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You can only lean on me for so long

Bring the ship about to watch a friend drown

Sit out on the ledge, begged you to come down

You can only lean on me for so long

-Man Overboard-

Blink-182

When it came to the people on the team, Kenna always thought that there was no one more socially impaired than Superboy or herself. Boy was she wrong. She was not expecting Artemis to walk in and plant herself on the other couch. With a sigh the girl dropped her bag and leaned back against the cushion. Kenna had been sitting on the large chair, back against one arm and legs thrown over the other. She had the T.V on low, not really paying attention to the program. Recently on her last visit to Ollie and Dinah's, Kenna had acquired a sketch pad. Since then the girl had yet to put it down. Currently she was sketching a single rose in a vase. Dinah had loved the girls drawings from the first moment she had seen the messy sketch of Dave that the girl had drawn when they had gone to a restaurant. Her focus began to somewhat shift from her drawing to the painfully awkward girl. Glancing at the girl from her peripheral, Kenna began to analyse the archer. She looked as if she's uncomfortable in her own skin, but Kenna assumed that the reason was that she had been new to the team only a week ago and still had yet to learn anything about her teammates. Her expression gave the vibe that she wanted to talk but didn't want to attempt to break the awkward silence. Kenna's eyes followed the slight curve she had been drawing, deciding to throw the girl a bone.

"You know, you can ask me any question and I'll answer it. I know what it's like to be socially awkward and not really know what to talk about." She broke the silence, flipping her pencil to quickly erase the line she had just drawn. Her tongue poked out the side of her lips as the wiped the shavings away from her paper before redrawing the line. She heard Artemis sigh and shift, clothes rustling against the fabric of the couch.

"Well there is the subject of the team. I don't really know how to put it…" Artemis spoke, trailing off. Kenna leaned down and placed her sketchbook and pencil on the ground before turning her body to look at the older girl. A knowing smirk graced the young girl's lips. Her fingers grasped the end of her long pony tail and twirled the strands between the digits. The girl looked slightly different today. Her clothing was pretty normal, a pair of dark denim shorts and a grey shirt with the words " How would you like me to mock you? I take requests" in black lettering, and a pair of mismatching socks. Her hair, instead of being down like normal, sat in a ponytail at the top of her head. When Robin had been at the cave earlier in the day, he had walked in only to teasing her. The choice that day was calling her pebbles. Kenna had just looked at him and blinked. Anyway, Kenna had turned her full attention to the other girl before speaking.

"You want to know a little bit about everyone without having to ask yourself because it feels awkward and out of your comfort zone." Artemis looked at the girl with wide eyes.

"Wow, yeah that's exactly it." Kenna let her smirk drop and she shrugged her shoulders.

"If you want I can tell you about their personalities." She announced. She watched as Artemis slowly nodded her head, apparently coming to her decision.

"Yeah...yeah that sounds good." Kenna nodded her head in agreement.

"Who do you want me to start with?" Kenna's question got a shrug, indicating that it was up to Kenna to decide. Her eyes gazed off for a second as she tried to figure out where to start.

"Well I guess let's just start with M'gann. The girl is nothing but a ball energy, happiness and optimism forever leaking from her. Seriously that girl is so happy and optimistic about everything that it makes my skin crawl sometimes." As she spoke her eyes looked down and a small laugh paired with a small smile graced her lips. Artemis laughed in return finding her words true. The martian girl was a ball of sunshine that's for sure.

"She's the nicest person I have ever met and she never not tries to brighten your day. She's a really great person. Superboy on the other hand is the complete opposite of our happy-go-lucky martian. He's very quiet and brooding." At the mention of the clones name, Artemis' eyes lit up. Kenna quietly sighed before continuing. It was obvious that the older girl had a massive crush of the clone. Kenna felt bad, that crush was inevitably going to end up blowing up in the archer's face. Every one besides Wally and Artemis knew that the clone and the martian were destined to get together.

"He's loosened up since he got here but he's still a very socially awkward individual. You kind of have to approach him as if he's a wounded animal." Kenna watched the older female nod her head. In the midst her explanation, Artemis had leaned forward and interlaced her fingers, becoming really in depth into what Kenna was saying. Kenna turned her head and looked at the rips in her shorts.

"Kaldur's pretty self explanatory. He's selfless, sweet and courageous." Kenna quickly pivoted her head to stare at the older girl. Artemis raised an eyebrow as the young girl stared into her soul.

