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Tim POV
Flashback
"Your mission Timothy, is to infiltrate the Young Justice team, and act as our spy. You will report back to us every other week unless your cover is threatened, and only then can you miss a report. You will break the team from the inside out, and make sure no one can stop the Light. Any questions?" Ra's asked from his throne.
"Just one. After all this is done, do I finally get to kill Tony Zucco?" I asked, looking at him with cold eyes that we both knew well.
"Of course. I did promise you would get your revenge after you complete an important task." Ra's said with a smirk.
I nodded, then left the court room to begin my mission.
Flashback
"Osprey, are you alright? Please don't tell me your passing out from the smell." Blue Beetle said next to me, shaking my shoulder to snap me out of my daze.
"Fine, just thinking about something. Besides, it'll take something more than a sewer smell to make me pass out." I said with a smirk.
"Yeah well, Beast Boy smells like he dragged the sewer back into the bio-ship." Blue said with a laugh. I laughed with him, even if I didn't find it very funny.
"Hey, it's not my fault!" Beast Boy said with a pout.
"Last time I checked, you're the one who took a dip in the sewers. So, yeah, it kind of is your fault." I said with my smirk growing.
Beast Boy pouted even more, crossing his arms so that he looked like a kid who didn't get what he wanted. Which was kind of what was happening right now. "Leave him alone, guys. I'll make sure he gets a bath when we get back." Miss Martian said with a chuckle.
"But why? I don't stink that bad... do I?" He asked, sniffing at his uniform.
"Trust me kid, you smell." Superboy said. Superboy was probably the one mostly affected by this. While he may not be able to fly or have heat vision, he did have super senses. Meaning, the smell that was horrible to us, was even worse for him. Just that thought alone made me shudder.
"Noted." Beast Boy said weakly after sniffing his uniform.
I snickered. One of the few good things about being on this team was the youngest since he was always doing something funny. It made being on this team with Nightwing bearable.
My eyes hardened at the thought, and I glared at the ground of the bio-ship. Being on the same team that Nightwing had been leading was not in the mission description, though Ra's probably knew how I would react to being led by a person who had abandoned me. "Your zoning out again." Superboy said, breaking me from my thoughts.
"Sorry, I have a lot on my mind." I said with a fake smile plastered on my face to make them believe it.
"Like how you should change your costume so it's not all emo?" Beast Boy asked with a grin.
I rolled my eyes. My costume had black pants that stuck to my legs like tights, a long-sleeved black tunic with black gloves, and a black mask with white highlighting the sides. A yellow belt was strapped around my waist, two more going around my chest in an 'X'. "My costume is not emo, it's just Gothamized." I said with a smirk.
"It's Gothamized? How is black, black, black, a little bit of white and yellow Gothamized?" Beast Boy asked, curious.
"Simple. This costume allows me to sneak up on people, your costume gets you caught in the first 10 seconds you try to sneak around. Therefore, this is Gothamized." I said, snickering when Beast Boy gave me a glare.
"I could sneak up on someone if I wanted to." Beast Boy said with a pout.
"I caught you eating cookies in the middle of the night without telepathy, Garfield. I think your stealth needs a little bit of work." Miss Martian said while everyone else chuckled at Beast Boy's blush.
We arrived at the Mountain soon, and we walked in just in time to see Lagoon Boy get beaten by Nightwing in a spar. "I will beat you, one of these days." La'gaan muttered before walking towards M'gann. He started a quick kiss with her just as Conner walked past them, a sad look passing into Superboy's eyes. Really, I may not even need to try to mess with the team. Their stupid relationship problems could probably do it for me.
"Hit the showers, guys. You can go home early today. You guys deserve it." Nightwing said with a smile.
I passed by Nightwing, trying to get out quickly so I could report back to Ra's, but a hand kept me back. Usually when this happened I end up breaking the person's wrist to get them to stop touching me, and since this was Nightwing, I wanted to do something even worse to him. However, I could do anything to risk the mission, so I turned around and faked a smile. I seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
"You know, you did really good, Osprey. Most people have trouble fighting their first Gotham villain." Nightwing said with a blinding smile that made me want to punch him in the mouth. If only he knew I've been sparring against one of Batman's enemies ever since I was 8, he wouldn't be saying anything like that.
"I didn't do much, I just-" A beep from the computer cut me off, and Nightwing answered immediately.
"What is it, Captain Atom?" Nightwing asked.
"Emergency alert. United States headquarters are under attack." He said grimly.
"Our Beta squad isn't that far away from there." Mal said to Nightwing, who was now ignoring me. But I was used to that from him.
