Chapter 8

Hello, everyone! I have re-edited this chapter a little to make it less confusing. I'm sorry that it sounded confusing and too rough at first time. Y^Y

Hope you guys give me more reviews...

By the way, is this the omen that my storyline is very...boring and too plain? * lay down and cry at the corner of the room *

'AAA' = Alien's conversation line in the head.

' AAA' = Rou's conversation line in the head

'AAA' = Rou's thought.

'AAA' = Alien's thought.

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Disagreement

' Lagoon boy Status: Fail ' Rou read mentally at what computer announced on the hologram floor.( I think the blue neon light on the floor is called hologram floor :P)

" Neptune's Beard!" Lagoon boy growled before he accepted the hand from Aqualad.

It had been three weeks since a little chaotic incident caused by her from misunderstanding intention. Although she had been introduced to the group of heroes squad called ' The Team', she still felt like an unwelcome thing even Nightwing had told them that she wasn't danger to anyone.

' Maybe...they still felt terrified about my look. Comparing to me, Lagoon boy looked friendlier than me' Rou thought gloomily as she recalled the reflection of herself in mirror.

" Great job, Lagoon. But, you still need some more practice." The blond haired woman who had introduced herself as Black Canary, the combat instructor for The Team praised at him.

" Rou..." Rou raised her head slowly when Black Canary called her and looked at her stoically. Everyone in The Team changed their focus from Aqualad and Lagoon to her.

' What are they looking at?' Rou thought half annoyingly

' Obviously...you' The female alien who shared the body with her said as Rou somehow felt that she could hear ' annoyance' in her voice which showed that she also felt bothered about the glare.

' I don't have any basic combat skills. Besides, we couldn't use our power in this training' Rou retorted quickly

' Don't worry, we will do it together.' The alien reassured before she took control of Rou's body but this time she did it by half to help her learn fighting.

Rou took a deep breath softly before she stepped into hologram floor. Black Canary nodded a little to gesture Wonder Girl to come in before she raised her hand between them as a signal before beginning the sparring. Wonder Girl gave her a little nervous smile at Rou who showed no emotion on her face.

" Begin!" Rou ducked down, avoiding from Wonder Girl's kick and sweeping her feet. But, Wonder Girl was faster and she jumped highly, intending to do Falcon kick.

'Above ! Dodge!' Rou didn't how she should dodge until she felt her body dodged by itself swiftly.

'Basic Combat 101: Trip your enemy as fast as possible. Especially after they used that kick!' Once Wonder Girl landed on floor, Rou swept her to lose balance and fell to the floor. Wonder Girl groaned a little from falling softly.

' Nice...' Rou felt herself almost smile at the alien's compliment.

' Thank to you but how did you know about the combat ?' Rou felt amazed how the alien knew the combat and felt gratitude that alien saved her from embarrassing in front of the Team.

' Remember those security guard?' Rou stopped her inward smile and decide to take her words back that she thanked the alien as she remembered the unfortunate thing that happened to the guards by her hand.

' You...you didn't...'

' Well..It's a same method on how I knew your language but it's hurt a little...' The alien said as Rou could felt her ' ruthless' in her voice.

' I should have known...' Rou thought bitterly but the alien also heard it.

' Ow...you want to embarrass yourself, huh? Throw that sympathy away, Rou! Without the power, you are useless to them.'

Rou closed her eyes to ignored her and focused herself back from her inner argument between her and the alien and stood up before she offered her hand to the fallen heroin with a small smile.

" I admit that you got a nice move." Wonder Girl looked at her dazzlingly but nodded her head ,accepting her compliment.

" Well, eh...thanks. Your agility is...nice." Wonder Girl accepted Rou's hand and used it to help her stood up before she went out to join with her friends.

Black Canary seemed to lose her words a little. The new girl moved faster than average human if you didn't count Batman who somehow managed to appear out of nowhere and stood beside you. It was as if she was made out of a liquid. Just like a dark purple slime on her body, she moved freely around and nobody could catch her.

