Author's Note: Heh, wow! Thanks so much for the reviews, follows and faves! Aha I'm glad you guys are enjoying are it already. And I finally (not really) dragged myself away from watching Miraculous Ladybug…you should watch it =D Adrien/Chat Noir is so cute *insert anime heart eyes*
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Summary: The Alpha team completed their mission on Mars. Batgirl's team failed to gather the information about Darkseid's plan. Tigeress goes back to the place where Wally sacrificed himself.
Chapter 2: Objectives
"Report status on Alpha: Mission completed. Heading our way to WatchTower. Over."
"Aqualad to Alpha. Welcome home."
The entrance door came to life as it opened itself upwards, allowing the spaceship to go in. Once the ship had safely landed, the door opened, revealing figure that looked worn out.
"Ah, home sweet home." Beast Boy replied, stretching out his arms.
"Couldn't have said it better." Superboy said.
As they were walking towards the main room, Aqualad was standing there; a smile stretching across his face.
"Welcome back." he greeted. Miss Martian nodded back. She then looked around the room and back to Aqualad.
"Are we the only ones that came back?" she asked.
"It appears so. I tried contacting Gamma's team but it seems they didn't receive my signal so I can only assume that their signal is jammed out. For Beta, they are on their way as well." he stated.
"Well, alright. If you need me, I'll be making food. I'm starved." Miss Martian responded.
"Hmm, dinner sounds delicious right about now." Beast Boy responded.
:(/\):
"Okay, if you hook the wire to your left to the wire to your right, you should be able to open the door." Tim's voice rang out through Batgirl's earpiece.
Batgirl did the task and she turned her head to the side to see the door opening. "Bingo. How are the guards?"
Tim clicked away on his computer until he spoke. "You're still clear but you still got ten minutes to get what you need."
"Copy that. How is the ship?"
"Just a third left of fixing and it will be purring like a kitten."
"Good."
With that, Tim could hear their footsteps from his earpiece and he knew his team moved in. He slid back underneath the ship to fix the remaining circuits while also being on alert.
:(/\):
Batgirl scanned the semi-dark computer room just to be sure.
"Okay, as swiftly as possible. Blue Beetle and I will take care of the security. You will get the main item." Batgirl replied.
Lagoon nodded.
Going with the plan, the three got to work; Batgirl and Blue Beetle moved to the left while Lagoon moved in further and stopped, not moving anymore until he was told to do so. But even to where he is now, he saw the blue chip floating and was secured rather tightly in a container. Around the container, had many lasers.
Back to Blue Beetle, the two found the security room but they were at the side of the door so that when they opened the door, the security camera wouldn't get them.
Batgirl kicked the door open from the side and still stood in her hiding spot. The girl quickly turned her head to diagonal up and saw a camera. Quickly, she took out her birdarang and destroyed it.
"Woah." Blue Beetle stared at the many machines that were in the room.
"Just to not waste time, the main computer is to Blue Beetle's left." Tim's voice came.
"Already found it." Batgirl muttered. She then sat on the chair and started to work her hacking.
"You guys in?" came Lagoon's voice.
"Yeah but I have a feeling this is going to take a while." Batgirl answered.
"Aha, that's why you have me who has fabulous hacking skills and I'm here to guide you." Tim's voice spoke, causing the three roll their eyes.
"I hope Cassie's doing okay."
:(/\):
Cassie narrowed her eyes when she saw the many armed men facing her. She smirked.
"You guys think you can beat me? Think again!"
She instantly dodged the two men that were behind her by jumping into the air and then leaped from wall to wall until she was at the opposite direction of them. One of the men raised his weapon and aimed red lasers at the girl but she quickly did a criss-cross with her arms so that the lasers bounced off from her bracelets.
She then took out her magical lasso that was sprung forward and then it was tied at the tip of the man's weapon. Cassie pulled it without an effort and broke the stick in half.
The man whose weapon got broken charged at her but the Wonder girl was quicker and she picked him up, holding one of his arms and legs and then threw him at a group of men.
As soon as the man was thrown, the rest of the men either charged at her or shot lasers at her.
Hurry up, guys. Cassie thought as she narrowly avoided a laser streak.
:(/\):
"And…success!" Batgirl's cheery voice exclaimed through Tim's earpiece.
He chuckled. "Nice work."
"La'gaan, you should be able to take the chip and we can call Cassie and skedaddle here!"
"Roger that." Lagoon Boy responded as he made his move.
Tim placed on a smile as he continued to work the ship which was almost done. And good timing too. They needed this ship so that they can get the heck out of here.
