Chapter Three
Kitty was very excited. In a few minutes she was going to be at Mount Justice - meeting the other members of the team. She was going to be one step closer to going on her first mission. She was ready to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a hero/crime fighter.
Dinah appeared in the doorway of Kitty's room. "Are you ready?"
"Born ready," Kitty smiled.
Dinah smiled back at her. "Good, you'll fit in great with the rest of the team. They're all really good kids."
They were both in civvies. Kitty wasn't going to worry about her outfit until she started going on missions and Dinah had to work at her day job,as a pyschologist, after she brought Kitty to Mount Justice.
"Now I have to go to work right after I drop you off. Is it okay with you if you stay there until after I get off work? I'm getting off at 3:00 so you'll be there for at least eight hours," Dinah said.
"Yeah, that's fine."
"Alright then. Remember to behave yourself and please don't get into any trouble. Is that understood?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Good, now let's go or I'll be late for work."
They went out of the house and got into the car. The zeta tube that Dinah used was a five minute drive from their house. In an abandoned gas station. They lived almost in the middle of nowhere in the countryside of Louisiana, so the possibility of someone stumbling across the zeta tube was pretty unlikely. It was possible but pretty unlikely.
They got there and Dinah parked the car out of sight.
"Okay, when I get over there, you need to stand exactly where I was. When I get there I'll authorize you so you can come over. As soon as you're authorized you'll be sent over," Dinah explained.
She stood in front of the camera. The AI computer scanned her.
Recognized, Black Canary, one three.
Black Canary was then teleported to Mount Justice and she started to authorize the computer so Kitty could come over.
Access granted, Element, B. zero nine. Authorization, Black Canary, one three.
Kitty was then teleported to Mount Justice.
"Does teleporting always make your stomach do flips?" she asked.
Dinah quietly chuckled,"You'll get used to it. I think I know where the rest of the team is, come on."
Kitty followed her until they came to a living room/kitchen area. There were eight other teens in the living room.
Miss Martian was the first one to notice Black Canary. "Black Canary! Are you giving a training session today?"
"No, M'gann. I came here for other reasons."
That was when Kitty stepped out from behind her mother.
"I'd like you all to meet the newest member of the team, this is Kitty."
"Hi," Kitty smiled.
Everyone else said their hellos and came to meet her.
"It's nice to meet you," M'gann smiled at her.
"Likewise," Kitty smiled back.
"Are you two related? 'Cause you look a lot alike," Artemis asked.
"She's my daughter," Dinah responded.
Just like at the League meeting everyone seemed really shocked to hear that Canary has a daughter.
"I have to go to work and I thought I'd leave Kitty here until I get off so she could meet all of you. Maybe you could possibly show her around Mount Justice and Happy Harbor?"
"We will be happy to do that," Kaldur said.
"Okay, then," Dinah said. She put a hand on Kitty's shoulder. "I'll be back later."
Kitty nodded and Dinah left.
Kitty was enjoying getting to meet everyone and they all were so nice and welcoming. They had showed her around Mount Justice and Happy Harbor. When they got done with the tour, M'gann had made lunch.
"So being Canary's daughter you must be pretty good at fighting?" Artemis asked her.
"I don't want to brag, but yeah. I'm at an extremely high level for someone of my age. It usually takes twenty five to thirty years for someone to get to the level that I'm at. It's pretty rare for someone to do that but I'm not the first person to do it," Kitty said.
"Well, she pushes us pretty hard with training. Is she hard on you?"
"No, not really. She doesn't even want me to do this but I wanted to."
"Do you have powers?" M'gann asked.
"Uh-huh. I have control over fire, water, air, and metal but I'd rather not use my powers because I can have a hard time controling them. Until I can figure out how to use them I won't be using them that much," Kitty responded.
"Tomorrow evening we're all going to see a movie. Would you like to come?" Zatanna asked.
"I'd love to but I can't. I ride horses and I have a competition tomorrow and I we probably won't get home until eleven or twelve tomorrow night. We have to leave at four tonight," Kitty replied.
"Wow! Thats early!"
"Yeah, the place where we're going is three hours away. I'm going to have to get up at three and I have a bunch of stuff to do when I get home. Let me know the next time y'all go to a movie though. I love going to movies!"
"What part of the country do you live in? You have a unique accent that I've never heard and you talk a lot different than anyone else I know," Kaldur asked.
"The South. About as deep south as you can get. I've been told I have a very thick accent and southern people talk different than people from other parts of the country. I've tried not saying "y'all" but it doesn't feel right when I say "you guys" instead "y'all"," Kitty said.
"Well, I like the way you talk," M'gann said.
"Thanks," Kitty beamed at her.
Before Kitty knew it her mother was there to pick her up.
"Ready to go?" Dinah asked as she walked in the room.
"No, not really," Kitty said.
"Well, we have to. You've got a bunch of stuff to do in preperation for tomorrow so we have to go."
"I know."
"You want to hang out with us Sunday?" Zatanna asked.
Kitty looked at her mother. "I don't see why not," Dinah smiled at her daughter.
"I'll be here Sunday!" Kitty said
"Well, I can tell that you enjoyed yourself," Dinah said when they got back home.
"Yeah, I did! Everyone is so nice and I can't wait to start doing missions. Speaking of missions, when do you think I go on my first mission?"
"I'm not sure yet. Get to know the team a little more and we'll see. Maybe two to three weeks. I want a recon mission to be your first mission."
"Okay, that sounds good."