Alright, Chapter 4, thanks for the reviews and favorites!
~~Sable's POV~~
I flew all night and most of the next day. From the signs I could see, I was in Gotham City. Exhaustion finally set in around noon, making me land at a small park, 'How do birds do this?' I looked around, thinking of what I was going to do now. 'My team probably won't accept me back.' I rested for about an hour at the park, ate some bread crumbs some people threw, and flew away when the sun started going down again. There were a lot of alleyways, so I decided to stop in one, so I could transform and let my body know I wasn't overworking it again. I leaned back against the grimy wall, "Why did I have to remember?'
"Hey look boys, a little lost kitten. Without any fur. Who says we show her what happens to lost kittens here?" a man laughed.
I jumped up, trying to cover myself while they stepped forward, "Leave me alone!"
There were three of them and the largest one, the leader, leered at me, "A pretty little kitty, come on boys let's play."
I screamed as they lumped forward and felt them grab my arms. Random scenes, some I don't remember consciously, started flashing through my mind and I felt something click in my mind, 'I can kill these men. I will kill. I was born to kill.' Claws sprouted from my finger nails, and fangs grew in my mouth, and a soft, terrifying, voice said, "Yes. Let's play." Then I blacked out, for a couple seconds at the least, and when I came too, I had my claws digging into the leaders face. He was still alive, but just barely. I stood up and looked around, the other two were mutilated almost beyond recognition, and I was covered in blood. My eyes widened and I screamed, "W-what happened? What did I do?"
My claws retracted out of his face, the skin tearing off with them, and started backing away slowly, then turned and ran straight into a black wall. Looking up, I saw Batman, "I-I'm sorry! I don't know what I was doing!"
To make it even worse, Robin stepped out from behind him, "Sable, what did you do?"
I started crying and tried to say something but couldn't.
He stepped forward, "What happened? You can tell me Sable, I promise."
I looked at him, "I don't know...they tried to hurt me...I didn't want it...something happened! I didn't do this, it wasn't me!"
He hugged me, rubbing my back, "It's alright, they deserved it. We need to get you back to the mountain."
My eyes widened, "No! I can't go back!"
"Why not?" Robin asked curiously.
I frowned, shaking slightly, "Superboy."
Robin put his cape around me, "Superboy needs you. He's been trying to protect you and he went ballistic when he couldn't find you this morning."
I pulled the cape tight around me, "Really?"
He smiled at me and nodded, "Yes Sable, he wants to know you're safe."
"I'll take care of the mess, you take her back to the mountain." Batman said to Robin.
He nodded, "Come on Sable, Superboy's waiting."
I followed Robin sadly, "Why is he waiting for me? I'm dirty, not worth his time."
Robin looked confused as he buckled me into the small plane, "Dirty? Why would you be dirty?"
I looked away, trying to hid my tears, "My dad..."
He immediately looked angry, "Your dad is the one that's tainted. You aren't at all. You have done nothing wrong, except leave the mountain."
I jumped as another voice joined in, "And me." Superboy stepped into view, "You don't know how worried I was."
I immediately broke down and he walked over, unbuckling me and taking my seat, pulling me into his lap, "I'm sorry! I just didn't think you'd want me after you found out...and no one would treat me the same anymore."
He held me, slowly rubbing my back, "I do still want you and the team thinks no less of you."
"I killed people..." I said into his chest.
He shrugged, "They were trying do something unforgivable and if you hadn't done anything, I would have."
I smiled up at him, "You mean it?"
"Every word."
"Yeah! We don't leave our team members behind!" Robin exclaimed.
I sat up, still in Superboy's lap, "I'm still part of the team?"
"Of course Sable!" He continued exclaiming, "You can kick butt mentally and physically, after some more training of course."
I looked at them both, glad I had such amazing team mates, but then realized "Where are M'gann, Kid Flash, and Aqua Lad?"
Robin grinned, "I suggest you transform, we are going on a mission."
