Paradise Island

June 9

"Adeline," Diana says, "This is my mother, Queen Hippolyta."

I stare in awe at the woman standing before me.

She was about 5 foot' 9, and she has the same beautiful, black hair as Diana.

She wore purple robes, secured in the front by a golden belt. In her hand, she held a large staff, with some sort of feather design at the top. Upon her long hair, she wore a crown of gold, matching her necklace.

I take the time to also notice that she wears the same cuffs as Diana does on her wrists.

"Pleasure to meet you, my Queen," I say, kneeling before her with my arm crossing my chest.

"There is no need for formalities, young one," She smiles, motioning with her hand for me to rise. "After all, you are my grand-daughter."

My eyes widen.

"Yes, yes, I am well aware of your situation Wonder-Bat," She says with a smile.

"You do not despise me? I thought that Amazons' weren't supposed to have children, a-and I -"

Hippolyta raises her hand to silence me.

"We are not supposed to have children with men, you are correct, but you see here," She says, moving to Diana, "Diana is my daughter, however, she was created from clay, formed at the beaches here on Paradise Island. You, were created from science. Not from my Diana's will, but this does not mean that you are not her blood."

I furrow my brows.

"What exactly does this mean?" I ask. "Does this mean that you accept me into your family?"

"How could I say 'no' to my own granddaughter?" Hippolyta asks, a gleam of pride making it's way into her violet eyes.

I smile brightly as Diana pulls me closer to her in a one armed embrace.

"Amazons!" Hippolyta addresses. "This is our new Princess Adeline! She comes from the mainland, and she must be trained in the ways of the Amazon. Please, treat her with the utmost respect!"

"Princess?" I wonder.

Cheers of the Amazonian women filled the air as the celebrate… well… me I guess…

"May you be just as equal as my Diana in beauty, wisdom, speed, and strength," Hippolyta smiles, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"Thank you, my Queen," I thank saluting her with my fist over my heart.

"My dear!" She chuckles. "I told you, little Warrior, you are my granddaughter. There is no need for such formalities! Please, this whole 'my Queen' thing makes me feel old."

I smile at her.

"Alright, Hippolyta," I say.

"Diana," she says. "Why don't you show Adeline where she will be residing. I know the trip from the mainland is a long one."

"Yes mother," Diana smiles. "This way, Adeline."

Diana leads me away from the marble palace, and through a trail in the jungle.

"I see you were not exaggerating when you say Paradise Island," I say, looking around at my surroundings. "This place is beautiful."

"I always considered it home, but I guess to someone who has never been here… yes, it it quite the sight," She agrees, a small smile on her face.

"You were made from clay?" I ask.

Diana pauses in her trek, then lets out one of the loudest laughs.

"Yes," she says, a smile evident in her voice. "Yes I was."

"Well… alright then… sure, why not…" I say confusedly to myself.

We then continue our walk to where I will be staying.

"I think you'll do just fine here," Diana says after a moment.

"Oh?" I ask.

"From what I can gather from your mission report, you think fast, you ensure the safety of the civilians as well as your teammates, and," She continues. "You managed to show those boys how a lady cleans up a mess."

I smile.

"I wasn't aware that Red Tornado made a mission report," I say.

"He didn't," Diana replies. "Bat-Man did."

I stop in my path.

"Bat-Man?" I ask shakily.

I hear Diana sigh.

"I understand that the two of you don't exactly get along, but he will be the one issuing the missions on the team. I think you should consider trying to let go of your negative feelings towards him," Diana says.

"I'm not the one who got in his face and told him to shove it up his-"

"Adeline," Diana interrupts. "I said consider it. I never said that you have to talk to him."

"Good," I say, crossing my arms over my chest. "Cause I don't think I want a 'father' who doesn't even care."

"Adeline, you must also remember, you are technically his daughter, but you must also remember, his DNA was stolen to create you, just as mine was. You must try and consider how strange all of this must be to him," Diana reasons.

"You seem to be taking it well," I try.

"Well, I must admit that this is very strange. I mean, I have a daughter, and I didn't raiser her for most of her life. No 'first words', no 'baby steps', and no 'first day of school tears', all things that mothers look forward to when having a child," Diana says. "But we can have many more 'firsts', like, 'first time throwing a spear at a moving target', 'first time deflecting a bullet with your cuffs', 'first body slam', or even 'first flight race'! We can make new 'firsts'."

