Okay, this is a two-shot.

I own nothing except the usual, blah-blah-blah.

The original title for this chapter was: "Momentos: Our First Mission" but I think that's too long... not sure, but I'm about to find out!

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Robin was doing a handstand in the training room, sweat dripping lightly down his face. He pushed down, then pulled himself back up, repeating the process readily. Sparrow was across from him, about five feet away, lifting about 185 lbs on a bar, close to her max. Superboy was across the whole arena, knocking a punching bag senseless, while Miss Martian gazed at him dreamily, sipping from her water bottle and wiping sweat from her forehead. Artemis was doing target practice in the room over, and Kid Flash was testing out his uncle's new Cosmic Treadmill. Kaldur was sitting on the bench, hydrating himself after a fierce sparring match with Black Canary, who recently left for a mission.

Sparrow's masked eyes flit over to her little brother. "Do they like me?"

It had been almost a month since Sparrow joined, and Wally and Robin were doing everything they could to get everyone to warm up to her. Artemis had been, recently, turning a cold shoulder to the girl, never talking to her unless it was necessary. Connor hadn't spoken a full sentence to her, still suspicious and confused at her 'sudden appearance' to their team's numbers. M'gann, of course, was as kind as ever, completely naïve to any of Sparrow's faults. And, Kaldur, well, whenever he was alone with Sparrow for more than five minutes, he seemed to suddenly become clumsy and couldn't stop babbling. Luckily, Robin had practically beat that out of the older teen the first time he caught the 'fish-boy' ogling at his sister.

Robin 'shrugged' (which seemed impossible in his position, but, hey, he's not called the 'Boy Wonder' for nothing). "Supey's suspicious. Artemis is just jealous of how close you and KF are- they totally like each other but are just too proud to admit it- anyways. M'gann loves you, especially ever since the cupcake incident, and Kaldur- well... yeah. He's not too good at hiding his emotions."

Sparrow giggled, almost dropping the bar on her feet. "Yeah. He's kinda cute."

Robin tilted his head up and, even behind the mask, gave her the 'evil eye'. "Don't even think about it."

"Too late."

Suddenly, the computer announced Batman's arrival.

Robin back-flipped to a standing position, aiding Sparrow in pushing the bar into the equipment closet. Superboy turned, biting the strings of his boxing gloves to pull them off. Kaldur and M'gann both stood to attention at their commissioner's entrance, and Artemis appeared, her bow slung across her shoulders. Kid slowed the treadmill to a stop, then bounced over to the forming line.

"Got a mission for us?" the speedster asked excitedly.

At Batman's jerked nod, everyone grinned (with the exception of Superboy, who just grunted). The Dark Knight turned to the empty training room and clicked his remote, making a holographic, blue screen appear. "There have been recent rumors about a shipment of Venom to Star City-"

"-But we destroyed the shipments months ago!" Robin cut in. At his mentor's sharp glare, the young teen muttered an apology and stepped back a bit.

Batman tried again. "There have been recent rumors about a shipment of Venom in Star City, and yes, the League thought they were simply rumors, as your mission had been a success. But," he clicked his button again, showing a creature that looked much like the one that they had battled in Santa Prisca, only bigger and uglier, "our evidence proved us wrong. Green Arrow tried to investigate last night. Unfortunately, he isn't very excellent in that job."

"He has two broken legs," Artemis spoke suddenly. "He wouldn't tell me why though."

Batman nodded, and Robin almost growled.

Sparrow was now amused.

"You all will go in- covertly- and gather information needed. One, who ordered the shipment, two, who delivered it, and three, we will need a sample of the Venom. It seems to be an advanced version of the before chemical, and the League needs to know how it was created without our finding out."

Aqualad stepped forward and nodded. "When do we leave?"

"At midnight," was the gravely reply.

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Robin looked over at the clock as he finished off his dinner. They still had a good four hours to go. As of now, Kaldur was swimming, prepping his sore muscles for the mission. Wally was in the kitchen, across from Robin (who sat on the island, his cereal in his lap- yes, cereal for dinner), eating the fridge clean. "Need energy for the mission!" was his new excuse. Miss Martian was cleaning up her Bio-Ship from Wally's earlier mess (Note to self: Do not lock KF in the Bio-Ship after he's had a Red Bull, no matter how tempting it is to get him out of your face.), and Superboy was watching the TV. Sort of. Artemis was polishing her arrows next to him, her gaze lingering on Sparrow, who sat on the floor, also prepping her own weapons.

