Rule #31: No playing the slidewhistle next to Conner.
A horribly piercing and irritating noise resounded inside the cave. Conner flinched and glared up at the sky, wondering what it was, then decided to ignore it becuase it didn't happen again. Conner continued watching the static, but he just couldn't shake the newfound feeling of being watched.
"Shh, shh..." He thought he heard someone whisper, then some giggles.
Maybe he had been watching too much TV. M'gann had told him that she had heard that it wasn't safe, but he didn't really take her seriously. Would you trust a Martian who's favorite thing to do seemed to be burning things?
And there was that horrible noise once more. Conner growled as it got higher and longer, then stoped altogether. What the heck was that?
And more giggling. What the heck was going on?
And the noise came back once more, but this time with an even higher pitch, that made Conner want to rip someone's throat out. But, he controlled himself and tried to zone in on the noise.
There! Up in the air vents! Conner quickly jumped towards it, causing whoever was in there to shriek and scamper away. When Conner opened the vent, all he found inside was a red thing, that looked like a flute, but a lot smaller, and with a kind of stick on it. From that day on, Conner found himself a perfect weapon to use if Wally started to bother him or M'gann ever again.
Rule #32: Do not lock Superman in a room with a ticked off Robin.
"GET ME OUT! GET ME OUT! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE LET ME OUT!" Was the noise that greeted Jason that particular illegal trip to the mountain.
He was already used to hearing many a-random thing, much like "Give me back my pickel jar, Arty!" or "You got a dollar? I bet we can get a lot for a dollar." or maybe even "Stop turning people purple, M'gann!" But never had he heard something close to desperation and fear.
He was honestly scared this time.
Jason stepped towards the main room, where the whole team but Robin was gathered, and cleared his throat. His minions- I mean the TEAM- looked at him, and he asked, "Who's screaming in terror?" He asked.
Wally smiled at him, sped over and hugged him, then said, "We locked Superman up in a room with Robin!"
Jason looked down at him with a neutral face, then slowly asked, "What was Superman doing here?"
"Red's out of commission, so he became our den mother!" Wally stuck out his tone as if he were disgusted, and continued with the story that Jason hadn't asked for. "He was being really aloof, and Supey was being meaner than usual, and Robin had just arrived from school while muttering something about stupid heroes. Well, we got tired of the three moody people, so we locked Superman in a room with Robin!" Wally finished, putting both hands on his hips while smiling up at him.
Jason noticed right then and there that Wally was missing a tooth. "Wally..." Jason dragged out, getting his attention. "You basically just signed a man's soul away, and you're happy?" He asked.
Wally nodded with superspeed, and said, "I learned from the best!"
Jason looked from him to the team, then back at him, and a slow smile slowly started to find itself onto his face. "Good job, Wally. Good job."
"OH DEAR GOD! WHO GAVE HIM KRYPTONITE!? WHY? WHY DEAR GOD!?" And after his yells, all that was heard was a crazy cackle.
"We may have lost him." Kaldur murmured, but still continued reading from his book.
"NO! NOT THE-" And Superman's yell was cut off.
"Yeah, maybe you're right." Artemis said, but continued eyeing her brochure. Ollie was thinking she should go on a camping trip with him, Roy, and some friends of his. She couldn't say if she was delighted or worried. This is Ollie.
"OH PLEASE, MOTHER OF PEARL! I'LL DO ANYTHING!"
Rule #33: Never play Truth or Dare, especially if Wally or Robin suggests.
After Robin was done torturing- I mean, persuading... Yeah persuading-Superman, the "Man of Steel" fled from the mountain to hide somewhere where no one could find him. Seeing his 'older brother' Robin seemed to grow even happier, and proceeded to glomp Jason.
After Jason was done threatning him while secretly reveling in the happiness that radiated off of Robin, the group grew quiet and bored without anything to do.
"So bored..." Wally mumbled.
Artemis yelled at him to shut up, for this was already the fifth time he said the same thing. "What do you want me to do?! I'm completely bored!" And then the most fearful thing to happen to them happened again. "Let's play TRUTH OR DARE!" Wally yelled at the top of his lungs.
