Y'all probably know what I'm planning already but hey, c'est la vie.

Mount Justice

July 21, 20:24 EDT

"Isla Santa Prisca. This island nation is the primary source of a dangerous and illegal neo steroid, a strength enhancing drug, sold under the street name Venom. Infrared heat signatures indicate their factories are still operating at full capacity. But, all shipments of Venom have been inexplicably cut off. That's where this team comes in." Batman turned from the holographic computer where he was showing images of Santa Prisca and its operation to stare at the seven teenagers. "This is a covert, recon mission only. Observe and report. If the Justice League needs to intervene, it will. The plan requires two drop zones."

"So who is in charge?" Robin asked.

Batman and Red Tornado exchanged a look. "Work that out between you."

Caribbean Ocean

July 22, 20:08 ECT

"Approaching Santa Prisca." Miss Martian announced and the team looked at one another. "Drop zone A in thirty."

Aqualad stood up, his chair melting into the bioship beneath him as he pressed the symbol on his belt to morph into his stealth suit. "Ready."

"Putting bioship in camouflage mode." Aqualad dove from the ship into the sea, leaving the remaining five members. They heard Aqualad give the all clear for them to enter the island. "Drop zone B."

Rappels dropped from the ceiling of the bioship as the five team members switched over to their stealth suits. They attached the hooks to their belts before dropping out of the ship, landing softly on the jungle grounds. All except Superboy, who created a crater when he landed.

"Knew I didn't need a line." He smirked.

"And yet creating a seismic event may not have helped us so much with the covert." Robin chided him.

"Aqualad, drop B is a go." Miss Martian spoke through the communication unit, trying to avoid a fight.

"Head to the factory, I'll track your GPS and rendezvous ASAP."

The group began to walk through the jungle, Robin charging ahead. Superboy paused after about fifteen minutes. "Did you hear that?"

"Uh, no. Wait, is this a super hearing thing?" Kid Flash asked.

"You do have great ears." Miss Martian sighed.

"Okay Rob, now what?" Kid Flash turned, not seeing his friend. "Man, I hate it when he does that."

"Superboy, Kid, and Quicksilver, switch to infrared. See if you're being tracked." Aqualad commanded as he ran through the jungle towards his team.

"Got a squad of armed bozos, incoming."

"Two squads." Superboy corrected him. "But they'll meet each other before they find us."

Gunfire was heard, loud and clear.

"No super hearing required now." Quicksilver joked.

"Swing wide, steer clear." Aqualad advised.

"Yeah, yeah, just as soon as I find Rob." Kid Flash ran off into the jungle, tripping over a rock and falling down a hill. He fell right into the path of the gunfire. "So much for the stealthy."

Both groups began firing at him so he got up and ran as Superboy attacked the man with the mask over his face. He got out of his hold, punching him into a tree.

"What is wrong with you guys? Remember, covert?" Robin yelled, jumping into the fray. "Why didn't you follow my lead, vanish into the jungle?"

"That's what you were doing? Way to fill us in." Kid Flash snapped. "We're not mind readers, you know." Miss Martian flew past him, taking down armed gunmen. "Er, I'm not, anyway."

"You told me I could only read the bad guys mind." Miss Martian looked to Robin confused. Robin said nothing, looking away.

The team tied up the two groups to separate trees, Aqualad having joined them. "I recognize those robes. They belong to the Cult of the Kobra."

"I'm sure Batman would've mentioned it if he knew a dangerous extremist was running Santa Prisca's Venom operation."

"Agreed. And since there is clearly no love lost between the cultist and those goons, I'm betting Kobra came in and tossed them out." Robin deduced. "That's why normal supply lines have been cut off."

"We get it. Kobra wanted super-cultists. Mystery solved. Radio Bats and we'll be-"

Robin cut Quicksilver off. "These cultists aren't on Venom. They're hoarding this stuff. We don't leave. Not until I know why."

"Until you know why?" Kid Flash looked at Robin, putting his hands on his hips.

"This team needs a leader."

"And its you? Dude, you're a thirteen year old kid who ducked out on us without a word." Kid Flash grumbled.

The two of them devolved into an argument. Miss Martian looked at Superboy and  Quicksilver. "Don't either of you want to lead?"

They both shook their heads, Quicksilver smirking lazily. "I'm not the leader type."

"You only know half the story. Let me show you the rest. I can get you inside the factory, via my secret entrance." The man with the mask offered.

Miss Martian crouched in front of him, eyes glowing. "There is a secret entrance, but he is also hiding something."

"Ah, ah, ah, chica, Bane is not that easy."

"Argh, he is mentally reciting football scores in Española. This could take awhile."

"Its not complicated. The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Bane smiled at Miss Martian.

The team exchanged a look, deciding to trust Bane. They followed him to a cliff's edge where Robin pulled out binoculars, staring down at the factory where Kobra cultist were bringing product to the helipad.

"We need to identify that buyer." Aqualad stated.

A small snark fest broke out between Kid Flash and Robin, making Quicksilver groan. "You're both pretty, now shut up and focus."

Bane walked over to a boulder and lifted it to reveal a passageway. "Answers, are this way."

"So, now El Luchador is our leader." Kid Flash grumbled, earning a glare from Robin.

They followed Bane through the tunnels into the factory, Robin declaring it all clear before disappearing. "Has the little freak already been caught?"

"No, he just...does that." Aqualad sighed.

"Stay put. I'll get our intel and be back before the boy wonder."

