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And its haunting me, but I feel fine
War of worlds in real time
Better off signing a truce that's drawn up in your name
But I hope you go home and admit you
Were wrong for the stress you put me through
Free me from the anchor
Depart these seas and let me do what I have to do
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The Story So Far
Click
Click
Click
That's the only sound she could hear. To be honest, that constant sound was not that bad. Her mind simply blocked out every other sound except the click that came while playing air hockey. Well, she herself wasn't partaking in the game but her team mates; friends were playing the game. Kenna was currently standing next to Robin, being a spectator to Kaldur's and Wally's game. Okay she wasn't really paying attention. Kenna's brain was currently trapped in the fantasy of her book.
"Do you ever put that thing down?" A voice broke through the void, interrupting her train of thought. Her lavender eyes broke away from the black print to look over the pages of her book. She momentarily raised an eyebrow, gazing at the black haired boy beside her. His stance was relaxed, arms crossed and a smirk on his lips. Rolling her eye's Kenna moved her eyes back to the words.
"It's a hobby. M'gann bakes, Superboy brutes, Wally's a human garbage disposal, you hack things, Kaldur puts up with us and I read books about Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits and a fire breathing dragon. Sue me bird boy." She spoke, a light teasing tone to her voice.
"Hey!" Wally called out defensively, looking at the blonde. All Kenna could do was giggle.
"Sorry Wally but it's true." The only response she got from a the boy was a grumble.
"Recognized. Superboy, B-04." The computer announced before the white void began to appear. Kenna brought her full attention away from her book to watch Superboy emerge from the white light, a frown permanently etched on his face. The clone spoke no words as walked into the room.
"Hi Superboy. How was Metropolis?" M'gann asked, eyes following the teen as he walked through the holographic hockey table. He just growled and gritted his teeth in anger. Kenna looked at the clone sympathetically, feeling sorry for the older boy. Earlier in the day, Superboy had decided that he was going to venture to Superman's city to help him out and from the look on the clones face, it hadn't gone well.
"Ready for training, everyone?" A voice called from behind. Kenna's eyes widened, a large smile growing on her face.
"Canary!" Robin let out an umph sound when something big and heavy hit his chest. His hands flew up to grasp the object that had momentarily winded him. His masked eyes looked down to see Kenna had practically shoved the large paperback book into his hands. They then shifted up to see the girl bounding towards the older blonde in utter happiness. Kenna practically tackled the older blonde, hugging her around the waist.
Dinah let out a small chuckle and placed a hand on the back of Kenna's head, giving the girl a small hug.
"Hey kiddo, it's great to see you." She said looking down at Kenna with a fond smile. Kenna looked up, a full blown smile on her face; teeth and all. The team gazed at the pair, slightly surprised at the amount of emotion the young girl was displaying. Dinah gave the girl one more pat on the head before focusing on her attention on Superboy's retreating form. Noticing that her mentor was in a more serious mind set, Kenna gave Dinah one last squeeze before releasing her hold.
"Stick around. Class is in session." Black Canary spoke loud enough to catch the retreating kryptonian's attention. Superboy turned around crossed his arms over his chest. With gesture of her hand, Canary lead the team to the training area. The team stood on the outer edge while Canary stepped into the middle. Kenna had noticed that Robin was no longer holding her book; figuring he had put it down some where. She then turned her attention to her mentor who was about to speak.
"I consider it an honor to be your teacher. I'll throw a lot at you. Everything I've learned from my own mentors," While she spoke, Canary began removing her jacket only to pause and cringe in slight pain.
"And my own bruises." She continued, placing her hand upon the bandaged wound. Kenna's eyebrows crinkled together in worry. She had never really seen Dinah injured and Kenna didn't like the reminder that the people she cared about weren't invincible. In her opinion and much to the dismay of her team mates, Kenna would break every bone in her body to ensure no harm would come to those she cared about. Blinking repeatedly, Kenna refocused on her mentors words and teachings.
"Now, combat is about controlling conflict, putting the battle on your terms. You should always be acting, never reacting. I'll need a sparring partner." Canary stated, eyes shifting towards her protege but Kid Flash; quite enthusiastically raised his hand, not giving any one else a chance to volunteer.
"Right here." He spoke, sauntering into the center; munching on a banana. He took one more bite of the fruit and tuned to throw it away.
"Yeah! After this," He pivoted his body and tossed the peel of the banana the trash as if he was a basketball player.
