THE WATCHTOWER
AUGUST 4, 01:06 EDT
"So, the question is, all other issues aside," Batman began, glaring at Superman, "what do we do with the Ghost, he is a Cadmus clone and much like Superboy I believe that he deserves a second chance." The Flash stepped forwards, his white lensed eyes narrowing.
"Bats, he tried to kill the team, he tried to kill Robin. Doesn't that bother you?" Black Canary turned to face the speedster and frowned.
"That's not fair, Flash, Superboy tried to kill them too, you didn't seem bothered about letting him join." Flash glanced at the woman, about to argue before he was stopped by the withering stare of Black Canary. With a sigh the speedster stepped back.
"You're right, he deserves a chance as well."
"That's all well and good," Bats interceded, "but the decision still stands of what to do with him." Red Tornado stepped forwards and spoke, his cold, robotic voice piercing the silence.
"I have a suggestion," All eyes of the league turned towards him, "Until otherwise decided, I will maintain observation of the boy, he can accompany the team on missions and when not active I will survey him in the cave." There was silence.
"Does anyone have any objections to Red Tornado's plan?" Batman asked calmly. No one had any issues. "Good Red Tornado, Black Canary, return to the cave and introduce the team to their new member."
MOUNT JUSTICE
AUGUST 4, 8:13 EDT
Robin was silent, glancing mistrustfully at the figure who stood between Black Canary and Red Tornado. The Ghost stared back at the boy, his eyes hidden by blank white lenses, much like Robin's own.
"Ghost will be joining the team on missions, Aqualad will decide which missions he is to join them on. I will be surveying his rehabilitation from, as you know, an assassin for Cadmus." Black Canary informed them, placing a hand on Ghost's shoulder. Red Tornado stepped forwards.
"Furthermore, Ghost is under my custody, when not on a mission with the Team he will stay under my supervision, or a team member's. If he displays sufficient progress in his rehabilitation, he will be allowed to leave on his own." The android continued. Robin glanced at the rest of his team. Kaldur watched, slightly sceptically, at the newcomer. M'gann interrupted his thoughts by, unsurprisingly, stepping forwards and held a hand out towards him. The Ghost looked down for a moment before taking the hand and firmly shaking.
"Hi, I'm M'gann M'orzz, you can call me Megan, if you want." The Martian girl said, smiling kindly at him.
"My name's Ghost, you can call me…well you can call me Gee if you want, but I may try and kill you if you do." The white clothed man replied.
"Okay," M'gann responded, looking undecided as to whether the Assassin was serious or not, "Either way, what can you do? I'm a telepath, I can fly as well." She continued.
"I can turn invisible, and I can walk through walls." Ghost responded, sounding unnervingly smug, "oh, and I'm a technopcath, no peasant buttons for me." Kaldur stepped forward, his face holding the beginnings of a friendly smile.
"All three sound very useful for our purposes, my friend, I'm sure you will fit in well. Ghost nodded his thanks before turning and walking away, his shoulders hunched slightly.
"Let's begin from the beginning," Black Canary began as she sat opposite Ghost in her office, "When were you first made?" Ghost was silent for a moment, considering, before he answered.
"26th of May, two thousand and seven," Ghost said, "I was grown in twelve weeks, first released at the end of that process, august 18th two thousand and seven. It was a Saturday." Black Canary nodded.
"Have you been active throughout the full three years?" The older woman asked. Ghost shook his head.
"I was put into cryogenic sleep, only ever released to perform assassination missions." He said.
"Did you perform solo?"
"No I was part of a team, there were three of us, but I was the only one ever frozen."
"You can turn intangible, can't you?"
"Yes, a molecular displacement field, it pushes objects out of the way, but allows an object, or person to return to their previous atomic structure."
"So if you were to go through someone, they would be fine?"
"Possibly, although there would be a high chance of them being sick."
"And you can cloak as well?"
"Yes, another field capable of bending un-programmed photons around it, rendering the user invisible, but not photons already 'programmed' with a colour, when a light has already reflected off an object I can see it, but it doesn't get a chance to reflect off me."
