke the connection. "Things are different on earth. Here your powers are an extreme invasion of privacy." He explained.
"Besides Cadmus' creepy little gnomes left a bad taste in his brain." Wally pointed at Superboy.
"I didn't mean to-" M'gann tried.
"Just stay out!" The clone growled before walking away and sitting on the couch facing away from the group.
"It's fine." Hunter quickly caught her attention, "It's not easy adjusting to a new culture, I speak from experience." He assured, "I've only been off of Paradise Island for four months and I didn't have anyone besides my mother to help me adjust." He explained.
"Yes, it has been a challenge." She replied before falling silent, "Hello Megan! I know what we can do!" She exclaimed before flying down the hall.
They exchanged looks before going to follow but Hunter stood still. He looked at the clone and walked around the couch to stand in front of him. Superboy glares up at him.
"Get up we're going." Hunter ordered.
"Why?" He snapped, "After what she-"
"Superboy she didn't know-" Hunter tried.
"You said it yourself!" Superboy shot up from the couch and looked down at the shorter boy, "I was stripped of my ability to choose! We fought our way out of Cadmus so I can have that choice so I can have my freedom and she-"
"She wasn't trying to do that!" Hunter replied raising his voice. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "She doesn't understand that it's different here. Just like how I used to be but instead of leaving an island she left her planet." He explained, "She was just trying to communicate the best way she can." He sighed looked up to meet Superboy's eyes, "She's new to this world as you so please help her feel welcome." He pleaded to look into the blue of the clone.
Before Superboy could say something M'gann appeared from the corridor, "Superboy, please?" Superboy looked into Hunter's stern eyes before glancing back at her before sighing. The clone walked away from Hunter and passed M'gann. The martian smiled before turning to the Amazon. "Thank you."
"We're a team we should all be included." He shrugged before they both flew down the hallway following the others.
They caught up with the other as they entered the elevator. They all stood in silence as the elevator ascended. When the elevator opened they were met with the sight of a floating red circular object.
"It's my martian bioship." She presents walking out with the other close behind.
The other looked at it skeptically, "Cute." Wally commented, "Not very aerodynamic but cute."
"It's at rest silly. I'll wake it." She waved her hand and the sphere formed into a more sleek looking jet. It's shaped like an arrowhead, the wings are in a crescent shape and the cockpit towards the back. She waved her hand and the ship levitates and turns around facing away from the teens. The rear of the ship opened and M'gann walked towards it before he turned to look at the boys. The other looked shocked at the ship. "Well, are you coming?"
They broke out of their stupor and followed her. The interior had a dark violet glow. They made it to the cockpit and chairs grew from the floor.
"Strap in for launch." She said awkwardly.
Robin and Wally grinned at each other and ran to two chairs on opposite sides of each other.
"Whoa!" Robin exclaimed as the chair strapped him in automatically.
"This is so cool!" Wally beamed as his chair strapped him on.
Hunter took the seat at the very front. Kaldur and Superboy sat down at either side of him. When the chair strapped him in he felt uneasy at first but got used to it when it adjusted. He looked around the ship and leaned back on the chair.
M'gann took her seat at the control chair. "Red Tornado please open the bay doors." She held out her hands and two blue spheres rose from the floor.
The ship flew out of the cave and out towards the ocean. The ship flew just above the water before jetting upwards towards the sky. Hunter leaned forward to see the town of Happy Harbor below.
"Incredible." Robin commented as he too looked down below.
Wally sighed looking at M'gann, "She sure is." He says dreamily as he watched the martian with starry eyes until she turned to look at him. "I mean the ship which like all ships is a she." He stuttered out.
Hunter had to resist rolling his eyes.
"Fast with his feet not so much with his mouth." Robin said jokingly.
"Dude!" Wally snapped.
Hunter only paid attention to the view below. This reminded him of the first time he flew over Themyscira. He missed how the Mediterranean water glistened the sunlight, the soft sands of the beach, the jungle. He missed Themyscira but had he stayed he probably would never have become Wonder Warrior.
From over Hunter's shoulder, Kaldur leaned towards Superboy. "I may not have psychic power but I can guess what you're thinking." He began, "You overreacted and you don't know how to apologize. Just say sorry." He suggested.
Superboy stayed silent before he glanced to Hunter who stayed silent. The Amazon seemed distracted something, the clone wondered what was on his mind.
M'gann overheard the conversation and looked down guiltily.
"He'll come around." Robin whispered assuringly.
"He doesn't seem to like me much." She replied.
