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Chapter Nine: Distrust

Phantom and Siren watched in amusement as Beast Boy bounced around in excitement as they walked down the hallway towards the Mission Room. The green boy was grinning like a madman as he bounced around with fiery determination in his green eyes.

"Gar, chill out. You might hurt yourself with all that jumping," Danny laughed. Beast Boy stopped jumping but he still had his wide grin plastered onto his face.

"Sorry Danny, but I just can't help it. We're finally going on another mission," Gar cheered with excitement.
Phantom shook his head at the young boy's antics, but still managed to keep his smile. Siren on the other hand couldn't stop himself from laughing.

"Gar it has only been two weeks since our last mission. It wasn't that long ago," White said, amused.

Beast Boy fake pouted, but it only made the siren laugh even more.

"Yeah but I just can't help but feel like we might actually get some action this time, around!"

After Beast Boy's last exclamation, they all continued down the hallway in their silent good moods. By the time they arrived in the Mission Room to be debriefed, the Zeta-Tubes were already being powered on and the computer began to announce the designations.

"​Batman-02. Red Tornado-16​."

The trio joined the rest of the team members, as they awaited their assignments. Cyborg and Impulse started debating what the mission could be.

"I hope it's giant robots," Cyborg said. "I've always wanted to take one down. Then I could scavenge for some cool tech to experiment with."

That got a few other team members to laugh or giggle.

"I think we're going to go take down somebody from the Light or maybe even the Injustice League," Impulse guessed.

"Who," White asked. "Light, they I know. But what's the Injustice League?"

"A group of villains that worked as a decoy for the Light."

The teens turned around to see Batman and Red Tornado approaching them. It had been Red Tornado that spoke.

"Joker, Poison Ivy, Count Vertigo, Ultra-Humanite, Black Atom, Wotan, and Atomic Skull made up the Injustice League," Red Tornado explained. "The Light used them to stop us from looking for any other possibilities of a secret society. It worked for a while."

The brothers smiled at the red and yellow hero, Phantom especially. When the half ghost met Tornado for the first time, he had to admit that he was kind of impressed. The hero was a robot of an all things. And as a person that loves all things technological, like rockets and such, Red Tornado fascinated him.

He wasn't impressed by the fact Red Tornado was a robot, he had thanks Skulker for that. He was impressed at how emotionally attached Tornado was towards the Team. Unlike other AI systems or robots he's met, Tornado has a way of actually caring for the young teenagers. Almost like how a parent would feel protective of their child. And that's what really made Phantom enjoy the company of him as well.

Both brothers had league members they were pretty close to. Unlike other Leaguers, Phantom felt more open towards Tornado and could have somewhat normal conversations with him. Siren had grown quite fond of Flash. Flash had a child-like innocence and playfulness to him that he really liked. And unlike his protégé (Cough*Kid Flash*Cough) he was very open to his powers coming from magic.

Everyone turned their attention to the Caped Crusader, who was now bringing up pictures on the holographic computer. Batman gave Phantom and Siren a quick glance, aka glare, and then continued to debrief everyone on the mission.
The brothers returned with their ghostly and siren glare as they turned their heads away from the adult heroes.