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A/N: this is my first fan fiction, please review because I'm trying to improve my writing and I need feedback.
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Chapter 2: There's one more
Mount Justice; July 8th, 8:04 EDT
Green Lantern and Captain Atom are flying large pieces of equipment around the Mountain, but inside the cave stood all five teens, now dressed in civilian clothes.
Aqualad wore a black track suit with blue accents and brown sandals. Kid Flash wore a yellow long sleeve shirt with a brown button up shirt over top of it with blue jeans and black sneakers.
Robin wore a green hoodie with a black jacket over top of it with blue jeans with black sunglasses and white sneakers. Superboy wore a black T-shirt with the Superman shield on the chest, a brown leather jacket, dark blue pants and black combat boots. Legend wore a dark blue short sleeve shirt with his symbol on the chest, a black jacket, black cargo pants, and black combat boots. His hair was braided into cornrows that ended in a ponytail.
"This cave was the original secret sanctuary of the Justice League." Batman tells the five boys. "We're calling it into service again. Since you five are determined to stay together and fight the good fight you'll do it on League terms."
All five watch as Batman walks slightly away from the center of the room. "Red Tornado volunteered to live here and be your supervisor. Black Canary's in charge of training. I will deploy you on missions."
"Real missions?" Robin asked, excited. "Yes, but covert." Batman confirms stepping back to be closer to the boys before him.
The League will still handle the obvious stuff." Flash speaks up from behind Kid Flash's right shoulder. "There's a reason we have these big targets on our chests."
"But Cadmus proves the bad guys are getting smarter. Batman needs a team that can operate on the sly." Aquaman continues, then turns his head towards Batman to continue the flow of conversation.
"The six of you will be that team." Batman states. "Cool! Wait six?" Robin does the very simple math and realizes the problem.
Batman only looks over his protégé's shoulder and all four teens turn to see Martian Manhunter stepping out of the shadows with a green-skinned, red-haired teenaged girl.
"This is the Martian Manhunter's niece, Miss Martian." She raises her left hand, giving them a small wave and smile, then a shy "Hi."
Kid Flash looks to Robin as he puts one hand on his hip, Robin, in turn, looks up at Kid Flash. "Liking this gig more every minute." He steps up, blocking her view of Robin, Legend, and Superboy. "Uh, welcome aboard, I'm Kid Flash." He says, using his thumb to point at himself. "That's Robin," the smaller teen steps to the side and gives a Rock 'n' Roll sign. "And Aqualad." The Atlantean gives a small nod but says nothing more. "It's cool if you forget their names."
"I'm honored to be included." Miss Martian says sincerely, clasping her hands in front of her to enunciate her point. Aqualad, Robin, and Kid Flash all walk to talk to her with less of their mentor's listening in.
However, Superboy and Legend stay behind, something Robin notices and paired with a downcast expression. "Hey Superboy, Legend, come meet Miss M!" he calls out.
Superboy and Legend look at each other, then walk over to the rest of the team. Miss Martian uses her shape-shifting ability to change her shirt color from white with a red X to black with a blue X. She looks down before speaking.
"I like your shirts ." She admits to Superboy and Legend, Superboy gives her a small smile and Legend chuckles while giving her a smile as well, which causes Robin to nudge his elbow into Superboy's chest with a smirk on his face.
While Kid Flash zips to Legend and throws his arm around the taller boys' shoulders with a bright smile. Robin inclines his head slightly to Aqualad. "Today is the day." The Atlantean says proudly. They all know it's true.
Mount Justice; July 18th, 11:16 EDT
The Mount Justice Computer picks up the Zeta Tube usage, routing the users from North Carolina to the Mountain which the map shows in Rhode Island.
Recognize:
Robin; B 0 1
Kid Flash; B 0 3
Both boys appear in their civilian clothes. Smiling brightly, then running out of the Zeta Tube to the room they're connected to; finding Miss Martian, Aqualad, Legend and Superboy standing before a HoloScreen.
"Did you ask him?" Robin asks. "What did he say?" Kid Flash follows up. "He is arriving now." Aqualad tells the two of them as calmly as always.
Kid Flash playfully punches Robin in the chest. "Then what are we waiting for?" Before running off, Robin follows close behind, and finally Aqualad. Leaving Miss Martian, Legend and Superboy. The redhead smiles at the clones as she puts her hands on her hips.
