Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice or its characters. I only own Kenna and any other character I added
It's not good enough again, licking wounds and sleeping in
The past may never be mine again, but I don't mind if you don't mind
But It takes everything I have to keep good intentions from going bad
Pacing the road less traveled alone and contemplating on going home
But now that house is just that: a familiar chill and a welcome mat
I find it harder to react when the path is gone and I can't go back
Suddenly nowhere felt like home, but suddenly I could do this on my own
-Simply Somewhere Else-
Overslept
All Cadmus was good for was fucking up any glimpse happiness in a person's life. It had taken two years of her life and manipulated the actions of herself and the people around her. It had made Connor suffer more than he ever should have. It lurked in the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment to fuck you over. Hell, the only thing she could appreciate about the secret government society was for the creation of her friend and for it steering her in the direction of the team. Besides that, Cadmus had no redeeming qualities. Now it decided that it was the perfect moment to spring up out of nowhere once more to fuck them over.
Everything came down to Roy Harper. Roy, the man who until a month or so ago refused to join the team. Roy, the man who accused her and her teams of being moles. The man who was nothing but another pawn, a Cadmus clone of the original Roy Harper. How could this be possible? Why was this happening and right now? Kenna could feel a heavy weight rest on her chest. Remorse filled her heart and she hung her head. She had blamed Roy for a lot of things but now… she felt guilty for ever holding any animosity towards the ginger. Like her, like Connor, Roy was just a subjected to things out of his control. What's even worse is he hadn't even known he was a clone.
Batman's words went in one ear and out the other, for she was too caught up in her thoughts. She felt horrible which couldn't even compare to the how the boy's felt or how Ollie must feel. And Roy, Roy must feel completely lost. She couldn't even imagine learning that she was being manipulated into living someone else's life. His world must be in shambles, nothing to keep him afloat.
"The clone Roy, the team will find him." Kaldur cut in. Kenna broke from her thoughts and glanced at her leader. He was right, the team should deal with Roy. This was their responsibility, anyone but them dealing with it felt wrong. Her head quickly snapped to look at Batman when he spoke.
"Negative. Red Arrow is a member of the Justice League now, leave him to us." Kenna had to stop herself from letting out a scoff. League her ass, Roy was a part of the team which meant they should be entitled to finding him. He had been a part of the team for over a month. He was a part of the League for a day. It just felt strange that the League would handle it. In felt the whole situation felt strange and it rubbed her the wrong way.
"I'm needed on the Watchtower. Tornado, stay with the kids." With that, Batman disappeared through the Zeta Tube. Kenna watched his retreating form with narrowed eyes. What were they hiding?
Is it just me or am I the only one who thinks it's bullshit that we aren't the ones going after Roy? Kenna inquired through the mind link. Nothing about this seemed right to her. The blonde shifted her body towards her friends. Kaldur glanced her and gave her a nod.
Clone or no clone, Red Arrow was one of us. We WILL go after him. He spoke with conviction. Movement caught Kenna's eye's and she raised an eyebrow in confusion as Red Tornado froze behind Kaldur. The robots body jerked before he dropped his arms. This obviously caused alarm among the teenagers.
Tornado! M'gann called in alarm. Connor moved to stand next to as he spoke.
What happened? He asked. Kenna took a step closer to the robot and scanned his body for anything that seemed out of place. She caught Robin in her peripheral and turned her head to watch him pull up his holographic screen.
He's totally powered down. Wally informed, his expression riddled with confusion. Robin rapidly moved his fingers across the screen but stopped when he found nothing.
All functions, offline. Shit, that wasn't good.
Guys, I'm sensing a low-level mystic force at play.
I don't know if it caused his shutdown, but, now, that I think about it I was getting the same buzz off Batman. Now this really wasn't good. No wonders she was getting a strange vibe from the detective. Good thing she wasn't the only one who felt it.
Batman, he called us kids. He never does that! The boy wonder did have a point. Batman wasn't one for changing his mannerisms. Her blood ran cold when Wally leaned forward and grabbed the item in the android's fingers. He brought it up to get a closer look and Kenna could felt a bad feeling well up in the pit of her stomach.
Look! one of those bio-tech chips we confiscated off Cheshire.
You mean the alien chip thing that no one knows where it comes from, not even the League? Guys, I hate to be the naysayer but we may have just stepped into something we aren't prepared for. Kenna voiced, glancing around to her teammates. Things just got dangerous.
She is correct, something is not right. Robin, Kid, Zatanna, Rocket, see if you get Tornado back online. The rest, with me to find Roy-Red Arrow. Kaldur commanded.
