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Bruges
December 22, 20:08 CET
"Madams and monsieurs, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Haly International Traveling Circus, where the world of deceivery is your oyster. And these are our latest pearls-the Daring Dangers. Dan Danger, Dawn Danger, Diane Danger, Dane Danger, Dean Danger, and Dana Danger" the ring master introduces.
Conner and Mia threw the barrels up into the air where Robin and M'gann flew through at the same time Artemis and Roy fired arrows.
"You'll never see another trapeze act like this folks. And all performed without a net" Haly states.
After Robin does a flip, he soars to M'gann but misses and falls.
"Robin!" M'gann yells.
"No! Conner do something!" Mia states.
"Don't blow our cover" Robin orders.
"But saving your life's ok?" Conner asks.
He tosses the barrel up to catch Robin who uses it to launch himself towards M'gann. When their hands barely touched, M'gann used her telekinesis to catch Robin's hand.
"What did I just say?" Robin says.
"The crowd couldn't see me use telekinesis from below. Besides, I've been using it all night"
"I've been using my powers too" Mia adds as she pretends to toss the barrels up with her strength.
The duo landed safely at the top of the pole.
"I'm not exactly the acrobat you are" M'gann confesses.
"Yeah, neither am I right now. I think I caught that 24 hour bug that's been going around the circus. But the show must go on" Robin states.
Flashback
"Advanced weapons tech has been stolen at manufacturing plants throughout Europe, and each theft coincides with tour stops made by the Haly Circus. Batman's sending us undercover to catch the thieves" Robin states.
"You're lying but it's the circus you grew up with. I'll let it slide this time" Mia thought as she gently smiles at Robin. Soon her smile turned into a frown at the person behind Robin.
"This clown car have room for one more?" Roy asks.
"Uh, we've got this covered" Robin answers.
"Yeah so you can leave now" Mia crosses her arms.
Roy leans into Robin whispering in his ear "You've got the mission covered, but who's covering the 4 potential mole suspects you're bringing along?"
When the decision to let Roy join the mission, Mia scoffs then it hits her. There are already two people with black hair and two redheads so either Mia goes blonde or Artemis becomes a brunette. Artemis and M'gann walked over to her with smiles on their faces.
"You ready?" M'gann asks.
"No."
"I think you'll look great as a blonde" Artemis states.
"Can't you go brunette?" Mia pleas.
Artemis shakes her head and Mia sighs.
"Alright" she lifts her hands "Take me to my doom."
The girls grabbed her hands and took her to dye her hair.
End of Flashback
"Oh no, right after this you're going straight to bed. No ifs, ands or buts. Do I make myself clear?" Mia states.
"Put your hands together for the Daring Dangers" Haly comments.
All six of them waved as the crowd cheers for them.
"Didn't think you'd make it through" M'gann says.
"You look like you're about to pass out Rob" Mia looks at him worriedly.
"Neither did I. Help me backstage" Robin says.
M'gann and Mia walked with Robin in between them and they head backstage. As the six of them enter, they passed another act talking to the roustabout.
"Ray, have you seen my other torch?"
"Here. You dropped it outside the train" Ray hands the torch to the performer.
"Thanks. You're a life saver."
"Break a leg."
Mia took Robin's temperature by placing her lips on his forehead.
"Uh Dana. What are you doing?" Robin asks.
"Checking your temperature and you don't have a fever so it must be a stomach virus."
"How did you-"
"It's an old trick Mom taught me."
She uses the emphasis on Mom to get it through his head. Robin quickly shuts up after that. Mia starts to brush her hair when she overhears someone complain to Haly.
"Haly, what's the deal giving the top slot to those Danger kids?"
"That's our slot."
"Was your slot until you missed that performance in Paris" Haly says.
"Carlo was sick. He's better now."
"Plus, those Dangers are a sham. They say they're brother and sisters, they don't even look alike" Carlo complains.
Mia scoffs "Please tell me I just didn't dye my hair blonde for nothing."
"It's not for nothing Mia. Besides you look good as a blonde" M'gann says.