There was a collective groan from the teens and Jason, but only a cheer from Robin. "Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah YEAH YEAH YEAH!" Robin cheered, jumping up and down in his seat next to Wally.
"Sit down in a circle!" Wally yelled, and then sped around the room, taking away whatever the teen's were using to amuse themselves, then glared at them and pointed at the floor. "Sit. NOW."
All of them grumbled, including Jason, and proceeded to sit down in a circle on the floor. The order went like this, Conner sat next to M'gann, who sat next to Artemis, who was not next to Jason, but Robin, who was sat not next to Conner, but Wally, who sat next to Jason. Where was Kaldur in all this, you ask? Sitting in the middle, next to Jason. (Oh yeah, I just got all math test on you!)
Robin chuckled evilly, then smiled up at Wally, who nodded. "Cool! I start!" He yelled, then pointed at Kaldur. "Kal, truth or dare!?"
Kaldur rolled his eyes at Robin's antics, and simply answered, "Truth."
Robin seemed to deflate and he frowned, but that quickly turned into a smile. "Okay. What really happened on that one mission with that random kid?... Uh, Perseus I think was his name." He said.
Kaldur seemed to pale at the question, and he said, "I do not feel comfortable talking about that, Robin."
Robin rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Nuh-uh. You have to answer."
Kaldur sighed at this, and let his head fall in his hands. The only other person that actually knew what had happened after was Roy, and even then he didn't dare say anything. "I-" And he was cut off by Artemis.
"Wait, explain it from the top. I want to know everything." Artemis told him, smiling evilly.
Kaldur sighed, but then said everything that had happened. "It was about four years ago, when Perseus was first starting out. His mentor, Shining Knight, was doing some business with King Orin, so we were paired together. It was supposed to be a simple mission, find the source of the drug called 'Freedom', but we managed to find ourselves in trouble."
Now the whole team was listening attentively. Everyone in the room had heard of Shining Knight and Perseus, and the tragic end to their superhero team, but they still wanted to hear this. It was a kind of novelty to the superhero game to be able to hear of the Seven Soldiers of Victory.
"As we were tied up by the leader, Perseus told me that he had to get out of there. Shining Knight had to get him back home, or else something would happen to him. So, we staged the dumbest escape in our lives." He explained.
The whole team just looked at him in silence, then Wally broke. "You were afraid of saying THAT?!"
Kaldur glared at him, then said, "It is extremely hard to talk about a deceased friend, Wally."
Wally blushed at the comment, then coughed and murmured an apology. Kaldur let his glare drop, "I believe it is my turn." and turned to Jason. "Jason, truth or dare?" He asked.
Jason smiled, already knowing that Kaldur was too nice to do anything so evil, and leaned back with his arms crossed. "Dare."
Kaldur seemed to smirk at Jason, then said, "I dare you to paint the whole Batcave pink, along with Batman's suits, then hug the Bat and tell him how sorry you are."
And que the stunned silence. Kaldur's smirk was still in place as Jason's expression turned from relaxed to shocked and pissed. The whole team just looked on stunned. What the heck had happened to Kaldur?
"What?! I can't do that!" Jason finally yelled, getting the attention from everyone. They all could see his point. Doing all of that PLUS hugging the Bat would be a death sentence.
"I believe you can." Kaldur said, then quoted Jason from the last time they played Truth or Dare. " 'You can do whatever stupid thing you want or you are made to do, as long as you are fast enought to run away.' I believe is what you said." Kaldur smirked.
Jason stared at him with wide eyes, then exclaimed. "DUDE! I thought you were already over that!"
"Tula still cannot take me seriously, Jason. You will hug the Bat, unless you want me to tell everyone here what happened that Christmas."
"Ooh, he's using blackmail." Robin told Kid Flash. "This is serious."
"JASON!" They heard a yell come from the main room, making Robin and Kid Flash's giggles turn into full out laughter. They were now hiding in the hangar, just because Kid Flash's dare was to vandalize the mountain. It actually went pretty well.