Superboy turns, crossing his arms over his t-shirt before walking off, Legend looks at Superboy's retreating form then he turns back to Miss Martian and smiles before he turns to follow Superboy, making a gesture for her to follow him. Miss Martian smiles and takes flight to follow the boys.
They arrive at one of the entrances which is a ramp that falls down into the cave from the ground above them. All six walk up the ramp, as Red Tornado lands before them.
"Red Tornado!" Kid Flash calls out with a wave as the heroic android lands. "Greetings." He offers. "Is there a reason you intercept me outside the cave?" His monotone voice makes it rather hard to discern the question portion of his sentence. "We hoped you had a mission for us." Aqualad conveys to the hero.
"Mission assignments are Batman's responsibility." Red Tornado states simply. "But it's been over a week and nothing-" Robin tries but is cut off. "You'll be tested soon enough." The android states firmly. "For the time being, simply enjoy each other's company." "This team is not a social club." Aqualad objects strongly.
"No," Red Tornado agrees. "But I am told social interaction is an important team-building exercise. Perhaps you can keep busy by familiarizing yourselves with the cave." Tornado says, walking past the six teens and into the cave.
All six can only watch as he does. Kid Flash turns to Robin, punching him again, this time in the shoulder. "Keep busy." The speedster mumbled.
"Does he really think we're falling for this?" Robin questions frustratingly, catching Superboy's attention.
"Oh, I'll find out." Miss Martian says excitedly, then turns towards Red Tornado and her expression relaxes slightly. "What is it? "Legend asks Miss Martian. Miss Martian sighs. "I'm sorry, I forgot he's a machine; inorganic. I… cannot read his mind."
"Nice try, though." Kid Flash offers. "So, uh, you know what I'm thinking right now?" he looks up at her with a flirtatious smile.
"We all know what you're thinking now." Robin grumbles and elbows the speedster's turned back. "Ow." He complains, but only seeming half-hearted about it. "And now we tour the clubhouse." Aqualad says sourly.
"Well, Superboy, Legend and I live here. We can play tour guides." Miss Martian offers, looking to Superboy and Legend.
Robin and Kid Flash instantly turn to the two Clones. "Don't look at us." Superboy tells them seriously making Legend sigh.
"We won't; a private tour sounds so much better." Kid Flash says, looking to Miss Martian again.
"She never said private." Robin objects. "It's team building. We'll all go." Aqualad says, breaking up the argument before it can even start.
They all turn to go back down the ramp, but Robin grabs Kid Flash's arm and yanks him back. "So, this would be our front door…" Miss Martian begins.
"And this would be the back." Miss Martian continues as they come out on the other side of the mountain. "The cave is actually the entire mountain."
"It was hollowed out and reinforced by Superman and Green Lantern in the early days of the League." Wally explains what he knows about the history of the mountain.
"Then why abandon it for the Hall of Justice?" Superboy questions. "Yeah, a secret base sounds better than some news attraction." Legend added.
"The cave's secret location was… compromised." Aqualad explains. "So they traded it in for a tourist trap?" Superboy questioned. "Yeah, that makes sense."
"If the Bad Guys know of the cave, then we must be on constant alert." Aqualad reasoned. Miss M raises her hand in accentuation, thinking she's figured it out.
"The Bad Guys know we know they know about the place so they'd never think to look here." Robin assures, grabbing her hand and turning her towards him, then putting his other hand on top of hers. "Uh," Kid Flash interrupts and removing Robin's hand from Miss Martian's. "he means we're hiding in plain sight."
"Ah, that makes sense." Miss Martian says scratching the back of her head, clearly still confused. Superboy sniffs twice. "I smell smoke." Miss Martian gasps. "My cookies." Then flies down the hallway. Making it to the kitchen and removing said cookies, with telekinesis, before the boys can make it into the room. As she sets them down the boys enter the room, looking at the burnt-black cookies on the tray.
"I was trying Grammy Jones' recipe from episode 17 of-" she cuts herself off with an awkward chuckle. "Nevermind." Legend raised an eyebrow at what she said but shrugged it off. "I bet they would've tasted great." Robin says then looks back to the other four boys. "They don't seem to mind." Aqualad says. Surprised, Miss Martian looks back up, finding Kid Flash and Legend eating her cookies. With kid's mouths still half full and a burnt cookie in each hand, Legend just had one. Aqualad and Superboy can only watch in stunned silence. "I have a serious metabolism." He offers weakly. "hmm… these aren't half bad." Legend says while grabbing another cookie.
