Disclaimer: I do not own any character or scene that appears in Young Justice. I own the character, Diana Crane and her whole story (including parents). All associations or similarities to Diana Crane are completely coincidental I also own any of the scenes that do not occur in Young Justice.
Star City
July 17, 23:16 PDT
I watched from afar as Speedy shot his arrows, breaking Brick's expensive suit. Brick, who was obvioulsy the leader, ordered his henchmen to open fire at Roy. This was our cue.
I jumped down from my watch post, kicking the living light out of one of the workers with a pistol. Kid Flash came in shortly after me, running through the mass of men, giving some mean punches out. Then, Robin shot his birdarangs, knocking two men unconscious. Finally, Aqualad used his water whip to lash out at the remaining three.
We watched as Brick grabbed a large piece of rock, hurtling it towards Speedy. I got my mind ready to stop time if anything bad seemed to happen. Roy shot an arrow, but this only seemed to madden the villain, and he threw the rock out. I slowed down time, running towards the rock. I grabbed my white whip out of my grey utility belt, breaking the rock in half, and making time return to normal.
"The cave is perfect. It has everything the team will need." Aqualad announced, running up to talk to Speedy.
"For covert missions, you know, spy stuff!" Robin appeared behind us.
"And wait 'till you see Superboy and Miss Martian! But I saw her first." Kid pirouetted up to meet us with help from his super speed.
I don't know if you've noticed this yet, but we were trying extra hard to convince Speedy to join us in our new team. I wasn't sure if it was going well or not, but if I knew anything about Roy, he would probably decline to save his pride.
Brick launched another piece of rock, and we all dispersed in different directions. Aqualad broke through the rock with his water sword, and Speedy notched three other arrows, throwing them at the big bad baddie.
Man, we could really use someone with that much precision and good eyesight.
Brick kneeled, facing the ground, but he laughed. "Tell Arrow he shouldn't send boys to do a man's job!"
I scoffed, "And a girl, too! Besides he didn't send us, we came because we fight crime, and you are committing a crime!"
"And I'm not with Green Arrow anymore, so his orders don't include me!" Roy snarled, launching another arrow at Brick;s chest. The arrow inflated to show us that it was a foam arrow. Brick got engulfed until we couldn't see his panicked face anymore.
"So, Speedy, you in?" Robin smirked, he seemed so sure of himself, but I knew it was just a show. He wanted Roy to believe that our team was almost as amazing as the Justice League, and that he would love joining.
Speedy just walked away, but turned around to tell us one last thing. "Pass. I'm done letting Arrow and the League tell me what to do. I don't need a babysitter or a clubhouse hang out with the other kids. Your junior Justice League is a joke. It's something to keep you busy, and in your place."
"I don't want to be a part of it."
Aqualad, Kid, and Robin looked at each other in shock at Speedy's harshness. I was more than a little surprised and upset about his behaviour toward us. I ran up to Roy in an almost deadly silence as he walked away from us.
"Timeless?" Robin called after me. I ignored him.
Soon, I caught up with Roy. "Listen here, Speedy, you don't have to join us if you don't want to. But I would appreciate it if you were less rude about it, all right? You're acting like a first class jerk, and we don't deserve that."
Roy glared at me for a good few seconds before sighing, "Tell Canary I said hi. Don't get run over by a bus or something on your way back home."
I guessed that was the closest of an apology that I would get.
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Mount Justice
July 18, 11:16 EDT
The computer announced our arrival at the cave.
'Recognized: Robin B01
Kid Flash B03
Timeless B04'
My Caribbean blue eyes sparkled in excitement. Wally, Dick, and I hurried into the main room, where we were supposed to get our missions. Kaldur, Superboy, and M'Gann stood in the middle of it all.
"Did you ask?" Dick grinned. I could see behind the sunglasses that his eyes held the slightest of mischievous hints in them.
"What did he say?" Wally asked shortly.
"He's coming, isn't he!" I exclaimed, almost cutting Wally off.
Kaldur nodded, "He's arriving now."
"Then what are we waiting for?" Wally announced, running off. Dick, and Kaldur quickly followed, but I stayed behind with M'Gann and Superboy.
"So, how's life at the cave been like for you guys?" I asked politely.
