Mount Justice; September 23rd, 06:34 EDT

Wynonna's P.O.V.

So it's the day after the reds attacked. Everyone is feeling the after effects from the fight even those of us with accelerated healing. The Justice League have been hovering around the cave ever since it happened, mainly repairing what was damaged and broken, but also keeping an eye on us.

Currently the entire team is sat in the lounge area with some of the leaguers whilst others bring all the caves systems back online or are fixing stuff. I'm currently sitting next to Wally at the kitchen counter. I've got a school textbook in front of me whilst he is sitting with both shoulders on the table and his chin resting on his crossed wrists. Artemis is sat on the other side of him with her right elbow on the table as her head rests in her hand. Connor is standing opposite Green Arrow in a defensive stance, worry is written on his face. M'gann is sat across from Artemis, looking expectantly at GA clearly mirroring the Boy Wonder who sits beside her.

Green Arrow then placed a bowl of pretzel in the middle of the table. Wally then said blankly
"Thanks, but no thanks." Green Arrow backed off instantly. Robin sat forward and said
"Yeah, what we want are answers, about Red Tornado and his siblings." Green Arrow didn't even flinch at the harshness of Robin's voice. Wally then spoke again
"Exactly." GA then went to take the bowl away but before he even managed to fully turn around, Wally's hands were around the bowl, taking it back. Wally then mumbled
"Leave the bowl" As he sat back down, he took a handful of pretzels and shoved them in his mouth. I just smiled at him and shook my head at him.

I then looked up at Connor. He had his back to the team and was looking over at Kaldur and Batman, who were standing on the far side of the room. I was just about to ask him to come sit down but Connor yelled
"YOU KNEW?" Everyone looked at him and before we knew it Connor launched himself at Kaldur whilst yelling
"That android and his maniac family nearly killed M'Gann!" Almost immediately I raised my hand, putting a barrier between the two. M'gann then flew over saying
"Connor, what are you doing?" Connor hit the barrier and growled
"Kaldur knew we had a traitor among us and said nothing!" Everyone else then jumped up and Robin spoke first
"You knew?" Wally then spoke
"And didn't tell us?" He spoke so closely behind Robin that it's hard to tell if they're just that in sync or it was actually meant to be two separate questions

Kaldur gave me a slight nod, so I dropped the barrier as he said
"I sought to protect the Team from-" I then spoke
"Sought to protect us from what?"Artemis then took over
"Knowledge that might've saved our lives?"
"Enough." We all turned to Batman, giving him the instantaneous respect he demands. He then went onto say
"With Red Tornado… missing the Team will now be overseen by rotation supervisors. Captain Marvel has volunteered to take the first shift."

Captain Marvel then walked up behind Batman, in his red and gold super suit, with a white cape over his left shoulder, face completely unobstructed to show off his blue eyes and slicked back black hair. He then went onto say
"I'm really looking forward to hanging with you guys." A small smile coming over his features. I rolled my eyes, ran my hands through my hair and muttered
"Oh my god" so now Connor, M'gann and I have to live with a babysitter. I went to say something to Kaldur but Connor beat me too it
"After I dismantle Red Tornado, you and I are gonna-"

He was then cut off by Batman saying
"Red Tornado is a member of the Justice League. That makes him a League responsibility. You will leave him to us." He brought up a holoscreen of a newspaper article and said
"I have another assignment for this team."

NEWS OF THE PLANET newspaper

Gorilla Trades Bananas for Bullets

"Gotham Mayor attacked by Guerilla Gorilla?"

Wally read the headline outloud skepticism was clear in his voice.

"Was this the only thing he could find to distract us?" Conner asks telepathically. I then said out loud
"You can't be serious…" Robin then took over
"Batman, please! Tell me you're not sending us on this joke of a wild ape chase" I elbowed him in the ribs and Batman Glared at him and said
"I never joke about the mission. I've checked the sources. I've studied the patterns. Mayor Hills' encounter is only the latest in a series of incidents" he turned to Kaldur before continuing
"Aqualad, you and your team will depart for India and check this out." We all then turned towards the bioship and before Kaldur got a chance to say anything, I snapped my fingers and we were in our uniforms.