She is right. I never have body slammed someone… or deflected a moving bullet…

"I think I like those 'firsts' better," I beam at her.

"That's a good girl," Diana says, pulling me into a one armed hug.

We walk a bit further, until we come to a small clearing where a smaller marble building stands.

It looked like a small house, but with two small columns in front of the doorway. It doesn't seem to have any walls, or windows, but given how Paradise Island is in a constant state of transitioning from spring to summer, it would be a bother to have walls and windows.

The inside is fashioned like an old Greek building, but with shields, spears, and swords decorating the walls.

My bed is some sort of woven device that hangs between two stone pillars, but has many pillows, and blankets on it.

"It's called a hammock. It's just for the fun of not sleeping on the ground," Diana explains.

"Well, I should be going to sleep to. We have a long few days ahead of us, and we need to work hard and fast, just in case a mission pops up," Diana says, taking her leave.

"Good night, Diana," I say.

"Good night, Adeline," I hear her say as I climb into the hammock.

"This is surprisingly comfortable…" Is my last thought before I doze off.

June 21

I have been on Paradise Island for little less than two weeks, now. As Diana had promised, we made our own 'firsts' together. She, and some other Amazon women, taught me hand -to-hand combat, although I told them that I already knew most of the things that they were going to teach me.

I earned my own bullet cuffs within a few days. Hippolyta said it was because Diana and I had been blessed by Hermes with the minds quicker than a bullet.

I gained my very own lasso of truth, but, since they could not make another like Diana's, mine works for one minute on one person, and it won't work again for about fifteen minutes.

Diana and her sister -my aunt- Donna Troy, taught me different evasive maneuvers to use when I'm flying high in the sky, or if I'm being attacked in the sky.

Then, we receive a message from the Cave.

"Adeline," Hippolyta addresses.

"Yes?" I ask, while an Amazon girl that I've grown close to, braids a strand of my hair, while I sew a hole in one of her outfits closed.

"You are needed by your team," She says.

"They called?" I ask, as the girl finishes with my hair, and I finish closing the hole.

"Indeed, and they require your assistance," She smiles.

"Alright," I state, standing up and brushing off my skirt.

I was given an outfit while I was on the Island. It looked similar to the one Diana wears when she must be Wonder Woman.

I have a red and golden corset, like hers, but mine has one golden W and a golden bat beneath it on my neckline. Instead of the shorts that Diana wears, I was given a knee length, dark blue skirt, made of a heavier fabric. My shoes were ones that I had picked out before I came to the Island. They are light blue, and star spangled.

I reach over to my dresser, and place my golden cuffs on my wrist, and I tie my lasso around my waist.

"I'm ready," I announce to Diana and Hippolyta.

"Hmmm…" Hippolyta hums. "There's something missing… I know!"

She pulls out a small red and gold object from her robes. The object seems to be a… a crown?

"Is that a-"

"Yes, my dear. You are a Princess after all. And once my Diana, here, becomes Queen, you will learn the ways of Amazon Royalty," Hippolyta says, placing the small crown in my hair.

"Really?" I ask.

"Absolutely," Diana says. "You are my blood, my daughter, when it is my turn to take the throne, I will need someone to be my successor."

"But… what about Donna?" I ask.

"She agrees entirely," Diana assures.

"Well, let us not overwhelm the poor girl, Diana. After all, she has a mission to go on!" Hippolyta exclaims.

"You're right, mother. I will see you again!" Diana says, waving to her mother as we make our way to the Invisible Jet.

"Good Bye my loves!" I hear her say as we get ready to take off.

"When can we return?" I ask Diana.

"We should wait a while. After all, apartments don't pay for themselves," She says as we take off to Happy Harbor.

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June 22

Happy Harbor

Mt. Justice

"Isla Santa Prisca," Bat-Man informs. "This island nation is the primary source of a dangerous and illegal neo-steroid. A strength enhancing drug, sold under the street name: Venom. Infrared heat heat signatures indicate their factory is still operating at full capacity but all shipments of Venom have been inexplicably cut off. That's where this team comes in. This is a covert, recon mission only. Observe and report. If the Justice League needs to intervene, it will. The plan requires two drop zones."

"So who's in charge?" Robin asks.

Bat-Man and Red Tornado turn to face the team, then they glance at each other.

"Work that out between you," Bat-Man responds.

Robin nods, then smirks.

