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"Rise and shine Samantha, first day of school." Hal said to me as he knocked on my door, I groaned.
"Don't want to be late for the first day." He said.
"It's six in the morning, isn't it like god not awake at this hour. And why is in September 22 first day of school?" I said
"Get ready dinner will be prepared in ten."
"I hate my life" I groaned into my pillow. I got ready getting my uniform on and my gloves they were in rule book; I could use gloves since it didn't alter the uniform meaning the skirt, undershirt or vest; so I'm safe from being scolded. I don't like seeing my hands. And since I wear no makeup never knew how to apply it never cared, and I don't have imperfections like pimples so I'm "okay" as in public standards. I ate breakfast complained again about the skirt and flew to the nearest zeta tube to arrive at Gotham, I flew towards the school since the zeta tube is far from the Academy. With my backpack in my back, I landed a few blocks as to not get seen and began walking I powered down my ring to make my costume vanish and made way to school putting my backpack on. I feel nervous and I'm really early its 6:55, class starts at 7: 30.
'Why am I nervous it's only my first day at school? Not anything too serious last time everyone feared me. But I'm on a scholarship meaning I can't become a troublemaker. At least I hope that life doesn't throw me a bully on the first day.' I thought hoping for life to throw me a bone.
I walked in the school there's a lot of people but above all two words could describe what I'm seeing. 'Snob and expensive.' I walked a few steps I saw a group of girls chatting one blonde one brunette and the other with raven black hair. They all looked, I feel weird of her looking at me but kept walking to search for my classroom; the blonde one turned to me and moved her eyes up and down looking at me, I was about to walk past them but.
"What's with the green lantern fixation?" The blonde skinny girl asked me. 'Well fuck you too life.'
"It's my favorite superhero." I told her trying to shrug her insult.
"And the gloves along with the ring are a fashion statement or what? You think you're tough?" 'Oh god white rich blonde girl and cronies first day. I hate my life'
"Yeah, you don't even look like her; you even have the same haircut. You're a fangirl." The girl in her right said as she laughed, she has long brown hair and too much make up.
'Wait "like her"... I hate my life.'
"Well said Mindy." The blonde one exclaimed.
"Thanks Valerie." Mindy responded as she smiled.
"Why are you wearing gloves those aren't school rules." The girl known as Valerie said to me, hoping to intimidate me.
"Actually the rules section of the uniform don't say anything about them. But the uniform isn't being altered I'm just covering my hands not doing anything to the Uniform unlike that broach you have there." I said to her motioning to her butterfly broach.
"You studied the rules?" She said as if she found ammo to bully me.
"No I just need to look at something one time and I'll remember it." I said to her, she looked surprised and her face turned to a smirk.
"You think you're better?" Valerie told me as she moved closer to me, were at the same height currently, I moved my face closer to her to challenge her; giving her a cocky smile.
"Where are you from? The dump?" The girl with black hair asked me. 'I cringed at her bad insult.'
"Coast City, I have the Wayne foundation scholarship. Unlike you and how daddy pays for everything, unlike you I have brains, something you clearly don't have from that insult." I said trying to sound smartass; I clenched my right fist ready to make Valerie kiss the ground but only to be interrupted.
"Excuse me is there a problem?" A voice I knew too well asked me.
"No problem at all. Hello Richard Grayson right?" I said as I turned around.
"Samantha Parthenon?... I heard you're the new girl, I'm your guide." He told me I nodded
"Yeah can you give me a tour a quick one will suffice. We still have time; twenty three minutes for classes to begin" I said taking out the clock earl gave me.
"You know first day and already fighting." Richard asked me.
"But I wanted her to punch me so I could punch her face in, oh man it would've been fun." I said as I placed my right fist in my left palm.
"Yeah, it would've been her fault since you would be acting on self-defense." He said
"I know I wanted to find loopholes in the rules that's why I looked at the rulebook when you gave it to me, when I took the test." I said as I hugged him in one arm and leaned closer to his ear.
"Isn't that right R." He jumped back.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He said scared.
