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New Allies, chapter 2
Kon wasn't entirely sure what he was expecting from the End's team. He knew that he wasn't expecting a short and wiry sixteen year old boy, a matronly-looking older woman, a tall and well-built man in his twenties, and a nondescript man all wearing commando outfits. Despite their confident stances, they weren't a group whose appearance inspired confidence.
After greeting them, Cyborg turned to the youngest. "Let me guess, you're the cyberkinetic."
The tall, well-built man laughed. "They always think that. I'm the cyberkinetic. My codename is Technician."
"I'm sorry, I would have taken you for the combat specialist," Cyborg said. "Your files didn't have any pictures attached."
"That doesn't surprise me," Technician said. "The End is secretive like that. I'm surprised she contacted you instead of trying to have us aid you without your knowing."
"Why does the intelligence community call her that?" Kon asked.
The teenager spoke up in heavily accented English. "It is because when she gets involved, it is the end of the problem."
"I'm Delphi," the matronly woman introduced herself. "I'm the precognitive. And, yes, I am able to hold my own in combat."
"You saw that I was going to ask that question?" Wonder Girl asked. "That's kind of freaky."
"I'm Camouflage," the nondescript man said in a quiet voice. "Stealth operations are my specialty."
"You're the hand-to-hand specialist?" Robin asked the teenaged agent.
"I am," he replied in his accented voice. "My codename is Takedown."
"From your accent, you're Russian, correct?" Robin asked.
Takedown looked offended. "I am not Russian. I am Ukrainian."
"I'm sorry," Robin apologized.
"Aren't you a little young to be doing this?" Cyborg asked.
"He's no younger than some of your members," Delphi pointed out. "Besides, he's the result of one of the Soviet Union's last super soldier projects. He's quite capable in the field."
"Wait, the Soviet Union collapses before I was born," Wonder Girl blurted out.
"That's why he's from the very last project," Technician said. "There was some sort of in vitro fertilization that was done in the very last days of the Soviet Union. He was born after it collapsed."
The End's voice came over the communication system. "Now that introductions are out of the way, I suggest that we deal with the matter at hand. I'm drawing up schematics of the power plant and creating a mission profile."
"The schematics for a nuclear power plant should have very good security," Kon said. "How'd you get them?"
"I broke Oracle's security," the End reminded him. "Compared to that, government security is quite easy."
"We might want to talk about that sometime," Robin said. "You gave us quite a worry when you evaded our tracing programs. Of course, if you had a cyberkinetic at your disposal, it makes sense."
"That happened over a month ago, right?" Technician asked. "I haven't worked for her that long. She would have done it by herself or without me at least."
"I'm downloading the schematics to your panels," the End said, returning to business. "I also tapped into security cameras and satellite images; there appear to be forty-seven H.I.V.E. operatives there."
"That's an odd number," Superboy noted.
"It's possible that they had members infiltrating the power plant. It would be prudent to estimate the number of opponents there at fifty."
"What level of force is authorized?" Takedown asked.
"Non-lethal only," the End replied.
"That makes things more difficult."
"You have a larger group backing you up. It won't be as difficult as you think."
"This looks like a good plan," Cyborg said. "I only have one modification."
"What's that?" the End asked.
"Robin will accompany Camouflage."
"I've got no problem with that if he can keep up," Camouflage said.
"Let's get en route," Cyborg said.
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