"Strap in for launch!" Megan says as she hops into, what I assume is the pilot's seat. From the ground, five red chairs appear in a circle around the ship's walls. The ship itself gives off an electric blue aura.
From the corner of my eye, I see Rob sit down and I follow suit. Immideatly, black belts appear and form an 'X' along our chests, for seatbelts. I giggle at the feeling of the belts wrapping around me.
"Woah!" Robin says as Wally also sits down.
"Cool!" Wally says.
Kaldur and Superboy also sit down, but in the front seats while Wally, Rob and I are sitting around Megan.
"Red Tornado, please open the bay doors." The Martian girls says, and automatically the door begin to part. Suddenly, the plane takes of and we're flying around the harbour in no time.
"Incredible." Rob mutters.
"She sure is." Wally says, causing everyone to look at him. "The...Plane I mean, who like all ships are called 'she'."
"Fast with his feet, not so much with his mouth." Robin smirks, causing me to laugh.
"Dude!" Wally groans, but Robin's attention is once again lost to the view.
"Is this what flying feels like Lina? It's so different in here then in the bat-plane." Rob asks and I smile at the young boys curiosity.
"Sort of. I find it a little easier in here since I don't have to keep the constant like to the air currents around me." I say, smiling. "Although I have to say, having the wind in your face and the feeling of total freedom is a lot nicer then planes."
I look to Miss M, "I'm sure you understand what I'm talking about." Megan smiles and nods enthusiastically. "I have to say, I'm relieved the league has picked another female protege."
"I'm...Glad you feel that way." Megan says, smiling at me. I smile back at her.
After a moment, I see Kaldur lean in towards Superboy and start muttering something. I didn't hear much, but what I did hear consisted of 'over-reacting' and 'sorry'. I also see Wally and Megan start a conversation, but sensing that it was not for public consumption I turn my attention to the view.
"You guys know he has super hearing, right?" Robin asked, and suddenly the plane filed with awkward silence.
"Um..." I hum, trying to think of something to end the awkwardness. "Hey, Megan. Why don't you show us some shape-shifting?"
She smiled at me before standing. Her transformation started with her feet, and made its way up her body until standing there was a female Robin.
Next, she did a little spin until she had turned into a feminine Kid Flash.
By the time she was finished, I was panting from laughing so hard and if not for the seat belts, I would have been on the floor.
By the time I had calmed down, I was wiping tears from my eyes.
"Okay..." I said, still panting. "That was awesome."
"Mimicking boys is a lot harder..." Megan blushed.
"Hey!" I said, throwing my hands in the air. "I'm not complaining."
"And...Your clothes?" Kaldur asked.
"Their organic." Megan said. "Like the ship. They respond to my mental commands."
"As long as their the only ones..." Superboy said in a pouting voice, making me want to roll my eyes.
"Can you do that ghosting-through-walls thing that Martian Manhunter does?" Wally asked.
"Density shifting?" Megan asked. "No, it's a very advanced technique."
"Flash can vibrate his molequels right through a wall. When he tries it," Robin says, a chuckle in his voice as he motions for Wally. "Bloody nose."
"Dude!" Wally exclaims, but Megan and I laugh.
"Here's something I can do!" Megan said, after a moment I saw the wing of the plane dissapear from sight through the window. "Camouflage mode!"
"Nice." I say, sending a thumbs-up to the green girl.
"Red Tornado to the Team." Red's voice came through...Somewhere. "An emergency alert has been triggered on Happy Harbour Bay. I suggest you investigate covertly. Sending coordinates."
"Received." Megan said. "Adjusting course."
"Red Tornado's keeping us busy again..." Superboy growled.
"Hey, we wanted a mission." I said, feeling the need to defend my mentor.
"And a simple fire led you to Superboy." Megan said. "We should find out what triggered the alert."
"I think I know!" Superboy said, and we turned in time to see a tornado heading straight for us. The winds cause the ship to go haywire, but thankfully Megan is able to land us on the ground. We all run out to see people running around, screaming.
Lovely.
"Robin, are tornados common in New England?" Aqualad asked, only for the Boy Wonder to have disappeared.
"I hate it when he does that..." I mutter.
"H-he was just here!" Megan sputters.
Suddenly, strong winds and loud noises came from a near-by warehouse and we all ran towards it. When we got there, we all saw Robin on the floor and a giant black and red robot floating in the air.
This can't be good.
"Who's your new friend?" Superboy asked.
"Didn't catch his name." Robin said, getting up. "But he plays kinda rough."
"My apologies." The robot said. "You may call me Mister Twister."