"You think he stayed in Star City?" Kenna inquired, her eyes trained on the familiar city scape below the bioship. Her eyes traced the outline of the buildings, knowing each one like the back of her hand. In the short amount of time since she had become a superhero, Kenna had become in tuned with the city she protected. All the nights she had patrolled with Dinah had taught her everything she needed to know about Star City and its' people.
She took this opportunity to look over her shoulder towards her leader. Aqualad did not look at her, for his eyes were trained to the buildings below him as well but he did respond to her words.
"After Roy went solo, he installed equipment caches in several major cities. One is here." He responded. At that moment, the bioship came to a halt over an old apartment building. Aqualad was the only one to move as he let the seat belt retract before standing up. It made sense that if they did encounter Roy here that the one to do it would be him. She watched his form disappear through an open hole in the floor. Sighing, she turned her gaze back to her side of the ship. Her brain was moving a hundred miles a minute, trying to make sense of all that had occurred in the past couple of hours. First Roy being a clone, then the strange vibe off Batman and now the RT shut down. This was not a good sign and she couldn't keep the alarms in her head from going off. God, what if the entire League was in on it? Dinah, Ollie, everyone. What if they were all a part of this plot?
She pulled from her mind when someone brushed past her arm and sat in the chair next to her. Lavender orbs expanded as she blatantly starred at the clone. Well this was awkward.
"Guess you were right about him being here." She said in a lame attempt to clear the tense air. Of course, it fell on deaf ears and she cleared her throat uncomfortably. When no one spoke, Roy sighed and broke the silence.
"Ask already, I know you want to." He spoke in defeated tone, spinning his chair to look at her. Kenna quickly placed her hands up in defense.
"I wasn't gonna say anything I swear." She quickly spoke, her expression like a deer in a headlight. The boy then swiveled his chair back to the front waiting for someone else to speak. What surprised Kenna was that Connor was the one to speak.
"Batman and Tornado said you are Cadmus' clone, like me." He spoke softly. It was clear that this was getting to Connor as well. Kenna watched Roy's body slump forward before he spoke the answer that they had all been wanting.
"That explains it. I was a sleeper agent Pre-programmed to infiltrate the League. I think Sportsmaster was my handler. He had a key-phrase, "Broken Arrow", that could shut me down. It'd put me into a hypnotic state to steal secrets for his superiors or incorporate further programming. I'd then carry out all orders subconsciously, completely unaware of what drove me. I think one of those orders was to focus suspicion on the four of you." He paused, glancing around the ship before landing back on Kenna.
"I'm sorry." At that moment, Kenna felt a tug at her heart. This wasn't his fault, he had to know that. Before she could say what was on her mind, Aqualad beat her to it.
"How did Batman discover this and prevent you from betraying the League? "Aqualad asked, his brow furrowed.
"He didn't. The entire League is under the complete mental domination of Vandal Savage." He spoke, hanging his head in shame and contempt for himself. The ship became deathly quiet afterwards. No one spoke a word and no one made the move to speak. Kenna was fighting an inner battle with her conscious. She wanted to tell him he shouldn't blame himself but on the other hand he probably wouldn't listen to her. Should she say something? Was it her place? Making up her mind, Kenna cautiously stuck out her hand and placed it upon the gingers broad shoulders.
"Roy?" She timidly spoke, flinching away when he whipped around to face her.
"This isn't your fault. You can't blame yourself for everything that has gone down. The League, the mole stuff, none of it. It's not right to put the blame on your shoulders." She reasoned, her eyes focused on his stiff posture. She had done enough self-loathing herself to know that he was spiraling out of control. Roy went to argue but Kenna shook her head to silence him.
"It's not. You were a pawn like everyone else on this team. I'm pretty sure I can speak for everyone and say that we don't blame you. Trust me, this is coming from someone who knows a thing or two about being manipulated into situations out of my control. If you're going to blame anyone then blame Cadmus. Blame the people who made it their mission to mess up your life. You may have been created by Cadmus but to us you're a person. A person who we would all willingly fight for. Even if you are a stubborn jackass." Her last comment got a small smile in return and Kenna was about to respond but a familiar voice rang throughout her head.
Miss Martian, are you in range? Robins voice spoke. Kenna grabbed the armrests of the ship to still her body when the ship came to an abrupt stop.
Here, Robin. Linking both squads and decamouflaging. M'gann responded.
Great, cause we really need to compare notes.
How the hell is that an intelligent plan? Kenna complained, her eyes glaring at the boy wonder across the corridor. The three of them sat on the rafters above the hallway. Kenna and Superboy on one side, Robin on the other. Below them was Hawkman, the small teams target. Everyone else had small groups of Leaguers to deal with.
You will do fine Blondie. We need the element of surprise and you're phase walk is the best option. Robin responded, his legs moving silently into place.
Seriously, you do realize that I have never done this with another person! SB could get stuck in subspace for all we know. She frantically responded, glancing to the side at the clone.
