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What language are the Cult of the Kobra speaking? I took it as Spanish coz that's what it sounded to me….
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Caribbean Sea.
July 22, 20:08.
They sat in the Bio-ship as they travelled by nightfall. "We're approaching Santa Prisca." M'gann stated.
-THE DAY BEFORE-
Batman's presence in the Cave was welcome…it meant a mission but then again it made them nervous, worried even.
"Isla Santa Prisca this island nation is the primary source of a dangerous illegal neurosteroid. A strength enhancing drug sold under the street name venom." Batman explained. The red heat signatures indicate that their factory is still operative at full capacity but all shipments of Venom have been in explicably cut off. That's where this team comes in. This is a recon covert mission of only observe and report if the Justice League needs to intervene it will. The plan requires two drop-zones…"
"So who's in charge?" Robin asked.
"Work that out amongst yourselves."
Robin nodded.
-BACK TO PRESENT-
"Drop zone A in thirty." M'gann stated.
Kaldur stood up switching on his new Stealth-tech and nodded. "Ready."
"Putting the Bio-Ship in camouflage mode." M'gann said.
Without stopping the Bio-ship opened a special compartment on its bottom side and Kaldur dropped out and into the water.
A few minutes later the Bio-Ship came to a halt.
"Drop zone B." M'gann told them and they stood up preparing to drop into Santa Prisca.
Kid Flash grinned as his suit turned black thanks to Stealth Tech.
"How cool is this?" He laughed.
"Impressive." M'gann said as her clothes changed from the light blue, white and red to just black and red.
"I think I've got you guys beat….no offense or anything." Blue stated and they looked at the transformed Bleubell.
She'd pressed a secret button on her sliver wrist guard turning it black with the barest hint of a sliver sheen, her spandex, no sleeved black tracksuit waist length jacket complete with black hood and a circle with BB in bright light blue letters stayed the same but the BB dulled into a dark navy.
The light blue of her also sleeveless shirt turned into a dark navy and the stripe on either side of her black shorts also turned the very dark blue colour, the same with her just over the knee light blue socks that never seemed to slip down.
Even the blue that had lightly decorated the black mask sort of like Robin's turned navy as she put her hood up.
M'gann cracked a smile. "Navy looks….good on you Blue."
"Thanks." She nodded.
"Liking the threads Bleubell! Very dark and mysterious! Hey Supey still not to late to put on the new Stealth Tech!" Wally grinned.
"No capes no tights, no offense." He sneered.
"It totally works for you." M'gann smiled and faltered a bit. "In that you can totally do good work in those clothes!"
Blue shook her head. Wow that was painful to watch….
"I'm surrounded by lovesick teens that are getting nowhere….great." Blue muttered to herself.
Then the floor opened from underneath them and they dropped down into Santa Prisca Superboy actually creating a freaking hole as he did.
"Knew I didn't need a line."
"Instead you created a hole! That doesn't mix with the 'covert' part of this operation!" Robin snapped.
"What he said." Blue nodded.
Contacting Aqualad he told them to make their way to the factory and he'll meet them there.
"Roger that."
And they took off through the trees.
As they walked Superboy stopped suddenly. "Did you hear that?"
"Uh no…wait is this, a super hearing thing?" Wally asked.
"You do have great ears." M'gann gushed.
"Okay Rob what…."
"He's not here." Blue told him.
"Man I hate it when he does that."
"Superboy, Kid switch to thermal mode see if you're being tracked." Aqualad ordered via transmission.
Kid Flash slipped down his goggles and did as told.
"Got a squad of armed bozos incoming." He told them.
Superboy looked the other way. "Two squads but they'll meet each other before they meet us."
And then the shooting started. Blue flinched and covered her ears for a few seconds until she saw Superboy narrow his eyes at her and she dropped her hands from her ears looking away.
"Stay clear of it." Aqualad's voice sounded through they're communicators.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah just as soon as I find Rob!" Wally told him speeding off into the trees.
And got himself into trouble landing straight in the middle of the skirmish.
The rest of the team arrived Superboy tackling one of the leaders….
At least I think he was one of the leaders….he was bigger then them at least.
Of course that's when Robin showed up berating them for not 'following his lead' and disappearing into the juggle.
"That's what you were doing? We're not mind readers you know!" Wally stated and M'gann looked at him strangely.
"Or I'm not anyway." He backtracked.
"You told me I could only read the bad guy's minds." M'gann frowned.
Blue ducked a man's fist. "I'm really not in the mood for this." And her eyes flashed.
The gun he carried glowed blue and lifted into the air the butt of it smacking the man on his forehead causing him to drop unconscious.