"Our Beta squad will be there, their ETA is 15 minutes." Nightwing said. I used that as an advantage and walked away then, walking to the zeta tube.
The computer announced me leaving as I walked through the tube, back to Gotham city. After all, I couldn't keep Ra's waiting.
I walked out of the 'broken' phone booth, and shot a grappling hook to a roof that was close to the broken down theater that the Light bought in order to use as a communication system in Gotham.
I walked through the back door of the theater, looking around. Really, there was nothing wrong with it, nothing was broken, not even remotely dirty since I cleaned the place whenever I came here because of my OCD. But the Light couldn't let anyone else know that. I walked inside the projector booth and activated the single computer on the desk next to a projector that used to play movies. "Your late reporting in, Timothy." Ra's said after I got the communication set up.
The boss's of the Light all stared at me, each one waiting for what I would say. I had expected that. "I know. Nightwing had us go on a mission, so I had to complete it before I could report in." I said, sitting down in a chair.
"What do you have to report?" Lex asked, getting to business immediately.
"I've gotten more of the Team's trust since last week, and I think that will continue to happen as long as I stay out of their daily problems. All in all, I'm gaining their trust easier than I thought I would." I said with a smirk that matched the other Light boss's.
"So, how painful is it working with the Young Justice brats?" Klarion asked with his maniac smile.
"More than I was told. It's exhausting. They're rules are ridiculous. I can't kill, I can't break bones, I can't poison the enemy. It's like I have to hold back from doing everything I was taught. Not to mention they're annoying with their stupid problems. Lagoon Boy tries to piss off Superboy, Superboy tries not to kill Lagoon Boy. Miss Martian doesn't care what happens as long as she has a boyfriend, Blue Beetle talks to himself, and Bumble Bee continues to blow Mal off for dates. Do you know where they go to do all this? The Den. The one place that I actually go to. I have to deal with all this, not to mention I have to keep myself from trying to attack Nightwing. It's very painful Klarion, very. But I'll manage." I said with a scowl as the others chuckled.
"Of course. Anything else to report?" Black Manta asked with amusement.
"Nothing different from what I've told you last time. Is there anything else I need to know before I shut down the communication?" I asked, my eye twitching from annoyance at their amusement. I dared them to stay in my place and not want to commit suicide. Because, in all honesty, I felt like I was going to do just that if I had to hear about their annoying problems.
"There might be. This just appeared on our alert system." Lex said, typing something before a video feed came up on the screen, while at the same time not hiding any of the Light's faces.
An alien with gray skin, red eyes, and wild black hair was ripping apart the body of a senator. Really, this wasn't anything new to me. I mean, I've seen aliens from outer space come to earth just to kill a human just because. But what did shock me was that there was a smaller alien inside. "Well, this is... different. Seems a little bit like the first Men in Black movie, though." I commented, looking at the video with only mild curiosity.
"The smaller alien inside the robot body is a Kryolotain. They steal tech from other worlds, and are a nonsense. If, and I know they will, the Young Justice Team decides to go against these aliens, you will not hold back. They pose a threat to our plan, and need to be wiped out. Do whatever it takes to make this possible." Savage said before logging off of the communication.
The others did the same until it was just me and Ra's. "You knew about my grudge against Nightwing and wanted me to use that on this mission, didn't you?" I asked him.
"Yes. Your grudge against your brother insures that you will not betray us, not like the others. Will this grudge of yours disturb the mission?" Ra's asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Of course not. I'm more professional than that. And do me a favor. Don't call him my brother." I said, standing up so I could leave after shutting off the computer.
"He is your brother, Timothy. As much as you hate it, you do share the same DNA. But I will respect your wishes." Ra's said calmly.
"Thank you, Ra's. And to what you said about him being my brother, it's not true. A brother stays with you no matter what. Dick didn't even bother to look for me after we got out of the orphanage when he was the only one I thought I had left. What does that tell you about him, Ra's?" I asked, my hands balling into fists from my anger.
"That he was not a good brother. Just remember Timothy, after this is over, you will get your revenge, and perhaps, and chance to get back at Richard for what he has done." Ra's said before his face faded from my screen.
"Maybe." I whispered before walking out of the theater.
Time skip, January 4th, three days later
Tim POV
Looks like the Light was right about the Young Justice's intentions about attacking the aliens. We were all lined up, Nightwing telling us what bases we were going to infiltrate.
"Mal will stay behind to operate the comm. system. Wonder Girl, you and me are Alpha, we're going to Philadelphia." Nightwing said.
