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I had four shots of espresso this morning and now I am having a regular coffee, L E T ' S G O 

Mount Justice

August 05, 13:06 EDT

Kaldur and Wally are playing air hockey on a holographic table, Wally casually eating a banana as he scores on the Atlantean. Kaldur looks at the ginger in shock before getting serious. Robin, M'gann, and Pietro watch in amusement. 

Recognize Superboy B04

Superboy storms into the cave, stomping through the air hockey table, causing it to dissolve. M'gann greets him, asking how Metropolis was. Superboy doesn't answer. 

"Ahem. Ready for training everyone?" The team looks over to see Black Canary enter the cavern with Martian Manhunter. 

"Black Canary! Uncle J'onn!" M'gann calls out to them, going to hug her uncle. She catches up with him for a moment, discussing how she is adjusting. 

Superboy rolls his eyes, going to leave. Black Canary notices this. "Stick around. Class is in session." She walks to the middle of the room, the floor lighting up as she did. "I consider it an honor to be your teacher. I will be throwing a lot at you. Everything I have learned from my own mentors, and my own bruises." She took her jacket off, showing a wrap on her arm.

"What happened?" Pietro asked.

"The job." Canary threw her jacket over her shoulder. "Now, combat is about controlling conflict. Putting the battle on your terms. You should always be acting, never reacting. I'll need a sparring partner."

"Right here!" Wally raised his hand, finishing his banana and tossing the peel over his shoulder. "After this, I'll show you my moves."

"Ew." Pietro wrinkled his nose.

Canary smirked, punching at Kid Flash. He blocked the punch but didn't notice her swing her leg out, swiping his legs out from beneath him. Wally landed on his back and the floor lit up beneath him, declaring his status a fail. He groaned. "Oh, hurts so good."

"Good block. But did anyone notice what he did wrong?" Canary asked as she helped Wally off the floor. 

"Ooh! He hit on a teacher and got served?" Robin chuckled. 

"Nice." Pietro fist bumped Robin.

"Dudes!" Wally complained. 

"He allowed me to dictate the terms-"

"Please, with my powers the battle is always on my terms." Superboy scoffed. "I'm a living weapon. And this is a waste of my time."

"Proof it." Canary challenged. Superboy's eyes widened before narrowing and he walked to the center of the room, arms crossed. Wally backed off. Superboy made a move to hit Canary and she used his momentum to fling him over her shoulder to the ground, declaring his status a fail. Robin laughed. "You're angry, good, but don't react. Channel that anger into-"

Superboy ran at Canary. She leapt over his shoulders, landing in a squat and once more kicking his legs out from beneath him. Superboy landed on the ground and was declared a fail. "That's it! I'm done."

"Training is mandatory." Superboy just glared at Canary until a holo screen appeared with Batman's face.

"Batman to the cave. Five hours ago, a new menace attacked Green Arrow and Black Canary. The attacker was capable of studying then duplicating the powers and abilities of its opponents. Arrow called in reinforcements, which nearly proved disastrous, as our foe gained more and more power with each new combatant."

"Woah. One guy with the powers of the entire League?" Wally spoke in awe. 

"In the end it took eight Leaguers four hours to defeat and dismantle the android."

"An android? Who made it? T.O. Morrow?" Robin asked.

"Good guess, Robin, but Tornado doesn't think so."

"The technology bears the signature of Professor Ivo." Manhunter added. 

Kaldur voiced that Ivo was dead, Canary saying that they all thought that. 

"To make certain that this threat is permanently neutralized, we are sending two trucks to two separate S.T.A.R. Labs facilities in Boston and New York for immediate evaluation. Every precaution is being taken. We're sending four decoy trucks in case Ivo, or anyone, tries to recover the remains. You will split into undercover teams to safe guard the two real trucks."

"Yes! Road trip!" Wally cheered. 

"So now we take out your trash?" Superboy grumbled.

"At least its a mission, dude." Pietro mumbled. 

"Coordinates received. On our way." Kaldur declared.

Canary stopped Superboy, letting him know when he was ready, she was there.

Litchfield County

August 03, 20:08 EDT

The team waited in the bushes as the trucks were loaded with the Amazo parts, revving their engines when they were given the go ahead to follow after their trucks. Robin, Superboy, and Quicksilver went with one truck while Aqualad, Miss Martian, and Kid Flash went with the other. 

While they were driving, Robin pulled up next to Superboy and Quicksilver. "If dislike is the opposite of like, is disaster the opposite of aster?  See, instead of things going wrong they go right."

"Oh, what I would give to see how your brain works." Quicksilver mused while Superboy stayed silent. 

"At least someone is feeling the aster. What's wrong, Superboy?" Robin asked.

"Canary. I mean, what business does she have teaching combat skills to a guy with super strength?"

"Taking down stronger guys is part of the gig. Canary learned that the hard way. Same with Batman and well, me." Robin answered. Superboy revved his engine and sped up towards the truck. 

"He's so angry, all the time." Quicksilver observed. 

"I mean, can you blame him? He was force grown in a lab and only saw the light of day a few weeks ago. Everything he knows about the world he learned through telepathic creatures and the one person he looks up to can't even look at him." Robin retorted. "I'd be angry if I were him too."

"You have a point." Quicksilver sighed. "It must be hard."

Robin looked at the silver haired speedster curiously. "I couldn't read your file when we were at Cadmus, didn't have a chance. Were you also...force grown?"

Quicksilver fell quiet, unsure how much he should tell Robin, how much he was allowed to reveal about himself. "No. I...I had a life before hand. I think. I had been at Cadmus for so long, everything is a faint memory. I know I am an orphan, my parents died when I was young. And I know I am not from around here, that much is obvious from my accent. But other than that...I can't remember much. Not sure if I want to."