"Alright, head out," Bat-Man says.

"Right," Kaldur responds as we all break to change into our respective uniforms.

"So, Addie…" Kid Lantern addresses, throwing an arm around my shoulder. "Been a while! How's Paradise?"

"Oh, well… I was sworn to secrecy about where Paradise Island is, and what I learned there. So I don't believe that I'm inclined to tell you anything other than, I've learned much, and I know how to protect people," I respond.

"Cool, cool, but I do have to ask," He says placing a finger on my crown. "You get married into royalty 'r somethin'?"

"No, marriage on Paradise is- uhh, I can't tell you- but I can say 'no, I am not married,' and Wonder Woman is a Princess-soon-to-be-Queen of Paradise Island, and me being her daughter, makes me Princess of the Island as well. I received my crown as I left for the mission," I explain.

"Oh-ho! I'm in the presence of Royalty! However might I serve thee?" Kid Lantern says, bowing at the waist low and dramatically.

"By never doing that again," I say, making my way towards the Bioship.

"Kid!" Robin calls over to him, now in his Robin get-up. "We're going on a mission, shouldn't you be suiting up?"

"Oh! Riiiight…" Kid Lantern replies.

He holds his left fist in the air and yells, "Green Lantern, LIGHT!"

In a flash of light green, Kid Lantern's outfit changes from his civies, into his Green Lantern get-up.

It consists of a dark-green, one-piece suit, with lights green-pulses?- outlining where his muscles are located. And on his chest is the ever-obvious Green Lantern logo. On his face, he wears a dark green mask that curves up after his eyes. Is short, shaggy, sandy hair remains the same, just as every ones' does.

"You guys ready or not?" He smiles, flying down next to the Bioship.

I see Robin roll his eyes underneath his domino mask, as we make our way to the Bioship as well.

"Addie!" M'gann smiles, moving over to hug me. "It's been a while! We missed seeing you for our exercises! How was Paradise Island?"

"Uh, no! She can't disclose that information!" Kid Lantern interjects, moving between me and M'gann.

"Uh, K.L? She's a Martian. If Addie doesn't tell her, M'gann can just go in her mind and find out," Robin replies, pushing K.L's arms off of my shoulders with a glare.

"Oh! I wouldn't do that! You're a part of the team! I trust you. If you can't tell me, then don't worry about it!" M'gann tries to recover.

"M'gann, it's fine! I believe in you, remember? I trust you. Now come on! We're all here now, so let's get this mission going!" I assure, noticing everyone else walk in the hangar.

"Yeah! W.B 2.0 is right! Let's get this party started!" Kid Flash says with a wave of his hand, as he dashes aboard the Bioship.

"Whatever," Superboy replies, walking behind him.

"It is great to see you back, Wonder-Bat," Aqualad says, patting my shoulder as he walks past us to the Bioship.

"Are you two coming on board?" M'gann asks K.L and I.

"I don't do so well in your ship, M'gann. I'll fly right beside you, and I'll board when the Island in on the horizon," I say. "Sound good?"

"Oh! Sure! I'll let you know when we approach. And you, Lantern?" She asks.

"Eh, I'll stick with Addie on this one. I'd rather fly with will-power on these ones," He admits.

"Okay!" M'gann smiles as she moves to the Bioship hatch. "Be safe you two!"

"I promise!" I reply as the door to the hatch closes.

"Think you can keep up, Addie?" K.L challenges, rolling his shoulders.

"Think you have enough will-power?" I challenge in return.

"Bet 'cher lasso, I do," He says, getting ready to take off with the Bioship.

"Good," I say, flying up, and out of the hangar right beside the Bioship.

"Aww, that wasn't fair!" I hear Kid Lantern pout from behind me.

"Boys will be boys," I recall Hippolyta say.

"Alright you guys! Prepare for this beautiful seven hour flight!" M'gann's voice says in my head.

"Seven hours? Aww man!" I hear Kid Lantern pout from behind me.

"Sorry, K.L… I can make the Bioship go faster, but she might not be able to get us a quick escape if we needed one," M'gann offers.

"Can we?" K.L asks nicely.

"M'gann, if the Bioship can't do it, it's fine. I'm sure K.L and I can handle it," I assure.

"But if she can, that'd be great!" K.L tries.

I fly over next to him and slap him upside the head.

"OW! You don't have to be so brutal, Addie!" K.L tattles.