Connor, Artemis and M'Gann were the first to walk towards the Bioship. But Connor stopped when Sphere came up quickly behind him. Conner turned towards Sphere, holding out his hand and said
"Uh-uh. Go." he pointed back inside the Mountain. Sphere whirs and beeps before heading back, coming under a flying Captain Marvel. Robin, Wally and I turned to him as Robin said
"You're coming with?" Captain Marvel replied
"Sure! We'll have a blast." Rob looked at us and muttered
"Translation: he blames us for Red Fiasco. He doesn't trust us." Wally looked at Kaldur and said blankly
"It's a big club." I nudged the pair and said
"Come on guys let's get this over with"


Northern India; September 23rd, 21:36 IST

The Camouflaged BioShip flew over the darkened landscape. Before it landed the bottom opened up to let Robin and Artemis belay out as a unit. Landing almost silently, before releasing the handles and pulling out a pair of Birdarangs and knocking an arrow before they head out to secure the perimeter. The BioShip landed behind them and the door opened. Letting Captain Marvel, Aqualad, me and Kid out. Robin and Artemis came back as Superboy lands behind Aqualad and Miss Martian close behind him.
"All Clear." Aqualad then switched his suit into stealth mode whilst saying
"Switch to Stealth," Miss Martian is the only one that does as he turned and said
"and we'll review mission parameters." Whilst pressing the emblem on his chest Kid Flash said
"Parameters? We don't need no stinkin' parameters." Robin then stepped forward and said
"It's Recon, we know what to do." with that the two of them turned and headed into the jungle. Aqualad called after them
"Kid, Robin," Robin turned instantly and said
"We started this team because the Justice League was keeping secrets from us." Kid then said
"Or did you forget that like you forgot to tell us about the mole?" Kid was being both sarcastic and rhetorical as he put his goggles on. The two took off again. I then turned to Aqualad and said
"I'll keep them out of trouble" he nodded before I ran after my two best mates.


The three of us walked a thicker part of the jungle. The towering canopy hiding obstructing the moonlight. I was walking slightly behind the pair as I said
"Don't you think you were being a bit harsh with Kaldur back there" Kid shot my a glare and said
"Are you defending him!?" Rob then said
"Look Phoenix, He had no right to keep this from us" I then said
"I get that but we should at least hear him ou…" I was cut off by a bird screech.

We turned around and watched as three massive vultures screeched and dove at ua. We jumped out of the way barely missing the claws which are nearly as long as our forearms. I fired an energy blast at one as Wally took the lead in clearing the way. Robin then said whilst throwing a Birdarang
"I thought vultures only ate dead meat." Though the device did nothing to even slow them then replied
"Yeah, these are some very proactive scavengers" Throwing another Energy blast I said
"Proactive and super-sized. You boys thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Kobra-Venom?" the two said in Unison.
"Yeah."

A vulture screeches as it goes for Robin again. Barely missing him as he vaults over a fallen tree root. Running towards the base of the fallen tree to give himself some height, he backflips, seeing the vulture land swinging away with some of the tangled vines. Kid used his speed to evade the other three, running up a tree and bouncing between the two of them to turn himself into a pinball to knock one the birds out. It crashes to the ground not far from where Kid managed to catch a vine and swing to safety.
"Phoenix Watch out!"

Before I had a chance to react a set of claws gripped into my shoulder. The next thing I knew my feet weren't on the ground. The Venom Vulture then flung me up into the air but instead of falling, I just hovered there. I then muttered
"Okay this is new"

I then saw all three vultures flying towards me. So I took a deep breath and let out a large burst of energy causing the vultures to retreat. With the vultures gone, I flew back down to the ground. The second my feet hit the ground, I clutched my bleeding shoulder. The boys then ran over.

Robin stood in front of my and said
"Let me look at your shoulder" I moved my hand and pushed my jacket off my shoulder. Three very large, deep gashes covered my shoulder. Kid then said
"So...the flying thing is new"
"Yeah tell me about it...OW!" I flinched at Robin's touch. He then said
"It's already starting to heal"
"It still hurts though" Kid then said
"Use that pain reduction thingy"

I smiled at him before pressing my hand against my shoulder and muttering
"Asinta Mulaf Hinto, Sho Bala." the pain faded as I pulled my jacket back up.
"Link established." It was M'gann
"Listen, please…" Then Kaldur tried to speak, both Kid Flash and Robin visibly tensed hearing his voice in their head again. Clearly disapproving of his presence. Kid then said
"Oh good, Aqualad's voice in my head. I've so missed that" Robin smirked before saying
"Hey, Kaldur! KF and I were attacked by giant vultures. 'Course, since we're moles, you probably think we attacked ourselves"
"If he did, he wouldn't tell you." Okay that was Artemis.
"Superboy, are you online, or just pouting?" hold up, what's going on between Miss M and Superboy. I was just about to ask when Connor grunted before saying
"Busy. Call back later."