Siren, that won't happen because you aren't going to let it. Now hurry up, I'm in position. Kenna closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Her lavender orbs then flickered to the side to meet Superboy's.
Connor, you ready? He responded with a nod. Kenna then stuck out her left hand for him to grab.
Hold my hand and do not let go until we are down there. She felt his hand clasp her smaller one as tight as he could without crushing her fingers. Taking one more deep breath to calm her nerves, Kenna then let her power envelope the two. When she felt that there was a stable amount of energy surrounding the two, Kenna let the energy explode and the two teens vanished in a flash of mist. Seconds later they flashed into the room behind the controlled Leaguer. Kenna felt Superboy dropped her hand as she brought hers up. Lightly tapping the mans winged back, Hawkman filched and turned around to come face to face with the two teens. Kenna simply waved with a grimace on her visage for she knew the pain that was about to come. Connor raised his fist and nailed the man in the face, his body skidding back several feet. The man spread his wings, ready to retaliate but that's where robin came in. The boy wonder dropped down and landed perfect up on their targets back. Hawkman's body then slumped forward, indicating that Robin had administered the curotech.
"See, no need to worry. You had a fifty-fifty chance of screwing up and you didn't." Robin spoke, moving off the Leaguer and standing to his feet. Kenna gave the teen an unimpressed looked and crossed her arms over chest.
"Yeah that so instills confidence." She deadpanned. She trained her eyes on his movement when she noticed him walking towards. The closer he got, the more confused she became. What the female didn't expect was for him to place both hands on her shoulders.
"I wouldn't have had you do it if I didn't think you were capable. And I doubt Connor would have let you do it if he didn't trust you and your abilities." Not knowing what to say, Kenna sunk her teeth into her bottom lip. Before she could stop herself, the blonde craned her neck to look over her shoulder at the clone as if to confirm Robin's words. Connor gave the girl a small smile and nodded his head. Kenna returned the smile and turned her head back to the front. When she noticed how close her and Robin still were, the blonde glanced at the ground and awkwardly cleared her throat. They had to tread this water lightly. They were back on speaking terms but the air around them was… weird. It was clear that they needed to talk but neither of them were willing to bridge that gap at the moment. Neither teen knew what to say really.
"Um, where to next?" She timidly asked, her foot lightly kicking the floor beneath her. Robin let out a small sigh and rose his arm to bring up the hologram.
"I hacked into the Justice League mainframe to see who is here and who is on away missions. It seems that the only members away are Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Green Lantern, Hawk Girl and Martian Manhunter." Kenna brought her head with a groan escaping her lips. Of course, the big six had to be the ones left to deal with.
"Shit." The small curse made Kenna flinch and she brought her attention to the boy wonder.
"What?" She asked in alarm, her brow furrowed in apprehension. She took a step to stand next to him and Connor moved to stand on the other side of the young detective.
"They just zetaed in."
"Fuck. And let me guess, were the closest ones, aren't we?" She asked, silently praying they weren't. Robin rose and eyebrow and glanced over to her.
"Do you want the truth or do you want me to lie." Robin replied, turning his attention back to the screen. He only heard her sigh as his fingers scurried over the keyboard.
"They're in the main control room. It's this way." The holograph disappeared and the Robin began running down the corridor to their left. Sighing in defeat, Kenna glanced over to look at her remaining companion. Connor was looking at her strangely, one eye brow raised in question. Of course, he had to be there to witness the awkward exchange between herself and the boy wonder.
"Trust me SB, you don't want to know." She said, letting out a puff of air to blow her bangs out of her face. Picking up her legs, Kenna sprinted down the corridor that she had seen Robin run down. She could hear thuds behind her and assumed that Superboy was right on her heals. Her feet skid to a stop when she came to the entrance of a wide-open space. Her lavender orbs took a second to scan the area for the boy wonder. Her eyes widened when she saw the boy wonders dodging attacks from two different leaguers. Green Lantern hovered above the ground, using his ring to conger energy and shoot beams. While he dodged that, Hawk Girl lunged towards him brandishing her mace. Without much thought, Kenna's legs pumped below her and she printed towards her teammate. Skidding to a stop once again, Kenna raised her hand and focused her energy. In a matter of seconds, her energy left her body in the form of her vortex. The vortexed sailed through the air and collided with Green Lanterns body. The adult let out a cry of pain as he body plummeted to the ground in pain. His body slammed against the ground with a loud thud. Dropping her hand, Kenna's hands fished through her belt and pulled out a curotech. Once she got to his side, the blonde kneeled and placed the small chip against the skin of the Leaguers neck.
"Ooff." The word escaped her mouth when a hard body collided with her own. Robin and Kenna rolled and tumbled across the ground. Turns out Hawk Girl had finally landed a hit on the boy wonder. Both teens cringed and clambered to their feet.