"Artie doesn't seem to like Spar," Wally hissed to Robin as he laid out his supplies for his Mega-Uber-Licious-Speedster-Sandwich. (Don't ask.)

Robin smirked. "She's jealous."

"Of what?"

Robin rolled his eyes. "Have you ever watched Criminal Minds?"

Wally nodded as he, super-speedily, fixed up his sandwich. "Yeah- I'm part of the Spencer Reid Fan club on Facebook."

Robin muttered something along the lines of 'stupid crazy stalker fangirl', then spoke. "Well, you know how Morgan and Garcia are always flirting, but they don't really mean it?"

Wally nodded slowly, unsure of where their conversation was going.

"Dude, seriously!" Robin whisper-shouted. "That's totally you and Spar!"

"Is n- Oh."

"Oh," Robin mocked, sticking out his tongue. "Plus, dude," he slurped up his discolored milk, "Artemis totally digs you."

"Does not! Plus, I like Megan-"

"Who likes Supey."

Wally chose to ignore the statement, instead attacking his eight-tier dinner.

Robin rolled his eyes.

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M'gann dusted off her skirt, happily finished in cleaning the Bio-Ship. She told it to go to rest, allowing the poor thing to get a bit of sleep before their mission.

Our first mission with Sparrow! I wonder how it'll go... Well, with all of the amazing things Robin and Wally say about her, I'm sure it'll go great!

She looked up at the clock and gasped. It was already eleven. "Oh gosh."

Quickly floating to the indoor pool, the Martian girl saw Kaldur still soaking up the salt-water (a special filter made just for him). "Kaldur'ahm!" she exclaimed. "We only have a hour!"

Kaldur stood and turned, and a wave of emotions suddenly attacked M'gann's brain. She clutched at her temples. "Ouch! Oh, sorry, Kaldur, but you're just thinking so loud..."

"I apologize, M'gann," he spoke in his soothing voice as he dried off. Pulling back on his tight red shirt, the teen walked over and laid a hand on her shoulder. "I am confused..."

Now having her mind-reading in check, M'gann turned to her leader. "You have subtle feelings about Sparrow, but you still miss Tula, and you're worried about Robin, and you're uneasy about our mission, and you are annoyed at Wally and Artemis for their escalation in arguing for the past month."

Kaldur paused. "Yes... I apologize again-"

"No worries," the girl said, raising a hand as she smiled. "I won't tell anyone."

The two made their way into the debriefing/training room and saw the others already in suit. Batman scowled at the two. "Please leave your emotions for a day without missions next time."

Kaldur blushed furiously, and M'gann turned away as she took her spot next to Sparrow, who was suddenly extremely tense.

Batman nodded. "You will stop two miles away from the sight, splitting into two teams- Robin, Artemis, and Aqualad, the other team being Superboy, Miss Martian, Sparrow, and Kid Flash. Team A and Team B." He turned to the holo-screens and turned on an image of a large toy factory. "Green Arrow affirmed that Smithson Toys was the place. He, however, was dispatched before he could get an inside look."

Batman turned back to the teens before continuing. "There are two separate buildings to the factory- the building facility, and the shipping. Team A will take the first, B taking the latter. And remember- covert. We cannot afford a Santa Prisca incident in a city as populated as Star City. Understood?"

"Yes, Batman, sir," Aqualad spoke deftly before making a first at his heart.

"Dismissed. You will arrive in forty-five minutes to your destination, giving you ten minutes to get to your locals. Move out."

The team dispersed, except for Sparrow and Robin. Batman glared.

"Yes?"

"Why are you splitting us up?" Robin whined.

Batman's eyes narrowed further (if that were possible). "You, Artemis, and Aqualad are the best at stealth. The building facility has proved to have a heavier guard than the shipping. This leaves Superboy, Miss Martian, and Kid Flash. I will not allow their emotions to get in the way of the mission, so I sent Sparrow with them to allow for balance." He smirked lightly. "I know she can keep Wallace in line. Anyways, the world can do without the Tandem Twins for one night."

Sparrow grinned.

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Miss Martian was in camouflage mode, leading her small procession towards their destination. Superboy crept closer to the Martian than necessary, just trying to get out of Kid Flash's way. The speedster was vibrating violently with excitement. Sparrow, finally, smacked him upside the head, earning a silently mouthed, "Ouch!" from her friend.

"Shut up," she mouthed back.

Miss Martian linked them up. "Everyone on?"

"Good here, Miss M," came KF's chirp.

