The wind was blowing strong today, he thought with a content smile, his eyes closed, letting the wind ruffle his feathers. He was standing on top of one of the tallest buildings in the city, in full uniform; mask and all.

His suit covered his whole body; the only places it didn't cover was the base of his wings and his head. It was a mix of brown and burgundy, matching his wings which were a mix of gold, mixes of red, ranging from bright red to burgundy. His wings were double the length of his arms when stretched out, and very powerful.

His suit was equipped with a thin protective layer of armour, as well as a small utility belt, and multiple hidden compartments where he hid all sorts of things. (mostly throwing knives or daggers, but there were other things in them as well of course.)

He had a pair of dual swords strapped to his thighs, which he could pull out at a moments notice. Last but not least, and maybe the most important part of his uniform, was his mask. It was a similar colour to his suit, covering the top part of his face. It was modelled to look like a bird of prey, a couple of his smallest feathers adorning it on either side.

He leapt from the building, letting himself fall for a couple of seconds before soaring into the sky, dancing around buildings. He dived up above the buildings and into the open sky, breaking through the clouds with a laugh; feeling the dampness from the clouds on his cheeks.

He flipped and turned, doing acrobatics between the clouds, the bright blue sky in the background cheering him on, the sun making the gold in his wings shine. He grinned as he flew past and around a couple of birds, who looked quite terribly confused by this half-bird, half-human creature flying next to them.

He dived down, plummeting through the clouds. He closed his eyes and brought his wings close to his body, letting himself freefall. He cheered in delight, enjoying how the wind batted at his cheek, before snapping his wings open just as he was about to hit the ocean, stopping his descent.

He zoomed across the ocean, the water parting on either side of him. The coastline of the city came into view, and to the far right of the city was a small island with a single building on top.

He pulled up into the air, gaining altitude and headed straight for that island and the building on it. He positioned his legs in front of him as he came into land, his wings acting as windbreaks, slowing him down as his feet hit the ground with speed.

He stumbled slightly but caught himself, turning that would be fall into a step; striving forward towards the front door. There was a camera sitting above the door which narrowed on him as he approached.

A bright yellow beam came out of it, scanning him from his head to his toes before flashing green.

'Recognise, Tb03, Phoenix'

The door slid open, and he walked in, heading downstairs to the training room and slipped in unnoticed by most of the other people in the room. Though he was pretty sure Red Robin and Nightwing noticed his appearance; even though one of them was sparring at the moment.

And why was he sneaking into the training room unnoticed? Because the reactions to him suddenly appearing were the best, he thought with a smirk as he quietly came to stand next to Beast Boy, watching Nightwing's and Aqualad's sparring match.

Impulse whispered loudly to Beast Boy. "Who do you think going to win?"

"My money's on Nightwing; he's a bat!" Beast Boy exclaimed, gesturing with both his hands at the fight in front of them. "Of course, he's going to win!"

"urh, Aqualad is an Atlantean.." Blue Beetle added in, his arms crossed against his chest. "He obviously has the advantage, so I think Aqualad is going to win…"

"How can you say that?" Beast Boy gasped, looking at Blue Beetle like he stomped on his most beloved possession in front of him. "Nightwing is a bat! That's a pretty big advantage!" Beast Boy crossed his arms. "isn't that right Red?"

Red Robin glanced up from his wrist computer with an unimported look, said nothing and turned back to his computer. Beast boy blink for a second, before diving right into an argument with Blue Beetle, going on about why Nightwing would win and why Aqualad wouldn't.

Beast Boy oddly reminded him of his brother Gordon, but younger, green and hairy or well furry as Beast Boy would say. Those two would get along like two peas in a pod; he thought with a small bittersweet smile as he took in the training fight in front of him.

Both Nightwing and Aqualad were equally matched, keeping up with the other easily. Seeing as this was a training fight, neither was going fully all the way to take the other out. It was most likely to end in a tie then either of them winning.

"I don't think either will win…" He spoke for the first time since entering the room, leaning back on his left foot, his arms crossed with a nonchalant look on his face. "They're both too evenly matched, it's most likely going to end in a tie than a solid win…"

"AH!" Beast boy startled and jumped back in surprised, turning into a startled hissing cat for a second before turning back into himself. "Don't do that, dude! When did you get here?!"

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Red Robin snicker. He tilted his head, "I been here for ages, didn't you notice?" He grinned lightly, his wings shifting behind him in his amusement.

Blue Beetle started laughing silently to himself. Wonder Girl shook her head, a small smile on her face.

"Yeah, he been there for a couple of minutes now, hasn't he?" Impulse added, looking confused at Beast Boy before grinning at him. "Hey, Phoenix!"

"Hey.." He waved casually, grinning.

Beast Boy's cheek were flushed pink and was now half-heartedly glaring at him, "I hate you, you know that?"

"Sure, sure whatever you say…" He chuckled, trying not to seem bothered by what Beast Boy had just said. (It was just a joke, it was just a joke, it was just a joke!)

In the time he has been talking with Beast Boy, Nightwing and Aqualad had finished their sparring match; calling it a tie. "Good, Phoenix, you're here.." Nightwing smiled, before crossing his arms and getting stern. "What took you so long? Training started half an hour ago."

"I must have lost track of time; the wind was really perfect for flying today, you know?" He shrugged as he grinned up at Nightwing, not even slightly bothered that 'The Nightwing' was frowning at him, he grew up with Scott Tracy as his big brother, he has seen worst looks. "I couldn't help myself, honest…"

Nightwing's eyebrows pinched together for a moment as he regarded him, before sighing and turning to the rest of the people in the room. "Alright sparring partners, Beast Boy, you're with Impulse-"

Beast Boy and Impulse grinned at each other.

"-Blue Beetle, you're with Aqualad-"

Blue and Aqualad nodded at each other.

"Wonder Girl, you're training with Miss Martian-"

The two girls smiled at each other.

"-And Phoenix, you're going to be training with Red Robin and Me." Nightwing finished, his hands on his hips, pleased with his choices.

Beast Boy laughed, "Ooooh, should have arrived on time, dude.." Beast Boy teased, lightly hitting his shoulder before running over to join his sparring partner on one of the sparring arenas.

He rolled his eyes. The truth was more likely that, no matter how much he wanted to forget, he was a highly trained assassin and so It just made sense that Nightwing would make it a bit more challenging for him.

He stepped into the arena with Nightwing and Red Robin.