"I miss my brunette hair" Mia whines as she looks at the mirror.
M'gann nudges her when a guy in a suit comes over to them and starts talking.
"Faraday. Interpol. New act?"
"Yeah, just joined the tour" Robin casually says.
"Probably clears you. But don't get too comfortable. Haly's going down for this" Agent Faraday says walking away.
"What a sweetheart" Mia retorts.
"Come on, we've got work to do" Robin states.
All of them changed into their suits and went to stake out a manufacturing plant that night.
"If Interpol's already on this, why are we bothering?" Conner complains.
"Because Batman said so. Why, you got something better to do?" Robin counters.
"How do we know the thieves will hit here?" Artemis asks.
"There are more obvious targets" Roy states.
"Well maybe that's why they'll hit this one. It's the least obvious target out of all of them" Mia suggests.
"Faraday will have them covered. But I've analyzed the tech already stolen, and the pattern suggests this is the place" Robin says.
"How are you feeling?" M'gann asks.
"Lousy, actually. But I'll manage."
"Maybe you should sit this one out Rob."
"I'll be fine Mia."
"Contact. Northeast quadrant" Conner states.
The thief easily makes it over the fence and continues to make his way towards the plant.
"It looks like we know why Carlo missed a performance" Conner sarcastically states.
"Could be Carlo. Could be his brother. Keep an open mind. And move in" Robin orders.
Robin, Artemis, Roy, M'gann, and Mia were crouched against a wall outside looking for the thief.
"Did you see where he went?" Robin asks.
Conner arrives and uses his x-ray vision to find the thief "The warehouse."
"Since when did you have x-ray vision Conner?" Mia asks.
Conner doesn't answer and they all went inside the warehouse. They stood on some metal beams above the thief ready to take him down.
"Looks like someone's not making it on Santa's Nice List this year" Mia remarks.
The thief turns around to see them.
"Caught red-handed. Red-faced, too, I'll bet" Robin says.
"Acrobatics won't get you out of this" Artemis states.
The thief takes out a torch and blew fire at them.
"Look out!" Conner pushes them out of the way.
He takes it head on while the others ran for cover. Roy notches an arrow but doesn't fire when he saw a crate with the words Live Ammo written on it.
"Those crates are full of live ammo. Move!"
The warehouse explodes as they found cover. Conner pushes the debris away while the others got up.
"That guy's dead meat" Conner starts to go after the thief.
"Superboy, no! You need to get her out" Robin holds M'gann up.
"He's getting away."
"And that matters more than Miss M? The fire's killing her."
"Right. Right" Conner carries M'gann away.
"Artemis, Arrow, Blink, find the thief" Robin orders then falls to his knees.
"Because he matters more than you?" Artemis asks.
"You're still off your game, pal. We're getting you out too" Roy states.
As they were walking out and reached a good distance, Robin finally notices that Mia wasn't with them.
"Wait, where's Blink?"
Artemis' eyes went wide and looks back at the burning warehouse "She's still in there."
"I'll get her" Roy runs back to the warehouse.
When he arrived, the fire got more intense but he makes his way in.
"Where is she? What was she thinking?" "Blink!" no answer "Amelia!"
He walks back to where they last were and found her sitting on the ground with a look of pure terror and tears streaming down her cheeks.
"No, not again" she mumbles.
Roy crouches in front of her and tries to snap her out of the stupor "Blink we have to get out of here."
"Not again" was all she said.
"Look at me" she does but doesn't really see him "We have to go."
Mia doesn't respond so instead Roy picks her up and carries her out of the warehouse in time. When the duo safely arrived, all of them headed back to the circus. Roy didn't bother putting Mia back down and subconsciously tightens his grip on her. Mia on the other hand has a dazed look on her face as she remembers the night of her mother dying in the fire.
The following morning, everyone puts on their circus uniforms and entered the big tent where they overhear Faraday and Haly talking.
"Another weapons plant is hit, and once again the circus is in town. I don't believe in coincidences."