"You guys remember he has super hearing right?" Wally pointed out and they all turned to the clone who only looked ahead.
"Hey how about showing us some martian shapeshifting?" Robin suggested.
Hunter snapped out of his own thoughts when he heard the question. He turned his chair around, "Yea, that sounds like fun." He smiled.
Everyone looked at her and M'gann couldn't say no. She stood up from her seat before she changed her appearance to resemble Robin but a female version of him. Next, she changed into Kid Flash and posed. Hunter ignored the crude comment, Wally made. She then formed into Wonder Warrior causing Hunter to smile.
"Impressive." Robin comments, "But not very convincing."
"Mimicking boys is a lot harder." She stated before sitting back down.
"And your clothes?" Kaldur wondered.
"They're organic like the ship." She pulled up her collar, "They respond to my mental commands."
"As long as they're the only ones." Superboy sneered making Hunter sigh.
"Can you do that ghosting through walls thing that Manhunter does?" Wally quickly asked.
"Density shifting?" She turned to him, "No. It's a really advanced technique." She explained.
"Flash can vibrate his molecules right through a wall." He chuckled and points at Wally, "When he does it, bloody nose."
"Dude!" Wally whined in embarrassment.
"Here's something I can do." She offered before the two sphered began to glow. The exterior of the ship began to fade before it went invisible, "Camouflage mode."
"Amazing, just like my mother's jet." Hunter commented.
"Wait, Wonder Woman actually has an invisible jet?" Wally asks, "Why? If she can fly everywhere a jet seems pretty useless." He pointed out.
"It's exhausting why don't you run everywhere isn't that faster." The Amazon countered.
Before Wally can come up with a counterpoint Red Tornado's voice came through the ship, "Red Tornado to Miss Martian. An emergency alert has been triggered at the Happy Harbor Power Plant." He informed, "I suggest you investigate covertly. I am sending coordinates."
M'gann quickly replied, "Received adjusting course." The ship turned around towards the outskirts of the small town.
Robin scoffed, "Tornado's keeping us busy again."
The power plant came into view. The ship descended down towards the building.
"Well, a simple fire led you to Superboy." M'gann said brightly, "We should find out what caused the alert."
"Finally an optimist." Hunter commented as they flew down.
Superboy glanced out, "I think I know the cause." The others turned to see what he was looking at.
They all froze in shock as a raging twister raced towards them.
"Maybe we should take evasive action." Hunter turned to the martian.
M'gann quickly steered the ship away. The suction of the twister was too great and they were pulled into the vortex of air. The ship was being thrown around in circles. The force of the spinning caused them to groan.
M'gann took the control and began to even out the ship. She used the momentum of the spinning to slingshot out of the twister. She flew them far enough away so that they can land safely. A large circular bay door opened in the floor and the team jumped down to the floor. They saw the twister tear through the power plant. The workers all ran out and yelled.
"Robin, are tornadoes common in New England?" Kaldur asked.
They all turned to see the boy wonder has disappeared. They hear his chuckles echo.
"He was just here." M'gann said confused.
"I have a pretty good idea where he is." Hunter stated as he began to fly, "I'll fly ahead and back him up."
"Hunter wait." Kaldur tried but the Amazon flew away.
The Amazon flew through a window, shattering it, and into the building. When he got inside the first thing he noticed was the strong gust of wind. He saw Robin dodging gust of wind being blasted by a large red man. He quickly flew down towards the large man.
"Hey!" Hunter yelled taking the mans attention from Robin.
The man looked up just in time to see Hunter tackle him. The force of the attack caused the man to slide across the floor. Hunter began to assault the man with a fury of punches. The red man's chest did cave in or break but dented.
Suddenly a spiral of wind pushed Hunter off of the man and spun him around. He and Robin were spinning around the room and flung into two different sides of the room. Robin was flung to a wall and Hunter was flung into a nearby machine and it exploded.
Robin landed with a thud. Superboy landed next to the boy wonder, "Who's your friend?" He asked before charging.
"Didn't catch his name but he plays rough." He called.
The man stood up and a low gust of wind blew through the room. "My apologies. You may address me as Mr. Twister." The man introduced before he blasts two spirals of wind.
Superboy tried to power through the wind but Twister blasts another spiral of wind. Superboy was spun around and thrown to a wall, cracking it. M'gann saw as Superboy fell to the ground unmoving. She then looked to Kaldur and Wally. Wally put on his goggles and Aqualad glanced at M'gann and nodded to her and she then glared at the villain.
