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"Huh..." Scarlett didn't really know what to make of the video Toyman had shown them. She didn't know what it was or what it meant. What she took away from it was that they should watch out for whatever that blurry figure was. She could only assume he/she/it had been what had fried all of Toyman's bugs like that and who knew the full extent of a power like that? Maybe it was harmless to organic beings, or maybe it would fry them just as fast. "Well, stay away from whatever that is and find Superboy."


That was basically her thinking, plus she and Talon would definitely try to go unnoticed, how plausible that was wouldn't be determined until they were inside. Hopefully they could at least avoid detection until they had a chance to look around a little.


"Are we jumping?" She asked with a smile. She was no stranger to jumping from high places. Normally she landed in a large body of water, but now she had her powers (and Talon's) that would catch her instead. Needless to say, she was ready to go. She'd been ready since the night Alex had left. She would have gone after him then and there if Green Arrow and his sidekick hadn't stopped her, not to mention all of the guys with guns.
 
Wonder Woman responded in a confusing way; explaining the gear on the ship even though she had told them to gear up. Talon quirked her brow and was about to question her when she revealed she was only joking. Up from her seat with Scarlett’s question, she was getting more and more confused as to why they were waiting around. Although her friend had made a good point about the blur: it might be an enemy force and not the thing they were looking for.


Superman had explained that they would be creating a distraction and the redhead swallowed her nervousness as she made her way to the drop hatch. They hadn’t answered Scarlett’s question yet, but she was pretty sure they would indeed be jumping into the fortress. Stopping near her destination, she looked back at the four still around the table and jumped around lightly.


A quesy feeling was starting to take over her stomach and she tried to chase it away with her activeness, she had never been one for heights…
 
"That is the thing. We will all be jumping." Wonder woman replied.


"This is true. Diana and I will leap first and draw the fire from this position, then you three will leap from here and infiltrate that building in the corner." Superman said as he walked over to the drop hatch.


"You three will give us about 30 seconds to get their attention from you guys, then i want you too drop as fast as you can under the flak range. The building seems to be on the north side just about 500 yards from the fence. It is the only building that seems to be out of place." Wonder woman said as she tried to get all the information and formulate a plan.
 
"Okay," Scarlett responded enthusiastically "I'm ready!" She was about to push them out of the plane they were wasting so much time. Then again, she supposed the jet was invisible and they didn't have to worry about anyone seeing them. Still, she was anxious to get going so they could try to fins Superboy.
 
The jump was confirmed by Wonder woman and Talon felt all the fear hit her at once, she had psyched herself out. Superman was explaining the plan and she caught the gist of it, zeroing in on the fact he had said three. The brat was jumping with the two of them? Talon shot a worried glance at Toy man, not really sure how the kid cold trust the two of them.


At Scarlett’s confirmation, the redhead nodded shakily as well, clenching and unclenching her fists as she waited for the two heroes to jump. The two could at least fly easily, and Talon felt somewhat spiteful because of it; she had no idea what she was doing. The last time she was up in the air was in the tornado, and that wasn’t the happiest time in the world for her.
 
Wonder woman and Superman looked over at Scarlett, Talon, and Toyman and nodded. As both leaned from the jet, they fell down and flew towards the base. The targeting systems lit up and locked onto the two super heroes.


"Diana, you take the left, ill take the guns on the right." Clark said aloud.


"Ok. Lets do this." Diana replied.


Splitting off in the air, they took off to opposite sides of the base and split the attention of the anti air weapons.
 
After a while,green eyes slowly slid open, staring at a ceiling with an exhaustion to them that couldn't be explained. Too tired to move, she lay there, breathing in and out slowly, counting the rhythm. Eventually, it came to mind that she didn't know where she was, and she forced herself to sit up slightly. As the green orbs slid around, an eyebrow rose in question. "....How the hell....Did I end up here.....?"


