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I've been broken so many times I'm scared I won't get up again
if I'm open like the ocean
you'll drown before you ever reach the depths of me
You'll never reach the depths of me
-The Depth of Me-
Stickup Kid
Kenna heard the clap of her shoes meeting concrete. She had to bend her knees to cushion the blow as her feet landed on the ground. Standing up straight, Kenna shifted her eyes suspiciously around the premise. Nothing looked out of the ordinary but she still kept her guard up. As her eyes shifted around, a large gust of wind blew past her, whipping hair in every direction.
"Nothing seems wrong. What could have caused the alarm?" She vaguely heard come from one of her team mates; Wally she presumed. Another gust of wind nearly blew the poor girl off her feet. She turned in the direction of the wind, eyes growing as big as saucers.
"Um guys?" She said loud enough to catch the teams attention. Lifting her hand. Kenna pointed towards the massive tornado that ripped through cars on the other side of the plant. The entire team watched as the tornado continued to wreak havoc on the other the parking lot on the opposite side of the plant. Multiple screams sounded through the air as people fled the area.
"Robin, are tornados common in New England?" Kaldur asked the boy wonder only to get no response. He turned when getting no reply only to see that the boy had disappeared.
"ROBIN?" Kaldur yelled, causing the entire to look at the empty spot that the boy wonder once was.
"He was here a second ago." M'gann spoke, confusion laced in her voice. Kenna could feel a vein pop out of her head when she faintly heard the famous cackle come from the mysterious teen. Her eyes gave a small glare as she peered at the opening to the plant. Figuring that the boy wonder had entered the plant, Kenna let her legs carry her to the entrance.
"I'm so going to buy that idiot a bell." She grumbled to herself as she reached the ramp leading into the building. She didn't need to look over her shoulder to know the team was following her. She paused in step when the windows above shattered, causing dust and glass to scatter everywhere. Kenna quickly placed her arms above her head to protect herself. Her eyes widened slightly when she looked into the entrance. She watched as something tall and red bring it's hands up, letting two grey gusts of wind escape his hands. Lavender eyes followed the wind as it made contact with Robin's body, sending him flying into the concrete pillar. She winced when his body fell to the ground with a sickening thud. Subconsciously her legs moved quickly towards the fallen boy, sliding to her knees next to him. She placed a delicate hand on his chest and helped him lean up. She crinkled her eyebrows at his pain filled groan. Just as Robin was sitting up, the rest of the team showed up. Superboy skid to a stop next to the kneeling teen.
"Who's your friend?" He asked, eyes never leaving the culprit. He moved to lunge as Robin speaks.
"DIDN'T CATCH HIS NAME BUT HE PLAYS KINDA ROUGH!" He snarkily called towards Superboy. Wally, M'gann and Kaldur moved towards the culprit, leaving the two younger teens behind. Kenna took a second to look at the man or thing they were fighting. Her eyes traced over the bad guy, momentarily stopping to stare at the lifeless blue eyes. Her eyebrows crinkled as she continued to stare. There was something about this person that reminded her of Red Tornado. Kenna turned her attention back to the boy wonder. He had turned his head to look at her. She gave him one nod and slowly rose to her feet bringing Robin up with her.
"My apologies, You may address me as Mr. Twister." A deep almost robotic voice spoke. Mr. Twister raised his hands once again to let gust of winds rip through the air. Superboy ran towards the win user, struggling though the force. He was soon picked up in a small tornado and whipped into a wall. Kenna crained her neck to watch his body indent into the concrete. Her head snapped back to bad guy with anger in her eyes. She could feel power crackle between her fingers, ready to be released. even though they hadn't known each other for very long, this was still her team and she wasn't going to let them get injured. She glanced to her left to see the rest of her team looking at eachother. Kaldur gave a firm nod signaling that it was time to take action. Wally pulled out his goggles and placed them over his eyes. Simultaneously, the team moved to attack. Gust of wind were fired but soon destroyed by Kenna's spiral vortices. She stood next to Robin, eyes a fluorescent glow, firing her energy to help clear a path for her team. It wasn't enough considering both Wally and M'gann were swept up and flung in the air.
"I was prepared to be challenged by a superhero, I was not however expecting children." Kenna shot one more vortex towards the oncoming tornado, exploding it on contact. Robin took the opportunity to attack.
