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Star City
July 17, 23:16 PDT
Mia followed the boys to Star City and appeared behind them.
She softly said "Hey guys." All three of them slightly jumped at her sudden appearance.
"Mia!" Kid chides.
"What are you doing here?" Aqualad demanded.
"I'm here to help you."
"Of course you are" Robin states earning a scowl from Mia "Just stay here and don't do anything stupid."
"How can I do anything stupid if you two take the stupid with you?" Mia glances at Kid and Robin.
Soon the both of them leave to aid Speedy while Aqualad gives Mia a look and she lets out a sigh.
"Fine I'll stay here 'til the fight's over."
Aqualad nods and springs into action. "I can't believe I'm missing all of the action" she thought as she watches the fight go down. A thug sneaks up behind her and holds a knife to her neck.
"Move and you die."
"Oh I'm so scared….not."
She teleports herself and the thug three feet in the air above the fight and lets him fall while she teleports herself besides Speedy without him noticing.
"The cave is perfect. It has everything the Team will need" Aqualad states.
"You'll love the place" Mia said.
Speedy turns to look at her narrowing his eyes. Mia sends him a cheeky grin in return. Before Speedy could say a word to Mia, Robin drops in.
"For covert missions, you know, spy stuff."
"And wait 'til you see Superboy and Miss Martian. But I saw her first. Obviously you know Mia" Kid comments.
"Obviously" Speedy dryly said.
"Nice to see you again Mr. Sunshine. Did you like the picture? I can always draw you another one" Mia taunts causing Speedy to growl.
"Mia I thought we told you to stay put" Robin exclaims.
"I did but a thug puts a knife to my throat so I took care of him" they gave her a look "What? I didn't kill the guy if that's what you're wondering. And what did you expect me to do? Act like the damsel in distress and get my throat sliced by some low level thug?" the trio looks down "Of course you don't. Just an fyi, we should get out of the way before we're killed by that boulder" Mia comments as Brick throws a large boulder at them.
They scattered before it hits them.
"Tell Arrow he shouldn't send boys to do a man's job" Brick states.
"Excuse me!" he looks over to Mia "Does it look like I'm a guy?" she gestures to her breast "Tch. Sexist jerk."
She teleports quickly appearing right in front of Brick. Punches him right in the jaw and teleports away. Brick scratches at the spot where Mia punched him like it itched.
"You call that a punch?"
"Nope. I call that a distraction."
Speedy fires an arrow at Brick and a foam encases him. Kid appears right in front of Speedy checking out his work.
"High-density polyurethane foam. Nice" Kid comments.
Speedy walks away and stops in front of Mia.
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm part of the Team. Savvy?" Mia answers like she's Jack Sparrow.
He scoffs and continues walking.
"So, Speedy, you in?" Robin asks.
"Pass. I'm done letting Arrow and the League tell me what to do. I don't need a babysitter or a clubhouse to hang out with the other kids. Your junior Justice League is a joke, something to keep you busy and in your place. I don't want any part of it" Speedy answers.
He disappears into the shadows. All of them were silent then Mia got mad and started to go after him.
"That's it! I'm going after him. No one talks to my boys like that and gets away with it while I'm around. Let me at him!" Mia exclaims as she went to follow Speedy.
Just as she reached the start of the shadows, Kid holds her back and is actually struggling to keep her back. "Who knew she was this strong" all three of them thought.
"Mia it's ok! Let him go" Kid says.
"No, it's not ok Kid. You guys don't deserve to be talked to like that. He has to learn some manners and if Green Arrow isn't going to do it then I will. Now let me go you big doofus!"
"Not going to happen."
"Fine. You can let me go" Kid does but still keeps an eye on her "Don't worry, I won't go after him. Can't find him unless I know where he is. Anyway I'm heading home, I'll see you guys at the Cave tomorrow."
Mia teleports back to her apartment in D.C. and collapse onto her bed without bothering to change into her pajamas. "Speedy's a pompous egocentric jerk" was her last thought before she slept.
Mount Justice
July 18 05:45 EDT
Mia had arrived at the Cave just before dawn and went to the top of the mountain to sketch the rising sun. She sets up her easel and places a wide blank canvas on it. Mia waited patiently for the sun to come up and when it did, she quickly went to work. After a few minutes, she finished painting and looks at her masterpiece. "Perfect" and carries her things down back to her room.
Her room at the Cave is more like an art studio filled with easels, paint supplies, trays of pastels, blank canvases, large sketchbook papers, and of course a bed colored with pastel as well as a closet filled with her clothes she uses to do her art in. She would never put her good clothes in that closet so Mia just uses the clothes in there whenever she visits the Cave. Today she wears an overall with a white t-shirt underneath it and nude flip flops while her hair is up with a clip. Mia places the recent painting down to let it dry and takes a piece of paper writing 'A New Day' on it and clips the paper on the easel. Suddenly a knock was heard and she yells out "Come in" then someone comes in. Mia turns around to see Superboy there.