Running a hand through a piece of red hair, she stopped, and pulled back a strand, staring at it. Going from the hair, to the hand, she exhaled very slowly, moving her hand away from her face. Looking at her other hand, and finding the same thing, normal skin tone, she swung her legs over the edge of the bed, and stood. Shaking a little, she moved towards the closet door, and stared at the mirror hanging in the back of it. She was....normal. Leaning sideways against the wall, she stared at herself for a long time, completely unable to comphrend what she was even looking at. She knew it wasn't a dream, or she would have been back in the condemned house, hiding from police, not in a fancy room like this, and the clothing...but then, maybe this was the dream?
 
Scarlett watched Superman and Wonder Woman jumped from the jet and fly off in different directions. Once they were out of sight she began counting the thirty seconds they were supposed to wait before jumping, never looking back at Talon or Toyman during her count, and completely unaware of Talon's fear. She stared down at the ground to see about where she would land.


"Thirty!" she announced when she was finished counting, looking back over her shoulder at Talon and seeing that maybe she wasn't too thrilled with jumping out of a jet. "It's not like you're going to get hurt, you can practically fly." she told her. Talon could make herself lighter than air after all. "I'll go first and keep you from splatting all over the ground, just in case you panic." she assured her friend and, before Talon had a chance to respond at all, Scarlett leaped out of the jet, diving head-first towards the ground below.


As she near the hard ground, she curled up and twisted around until she was almost in a sitting position. And just before she hit the ground she used her powers to create a strong gust of wind blowing up from below her, carefully slowing herself, bouncing off of the cushion of wind and landing gracefully on her feet, safely on the ground below. Once on the ground she looked up in the direction she had come from and waited for the other two, prepared to catch either of them should they need the help. As far as Toyman went, she wasn't aware if he had any flying abilities and was ready to intercept the brat whenever he jumped.
 
Talon watched as the two heroes simply dropped from the plane, not even giving a leap before they were airborne yet still managing to stay up in the air. The two split off from each other, the ammunition following them on their flight through the sky and causing their distraction.


“Thirty!” Scarlett announced, which cause the redhead to wearily look around


The brunette had caught her eyes though. Calming her fears by telling her not to worry about it, and that she could basically fly. Then, in a not-so-calm way, told her she would save her from splatting on the ground anyways and jumped from the plane. At this feat, Talon peered over the edge to watch her friend on the descent down and slide on an invisible gust of wind. Taking a shaky breath, she put one foot over the edge and stood for a moment, before some turbulence got the best of her.


She tumbled over her lost balance and right out of the open hatch, flinging through the air and winding herself. The ground was coming fast and she focused on any sort of number, changing random things before finding her own weight. It was in the decimals in no time, and all of a sudden she found resistance in her fall, and then she slowed down all together. She stopped the weight, finally opening her eyes to see she was just above the building they were infiltrating.


With some wonderment, she tried to steady herself upright and found it was like moving in water and swam an inch before noticing Scarlett. With a smile, she slowly released the elastic, landing somewhat gracefully on the ground after some fun in the air-water. They only had to wait for Toy man now…


“Well…let’s never do that again” she commented, finding her throat dry


Did she scream up there…?


 
Toyman watched as the 2 Supers fell from the jet followed shortly after by the two younger supers. Smiling at their reactions, Toyman stayed up in the jet. Peering over the edge, Toyman looked around the base for a landing spot before leaping from the cargo hold.


"This will be interesting." Toyman said as he stepped overboard and fell towards the ground.


As he fell, he moved his body into position and glided over the air base. Reaching under the range of the flak cannons, toyman reached up and pressed a button on the strap of his backpack, and as he did so, it un folded into a small jet pack with medium length wings. Gliding down to the ground, Toyman landed right behind the out of place building.
 
Once everyone was on the ground, Scarlett turned to face the building that Wonder Woman had pointed out to them. "Lets go." She told the two before taking off towards the awkward building, examining the door as she approached it. She walked up to it and took hold, trying to open it, but just didn't quite have the strength on her own. "Talon, can you give me a hand?" she asked, and together they managed to open it just enough to be able to duct under it and get in.


