Mount Justice; August 3rd; 13:06 EDT
Raven sat in the lounge room of the cave, holding yet another book in her hand, reading, once again.
Suddenly, her book was snatched from her hands.
Raven looked up to see the Boy Wonder standing in front of her, holding her book.
"Can I please have my book back?" She asked, her eyebrows already twitching in annoyance.
"You're always reading. Isn't it a bit boring?" Robin asked, still holding her book.
"It's my escape from the world. So can I please have my book back?" She asked, trying to reach for it, but he moved it away from her.
"You're also always alone. Distancing yourself from everyone else. Why?"
"My own reasons. Now give it back."
She tried reaching for it again, but he moved it away.
Raven growled, and tried again, but he held it above his head, laughing at her attempts.
"Guess I'm not the shortest one on the team."
Raven narrowed her eyes at him.
"No, just the most annoying."
"I thought that was Wally." Robin said, still laughing.
Raven grunted, as Robin climbed the small table in the middle of the room, to keep her book away from her.
"You're enjoying this."
"Clearly." She shook her head at him.
"Tell you what, if you can find a way to get this book away from me, I'll stop bothering you. But if you can't, that means I'll just………"
Robin was caught off when Raven used her telekinesis to take her book back.
She smirked, waving her book, while he gaped at her.
"Okay, that was cheating." Robin said.
"Whatever." Raven said, rolling her eyes, going back to her book.
"You wouldn't have gotten your book back if it wasn't for your powers." Robin said, but Raven ignored him, still reading her book.
"I'm sure you can't do anything without them." Robin said again, but Raven still ignored him.
He sighed when he saw that she paid him no attention, and turned to leave.
Robin grunted as he was tripped and fell on the floor.
Raven closed her book and stood up, stepping over Robin.
"I can do perfectly fine without my powers." She said to him, then started walking away.
Robin groaned, and then glared at her.
But then he smirked and grabbed her ankle, pulling her down, as he stood up.
Raven gasped as she fell, but then she turned and swiped at Robin's feet, but the Boy Wonder jumped, avoiding her foot.
She flipped over, standing up, as Robin smirked at her.
"Prove it."
Raven glared at him, but then took a stance, making the Boy Wonder smile slightly.
Robin took his stance opposite her, and she tilted her head, motioning for him to come at her.
Robin charged, throwing a punch at her, but she deflated it, hitting him on the back, making him stumble forward.
He turned to her, surprised, and she smirked.
Robin scoffed and then threw another punch at her, and she deflected it again, but then left an opening, making Robin head her, making her stumble back.
Caught off guard, Robin used the opportunity to swipe her leg, but she did a backflip, avoiding the fall.
She charged at him, and the two began a series of punching and blocking.
Wally and Kaldur paused their game of virtual air hockey, when they noticed the fight between the two birds of the group.
They walked closer to watch, M'gann coming to join them.
As they continued watching the fight, Wally turned to Kaldur.
"I'll bet you 10 bucks, Robin will win fair and square."
"Why do you think so?" Aqualad asked.
"Well duh, he was trained by Batman. Pretty bird hardly had any official training."
"We do not know that. She might have been trained by a master at martial arts."
"Well I still think Robin will win."
"Okay. You're on." Aqualad said, taking the bet.
"Alright. What about you Miss M?" Wally asked turning to the Martian.
"Well in all honesty, I have to support my fellow girl so…….I'm rooting for Raven."
Wally scoffed.
"Big mistake sweetheart. Robin is so winning this. You'll see."
Raven threw a punch at Robin, which he caught.
She glared at him, and threw another punch, but he caught that too, and then spun her around, holding her in his arms.
Raven grunted and head-butted him, making him release her, then she kicked him in the stomach, making him double over.
But the Boy Wonder wasn't out………yet.
He kicked her in the back as she turned, making her fall on the ground.
She glared and swiped his leg, making him fall.