"We're not children!" He all but growled out, throwing his exploding disks. One managed to sail through the opening Kenna had left for him and sunk into the metal of the suit with a metallic clang. Twister brought up his large hand and merely flicked the disk with a finger. Seconds later the disk exploded, leaving a large cloud of dust.
"Objectively, you are. Have you no adult supervision? I find your presence here quite disturbing."
Kenna used the slight distraction to her advantage. Focusing her mind on her objective, Kenna disappeared in a mist of purple and black. Mr. Twister was not expecting the the blonde to pop out of nowhere, sending a blast of energy into his side. He took the hit, slightly skidding across the floor. In annoyance, Mr. Twister mustered his power and sent a tornado in the way of the lavender eyed girl. Kenna gave a squeak, not totally thinking out her plan of action. She quickly cartwheeled out of the way to avoid getting hit.
"Well We would hate to see you disturbed! Let's see if you're more turbed once we kick your can!" Robin spoke, sarcasm riddling his voice. M'gann then concentrated on the container hanging above the criminal. With a pull of her hands, M'gann used her powers to crush the metal contraption, spilling its contents. Dust poured out of the now broken container, covering him from head to toe. Before the dust could Superboy leaped into the air to deliver an attack but was swept up in another tornado. The teen was spun around and released, flying into the martian. Their bodies collided with a thud and then fell to the ground.
They needed to end this now. Thinking fast, Kenna concentrated on her target. Lifting her right hand, she let the power crackle between her fingers. With a swift movement of her arm, Mr. Twister was trapped in her phase lock. What she hadn't counted on was the tornadoes that Twister had released before she had used her powers. The two tornados moved closer and sucked up both Robin and Aqualad. The two spun around and were flung into each other. Kenna's eyes widen, her concentration shifting to her team mates.
"AQUALAD! ROBIN!" She frantically called, momentarily forgetting about her phase lock. Her distraction was her downfall. Her head snapped back to her captive to see her sphere about to explode. Kenna let out a short scream when her phase lock broke, her own powers shooting back at her. The impacted sent her body flying across the floor. Her small body tumbled and rolled painfully on the concrete. Finally her body came to a final roll.
"Indeed, that was quite you."
Kenna rolled onto her stomach and used her forearms to try and prop herself up. A low hiss left her lips and she looked up to see Twister gliding smoothly through the air. He exited the building just as the team struggled to their feet. Kenna pushed herself up and moved a hand to hold her ribs. She reluctantly moved quickly to catch up with the rest of the team. They all exited the building, unable to see through the large gust of dust and wind. M'gann raised her hand, eyes glowing green as she suspended Kid Flash in mid air. Once the dust settled, Kenna was able to make out the body of the speedster.
"I gotcha Wally." M'gann spoke before moving her hand down and letting Wally land on his feet.
"Thanks." He called over his shoulder. The rest of the team walked closer and came to a stop next to the red head. Kenna's eyes squinted into a piercing glare.
"I would have thought you would have seen your limitations by now." The man's voice and his powers were really starting to get annoying.
"I'm starting to get really tired of this guy." Kenna grumbled in annoyance. Aqualad moved closer, frustration evident on his face.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT?" He yelled. Twister moved higher in the sky as he responded.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm waiting for a real hero"
"Read his mind. Find a weakness" Aqualad called over his shoulder to the martian. M'gann gave a puzzled look.
" B-but I thought I wasn't supposed to do that." She spoke, uncertainty in her voice.
"It's okay with the bad guy's" Robin curtly yelled. Kenna glanced over at him with a slight glare. He didn't need to be so rude to the girl. Not an hour ago they were all complaining about her telepathic powers. How was M'gann supposed to know when she was "allowed" to use her powers. M'gann's only response was placing to fingers to her temple. She searched as hard as she could but didn't find anything.
"Nothing! I'm getting nothing." She called out, removing her fingers from her temple before have an epiphany. She light bumped the side of her head with the heel of her palm as she spoke.
"Hello Megan, Mr. Twister is Red Tornado in disguise. He's in organic, an android. How many android's do you know that can generate tornadoes?" She spoke with a laugh, gesturing towards said android with her he hands. Kenna had an aha moment as she glanced back up at the flying android. No wonder she had that feeling of familiarity. This android reminder her of Red Tornado.