Scarlett was the first in and she looked around, confused. It was just an empty room. Of course, the last time she thought she'd been in an empty room, she'd run into an invisible jet, so Scarlett was a little wary of this room, especially since this was where they had been told to go to look for Superboy. She felt around on the walls for something, anything, not sure what she would find if she found anything at all. There had to be something about this room...
 
The youngest of the three had jumped last, but Talon didn’t even bother looking at Toy man’s descent to the ground. Instead, she eyed the building that Wonder woman had pointed out before she had taken her jump with superman, and she looked at Scarlett. The brunette then pointed out the building herself and Talon was quick to follow her to the rather small building. It didn’t look like Toy man was following the two, so she guessed he had to keep watch outside of the building.


It was the two partners again, and after a little bit of elbow grease they had managed to get into the empty building. The door rattle into place behind them, and Talon looked back to see that gears actually had kept the thing in place. Despite its plain outer appearance, the outside had a futuristic feel to it; the walls made of unscratched titanium, gears and chains attached to unseen contraptions, and the floor made of thick metal grating. The room was empty though, and she looked around suspiciously before finally spotting a camera.


“Scarlett” she started,


The alert had been cut off by the loud humdrum of metal and electricity taking place and a familiar feeling of sinking. It wasn’t her stomach though, it was the floor, and in a linear descent that made her realize they were on an elevator. The camera was lost from view, and she decided on another ending to her sentence


“They know we're here” she noted.
 
Scarlett didn't have a chance to react to her name before the room started to sink. So that was the secret. It was a little startling, but her attention was drawn to Talon stating that their presence has already been found out. "I don't know," she responded "They should be more focused on Superman and Wonder Woman..." Camera or not, Scarlett was still determined to keep going and hopefully with the distraction above, they didn't have too much attention on this elevator.


"But..." She stated, staring at the ceiling. "There should be a hatch or something..."


The hunt for a hatch or something that they could climb out of before the elevator reached it's destination began, they at least wouldn't be sitting ducks when the doors opened. With a boost from her wind manipulation powers, she raised herself up to the ceiling to search for a way out. Most of the ceiling was completely solid, but one panel, that was nearly impossible to actually see with it's almost seamless edge, had a little bit of give. "Here!"


She tried to force it open, but instead only pushed herself down, almost back down to the ground. It was heavy, luckily her partner could change that. "Can you make it lighter? I can't even brace myself against anything from here." she explained, still floating near the panel in the ceiling, ready to open the hatch once Talon made it possible.


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"If you're going to build something so far underground, you could at least make the elevator a little faster..." Spoken to no one but himself, since he was, as usual, on his own, A tall, lanky figure stood by a set of thick doors. He was generally assigned to patrol down here, but with Superman and Wonder Woman flying around, he needed to go check things out on the surface, to make sure they weren't just causing a distraction for someone else to sneak around.


Of course, there were already others stationed on the surface to patrol, but he had to get away from the people down here. A lot of them made him feel sick to his stomach, at least up top he could more easily steer clear of those types of people. If only the ******* elevator would get to him already. He stuffed his hands in his pockets, hunching over as he waited. As the elevator neared, though, his stomach started to tingle slightly and he pulled on hand out of its pocket to grab ahold of his stomach, realizing that the elevator wasn't empty, and wary of what he would find when the doors opened.
 
Although Scarlett was talking to her, Talon was only nodding along in response, looking for a hatch herself in the flooring. The other had found one first though, taking off towards the ceiling and finding a panel she could barely dig her weight into. Her wings weren’t strong enough yet, and as a result she could get no bearing in mid-air.


“Yeah, sure” she noted


Then her mind took off, her own weight, Scarlett’s weight, the elevator, and the shaft all flashed into her mind before she got to the heavier panel. It decreased to below five pounds and Talon looked at Scarlett, making sure to keep the number active in her head.


“Is that good?” she asked her friend,


If the two were escaping through the ceiling, she would also need to go up and that meant flying again. Talon found her own weight, managing to keep a firm grip on the small number as she guessed Scarlett moved it. The gears stopped and she froze realizing the descent was over; only the heavy panel’s small number still existent in her head.