She was about to jump up, but he rolled over, and grabbed her hands, pinning them to the floor above her, his legs on either side of hers.
"Ah hah! Yes!" Wally cheered in victory, smiling smugly at his other teammates.
Robin smirked down at Raven, who glared at him.
Then she kneed him in the crotch, making him groan, and let go of her hand.
Then she turned, flipping him over, with her on top, pinning his hands over his head, their faces nearly touching.
"I win." Raven said, her smiling smugly at him.
"No!" Wally groaned, as Aqualad laughed and Miss Martian cheered for her fellow girl.
"Pay up Wally."
Wally grumbled, reaching into his pocket.
Raven and Robin stayed in their position, both slightly panting as they stared into each other's eyes.
The world faded away around them, as they both looked at each other in fascination. Bright blue orbs against dark blue ones.
Wally handed Miss Martian's money over to her, and crossed his arms in annoyance.
"She only won because he was distracted."
"Yeah right." Aqualad said, laughing with M'gann.
Wally turned back to the two birds, seeing that the two were still in the same awkward position.
"Um guys?" He asked, calling the two's attention to him.
Aqualad and M'gann both turned too, to see the position the two were in.
"The match's over?"
"Oh? Right." Raven said, her cheeks a pink hue, as she jumped away from Robin, turning her head away.
Robin got up, and rubbed the back of his head, also looking away from Raven.
Wally exchanged a look with Aqualad and M'gann, the three smirking, with knowing looks on their faces.
"Am I picking up some weird romantic tension in here?" He asked, wiggling his eyebrows.
Raven glared at him, and then used her powers to pick him up, and toss him away.
"Whoa!"
"Um……." Robin cleared his throat, making her turn to him. "Good match."
"Thanks." She said, then smiled smugly. "I totally beat you."
"That…….was because……I was going easy on you."
"Uh hun."
"It's true. Next time I won't."
"There'll be a next time?"
"Of course. Rematch?" He asked, stretching his hand forward.
"Definitely." Raven replied, taking his hand, shaking it.
The two held hands for a while, before realizing what they were doing, and let go, turning away from each other.
Raven caught M'gann's gaze, as the Martian winked at her, making her glare at her.
Recognize:
Superboy; B-0-5.
The Kryptonian entered the room with a sneer on his face.
“Hi, Superboy. How was Metropolis?” M'gann asked as Superboy walked past them.
Superboy walked away, ignoring them.
Someone clears their throat, and the two turn to see Black Canary and Miss Martian step into the cave.
“Ready for training everyone?” The heroine asks.
M'gann gasped happily.
“Black Canary! Uncle J’onn!”
She rushes forward and hugs her uncle, who returns the hug.
“M’gann, I was in the neighborhood, so I thought I’d see how you were adjusting.” Martian Manhunter said, as they pulled away.
“A few bumps, but I’m learning.” M'gann replied, as Superboy watches from the hallway entrance.
"That’s all I can ask.”
Superboy, having seen enough, turned to walk away, catching Canary's attention.
“Stick around. Class is in session.” She called out, making him stop and cross her arms, watching.
Canary walked to the center of the ring, as the tiles lit up.
“I consider it an honor to be your teacher.” She said, as she started taking off her jacket.
“I’ll throw a lot at you, everything I’ve learned from my own mentors.”
She continues pulling off her jacket, but groaned in pain when she got to her arm that was wrapped in bandages.
“And my own bruises.” She finished, holding the wrapping.
“What happened?” M’gann asks, worriedly.
“The job.” Canary simply shrugged, throwing her own jacket away.
“Now, combat is about controlling conflict. Putting the battle on your terms. You should always be acting, never reacting. I’ll need a sparring partner.” She said, then turned to the youngest girl in the group.
"Raven, how about you?"
"Me?" Raven asked, confused as to why Canary would choose.
"Um……Black Canary, Raven might still be exhausted from her little sparring match with Robin this morning." Miss Martian said.