"I don't care what you believe. My people are not responsible. I did a bed check last night. Every single member of my troupe was asleep in their bunks.
"Well, we sure weren't" M'gann says.
"And if he's lying about us…" Artemis starts off.
"I think he's just protecting his family" Mia says hugging herself as the flashbacks of her mother's death came back.
She didn't even notice that everyone left until someone taps her shoulder and Mia flinches away. Mia turns to see that it was Roy and he looks at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Is everything ok Dana?"
"I'm-I'm fine Dane."
"So what happened last night?"
"You wouldn't understand."
Mia looks away then starts walking back to the train car. Roy narrows his eyes as he watches her leave. "What's her deal?" He follows and arrives in the train car where everyone else was waiting. Roy stands by the window, Conner leans up against the door and the other four sat on the benches but Mia pulls her legs up to her chest.
"So two thieves, right? The fire breather and one of the acrobats" Artemis starts.
"Dressed in identical clothes" M'gann finishes.
"Maybe not just two" Robin pulls up a video on his holo-computer wrist "Here's the Madrid security footage" the video changes "And now Paris."
"So the Strongman and the clown, too. If the entire circus is involved, Haly himself may be the mastermind" Roy concludes.
"You don't know that" Robin defends.
"It would explain his lies" M'gann says.
"I told you to keep an open mind" Robin walks out of the room in anger.
"Nice going you guys" Mia remained silent while the conversation continued.
"Hello, Megan. I'll read Hally's mind" M'gann offers.
"I'm not sure we can trust you to do that without tipping him off" Roy states.
"Or maybe you don't trust her period" Conner stood in front of Roy "I heard you talking to Robin back at the Cave. I know you're only here to spy on the four of us."
"There's a mole on this team and good reason to suspect all four of you. Artemis, Miss Martian and Blink have already been caught in lies. And you could be programmed by Cadmus without even knowing."
"Or maybe I take your head off without even trying."
"Ok. Let's all take a timeout before we do something we regret" M'gann offers.
"Too late for me" Mia mutters as she brings her legs closer to her chest.
"Speak for yourself" Conner adds.
The couple left the room and when the door closed, Artemis spoke out loud.
"None of use are perfect, but each of us would give our lives for this team. So try to keep an open mind" Artemis leaves too.
Only Mia stayed behind and Roy took the opportunity to talk to her.
"I heard what you said."
"Huh?" Mia looks up at him.
"Is there something you regret?"
A dark look casts over Mia's face and she lets out a dry laugh "Oh, I've got a few regrets."
"Like?" Roy raises a brow.
"The usual: not saving my dad from getting shot by Bane, staying home to get my mom out before Klarion burned my house to the ground, never meeting my foster parents so they'd still be alive instead of being assassinated, and trying to save my siblings' lives from certain death. I think that's about it for now but I'll let you know when I added more to the list. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to find Dan."
Mia stood up and leaves the train car to find Robin. She finds him outside walking around in the snow so she silently walks next to him without uttering a word. They stopped in front of a poster of a family of acrobats called the Flying Graysons. Mia knows about Robin's past for a while but kept it a secret and gently lays a hand on his shoulder. Soon the two of them get a call on their comms.
"Uh, yeah?"
"Hello?"
'Guys, where are you?'
"Oh hey there…um we're out for a walk" Mia tries to lie.
"Confidential mission from Batman" Robin answers.
Mia face palms and gently groans.
Mount Justice
December 23, 01:04 EST
"Wow. You know what I'm doing? Making a bologna sandwich. Kind of like you just did. I just talked to Tornado you guys are not on a mission. Not an official one anyway" Wally finishes putting his sandwich together.
'Come on Wally, cut him some slack.'
"And what do you think you're doing? You didn't tell anyone where you went. Flash nearly had a heart attack" Wally chides.
'I left a note' Mia defends.
"Just writing 'Be back soon' is not a note and you know it."
'A friend, Jack Haly' Robin cuts in.
"The circus guy? From your old Flying Grayson days?" Wally quickly covers his mouth completely forgetting about Mia.