“Scarlett…!” she rushed
 
"Is that good?"


Scarlett tried again, and this time it moved much easier. It still pushed her down a slight bit, but the hatch opened as well and she grabbed the sides of the opening and pulled herself up through it, tucking her wings in as close to her body as she could. And she made it all in once piece, hearing Talon call out to her just as she was kneeling down to help her partner up. Knelt on the top of the elevator, she reached back down into the room for Talon.


She knew Talon could get up on her own, but their descent had just stopped and the doors would be opening any second "I've got you, tuck your arms in!" she tried to keep as quiet as possible, in case someone was on the other side of those doors, and in case they didn't already know that her and Talon were here. Quickly she use the air around Talon to shoot her out the hatch. She hadn't meant to actually shoot her, but in her rush to get Talon out, she created a strong gust of wind that, carefully targeted, blew Talon right out.


One of Scarlett's hands took hold of Talon's wrist and kept her from flying off any further, and while she focused on setting her friend down carefully, she used her other hand to quickly close the hatch, stopping just before it closed and closing it quietly just as she heard the doors open, holding a finger to her lips to signal Talon to keep quiet.


Her heart was pounding in all of the excitement, and her hands trembling slightly from the adrenaline rush. It felt great, and she couldn't help but let a small smile tug at the corners of her mouth.


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The elevator finally stopped and Frisk, who had previously been leaning against the door with one of his hands, now had to support his own weight. There was always a short delay before the doors actually opened. It was about one and a half seconds, two seconds max, but it seemed much longer when he was anxious to see what was inside. If he didn't know any better he'd think he was about to hurl. His stomach was in knots and he almost couldn't stand it.


"******* supers..." He uttered it under his breath, irritated that he had to be the one here right now, that he had to be the one trying to go to the surface when a super was coming down.


The doors finally opened after what seemed like forever and as they did a strong wind spilled out and washed over him. He shielded himself with his arms, and once it was over, he looked into the space.


Empty.


Needless to say it was a little suspicious. His hand rested on his weapon and he stepped forward and leaned inside, checking the corners he was unable to see from outside.


Nothing.


He walked into the room, each of his steps breaking what seemed like silence. He walked around the room once and stopped directly under them, then gazed up at the ceiling for a moment. His abilities never lied, and while maybe they weren't very efficient for tracking, the closer to a super he was, the worse he felt. They had to be right above him, or right below him, and as far as he knew, there was no way out through the floor. Of course, it was a super, one with a very nauseating ability.


But even if he could get up top on his own, he would be vulnerable until he was finished climbing out...


Instead he exited the room, happy to get away from whoever was hiding, and made his way around the corner, just out of sight. Then he waited to see if the super would emerge. He or she clearly wasn't supposed to be here.
 
The number was already backlogged, as Talon’s mind set it into her subconscious, it was still very light but her memory apparently didn’t find it very important. Scarlett had already crammed her way through and she kneeled down on the top of the elevator for Talon.


“I’ve got you, tuck your arms in!” A whispered demand, but she had listened none the less, tucking her arms tight against her body. The air around her condensed strangely and she took off through the hatch like a baking soda rocket. Her friend had caught her though, and Talon had bit down on her lip to prevent herself from making any noise. Landing somewhat gracefully in the elevator shaft next to her partner in justice, she watched as the panel was moved back into place softly. She kept the number active in her head, just in case...


It was lucky they had gotten out when they had, as someone was apparently going up; whether to escape, or fight off the two supers, she would never know. Just as the person had gotten in, after footsteps had echoed around the room, they had gotten out. Talon looked at Scarlett, elbowing her lightly;


“What now?” she mouthed at her friend, not even bothering to vocalize herself at all.
 
Scarlett listened carefully to the footsteps down below them, worried that whoever was down there was going back up top and her and Talon would have no choice but to go with them. But instead whoever it was left the elevator and Scarlett continued to listen to assure they were really gone. Maybe they weren't, but it sure sounded dead out there. Maybe whoever it was had gone for back-up though...