" Swish. I'll show you my moves." He turned his attention back to the older blonde; giving her a flirtatious grin. Kenna watched the situation with a puzzled look. Was he flirting with her mentor. A woman who was more than twice his age? Her lavender eyes then maneuvered to see the knowing smile on Canary's face. In a split second, Canary crouched into a fighting stance and swung her left fist towards the cocky ginger. Anticipating Wally's block, Canary then spun into a low kick, swiping the speedsters legs from underneath him. Wally's body collided with the ground, a loud thud accompanying the impact. A pained groan escaped his lips while a sign appeared next to his head on the holographic floor stating his failure
"Ugh, hurts so good." Canary leaned down and offered a hand towards the ginger.
"Good block, but did anyone see what he did wrong?" She asked the peanut gallery as she tugged Wally to his feet.
"OOOOHHHHH! He hit on teacher and got served?" Robin cut in, enthusiastically raising his hand. Kenna's eyes widen in bewilderment and she turned to look at the black haired boy.
"DUDE!"
At Wally's protest, the situation began to really register in Kenna's brain. A large grin broke out across the blondes face. Canary herself found the situation amusing but decided continue with the lesson. Robin watched out of the corner of his eye as Kenna placed a hand over her mouth to keep from letting out her giggles. The poor blonde was turning red as she coughed to cover a laugh that had escaped. Before speaking, Canary shifted her gaze towards her protege giving the girl a small warning look. Kenna caught the look from her mentor and took a deep breath; teeth sinking into her bottom lip to contain her smile.
"He allowed me to dictate the terms of…" Canary began again but Superboy cut her off with a snarky comment. The clone rolled his eyes as he spoke.
"Oh, please. With my powers, the battle's always on my terms. I'm a living weapon, and this is a waste of my time." He spat, turning to walk away.
"Prove it."
Canary's challenging words perked the clones temper. With a heated glare, Superboy trudged into the center of the room. The two simply stared at each other before sinking into standard fighting positions. While this had been happening, Kenna's giggles had died down. Now she was fully paying attention to what was happening. As if experiencing Deja vu, Kenna could see how this fight was going to end before it even began. And just as she predicted, Superboy threw one punch only to have Canary grab his arm and use the momentum to throw him over her shoulder. Superboy's body thudded against the floor. He rolled until his body came to a stop in front of the team's feet. Kenna cringed and gritted her teeth, knowing that this fight was far from over. In blind rage got to his feet and charged the older blonde only to have his ass handed to him again. Canary extended her hand to help him but Superboy batted it away, standing to his feet.
"I'm done." He declared, frustration and anger in his voice.
"Training is mandatory." The inevitable argument was cut short when a large holographic screen appeared to the left. The team was granted with the ever stoic face of the world's greatest detective.
"Batman to the cave. Five hours ago, a new menace attacked Green Arrow and Black Canary." As Batman spoke, a picture of said menace appeared next to his head. The culprit had similar qualities to an android.
"The attacker was capable of studying, then duplicating the powers and abilities of its opponents. Arrow called in reinforcements, which nearly proved disastrous as our foe gained more and more power with each new combatant." Batman's words made the small blonde uncomfortable. She crossed her arms and shifted her gaze to look at the wound on Dinah's arms. This person or thing; Kenna wasn't sure which, had the capabilities to mimic of any person with powers. Which also means that he would be able to mimic her powers. That thought alone terrified her. Kenna knew the destructive nature of her powers and they were dangerous in her hands; let alone if they were in the wrong hands. Her thoughts were broken when she got a slight nudge in the ribs. The blonde blinked a few times before looking up at the person who had got her attention. Kenna met the green eyes of her martian friend. She gave a small smile in thanks, turning her head towards Batman and Robin's conversation. Apparently this android was the work of some dead doctor.
"To make certain this threat is permanently neutralized, We're sending two trucks carrying the android's parts to two separate S.T.A.R. lab facilities in Boston and New York for immediate evaluation. Every precaution is being taken. We'll have four additional decoy trucks to create confusion incase Ivo or anyone tries to recover the will split into undercover teams to safeguard the two real trucks." Batman ordered.
"Yes! Roadtrip!" Wally cheered, a large grin plastered on his face. Others; Superboy was not to keen on going on this mission.
"So now we take out your trash?" Superboy grumbled, crossing his arms in annoyance and glaring at the Dark Knight. Batman glared back in return as he spoke.
"You had something better to do?"
