Chapter8-the kataza
Roxy woke up to find a pile of paper on her bed she looked at it to find it was a booklet actually it was a report, she picked it up and flicked through the pages
"Got to be Brainy that's wrote this, oh well, might as well read it since I have nothing else to do" she mumbled and began reading the 150 page report on a gang of arsonists thieves and kidnappers called the Kataza, meanwhile Brainy was looking very bored in his spinning chair and Phantom girl was watching TV with Bouncing boy and Triplicate girl as Lightning lad walked in and smirked in Brainy's direction, he was about to yell that Brainy had a girlfriend but just as he opened his mouth Brainy cut him off
"Don't even dare." He warned while not looking
"BRAINY'S GOT A GIRLFRIEND!!!!!" he yelled ignoring the warning, just as Brainy was about to smack him as Roxy walked in with the report in hand, everyone stared at her as Brainy quickly lowered his fist
"What? What's with the staring?" she asked looking round
"Try and guess what Lightning lad has just yelled" replied Brainy
"Oh that, dude I heard that all the way in my room, which is the reason I came." She stated dangerously as she morphed into a wolf and advanced on Lightning lad
"Brainy? Please control your girlfriend" he said scared as she growled at him
"One more word out of your mouth and I rip it off" she threatened as he claws became sharper
"Ok guys cut it out, no ones dying today, since we have the Kataza to worry about" announced Brainy and she morphed back
"Wait, Who?" asked Bouncing boy
"Your telling me you didn't read the report...AGAIN!?" he asked
"Brainy this time it really was 150 pages long." Whined Phantom girl
"Did anyone at all read it?" he asked
"Ooh, I did, me I read it" stated Roxy smirking
"Only cause you're his girlfriend" teased Lightning lad
"Listen, if you don't stop that I'm guna rip you apart piece by piece." She threatened venomously, then as if a light bulb had been lit in her head she thought of something "I have an idea on how to catch the Kataza." She stated then walked over to the computer and typed the name in
"What is it?" asked Brainy
"Well, the Kataza is a gang of arsonists thieves and kidnappers right...well they're all one group who stay together, what if one of us were to let ourselves be caught by the kidnappers and taken in, then use our trackers to find each other, and then we can catch them" she explained smiling
"But who will we use? The entire city knows us" stated Saturn girl
"They know you, but they don't know me." Replied Roxy confidently
"So you're saying we use you as bait?" asked Superman
"Exactly." She replied
"I don't think that's wise" commented Brainy
"I do. Now I'm going I'll send out a tracker when I've been taken." She said and before Brainy could protest again she was gone
"Don't worry Brainy, she'll be fine. She's a smart girl, she knows what she's doing" said Saturn girl reassuringly and he smiled. Roxy was walking down an ally way when three men dressed in the same outfits advanced on her
"Look what we have here, a little girl all on her own." Stated one of them as she pretended to look frightened
"Who-who are you?" she asked
"We're the Kataza and you're all alone." Stated another and she smirked inwardly
'Like a moth to a flame' she thought and turned on her tracker as they bound and gagged her then dragged her away. Back at HQ they were tracking where the three were taking her, finally the trail stopped at an abandoned ancient crumbling Castle.
"Come on guys, let's go." Bouncing boy Stated as they ran for the cruiser. Roxy was getting bored sat in a chair in a dark room, then the door opened letting a burst of light hurt her eyes
"So you comfy there?" he asked taking her gag off
"As it is erm...of course not you plonker!" she exclaimed nastily
"Tut tut tut, very nasty." He said and smacked her but as he did her eyes went from lilac to red "well isn't this a very nice piece of jewellery." He smirked while looking over her silver necklace with a lilac tear drop on the end "A thing like this must have cost a lot." He sneered
"not really, it only cost five credits" she smirked, then again it cost a lot more than that she just didn't want it to be taken away, since at the moment it was the only thing that was keeping her in that form without that she would revert to her Zorainian form subconsciously
"Trust me kid, this didn't cost that much, I've seen one of these trinkets it's a charm locket, priceless in the Zorainian lands" he smirked nastily "but the funny thing is, Zorainians are known as a peaceful race, and only a Zorainian can get one of these little beauties, so even if I take it from you, you can't do anything...since there ain't any water anywhere here" he smirked and snapped the chain from her neck. Her skin became pale and reflective, her hair changed to two flaps going down the sides of her head and the rest became darker and fell longer into a fin and long graceful fins appeared on her arms and sides turning her into a beautiful fish like girl. "Night night" he smirked and knocked her unconscious, she awoke a few minutes later to find herself being dragged toward the main hall
"Where are you taking me?" she asked
"The boss wants to see you." He smirked evilly
"I don't like the sound of that...so I'm not going" she stated simply and a bolt of lightning shot out of the sky...apparently the cruiser was there, it shifted from camouflage showing itself, she smirked then burnt the guys hands and jumped out of his grasp then re-claimed her necklace from his pocket "I do believe that this would be mine" she stated and kneed him between the legs "I'M GOING TO FIND THE OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED, YOU TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING HERE!!!" she yelled at lightning lad and he nodded as she took off down the corridors. She came across a small corridor after following screams for help, she kicked one of the doors and it fell down and out of a cloud of dust two young boys ran out coughing, the looked up at her
"Please don't hurt us" they flinched
"Don't worry kids, I'm here to help, I'm from the legion of superheroes, if you run down this corridor and into the main hall, you'll see a big white ship with a green android at the doors waiting for you, hurry while I get everyone else out" she said and they hugged her saying thanks and then ran in the direction she told them as she got everyone else out, Brainy was waiting as he saw the two boys followed by a few women and young girls, he allowed them on the ship and Saturn girl gave them blankets to keep warm as Timber wolf ran out to help Triplicate girl lightning lad phantom girl and Brainy while she and bouncing boy looked after the people. Roxy flew up to help Brainy and he looked shocked at her form
"I'll explain later." She smirked and charged Lightning lads bolt up as it shot down at the leader
"You're speaking English now?" he asked
"Yep, only because my necklace is the reason I'm like this" she smirked at him then shot fire down at the shocked Kataza "and I told you my plan would work." She stated cockily
"Ok I admit, it worked, now can we get back to fighting now?" he asked and transformed into his larger form
"Whoa. Nuff said" she smirked and flew down punching a few of the men as he shot multiple beams at them. They retreated into their own ship and flew off
"DARN IT, they got away" stressed Roxy as she punched a wall
"Calm down, we'll get them eventually." Stated Phantom girl smirking
"Fine, but as long as I get dibs on wasting the lot of them" she stated and followed the others onto the ship.
"Erm...guys, we have a problem the rocket thrusters aren't working" announced Bouncing boy
"Fine we'll take care of it" stated both Roxy and Brainy at the same time as they walked off. After a few hours they had the ship up and running again. By that time Roxy had fastened her necklace back round her neck and assumed her normal human look. As the ship took off towards HQ five figures watched from afar
"Well boys, looks like we found our little lost team mate after all" she smirked and the five disappeared from sight as Roxy looked out of the window sensing something was wrong.