Naruto x Young Justice fanfiction
AN
Hello hello and welcome to the 4th instalment of Project 082
There is nothing major to discuss so without futher ado I hope you like this chapter and have a good time reading it
As always, I do not own Naruto and Young Justice, I only use the characters to fit in my story
"Normal speaking"
"Thoughts and phone calls"
"Demons speaking, A.I and magic spells"
Chapter 4: A great man doesn't seek to lead he is called to it
Gotham city in the afternoon
Nate travel into the streets of Gotham as he was appreciating the buildings of Gotham "The buildings are amazing. Shame people are hell bend on blowing them up" he thought as he turns his eyes on the front of the street as he turned right as he neared the corner of the street, he walked for a few minutes down the street as he suddenly turned right into an alley. He banged into a door that was on the side of the building as a frame on top of the door slides as it reveals two dark eyes staring at him.
The man behind the door saw him and spoke up
"Password?" the man asked as Nate frown at him.
"Seriously Tony?" Nate asked sarcastically "You know who I am do we have to keep doing this?" he asked the man behind the door
"Sorry Nate, procedures can't be ignored" the man said as he stared at Nate "I don't make the rules I just follow them"
"Ugh fine!" Nate said in annoyance "The underground doesn't exit so fuck off" he said as the frame slide again closing itself as the door open revealing a bodyguard type of guy as he enters the building "The password is stupid" he said as he entered the building as he saw Tony closing the door.
"Yeah, I know but it works" Tony said as he finished closing the door as he sat on a chair in the corner of the room "What brings you? here I haven't seen you in a week or so" he said
"I came here to see Fred" Nate said as he leaned in the wall across of Tony "I figure I'd say hi Markus in the meantime"
"Fred?" Tony asked as he pressed a button on the nearby operation system "Why? The league resources don't provide anymore?"
"They do" Nate said with a chuckle "But I need something more reliable and something that isn't exactly legal so asking the league was definitely out of the question"
"Hence why you're going to see Fred" Tony said as he nodded at Nates comments "He isn't cheap you know?"
"Yeah, I know, don't worry I got it cover" Nate said as he touched the right pocket of his pants "How's Emily and the kids?" he said changing the topic
"They're good" Tony said with a smile "Emily is pregnant again"
"Really!?" Nate asked in a high voice as he was surprised by that "Congratulation's man how many kids you'll have now?"
"Whit this one it'll be 3" Tony said "But with Emma getting into high school and Robby entering elementary school we will manage"
"Well shit Tony, congratulation's indeed" Nate said with a smile as he heard a sound coming from his left side
"Thanks man" he said as he saw the elevator arrived at the room as the doors of it open themselves "Here's your ride"
Nate enter the elevator and once he was in, he turned to face Tony "It was nice talking to you" he said as he saw Tony nodded as Nate pressed one of the two buttons of the elevator, the one which said down. He saw the doors closed ad the elevator started to move down.
For a few moments the only thing Nate could see were rocks and dirt as he travelled under Gotham but soon that stopped as he saw the underground in its full glory.
The underground was exactly what the name said a city under Gotham surrounded by a dome that mimic the sky and sun of Gotham there were several tubes surrounding the perimeter of the dome, this were elevator like the one Nate was on right now, they were connected to several access points across Gotham city as Nate arrived at then of the tube and the doors of the elevator opened he could the chatter of the townsfolk around him as he saw the biggest building in the middle of the town, the bar where Markus work and rendezvous point for all people to gather there.
And around it was a bunch of medieval style structures as Merchants and traders where selling their stuff and also streets chefs where feeding the masses, he looked up as he saw the dome simulating in real time the sky of Gotham in a holographic "It blows my mind every time I see it" Nate thought as he walked towards the bar but before he got in he turn to the right as he changed his course "I'll go see Fred first then I'll drop at the bar" he thought as he turn left and down some stairs as he saw in front of him the place he was looking
"Fred's forge" he said at loud as he approached the location "It's been a while since I came here" he thought as hi put his hand on the door handle opening it as he entered the place
"Welcome to Fred's forge, what can I help…" the figure on the other side of the counter said as he turned around revealing a big strong dark-skinned man with a with t shirt black pants and a brown overall on top of it , that reminded Nate of an anime character but he still couldn't figure out who "Oh its only you Nate what's up?" he said as he noticed the blond teen entering the place
"Jesus, talk about warm welcoming's" Nate said sarcastically as he approached Fred
"You know me" Fred replied "I´m a welcoming person"
Nate chuckle as he reached Fred as he leaned forward into the counter as he faced him "I have a job for you if you're interested"
"Keep talking" Fred said as he leaned back into the wall not breaking eye contact with Nate as he took a cigar package of his left pocket and took a cigarette out and turn it in with a drag "Want one?" he asked Nate who shook his head
"No thanks" Nate replied as he sat on the counter as he addressed Fred "I need armor but some light one and especially for my legs, some new knifes and two tantos if it's possible"
"Yeah, I can do that, I have the perfect armor for your style and build" he said as he took a drag of his cigar "But you could've called Markus for that and have him delivered the messages to me, this didn't really needed your presence here" he said in confusion
"Yeah, I know" he said as he reaches for his left pocket "This is the real reason I'm here" he said as he took out an USB port out of his left pocket, Fred saw this and pull out a laptop from the counter as he put out the cigar and grabbed the USB, he inserted it on the laptop as a file popped out in the screen
"Project ghost?" He asked as he saw Nate nodded, he opened the file and stare at in shock at what was on the screen "You want me to make that?"
"Yeah," Nate said as he scratched his head nervously "I think it would work and all the details are there in the file, think you could pull it off?"
Fred stared at the screen for a few moments in deep thought he then leaned back into the wall as he stared back at Nate "Yeah I can, but its going to take time" he said
"I imagine it will" Nate said as he nodded "How much?"
"For the armor and the knifes, I can get them in half an hour o an hour, I just have to tweak them a little, so they'll fit you" Fred said as Nate nodded "For this though" he said pointing at the laptop "A week maybe two"
"That fast?" Nate asked incredulously "Are you sure?"
"Knowing you, and I do, their will be a lot of details of how this works and how to make it, I only need the time to gather the materials and testing protocols" Fred said seriously
"Holy shit man thanks" Nate said
"Now hold up a minute" Fred said holding a hand up interrupting further comments of Nate "You know this will cost you"
"Yeah, I know" he said as he reached to his right pocket as he brought out a black credit card "Put the armor and the weapons in here and with project ghost, if you do that consider the favor you owe me done"
"Really?" Fred asked Nate "Are you sure?" he asked again knowing how much it meant having favors in the underground.
"Yeah, I am sure" Nate said as he looked at Fred "I've been working this for a while now, you have the abilities to make it real, by doing that we'll be even" he finished
"Thanks man" Fred said as he took the black credit card and pass it on the register "I'll send you a message to your phone when the armor and weapons are done"
"My phone?" Nate asked Fred in curiosity "How the hell do you have my number?" he asked
"Markus gave it to me, no big deal" Fred said as he shrugged his shoulders
"Fucking Markus" Nate said under his breath, but Fred heard him, so he chuckles at that comment "I wonder who else did he give it to"
"You'll have to talk to him about that" Fred said s he handed back the card at Nate
"Yeah, I guess so" Nate said as he took the card and headed out of the shop "See you later" he said with a wave of his hand as he exited the shop.