Well, they couldn't stay here anyway, it seemed a little weird that the person below had circled the room then left, when they had been waiting for the elevator (or at least she assumed). It seemed like they knew they were there, and even if they didn't, Scarlett and Talon had a mission and needed to find Superboy.


She saw Talon, but only responded by re-opening the hatch. She sat at the edge, her feet dangling over the side, and slipped through the opening, landing below and throwing herself up against the wall next to the door, quietly peeking out around the corner while waiting for Talon to join her. She didn't see anything. Not a soul in sight, but three directions the could go. Straight, left or right? They didn't have a clue where they were supposed to be going, they would just had to flip a coin (figuratively of course) and hope for the best.


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Poking his head out around the corner, Frisk could hear someone's shoes make contact with the floor in the elevator. They sounded like heels, so it must've been a woman. Or a cross-dresser.


He saw a head poke out of the elevator and quickly backed up out of sight. Then heard what sounded like someone else dropping down into the elevator. No wonder he'd felt so awful. It didn't have anything to do with the super's ability or strength, there were just two of them. He should've known...


So that was why Superman and Wonder Woman were causing problems on the surface, to direct everyone's attention to them while these two unknown supers snuck in. Still... he wasn't sure what they were up to, or if he should go find someone else to deal with this.
 
Talon’s answer came in the form of movement, as Scarlett moved the panel away from the hole and slipped through, quickly disappearing from her view. Shifting so her own legs were over the hole, she slipped down and landed in a crouch, taking off to the wall opposite of Scarlett. The door was open and she slid down the wall it was on to look out, but there was no one in sight in the metal halls. Maybe the person had forgotten something, but then there wouldn’t really be a reason to walk the scale of the room.


Talon silently cursed the camera, as it was probably a security guard checking out the elevator for himself and then going and telling his boss. Lex Luthor, of all people could afford such a mechanical set up, and unlike the elevator, the hallways were actually average sized, only somewhat taller. The one they were currently looking in split off into three separate hallways and were lit by creepy florescents.


“I’d say we split up, but there’s really no way to contact each other…” she noted,


With no one in the hallways, she spoke freely to her comrade and even stood in a relaxed posture near the wall, instead of pinned against it.
 
Scarlett didn't really really like the idea of splitting up when they had no way to keep track of each other and call for the other's help. It was dangerous, but so was spending a bunch of time down here. The longer they were down here, the more likely they would be found out and caught.


But they had been trained, maybe not very long, just a few weeks, but the actually training had been designed to try to teach them as much as possible in a short time. Plus, they were both pretty good at controlling their powers now. "...Yeah." she agreed hesitantly. "The quicker we find Superboy, the better." she thought on it for a moment. "We should come up with a time to meet back here, whether we've found anything or not. If someone doesn't show up we'll know they're in trouble and can act accordingly." she suggested, but wasn't sure how much time they should give themselves, they had no idea how big this place was.


"What do you think?" It would've been great if they had some sort of radio to keep in touch with each other, it would have made this whole ordeal much easier on them. "Also," she decided to add "We should start calling each other by our aliases."
 
To Talon’s surprise, her friend actually agreed to her plan. It was only because of who they were trying to track down though, Alex, or Super boy, as Scarlett called him. The hesitancy in the brunette’s voice was gone as she proposed they make a time to meet up. After a moment of thought, she looked at her and questioned her thought on the time restraint.


Talon never really enjoyed time limits, as time sometimes could go fast or slow depending on what you’re doing. After some thought about how deep into this base super boy was, she wanted to say two hours. If one of them was indeed caught in the crossfire though, two hours was a long time to wait...she glanced at her watch


Before she could get her thoughts across though, Scarlett brought up the fact they were still calling each other by their names, in costume. Although she phrased it differently, the idea got across to Talon and she nodded. “How about an Hour and a half?” she guessed, and then to push the fact she heard her, “About quarter to, Cardinal.”


[[OoC: Dunno if it's Cardinal Avenger or not...]
 
[[Me either .u.]]


