Megan

Megan loves Earth. She really does! It's where she could be someone better and not fear for herself. She could be a hero! And with her new teammates they can help her grow to be a great one!

Just as Megan loves Earth, she loves her new friends.

"Yo Ms. M, making a new batch of cookies?" Robin asked as he leaned against the counter.

"Yes! They're almost ready." She turned to look at the timer. Two minutes left. "I wanted to make sure it didn't burn this time."

"I'm sure they'll be fine." Robin waved his hand.

"Thank you but…" Megan shifted her eyes away from the young human.

"You just want to make sure?" He guessed with a small smile.

"Well, yes." She returned with a smile of her own. Turning back to the timer, she continued to watch it tick down.

"So uh," Robin grabbed her attention again, "since we're going to use your mind link more, for missions I mean, do you, I mean if you want to, um."

He looked very… unsure of himself. Was he…? "Do you… want to practice using a mind link?" Megan tentatively asked.

Everyone had been a bit hesitant after what happened the first time Megan established a link, but eventually it was all agreed that it would be best for stealth missions.

But Robin? Asking to do something that's very important in her culture when it comes to communicating? That was very, very sweet and oh so touching.

"Um-" Robin coughed into his hand. "Yeah."

Smiling, hopefully in a comforting way, Megan nodded. Honestly she should try to prepare him what it feels like this time.

"Just to let you know, it's going to feel…" She searched for a word for a moment before finding one, "kind of like a poke? Like I'm poking at you? But not hard. And my voice will… sound like it's in between your ears but not quite?" She started to feel flustered, and then muttered to herself, "oh geez I don't think I'm saying this right."

"No, no, that sounds pretty okay to me!" The human quickly reassured her. Robin really was a sweet boy. He gave her a smile. "Just let me know when you start."

Megan nodded and said, "right now," as she went to establish a connection.

Settling the mind link was easy as walking for her. Robin's mind was open and did not resist.

'Can you hear me?' She asked him in a soft voice, not wanting to overwhelm him.

'Y-Yeah.' Robin thought back, sounding a little surprised. A grin slowly blossomed on his face.

Megan began to smile too.

'I'm glad.' She told him.

'Is it okay if we try something? I mean, I want to see what you can hear and can't you know?' He asked her. And it was a good question, especially if one hasn't done things like talking through a mind link before.

'Of course.' She then quickly glanced at the timer. 'Oh just let me grab this.'

'Sure.'

Just as the timer went off, Megan used her abilities to pull her cookies out. Taking a deep breath, she could smell that they were done.

'These need to cool for a little while, and if you want we can eat them together.' Megan said to him as she set the cookies on a wire rack.

'That sounds like a great idea.' A new voice that Megan was absolutely sure she never heard before rang in her head.

Blinking, Megan quickly made sure she only made a link to Robin.

"Uhm, is there something wrong?" Robin spoke aloud.

Oh snickerdoodles he probably felt her rummaging around.

"Oh sorry!" She squeaked, turning around back to face him. "I just heard a different voice is all!"

The younger's reaction to her was… not exactly reassuring. His face paled even more than it usually was, and if Megan remembered correctly that wasn't a good thing.

"Is that a bad thing?" He asked.

The Martian wrung her hands. She didn't really know how to explain it to him. "Well… each person's inner voice is the same. It can't really change that much when you're in a mind link. Unless, of course, you're like super great at changing your voice or something, but normally? Not so much. So uh, color me surprise when I didn't hear… you?" She squeaked at the end. Oh boy how embarrassing Megan.

Everything grew quite, and Megan knew that she should probably take the link down. She did just that, separating their minds until the next time.

Megan didn't really knew what to do… she didn't know if it was normal for humans to be like that but… maybe Robin was like her… different… and if that was the case…

"I should probably go." Robin said, turning to leave, but also effectively snapping Megan from her thoughts.

"No, Robin wait!" She reached out.

And he stopped.

She didn't know what to do, what to say. She didn't exactly had a lot of friends back on Mars. And she thought what Megan would do, and what she, M'gann, could do. The only thing she could think of was…

She made a cookie float in front of Robin, offering something.

He seemed hesitant. And with good reason, she thinks.

A pale hand reached up. Slowly, with care, he plucked the cookie from the air. "Thank you Megan."

She gave him a soft smile, hoping that it would reach to him that she would only help him. And as he walk away, eating her cookie, she thinks to herself that maybe Megan couldn't keep a secret, but M'gann would take it to her grave if Robin doesn't want anyone to know.

After all, being different can be deadly.