Chapter 3 Welcome to Happy Harbor
Bold - Speaking Japanese or trying to emphasize the person or something.
Bold and Italics - Mental conversations or video chatting
|| Mount Justice|| July 18 11:16 EDT
Ruby is wearing her civilian clothes with glasses on since her eyesight is worst without wearing it. Zara and Aaliyah are going to join them later since the blonde girl wizard is a bit shaken up of dreaming about her biological brother, Jellal Fernandez.
"Celestial, where are Angel and Kitsune?" Aqualad asks the scarlet-haired girl curiously knowing those three are so close to each other like sisters.
"Kitsune is busy doing household chores and Angel is helping her." Ruby lied and knowing Aaliyah will kill her for telling them about her dream. "We take turns of cleaning the house and it's their duty today. They'll catch up."
"Why not use magic?" Miss Martian asks the girl curiously. "I heard from Uncle J'onn that you girls have potential to magic."
"We made rules to use magic for fighting and other stuff. Not for cleaning." She squeals someone placing the hand on her shoulder. "Robin!" Ruby glared at the boy wonder.
"Couldn't help it." Robin spoke up with a smirk on his face. "Really, wearing glasses?" Teasing the scarlet-haired girl and she shrugged.
"My eyesight is worst without it and Zatara cast a spell on my mask that allows me to see instead of blurry." She pushes her glasses.
"Did you ask him?" He asks them and changing the subject.
"What did he say?" Kid Flash asks them happily and couldn't wait for the mission.
"He's arriving now." Aqualad answered.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Kid Flash asks them as they wait outside for Red Tornado. "Red Tornado!" He greets the red android.
"Greetings." Red Tornado greets them in his usual robotic voice. "Is there a reason you intercept me outside the cave?"
"We hoped you had a mission for us." Aqualad told him.
"Mission assignments are the Batman's responsibility."
"But it's been over a week, and nothing-" Robin was cut off by Red Tornado.
"You'll be tested soon enough." Raising his arm to stop to refrain the boy wonder talking. "For the time being, simply enjoy each other's company."
"This team is not a social club." Aqualad informed him while Ruby agreed on Red Tornado's opinion.
"No, but I am told social interaction is an important team-building exercise. Perhaps you can keep busy by familiarizing yourself with the cave." He walked away from them.
"Keep busy." Kid Flash mocked then someone shows up.
"We also need to learn each other despite we're recently joining together as a team." They jumped in surprised to see an unfamiliar blonde girl striking cerulean eyes is holding the familiar yellow cat with black strips.
"Who are you?" Robin asks rudely and gasped in pain getting whack by Celestial.
"Kitsune and Angel! Were you two finished the chores?" Ruby asks them and getting a hint about someone is asking for their absence.
"Yeah, Knight is seriously needed to organize his office. It's a nightmare~!" Zara whined and hugging Ruby while she returns the gesture.
"That's Kitsune?" Kid Flash gasped at her beauty the went quickly at her side. "My, my. You're so beautiful-"
Whack!
"Ow!" He was getting whack by a paper fan from Angel.
"Unhand her, you womanizer." Zara gets on overprotective mode to her.
"Don't bother reading his mind, Miss Martian." Aaliyah saw her what she's planning to do. "He's inorganic and not human, you can't read his mind."
"How did you know?" Miss Martian was surprised that she knows her abilities.
"You're related to Martian Manhunter and assuming that you have similar abilities." She explained and holding Zara in her arms.
"Nice try though." Kid Flash immediately lost his interest at Kitsune. "So, uh, you know what I'm thinking right now?" He asks Miss Martian with a sly smirk across his face.
"This!" Angel whacks him again using the paper fan. "You wanted to get hit by this."
"Ow! Seriously, Angel?" He glared at the feline cat and she smirked while slapping her fan lightly on her hands.
"Good one, Angel." Robin complimented Angel.
"And now we tour the clubhouse." Aqualad intervened before they argued more.
"Well, Superboy and I live here. We can play tour guides." Miss Martian offered and everyone excluding Aaliyah is reading the book out of nowhere are staring at the clone.
"Don't look at me." Superboy defended himself.
"We won't." Kid Flash assured him. "A private tour sounds much more fun."
"Correction!" Angel raises her arm with a paper fan. "Group private tour that is us and not by yourself, Speedy Gonzales. We're doing team building, right?" She raises her right eyebrow at Kid Flash as he squirms in fear of her intimidation.