"Okay," Scarlett replied "Sounds good. An hour and a half sharp, Measurement..." She looked back over her shoulder and then glanced at each of the hallways. If only Toyman had come with them they could explore every direction, but hopefully these halls all connected eventually and they wouldn't have to backtrack too much.


"I guess I'll go this way..." she announced, pointed back over her shoulder. "Remember, an hour and a half... be careful." she reminded Talon one last time just to pound it into her memory, also into her own memory. And then she turned and started off in a run down the hall, her heels clicking against the floor, leaving Talon to choose from one of the other hallways.


She wasn't even really sure how to tell if she was on the right track or getting closer to Alex or anything. She just had to hope that she would know what she was looking for when she saw it.
 
Cardinal had agreed to her time restraint, and replied in turn by calling Talon, Measurement; it would take a while to get used to. It seemed the new hero was choosing her hallway before she finally picked the one that ran down the middle, reminding her once again of the hour and half they had. Talon merely nodded, having a strange need to salute her friend before she took off down the hall...she didn’t


There were two hallways left to choose from, one closer to her on the right side and the other going off in a little bit of a diagonal angle on the left side. Instead of taking off into a run like Scarlett, she walked languidly out of the elevator and peered at the roofs for other cameras. Now she understood why wonder woman had wanted them to gear up, it was moments like this where she had more physical attacks.


Finally deciding on the left diagonal hallway, she started into a sneaking run, pushing up against the wall near the left hallway before darting around the corner…


 
Grey storm clouds were beginning to gather over the tower, rumbles of thunder growing. Jacob was circling above the clouds he was creating, keeping himself hidden from Superman and Wonderwoman. He didnt see them as a problem, but his objective was in that tower. If what Talia's information says is right, then Toyman must still be around here during the siege. He thought to himself, I find Toyman, I find the Joker. or at least someone who knows. But first he had to make sure he wasn't seen. Looking around the premises, he noticed a few power cables connected to the building, as well as a few cameras around the place.


Cut the supply, the machine will fail.


Summoning enough will, he sent a loud crack in the sky, and thunderbolts struck each of the pylons the cables were connected to. A spray of sparks flew in the air, and the sounds of machinery shutting down sang in his ears. This boon of luck wouldn't last for long. With haste, Jacob dived down like a bullet from the sky, trying to avoid the supers for now. He didnt want them interfering with his business. Ok Toyman, where are you?


 
Frowning deeply, Gear looked at herself. "What the hell." Closing her eyes for a moment, she hoped it was all going to shift back to normal. Opening them, it didn't. Looking around, she padded over to the dresser, and pulled out things that Alfred had placed here, though she'd never worn them. Ducking into a connected bathroom, she got herself ready, before re-emerging and looking like a normal, functioning part of society. A part that wasn't' a freak, at least. The Peyton part of her.


Flattening down the blouse, she frowned again. It'd been a while since she'd looked, well, normal. Looking at he door, she frowned a little. Slowly, she left the room, and started for the stairs, moving silently, eyes skipping around for any hint of Richard. Because, in truth, she'd rather deal with the Bat, than her own partner. Partner? She thought, when did that connection happen. "Never," She muttered.
 
storm clouds had generated over the air base and frankly, neither superman nor wonder woman like this outcome.


"What is happening?" Superman muttered to himself.


The two super's looked at each other before flying at each other while staying just outside the artillery range.


"What is going on Clark!" Wonder woman asked.


"I am not sure Diana. We need to get in there to see what is going on." Clark replied.


Exhaling, Diana looked over at Clark and spoke.


"I did see something. Not sure if it was a person on our side or not. They just flew right in." Diana said.


Superman just took a breath and shook his head.


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Alex slowly opened his eyes as he peered around the room. It was a desolate room, solid concrete with no windows. As he looked around, he seen his wrists chained up and the chains were bolted to the wall.


What happened to me? Alex thought to himself.


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Alfred's shoes clicked slightly as he walked up the steps.


"Ah, miss peyton. You are awake." Alfred said as he held a silver tray full of food.
 
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