"Oh please hearing your voice almost every day, how can I not recognize it?" I said told him.
"Damn, I hate that memory of yours." He told me surprised.
"Well don't worry about it I don't really do friends stay away from me and I won't bother you. Will look at that, our favorite archer; or second favorite in your list." I said motioning to Artemis talking to a girl. Robin reached her in seconds and took a selfie with her and he ran away and went to talk with a girl with red hair, I walked up to Artemis and the girl she was with; which is a guide and I need one as I don't know where everything is. I just stayed in a classroom and went to the cafeteria.
"Hey Artemis." I said aloud, making both girls turn
"Do you know her?" The girl beside Artemis asked her.
"Yeah." she said as she ran up to me and hugged me. "OH thank god a friend." Artemis said to me.
"Now now Artemis don't cry on me." I said as I awkwardly patted her. I let go of her as she did the same.
"Who is she?" The other girl asked me.
"Sorry my name is Samantha Parthenon Jordan. I'm in the same situation as her, only my guide ditched me took a selfie and disappeared. I only need half more tour." I said.
"Oh you're the genius." She said excitedly
"Come along, we still have more to see." She said as she motioned to the school.
"Oh and the gloves…" "Aren't part of the uniform but aren't against the rules, they say that only if the uniform is modified meaning the skirt, vest and undershirt can't be modified; Rule eight dash one. Did I mention how much I hate skirts?" I said sharing a look with Artemis.
"What?" The girl asked me.
"Everything I see I remember. I would give you the dictionary and medical meaning but it would bore you." I said smirking, Artemis just groaned.
"With that we end the tour." The girl said.
"You both should go to cheerleader tryouts you two could fit that style if cheerleaders. Gotham Knights do need a cheerleaders to cheer them up." The guide told us, Artemis and I looked at each other with panic in our eyes. "Pass." We said at the same time citing what Superboy always says.
"Is there a club for fighting" I asked expectantly, Artemis face palmed.
"Well there is the Judo and Tae Kwon Do clubs." She said trying to remember.
"Where do I sign up? Artemis you coming to it?" I said expectantly.
"No thanks, some of us do need to study." She said.
"Hey I do study for like fifteen minutes and then... Okay it is unfair." I said to her.
"Okay since were not in the same grade, I'll see you at free hour." She told
"Yeah right." I told her, as I walked to class only for Valerie and her two cronies to be in the same classroom. The day went on it was boring and annoying for Valeria to be a constant bother, I began to look through the book of math and by the end of the day I knew what we would be seeing in math.
Today I had to stay late in Gotham Academy to make sure I had everything ready for the semester, along with talks with the principal about my scholarship and the rules I had to follow along with the concepts of how would I lose the scholarship in case of academic dishonesty.
"Artemis, GL? How random that you're in Gotham City, instead of coast city where your mentor lives? and you Artemis star city where your uncle Green Arrow lives." Robin said.
"I'm. Uh. I'm here to see my cousin, she was in the states behind me here in Gotham…City" Artemis responded
"C - O - O - L, did she W- I - N" Robin said mockingly.
"N? Oh." Artemis said "T - R- A - G." Robin responded.
"Shush, I got accepted to Gotham academy. Met with a snobby white girl who will make my life hell and I can't punch her and I know everything for math this year along with Chemistry. Give me two weeks in the judo club and I'll have everyone scared." I said placing my right closed fist in my left hand.
"But you have full scholarship fighting wouldn't be advised. And wouldn't that give away your identity?" Artemis said to me.
"Hmpf whatever and no I'm a Green Lantern everyone thinks I fight with my ring. Oh and I'll go first, I need to punch someone, will Superboy let me punch him?" I said as I moved to the zeta tube to go train into the cave.
"Recognized Green Lantern B 0 2" The computer voice said as I walked into the tube to be transported. 'The cave which will be in ruins. Aaaand I'm right.' I thought as fired neared me, I made a barrier to hold the fire back.
"Recognized Robin B 0 1." The computer said as I made a construct to cover an incoming fire ball from the smoke.