"Suck it up," I reply.

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Off the Coast of Santa Prisca

June 22

"Kid Lantern, Wonder-Bat, we're approaching drop zone A In thirty. I think you two should come in now," M'gann informs, slowing the Bioship down so we can enter through the sides.

"Thank the Guardians! I was so bored!" K.L says as we enter the ship.

We get in just in time to see Aqualad stand up, and click on his belt, enacting the stealth gear that changes his bright red uniform top, into an all black top.

"Ready," He says.

"Putting Bioship in camouflage mode," M'gann states.

She then makes a hole in the floor of the Bioship, and Aqualad dives in without a word.

The ship slows to a stop as we wait for Aqualad to give us the 'go-ahead' to move in.

"Heat and motion sensors are patched," His voice comes through on the comm. link. "Data is now on a continuous loop. Move in."

"Drop zone: B," M'gann informs us as we move into a clearing in the jungle.

Superboy, Kid Flash, Robin and all stand as she lowers the built in belt hooks.

Robin and Kid Flash attach theirs, and Kid Flash taps his 'Flash' logo on his chest, and his stealth mode turned on.

"How cool is this?" He states, turning to show off to M'gann.

"Very impressive," She enthuses, while changing her uniform into her own version of the stealth tech.

"Uh... that works too…" K.F goggles. "Hey Supey! Not too late to put on the new stealth tech!"

"He doesn't need it. His shirt is already black…" I think.

"No capes. No tights. No offence," Superboy says, crossing his arms over his tights.

"It totally works for you," M'gann oggles.

I raise my eyebrow.

"Oh?" I think.

"I-In that you can totally do good work in those clothes!" She recovers.

"Yeah. That's exactly what she meant," I think humorously to myself.

opens up a hole in the floor again, and she, Robin, K.L and K.F drop down silently.

I float down shortly after, only to have to move out of the way for Superboy, who made a crater in the ground from the magnitude of his impact.

"Knew I didn't need a line," He smirks.

"And yet creating a seismic event, may not have helped us much with the covert!" Robin whisper-yells.

"Aqualad," Miss.M says through the comms. "Drop B is a go."

"Head for the factory," His voice says through the other side of the link. " I'll track your GPS and rendezvous ASAP."

"Roger that!" Robin says as we look at the map of the island on his hollow screen.

He puts the map away, and we make our way to the direction of the factory.

We make our way through the jungle, over cliffs, and through mud bogs, when I hear a rustling sound.

Evidently, Superboy did too.

"Did you hear that?" He asks as Robin and I disappear into the shadows of the jungle.

"Uh, no," K.F replies. "Wait, is this a super-hearing thing?"

"You do have great ears…" Miss.M says.

"Miss.M. Are you serious right now? Now is hardly the time," I reprimand in my head.

"Okay, Rob. Now what?" K.F asks, turning to where Robin and I used to be.

"Uh, yo. Robin? W.B? Ya'll good?" K.L asks around.

"Man, I hate it when they do that," K.F whisper-pouts.

"Superboy, Kid, switch to infrared," Aqualad's voice responds. "See if you're being tracked."

"Got a squad of armed bozos incoming," K.F reports.

"Two squads," Superboy corrects, looking to the left of where K.F was looking. "But they'll meet each other before they find us."

The sound of gunshots fill the air.

"No super-hearing required now!" K.F responds.

"Swing wide, steer clear!" Aqualad warns.

"Yeah, yeah! As soon as we find Rob, and W.B!" K.F states zooming off towards to gunshots.

"Yeah! W.B may be Wonder Woman's kid, but she ain't bullet proof!" K.L agrees with K.F, flying after him.

"Thanks for putting so much faith into my training, Nash. I really appreciate it," I grumble sarcastically in my head.

I spot K.F trip over a rock, and go tumbling down into the middle of the gun fight.

"IDIOT!" I yell in my head.

Then K.L runs into a tree branch (being distracted by K.F falling) and he, in turn, falls down the same path as K.F.

"MORON! I am surrounded by idiots, and morons. I'm surrounded by Idions!" I yell in my head.

"So much for the 'stealthy'," K.F says as K.L crashes right beside him in the middle of the fight.

Both sides of the gunfight start shooting at Kid #1 and Kid #2.

K.F starts running around rapidly, while K.L creates a green, bullet-proof bubble around himself.