"I'll… be sure to make more?" Miss Martian seems unsure if they really meant it but is still smiling. "It was sweet of you to make any." Aqualad tells her. "Thanks, Aqualad." Miss Martian says, bowing her head slightly.
"We're off duty, call me Kaldur'ahm." He insists. "Actually, my friends call me Kaldur." He clarifies with very little hesitance.
"I'm Wally." Kid Flash speaks up, leaning on the island. "See? I already trust you with my secret ID, unlike Mr. Dark Glasses over here. Batman's forbidden Boy Wonder from telling anyone his real name." Robin frowns and glares at Wally as he puts his hands on his hips, annoyed by the speedster's slightly accusatory tone.
"Mine's no secret." Miss Martian admits brightly. "It's M'gann M'orzz. But you can call me Megan. It's an Earth name, I'm on Earth now." She seems really excited about that fact.
Superboy remains slouched against the counter, then turns to leave which catches M'gann's attention. "Don't worry, Superboy." She tells him telepathically.
The clone grunts in shock and his posture tenses, looking at the green-skinned redhead in shock and possibly a tiny bit of fear.
"We'll find you an Earth name, and Legend as well." She continues, smiling kindly and totally unaware of what she's doing.
Superboy's grips his head for a moment. "Get out of my head!" he shouts, gaining Kaldur, Wally, Legend and Robin's attention in an instant.
They all know what he does when he's angry, they look back to M'gann, a curious expression on their features.
"What's wrong? I don't understand." She says, expanding her telepathic range to include Kaldur, Wally, Legend and Robin.
All four react negatively to it. Robin and Legend grips their heads with both hands, Kaldur turns away from M'gann closing his eyes and grimacing before finally putting his own hand to his head, while Wally brings his own hand to his forehead threading his fingers through his bright red hair. Superboy's fists clench at his sides as he looks almost ready to pounce. "Everyone on Mars communicates telepathically."
"M'gann stop." Kaldur commands anger clear in his voice. M'gann closes the link and looks confused and hurt but listens to Kaldur continue. "Things are different on Earth. Here, your powers are an extreme invasion of privacy."
Attempting to lighten the mood Wally adds in his two cents. "Besides, Cadmus' creepy little psychic G-gnomes left a bad taste in their brain."
Saying the last part behind his hand as if that will stop Superboy and Legend from hearing him and as if it Is some big secret. "I- I didn't mean to-" M'gann tries.
"Just stay out of my head." Superboy growls cutting her off, his eyes burning bright with rage as he walks into the adjoining room. Legend follows to try and calm down his fellow clone.
M'gann looked downcast for a moment before brightening up. "Hello, Megan!" she says it brightly even though she hits her forehead with the heel of her hand. "I know what we can do."
She takes off flying, leaving the boys to follow her. Wally turns to Robin who shrugs, but all three do follow her in the end. Though Superboy remains behind with Legend, M'gann stands in the entry to the hallway. "Superboy, Legend, please."
"Don't talk to me." He says, more annoyed then angry. M'gann's face falls and Superboy looks out of the corner of his eye, seeing it. Legend sees it too and gives Superboy a look.
He looks back down before standing up. M'gann's face brightens, even though Superboy seems reluctant to do this, Legend smiles.
Coming down the elevator they stop at the hangar. "It's my Martian Bioship." M'gann explains as the doors open. Leading the now curious boys towards a red oblong shape in the hangar. "Cute." Wally offers. "Not aerodynamic, but cute.
"It's in rest, silly." M'gann smiles bright, reaching her hand out. "I'll wake it." As she does the oblong turns into a shape recognizable as a ship. She even spins 180 with just a motion of her hand.
A small staircase comes off the back, showing off some of the insides. She walks towards it but soon realizes the boys aren't following. "Well, are you coming?"
All five hesitate and board with nervous expressions. Once inside the front opens up to reveal a captain's chair and four more side chairs.
"Strap in for launch." M'gann tells them. Kid Flash and Robin exchange bright grins before sitting down.
As he does Robin goes to lean forward as the chair moves, eliciting a "whoa" from the stunned- and possibly scared- Boy Wonder. The chair reaches out and creates chest restraints that hold the thirteen-year-old in place.
