Midnight - Young Justice

Introducing Midnight

After two more failed reconnaissance missions in Qurac and Bialya the Team was not turbed, not turbed at all.

While M'gann was baking all kinds of sweets (like always) most of the rest of them were eating already baked food or sitting in front of the giant TV next to the kitchen. Nightwing was the only one not by food or the TV, he was giving an account to Batman over video screen.

"All in all we only got our buts kicked. I don't know what happened but none of us can do anything anymore, at least not together. I..." He stopped, there was something running around in the back of the cave, there isn't a Robin now and I don't think I have ever seen Alfred run that fast. But this thing was far too small to be Alfred, even if he could move that fast.

Batman listened to this without batting an eye, then again he was calculating all of it, always calculating, no matter what he was doing, even when he didn't have the cape and cowl on.

Nightwing opened his mouth to speak but Batman beet him to words, "I'm coming over there."

The video screen turned off.

Nightwing shouted through the cave, "Bats is coming!" Then said to himself, "This is so not whelming."

As most of the Team assembled in front of the Zeta tubes (M'gann stayed to bring a pan out of the oven) it started up and the female voice announced the arrival. "Recognized, Batman A, 02," Then the computer said something that surprised the team "Recognized Midnight B, 27,"There were only slightly surprised at the new person coming through what really surprised them was what came after that, "Recognized C 03 Blurr" As the light from the beam faded the team stood bewildered at the sight before them.

"This is Midnight," Batman said without the slightest trace of feeling. "She will be joining the Team."

As they looked at the person before them even Nightwing couldn't tell anything about it. Midnight had a solid black suit that covered her whole body, though she was small and Nightwing guessed she couldn't be more than 4'6". A long dark black cape hung from her shoulders and encased her body. Midnight had long black hair that went past her waist tied back into a ponytail. She stared out at them from small slits in a mask that encased her face. A stare eerily similar to Batman's. No one dared to talk under the piercing gases of the two. She was holding a cat in her arms It was white with black mathematically circular spots.

Finally after minutes of stares M'gann came in, "Um... Who's this, and, what's going on?" Sheer confusion crowed her whole face.

"This is Midnight. She will be joining the Team." The same words from earlier.

Nightwing spoke up, "Is there any other information you would like to give us?

"Yes, your next mission is a recon mission. I'm taking you off of the Queen Bee on. We have reports that Black Manta is back and with a vengeance. He is not happy that you left him Kaldur'ahm. As of last we saw he was hiding out in a ridge south of Atlantis. Your mission is to scout the area see what you find and if Black Manta is there find out how big he has built his army." He gave Nightwing a look, "Do you think you can handle that?" It was a rhetorical question, no one answered. "And I want Midnight to lead this mission is that clear?"

"What?!" The whole team shouted at once

Impulse was the first to get his voice above the rest, "I know I'm still a little new to this team thing but she has been here all of 5 minutes and done and said nothing! We don't even know anything about her! What do you think you are doing?" At the last sentence everybody shut up and Batman and Midnight both narrowed their eyes into slits, Batman was about to say something when Midnight stuck her elbow out and looked at him. With her elbow out the team could see a second cape hanging underneath her arms ending just above her ankles, even her boots were black. Some silent message passed between the two of them and he nodded. Slowly Midnight walked over to Impulse and put her hand on his shoulder., "Um, what are you doing?" She whipped her head around almost wapping him in the face with her hair but he speed out of the way in time and she snapped her head back before she hit anyone else. Her hair now rested on her shoulder. "Ha! Too slow!" She raised an eye at him and whipped her head again, seeing what she was doing Impulse speed back to where he was moments before. What he didn't see was that before Midnight whipped her head around she stuck her foot out. Impulse crashed to the floor with a thud.

She leaned in close to his ear and whispered so only he could hear, "Don't mess with the wrong person." She slowly got back up and walked over to Batman who was actually smiling at her! 

Nightwing thought to him self, This is the real Batman, right he NEVER smiles!

As Midnight talks with Batman M'gann telepathically connected the Team and stared the conversation, 'is it just me or does something about her seam... off?'

Impulse had just gotten up and immediately answered 'Um YEAH I THINK SOMETHING IS OFF! She just knocked me to the ground!' 

Tigress 'You did kind of deserve that you did ask if The Batman knew what he was doing. But he does have a point Bats normally stops us form doing stuff like that so why would he just allow her to come in here and hurt him?"

Kaldur'ahm 'I agree, but if Batman thinks this is for the best then he MUST have a reason.'

A few of them went back and forth for a period when Zatanna 'spoke' through the mass of voices 'I kind of like her' Every body looked at her with bewildered faces 'What?'

Wonder Girl 'Hera knows we could use more girls on the team.'

Superboy 'Oh so now you are on her side as well?!' he was getting angry *But then isn't he always?*

M'gann 'Conner there are no sides here.' She tried to stay calm they were doing well together and she didn't like to see him mad.

During the whole conversation they were moving around and making gestures to emphasize points, Midnight had been watching the whole thing play out and raised her voice for the second time, "Psychic conversation among yourselves?" The Team stopped and looked at her, "I would say that's unnerving, but It's actually really rude. Might I ask what the conversation was." It was a demand not a question.