"Neptune's beard!" Lagoon Boy said, cursing from the fact that he didn't get on alpha. La'gaan was always an attention hog and would do anything to get people's, especially Miss Martian's, attention. I just hoped I didn't get stuck with him.
"Come on, give me Beta." Lagoon Boy muttered to himself. I rolled my eyes. This guy just didn't stop trying to get all the glory, did he?
"Batgirl and Bumble Bee, you two and Wolf Beta. Your going to Vladivostok" Nightwing said, making Lagoon Boy groan again. Wait, the only team left was Gamma. Did that mean I was going to get stuck with the glory addict?
"Lagoon Boy, Blue Beetle, Osprey, your Gamma. Prep the bio-ship, you're going to New Orleans." Nightwing said, stepping closer to us since the others were gone.
"Gamma always gets the soft gigs." Lagoon Boy muttered as we turned to go to the bio-ship.
Before I could follow the others, Nightwing grabbed my wrist to pull me towards him. I forgot how much Dick liked to touch people, even if it was just their hand or shoulder. That would have to be one thing he would have to stop or else I was going to break his wrist and my entire mission would be blown.
"Osprey, you'll be running Gamma." Nightwing said when I finally turned to him face to face.
"But Nightwing, I've never run a squad before." I said, feeling slightly nervous.
I was used to doing missions on my own, or following a leader. Never once has Ra's asked me to lead any kind of team, making this the first time I've ever lead anyone. "Making this a good opportunity to get your feet wet as a leader." Nightwing said.
"Because this is Gamma and you don't expect trouble, or because we're stretched thin and have no choice?" I asked, narrowing my eyes at him.
Something seemed to flash through his eyes, something like familiarity. Could he recognize me? No, that wasn't possible. I never told him about who I really was, no one knew about my identity. Plus, it's been 10 years. I've changed too much for him to know me, that's for sure. "Just... come back. And no unnecessary risks to the squared. " He said before letting me go.
I nodded, then walked to the bio-ship knowing exactly what flashed through Nightwing eyes. He must have been thinking about Jason's death, probably because we looked somewhat a like with the mask on.
On the way to the zeta tube site, Lagoon Boy was complaining the entire way. He almost made me want to knock him out until we get there just so he would shut up.
"A shed? There's barely enough room in there for one zeta tube. I knew we got the soft gig." Lagoon Boy said when we made it.
"And I am totally fine with that." Blue Beetle said leaning back.
"Yes, I am. Yes, I am!" He said, sitting up and raising his voice like he was arguing with someone. Except... no one was talking to him.
"Gamma squad to Mountain, we're in position." I said after a few moments of staring at Blue Beetle.
"All squads in position, start now." Mal said before hanging up to tell the others.
I put the Bio-ship on invisible mode and opened the doors. We all dropped down on the cars in the junk yard around us and I signalled for Blue to take it out.
His hand changed into a volume cannon, and he blasted it. Except, it was just a shed, no tube's inside. "Great job at destroying this thing, Blue, but where's the tube?" Lagoon Boy asked.
"Gamma to Mountain, there is no zeta tube, no hidden entrance, nothing." I said into my comm.
"The radar still reads zeta beam radiation. Are you sure it's not there?" Mal asked.
I looked at the radar on my wrist computer, then nodded. "It's here, but it's under the waterline." I said before closing the link with Mal.
"Your up, Lagoon Boy." I said.
He dived into the water next to the junkyard, and I took out my rebreather for when Lagoon Boy signaled us to go under water. When we finally got the signal, we jumped in and swam towards him.
We swam into a tunnel with a hidden entrance closing open and shut every second. I motioned for Lagoon Boy to open it, and his tattoos on his arms glowed until he grew big enough to be able to open the door for me and Blue. Huh, guess he was good for something.
We swimmed through, then hid behind a zeta tube platform after we got out of the water.
The entire place was green, aliens crawling around every inch of the place. Multiple platforms with zeta beams were being used, and a leader with a sash around his chest was typing on a computer screen. "Gamma to Mountain, I think we found the mother ship. The base is huge, multiple zeta tubes, and so many kryolotains that I can't even count them all." I said, waiting for a response.
"We'll send back up. Until they get there, don't get caught." Mal said before logging off.
"That will be a problema, ese." Blue Beetle said, pointing to the main screen that the leader was typing at.
The leader pointed at us, and we only got a few seconds of warning before they started swarming towards us. "Oh yeah, this is such as soft gig, huh?" Blue Beetle hissed at Lagoon Boy.
"Alright, get into position. Lagoon Boy, you and me fight them off. Blue, you have our backs." I said before attacking a kryolotain with my staff.
