Metropolis

Nodding her head, Gear looked at Nightwing and grinned for a moment, shaking her head as if trying not to laugh. Following out behind him, she looked him up and down again, "Way to make yourself look creepier than normal, dude..." Frowning, her hand tightened up into a fist, "One more question.....do we knock out, maim, or kill them?"
 
Talon nodded at Wonderwoman, confirming her double-check, before turning towards Superman as he began speaking again. Flying. It was a different concept for Talon, she had been up in the air before, but not with the propulsion of flight. There was no time to second doubt herself, though, as Superman was already leaving the three girls’ behind.


With Wonderwoman’s warning the thought really kicked in, and she followed after Superman, deciding to drag Scarlett with her. It didn’t look like the two were going to reveal any else of what they were doing, but she trusted them not to kill her.
 
"We are going to take them alive. We are going in and scoping the place out first. Then if worst comes to worst, we will attack. But only if our stealth mission is compromised. I figure these last three weeks, we have raised your agility to a high enough level to where you should be able to keep with me and stay out of sight. But in the case we have to fight, your power coupled with that agility should prove to be dangerous for your opponent." Nightwing said as the mansion and headed for the main room.


Looking around, Nightwing stood in front of a bookcase pondering. Pacing from side to side, Nightwing looked upon the bookcase.
 
Nodding her head, Gear clicked her tongue as she stopped just watching him pace. "What, pray tell, are you doing?" Folding her arms, she raised an eyebrow. Though she was curious about his actions, she had a feeling the book case lead to another place. It wouldn't be a shock, by this point, the three weeks she'd spent near him had proven he was full of secrets and trap doors.
 
Stopping his pacing, Nightwing looked over at Gear, then shook his head.


"I'm looking for something." Nightwing replied.


Reaching out for a book, he looked back at Gear.


"You ready?" Nightwing asked as he gripped the book in his hand.


~~~~~


Looking around, Alex thought about what he could possibly do in his current state. Looking across the room, he spotted a window, the same one that Lex was looking at him through.


I wonder if i can break that? Alex thought as he forced himself to stand up.


Walking over to the window, Alex proceeded to hit it will all his might a couple of times. Nothing happened to the glass for it was too thick and he was too weak.
 
"I see...." Gear said.


Watching him more closely, before he stopped moving and spoke. She raised an eyebrow at the obvious question, if she wasn't ready, she wouldn't be there.


"Naturally...."
 
Scarlett let Talon drag her along, a little nervous about the flying part of their journey. Sure she could fly, and she'd told Wonder Woman that she could, but so far she hadn't been able to fly for a long time and when she did fly it wasn't smooth in the least.


Well, Superman, Wonder Woman and Talon would all be there to spot her so hopefully everything would turn out alright. And she hadn't really thought of Talon using her powers to fly before it had been brought up. She could make herself lighter than air to float but how would she actually move? It would be interesting to see. Then again, maybe either Superman or Wonder Woman was actually going to carry her and they hadn't meant for her to use her powers to fly at all.


Still, it made Scarlett want to see Talon try to fly. Maybe she could guide her with the wind. But she would probably be too focused on herself to do much for her. As they walked she started warming up, walking on top of the air a few inches off of the floor... and falling back to the ground once or twice.
 
Arriving at a large warehouse, Wonder Woman and Superman pulled open the large doors. Inside the warehouse was empty, nothing but bare wall and a few tool racks.


"With this we are going to be flying to our destination." Wonderwoman said as she pointed to the empty warehouse.


"I guess it is time to tell you about our mission." Superman said as he proceeded into the building.


~~~~


Nightwing took the book off the shelf and opened it up. Inside was a key.


"All right. Lets go." Nightwing said as he turned and headed for the front door.
 
When the warehouse was opened Scarlett stared quizzically into it then over to the two Justice League members. She didn't wait for any sort of answer though and she walked up to the warehouse. She clearly didn't understand what was going on and since they were supposedly using this empty warehouse to fly to their mission, she walked inside.


She walked right into the invisible jet and if it hadn't taken her completely by surprise she might not have ended up being knocked off her feet. She looked up from her spot sitting on the floor, stunned for a moment. She looked back over her shoulder to see if anybody was about to give her an explanation. It was a little embarrassing but she really just wanted some answers.