"Jeez, you're like Batman 2.0 or something." He grumbled and getting whack again. "Gah! Will you stop that!?" Trying to catch Angel but she just flies higher with a smug look on her face.
"Lead the way tour guides!" She said happily while Ruby and Aaliyah shakes her head at her antics.
"So this would be our front door..." Miss Martian starting to tour them around the cave. "And this would be the back. The cave is actually the entire mountain."
"It was hollowed out and reinforced by Superman and Green Lantern in the early days of the League." Kid Flash explained.
"Then why abandon it for the hall of justice?" Superboy asks curiously.
"The cave's secret location was compromised." Aqualad answered and amazed how Kitsune manage to walk without bumping anything while sticking her face on the novel book.
"So they traded it in for a tourist trap? Yeah. That makes sense." He spoke up sarcastically.
"If villains know of the cave, we must be on constant alert." Miss Martian spoke up and panic.
Robin grasps the Martian's arm. "The bad guys know we know about the place, so they'd never think to look here." He explained and making Ruby frowned at his statement that doesn't make sense.
"Uh, he means we're hiding in plain sight." Kid Flash spoke up.
"Ah, that's much clearer." Miss Martian spoke up and sighs in relief.
"Villains assume this is the League's HQ, however, they didn't know the actual HQ is on space." Aaliyah answered and knowing everyone's eyes on her while she flips the next page. "In other words, they won't ambush here."
"That makes more sense." She smiles at the blonde girl.
"That's how you explain rather than impressing to make her swoon by your smooth talks." She glances at Robin and Kid Flash lightly then back to her reading.
"I smell smoke." Superboy sniffs the burning and not knowing Aaliyah can smell as well due to her being raised by a water dragon.
"My cookies!" Miss Martian heads over the kitchen and removing the cookies out of the oven as everyone heads towards the kitchen. "I was trying out grammy Jones recipe from episode 17 of- heh. Never mind." She saw their confusion.
"I bet they'd have tasted great. He doesn't seem to mind." Robin commented seeing Kid Flash eating the burning cookies.
"I have a serious metabolism." Kid Flash informed them with a sheepish look on his face.
"I'll make more?" Miss Martian asks with a hopeful look on her face.
"It was sweet of you to make any." Aqualad commented.
"Thanks, Aqualad." Thanking the Atlantean.
"We're off duty." Aqualad assured her. "Call me Kaldur'ahm. Actually, my friends call me Kaldur."
"I'm Rubina." The scarlet-haired girl reveals her true identity and nudging Aaliyah to get her attention.
"Aaliyah." Still sticking her reading making Ruby frowned of her sudden personality when Aaliyah usually read a book to entertain herself not all the time.
"Zara." The halfling exceed introduced her real identity and feel comfortable laying on Aaliyah's head. She smiled apologetically of Aaliyah's lack of interaction.
"I'm Wally. See? I already trust you with my secret I.D, unlike Mr Dark Glasses over here. Batman's forbidden Boy Wonder from telling anyone his real name." Kid Flash bragged and earned a whack from Zara. "Seriously!? You need to change your name from Angel to Satan herself."
"Could you just stop flirting, jeez... you never stop flirting 24/7." Zara grumbling.
"Why, you jealous?" He smirked seeing her fumed in anger then an idea stuck on her head.
"Me?" She asks with a mischievous look on her face.
"What's with that look?" He couldn't help but feel suspicious of her sudden behavior while the others looked amused except Aaliyah of what Zara is trying to do.
"Change!" Zara transformed herself into an adult and leaning closer to Wally much of his discomfort of being close wearing too revealing clothes. "I always have a thing for red haired~." She purred and caressing his cheek using right pointing finger. "I'm bored, can you tour me around... the cave, just the two of us~." She smirked seeing his face blushing like a tomato.
"Zara, enough." Aaliyah ordered the halfing in her stoic expression and pitying Wally for being Zara's victim by her adult form.
Zara reverts back as an exceed and smirk in amused seeing him speechless of her seduction. "You need a cold shower, tomato boy." Snickering and snapping Wally's thought then glaring at her with hatred.
"We would like to know your name, Miss Martian." Ruby intervened before he's going to kill Zara for toying his feelings.
"Mine's no secret." Miss Martian assured them. "It's M'gann M'orzz. Like, you can call Megan. It's an Earth name, and I'm on Earth now."