"Really? Who won?" Canary asked, with her hand on her hip.
"I did, obviously." Raven replied.
"Because I was going easy on you." Robin replied.
"Yeah right. Keep telling yourself that."
"That's interesting. I'd like to see you two in combat again." Canary said.
"We're having a rematch so……." Raven shrugged.
"Really? I look forward to it then." Canary said, smiling at the smaller girl.
"So anyone?" She asked turning to the rest of the team.
“Right here. Yeah!” Wally calls out raising his hand, with a banana in his mouth.
Stepping up, Aqualad frowns and Robin has a sly smirk.
Wally walks into the ring, finishing his banana in one bite and swallowing before he continues.
"After this…” he starts, aiming his banana peel for the garbage. “I’ll show you my moves.”
Black Canary smiles knowingly as her eyes narrow. She throws a quick jab, which he blocks, but then she swiped him off his feet.
He hits with a thud making M’gann gasp worriedly, Aqualad to lean back, Raven lifting her eyebrows and Robin to frown with confusion.
On the floor, it reads in big letters.
Kid Flash
Status: Fail
“Oh. Hurts so good.” Wally said, grunting in pain.
“Good block.” Canary praised.
“But did anyone see what he did wrong?” she asks as she helps him back to his feet.
“Ooh, ooh. He hit on a teacher and got served?” Robin asked excitedly, raising his head, making Raven snicker a bit.
“Dude!” Wally said annoyed.
“He allowed me to dictate the terms of……" Canary begins but is cut off as Superboy scoffs.
“Oh please. With my powers, the battle's always on my terms.” Superboy said, making Canary cock an eyebrow at him.
“I’m a living weapon and this is a waste of my time.”
Canary now has her injured shoulder facing him as she smiles, a craving for the fight ahead in her eyes. “Prove it.”
Superboy’s eyebrows raise, not expecting that answer before he cools his features and walks into the ring.
As he stands before Canary, he crosses his arms and Kid Flash quickly walks back towards the other members of the Team.
Both drop into a fighting stance at the same time.
Superboy throws the first punch, but Canary sidesteps it. Then she grabbed his arm and throws him over her, making him land on his butt.
Robin points and laughs until Aqualad elbows him in the side, but the Boy Wonder diverts to snickering behind his hand instead.
Superboy
Status: Fail
Superboy, enraged by his failure, growled and jumped back on his feet.
“You’re angry.” Canary starts.
“Good, but don’t react. Channel that anger……”
Superboy charges at her with another punch, but she flips over him, and takes out his feet from under him, making him fall……again.
Superboy
Status: Fail
Robin laughs again, muffled by his hand.
Superboy groans and looks up to see Canary offering him her hand.
He growled.
"That’s it. I’m done.” He says getting up without her help.
“Training is mandatory.” Canary says, placing a hand on his shoulder, which he shrugs off.
At that minute, the room beeps, and a holoscreen appeared.
“Batman to the Cave.” The Dark Knight called, and the team stepped forward.
"Five hours ago, a new menace attacked Green Arrow and Black Canary."
A small video popped up on the screen, showing an Android with ginger red hair and glowing red eyes, attacking the Leaguers.
"The attacker was capable of studying, then duplicating the powers and abilities of its opponents. Arrow called in reinforcements which nearly proved disastrous as our foe gained more and more power with each new combatant.”
“Whoa. One guy with the powers of the entire League?” Wally asked, eyes wide in surprise.
“In the end, it took eight Leaguers four hours to defeat and dismantle the android.” Batman informs.
“An android?” Raven questions.
“Who built it, T.O. Morrow?” Robin asked.
“Good guess, Robin. But Red Tornado doesn’t think so.” Batman states.
“The technology bears the signature of Professor Ivo.” Martian Manhunter added.
“Ivo?’ Aqualad questions, shocked. “But Ivo’s dead.”
“So we all thought or hoped.” Canary answered.