Not long after the situation with the vultures we met up with Aqualad, Artemis and Miss Martian. We all followed Aqualad through the jungle. He was leading the group with the rest of us trailing behind. Kid then said
"What gets me is how nonchalant he is about not telling us."
"He should be chalant. Way chalant. Extremely chalant!" I'll give you one guess who that was. Artemis was next
"How are we supposed to be a team if he doesn't trust us with his secrets?" The Miss M
"Or if Conner doesn't expect us to take care of ourselves?"

Kid then looked at Rob and said
"Did he really think you or I could've been the mole?" he was clearly keeping Kaldur and everyone else in on the question on purpose. Rob then said
"We've known each other for years!" Then Artemis
"Trust is a two-way street!" she clearly realized the dig the boys just made at her and M'gann. Miss M then said
"And you'd know they'd hate it if we kept secrets from them!" I'm sensing a pattern here Artemis then snapped
"Not that we'd ever do that. Never."

I spun around to face the group and finally spoke
"Okay, That's enough. Every single one of us here has their own secrets. Yeah Kaldur fucked up and he should have told us about the mole but this… us being mad at him and at each other is petty and childish. We want nothing more than the JL to see us and treat us like adults and independent heroes but right now all we are showing them is that we are still kids, young, reckless sidekicks…" I was cut off by Aqualad turning around and saying
"Enough!" That was all he needed to get our attention, but ripped one of the pylons from its base, watching as the electricity crackled in the darkness, but nothing else happened.
"Captain Marvel has been captured. And we must act as a team to save him!"

Kid Flash then spoke
"Heh. Under your leadership? I don't think s-" I cut him off by saying
"Did anything I just say sink in!" he didn't listen he wouldn't even look at me, neither would Robin. Aqualad then said
"This is not up for debate!" Both Robin and KF's eyes went wide at the sudden switch from the Atlantean's normal demeanor. He then went onto say
"You all chose me to lead. When this mission is over, if you wish to select a new leader I will happily step down. But until that time, I am in command here." he then threw down the pylon with a grunt, heading off in the direction the trails lead, for once the link is silent.


We tracked Captain Marvel to a building in the heart of the Jungle. Robin and Kid are crouched in a tall bush. Miss M, Aqualad, Artemis and I are crouched up in a tree overlooking the building. The only one missing is Superboy. Artemis as an arrow ready to fire.

Miss M looked over to the open space around the building and said
"I'll fly over." Just as she was about to fly over Kid spoke
"Negatory. The shield extends like a dome over the whole compound." I saw Robin looking at his holoscreen before saying
"Pylons are insulated, but one good shock could cause a momentary gap"
"I see a target." Artemis lifted her bow ready fire when Aqualad said
"Then be ready to hit it. Be ready, all of you."

Aqualad jumped from the tree and ran up to the nearest pylon, stopping less than two feet away before his tattoos began to glow and he pushed the electricity into the shield. Soon enough there was a small gap in the field
"Now!" Artemis released her arrow and it flew through the gap and hit her target right on. The panel beeps and Aqualad pulls back the electricity as the shield deactivated. Then waves the rest of them forward.

Kid raced towards him, Still getting used to my new power I landed further away from the team than expected, M'gann landed while still camouflaged, but as Robin made his way out of the brush his eyes went wide. I followed his gaze and saw a howler monkey sitting on the roof, it had been watching us. The monkey then let out an almighty howl. Aqualad and Kid jump slightly, just before the actual alarms turn on and an entire pack of howlers charges towards us.

I was using energy blasts to defend myself against the damn monkeys. And because these things are so big I was hovering off the ground. During the fight Aqualad yelled
"Remove their collars!" I looked over at the rest of the team and then over at Robin who was struggling with two that are nearly as big as he is Rob then said
"Sounds easy when he says it." Before I got a chance to help him Artemis pulled out an arrow and nocking it. Taking out the two attacking Robin.