Kid Flash sits down next and now knowing what happens, doesn't panic. "Cool." He tells M'gann. "Red Tornado," M'gann says, sitting in the captain's chair. "please open the bay doors." As the bay doors open two control towers form by M'gann's hands.
Once open the Bioship flies out at impressive speeds, only to slow just above the surface of the water and begin a near 90 upward flight, before barrel rolling to face towards the mainland once more.
"Incredible!" Robin tells M'gann, more likely impressed with the responsiveness and her piloting skills than anything.
"She sure is…" Wally agrees, but is entirely focused on M'gann, once she turns towards does he realize what he said. "I- I mean the ship, which like all ships, is a she."
Robin is the first to point out Wally's crappy attempt at covering up what he said. "Fast with his feet, not so much with his mouth." Getting a chuckle out of Legend.
"Dude!" Wally yells, mostly embarrassed, but clearly still at least a little annoyed with the smaller teen.
Kaldur turns to Superboy. "I may not have psychic powers, but I can guess what you're thinking." Superboy looks at Kaldur out of the corner of his eye. "You overreacted and you don't know how to apologize.
Just say sorry." Kaldur treats it as if this happens regularly around him. Superboy doesn't say anything, merely looking out at the view once more.
"He'll come around." Robin offers to M'gann, clearly knowing what the conversation between two of the physically oldest members was about. "He doesn't seem to like me very much." M'gann says sadly.
"You guys remember he has Super-Hearing," Wally interrupts, and proving his point by not bothering to whisper. "Right?" sure enough Superboy heard every word.
"Hey, how 'bout showing us a little bit of Martian Shapeshifting?" Robin asks, changing the topic. M'gann nods subtly, thanking him for the change, before stepping up and gaining Kaldur and Superboy's attention as her clothes begin to change. Turning into a feminine version of Robin, costume included. Catching Wally's smirk she turns into a feminine version of Kid Flash. "Is it wrong that I think I'm hot?" Wally questions. "Yes…yes it is" Legend answers.
Robin and Legend applauds M'gann. "Impressive." she turns back into herself. "but you know you're not exactly going to fool anyone with those."
M'gann smiles softly as she sits down. "Mimicking boys is a lot harder." "And your clothes?" the Atlantean questions.
"They're organic like the ship. They respond to my mental commands." M'gann explains, pulling on her jacket slightly.
"As long as they're the only ones." Superboy says darkly not caring that he's heard by all of them. Legend sighs because he could hear him.
"Can you do that ghosting through walls thing Manhunter does?" Wally asks. "Density shifting?" M'gann questions, though her smile doesn't return. "No, it's a very advanced technique…"
Robin leans forward. "Flash can vibrate his molecules right through a wall." Then chuckles before gesturing to Wally. "When he tries it, bloody nose."
"Dude!" Wally snaps, annoyed that he would tell her that. "Here's something I can do." M'gann says brightly, then the entire ship disappears from sight. "Camouflage Mode."
"Red Tornado to Miss Martian. An emergency alert has been triggered at the Happy Harbor Power Plant. I suggest you investigate covertly. I'm sending coordinates." All six are on high alert.
"Received. Adjusting course." M'gann says. Robin scoffs. "Tornado's keeping us busy again." M'gann replies optimistically.
"Well, a simple fire led you to Superboy and Legend. We should find out what caused the alert." As she takes the Bioship down a few feet above the surface of the parking lot.
Superboy turns out the side window. "I think I know the cause." He says, right outside the Bioship is a tornado. Heading right for them.
M'gann attempts to alter their course so not to be swept up but is unsuccessful and the Bioship glitches out of Camouflage Mode as they get fully entangled in the tornado.
Trapped inside the tornado all of them hold on as the wind whips them around. M'gann manages to open her eyes and reorientate herself, as she does her brow drops in concentration and her hands firmly press on the control panels, illuminating them as she gets them out of the tornado and to the parking lot. Where Robin, Kid, Miss Martian, Superboy, Legend, and Kaldur all drop out of a door created in the bottom of the ship.
At the Power Plant, all the workers are evacuating and screaming in fear. "Robin, are tornadoes common in New England?" Aqualad questions, hearing no response he turns to where the Boy Wonder just was but finds the space between him and M'gann now empty. "Robin?"
The Boy Wonder's laugh echoes, but none of them can locate him. "H-he was just here." M'gann objects. Their attention turns back to the Power Plant where the windows are being blown out.