"You know I'm getting pretty tired of getting thrown around like rag dolls by the Justice League." Kenna growled, stumbling to the side to avoid meeting Hawk Girls mace face to face.
"It's their MO. You're going to have to get used to it Blondie!" Robin called back, bending backwards to dodge the hit coming towards his head. Kenna took the opportunity to phase walk into her target. The burst of energy shot Hawk Girl forward and she collapsed to the floor. Before she could get up, Robin lunged forward and placed the curotech upon her neck. Awesome two down, four to go. Both teens slightly jumped when a teal orb enveloped both of their bodies. Looking over their shoulders, both teens saw that Wonder Woman had snuck up behind them. The shield then disappeared and formed around the Amazon. Glancing up towards the ceiling, Kenna caught the eye of their newest teammate.
"Anyone ever tell you have impeccable timing?" She called up to the dark-skinned girl with a smile. Rocket's feet landed on the ground and she kept her concentration focused on containing the Amazon.
"Can she escape your force-bubble?" Robin asked, his eyes never leaving the Amazon. Wonder Woman Slammed her fists repeatedly against the bubble causing ripples of energy to scatter across the shield.
"Not as she keeps punching it. Her genetic energy only makes it stronger. But I'm stuck here, anything I do risks freeing her!" Rocket replied. Kenna couldn't help but let out a small. Couldn't they get a win for once.
"LOOK OUT" Robin called, using Rockets shoulders to vault over her to attack Batman. Of course, Batman was able to deflect his attack and throw the boy into the wall. It gave Rocket enough time to get out of Danger. Kenna was not so lucky. Instead of hitting Rocket like the Bat intended to, Kenna was in the unfortunate path of Batman's shoe. A cry left her lips as the force of his kick sent her rolling. The blonde tried everything she could to stop rolling but when she did it didn't end well. Kenna scrambled to grasp the edge when she felt her body drop into the hole in the floor. Below her, Superboy was in a battle to the death with Superman. The female struggled to maintain her grip and peered down towards Superboy. She couldn't just sit here and pretty soon her fingers would slip. Gritting her teeth, Kenna closed her eyes and focused her energy. A burst of energy erupted and the blonde vanished.
Superboy boy lunged forward, his fist swinging with the weight of his body and power behind him. Superman made no move to dodge but simply put up his hand to catch the clones fist. Superboy recoiled with shock when Superman retaliated with a punch of his own. Superboy's body was shot backwards slammed against the wall, his body stuck in the indention. Before he could open his eyes a strong grip circled his throat. Before the Kryptonian could strangle his clone to death, a rush of energy crashed into his body, sending his body flying. Superboy fell to the ground and placed his hand against his throat to sooth the pain. He glanced up to see Kenna panting.
The blonde gave a startled jump when Robins body landed on the ground next to her. Batman must have knocked him down the large gaping hole in the ceiling. Robin rolled onto his knees and cursed under his breath.
"We're not gonna beat 'em one on one!" He grumbled, eyes training on the other two teens.
"So, then what?" Kenna panted, eyes flickering between the two boys.
"Plan B." Superboy called, quickly getting to his feet. The whoosh of a cape made Kenna's gaze shoot up. Batman was gliding down from the floor above, ready to pummel them to death. Behind her, Superboy grabbed Robin by the arm and began to swing him around to gain momentum. When he released the boy wonder, flinging him towards his mentor. While Robin was able to cure Batman, Kenna and Connor focused on the biggest gun. Superman was not down for long; her attack had only shaken him around a bit. Before he was able to fully get to his feet, the Krytonian was sucked into her phase lock. A bitter laugh left her lips as she struggled to contain the man of steel. This is what Lex and Cadmus had wanted her to do; take down the Justice League. Out of the corner of her eye Kenna saw Connor get into position. With the flick of her wrist, Superman's, body whipped through the air into Superboys' waiting arms. Wrestling the him to the ground, Superboy called for the boy wonder. Robin ran towards the group, his hand fishing through his belt.
"Sure, about this?" He asked, his fingers hesitant on opening the small box.
"DO IT!" Superboy cried. With one click, a blinding green light emitted. Kenna bit her lip as she cringed. Watching both kryptonians crumble to the ground did not sit well with her. Once superman was weak enough, Robin placed a curotech against his neck before shutting the case containing the green material. Superman's body slumped to the side and Superboy could only groan in pain. Letting out a loud sigh, Kenna slid to her knees and then leaned back to lie on her back. The blonde spread her arms out and let the tension leave her body. They had done it, defeated and saved the entire League.
"Ugh Kryptonite hurts." Superboy hissed, slowly leaning his body up from its fetal position. The other teens couldn't help but chuckle. The boy wonder stuck out his hand to help the clone to his feet.
