Schooled part 1
Metropolis; August 3rd; 7:38 EDT
A school bus is traveling on a bridge, filled with children on their way to school, when, the concrete begins to crumble and two of the support cables fall into their path. Knowing he can't drive over them the driver slams on the break. Turning the bus so it hits the divider and comes to a full stop.
A moving truck behind them couldn't stop fast enough, and as they jerk away from the bus, they don't fully collide but do nick the back of it to nudge them through the divider and closer to the edge. While they and a small car crash into the opposing divider. A red car continues to speed, unaware until they crash into the back corner of the bus. Knocking it through the wall on the outside of the bridge and completely destroying their engine compartment.
The bus teeters dangerously on its middle, threatening to fall into the river below.
From a high room in a Wayne Tech building, Bruce Wayne can see the situation. Moving to his desk he tips back the head on an Alfred-bust. Revealing a red button. Which he presses to reveal a hidden drawer with his Batman costume. Though he doesn't grab it as he hears a sonic boom go off.
Turning he finds Superman flying towards the bridge.
He flies past the bus and instead goes under the bridge to support the crumbling portion. Then using his heat vision to mend the cracked horizontal supports.
Superboy jumps from tower to tower of the bridge with ease, getting himself closer to the accident. Then landing on the deck without even denting the concrete.
Though below him Superman feels the sudden strain on the area he's keeping up.
Superboy, seemingly unaware, runs to get the white car away from the edge where they too crashed through the wall. Picking up the car on its back bumper with a cry and turning it a full 180° to place it back in the lanes.
All of which Bruce is observing from his Tower with high-power binoculars.
The bus tips further over the edge, causing the kids inside to scream in fear, but he grabs the rear bumper of the bus, his combat boots trying to find purchase and he holds the bus, so it won't fall over the edge. Even managing to pull it back, though his ground teeth and battle cries prove how hard this is for the clone. The bus is suddenly wrenched from his grip and pulled upward. Raising a confused eyebrow, he looks up to find Superman holding the bus from underneath as he flies a good fifteen feet above him.
Drawing his eyebrows together as he glares, Superboy stands and walks towards Superman as he sets down the bus.
"I had that." Superboy defends, gesturing to the bus to prove his point.
"I didn't want to take the chance." Superman states emotionlessly. "As it is, your landing could've destabilized the entire bridge." he continues to harp.
"It didn't." Superboy counters.
"But it could have." Superman persists. "We don't yet know the limits of your powers."
Superboy pauses before he continues in a far more hesitant tone. "Well, maybe you could, you know, help me figure that out."
Superman looks away before finally replying. "Batman's got that covered."
"I know, but-" Superboy tries, just as Superman's communicator beeps.
"Superman." he responds instantly, cutting Superboy off. "Wait, Arrow. Slow down." he tells who is now noted as Green Arrow to be on the other end of the call as he walks away from Superboy. "What's attacking?" he asks, then listens to GA's reply. "No, I'm definitely available. Coordinates?" he says, not even glancing at Superboy. "Acknowledged; on my way." only then does he turn back to Superboy. "Sorry, Super... boy." his hesitance only cementing the way Superboy thinks he feels about him. "Duty calls." then takes off without another word.
Superboy clenches his fists, looking away for a moment before glaring at the fading speck that is Superman.
Superman's communicator beeps twice more, he reaches up and opens the line." Already got the alert, Bruce."
Inside the Wayne Tech building, Bruce is on his phone, watching Superman fly away. "I know, Clark, but we need to talk."
Superman doesn't say anything as he disconnects his communicator and continues flying.
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Mount Justice; August 3rd; 13:06 EDT
Kid Flash and Aqualad are playing virtual air hockey, Kid Flash gets one right past Kaldur, and into his goal. Kaldur looks stunned for a moment, then glares competitively at Kid Flash who is eating a banana.
Recognize:
Superboy; B-0-4.
Glaring as he appears in the Zeta Tube he stalks across the room.