'It's ok. I know what happened.'
'How?' Robin asks.
'I may be blonde at the moment but I'm not stupid. I'm smarter than I look.'
'Anyway, he's implicated in this global crime spree. Someone in the show's dirty, but I need to prove old Jack's clean or he might lose the circus.'
"Then why not bring me along? I know your back story. I know what that circus means to you. It's where you grew up. It's where you lost your-"
'I left you behind because you know my back story. I didn't want my best pal questioning my objectivity. I would've left Mia behind too if I had known that she knew my story too.'
'A little late for that. Besides you're my Stupid and I couldn't let you do this by yourself. You're stuck with me for a longtime, that goes for you too cuz.'
Wally smiles "Wouldn't have it any other way. Dude, that's what a best pal's for."
'Tell Flash I'll be back before Christmas. Love you.'
"Love you too."
Wally hangs up and lets out a sigh then continues to eat his sandwich.
The show was over and Haly walks backstage announcing "Pack it up. The train leaves for Geneva in two hours."
Soon everyone was outside packing the train. Mia, M'gann, and Conner were packing up then Conner gets in the train while the girls finished up. When M'gann was about to pick up a bag, another hand touches hers.
"Need a hand?" Ray asks.
"I'm good. Thanks. Maybe one of the other acts could use some help?" M'gann gestures to the other acts sitting on the ground not feeling so well "A lot of them seem to have that flu."
"Yeah, it's going around."
"All aboard. Everyone. Now" Haly orders.
Mia went to grab the final bag and as she walks over to the train, she trips but someone grabs her from behind.
"Are you ok?"
She looks back to see Ray smiling "Thanks Ray."
"Want me to get that for you?"
"If you wouldn't mind."
"My pleasure."
He lets go of her arms and takes the bag then tosses it inside the train. Mia starts to walk back to the room when her vision starts to go sideways. "Wh-what's going on? God, I don't feel so good." She stumbles as she made her way to the shared room and Mia had to lean up against a wall to catch her breath. "I-I can't breathe" Mia pants. She barely made it to the door when Roy arrives too. He looks over at her noticing how pale she was, sweating profusely and struggling to breathe.
"Dana?"
"Roy?" Mia could barely lift her head to look at him then collapses onto the ground.
"Dana!" Roy rushes over to her and takes her to the room.
Everyone turns to see Roy coming in with Mia in his arms and he puts her on the other couch gently. Thinking that she came down with the same bug as the other acts, no one was overly concerned. Artemis grabs a pillow and blanket for Mia then places them on her.
"You look better" Artemis tells Robin.
"I feel better. I'm sorry, M-Dawn and Dana. I hope you two didn't catch it from me."
Mia doesn't respond as she struggles to breathe while M'gann talks.
"I feel so silly. Who knew a Martian could be vulnerable to a human virus?"
"Uh, HG Wells. Look, when did you first feel sick?"
"Just after boarding the train. It came on suddenly."
Mia gasps loudly catching everyone's attention and Artemis rushes to her side.
"Hey, it's ok. You're going to be fine" she soothes.
Mia grabs Artemis' hand and tried to speak but the words weren't coming out.
"Don't talk. You need to rest."
"R-ray" Mia spoke so softly that even Conner missed it.
"Same with me the other night. I remember Ray rubbed my head for good luck right before we went on" Robin says.
Mia tightens her grip and Artemis got what she meant.
"Ray? He did this to you?" Artemis asks.
Mia slightly nods then goes into a coughing fit as she tries to get air into her lungs.
"Ray? That roustabout? He touched her before we boarded. Guy must be a walking petri dish. Where did he touch you Dana?" Conner looks over at Mia.
She lets go of Artemis' hand and touches both arms then holds up the number 2 before dropping her hand.
"He held your arms for two minutes?" Roy asks.
Mia doesn't respond as she falls into a state of unconsciousness. The others took notice and Artemis tries to wake her up.
"Dana? Dana can you hear me?"
Roy checks for a pulse while Conner listens for a heartbeat. Both of them relaxed when they found one.