Robin and I move closer to the scene to see Superboy deck a clown faced guy in the jaw, while K.F runs around even more trying to dodge bullets.

Robin and I choose to intervene.

"What's wrong with you guys?" Robin asks, taking out two goons at the same time.

I dodge, and deflect bullets with my cuffs, as I kick a guy in the neck who tried to sneak up on me.

"Yeah! Remember the whole 'covert' thing? Cause this is definitely not covert!" I agree.

"Why didn't you follow our lead, vanish into the jungle?"

"That's what you two were doing?" K.F asks, running up a guy's chest to kick him in the face.

"Yeah! Way to fill us in on that!" K.L agrees, making a throwing shield, and tossing into a few guys, making them groan in pain.

"We're not mind readers you know!" K.F continues.

He glances back to Miss.M, seeing her throw two guys into a tree with her telekinesis.

"Err… I'm not, anyway," K.F defends.

"You told me I could only read the bad-guys minds," Miss.M replies.

Robin and I spot a shadow running away. Before I could lasso it, and before Robin throws a Bird-arang at it, Aqualad drops down from the trees, and electrocutes him with his hand. And to show off, he crushes the gun under his foot.

"I recognize those uniforms…" Robin states as we tie all of them up against the trees. "they belong to the Cult of Kobra."

"I am certain Bat-Man would have mentioned it if he knew a dangerous extremist was running Santa Prisca's venom operation," Aqualad states.

"Agreed," Robin replies. "And since there's clearly no love-loss between the cultists and those goons, I'm betting Kobra came in and tossed them out. That's why normal supply lines have been cut off."

"We get it. Kobra wanted super-cultists. Mystery solved. Radio Bat's and we'll be home in no time-" K.F interjects.

"These cultists aren't on Venom!" Robin argues. "Kobra's hoarding the stuff! We don't leave. Not until I know why."

"Until you know why?" K.F argues back.

"This team needs a leader!" Robin states.

"And it's you?" K.F asks incredulously. "Dude, you're a thirteen year old kid, who ducked out on us without a word."

"And you're a 'mature fifteen'?" Robin laughs. "You blew our cover first chance you got!"

"Don't you want to lead?" Miss.M asks Superboy.

He scoffs and shakes his head 'no'.

"You?" he asks in return.

"After the Mister Twister fiasco?" She says.

"You did alright," Superboy gives in, making Miss.M blush.

"What about you Wonder-Bat?" K.L asks, pulling me into a side hug. "Just think, you make the calls, and you're a strong female in charge that little girls look up to. Whaddy'a say?"

"I say, they are already looking up at me. They are littler than I am. How could they talk to me face-to-face without looking up?" I ask.

"Eh… just a thought," K.L says.

"Mirarlos argumentan," I hear one of the goons say. "Libérate y tomar ellos mientras están distraídos!"

"Cállate!" The clown faces man orders. "Por ahora , yo juego a lo largo de. Ellos me dan lo que necesito."

"This… this is Spanish. Diana taught me spanish! I think I know what he said…" I think to myself. "Something about breaking free, then 'no, I'll play along,' and something along the lines of 'they'll give me what I need,'. Oh, no. That's not suspicious."

"Oh yeah! You don't even have super powers! K.F's voice fills the air once more.

"Neither does Bat-Man!" Robin defends.

"Duh, you're not Bat-Man," K.F responds.

"Duh, closest thing we've got!" Robin mocks.

"Uh, nooo, I do believe that ours truly over there is the closest thing given that that's his daughter," K.F points out pointing to me.

"Hey, now. Don't go bringing me into this," I say, still wrapped up in Kid Lantern's arm.

"Yeah, not cool, bro!" Lantern agrees.

"Hands off the sister, green bean, before you're on the receiving end of a Bird-arang." Robin glares.

The man with the clown face chuckles. "Such clever niños, but you only know half the story. Let me show you the rest. Get you into factory via my secret entrance," He says.

Miss.M kneels in front of the man, reading him.

"There is a secret entrance, but he's also hiding something,"She reports, her eyes starting to glow.

"Ah, ah, AH, chica! Bane is not that easy," He-err- Bane says.

"He's mentally reciting futbol scores en Espanol," Miss.M says aggravatedly. "This could take a while."

"Or," I say, untying my lasso from my waist. "I could save us a lot of time…"

"It's not complicated," Bane says. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

We all exchange uneasy looks, but we agree to his terms none-the-less.