"Hey Superboy."
"Hi."
"So what can I do for you?"
"Breakfast is ready if you want some."
"Great, I'll be out in just a sec."
Superboy turns to leave and stops suddenly when he notices a blank canvas with a piece of paper on it 'The Team.' He looks back at Mia with a curious look.
"Mia?"
"Yes."
"When are you going to paint this one?" Superboy points to the blank canvas.
"Don't know. I've got a feeling that we might get more people on the Team."
"Weirdo" and he leaves the room.
Mia lets out an irritated sigh and finally comes out of her room. She makes it to the kitchen to see Superboy, Miss Martian, and Aqualad there eating in silence. "Well this won't do" she thought and went to make their day brighter.
"Morning everyone!" Mia says out loud and went to give each of them a kiss on the cheek.
Aqualad blushed at the contact, Superboy gives her a weird look and Miss Martian blush becomes crimson and she hides her face in her hands. Mia looks at them like they're the weird ones.
"What?"
"Mia why did you kiss us?" Aqualad asks.
"That's how I greet my friends and family."
"Does everyone on Earth do that?" Miss Martian asks.
"Only certain places like Central America, South America, Spain and Portugal. I want to say in some countries in Africa but don't quote me on that" Mia explains.
"Then why are you doing it?" Superboy asks.
"Because I'm a Latina and it's part of my culture."
"Where are you from?" Aqualad asks.
"Not telling. I want you guys to guess."
And the trio starts guessing for a few hours until a notification caught their attention. They went to the mission room and saw that Red Tornado was making his way to the Cave. They stood there waiting for Tornado to arrive and heard the computer announce some arrivals.
"Recognized: Robin, B01; Kid Flash, B03."
The boys appeared from the zeta tubes and made their way to where the rest were. Mia turns back looking at them and sends them a very cheeky grin.
"You guys sure took your sweet time getting here. You two weren't busy doing something, were you?" she wiggles her eyebrows at them.
They heavily blushed and stared at her shocked understanding the hidden meaning behind it. Kid and Robin began to fluster.
"W-we weren't doing anything Mia!" Kid exclaims.
"Sure you weren't."
"Mia.." Robin starts to say.
"Alright, alright I'm dropping it" Robin nods "But the next time you guys come in late, I'll know what happened" Mia remarks.
Robin and Kid started to chase her and she runs over to Superboy for protection. They stopped and glared at her for a bit before talking to Aqualad at the same time.
"Did you ask?"
"What did he say?"
"He's arriving now."
"Then what are we waiting for?" Kid asks.
Soon they all rushed to meet him. On their way there, Superboy glances down at Mia.
"What did you say to those two?"
"Oh nothing you need to worry about" Mia casually said.
"Uh-huh. Guatemala?"
"Nope. Guess again."
"Later" was all he said as they reached the 'front door'.
They walked outside just in time to meet up with Red Tornado.
"Red Tornado!" Kid yells.
"Greetings. Is there a reason you intercept me outside the Cave?"
"Hey T" Mia smiles at him.
"Hello Mia."
"We hoped you had a mission for us" Aqualad explains.
"Mission assignments are the Batman's responsibility" Tornado states.
"I told them that yesterday afternoon but they wouldn't listen" Mia remarks.
"But it's been over a week and nothing-" Robin began.
Tornado raises his hand to stop Robin "You'll be tested soon enough. For the time being, simply enjoy each others company."
"This team is not a social club" Aqualad states.
"No, but I am told social interaction is an important team-building exercise. Perhaps you can keep busy by familiarizing yourself with the cave" Tornado suggests as he made his way to the Cave.
"Huh. 'Keep busy'" Kid remarks.
"Does he think we're falling for this?" Robin exclaims.
"Will you guys calm down? Like he said, it's Batman's responsibility to assign us missions, not his. Give the guy a break" Mia defends him.
"Oh, I'll find out" Miss Martian suggests and tries to read his mind but fails "I'm sorry. I forgot he's a machine, inorganic. I cannot read his mind."
"Nice try, though. So, huh, you know what I'm thinkin' right now?" Kid asks.
"We all know what you're thinkin' now" Robin states.
"Got that right" Mia agrees and the two fist bump.
"Hey I don't need any comments from the peanut gallery" Kid complains.
"Too bad" Mia retorts sticking her tongue out at him.
"And now we tour the clubhouse" Aqualad said like he would rather do something else.
"Well, Superboy and I live here. We can play tour guides" Miss Martian offers.
They look at Superboy "Don't look at me."
"Aw come on, you with that peppy personality of yours as tour guide would be a hit" Mia gives him a cheeky grin. He frowns at her but it was a playful frown.
