Metropolis

Alexander screwed up his face,and nodded sadly. He clung to Gear's leg,and waited for them to get moving.
 
"Sorry, hun." She ruffled the child's hair lightly, giving him a reassuring smile. "It'll be okay. I promise." Looking at Nightwing, she sighed.
 
[[The time for time-skipping is nao! Three weeks latur *A*)/]]


Three weeks later and still no word on Superboy. Scarlett was cooperating and doing the training they wanted her to. She hadn't stepped foot off of the base that then new supers were staying at while they did their training. It wasn't the most comfortable home, especially with all of the armed guards around, but at least there were people here that were going through training as well, who had only just become supers like her. So she wasn't alone, and she had even made friends, like Talon.


She had been given a mentor. An unusual choice, but she didn't complain. The Black Canary was patient with her, most of the time, and it was clear that she only wanted to help.


Scarlett was really starting to get the hang of her wind powers, her wings had grown but they still weren't large enough for her to be able to fly. Still, she was told to flap them around a lot in order to strengthen them, and that wasn't a problem because she had a tendency to move her new appendages around without really noticing, and sometimes just to test them out. There wasn't much Black Canary, or anyone really, could do to help her with them though. Maybe when she learned how to fly, but not right now.


Black Canary's canary cry couldn't be taught to Scarlett, but she was also an expert in hand-to-hand combat and that was what she had started to teach Scarlett. The brunette had never been much of a fighter, and still wasn't, but she really admired her mentor and she was willing to work and try her hardest. Maybe next time she wouldn't be so helpless against Superboy's fist.


Right now Scarlett was brushing her hair after a shower to wash the sweat from her skin. She'd dried off and her feathers were as waterproof as any bird's, she'd dressed herself, and now she brushed out her wet hair as she sat on the poor excuse for a bed that she had been sleeping in. They sure didn't go out of their way to make the new supers comfortable.


There was a good chance that she wasn't done with her training for the day, but she'd been given a break and her shower had been refreshing. Finding something to eat was probably a good idea, then maybe she would go see what was going on around the base, maybe eavesdrop around to see if she could find anything out about Superboy.


In three weeks she'd hardly heard anything about him, and if he'd been found or not she had no idea. She'd thought they would bring him back here, but maybe after his battle with Superman they wanted to keep him somewhere else. Scarlett still snooped around a little if she could and asked questions to people she thought might have the answers. It was always the same though. Classified.
 
Its been three long weeks of all the hatred, all the fighting, all the destruction. Looking on past the security glass, Lex looked upon the mangled mess that was Alex. He hung from the ceiling, a chain wrapped around his left ankle. He dangled from the ceiling like he was an chandelier. Blood dripped from every open cut upon his body and he was slipping in and out of unconsciousness.


"That was unexpected. He has no weakness to magic like superman, nor does he have an elemental weakness. This kid is troublesome. But he was able to take out 4 of the 6 of the strongest people here. He did not kill any of them though. He just wounded them and diminished their power to a low enough standing they could not move anymore." Lex said as he looked upon the mess in that room.


"He was tougher then any of us knew. But keeping his down here was a good plan. He might have the power of superman, but if he can not get to the sun's rays, his power becomes nothing. Look at him now." Black Adam replied with an expression of happiness upon his face.


"I know that, but even my 'son' in there was able to fight off and beat 4 of you guys in there by himself." Lex said as he reached over and pressed a button.


As he pressed the button, a door opened and black adam and Lex walked into the room. Looking around the room at the destruction and chaos that was caused, Lex proceeded to walk over to Alex's hanging body.


"I know he was able to fend us off, but as you can see, numbers were too much for him. He may have bested a few of us, but after all was said and done, he did not have what it took to get the job done. Now if he would have killed us to begin with, then maybe he would have a chance at survival." Black adam said as he reached for Alex's hanging body.


Reaching up and grabbing a hold of Black adam's wrist, Lex shook his head and ordered him out of the room. As Black adam left the room, Lex looked upon Alex and took in a deep breath.