"Oh, it's been great! I watched Earth television, and learnt cooking! I especially love baking cakes!" M'Gann answered with so much enthusiasm it was hard for me not to break out into a smile.
"Maybe you could teach me sometime. I've been meaning to learn, but between homework and missions with Black Canary, it's almost impossible." I tried keeping the conversation going.
M'Gann and I didn't have a lot in common, I soon realised. We were both girls, and loved doing sleepovers and all that, but she was so girly and so happy-go-lucky all the time, it kind of got on my nerves. I wasn't like her. I wasn't so enthusiastic about everything, and I had seen what the real world was like. She was so naïve about everything in the crime-fighting business, she made me feel like a professional. Besides, there was the big 'you're-from-another-planet' difference.
"I would love to teach you!" M'Gann clapped her hand together. "You know, I always wanted to have a sister. Back on Mars I've got a bunch, but it's definitely not the same!"
Her words made me feel guilty for my previous thoughts. "Well, I'm honoured to have a sister from another planet." This made her laugh; it took some of the self-shame away.
A compartment opened at the end of the hallway we were walking down on, and we flowed out into the 'backyard' of Mount Justice. We saw Red Tornado riding a, well, red tornado down to where we were.
"Greetings. Is there a reason you hoped to intercept me outside the cave?" He asked in that unnerving monotone voice. I needed to get used to that, and soon, too.
"We hoped you had a mission for us." Kaldur explained.
"Mission assignments are the Batman's responsibility."
"Yes, of course, but it's been over a week and—" I played with my fingers before I was cut off by Red Tornado putting a hand up for me to stop.
"—You will be tested soon enough. For the time being, simply each other's company."
"This team is not a social club." Kaldur spoke with such authority it was hard not to believe a single word he said.
"No, but I am told that social interactions is an important team-building exercise. Perhaps you can keep busy by familiarising yourselves with the cave."
"Keep busy?" Wally huffed after Red Tornado was out of our hearing range.
"Does he think we're falling for this?" Robin crossed his arms.
"Oh, I'll find out!" M'Gann whispered excitedly.
We waited for a few minutes as she kept staring at Red Tornado's retreating form.
"Ugh, I—I'm sorry. I forgot he's a machine, inorganic, I cannot read his mind."
"Nice try, though! So, uh, you know what I'm thinking right now?" Wally started up his flirting.
I groaned, "There's no need for a telepath to figure what you're thinking about!"
Robin snickered, and I saw Kaldur trying to hide a smile.
"Hey, Superboy and I live here, in the cave! We can play tour guides." M'Gann offered.
"Don't look at me." Superboy's eyes widened in stoic panic.
We walked in, following M'Gann as she started pointing out the rooms of the cave. "So, this will be our front door!"
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"It was hollowed out and reinforced by Superman and Green Lantern in the early days of the League." Wally said not so modestly, mainly to M'Gann.
"Then why abandon it for the Hall of Justice?" Superboy asked as we walked into the basement of the cave.
"Their secret location was…compromised." Kaldur hesitated.
"So they traded it in for a tourist trap?" Superboy questioned again.
I looked around at the faces of my three oldest friends. I felt bad for not telling Miss Martian and Superboy about the Watchtower, but what else could we do? We had already broken enough rules by going to Cadmus; we didn't want to be under house arrest again.
"If villains know about the cave, we must be on constant alert!" M'Gann realised.
Dick took her hand; "The bad guys know we know they know about the place, so they'd never think to look here!"
I let out a laugh, "You are so skilled at wording your sentences!" Dick smirked brightly at me.
Wally detached their hands, I was sure he knew as well as I did that Robin and Miss Martian would never happen, Dick had told us she wasn't really his type after our night out, but he still didn't want to let the chances be there. "He means we're hiding in plain sight."
"Ah, that's much clearer…" M'Gann scratched her head.
Superboy sniffed the air, "I smell smoke."
Suddenly, alarming us all, M'Gann gasped in desperation. "My cookies!"
All the boys looked at each other in confusion as to why it was such a big deal, so I turned to them. "If a girl's bakery burns, especially if that girl loves baking like M'Gann, then you better not make that face in front of her. She'll smack you, and hard."
That made them look at each other with eyebrows raised, but chose not to question me. We all ran after her.
We filed into the kitchen as M'Gann took out a batch of charcoal spots.