Though, the whole mission made him frown every now and then. It just seemed to…simple. Tim frowned but when he got back to work, his minicomputer that was latched onto his arm started to give out a small beep. Curiously, he lifted his arm so that he could see it and typed the necessary words that were needed.
It was then that he saw three guards walking towards the room which Batgirl and the others were currently in.
That didn't made any sense. They should've at least still had five minutes before the guards return to their location…unless somebody tipped them off.
"Guys!" Tim's harsh voice came. "Guards are coming. Get the chip and get the heck out of here. I'll alert Cassie so that she can meet up with you guys on the roof."
"What? But—"
"They're coming!"
"We gotta get out of here. Tim says guards are coming. Lagoon boy! Get ready to take the chip…now!" Batgirl slammed the button with her fist and the security that was around the chip died down, making La'gaan have easy access to it.
"I got it!"
As soon as he said that, the door flung opened which revealed the three guards.
"Hey! Get him!"
"Sorry but he's ours." Batgirl exclaimed as she threw her birdarang which struck at one of the man's head. He fell down and the two got into a fighting stance but they didn't had a chance to attack since Batgirl performed an air kick to knock them out of the way.
"Move!"
She waited last until the girl was able to move out.
They ran for a bit but Batgirl suddenly halted and gasped when she saw men blocking from both of the sides. Narrowing her eyes, she instantly went into a fighting stance.
"Guys, get ready."
Just as Batgirl was about to say "attack!" a charging voice was heard which gained everyone's attention and then, the three found themselves staring at the group of men (which were at the left) falling down to the floor like scattered bowling pins.
It later revealed Cassie who wore a triumph look.
"This way! Hurry!" Cassie exclaimed.
"There's a shortcut immediately to your right. Take it and I'll meet you up in the air." Tim announced.
"Got it."
They took the right as it was instructed and they continued to run; mostly it was a straight path but other times, they would had to either turn left or right in order to reach their destination. Within minutes, the team reached a door which Cassie pushed it open as soon as it was within reach.
A sudden strong breeze came which gained their attention and they looked up to see the familiar ship. Seeing the door opening, the three got to work. However, as they were running towards it, the men appeared at the entrance and they didn't lose any second.
They instantly started to run towards the runaways. Once near at the edge of the roof, Cassie grabbed Blue Beetle and La'gaan to fly towards the vehicle. Seeing this, the guard instantly started to shoot lasers at them which Cassie swiftly avoided them but alas, the fifth attempt, the laser actually managed to shoot at La'gaan's hand and it caused the chip fly out of his hand.
"The chip!"
On the other hand, Batgirl took out her grappling hook and aimed it at the ship's ledge. Once it was securely tightened, she felt the familiar yank. Batgirl saw the chip falling and the minute she was yanked up, the girl started to have her hand reach for it but she missed it by an inch.
The guard, who was a few meters away, made no time to waste. He ran full speed ahead and leaped off the edge while Batgirl was still being yanked towards the ship.
He could see his hand being so close into reaching Batgirl's ankle but he missed it by a few centimeters and with eyes wide, the guard plunged down to the ground while Batgirl had safely made it to the ship.
"Go!" Batgirl instructed the minute she got into the ship.
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"B16-Batgirl." the computer voice stated which earned the attention of Aqualad.
He gave a brief smile when he saw the rest of the Gamma members coming through.
"Welcome back, guys." Aqualad greeted. "It's good to see that you are alright. I was worried when I couldn't reach you."
"Sorry, Aqualad. Our signal got jammed the further we went in." Batgirl replied.
He nodded in understanding. As though he can read minds, Beast Boy spoke the words which Aqualad wanted to say.
"How did the mission went?" he asked.
"It was a total bust." Tim muttered, frowning.
"So I see." the Atlantean murmured. "Well don't worry about it. We will continue the mission but for now, let's leave it aside since I got new ones for you. As soon as you're ready to go, meet back here."
:(/\):
"And a up…and a two—"Tim announced as he was twisting his body around while having his hands holding on the two bars. He then brought his body upwards before swinging it around and then he let go to perform a somersault in the air.
He gracefully landed on his own two feet.
"Hey, Wonder Boy. When you're done being a prima ballerina, how about you and I go for some combat practicing?" Kid Flash called out.
Tim turned around and saw Kid Flash leaning against a wall. Tim frowned.
"Only if you play fair!" he exclaimed. "You have super speed and I'm only human."
Flash laughed. "Gee, Humans are so…primitive."
Tim quirked an eyebrow. "Wanna bet?"
"Naturally."
"Fine. I'll be there."