Aaliyah noticed Superboy walked away knowing he's the only one who doesn't have a name but only alias.
"Get out of my head!" Superboy suddenly yelled angrily at the Martian girl.
"What's wrong? I don't understand." M'gann asks them through telepathy making everyone cringing in pain especially the three mages. "Everyone on Mars communicates telepathically."
"Stop this instance." Aaliyah ordered M'gann in a strong voice making them flinch at her sudden tone. "Things are completely different on Earth, we don't communicate telepathically to each other. Most of us don't have that kind of abilities." She remembered one of her guild members, Warren Rocko, is a telepathic and his ability won't harm them whereas her could give them a headache.
"Aaliyah is right. Here, your powers an extreme invasion of privacy." Kaldur pointed out.
"Besides, Cadmus creepy little psychic gnomes left a bad taste in his brain." Wally whispered loudly making Ruby frown at his rude words but remain silent.
"I-I didn't mean to-" M'gann was cut off by the clone.
"Just.stay.out." Superboy growled angrily at her filled with hatred and left them as Aaliyah decided to follow him.
"Hello, M'gann." She smacks her head lightly. "I know what we can do." Leading them somewhere.
"She's still new to this Earth just like you, Superboy." Aaliyah spoke up and holding her book as she stared at his frowning expression. "M'gann meant no harm. What Cadmus did is unforgivable for putting you through."
"Like you know what I've been through." Superboy spoke up bluntly.
"I did. Rubina, Zara and I aren't from here." She revealed about themselves a little. "We came from a different world full of wizards and mages. The three of us sent here by an unknown reason and got stuck here for 6 months now." Aaliyah sighs heavily. "Until now, we're still adapting to this world and please give M'gann a chance."
Aaliyah followed them and hearing another footstep that Superboy is following them. She mentally sighs in relief that he is trying to get along with her.
"It's my nation martian bioship." M'gann introduced them with a huge smile on her face as they saw as red big capsule resting in front of them.
"Cute." Wally commented. "Not aerodynamic, but cute." Zara snorted and shook her head.
"Looks can be deceiving, Speedy Gonzales." Zara spoke up bluntly and smirked seeing him easily get frustrated by her.
"It's at rest, silly. I'll wake it." M'gann raises her hand to wake the bioship then the hatch open. "Well, are you coming?" She asks them and Aaliyah went first followed by Ruby carrying Zara in her arms.
"Boys are so tough yet scaredy cats~." Zara commented sarcastically and snickered seeing their glares. "Gotta love my job."
"Zara, stop it." Ruby scolded the halfling and sighs at her teasing.
"Strap in for launch." M'gann told everyone as Aaliyah is already seating on the right side of the window and the chair itself automatic put a seat belt on her.
Ruby is seating right next to Robin and suddenly they heard a childish voice. "Mim! Mim!" She gasped hearing a familiar voice as she turned around to one of her spirits, Nikora or she would name her Mei.
Everyone excluding Zara and Aaliyah looked shocked to see a small green like snowman as it's nose is like a cone shaking lightly while holding a paper on its hand.
"Hey, Mei." Ruby greeted her with a smile on her face as Mei jumped on her arms. "You draw a picture of me?"
Mei draws her Mistress in her hero form without the mask. "Mim!" She said happily.
"Aw, she's so cute, where did you get here?" M'gann asks Rubina curiously.
"She's one of my celestial spirit a minor one that won't consume a huge amount of my magic." Ruby answered and clearing her throat slightly of everyone excluding Zara and Aaliyah are staring at her. "You should fly your bioship, M'gann."
"Oh, right!" She almost forgot about it. "Red Tornado, please open the bay doors."
The door opens as M'gann fly the bioship. Everyone looked amazed at what they're seeing. "Incredible." Robin commented.
"She sure is..." Wally commented with a loving look on his face when he stares at M'gann. "I-I mean the ship, which, is like all ships, is a she." He rambled.
"Fast with his feet, not so much with his mouth." He smirked as Ruby giggled while holding her spirit.
"Dude!" He glared at the boy wonder.
"I may not have psychic powers, but I can guess what you're thinking." Kaldur spoke up towards Superboy in a whisper that the clone and Aaliyah, who's sitting right next to him with Zara sitting on her lap. "You overreacted, and you don't know how to apologize. Just say sorry."
"He's right." Aaliyah spoke up and removing her gaze from the book she's reading. "Some girls are really sensitive when it comes to feelings and think about how you apologize." Both boys are staring at her. "I may into reading books but I always know the situation."