"Never take Kaldur for granted. That boy is a living saint and he puts up with a lot of bullshit from this team." As if a blaze had been set in her eye's, Kenna warned the girl. Artemis could only nod in understanding and slight apprehension. It seemed that things she had heard about the lavender eyed temper were true. She definitely could be scary when she wanted. Kenna nodded back before relaxing and continuing on with her descriptions.

"Wally can be a major, monumental asshole on more occasions than none," She paused to see the other girls reaction. At the mention of the ginger's name, Artemis' expression began to sour. Her eyebrows scrunched together and gazed at the ground in distest.

"But, he is a very loyal, hilarious, bitch baby that loves to flirt with anything that has a vagina." Artemis nearly choked on her saliva and whipped her head up to look at the young girl in astonishment. Her blunt words astounded the archer.

"What? It's totally true, and you know it!" Kenna shrugged her shoulders with a laugh, her smile grew larger when she heard Artemis giggle. Not laugh but giggle. Artemis had brought her hand up to her mouth to try and contain the sound. Her eyes held a sense of mirth in them.

"Seriously, if you had joined the team when I had and the whole Red Arrow bullshit hadn't happened, Wally would be hitting on you 24/7. I think he would be over you more than even M'gann and he has a major crush on her." Somewhere in this conversation Kenna had opened up. It felt strange to have let someone see the other side of her so soon after meeting. The normal wall she put up caused people to see the sarcastic and analytical person she was, not the fun and joking side. To be honest it felt nice.

"I think you're right about that. God that's a scary thought. I think hating each other is for the best." Artemis spoke when her giggle fit had finally dwindled. At her words, Kenna smirked and swung her legs around to place them on the ground.

"You say that now, but I guarantee that by at least New Years, you two will be so in love with each other that you won't be able to keep your hands to yourself."

"Grosss! I think I just barfed a little in my mouth." Kenna broke out into another fit of giggles.

"Don't knock it till you try it." She said in a sing-song tone. Artemis smiled once more and shook her head.

"Okay enough details about baywatch, what about Robin?" Kenna took a deep breath before answering the archers question.

"Robin's pretty self explanatory as well. He's practically the male version of me, with a few difference. The boy is my partner in crime and my best friend." She shrugged as she explained. Robin as a person was quite unique. His personality was open and expressive yet secretive and aloof at the same time. He truly was an enigma. In the middle of her thoughts, Artemis had tried to talk to her.

"Huh?" She snapped back to the thought at hand.

"I asked about you?" Came the response. Kenna scrunched her eyebrows in puzzlement.

"You mean besides me being a cynical pessimistic person?" She snorted.

"Well there's that but you also seem to be a very observant person." Kenna nodded in agreement, waiting for the follow up question that was sure to follow."

"W-what had you observed about me?" Artemis apprehensively asked, not really sure if she wanted to know what the young girl had picked up about her. Kenna's eyes roamed over the archer, forever calculating.

"From what I have seen you are a very proud and stubborn girl. You want to open up to other and haven't in a long time because you were hurt in the past. You put up walls to guard yourself and your thoughts while you put on this tough front. Really all you want is someone to understand you and not judge you for your past and what you have gone through." When she was done speaking Kenna's lavender eyes met the grey-blue eyes of the archer. Artemis didn't know if she should feel amazed or exposed. They had only really meet a week ago and this girl had picked up on things that not even her family had seen. Kenna could feel the girl's distress radiating off of her. Artemis seemed like the kind of person that didn't want to feel vulnerable and especially in front of others. Kenna placed her hands on the armrests and pushed herself to her feet. She bent down and picked up her pencil and sketchbook before her feet moved and she found herself exiting the living room and entering the kitchen.

"You know," She paused, causing Artemis to cease the inner war with herself and turn to look over the couch.

"I'm not going to tell anyone about what I know. I never wanted to invade your privacy. You're a very...enclosed person and you should be entitled to it." As she spoke, Kenna had opened the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water and placed it on the counter. She looked over at the blonde to catch her reaction to her words. Artemis could only nod her head, still surprised by the mature statement. Kenna nodded in return and began to exit the kitchen, journeying to her room but she was stopped momentarily.

"Hey McKenna?" Artemis called over the couch. Kenna spun her body to face the older girl. Kenna had placed her sketchbook under her arm so she could open her water.

"Yeah?" She replied after she swallowed the gulp of water she had taken.

"Um thanks for you know talking to me…" She thanked, slightly uncomfortable and not really knowing what she wanted to say. Kenna gave the older girl a soft smile.

"Any time Artemis." She said before turning back around and heading to her room.