"We won't. A private tour sounds much more fun" Kid tries playing cool.
"You've got to be kidding me" Mia mutters shaking her head at Kid.
"Sh-she never said private" Robin counters.
"That's it" Mia calmly states.
She walks over to them and grab each of their ears. Mia yanks their ears and the boys wince in pain while she gives them a stern motherly talk.
"You two better behave or so help me I'll send both of your butts to Antarctica and leave you there. Is that understood?"
"Yes ma'am" they said in unison.
"Good" and she lets go of their ears.
"Team building. We'll all go" Aqualad concludes and the tour began.
"So this would be our front door" Miss Martian began and showed them everything from the front door to the back door "And this would be the back. The cave is actually the entire mountain" Miss Martian finished.
"Oh I can get used to a view like this" Mia stares at the scenery in front of her "If you guys ever need me, I'll be right here drawing."
The group walks back inside the Cave and into the grotto.
"It was hollowed out and reinforced by Superman and Green Lantern in the early days of the League" Kid explains.
"Then why abandon it for the Hall of Justice?" Superboy asks.
"The cave's secret location was compromised" Aqualad answers.
"So they trade it in for a tourist trap? Yeah that makes sense" Superboy retorts.
"Aw my boy is making snarky comments. I'm so proud of him" Mia hugs Superboy.
He grumbles at the contact but deep down he likes the way Mia treats him. It makes him feel like the little brother and Mia was the overprotective big sister. He won't admit it out loud but he appreciates that Mia treats him like a little brother.
"If villains know of the cave, we must be on constant alert" Miss Martian states.
Robin takes her hand and explains "The bad guys know we know, they know about the place, so they'd never think to look here."
"Uh, he means we're hiding in plain sight" Kid simplifies.
"What we're really saying is that the bad guys are too stupid to look in the same place twice" Mia states it crystal clear.
"Ah, that's much clearer. Thanks Mia" Miss Martian says.
"No problem" she smiles at her then sends a smirk at the boys.
"I smell smoke" Superboy observes.
"*gasps* My cookies!" Miss Martian flew straight to the kitchen.
Everyone made it to the kitchen in time to see Miss Martian levitating a tray of cookies from the oven. "Those poor cookies, may they rest in peace" Mia thought as she looks at the burnt cookies.
"I was trying out Grammy Jones recipe from episode 17 of-. Heh. Never mind" Miss Martian says.
"I bet they'd have tasted great. He doesn't seem to mind" Robin comments gesturing to Kid scarfing down on the cookies.
"Don't eat so many cookies at once or you'll choke" Mia scolds him.
"I have a serious metabolism" Kid reasons with his mouth full of burnt cookies.
"And don't talk with your mouth full! Jeez, were you raised in a barn?!" Mia scolds him again.
"I'll make more?" Miss Martian asked.
"It was sweet of you to make any" Aqualad comments.
"Thanks, Aqualad" she thanked him.
"We're off duty. Call me Kaldur'ahm. Actually, my friends call me Kaldur" he says with a smile.
"I'm Wally. See? I already trust you with my secret I.D., unlike Mr. Dark Glasses over here. Batman's forbidden Boy Wonder from telling anyone his real name. And of course you know Mia" Wally gestures to Mia.
"Actually my full name is Amelia Rosa Fuentes Ramires. But everyone calls me Mia" she stares at Wally "Your name is Wally? Seriously?"
"Yeah. So what?"
"Nothing, it suits you. Now I can yell your name when you do something incredibly stupid and not call you Kid Flash" Mia explains with a smile.
"Ah great. It's like having a second mom" Wally grumbles *smack* "Ow!"
"I heard that."
"Mine's no secret. It's M'gann M'orzz. Like, you can call me Megan. It's an Earth name, and I'm on Earth now" M'gann says.
"I'm going to call you Meg" Mia proclaims.
"Oh my first Earth nickname!" M'gann cheers "Spain?"
"Nope."
Superboy leaves the kitchen and stops to hold his head in pain. M'gann started to communicate with him psychically.
"Don't worry, Superboy. We'll find you an Earth name, too."
"Get out of my head!" Superboy yells.
"What's wrong? I don't understand. Everyone on Mars communicate telepathically."
Soon the rest of the boys winced at the pain but Mia didn't feel a thing. She places her hands on Robin's shoulder in concern.
"Are you guys ok?"
"You're seriously not feeling this?"
"Feeling what?"
"Hearing a voice in your head."
"Rob I think that's called a conscious."
"I'm serious" he exclaims.
"M'gann stop" Kaldur orders and she did "Things are different on Earth. Here, your powers are an extreme invasion of privacy" Kaldur explains.
"Besides, Cadmus' creepy little psychic G-gnomes left a bad taste in his brain" Wally comments.
A slap was heard and Wally rubs the back of his head as Mia says "Wally, shut up."