Wally was the first to move. He sped towards the villain before leaping to deliver a kick. Twister used a spiral a wind to block the attack and to throw the redhead out of the building.
Kaldur and M'gann began to rush towards the man but were easily thrown back.
"I was prepared to be challenged by a superhero." Mr. Twister states, "I was not however expecting children." Robin glared at the villain discreetly pulling out a handful of batarangs from his back.
Debris from the destroyed machine earlier shifted before being thrown at the villain. Twister quickly used a spiral of wind to stop the debris. Before he could do anything a golden lasso wrapped around his neck. From above Hunter flew over the villain and pulled him upwards with the lasso before he flipped forward delivering an axe kick. Mr. Twister flew down to the floor creating a creator.
Hunter landed next to Robin. The boy wonder saw his beaten state. His redshirt was almost burned off, his left sleeve was burned off and so was the lower half revealing his abs. The left leg of his jeans was burned up to his knee while the left was up to his higher thigh.
"A child just kicked your big red ass!" Robin gloated as the villain began to get up.
The boy wonder threw three explosive batarangs at the man but was blocked with wind. The others stood up and walked up behind the two.
"That will not happen again, that much I can assure you." Twister stood tall.
"Don't make promises you can't keep." Hunter replied before he flew towards.
M'gann quickly cracked open a boiler releasing steam. The steam covered the villain. Superboy leaped into the air to attack. Mr. Twister made a small twister and caught Hunter in it. The Amazon was flung away and collided with the clone.
Kaldur and Robin ran towards the man but Mr. Twister blasts two small twisters at the teens. The two were caught and began to spiral around. M'gann tried to fly between them but the two collided with her. They all landed on the floor groaning in pain.
"Looks like I kept well on my promise." Twister stated before floating out of the power plant.
Outside Wally got up from the ground he saw Mr. Twister leaving the power plant and ran after him. He made a U-turn around Twister catching his attention, "What have you done to my team?"
"Embarrassed them largely." The villain replied before blasting a large twister at Wally.
The twister consumed the speedster. The twister began to grow in size and speed. The cyclone of wind moved towards the building. The twister clashed into the building causing a dust cloud.
When the dust settled Wally was floating in the fetal position. The redhead looked down to himself unharmed. The rest of the team walked through the fading dust
"I got you, Wally," M'gann assured holding her hand up.
"Thanks." Wally landed on his feet when M'gann put him down carefully.
"I would've thought you had all learned your limitations by now." Twister mocked.
"What do you want?!" Kaldur demanded.
Twister flew up into the air, "Isn't it obvious? I'm waiting for a real hero." He declared.
Hunter turned to the team, "Figure something out while I distract him." The Amazon flew up towards the villain.
Twister fired a spiral of air at the Amazon. Hunter quickly clashes his bracelets together sending a wave of white energy. The wave of energy broke through the coming twister and knocked the villain back. Hunter pulled his fist back and flew faster at the large man.
"How's this for limitations!" He yelled before delivering a titanic punch to the villain's chest sending him further up into the air.
Kaldur turned to M'gann, "Read his mind, find a weakness." He ordered.
"I thought I wasn't supposed to do that." She replied confused.
"It's ok with the bad guys!" Robin exclaimed.
M'gann tried to breach into Mr. Twister's mind while he fought Hunter but got nothing. "Nothing, I'm getting nothing." She states frustrated, "Hello Megan! Mr. Twister is Red Tornado in disguise!" She deduced, "He's inorganic, an android and how many androids do you know that can generate tornados?"
Just as she explained her deduction Hunter slammed into the floor in front of them. The Amazon groaned, "Ok. I'll admit that one that hurt." He stood up and turned to his teammates, "What did you guys figure out?" He asked.
"Twister is actually Red Tornado in disguise!" Kaldur answered, "He was the one who sent us here." He added
"After saying 'we'd be tested soon enough' this is his test to keep us busy." Robin declared bitterly.
"Speedy called it, we're a joke." Wally added. Aqualad let out a frustrated growl. The teens began to walk towards the villain, "This game, so over."
"We know who you are and what you want!" Robin declared.
"So let's end this!" Aqualad demanded.
"Consider it ended." Twister replied raising his hands towards the sky.
The wind began to pick up and two twisters appeared from his hands. The sky darkened over the clearing as the wind only blew faster. Hunter looked up at the sky nervously.
"An impressive show but we will not indulge you we will not engage!" Kaldur declared.
Thunder clapped in the dark sky and lightning flashed around Twister.
"Can Red Tornado do that?" Wally asked unsurely.