"Which is why Batman keeps it in an overwhelmingly impenetrable vault at the Batcave." Kenna let out a very unladylike snort at his words. Superboy clasped the boys hand and let him drag his exhausted body up right.
"Well more like a whelmingly penetrable vault." Robin joked, a chuckle from the clone and female.
"You should really put that shit on a resume man." She teased, craning her head to peer at the boys from her slumped spot on the ground.
"Kenna, are you just going to lay there?" Connor asked the blonde with an amused expression. Kenna looked at both boys with a grin on her visage.
"Connor not all of us have super strength. I for one, am just gonna lay here and basic in the glory that we didn't die." Kenna gave a content sigh and stretched her aching limbs.
"Come on Blondie, we still have a score to settle." Robin informed, moving towards the short female. Kenna sighed in defeat and struggled to clamber to her feet.
"Couldn't just give me five minutes to stare into space, could you?" She inquired, her complaint falling on deaf ears. With a deep breath, Kenna readied herself for the last battle. The three ran towards the main door to the control center only to stop when they met up with the rest of the team. It was time to make the final assault on the control room. Once all together, the team moved towards the large door. It pried open with a hiss and they moved in. Wally sped ahead in attempt to keep Klarion and Savage from disappear into the chaos vortex. The speedster skid to a stop when the two men disappeared before he could apprehend them. The rest of the team followed in his steps and halted where they stood. Peering around, Kaldur then caught site of Red Tornado upon the ground; limbs missing and scatter around the body. The dark-skinned boy crouched down next to their den mother as the android began to speak.
"Congratulations, team. You have won the day." You could say that again. Once the team had finally got a win, with very little complications.
Kenna gave a small jump when a holograph screen flashed and the A.I began to speak. The female trained her eyes upon the screen grinned.
"Happy New Year, Justice League!" The A.I spoke. A gasp caught her ear and Kenna pivoted around. The blonde sunk her teeth into her lip to keep from cheering. Wally had pulled Artemis to him and picked her up like a princess.
"I should've done this a long time ago." Wally, that poor hopeless romantic. The shit eating grin would not leave Kenna's face as her friend replied.
"No kidding." The second the two kissed, Kenna had to keep herself from yelling 'I CALLED IT!' at the top of her lungs. Too caught up in the happiness of her teammates, the short female failed to see the body sneaking up behind her. Kenna let out a surprised squeak when something grabbed her wrist and tugged her body backwards. She stumbled a few steps only to catch herself against a lean but strong body. Before her frazzled mind could comprehend what was happening, her lips were caught in a kiss. Her eyes widened when she finally understood what was happening and she couldn't help but sigh and gave in. It felt as odd it did the first time he had kissed her in the street months ago, but she couldn't help but smile as they pulled apart. Opening her eyes, Kenna came face to face with the boy who had caused her to have so many great memories and so many headaches.
Robin let out a breath and wrapped his arms around her waist to make sure she didn't run off while he tried to talk to her. Kenna relaxed into his hold, resting her hands against his chest.
"Okay look, I know we really need to talk about everything but I wanted to say I have been a complete jerk for the past couple of months. I'm so sorry I put you through everything I did." Before he could finish his speech, the blonde cut him off.
"Dude you weren't acting like a jerk. Let's face it, neither of us are very intelligent when it comes to our feelings or each other. Both of us did stupid shit that we shouldn't have." She cut in, her eyes searching his masked ones as she lazily wrapped her arms around his neck.
"But really Kenna, I so sorry for acting the way I di- " Cutting him off, Kenna gave him a playful glare as she spoke.
"Richard, I swear to Sauron I'm going to murder you if you say you are sorry one more time. Now would you shut up and kiss me already?" Her words definitely caught his attention that's for sure. She could swear she saw the color drain from his visage.
"How? What? When did you…." He sputtered out frantically. Kenna just raised an unamused eyebrow.
"Are you really that concerned about it right now?" She inquired which in turn received a frantic shake of his head. A happy but smug smirk appeared on her lips as she pulled him as close as her could be.
"Good now are you going to kiss me or not?" She asked. Dick could only gulp and nod his head.
"Yes ma'am."
The crisp air burned her lungs as she peered up at the charcoal sky. An involuntary shiver ran down her spine when the soft white flecks fell on of her pale skin. Glancing back at the ground, Kenna gritted her teeth together to keep them from chattering and crossed her arms tightly to combat the bitter wind chill. God, she wished she didn't have to wear this stupid school uniform. Her legs were popsicles in this weather. A skirt was not practical for January in Gotham that's for sure. Sighing, her lavender orbs flicked from sides to side as if looking for someone. Why couldn't he just get here already? She was already stressed due to the fun morning she had had with her sibling. Kenna could feel her entire neck and face heat up at the thought of the embarrassing conversation she had with her brother only an hour ago. A fog escaped her lips as she exhaled, her nerves slightly easing.