"I- I didn't mean to-" M'gann began.
"Just stay out" Superboy demanded.
"Superboy!" Mia yells.
He ignores her and sits on the couch.
"Hello Megan. I know what we can do" M'gann says and flew down the hall.
The boys followed her but Mia stayed behind to glare at Superboy. M'gann comes back slightly hiding around the corner giving Mia a nervous look. Mia mouths 'Go on' and M'gann went for it.
"Superboy, please."
"Don't talk to me."
M'gann looks down while Mia sends him a motherly stern. He looks up sighing and gets up to follow the girls. Mia and Superboy walk side by side and she nudges him with her elbow giving him a knowing look then he responds back with a grunt. Everyone reaches the elevator and head down. When the doors opened M'gann gestures to a red ball.
"It's my Martian bioship."
They looked at it and weren't sure what to say.
"Cute. Not aerodynamic but cute" Wally states.
"It's at rest, silly. I'll wake it" and she did.
Now the bioship looked cooler and Mia couldn't stop ogling at it.
"Does it come in purple? Cause I want one" Mia states.
"I don't think that you can Mia" Robin explains.
"Well fine. I guess I'll have to draw one that's purple. Meg, think I can do a sketch of the bioship later?"
"Of course. May I watch?"
"You got it" Mia winks at her.
M'gann looks to the boys "Well, are you coming?"
All of them entered the bioship. When they reached the deck, six chairs formed and everyone took a seat.
"Strap in for launch" M'gann said.
Once everyone took their seats, straps appeared and strapped them in. Robin took a seat to M'ganns right, Wally on her left, Mia in front of Robin, Kaldur up front to the left and Superboy up front to the right.
"Red Tornado, please open the bay doors."
Soon enough they're out of the cave and in the air.
"Incredible" Robin states.
"No kidding. I can get a birds eye view and do some portraits of this scenery" Mia exclaims looking down at Happy Harbor.
"Is that all you think about?" Robin asks.
"Hey, that's not all I think about. And besides doing sceneries like this and anything related to drawing is my only source of income so excuse me for trying to get some new ideas."
Robin raises his hands in defeat then they look over to Wally who was practically drooling at M'gann.
"*Sigh* She sure is" M'gann looks at Wally "I-I mean the ship, which, like all ships, is a she" Wally stutters.
"Smooth Wally. Real smooth" Mia remarks.
"Fast with his feet, not so much with his mouth" Robin states.
"Dude!" Wally yells.
"Well Rob you have to consider who his mentor is. I mean you really can't blame the guy for not being a smooth operator and getting the chicks with his looks."
"Mia!"
"Well it's true and you know it Wally."
M'gann worriedly glances at Superboy and Robin notices.
"He'll come around" Robin told her.
"He doesn't seem to like me very much."
"He'll get used to you, trust me" Mia states.
"You guys remember he has super hearing, right?" Wally stating the obvious.
They turned to look at Superboy's back. Mia frowns at his back.
"I know he does" she whispers then spoke so low that only Superboy could hear her "You better apologize to Meg today or I'll take away your TV privileges for a month."
Everyone saw Superboy visibly stiffened. They turned to look at Mia curious as to what she said to him and all she did was give them a sly smile.
"Hey, how 'bout showing us a little Martian shape-shifting?" Robin suggests.
M'gann does. She stands up and turned into a female version of Robin first then into a female version of Kid Flash.
"Is it wrong that I think I'm hot?" Wally wonders staring at the female version of himself.
"Yes, yes it is. Now me on the other hand…" Mia starts and M'gann turned into her "I look smokin' hot."
The two girls stood next to each other and switched places a few times before stopping. "Which one is the real Mia?" they asked in the same tone of voice. Both Mias had the exact same outfit: a white t-shirt underneath overalls that reached mid-thigh, both pairs of legs covered in pastel and dried paint, chocolate brown hair pinned up with a clip, a pair of nude flip flops, a single loose strand of hair on the left side of their faces, and a smudge of paint on the right cheek. The two boys took their time to look at each Mia trying to find any difference between them. Wally couldn't find one but Robin did. He points to the Mia on the right concluding "You're the real Mia and that's M'gann."
M'gann turned back into herself "How'd you know?"
"Trade secret."
"Rob" Mia playfully said.
"It was the eyes."
"But I made sure that they were the same color."
"It wasn't the color but what they showed. M'gann your eyes showed happiness while Mia's showed mischief and sisterly love like she's the big sister of the group" Robin explains.
"Aw Rob, you're gonna make me cry" Mia says as she rushes over to hug him.
He hugs her back and everyone went back to their seats.
"Impressive, but you know you're not exactly fooling anyone with those except Mia's" Robin concludes.
"Mimicking boys is a lot harder" M'gann explains.
"And your clothes?" Kaldur asks.
