A/N: This chapter is a lot shorter than the first. Sorry about that! I just felt the need to cut it off where it ended. It took me longer than I hoped to finish it. sorry about that too! I could have had it done, like a week ago if I could stay focused -_- Anyway, hope you enjoy!

Chapter 2: Meet the Team

After a short pit stop to drop off Roquette at a computer lab, Stevie was being brought to a strange-looking building. Actually, it seemed to be a port-o-potty. She assumed that he just had to make a stop for the restroom, but was extremely confused when he motioned for her to go in first.

"I don't have to go to the bathroom!" she protested, pushing all her weight against Red Arrow as he tried to force her inside.

"Just get in!" he snapped.

He easily overpowered her and shoved her inside of the small, disgusting space. He stepped in after her and closed the door.

"Override 7056."

"Recognized Speedy, B06 and Guest, B0G."

A bright white light swirled from beneath their feet and engulfed them. Stevie felt her stomach jolt as they were sucked down into a portal. She began to panic, reaching out to grab something on the wall, but nothing was there and the only thing she could grab onto was Red Arrow. Her small hands had just wrapped around his forearm tightly. He looked down at her with a stiff expression and pried her fingers off his arm roughly, causing her to fall on her butt.

It was then she realized that there was some sort of solid ground underneath her.

"Recognized Speedy, B06. Recognized Guest, B0G."

"-what happened to your old one?"

Stevie would have looked up to see what was going on if she wasn't feeling so pukey from the weird transportation method.

"Well for starters, he doesn't go by Speedy anymore," Red Arrow growled. "Call me Red Arrow."

She felt the archer's prescence leave from beside her and she forced herself to look up. There were several strangely dressed teenagers and adults in the circular room. One of them was dressed up as a bat, another was a red robot, two archers dressed in green, a girl with green skin, a boy with a large red "S" on his chest, a boy with strange tattoos on his arms, a redhead boy in a swimsuit, and a mysterious black-haired boy with a black cape and domino mask.

The blond in the green hood moved forward. "Roy...you look-"

"Replacable," Red Arrow, now Roy, growled.

"Who is that?" The young boy with the cape asked, staring at Stevie with cautious curiosity and breaking the rising tension in the room.

"That's not important right now," Roy snapped at him, turning back to the hooded man.

There was a small silence before the blond continued, "it's not like that. You told me you were going solo."

"So why waste time even finding a sub? Can she even use that bow?" Roy's voice rose and everyone but the boy who had asked about her had turned their attention to the argument.

The other one dressed in green, the blonde girl, stepped forward boldly. "Yes, she can."

"Who are you?!" the redhead boy asked the female archer in an almost whiny voice.

Both of the archers in green quickly said in unison, "niece."

The boy who had been staring at her for the past few minutes turned when he heard this. "Another neice?"

"But she is not your replacement," the boy with the tattoos on his arms spoke, his voice deep and calming, "we have always wanted you on the team. And we have no quota on archers."

"And if we did, you know who we'd pick," the redhead said.

"Whatever, Baywatch," the female archer said, moving forward. "I'm here to stay."

"You came to us for a reason," the tattooed boy started.

"Yeah. A reason named-"

"Before you start your story, could you tell us who she is?" the caped boy asked as he jerked his thumb toward Stevie.

Stevie, who had stood to her feet, felt oddly...embarrassed in a ratty old night gown. She hadn't ever really felt that emotion before, so it was an odd feeling, almost like she was being heated in an oven.

"I'll get to her in a minute," Roy assured, though his tone never strayed away from that grumbling and irritated one as he continued, "a reason named Doctor Serling Roquette."

The caped boy turned back toward Roy, looking down at his wrist as he spoke, "the nanorobtics genius and the claytronics expert at Royal University in Star City!" A small holographic computer came out of his wrist and with the type of a few words, a whole collection of hollographic imagery was surrounding the group. All of it was concerning Roquette.

"She vanished two weeks ago," he added, looking down at his wrist-computer.

"Abducted two weeks ago," Roy corrected. "By the League of Shadows."

"Woah! You want us to rescue her from the Shadows?!"

The redhead smirked beside him and muttered a, "hardcore", as they bumped fists.

"I already rescued her. That's where I got 'Stevie', as she calls herself." Roy turned around and looked at Stevie and so did everyone else.

