The missions was simple enough. Get in, get the data, get out. Once again, simple.
If only things worked out as one hoped they would.
Sad part was, they had been attacked by an experiment gone wrong. On a slug. Only now, it was a giant slug, that spewed an acidic-toxic gas. And by giant, it wasn't the size of a small cat, or dog, pony, or horse even. It was about the size of a small family home.
Simple mission, updated to... a messy nightmare.
Kid Flash kept slipping in the slime residue the slug left behind, with said slug being much faster than they thought. Any physical hits from Super Boy literally bounced right off of it. Water attacks thanks to Aqualad seemed to tickle it at best. Miss Martian had attempted at trying to communicate and calm it down, but the rage it was in was all consuming. And any and all forms of attack from Artemis and Robin seemed to piss it off even more.
So, they were at a stand still. And all due to a raging, giant, experimented on slug.
That could spew toxic acid.
"Man, at this rate, we'll be beaten. By a slug!" the overly put out cry from Kid Flash echoed there current state of being, they were just better at keeping it from open.
"Well, it is the perfect opponent for all of us if you think about it." Robin commented, trying to devise a way for them all to get rid of the slug, an experiment from the company that existed way too early, so they could get the data and get out before anyone noticed them.
If they already haven't.
"Yeah, well good for it! I now smell like... like... like slug spit!" waving his arms to indicate his current state of being, Robin could only grimace at how Kid Flash looked.
His bright red and yellow coloring were muted due to the sickly grew residue from the slug. In fack... if he were childish enough, he would say his friend looked like an oversized fry that had been sneezed on. It was not a very flattering look for his friend.
"Heat or fire seems to be the only thing that scares it, but if only would could penetrate it's skin." Aqualad spoke up as he shifted into a more read position.
"Robin and I have already tried everything we have. What else is there?"
And as if to answer their question in dire need, it appeared as if the heavens opened up and gave them their answer.
In reality though, a person appeared out of no where and landed on Super Boy, both falling to the ground.
"Great, as if we already didn't have our hands full as it was, the company is now tossing people at us." Kid Flash muttered as he tried to keep himself on his feet, and not falling gracelessly on his behind.
"...ouch..."
They all paused at the quiet, feminine, voice that moaned out from under Super Boy. Said person scrambled up onto his feet, and they were all shocked at what they saw. A girl, around Artemis' and Kid Flash's age laid on the floor, face in a show of her pain and discomfort.
What had them surprised even more so, if it were possible, was the fact that she was wearing civilian clothing, a school uniform. One that had Kid Flash's immediate attention.
The girl pushed herself up into a sitting position, where she was already rubbing at the back of her head.
"Dear Kami... what did I land on?"
Robin perked up at the Japanese words, she spoke and answered for her. "That would be Super Boy."
"Super what?" her brows still furrowed, she opened an eye and he could only blink at the blue that greeted him.
Both of her eyes were open in an instant when she finally took him in, she then swept them over the others and blinked a few times before a look of recognition bloomed.
"You're super hero's, right?!" she stood up, quickly dusted herself off and then grabbed a bow that had obviously fallen upon her landing. "Are you part of the League of Justice as well?"
Both his brows shot up at her questions. She didn't know them? How could she not know them?! They traveled all over the world in helping keep it safe. Not only that, she mixed up on the name.
"Yes, we are. And it's called 'The Justice League.'"
But she was ignoring his answers as she began inspecting Artemis, humming and making comments to herself about their teammate's equipment.
"Another archer! This is so amazing. The only other archers I meet, usually try to kill me." she circled Artemis, taking in her quiver with complete interest. "Never saw a quiver like this... It looks more difficult and time consuming to reach for the arrows..."
They all stood there stunned, and completely forgetting about a giant, toxic acid spewing slug in the background as the girl inspected each of them. She did pause for a few moments longer by Miss Martian, Aqualad and Super Boy, until Kid Flash brought up the fact that there was a giant slug.
The girl blinked, her nose scrunching up the slightest amount as she took in said speedster's appearance in. Not that he could blame her, but she was hiding her disgust rather well.
A roar drew all of their attention, Robin carefully observed the girl's reaction and could only blink when her eyes widened. He raised a brow when her eyes narrowed on it and brows furrowed. He could only wonder what was going through her mind.
They were once again arguing about how to deal with the giant obstacle when they watched the girl pull an arrow and draw on her bow.
"Uh... we've already tried that..." he trailed off when her arrow began to glow and she released it. It took off through the air sparking pink and white and as soon as it hit the slug, the thing burst into glittering ash. They all stared wide eyed as she walked forward and knelt down and picked something up.
"Did she just... blow that thing up?" Kid Flash wiped some slime from his face, the only one to break the shocked silence.
She stood back up and made her way towards them with a sheepish smile. "I want to apologize. I feel whatever happened here was partly my fault. Here..."
Reaching towards Kid Flash, to which he immediately started to try and flirt with her, which threw her off for a moment, she momentarily touched his brow with a glowing finger. For a few short moments, Kid Flash glowed and the moment it died down, glittering ash fell from him where he once was covered in slime.
"Oh wow! This is gr- I still smell like slug snot!" he pulled the material of his disguise away from him the amount he could.
"Tell your friend, he'll still want to shower to wash out the smell. Other than that, this is where we part ways." she fished out a small piece of paper from a pocket and began to read from it out loud.
He waited until she was done before asking the one question that had been on his mind since she appeared. "Wait! Who are you?"
She blinked and smiled at them from over her shoulder as a portal like gap appeared before her. "Kagome. And tell the League of Justice I said hi!"
"It's Justice League..." he trailed off when the portal disappeared as soon as she went through it.
The silence around them was awkward. And if not for the glittering ash that littered the floor and Kid Flash, then they would have assumed it had been nothing more that a shared hallucination.
AN: Not quite like the other chapters, or it's... uh, prequel... But the idea wouldn't leave me so here's chapter 7! Read, enjoy, and review!