“To make certain this threat is permanently neutralized we’re sending two trucks carrying the Android’s parts to two separate STAR Labs facilities for immediate evaluation. Every precaution is being taken.” Four dots appear on the screen.
“We’ll have four additional trucks to create confusion in case Ivo or anyone tries to recover the remains. You will split into undercover teams to safeguard the two real trucks.”
“Yes!” Wally says excitedly. “Road trip.”
“So now we take out your trash?” Superboy asked angrily.
“You had something better to do?” Batman counters, Superboy looks away just as Aqualad’s transmitter goes off.
“Coordinates received. On our way.” Aqualad confirms, everyone but Superboy running off.
As he starts walking away Canary grabs his arm.
“When you’re ready, I’ll be here.” she tells him honestly.
He doesn’t respond, but just walked off.
Litchfield County; August 3rd; 20:08 EDT
The sky was painted with a hue of orange, indicating that it was early in the evening.
Six trucks stand ready, with the parts of Amazo in them.
Overseeing the trucks are Red Tornado, Captain Atom, Green Arrow, Flash, Superman and Batman.
Turning away and using his enhanced vision he can see the Team waiting on their motorcycles,
Aqualad and M’gann on blue, Kid Flash on yellow, Raven on purple, and Superboy and Robin on red.
Superboy turns to meet his gaze, and he turned away.
The team revved their motorcycles, ready to go.
“STAR Boston is a go.”
“STAR Manhattan is go.”
The trucks go two ways, with Aqualad, Miss Martian and Kid Flash following the one on the left, and Robin, Raven and Superboy following the one on the right.
Robin zooms in to be in front of Superboy and Raven.
“If dislike is the opposite of like, is disaster the opposite of aster? See, if things are going wrong, they go right.”
Raven rolled her eyes at him, but kept driving, her eyes on the road.
Superboy also remained silent, glaring ahead.
“Uh, clearly you're not feeling the aster. What’s wrong?” Robin said to Superboy.
“Canary.” Superboy replies seething.
"And what business does she have teaching combat skills to a guy with Super-Strength?” He asked.
“Taking down stronger guys is part of the gig.” Robin states simply.
"Canary learned that the hard way. Same with Batman and……well……me.”
Superboy looked away, and drove forward away from the two, closer to the trucks.
They drove along for a few minutes and then suddenly they heard weird laughs.
Before they could blink, a group of monkeys leapt from the rice field beside them, and on to the truck.
“Robin, Raven, Superboy, our truck is under attack!” Aqualad called from over the comm links.
“Kind of figured.” Robin replied.
“I hate monkeys.” Superboy said, his eyes narrowing.
"The feeling's mutual." Raven said, also narrowing her eyes.
Some of the monkeys climbed into the front, disorganizing the driver, causing the truck to swerve.
“Robot monkeys. Totally Ivo’s tweaked style.” Robin said excitedly.
He then hit a button on his motorcycle, which turned his back wheel to a small drone.
“Hey, hey. Switch your ride to Battle Mode.” Robin said to his partners.
“No point.” Superboy says, before jumping off his and onto the truck.
“Or not.” Robin said, then jumped on the handlebar of his motorcycle, before using his grappling hook to grab on to the back of the truck, swinging on to it, just as the two bikes collide.
Raven sighed and floated up from her bike.
"I really liked that bike." The bike swerved away into the rice farm, as Raven floated towards the truck.
The teens struggled to fight off the monkeys.
But then, more kept coming.
The monkeys succeeded in ripping the truck open, and grabbing the boxes containing Amazo's parts.
They also succeeded in destroying the wheels of the truck, making it wobble.
Robin crawled to the front of the truck, hanging off the door, sticking his head in.
“Get out!” he yells for the driver to hear.
Before the driver could comprehend, Robin grabbed him, and pulled him out of the truck.
As they fell, Raven created an orb, catching them both, and gently lowering them on to the ground.