"They're organic like the ship. They respond to my mental commands" M'gann explains.
"As long as they're the only ones" Superboy comments.
"Superboy!" Mia scolds.
"Can you do that ghosting through walls thing that Manhunter does?" Wally asks.
"Density shifting?" she looks to Wally "No. I-it's a very advanced technique" M'gann states.
"Flash can vibrate his molecules right through a wall. Heh heh heh. When he tries it" Robin gestures to Wally "Bloody nose."
"Dude!" Wally yells.
Mia snorts "I've got to see that."
"Here's something I can do" a few seconds of silence "Camouflage mode" M'gann states.
"That is so cool Meg" Mia says.
'Red Tornado to Miss Martian. An emergency alert has been triggered at the Happy Harbor power plant. I suggest that you investigate covertly. I'm sending the coordinates.'
"Received. Adjusting course."
"Tch. Tornado's keeping us busy again" Robin complains.
"Will you just let it go? It's getting annoying" Mia chides.
"Well, a simple fire led you to Superboy. We should find out what caused the alert" M'gann reasons.
"I think I know the cause" Superboy claims.
"How?" Mia asks and they get sucked into a tornado "Sorry I asked!" Mia yells.
M'gann took control of the bioship and was able to steer it out of the tornado. The bioship lands in the parking lot away from the tornado and everyone jumps down from the street. Workers from the plant are seen screaming and leaving the building as the tornado continues to wreak havoc.
"Robin are tornados common to New England? Robin?" Kaldur asks looking to Robin but he disappeared.
"Two things Kal: 1. No they're not and 2. Someone needs to put a bell on him" Mia states in annoyance.
They hear Robin's laugh.
"He was just here" M'gann said.
"And now he's in there" Mia points to the plant where the windows were being shattered.
They went after Robin and to investigate what was happening at the power plant. When they entered the plant, Superboy jumps down to Robin's side asking "Who's your new friend?"
"Didn't catch his name, but he plays kinda rough" Robin warns.
"My apologies. You may address me as Mr. Twister" Twister said.
"Oh so you're the one who invented the game Twister, cool" Mia taunts.
Twister creates small tornados aiming at Superboy. Superboy pushes through the first wave but gets hit by the second wave and hits the wall behind them then falls to the ground.
"Superboy!" Mia yells out then turns her attention back to Twister "No one hurts my friends and gets away with it while I'm around" she cracks her knuckles.
"Oh I'm quaking in my boots" Twister says.
Mia runs right at him teleporting herself in front of him and starts punching his face. Everyone follows her lead and attacked. Mia continues to punch him but he's not fazed by it. Twister raises his hand to smack her away, she teleports at the last second and reappears next to Robin. Wally runs right at him and before his feet made contact on Twister's chest, he tosses Wally behind him with a twister. Kaldur and M'gann went after Twister and were blown away by two small twisters that Twister created. Now the only ones who are still standing are Mia and Robin as they stared down Twister.
"I was prepared to be challenged by a superhero. I was not, however, expecting children" Twister complains.
"We're not children!" Robin yells as he throws bird-arangs at Twister.
"We're teenagers. Get it right buddy" Mia shouts.
Twister deflects the bird-arangs like they were nothing "Objectively, you are. Have you no adult supervision? I find your presence here quite disturbing."
"I'm the one who's supervising them! What does that make me?" Mia yells.
Twister just looks at her like he's bored and doesn't say anything to her.
"Well, we hate to see you disturbed. Let's see if you're more turbed once we kick your can" Robin claims.
M'gann, Kaldur, and Superboy were back on their feet and stood by Mia and Robin.
"What, did you guys take a coffee break?" Mia sarcastically asks.
M'gann uses her powers to forcefully open a container of steam over Twister covering his line of sight. Superboy goes in ready to punch the living daylight out of Twister but Twister stops him and sends him straight into M'gann. The both of them fall to the ground while Mia, Kaldur and Robin continue to go after him. Twister creates two twisters and the boys get caught in them while Mia escapes. The twisters collide and the boys got slammed into each other then fell to the ground unconscious.
"Indeed. That was quite turbing" Twister states.
"I believe you missed one buddy."
He turns around and got punched in the face. Twister quickly grabs Mia by the throat and leaves the plant.
"What's with….people….ackh…ch-choking me?" Mia struggled to say.
She claws at his hand trying to loosen his grip but it wasn't working. Out of the corner of her eye, Mia sees Wally racing towards them.
"Wally help" she said in a strangled voice.
Twister was closing his grip around her throat even tighter. Luckily Wally grabs her and tucks into a roll then stands up with Mia cradled in his arms.
"What have you done to my team?"
"Embarrassed them, largely."
Twister sends the both of them flying back to the plant. Before they hit the building, M'gann saves them using her telepathy.
"I've got you, guys."