~~Batman's POV~~
I was amazed. She killed three men in three seconds. Two with her mind. The leader she used her claws. "Superman. She isn't human, we know Desmond was her father, but who was her mother?"
He frowned, "We need to find out. She's a danger to the others."
I looked at him, "No. She wouldn't hurt them, they accept her."
Superman shook his head slowly, "I don't like it. If she can kill three in three seconds, how many can she kill in a minute?"
~~Sable's POV~~
I was clinging to Superboy's shoulder as he flew down the speedway on a motorcycle, following a truck with some robot parts. Robin was riding next to us, grinning like a fool on his bike. I had cleaned up at the mountain while Robin and Superboy were getting ready, so I wasn't covered in blood.
"So if dislike is the opposite of like, is aster the opposite of disaster?" Robin asked, apparently getting bored.
Superboy looked at him for a second, before shaking his head, and speeding up.
I laughed a little, 'That's actually something to think about. Where'd you come up with something like that Robin?'
"I-" he was immediately interrupted by robotic monkeys flying out of the wheat to the side of us. I meowed loudly as Superboy jumped up, punching at them and landing on top of the truck. I meowed, 'I almost fell!'
'Sorry. Focused on the monkeys.' he replied, punching one as I jumped off his shoulder.
I looked at him, 'Shirt?'
He nodded, quickly throwing his shirt at me, then started attacking the monkeys again. I transformed into a human and started using my mind to destroy some of the robots. There was a cry of pain from Superboy and I turned around just in time to see him getting his eyes burnt. "Superboy!" I yelled, trying to fight off the monkeys attacking me. I managed to pull them off as Superboy jumped on again, "Are you alright?"
"Fine." he said, smashing some monkeys together, with his eyes still closed.
Robin jumped onto the truck, and leaned over to talk to the driver, "Get out!"
He pulled the driver out and jumped off into the wheat, just as the truck decided to flip.
I fell onto the road, crying out in pain as my forearms and knees were skinned. Superboy was still on the truck as it rolled and pushed it off of him when it finally stopped. He rubbed his eyes and opened them, then ran over to me, "Come on."
I was lifted onto his back and had to hang on as he jumped after the monkeys that had gotten away with the crates, "Superboy, are your eyes okay?"
He nodded, taking out his earpiece, "You're bleeding not me."
I frowned, wincing, "I guess."
We landed on top of a train the robots flew into and he sat me down, "Stay here, I shouldn't take too long." and with that he jumped into the compartment.
I heard Kaldur on my earpiece, "Sable, don't transform, if the robot is put back together, it would be almost unbeatable then."
I nodded, "Yes, Kaldur."
Superboy suddenly flew over me, causing me to jump up. He landed on the train car behind me and I turned to look at him, "Wha-"
I was interrupted as something grabbed me from behind, said, "Access Superman," and threw me. My first impulse was to change, but I knew I couldn't, so I went through and window and into a gym, slamming into a wall painfully. I groaned, pain going through me, 'How did I manage to survive that?'
Something slammed into the wall next to me, then stood up, "Sable, are you alright? How did you manage to survive that?"
I shrugged painfully, "I was thinking the same thing." then flinched as the metal man that threw me, flew through the window.
Superboy got in front of me, then started attacking the metal man, "Sable run!" the was punched in the head, falling to the ground, not moving.
I got up, "Superboy!" then, wincing at the pain in my spine, ran up to the bleachers, trying to use them to get around the metal man safely. But someone else had other plans and grabbed me by the hair, "Not so fast sweety. Let's watch how you deal with my amazing Amazo." then threw me down the bleachers, right at the robots feet. I scooted backwards, but was too slow and had my leg grabbed. I was spun around in the air, by my leg, and thrown into the bleachers I had just tried to use to escape. "Come on, you've got to show Amazo your powers. You'll be killed unless you use them."
I hissed at the man speaking, "I will do no such thing."