"I bet they would have tasted great! He doesn't seem to mind." Dick said, gesturing to Wally as he ate the cookies.
I took one, just out of curiosity, and tasted it. I let out a low hum, "Did the recipe say you had to burn them? This is better than I imagined it to be!"
"I'm glad you liked them then. I can make more!" M'Gann smiled at Wally and I as we ate the goods she tried making.
"It was sweet of you to make any." Kaldur said.
"Thanks, Aqualad!" M'Gann grinned graciously, making me feel like I wasn't a very proper lady, eating cookies that were burnt to a crisp.
"We're off duty, call me Kaldur'ahm. Actually, my friends call me Kaldur."
"I'm Wally, see I already trust you with my secret ID. Unlike mister dark glasses over here." Wally smirked. "Batman's forbidden the Boy Wonder from telling anyone his real name."
Dick crossed his arms, "Not everyone. You know, and she knows." He pointed at me.
"Mm, I feel special." I teased.
"You should, if Batman trusts you enough to tell you his baby's real name, that's a big compliment." Wally said, half-serious and half-joking. Did he realise that it meant the same for him? I think he just complimented himself.
I ignored his comment. "Black Canary encourages me to confide on people with my secret identity, so you all know I'm Diana Crane."
"And my name is no secret! It's M'Gann M'orzz, but you can call me Megan. It's an Earth name, and I'm on Earth now!" M'Gann finished giddily.
I saw Superboy walking out of the room. "Ugh, get out of my head!"
'What's wrong? I don't understand?' I heard M'Gann's voice echo inside my mind. 'Everyone on Mars communicates telepathically.'
I saw everyone else holding their heads in pain, but I just felt a light throbbing. It was probably the time manipulation that made me feel a slight sense of pain; I got migraines all the time.
"M'Gann, stop!" Kaldur commanded. "Things are different on Earth. Here your powers are an extreme invasion of privacy."
M'Gann suddenly turned pale, the severity of what she did sinking in. "I—I didn't mean to—"
"Just stay out!" Superboy growled before stalking out of the room.
"Hello, Megan! I know what we can do!" M'Gann exclaimed before flying off, the guys shrugged, following her out.
I stayed behind, looking at Superboy who took a seat in the living room. I know he didn't like being reminded of Cadmus, and he had it pretty hard already. Superman didn't really want him, the only home that he ever knew was destroyed, and he didn't have a name. Not like the rest of us did.
I sat across from him, touching his knee softly. "It's alright, Superboy. I kind of understand part of how you feel. The only family you ever knew isn't here anymore, and they weren't even the best to you, but you've got to understand one thing. Shouting only makes it worse. You can't stoop down to Desmond's level."
I stood up, "You should apologise, and so should she. I think it would be better if you called it a truce first, though." I smiled as he nodded in gratitude for my advice.
"Thank you, Diana."
As I went to find out where the rest of the team had run off to, I noticed Dick standing on the shadows of the hallway. "You and Superboy seem to be getting off pretty well, huh?"
I sighed, "You could say that."
"You seem like the only person to know what to say to make him understand, or, the only person he wants to understand." He glared at me.
I let out a laugh. "The only reason that I get through him is because I know what he feels like, at least to a certain extend. We are not so different, concerning family issues. So stop giving me the evil eye. "
I saw Superboy coming out from the living room, eying our conversation. "Let's go." He said, his stoic expression on again.
We got on an elevator, and went down to the basement again. "It's my Martian Bioship!" M'Gann proudly announced. I looked at the guys; there is only a red and blue blob there.
"Cute, not aerodynamic, but cute." Wally hesitated.
"It's in rest, silly!" M'Gann said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "I'll wake it."
Suddenly, the blob became a huge red ship. It reminded of me of the one from Lilo & Stich.
We piled in like a swarm of flies hypnotised by a light. "Just strap in for launch."
Dick, Wally, and I looked at each other, grinning in excitement. I took the seat in front of Dick, and my eyes widened in surprise when the seat belt materialised in front of me. "Nice, but a fair warning next time that something of yours magically straps me onto something else?" I joked.
M'Gann apologised quickly before announcing in the speaker, "Red Tornado, please open the bay doors."
"This is amazing!" I grinned as the bioship blasted into the air, giving us a great view of Happy Harbor.