"Ohh. Thanks" he looks down at Mia "You ok?" she nods "Think you can stand?" she nods again and he sets her down.
Mia sways a little but steadied herself and turns to glare at Twister.
"I would have thought you had all learn your limitations by now" Twister complains.
"What do you want?!" Kaldur demands.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm waiting for a real hero" Twister answers.
"I don't think any superhero would date you, sorry" Mia retorts.
"Read his mind. Find a weakness" Kaldur orders M'gann.
"I thought I wasn't supposed to do that" M'gann states.
"It's ok with the bad guys" Robin exclaims.
M'gann focused her mind and tried to read Twister's mind but it didn't work.
"Nothing. I'm getting nothing. Hello, Megan. Mr. Twister is Red Tornado in disguise" she states confidently "He's inorganic, an android. And how many androids do you know that can generate tornados?" M'gann finishes.
Mia sends her a skeptical look "This isn't T. He wouldn't choke me to death."
"Red Tornado sent us here" Kaldur starts.
"After saying we'd be tested soon enough. This is his test, something to keep us busy" Robin finishes.
"Speedy called it. We're a joke" Wally states.
"Are they stupid or something?" "Hey!" everyone looks at Mia "Don't you ever agree with that pompous egocentric jerk, we are not a joke. Also that's not Red Tornado" she points to Twister "Tornado wouldn't cause so much havoc here and he certainly wouldn't choke me to death for some stupid test. Get it through your heads. That's not Tornado" Mia says but it fell on deaf ears.
The boys turned away from Mia and went to confront 'Red Tornado' to give him a piece of their mind.
"This game, so over" Wally states.
"We know who you are and what you want" Robin starts.
"So let's end this" Kaldur finishes.
"Consider it ended" Twister says as he starts to create a massive storm.
"An impressive show, but we will not indulge you. We will not engage" Kaldur states.
Lightning can be seen through the storm.
"Now can we attack?" Mia asks worriedly.
"Uh, can Red Tornado do that?" Wally wonders.
"You think I'm Tornado? Ironic" Twister states.
Lighting strikes the ground causing an explosion and sending everyone back a few feet. However Superboy was ok and he takes off his ruined brown leather jacket so it wouldn't get in the way of him going after Twister. Superboy gets hit in the chest with a lightning bolt and falls to the ground hard, sliding back to the Team. As Twister floats down to finish them off, M'gann wakes up and calls the bioship over to protect them.
"Fine then. I won't deny that you children have power, but playing hide-and-seek with you would not help me achieve my objectives, so stay concealed. If you confront me again, I will show no mercy" Twister says and flies away to wreak havoc on Happy Harbor.
Everyone slowly regains consciousness and Mia sits up with her arms crossed. "I'm not going to say a word or look at them."
"What happened?" Wally asks.
"I placed the bioship between us" M'gann answers.
Superboy yells and punches a rock gaining their attention "And that's supposed to make it right?" he walks towards M'gann "You tricked us into thinking that Twister was Red Tornado."
At this point Mia was up and stood in front of M'gann to protect her "Superboy she didn't know."
"She didn't do it on purpose" Kaldur states.
"I-it was a rookie mistake. We shouldn't have listened" Robin reasons.
"Robin!" Mia chides but he ignores her.
"You are pretty inexperienced, the both of you" Wally looks at the girls "Hit the showers. We'll take it from here."
"Stay out of our way" Superboy threatens.
Mia stares at them in shock then her face becomes hard "No".
The boys looked back at her like What?
"Mia we got this" Wally states.
"Oh just like how you guys had it handled back at Cadmus? I don't think so."
"Mia go home now" Kaldur ordered.
"The hell I am. I'm not going to stand back and watch another family of mine get killed right in front of me!" Mia exclaims "Damn it."
All of them looked at Mia with shocked faces. Out of everyone, Robin was the one who found his voice.
"Mia what do you mean by that?"
Mia shakes her head "Forget it. Do what you want. I'll be at the cave if you need help, that is if you actually do call for help" and she teleports herself to the Cave.
She appears in the mission room and walks to the kitchen. Taking her sweet time walking, Mia solemnly opens the freezer and takes out a pint of cookie dough ice cream. She grabs a spoon from the drawer then hops on the island and began eating the ice cream. After five minutes of eating half of the pint in silence, Mia looks up noticing Red Tornado walking in.
"Hey T" she solemnly said.
"What is the matter Mia?"
She looks into the pint like she searching for the answer "The boys are acting like stupid macho men who think that they can solve everything with brute strength…idiots."
"It seems Miss Martian has a plan to help the 'Macho Men' and needs your help to do it."
"Then why hasn't she contacted me?"
"Apparently she has been doing so for the past five minutes. It appears that you are immune to telepathic powers such as I am."