"Hi, Superboy." M'gann tries, as Superboy walks right through their game board. Causing Robin to step out, looking at Superboy in a cross between curiosity and slight glare. "How was Metropolis?" M'gann continues, even as Superboy walks past them all.
Black Canary clears her throat behind Kid Flash, catching their attention as she and Martian Manhunter step out of the shadows. "Ready for training everyone?" she questions.
M'gann is the first to react, as peppy as ever. "Black Canary! Uncle J'onn!" she goes up and hugs her uncle. Though he doesn't reach out and embrace her back, he does duck his chin to meet the top of her head before she steps back.
"M'gann, I was in the neighborhood, so I thought I'd see how you were adjusting." J'onn says, placing a hand on his niece's shoulder.
A few bumps, but I'm learning." she assures, as Superboy watches from the hallway entrance.
Going to walk away, but Canary sees him as J'onn replies "that's all I can ask."
"Stick around." Canary calls out, getting Superboy to stop in his tracks. "Class is in session." he turns back, but crosses his arm over his S.
Canary walks to the center of the ring, turning the tiles pure white with a blue barrier. "I consider it an honor to be your teacher." she prefaces, turning towards the larger grouping of teens as she pulls on her jacket slightly. "I'll throw a lot at you, everything I've learned from my own mentors." she continues as she pulls off her jacket, getting it just beyond the tear that was showing off some bandages wrapping around her arm. She grunts through the pain but finishes taking it off. "And my own bruises." she confesses, holding the wrapping.
"What happened?" M'gann asks, worriedly.
"The job." Canary replies simply, throwing her own jacket away. "Now, combat is about controlling conflict. Putting the battle on your terms. You should always be acting, never reacting." she tells them, before lightening her tone slightly. "I'll need a sparring partner."
"Right here. Yeah!" Kid Flash calls out raising his hand, as he still has food in his mouth. Stepping up, Aqualad frowns and Robin has a sly smirk. He meets her in the middle, finishing the banana in one bite and swallowing before he continues. "After this..." he starts, aiming his banana peel for the garbage. "Swish..." commentating as it makes it in. "I'll show you my moves."
Black Canary smiles knowingly as her eyes narrow. She throws a quick jab, which he blocks, but finds his feet being taken out from under him. Before even he can react. He hits with a thud that causes M'gann to look on worriedly, Aqualad to lean back, and Robin to frown with confusion.
On the floor, it reads in big letters.
Kid Flash
Status:fail
Yn:you see this what happens to you when you flirt with my mentor and any woman you try to talk to
Oh. Hurts so good." he manages to still be his joke making self, even when he's in pain.
"Good block." Canary admits. "But did anyone see what he did wrong?" she asks as she helps him back to his feet.
Robin is all too excited to answer this one. "Ooh, ooh. He hit on Teacher and got served?"
Kid Flash holds the shoulder that hit first, which just happens to be the one he blocked with as he looks back, annoyed and horrified that Robin said that. "Dude!"
"He allowed me to dictate the terms of-" she begins but is cut off as Superboy scoffs.
"Oh please." Canary arches an eyebrow as turns her head to look over her shoulder at the annoyed Superboy. "With my powers, the battle's always on my terms." he jabs his thumb inadvertently at the S, but clearly means himself not because of the S, but because of how he sees himself. "I'm a living weapon" clenching his hands to prove his point and make it very clear how he sees himself. "and this is a waste of my time."
Canary now has her injured shoulder facing him as she smiles, a craving for the fight ahead in her eyes. "Prove it."
Superboy's eyebrows raise, not expecting that answer before he schools his features and walks into the ring. As he stands before Canary, he crosses his arms and Kid Flash quickly walks back towards the other members of the Team.
Both drop into a fighting stance at the same time. Superboy comes in with a cross, that Canary takes a singular step back from. Giving her plenty of time to reach out with both hands, grab his forearm, and throw him across the ring. Where he lands on his butt, then on his back.
Robin points and laughs until Aqualad elbows him in the side. He doesn't stop laughing but covers his mouth with his gloves.
Superboy
Status:fail
Superboy remains on the ground for a moment, the words showing above his head on the floor, before he pushes himself back to his knees with a growl.