He walk towards the stairs as he heeded up tracing back the path he took to get to the shop as he saw the bar enter his vision, he looked up as he saw the big sign on top of the bar as the name of the bar was there "Afterlife" Nate said aloud as he approach the bar, he saw the bouncer in front of the bar´s doors as and he nodded at him, as the bouncer opened the doors to let Nate get in.
Nate entered the bar as he saw that there were a lot of people in there, he saw some people on the booths discussion and making deals, he looked towards the dance floor as he saw a bunch of people dancing at the music that was playing.
He looks at the middle of the bar as he saw Markus on the stool of the bar as he headed to meet him. He approached Markus as he sat across of him. He stared at the big blond man as he sat.
"Hey kid" Markus said as he faced Nate "What can I get you?" he asked Nate
"Nothing I'm good" he said as he put his arms on the stool "How are you?" Nate asked Markus
"I'm good, business is good, so I have nothing to complain" Markus said as he serves a beer for a customer "How's your new team treating you?"
"It's been alright" Nate said "Few problems here and there but nothing I couldn't manage" he said as he leaned back
"Well look at you" Markus said with a smile "Making friends, makes me feel proud" he said with a laugh
"Shut up" Nate said in embarrassment as he scratched his head "Anyhow, what's the situation with the Shadows?" he asked seriously as he changed the topic
"Nothing major, they haven't reached any of our entrances points or messed with our deals" Markus said turning serious also "The bosses think they want something from Gotham and not the underground so for the time being they will watch and see"
Nate nodded as he digested the comments of Markus "That's smart, with the shadows its better not to strike first" he said as he looked again at Markus "And the thing with the drug? Shimmer?"
"We have nothing, its not a problem for now, but we hate the fact we have nothing" Markus said as he frowned "You think the league could help?" he asked Nate
"Right now, Batman doesn't trust me too much, he tolerates me for the team, but I need to prove myself first before I bring him this" Nate said as he also frowned "So for now we will have to manage without the league"
"Shit" Markus said under his breath "Well, we are the underground we will manage" he said
"Damm straight" Nate replied with a smile as he looked at his left hand "Hey Markus, you know if Cat is around?" he asked not taking his eyes from his hand
"Yeah," Markus said as he nodded "She is in her little den why?"
"I have a job for her" he said as he stood up from the stool "See you later Markus" he said as he waved at him, Nate walk towards the back of the bar as he entered a service room and headed down of the bar and as he walk forward into the room he saw a dentist kind of looking bed in the middle and surrounding the room were a bunch of drawings on the wall and the room was illuminated with bright neon purple lights and in a chair next to the bed there was a slim feminine figure with tattoos on both of her arms and with a short bright blue hair on top of her.
"Hey Cat" Nate greeted as the figure turned around to meet him
"Well, hello there Nate" Cat greeted Nate as she came face to face with him "What brings my favorite canvas to mi little paradise?"
"Can't a friend come by and say hello?" he asked sarcastically at Cat as she only raised an eyebrow "Fine, I came here for your services" he said whit a sigh
"Now that's better" Cat said as she sat on her chair "So what can I do for you?" she said as she smiled at Nate.
Nate walked towards her as he took a paper from his left pocket and handed it to Cat. She grabbed the paper and open it revealing a drawing, the drawing was an arrow with a cable surrounding it and two feathers on the tip of the arrow and some kind of ribbon on the end of the of the arrow but what stood about was that in the middle of it was a compass there as the arrow was going through it, and at the tip of the arrow the letter S was there on the end of the arrow was the letter N and on the middle on both sides of the compass the letters W and E were present. And under the letter S something was written there.
"Time flies like an arrow," Cat said aloud "Wouldn't be more accurate to draw a watch?" she asked as she looked at Nate
"Mom used to tell me that whenever she caught me being lazy" Nate said with a fond smile
"I get it, but why the compass?" she asked in curiosity
"Mom gave me the weirdest of gift´s sometimes, I remember when I turned 6 she gave me this compass, she said it was for whenever I got lost I could find my way to her anytime" Nate said with a smile remembering his childhood days "I ended losing the compass a year later so this one" he said pointing at the drawing "it's the way I remember it, so when I look at that it reminds me of my mother" he said with a serious look
"Okay got it" Cat said not talking about his mother knowing it was a sore subject for him "Well, you know the process, this shouldn't take long an hour tops" she said as Nate sat on the bed "Where do you want it? I'm guessing not your right arm since there is not many space left" she said as she took her equipment closer to the bed looking at the dragon tattoo that was covering the entire right arm od Nate
"Here" Nate said with a chuckle as he pointed at his left forearm "With the letter S pointing at my hand please" he said as he looked at Cat
"Got it, want a drink or something?" Cat asked before she started working
"No, I'm good" Nate said
"Well then let's get started this would hurt a bit but you knew that" she said as he finished putting the drawing on his forearm leaving the perimeter of the drawing on his arm as she turned the machine on. She pressed the needle into Nate skin as he winced from the sudden pain.
The process lasted for about 45 minutes as Cat finished the final touches of the tattoo "And done" Cat said as she leaned back dropping the needle on the nearby table "Want to see it?" she asked him as Nate nodded, she brought a mirror closer as Nate saw the arrow tattoo in full splendor on his left arm
"Holy shit Cat" Nate exclaimed as hi saw the tattoo "You've out done yourself"
"Thank you kindly" she said in a smug voice as she grabbed some bandages and some medical jelly as she put the jelly on top of the tattoo and wrapped it up with the bandages "Know you know the procedure, don't take this of for the next two days and make sure when you wash yourself to be very carful with it, we don't want to get it infected and also apply this 2 times a day for the next week" She said as she handed him an ointment for the tattoo
"Got it" he said as he stood up from the bed "What do I owe you?"