"She's out cold" Roy states.
Robin walks out of the room and runs into Haly while the others looked at Mia worriedly.
"Go, I'll keep an eye on her" M'gann says.
"You sure?" Conner asks.
"Yes."
Artemis, Conner and Roy left the room then M"gann looks over at Mia with concern. She gets up and sat in front of her.
"Mia, you have to wake up" she whispers then leaves the room and walks into Robin.
"You should stay in bed."
"As a friend of mine once said, I'll manage."
"How's Dana?"
"She's sleeping it off. She'll be fine."
M'gann leaves then Robin follows her.
Haly morphs into Ray and as he was about to leave, he feels a bit hungry then looks in the room spotting Mia on the couch sleeping. Making sure no one else was around, he walks in and carries Mia away over his shoulder.
The others made it to Ray's room and didn't find him there.
"Guess he wasn't that sick" Conner comments.
"Does this circus have an elephant I don't know about?" Roy asks.
"Not of foreign tours" Robin answers.
Roy opens the box "Empty. No. Wait. Ash."
"From the warehouse fire in Bruges."
"Uh, guys. I found Ray" Artemis holds up a mask.
"Split up. Search the whole train and someone check on Dana" Robin orders.
As they searched for Ray, Robin finds Haly tied up in his office. After ungagging Haly Robin made his way in the train after learning that Ray tied up Haly.
"M'gann" "Dawn, come in."
'Uh, Dan?'
"I tried to reach you the other way."
'I think the flu's knocked out my other way.'
"That clinches it. Dane, Dean, Diane, come in. We're chasing someone who's stolen Dawn's act. Her whole schtick, if you catch my drift."
'We've got another problem' Artemis states.
"What?"
'Dana's gone.'
Inside the dining car, Conner sees one of the clowns wheeling in a large luggage case. He uses his x-ray vision to find Mia tucked inside with a piece of tech close to her body. The clown raises the tables and chairs then launches them at Conner. He punches them away.
"I got him and I found Dana. But he's onto me. Exiting the dining car now. He's gone topside."
Conner jumps onto the top of the train and went after the clown. He uses his newfound telekinesis and throws Conner off the train. Conner flies back to the train and lands on top again.
"That won't work on me, clown."
Robin appears "That's no clown. He's the Parasite, the guy who once stole Superman's powers."
"As if you kids are who you claim to be. Please" the clown morphs into Parasite.
"Stay out of his reach. There's no flu going around. The weakness comes when he makes physical contact and feeds off powers and abilities of others" Robin warns.
"I have been a bit of a gluten today. Chowed down on the skills of nearly every loser in this troupe. But, oh, my, the piece de resistance was Dawn Danger, or whatever her real name is and Dana Danger who's safely tucked away for a rainy day. Thought I'd much on her trapeze skills and the other's strength. Imagine my surprise when she tasted like Martian Manhunter instead and the other one tasted so good that I just had to bring her along with me. Mmm. Both made lovely appetizers. But guess who I want for my entrée?" Parasite uses telekinesis to bring Conner closer to him and starts to siphon his powers "Now, that's the full body Kryptonian flavor I love!"
"Everyone, stay whelmed. Subdue, but keep your distance" Robin orders.
Roy and Artemis were ready to fire their arrows when Parasite uses heat vision to destroy their bows.
"You know, I almost never say this, but I'm sated" he lets go of Conner "Hate to eat and run."
Parasite flies up and brings the luggage with him using telekinesis. Robin jumps up and latches onto the luggage for dear life. He launches off it trying to grab Parasite.
"Sorry. No hitchhikers" Parasite punches him away.
Robin nearly falls off the train while Parasite escapes with the tech and Mia. M'gann grabs hold of him and was having trouble pulling him in. Roy and Artemis rush over to help and the trio pulled Robin in to safety.
M'gann runs over to Conner "Conner" she helps him up "Are you alright?"
"Fine. Fine."
"You're drained. Parasite took more power than you even have. Heat vision?" Robin asks.
"I have the genetic potential for it. Must have been enough for him. Did you get Mia?"