Superboy and Sparrow made the same statement, more or less, and the girl's voice called, "Midnight. Move out, team."

There were about ten guards paroling around the building. Sparrow cocked an eyebrow beneath her mask. I thought Batman said there would be more...

"More what?"

Sparrow's growl was evident in their mind-link. "Can you not think for yourself in this thing?"

"No," came Superboy's snarl.

"KF," Sparrow spoke. "Take out the three on our side. Superboy, the two on the next. I'll take the rest- Miss Martian, just get inside. We'll meet you there."

"Got it, gorgeous," replied Kid Flash and, in a blur, he was gone.

Superboy- shocker- took out his guards practically silently with blows to the back of their heads. By the time he caught up with Kid, Sparrow was waiting for them tapping her foot. The clone cocked an eyebrow. "Already got your?"

Sparrow just smirked, leaning to the side to allow a view of the other five goons, tied up and unconscious. Numerous bat-a-rangs were thrown into the only cameras on her side, where the door was located. "I'm a Bat, remember?"

Superboy tried not to smirk.

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Artemis took out the cameras with her arrows, hoping that the others had remembered to do the same. Aqualad nodded to her, making a few hand-gestures. Meet up with Robin.

Artemis cocked an eyebrow and mouthed, "Where?"

A rustling in the tree tops next to them made the archer jump. Robin's upside-down face appeared. "Ready to go?" he hissed.

Artemis pulled away the urge to hit him with her bow. "Yeah. Let's go."

With a few stun-arrows and blunt bat-a-rangs, the two were inside. An eerie pink glow washed the dark factory with iridescent light, just barely enough for the two teammates to see each other. Robin turned swiftly, pulling Artemis to hide next to him behind a stack of boxes. The machines were on, full-blast, spitting out-

"Stuffed animals?" the archer hissed to the young teen, who smirked.

"They must put the Venom in them- like how Dealers do with cocaine and pot."

Artemis nodded. That made sense.

"C'mon," the boy hissed as he sneaked past a few guards, who were chatting incessantly in Spanish. Artemis followed. They silently climbed up some stairs into a black-tinted control room, where a guard sat at the screens, his feet up on the panel, a doughnut in hand. Robin whisked out a bat-a-rang, and the guard sat up at the wishk, but he was too late. The blunt-edged projectile hit his temple, square-on, emitting a fierce ripply through the man's helmet and knocking him unconscious.

Robin took the controls while Artemis pulled the guard out of view. "Gosh, how many doughnuts does he eat?"

Meanwhile, Aqualad was sneaking about the factory, seemingly invisible as he evaded the guards. With a non-flash camera he had been assigned, the Atalantean took numerous pictures of the stuffed animals. A few men- not guards, but workers- were stuffing small vials of green gunk into the teddy bears and stuffed bunnies, handing them to the next worker who expertly and dutifully stitched it shut before stuffing it into a large bag, which two guards carried out of the building and into the other.

"I hope our other team is doing just as well," the leader thought as he hid behind another box.

Suddenly, though, he figured he jinxed himself as a low growl came, "We have an intruder... I can smell him."

Peering over, Aqualad saw the beast from the Team's aforementioned debriefing. "Crap." (1)

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Superboy leaned forward over Sparrow's shoulder, watching the blue numbers flit across the screen like little raindrops. "What are you doing?"

She grunted. "Pulling up a contact list of buyers- Here!"

She pulled up a white screen with a long list of names. "Dang... That many? Well, they mostly seem like mob-bosses and stuff..."

Miss Martian and Kid Flash appeared at the boss's room (where the minor boss was bound and gagged, unconscious, in the closet). "We took 'em out," Kid said proudly.

Sparrow jumped at this. "You what?"

"We got the bad-guys!" M'gann exclaimed excitedly.

Sparrow growled lowly, "And what if someone comes in and sees all the bodies laying around-"

"We shoved 'em in a closet."

Sparrow groaned at Kid's stupidity. "Really, Ginger? Really?"

"Whaaaaaat?"

The computer beeped, and a red flag appeared. Intruder in Building 1. Intruder in Building 1. Intruder in Building 1.

Sparrow swore under her breath as she printed off the contact list. Quickly pushing her comm link, she called for Robin.

"Spar, what is it-"

"You've been found. And-"

A door opened, and there came the sound of shouting in a different language.

Kid Flash paled, his emerald eyes growing wide. "So've we."

(1)- I didn't know what Aqualad might actually say, and I know that "Crap" sounds kind of OOC. So sue me. Bleh.

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