' This girl is interesting... ' Black Canary thought solemnly before she looked through the dark mirror which had a dark shadow like a human with bat's ear on it which was Batman's shadow. The shadow nodded before she returned the same gesture to him knowingly.

' Alright, next test...'

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Rou watched Miss Martian from the T.V. Screen in observatory room with a hint of jealous that the green girl flied as she avoided the obstacle smoothly as if she knew where they were. The ninja robots looked like the toys once she used her telekinesis to pick one of them and smashed them around to destroy the turrets that appeared from the floor in training room.

Rou looked around that noticed that everyone focused on her silently. Being the shadow of the group somehow made her learn who was the boss and who was the big one around here, it made her know the rule and something of this place like...

Miss Martian, the girl in training was the girl that gained a lot of respect of the everyone in the Team. She was like a sister of the group that always help them when they faced problem. She had two love interests. Superboy and Lagoon Boy. Maybe Beast boy ,too but she felt that the relationship between Beastboy and her was like sibling.

Wonder Girl, the girl whom Rou had just sparred in Combat training was dating with Robin, the boy in red costume and black cape with yellow line and the letter' R' on the left chest. Wondergirl was a loud girl which somehow annoyed Rou. But as long as she didn't act hostile to her, Rou didn't mind if she had to bear that girl's noise. After all, she could bear the scream of pain from other victim in the cell when she was there for long times...

" Good job, MissM." Nightwing's voice through the speaker took Rou back from her thought. Nightwing was the only man that Rou knew and didn't give her the cold shoulder like everyone. But since he was a leader, he was very busy and could not spend the time with her to help her adjust with the teammate.

Everyone clapped and praised at Miss Martian who walked out from the training room and sat with Beast boy who gave her a hug warmly. Lagoon boy acted flirtatiously at her.

Rou looked away and saw the boy sitting beside her. It was Conner Kent a.k.a Superboy. Rou gulped a little when she saw the clench of his fists on the bench. Superboy gritted his teeth as he looked at Lagoon boy angrily.

' Love triangle...' Rou sighed softly. Even she lost her memory, it didn't mean that she would lose her basic skills in daily life and ordinary thing like love.

" If you really love her, show her your love." Superboy turned his head to her angrily

" Mind your own business..." Rou raised her hand in surrender.

" Really...I meant it...The bench would agree with me." Rou said jokingly at him cause Superboy's brows creased and looked at his seat. Then he saw that the place that he had accidentally use his strength on it was bent following his fingerprint.

Superboy snorted and looked away before he crossed his well-toned arms on his chest.

" By the way, I'm so sorry about screaming in your ear and hurting you" Rou said quietly and quickly once she felt that she shouldn't nose into his personal issues and decided to said sorry for what she had done to him.

Superboy looked at her confusedly until his face changed when he remembered the day that Nightwing had ordered everyone in the Team to catch her.

" That's alright. I..." Superboy was cut off by Rou who chimed in frantically.

" I'm..so sorry. But the feeling of being caged like an animal and being watched by those crazy scientists, it..it horrifies me. " Rou lowed her head sadly as the dreadful memory came into her head faintly but, she still somehow found herself thought that she was still at the cell and being in this place, The Cave was just another illusion for her.

" It's okay. I don't blame you." Super reassured her as the corner of his lips moved up a little like the smile.

" I had been like that, too...Not exactly like that but, I was just like you when they found me."

" How come?"

" Well...I don't know where too start it. All I remember that I was cloning from Superman's DNA and I was born in the lab called ' CADMUS'. I don't know how long I was there until Nightwing, Aqualad and Kid Flash founded me and freed me from the pod I had lived in and we helped each other to get out off that place." Superboy told her his background story to make her better.

" Well, you're lucky that you had Aqualad and Kid Flash to help you to adjust here." Rou said with a hint of jealous. Superboy smiled a little before he shook his head.

" Aqualad? Yeah, he helped a lot but eh...Kid Flash might be pain in the ass but he was a great man. " Conner felt bad a litte. Even though, he knew that he had to pretend that Kid Flash who is sitting with Blue Beetle right now is the same one who founded The Team. But, he think that would be disrespectful to the previous Kid Flash.