"What is going on?" Robin said.
"Don't know, don't care they better not destroy the kitchen." I said to Robin making a construct to cover us from the fire.
"Recognized Artemis B 0 8."
"Who are we fighting?!" Artemis said as she got before our cover.
"I'm getting overwhelmed in fire. Head to the exit we call reinforcements." I said as I began to run to the exit, followed by Robin and Artemis.
"Or not." Robin said as water began to fill the halls my ring kept me from getting pushed into a wall centimeters away but Artemis and Robin crashed against it. We began to run away as the water lowered, Fireballs were shot at us- We ran away, if we hadn't moved we would've been burnt, I ducked to the left only for a fireball to land where I was.
"Okay, that was close." I said aloud, but the fireball turned into a tornado of fire. "Oh come on, that's cheating." I complained.
"Head for the gym showers, we hold our ground there. Try and get backup from anyone, in anyway." I ordered as Robin and Artemis were in front of me so I could cover them. We ran into the gym and locked the doors as we run for the showers.
"Robin to team, come in, Aqualad!" Robin yelled, the doors blew up throwing off my feet and the tornado of fire rushed into the room.
"Move, move, move!" I yelled at them as we ran I narrowly avoided a fireball.
"Robin to batcave, override RG 4." Robin said in his comm as we passed the locker rooms. and into the showers, Artemis, Robin and I turned on the faucets for the fire to die down, I made a construct of a steel door to stop the fire from rushing into the room.
"Keep calling Justice League / Watchtower priority red. Commissary locked." Robin ended and we regrouped in the center of the room. The pipeline began to rumble,
"At least the water's helping." Robin said as the faucets began to tremble as water started to flood the room. I made the construct disappear. The water was being controlled as the room flooded in seconds the fire tornado stood still while the water was kept on us. I made a construct of a giant mace and pounded against the right wall but it only made a few cracks, I knew that there was a hallway. Robin swam there and placed one biradrang set to explode, I swam back.
The birdarang glowed twice and I made a bubble around Artemis, Robin and me to cover us from the explosion. The explosion took out the entire wall making the water go out into the hallway.
"We need to disappear." Robin said as we moved into the kitchen.
"The air vent!" Artemis said signaling to the air vent above the stove.
"Good, go!" Robin said as they began to move, I moved to the kitchen as Artemis took out the air vent entrance and Robin was using his wrist computer.
"Come on Robin, we need to move." I announced as Artemis moved into the air vent.
"Done, go!" Robin announced and moved into the air vent I followed behind them.
We began to move in the air vents, we turned up then right.
"Go left." Robin said I heard roaring of flames behind and I made a construct behind me to act as a lid to the fire. The vent started to heat up, my forehead began to sweat as I kept the flames at bay, as soon as they settled down I dissolved the construct. "Come on GL, let's move." Robin said as the fire began to die down slowly. I caught up to them and continued to move.
"Take the first right and there should be a vent cover right in front of you." Robin announced as Artemis removed the cap and jumped down, Robin and close after.
We arrived at the main pipeline room and we started to run in the walkways, I was following them. A form of fire broke through the ceiling and started to make fire accumulate in the ceiling of the room, to heat up the entire pipeline system. Robin and Artemis jumped down, as I flew after them.
"The entire pipeline system is overheating, we need to get out of here or we'll be cooked." I told them
"Yeah follow me." Robin said and we began to run after him, fireballs began to rain down on us, I made a shield and covered the fireballs that were about to hit me. I got pulled to the side as I covered a fireball from hitting me.
"Woah." I said as I got pulled to the side by my arm.
"Sorry but we need to stay together." Robin told me.
"I know the other access tunnel is here somewhere." Robin said looking at the map I covered another fireball.
"You mean this one?" Artemis asked.
"Let's go." Robin said as he placed another birdarang set to explode in the main pipeline.
We ran and got into the tunnel and began to crawl. "Hold on." Robin said we stopped crawling. Robin connected his wrist computer and began to type.