"You think I am Tornado?" The villain scoffed, "Ironic."
A wave of lighting struck down at them sending most of the team flying back except Superboy and Hunter. The clone jumped towards Twister as lightning flashed. Hunter saw the attack coming and quickly flew up. He got between the villain and the clone and raises his arms defensively. When the lightning bolt came Hunter blocked it with his bracelets but the force of it sent him flying back. Superboy caught him but the force of the attack sent them both falling back creating a creator in the ground.
M'gann was the first to open her eyes. She saw Mr. Twister descending upon them. She quickly mentally commanded the bioship to float between them in camouflage mode.
In the eyes of their advisory, the teens have all disappeared, "Fine then, I won't deny your children have power." Wally groaned but M'gann quickly put her hand over his mouth, "But playing hide and seek with you won't help achieve my objectives so stay concealed if you confront me again I will show no mercy." He warned before flying off.
Everyone began to get up from the ground. Hunter stood up from Superboy's arms and jumped out of the creator. "What happened?" Wally wondered.
"I placed the bioship between us." M'gann replied before Superboy punched a large rock into pieces.
"And that's supposed to make it right?" He climbed out of the creator and walked passed Hunter, "You tricked us into thinking Twister was Red Tornado."
"She didn't do it on purpose." Kaldur explained.
"It was a rookie mistake we shouldn't have listened." Robin added.
"Your are pretty inexperienced." Wally put his hands in his pockets, "Hit the showers we'll take it from here."
"Stay out of our way." Superboy growled walking away from the group.
Hunter rolled his eyes at the boys. The other three ran towards the town where Twister was headed. "Kaldur, go on ahead I stay here." The Amazon suggested and the Atlantean nodded.
Hunter waited for Kaldur waited for the teen to be out of earshot, "Get up, we're going with them." He said offering his hand to the martian.
M'gann looked up at him, "But they said-"
Hunter cut in, "I know what they said but I also know that their pride has just taken a huge hit and they need something to vent out on." He kneeled down next to her, "I should know because of my pride his hurt as well but unlike them I blame myself."
"Why?" She asked, "It was my fault."
"Not really." He shrugged, "You processed all the information you gathered and came up with a sensible conclusion. You can't be right all the time, we're only human, martian in your case. But do you see what I'm trying to say?" He asked unsure, offering his hand again.
"I believe so." She took his hand and helped her up, "What do we do now?"
"We swallow our pride and call Red Tornado for backup." He sighed. He doesn't like the idea of someone else fighting his battles, "It's the only solution I can think of." He looked down at his torn clothes, "Do by any chance have any spare clothes in the bioship? I am nearly as bare as the day I was born."
M'gann blushed, "Yes, in the back." They both flew up and the ship opened letting them in. The opening closed under them and the landed. "I'll call Red Tornado while you change."
Hunter nodded before walking towards the back of the ship. He found a separate room with duffle bags. How much room is in this thing?
He opened one and found suitable clothes. He quickly stripped off his clothes and slipped on his new garments. A black shirt with a silver wonder woman logo and a pair of jean shorts. He particularly likes the silver logo on the shirt.
When he walked back into the cockpit to find M'gann on a video call with Red Tornado, "The team really needs your help." She implored.
"If I intervened it would not be to help." The Android replied, "Still it is an odd coincidence that this 'Twister' shares my elemental abilities and my immunity to telepathy." He added.
Both of them though over what the android just said.
"Hello, Megan!"
"That's it!"
"If I can't read his mind then that must mean he really is a machine." M'gann explained.
"And when he said he had another objective he meant Red Tornado!" Hunter replied.
"Then that means he's here to hack Red Tornado!" They both exclaimed.
M'gann turned to the screen, "Red Tornado for your own safety stays in the cave." She informed before shutting off the screen, "I've got a plan." She declared.
"I'm one step ahead of you." He smiled as the town came into view. "But we need to inform the others for this plant to work." He turned to her, "You have to connect us telepathically."
She hesitated before nodding. She lifted her hand to her left right temple. She connected the team's minds before speaking.
"Listen to me, all of you." She said quickly.
"What did we tell you!" Superboy yelled.
"Shut up and listen!" Hunter yelled back.
"I know I messed up but now I'm very clear on what we need to do." M'gann stated, "Please trust me."
After a moment of silence, Kaldur spoke.
"What do you suggest?"
Twisters tore through the town below. People ran as fast as they can from the destruction. From around the mountain, Red Tornado flew towards the fray.