Inside the Power Plant is a red and black exo-suit, with blue tubing running from his shoulders, up and to his lower back, and a brown scarf covering his mouth. Tornado-like funnels coming from each hand.
The funnels hit Robin directly and slam him into the support pillar nearly eight feet off the ground, then he falls to the ground. Hitting his back both times.
The other members of the Team running in through the loading bay doors, Superboy and Legend jumped the stairs to land beside Robin as the Boy Wonder sits up. "Who's your new friend?" Robin rolled his eyes. "Didn't catch his name, but he plays kinda rough." Robin said right before the clones both jump at the villain.
The exo-suit wearing villain stands ready, air pulses still coming from his wrists, though the bright blue tubing is now confirmed to be going to his wrists as well. "My apologies, you may address me as Mr. Twister." He says, revealing his robotic tone.
Mr. Twister then lifts both his hands up, creating two more tornadoes, which Superboy and Legend withstand, but before they can gain any more ground Twister redirects the tornado, grabbing both Superboy and Legend before launching them in opposite directions. As they hit the walls, they dented them and they fell to the metal floor. On the main floor with Aqualad and Kid Flash, M'gann turns the more experienced boys. From his pocket, Wally pulls out his goggles sliding them over his eyes.
As Robin gets back to his feet in front of him The barefoot Atlantean looks to M'gann then nods. Understanding, the Martian nods back. All three take off as a group around the Boy Wonder.
Kid Flash speeds through a front handspring before aiming with both his feet at Mr. Twister's chest. He doesn't make it as Mr. Twister raises his hands to create vortexes that stop him in his tracks. He then turn 180 and launching Kid Flash out the bay doors, where he skids across the parking lot.
Unamused, Twister turns back in time to create twisters under a flying M'gann and a charging Aqualad, knocking both of them back and eliciting a yell from them. Aqualad hits one of the support beams, while M'gann narrowly and crashes into the raised grated walkway another ten feet behind the Boy Wonder.
"I was prepared to be challenged by a superhero." Twister goads, as Robin pulls a disk out from under his jacket. "I was not, however, expecting children."
"We're not children!" Robin yells, launching a small bomb then the disk. Twister counteracts the bomb with dual vortices, causing it to explode at a harmless distance, thinking the boy wonder faked one of his moves he lets the vortices drop, giving the disk the opportunity to land in the center of his chest plate.
Which the villain flicks away with one finger. "Objectively, you are." Only then does it explode. "Have you no adult supervision? I find your presence here quite disturbing."
Well, we hate to see you like that." Robin bites back, bringing Twister's attention back to the standing Six members of the Team. "Let's see if you're more turbed once we kick your can!"
With that M'gann reaches out with her telekinesis. Destroying the fixture over his head, creating a steam barrier that Superboy and Legend jumps through.
Even with the barrier Twister still reacts fast enough to catch Superboy before he can land a hit. Throwing him back and causing him to hit where the ceiling changes height, then bounce off to fall into a flying M'gann.
Both Robin and Aqualad dodge Legend, who was thrown at them. Without missing a beat, Aqualad's hands charging with electricity.
Twister says nothing as his hands begin creating vortices, that then become miniature twisters then pick up Aqualad and Robin before slamming them into each other. "Indeed, that was quite turbing, thank you." The villain says, rising off the ground then leaves as the team groans back into consciousness.
Outside, in the beginnings of the forest with the evidence of his crash surrounding him Kid Flash comes to. Seeing Twister leaving he runs in front of the villain, then rolling to change direction and rolling through two more somersaults to stare down Twister.
"What have you done to my team?" he demands. "Embarrassed them, largely." Twister says, then bringing both his hands together to form a singular twister that snatches Wally up and is heading right for the outside wall of the power plant.
As the wind clears Wally is braced for impact, but not slamming into the wall. "I got you, Wally." M'gann assures; her, Robin, Superboy, Legend and Aqualad stepping out of the last of the dust.
Wally straightens out of his balled position, eyes opening. "Ohh." He sighs in relief and drops the three feet that M'gann lets him drop with ease. "Thanks."
"I would have thought you had all learned your limitations by now." Twister speaks to the Team. "What do you want?!" Aqualad yells angrily at the villain, who rises into the air.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm waiting for a real Hero." Twister tells them, proving his thoughts that they are not that. "Read his mind, find his weakness." Aqualad asked M'gann over his shoulder.