Though that doesn't sway Canary. "You're angry." she merely states, standing calm. "Good, but don't react. Channel that anger-"
Superboy gets to his feet and charges at her with another punch she jumps up and uses his shoulders to flip over him. Landing closely behind him, but still able to see him out of the corner of her eye. As he turns to hit her with a back fist, she drops taking his feet out from under him.
Once again, the floor reads:
Superboy
Status:fail
From the sidelines, M'gann flinches back, Robin muffles his own laughs, Aqualad looks worried and Kid Flash frowns.
By the time he's ready to stand again, Canary already is, offering her hand. "That's it." Superboy growls, standing without her help. "I'm done."
"Training is mandatory." Canary says as he starts to walk away, placing a hand on his shoulder, which he turns towards her as he shakes it off. His rage flowing under his eyes.
Before this can escalate any further the whole room beeps. Opening a HoloScreen. "Batman to the Cave." the Dark Knight calls, all rush to join Superboy and Canary. As they do, Batman continues. "A new menace attacked Green Arrow and Black Canary. The attacker was capable of studying, then duplicating the powers and abilities of its opponents."
On a smaller screen the image of the attacker becomes a video feed, where Superman goes for a massive punch, only for it to get caught and the attacker to then use the Kryptonian to take out Red Tornado, and Flash, before throwing the alien. Then turning to use its newly acquired laser eyes to take out two Batarangs.
"Arrow called in reinforcements," Batman continues as the video pauses. "which nearly proved disastrous as our foe gained more and more power with each new combatant."
"Whoa." Kid Flash is the first one to vocalize, though Kaldur looks worried and Superboy clenches his jaw.
Kid flash:One guy with the powers of the entire League?"
it seems unbelievable, which even Robin reacts to. Looking just as worried at Kaldur, his mouth even dropping open slightly. While M'gann looks on nervously.
"In the end, it took eight Leaguers four hours to defeat and dismantle the android." Batman informs, which catches Robin's attention.
"An android?" he questions. "Who built it, T.O. Morrow?" he continues to ask, stepping up since this is where he thrives.
Good guess, Robin." Batman states, causing Superboy to look down as he sees, even more, working father-son relationships within the League and Team. "But Red Tornado doesn't think so."
"The technology bears the signature of Professor Ivo." Martian Manhunter tells them.
"Ivo?' Aqualad questions, shocked. "But Ivo's dead."
Canary looks over her shoulder. "So we all thought or hoped." clearly it is the latter.
"To make certain this threat is permanently neutralized" another small screen pops up on the opposite side of where the footage from the fight was. "we're sending two trucks carrying the Android's parts to two separate STAR Labs facilities" a point between the four noted cities- which are Springfield, Gotham, Boston, and NYC- becomes a red triangle. "in Boston and New York" the two paths going in completely separate directions but beginning at the triangle's base which is now a glowing red dot. "for immediate evaluation. Every precaution is being taken." their attention comes back to Batman on the main screen. "We'll have four additional trucks to create confusion in case Ivo or anyone tries to recover the remains." This is where they come in.
You will split into undercover teams to safeguard the two real trucks."
"Yes!" Kid Flash says excitedly. "Road trip." Canary turns to Kid with an angered look while Aqualad and M'gann look to him rather confused. Robin joins and glares behind his mask.
"So now we take out your trash?" Superboy questions angrily.
"You had something better to do?" Batman counters, Superboy looks away just as Aqualad's transmitter goes off.
"Coordinates received. On our way." Aqualad confirms, everyone but Superboy running off.
As walks away Canary grabs his arm. "When you're ready, I'll be here." she tells him honestly. He doesn't respond, merely looking away before continuing to walk off.
Yn:he'll listen mentor he's hard headed
Canary:and be careful out there...son
Yn:I will mom
(That's right black canary adopted Yn when he arrive at the watch tower three years ago making canary his step mom and soon green arrow his step father)
Litchfield County (which is in Jersey in case you didn't know. Map); August 3rd; 20:08 EDT
In a field off the main highway, six trucks are sitting ready, while the part of the dismantled Android is being loaded. Overseeing this is Red Tornado, Atom, Green Arrow, Flash, and Superman.