"But only un-programmed light is bent?"
"Un-programmed, UV and Infrared."
"Can you use both at once?"
"No, they mess with one another and render each other useless."
"I have to ask, what was it like, only being awake when you were needed to kill someone?"
"Not nice, by your standards, but it was my life, I didn't mind.
MOUNT JUSTICE
AUGUST 5, 14:46
Ghost and Kaldur circled each other. Ghost stood tall, his gangly frame concealed by his suit, fists clenched beside his sides, sword and pistol holsters empty, his back hunching ever so slightly. Kaldur was much more hunched, his eyes locked on his opponent, fists raised in a boxer's stance. Ghost scoffed slightly.
"In a traditional boxing match, where the goal is to K.O your opponent, yes covering the face is a good idea, but when someone is trying to kill you, it's useless, they can do this," He lunged forwards, spinning and dropping at the same time, swiping his knuckles over Kaldur's thigh, "I just slit your femoral artery diagonally, it has tried to close, to prevent blood loss, but can't because of the fashion of the cut. You will be unconscious in thirty seconds and dead in three." He stated with an audible smirk. "Go ahead and try to do the same to me." Kaldur nodded and made to lunge at Ghost's thigh, much like Ghost had done to him.
Ghost was easily able to catch Kaldur's arm, twisting around him and throwing the Atlantean onto the floor.
"See?" He asked, smirking again. Kaldur got to his feet, nodding at Ghost.
"Thank you, I was trained for fair play, it has never honestly occurred to me that I was that susceptible to attack."
"No problem Aqualad, anything for a teammate."
"Oh, yeah," Wally asked interrupting the discussion, "You said you were on a team, working together to…you know,"
"Kill people?"
"Yeah, kill people, what was it like, who where you working with?" Wally continued. Ghost's face became glum; he was silent for a moment.
"Two other guys, a little nerdy sod, British and everything; and another guy, damn good shot, sarcastic as hell and never serious about anything, except making sure he got a one shot one kill. It wasn't too bad, we got used to working together and essentially became one damn big killing machine." Wally nodded.
"I've got recordings of us on mission somewhere, I could show some to you, one day."
MOUNT JUSTICE
AUGUST 5, 23:34
M'gann walked out of her room in the cave, looking up and down the corridor. The main lights were turned off, the small side lights the only ones turned on. She knew that the kitchen, directly linked to the training room was on the opposite side of the room. When she looked in she saw Ghost sitting in the lotus position in the middle floor.
"Ghost?" She asked, walking into the dimly lit room, the side lights giving Ghost's white suit and eerie glow.
"M'gann, Good morning." Ghost said, turning his masked face to face her, the Martian looked him up and down.
"What are you doing here ghost?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.
"The Cave's main computer bank is under this room, it's where I get the best connection." He replied.
"What are you doing with that connection?" M'gann asked, slowly approaching the Assassin.
"Analysing." Ghost replied, "There were other experiments in Cadmus, I want to see if there are any others, if so I want to find them, and either way, I want to discover who I am."
Query: does the host know he is lying?
Response: Of course.
Query: then why does he?
Response: He does not wish to be held responsible should they discover who he is.
Statement: Humanity makes no sense.
Statement D-01: No, they don't.
Statement A-01: Only to primitive AI such as yourself, Diablo.
Statement D-01: I am just as advanced as you Angelo.
Statement A-01: keep telling yourself that, Diablo.
A/N so, with chapter three over, we discover that Ghost has a secret and we see how much combat knowledge he has. But who is he?
Next chapter we get Infiltrator, then Denial (Which I found the file for), where Ghost will join the dynamic duo, doing what they were doing in the comics at the time. The intended format will be to do the 'new' episode, which will be what the others were doing at the time, for instance in downtime, I will not focus on Aqualad, instead focusing on the rest of the team. Also, I need your opinion, do you think Ghost should struggle to make friends with the team, or should they accept him as quickly as they did Superboy?
Please Remember to R&R!