Kenna was in heaven. It was official, M'gann was the greatest person on the face of the earth. Kenna sighed in content and willingly let her eye lids slide shut. Currently the young girl was seated on the ground- criss cross applesauce, having the martian girl play with her hair. There was something calming about the way the green skinned girl ran her fingers through the young girl's hair. Originally Kenna had plopped on the ground to watch the sparring match between Superboy and Kaldur. She hadn't anticipated for M'gann and Artemis to come and stand behind her. Kenna had pulled her head back to give the older girls a lopsided grin,. M'gann laughed at the young girl and Artemis smiled. Kenna then turned back to the match. She slightly jumped when she felt a hand on her head but relaxed when the fingers began to gently run through her tangled tresses. Kenna leaned her head back against the green skinned girls legs, enjoying the comfort of the continued motion. She may have closed her eyes but she kept tabs on what the two girls were discussing.

"Kaldur's, nice, don't you think? " Artemis asked causing both girls to turn towards the sparing boys.

"Handsome. Commanding. You should totally ask him out." Artemis smirked, turning her attention back to the red head. Kenna gave a breathy laugh. The thought of Kaldur and M'gann together was very strange and to be perfectly honest Kenna was a Superboy M'gann shipper. If anyone was going to break through his tough exterior, it was going to the the happy-go-lucky martian. M'gann couldn't help but laugh, the thought strange as well.

"He's like a big brother to me. But you know who would make the cutest couple? " She paused for effect. Kenna already knew where the martian was heading at. Kenna opened her eyes and lean back to see the archers reaction the the statement M'gann was about to finish.

"You and Wally." All three girls simultaneously turned there heads to look at the ginger in mention. Wally hadn't been paying attention to the conversation, he was currently chowing down on a burrito. It seemed as if his eye lite up every time he took a bite. As if to make the situation even more perfect, M'gann began to reason with the archer.

"You're so full of passion and he's so full of…" She momentarily paused, searching for the right word to finish her statement, only to have Artemis finish it herself.

"It." The single word held more explanation then anything else. All three girls broke into a fit of giggles.

"He definitely has that it factor going for him, that's for sure." Kenna said between laughs, her sentence coming out very choppy and staggered. She placed her hand against her stomach under the naive assumption that it would help her catch her breath. As if the older girl wanted pay back, Artemis brought something to the girls attention.

"I think the ultimate couple would be Robin and Kenna. That's totally my OTP" The sly comment caused both of the older girls to peer down at the quiet girl.

"They are tied at the hip, they might as well already be dating." M'gann added, teasing the blonde. Both girl's expected Kenna to blush profoundly but were met with an obnoxious laugh-no cackle was the correct term. The blonde grasped her stomach and leaned forwards, not being able to contain herself. Robin and her together? Seriously? She turned, face as bright as a tomato. Kenna couldn't stop the tears from flowing from her eyes. She looked at both girl, attempting and failing horribly to control her laughter.

"Robin… and … I … TOGETHER?!" She breathed in between every words before breaking into another fit of laughter. Artemis and M'gann both raised an eyebrow, turning to look at each other with knowing looks. Kenna finally was able to catch her breath, bring her hand up to wipe the tears from her eyes. Her flushed cheeks began to cool as she took a deep breath.

"Robin and I exist to annoy the living shit out of each other. Could you imagine us as a couple? We would kill each other." She said, a huge smile on her face.

"Yeah sure, but don't knock it till you try it." The grin was immediately wiped from her lips, a smirk replaced it soon after. That cheeky bitch used her own word against her. Kenna had to commend the archer, she was good.

Then, Kenna vaguely heard the sound of the computer announcing that someone had won the spar. She looked over towards the two boys and saw Superboy reaching his hand out to grasp Kaldur's hand. Apparently Superboy had actually beat the Atlantian. A hiss sound echoed through the room causing Kenna to snap her head upwards. She felt gust of wind momentarily whip her hair around. It looks like Red tornado had made and entered the building. His swirling tornado dissipated as he landed on the ground. The young girl blinked as a brown blur sped past her. She blinked rapidly trying to comprehend what just happened when her brain finally caught up. Wally had used his super speed to zip past her and now stood by Red Tornado.

"Do you have a mission for us?" The ginger asked, causing the blonde to roll her eyes. When was Wally going to learn, Batman handed out missions. As if to solidify the blondes inner thoughts, Red Tornado repeated the words.

"Mission assignments are the Batman's responsibility." The robotic voice never sounded so satisfying.