"She sure is." Wally sighed contentedly. "I mean the ship! Which of course is a she, like any other ship."
Dick and I snickered behind our hands. "Fast with his speed, not so much with his mouth."
"Dude!"
We looked at Kaldur who was giving Superboy advice on what to do, and like me; I could see Kaldur had gotten through his tough exterior.
"He'll come around." Dick assured M'Gann.
"He doesn't seem to like me much." She whispered to us.
"He doesn't seem to like anyone too much." I smiled. "But like everyone, if they have to spend a lot of time with you, they'll eventually warm up."
"You guys remember he has super hearing, right?" Wally smirked, pointing at Superboy who remained almost too silent.
"Whoops," I began.
"Our mouths slipped." Dick finished with a question. "Hey, how about showing us a bit of Martian shape-shifting?"
This put M'Gann on a lighter, much bouncier mood. She got out of her seat, and changed into Robin. Every exact detail from the suit to the hair was the same; except for the fact that her chest was larger and we could totally tell it was a girl.
She then changed into me using my Timeless costume. She even added the little grey pin I placed on the back of my head to pull back my hair so it wouldn't get in my eyes while fighting. I didn't like putting my hair up in a ponytail, so that was the next best option.
Then, she changed to Kid Flash. "Is it wrong that I think I'm hot?" Wally smiled dreamily. Oh, goodness, he had it really bad.
"Impressive!" Dick clapped. "But you know you're not exactly gonna fool anyone with those, right? Well, maybe with Diana, but she looks a bit too old."
"My powers are nowhere near my uncle's, so I haven't perfected the technique. Not yet, at least." M'Gann answered.
'Red Tornado to Miss Martian,' the speaker in the bioship resounded through the small space, 'an emergency alert has been triggered at the Happy Harbor power plant. I suggest you investigate covertly. I'm sending coordinates.'
"Received. Adjusting course." M'Gann called back to the speaker.
Dick scoffed, "Tornado is keeping us busy again."
"Well, a simple fire led you to Superboy." M'Gann answered. "We should find out what caused the alert."
I whirled around to see a small tornado whirring toward us. M'Gann tried steering away from it, but we were soon caught in the middle of it. I started wheezing, feeling lightheaded. I was so caught up in my panic that I didn't notice I had fast-forwarded time so we had gotten out of the tornado in a few seconds.
I felt like throwing up. It may have been a lot shorter the time that it took us to get out, but we still had to do the same manoeuvring, and faster.
"Diana, are you alright? You look a little green." M'Gann questioned me while steering the ship toward the source of the tornado.
Dick touched my upper arm, silently asking me the same thing. I swallowed hard, "Just peachy."
We got out of the bioship to be met by a lot of people running around, screaming.
"Robin, are tornados common in New England?" Kaldur asked worriedly. "Robin?" What a surprise, Dick was nowhere to be seen.
We could hear a cackle echoing all around us. We should put a bell on him.
"He was just here!" M'Gann exclaimed.
"Better get used to that, sweetheart." I rolled my eyes. "He does that a lot."
We could see explosions resounding through the warehouse. It was probably Robin's birdarangs. We ran to the inside of the building to be met by a red android blowing powerful gusts of air in Dick's direction. He slid down on the floor with a pained grunt.
I swivelled around the tornados the villain was making to get to Dick. He was still on the ground, and he didn't seem to want to get up. I grabbed his arms, pulling him to his feet. "If you're alive, then you're alright."
He nodded, and we marched to where the fight was going on.
"Who's your new friend?" I asked him.
"Didn't catch his name, but he plays kind of rough!" Robin deadpanned back.
The villain stopped sending gusts of wind. "My apologies. You may address me as Mr. Twister." His voice was so deep and, well, he reminded me of some of the worst villains I'd faced yet.
Superboy ran toward Mr. Twister, hoping to kick him senseless, of course that didn't work. Taking the air by sheer force would not work; you had to manoeuvre around it.
I ran around the gusts of air, slowing down time at certain key moments when I was sure I would get hit. I got close enough to Mr. Twister to use my whip. I had gotten my whip, laser, and security-breaching bugs from the cave, just in case.
I stopped time, lashing out at Mr. Twister and breaking off the top of his head, it was going to weaken him enough so that the rest of the team could punch him to a pulp. I knew Superboy would enjoy that.