"Thanks." Robin said.
"Don't mention it." Raven replied, before turning back to look at the truck.
The truck tipped and then rolled over again and again, as it scattered, destroying some of the monkeys in the process.
With the truck destroyed, some monkeys grabbed the box of the Amazo parts, and flew away.
Raven goes to fly after them, but Robin grabbed her hand, shaking his head 'no' at her.
Behind them, Superboy pushes the whole truck up and off of him. Breathing heavily, he wipes his eyes and opens them slowly, finding his vision is returning.
Seeing the monkeys are flying away, he jumps with a grunt to catch up to them.
“Superboy!” Robin calls in a vain attempt to get him to stop.
In his comm Aqualad patches through.
“Aqualad to Robin. We’ve lost our cargo. Did you….”
“It’s gone.” Robin said sighing.
“And so’s our partner.” Raven added.
Superboy kept leaping after the monkeys, when Aqualad called over the comms.
“Aqualad to Superboy. Radio your position. We’ll help you.”
“I don’t need any help, don’t want any!”
He yelled pulled out his comm from his ear and dropped it on the ground.
“Superboy?” Aqualad asks, but there is no one on the other end now.
Miss Martian, Aqualad, and Kid Flash stand behind their own crashed truck. The only one with his motorcycle still intact is Aqualad.
“I think he ditched his comm.” Robin states over the link.
“Super. Now we can’t even track him.” Wally groaned.
Miss Martian tries to get a hold of him through her telepathically range.
“He’s out of my telepathic range." She states.
"If Professor Ivo is alive, he seems to be two steps ahead of us.” Raven said.
“M….maybe w……we should contact Red Tornado?” Miss Martian asked.
"Tornado always tells us to handle things ourselves. And the mission can still succeed if we recover the parts before they’re reassembled.” Aqualad states.
“Well, that’s a great plan." Wally drawls.
"Except for the part about us not knowing where to LOOK!” he said angrily.
“Maybe we do.” Robin chimes in.
He crouches over one of the destroyed monkeys left pulling a USB cable out of his glove and connecting it to the monkey.
“We’d have heard by now if the decoy trucks had been attacked. So how did these monkeys know exactly which trucks to target?”
He smirks as the screen emerges from his Hologlove. Then a map shows up on his screen.
"The parts have GPS. The monkeys can track the signal, which means I can track with the one I captured. Looks like both sets of parts are converging on…” He starts placing the map of the state, trying to determine where they’re heading.
“Gotham City.” He said, pinpointing their location.
"That far South? M’gann and I won’t get there anytime soon.” Aqualad said, then turned to Kid Flash.
“I’m sending Kid on ahead to meet you. Aqualad out.”
Wally smiles his mischievous smile and drops his goggles over his eyes.
Then he is gone without another word.
Standing up, Robin puts the monkey on his shoulder, then using his Hologlove to remotely activate his motorcycle.
“Definitely a disaster. Robin sighed.
“Heavy on the 'dis.'” Raven added, making Robin smile at her.
"Not gonna use your motorcycle?" He asked, making Raven turn back to the bike.
"Nah, I'll just fly ahead." She said, rising from the ground.
"I thought you liked that motorcycle."
Raven shrugged. "Liked. Past tense."
Robin, now in uniform, rides his bike towards Gotham, Raven flying beside him, also in her uniform.
Kid Flash suddenly caught up to them, running beside them.
"Hey pretty bird, haven't seen you in a while. Did you miss me?" Kid Flirt asked, making Raven roll her eyes.
"Terribly." She replied in sarcasm.
“So, you changed too?” Robin asked, as Kid Flash was in his normal suit.
“You kidding?” Kid Flash asked, then groaned in disgust.
“I feel naked in civvies. You still tracking the parts?” He asked.
“They were heading through Gotham, but they veered” Robin informs, looking down at the virtual map on his motorcycle.
The dot on the map suddenly stopped, pinpointing on one location.