"Yeah. Well, "the Batman's" with "the Robin" doing the dynamic duo thing in Gotham. But you're headed somewhere, right? Hot date or a mission? " Wally reasoned. At the mention of the boy wonder, Kenna sighed. She missed the company of the secretive boy. She also couldn't help the unladylike snort that escaped her nose. Date and robot didn't normally fit in the same sentence.

"If we can be of any help." Kaldur cut in, drawing attention towards his comment. Red Tornado said nothing and turned around to access the hologram keyboard. A older gentleman in a suit appeared along with vital signs and other information. Kenna's eyes gazed at his face before sliding down to peer at the cane in his grasp.

"This is Kent Nelson, a friend. He is 106 years old" Kenna rapidly blinked her eyes, not expecting that news whatsoever. Jesus Christ, how did he look at that good at his age? Kenna raised her hand and gently grabbed the material of Artemis' jacket. The older girl looked down, silently asking what the young girl needed. Her fingers slipped from the fabric only to stay suspended in air. Finally understanding what the girl wanted, Artemis nodded and pulled the girl to her feet. Kenna smiled at the blonde in thanks, quickly running her fingers through her bangs. Her feet carried her over towards the rest of the team and she stopped behind Wally. Finding herself in a lazy mood, her arms found their way around Wally's waist from behind and she leaned her cheek against his back, using his body to hold her up. She felt a gentle pat on her clasped hands, causing her to smile. She then moved her head so that she could still lean on the ginger but be able to see Red Tornado. Wally slightly shifted to lean over and talk to Artemis without jostling the girl hugging him. He placed his hand by his mouth as if it would block his words from others hearing them.

"Guy doesn't look a day over 90." His words made Kenna snort quietly.

"And he has been missing for 23 days. Kent was a charter member of the justice society, the precursor to your mentors Justice League." As Tornado spoke, the picture of Kent Nelson began to pixelate, changing the man's attire to that of Doctor Fate. Kenna raised and eyebrow, not really knowing who Doctor Fate was.

"Of course. Nelson was earth's sorcerer was Doctor Fate." All Kenna understood from Kaldur's words were sorcerer. That she understood. That meant magic. Score one for her. Kenna then heard a scoff come from the ginger. She felt him move and she couldn't hold back a groan.

"More like doctor fake. Guy knows a little advanced science and "Dumbledore's" it up to scare the bad guys and impress the babes." Kenna was at a loss for words. Number one, the dude had been alive for one hundred and six years. That was magic in it's own. Number two, babes? Number three, the ginger was friends with aliens and had superpowers, why couldn't he believe in magic? And number four, Babes?! Kenna had to bite her tongue to keep from saying anything.

"Kent may simply be on one of his walkabouts. But he is caretaker to the helmet of fate, he source of the doctor's mystic might. And it is unwise to leave such power unguarded." At this point Kenna zoned out not really caring. She got the jist of the assignment. Get in, get out and check up on Mr. Nelson. Suddenly Kenna was dragged forward, nearly falling on her face if she hadn't been holding on to Wally. She was annoyed, he was supposed to be her chilling post, not a moving post. She grumbled to herself when he stopped, vaguely catching the gingers words.

"Me, too. So honored I can barely stand it. Magic rocks." Oh liar liar pants on fire! Tornado then held up a key. Kenna's eyes lazily traced over the grooves of the end of the key.

"Take this. It is the key to the tower of fate." There's a tower of fate?

"What are the chances we both so admire the mystic arts?" Kenna shook her head and picked it up off the gingers back. She gave the boy one more squeeze before releasing him from her hold. With a sigh she trudged towards the Bioship.

Kenna swiveled her chair aimlessly, staring up at the ceiling. Her finger held the straps that kept her tied to the seat.

"So, Wally, when did you first realize your honest affinity for sorcery?" Artemis' words made the word busted ring throughout her mind. She stopped the movement of her chair and shifted her gaze to look at the back of Wally's chair, desperately wishing that she could see the gingers face.

"Well, I-I don't like to brag, but, uh, before I became Kid Flash, I seriously considered becoming a wizard myself." Kenna tasted a metallic tang of blood in her mouth as she bit her lip, trying to contain the laugh she was holding in. Wally just kept putting his foot in his mouth. She could imagine the gingers face, uncomfortable and not wanting to get caught in his lie. Kenna then turned her attention to Artemis. Said girl couldn't resist rolling her eyes at the speedsters word. Kenna felt the slight drop in her stomach she normally felt when the bioship sunk to the ground.