"Um..." She reached her arms up above her to make sure she was clear to stand and carefully got to her feet, using her arms to assure she didn't run into anything else as she backed away from whatever she'd run into "I guess it's not as empty in there as I thought." she joked. Apparently she wasn't going to have to try to fly to their destination after all, they were taking an invisible plane or something.
 
The four had come to a large warehouse and Talon looked around the room as if it was a secret lair of some type. Like there would be a button on the wall or a lever to push that would open to a circle staircase. No such luck, as she shied into the building all she saw was tool racks, but Scarlett walked in front of her and crashed into…


Nothing?


There was air, and unless her depth perception was off, a wall that stood at least ten feet away; she saw her friend hit the ‘wall’ and she heard the unnatural sound of metal. Scarlett had run into something, and as she stood up, she carefully felt around for it and slowly backed up.


"I guess it's not as empty in there as I thought."


It almost made Talon vomit when she realized whatever…it was…it would be flying them somewhere, and she would be able to see the ground beneath her. Instead of focusing on the invisible flier, she turned back to Superman; ready to hear the mission they were about to undertake.
 
Wonder Woman laughed at Scarlett as she ran into the her jet. Placing her hand upon her other wrist, she hit a button and deactivated the cloak. Appearing in front of them was a large jet.


"We will be taking this to the mission." Wonder Woman said as she hit another button.


Looking upon the girls, Superman walked over to the staircase opened up on the side.


"I believe that we are far enough to finally tell you what we are planing. You two were the last ones to see Alex leave." Superman said as he awaited them to get aboard the jet.
 
Scarlett was a little relived to be able to actually see the jet. It was amazing! It had been completely invisible... and they were going to get to fly in it? She had never really been afraid of heights or flying or anything. Otherwise she wouldn't have become such an avid cliff jumper. She was excited about being able to fly, she wouldn't even have to find cliffs with water at the bottom anymore. Hopefully being able to fly wouldn't ruin it though. Hell, she wouldn't even have to find a cliff if she could fly.


While she admired the jet she listened to Superman talking to her and Talon. He immediately had her full attention when he mentioned that her and Talon had been the last ones to see some kid named Alex. "Alex?" she questioned. She had never been told Superboy's name or else she would have known who Alex was. Still, she had a sneaking suspicion as to who it was. "Superboy?"


She felt it was a good guess. Her and Talon had been the last ones to see him and she really didn't know anyone else that Superman could have been talking about. "We're going to save him?"
 
The huge jet appeared when Wonderwoman hit a button and Talon felt a little bit of relief, at least they wouldn’t be invisible at first. Superman continued towards the jet and she followed him readily, climbing the staircase as he talked. He had mentioned a boy named Alex and Scarlett read her mind, asking who it was.


The brunette had a pretty good guess, though, Superboy…it seemed like a long time ago they were tossed around by both him and the superhero standing in front of him. Scarlett asked another question, but Talon was making another connection in her head, answering her friend.


“Save him?” she questioned,


“Don’t you remember he tried to kill him!?” she continued, backing down the stairs.


Although, Talon wasn’t very sure about the last part of the accusation, considering they both could have killed a normal person. From her point of view, she knew they were fighting, saving a person who you fought so vailently…it made no sense.
 
Gear nodded her head, following Nightwing out, giving the butler man a smile and a silent thank you as they left. She had the odd feeling he didn't get one often as it stood. Looking back at her 'partner' she sighed, half wondering what the key was for.
 
Exiting the front door, Nightwing turned left and headed for the garage.