"No, I just think that I have a really thick skull" she hops down from the island and puts the ice cream away then looks at him "Well I guess I better go save their butts. Be right back T" and she teleports away.
Tornado heads to the mission room and waits for Batman's arrival.
"Recognized: Batman, 02" the computer announced as Batman walks out of the tube.
"Batman."
"Red Tornado."
"I believe you heard the conversation."
"I did. I will call Manhunter to meet us in the Batcave tonight. Tell Mia to meet me here when she gets back."
Red Tornado nods and Batman leaves.
Mia appears in the bioship scaring the living daylights out of M'gann.
"Wha-what? Mia, how'd you get in here?"
"I teleported."
"But Mia, we're 20 feet in the air and in camouflage mode. I thought you had to see where you were going to teleport."
"That I actually don't know" Mia looks around the bioship curious as to how she's not stuck in a wall "Well this is new" "So what's the idea you got to help our boys?" Mia rubs her hands together.
"So this is what I'm thinking…"
After a few minutes of explaining, M'gann looks to Mia for approval and received a smile from her. Before they started, something was bothering M'gann.
"Hey Mia."
"Yeah."
"Before we start, can I ask you something?"
"Go ahead."
"Why can't I read your mind?" Mia becomes silent "It's just that what if I need to call you for help or something."
"I honestly don't know Meg."
"Do you mind if I try something?"
"Sure."
M'gann places a hand on Mia's forehead and her eyes glowed green. A few seconds later, Mia felt like she got hit in the head from the inside and winces a little. M'gann lowers her hand and glances at Mia.
"Mia can you hear me?"
"Actually, I can. Whoa this is trippy. How'd you do it?"
"I forced my way in and it worked. Now I'm able to communicate with you telepathically."
"Sweet. Now let's go help our boys."
M'gann turned the bioship back to where the fight was going down. The girls were three minutes out and Mia was shaking her leg in anticipation.
"Don't worry Mia, we'll defeat Mr. Twister."
"That's not what I'm worried about."
"Then what are you worried about?"
"That I won't be able to hold back my anger. They are SO getting an earful after this is over, mark my word."
M'gann lets out a nervous laugh. They finally made it and M'gann linked everyone's mind.
"Listen to me. All of you."
"What did we tell you?" Superboy yells.
"I know, and I know I messed up, but now I'm very clear on what we need to do. Please trust me."
"You guys better listen to her or else" Mia threatens.
"Whatever" Wally grumbles.
"Wally do not make me come down there and smack you."
M'gann shifts into Red Tornado and leaves the bioship while Mia teleports appearing behind a bush. 'Tornado' flies down stating "Hit the showers, boys. I was hoping you could handle this. Clearly you cannot."
"But we've got a plan now" Robin reasons.
"The subject is not up for debate."
The boys 'leave'. Now only Twister and 'Red Tornado' stood to face each other.
"I was beginning to believe you'd never show up."
"I'm here now."
'Tornado' creates a tornado and aims it at Twister. Twister deflects it with his own and shoots one at 'Tornado' who disperses it.
"We are evenly matched, Twister" he aims a tornado with rocks at him.
"No, Tornado, we are not" he shoots lighting at him.
'Tornado' falls to the ground, short circuited by the lightning. Twister made his way over to the fallen android.
"Remain still, android. The reprogramming won't take long."
M'gann grabs the cables and shifts her head back to normal "Longer than you might think."
"No" Twister moves back a little.
M'gann sends him back using telepathy hitting a tornado made by Wally with Mia appearing next to him when he stops spinning. Twister gets punched by Superboy a couple of times and the last punch sends him into the ocean where Kaldur waits for him. He strikes Twister with an anchor and electrocutes him. Twister explodes underwater and is launched out of the water onto dry land. M'gann levitates him and disassembles him using her telepathy while Robin throws a couple of bombs at him. Twister falls to the ground on his knees, facing the Team and his chest opens revealing a man falling out of it.
"Foul. I-I call foul."
M'gann glances at Mia who gives her a smirk. So she levitates a boulder and crushes the man with it as Kaldur yells "M'gann, no!"
The boys were stunned and Robin got pissed.
"Don't know how things are done on Mars, but on Earth, we don't execute our captives!"
"Sheesh lighten up Rob" Mia stood next to M'gann and leaned up against her using an arm "Meg knows what she's doing."
"You said you trust me" M'gann said in a smug tone.
"You have done well grasshopper."
"Thanks" M'gann lifts the boulder revealing a broken android "That's why I couldn't read his mind."
Wally walks over to the broken android and picks up a robotic eyeball "Cool. Souvenir."
"That's gross Wally" Mia states.
"We should have had more faith in you, the both of you" Kaldur says looking at the girls.
"Yeah. You girls rocked this mission. Get it? Rocked. Heh" Wally says.
"Ignore him" Robin began.