"Why is it that you did not try to kill those men? They came at you with every intent to kill you. You knew that they tried to kill you but even in that fact, you held back, not like a true luthor, you acted like superman. Trying to protect life, even if it is evil. You truly do not have what it takes to be a luthor. You will stay down here and rot. You are not worth my time anymore." Lex said as he punched Alex square in the jaw.


Alex's lifeless body spun around from the punch, but it might be that punch that brought him back to life. Coughing up some blood, Alex looked upon the man whom just hit him.


"You bastard.When i get down from here, ill kill you!" Alex yelled in a hoarse voice.


"Kill me? You couldn't even kill those men. Let me recap for you, Power ring, Couldn't kill him, Sunspot, you couldn't kill him, cannonball, couldn't kill him, and you surely didn't kill major force. If you might have killed maybe even one of those men, you could have stood a chance. But since you didn't even try to kill any of those men, then you stand no chance against me." Lex said as he turned away from Alex and walked out of the room. Pressing a button upon the computer, Lex smiled and put a pair of sun glasses upon his face and stepped into the elevator.


A voice could be heard from the other side of glass, and Alex tried to hone in on it. It was a female voice but it was very monotone. This is what he heard.


"Complete shut down in 5 minutes. Shut down commencing." She sad as all electrical devices started to turn off.
 
In three weeks, a particular clown like woman had found herself with what she often referred to, at least mentally, as an adopted little kid, another half mentor of a man that, truth be told, terrified her, and a pissed off Joker breathing down her neck. As she sat there, on a roof top, charred target signs and a make shift training course, Gear looked out of the city. Trailing her hand across the cement, she left a trail of sparks making a tally next to a row of already done. It was a list of different 'tricks' she'd learn she could do. For instance, she could now pull the sword out of the cane and throw it with rather good aim in 3 point 8 seconds precisely.


Another was her ability to completely engulf herself in flames and come out unharmed. Of course, if she wanted to try that, she would need to do it in the suit the lab had given her, as she had found out the hard way. Laying back on the roof, she watched the sky and lit a small flame on her finger letting it hover where the sun was and grinned a bit, not that she wasn't normally "grinning" as it was.
 
Talon grunted and pushed against Anissa as the numbers racked up in her head; her mentor, her own body, the floor and the air. They were all stored away with ease, being able to fluctuate with the simplest thoughts, as well as remain the same. That was the case Talon was facing at the moment, sparring off against her three-week mentor and somewhat friend. Lightning flashes covered her usually brown eyes, but Talon kept a hold of her weight; even managing a few steps from her grips.


The three-weeks under Thunder’s guidance were hard to say the least; power training to exhaustion, physical training until numbness, combat training until all you knew is attack or dodge. Battle scars already made their mark on her skin, as well as more-defined muscles that had shaped her well. Her mind was faster and able to lock onto smaller things, like an element of air, structures inside a person, and most importantly, her own weight.


“That’s enough” Thunder ordered


They both released their hold of the others hands and the red marks that stood out against her pale skin made her cringe.


“That’s it” she continued, with a smile


The red-head smiled, happy to get off this early in the day and gathered her stuff;


“Score! Time for rest n’ relaxation” she cheered, pulling off her mask.


As she left their work-out room, she ran into Grace and waved at her mentor’s girlfriend before continuing towards her own room.


Shower first, and then off to see Scarlett; they hadn’t met since the last day she got off easy, and that was when she dislocated her shoulder.
 
Meanwhile, Alice was still up to her usual tricks. She was on her way back to the lab after another successful take down. Alice went her usual route to avoid police, riding through some rather run down parts of town. But, being the good citizen she was, she always came to a halt at red lights. But today, when her bike came to a stop at the infamously long light at Ginger St/Allen St intersection, something was amiss.


Alice didn't notice. She was more focused on the damned light. On top of a building near her, a man was readying a gun that was pointed directly at her. Someone had been watching her for quite some time: they knew her routine, they knew where she lived, they even knew her secret identity. And Alice was blissfully unaware as the man pulled the trigger.