The words Parasite said finally made sense making Robin growl in frustration. "She was in the luggage" "Gah!"
"We'll get her back" Artemis says.
Geneva
December 24, 00:37 CET
Mia moans and begins to stir. She opens her eyes slowly noticing that she's in some large lab.
"Ah so you're finally awake."
Mia looks over to see Parasite "Who-who are you?"
"That's right, you were out the entire time when I was discovered. You can call me Parasite" he walks closer to her.
Mia takes in Parasite's appearance and her wit comes out to play "Parasite? That's your name? I think 'Purple People Eater' is a better name since you've got that purple theme going on."
Parasite growls "Stay quiet or I'll drain you of your powers completely."
"Whatever you say" he walks away "Barney."
He stops then walks back to her with his hand out "I warned you."
Parasite grabs her by the neck and drains the remaining power she had left until she went limp in his hand. He carries her over to the console and ties her up against it while he went to work.
"This would be a whole lot easier with my flash drive" he plugs a tube into the console and the whole panel turns blue "There. Now let's fire this baby up and see what's left of Geneva when we're done."
A small camera records Parasite's movement and finds Mia tied up at the console.
"We need to take him down or at least lure him away so we can get Blink away and safely disengage-"
Conner starts to scream and goes after Parasite.
"No, wait!" Robin whisper yells.
"Seconds? No, I couldn't."
Parasite uses telekinesis to bring Conner closer but he uses it to his advantage and punches Parasite. The two battle it out for a bit.
"What's wrong with-" Roy starts.
"Wait" M'gann says.
Parasite finally grabs Conner and drains him again "Oh, what a rush. How do you do it, kid? Even Superman never recharged this fast" he throws Conner away like a used rag "All right, Dangers, come on out. Only a couple minutes before this baby's done warming up and eats Geneva. Speaking of eating I do think that one of your own, Dana, is ready to be chowed on."
Parasite walks over to Mia and begins to feed off her again. She lets out a soft groan before struggling to breathe.
"What do you think?" M'gann asks.
"Big risk to take on a theory" Roy states.
"Do it. Go" Robin orders.
M'gann walks in with her hands on her hips "I hope I make you proud Mia" "What do you have against Geneva anyway?"
"Never liked the food. But the menu keeps improving."
"I'm just the appetizer, remember?"
Parasite brings M'gann closer to him then she dodges and tucks into a roll.
"Here's the main course" she kicks his legs out from under him causing him to fall.
When he got back up, an arrow hits him and encases him in foam fired by Roy.
"Foam? You think foam can hold me?" Parasite uses his telekinesis to life Roy up into the air "Or stop me from crushing you with a thought? Or transport you into the vastness of space? Combined Martian, Kryptonian and Teleporter powers here."
"But do any of those powers free you before I sabotage your death thingy?" Robin wonders.
Parasite uses his heat vision on Robin who ducks away in time. Artemis fires an arrow filled with flammable gas and when the heat vision hits its mark, everything caught on fire.
"So clever. Trick me into igniting flammable gas. But you forgot, doofus' double dose of…invulnerability. Fire…can't…touch me."
"Unless you make a meal of my powers and getting my weaknesses as a side dish" M'gann states.
"No. No!" Parasite passes out from the extreme heat.
"Aw, poor baby. Something you ate?"
Robin walks back to the console, successfully shutting down the machine then cuts Mia free. He puts one of her arms over his shoulder and got up to see Agent Faraday coming in.
"We'll take it from here" he places an inhibitor collar on Parasite then looks over at the duo "Thanks for the tip, by the way. Definitely helps to prep the inhibitor collar in advance."
"Glad to be of service."
"Is the girl going to be ok?"
Robin glances at Mia and notices that her eyes were slowly opening.
Mia lifts her head "What happened?" she became more alert "Where's the Purple People Eater?"
Faraday laughs "We got him Miss, you don't have to worry about him. Can I offer you a ride back to the circus?"
"I'd rather have the superheroes take me back if that's ok with you."