Wally ran ahead, but even though Mr. Twister's tornados were weakened, he slapped the speedster away from him. Then, came M'Gann and Kaldur who lashed out, again with force, at Mr. Twister, but he used his fists to pummel them both to a pillar.
I ran over to them, making sure that they hadn't been severely hurt. They both gave me nods, signals that they were all right. I smiled in relieve.
"I was prepared to be challenged by a superhero! I was not, however, expecting children." Mr. Twister gloated.
I scowled at him, happy that Dick had taken out his birdarangs and shot them at the android. "We're not children!"
"Objectively, you are." Mr. Twister said, flicking away the birdarangs before they went off.
I walked over to him, a hand of my hip. "Mr. Twister, might I remind you who trained us? We might be much younger than our mentors, but we can kick butt the same way as they do!" I took out my laser, pointing it at his torso, but he deflected it with his metal body. It was laser proof?
"You poor little heroes. Haven't you heard about supervision? I find your presence here quite…disturbing." Mr. Twister spoke.
"Well, we'd hate to see you disturbed. Let's see if you're more turbed once we kick your can!" Dick snarled.
I raised my eyebrow at him, turbed? Really?
He shrugged; it was the only thing I could think of.
We lashed out at Mr. Twister, but in the end he simply hit us with each other. "Indeed, that was quite turbing. Thank you."
I growled in frustration, he had gotten away! Then I remembered something important, where was Wally? I gasped, running out of the warehouse, the team behind me.
"I got you, Wally!" M'Gann announced.
"Uh, thanks!" Wally hesitated. I could see why, it must have felt weird for someone to be levitating you just before you fell down on the floor. I grabbed him by the arm to ensure that he was balanced.
"I would have thought that you all would have learned your limitations by now!" Mr. Twister glowered.
"What do you want?" Kaldur shouted.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm waiting for a real hero." Mr. Twister gloated.
"Read his mind! Find a weakness!" Kaldur commanded to M'Gann.
"Nothing, I'm getting nothing!" M'Gann hit her head in realisation. "Hello, Megan! Mr. Twister is Red Tornado in disguise!"
That would have made sense. It would definitely explain as to why he could make tornadoes, and as to why he was a machine, but I had the uneasy feeling that she was wrong. It didn't add up completely, not yet.
"He's inorganic, an android! How many androids do you know that can generate tornadoes?" M'Gann finished her explanation.
"Red Tornado sent us here!" Kaldur exclaimed.
"After saying we would be tested soon enough, this is his test! Something to keep us busy!" Robin raised his arms in exasperation.
"Guys, you're all letting your anger cloud your judgment! Maybe he isn't Red Tornado! It just doesn't add up, Robin you know it too." I tried reasoning with them.
Before Dick could answer back, Wally interrupted. "Timeless, Speedy was right. Don't try to say that he wasn't. We're a joke."
Kaldur punched his fist with his other hand. "This game is over!"
Dick turned to me, "I agree with KF." He looked up to Mr. Twister who was floating in the sky. "We know who you are and what you want!"
"So let's end this!" Aqualad finished.
"Consider it ended." The android summoned a storm of tornadoes. They weren't red, and Red Tornado could only formulate red tornadoes. It was even in his name!
Lighting flashed, and thunder rumbled all around us. "Uh, can Red Tornado do that?" Wally said, uncertain of his own claim now.
"You think I'm Tornado?" Mr. Twister asked incredulously. "How ironic."
Lighting touched the land a few meters from where we were standing; causing an explosion that sent us all hurtling back. The next thing I knew, Mr. Twister was flying away from us, and I had a throbbing headache.
"Mm, still believe he is Red Tornado?" I asked, clutching my head.
Dick cackled quietly next to me, "You just got knocked out and the first thing you do is say a come back to what we previously thought? You and your pride, I swear."
I managed a weak smile, "Hey, what about you and your made up words? Now it's not just whelmed, but turbed, too." He grinned back.
Superboy punched a nearby rock. "You tricked us into believing that he was Red Tornado!"
"She didn't do it on purpose!" Aqualad defended M'Gann.
"It was a rookie mistake. We shouldn't have listened" Robin reasoned as we both got up, walking to where the arguing was going on.
"You are pretty inexperienced." Wally admitted to M'Gann.
