Here we go chapter 4. Sorry for my bad English
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I awoke that morning excited less so than the morning before but still very excited to spend another day with my new team mates. I quickly get dressed and head down stairs where I grab an apple from the kitchen counter and then I'm out the door. I ride my skate board calmly to the bus stop then lean against the post that holds the sing for the stop. I just watch the cars go up and down the street for a while until I feel some one tap on my shoulder. I turn around to see a fist fly towards my face one that I just barely duck under. Then I push the unknown person with both hands to get them away from me. I then look at how my attacker is and I'm surprised to see Matt standing there with his weight on one foot more than the other. "You fucked up my leg now I'm gonna fuck up your face," he says as he swings again but this one I see coming and easily deflect it with the palm of my hand then I drive my own fist straight into his stomach. He bends down and grabs his stomach. I consider kneeing him in the face but I decide against it since the bus will be here shortly, and he having a broken nose and me with out a scratch will make it harder to convince people that he attacked me. He recovers from my blow and throws a hook at me. I easily duck under it then kick him square in the chest sending him fall on his fat ass. "Come on just give up I don't want to hurt you," I say to him "well actually I do but I don't want detention again." He angrily jumps up an charges at and I simply move out of the way, but then I realize his about to run right in front of the bus so I grab him by the collar of his shirt and throw him back on his ass. He sits there quietly as the bus pulls up looking at the bus then at me again, he those this a couple more times before speaking. "Holly shit you saved my life!" he says half exited half scared that he almost died. "Well it won't happen again so try not to jump in front of any more buses it be a waist of time and money having some poor city worker mop up your guts.". The door to the bus opens and the bus driver looks down at us and says, "You kids ok?" I nod quietly and get on then shortly after Matt gets in limping on one leg. We don't speak a word to each other the rest of the day, and when the three a clock bell rings I couldn't be any happier to get out of there.
The walk to the zeta tube is a short uneventful one, and on my way there I think about costume design, but can't seem to come up with anything good. I reach the phone booth and say my code then I'm transported to the mountain where I hear the computer announce me as Black Diamond and not Jay, a small smile falls upon my face. I see all the others gathered around the computer with Batman's face on the screen. When I get there they all politely greet me and I greet them back then Batman addresses me, "Ah good you got here just in time. You're going on your first mission today." The smile on my face grows bigger and I struggle to contain my emotions. "What are we doing," I blurt out quickly. "Now don't get to excited Black Diamond it's just a simple escort mission probably no action," Kaldur says coolly. But that doesn't deter me at all even if it's just an escort mission it's still a mission. "So who are we escorting?" I ask still excited. "An associate of the league named Dr. Nick Buchanan he's bin under league protection for a long time now and has recently decided to change the location of his lab. Having him out in the open would be the perfect opportunity for one of our enemies to snatch him like they've tried countless times before." I nod quickly to let him know I'm following. "None of our enemies have shown any interest in him and as far as we know no one knows about the relocation. That's why you shouldn't expect much resistance." I nod again. "The rest of the team is going to be on another more high stakes mission so this responsibility will fall on you alone Black Diamond." I start to nod but then stop when I fully process his words. "Wait, wait, what!" I say sounding very alarmed. "My first mission is a solo mission! Are you insane?! I'm not ready for this!" I say on the verge of hyperventilating. "Yes you are," Kaldur says, and I look at him shocked. "It's a simple mission with little chance of confrontation and if there is any you've shown that you can handle yourself." I stare at him completely baffled. "Think of this as a test, if you can handle this you're ready to roll with the big boys," Conner says cockily while he pats me on the back. "If you think you're not ready maybe it was to early to bring you into the team," Batman says which sends a wave of fear through me. This team is the only good thing that's happened to me since well since ever, I can't give it up now. "Ok I can do it," I say sounding more confident. "Good that's what I thought," Batman say with an almost smirk. "Oh and Nightwing don't forget to give him his care package, Batman out," He says then the screen goes black. I look to Nightwing and say, "Care package?" in an intrigued voice. "Care package is his way of saying gift with out actually saying it," He says then pulls out a square box from behind his back "Welcome to the team," He says then tosses me the box. All I do is stare at it in surprise not knowing what to do. "Well open it," Cassie says excitedly. I obey and open the box, and what's inside leaves me even