Kenna had never felt so alive. She really wanted to take off the helmet and let the wind whip through her hair. The smile had yet to leave her face as she leaned slightly to the right to follow the curve of the road. Her head turned to the side for a small moment to watch the grassy fields pass her by. She then turned her head to look behind her shoulder. Like her; Robin and Superboy were riding on their own personal motorcycles. She doubted that they were having as much fun as she was. Well it wasn't that hard to figure out. Superboy was in the midst of throwing a silent bitch fit while Robin was continuing to question the English language. Letting up on the gas, Kenna's cycle began to slow, coming in line with her friends.
"If dislike is the opposite of like, is disaster the opposite of aster? See, instead of things going wrong, they go right." Kenna gave a questioning look towards the black haired boy.
"What is with you and demolishing the English language?" She asked, perplexed by the boy's word obsession. Robin shrugged his shoulders in return, giving the blonde a grin.
"Don't hate just because you're not feeling the aster." His words made the girl cackle and shake her head. Sometimes she couldn't believe that this boy was her best friend.
"I am so getting you a dictionary for your birthday, I hope you know that." Robin gave a chuckle, obviously not taking the girl seriously. He averted his eyes towards their silent companion who was still in his bruiting faze.
"Uh, clearly you're not feeling the aster. What's wrong?" His question was met with a an angry sigh.
"Canary. And what business does she have teaching combat skills to a guy with super strength? " Superboy's words made Kenna tense defensively. She understood Superboy's frustration; she really did. She could admit that she felt like Superboy on numerous occasions but that did not give him the right to bad mouth her mentor.
"Taking down stronger guys is part of the gig. Canary learned that the hard with Batman and, well, me. And I'm sure Kenna's had her fair share of bruises from Canary." Kenna smiled a the boy wonder, silently thanking him for defending Canary.
"Yup! I've had my ass handed to me more times than I can count, by both Canary and Green Arrow. Sometimes I think they enjoy making me look like an idiot a little too much." She spoke, her tone light and amused. She gave a small chuckle as she remember the first time Dinah had attempted to train her. Both Dinah and Ollie had kicked her ass some much that she told them that she wasn't going to get up any more and that they should just let her lie there and wallow in her shame and self pity. The three drove in comfortable silence but it was soon interrupted by the sounds of a cackle in the distance. Initially, Kenna assumed that the laugh had come from boy wonder but she scratched that idea when more than one cackle could be heard. She took a glimpse over her shoulder and she pinched her eyebrows together in complete confusion.
"What the hell?" She question when a massive group of flying green and black monkey's emerged from the corn stock and attached themselves to the truck. The grey truck began to swerve, trying to shake the pests off. This time Robin did let out a cackle.
"Robot monkeys! Ha ha! Totally Ivo's tweaked style. Hey, hey. Switch your ride to battle mode." Robin suggested, pressing the button to transform his own ride into battle mode. Superboy completely ignored Robin and launched himself onto the top of the truck. Robin barely had enough time to jump from his motorcycle and use his grappling hook before Superboy's cycle took out boys began fighting the robots while Kenna still happened to be on her bike. Her eye's shifted behind her friends, wondering what would be the most effective way of helping. She determined that she couldn't use her phase lock seeing as Robin would be sucked into it and she didn't want that. it also didn't help that Superboy was ripping apart the monkey's so fast that the debris was constantly flying in her face, causing interference with her focus. No focus, no phase lock. Make a split decision, Kenna hesitantly tried to get into a better position to jump onto the truck. Kenna moved a hand up to take the helmet that was obstructing her view off and took a deep, counting to three before vaulting to the truck. Her fingers latched onto the side and she held on for dear life. A sad sigh left her lips as she watched her motorcycle wobble before crashing to the ground in a mangled mess. In a split second she felt a hand grab her wrist and she was hoisted onto the top of the truck. Once she was safe, Robin turned his attention back to the mess at hand. He threw an exploding disk at the incoming monkey. A confident smirk appeared on his lips but it soon dropped when he quickly moved to the side to avoid the swirling vortex of purple and black whiz past his head. The vortex came in contact with two flying monkeys, making them explode into tiny pieces. A cry of pain rang through the air, causing the blonde to frantically look over her shoulder to see that Superboy stumbling backwards, hands over his eyes. Kenna could hear her heartbeat echo in her ear as she watched a group of monkeys attach themselves to the wounded kryptonian and start their thrusters. Lavender eye's widen in fear as monkeys whisked Superboy off the truck and into the air. Panicking, Kenna stumbled towards the back of the truck; right passed an occupied boy wonder and fell to her knees.