He shrugged, "Alright. Amazo, you heard her decision. Kill, Primary Alpha."
Amazo stepped towards me, "Access Superman." Red beams shot out of his eyes, and I jumped out of the way, narrowly avoiding getting burned. He shot more at me, but I dodged almost all of them. The last on managed to hit my arm a little, 'I need help!'
"Help's here!" a voice called out.
I looked over to where the voice came from, "Kid Flash!"
He ran over and grinned at me, "Where's Superboy?" before I could answer Amazo crashed down next to us, grabbing me by my neck.
I pulled at the metal hand and KF started trying to punch him, doing nothing. My vision blurred, the world going fuzzy, then suddenly I was on the ground gasping for air. Robin laughed, "Hey tin can! Pick on someone your own size!"
I rubbed my neck and KF frowned, watching Robin throw a bunch of his disks at Amazon, "Why's he after you?"
I croaked, "My powers. He's trying to force me to show them."
I heard a groan and looked over as Superboy got on his hands and knees. He looked around, the immediately started fighting, trying to distract Amazon. Kid Flash ran up the metal man, managing to get caught, then was squeezed by the strength of Superman. Suddenly, an arrow shot towards Amazon's head, causing him to density shift* and have it fly through, effectively making him drop KF.
I groaned, feeling like I was being drained, then fell back and stared at the roof of the gym. I heard explosions, making me jump up, then regret it as I almost fell down the bleachers. Superboy grabbed me, "We need to get you taken care of. You've lost a lot of blood."
I shook my head, "I'm fine. How's the rest of the team?"
"Aqua Lad and M'gann just got here, Robin and Kid Flash are just a little scratched." He responded, carefully looking at my arms and legs, then pulling my hair aside and looking at my neck.
"Stop being a mother hen and help up tear Amazo here apart. We need to report to the League." Robin said. Superboy stood up and walked over there, glaring at Robin.
I giggled a little, then stood up and limped after Superboy.
~~At Mount Justice~~
Batman looked at me, "You got a little beat up. Do you need to go to the infirmary?"
I shook my head, wincing as the bruises on my neck yelled at me, "I'll be fine."
He looked at me for a second, then looked at the rest of the team, "You all did well, but you know it's okay for you to ask us for help if it's needed. That's why we are here."
Robin angrily pulled out an arrow, "Even if we asked it's not like you weren't already there! Babysitting!" Green Arrow stepped up, pulling an arrow out of his quiver, then compared it to the other. He looked at Robin, who said, "It's not your arrow?"
"Speedy! He's got out backs!" KF shouted happily, and taking the arrow from Green arrow, "Souvenir!"
Superboy looked at me, worry still apparent in his eyes, then looked away. I frowned, rubbing my eyes, "I'm tired." then turned to leave.
Batman stopped, "First, tell me why you're so beat up and no one else is."
"The man was trying to get me to reveal my powers. I wouldn't, so, I got beat up. Thrown off a train, grabbed and tossed off some bleachers by my hair, swung around by my legs, thrown into the bleachers, choked."
Everyone stared and Green Arrow asked, "How are you still alive? You may be able to shift, but you're still a human, you don't even have any broken bones!"
I shrugged, "I don't know, maybe because I can shift, I'm stronger than most humans."
"But you shouldn't be able to get out of that without at least three broken bones, even if you are a little stronger than most."
Shaking my head, I asked, "Can I go to sleep now? I'm exhausted and think rest would probably help the wounds I have."
Batman nodded, "Alright. Goodnight."
I smiled, "Goodnight everyone." I walked through the maze of hallways to the room, went in and closed the door behind me. Turning off the light, I sighed, 'What an amazing day.' and laid down on the bed.
I stared at the ceiling, almost falling asleep, when the door opened. I almost freaked when someone laid down next to me and put their arms around me, then remembered Superboy. "Goodnight Sable."
I turned around and got closer to him, "Goodnight Superboy."