"I thought I wasn't supposed to do that." M'gann objects, now slightly hesitant and equally confused. "It's okay with the bad guys." Robin tells her.
Determination sets in as M'gann sets out to do just that. "Nothing. I'm getting nothing." Then she breaks her concentration, knocking her head slightly. "Hello, Megan, Mr. Twister is Red Tornado in disguise." All of them look up to the 'villain' in hurt shock. "He's inorganic, an android." Aqualad turns to M'gann.
"And how many androids do you know that generate tornadoes?" now both Robin and Kid Flash turn towards her as well.
"Red Tornado sent us here." Aqualad agrees. "After saying we'd be "tested soon enough" ." Robin agrees and continues. "This is his test, something to keep us busy."
"Speedy called it." Wally says, then hangs his head sadly. "We're a joke." Aqualad makes a noise of frustration before slamming his fist into his hand and turning back towards the 'villain'.
"This game is so over." Wally vocalizes, as he and Robin step up to join Aqualad, the three stand-alone before Twister. "We know who you are and what you want." Robin accuses. "So let's end this." Aqualad confirms. "Consider it ended." Twister says darkly, raising his hands over his head and the two funnels begin creating dark clouds and a massive full-sized twister. As this happens, Robin's resolve gives slightly. "An impressive show," Aqualad calls out, before exchanging glances with Kid and Robin. "but we will not indulge you." All three face back towards Twister. "We will not engage." Lightning cracks into the eye of the storm, Mr. Twister. Kid Flash turns towards the other two now nervous. "Uh, can Red Tornado… do that?"
"You think I'm Tornado?" the lightning gains intensity. "Ironic." Twister says darkly before the lightning strikes the ground and hits just before the young heroes. The three get pushed out the way by Legend. Looking back, Aqualad reached back to try and pulled him with them but we wasn't fast enough.
The only one who remains standing is Superboy, his coat is scorched, and he rips it off to fully show off his Superman t-shirt, before launching himself at Twister.
The weather villain barely glances down as he hits Superboy with twin bolts of lightning from his hands.
Knocking the clone into the ground with enough force to cause a trench behind him. Twister approaches, prepared for the final shot.
As he does M'gann and Legend are the only ones who regain consciousness. They look up at Twister's web of lightning before all five disappear from sight. He backs off. "Fine, then."
M'gann remains crouched as six of them are hidden by the camouflaged Bioship. "I won't deny that you children have power," Wally comes too, his goggles now pushed to his forehead by the force of Twister's previous strike- with hand to his head and groan, but the groan barely begins before Legend covers his mouth.
"But playing hide-and-seek with you will not help me achieve my objective." Wally, Legend and M'gann stare right at Twister, but he still cannot see them. "So stay concealed. If you confront me again, I will show no mercy."
Emphasizing his point by clenching his fist to create lightning sparks does he finally leave. Heading for the town of Happy Harbor.
Robin, Aqualad, and Superboy all stare up in shock. "What happened?" Wally questions, confused. "I placed the Bioship between us." M'gann explains.
Superboy stands and releases to hook punches on an unsuspecting rock formation. "And that's supposed to make it right?" all three other boys stand up as Superboy stalks towards as still sitting Miss Martian.
"You tricked us into thinking Twister was Red Tornado." "She didn't do it on purpose." Kaldur says calmly. "It- it was a rookie mistake." Robin agrees. "We shouldn't have listened."
"You are pretty inexperienced." That catches M'gann's attention. She turns straight to the other ginger, his head drops slightly. Superboy stomps towards M'gann but Legend steps in his way and the two glare at each other.
After a few moments of staring Superboy looks over Legends shoulder at a sad M'gann. "Hit the showers. We'll take it from here."
"Stay out of our way." Superboy says darkly M'gann's face falls as she watches Superboy, Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash Start walking away. "I was just trying to be part of the team."
M'gann says sadly, her bangs falling in front of her eyes. "Hey!" The boys turn around to see Legend and he was angry. "What are you guys doing!?"
The others look at him confused, they were going to fight the villain, isn't obviously. "Don't give me that look, why are you sending M'gann back if we're supposed to be a team?"
Superboy stepped forward "Because she made us believe that Mr. Twister was Red Tornado, she made a mistake."