The collars fell off with a small spark, and Robin stayed defensive as the two monkeys looked around before running away. He then turned towards Artemis, where two more drop down behind her. Instead of saying anything he throws two disks, taking out their collars. She yelped when they got close to her, but had enough time to see them scatter to know what he did.

A gorilla wearing a red beret then came out of the compound carrying a machine gun. He growled and sniffed the air as M'gann tried to sneak behind him in camouflage. Just as she made it through the doorway, he grabbed her by the shoulder and threw her into the dirt. Knocking her unconscious. Mallah went to grab her again when Kid sped in saying
"Get your paws off her, you darn dirty ape." his voice a far angier growl than he's ever been before. He went to shoulder check the gorilla, but the enhanced animal turned so that Kid bounces off his massive chest.

I then stood over Kid Flash, raised me hand and said
"Phasmatos Tribum, Nas Ex Veras, Maquis Dumisa Rotenem" Mallah was sent crashing through a wall into the compound.

The dust settled and we made our way into the compound. Captain Marvel was strapped down onto a metal table with a shock collar on and this black dustbin looking thing was in the centre of the room. Kid pointed at it and said
"It's the Brain!" Artemis then said
"Uh,We can see it's a brain."
"Not a brain, The Brain." The brain then moved forward and said
"In the flesh, so to speak...Mallah."

The gorilla got up with something in his hand, and when he pressed the button, pylons rose up from the floor. Sending an electromagnetic pulse through us, pinning us to the ground. Aqualad then looked at Miss M before saying through the mind link
"Miss Martian, Superboy, now."

Miss M's eyes went green as she telekinetically took the remote from Mallah. Stopping it over her face so she pressed the button to turn off the pylons, just as Superboy broke through the wall on the other side of the hallway. There was a white wolf at his side, snarling, as the dust cleared. Superboy didn't need to say anything to get the wolf to charge at Mallah.

As Mallah got back to his feet, Kid kicks him back, then dodges the gunfire as Robin swings high. Finally M'gann drops in and lifts the gorilla into the ceiling then lets him drop. Though it doesn't do anything to knock him out, only make him angry. Now he is focusing his firing on M'gann. Superboy jumps at his turn back, attempting to slam his fist into the gorilla, but Mallah's reflexes are just fast enough that he can dodge.

While Superboy lands, Mallah takes aim to shoot Superboy back as he jumps. Though he doesn't get any marks, the shots move so fast and hit so hard that he lands by the wolf. As the bullets ran out, Artemis launched an arrow at the pack on his back, causing it to release smoke. Robin came up to her side and both pulled out detonating weapons which fully knocked the machine gun off of Mallah.

Whilst the others were dealing with Mallah, Kaldur was dealing with the brain and I was tasked in getting Cap out. I ran over to the table and snapped the collar off of Captain Marvel.
"Thanks. Now, one good turn deserves another." The tiger rose in front of him, and Mallah turned towards the three of us as Aqualad pulled out his sword WaterBearers and I had my hand raised ready to throw an energy blast. Mallah turned again and saw Superboy and the wolf guarding the hole in the wall. Mallah roared in rage. Superboy let out a low growl before cracking his knuckles and saying
"Try it. I hate monkeys."

From the looks of it Mallah was about to do something but was cut off by the Brain
"No Mallah, this will not be our Waterloo." Multiple compartments then began to open around his body.
"Au revoir, mes amis" Kid then yelled
"Get down!" Conner tensed, Robin and Artemis backed up, and then suddenly everything went dark. When the lights start to turn on again, they're gone. Kid then said
"Wait, that big weapon thing was… a light switch?"


As the sun began to rise over the trees we were back near the BioShip. I watched as Artemis walked over to Kid and asked
"What are you grinning about?" Kid held a red beret in his hands and said
"One word: souvenir." he then put it on. Artemis then shot back
"Two words: gorilla lice."
"Huh?" He quickly took the hat off his head and it out in front of him
"Oh, man! That's disgusting"

I was helping Kaldur remove the collars from the howler monkeys. As I the last monkey ran into the Jungle, Captain Marvel pulled the collar off the tiger that saved him and said
"That's the last of the collars?" It growled lowly.
"I can count on you to keep the other animals out of trouble?" It growled again.
"Good. I'll be back for a visit. I promise." he pet the tiger before standing and watching as it heads into the jungle.
"I think I'll call him Mr. Tawny." Cap had the biggest smile on his face.