Robin nodded, about to reply when robotic flying monkeys came out of the wheat on the side of the road, clinging to the truck. 

"Team, our truck is under attack."

"Kind of figured." Robin replied sassily. 

Superboy glared at the truck. "I hate monkeys."

Robin laughed. "Robot monkeys. Totally Ivo's tweak style." He pressed the screen on his bike. "Hey, switch your bikes to battle mode."

Quicksilver scoffed and Superboy rolled his eyes. "Why bother?"

Superboy leapt from his bike to the truck while Quicksilver ditched the bike and sped at the truck, grabbing hold of it. Robin grappled onto the truck, the three of them throwing monkeys off the truck as they went. One of the monkeys shot a laser into Superboy's eyes and he screamed, falling off the truck.

They continued to fight the monkeys, ultimately having the truck topple over and being forced to jump off as the monkeys flew off with the cargo, Superboy jumping after it. 

"Robin, we've lost our cargo. Is-"

Robin sighed. "Its gone. And so is our third."

The team discussed what to do and Robin mentioned that they might know where to look for the parts. He plugged his gauntlet into one of the deactivated monkeys, hacking into it. He figured out that they were converging on Gotham City. Aqualad said that he was sending Kid Flash ahead to meet Robin and Quicksilver. 

Quicksilver looked at Robin. "You want me to carry you or do you want to get on my back?"

"I can ride my bi-"

"I'm much faster than your bike. Here." Quicksilver crouched down. "Get on my back, you can track the monkeys as we go and alert KF on their location."

"Fine." Robin climbed up on Quicksilver's back. "But we are stopping at some point so I can change."

"Sure." Quicksilver shrugged, taking off in the direction of Gotham.

They ran in silence, the only talking was the occasional direction from Robin. They did make a pit stop to change into their uniforms before getting back on the road. 

When they were at the Gotham city limits Kid Flash caught up to them. "You changed too?"

"Are you kidding?" Kid Flash shivered. "I feel naked in civvies. You still tracking the parts?"

"They were heading through Gotham but they seem to have veered. Dude, they're at my school!"

"Aw man, I don't want to go to school  yet. Its still summer." Kid Flash faux pouted as the trio ran to Gotham Academy. 

They made it to the gym as Amazo was beating on Superboy. Quicksilver ran ahead, grabbing Superboy. "Yoink!" He dropped him in the corner where Kid Flash and Robin were waiting. Robin threw a projectile at the android, who turned intangible. "What do we do?"

"Our best." Kid Flash shrugged as the android hit them with a twister, sending them flying to different parts of the gymnasium. 

Amazo kept accessing different Justice League member's abilities and the four teens kept defending themselves until Superboy had the idea of attacking Ivo. They were then able to keep the android of its toes long enough to take it down with a punch to the head. 

"Quick! Help me disassemble it."

"Uh, the guy has no head." Quicksilver mumbled, helping Kid Flash out of a ditch.

"Don't take any chances." Aqualad announced his and Miss Martian's presence as they ran in through the gym doors. 

Quicksilver felt a familiar presence and looked to the side, noticing his sister's signature scarlet glow behind the bleachers before he heard her voice in his head. 

Well done, Pietro. 

Quicksilver looked around the gym. "Uh, where's Ivo?"

Mount Justice

August 04, 01:06 EDT

"The Amazo android is in pieces again, safely being analyzed at the two separate S.T.A.R. Labs. But Ivo escaped, and since he originated the tech, he is arguably more dangerous."

"Capturing the Professor will be a League priority." Canary assured the team. 

"But we understand your mission encountered...other complications." Martian Manhunter crossed his arms. 

The team stayed silent as Batman approached. "Complications come with the job. Your ability to handle them has impressed the League."

"The whole League?" Superboy asked. 

"Given time, yes. Kryptonians as you know have very hard heads." Superboy smiled. "Of course, there is no shame in asking for help, that's why the League exists."

Pietro felt a knot form in his stomach but forced it to go away, keeping his mind and emotions calm with two telepaths near by. He watched as Robin confronted Green Arrow and Batman about the arrow that helped save Kid Flash's life, Green Arrow proving it wasn't his, so the original three former sidekicks deduced it must be Roy. Quicksilver caught the look between Green Arrow and Batman. 

Superboy asked to train with Canary and Pietro took that chance to slip out of the main cavern of the cave undetected, or so he thought.

He made his way outside via vibrating his molecules through the cave walls at one of the thinner points as to not alert the zeta tubes, walking to the tree lines. Looking back to make sure he wasn't followed, he turned to the woods and nearly jumped when he saw his sister. 

"Pietro. Are you earning their trust?" Wanda asked.

"Yes. I am." Pietro looked at his twin. "Sestra, this...crusade we are helping with, the one that is supposed to ensure our protection and keep us together? It is doing an awful lot of separating us. I barely see you."

"'tro, I told you, it is only for a little while longer. Then we will be united. Once the Light gets what they want, we will be together once more."

"And if they don't get what they want?" Pietro asked carefully. 

Wanda stared at Pietro. "That's where we come in, to ensure that they get what they want. Especially you."

"I just..."

"Pietro, it is far too late to back out now. We owe them our lives." Wanda reminded him. "Or did you forget where we come from?"

Pietro steeled his jaw. "You know I hate it when you do that." Wanda looked down in shame and Pietro sighed, pulling his sister into a hug. "I've got to get back before someone notices I'm not in the mountain. I will have a full report ready the next time we meet."

"Good. I love you, 'tro."

"I love you too, Wands."

Turning his back on his sister, Pietro headed back towards the mountain and the team.

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