Robin gasped.
“Wait! They're at my school!”
Raven raised an eyebrow in curiosity.
The three teens ran into the school's gym.
They looked up, seeing Amazo raising both fists, about to hit Superboy who was on the floor.
Kid Flash zoomed in and grabbed Superboy.
"Yoink!"
He swept him away from the android and brought him over to where the remaining two were.
Robin launches a disk at Amazo.
“Martian Manhunter.” Amazo says, just before the disk could hit him, his body becoming intangible, making the disk go through him, exploding behind him.
Raven threw a blast of magic at the Android.
"Access: Captain Atom." Amazo said, his body turning solid, making the blast bounce off him, hitting the ceiling above.
“Access: Red Tornado.” a tornado forms under its feet, moving towards the teens.
As they’re hit, Kid Flash is thrown back into the nearby wall, Superboy hits the bleachers, Robin and Raven hitting the court.
Kid Flash got up to see Amazo standing before him.
“Access: Captain Atom.”
Kid gets up and runs away, to avoid being hit by the blast.
“Access: Black Canary.” Amazo threw a pulse of sound wave into Kid's path, which hit him, making him fly back.
"Superman.”
Superboy jumps at the Android with a punch, but he caught it, heading the Kryptonian, making him fly back into the bleachers.
"Black Canary." He released a sound wave at Raven, who tried to disable him with her telekinesis, sending her flying towards Robin.
"Martian Manhunter.”
Amazo elongated his arms, grabbing the disks thrown at him by Robin.
Kid Flash, attempting to catch him off-guard, ran at him from behind, but the Android saw him coming.
“Superman.” Amazo grabbed the speedster, and started squeezing him around his waist.
A bowstring snaps, catching Amazo’s attention.
“Martian Manhunter.” Amazo turned intangible through the arrow that came flying, dropping Kid in the process.
The green-fletched arrow stuck itself in the ground just beside Robin and Raven.
The teens' eyes widen as he takes in the color of the arrow.
Raven turned her head towards the direction where the arrow came from and caught a glimpse of blonde ponytail hair, making her narrow her eyes.
Superboy charges at Amazo again..
“Access: Black Canary.”
Amazo uses the same move Canary used when fighting Superboy, sending him flying back into the bleachers.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos."
"Access: Martian Manhunter."
Raven's blast went through him, destroying another part of the gym.
Robin threw a Batarang at the Android's head.
"Superman.”
Amazo released a laser blast from his eyes, about to hit Robin, but Kid Flash rushed in in the last minute, speeding the Boy Wonder out of the way.
Superboy climbs out of the rubble, then looks the gym.
Then he took a deep breath, sighing silently.
“Access: Black Canary.”
"Oh, yawn.” Ivo, who was there all along, yawned dramatically.
"Normally Amazo would study and mimic your abilities during battle, but what’s the point? You’re all such poor copies of the originals.”
The monkeys laugh.
“So everyone keeps saying.” Superboy states, his anger coming back onto his face and flowing through his words.
“It makes me angry!”
Superboy leapt over Amazo, aiming his fists at Ivo.
Ivo squeaked, rolling out of the way, before the punch could hit him, but the force of the punch sent him flying into some bleachers.
Superboy turned back to the Android.
"Want to see me channel that anger?” He shouts.
“Great. He’s gone ballistic again.” Kid Flash said, as he, Raven and Robin stood watching the clone.
"Maybe not.” Robin said smirking.
“Amazo, protect your master. Priority Alpha.” Ivo commands, diving further down the bleachers to avoid getting crushed by Superboy.
“Captain Atom.”
Amazo stretches his hand, hitting Superboy, as the monkeys helped Ivo back on his feet.
“Anyone want to play keep-away?” Robin asked, before kicking Ivo in the back.
Amazo’s attention turns to Robin.