"M'Gann, I think it's better if you sit this one out." I put a hand on her shoulder, trying to be gentle.
"Stay out of our way!" Superboy growled, walking off. Dick and Wally ran after him.
"I was just trying to be…part of the team." M'Gann muttered, hanging her head down in shame.
"To be honest, I'm not sure we really have a team." Kaldur said before running off with the rest of the guys.
"M'Gann, I know that you're the newest addition to our little unorganized group, so it's harder for you. The guys barely know you, I barely know you, but you have to remember that boys will be boys. Sometimes, they're harsher than they originally intended to be. Especially, Superboy, I think he has anger issues." I meant the last part as a joke, but it didn't cheer her up.
"I'll just get into the bioship, you go ahead." M'Gann ended our conversation there.
I sighed in defeat, running in the opposite direction of where she stood.
When we arrived at the Fisherman's Wharf of Happy Harbour, the whole place was in chaos. There were boats being crushed by the air force from the tornadoes, civilians running in panic, and cars honking loudly. It made my throbbing head worse.
Wally ran ahead, making a snarky remark, before hitting Mr. Twister with his legs, and sending the android back a meter.
"You are a distraction I can no longer tolerate!" Mr. Twister shouted, he was about to hit Wally, but Superboy jumped up into the air, trying to hit him in the face. Mr. Twister simply swivelled around him, moving back a couple more meters.
I ran, taking out my whip, and trying to lash out at Mr. Twister. I tried five times, but only once was I successful, and even though I hit the target, he didn't weaken one bit.
Robin and Aqualad jumped out from the roof of a building, and Kaldur got pummelled into another construction. That must have hurt him; the house he landed on was made out of wood, he was sure to get splinters.
Robin threw four explosives at the tornadoes, trying to make them disintegrate, but it didn't work. Then, Superboy tried, once again, to use strength to hit the android, but that didn't work either. Mr. Twister simply slid out of the way, levitating himself a meter from the earth.
I must admit I was starting to get pretty desperate.
While Mr. Twister was occupied sending a boat into the air, I jumped up, landing on his back and used my whip to scratch the metal on his legs. It didn't work either, I simply got sent back a couple of feet, and since slowing down time didn't work for me, too, (it was an advanced technique only my father knew) I could only hope I didn't turn out unconscious.
It worked, I didn't black out.
I ran around Mr. Twister as Kaldur threw the motor from a coat to his direction.
"Dude, you brought your utility belt?" Wally asked, rolling his eyes.
"First thing Batman taught me!" Dick answered back.
"One of the first things Batman taught me, bring your weapons, even if there is not utility belt." I smirked.
Yes, Batman had taught me some things when I was nine. When I found out Dinah and Ollie were Black Canary and Green Arrow, they figured that they would let the best in the business train me. Besides, he was already training another nine year old, so why not add me to the mix? Of course, I got less training time than Dick, but I still found out how to give some mean punches.
"Yeah, those lessons came right after never go to the bathroom without a weapon." Wally muttered before M'Gann's voice echoed in our heads.
'Listen to me. All of you.'
"What did we tell you?" Superboy growled.
'I know! And I know I messed up, but now I'm very clear on what we need to do.' M'Gann assured us. Well, it was hard to disagree with her when she sounded so convinced. 'Please, trust me.'
'What do you want us to do, Commander?' I spoke back to her telepathically.
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I looked up as Red Tornado landed on the ground in front of us.
"Hit the showers, everyone. I was hoping you could handle this, clearly you cannot." Red Tornado turned to us, and I tried to look as disappointed in myself as possible.
"But we've got a plan now, we can make it work!" I tried convincing him.
"The subject is not up for debate!" Red Tornado exclaimed, as much as an android could with their monotone voices. We all walked away, hanging our heads in shame.
As Mr. Twister and Red Tornado engaged in battle, I couldn't help but smirk. It was definitely cool to see two different tornado creating androids battle each other, but one question lingered in my mind. Had Mr. Twister really not noticed the difference, yet?
As Red Tornado fell down on the ground, in a coma state, Mr. Twister tried recreating his subconscious. Yeah, like hell that was going to end well for him.
As Red Tornado's face transformed into M'Gann's I couldn't help but let out a joyful whoop. When we all engaged into close combat, I couldn't have been happier about finally getting the upper hand.