more confused than before. It's a dark grey square with a black textured diamond in the middle the same shape as Superman's. It's not until I pull it out that I realize that it's a folded suit. I put down the box and stretch it out completely and see that it's my size. It's a dark grey almost black suit made out of some kind of thick stretchy material. The bottom of the feet which are attached to the rest of the suit seem to have a thick rubber sole and the sleeves go down about half way to the forearms. "No way," I say in complete shock. Nightwing just smirks in a satisfied manner. "Let me see," Cassie almost yells. I turn the suit around for every one to see and I notice that there is a concealed sipper in the back. "You like it?" Nightwing asks. "Love it," I say with a smile "thank you". "Hey I helped too," Robin says in an undignified manner. "Thank you to Robin," I say then continue to admire the suit. "What's it made out of?" I ask curious as to what the thick rubbery material could be. "A special material that a friend of Batman made, It's stab proof, bullet proof, and fire retardant so it should keep up with you quite nicely, but it's not indestructible so don't go jumping into any acid tubs or you'll come out butt ass naked," He says with a smirk. "I'll try not to," I say then I look back down at the box and see that it's not empty. "What's this?" I ask as I bend down and pick up the small black circle in the box. "Your communicator just put it in your ear and touch it if you need to call us." I nod and put it in my ear. And then I bend down and pick up the second thing. "A mask?" I say as I look at the small domino mask in my hand. "Wouldn't want the media knowing what you look like," He says simply. "Thanks but no thanks. I don't think I'll be the type of hero that's in front of cameras to often, and if I have to be I'll turn indestructible I'm hard to recognize that way," I say. He just shrugs and takes back the mask. "Ok suit your self. Now suit up you leave in twenty," He says in a more commanding voice. I nod and go change in the bathroom. The suit fits nicely tight but not to tight. Thank fully it has some room in the crotch so I'm nice and comfy down there and nothing that shouldn't be outlined is outlined. I walk back to the mission/training/main entrance room (They really go to change the layout of this place.) and everyone is waiting ready to go. I get in Miss Martian's ship and take a seat. Nightwing begins to brief me on the way there. There being Mexico City. The guy I have to escort has been hiding there for the past year and has now decided it's time to go I'll be taking him to a remote lab in the middle of the desert about a three hour drive from where he is right now. The reason we can't fly him there is because he's afraid of heights. Not surprising considering that what I've heard about him so far paints him as the most paranoid man in the world. We finally get there and as I'm strapping the line around me getting ready to descend Cassie walks over to me. "Hey good luck rookie try not to get killed. Finding a new sparing partner who can keep up would be a pain in the ass," She says with a cocky smirk. "Oh well since I wouldn't want to inconvenience you I'll try my very best not to die," I say sarcastically. We both chuckle for a moment and then I wave goodbye to the rest of the team as they wish me good luck. I drop down to the floor with a small thump, and then quickly take of my line which goes automatically up to the ship. I look around and then at my watch it's 3:50. It's about a three hour drive so if I do this quick I can be home by seven. I start to walk in the direction where we're supposed to meet. I walk for about ten minutes then finally I arrive at my destination. It's an old warehouse that looks completely abandoned, but I know better. I go in and walk to the light switch flipping it three times then four. The floor of the warehouse splits in two everywhere except for where I'm standing. A second floor starts to rise. On it standing next to a black doge is a small white guy holding a big dangerous looking gun and aiming it right at me. I instinctively raise my arms then say, "Whoa buddy I'm on your side." He looks me up and down then says, "Password." in a suspicious tone of voice. "Gismo," I say. He then lowers the gun and motions for me to come over. "Hurry up you're driving," He says then tosses the keys at me and gets in the car. "Well nice meeting you too my name is Black Diamond," I say sarcastically to no one. I get into the car and start it then I notice him looking at me strangely. "What?" I say frustrated. "Can you drive?" he asks in a concerned tone. "Of course I can!" I say angrily. "You look like you should still be in middle school you can't blame me for asking," He says defensibly. "I'm seventeen!" I say growing more frustrated. "Oh yeah so mature, I'm sure your years of experience will come in handy in this important mission," He says sarcastically. "I may be young, but I can quick your ass!" I say threateningly. "Oh and this 'important mission' is driving a paranoid old man who no one gives a shit about from point A to point B," I say with acid dripping of my words. "Hey no need to get your panties in a bunch just drive," He says. I almost punch him, but I decide that he's not worth getting kicked off the team so instead I do the next best thing which is gun it making him squeal like a little girl and grab onto his seat.