"Nothing" she replied which caused a look of shock appeared on Nate's face
"Huh? What do you mean by nothing?" He asked as he stared at Cat curiously
"That tattoo meant a lot for you" Cat started to explain "Tattoos are art and letting me be part of something so sentimental for you is enough for me" She finished explaining
"I-I" Nate started saying but he felt a vibration coming from his right pocket as he took out his phone, he saw a message from Fred saying that the armor was ready "Are you sure?" he asked as he looked at Cat
"Yeah," Cat said as she rubbed her elbow "Just this time, any other tattoo I'll charge you the usual" she said not looking at him
"Thanks" Nate said with a smile "I have to go, I'll see you later" he said as he proceeded to head out of the place
"Take care of yourself Nate!" He heard her shout behind him as he opens a door to the streets
Nate walk too the forge as he stared at his forearm with a smile, he looked up as he was nearing Fred's forge, he grabbed the door handle as he enters again the shop and saw Fred on the other side counter facing the doors of the shop and a black traveling backpack on the top of the counter
"So, is it ready?" Nate asked as he walked towards the counter his eyes focused on the backpack
"The knifes and armor?" Fred asked as Nate nodded "Yeah they are come take a look" he said as he threw the backpack at Nate "Go in the back and change, so we can do the final adjustments"
Nate catches the backpack as he headed to the back of the shop to try the custom on as he opens the backpack and took the clothes out, he couldn't help but be amazed, he quickly put everything on and headed back to where Fred was
"Wow man, this is fucking amazing" Nate said as Fred saw Nate with the new outfit on, the outfit consisted of a skintight black short sleeved T-shirt and on top of it was a black skintight leather hoodie with sleeves that ended at the start of his forearms with a red dragon on the back of the hoodie , he also had military back cargo pants with two pouches, one for each leg and black combat boots, and finally his hands were covered with fingerless gloves with two metal plates on the top of the hand, on the left glove it said Red, and in the right glove it said Dragon. "You really outdone yourself" (imagine red hood's costume minus the red bat signal and without the helmet)
"Thanks man" he said as he checked that the custom fit correctly on Nate "And the mask?" he asked as he noticed the mask on the right hand of Nate, Nate put on the mask revealing a hard dark face mask that cover the bottom half of his face "Thank god, it fits"
"So, explain me how this works" Nate said as he pointed at his custom
"Right sorry I was admiring my work" Fred said as he adjusted the hoodie of Nate "So I built this since I saw you fight for the first time hoping you'd ask me for some armor, you favor your kicks and punches and your fast that's why most of the armor went to your legs and to the gloves" he said as he took a breath and then continue talking "Your shirt and hoodie don't need much explaining since they don't have a lot of armor, so be quick to doge knifes and bullets, I know you can" he said as Nate nodded "Your pants is where the magic happens" he said as Nate laugh at the double meaning "This pouches are for the throwing knives I'm going to give you, and on the back there's a place where the tantos are going to go, like those old ninjas used to use them" he said as Nate noticed a place on the back of his pants where he guess the tantos will go "Now the boots, they only have one important thing, kick the back of the boots together, like in the wizard of oz" he said as Nate followed his instructions and as soon as he did that the bottom of the boots turned blue
"I called them sticky boots" Fred said smugly "They will stick to any platform you want and will defi gravity they cand be activated by that command or with your facemask, say deactivate boots." Fred said as Nate said that as the color blue disappeared from the boots "Which bring me to my final product, the face mask" he said as he put a hand out ordering Nate to give him the mask and Nate complied and handed it to him "So un the outside it looks like an armored type of face mask, but on the inside do you see the cables and the lights?" he said as he showed the back of the mask at Nate who noticed the bunch of technology that was being placed in a face mask he turned and look at Fred with a raised eyebrow wondering what that was "The mask has a Bluetooth program that command the boots and gloves to stick to surfaces permitting you to climb stuff easily"
"The gloves also you didn't say anything about that" Nate said as he look curiously at Fred
"Oh shit I nearly forgot the gloves yes, so they have the same technology as the boots, they work like those gloves in mission impossible, it would let you tick to walls and stuff, you just have to say activate gloves and the same thing that happened with the boots will happen with the gloves and the plates served to redirect incoming knives and if your fast enough they can also redirect bullets"
"Neat" Nat said as he stared at his hands "So, the facemask?"
"Yeah so, the facemask has also two other functions, one it can copy any voice you record for that you only say start recording and when you say copy anything you say will sound as the voice you copied you can also turn your voice deeper and metallic to strike fear on your enemies"
"That's fucking awesome" Nate said as he looked at the mask "And I won't have to force my voice like Batman, neat" he said with a chuckle "And the other function?" he asked Fred curiously
"Right the other one I call it language comprehension and conversion, or L.C.C for short what it does is that it can helped you comprehend any language the people speak and you will hear it as if they are talking in English and also anything you say in your language the mask can change it to any language you want, as long as is an earth language so no alien speaking"
Nate could only stare in wonder at the mask as he heard Fred speaking again "Pretty cool, isn't it?" Fred asked Nate
"Yeah, pretty dam cool" Nate said as he grabbed the mask "But I don't have anywhere to put it"
"You can fold it and place it on one of the pockets inside of your hoodie" Fred said as Nate notice a pocket inside of the hoodie and fold the face mask in it.
"Nice, so the weapons?" Nate asked as he put his hands on the outside pockets of the hoodie
"Right this way please" he said as he took a suitcase and put it on the counter and open it as Nate saw what was in it, in one of the sides of the suitcase where two short blades, this where the tantos and they where sheathed and on the other side of the suitcase where smaller black knives this where some throwing knifes similar as the pocketknife Nate used to have but with some holes for his fingers to fit in.
"This don't need an explanation so just look at them" Fred said as Nate grabbed one of the tantos as he saw the handle was black and had a red carmesi dragon he unsheathed the tanto and saw the back blade and saw that at the top it had a red color to it. "You know how the law feel at having sidearms and blades so leave them on the suitcase for now although, you can put the throwing knifes in your pouches if you want"
Nate put the tanto back on the suitcase and looked at it for a moment "Nah, I'll leave them on the suitcase" he said as he closed the suitcase as Fred nodded "So that's all?" He asked
"Yeah, that's all" Fred said as he saw Nate grabbed the suitcase "I'll call you when project ghost is ready"
"Thanks" Nate said as he headed out of the shop "See you later"
"Later kid" Fred said as he saw the figure of Nate leaving the shop
Nate headed towards the elevator to enter Gotham once again as he strapped the backpack with the clothes he had changed out of, he finished walking up the stairs to take the path towards the elevator as he felt his right pocket vibrating taking out his phone as he saw the username
"Kaldur?" he asked as he answered the call "What's up?" he asked
"Hey Nate" Kaldur said from the other line "Batman called he wants us all in the cave within an hour, he has a mission for us" Kaldur said
"Really?" Nate as his eyes winded in surprise "Okay I won't be late, headed there now"
"See you in the cave friend" Kaldur said as he hanged up the call
Nate saw the ended call and put his phone on his pocket again and as he reached the elevator, he saw a familiar figure waiting for the elevator
"Markus!" Nate shouted as the figure turned to face him "Heading out?" he asked as he arrived next to him
"Yeah, I got to get to Coyotes" He said as he stared at the tube waiting for the elevator
"Coyotes?" Nate asked in confusion until he remember what bar Markus was talking about "That's the bar you got the information from speedy isn't it?"
"Yeah," Markus said as the elevator arrived in front of them as both of them stepped in "I need the money but I'm also gathering information of the shadows" he said as he pressed the button to go up
"Isn't that a little bit risky?" Nate asked in concerned
"I won't be asking anything I'm just going to overhear customers conversations" Markus said with a shrug "So don't worry about me"
"So much for privacy I guess" Nate said sarcastically
"It's Gotham, nothing ever stays private in Gotham" he said with a chuckle
"Yeah, you're right, you might hate Gotham, but you'll never leave" Nate said with a laugh
"They should put that on a T shirt" Markus said while laughing
"Please," Nate said with a frown "With the major's propaganda I don't think they will like it" he said sarcastically
"I still don't know how he got elected" Markus said in wonder
"You didn't vote for him?" Nate asked Markus in curiosity
"Yeah, I did, but you know I well I as do our votes don't mean shit here, the mafia does" Markus said in disgust
"The government needed to look like they are helping, they put the commissioner that was professional enough for the job there, but with the rise of supervillains and the league, police department are turning the blind eye towards the mafia that's why they haven't been complaining" Nate said as he looked towards the underground "The world is on fire, and the only ones that can stop it don't know where the fire is coming from"
"Damm straight" Markus said as he too looked at the underground "It's that why you joined the team?"