"I always thought that the skirts for girls seemed a little impractical but I'm not one to complain about the view." The sudden voice caused Kenna to squeak and spin around with a gloved hand against the fabric of her black peacoat in attempt to calm her racing heart. Dick stood behind a couple feet away with a soft smile on his lips.
"Dammit Dick, did you really have to scare me like that?" She lightly chastised the black hair boy before letting an awkward smile cross her face. Dick shrugged his shoulders, eyes tracing the form of the girl before him. Her school uniform was covered by a black peacoat which almost covered the entirety of her skirt. Around her neck was a maroon scarf that wrapped snuggly around her throat. She also had a black beanie pulled down to protect her ears from the cold. She looked, dare he say cute. Dick closed the space between them and chuckled at her awkward stance. She always knew how to look out of place. Kenna's eyes followed his movement and a blush spread over her face once again at his closeness. Just because they had been hanging out practically every day since New Year's didn't mean she wasn't going to act any less shy or uncouth about their new relationship or whatever the hell it was. To divert the attention off of herself, Kenna brought both her hands up to comically pull the beanie he wore down over his eyes.
"Did you run out of hair product cause your rocking the Robin look. Your fan girls are going to love it." She teased, a coy grin pulling at her lips. Dicks hand quickly went up to take off his beanie and Kenna's grin grew as he shook his head to straighten his hair. Dick huffed in fake annoyance as he adjusted the hat back onto his head.
"Decided I didn't really feel like trying today." He shrugged with a lazy smile on his face. He had gotten up and once seeing the snow falling outside his window, a lazy mood was installed.
"Besides, if I remember correctly a certain someone said I looked more attractive with my hair like this." The grin on his face turned into an amused smirk when the blondes' eyes widened and a blush spread across her face once again. Groaning, Kenna hid her face in her hands, completely mortified that she had let those words escape.
"I can't believe I let you hear that. God I am never living that down am I?" She whined pathetically. Dick could only laugh, bringing his hands up to pull hers away from her scorching face.
"Come on Blondie, there is no reason to hide your face. Besides you look adorable." His words caused her to groan once more and she hide her face in his chest in a final attempt to keep her blush from his prying eyes. Why did he make his mission to embarrass her?
"I hate you." She grumbled, her voice muffled by the fabric of his coat. She let out a sigh when she felt two arms wrap around her waist and she was tucked close to his body. Dick shook his head with amusement at her dramatic words before placing a kiss on her forehead.
"We better get going before schools starts. God forbid we miss five minutes of English." He felt her nodded her head before his hands slipped from her waist. Kenna took a step back and adjusted her bag hanging from her shoulder. She found herself clearing her throat to try to get rid of nervousness that was coursing through her body. Why did she have freak out about this? All she ever did was over think things that didn't need any more complication. Nothing had really changed between them. He still held the spot of best friend, the only difference is that they were kinda sorta dating, at least that's what she thought. Wait, were they actually dating? The team knew about her and Robin, but they didn't know the full extent that came with their relationship. Now she was presented with the other side of the coin; the Dick Grayson side of the coin. She knew about his feeling for her and vice versa, but did that mean they were also a thing outside of the mountain?
As if sensing her thoughts, Dick gently laced his right hand with her left. Kenna's attention flew towards their hands, the feeling familiar yet still odd. Dick gave her hand a squeeze as he gently tugged her forward. Kenna shuffled her feet to keep up with the boy wonders. The two weaved through the streets in comfortable silence, not feeling the need to disturb it. They both just enjoyed each other presences, as if a bubble had formed around them. That bubble soon popped when they came to the archways of Gotham Academy's courtyard.
Kenna took a deep breath to prevent the occurrence an anxiety attack. Eyes of fellow classmates bore into her skin as the two teens entered the area. Normally she wouldn't care what other's thought about her, especially the kids that went to her school. But things were slightly different now. Their stares made her uncomfortable in her own skin. This is why she had been freaking out this morning. It was one thing to be in a relationship with Robin. The team were their friends and fully supported the two heroes' relationship. Dating Dick Grayson on the other hand came with annoying complications. People would not be so joyous of the relationship, in fact she could bet that some of them would try to break up the friends. Oh God, then there was the thought of her own school friends. How would they take this news? Would they be as accepting as the team?
"McKenna, get out of your head for once and stop over analyzing every little bit movement around you. Just ignore them and don't let them bother you." Kenna gave a slight jump at her companions' voice. Her eyes shifted to look at him as if to ask if he could read her mind. Dick looked into her eyes for a couple of moments before turning them back in front of him, his hand giving hers a firm squeeze.