Turning away and using his enhanced vision he can see the Team waiting on their motorcycles, Aqualad and M'gann on blue, Kid Flash on yellow, and Superboy and Robin on red. He zeroes in on Superboy, who returns his gaze. He turns away, Superboy looks down before sliding on his helmet as the engines from the truck rev. They rev their cycles and come to the edge of the clearing and they put on their helmets.
"STAR Boston is a go." is put over the comms as three trucks close their back-gates.
"STAR Manhattan is go." Green Arrow nods, then looks to Batman who gives the signal.
The trucks pull out in two opposite directions. Robin and Superboy following the ones going right, while Kid Flash, Aqualad, and M'gann follow the three going left.
Atom, Red Tornado, and Flash all take off. As Superman goes to a black glove is placed on his shoulder.
"I told you, we need to talk." Batman states, Superman stands straight and looks just over his shoulder at the Dark Knight.
As three of the trucks make a right-hand exit, and one continues straight, Superboy and Robin only follow the one remaining truck still on the highway.
Robin zooms in to be in front of Superboy and on his right. "If dislike is the opposite of like, is disaster the opposite of aster? See, if things are going wrong, they go right." Superboy remains silent, ignoring Robin's attempt at positivity and conversation. "Uh, clearly you're not feeling the aster. What's wrong?"
"Canary." Superboy replies instantly. "And what business does she have teaching combat skills to a guy with Super-Strength?" he questions, mostly to himself, considering the fact that he looks away from the Boy Wonder.
Yn:superboy canary trained her fighting style and her powers to be a hero I know you have super strength but there will always people or alien stronger than us that's why we train to one up our opponents you have to understand that training is necessary
"Taking down stronger guys is part of the gig." Robin states simply. "Canary learned that the hard way. Same with Batman and, well, me." he's hesitant to include himself in the list, fearing what that could cause Superboy to do.
Though instead of snapping back or anything he revs his cycle and gets a lot closer to the back of the truck and a good five or six car lengths in front of Robin.
With Miss Martian, Aqualad, and Kid Flash
"Do you think Superboy's okay?" she asks, driving on the left of Aqualad. Then quickly realizes how that may sound. "I- I wasn't reading his mind, I swear but anger flowed off him in waves."
pulls onto her left, a sarcastic chuckle coming through. "
Kid flash:Surfed that wave. Just give him space." that's actually sound advice, considering the fuse on that guy seems to be a record low, on a good day. "Me?" he continues, getting practically right next to her. "Stick as close as you want." her facial features relax and even draw up in slight pity as she realizes that he's flirting with her again.
"Superboy just needs time to cool off." Aqualad states, turning the focus away from Kid Flash's bad flirting. "A quiet mission will clear his head." a cornfield they whiz past shakes, then green, grey, and black robot things fly out and after them. Completely passing them, latching right onto the truck.
Pressing the outside of his helmet, Aqualad opens up a comm channel. "Robin, Superboy, our truck is under attack!"
"Kind of figured." Robin replies, looking to the monkey-robots latched onto their truck too.
"I hate monkeys." Superboy says angrily, his eyes zeroing.
The monkeys are not only attacking the portion of the truck with the robot, but also the driver's cabin. The truck swerves a little but remains too fair a straight enough drive.
Yn:they're trying to get the Amazo parts we need to stop them now!
Robot monkeys." Robin says, his excitement showing before he laughs and gets serious. "Totally Ivo's tweaked style." then hitting the small screen on his cycle to show his R. As it does, the motorcycle's back wheel disengages, turning into a flying drone. Seeing that Superboy is leaning even further forward on his bike, Robin realizes what he plans to do. "Hey, hey. Switch your ride to Battle Mode."
"No point." Superboy says, before jumping off his and onto the truck.
Robin's eyes widen as Superboy's bike loses balance without a rider. "Or not." then stands on his handlebars and uses his grapple to make the distance between the two just as the two bikes collide. Once he's securely on the back gate of the truck he kicks off one of the monkeys.
