Rule #50: You will most likely get new team members. Do not give them a hard time.
"C'mon, Batman. We don't need any new teammates." Robin whined as said Dark Knight typed away on the batcomputer.
"In your superhero career, you will have to work with people you don't like. This is just a way for you to prepare." Barman explained to him.
Robin scoffed and crossed his arms. "Look, I already know how to play with others. And adding not very trustable people to the team would be a huge mistake, Bruce."
Batman sighed at Robin's hardheadedness, and said, "I know that, Dick. But you will just have to deal with whatever comes your way."
Robin crossed his arms, knowing that Batman was just about ready to throw him out of the cave, and grumbled, "Even you don't know how to play with others."
And before Batman could do anything to the little devil, Robin had run upstairs.
"This is the newest recruit for your team, Mirage." Batman told the whole team, while a girl stood beside him.
She had strawberry blonde hair that fell loosely around her, along with tan skin, and wise hazel eyes. She was wearing a simple white shirt with some blue jeans and blue converse.
Mirage and Kid Flash had a stare down, before Robin broke the silence. "I didn't know we would have to tell her our Secret ID's."
"You don't, Robin. She came in dressed like this because she wanted to." Batman told him.
Robin still crossed his arms, and grumbled, "I still don't think we need new teammates."
"What the heck is this?!" Was what greeted Jason this time when he entered the cave.
Again, after the whole Robin-torturing-Superman fiasco, nothing could surprise him anymore. Jason walked into the main room, only to find a new girl standing in the middle, with gunk stuck in her hair and some of her clothes. He could hear Robin's infamous cackle throughout the cave, and then there was a speedster's evil laugh.
Jason sighed, walked over to the girl and looked at her. "Let me guess, new recruit?" He asked.
But she didn't seem to hear his question, but instead only saw his helmet. "The Red Hood's here too?! That's it! I'm leaving!" She yelled, and quickly stormed out of the mountain, leavin Jason stunned.
Robin landed next to him, and Wally sped up to him. "She was worse than Foster. Wasn't very good at hand to hand, had a bit of an attitude, and she dissed M'gann's cooking." Wally explained.
"I just hope the next recruit can withstand the first challenge. It'll be really boring if they leave after being drenched in that gunk then see Red Hood. They don't even get to see Trickster's traps!" Robin told them.
And Jason couldn't help but smile at their antics.
"Team, this is the newest recruit, Princess Sparkly."
The girl wasn't any older than thirteen, with a big, poofy pink dress, a tiara on her curly brown hair, and some sparkles on her pale cheek.
"Batman, you know very well she won't survive here." Green Lantern told him in a whisper as they left the cave.
"I just want to see how far they are willing to go, Hal. I have to make sure the next recruit is ready for this." Batman explained.
Princess Sparkly flew past them in speeds that would make Superman jealous, all the while crying. Green Lantern and Batman quickly turned around and ran back to the cave, to find Artemis fumming with Wally and Robin chuckling evilly.
"I am sorry Batman, but she told Artemis she had to cut her hair." Kaldur explained.
Batman couldn't help but face-palm.
"Because you have already managed to make three new recruits leave while you were not being supervised, we will be leaving Green Lantern with you while you get to meet the newest member of your team, Rochelle." Batman told him, with Green Lantern(Hal Jordan) on his right side and Rochelle on his left.
She had purple hair, along with big purple eyes, and a purple and blue dress. Oh, she also had this huge staff with clock pieces all around it, and a real clock as it's tip. She really took the title 'Guardian of Time' seriously.
"Well, Rochelle, I have a question for you?" Wally asked as the Bat left and left them with Green Lantern and Rochelle.
"Hmm?" She hummed, turning to look at Kid Flash.
"Have you ever seen what the rogues in Central do?" He asked innocently.
Green Lantern seemed to know that something bad was about to happen, but he didn't want to acknowledge it. Truth be told, he knew Rochelle wasn't superhero type.
"Not really, no." Rochelle told him.
And that was all he needed. Kid Flash sped over to her, and before she could react, silly string burst out of his hands, tying her up, then a giant yo-yo came rolling in and took her away. Green Lantern stared wide eyed at what had just happened, then smiled down at Kid Flash. "Seriously? Silly string then run over with a yo-yo?" He asked.
Wally only shrugged and said, "Hey, it was Trickter's idea."
"Kid Flash, you are proving Superman right at the fact that you are seeming to be turning rogue." Batman growled, already getting tired of the recruits either fleeing or just never turning up ever again.
Wally shrugged and said, "Hey, if they can't take a little gunk and a visit by Red Hood, they're not hero material."
"And what about Rochelle?"
"She wasn't very good with pranks."
"Princess Sparkly?" Batman growled.
Wally stared at him, surprised. "... ... You actually have to ask me that? Her power was making sparkles! How can she be a hero?!"
"Foster?" He asked in a growling tone, yeah, he was getting pissed off.
"She insulted Roy, man. That's a huge no here."
"You have to get used to the idea of new heroes joining your team." Batman growled.
"Look, Brucey-Boy, I get where you're coming from. But if they can't take one small prank, how will they be able to take on villains like Trickster or Joker? I like to think my pranks prepare all of us for crazies like them, and if they recruits can't take it, they're just not ready for this lifestyle."
Bruce hated to admit it, but Wally was right.
"This is Fleur, you're new team member." Batman said as the team gathered around the main room.
They were all surprised at the League's perseverance in making them have new team members. When would they learn they just didn't work well with wannabes?