"He'll come around." Robin whispered to M'gann seeing her sad expression.
"He doesn't seem to like me much." M'gann whispered back.
"You guys remember he and Zara have super hearing, right?" Wally reminded them.
"Mim~!" Mei spoke up and snuggling Ruby's warmth embrace.
"Hey, how about showing us a little martian shape-shifting?" Robin changed the subject.
M'gann stands up to changed into female Robin then to Kid Flash in a female version. "Is it wrong that I think I'm hot?" Wally asks curiously.
"Very much." Aaliyah spoke up bluntly and wrinkling her nose lightly. "It gives me goosebumps." She shivered and Zara patted her arms with a sympathy look on her face.
"Impressive," Robin commented and clapping his hands. "But you know you're not exactly gonna fool anyone with those."
M'gann smirked and changed to Zara in her adult form then to Aaliyah that some people assume they're identical twins. "You couldn't fool anyone with that." Ruby spoke up with a smile on her face.
"The keys?" Wally asks the scarlet-haired girl curiously.
"You mean this?" She holds her 12 scarlet keys and 5 silver keys inside of her red leather pouch. "These are Celestial Spirit Gate keys, it allows me to summon my Celestial spirits from their world to help me. For instance, these 12 scarlet keys are known as Chinese Zodiacs, they're one of the powerful spirits that I can only call them 2 or 3 because it consumes a lot of magic."
"What about the silver keys?"
"Silver are minors and it won't consume me much, just like this little one." She stared at Mei and stroking her head. "Her species only required a small amount of magic and we usually keep them as pets or a friend. Scarlet or golden keys are very rare ones, so, it's hard to know where to find them."
"Rubina is lucky enough she completed her 12 scarlet Chinese Zodiac keys." Zara spoke up with a proud look on her face.
"The crystal thingy?" Robin asks Rubina curiously and she was tense lightly. "Rubina?"
"It-it's a lost type of magic, I was been trained by my mentor. She sacrificed herself to save the city before I became holder magic." She looked away and he immediately felt bad for asking that question.
"I noticed that you can shape-shifting to girls than boys, why?" Aaliyah changed the subject knowing Ruby hated it of someone asks her lost magic. She sent Wally a look when he was about to ask what Lost magic or holder magic is.
"Mimicking boys is a lot harder. " M'gann answered and Aaliyah hums in deep thought.
"And your clothes?" Kaldur asks the Martian girl.
"They're organic, like the ship. They respond to my mental commands."
"As long as they're the only ones." Superboy grumbled in response while Aaliyah mentally sighs of his grumpiness.
"Can you do that ghosting through walls thing that Manhunter does?" Wally asks curiously.
"Density shifting?" M'gann asks the speedster curiously. "No. I-it's a very advanced technique."
"Flash can vibrate his molecules right through a wall." Robin commented and chuckled. "Heh heh heh. When he tries it, bloody nose."
"Dude!" Wally exclaimed and Zara decided to make fun of him as well.
"He always run so fast and ends up crashing often for not looking at his surroundings." Zara spoke up and smirked widely seeing his glare.
"Here's something I can do. Camouflage mode." She made the bioship into invisible to everyone.
"Red Tornado to Miss Martian. An emergency alert has been triggered at the Happy Harbor power plant. I suggest you investigate covertly. I'm sending coordinates." Red Tornado informed the young team.
"Received. Adjusting course."
"Tornado's keeping us busy again." Robin commented and scoffs.
"Well, a simple fire led you to Superboy." M'gann spoke up. "We should find out what caused the alert."
Aaliyah, Superboy and Zara heard something. "I think I know the cause." Superboy informed them as they saw a tornado heading towards them.
M'gann manages to land her bioship down on the ground. They jumped off the bioship as Aaliyah stared at the situation on her calculative look.
"Robin, are tornadoes common to New England?" Kaldur asks the boy wonder and Aaliyah sighs he went on ahead without them. "Robin?" They only heard his chuckling.
"He was just here." M'gann spoke up and Zara shakes her head.
"He does this all the time, isn't he?" Zara asks Wally and he nodded his head. "Great freaking tastic." She commented sarcastically and Aaliyah sniffs lightly to know where Robin is.
"He's inside of the building, let's go." Aaliyah ordered them and immediately changing her outfit to Kitsune as Zara and Ruby did the same thing as well.