"Red Tornado sent us here." Aqualad spoke with confusion.
"After saying we would be tested soon enough. This is the to keep us busy." Robin spoke with anger, using his arms to gesture to the situation.
"Speedy called it. We're a joke." Wally said, looking down in disappointment. Aqualad gave an angry grunt and turned around, moving closer to . The rest of the team followed in his foot steps.
"This game… so over."
"We know who you are and what you want." Robin called upwards toward the android.
"So let's end this." Aqualad spoke next. Mr. Twister glared down as he spoke.
"Consider it ended."
He brought his above his head, generating more than just a tornado. Grey and black clouds formed over his head, looking more and more like a hurricane. Kenna's hair began whipping around in different directions. Her eyes held a sense of worry. If this really was Red Tornado, would he really go to this extreme just to test them? The wind became so loud that she almost couldn't hear Mr. Twisters reply to Wally's question.
"You think i'm Tornado? How Ironic." A massive bolt of lightning struck the ground causing a wave of explosion to fling the team backwards. Kenna's body once again rolled and tumbled over the grass. She was really getting tired of being thrown around like a rag doll. She looked up to see Twister descending closer to the team, lightning sparking between his fingers. She gritted her teeth and prepared herself to defend the team but gave a confused look when Mr. Twister suddenly disappeared.
"Fine then. I won't deny you children have powers," Twister began speaking. Wally gave a small groan only to have his mouth covered by a green hand.
"But playing hide and seek with you will not help me achieve my stay concealed. If you confront me again, I will show no mercy."
"What happened?" Wally asked, slightly leaning up. M'gann looked back at him and spoke in a small voice.
"I placed the Bio-Ship between us…." A small gasp left her lips as Superboy punched the ground in anger. He looked up to meet her eyes, hatred almost certain in his gaze.
"And that's supposed to make things right?" He asked, standing from the ground. He made brisk movements towards her. Not liking Superboy's tone Kenna stood up quickly.
"You tricked us into thinking that Twister was Red Tornado." He spoke with venom. Surprise flashed in his eyes when Kenna appeared in front of the martian. Every one was slightly taken back at the small blonde. Her stance was defensive and the glare on her face was frightening. Her eyebrows pinched together in anger, a scowl on her lips. Her hands were clenched in fist at her side, ready to punch if wanted.
"It wasn't her fault. Everything was pointing towards Red Tornado. Her claim made perfect sense. As for the Bio-Ship, what else was she supposed to do? We were getting our asses kicked and she protected us." She spat with venom. Her voice held nothing but anger and frustration. To try and cool the tensions between people Robin spoke up.
"It was a rookie mistake. We shouldn't have listened." He hesitantly spoke when feeling Kenna glare into his soul.
"You are pretty inexperienced. Hit the showers, We'll take it from here." Wally said slightly shifting his eyes between Kenna and M'gann. An appalled look crossed the blonde's face. Wally had been referring to both of the girls. How could he say that? She had the same amount of experience as Superboy.
"Stay out of our way." Superboy growled out as he walked past them. Robin and Wally looked over at the blonde. With slight hurt but mostly anger, Kenna crossed her arms and avoided eye contact. Pangs of guilt hit both boy's and they followed after Superboy.
"I-I was just trying to be apart of the team." M'gann's voice came out sad as she watched the boys run off. Aqualad gave both girl's sympathetically looks.
"To be honest i'm not really sure we have a team." He spoke, rubbing the back of his neck. Just like the others, Kenna watched Aqualad run after the other teens. She then glanced over at the martian. M'gann was looking down, on the verge of tears. Kenna moved slowly towards the girl, contemplating what ow to comfort the girl. The guy's had hurt M'gann's feelings more than they had hers. Going out her comfort zone, Kenna crouched down and gave the green skinned girl an attempted hug. M'gann looked up to meet the lavender eyes of the younger girl. She move a hand up to grasp the arm around her neck to somewhat return the hug. Both girl's accepted the comfort that each other was giving.