A dart sunk itself into her neck. Alice yelped and yanked it out, almost instantly feeling the effects. She become very tired. Soon, she couldn't even hold the bike up anymore. She toppled over, the bike landing on top of her. But Alice didn't lay there long before two burly men came and collected her off the street. She flopped around like a rag doll in their arms as she was whisked away to some unknown location.
 
A portal opened up in the middle of the training base and out of the portal stepped 6 figures. Superman, Batman, Wonder woman, Green lantern, Hawkman, and Hawkgirl. The leaders of the JLA stood in the middle of what would be the greatest era of Supers.


"Attention everyone, we need everyone's attention. You, doctor, get on the P.A. and broadcast this to everyone in the base." Superman said.


"We need every super down here right away. We will wait for a minute but every hero in this station must attend this meeting." Superman said as the six figures made their way around the training station.


"This is going to be intriguing, to say the least. I wonder if everyone is going to show." Green lantern asked as he looked upon Superman.


"Do not worry, Bruce is on that. He has tracked every super that was here, and is opening a portal to them as we speak." Superman replied.


Punching in a few keys on his wrist computer, portals opened around the base and appeared in front of EVERY super. These portals showed the training facility. Each super would be a greeted with a telepathic message from the martain manhunter.


"Everyone, this is the martain man hunter. I know the portals seem random, but they are there for you. We need you to come back to the training facility so the justice league can speak with you, it is urgent you all show up." Martian manhunter said as he concluded his message.


(ooc: Assuming all the super's are aware that they are called and still awake enough to move on their own, they are all needed to come to the meeting. Time to start a little bit of plot. xD )
 
As Scarlett sat on her bed, a portal suddenly opened up in front of her. She jumped when it first appeared, then a voice began speaking to her, that of the Martian Manhunter. Of course, she had never seen a portal before and she got up fro her bed and walked over to examine it. She walked around the back to see what was there, but it looked the same from both sides. She wasn't about to go through it backwards though. What if she ended up in some parallel reality?


She didn't spend too much time checking out the portal though. This was 'urgent' after all. After walking back around to the front of the portal, she took her mask that had been sitting at the foot of her bed, and stepped through the portal as she put the mask on. She couldn't really live a civilian life without giving away her identity anymore. Her wings were small for now, but they would get bigger and bigger until they were large enough to carry her. At least that's what she assumed. She wouldn't be able to easily hide them when they did get bigger. At first she hadn't known why they'd bothered with giving her a mask, but hiding her former civilian identity would keep villains from finding her friends and family she supposed. Even if the villains didn't even know she existed yet.


She stepped out of the portal and onto the training grounds where the six founding Justice League members stood. It was the first time she had seen any of them in person before, besides Superman of course. She glanced around to see if Talon was there yet. She wasn't, but Black Canary was. However, Black Canary was chatting with Green Arrow at the moment and Scarlett decided not to interupt, instead turning her attention back to the six leaders of the Justice League and waiting to see what they had to say.
 
As Alex looked around the now dark room, he seen a low gleaming light off in the distance. Trying to focus on the light, Alex wondered what the was, or what was illuminating this light. He was wondering who was down in this now made prison. Blood dripped from Ale’s body and ran up his body. As the blood dripped to his eyes, Alex forced his hand up to his face and wiped the blood from around his eyes. As he looked at the light, it floated off in the distance. With each flicker, the light got a little closer.


“Who’s there?” Alex asked as he tried to stay calm.



At the response of the question, the light stopped,dimmed, as it quit flickering. A quiet, raspy voice sounded off in the distance.



“You know who this is, I am the closest person to you.” The voice responded.



At the response to his question, Alex was dumbfounded. What did the voice mean by it’s response? What was it supposed to mean? Was it a riddle? Was it the truth? Who was the closest person to him? At this point, Alex’s mind was racing with who this person could be.



As he spun around, connected to the chain from the ceiling, Alex tried to picture his current visitor. Spinning around, Alex glanced over at the light that started approaching him once again.



“You still have not figured it out yet, have you?” The raspy voice asked.



Spinning around, Alex took in a deep breath, exhaling slightly. He spoke up towards the light.