After about an hour of silent driving he finally speaks up again. "Look maybe the middle school comment was uncalled for," He says apologetically. "Maybe?" I say. "Hey the paranoid old man stuff was completely uncalled for," he says now more anger in his tone. "No it wasn't because you a"- I cut my self of half way through my come back because a more urgent matter has just appeared in the sky- "Hey what's that?" he says looking up at the sky. There is a small black dot rapidly growing that appears to be heading towards us. "I don't know but it doesn't look good," he says concerned. The black dot continues growing until we can finally tell what it is, a big man with ripped skin and red hair who looks like he's on all the steroids headed our way. He lands a couple yards in front of the car with a big crash creating a huge creator around where he now stands. I slam the breaks in order to not run into the crater and just barely stop short. "Shit, shit, shit!" Dr. Buchanan screams franticly. "Calm down," I yell at him. "Who knows maybe his friendly," I say in an optimistic tone. We hear a loud roar coming from the crater then see him jumping out and landing less then a foot away from the car. "Or not," I say a little fear in my voice. I step out of the car while Dr. Buchanan hides under the dashboard, and then I slowly approach the humanoid creature. "So I'm guessing you're not here to sell Girl Scout cookies are you?" I say sarcastically. The mammoth sized man responds with an ear drum shattering roar. "I'll take that as a no, so what do you want?" I ask. The man just smiles and points at Dr. Buchanan who is pocking his head out from under the dashboard of the car. "That's what I thought," I say with dread in my voice. I turn indestructible and crack my knuckles loudly trying to look intimidating. "Well you're going to have to go through me," I say in my most intimidating voice. He just continues to smile and then lifts his giant arm and lets it fall on top of me. I move out of the way just in time then quickly launch a counter attack. I jump at him landing several quick punch and kick combinations to his chest all of which just bounce of with out any noticeable damage. He smiles, and looks down at me before punching me so hard I fly over the car then another ten feet after that. I hit the ground breaking the road under me, and leaving me in a small crater. I know that I'm not badly hurt but I got the wind knocked out of me, and I'm struggling trying to get up again. The behemoth jumps over the car and lands in front of me while I'm still on my hands and knees trying to get up. He raises his fist presumably too hit me but his stopped by a red beam that sends him flying over me landing about ten feet behind me. I look at where the beam came from, and I see Dr. Buchanan standing there with the same gun he was aiming at me now aimed in the direction the large man flew. He stands confident and ready for action unlike the man I had seen earlier. For a moment I'm impressed, but it fades when I hear the large man get up from behind me and Dr. Buchanan squirms and takes a step back. I sigh and stand up turning to face the huge man. "Thanks doc, but I got it from here," I say over my shoulder. The Doctor quickly nods and get back in the car. The giant man is staring at me with pure rage, and I'm staring back at him equally angry. He roars loudly and starts to run my way. I yell angrily and start charging his way getting up as much speed as possible. I wait until I'm as close to him as I can get then I jump up as high as I can, and hit him with a flying indestructible knee to the forehead. I land behind him on one knee, and quickly get to my feet turning to face him. He's staggering around dizzily with a trail of blood running down from his forehead. I again charge at him and jump up hitting him with my elbow this time. The trail of blood turns in to a gush, and he starts to swing back and forward more rapidly as if he is about to fall. I'm standing in front of him ready for any counter attack but he doesn't respond with anything so I decide to deliver the final blow. I crouch down and then jump up again turning in the air and delivering a round house quick to the jaw. The man falls to the side landing on his face unconscious. "Sweat dreams," I say with a smirk as I walk back to the car. I get in and the doctor is inside looking at me amazed. "What?" I say. "Nothing it's just, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have doubted your capability," he says apologetically. "Don't sweat it," I say simply. He then raises an eyebrow at me like he's expecting something. "What?" I ask. "Well aren't you going to apologize for calling me and old man?" he says. "Nope," I say with a small shake of my head "but I will admit I was wrong about the 'no one cares about' part," he smiles as in to say I'll take what I can get. "Shouldn't you call some one about him?" he says while pointing at the unconscious man behind us. "Yeah I guess" –I put my figure in my ear, and press my communicator- "come in Nightwing," I say, and shortly after there's a response. "Yeah Nightwing here what is it rookie?" he says. "I just ran into a little trouble, and by little I mean about eight feet tall, read haired, and angry," I say. "Mammoth?!" he almost yells. "That's what I'd call him, any way I left him unconscious in the road about half way between Mexico City and the lab. What do you want me to do about him?" I ask. "I'll send some one from the league to pick him up, you just continue your mission," he says. "Roger," I say then take my finger out of my ear. "They'll send some one to pick him up," I say addressing Dr. Buchanan. "Good now let's go," he says. I nod and start the car. We drive on without any trouble the rest of the way and after the long tortures trip we finally make it to the lab. "Ok this is your stop," I say to the doctor. He nods then get's out. I get out and put my finger in my ear about to call for extraction when I hear the doctor say some thing. "What was that?" I say not having heard what it was. "I said you don't half to go, you can come in if you want I could run some tests and tell you what the material on your skin is," he says. I think about it for a minute then nod. Well it wouldn't hurt to know what it is, and the team should still be busy with their mission so why not?