"Locking away motion and heat sensors to prevent the enemy from tracking us." Robin said.
"And I ask again. Who is the enemy?" Artemis questioned.
"Let's find out downloading cave security footage... there." Robin said as he began to show the security footage of Kid Flash working on Superboy's death contraption, Kara, Miss Martian and Superboy were talking as Aqualad approached them.
"Thank you green cheeks." Kid Flash said as he began to work on the bike.
"I have been meaning to ask. Any problem juggling schoolwork?" Aqualad asked Superboy, and Miss Martian.
"With your responsibilities here." Aqualad added.
"No." Superboy said.
"Well I've been here the entire time. I hope I don't have to wait six months to get to school. I mean it's cool living here but I'm losing my mind out of boredom." Kara exclaimed. I smiled at her expression.
"Juggling is just one of my many talents. Psyche wrench." Kid Flash said asking for a wrench which Miss Martian passed him via telekinesis.
"Daily cheerleading practice has presented a challenge. Oh, but my first loyalty is always to the team. This team. Not the bumblebees" Miss Martian responded. 'Smooth way to find out who the mole is. I need to see if I can get to stop red arrow to join the team, but he'll later enter the team, there I will try his trigger words. Wait, T.O Morrow will found out about Kara unless I destroy these two robots. But they're really strong; I need to do my best for the good of everyone here. But T.O Morrow didn't work for the light…'
"Artemis begins school today do you think, she will maintain her loyalties? Aqualad said. 'That was not smooth, at all.' I thought as I saw Artemis narrow her eyes.
"Ah she'll manage alright, I mean how much more hostile and annoying can..." Kid Flash was interrupted by an explosion and the camera was destroyed.
"What happened?" Artemis asked
"Explosion took out the camera I'll find another angle." He began to type looking for another angle. We saw the team move to fight; Aqualad, Miss Martian and Kara moved to higher ground to avoid the water attacks but were cut off by another explosion. After that every single camera was destroyed immediately after that one.
"That's it, all four are dead." Robin said grimly.
Artemis looked shocked. "The cameras, I meant the cameras." Robin added.
"I'm sure the others are okay. Just give me a sec to find the fastest route to the hangar." Robin said as he began to type.
"Yeah they're fine they all got superpowers. They can handle anything. I mean Kara is completely indestructible along with Superboy." Artemis said.
"I don't have superpowers." I told her.
"You do, you have that ring." She told me.
"Actually I'm just as human as you. I'm just as vulnerable as both of you."
"But you're special, you can do anything your imagination can think of." She exclaimed.
"Yet my bones break as easily as yours, and the only difference between you and me is I fight for what I love, for friends, for family, and I fight till the very end. My willpower drives me to fight for what is right to protect, this ring reminds me every day that I can overcome fear of just being human facing monster and people that can literally carry a car in one hand, yet I can fight with my ability to face that fear and punch it in the face, along with the guy who can lift that car." I told her trying to motivate her.
"But that's an alien thing..." She tried to argue.
"Now you're just grabbing strings. Remember Artemis, you need not to diminish yourself no one in the team has the skill you have that's what makes you special on this team., you may not be a green lantern but you're one of the best archers." I told her she looked deflated but kinda motivated.
"Thanks, you're good on these pep talks." She told me.
"Artemis, Sam, let's move out I've found a way to the hangar. Through the library." Robin announced.
"Alright let's move." I ordered.
We crawled through the vents, and into the library. "Here." Robin said as he removed the vent cover. We jumped down and into the library and began to move. "There's a secret passage behind one of this bookcases." Robin said.
"Seriously, cliché much?" Artemis complained.
"Shut up and move." I told them
"You should see the batcave." Robin said the doors opened and then I heard footsteps, we ran for cover. The footsteps were clanking in the ground, meaning they were those robots.
"Artemis, Green Lantern, Robin." The voice sounded so familiar
"It's Red Tornado!" Artemis said excited and ran out of cover.