“Is this a joke? Are you toying with me? Where you sent here to kill me?” Alex asked in a tone of terror.



Laughing at the response, the raspy voice and the light entered the large room. The light started to get brighter, but only enough to illuminate the bottom of the figure’s face. The jaw of the figure had light gray, almost silver colored beard. The beard was long and well groomed. As Alex made visual contact with the person, his eyes widened for he did not understand what was happening.



~~~~



Nightwing walked around the rooftop of the building as the Martian manhunter spoke to him. and the other supers. Nodding his head, Nightwing looked over at Gear.



“Over the last three weeks, you have grown incredibly quick with your powers. You ready for this?” Nightwing asked.



Not waiting on Gear’s response, he walked through the portal and appeared at the training grounds.



“Hey bruce, what brings you all the way back to earth?” Nightwing asked.



“Enough of your jokes. We are here strictly for business.” Batman responded with a forceful tone.



Superman looked over at the scientist and spoke up.



“Why are you on the radio telling everyone to get down here?” Superman asked.



“Sorry sir.” The scientist replied.



Grabbing the microphone, the scientist proceeded to speak.



“Attention employees and supers, I need everyone to come to the training grounds immediately.” The scientist spoke up.
 
Gear looked at the portal, then at Nightwing, then back at the portal. She really did owe it to the guy to go, at the very least. Standing up, she sighed, took off her hat, and ran her hand through her hair before placing it back down. Grabbing her cane, she followed after him, onto the training grounds. There, she stood to the back, away from most of the people, but close enough to technically be apart of the 'group.' Looking at the various Justice League people, she shivered, as her eyes settled on batman for a moment before she looked over the rest while waiting.
 
The shower stopped and Talon sighed, pushing her wet mane out of her face before reaching out to grab an ever-present towel. A mint green encased her body, semi-drying her before she wrapped the fuzzy towel around her mid-section. The red-head then exited the shower and almost slid when she stopped short of two steps; the training base in the middle of her bathroom.


Tightening her grip on the towel, she peered around the edges of the portal to see that her bathroom still remained on the other side. A cough sounded from the training grounds and she abruptly turned away from the viewers on the other side. Opting instead to go around the portal, rather than through, she vaguely heard the message delivered.


The justice league wanted her.


It almost seemed like a dream come true for Talon, as she hurriedly got back into the costume they had made up for her. Before she got naked, or even brushed her hair, she made sure to shut the door to the bathroom and the portal that resided. Whisking her hair into its side-bun she pulled on her mask and opened her bathroom door. The room was annoyingly moist, and she made sure to go around to the proper side; her uniform was straight, her hair wet and her mind fully alert.


The training grounds seemed much more foreign to Talon now that superheroes were standing in it, to be more specific, the Justice League’s leaders. Eyes quickly scanning over Batman, who was one of her favourite heroes, she glanced around the room and spotted Scarlett. Her wings were much bigger since the first time they met, and Talon knew that her powers were also much stronger.


Approaching her side, she knocked hips lightly with her friend, as a greeting;


“What’s up?” she questioned, motioning towards the high-super authorities.


Talon noticed her mentor off to the side and nodded in her direction, ready for whatever the league wanted with all these supers.
 
The last remaining portal stood in the training grounds, where everyone could see it. As the Justice league looked over at it, out stepped a figure, clad in blue and yellow.


"Excuse me. I didn't not mean to take so long. Tracking down these few were a bit of trouble, but i got them." Dr. Fate said as he walked out of the portal and stepped to the side a little.


Out from behind him, a few kids followed in his foot steps. Each one dressed the same way, like some lab rats or something.


"Hello everyone." Of them said as they all looked around the room at everyone there.