Yn jumps off his motorcycle and lands on the truck as he ignited his lightsaber cutting down the robot monkeys
On the roof of the car, Superboy takes off his helmet and uses it to destroy two monkeys in rapid succession as they try to jump him. A monkey before him jumps, only to get its arms ripped off, but three monkeys jump on his turned back.
Robin kicks another off the door and uses a Batarang to destroy the head of one of the ones that are using laser eyes to cut through the armored door. Throwing it to the side and off the road to ensure that it's totally destroyed. Even taking out one of the ones that are flying after them.
Using the open space, the drone fills it immediately and starts firing lasers. Destroying one right before it would've reached Robin. Only to be taken out by two monkeys.
On the roof, Superboy knocks the three monkeys off his back, his fist crushing the body of the one he ripped the arms off of. Punching another that jumps at him from the front to his back two more rise to his level. Distracted by the sound the head of the one he's crushing turns and shoots lasers at his eyes.
Due to his enhanced sight, it burns intensely, giving four monkeys the opportunity to pick him up without a fight, then drop him to the ground. His eyes still closed; he wavers as he gets back to his feet. Opening his eyes proves useless since he can't see a thing. Closing them and calming he uses his hearing to listen to where the monkeys are in location to himself. Then jumping right for it.
Aqualad pulls on the handle of his bike, which is actually his water-bearer to form a whip and take out two of the monkeys that couldn't get out of the way fast enough. Instead, the monkeys drop back and go for Miss Martian and Kid Flash's motorcycles. Using her telekinesis, she finds and opens and flies to the truck. While Kid Flash fights for control a minute longer before he jumps off his motorcycle and begins to run to catch up with the truck.
The driver's managing to keep them in their lane but is totally freaking out. "S-somebody help!" he cries.
While on the roof of the truck two of them use their laser eyes to create a way into the truck. Cutting far enough that they can slip inside, they stop, and one grabs the now curling edge pulling it back to reveal two armed guards. They release a barrage of bullets at the mass of robots, only managing to hit one of them. Five remain on the roof, but as Miss Martian flies over them, she uses her telekinesis to knock them all off.
Kid Flash runs up beside the truck, taking out the four monkeys with a kick off the side of the truck, using the closest as a step, ripping the second one off, and stepping on the third to knock it off as he makes his way to the cabin.
The three that remain on the back gate are taken out as Aqualad uses both his water-bearers as whips, while still remaining on his motorcycle.
One monkey dives right for the driver's window, hard enough to crack it as the rest continue to obscure his sight. Miss Martian, covered in six or seven monkeys flies in front of the truck, growing an arm from her head, her lower right side to rid herself of the monkeys that cover her. A monkey flies in low on her right side and she grows another arm to destroy it while taking out the final monkey she grows a third arm on her left side to punch it. Flying right at the monkeys who are obscuring the driver's line of sight, but she- with now four extra arms, one of which is growing out of the right side of her head- scares him more than the monkeys.
However, noticing something on the roof back gates she flies up and gets out of his way.
On the other side of the truck, there are two monkeys, one that Kid Flash steps on to get to the higher of the two, grabbing its tail to get himself on top of the truck. Where a six-armed Miss Martian lands. Startled, he falls to his butt and clambers back. Freaked out by his freak out Miss Martian loses her extra arms and falls into a stiff fighting stance in shock.
Before any communication can be done a horde of monkeys fly out of the hole separating the two of them. Assaulting them in sheer number. While another group creates a massive hole in the back gate, the Android pieces in hand. Too high too quickly that Aqualad can only screech to a stop and watch which direction they fly off in.
Removing the final monkey from the back gate of his truck with a Batarang gives Robin time to climb up to the roof, just as a monkey pulls one of the guards out of the hole in the roof. Robin lands on the balls of his feet, low to the roof, before standing as he brandishes two escrima sticks. Smirking before he charges at the monkeys, using both to swipe one to his left, then back across his body two knock away the second one charging at him. Diving into a front handspring he crosses the hole in the roof. Only to find another drove of them come up from the back of the truck.