Everyone are heading inside of the building as Superboy lands right next to Robin. "Who's your new friend?" He asks the boy wonder curiously.
"Didn't catch his name, but he plays kinda rough." Robin answered.
"My apologies." The red android with a grey scarf around his neck stands right in front of them. "You may address me as Mr Twister." Creating a tornado heading towards them.
"It reminds me of Wendy's power but in a different way." Zara whispered lowly and Aaliyah nodded her head.
"He's an android and no human scent at all." Aaliyah answered and quickly disappeared.
"What the?" Wally looked surprised seeing her disappeared and appeared behind Mr Twister. "What are her powers?" He asks the scarlet-haired girl and the cat.
"You'll see." The girls answered with a smirk on their faces.
Mr Twister caught her leg but Aaliyah uses her other leg to throw him out towards Wally's direction but the speedster got flown away by him. However, Aaliyah didn't give up yet and trying to punch the android but he throws her away as Zara caught her adopted mother safely.
"I was prepared to be challenged by a superhero. I was not, however, expecting children." Mr Twister mocking them and not knowing Aaliyah is holding back her strength because she's analyzing him.
"We're not children." Robin denied it and throw small bombs at Mr Twister.
However, it didn't effect him. "Objectively, you are." He flicks the bomb. "Have you no adult-" Aaliyah immediately punched the android and creating a huge crate on the wall.
"You shouldn't underestimate us just because we're minors without being supervised by an adult." Aaliyah spoke up and doing backflips to stay on Robin's side.
"Let's see if you're more turbed once we kick your can again as Kitsune does." Robin commented.
"I can't believe you destroyed the English words, Robin." Ruby spoke up with a disbelief look on her face.
"Where's the fun with that?" He asks and silently asks M'gann to use her telekinesis to break the machine on the top of him. Creating a huge smoke to distract the android.
Superboy tried to attack Mr Twister but he sends his wind towards M'gann as Kaldur and Robin got defeated easily as well.
"Indeed." He didn't notice the three girls are hiding. "That was quite turbing."
"Will-o-whisp!"
"Himitsu no geijutsu: Seinaru ken! (Secret art: Holy Sword!)"
Both attacks sending Mr Twister outside of the building as Zara and Ruby immediately went to the others to wake them up. Xi Men and Aaliyah are fighting off Mr Twister to buy them some time to let them reunite with others.
"Who would've thought you guys managed to land attacks on me?" Mr Twister asks in an amused tone "However, your team are weak. I would have thought you had all your limitations by now."
"What do you want!?" Kaldur asks the android with a stern expression as Xi Men and Aaliyah are on his side.
"Isn't it obvious?" He flies up. "I'm waiting for a real hero."
"Read his mind. Find a weakness." He ordered M'gann.
"I thought I wasn't supposed to do that." M'gann pointed out and Zara mentally facepalms of her naiveness as she's way worse than a certain blonde celestial mage.
"It's okay with the bad guys!" Robin cried out exasperatedly.
She tried to read Mr Twister's mind but received nothing. "Nothing. I'm getting nothing." She informed them. "Hello, M'gann. Mr Twister is Red Tornado in disguise. He's inorganic, an android. And how many androids do you know that can generate tornados?"
"Red Tornado sent us here." Kaldur pointed out while Aaliyah frowned behind the mask and couldn't believe they accused Red Tornado of attacking the innocent people.
"After saying we'd be tested soon enough." Robin pointed out as Ruby frowned of believing Red Tornado is in disguise. "This is his test, something to keep us busy."
"Speedy called it. We're a joke." Wally grumbled.
"That is ridiculous!" Zara exclaimed and pointed her sword at Robin and Wally. "Yes, Mr Twister is an android and there's no way Red Tornado is behind that disguise."
"Angel, is right." Aaliyah spoke up and narrowing her gaze at Robin, Wally, Kaldur and M'gann. "Red Tornado wouldn't harm the civilians or involving them just for this test. Are you going to believe this is Red Tornado's cause?"
"You know nothing about this, Kitsune." Wally spoke up and Aaliyah stared at the speedster while Ruby is fidgeting knowing the blonde girl won't back down easily when it comes to her analytical skills. "Red Tornado is the one who did this. This game, so over."
"Rookie mistake on accusing Red Tornado in disguise, M'gann." Ruby whispered at the Martian girl. "Lesson 1: never accuse someone when they didn't do anything wrong. You need to observe the person carefully before making a conclusion."