"Well, since everyone is here, We can get down to business. We called everyone here for the soul purpose of field training. We will split you up in groups that we see fit." Superman said.


"The first mission takes place in Gotham. That is where we will have Nightwing and Gear. Your skills will do nicely there You already know the layout of that town so there will not need to be any plotting. For you we have a mysterious gang trying to overthrow the south side dragons. We need you there to infiltrate and disband that group." Batman said as he looked at Nightwing and gear.


"The second group, will be Dr. Fate and his junior squad. We will like to have you six go to metropolis and watch after that while i am gone." Superman said as he nodded at Dr. fate.


Looking over at Scarlett and Talon, Superman pointed at them, soon followed by a short wave to get them over to him.


"Wonderwoman and i have a mission for you two. You will accompany us two to investigate something of some importance. Will that be ok?" Superman asked the two young ladies.


Labrats: http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/7/72544/1324657-lab_rats_07___00___fc_super.jpg


Dr. Fate: http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2010/179/c/f/dr__fate_by_MiaCabrera.jpg
 
Gear smirked more, looking at Nightwing she nodded her head. A gang break up, huh? That would be simple. As her hand tightened it's grip on the cane in anticipation, she had to keep herself from laughing. It had been a very long time since she had actually fought anyway, and she wanted to see if what she had been teaching herself would be of any use.
 
Scarlett greeted Talon with a smile and then shrugged at her question “Something important I guess.” Obviously, but she hadn’t a clue what it was.


And then Superman announced that they would be getting down to business, and he had Scarlett’s full attention. She was curious and it seemed important. And she was going to get to figure out what was going on and why everyone had been gathered in the training area.


“Field training?” She thought aloud. She knew what he meant. They were going to be sent out into the field to fight crime and keep people safe, all with a mentor she assumed. She wasn’t sure she was ready to go out and confront crime, but it wasn’t like she hadn’t done it in the past (and had a gun to her head even) and this time she had superpowers and some hand-to-hand training from Black Canary. As long as her mentor, or any other supers were with her, she would at least have some back-up and feel a little more secure.


It looked like they would be split into groups, so maybe she wouldn’t be teamed up with her mentor after all. Maybe she would be teamed up with Talon though, and that didn’t sound so bad.


She listened as Superman started announcing the teams that would be superheoring together. When he pointed at her she felt like a deer in the headlights, and probably looked like one too. He waved her over and she glanced back behind her to make sure he really was waving her and Talon over. There was no one behind them though, and they made their way over to Superman.


“What is it?” she asked curiously. In her mind, she had already agreed to help, but hadn’t said it, or nodded. Not because she didn’t want anyone to know, it had just slipped her mind. The more she thought about field training, and this important, she couldn’t help but notice a little excitement starting to bubble up in her.
 
Nightwing glanced over at Gear and grinned a little, not enough that she would see him. Nodding at Batman, Nightwing placed a hand upon Gear’s shoulder.


“Are you ready for this? This will test your physical skills and bring them to the limit. If you need anything, let me know before you get in trouble. If we need to get some gadgets, we can start by going to the batcave.” Nightwing said to gear.



Looking back at batman, he took a deep breath.



“You want to send us to your mansion first Bruce?” Nightwing asked.



Nodding in reply to Nightwing, Batman opened a portal behind Nightwing and Gear.



“There you go. Don’t take too long.” Batman replied.



Superman looked at Scarlett in response to her question with a slight puzzled look upon his face.



“You and Talon have something no one else has. That is why you two will accompany Diana and myself.” Superman said, directing it to the two young girls.



Wonderwoman nodded in respect to Superman. Looking these two girls over to see is she could spot some difference in them and the other ‘supers’.



“I do have to ask something. Scarlett, with your wings, can you fly? And Talon, what is your ability?” Wonderwoman asked.