"We've reached Tornado's coordinates, but... Nothing's there." M'gann's words made the blonde spun her chair around to gaze out the window. It was dark but still light enough outside to make out buildings and other landscapes. The Bioship came to a stop on the ground and Kenna felt the seat belts retract back into the ship. She stood up and twisted at the waist to crack her back. The rest of the team had already gotten up and was moving towards the open hatch in the back. A slight shiver jolted through her small body and she brought her arms up to vigorously rub her arms to create friction. She cursed herself for not bringing a jacket for the nipping summer air bit at her. She instinctively moved towards the speedster, know that the boy gave off a lot of heat due to his fast metabolism. Her sighed begrudgingly as the warmth she had been basking in was completely sucked away when Wally rapidly left her side. She watched as the blur moved around the vicinity before skidding to a stop in front of her and Artemis.

"Nothing. This isn't simple camouflage." Wally's words made the young girl groan, moving one hand to grip the hair at the top of her head. Why couldn't things ever be simple. Here's what you do, do it and you win a freaking prize. She wanted life to be as easy as one of those old video games found in the arcades.

"So what do you think, Adaptive micro-opto-electronics combined with phase shifting?" Kenna didn't understand a thing Artemis just suggested. Normally when high tech stuff was brought into a conversation, Kenna had Robin there to explain it to her. Oh how much she was suffering in the boy wonders absence.

"Absolutely, " Wally confident words paused as M'gann walked over. In a split second, Wally had changed his entire view of the whole situation.

"...not! Clearly mystic powers are at work here." He finished, and all Kenna could do was shake her head in disappointment. He was digging his own grave and Kenna was not going to help him out of it. Kenna then looked over her shoulder when Kaldur began to speak.

"A test of fate. Stand behind me." Kaldur spoke as he moved towards the front of the group. Kenna pinched her eyebrows in confusion, before she caught the glimpse of the golden key and everything clicked into place. Completely forgetting that she was freezing, Kenna reached out and latched onto Kaldur's wrist. The dark skinned boy turned to glance at his short friend. Her face held an apprehensive expression.

"Kaldur, you don't know what will happen." She spoke urgently, voicing her concerns. Kaldur gave the girl a soft smile before he lifted his hand and gently ruffled her hair.

"I will be careful but thank you for your concern my friend." Kenna bit her lip and gave him a hesitant nod before letting go of his wrist. Kaldur took one step away from her and inserted the key into mid air. Kenna's eye's widened as half of the key disappeared into thin air. In a matter of seconds, A large building appeared, with Kaldur standing in front of a large door. Kenna leaned her head back to peer up at the tall building. Welp found the tower. Kaldur unlocked the door and pushed it open, the rest of the team follow after their leader. Kenna jumped when the door slammed shut and vanished and a hologram popped in front of her. She scrambled away from the hologram, startled and nearly tripped over her footing. She would have fell to her butt if Superboy hadn't caught her under her arms. The blonde looked over her shoulder and glanced sheepishly at the clone. She mouthed the words "thank you" at the stoic boy and he nodded, hoisting her up till she was planted firmly on her feet. His arms released her and Kenna moved her hands to straighten her shirt.

"Greetings, you have entered with a key, but the tower does not recognize you. Please state your purpose and intent." The hologram of Kent Nelson spoke. Purpose? Intent? If this was supposed to be magic, couldn't it somehow… sense their purpose and intent? Of course Wally choose this moment to dig his hole until the it hit the core of the earth. He walked forward, arms spread wide as he declared their "purpose and intent".

"We are true believers, here to find Doctor Fate." His words caused the hologram to frown. Holograms could frown? Then the hologram vanished as well. This disappearing act with everything was starting to piss her off. Kenna began to get a bad feeling pull at her gut, and the ground began to rumble under her feet. She snapped her head towards towards the ginger. Oh she was going to murder him. And before she could help it a shrill shriek escaped her lips as the ground crumbled beneath her feet. She felt her heart catch in her throat as she looked down to see her inevitable death. If they didn't die here, Kenna was going to kill Wally West herself, if it was the last thing she did.

Author's Note:

Hey guys! I know it has been a while since I updated and I'm sorry. Sorry this chapter doesn't have a lot of action but I felt that this was the perfect time for some boding moments with the team that didn't include Robin, even though I missed him in this episode. I was so happy that she got some bonding time with Artemis and I hope she's not too out of character. She's was my favorite character besides Robin and I wanted to do her justice but still have her develop a relationship with Kenna with out it being rushed or weird. Anyway I hope you guy's enjoyed it and if you have any questions, you know where to find me. Please favorite, review and follow. You know all that jazz. Thanks guys and I love you:)