"Lady Kitsune?" Xi Men called the Water Dragon Slayer worriedly.
"It's fine, I'll deal with those idiots later when they realize it." Aaliyah spoke up in a cold tone making the Chinese spirit dragon feels sympathy to them.
Robin, Wally and Kaldur approached Mr Twister as Aaliyah whispered to Ruby to summon a certain spirit that can manipulate lightning. "We know who you are and what you want." Robin spoke up.
"So let's end this." Kaldur declared it.
"Let's end it." Mr Twister creates a huge dark tornado.
"An impressive show, but we will not indulge you. We will not engage." Suddenly a flash of lightning appeared on the tornado.
"Uh, can Red Tornado do that?" Wally asks them timidly.
"You think I'm Tornado? Ironic." Mr Twister commented and just when he was about to blast them using lightning.
"Now, Celestial!" Aaliyah ordered the celestial mage as Zara carried her and heading towards the android.
"Uma no mon, watashi wa anata o hiraki, Chōun! (Gate of the horse, I open thee, Zhao Yun!)" A large smoke appeared as the silhouetted person revealed itself.
A man wearing his blue dynasty clothes showing off his horse ears and tail.
"Zhao Yun, protect us from lightning, please!" Ruby pleads at the Chinese horse spirit.
"Yes, Princess!" Zhao Yun replied as his eyes glowed and absorbing the lightning.
"Hyah!" Aaliyah sucker punches Mr Twister and sends him to the ocean. "Let's go back to them, they might argue now." She whispered to Zara.
"Zhao Yun and Xi Men." Ruby called her spirits and they stared at her. "Can you buy us some time, please? Aaliyah needs to give them a piece of advice seeing their action, she's not pleased about the performance." She spoke in Japanese.
"As you wish, Lady Celestial. Let's go, Zhao Yun." Xi Men called the Chinese horse spirit as they head off where Mr Twister is.
"Is anyone of you are unharmed?" Aaliyah asks as Zara placed her down gently.
"You tricked us!" Superboy growled completely ignoring her and approached the Martian girl. "Into thinking Twister was Red Tornado."
"She didn't do it on purpose." Kaldur defended M'gann.
"I-it was a rookie mistake." Robin pointed out and not knowing the other excluding Zara and Ruby knows that Aaliyah is going to explode in a minute. "We shouldn't have listened to Zara and Aaliyah." He sighs deeply and staring at Zara and Aaliyah apologetically.
"You are pretty inexperienced." Wally pointed out and shoving his hands to his pocket. "We'll take it from here."
"Stay out of our way." Superboy grumbled.
Zara and Ruby steps back away while Kaldur looked at them curiously. Aaliyah holds the paper fan out of nowhere and whacking Superboy, Robin and Wally.
"Ow!" The boys are rubbing their head and glaring at Aaliyah.
"Do that again and I dare you." Aaliyah spoke up in a cold tone as Zara squeals in fear hearing that rare tone of hers.
"Eep! She's way more scarier than Mira and Erza." Zara whispered out to Ruby in a hushed tone.
"They asks for it." Ruby pointed out and smiled nervously while Kaldur looked confused about who Mira and Erza are.
Aaliyah glared at the boys behind the mask while they involuntary flinch and sensing the glares they received. "Lesson 2: never ever tell your nakama (it means friend or comrade) to back out just because they're new to this mission. From my observation, it is 100% lack of teamwork without making a plan ahead. Robin, you just ditch us and went ahead to Mr Twister by yourself. What would've happened if you go by yourself without us?" She asks the boy wonder in a cold tone.
"Did you just used statistics on us?" Wally asks her with a disbelief look on his face.
"What if I am? Got any problem with that?" She glared as if telling him to tell her say-it-and-I-dare-you look then Wally shakes his head. "Look, M'gann and Superboy are new while you boys, especially us, has more experience doing this type of situation before. We need to defeat him together as a team despite Ruby, Zara and I can defeat Mr Twister if we don't hold back at all." Ignoring their surprise why these girls hold back so much.
"She's right." Zara spoke up. "The reason why we didn't defeat him quickly, is, you guys need to learn working together and that's what you guys lack. Yes, we are lucky enough to succeed the mission back in Cadmus. Now, that we have a new team member, M'gann, we need to teach her and Superboy as well. To know each one of our abilities then making a plan for it to stop Mr Twister."