" Oh...and what happened to him? You said ' was' mean that something..."

" I think Nightwing and Aqualad can tell you what happened to him."Superboy said, hoping she would stop asking him.

Rou made' hmm' sound as acknowledging and gave him a faint smile to thank you him. Superboy nodded and turned his head to the other side.

' I'm glad that Superboy decided to talk and opened up to me but, it was still so distant.' Rou thought as she was somehow glad that there was someone to talk.

" Rou" Rou got up from the bench when she heard her name and walked to the training room slowly.

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Once Rou stepped into the training room, the automatic doors were shut silently. Rou walked cautious and looked around the room.

" Are you ready, Rou?" Nightwing asked through the speaker. Rou gulped. She should have told Nightwing before she went to this room that she didn't have any basic combat skills!

" Are you crazy?! In case you forgot, I didn't have a combat skill like your teammate!" Rou shouted.

" Really? But, she saw you took Wonder Girl down in Black Canary's class."

" That's just-" Rou was cut off when the laser came toward to her swiftly. Rou barely dodge from it but at least, no scratch.

" Hey! What was that for?!" Rou ran forward once she felt the laser came to her way again.

' Al ! Please! Gimme your hands!'Rou said very quickly as she tried to speed up once she started to feel the heat of the laser getting closer to her.

' So, want my help...or...not?' The female alien asked indifferently, ignoring Rou's frantical tone.

Rou ducked down to the floor, avoiding the laser that almost cut her in a half. She gritted her teeth at how cold-blooded the alien was. Rou was about to ask for help until she remembered how the alien know the combat skill.

' No!...I don't need your help by using those skill that came from killing people.' Rou stood up firmly. She wouldn't let herself low like the people in that place.

' I am human. I'm sensible to know what is right or wrong ' Rou thought as she tried to come to her sense.

' Are you trying to defy me?!' The alien hissed.

' No, I'm trying to stand on my own feet.' Rou retorted back.

' This..IS...MY BODY!...Not Yours!...You can't just force me to throw all morals and humanities away for the power! Especially, when the power come from the life that you had taken away...'

' Besides, this is just a temporary contact. Right?' The alien was speechless. She didn't think that her human host still choose not to kill anyone people for the power and didn't care about the power like the other humans that she had met before her...

'This woman is unique...maybe...maybe...she could save me...' The alien thought quietly.

Once Rou felt that the alien was quiet, she started running and got the cover behind one of the obstacles as she started forming the plan.

' Alright, we were cornered by shower bullets from every turrets in here. And, my alien was too blood- thirsty for me to let her out.'

' Watch your mouth, human host. I wouldn't mind to take control of your body by force.' The alien growled when she felt that Rou started to talk about her rudely. She may be a cold-hearted being. But, she wasn't that much like the human guards.

' Ahh...my E.T., how much I miss your voice.' Rou said sarcastically in sing-a-song tone.

' If you believe that doing it in your way, we also can succeed it, too. Then, fine..show me how you do it.' The alien gave in and ignored Rou's sarcastic joke.

' Hold your horse, I'm working on it.' Rou grumbled.

' Fine...But, are you nuts? We can't overcome this training without power unless you've been trained, my host. By the way, don't call me 'alien'. That's insulting!'

' Alright, I'm sorry. But...CAN I PAY THE RAIN CHECK FOR THIS TOPIC?!' Rou was surprised by the hiding turret that suddenly appeared beside her. Rou ducked down in time and dodged out of trajectory barely as the turret fired tirelessly . Then, she rolled herself to keep her distance from it until she felt something gripped her hair violently and threw her to the other side of the room. Rou felt her tear almost came out when she landed on the floor violently by her back.

'You're right. Paying the rain check about this topic is a good idea.'

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Cliffhanger! XD Hmm...it seemed that Rou didn't get a warm welcome from The Team much...*sniff and hug her* Don't worry, my dear. There always the blue sky behind the rain. ^_^

The storyline of this is slightly AU in the future. So, you have to stay tuned if you wanna know how it turn out.

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