"Come one M'gann lets go back to the cave." Kenna spoke softly, releasing the older girl to stand up. M'gann sniffled and nodded, grasping the hand Kenna was offering. Once both girls were standing, M'gann lifted her hands and used her powers to uncloak the Bio-Ship. The ship turned and landed on the ground. The back hatch eased down and both girls trudged aboard. Kenna plopped down in a seat on even caring about the seat belts that grew over her. Her eye's just stared out the window in a trance. She could feel the ship left into the air. With a sigh, Kenna crossed her arms over the dashboard and leaned her head on them. Sad eyes stared out the window, feeling more caged then she had ever felt in her life. Everything around her was blocked out; nothing but white noise. What was the point? This so called freedom wasn't what she had expected. In all honesty, she felt as if she was still rotting away inside that dome. Shaking her head slightly, Kenna buried her face in her arms. All she wanted to do was to go home. Not the Cave, not Cadmus but home. The home she had made with Dinah and Oliver. She wanted to sit on the balcony with her book and Dave, hot apple cider at her disposal. But most of all she wanted to curl up between Dinah and Oliver like she used to. She wanted the people who in a short amount of time acted more like parents to her than her own parents had ever been.
Her thoughts were soon interrupted when M'gann's voice rang throughout the caverns of her mind.
Listen to me all of you!
Kenna slightly jumped at the voice and turned to look at M'gann over her shoulder.
What did we tell you? She heard Superboy grumble in her head. She watched the martian's face morph into a stern and concentrated look.
I know! I know I messed up but now i'm very clear on what we need to do. Please trust me.
Kenna waited for her moment. She didn't know how M'gann convinced her to come back and help. At the moment the she was hiding in the brush to the side of the war zone. She watched as Red Tornado or for better terms M'gann landed in front of the sidekicks. She couldn't hear any of the conversation between them but she waited none the less for her opening. Her eyes shifted between the two as they begun the match with tornadoes. One would send a tornado while the other one would dissipate it. They seemed to evenly matched until Twister countered with electricity attack. Kenna held her breath, this was the moment of truth. Tornado's body bounced once as it hit the ground, electricity sparking around the body. Twister extended his hands, five wires coming out of each finger and attaching to the back of Tornado's head.
"NOW MCKENNA!" She heard M'gann shout. In a split second, Kenna used her phase walk. A burst of energy sent the android flying back into a tornado. The tornado disappeared when twister flung out; revealing Wally. Twister was caught off guard when Superboy grabbed him, sending punch after punch through his body. With one final punch, Superboy sent the android rolling into the ocean with a large splash. Kenna stood up straight and waited for Aqualad to do his part. With another massive splash, Twister sailed out of the water missing some limbs. His body crashed to the ground with a clang. He didn't stay on the ground for very long because M'gann had captured him in air and sent a mental pulse that ripped off his remaining limbs. Before he could fall, Robin with his utility belt strapped diagonally across his torso ran towards the android, throwing his exploding disks. They embedded deep into his body then exploded with a loud bang. Finally his body came crashing down, body landing with a loud thud.
All six teens came to stand in front of the android, watching it lean up on it's knees. With a hiss the chest cavity opened revealing a man in green with grey hair. The man collapsed out of the chest, landing face first on the ground.
"Fowl. I-I call fowl." He said looking up at them. Both Kenna and M'gann moved forward. M'gann began using her power to pick up the boulder on her left. Kenna's eyes began to glow as she lifted her palm up. The small black and purple sphere forming in her hand. With a quick motion, The man was caught in her phaselock sphere.
"M'GANN NO!" Kenna heard Aqualad scream from behind her. She could feel her phaselock dissipate as the martian crushed the man under the boulder. Kenna let her hand fall back to her sides and she turned to look at the horrified faces of her team mates. Robin's face soon changed to anger. He moved towards the martian and blonde.
"DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S DONE ON MARS BUT ON EARTH WE DON'T EXECUTE OUR CAPTIVES." Robin yelled, glaring at the martian. He then shifted his anger towards the blonde.
"AND YOU!" He yelled, pointing an accusing finger in Kenna's direction.
"HOW IN THE HELL COULD YOU THINK THAT HELPING HER MURDER SOMEONE WAS OKAY?" His words cut deep into her, twisting and turning. She let him see a flash of hurt in her eyes. M'gann moved towards the two to draw the anger away from the blonde.
"You said you'd trust me." She spoke causing the boy wonder to look over his shoulder. His covered eye's watched as the boulder was lifted revealing the broken wires and circuits inside the man.
He had been an android all along.
M'gann gave a sly smirk when Robin's face held a surprised look.