Aqualad unties Bane, and he leads us through the jungle, until we reach the cliff.

Robin looks out at the factory with his binoculars.

"Look at all that product…" He says in awe. "A buy is going down. But if Kobra's not selling to the usual suspects, then-"

"We need to identify that buyer," Aqualad finishes.

"Just what I was thinking," K.F says.

"Yeah," Robin laughs. "You're the thinker."

"Sarcasm?" K.F asks. "Dude. A real leader would be focused on getting answers."

"The amount of testosterone on this team is going to kill me one of these days…" I mumble to myself holding the bridge of my nose with my fingers.

I hear a large thud, and I look over to see Bane has just lifted a boulder out of the way, revealing a secret entrance.

"Answers," Bane says clapping off his hands. "Are this way."

"So, now El Luchador is our leader," K.F says, following behind Bane as he enters the secret tunnel.

Robin just pushes him aside and goes in after Bane.

We follow him down the long, damp tunnel, until we come to a metal wall with some sort of number pad, and glass scanner on in.

Ban puts his thumb on the glass thing, and it makes a beeping sound.

The metal wall opens, revealing that it is a door to the inside of the factory. We glance at each other before we enter silently.

Bane opens a door, and Robin checks for any cultists.

"All clear," He says after a moment.

"Has that little fool already been caught?" Bane asks as Robin disappears from in front of us.

"No, he just does that…" Aqualad says a bit annoyed.

I decide that I want to follow Robin.

"He's probably going to go to a computer room of sorts to figure out who the buyer is," I think to myself. "If I were a computer, where would I be…?"

I disappear into the shadows in search of some sort of computer room.

"And her?" Bane asks.

"We just let her explore. If she get's caught, don't worry about her. She was trained by Amazons. She'll be fine," K.L says.

"Stay put. I'll get the intel and be back before the Wonders'!" K.F boasts, running off.

"Wait, Kid!" Aqualad tries to stop.

"Great chain of command…" Bane remarks.

I fly up to a large window, and peek inside to see a cultists working in a computer room.

"Hey now! I found it," I smirk to myself.

I hear a noise from below me on the walkway.

My head snaps down to see the flutter of Robin's cape disappear around the corner.

I fly down in attempt to follow him.

I catch up just as he throws a Bat-arang and one of the computers, and it releases some sort of sleeping gas.

With the Cultist knocked-out, Robin enters the room, and starts working on the computer.

He brings up a screen with some sort of lewis structure, just as K.F skids to a stop.

"What'cha got?" He asks.

"Chemical formulas," Robin replies. "I'm guessing it involves Venom, but-"

"This one's Venom," K.F points out as he takes a bit from some sort of snack bar. "-And that one's… whoa… the Blockbuster formula from Cadmus! Mixed correctly, Kobra's new juice is three times stronger than Venom… and permanent...But how did Kobra get access to project Blockbuster?"

"Our mystery buyer must also be Kobra's supplier!" Robin points out.

"Hey, that rhymed…" I say, leaning over his shoulder to get a better look at the screen.

"Using the Cult to create a blockbuster venom super formula. Robin to Aqualad! We got- static…"

"Donna told me that if I study this shape and formula for a few seconds, then it would be recorded to memory. I wouldn't even realize that I said it or wrote it until it was already said and done. And who knows? I may need to remember this…" I think while I record the formula to memory.

"One of the many bright sides of learning from the Amazons. You learn new things about your biology every day…" I smirk.

We hear gunshots come from outside the window.

"Ahh boy…" Kid says.

"We better get out there," I say, running out the door to find the source of the gunshots.

We hear a 'ROAR!' then more gunshots. I fly up and around a few machines, and I find the source of the noise.

Bane, Kid Lantern, Superboy, and Aqualad have been spotted.

Superboy is fighting some strange, brown and black monster with tears in it's skin, showing it's pure muscle, while Aqualad is holding up a shield of water to stop the bullets.

"Wait, where's M'gann?" I wonder.

I don't have time to ponder. Cultists start noticing me, and shooting up at me.

"Who is that?" I hear someone ask from below me.

I land on the ground, creating a deep crater in the floor.

The Cultist don't stop shooting at me, but thank Hera that Diana taught me how to use these Cuffs.

I hit every bullet that comes my way, with my cuffs.

I was trying to resist my thoughts, but I can't help but think:

"I feel so cool! Yeah! Come at me! You trying to shoot at me? Hah! No you don't !"