"I think we're in trouble." Conner mumbled, getting everyone's attention.
Jason was curled up in a ball in the corner, muttering to himself yet again, while Kaldur stood close to make sure he didn't try anything stupid. Again. Apparently, hugging the Bat and telling him that Jason forgave him was enough to send Jason into a crazy episode.
"Where is the team?" They heard the Bat asked, this time more calmed down but also closer to them.
"I do not know. They seemed to have disappeared after they decorated the mountain." Martian Manhunter answered. After Superman told them he was never getting within a thousand miles of Happy Harbor, he had gone to check on the teens, only to find millions of color and no team.
Kid Flash smiled widely at that and fistbumped with Robin. "So worth it."
"We're going to leave now." Kaldur stated, picking Jason up and starting the walk towards the bioship.
The teens all looked after him as if he were crazy, then Artemis shrugged. They were all crazy here. So she followed him, followed by Conner and M'gann, who were in turn followed by Robin and Kid Flash. Once they were all in their seats, M'gann asked, "Where to?"
They all looked at each other, and Artemis said, "I've always wanted to go to Disney."
Rule #34: Don't play paintball in or around the mountain, unless you want to clean until Batman says to stop.
"Wally?" M'gann asked tentatively after having answered her question.
The ginger smiled up at her, and said, "I'm here, babe."
"T-truth or dare?" She asked, a little worried about this. What if she did it wrong? Would they not like her?
"Dare, babe."
"Umm... I, uh- I dare you to... Uh... Use a paintball gun and paint the mountain!" She blurted out quickly, then hid behind Conner's shoulders.
Wally stared at her, and his face slowly morphed into a smile. "Your wish is my command, sweet cheeks." He told her, then took off running to find his supply of paintball guns.
The team; minus Jason and Kaldur who were fullfilling Jason's dare; stared after him, and in another second, he came back with two guns, with two belts wrapped around his torso to add to the warrior look. He smiled down at them, and said, "You better find cover."
And they did. Well, all of them but Robin. He helped Wally with the re-imagining of the mountain, cackling evilly as Wally laughed eerily. Oh God, what had M'gann done? Once the two were finally done, the whole mountain was splattered with some kind of paint.
The walls covered in green, blue, pink, orange, yellow, red, and silver. The couch was splattered with blue acrylic paint; because Artemis got bored; the kitchen was also multi colored, and the rest of the mountain wasn't any better off. When Kaldur and Jason arrived, they looked around the cave, taking in all of the color, then at the paint filled team members. Not even M'gann or Conner were safe from the paint.
"Let's go hide in the hangar." Kaldur sighed, knowing that it would be a matter of minutes before Batman arrived.
There was no argument.
Rule #35: Never, and I mean NEVER give Robin caffiene. You will regret it.
"CATCH HIM!" Was the yell that greeted Red Tornado when he walked into the mountain. He was already back from being out of comission, and this was his first day back.
"NO! DON'T TAKE THE SUGAR!" He heard M'gann yell, then a crash and an evil cackle.
"ROBIN! STOP RIGHT THIS IN-" He heard Kaldur start to yell, but the teen was cut off. And then he was thrown through the door, landing at Red Tornado's feet.
Red looked down at Kaldur, who only groaned and shook his head. Red Tornado did not need to know what was going on.
"OH MY GOD! ROBIN! NO! I WAS KIDDING WHEN I CALLED YOU AN ANGEL WITH A SHOTGUN!" They heard Wally yell, and suddenly there was a gunshot, and a red blur ran out of the kitchen, with both Superboy and M'gann with him. "He's lost it!" Wally yelled, eyes wide and crazy. "We're going to hide somewhere where he won't find us!" And the three were gone.
"I'll call the League." Red Tornado said in a monotone voice as Kaldur got up and chased after his team. He was not going to be left with Robin.
"Flash here."
"Flash, it's happened again. Bring the straightjacket and the tranquilizers. He has a shotgun this time."
"Again?"
Hope you like it. I updated so soon cause my neck is jacked up. Four reviews and make me feel happy?