"Yes, in a way" Nate said as he looked at Markus "I'm hoping I can learn enough of hero work to help the little guys and make the league open their eyes again"
"That's a hell of a plan" Markus said as he whistles at the thought "But are you going to tell them what you truly are Naruto?"
Nate frowned at Markus as he thought about those comments "One day I will, I still need come to terms with what I did, and I need 100% trust on them and vice versa, besides, Naruto is dead, and I'll like to keep it that way so please stop calling me that" he said in an angry voice
"Do you prefer Red dragon perhaps?" Markus said as he looked at the back of Nate's hoodie
"You know how Fred is whit reputation" Nate said with a sigh as Markus laughed at his expression "I'd just wish that I came up with a better one, but my dumb ass decided to get drunk that day" Nate said with a chuckle as Markus did a belly laugh remembering the day that Nate got the nickname
They saw the elevator arrived at the top as the doors started to open and they saw and said goodbye to tony as the enter the alley and headed to the street
"I'm heading this way Markus" Nate said as he pointed in the opposite direction of where Markus was headed "Have a good night" he said as he and Markus said goodbye to each other as the headed into the direction of the place they needed to go, both men with a smile on their faces.
Nate walked through the streets of Gotham as he took out his phone to check the time as he notice he had 45 minutes to arrive to the cave, with nothing better to do he enter an alley where a broken phone box was placed as he approached it he look to see if any one was watching, he didn't notice anyone so he stepped into the phone box and as he entered the phone box a bright yellow light surrounded him as he disappeared from the alley
Mount justice
"Recognized Nate B07" The computer said as the tube glowed bright yellow as blond figure appeared in it entering the cave
"This technology always blows my mind away" Nate thought as he entered the cave and saw Aqualad, Megan and Superboy on the middle of the cave in a platform in their civilian clothes waiting for the others and batman
"Hey guys" he said as he approached the teens who were looking at Nate's new outfit wondering where he got it "I not late am I?" he asked
"No" Megan replied as Nate sighed in relief "Wally isn't here, and neither are Batman and Robin" she said
"What's with the new outfit?" Superboy asked
"I needed an upgrade can't exactly go un stealth missions on my day-to-day clothes" Nate said as he looked down to his clothes "And I figure I might do it in style" he said with a chuckle causing the teens to smile
"And the suitcase?" Aqualad asked as he looked at the suitcase on the right hand of Nate
"Knifes" Nate said as he looked at the suitcase "Supey here has his fist, you your weird energy things, I needed mi knives"
"You're not worried you might kill someone?" Aqualad said in concern remembering the teachings of his mentors.
"Don't worry" he said reassuring Aqualad "I know how to use them, and I know where to hit for taking down people without killing them, they are just a safeguard, so it'll be fine" he said as Kaldur nodded in relief "I'm going to prepare for the mission and put this" he said as he pointed at the suitcase "On my room, I'll be back"
Nate said as the young heroes nodded and he headed towards his room, he arrived outside of his room and open the door and entered his room dropping the suitcase and the backpack on the bed, he opened the suitcase as he sat on the bed and took out the throwing knives out of the suitcase and started putting them in the pouches of his pants, he finished the process as he sealed the pouches, he stood up as he took out the tantos and put them behind him on the top of his pants.
He headed back towards the young heroes where located he looked at the mirror appreciating his looks and exited the room heading to the debriefing room
As he neared the debriefing room, he noticed no one else had arrived yet and he decided to stand next to Aqualad he was going to start talking but he was interrupted by the zeta tube glowing
"Recognized Kid flash B03" the computer said as in the inside of the zeta tube stood a redhead figure approaching the rest of the teens
"Hey there" Wally greeted them as he fists bumped Nate and nodded to the rest of them "Ready to kick some ass?" he asked as the teens smile and nodded
"Greetings" The teens heard a monotone voiced behind them as they turned around, they saw the resident android of the cave approaching them "Batman should be arriving any moment know" he said as he stood in front of the teens
"Recognized Batman 02, Robin B01" The computer said as two figures reveal themselves one dressed in a suit resembling a bat and the other smaller figure was in civilian clothes with dark glasses on
"Hey there man" Wally greeted the smaller figure with a fist bump. "You ready?" he asked Robin with a smile as Robin nodded with a smirk
"Born ready" Robin replied
"You're all here, good we can get started" Batman said as he glanced suspiciously at Nate's clothes but didn't make any comments, he typed something on the holographic computer as a map was shown in a hologram
"Isla Santa Prisca" Batman stated as the name appear on top of the map "This island nation is the primary source of a dangerous and illegal neuro-steroid, a strength enhancing drug that goes by the name Venom on the streets" Batman said as the hologram showed the factory of the island and a sample of a bucket full with that drug "The infrared heat sensors indicates that the factory is in full operation, but all shipments of Venom have been cut off and we need to know why. That's where the team comes in, this a covert mission only, observe and report. If the league needs to intervene it will" Batman finished talking as he stared at the teens. Robin was going to speak up, but Nate beat him to it
"What sort of information do you need? Specifically," Nate said as he took his eyes from the hologram and faced Batman "Do you only want why they aren't shipping the drug or anything that might be of interest?"
"Prioritize the reason why the drug isn't being shipped" Batman said as Nate nodded at his comments "But gathering extra important information would be appreciated" he said
"Got it" Nate said as he nodded, and Robin took the opportunity to speak up
"So, who is in charge?" Robin asked which caused Nate the urge to pinch his nose but stopped himself
"Ah shit, this will be a problem wont it?" Nate thought as he saw Batman and Red tornado glancing each other and then Batman speak again "Figure out that yourselves" Batman said as Robin smirked Nate saw this and suppressed a sigh "Yep, it will be" he thought as he heard Robin speak out again
"Change clothes guys, we'll meet at the ship ASAP" Robin order followed by annoyed Wally and a calmed Aqualad
"They know we already dressed in costume, don't they?" Megan asked out loud knowing she only had to mentally will her clothes to change, thing she did as she change to her regular white uniform, and also knowing that Superboy uses the same didn't needed to change outfit and Nate already had
"The excitement must've gone to his head" Nate replied as the three of them arrived at the hangar where the ship, Megan woke the bioship up as the teens entered the cabin, Superboy and Nate took the two seats in the front as Megan took the captain sit
"Nervous?" Nate asked Superboy as they waited for the rest of the team
"Not really" Superboy said as he crossed his arms
"I smell bull shit" Nate said with a chuckle which caused Superboy to frown "There's no need to pretend bro, I know you are, so am I" he said as his face turned serious
"Really?" Megan asked in surprise as the boys turn to look at her "If I am honest, I'm little frighten myself"
Superboy looked at the both of them in shock as he uncrossed his hands and looked at them "I guess I'm a little nervous myself too" he said as he closed his fist in annoyance for feeling like this
"That's good" Nate said bringing the attention of both teens to him "The day we don't feel like this is the day we get cocky and sloppy the key is not letting that nervousness get to you"
"How did you manage it?" Megan asked in curiosity
"I meditate or played with my phone" Nate replied at Megan's question "But talking and taking your focused out of the mission works to, doesn't it?" He asked them as they noticed how they were calmer than they were before
They couldn't reply as the rest of the team arrived at the ship noticing the teens and taking their respective spots.
