"How can you stand swinging though the streets?" Kid Flash was still hanging on for dear life, my shoulders were getting sore though. I stopped on an office building roof.
"I'm used to it, I've been doing this since I was nine." I put my grappling birdarang in my utility belt. I looked over the top of the building, surveying the area. "I think we're lost."
"Civvie-tech time?" Kid Flash joked
"Yep." I tapped my 'R', my uniform melting into my programmed civvies. "I know you don't have civvie-tech, so I'll give you this." I handed him my leather jacket. He took it, zipping it up over his uniform.
"So how are we going to get back to the convention centre?"
My com-link beeped. I pulled KF's head to mine so he could hear too. Ear-to-ear, sort of. "Yes, Batman?"
I see you and Kid Flash have left your post at the Convention center. Where are you now?
"Quite frankly, Batman. We're lost." KF sighed.
My tracker says you are closer to Jump City than San Diego. There is a ZetaTube seven blocks from you. Take it back to the Cave. I have a new assignment for you.
"Affirmative. Robin out." I looked at Kid Flash. "I wonder what that was about?"
"I don't know, but I'm driving this time." Kid Flash slung me onto his back, and raced down the building's flight of stairs to street level. "Can you be the GPS ?"
"You run, I navigate?" I pulled my wrist-computer up, putting in the ZetaTube's coordinates. "Sounds like fun. Turn left."
"Do you think the rest of the team is being called back, or just us?"
"I assume just us. Turn right." I dug my gloved hand into his shoulder as he corrected his turn to a very sharp right.
"Ow."
"Just be glad I had my glove on."
"Dude, you've got a manicure?"
"Once again, gloves." I looked back at my wrist computer. No, I didn't have a manicure, I just kept my nails presentable if anyone was to look at them. I prepared myself to not give a death-grip for the next turn. "Hang another right."
"So, um, some date?"
I dug my fingers back into his shoulders "Transport Truck!" I attempted to veer him in a different direction, into some trash cans at the side of the road. "Traffic incident averted."
"What?... OW! DUDE!" He pulled me off his back, I was still clinging on for dear life after the near-miss with that truck. He peeled away his uniform from his shoulder. Where my hands had been was already starting to swell up and take on an awful color. "Thanks for the 'guidance' away from that truck, but did you have to be so harsh?"
"Um yeah. You can vibrate your molecules through small objects, with a bloody nose, but I don't think a fast moving truck would be a good idea for either of us." I looked from his bruising skin to my wrist computer "It says the tube is around here somewhere."
"Still, I don't know why Bats wants just you and me back without the rest of the Team." KF paused "Maybe its about Roy now knowing your secret identity? He probably already told Green Arrow!"
"KF, Green Arrow already knows. So does Black Canary, Flash, and Wonder Woman." I looked around. "If Roy spilled, GA would probably explain to Roy whats up. I don't think Roy would tell though, the embarrassment is probably keeping him from saying anything."
"So why did Batman trust me with your secret, and not the rest of the team? I mean, Aqualad should know, shouldn't he? It's only fair because he's leader."
"I don't know why Batman let you on the boat, but he must've been talking with Flash before that. Also, I'm not telling anything to Aqualad or the rest of the team. Well, not yet." I looked down an alley and saw an old telephone booth. "Well, we're going Superman with this one, I guess."
Kid Flash followed me into the booth, sitting down in front of the scanner. "I hope this is actually a ZetaTube camouflage, or else we're two ridiculous kids pretending to be Superman."
I giggled at that statement as a bright light flashed over us. "Rionna A-01. Kid Flash B-03."
~The Cave~
Batman looked at us as we came through the ZetaTube. I examined the rest of the room, Black Canary and Red Tornado were standing on the far side of the room.
"Red Arrow B-06. Artemis B-07. Robin B-01." I watched as the other ZetaTube powered down.
Robin (Babs) stopped next to me. "Cousin."
Artemis looked from Kid Flash, to me, then to Batman. "This is an odd group, why'd you call us here?"
"While the rest of the team is taking care of Hawk Town on his tour, the five of you have another job." Black Canary looked over our group. "You five are going undercover in a traveling circus to attempt to make connections with the latest CU smuggling ring."