Aqualad showed up and got rid of the last enemy.
"I recognise those uniforms." Robin frowned. "They belong to the cult of the Kobra."
"I'm sure Batman would have mentioned it if he knew a dangerous extremist was running Santa Prisca's Venom operation."
"Agreed and since there's clearly no love lost between the cultists and the goons I'm betting that Kobra came in and tossed them out. That's why normal supply lines have been cut off."
"We get it. Kobra's on Venom radio Bats and we'll be home in time for…." Wally cut in.
"These cultists aren't on Venom they're hoarding the stuff! We don't leave not until I know why."
"Until you know why?" Wally raised an eyebrow.
"This team needs a leader."
"And it's you? Dude you're a thirteen year old kid who ducked out on us without a word."
"I was unaware you're age had anything to do with your placement on this team." Blue whispered to Aqualad.
The boys continued to argue.
"And you're a mature fifteen? You blew our cover first chance you got!"
"Don't you want to lead?" M'gann asked Superboy who scoffed and shook his head.
"You?"
"After the Mister Twister fiasco?"
"You did alright." He smiled.
And the boys were still arguing…
"Dude! You don't even have any powers!"
"Neither does Batman!"
"Duh! You're not Batman."
"Closest thing we've got!"
"And you're both close to getting your heads rammed into that tree shut up!" Blue told them as one of the 'goons' started to laugh.
"Such clever niños…but you only know half the story." He said.
"Así que nos dicen." (So tell us.) Blue asked him.
"Let me show you. I'll get you into the factory via my secret entrance."
"There is a secret entrance but he's also hiding something." M'gann stated.
"Do your thing girl." Blue stated and the Martian's eyes began to glow.
"Ah, ah, ah chica. Bane is not that easy."
"Uh! He's mentally reciting football scores and….español. This could take a while."
Blue stepped in front of her and knelt down in front of 'Bane.'
"¿Qué acabo de hacer nos lo dijiste?" (How about I just make you tell us?) She asked him placing two fingers on his forehead.
"It's not complicated chica; the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
They looked at each other sighed and nodded.
They untied him and followed Bane through the forest.
"So…you speak Spanish?"
"I like to study." She replied but she didn't really sound…honest? But Aqualad nodded anyway.
Her business was her business.
Soon they over looked the factory.
"Look at all that product…and if Kobra isn't selling to the usual suspects…"
"We have to find that buyer." Aqualad stated.
"Just what I was thinking." Wally stated.
"You a thinker?"
"Sarcasm? Dude a real leader would focus on getting answers."
Bane picked up a rock which now revealed to be blocking a passageway underground.
"Answers are this way." He told them.
"Que major que sea." (They better be.) Blue warned him as they followed Bane into the passageway.
Two turns left and one push of a button later they were inside the factory.
And then Robin ran off.
"Does he ever wait?"
"No he just likes to do that."
"I'll go and check this place out and be back before the Boy Wonder!" Kid Flash stated and sped off.
"Great chain of command." Bane commented dryly.
"It's a massive shipment." Aqualad frowned.
"Yeah but they're only taking new product off the shelves." Superboy noticed. "They're not touching this venom."
"Maybe freshness counts?" M'gann asked.
"Helicopter's coming." Superboy stated.
"Uh okay…" Blue stated. "Miss M, maybe you should check it out. You're the only one that can cloak yourself."
She nodded. "Okay. Wait here." She put up her hood and disappeared.
A few minutes later Aqualad got a mental imagine of their mystery buyer.
"Sportsmaster? He's our buyer?" He pressed his communicator. "Aqualad to Red Tornado do you read?"
Static.
"Ugh! I can't reach the League, Robin or Kid. Com's jammed. We need a plan. Now."
"I have a suggestion." Bane began and flew over the side at two armed Cultist guards.
"What is he…?"
Then a giant monster flew through the window (and some of the wall) knocking them straight onto the group followed by what must have been his friends…
"Destroy them!" He was ordered and it began to charge.
Superboy ran at the monster meeting it halfway as the two began to fight.
The other cultists began to fire their weapons Aqualad blocking them with his Water-Bearers.
Blue put her hand up as the bullets whizzed at her and they dropped to the ground.
Cool.
"Miss Martian radio is jammed link us up!" Aqualad ordered and then the voice of the girl lilted through their minds.
"Everyone on line?"
"Yeah…." Superboy stated.
"You know it beautiful." Wally grinned.
"I'm in." Blue said.
"Good. Robin?"
"Kind of busy now." The Boy Wonder replied.
"We need to retreat. Kid clear a path." Aqualad ordered.