No words were spoken as Megan took the wheels of the ship and started flying towards the destination
"Here we go" Nate thought putting his facemask on as the ship took off
Santa Prisca
"We reaching Santa Prisca" Nate heard Megan speaking as he focused on the island in front of them, he couldn't distinguished anything major as the forest prevented anything to be seen, perfect for an undercover facility "Entering camouflaged mode" Megan said as the ship turned invisible on the outside "Reaching drop zone A in t-minus 30 seconds" she said as Aqualad stood up and touched his mentor symbol turning his red custom black to camouflage in the dark
"Code names only from this point on guys" Nate said at the young heroes who nodded in confirmation
"Ready" Aqualad said as he nodded to Megan who created a hole under him dropping him into the ocean as he headed to do his part of the mission, they hovered in place for a few minutes as they waited for Aqualad to report
"Heat and motion sensors down, drop zone B is good to go" They heard Aqualad say over their earpieces and Megan nodded directing them into the next dropping zone
"Reaching drop zone B in 10" Megan said as the boys stood up from their sits preparing to exit the ship, Megan with a wave of her hand created 4 ziplines for the boys to use, Robin and Nate didn't waste any time as they attached the zipline into their belts
Kid flash did the same and then he touched the lightning symbol on his chest making his yellow suit turn all black "How cool is this?" Kid flash asked out loud as he stared at Megan
"Impressive" Megan said as she willed her clothes to change as they started to transform from white into black leaving the red x and transforming from a simple t shirt to a long sleeved one and creating a hood on her back
"Okay, that works too" Kid flash said in shock at what he had just witness "Hey supey, there's still time for you to change into the stealth tech" Kid Flash said mockingly
"No cape, no things, no offense" Superboy said as he crossed his arms
"Damm straight" Nate said while nodding supporting Superboy comments
"It totally works for you" Megan said dreamily staring at Superboy which cause him to look at her in confusion and a knowing smirk appear on Nate's face as he stares at Megan "In that you can totally put it off" she said as he looked away and put the hood over her face turning invisible in the process
Kid flash, robin and Miss M dropped down quietly the boys using the ziplines and her using her telekinesis to slow down, Superboy smirked as he was preparing to just drop down but was stopped by Nate's voice
"I know what you're thinking" Nate said causing Superboy to turn towards him "And while I want to do the same believe me, doing it would only out us at risk, so for now use the zipline please" he said causing Superboy to grunt as he nodded and put the zipline on him as both of them headed down
They landed on the ground quietly as Megan willed the bioship too hide itself, the young heroes nodded as robin crouched and brought out a holographic map for the others to see
"Aqualad Drop B is a go" Megan said through the coms
"Head to the factory, I'll track your GPS and middle ASAP" Aqualad said over the other line
"Stay safe and don't engage in combat unless is necessary" Nate said as he touched his earpiece as he noticed Robin traced the path to the factory and started to walk towards it
"Got it, see you soon" They heard Aqualad speak as they followed Robin into the forest
They walked through a waterfall as they enter the forest again and Robin took out the map again and checked for traps as he draws the perfect path toward the factory, they keep walking into the forest until Superboy heard something with his super hearing
"Wait did you guys heard that?" Superboy asked the team as they turned to look at him not noticing that Robin had disappear
"Uh no…" Kid flash said in confusion until a look of understanding crossed his face "Wait, is this a super-hearing thing?" he asked Superboy
"You do have amazing ears" Megan commented dreamily but was ignored by the boys
"Jesus, she has it bad for him" Nate thought as he heard Megan's comments.
"Okay, Rob what now?" He asked Robin wanting to know where to go next noticing he wasn't there "Man, I hate it when he does that"
"Kid, Superboy, turn infrared, and scout ahead" Nate ordered as the boys nodded as Kid flash put his googles down and Superboy glared ahead "What do you see?" he asked them
"Squad of bozos headed this way" Kid flash said as the young heroes walk forward to hide behind some nearby rocks
"Two squads" Superboy correct him "But they'll meet in the middle" he said as they heard gunshots revealing the two groups fighting each other
"We don't need to confront them lets move around them" Nate comment as the guys nodded and started to move
"Yeah yeah, I soon as I find rob" Kid Flash said as he started to run towards the mudded trail.
"No wait" Nate exclaimed trying to grab kid flash but couldn't as he was too fast for him "Fuck" he said under his breath, and he heard the gunshots stopping "He was spotted, didn't he?" he asked Superboy who nodded "I must not kill Wally" he said with a sigh as he run towards where Wally was to help him fight the bad guys Nate jumped and kicked one of the goons face knocking him out instantly as he stared at five others that were surrounding him, he blocked all the noise as he focused on the goons not hearing the conversation the others were having as he reached for one of his tantos
He moved quickly ducking under the guy that was in front of him making a slashing motion with his tanto cutting the gun of the crook, he then kicked his stomach and grabbed him throwing him at another crook, he then stared at the three remaining as he jumped and laid a flying knee towards one of them braking his nose and knock him out, one of the two remaining crooks shoot at him but he redirect the bullet with his tanto towards the other guys leg as the guy screamed in pain, Nate then kicked the head of the injured man into the dirt knocking out he turned at the remaining crook as he was preparing to shoot again but Nate was quicker he grabbed his arm and flip the guy over as he planted a knee into the guys chest and punched hard at the crooks fac knocking out the last bad guy, this all occur in the spam on one minute or less as Nate looked up seeing the rest of the team handling the crooks, with Superboy knocking out cold the biggest of them.