Raven then caught the Professor in an orb
"I'd love to." She said, replying to Robin's question, then she shot Ivo out of the orb, as if she was shooting out of a cannon.
Amazo turned to her next.
“Oh, oh, me, me!” Kid Flash yells, running on the other side of Amazo and catching its attention.
“Access: Superman.”
Ivo stepped on Kid Flash's path at the last minute, sending the speedster flying towards the bleachers.
Robin threw a disk at Amazo's head.
“Martian Manhunter.” Amazo said, turning intangible just as Superboy jumps at it from behind.
“Superman.” the android dictates.
Just before it turns tangible, Superboy's punch went through it's head.
The head sparked, before exploding sending Superboy flying back.
The Andriod’s headless body fell flat on the ground.
Robin runs up to the body.
“Help me disassemble him now!”
“Dude, the guy has no head.” Kid Flash said, holding his arm.
“Don’t take any chances.” Aqualad's voice sounds out, as he and Miss Martian enter the gym.
"I'll do it." Raven said, using her powers to disassemble the Android, in less then five seconds.
Miss Martian lands beside Superboy, glancing at him in concern.
"Superboy, are you alright?” she asks.
"Fine.” he said smiling, then looks to Robin
"Feeling the aster.” Robin smiles right back.
“Hey.” Kid Flash says, gaining their attention. “Where’s Ivo?”
The Professor was no where to be found.
Mount Justice; August 4th; 1:06 EDT
The Team stands before Black Canary, Martian Manhunter, Red Tornado, Batman, and Green Arrow, being debriefed.
“The Amazo android is in again safely being analyzed at the two separate STAR Labs but Ivo escaped, and since he originated the tech, he’s arguably more dangerous than the Android.” Aqualad informs.
“Capturing the professor will be a League priority.” Canary said.
“But we understand that your mission encountered other complications.” Martian Manhunter states, crossing his arms.
Aqualad, Robin, Raven and Kid Flash glare at Superboy, who looked away.
“Complications come with the job. Your ability to handle them has impressed the League.” Batman said
“The whole League?” Superboy asked doubtingly, a certain Blue Boy Scout in mind.
“Given time, yes. Kryptonians, as you know, have very hard heads.” Batman answered, making Superman give a small smile.
“Of course, there’s no shame in asking for help. That’s why the League exists. Because there’s some problems even we can’t handle individually.”
“Please. If we needed help, we'd never get the chance to ask.” Robin drawled out.
Raven pulled out the arrow from earlier.
"Look familiar?”
Batman took it from her.
"You were following us. Babysitting! You still don’t trust us!” Robin said angrily.
Batman passes the arrow to Green Arrow.
"We didn’t follow you.”
Green Arrow pulls an arrow out of his own quiver, holding them side by side.
The colors on the shaft of the arrows, where different shades of green.
Robin’s eyes widen.
“And that’s not your arrow. But that means…."
"Speedy!” Kid Flash said excitedly.
“He has our backs.” Aqualad agrees.
Kid Flash rushes forward, taking the arrow from Green Arrow.
“Souvenir!”
Batman and Green Arrow share a look, that did not go unnoticed by Raven who narrowed her eyes at them in suspicion.
Superboy clears his throat and steps up to Black Canary.
She turned to him.
"I’m ready.”
“Good. Because I’m here.” Black Canary assured, smiling at him.
Gotham; August 5th; 8:03 EDT
Artemis Crock stepped into her room, closing the door behind her.
"Nice jacket."
She gasped, turning around, raising her fists out of instinct.
But she saw no one there.
"Who's there? I have fists and I'm not afraid to use them."
Raven materialized out of a wall in front of her.
"Calm down lady. Sheez." The heroine said, walking towards the blonde, putting her hand on her hip.
Artemis gasped.
"Raven? The Night hero?" She asked surprised.
"Oh, so you know me?" Raven asked, walking past her to the table behind them.
"Of course, everyone in Gotham knows who you are."