As the team approached Twister he landed. "Hit the showers boys." He ordered, "I was hoping you could handle this clearly you can not."
"But we've got a plan now." Robin objected.
"The subject is not up to debate." The android replied and the team walked away.
Soon it was just Red Tornado and Mr. Twister face to face, one on one. "I was beginning to believe you would never show up."
"I'm here now." Tornado replied before creating a tornado and sending it to the villain.
Twister dodged the tornado before blocking it with his own. Twister then sent another whirlwind towards Red but the android easily dispersed it.
"We are evenly matched Twister." RT stated before creating a tornado behind him and sending debris flying towards the villain.
"Not Tornado we are not!" Twister replied before slamming his fist into the ground creating a wall of air. He then blasted two bolts of lighting at the android. Tornado dodged the initial attack by flying back but the lighting hit a boat causing it to explode. The force of the explosion knocked Red Tornado down. Twister quickly flew towards the disabled android, "Remain still android." Wired came out of his fingertips, "The reprogramming won't take long."
Red Tornado grabbed the wires. His head morphed revealing M'gann. "Longer than you might think." She smirked.
"No."
M'gann used her telekinesis to push Twister back into a tornado created by Wally. The villain spun around before being thrown towards Superboy. The clone caught Twister and delivered two hard blows to his chest causing smoke to rise out of his body before he punched the robot hard enough to send him flying into the ocean nearby.
In the water, Kaldur waited with an anchor in hand. As soon as Twister sunk he quickly swung the pointy end of the anchor into his chest before using his own electricity to surge through Twister causing an explosion.
The force of the explosion sent Twister flying out of the water. The robot landed on the floor with a clinking sound. M'gann flew up and lifted Twister with her mind before tearing his last remaining arm off. Robin ran up to them and threw two baterangs at the machine. They exploded and M'gann let go of her hold on him just in time for Hunter to wrap his lasso around the robot. The Amazon swung the android around before swinging him down on the floor creating a creator.
The team surrounded the villain. Twister got up on his knees as his chest opened up to reveal a thin pale man. He was controlling the whole time.
"Foul I call foul." He looked up in fear.
"I am underwhelmed." Hunter raised an eyebrow at the man.
M'gann lifted a nearby boulder and raised it above the man.
"M'gann no!" Kaldur yelled before she dropped the boulder on him.
"Now that's what I call justice." Hunter smirked at the stone.
Robin was less pleased than Hunter, "Don't know how things are done on Mars but on Earth, we don't execute our captives." Robin exclaimed.
M'gann smirked down at the boy wonder, "You said you trust me." She said before lifting the boulder revealing the man too was a robot, "That's why I couldn't read his mind."
Wally waked up to the machine and kneeled down. He picked up one of the robots eyeballs. "Cool souvenir."
"We should've had more faith in you." Aqualad stated putting his hand on M'gann's shoulder.
"Yea you really rocked this mission." Wally joked, "Get it, rocked."
"Please stop." Hunter groaned.
Later after at the cave, the team had put the damaged machines on a table. Red Tornado had joined them. Robin had used the computer to try to find out what it was built for even if it was obvious.
"It was clearly built to sabotage or destroy you." Kaldur said to the android.
"Agreed." Red Tornado nodded.
"Is that why you wouldn't help us?" M'gann asked.
"No, this was your battle I do not believe it is my role to solve your problems for you nor should you solve mine for me." He replied catching the teams attention.
"But if you're in danger-" The martian tried.
"Consider this matter closed." The android stated before he walked away.
"I like him." Hunter stated watching the machine walk away.
"Batman, Aqualad, Wonder Woman and Flash, they'd have jumped right in to fix things." Wally states.
"Guess if we're gonna have a babysitter a heartless machine is exactly what we need." Robin said gesturing to Red Tornado.
"Dude harsh." Wally whispered.
"And inaccurate. I have a heart carbon steel alloy." Red Tornado added as he walked away. He turned to face them, "I also have exeillent hearing." He said causing the two to flinch.
"Ok, I really like him." Hunter added.
"Right sorry I'll try to be more...accurate." Robin replied.
"And more respectful." Kaldur added.
"Well that was fun and all but I am hungry." Hunter said before walking up to M'gann as the boys walked away, "Wanna give those cookies another go?"
"I would love to."
They went to follow the team when Superboy stopped in front of them. The clone didn't say anything for a moment, "Sorry."
They weren't sure who he directed it to but they smiled anyway. They followed the team down the hall. "So tell me about Mars." Hunter began.
"As long as you tell me about Themyscira." She replied.
"Deal."