"This is going to be awesome. Hopefully they are still there." Nightwing said as he took the key and placed it into the padlock.


~~~~


Superman and Wonderwoman hurried the girls into the jet and took their seats. Wonderwoman took her seat in the pilot's chair and Superman stood around a large table that had a virtual map on top of it.


"I know there are a lot of questions that you must have about this mission, and i will gladly answer them on the way there." Superman said as he hit a few keys on a keyboard that wrapped around the table.


Looking over at Scarlett, Superman took in a deep breath.


"Superboy as you call him is the one that we are going after. His real name is Alex Jameson. Indeed he does exhibit the same powers as superboy, but he is not trained like superboy." Superman said as he turned towards Talon.


"And for your questions, I never tried to kill him. I am truly sorry that you had got trapped in the middle of our fight, but let me clear something up. I never tried to kill him, i merely wanted to see his reaction to civilians being thrown in harms way. I would have never let you two get hurt, by him nor myself." Superman said as he looked down at the map.


Wonderwoman flipped a few switches in the cockpit and a whistle could be heard outside. The whistle started to get louder and as it seemed to hit the loudest it could, the jet took off from the runway. Turning around in her chair, she looked at Talon and Scarlett.


"I know it may not seem like it, but this the reason that we needed you two for this mission." Wonderwoman said as she turned back forward and proceeded to fly the jet.
 
Gear raised an eyebrow, as she stayed near the door, watching him fumble about with a lock. This was getting more interesting if a simple garage key needed to be hidden. After a moment, she followed over, standing by his side. "What exactly is they?"
 
Looking at Gear, Nightwing started to laugh.


"Well, back when i was the sidekick to batman, i asked to start a project of my own." Nightwing replied.


As he turn the key turned a click sounded and the lock seemed to just fall from the door. Reaching down, Nightwing grabbed a hold of the handle and pulled the door open halfway.


"If i am not mistaken, Bruce should have joined in at my leave of absence and they should be done.


As the door raised, the light from the house peered in and hit two tarps. Under of which was still unknown. Walking over, Nightwing grabbed the first tarp and pulled it from it's contents. The first object had been revealed and nightwing clapped at what he seen.


"He actually did it. Everything that i drew up, he actually did it." Nightwing said as he looked over at gear, waving his hand over to the next tarp.


Nightwing's bike: http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/4387/batbikefinaluw7ll7.jpg
 
Gear raised an eyebrow for a moment, watching as he pulled the door open. As he spoke, her eye brow raised more and she shook her head slightly. "It's because he likes you." She stated simply, "And because he trusts your plans." Moving over to the second tarp as she was told, she slide the thing off, revealing a bike similar in colour and shape, though the design was completely different.


Glancing back over at Nightwing, she set a hand on the handle. "One thing, who in the hell teaches a kid how to build a bike....?"


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7gYNb3GSh4M/SrGg4tW6NDI/AAAAAAAAO_U/TiDyLfZQiTc/s400/motorcycle_prototype_by_vacuita.jpg
 
"He never taught me how to build this bike. This is something that i learned on my own." Nightwing replied as he threw one leg over and pushed the button on the bike, starting it. It ran pretty quiet.


"All right. I believe that we are ready now. WE can head out when you feel comfortable. We are going to head for the docks. That is where we can start our search." Nightwing said as he revved his bike a little bit.
 
Smirking, Gear shook her head, "Kid gets to have batman watching over him and he's a mechanical genius...dream come true..." With a small chuckle, she got on the bike she had taken the tarp off of and turned the key in the ignition, the thing coming to life with about as much noise as his did.


"I see...that's about..." She mentally calculated something in her head, "Not far...." Looking at the road that let out, then at Nightwing, then down at the bike, her smirk spread. Revving the engine, she kicked off, the bike going at a lazy speed down the drive, fairly certain that Batman wouldn't appreciate tire marks on his drive, or a ruined lawn if her motor skills failed her in their lapse of use.
 
Revving his engine, Nightwing took off from the garage at high speed. Speeding down the drive way, he passed Gear and headed for the main gate.


"We have a six mile cruise ahead of us. This will get us to the outside building of the south side dragons warehouse. From there, we will stealth our way in and scope the inside out." Nightwing said into the communicator.
 
Gear nodded, before realizing what it was, and laughing to herself. As her memory kicked back in on how to drive the bike, she sped up to his side, popping a wheelie on the way. "I'll hand it to you, you make some kick ass bikes...." Glancing down at the speedometer, she grinned. 6 miles, short ride, even shorter when your on something that goes to 200 miles per hour. Not that she was going to push it or anything. Looking back across at Nightwing, she grinned, the red marks on her face nearly touching the corners of her eyes as she did so. "If this does end in a fight. Don't move to slow, okay gramps? I know how you older timers in the business like to do things and all...."
 
Nightwing laughed at the response he gotten from Gear. As the gate opened Nightwing and Gear sped out onto the empty gotham streets. Hanging a left, He cranked down on the throttle and sped up to 100 miles and hour.


"I know how you young ones do business, just running in guns blazing." Nightwing replied to Gear.
 
"Literally." Gear chuckled, pushing her speed to 115 as she passed him. "But hey, you only live once, and no hero lives a long life to begin with." Leaning down on the bike, she centered herself low on the bike, still grinning as they covered ground.
 
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