"Hmmm. That's nice." Raven said, picking up one of the pictures on the table.
It was a picture of a blonde man, with a black haired woman, and two girls, one blonde, the other black haired.
"So….what are you doing here?" Artemis asked cautiously.
"Well……I came to see the person who shot that arrow that saved Kid Flash."
Artemis' eyes widened.
"I….I don't know what you're talking about." She said, crossing her arms, looking away.
Raven raised an eyebrow at her.
"Really? You don't want to play that game with me."
Artemis narrowed her eyes at Raven, who stared at her back.
Finally, the blonde sighed, giving in.
"How'd you find out?"
Raven looked to the window in the room.
"Race you to the roof and I'll tell you how."
"Wait, what?"
Before Artemis could blink, Raven materialized through her roof.
Artemis sighed, before climbing out the window.
Artemis climbed to the roof, seeing Raven resting on the railing.
She walked towards her.
"So how did you find out?"
Raven shrugged.
"I caught a glimpse of your hair that day. And when Green Arrow confirmed that the Arrow wasn't his, my suspicions only grew. The boys were so convinced the Arrow was Speedy's, but everyone knew that all his arrows are red fletched, not green. And then Batman and Green Arrow exchanged a look, that I couldn't ignore. So I got digging."
"Wow, you are quite the detective." Artemis said, raising an eyebrow at her.
"Nowhere near the Boy Wonder. Normally I'd just brush it off, and let it slide, but I was curious. And my curiosity was satisfied." Raven turned to look at the girl.
"Artemis Crock, daughter of Helena Bertanalli, formerly known as Huntress, and the infamous Sportsmasters. Sister to the new thieving menace in town, Cheshire."
"Hey! That's too much information!" Artemis said offended.
"Calm down. It's not such a big deal. I don't get why you're getting so worked up."
But suddenly, Artemis looked away, and Raven sensed her emotions.
"Oh. Now I know why. You feel ashamed and disappointed that you come from a family of criminals." Raven said bluntly, making Artemis turn to glare at her.
"Okay you know what? This conversation is over!" She turned to walk away.
"If it's any comfort, my family isn't the best either." Raven said, making Artemis pause.
"My father was a demon, who impregnated my mother for the purpose of creating a portal for him to come into our world. My mom died, leaving me in the hands of the people of Azarath. People always saw me always saw me as the devil incarnate. In a way, that was true."
Artemis walked back to the railing, standing beside Raven as she talked.
"Years later, my father rose again, and it was time for me to fulfill my destiny. At the end, I had to defeat my father and trap him away for a long time. Then I got adopted by a British sorcerer, who has no experience in raising a child."
"I'm sorry, I……"
"Don't be. I guess I was a little nosy." Raven admitted.
"It was fun though, playing detective. I got to meet the new member of the team before everyone else."
Artemis smiled at the girl, who gave her a small smile in return.
"Thanks."
"It's okay." They both turned to look at the night sky.
"So what are they like? The team I mean."
Raven shrugged.
"They're okay. You would definitely fit in. Unlike me."
Artemis turned to her at that last statement.
Raven gave her one last nod, before taking off into the air.
"Welcome to the team, Artemis."
Hi guys!
Okay so I totally made up the date and time of that last part so it could fit in with the story.
I think it fits, cause I made it like two days before the next episode.
Speaking of the next episode, I proposed a Fanart Contest, and gave amazing prices.
I was really excited to see what you guys came up with for the next chapter, Infiltrator.
But sadly, I got zero entry for the contest.
I was really sad cause I wanted to see all y'all artworks, no matter how badly constructed you think they were.
Oh well, the contest's over anyways.
Until the next one.
But that doesn't mean I can't take fanarts, it's just that it won't be for a contest so you won't win a prize.
Your work will only DEFINITELY be in the official Fanart Book for this story.
And if it's really that impressive, will be featured in this book.
Anyway, I really hope you enjoyed this chapter.
See you later lovelies.