"Oh I plan to" Mia interrupts him.
"We're all just turbed you two are on the Team" Robin finishes.
"Heh. Thanks. Me, too" M'gann says.
"So am I" Mia smiles but it morphs into a scowl.
M'gann moved to stand behind Mia not wanting to get caught in the crossfire while the boys stood there confused as to why M'gann moved behind Mia. They looked at Mia a little uneasily and felt a sense of dread in each of their stomachs. Wally voices the same question that was on their mind "Why do I get the feeling that we're going to die?"
"Oh because you are."
Mia began to give them the talk of the century lasting for 45 minutes. None of them had seen Mia this mad before and they never want to again in fear of facing her wrath. There was a bunch of 'Sorry' and 'We won't do it again' from the boys. After Mia gives them an earful, they went back to the Cave with the android's parts.
On the way back, Wally whispers to Robin "And I thought Batman was scary."
"Yeah no kidding. He might have some competition in the 'Fear Me' department."
Once they placed the parts on the examination table in the mission room, Red Tornado arrives.
"It was clearly created to sabotage or destroy you" Kaldur concludes.
"Agreed."
"Is that why you wouldn't help us?" M'gann asks.
"No. This was your battle. I do not believe it is my role to solve your problem for you nor should you solve mine for me."
"But if you're in danger.." M'gann began.
"Consider the matter closed" Red Tornado turns and leaves the Team.
"Batman, Aquaman, and Flash, they'd have jumped right in to fix things" Wally states.
"Guess if we're gonna have a babysitter, a heartless machine is exactly what we need" Robin retorts.
"Robin, don't say that!" Mia scolds him.
"Dude, harsh" Wally comments.
"And inaccurate. I do have a heart, carbon-steel alloy. I also have excellent hearing" Tornado remarks.
"Heh. Right. Sorry. I'll strive to be more accurate" Robin states.
"And more respectful" Kaldur adds.
"You got that right" Mia turns to look where Red Tornado left and yells out "You did great T! I taught you well!"
"What was that about?" Wally wonders.
"Oh nothing" Mia smirks at them.
The four of them began to walk to the zeta tubes with Mia wrapping her arms around Robin's and Wally's shoulders.
"Speedy was so wrong" Wall starts.
"This team thing.." Robin continues.
"Might just work out" Kaldur finishes.
"You know it" Mia adds.
As they continued walking, Mia hears M'gann in her head.
"Superboy just apologized to me and meant it!"
"That's great! Hey meet me in the kitchen in two minutes."
"Ok."
"I'll see you boys later" Mia started walking to the kitchen.
"Where you going?" Wally asks.
"There's a half eaten pint of cookie dough ice cream that's begging me to finish eating it."
"Cool see you later" Robin says.
"Yeah see yo- Hey wait a minute…that's my ice cream" Wally exclaims.
"Too bad too sad" and Mia quickly teleports to the kitchen.
"Ah man" Wally complained.
Mia scares M'gann again in the kitchen. The two bond over girl talk and a half eaten pint of ice cream. When they finished the pint in silence, Red Tornado walks in.
"Mia please come with me."
"Uh, sure T" she went to follow him "I'll see you later Meg."
"Bye."
Mia follows him to the zeta tube platform where Batman was waiting for her. She had a feeling that it wasn't a social call so she didn't make any witty remarks and follows Batman through the zeta tubes.
"Recognized: Batman, 02; Blink, B04" the computer announces as they walked in.
"That's my superhero name? Cool" Mia thought as she follows Batman. It took her a minute to realize she was in the Batcave. She stunned for a few more seconds until Batman grabs her attention.
"Mia this is Martian Manhunter, Miss Martian's uncle" Batman introduces.
"Hi" she smiles at him.
"It is a pleasure to meet you Mia" J'onn said.
"Pleasures mine Mr. Manhunter."
"Please call me J'onn."
"Ok. What can I do for you J'onn?"
"I was told that you are immune to telepathic powers."
Mia was shocked "How'd you know about that?"
He slightly glances at Batman then says "It does not matter. With your permission, may I enter your mind?"
"Uh sure."
J'onn's eyes glowed green. Mia stood there glancing around the Batcave wondering if he was going to start. After about ten minutes of nothing happening, Mia looks over to Batman.
"Is he going to start or do I have to stand here all night?"
Batman looks over to J'onn and notices his friend's shocked face.
"J'onn?"
"This is not possible" J'onn states.
"What's wrong?" Mia asks.
"I cannot read your mind."
"You know, Meg said the same thing. She had to force her way in just to communicate with me but she still can't read my mind."
J'onn tested Mia's statement.
"Are you able to hear me?"
"Yes."
"This is strange in deed. What do you suppose we do Batman?"
J'onn looks over to Batman and Batman was silent as he calculated every possible reason as to why J'onn can't read Mia's mind.