The tiger ran past M'gann, Connor, and the wolf on his way out. I went over to join them as Connor looked at the wolf and said
"The rest of the pack is gone." He stroke the wolf whilst continuing
"What are you still doing here?" M'gann smiled before saying
"I think he wants to stay with you."
"Can I keep him?" Connor asked, sounding like an excited child. He looked between me and Miss M. Before we could answer him Wally ran over, put his arm around my shoulders and said
"First the sphere, now this beast. Dude, you sure make a habit of collecting strays." M'gann looked at Connor and then said
"Maybe because he's such a stray himself." The two seemed to go on to have a psychic conversation briefly. As connor smiled a her, Wally said
"Well, he's gonna need a , how's about Krypto?" Wolf just growled at Wally causing him to cower behind me slightly. Connor then said
"Pass." I then began walking away whilst saying
"Besides isn't that name already taken?"

I then went on to join Robin who is waiting on the ramp, I'm pretty sure he's waiting for Kaldur. When I saw Kaldur walking out of the jungle, I gently put my hand on Robins arm and said
"Go easy on him... please" he smiled as he put his hand on top of mine. I then took my hand back as Kaldur began walking up the ramp. Rob looked at him and said
"Look, I need to know, why did you keep the mole intel secret?" Kaldur stopped and everyone else slowly moved towards the BioShip for the conversation. Kaldur looked at everyone before speaking
"The source of the tip was Sportsmaster." Artemis stepped forward immediately and yelled
"What?! You can't trust him!"
"I do not. It seemed possible, even likely, that he was attempting to divide the team with false information." I then looked at Rob and Kid whilst saying
"And given how the mission went, he almost succeeded." Both their faces dropped as they realized that they were betraying someone they had known for years as much as they felt betrayed by him. Not to mention Kaldur had a whole other level to put the tip through as the leader. Rob then looked at him and said
"But you had to consider it might be true."
"Yes, as leader, I did. In which case, I did not wish to alert the traitor." he looked directly at Robin as he spoke, knowing that the Team will one day fall to him and explaining this will help him.
"I hate to say it, but it makes sense."
"I am still prepared to step down." he says simply.

The team quickly glanced at each other before Wally raised his hand and said
"All in favour of keeping Aqualad as leader?" M'gann, Conner, Artemis and I all raised our hands instantly. As Kaldur turned to Robin, his hand is raised too and he shows a few his teeth with his smile. Captain Marvel then spoke but I didn't listen, instead I whispered to Rob
"It will be your team one day, Wonder boy" He smiled, looked at me and whispered
"That's Boy Wonder"

I returned the smile and shoved him slightly as M'gann said
"So, what are you gonna call him?" Connor scratched the white wolf and said
"What's wrong with Wolf?" Wally then walked up the ramp saying
"Generic, but acceptable" As Connor and the wolf walked onto the ship, I turned and said
"So we're keeping the dog then?"
"Wolf"
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3 hours later

I was still slightly annoyed at everyone after what happened on the mission. So after the debrief with Batman I went down to the beach to blow off some steam. Despite water being my main weakness, the sound of waves crashing against the rocks is relaxing in some way. I'm currently standing on some rocks, with my arms folded around my chest, eyes shut and just listening.

I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard footsteps and then a voice
"For someone who hates water, you spend a lot of time around it" It was Robin. Without opening my eyes I said
"It's part of life. Despite how much I hate it and how much it hurts me, I can't run from it. No matter how much I want to" He came and stood next to me before saying
"What you said back out on the mission…" I cut him off
"I was mad…" He then cut me off
"You were right" I opened my eyes and looked at him before saying
"Rob, we all have secrets but for this team to work, we have to trust each other otherwise what's the point" He looked down at me before saying
"Do you trust me Wynonna?"
"Rob I trust you with my life. Do you trust me?" He smiled and said
"You know I do…" I cut him off
"Do you trust me enough to tell me who you are?"
"Nonna, we've spoke about this"
"But the doesn't change the fact, I'd do anything to keep you safe and I can't do that if I only know half of you" okay so maybe those feeling I had for Rob are still there and they're getting stronger