~~~~



Dr. Fate and the labrats took off through the portal and headed to Metropolis. Arriving at Metropolis, the kids gasped at the site. The town was huge. How were they going to cover the entire city? The kids did not want to have to split up to cover this place.



“Do not worry kids. This is going to be easy enough. We do not have to cover the entire city for there are enough supers throughout this city. We will just split the city in quadrants and just patrol that one. We will leave the other parts for the other heroes.” Dr Fate said to the kids.



They all exhaled in what seemed like unison. Looking around at where they were, they realized they were in the financial district. One of the kids spoke up.



“Well, if we are here, there should not be a lot of crime, right? They wouldn’t hit such an obvious target, right?” One of the kids asked.



“Do not let you guard down. They sent up here for a reason. They had some Intel on some robberies. They all ended up leading to this spot. Be on the look out.” Dr. Fate replied.



As soon as he finished, not even a split second later, a large explosion rocked a building about a block away from where they were. Looking at the dust a debris shoot away from the building, the squad rushed over.



“Now remember what we trained for. Use alpha tech 1.” Dr. Fate said as he ran towards the building.



The kids all nodded and ran around to the right, away from the building. They were sent off to look for injured civilians, and assist in them before rushing into the building. Not but a few seconds later, Dr. Fate was thrown from the building at high speeds. Crashing through the window of a building on the other side of the street, The kids looked up in shock. What just happened?



As the smoke cleared from the building, it revealed two large figures. They were none other then cinderblock and clayface.



They were laughing at how useless Dr. Fate was and how easily they just got rid of him. Dr. Fate walked out of the building looking over at the kids.



“This is going to be challenging for you, but try to keep a distance from their punches and if you attack, get in close fast and get back out fast. Do not leave any time for them to hit you.” Dr. Fate said as he looked back at Cinderblock and Clayface.



Clayface:
http://www.batman-superman.com/batman/img/clayface1.gif


Cinderblock:
http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/28294/957911-cinderblock_01_large.jpg


 
"Yeah."


Gear nodded her head, looking at Nightwing before shrugging his hand off. One thing he hadn't learned in the few weeks, as how little she liked to be touched. But, this suddenly seemed a lot more interesting, to the limits? Then this wasn't a simple break up of a gang....this was going to be a lot more complicated than that. Turning towards the portal opened for them, she glanced up at her team mate.


"Exactly who is it were dealing with anyway? Because it's certainly not children with a gun..."
 
Nightwing looked at Gear, then shrugged.


"Whoever it is, is taking on the golden dragons. The golden dragons are a gang worthy of a gold title. They are all masters in a field of martial arts and some handy work with firearms." Nightwing said as he looked around the wanye manor.


"Over here. Just keep close. Alfred, we are here to get some weapons please." Nightwing said to Alfred.


"I know sir. Right this way." Alfred responded while walking over to a large book case.


Pressing a string of numbers upon the keypad, the bookcase soon slid open revealing a large warehouse. Inside this warehouse, held everything that wayne enterprise has ever made for the weapons department. It even held some of the extra gadgets they made for the army.


Nightwing looked around at all the gadgets then looked down at Gear.


"Anything you think will be good for this mission, you can use. Just do not carry more then you can handle. I do not want you blowing your stealth on some gadgets." Nightwing said as he headed over to the night vision goggles.
 
Gear nodded her head, following Nightwing closely. As the bookcase literally opened, she was more than impressed. She was a bit stunned. As she was spoken to again, she shook her head and looked at the things before just settling on three things. An very efficient looking glock, a silencer, and a box of bullets for it. Everything else would be too much for a simple street 'thug' to use. Most of it she didn't know what it was, if she wanted to be honest with herself.


Tucking the bullets away in a pocket, she strapped the gun to her hip on her belt. Looking back towards where Nightwing had gone, she sighed and looked back up at the walls again, moving carefully like she might set something off. She ended up in a blade section after some time and just stared at them. Gear tapped her cane lightly on the floor twice, and turned her wrist just so, the compartment unlatching and the sheath coming loose of the sword. Crouching down, she looked at the sword, then back at the blades of the same size and length. Looking them over, she started wondering which ones would give better heat resistance.
 
“Something important I guess.”


Although her answer was broad, Talon found it to be true; Dr. Fate had joined their quarry with a group of kids following. Waving a hand back in greeting, she turned her attention to Superman when he spoke of the meeting’s purpose, field training. The groups were being divvied up and it was lucky that she and Scarlett ended up together, being waved over by superman.


At least, she thought it was luck.