They finished tying the bad guys to the trees as Robin spoke up noticing the custom of one pf the bad guys
"I recognized this costumes" Robin said while looking at one of the red hooded crook "This people are from the cult of Kobra" he said as his eyes winded in surprise
"Batman would've mention them if he knew they were here" Kid flash offered as he focused on Robin determined to not lose him again
"Agreed" Robin replied as he nodded "And I don't think there is any love between both sides here" He said as he stood up "Kobra must've taken over forcefully that's why the supplies aren't being delivered"
"So kobra wanted super cultists then" kid flash commented "We got what we came for, radio bats and will be in time for…" he said but was interrupted by robin
"The cultists aren't on Venom" Robin cut off kid flash as he stared at him "Kobra's hoarding this stuff, we can't leave not until I know why"
"Until you know why?" Kid Flash said sarcastically making emphasis on the word you
"This team needs a leader" Tobin said as he puffs his chest in a proud manner
"And it's you?" kid flash exclaimed angry "You're just a 14-year-old who disappeared on us without a word"
"And I suppose you can?" Robin asked sarcastically "You're a year older than me but you are more immature than me, you even blew our cover first chance you got"
Nate saw the two teens arguing in front of the bad guys and couldn't help to pinch his nose "This motherfuckers this isn't the time o place for this" he thought as the two teens continued arguing, he then heard a conversation next to him
"Do you want to lead?" Nate saw Megan asked Superboy, but he shook his head saying no and asking her the same question "After the fiasco on happy harbor? No thanks"
"You did alright" Superboy said to her with a smile which cause Megan to blush she then turned to Nate to ask the same question
"What about you Nate, do you want to?" She asked him as Nate shrugged his shoulders
"I'll go with whatever the team decides, I don't really care to be honest" he said with a chuckle but turned serious as he heard a conversation behind him tanks to his enhance ear, while it wasn't as good as Superboy, at this distance he could hear perfectly the crooks talking so without turning back he focused his hearing on the conversation
"Miralos discutir. Vamos, liberate y nos podemos encargar de ellos" One of the crooks said to the big man with a luchador mask, he understood that they wanted too attack. But he couldn't take any chances so under his breath he activated the translation function on his mask
"Shut up" Nate heard the mand with the luchador mask reply in Spanish but the mask automatically translated his words so Nate could understand him "For now I'll play along, and then they will give me what I want"
"Oh I got you now motherfucker" Nate thought with a smirk as he notice that Superboy smirked as he figured that he had also heard them "Superboy, don't react and don't look at me, close your fist if your hear me" Nate said under his breath and thanks to the mask nobody could see he was moving his lips, Superboy clenched his right fist showing confirmation of what Nate has said "Good, I know you heard them, I did too, for now we'll play his game, it's our best bet to find the factory but keep an eye on him and fuck him up when double cross us, I know he will" Nate whispered as he saw Superboy nodding his head while the crooks where focused on the two arguing heroes
Kid flash and Robin heard a laugh which caused them to stop arguing as the looked at the man with the luchador mask "Such clever niños " The man known as Bane started talking as he faces the young heroes "But you only know half of the story, I can get you to the factory via a secret entrance"
"There is a secret entrance" Megan said stepping up to the face of Bane trying to read the guy's mind "But he is also hiding something" she said as she couldn't figure out what but Nate and Superboy shared a knowing look as the focused their attention back to Megan
"Ah, ah, ah chica, Bane is not that easy" The crook said smugly as he smirked at the martian girl.
"Ugh" Megan exclaimed as she lost her focus "He's mentally reciting football scores in Español. This could take a while" she said looking at her team asking what to do next
"It's not that complicated" Bane said with a smirk facing the young heroes "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" he said
"Bullshit an enemy is still an enemy, but you'll have your uses I suppose" Nate thought as he nodded with the rest of the young heroes agreeing to the plan
On top of a mountain the young heroes plus Bane were looking down at the factory trying to see what they could find
"Look at all that product" Robin said as he looked in shock at all the containments being move "Something is going on, a buy maybe. But if kobra isn't selling to the usual suspects…"
"We need to find who they are then" Nate replied as he handed some binoculars to Robin "Besides this looks like they are working someone, Kobra wouldn't be so bold to do this unless he had orders"
"Just what I was thinking" Kid flash said smugly as he stood up putting his googles down
"Yeah, you are a real thinker" Robin said sarcastically
"Man, if they keep this up, I'm going to kill them" Nate thought as he saw the young boys started arguing again
"Answers are this way" Bane said interrupting the arguing teenagers as he moved a rock revealing a secret passage to the factory, he entered the passage followed closely by the heroes
"So, now el luchador Is our leader then" Kid flash commented angry and sarcastically as Robin hit Wally's chest and proceeded to follow Bane through the mines
The team followed Bane into the passages arriving at a metal door, Bane put his fingertips on the lock unlocking the door in the process and opening the door slightly Robin looks inside room looking for enemies, he didn't find any and proceeded to relay the information to the team.
"All clear" Robin said entering the room and disappearing from the team's vision
"Has the little fool already been captured?" Bane asked not seeing Robin with them
"No" Nate replied with a frown "He just does that and it's starting to get really annoying" he said with annoyance in his voice
"Stay put" Kid flash said as he slides his googles down "I'll get the information before Robin does" he said while running off leaving the team, Aqualad tried to stop him, but Wally was too fast for him
"Great chain of command" Bane comment to the remaining teens
"Says the guy who lost his factory" Nate replied as he took cover on a nearby box as the teens followed his example, Bane look at him in anger, but he also followed his example "I'm going to kill those two when this is over" Nate said under his breath, but everyone heard him.
They look at the massive and many boxes being moved into a nearby hangar and Aqualad decided to talk
"That's a massive shipment" he said in shock as he looked at the boxes
"Yes, but they only moving new stuff" Superboy said as he looks at the boxes that were covering them "They aren't touching the old venom"
"Maybe freshness counts?" Megan offered not sure if she was right
"No, I don't think that's Venom otherwise they wouldn't gone to the trouble of kicking Rey Mysterio over here out" Nate said while pointing at the angry looking Bane "They're making and selling new stuff" he said while looking at the hangar
"Chopper inbound" Superboy interrupted making the teens look up noticing a chopper arriving at the hangar.
"That must be the buyer" Nate said as he saw the helicopter landing at the hangar "Miss M, turn invisible and see what you can find" he ordered as Megan nodded turning invisible and flying near the chopper "Lets see if we can find a better spot" Nate commented as they started to move towards a bridge that was on the top of the factory
The remaining teens plus Bane arrived at the bridge as the teens crouched waiting for Megan's information, they waited a few seconds before they heard her talking on their heads
"Nate, Aqualad sending you a mental image of the buyer" Megan said telepathically at Nate and Aqualad she didn't want to do it to Superboy afraid of how he might react
In the minds of the teens, they saw a buff blond mand, dressed in iron clad black armor and with a hockey black mask covering his face.
"Sportmaster? He is the buyer?" Aqualad asked out loud in shock he was prepared to radio Red tornado and the league but was interrupted by Nate
"No," Nate said as he frowned looking at where the dealing was taking place "He is too dumb for something like this, shadows are playing here" he said cryptically trying not to reveal too much for Bane "Call Red, tell him what we found" he said to Aqualad
Aqualad nodded as he touched his earpiece and started talking "Aqualad to Red Tornado, do you read?" he asked but he only received ecstatic, he huffed in annoyance and turned "Their blocking the comms can't reach the league or the guys"
"Shit" Nate said in annoyance "We need a plan, now" he said looking at the teens
"I have a suggestion" Bane said jumping down where too Kobra's goons where standing they saw him started shooting at him.
"What is he…" Aqualad said but was interrupted by a shout of Nate
"Move!" Nate shouted as he saw a figure falling towards them, they dodge to the side as the figure broke the bridge making the heroes fall down . They saw the kobra loyalists surrounding them.