"Wait, Kid!" Aqualad tried and failed to get Kid Flash to stay with the group.

"Great chain of command."

"We're still working out the kinks." Quicksilver shrugged.

The remaining grouping of the team and Bane made their way to the factory doors, hiding behind boxes of Venom.

"Its a massive shipment."

"Yeah, but they're only taking new product off the line." Superboy pointed out. "They're not touching this Venom."

"Maybe freshness counts?" Miss Martian whispered.

"Helicopter is coming."

The four teammates and Bane watched as a helicopter landed. A blonde male stepped out wearing a hockey mask, a brunette teenage girl next to him dressed in a dark red and black get up. They approached one of the pale men wearing the Kobra robes, addressing him as Lord Kobra.

"Sportsmaster. Scarlet Witch. The shipment is ready." Lord Kobra spoke as a red haired woman opened up a briefcase displaying vials of a blue liquid.

"The new Kobra-Venom?" Scarlet Witch picked one up, looking it over before handing it to Sportsmaster. 

"A complete success." Lord Kobra gestured to the hulking beast next to him. "Our friends will not be disappointed."

"This is a game changer. Finally, we can go mano a mano against the Justice League." Sportsmaster tossed the Kobra-Venom in the air, catching it as he spoke.

Miss Martian floated above them, sending a telepathic image of them to the rest of the team. Quicksilver's eyes widened slightly when he saw the image of his sister next to Sportsmaster but he quickly relaxed his face. 

Suddenly, Miss Martian became encased in a red mist and was torn from the sky. She landed harshly on the ground before the buyers and the Kobra cultists. Scarlet Witch smirked at her, crouching next to the struggling Martian. "Looks like we have a spy in our midst. I hope you captured my good side in that telepathic photograph you sent." 

Miss Martian, comms are jammed. Link us up. 

Miss Martian is a little busy at the moment, but perhaps I can be of  service.

Who are you?

The girl who is going to kill you all.

Mighty big threat coming from such a small person.

Looks are deceiving, aren't they, Robin? 

Let our teammate go. 

Or what? You'll kill me? I doubt it. 

You asked for it. Miss Martian, go for it.

Miss Martian's eyes glowed brightly as she sent a telepathic blast at Scarlet Witch. The teen girl cried out, grabbing her head and releasing Miss Martian from her mist. Miss Martian flew off, leaving the disoriented girl behind. 

"We should've killed her right away. Now they know your telepathic signature." Sportsmaster growled at Scarlet Witch.

"Shut up and get the shipment on the helicopter."

Miss Martian flew to her team's rendezvous point, finding them in the secret tunnel. 

"Miss M! Are you okay? Did she hurt you?" Quicksilver asked, looking his teammate over for any obvious signs of injury. 

"I'm fine." Miss Martian smiled gratefully at his concern. "Is everyone else okay?"

"Yeah. Just decided that Aqualad is our leader." Robin high fived the Atlantean. "Now we just need to stop the shipment from leaving the island."

The team made their way out of the tunnels, finding Bane trying to lay a trap for them. They took him out and continued on with their mission. They waited until Scarlet Witch and Sportsmaster were about to board the helicopter before they attacked, Kid Flash and Quicksilver speeding ahead to take out the Kobra goons. Superboy landed in front of the helicopter, challenging Mammoth to a fight. Aqualad, however, stepped in with his water bearers and took down Mammoth while Robin took on Lord Kobra. 

Quicksilver sped at the helicopter as it was about to take off, boarding it to be met with a punch to the face by Sportsmaster. 

"You're on the wrong side of this, kid." Sportsmaster went to hit Quicksilver again but fell unconscious instead. 

Pietro! What are you doing? Do you know how much trouble I am going to be in for that?!

Sorry, Wands, but I have to make it look good. I need to earn their trust.

What are you going to do?

Get ready to grab Sportsmaster and jump in about thirty seconds.

Got it.

Scarlet Witch waited until Quicksilver planted the explosive device before she sent a psionic bolt at him, blasting him out of the air craft as it rose into the air. Quicksilver was caught by Miss Martian's telekinesis and lowered to the ground. "Is it done?" 

Quicksilver nodded, pressing the button on the detonation device. The helicopter was rocked by an explosion before being sent careening towards the factory. He held his breath as he waited for his sister to jump out, letting it out when he saw a ball of psionic energy lowering two shapes into the far off jungle as the factory exploded. 

"We picked the right guy to lead. Automatically making you the right guy to explain this mess to Batman." Robin laughed as Aqualad realized the responsibility he had accepted. 

Mount Justice

August 04, 01:06 EDT

"A simple recon mission. Observe and report. You'll each receive a written report detailing your many mistakes. Until then, good job." Everyone looked at Batman in shock. "No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. How you adjust to the unforeseen is how you determine success. And how you chose who leads determines character. Dismissed."

Batman stared after Pietro, eyes narrowed in thought. Pietro had taken a long time to plant a simple explosive on the helicopter, but other than that, he had been a model team member. 

It was...concerning. 

Unknown Location

"All we managed to recover is a single ampule of Kobra-Venom. If it weren't for Scarlet Witch here knocking me out, I would've been able to take out the little brat before he planted the bomb." Sportsmaster glared at Scarlet Witch, who glared right back. 

"Scarlet Witch did the right thing, Sportsmaster. There pieces in place that we cannot afford for you to disrupt. Having said that, you now know too much. Scarlet Witch, if you will."

Wanda's eyes glowed red. "As you wish."