'This must be the location.' Barbara thought to herself after she had located the abandoned warehouse that was not to far from where she was temporarily residing in.
She looks around and sees that the windows were boarded up with multicolored graffiti splashes across the red bricks that serve as the walls with one way in and one way out. 'No wonder they picked this place as a meeting place. This practically screams villian layer!'
Barbara had squatted and slipped her fingers underneath the sliding door as she estimated the weight of it and found it surprisingly easily to left as darkness was shown before she ducked into the open area.
One by one lights flickers on as Barbara sees that there were other teenagers there with her. Some looked human while the others seemed as if they were extraterrestrial beings from other planets with a rather large screen sitting on one of the walls.
'Bruce has got to be kidding me!' Barbara thought as she examined all the people who could be a threat or who was just here for show and no action.
"Jinx, another one has showed up!" A rather large teenager with a black one piece jumpsuit with yellow soles and the top of his boots as well as armlets and outline a "V" on the front of his chest told a teenage girl with gray skin color wearing a purple witch like dress that stops at the top of her thigh with black and purple rectangular stripe stockings with purple platforms, her pink hair was shaped like horns with two broad purple streaks in the middle of them with a purple necklace.
The girl name Jinx looks in the direction of where her teammate was pointing when she sees a girl clad in a dark red top shaped like a hexagon that partial reveals the sides of her stomach with v-shaped pants and dark red boots. She wore a white scarf that stops at her back and covers her mouth with a red mask covering her eyes. A black utility belt was slung to the side of her waist with a katana attached to the back of her back.
"Well it seems as if Red X is already checking out the new person." Jinx says while she cuts her pink eyes back to one of her five partners in crime, Mammoth.
"It didn't take long," he answers. They decided to move on, as they did not see this new person as a threat and moved on about their personal business and that is to finally join the ranks of the Brotherhood of Evil.
"Did the little girl get lost or did she stumble onto something that is bigger than she is?" Barbara sees a teen with a full black uniform which consists of a black long sleeve shirt and black pants accompanied by a black cape with tattered ends and a white mask with a red "X" over one eye and the upper part of their teeth.
"Oh and someone missed Halloween. Are you sure you didn't get your belt from the cereal box, kid?" Barbara was no idiot to how intimation works and thanks to sarcasm being added in her personality it was not too big of a problem to fire back a witty comment at the teen.
"And I am sure they don't let kids now and days handle sharp objects that will harm themselves." He fires back with no venom in his tone at all. He continued to push as far as he could to see if she would crack.
"Well then I suggest you move than or you will be added to its count just like all the others." Barbara refused to back down until she heard him chuckle to himself before shook his head.
"So what do you call yourself? I hope it is nothing like Red Wonder or Heart, if it is than you should be a little original at least.." Barbara sees he was checking out her outfit as he was trying to figure out what her name was.
"Red Angel, and from your costume…I guess your name is Red X or something along that line." Barbara remembered the list of names that Bruce had showed her earlier that she could take on as an alias and that one popped out at her. After all, she could not say that she was Batgirl.
"You know what, Red Angel? You have caught my attention and that is something not easily won over. So don't be scared if I keep a close eye on you…" the teenage boy by the name of Red X said to her.
"My attention will be elsewhere but intervene and I won't hesitate to fight you." Barbara did not mean it to be a threat but rather it was a promise.
"Then I should be ready. I see you around than, Red Angel." Red X simply turns and left in the same fashion he came.
'She is like the others that are here. She is no amateur to this and she'll sure enough shock the hell out of the rest of these copycats and wannabes from other planets that think they can handle this. I might have to keep a close eye out for…Red Angel.'
'I have to watch my back with that person, he maybe a threat.' She thought as she looks at his reacting back.
The enormous computer screen blinked about three times before it showed a woman with short black hair that was cut in a bob with red lipstick coating her lips. She had on black gloves with a red matching body suit.
"Attention! All potential Brotherhood of Evil members, my name is Madame Rouge and I have been assign to give you your task." She pauses to clear her throat before speaking up again. "There are six items dispersed among this city. Get one and head to the location on the item and you are a new member."
Barbara notices that some of them had already took off before hearing the rest of the directions as they all seem so eager to have their shot at this challenge. She estimates that at least fifty people going for six items when she feels her pocket vibrate.
She looks around making sure that no one else was around so she could answer the phone. She presses the glowing bat screen to see Selina. She covers her face with her cat mask and her goggles.
"What do you want?" Barbara asks as she could not believe that it was Selina but her gut knew it was her but she wanted it to be wrong.
"Hey kid, don't talk to your master like that! Anyway Bruce wanted me to give you this map it seems as if he had picked up on one of the items, as it belongs to him. My advice would be to hurry up because another team is nearby." And with that she had ended the conversation in last than seven seconds.
'Good thing, she kept it simple. I wouldn't have last through one of her lectures without cutting her off which meant she would have to feel the fury from her later on.' She thought as she brings up the map with a glowing yellow circle with three other heading in its direction.