"SUPERBOY!" She screeched, eyes following the body that the monkeys had just dropped to the ground. Her scream had momentarily caught Robin's attention and he followed her line of sight to see their teammate on the pavement half a mile away.
"MCKENNA!" At the sound of her name, Kenna turned to look over her shoulder. Her eye's met Robins hidden eyes as he punched one more monkey.
"Kenna I promise he'll be okay but we need to get the driver out of here!" He called, putting out a hand for her to looked up and gave him a shaky nod. Her fingers grasped his hands and he quickly pulled her to her feet, ready to catch her should she stumble on the top of the truck. The two move cautiously moved to the front of the truck. Kenna helped Robin slide down the side until he reached the driver side.
"GET OUT!" Robin yelled to the driver through the window. He then opened the door and pulled the driver and himself out of the truck. They both landed in the corn and this was the moment that Kenna was anticipating. While she had been helping Robin, Superboy had vaulted back onto the truck. Kenna could feel truck begin to lose control beneath her feet. Counting to three, Kenna jumped of the top of the truck as it swiveled to the side before rolling onto its side. Her feet hit the ground and to avoid any more injuries, she collapsed into a roll. Her body tumble until it collided with the a few unfortunate crops. She groaned and rolled onto her stomach and tried to push herself up. She put her finger to her ear when chatter could be heard through her radio.
"It's gone. And so is our partner. Siren you still there?" Robin said through the comms. She tried shifting to her feet and groan once more.
"Still alive and kicking but not going to lie, that was not one of my more intelligent ideas." She spoke, struggling to her feet.
"You're using sarcasm which means you will survive. I'm not that far from you." She a chuckle through the comms.
"Roger. making my way towards you, slowly might I add." Kenna let her hand drop to her side and she began making her way towards the boy wonder. Her eyes caught view of Robin walking out of the brush, supporting the driver before laying him on the ground. Taking a deep breath, Kenna then mustered up the energy she need to move her tired muscles. Her feet picked up the pace into a light jog and she made her way. As she came upon the wreckage, she saw Robin lean down towards a semi intact robot.
"Maybe we do." She heard Robin say as she came to a stop behind him. He had pulled his USB plug into a slot on the monkey and brought up the holographic screen. Kenna bent down and placed her hands on her thighs to help catch her breath.
"Robin do you think we would have heard if the decoy trucks had been attacked?" She asked, moving her eyes from the screen to look at her nodded up at her and shifted his gaze back to the screen.
"So how did these monkeys know exactly which trucks to target? Ha! The parts have GPS. The monkeys can track the signal, which means I can track them with the one we captured. It looks both sets of parts are converging on Gotham city." Robin spoke into the comms, shock evident on his face.
"That far south? M'gann and I won't get there anytime soon. I'm sending Kid on ahead to meet you. Aqualad out." That was the last thing Kenna heard through the comms. She stood straight up but continued to look down at the boy wonder. Between the two of them, he was the leader which mean that she was waiting for him to decide what they were going to do. Robin unplugged his cord and grasp the monkey before throwing it over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. He then stood up and turned to the shorter blonde. She crossed her arms and looked at the mess that they had made.
"We can't go anywhere with out things blowing up can we?" She asked him. Robin hit a button on his glove before turning his full attention towards his friend. A tired grin pulled at his lips and he looked at the wreckage himself.
"Nope. Where would the fun be in that? This is definitely a disaster, heavy on the dis." His words made Kenna let out a very unladylike snort. At the sound, Robin's grin grew large.
"Well Blondie, ready for another adventure?" Kenna let a smirk grace her lips and she shrugged her shoulders.
"Not like I had anything better to do."
Author's Note: Hey guy's! First of all I wanted to say that I love all your reviews. You make me feel so happy that you like this story and actually consider it good, which truth be honest I don't understand why? Anyway, i'm going to finish the rest of this episode and it will be uploaded before next Thursday, I promise. Girl Scouts honor! So I got a review that wanted me to explain the difference between Kenna's powers. So i'm going to explain them right now. She had three main powers. There's another one but that wont come in until later. She had the vortex that she shoots. The phase lock is when she locks them in the floating sphere and the phase walk is where she disappears in a purple smoke and reappears, using a burst of energy to hit her enemy. Okay, enough of the author, you guy's know the drill. Review, follow, favorite. Love you guys!:)