This girl was wearing a black leather skirt, ripped fishnet stockings, silver combat boots, a black and silver leotard, and black fingerless leather gloves. Her hair was a rusty orange, and it was in a bob up to her chin. She wasn't wearing a mask, which was really getting on Wally's and Robin's nerves. Did these new kids not know all they had in the hero world was their ID? Did these kids want to be found out by villains.
"So, what's your power Fleur?" Kid Flash asked, already thinking of ways to make her leave.
"I can control plants, Kid Idiot." She answered in a no-nonsense voice. No wonder the Bat had chosen her.
"Well, that's not a very good first impression. Calling someone an idiot isn't very nice." Artemis told her, not liking her at all. She was the tough one on the team, and there was no way some impostor was going to steal that title from her.
"Since when does that matter?" Fleur asked, glaring at Artemis.
"Are you by any chance afraid of fire?" Robin asked slyly, already thinking up of ways to get this girl out of the mountain.
Fleur tensed at the very word, which was enough for Robin to know. "I'm going to call Red, I'm bored!" He announced, and before Batman could stop him, both the speedster and the bird were gone.
"AAAHH!" Fleur screamed as the flames licked her sides.
She was running for her life all around the mountain, with two crazy mercenaries following her. Apparently Robin had called Jason and told him they needed a flamethrower. And Jason, in turn, called Deadpool for the flamethrowers.
"YOU'RE INSANE!" Fleur yelled as bullets also whizzed by her.
"NOT INSANE!" She heard Deadpool yelled back. "MY VOICES TELL ME I'M JUST MENTALLY CHALLENGED!"
"YEAH, AND I JUST LIKE FIRE!" Red Hood yelled also, shooting even more fire at the poor girl.
That day Fleur hung up her charred and burnt costume up for good.
"You have managed to run out a master hacker, an image manipulator, a princess, a space entity that controls time, a girl that would have been perfect in a fight against Poison Ivy, and now you've managed to make a magician leave. What the HELL is wrong with you kids?!" Batman yelled.
All of the team was looking down at their feet, and Conner spoke up. "Well, in our defense, his name was Wolf. We already have a Wolf.
Batman wanted to bash his head against the wall.
"This is Hot Shot, your newest team member." Batman said as the girl next to him glared at the team.
She was wearing a green one piece spandex suit, her red hair was in a messy bun, and her fiery green eyes told them she didn't like the idea of being here.
"I have already heard of your antics with other heroes. I will not be easily run down." She told them, and Batman smiled inwardly, knowing this was the one to withstand everything the team threw at her. "And frankly, I am surprised you still consider yourself heroes when you act like such kids." She spit out.
Wally and Robin glared at her, and as Batman left, Robin took out his emergency phone. "Let's go." He told Wally, and then they were in front of the bioship, Robin checking through Hot Shot's file.
"Yo, Jason, we need you to bring Trickster, Deadpool, Harley, and Piper, along with some water guns, water balloons filled with anything and everything liquidy you can find, and some chimichangas." Wally told him.
Both teens could hear the smirk in Jason's answer. "New recruit?"
"This one's fire." Robin answered.
"On my way, Dickey-bird."
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?" Hot Shot yelled as a giant waterballoon fell on her, making her look like a wet cat.
"We don't know!" Wally and Robin yelled together as Deadpool started shooting water at the girl while laughing wildly.
She tried to throw fire at him to stop him, but she was too wet to generate it. Then before she could react, she was being pelted with waterballoons on all sides. Trickster threw silly string at her, wrapping her up in a giant cocoon, then a giant hammer came down from the roof to make her soar through the air. Then a hoard of rats came in and carried away a screaming Hot Shot.
"Good job, guys." Wally told everyone as soon as they came out of hiding.
"I just like hitting things with hammers!" Harley told him, making Jason nod and pat her on the back.
"Your hammer saved the day, Harls."
"Now let's feast on chimichangas!" Deadpool exclaimed, making the rest cheer.
"Seven recruits. Wow. I am truly impressed." Talisman told Wally as he looked through the files that he had brought.
"Yeah, and he still doesn't understand we don't need any new teammate." Wally shook his head, making Talisman smirk.
"You think he'll let me join?" Talisman asked slyly.
Wally stared at him, then also smirked evilly.
"Talisman, we need to find out where he put the girl!" Kaldur told the boy as he fought off shadow clones.
Talisman ground his teeth together, looking at the serial killer with pure hate, and asked, "You haven't killed her, right?"
"She is one beautiful test subject." He answered.
"She's alive, Aqualad!" Talisman yelled back, making the man frown. "You spoke about her in present time, not past. She's still alive." Talisman growled. "Where is she?"
"I won't tell you..."
And Talisman did the one thing he always hated to do. He pressed his hand to the man's own hand, and was quickly overcome with memories. It was crazy, so much crazy overflowed his own sane mind that the insanity became the sanity. Talisman let go of the man, then gave him a harsh slap with a crazy laugh. "I know where she is, Fish Sticks!" Talisman told him with a smile.
And quickly all the shadow clones that the team were fighting disappeared. Aqualad ran over to Talisman, who whispered in an insane voice, "She's in mind..." And he laughed insanely.
"Talisman, where is she?" Aqualad asked in a harsh tone, making Talisman frown.
"In the basement." He shrugged, then Talisman turned to Robin and Wally. "Hey, you crazies, I'm leaving the team and joining Red Hood and Deadpool. If you need me whisper my name." He told them, and before they could react, he had thrown a smoke pellet at the floor and left.
The whole team was silent after the whole encounter, but that was broken with Robin and Wally high fiving. "Yeah, another insane brother!"
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