"CU?" Robin looked at Kid Flash, who shrugged
"Carbon Uranium. Someone is making diamonds out of an unlikely unstable isotope compound." I looked at the molecular structure on my wrist-computer. "Once someone buys something containing CU, they are contaminated, and the seller offers a 'miracle' radiation cure for a hefty sum of money."
"Meaning someone is stealing uranium for this purpose?" KF looked at me.
"And probably coal too, you cannot steal a diamond without attracting massive attention." I switched off my computer. "Haly's Circus, right?"
"How'd you know?" Black Canary moved towards the ZetaTubes.
"Coal, Carbon. Diamonds, Carbon. In theory you can use coal to make artificial diamonds." Kid Flash was glaring at Red Arrow, was he still grudging about what happened earlier?"
"When you are ready, you may go. But you have to be undercover." Black Canary looked at me
"How bour the Arrobats?" I joked.
"Arrows and Acrobats? I'm fine with that." Artemis and the others nodded. Wow, I should really practice my sarcasm, people actually take it seriously. "We need names again, and I'm not being Diane Danger again."
"Going back as the 'Daring Dangers' seems too much of a tip-off to the rest of that circus." Red Arrow looked at me as I tilted my head from side-to-side. deciding good names. "Who are you?"
"Oh! I forgot to introduce you!" Babs (Robin) looked at Red Arrow. "This is my cousin Rionna."
"Names that start with A..." Artemis looked at the rest of us. "Arrobats, names that start with A..."
"Rionna, can you think of anything?" Robin looked at me.
"April, August, Alpha, Axel and Ace." I smirked, trying to sound more sarcastic this time.
"I'm fine with that. I'll be Axel." Kid Flash smiled, did he not sense sarcasm?! "Red Arrow can be Ace, Robin'll be Alpha. Artemis, chose your name."
"I don't like April. I'll be August." Artemis looked at me "That leaves Rio to be April. You alright with that?"
"Absolutely fine." I tried not to tinge that with sarcasm. I looked at Black Canary who cocked her head slightly to the side.
"I think you might like this next bit then." Black Canary smiled, walking into the other room, she came back with what looked like modified versions of our old Daring Dangers costumes, they had been dyed yellow.
I smiled, is nothing thrown out here? I grabbed M'gann's Dawn Danger uniform out of the pile, seeing an 'A' had been sewn onto the right side of the top. Did we have tiny mice working on this? Probably Black Canary got Green Arrow to help her with this.
"Um, Rio is smaller than M'gann. Won't that be baggy?" Artemis noted, looking at Black Canary.
I found a hidden button on the 'A'. I put the vest on over my uniform, yes it was baggy. I pressed the 'A' seeing it bind to fit. "Modified bind-tech!"
"Say what now?" Artemis looked at me as I took off the vest.
"It fits now. We should change before we go." I moved towards the hallway, going down to one of the empty rooms to change. I figured Alfred probably put bind-tech in this costume. I took off my uniform and pulled the Arrobats costume on, pressing the 'A' to shrink it down. I packed my Robyn uniform into my backpack before coming out of the room, running into Red Arrow.
"Well, you look more comfortable in that than when you were 'Dan Danger'. How did you do that anyhow? And why are there two of you?!" RA was already starting the accusations.
"Glamour Charm." I watched him shut his mouth in question. "Wore it back then, and Babs is wearing it right now."
Kid Flash exited the room behind us, ramming into me. "Rio, are you alright?"
"Fine."
WHAM. "Hey sis!" Robin hugged me.
"Sis?" We all echoed back.
"Duh, we're going to make Alpha and April twins for this mission, because like M'gann said. We're identical." Robin smiled as Artemis came out of the other room. "Ready to go August?"
"As long as we all don't get sick again." Artemis (August) nodded as we all headed for the ZetaTubes,
(A/N): Sorry for the late chapter, I'm currently working on my CD and its hard to get in time to write... Anyhow, NEW CHAPTER, no joke, ON APRIL 1st! YAY. (It doesn't make any sense. Yet.) Also, my chemistry knowledge sucks, so CU (carbon-uranium, carbon-uranite?) is all I could think of.
Artemis = August
Robin/Barbara = Alpha
Robyn/Rionna = April
Kid Flash = Axel
Red Arrow = Ace
~RicePoison