"Remember Blondie, I know you better than you know yourself. A majority of the time I know what goes on in the brain of yours." Dick spoke, taking the moment to poke his girlfriend in the head which in turn received a slap to the chest. His body recoiled from the impact but that didn't keep him letting out a hardy laugh. His laugh was cut short when the sound a shrill screech filled the air.
"MCKENNA!" Both teens froze in their step and before either could comprehend what was happening, the small blonde was all but tackled by two females. Kenna let out a small cry as two bodies slammed into her body. What the fucking hell is going on and why is this happening? When her body stilled, Kenna was finally able to get a glimpse of what decided to side blind her. Now she understood what was going on. Her eyes shifted over to her boyfriend and she gave him a slight glare. He stood off the side with his arms crossed and a smirk placed on his lips. With an elbow resting on his shoulder, Tyler leaned into his best friend with a similar smirk on his face. Kenna continued to glare and it shifted between the two males. Of course, they were enjoying her pain.
"Hate you, hate you both." She mouthed to them, as the two girls squeezed her fragile body even tighter.
"Lyd, Al, I love you both but….. getting a little hard to breathe." She choked out, her diaphragm being unable to expand. Both girls pulled away yet kept her at arm's length, glistening smiles on both the brunette and red head's faces.
"Kenna, we missed you so much!"
"How was your break?" Both girls asked simultaneously causing the blonde to shrink back from the rapid question.
"Guys one at a time please." She begged, her hands up in defense to try and calm the girls' excitement. Jesus, how could someone be so excited to see her?
"Okay, okay whatever you say. Sorry we didn't mean to bombard you, we just missed you so much." Allison spoke, giving the blonde a sympathetic smile. Kenna gave the brunette a soft smile.
"It's fine, I missed you guy's too. Just wasn't expecting to be bombarded." Kenna spoke. Her eyes shifted between both girls and a warm feeling spread through her chest. She had missed both girls terribly. They always knew how to make her feel loved and accepted.
"What am I chopped liver? Did you even realize that I was here too?" A voice called over her shoulder and Kenna felt a hand on her waist as it pulled her body to the side. Oh yeah, she forgot that he was standing off to the side. Her eyes glanced down to see the hand gently rubbing the curve of her hip. Oh, this was going to play out well.
"We noticed you Grayson, we just don't love you as much as we love her and we don't love you as much as he does." Lydia teased using her thumb to point over her shoulder. Kenna brought her eyes up to glance at the other male over Lydia's shoulder. She brought a hand up to cover her mouth in an attempt to keep the giggle from escaping. Her eyes discretely looked over at Dick to see a matching bitch face. Dick sighed in aggravation and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"For the last time Lydia, we are not gay for each other." He reasoned, his eyebrows pinched together in anguish. A loud snort caused everyone to look over at the blonde. She looked up at the boy wonder and rolled her eyes.
"Oh please. You two miss each other so much it hurts some times." She snickered, which in turn caused one of the girls to snicker as well. The other female just stared at the two with her eye brows pinched together in thought. The brunette shifted her eyes between two teens in front of her. Something seemed different between the two. When the thought crossed her mind, her eyes widened.
"Wait weren't you two not talking to each other before break." The question was left to float out in the open. The two teens in question glanced at each other before looking back at the brunette. What were they supposed to say in a situation like this? Their relationship was anything but simple, filled with complications that normal teens shouldn't have to deal with.
"We um made up." Kenna spoke, her eyes staring at her shoes to avoid the knowing gaze of her friend. Here it comes, that awkward moment she had been dreading.
"They did more than just make up." Tyler teased causing his friends to glance at him with alarmed expressions. Dick just blinked at his friend, trying to comprehend why he would say that in such cryptic wording. Kenna on the other hand became cherry red with embarrassment.
"PHRASING!" She screeched in a high-pitched voice that caused her boyfriend to cringe away from her. How could he say something like that? Yes, they were dating but the way the brunette male had phrased it made it sound like they did more than just putting a label to their relationship. For fucks sake, they had only been dating for a week! What was worse was the stern looks she received from the other females.
"What is he talking about?" Lydia asked, her manicured nails digging into her hips. Allison pursed her lips, waiting for the blonde to answer as she crossed her arms over her chest. Kenna opened and closed her mouth like a fish, trying to find the words that weren't coming.
"I asked her out." Kenna's eyes quickly shot up to look at the boy wonder with wide eyes. How could he just say that so non-chalantly? He shifted his eyes down to look at her an gave her a dazzling smile. That's right, he could do it because he wasn't a nervous wreck like she was all the time. Lucky Bastard.