I kicked at a group of aliens before doing a back flip and shocking another group with my staff. I knew I liked this staff for a reason.
I saw Lagoon Boy acting as an Atlantean jungle gym for the kryolotains in his bigger form, but was too busy to give him back up. Luckily, Blue had that handled.
He shot his sonic cannon at the kryolotains I was fighting off, and the ones behind Lagoon Boy. The leader seemed to notice and started at him with some sort of fear. He pointed at Blue, then yelled something. The others froze with the same fear, and turned back to leave through the zeta tubes. That was weird.
"They must really hate you. I have to admit, I'm jealous." Lagoon Boy said as he fought off a few aliens who thought it would be funny to climb onto him even though he was smaller.
"What did he say?" Blue asked shocked. I had to admit, even I was shocked by what Lagoon Boy said, but I knew that wasn't what he was talking about. But apparently, Lagoon Boy thought he was still talking about him.
"Don't rub it in." He groaned.
"No, my suit, it understands what he said!" Blue said, pointing to the leader.
"You can understand this screaming?" I asked while blocking a few more kryolotains with my bow.
"Sort of. The leader said for everyone to zeta off world, the base is going to blow up in 4 minutes!" Blue said with wide eyes that showed, he was very afraid. Why was he afraid? He had alien armor, and a better chance at surviving. Me and Lagoon Boy on the other hand were dead.
"Right, we're getting out of here. Anything else?" I asked, jumping back to the edge of the platform that was next to the water.
"Just that they said something about sacrificing the play things below." Blue said, landing next to me while Lagoon Boy ran towards us.
"The play things?... The abductees! They must be here." I said, trying to calm my nerves.
"3:30 before this thing goes boom." Blue warned.
"Nightwing said no necessary risks to the team... But this is necessary. Go below, we're getting them out. Blue, clear a path." I ordered.
Blue flew off, and we ran down the path he cleared for us and slid down a tube to get to the lower levels. Blue had grabbed a kryolotain, and was looking back at me for what to do next. Oh man, I hated this leader thing.
A voice called out to us, diverting my attention to its direction. In a cage were a bunch of people, most of them government officials. Well, at least these aliens were smart with who they took. I ran towards the cage, screams following when Blue and Lagoon Boy ran with me. "No! More aliens! Get away!" One lady screamed. It was things like that, that made me wonder why the hell anyone would do this job. Especially when all they do is blame you for all their problems.
"Lagoon Boy, get this open." I said, and he ripped the cage open seconds that with the screams getting even louder. Wusses.
"Ask him how to get out of here." I told Blue.
"I can't do tha- Wait, you can? Well, do it already!" Blue said. I looked at him a little freaked out. Even the Arkham inmates didn't scream conversations with themselves. Well, most of them anyways.
"Blue's a weird little fish isn't he?" Lagoon Boy asked. Well, at least we agreed on that.
"That way!" Blue said, pointing towards an exit.
He led the group of abductees to the path, but I had to stay behind to make sure they all got through. Stupid morons. They were about to die, and they were jogging like they were in the park. When the last of the abductees went through, the base had only a few second left before it exploded. I put my rebreather in just as Blue Beetle pushed me in before following with a relieved smile. What was that about?
I felt the force of the explosion push on my back roughly as we swam, but everyone continued to swim up to the surface. When everyone made it up, they were gasping for breath. "Where's Lagoon Boy?" I asked when I noticed he wasn't here.
He came up seconds later with a smile and said, "Gamma squad rules!" I couldn't help but laugh at the irony. I guess La'gaan wasn't all that bad.
I thought back to what Blue did for a second, then shook my head. He probably thought he saved me. Just because he thought he would save my life didn't mean he did, though. I would have lived either way. Besides, he wouldn't have done that if he really knew me.
I didn't get to think anymore after that thought, because then Leaguers started showing up on force fields, or flying on their own, surrounding us. Sheesh, talk about over kill.
Nightwing floated down in the Sphere, and he was silent for a second. Damnit, that couldn't be a good sign. We were screwed.
"Dude, wait to get your feet wet." He said with a grin as he leaned over Sphere.
I smiled, then faltered slightly before straining to keep the smile on my face. Why did him saying that make me feel so good all of a sudden on the inside? I haven't felt like this... since that last moment before Mom and Dad died and we were talking about costumes.
The memory was nice to think of, even if it was kind of hard to remember, but I couldn't let this get in the way. After all, I had a mission to complete. And once I completed this mission, I would finally get my revenge, and I would do anything to payback the man who caused me to have to stay in a home with a married couple of abusers. Even if it meant betraying my... brother.
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