After the brunette had asked about the mission, Superman explained that they had something no one else had. Talon had no idea what it was, but felt the pride bubble in her all the same, smiling when Wonderwoman seemed to agree. Then asked both Scarlett and her questions, and she readily answered hers,


“Weight Manipulation”


Like her new friend, Talon had also forgotten to confirm that she indeed wanted to go, and was just waiting for them to whisk her away. Although, the four of them probably weren’t going to dream world and that prompted the question Scarlett meant to ask.


“What are we going to do?”


Then in a spur of a moment, she guessed on;


“Stop a bank robbery?”


“Prevent a bomb from going off?”


"Protect the President of The united states?"


“Save the world?” she joked.
 
"No, they aren't big enough yet." Scarlett answered Wonder Woman's question "But I can also manipulate wind and I can sorta fly using that." It was rough, she couldn't control as well as she wished she could, but at the very least, she could blow herself to wherever she wanted to go. She wondered if they were going to fly to wherever they were going, Superman and Wonder Woman both could. Also they were both plenty strong enough to carry Talon, or a few Talons.


She didn't know what it was that her and Talon had that nobody else did, but her mind was more focused on what they were going to be doing. They still hadn't been told. Forget the specifics, she didn't even know if they would be putting bad guys in jail, saving people, doing community service... "Are we flying wherever we're going?" she asked curiously.


It would probably be less of a headache for Superman and Wonder Woman to just tell the two what was going on. Their questions and curiosity were piling up and they would have to know what was going on sooner or later.
 
nightwing glanced over at Gear, and smiled.


"You like those? You can give them a shot before we take them." Nightwing said as he filled his utility belt with gadgets then headed over for the protective gear.


~~~~


Wonder Woman nodded at the response of the young girls answers.


"So you have wings but can not fly, and you can manipulate weight?" Wonder Woman asked to make sure she was correct.


Superman took in a deep breath and looked at the two girls.


"We are not going to be saving anyone today, nor stopping a bomb. But we are going to be flying to our destination." Superman said as he turned and started to walk towards the exit door.


"Hurry now. Lets catch up to him, we do not want you two left behind now do we?" Wonder woman said as she turned to follow Superman.


~~~~


As Alex looked upon the face of the man, his eyes widened with fear.


"How did you get here!" Alex asked.


As he awaited the response, he tried to pull himself up and free himself from the chains.


"No need to freak out Alex. I only came here to talk to you. Figure out if you were worth saving or not. With that reaction you finally figured it out." The man said as he reached up and touched the chain.


As the man touched the chain, it seemed to disintegrate. As the chain broke, Alex feel to the ground, hitting his back. Upon impact, he lost his breath for a second then got a few feet distance from the man.


"Stay away from me!" Alex yelled as he looked at the man.


AS Alex looked at the man, his figure seemed to turn into fog and swept over in front of Alex.


"Do not worry." The man said as he placed a hand upon Alex's forehead just before the man disappeared.
 
"I, ah.....I don't want to melt any of them...."


Gear laughed nervously, as she took down a blade that looked stronger than her own. Lighting a finger on fire, she bit down on her lip in concentration. Choosing a spot that wouldn't hurt the blade's use in any of it wasn't, she pressed the finger to it, seeing how long it took the blade to heat up and if it would start to glow with heat.
 
Nightwing looked at how Gear was taking her time. Laughing at this, he walked over to her, grabbing a hold of one of the swords and pointed it at her.


"come on now. You will never know how a blade will react unless you put your heart into it. Only in battle will you and your blade become one. Testing it like that will never show its potential. You will have to test it will all of your might." Nightwing said as he lifted the blade up to his eye level and examined the blade.


Shaking his head, he put it back on the wall before heading back to the protective gear.
 
Her cheeks flushed red as Nightwing laughed at her. Standing up straight, her jaw set firm as she choose no blade at all other the one in her cane. Stepping away from the blades, with an eye twitch, the flame on her finger went out. Closing the cane tight, she looked over at something odd, black, with lots of buttons.


Going closer to it, she grinned darkly. She had heard of these, the famous bombs made by Bruce's company. Picking one up, her grin grew larger. Turning it over in her hand, she thought of what she could have done with something like this, before setting it down and taking a step back. Don't even think about it.....
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Back
Top