She runs out of the entrance and exit of the warehouse while she pushes the middle of her belt as it glows white for a few minutes when the sound of an engine heading her way catches her attention as her "Batgirl" bike had a complete makeover thanks to the mission.
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Meanwhile in a giant "T" shaped tower, known as the Teen Tower, sat on a little island had a view of a red suspension bridge that hold cars driving to and from Jump City.
"Hey, no fair, you have eight arms!" a voice wails as the sound of a monotone voice that says, "Beast Boy Wins!"
"I can't help it if I use my powers for something useful! Besides you are a little too slow to push in the combos." Another voice filled with pride stated.
"I am trying too…read my book here!" a feminine voice silenced any intentions of an argument between the two.
"Dearest friends…would you like to partake in an Ancient Tamarian custom?" another feminine, this one a tad higher in octave than the other feminine voice that just had spoke, poses a question when she sees the disdain look on her friends face forcing her to shrink away.
"Starfire don't you have some other things to do to occupy your time?" the lower voice female voice asked out of irritation as she had only wanted to read her book.
The girl by the name of Starfire had clasped her hands together as her emerald eyes grew big as she tried to use what humans called the "puppy face" use to get what they can't have, "Oh come on Raven, you can at least join me."
The girl named Raven had closed her book as a vein on her forehead began to throb from a recent headache as her booted feet began to make its' way towards the sliding dual doors with a black T painted over the gray canvas which was the elevator door.
Before she could even make it pass the counter of the kitchen a loud blaring sound accompanied by a glowing red light signaled that there was crime was happening in their town.
The door slid open when another male entered the room, "What is the emergency?" a mask boy with spiky black hair with a red top with green spandex pants with black boots that had silver bottoms on them for better grip. He wore a black cape with the inside being a bright yellow with a yellow R on a black on a button the left side of the shirt. Just like all masked heroes he wears a black mask to cover his eyes and hid his eyes.
A dark skinned teenage boy with half human and half computerized part had pushed on one of their computers pulled up a map which showed six different areas being attacked all at once.
"What is going on…it seems as if two are near so someone has to pick up an extra one, anyone willing?" the boy inquired with the "R" on his shirt on his shirt stated as they all looked around at each other.
"I'll pick up the extra person." the teenage girl with the blue cloak around her shoulders covering a black one piece suit with a yellow belt with red circles that was slung off her hips with blue boots adorned her feet. A red diamond was encased in her forehead as her large blue eyes showed that she was serious.
"Teen Titans, Go!" he shouted as the five took off towards their locations.
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Barbara parks the bike not to far from her intended location as she finds a perfect alleyway to hide the vehicle from anyone trying to steal it, but would receive a stun instead until the were unconscious unless they were her.
She sees a fire emergency escape ladder on the side of the building as she makes her ascend slowly but at quicken pace as she lets out a sigh of relief when she makes it to the top of the office building.
'It seems as if I got here first. I should probably let them do all the dirty work for me. Then I go in and swipe it from them!' she thought while she sees a pack of six teenagers appear at the same location.
There was one that looked like a mammoth, a witch, a technology geek, a boy with a red jumpsuit on with a plus in the center, and a boy whose outfit resembled something closer to her former master had stood in a huddle aorund the witch.
She was surprised that there was only one girl in the group. She appeared to be the leader as she had commanded her troops to a plan that seemed efficient except she lacked one thing and that was a crew that had brains.
Barbara takes her cue when they break into the bank. She reaches into one of her utility belt pocket and retrieves the upgraded bat grappling hook. She tugs the rope making sure it was hook to something sturdy so she would not fall while making her descent on the bank.
The task was quite easy as the bank had provided more than enough covered windows to make the climb even easier. She checked her scanner for the last time as it confirmed that she was at the right location when she saw her only means of entrance and that was a air duct.
'So use to these,' she thought as she slides into the vent with ease as she braces herself for the impact, which comes about three seconds later. She would not be shock if she was found after the loud noise she made but nothing happened so Barbara continued on. She used her Batwave as her GPS system to find whatever it was needed to be founded.
'Keep going straight till I see a wall when I take another left and crawl for at least three paces and should go pass the fan and there it is…' Barbara stops so she can properly read the map so she would not waste anytime being lost.
The air duct was exactly the right size for her as it was enough room to move around in making it easier for her to crawl through on her plan route.
'I still wonder why Bruce did not just send in Dick. I mean he probably would have already have a item and on his way to the location. Even though I am way smarter than he is but it was like he had the instinct of a detective to figure out where the items were placed. Wait a minute…I need to stay focused on this mission or I am going to slip up and miss my opportunity to get this item.' With a new resolve Barbara's pace was like a baby who just had learned how to crawl.
On the outside a blurry of yellow and red appeared outside of the bank when a teenage boy stood with his hands balled in a fist on his hips as he looked at the building and found that the door was wide up.
'It seems as someone has broken in the museum yet again, they just will never learn. You will get caught in the end.' the yellow and red teen thought to himself.