"She was escaping when I was breaking in. She's some sort of experiment, a technopath to be exact."

"A technopath?!" Again the caped boy could not help himself from speaking out of excitement. "The ability to control technology with your mind?"

Stevie nodded slowly, unsure of how else to react to his enthusiasm. She didn't really consider her abilities anything special. It was more like a curse.

The Batman stepped forward and rested a hand on the boy's shoulder, giving him a glare. The younger boy's shoulders slouched a bit and he looked toward the ground.

"What was your purpose to the Shadows?" The Batman asked, voice deep and gravelly.

Stevie shrugged, not exactly sure how to speak to all of these people. "I'm not sure. I think something to do with the FOG. I don't even know why I'm here." The last part came out a little more harshly than she intended.

Batman didn't even flinch nor did his expression change. "Robin, Artemis, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Super Boy, and Miss Martian, take Stevie into the kitchen."

The group exchanged glances, hesitant.

"Go," he repeated, giving them all a "Bat-glare".

The group didn't need to be told three times. Stevie reluctantly followed after them, sighing to herself as the door was shut behind them. She stood off to the side a little and ducked her head, unsure what to do now. She looked up again when she heard a voice.

"So um...should we introduce ourselves?" the caped boy asked, crossing his arms.

"I suppose so. I am Aqualad."

"I'm Miss Martian! It's nice to meet you!"

"Kid Flash!"

"Superboy."

"I'm Robin."

"Artemis."

"Who are you?!" Kid Flash snapped at Artemis once more, who rolled her eyes.

"I'm Stevie." She shrugged, glancing up at the team. She was sure those strange names weren't their real ones... Who had a name like Miss Martian?

Aqualad was extremely calm and collected, Kid Flash was eyeing Miss Martian while chowing down on some food item, Miss Martian was overly friendly and happy, Superboy was practically brooding, Artemis seemed sort of cocky, and Robin seemed almost...smug.

"So are you really a technopath?" Robin asked, boyish excitement slipping into his tone.

Stevie nodded.

"Can you show us?"

She thought about it for a moment. She wasn't exactly sure what to think of all that had changed in the past few hours and these people were pretty much strangers to her. Shaking her head, she focused her gaze on the gorund again. She peeked up to see Robin and a couple of the others looking disappointed. She clenched her fists. The whole room was silent for a few minutes before the door opened and an emotionless Batman walked inside.

"Stevie, you are going to stay here for the time being while we try and locate your family. Black Canary will keep an eye on you when no one else is around. I don't want you interfering with anything the team does, understood?"

Stevie nodded stiffly as a tall blond woman in black entered the room.

"Hello. I'm Black Canary. I'm going to show you to your room."

She motioned for Stevie to follow and she did just that. The hallways were long and cold and the brightness of the metal hurt her eyes. After turning a corner, the two stopped at a doorway at the end of the hallway.

"Here we are."

Stevie moved forward, letting out a little gasp as the door opened automatically.

"Don't worry. You can lock it from the inside. That way while you're sleeping, you won't be bothered if someone passes."

The girl entered her room, Black Canary following her. It was a little small. The walls were completely made of metal. There was a bed in the far right corner. A ratty old television was on the opposite side of the bed and a bookshelf was next to it. There was a night stand next to the bed and next to that was another door.

"That other door leads to a little bathroom and closet," Black Canary said, moving to sit down on the edge of Stevie's bed.

After a moment, she spoke again, "I would just like to let you know, that you can talk to me about anything. It will stay confidential."

Stevie looked at her silently, not saying a word. She didn't want to tell her anything she didn't have to. She didn't have to tell her the details of her past and she didn't want to. It would remain her own knowledge. There was a long silence before Black Canary stood up, smiling slightly.

"I'll leave you to it, then." Without another word, she exited the room and the door slammed shut right behind her.

Stevie sat down on the edge of her new bed. She wasn't sure of what to make of this team. With a gentle sigh, she fell on her back, staring at the ceiling, before the sleep consumed her.


A/N: I'm not all that happy with this chapter, but hey, it happens. This story is sort of my fun story anyway. I'd like to thank all of you who reviewed, favorite, and followed! I really didn't expect so much feedback! I'm very open to criticism as long as you're nice about it. I'm also open to ideas. I have a basic plotline, but not a chapter-by-chapter sort of thing. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Thanks for reading! :D

Mo