"I shouldn't be the one you should ask."
Mia looks at Robin who smiles at her "I think we can take her back. Her family must be worried sick about her."
Faraday nods and leaves with Parasite in tow. As soon as Interpol left, Mia tightly hugs Robin then slaps him upside the head.
"Ow. What was that for?"
"For not getting here sooner" Mia pouts.
"Sorry" Robin sheepishly smiles.
"At least it's over. Now if you'll excuse me, I do believe someone owes me an apology."
Mia walks over to where Roy was and arrived in time to hear Artemis talk to Roy.
"Wow. He dares to touch the hand of a suspected traitor."
"This is going in the history books" Mia adds.
"Mind open. I guess I never really saw you four in the thick of it before. Superboy's a hot head, but I know I'm not one to talk"
"Tch. No kidding" Mia retorts.
"You could each have betrayed us here. You didn't. I'm sorry I doubted any of you. There is no mole" Roy states.
"Excuse me but can you say that sentence one more time?" Mia's eyes twinkled with mischief.
"I'm sorry I doubted any of you."
"And don't you forget it" Mia took a step and falls back but Roy catches her "Guess I'm still not at full strength."
"It's a shame your mouth still works" Roy taunts.
Mia elbows him in the gut muttering "Jackass" then got Artemis to help her walk back.
Before they left Geneva, they did one last performance as the Daring Dangers. While Mia was getting ready, her com went live.
"Hello?"
'Where are you?! Flash is worried. You didn't come back yet. It's the night of Christmas Eve.'
"Something came up but it's over now. Got this one last thing before we leave."
'But-'
"Bye."
"You ready?"
Mia looks up to see Roy by the door "Always."
She walks over to him and the two of them left then headed over to the big tent.
"Scared?" Roy asks.
"In your dreams Harper."
Before they entered the ring, Mia quickly grabs his hand and gives it a squeeze. Roy squeezes back and Mia instantly relaxes then they went out into the ring.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the farewell performance of the Daring Dangers" Haly announces.
After the performance, they head back to the states and Mia went home.
She opens the door saying "I'm home. Sorry I'm late, the mission ended up being longer than I-"
Mia was quickly engulfed in a hug by Barry "Don't you ever scare me like that again. We were so worried."
"I didn't mean to make you and Iris so worried about me."
"It's fine" he looks at her "Just don't do it again."
"You got it" she smiles.
"Great, now we've got a surprise for you."
"What is it?"
"Go ahead and look. Oh Mia" she looks at him "You're going to change your hair back, right?"
Mia nods then walks further into the house and tears began to build in her eyes at the sight of two eyes.
"Miguel? Tulio?"
The Twins turned around and smiled at her. They got up and rushed over to her. The Ramires siblings fell to the ground on their knees as they held each other tightly.
"I've missed you guys so much" Mia sniffles.
"We've missed you too" Miguel says.
"Are you guys being good to Uncle Ted and Danny?"
"Yes. In fact, Ted brought us over to meet the West-Allens. They've been good to us" Tulio states.
"It's our pleasure Tulio. You're family too" Iris says.
Mia looks up at Iris with a smile "Thanks Iris."
"Your welcome Mia. And this isn't the only surprise, Barry?"
Barry walks in holding a manila envelope "Do you want me to open it or do you?"
Mia got up from the hug and snatches it out of Barry's hand. She quickly opens it then saw the familiar form as tears slid down her cheeks.
"Really?"
Both Iris and Barry nodded and Mia starts to cry tears of joy. The Twins looked at her with concern so they got up and looked over her shoulder to see what was making her cry. They saw the form, finally realizing that it's an adoption form for the two of them. Both boys were wide-eyed as they looked between the form and the West-Allens. Soon Barry and Iris were engulf into a group hug by the Ramires siblings. Later in the Christmas day, Ted came back to pick up the boys and took them back to New York. They'll stay and train with Ted for the time being until Mia knows for sure that the League of Shadows aren't coming after her brothers.
"This has been the greatest Christmas ever" Mia smiles brightly.