"No, don't." I warned too late, Robin tackled her out of the way as soon as a hand tried to grab her. I made a construct of a hammer and swung at it as hard as I could, completely take him off guard to give us chance to escape I heard the sound of wood breaking.
"Yes on the red, not on the tornado." Robin said as they ran to the exit but they stopped by facing the female robot. Who began to burn the library, Robin and Artemis moved back through the library I flew and tried to stall them to give Robin and Artemis a chance to escape. I tried to kick the male robot but he dodged and punched me in the face sending me to the end of the room I felt blood in my mouth as I landed on a table the wood giving way.
"Ugh my ribs."
"GL! We can't leave you behind; come on." That was my queue to join them; I got up and moved towards them as Artemis covered me shooting arrows.
I joined them as the burning bookcases began to fall, Robin browsed the books and stopped on one called The Mysteries of Udolpho, and pulled the book back opening the secret passage we rushed in as the bookcase began to close. We ran down the stairs and into the small hallway.
"Did you know Tornado had siblings?" Artemis said as we ran.
"No." Robin responded.
"No, my question is how they got in?" I told them as I spit out the blood I gathered in my mouth a habit I picked when I fought.
"So what now? Red Tornado is one of the powerhouses of the League. How are we supposed to take down two of him?" Artemis said panicked.
"They do seem pretty user unfriendly." Robin joked, I smiled.
"Don't. Joke!" Artemis told him.
"Artemis cal..." I told her but I was interrupted.
"Attention Artemis, attention Green Lantern, attention Robin. You have exactly ten minutes to surrender or the lives of your teammates will be extinguished." We looked at each other.
"Anyone has plan?" Robin asked me.
"They're robots, meaning they're made of metal with no biological supplement to work with, meaning they work only on electricity." I said aloud.
"Meaning an EMP would take them out." Robin said
"I don't suppose any of you can make an EMP or carry around one." Artemis said.
"No, and I don't know anything about how machines work. But we do have a teammate who knows." I told them
"Yeah but comms don't work." Robin said.
"Did that ever stop you; find a way to have him on your comm. I will distract them and give you as much time as I can. You two will have to work fast." I told them.
"You can't they're too strong." Artemis argued.
"Did that ever stopped me?" I answered.
"Robin fastest way to the hangar?" I asked.
"Through the kitchen." Robin said as he pointed.
"Okay let's move. Ring power percentage?" I asked my ring
"Power at 97 percent." The ring responded.
"Good enough, let's go." I ordered.
We arrived at the hallway of the kitchen, "8 Minutes." The voice sounded.
"We can access the hangar from here." Robin said as water splashing began to sound. "Or not." Robin said.
"Will you please stop saying that?" Artemis complained.
"RUN!" I yelled as I made a wall to stop the water from rushing at us I ran to try and catch up to them. But the construct broke by the male robot. Water enveloped us, my ring protected me from drowning but not Robin or Artemis, who were drifting I saw the red man swim up to me I began to fight him as he grabbed my foot I made a construct on my feet of a spike and tried to skewer him he let me go as he saw the spike coming his way. He swam faster as a current took up behind him and grabbed Artemis while the current of the water was strong around me pulling me away from protecting Artemis, the male robot grabbed Artemis by her foot. Artemis tried to fight him only for robin to skewer an arrow in his eye. I flew up to them as the current died down and pulled them with me, while robin dropped bombs I made way to the hangar.
We reached the hangar as we surfaced Kid Flash yelled at us "LOOK OUT." as fireballs began to rain on us.
I flew out and made a bat to attack the fire robot female hitting her in her torso. "Gotta say you're hot, in the most literal way possible." I taunted as I blocked fire from burning me. "ROBIN, ARTEMIS FOLLOW THE PLAN!" I yelled as I saw the Male robot emerged from the water.
"Bring it you ... what are you again?" I told them as water and fire rushed at me I made two walls to stop the attacks.
"Green Lantern, threat level extremely high." The male robot said.
"Aww, you considered me." I taunted 'I need 5 minutes to stall them. I can do it.' I thought to myself.