"How is M'gann going to learn if you're benching her?" She sighs heavily. "You disappointed me, boys. Where is the determination to show your mentors that you can do it without relying on them? Is that part of lying or the truth?" Aaliyah questioned them and heard nothing. "You guys are acting immature. M'gann, I need your help for this."
"Wha-what is it?" M'gann stuttered and feeling nervous about this.
"Mimicking boys is hard but this will be your first shift training." She stared at her. "From my calculation, with your help, we can defeat Mr Twister 100%. Change yourself to Red Tornado. Ruby, summon Miaka to help M'gann by using her illusion magic so Mr Twister can take the bait that we actually call Red Tornado. Can you do that?" She asks the scarlet-haired girl.
"Yes!" Ruby answered happily and grabbing her silver keys. "Gensōshugi-sha no mon, watashi wa anata o aite, Miaka! (Gate of the illusionist, I open thee, Miaka!)" One of her spirits shows up.
"Illusionist, at your service!" A blue-haired girl salutes at her Mistress happily.
"Miaka, can you help M'gann to create an illusion of a tornado?" Ruby asks her spirit.
"Yes! Shall I do it now or later?" Miaka asks Ruby curiously and completely ignoring their shock excluding Zara and Aaliyah.
"You'll know the timing, Miaka." Aaliyah answered it for her and stared at M'gann who is now in Red Tornado. "You boys are going to help Xi Men and Zhao Yun to fight off Twister. After that, M'gann will show up and do her acting skills. Got it?" She asks them.
"Ye-yes." The boys stuttered and completely shocked of being ordered around by Aaliyah.
"Good any objections shall face the consequence." They gulped in fear knowing Aaliyah is not bluffing.
"Hit the showers, boys." Red Tornado showed up and stands right in front of the boys. "I was hoping you could handle this. Clearly, you cannot."
Aaliyah, Zara, Miaka and Ruby are hiding behind the trees as they wait for the right moment to show themselves up. Zhao Yun and Xi Men were sent back to the Spirit world since they've done their part and leave everything to them.
"But we've got a plan now!" Robin informed Red Tornado.
"The subject is not up for debate." The boys sigh in defeat and walked away.
Aaliyah stared at Mr Twister in deep thought why would he need Red Tornado for? "I was beginning to believe you'd never show up." Mr Twister spoke up.
"I'm here now." Miaka uses her magic to create illusions of the tornado. "We are evenly matched, Twister." Mimicking Red Tornado's move and throwing tornado's towards Mr Twister.
"No, Tornado, we are not." Creating a huge crate on the ground to deflect the tornado then throwing lightning at him as Red Tornado dodging it.
"It would be easier if you could eat the lightning, Aaliyah." Ruby whispered and Aaliyah smiled lightly.
"They can't rely on me all the time if they know that I'm S class wizard." Aaliyah whispered and making the girl nodded her head in understanding. "After all, they still need to learn more about teamwork and that's what they lack. However, they still need to improve more of their abilities with or without them." They saw Red Tornado lay down as Mr Twister approached them.
"Remain still, android." Mr Twister spoke up and trying to hack it. "The reprogramming won't take long."
Red Tornado suddenly grabs the wire as the head reveals M'gann. "Longer than you might think."
"No."
"Kurisutarumeiku: Chēn (Crystal make: chain)." Ruby uses her crystals to chain the android. "Now, Superboy!"
Superboy punches Mr Twister while Ruby chains him. The clone destroyed his arm as Ruby throws him to the ocean. Kaldur uses his water bearers and summons his lightning to sent Mr Twister back to the land. M'gann uses her telekinesis to destroyed the other arm as Robin uses his explosive disc to destroy the android. Mr Twister has no longer arms as Ruby, Aaliyah, Miaka and Zara showed up in front of the android. Then the android opened the upper body to reveal a man who's behind all of it.
"Foul. I-I call foul." The man stuttered.
"Foul?" Aaliyah asks in a stern tone as she raises her right hand then a blue magic circle appeared. "You dared to mock us and almost killed innocent civilians just to call the Justice League?"
"Heh heh, he made the Fairy Empress angry~." Miaka sings it and Ruby gives her spirit a look. "Believe it or not, no one shouldn't mock or they'll face the consequences."
"Fairy Empress?" Robin asks the Illusionist spirit curiously.
"Yeah, my job here is done." Miaka salutes her Mistress then went back to the spirit world.
"Plea-please have mercy." The man pleads.