"So what, any one of us could have made the same mistake, and if you hadn't noticed we're all rookies, and last but not least people make mistakes that's no reason to abandon them.
We're supposed be a team." Legend scolded The others, they looked down in shame, knowing that what he was saying was true. "To be honest, I'm not sure we have a team." Kaldur said.
Miss Martian looked up at Legend's back with hope. Robin stepped up next to Superboy. "I'm sorry Miss Martian, we shouldn't have tried to exclude you." "I'm sorry too." Kid Flash joined Robin in apologizing to Miss Martian.
Kaldur look at Legend. "So what do you want us to do" Kaldur asked Legend. Legend took a thoughtful look.
Mr. Twister was attacking a the city when Robin and Aqualad vault and jump over a parked car, coming at Twister's back as he throws a boat at Superboy.
However, he turns right to them, creating small twisters. Which Aqualad dodges with ease and continues for the elemental villain.
Before getting caught in a disk spiral and launched at the Town Hall building but Legend blocked it.
Kid Flash speeds at him, only for Twister to catch him as well. The villain brings him over his head and Wally finds his opening.
Dropping out of the current and rolling into a crouch he takes off as Twister creates another twister. Which heads right for Robin. Who evades and in his place the twister explodes.
He launches three more at Twister, all of which are deflected, but leaves the villain barely enough time to avoid Superboy's and Legend's punches that dents the ground.
In his evasion, Twister can summon another twister, which picks up the clones and launches them away. Right to where Aqualad is just getting himself out of the rubble from his own fall. Twister sends a boat right after him.
Aqualad moves out of the way, knowing Superboy and Legend are invulnerable. Though the boat's motor lands mere inches from him. Due to his Atlantean physiology, he has minimal trouble lifting the heavy piece of equipment then throwing it at Twister.
Robin hides behind one of the other thrown boats and Kid Flash speeds around to join him. Robin pulls his yellow Utility Belt out of his jacket sleeve and throws it over his shoulder. "You brought your Utility Belt?" Kid Flash questions, sounding more annoyed than surprised.
Never leave home without it-" Robin confirms and defends, clipping it together. "First thing Batman taught me."
"Yeah, right after, don't go to the bathroom without it." Wally grumbles. Two citizens are still running around the town. A police officer is directing everyone. "Get Back! Everyone clear the area!" unaware of the twister headed right for him.
A citizen running away watches as Red Tornado flies over him, and he smiles.
Red Tornado comes to the center of Happy Harbor where Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Legend and Superboy now stand just out of Twister's range.
The villain stops as he sees Tornado. "Hit the showers, boys." The Leaguer instructs, landing. Though not accompanied by his usual red tornado like he used when greeting the Team outside the Mountain "I was hoping you could handle this. Clearly, you cannot."
"But we've got a plan now." Robin objects with a frown. "The subject is not up for debate." Tornado tells them. All of them say nothing as they walk away. "I was beginning to believe you'd never show up." Twister tells Tornado.
"I'm here now." Tornado says, his right hand reaching out beyond his cape to create a twister he sends right at Twister. Who counteracts it, but as Tornado attempts an attack on his turned back, Twister sends another at the Leaguer.
Tornado disperses the attack before any damage can be done. "We are evenly matched Twister." Tornado says, using both hands to create a tornado behind him to throw at Twister. "No, Tornado, we are not." Twister emphasizes his point with a punch that blocks the rubble with a wall made of air before shooting lightning at the Leaguer. Tornado dodges and takes flight, guiding the lightning to one of the crashed boats which explodes into him knocking him to the ground as he sparks.
Twister lands beside him. "Remain still, android." All his fingertips become computer connectors which fall around the back of Red Tornado's head and neck. "The reprogramming won't take long." Tornado grabs the wires, turning his head towards Twister before turning into M'gann's head. "Longer than you might think." Her voice hers once more.
"No." Twister gaps, then M'gann launches him back with her telekinesis, ripping out the wires from his hand. Into an oncoming twister, which catches the villain and sends him over her head. As it comes to a stop, Kid Flash was the one creating it, by spinning.
Superboy hits the off-balance villain with a hard punch to the kidney area, before Legend kicks him hard in the stomach as they both grabs the massive arms under their own and hitting him more in the chest.
Causing smoke to start coming out of the seams in the metal plates. Then Superboy reels back, hits him straight in the face, knocking him into the harbor with an impressive splash.
