[I do not own Teen Titans or any characters mentioned in this story. This one is a bit short compared to the others, sorry. Gizmo is hard for me to write for.]
Wonder Girl woke up due to a shrill scream that sounded all around her and echoed painfully in her head. The raven haired girl groaned and rubbed her head in her hands as she sat up, cracking her back painfully. Before she turned to inspect whoever had screamed, she noticed that she was most definitely not on Earth with the Titans, but also not in Themyscira.
"My tech! It's all ruined!" yelled the voice yet again. Donna whipped around, ready to reprimand the small ten year old Gizmo for worrying over something so trivial, only to see the boy crying, and, yet again, she was reminded that he was merely a child.
"I'm...sorry about your toys, Gizmo." Donna said before standing up and really taking a look at her surroundings.
"But right now, we really need to focus on where we are. It seems we've found ourselves in an Earthen jungle of some sort, and from what I've learned, they are extremely dangerous." Donna said, looking up at the one opening in the canopy from which they must've fallen to the ground.
All around them were bright green plants and trees that Donna couldn't place or name. Since she's arrived on Earth she'd studied dutifully on the plants and animals that inhabited the planet, but she'd never recalled pink vines or trees that seemed to have teeth inside of them.
"You will follow me and you will stay close, understand?" Donna said in a dangerous tone, knowing it was the only way to get the small boy to cooperate.
Gizmo nodded sadly, and Donna realized that he was really, honestly, afraid. After all, Gizmo's powers centered around his technology, and without it, he was nothing more than a whiny, helpless ten year old boy.
"We're going to get back home, I promise, young Gizmo." Donna said, honestly trying her best to speak in a more laid back tone that Beast Boy had been trying to teach her. Of course, she only got a weird look from Gizmo, so she inferred that her laid back tone had come out not so laid back.
"So," Donna said, squatting down to Gizmo's height where he was sat sadly in the middle of a circle of his broken technology. "Is there anything you can salvage at all?"
"Um...well, not really. The mainframe inside of my scanner is scrambled, so that's out. And the security code on all of my tech was breached somehow before we left-" Donna more or less tuned out after that. As much as the Earth interested her, the technological advances of Earth would forever elude her. Though, it did make her happy to see that the normally whiny boy was somewhat happier now that he knew Donna wasn't going to treat him like the other heroes often did; undermining him, forgetting him, playing much too rough.
"Hey!" Gizmo yelled. Donna turned back to him with a determined glare and her sword in hand, ready for a battle. Gizmo hadn't yelled in pain, but in joy.
"My leg enhancers still work!" Gizmo cried happily before crawling around in a circle high in the air. Donna chuckled and shook her head as she once again sheathed her sword.
Her previously bright smile turned bittersweet. She had seen Gizmo in action before. He was bratty, loud, and mean to everyone - including his teammates. Seeing him like this made Wonder Girl realize what exact situation Gizmo found himself in. All the ten year old wanted was for someone to show him the smallest bit of kindness - that was all it took to turn him back into this playful child.
"Well, I suppose all we can do now is head forward. I can't place where the sun it, the canopy is shadowing too much, so while we will be heading in blind, we will have to make the journey in bravery." Donna said as she placed a hand on Gizmo's shoulder.
Gizmo gave her another strange look.
"Uh...lady, you're way more skilled than I am in the nature department, I was gonna follow you anyway without the pep talk." Gizmo said with a shrug.
Donna sighed before she started blindly making her way through the underbrush of the jungle, cutting away vines with her sword and half growling at any stray alien looking animals that looked hungry.
"...You're really strong for a girl." Gizmo said after a long period of silence.
"What? Girls can't be strong?" Wonder Girl said, only glancing at Gizmo out of the corner of her eye.
"No, no. It's not that. It's just...I don't know, every other superhero girl I've met seems to depend on someone. Jinx has us, Starfire has her friends...but you…" Gizmo said, giving Donna another weird look.
"You're new. You only just became a Titan and you're one of the strongest, but you don't have anybody." Gizmo stated.
Donna stopped in her walking for a moment, giving this some thought and looking down at the innocently curious boy.
"...You're very observant." Donna said with a smile.
Donna's quiet moment with her newfound friend was rudely interrupted, as a low growl sounded throughout the clearing they found themselves in.
"...What was that?" Gizmo asked after a long moment of silence.
Neither expected one of the jungle's deadliest to come screaming out at them, but here it was.
It stood at least fifteen feet tall, foaming at the mouth and screaming through its bloodshot eyes. It was a spider - though obviously not an Earthen one.
Wonder Girl pushed Gizmo out of the way as the creature lunged, Donna holding it back with her sword, pushing it against it's clicking fangs.
"Gizmo! Gizmo, use your leg enhancers to slash at it!" Donna cried, not daring to look away from the monster. Once she did, she saw Gizmo near hyperventilating.
"...Gizmo, I need help!" Donna cried again. Gizmo shook his head of his fear, using his legs to grab high onto a tree before landing hard on the top of the beast's head. It definitely wasn't dead, but the knock to its head fended it off enough. It hissed hatefully one last time at a now panting Donna before retreating back into the jungle.
Donna's body hurt all over. Her ankles ached from holding onto the ground. Her joints screamed at her.
Donna smiled over at Gizmo.
"Did you see that? I've never taken down a superhero - let alone a monster! That was amazing! Oh- I can't wait to rub this in Jinx's face when we get back!"
[Yeah, this one was short. I'm trying to get a hold on how to write Gizmo and Wonder Girl, I've never extensively written for either. Read and Review!]