"I got your back W.B!" I hear K.L say, creating a large wall behind me, where some Cultists had tried to sneak up on me.

"Right!" I reply, decking a guy in the neck.

I see Aqualad get rounded into a corner by the Cultists. As I knock out another guy, I see K.F come to his rescue.

"Miss. Martian! Radio is rammed!" Aqualad says as a new wave of bullets come at them. "Link us up!"

"Everyone online?" I hear Miss.M ask in my head.

"Yeah," Superboy says, not sounding too pleased that we have to do this.

"Wonder-Bat here!" I sound off.

"Lantern's a go!" Nash replies through the link.

"You know it, beautiful," Kid Flash responds.

"Good, we need to regroup." Aqualad commands.

"Busy now!" Robin alerts.

"Robin, NOW," Aqualad orders.

"Strategic retreat. Kid, clear a path," Aqualad says, whipping a few men off of the catwalk with his water-bearers.

"Uh, which one?" Kid Lantern asks.

"Oh my Zeus, BOTH OF YOU! NOW!" I say.

K.F runs around knocking as many guys down as he can, while K.L floats in the air with a green shovel like object, sweeping it around, literally clearing a path.

We all make our way to the secret door that Bane showed us, and when Superboy caught up, we shut and locked it behind us.

We start running because I'm sure we are all aware that that door won't hold back that brown monster thing.

I hear a crash from behind us, and bullets whiz past us.

"And what do you know?" I say sarcastically to myself.

"Superboy! Wonder-Bat! The support beams!" Aqualad orders.

We nod, and start punching and kicking through the beams in the tunnel.

Soon enough, the cultists, and monster were buried underneath the dirt.

The tunnel gets really dark, really fast.

I hear a 'snap' from beside me, and suddenly, a red glow illuminates the cave.

"How could my first mission as leader go so wrong?" I hear Robin ask himself, in a corner.

"You do have the most experience," Aqualad agrees. "But perhaps that is exactly what has left you unprepared. Fighting alongside Bat-Man, your roles are defined. You two do not need to talk. But this team is new. And a leader must be clear, explicit. He cannot vanish and expect others to play parts in an unknown plan."

"Oh, so I'm supposed to hold every ones' hands?" Robin yells. "Gah… who am I kidding? You should lead us, Kaldur. You're the only one who can."

"Please! I can run circ-"

"Before I slap you," I interrupt. "You better rethink that sentence."

"You know he's the one. We all do," Robin defends.

"Hello, Megan! It's so obvious!" M'gann states.

"Couldn't be more blunt," K.L says.

"Could've told ya'," Superboy agrees, then turns to glare at K.F.

"Okay!" He gives in, placing his hands on his waist.

Aqualad steps forwards to face Robin.

"Then I accept the burden," He says. "Until you are ready to lift it from my shoulders. You were born to lead this team. Maybe not now, but soon."

Robin nods in approval.

"Alright, our first priority is preventing that shipment from leaving this island," Aqualad states.

"Funny," Robin says. "I had the same thought."

"So how are we going to do this? We can't just go up to them and ask them not to leave," K.L states.

"I have an idea," Aqualad says.

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"Sportsmaster is the supplier slash buyer, but it still doesn't track," Robin says as we run through the tunnels. "He doesn't have the juice to acquire the blockbuster formula, or to get Kobra to do his dirty work."

"And neither of them have the chops to bond Blockbuster with Venom. That took some major nerdage," K.F adds.

"I believe the expression is 'tip of the iceberg'," Aqualad states, as we slow to a stop.

Bane comes around the corner from the outside, holding some sort of device in his hand.

"Halt, niños," He says. "I'm feeling… explosive…"

We look up when we hear a small beeping sound coming from the rafters.

"You betrayed us. Why?" Aqualad asks.

"I want my factory back!" Bane says.

"Kid, you'll need a running start," Aqualad informs him through the link.

"So I forced you into a situation where you would either take down my enemies, or die trying," Bane continues. "If the latter, then the Justice League would certainly have come back to avenge their sidekicks. And when the smoke cleared, Santa Prisca would be mine once more! Blowing the tunnel with you inside, should have the same effect."

He reaches his thumb out to push down on the button, but in a flash, K.F got a hold of it before Bane pressed the detonator.

"With what?" Kid asks from a tree behind Bane. "This trigger thingie?"