"You good?" Nate asked the guys as they nodded in confirmation "Sups handle the big guy me and Aqualad will take care of the little guys" Nate said as the guys nodded and as Superboy run to meet the monster and Nate stood behind Aqualad as the atlantain created a shield stopping the bullets, Nate crouched and took three throwing knives and threw them into the weapons of some guys making them stop shooting for a second
"We need to get cover" Nate said as he and Aqualad run behind a near container protecting them from the shooting guys, he saw how the situation was being handle and saw Megan being thrown back by an explosion and he took a decision "Megan do you hear me?" he thought reaching the mind of Megan making eye contact with her
"Yes, I hear you" He heard her voice in his head and nodded
"Good, comms are jammed we need to fall back link us up" he said to her as he saw kid flash taking out some crooks but didn't find Robin
"But" he heard her hesitate, but he interrupted her looking at her eyes reassuring her
"Don't worry, if anyone complains I'll take the fall" he said to her with a smile as the martian girl nodded
"Everyone online?" She asked reaching to all of the team
"Yes" Superboy replied with a growl showing his discomfort
"You know it beautiful" Kid flash said smugly as he hides behind a pillar as he was being shot
"I'm here" Aqualad said as he tried to look for an exit
"We need to retreat, nothing will come out if we stay here, Wally see if you can clear a path" Nate order him mentally as he nodded taking out the crooks that were blocking the secret passage
"I'm kind of busy" Robin replied mentally as he approached the chopper and confronted Kobra
"We need to move now, get here ASAP" Nate order in full seriousness as he and the guys inside the factory headed for the passage
He heard the reply of Robin as the guys approached the entrance, Robin appeared next to them as he took the lead while Nate and Superboy took the back, he crossed his eyes with Sportmaster and show him his middle finger without even looking causing Sportmaster to smirk under his mask, they closed the door behind them and ran but they noticed that the door was brought down by the monster, Nate saw two pillars holding the mine and got an idea
"Superboy!" Nate shouted pointing at one of the pillars, Superboy nodded as he didn't need more instructions and destroyed the two pillars bringing the rocks down closing the path and cutting the bad guys from reaching them.
The teens looked at the fallen rocks as they took a breath and Aqualad snap a glowing stick and lighted the hallway they were in
"How did my first mission as leader go so wrong?" Robin questions as he looked at the rocks
Aqualad placed a hand in Robin's shoulder "You do have the most experience, but that was exactly what played against you" he said making the group looked at them, Nate nodded from where he was sit.
"Fighting and training with batman, it leaves your roles defined" Nate took over s Aqualad nodded "This team is new and need to be told what to do, the leader need to communicate to the others" he finished as he looks at Robin
"So, I'm supposed to hold everyone's hands?" Robin said while frowning at the floor "Oh, who I am kidding?" He asked rhetorically "You should lead us Kaldur you're the perfect fit" Robin said as a look of shock crossed Aqualad's face, but he looked at Nate remembering what had happen at Happy Harbor and in the living room
"Please" Kid flash interrupted "I can run circles…" he started but was interrupted by Robin and then Aqualad made his decision on his mind
"Wally come on, you know he's the one, as well as I…" he started explaining but Kaldur interrupted him
"No," Aqualad said shocking Robin and Wally as Nate looked at Kaldur in curiosity "Nate is the right choice to lead, not me"
The guys looked at him and shock and Nate continued to look at him in curiosity as Aqualad face him "What makes you say that?" Nate asked with a raised eyebrow
"Ever since I started being a hero with Aquaman, I followed his instructions and his footsteps, never questioning what he told me" He started explaining as the team looked at him "In happy harbor I hesitated but you brought us together and came up with a plan in a blink of an eye"
"That's good and all but there's another reason, isn't it?" Nate asked as Aqualad took a breath
"You see things I don't, and your resolve is greater than mine, it makes me want to follow you not order you around" Aqualad explained as Nate nodded
"Our resolves are the same Kaldur don't ever question that, but I hear you if the team agrees I take the responsibility, so what do you think guys?" Nate asked the rest of the team
"Technically since happy harbor I been kind of following what you tell me" Megan started explaining "So it would be obvious that you become our leader"
"I agree" Superboy said with a smile "You made me realize my mistake at Megan and helped me cool off I don't have any problems"
Nate nodded as he turns to Robin and Kid flash "And you guys?"
Kid flash shrugged and then smile "I didn't really want to be the leader, so this is fine by me"
They all turn and looked at Robin who looked at Nate in conviction "I only propose Aqualad because I've known him longer" Robin said and Nate nodded "But I can see myself following you, so I'm in"
"Then I'll carry the burden for now, you all have what it takes so I'll just wait for one of you to take my spot" Nate said with a chuckle "Come closer" he said as the six of them form a circle on the hallway, Nate put his fist in the middle of the circle as he grabbed the shoulder of Superboy with his other hand "We're a team guys, while I'll make the final call and that stuff, it doesn't mean you cant speak up when you have an idea, communication is the key here so don't be afraid to speak your mind got it?" he said as the heroes put their fits in the middle following the actions and nodding at his question "Now, lets go fuck up the factory shall we?" he said causing the heroes to smile and break the circle
"I guess we made the right choice, didn't we?" Kid flash asked robin who nodded at the comment
"First priority guys" Nate said bringing the attention of the tam to him "We need to mess with the shipment and preventing it from leaving the island"
"I thought of the same thing" Robin said as he showed them how he had sabotaged the chopper
"Nice well done" Nate said as he nodded "We need to grab a sample of the new dug if its possible, think you can handle that?" He asked robin who nodded
They started walking back to the factory as Nate thought of a plan as he heard Robin speak up
"Sportmaster is the supplier-slash-buyer" Robin said as they walked to the factory "But it doesn't add up, he doesn't have the means to do this" he said
"Yeah, you're right" Kid flash replied as he stood next to robin "Besides neither of them has the means to garb project blockbuster"
"I have a theory" Nate replied cutting the teens off as he looked forward "But it can wait, we can discuss it where walls don't have ears" he said as a figure reveal itself in front of them
"Hey there niños" Bane said as he had something in his left hand "I'm feeling explosive" he said revealing a bunch explosives surrounding the mine
"Kid, take a step back and do your thing while Kaldur has him distracted" Nate said in his mind as the link was still on as Kid flash took a running start
"I forced you to act so you will take down my enemies or die trying" Bane said with a laugh as he stared at the teens "If you die the league will come here trying to avenge you and Santa Prisca will be mine again" he said laughing not noticing the running speedster "But I guess blowing you inside will do the same thing" he said as he proceeded to pressed the button on his hand but noticed it was missing
"With what exactly?" Wally asked as he showed the controller to Bane, Bane jumped in anger preparing to punch Kid flash but noticed his feet leaving the ground as he saw the green skinned girl using her powers on him, he stood in the air in shock as he noticed the blond teen approach him
"You really think we didn't figure you were going to betray us, did you?" Nate said sarcastically as he looked up at the bad guy "No hard feelings it's just business" he said as he nodded to Superboy who took a stand and looked at Megan
"Drop him" Superboy said to Megan who nodded and drop Bane as Superboy caught him with an uppercut knocking him out
"Well, one down, a lot more to go" Nate said as he crouched down in deep thought "Oaky guys change of plans, we need to stop the plane leaving of course but we really need that sample" he said as he stared at the team "So here's what we'll do. Superboy will handle the monster, Aqualad handle Kobra and his little assistant, while Kid takes out as many goons and clear a path for robing to grab a vial, once you have the vial head out of the chopper and help out Aqualad with Kobra, once Robin leaves the chopper Megan you will enter the chopper and lant the explosive so they can blow up the helicopter. I will take care of Sportsmaster, do not and I want to make this very clear, do not confront him"
"Why?" Robin asked curious
"He is the real problem here, I know I can handle him, but I don't want him to use you as hostages" he replied as the team nodded "Once you planted the explosives Megan go help Superboy and when I give you the signal we will fake a retreat, to allow Sportsmaster to enter the chopper, that's when we blow up the chopper, he wont die from that but we cant allow to blow it up on the ground"
The teens nodded as they digest the plan and headed towards where the bad guys were. "Ah, and guys before I forget, mental talk only, comms are jammed so we will have to manage with that" he said as the team nodded.