:(/\):
Tim and Flash narrowed their eyes as they both gave a smirk to each other. While Tim was in his fighting stance, Bart merely gave a grin.
"Remind me again…why did Tim accept Flash's challenge when he knew Flash is going to win?" Cassie asked.
Batgirl shrugged to indicate that she didn't care. "Eh, they're boys. What to expect from them? And when Flash beats Tim, Tim will go in a depressing mood."
"True, true."
"Okay, you two ready?" the voice of the supervisor called out.
"Ready as I'll ever be!" Flash called out.
"Ready?! Set…go!"
On the blow of the whistle, everyone expected at least to have one of them charging the minute the whistle was blown but they did not. Flash gave a cocky smirk while Tim narrowed his eyes.
"So, you gonna get me or what? Because I know you can't." Bart taunted, laughing.
Tim twitched and with a charged yell, he ran towards him but the speedster was too quick for him since he moved out of the way and made Tim fell flat on his face.
"Hey! You said you wouldn't use your powers!" Tim complained, rubbing his nose.
But because of the fall, it earned giggles from the two girls.
"…Did I? I must've forgotten."
"How convenient." he drawled.
Flash chuckled. "Alright, this time. I won't use my powers. I swear."
And true to his words, Flash managed to not use his powers even though there were some situations where he was tempted to use it but he didn't. Throughout most of the fight, there were several punches and kicking and sometimes round kicks. However, there was this one time where Flash saw an opening to where he can take a hit at Tim but before he could do that, he performed a somersault by rolling underneath Tim's legs.
Tim blinked and he turned around only to have his face meet with a fist. Because of that, he fell to the ground.
"Alright!" Bart cheered.
"Heh, lucky shot but bet you didn't see this coming!"
"Wha?"
And just like that, Tim stuck his leg out to swipe the boy from underneath and it caused him to trip. Not losing a second, Tim got on top of him and grabbed his arms so that he wouldn't be able to use it and pulled it back.
Bart struggled, trying to break free of his grasp but it was futile.
"Since when did you become so strong?" Flash replied.
"Since always."
And Flash continued to struggle. Just then, the screen appeared and it later revealed Aqualad. If the Atlantean even noticed the two boys, he didn't acknowledge it.
"Team Beta, Alpha and Gamma…I need you all to come to the meeting room." he announced. But before he went away, he finally noticed the two boys. "By the way, Bart, you can use your legs to flip Tim over to create a body slam with your speed."
Blinking, Flash slightly craned his neck and indeed saw that he could use his legs. Grinning, Flash quickly created a hard ram into Tim's chest by using his elbow and it was then, that his arms were freed from the grasp. Flash placed both of his hands on the ground to pull himself out. Once out, Bart used his speed to perform a quick circle (that went above Tim) and then created a body slam.
The ones who were watching this gave a flinch while a groan was emitted from Tim.
"Told ya I could kick your butt."
:(/\):
The wind howled as it carried on the snow, throwing it from left and right. It would seem that it would be impossible to take a walk since nothing was visible. However, there was but one figure that seemed to trek the horrid path. And it seemed that it belonged to Tigress.
She squinted her eyes, trying to see through the nearly invisible path that was up ahead. Even though she got her hood on, the harsh cold wind kept on scratching at her face.
But despite the fact she was dressed properly for this severe weather, she could still feel the cold biting at her skin. Tigress continued to ignore the stinging as she marched on forward.
She would make it. She wants to.
For what it seems like hours, the girl had finally reached her destination but the path behind her was no longer visible and it was clear to her that she would need to take shelter.
But apparently, her getting to safety can wait. She has this one last important thing to do before she goes.
The minute she reached her destination, she collapsed on her knees and she stared what it seems now an empty hole but to those who have actually been here would know the significance of this hole.
She just couldn't believe it.
He was gone just like that.
Even though Tigress knew that she still has her friends, family and his family, she still felt like she was all alone. And she wanted nothing more than to have him back but it's impossible to bring someone back from the dead.
All she could do now is to try to accept what was happened and to move on but hell, that was even harder.
Just by thinking all of this, tears were starting to form into her eyes.
"Wally…" she whispered.
And with that, she let her tears out…
Author's Note: Ehh, sloppy beginning since I had trouble writing it but I suppose it would do. On a side note, I strongly believe that Wally West is still alive but he just got sucked into the speed force and is in another dimension or wherever. For Tim, even though he is portrayed to be more "serious", I still think that he has a…"kid" inside of him but I will still portray him as the "serious Robin". And I'm still debating if I should put like the location and the date/time like how they did in the original series…anyways, toodles!