"That's why I couldn't read his mind." She stated pointing towards the broken pieces. Robin turned back to M'gann a little less angry. Crossing his arms, he glanced at Kenna. She was staring at the ground, arms wrapped around her waist.
"You still could have let us in on it. You told McKenna." He gestured towards the blonde. M'gann looked over her shoulder to peer at the young girl. She then shifted her head to look back at the team.
"No I didn't." She denied with a shake of her head. Aqualad moved forward to put a hand on the martian's shoulder.
"We should have trusted you. Both of you." He spoke softly towards M'gann then to look at Kenna. But Kenna wasn't there.
She had pulled a Robin.
Kenna gave a soft sigh as a light breeze swept through her hair. A small chill ran down her spine causing her to pull her knees closer to her she stared out across the water at the sunset, Kenna came to a decision. She would go back to the cave and pack up her things. There was no point on stay on a team that couldn't trust you. Her mind then shifted back to memory of Robin yelling at her. He would never know how much his words had truly hurt. Even though you knew that Twister was an android, Robin's still made you feel like a monster. The monster that Camus had turned her into.
She heard the creak of the old wooden planks on the dock before she saw him. She didn't move a muscle or make a sound as he sat down beside her. He brought one of his knees to his chest and let the other dangle over the edge. She heard him take a small breath before speaking.
"Are you going to come back with us?" He asked looking at the swirling colors of the sun. His head then snapped to look at the blonde as she talked.
"No." She simply spoke. Robin's eyes widened behind his glasses.
"What do you mean no?" He asked in confusion and sight worry. Kenna just shook her head before speaking.
"I'm going to go back to the cave, pack my things and go back with Canary."
"But why?" Kenna turned her head slightly to look at the boy wonder before speaking.
"What's the point of being a part of a team that can't even trust you." She turned her head to look back at sun. She gave a bitter laugh, shaking her head as she continued speaking.
"I mean who was I kidding? I'm not cut out for this. You guy's said so yourselves. I'm inexperienced and I don't know what i'm doing. I should just go back where I came from." She spoke bitterly. Robin took a minute to let her words sink. He had no clue that Kenna doubted herself this much. Guilt crashed over him in waves as he thought back to their previous conversation. His childish words probably confirmed the doubt she had been feeling.
"Don't." That one word made the blonde look over at him with slight confusion. Robin let his propped up leg fall down till it dangled next to his other leg. He then turned to face the blonde with a stern face.
"Don't leave. The team needs you. I'm sorry that I yelled at you and made you doubt yourself. I never wanted to make you feel as if you didn't belong. McKenna you are a big part of this team and nothing will change that. Please have more faith in yourself and your abilities. Don't leave. Please." Kenna gave a surprised look, not expecting a full blown apology. She looked at him, letting his words play in her mind. She gave no response but continued to look at him.
"I get it, i'm an ass. I'll let you throw your book at my head, if you want." He baited. He watched as a small smile pulled at her lips and she let out a soft giggle. A full blown smile broke out across his face. She had cracked, the smile and laugh being the indicator. Pushing himself onto his feet, Robin gave one last glimpse at the sunset. He then turned and extended his hand towards the small blonde.
"Come on Blondie, let's get out here." He teased. Kenna gave a sigh, unwrapping her arms to grab his offered hand.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I hear you Bird Boy." She spoke with a roll of her eyes. Robin hoisted her up. When Kenna was standing straight, she looked up to raise an eyebrow at the boy wonder. Robin let go of her hand, only to ruffle the hair on top of her head. He laughed as Kenna grumbled and fixed the rats nest that he ha cause. Kenna playfully glared and stuck out her tongue. He stuck his tongue out in return causing the girl to start laughing. Robin then brought his arm up to wrap around her small shoulders. In response, Kenna wrapped her arm around his waist. The to teens began making their way off he docks.
"You're definitely an ass."
"Why thank you for noticing."
Author's Note: Hey guys! I'm so sorry I haven't update in a while. This week has been very busy for me but I'm on Spring Break! WOOOOH! Any way that means that if i'm bored enough, I might update a few times. Okay so about this chapter, all mental conversations will be in bold italics. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and you enjoyed going into Kenna's personality and fears. I really wanted to show her feelings especially at the end. Okay you guy's no the drill, favorite, review, all of the jazz. Love you guys!:)