"You know your jobs guys good luck" Nate said mentally to the others as he prepared to jump and confront Sportsmaster, he saw how Wally ran and took out some goons as Kobra order them to protect the cargo, the other teens jumped out two, Superboy confronted the monster and Aqualad confronted Kobra as they started to fight, Sportsmater was about too fire his gun at Superboy but saw how a knife struck his gun making it useless as he tuned and look at Nate and Nate took off his hoodie as a symbol to prepare for their fight.
"I don't know you" Sportsmaster said as he faced the blond mand and took a sword out
"I'm Nate, I'm new it's not a pleasure to meet you" Nate said as he took out both of his tantos and put a guard up as he crossed the blades in front of him
"Do you even know how to use them kid?" Sportsmaster said mockingly but Nate didn't bite as he replied
"Sure, I do" Nate said with a smile "I just have to hit you with the pointy end" he said sarcastically
Both of them stared at each other for what it felt like an eternity neither of them making a move as the glared at each other, Sportsmaster grew impatient and strike first thrusting his sword in an up motion, Nate blocked the strike and kicked the side of Sportsmaster, but dint let up he slashed him but Sportsmaster blocked him with the sword and threw a punch, Nate saw it coming and jumped throwing a kick at the face of Sportsmaster, the blond adult grab the leg of the young man and threw him behind him, Nate flipped in the air and landed graciously as he looked up and smirked at Sportsmaster, who glared as run to the young man, Nate meet him in the middle as they clash swords and stood in a stand still as the glare at each other
"You're good, but you're holding back" Sportsmaster said as he looked at the eyes of the young man
"Well, I don't really need to fight with my full strength at the Deathstroke wanna be" Nate said smugly as Sportsmaster glared and push him throwing a punch in the process
Nate saw this as he put his guard up blocking the punch and slashed up with his other hand making a superficial cut on Sportsmaster's chest, he then took a step back and smirked at the bad guy as he made a come at me motion riling up Sportsmaster, he also saw Megan heading out of the chopper unnoticed
"You're good kid, shame we have to cut our play-date so short" Sportsmaster said as he noticed how they were handling them "But duty calls" he said brining out a grenade and throwing it at the young man's feet
Nate saw this in shock and run back and jumped avoiding the explosion barely as he saw Sportsmaster entering and turning on the chopper "Robin did you get the sample?" he asked mentally as he saw the chopper started flying
"Yeah, but I had to leave six other in the plane before I got caught" Robin replied annoyed by that fact
"Its okay you did good, Megan fuck that thing up" he order mentally as Megan nodded and pressed the button, Nate saw the chopper blow up and noticed how Sportsmaster jumped out of it as the helicopter fell down towards the factory "Oh shit" he thought as he saw the helicopter blow the factory
Nate saw how the other guys surrounded Kobra he approached them as he stood next to Superboy and faced the cult leader
"Another time perhaps" the cultist said to Robin as he entered the forest and entered into the shadows disappearing form the sight of the heroes
Robin pursue Kobra into the forest, but he had disappeared as Robin couldn't find him anywhere "He is gone" Robin told them as he approached the young heroes
"Its fine, did you get the sample?" Nate asked as he looked at Robin
"Yeah, here" Robin replied as he handed Nate a blue vial, Nate grabbed it and brought it towards his face and look at it, Robin looked at the destroyed factory and spoke again "We make the right decision making you the leader, making you the right person to explain this mess to batman"
Nate look in shock at the laughing Robin and spoke out "Shit, hey Aqualad I changed my mind you can have the role I don't want it anymore" he whined at Aqualad who only smiled at him
Mount justice
Th young heroes had arrived at the cave and changed into their civilian clothes as they stood in the debriefing room
"Report" Batman commanded as Nate took a step forward and put his arms behind his back as a solider would do
"We arrived at Sant Prisca and found out that the local gang was overthrown by Kobra, we used Bane to enter the factory and realize that Kobra with the help of Sportsmaster were creating a new drug which combined the Venom and Project Blockbuster to create a more powerful drug, we decided to stopped the drug from getting out and in the process we destroy the factory" Nate relay what had happen on the mission to Batman "I order Robin to take a sample of the new drug, here" he said ss he handed the drug to Batman "We thought at first that Sportsmaster was the dealer of blockbuster, but it didn't add up, I personally think that the ones in control of Cadmus ordered the services of the shadows and struck a deal with Kobra, that's my theory but I don't have anything to go by so is anyone's guess right now"
"Good, we will trace the drug from this and see if anything pops out" Batman said as Nate stepped back in line with the others, Batman noticed this and appreciated how professional he was acting, but he needed to give them criticism for them to become better "A simple recon mission, observe and report only" Batman started berate them "Each and everyone of you will receive a detail report emphasizing your many mistakes" he said as he looked straight at Nate "Other than that good job"
Batman said which caused the young heroes to look at him in shock "No plan survives its first approach" he said looking at Robin "How you adjust to the unforeseen it's what determines success" he said staring at kid flash and Aqualad "And how you chose your leaders shows character" he ended looking at Nate "That's all dismiss" he said as he leaved the cave
"Good job guys" Nate said as he turned to face the team who smiled at him "Do we do what we said after the happy harbor thing?" he asked them remembering what he had said to them about talking after missions, the team nodded as they headed to the living room
Everybody took a drink as Nate sat next to Superboy and on the other side of the clone was Megan, across of them the former sidekicks sat on the couch
"I've been meaning to ask" Wally said as he looked at Nate "What's up with the bandage, did something happen to you?" he asked in concern as he looked at the bandage thinking Nate got mugged or something
"Oh this?" Nate asked taking his left arm up as he proceed to take out the bandages, he knew what cat told him but with the enhancements he received in his childhood he could take the bandages under an hour, he just forgot to it "I got a new tattoo" Nate said as he finished taking out the bandages revealing the arrow tattoo in all its splendor "Pretty neat isn't it?"
"It looks dope" Wally said as he stared at the tattoo "I wonder if I could get one" Wally wonder out loud as he stared at his arm
"I'll hook you up if you want to" Nate offered as Wally nodded thinking about it, Nate then stood up and grabbed his soda as he put it on the middle "Here's to a successful first mission" Nate said as they cheered and began to discuss the mission and issues they had
"All I managed to recover was this single vial and I think those children grabbed one" Sportsmaster said facing 7 holographic figures
"The process can be reversed engineered so its no concern of us" One of the concealed figures said "But these young heroes are becoming a problem, Cadmus, Happy Harbor and now Santa Prisca" he finished as the voice recounted what the young heroes had done
"Once is an accident" Another much darker voice said "Two is a coincidence but three is enemy action, and enemies of the light must not stand" the voice said as Sportsmaster glared remembering the teen that got the better of him
"I'll remember you Nate" he thought as the holograms started to turn off
End of chapter 4
So, what did you think?
Make sure to live your revies and in mi profile you can find the links to what I base Nate's tattoos so if you want a better picture, you can go there
And I'll see you guys in the next chapter
Adios