Kid created a small tornado that made Mr. Twister lunge back into Superboy's fist. Before Superboy could fully break Mr. Twister, I stopped time, using my whip to break his arms off. I returned time back to normal, Superboy looked at me, surprised. I just shrugged, sporting a signature goofy grin.
"What can I say? My powers can really come in handy!" My grin got a lot wider.
Superboy smirked, punching Mr. Twister into the water where Aqualad would surely get his revenge for being pummelled into the wooden house. An explosion resounded through the harbour, and Mr. Twister appeared from the water, and plunged onto the park we were standing on. To top it all off, M'Gann snapped off his legs, and Robin jumped up, throwing birdarangs at the remaining body of the android. Mr. Twister soon went, ka-boom!
Man, I loved that sound.
Mr. Twister's remains fell down on the ground. The body of the android opened up to reveal a man, with bags under his eyes, falling down on the floor.
What the…?
"Foul. I—I call foul!" The man slurred, picking himself up.
We all marched toward him. M'Gann levitated a rock, and placed it on top of the man. My eyes widened in shock, she couldn't possibly be thinking to…
"M'gann, no!" Kaldur shouted.
It was too late; M'Gann had crushed the man under the rock. I lay in shocked silence before my vocal cords worked again. "What in the world was that, M'Gann? We're on Earth now, and here we don't kill our captives!"
M'Gann simply turned back to the rock, "You said you trust me." She smirked as she levitated the rock away from the body, revealing a humanoid.
I lightly smacked my forehead with my hand. I was such an idiot.
"That's why I couldn't read his mind!" M'Gann smiled in satisfaction. Wally picked up the eyeball from the humanoid. "Cool! Souvenir. "
"We should have had more faith on you." Kaldur admitted.
"Yeah, you rocked this mission! Get it? Rocked?" Wally joked.
I couldn't help but laugh at him. I was a sucker for those types of jokes. I couldn't fire out why they were so funny to me, but everyone just looked at me in confusion when they heard those lame jokes.
"What is up with you being so turbed about those jokes?" Dick furrowed his eyebrows cutely.
I slapped myself mentally. Not the time to have those thoughts, Diana! "What is up with you being so turbed about your made up words?"
He shrugged, and I looked at him like, yeah, I shrug at your stupid questions, too!
"Let's just go back to the cave." Superboy said before going off, all of us in tow.
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Mount Justice
July 18, 19:39 PST
"It was clearly made to sabotage you." Kaldur spoke to Red Tornado about Mr. Twister and our new findings about the mission.
It was currently nighttime here at Mount Justice, and could I just say, I was tired out. Time manipulation still drained a lot of my energy and that was because I was a premature time controller. Hey, I didn't have anyone around to teach me anything about my powers anymore!
"Agreed." Red Tornado announced.
"Is that why you wouldn't help us?" M'Gann asked.
"No, this was your battle. I do not believe it is my role to solve your problems for you, nor should you solve mine for me."
"But...if you're in danger—" I started.
"—Consider this mission matter closed." Red Tornado said before leaving the room.
"Wow, our den mother is really emotionally open. Just great." I deadpanned, turning to the guys who were studying the humanoid's remainders.
"Well, Batman, Aqualad, and Flash would have jumped right in to fix things." Wally reasoned with me.
"Guess if we're going to have a babysitter, a heartless machine is what we need." Dick pointed at Red Tornado's retreating form.
"Dude, harsh!" Wally whispered back.
"And inaccurate. You may be right, Timeless, I am not very open, but I do have a heart. One made out of carbon steel alloy." Red Tornado said before leaving us completely. "I also have excellent hearing."
Dick chuckled as I tusked at him. "Right. Sorry. I'll strive to be more accurate."
"And more respectful." Kaldur pitched in. I smirked at Dick as he shamelessly smiled back at me.
"Speedy was so wrong," Wally started.
"This team thing," Dick continued.
"That we created here," I smiled.
"Might just work out." Kaldur finished for the rest of us.
I laughed out loud as we walked away from the mission room. I looked at the guys, "Race you all to the zeta beams!"
"You're on, Diana!" Wally smirked before placing his goggles over his eyes and speeding off.
"Hey, KF, that's so not whelming!" Dick shouted, trying to catch up.
Kaldur and I looked at each other, nodding in unison, getting ready to run behind them.
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