The fire man rushed at me to hit me, I dodged and made pillar to hit him. As my construct connected a fireball hit my back, it hurt like a punch but at least it didn't burn… that much.
"Agh. Okay no more playing nice." I said as I focused on a giant armor to not get damage on me and hit harder. While it limited my constructs I could fight them.
Fire rushed at me with a constant stream of fire on me I swung at her while she was flying but missed as she swiftly dodged, the male robot threw a constant water current at me diminishing my concentration on the construct. 'Come on I need to last longer!' I thought to myself.
As my suit got thrown back, making me stall and my construct to lose strength. I swung at the male robot and made contact sending him off the platform a splash sound soon followed, my backside was heating up I turned to swing at the source but missed since it was too far away. 'Why did I did this; this is the first time.' I got thrown down landing on my back and was constantly pushed down. 'Damn water controlling robot.'
I dissolved the construct and flew at the female robot to get away from the water pushing me down.
I rushed at her with a construct of a metal spiked gauntlet, it made contact but it didn't faze her. I swung again making contact again but it didn't do anything to her, I turned the gauntlet into a spike but failed to connect as she dodged this time. I didn't notice the male robot behind me until it was too late he put me in a hold restricting my arms and my movement as he lifted me up. The female approached me with fire in her hand.
"Oh no you don't." I said as I made spikes on my feet to kick her, while I made another one on the back of my head but fell to the ground as the hold broke. Both of them stepped back and we returned to the where we were at the start both on one side one in front of me, while the other one behind me.
"Come on is that all you got? I barely broke a sweat." I taunted trying to stall 'God, please Artemis Robin work faster. I can't last any longer.'
"Resistance is futile; we need to stop her from using the ring." The mechanical female voice announced.
"Try me." I responded closing my hand into a fist and powered up.
Both rushed at me I ran at the female robot and jumped over the female using her shoulders as a launch pad and shot a beam from my ring, hitting her on the back and straight into the male robot. But I was too careless, the sound water rushed from my back side. 'Shit I didn't notice they changed placed I gave my back to the water. I can hear Kilowog yelling at me. "Never lose focus in a battle and your surroundings." 'I got sent straight into the man I charged my ring and made a spike on my fist only to get punched in the gut by the female robot as she crouched low, the force behind the punch made me lose all the wind in my lungs making the construct disappear from the punch as I lost all concentration. 'I tunneled vision the male losing sight of the female. Shit.' I fell to the ground trying to regain air in my lungs as I panted heavily.
"It seems pain leaves her without the ability of the ring." The male robot said as he lifted me by my right hand, his grip hurt a lot as he raised me above ground.
"Now I know what you're... thinking... should I … crush the Green Lanterns hand? ... and the answer... may surprise... you." I said panting trying to regain as much air for my lungs. Pain exploded from my right hand, I heard pops and cracks, as the movement from the grip slowly closed its hand, the movement is calculated and mechanical I screamed as the pain erupted in my hand. I saw outlines of black in my vision, the grip was continuous my hand felt as if it was in a constant grinder, until it suddenly stopped.
'Thank god.' I thought as the pressure stopped I sighed in relief feeling my muscles relax; only for the pressure to begin again a few seconds later. I screamed out of instinct the pain was getting too unbearable I felt as if my hand was a bundle of paper made into a ball, as the pops and cracks returned to my ears same as my screams. My vision failed me again, as the grip stopped. 'This is horrible, I'm dead. I die today. NO!' "Not... done...yet." I panted.
"Yes, you are." The male robot said as he closed his hand one last time making me scream the pain reaching my whole body, my vision became blurry as my screams filled my ears .'Guess this is it… again.' I thought as I lost consciousness, my screams were the last thing I heard before my vision blackened.
So I'm going to keep writing after I considered it and read the review from guest. You do make a good point and I'm going to keep trying to write better after all this is my first fanfiction I'm writing. So this story will end up to season 2 as I originally planned. I'm not gonna let criticism get to my head like that again. So I changed what I wrote before and I'll keep it up until the very end. Whether you like it or not.
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