Though, they don't make it to Robin as Superboy lands right in the center of them. Knocking all the monkeys off the truck and Robin off his feet. Four latch onto Superboy, and he blindly rips them off.
While two more head to the back wheels on the side of the truck, using their laser vision to destroy the tires and make the whole truck swerve. Robin manages to keep his balance and he leans in front of the driver window. "Get out!" he yells, loud enough for the man to hear him. The man gets the door open and before he can even think Robin has grabbed his shoulders and throws both of them into a cornfield.
Yn jumps off the truck and lands on the road
With no driver and two busted wheels on one side the truck tips and skids then rolls, over and over, destroying many of the monkeys on the outside.
Once the truck has stopped, now upside down the back gate blows out a group of five monkeys flying off with the android parts. Leaving a guard to stumble out of the smoking truck coughing.
Robin supports the driver as they come back to the side of the road. Setting him down as he watches the monkeys fly off.
Behind him, Superboy pushes the whole truck up and off of him
Breathing heavily, he wipes his eyes and opens them slowly, finding his vision is returning. Seeing where the monkeys are flying, he jumps with a grunt to catch up to them.
"Superboy!" Robin calls in a vain attempt to get him to stop.
In his comm Aqualad patches through. "Aqualad to Robin. We've lost our cargo. Did you-"
Robin cuts him off with a sigh. "It's gone." he confirms. "And so's my and Jedi partner."
Still crossing massive amounts of distance in single bounds Superboy is gaining on the monkeys. "Aqualad to Superboy. Radio your position. We'll help you."
"I don't need any help, don't want any!" he yells as he pulls his comm from his ear and on his next drop to the ground drops it.
"Superboy?" Aqualad asks, but there is no one on the other end now.
Miss Martian, Aqualad, and Kid Flash stand behind their own crashed truck. The only one with his motorcycle still intact is Aqualad.
"I think he ditched his comm." Robin states the obvious over the line.
Yn:damn it but with his super hearing he's following the monkeys trail
Super." Wally moans sarcastically. "Now we can't even track him."
Miss Martian has her hands on her head but gets nothing. "He's out of my telepathic range. This Professor Ivo if he is alive, seems to be two steps ahead of us." then her confidence fades. "M-maybe w-we should contact Red Tornado?" she questions.
Tornado always tells us to handle things ourselves." Aqualad counters. "And the mission can still succeed if we recover the parts before they're reassembled."
"Well, that's a great plan," Wally drawls. "except for the part about us not knowing where to LOOK!" he explodes with anger.
"Maybe we do." Robin chimes in.
He crouches over one of the destroyed monkeys left where he is, pulling a cable out of his HoloGlove and connecting it to the monkey. "We'd have heard by now if the decoy trucks had been attacked." he says as he continues to punch out commands on his glove. Decoding the monkey's software So how did these monkeys know exactly which trucks to target?" he smirks as the screen emerges from his HoloGlove. "He exclaims. "The parts have GPS." then a map shows up on his screen. "The monkeys can track the signal, which means I can track with the one I captured. Looks like both sets of parts are converging on..." he starts placing the map of the state, trying to determine where they're heading. "Gotham City." he realizes, his voice heavy with emotion.
Yn:that far south we won't get there on time by foot but okay Robin and kid flash you two head to Gotham and follow the gps on the Amazo parts while megan get in contact with the bio ship and pick me up with you and aqualad and if the Amazo android is already built Robin and kid flash help superboy and me,Ms Martian,aqualad will head to Gotham and join you in the fight over and out
Wally smiles his mischievous smile and drops his goggles over his eyes. Then he is gone without another word.
Standing up, Robin puts the monkey on his shoulder, then using his HoloGlove to remotely activate his motorcycle.
"Definitely a disaster." Robin sighs, looking up at the darkening sky and rising crescent moon. "Heavy on the 'dis.'"
Yn:definitely
Robin gets on his motorcycle and leaves as Yn waits for Ms Martian to pick Yn up from the bio ship
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