"WHAT?! YOU GUY'S ARE DATING? HOW COULD YOU NOT TELL US? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?" Both girls screeched, about to pounce on the blonde. It also didn't help that their screech was so loud that it caught the attention of every student in the vicinity. Kenna looked around at the kids passing by with flushed cheeks. She was not built for this shit.
"Um, New Year's?" She sheepishly spoke, her eyes avoiding eye contact as she pushed the tips of her index fingers together. Where was that hole she could trip into and disappear?
"MCKENNA LILLIAN SUMMERS!" Kenna shrunk away from the brunette's loud outburst. She gave a hiss when the angry female slapped her. Of course, it had to be the boob that she hit. Kenna cringed through gritted teeth and glared at her friend.
"Al what the fuck man?" She shot back.
"Don't Al me missy! We have been trying to get you guys together for months and when it finally happened, you don't think to inform us that our ship has sailed!?" Allison yelled back. Kenna flinched away and used the taller body next to her to hide. Kenna was not used to being on the receiving end of the brunette's rage. Deciding that the blonde had gotten enough of the third degree from her friend, Dick stuck up the hand that was unoccupied to silence the other female.
"Allison!" His loud outburst silenced any other objections. Kenna couldn't help but glance up at her companion in shock as Dick began to speak.
"She didn't tell you because we were seeing where everything was going. We wanted to see if we could actually act on our feelings or stay friends. Kenna and I started dating a week ago, can you just squee and hug her like you know you want to? Giving her the third degree is going to make her avoid the situation all together, you know that."
"I think Grayson's point for once." Lydia cut in. Dick shifted his eyes from brunette to the redhead with a look of annoyance and contempt.
"For once?" His tone unamused. Kenna couldn't help but let a soft giggle and without much thought, the short girl rose onto her tippy toes and placed a light peck against her companion's cheek.
"Dick, let it go. She's just giving you shit man" She spoke in a soothing voice. The black-haired boy turned his head at her action. Kenna graced him with a sweet smile and he couldn't keep his at bay. Both teens became oblivious to their surroundings, too caught up in each other's presence. The remaining group of friend looked at the two with knowing looks on their faces.
"Aw, you guys are so disgustingly cute." Lydia teased, a mischievous smile on her lips and with her words the couples bubble burst. Kenna whipped around to quickly rebuttal the red head.
"No, we aren't." Kenna quickly denied, her eyes like saucers and her head shaking vigorously.
"You most definitely are." Allison added in, saddling up next to Lydia. Both girls held smug looks and Kenna shifted her gaze between each female. Her gaze then moved to the male beside her.
"Are you going to say anything?" She asked, placing her hands on her hips. Dick only raised an eyebrow to her response.
"Nah. I would tend to agree with thing one and thing two. We are pretty adorable." His smirk only grew when Kenna furrowed, glaring at him.
"You are no help whatsoever you know that?" She sassed, very unamused with him at the moment.
"I'm not supposed Blondie." He shrugged. Boy, did he love pushing her buttons. Kenna let out a demonic growl as her eyes narrowed into slits. Lydia and Allison chose this moment to intervene, both girls taking an arm of the blonde. Kenna begrudgedly let the other females pull her away from him.
"Come on love, you can kill him on your own time. We need details now and no holding back." Lydia spoke, her arms locking with Kenna's left arm. Allison mimicked the redhead and looped hers with Kenna's right. The three females began making their way towards the entrance of the building with skips in their steps.
Tyler let out a chuckle at the female's antics and moved to walk next to his best friend.
"This is going to be interesting new year man." Dick only hummed at the male's words. He was too interested in the female's conversation ahead of them.
"So, he asked you out on New Years'" Allison asked.
"Yeah." Kenna replied
"What was your first date?" Lydia asked next.
"Ice Skating?"
"Has he kissed you yet?"
"Um….Yes?"
"Did he use tongue?"
"LYDIA!?"
Both boys could only chuckle and shake their heads. Those girls would be the death of them. This was going to be an interesting year indeed.
Author's Note: Hey guy's I know it has been absolutelyforever since I have updated this story and I can't express how sorry I am that I let you guy's down. A couple of months ago I hit a really dark place in my life that I just couldn't crawl out of. After a couple of months of help from my friends and loved one's I was able to get back to somewhat of who I used to be but back to stuff about this story. Yes, I still plan on going into season two ( and three :)), just don't expect me to update every week. I will try and update as often as I possibly can I promise. So this was the end of season one. I know not every one wanted them to get together right now and were hoping for it in season two but I decided I teased enough of them being together and not being together for thirtysome chapters. Now just because they are together now does not necessarily mean they will be together in the second season. I am well aware of how much of a man whore Dick Grayson is. To make up for lack of updates I made this chapter super long. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and the first season. I would like to thank everyone who took the time to read, review, favorite and stick through this with me since the beginning. I love you guys:)!