As he sinks, he turns to find Aqualad waiting for him, impaling the two points in the metal he's using into his already damaged chest area. Then his tattoos begin to glow and electricity passes into Twister.
The explosion brings him back to the ground. One of his arms is missing. M'gann uses her telepathy to bring him off the ground and rip his other arm off as Robin throws exploding disks which knock Twister to the ground.
Even with no arms Twister rises to his knees, only to find the whole Team before him. The chest panel opens, revealing a man, about forty years old, medium-length brown hair in a green and white suit. He falls out of the exo-suit and to the ground. "Foul. I- I call foul." He stutters.
M'gann steps up, an angry look In her eyes, before telekinetically reaching over to pull up a massive slab of the ground. Realizing what she's doing, Kaldur attempts to stop her by forcing her arms back to her body, but at that point, it was already over the man. The rock hits, crushing him before their eyes.
Wally and Robin stand stunned before Robin gets angry and steps up the girl who is several years his senior. "Don't know how things are done on Mars, but on Earth, we don't execute our captives!"
M'gann seems undeterred. "You said you trust me. Lifts the boulder to reveal another android, though now it's in crushed pieces. "That's why I couldn't read his mind."
Wally steps up and grabs one of the eyeballs. "Cool. Souvenir." Flicking in so he can catch it in his fist as he looks to M'gann.
"We should have had more faith in you like Legend." Kaldur tells her sincerely. "Yeah, you rocked this mission." Wally agrees. When no one says anything he has to ask. "Get it? Rocked."
As the android's eye turns red Robin mutters an "ignore him." Then continues in a brighter tone. "We're all just turbed you're on the Team." M'gann chuckles. "Thanks. Me, too."
The live feed from the eye is transmitting to a lab. A man in a blue work suit stands before the screen and a scientist in a white lab coat steps up to him with a chuckle. "Now, Brom, aren't you relieved I didn't let you wear the armor?"
'Brom' turns revealing he is the one the android inside the exo-suit was based on. "Extremely, Professor," he admits shakily. "but you're not upset?"
"I'm convinced our tracking program was operational," this 'Professor' says, he's a taller, slightly tanner man than Brom, with black hair and a small mustache. "and that the real Tornado was somewhere in the vicinity.
Besides you know science advances in fits and starts." Brom is still very tense. "Even failure can be instructive, and I'd say we learned quite a lot today."
Inside Mount Justice, the Team is conversing with Red Tornado. "It was clearly created to sabotage or destroy you." Kaldur tells the Leaguer. "Agreed." Red Tornado says, looking over the pieces of the android and the computers readout.
"Would you have come to help us if we asked?" M'gann questions. "No. This was your battle." Tornado says simply. "I do not believe it is my role to solve your problems for you. Nor should you solve mine for me."
Robin, Wally, Legend and Superboy all pause in their work thinking over what their supervisor said. "But if you're in danger…" M'gann objects. "Consider this matter closed." Red Tornado states then walks off.
"Batman, Aquaman, Flash, they'd all have jumped right in to fix things." Wally comments as they all stand to watch him go further into the mountain.
"Guess if we're going to have a babysitter, a heartless machine is exactly what we need." Robin says. "Dude! Harsh." Wally hisses but doesn't object to it in any other way.
"And inaccurate." Both boys stop dead. "I have a heart, carbon-steel alloy. I also have excellent hearing."
Kid Flash's eyes clench closed and he frowns, just opening one eye to look at the Boy Wonder. A silent "help me!" gesture that he doesn't want Tornado to see.
Robin forces out a nervous chuckle as. "Right. I'll strive to be… more accurate." Kaldur grabs Robin's shoulder and brings the Boy Wonder's attention to him. "And more respectful."
Red Tornado says nothing more as he walks away, but M'gann stands at the entrance of the hall as the boys head to the dorm section of the Cave. "Speedy was so wrong." Wally says happily. "This Team thing… Might just work out." Kaldur agrees.
Superboy goes to follow but stops as he catches M'gann looking at him. He looks down with a small amount of concentration coming over his face before he looks back to her. "Sorry." Then leaves. M'gann smiles softly.
She feels a hand touch her shoulder, turning she sees Legend smiling. "Now that that's over let's catch up with them so we can finish the tour." M'gann's smile widened as she nodded and they both ran to catch up with the others.
Chapter end.