"So on it."
The Team ran back the way they came with Superboy the last one to leave the factory but they were followed by that damned monster.
"Superboy! Bleubell the support beams!"
They nodded, Superboy punched them out while Blue made them break and collapse.
The roof caved in front them leaving the group in darkness as Robin broke open a glow stick.
"How can my first mission as leader go so wrong?"
"You do have the most experience but perhaps that is what left you unprepared. Fighting alongside Batman your roles are defined. You two do not need to talk but this Team is new. And a leader must be clear he cannot vanish and expect others to play parts in an unknown plan." Aqualad stated.
"So I'm supposed to hold everyone's hand…oh who am I kidding? I think you should lead us Kaldur. You're the only one who can."
"Please! I can run circles…"
"Wally come on! You know he's the one we all do."
"Hello Megan! It's so obvious!" M'gann smiled.
"Could have told you." Superboy agreed and Aqualad looked at Blue.
"Blue?"
"This team needs a leader and if it's going to be anyone it should be you." The youngest stated.
"Okay!" Wally finally agreed.
"Then I accept the burden until you are ready to lift it from my shoulders." Kaldur told Robin. "You're born to lead this team. Maybe not now but soon."
Robin nodded.
"Alright." Kaldur began. "Our first priority is preventing the shipment from leaving this island."
"Funny I had the same thought!" Robin grinned.
"Don't ruin the moment." Blue told him.
"Let's move out."
They ran through the passageway. "Okay so Sportsmaster is the supplier slash buyer but it doesn't track. He doesn't have the juice to require the Blockbuster formula or to get Kobra to do his dirty work."
"And neither of them have the chops to bond Blockbuster with Venom that took some major nerd no-how." Wally agreed.
"I believe the expression is tip of the iceberg." Kaldur told them as someone stepped in front of them.
Bane.
'Shit I knew there was something missing…' Blue thought but put on her game face.
"Halt niños. I'm feeling explosive." He held a trigger in his hand and right above their heads they saw he'd rigged it with bombs.
"You betrayed us why?" Aqualad asked but in his head… "Kid you'll need a running start…."
"I want my factory back. So I forced you into a situation where you would either take down my enemies or die trying if the latter the Justice League surely would have come to avenge their sidekicks and when the smoke cleared Santa Prisca would be mine once again. Blowing the tunnel with you inside…should have the same affect…."
And in a flash of red and black the trigger was out of his hands.
"With what?" He turned to see Kid Flash. "This trigger thingy?"
He went to punch him but he froze stopped by a blue glow and with Miss Martian's help floated up above their heads.
"No deberías haber hecho eso ..." (You really shouldn't have done that.) Blue told him. "Superboy?"
"Finally. Drop him."
And the two girls let their hold go.
He dropped straight onto Superboy's fist.
"The helicopter is operational…"
Then all hell broke loose.
A blur of black and red speeded through the armed guards knocking them down as they went.
A creator was created as Superboy landed in front of Mammoth. "Go again?" He asked and Mammoth roared charging…
To be met with a strong current of water knocking him aside.
"Sorry not the plan." Superboy mocked.
Superboy stumbled as Sportsmaster started to shoot him with a laser gun that must have really hurt.
Blue dropped behind Sportsmaster and went to make the gun rip itself out of Sportsmaster grip but he spun so fast no one saw it coming grabbing the girl his grip tight around her throat and chest with one arm as he continued to fire with the other.
She struggled to get air…no air…no power…
Sportsmaster backed up into his helicopter. "Thanks for the work out but I got to fly." And he threw Blue at Superboy who caught the smaller female.
The helicopter began to take flight and M'gann landed beside them and showed the duo…
The trigger from the bombs.
She pressed it and helicopter went boom on one end crashing into the factory and making it explode.
But Sportsmaster parachuted away.
Kobra slammed Robin away from him at the team's feet as the Boy Wonder got up.
"Another time then…." Kobra told the Team before backing away into the shadows of the bushes.
He was gone.
Robin smiled at Aqualad. "We picked the right guy to lead." He smiled. "Automatically making you the right guy to explain this to Batman!"
Mount Justice.
August 4, 13:06.
They stood in line as Batman droned on and on…
"A simple recon mission! You'll each receive a written evaluation detailing you're many mistakes! Until then…good job."
Their heads snapped up and they looked at him as if he was crazy.
"No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy….how you adjust to the unforeseen is what determines success and how you chose who leads determines character." He stated as Batman left them.
"Did that really just happen?" Blue asked.
"I….yeah I think it did." Wally said and they looked at one another.
How the hell had they gotten away with that one?
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