Bane let out a loud roar of anger as he tried to attack K.F, but Miss.M uses her telepathy to hold him back.

"Finally," Superboy says, crouching down. "Drop him."

Miss.M complies, letting Superboy drop-punch Bane sky high.

"It's a touchdown, ladies and gentlemen! And the crowd goes wild!" K.L says in a loud voice, as he starts to mimic the sound of screaming people.

"No one?" he asks after no one starts to laugh. "Always gotta suck the fun out of everything…"

"Let's go," Aqualad states.

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We reach the shipment in no time, and when we do, K.F runs in, taking down as many people as possible as he does so.

Superboy jumps down from the top of one of the choppers, creating a landing crater, and scaring the cultists guarding the plane.

He looks over to the brown and black monster.

"Go again?" He asks with a smirk.

Just as the monster starts to charge, Aqualad uses his water-bearers to shoot the thing away.

"Sorry," Superboy smirks. "Not the plan."

Then, as both are distracted, Sportsmaster comes up from behind Superboy, and he starts shooting at him.

I race over to them, and start deflecting bullets.

Sportsmaster gets fed up after a while, so he tosses the gun to the side, and starts to go for hand-to-hand combat.

And with this, we start to brawl.

I'm not self-centered enough to say that I was way better. I landed some good hits, and he did too, but most of the time, we were blocking hits from the other.

"Not too bad for someone fresh out of the pod," He says after I punch him in the spine.

"What?" I ask myself. "He knows me?"

"Thanks for the work-out," He says, grabbing Miss.M as she tried to attack. "But I gotta fly."

He pulls her with him, until he is in the plane, then he throws her back, making her tumble into Superboy. Seconds later, the chopper is up in the air flying away.

"Did you do it?" I ask her as I help her up.

She smiles, pulls out the detonator, and pushes the button.

We hear a loud 'BOOM!' come from the plane as it bursts into flames. From the other side of the plane, I see Sportsmaster jump out, and extend a parachute.

The now unmanned chopper comes crashing down into the factory.

"I am plagued by mosquitoes!" Kobra says, stepping on Robin's chest.

"Good!" He replies in pain. "'Cause this mosquito's mighty concerted over your pain!"

He flips around to release the foot off his chest, and he jumps back towards our group.

Kobra realizes that he is out-matched. Two super strength specializers, one martian, one Atlantian, one Lantern, one speed guy, and one Boy-Wonder.

"Another time then," Kobra says, disappearing into the shadows of the jungle.

Robin goes in to spot him, but, evidently, he finds nothing.

He turns to face the carnage that we've created.

"We picked the right guy to lead," He says. "Automatically making you the right guy to explain this mess to Bat-Man!" He laughs.

I shake my head and start flying back to the Bioship.

"Hey! Princess, wait up!" I hear Nash call from behind me.

I slow down enough for him to catch up.

"What is it?" I ask.

"You duckin' out of the party so soon?" He asks. "Come on! this was our first mission, and it was a success!"

"I was unaware that blowing up the building we were supposed to be spying on, is considered a 'success'," I say.

"Eh, more-or-less," He says. "So what now? Are you going back to Paradise or are you gonna stick around?"

"Wonder Woman said that we can't go back for a while. Something about 'bills don't pay themselves'? So, no, I will not be leaving so soon," I tell him. "Any particular reason that you ask?"

"NO! *echem* I mean… no. I was just wondering…" He says.

"Well," I smile. "In case you're just wondering, I will still be here for the debriefing."

"Cool," He smiles back. "I can introduce you to this kickin' new burger joint around the block from the cave."

"Burger joint?" I wonder.

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Happy Harbor

August 4

"A simple recon mission. Observe and report. You'll each receive a written evaluation detailing your many mistakes. Until then" Bat-Man says standing in front of us. "Good job."

"Yo, what?" K.L asks.

"No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. How you adjust to the unforeseen is what determines success. And how you chose who leads determines character," Bat-Man continues. "You are dismissed."

We all file out of the room.

"So…" Nash drawls out throwing his arm around my shoulders. "How about that burger joint?"

As I get ready to respond, a Bat-arang lodges itself in the wall and into the fabric of Nash's shirt.

"Hands off your teammates, Lantern," Bat-Man growls from the holo-screen.

Nash removes his arm quicker then Wally can run.

"Yes sir!" He squeaks.