"Mizu no ryū no ken! (Water dragon iron fist!)" Aaliyah summons her magic and punching the man in one blow as he got destroyed by her.
"Aaliyah!" Kaldur and the boys looked shocked to see how she killed a man without any mercy.
"We don't execute our captives Aaliyah!" Robin exclaimed angrily while Aaliyah remained blank expression. "How did you allow Aaliyah to do that one, Rubina and Zara!?"
"3 clues." Aaliyah answered and showing her right three hand fingers. "Rubina?" Ignoring their skeptical and accusing looks.
"The first clue is M'gann couldn't read his mind." The scarlet-haired girl answered.
"Zara?" She asks the halfling.
"The second clue is he has no scent of human or heartbeat at all." Zara spoke up confidently.
"M'gann? I believe you had an idea why I did it." Aaliyah asks the Martian girl.
"He's an android but different from Red Tornado." M'gann answered and making the blonde girl nodded her head.
"We're dealing with an android, not a human inside of it." The smoke revealed to see a damage android man. "He's not human at all. I didn't execute a human but an android instead." Giving Robin a pointed look behind her half mask as he returned with a sheepish smile.
"Cool. Souvenir." Wally spoke up and grabbing an eyeball.
"We should have more faith in you girls." Kaldur placed his web-hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah. You rocked this mission. Get it? Rocked."
"Ignore him." Robin informed the girls. "We're all just turbed you and M'gann are on the team. What was that spell all about, Aaliyah?"
"I can summon water and lightning." Aaliyah answered. "Water and lightning don't effect on me if the opponents use their powers against me."
"That's true!" Zara answered with a mischevious look on her face. "They don't know who they're dealing-" Ruby chopped the halfling head lightly using her hand.
"Stop bragging, Zara. Come on, let's head back." She sweatdropped seeing Aaliyah went on ahead without them silently. "Wait for us!" Ruby and the others are chasing the blonde girl not before grabbing the destroyed android.
"It was clearly created to sabotage or destroy you." Kaldur explained everything to Red Tornado of the Happy Harbor's incident.
"Agreed." Red Tornado answered.
"Is that why you wouldn't help us?" M'gann asks the android curiously.
"No. This was your battle. I do not believe it is my role to solve your problems for you. Nor should you solve mine for me." He answered bluntly.
"But if you're in danger..."
"Consider this matter closed."
"Sorry, we have to save you, whether you like it or not." Aaliyah spoke up and stare at him. "You're our denmother to look after us and it is also our job to look after you as well. We have to look out for each other." She smiled at the red android gently.
"She's right, you can't escape from us easily, RT." Zara piped in. "Don't bother arguing Aaliyah. Once she made a decision, nothing and no one could stop her."
"Interesting... Knight wasn't bluffing that you're a bit overprotective." Aaliyah just smiled and went back to her reading as Red Tornado starting to walk away.
"Batman, Aquaman and Flash. They'd have jumped right in to fix things." Wally commented.
"Guess if we're gonna have a babysitter, a heartless machine is exactly what we need." Robin spoke up bluntly and earn a whack from Aaliyah's paper fan out of nowhere. "Ow!" Glaring at the blonde girl while she shakes her head disappointing at him for being rude towards Red Tornado.
"And inacurate." Red Tornado spoke up and overheard their conversation. "I have a heart, carbon-steel alloy. I also have excellent hearing."
"Heh. Right." He laughs nervously. "Sorry. I'll strive to be more accurate."
"And more respectful." Kaldur spoke up and Aaliyah nodded her head.
"And to watch his words carefully before ending up whacking by my paper fan." Aaliyah spoke up and Ruby laughs nervously.
"Jeez, what's wrong with you and the paper fan?" Robin grumbled and rubbing his head to ease the pain.
"To knock your senses and this is what I usually do if someone did something stupid." She shrugged and hugging Zara in her arms.
"You're going to destroyed our brain soon." He sighs heavily. "Speedy was so wrong."
"This team thing..." Wally commented.
"Might just work out." Kaldur finished the sentence.
"Rubina, Zara and I should head back to Japan now." Aaliyah looked down to see Zara is snoring in her arms. "She's tired from battling." Chuckling softly and seeing Ruby is rubbing her eyes.
"Hai (yes)." Ruby yawned quietly. "See you guys soon." The girls bid the others.
"Those three girls are so mysterious sometimes." Wally commented and something feels off about them.
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