Okay really? I can say through personal experience that there are way better air-related name then that.
Superboy launched himself at the robot, only for him to send the Kryptonian into the wall with a tornado. We all watched on shock. This guy just took down our powerhouse as if he was nothing.
Suddenly, Wally slides on his goggles and runs at Mister Twister, but the robot just uses Wally's speed and momentum against him and sends Wally through the roof. Litterally.
Wally's failed attack is followed by one by Kaldur and Megan, but they to are just sent into the walls.
"Hey Twister!" I call as I called the winds to pick me up so I was at eye-level with the robot. "Pick on someone in your own league!"
"You? In my league?" The guy scoffed, before raising his hand. In a moment, my winds flew away from me and I found myself falling onto the floor, I was able to position my fall so I didn't break anything, but I found myself unable to summon any air. "Don't flatter yourself. You're all just children."
"We're not children!" Robin said as he let fly of some birdarangs. The explosion they let off however, was unaffected.
"Objectivly you are." He said. "Do you have no adult supervision? I find your presence her quite disturbing."
"Well we'd hate to have you disturbed!" Robin said. "Why don't we see if you're more turbedonce we kick your can!"
Suddenly, smoke begins to flow everywhere. Superboy goes for another attack, but his sent smashing into the roof before landing on Megan.
Ouch
I finally gain control over the air again, and I am able to shove Twister into the ground. But my victory is short lived as he gets back up and sends me through the hole of the roof the Wally made.
I continue to fly through the air, but am able to gain control in time to save Wally from another tornado as I catch him bride-style.
"Gotcha Wall-man." I said, smiling down at the ginger before I set him down on the ground.
"Thanks beutiful." He says with a wink and I roll my eyes.
"I would have thought that you all would have learned your limitations by now." Twister scoffed.
"What do you want!" Kaldur yelled.
"Isn't it obvious?" Twister asked. "I'm waiting for a real hero."
"Um, ow." Wally muttered.
"Read his mind and find a weakness!" Kaldur exclaimed to Megan.
"I thought I wasn't supposed to do that!" Megan screamed.
"It's okay on the bad guys!" Rob said.
Megan focused for a moment before looking back at us, panicking.
"Nothing! I'm getting nothing!" She exclaimed, before slapping her forehead. "Hello Megan! Mister Twister is Red Tornado in disguise! He's inorganic, an android! How many androids do you know that can generate tornados?"
Ya...No
"Red Tornado sent us here!" Kaldur said angrily.
"Right after he said we'd be tested soon enough!" Robin added. "This is a test, something to keep us busy."
"Um...No offense guys, but there's no way that Red would do this!" I said. "Putting people in danger, endangering whole ecosystems, injuring us! Those are things that Red's completly against!"
"Speedy caller it! We're a joke." Wally grumbled.
"...I'm not speaking French, right?" I asked, turning to Megan, who seemed to be the only calm ones here.
"This game: so over!" Wally growled as he, along with Kaldur and Rob made their way to Twister. I felt a spurt of anger flowed through me as I felt offended that they would even think that Red Tornado would do something like this. I sliced the air with my hand, causing a dent in the ground.
After a moment, the sky turned dark and full of lightning. Realization appeared on the boy's faces just as a lightning bolt hit the ground in front of them, causing them to fly back.
Suddenly, the storm goes away.
"Fine then." Twister said suddenly. "I won't deny that you children have power. But playing hide and seek won't help me complete my objective, so stay concealed. If you confront me again I will show you no mercy."
What is he talking about? We're right here!
"What happened?" Wally asked, rubbing his head.
"I put the bio-ship between us." Megan said, but was cut off by a loud bang. We all turned to see that Superboy had punched a crater into the mountain of rubble.
"And that's supposed to make it okay?" The clone yelled. "You tricked us into thinking Twister was Red Tornado."
I put myself between Superboy and Megan.
"Don't blame this on her Superboy." I said, trying my best to be gentle. "You were allacting recklessly, and trying to put your anger in the league into a fight that it did not belong."
My explanation (which came out quite calm, thankfully) and seemed to calm the fire.
"You're right Lina, none of us were thinking." Kaldur said.
"It was a rookie mistake. We shouldn't have listened." Wally said, and I was floored at his ignorance.
"You are pretty inexperienced." Robin said to Megan. "Hit the showers, we'll take it from here."
"Stay out of our way!" Superboy growled before leaping away.
"Okay, I'm serious." I say. "I am speaking English, right?"
"I just...Wanted to be a part of the team..." Megan said, hanging her head in sorrow.
"To be honest," Kaldur said. "I don't really think we have a team."