"And that's the secret to flying at light speed without getting vertigo!"

"Hearing that story gave me vertigo, Crimson." Dick laughed and I nudged his side.

Recognized: Zatara, 1-1
Access granted: Zatanna Zatara: A-0-3
Authorization: Zatara: 1-1

"Zatanna, this is the Team. Team, my daughter, Zatanna."

"Woah..." Dick whispered and immediately ran up to her leaving me behind and slightly confused.

"Hi! I'm-"

"Robin!" He interrupted M'gann. "I mean, I'm Robin. Ah, she's Megan, uh and that's Wally, Zaria, Artemis, Kaldur, and Conner."

"Welcome to the Cave." I waved and Zatanna smiled slightly.

"Uh, thanks." Zatanna says quietly, looking over at her dad.

"So, uh, you- you are you joining the Team?" Dick stutters and I raised an eyebrow, glancing at Artemis who shrugged.

"Eh, now let's not get ahead of ourselves." Zatara speaks up his voice shakes a little as steps closer to his daughter again. "Though I am sorry we missed the Training. It's something from which Zatanna could benefit."

"Does anyone get the impression that we're still on probation with Zatara?" M'gann asked through the link.

"Hey, I was told by Hal and John that I needed to cut back on my aggression and work on conquering my fears or whatever. I've been officially put on a leash for the time being." I shrugged and Dick smirked. "Don't even try to laugh. Heard from the grapevine that you were quite literally leashed a few days ago in Gotham."

"Not just Zatara. I mean, why is Marvel still hanging around?" Conner asks his annoyance coming through in waves.

Wally pipes up in the Captain's defense. "Because we like having him around."

Artemis turns on the ginger. "You like having him around 'cause he waits on you hand and foot."

"Wally, he keeps asking me to do weird constructs. I had to walk away before I went full rage on him." I sighed.

"And your point is?" Wally drags.

"It almost makes one nostalgic for Red Tornado's tenure as our supervisor." Kaldur says.

Dick lets a sarcastic half chuckle through the link. "Yeah, at least he trusted us."

"If you ignore the fact we shouldn't have trusted him." Conner snarls, seeming to forget that while he can't be heard his very obvious hand gestures can be seen, something which annoys Zatanna. "He was traitor. That machine nearly got M- all of us killed!"

"Are you guys having a psychic conversation?" Zatanna asks, catching the entire room's attention. "'Cause I can't decide if that's cool or, uh, really rude."

"Alright, fine. We were talking about Tornado. It's been almost three months since his attack and the League hasn't told us anything." Conner admitted.

"The League is searching for Tornado as well as the other Androids that invaded the Cave and their creator, T.O. Morrow." Canary says strongly. "Batman's made tracking them down our highest priority."

"But you've found none of the above." Dick objects.

"Not yet, but Tornado is Justice League. The Team is not to pursue this."

"Why don't you all take Zatanna on a, uh..." Zatara trails off not seeing her. "a t-tour of the Cave?"

Everyone is now on high alert and turn towards Wolf as he snuffles in his sleep. The reason Zatanna leaning into his side and petting him.

Wolf gets up from almost completely asleep as Captain Marvel speaks up. "Huh, you're giving a tour? Cool!" in his hands is Wally's nachos. "Hey, Zar! Maybe you could-"

"No more constructs!" I yelled and Dick placed a hand on my shoulder. "Besides... we need a favor."

"Anything!"

"We were hoping if you could take Wolf on a walk? He needs the exercise and we'll join you after the tour." Conner followed my lead and I nodded with a fake grin.

"What about my nachos!?" Wally whined and I whacked his head. "Hey!"

"Forget about your stupid nachos!" I hissed, slinging him over my shoulder and walked away.

"Wait, are-"

"YES!"

"Ohhh..."

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"We're not really taking a tour, are we?"

"No, we're not. We're hunting down the robot."

"Oh, wow. Out loud and everything." Zatanna smirked.

"What about New Girl?" Artemis asks.

"I'm sure she won't tell." Dick defends quickly and tossed me a shard. "Took that from the night of the attack. Think you can scan its origins?"

"I can try, but I can't promise anything since the Rings are designed for living matter." I shrugged and they all raised an eyebrow. "There are no robots in space and people don't try to be gods where I'm from!"

"Komand'r-"

"She's an exception, Robin... her insanity and my parents are always an exception when speaking about Tamaran."

"Right..."

"Can we trust the new girl to not rat us out?" I asked and turned to Zatanna.

"I can't tell. Not unless you kidnap me."

"Oh, she's going to fit in just fine."

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"Warden Strange owed us a favor for stopping last month's prison break. He's given us five minutes with you."

"Where's T.O. Morrow, Ivo?" I spat, closing the door.

"Now, why in the world would I know how to find Morrow?" Ivo questions lazily as he leans back in his chair.

"Crazy idea, you're Morrow's biggest competitor in the evil android game." Wally pointed out and stood next to me. "And she's always angry, so I'd start talking."

"Dude, good cop and bad cop don't always work. We'll leave that to our mentors." I whispered.

"Why in the world would I tell you how to find Morrow?"

"He knows." Kaldur decides, then turns to M'gann. "Do what you must."

"Can I?" Zatanna asked as we all stepped aside. "Trulb tuo S'worrom eurt noitacol!"

"Morrow's in a secret underground base beneath Yellowstone National Park 100 meters South of Old Faithful." Ivo says rapidly, leaving all of us stunned. "W-what was that!?"

"Oh, you're gonna fit in just fine." Artemis smirked and I nodded. "Red, anything else you might get out of him?"

I turned back to Ivo and revealed my horns and fangs, making him scream and hide under the table.

"We just have a few more questions, Ivo. If that's alright with you?"

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"Block out all external communications." Kaldur commands. "Soon, Canary and Zatara, Batman too I imagine, will know of our... visit with Professor Ivo. We haven't much time."

"Look," Dick chuckles trying to lighten the conversation a little. "I'm trying to be nonchalant here."

"Why?" Zatanna asks. "Be as chalant as you like."

"I think we're all just trying to get a handle on your powers." Artemis informs. "Could you teleport us to Tornado or Morrow to a cell or force his bots to surrender?"

"Or create peace on Earth for all time?" Zatanna returns. "Zatara couldn't even do all that and I'm nowhere near on my dad's level." she turns very serious as she looks directly at Artemis. "I need to know a spell cold, or else have time to prep it. Plus, all magic requires energy which usually has to come from within. I can't just make the impossible happen at will."

"Crimson, any updates on the droid?" Dick called out and I shook my head.

"It's inorganic matter, Robin. My rings only scans organic and living matter." I shamefully admitted and handed him back the shard. "I'm sorry I couldn't be of much help."

"It's fine." He waved it off and turned to talk to Zatanna.

"Stop pouting." M'gann spoke in my mind and I glared at her. "Glare at the enemies, not your friends."

"Shut up."

"Okay, what's up? Robin's ignoring you and you turn pouty."

"I'm fine." I shrugged and Artemis raised an eyebrow. "Link her in but no one else. Too many boys."

"What's up with pouty?"

"I'm not pouting!"

"Robin's ignoring her and she's pouting." M'gann smirked and I scoffed. "I think little Zaria has a little crush."

"I could literally kill all of you without lifting a finger." I warned.

"Okay... we'll bench the conversation for now." Artemis teased and I reached out to kick her leg. "Aggression gets you nowhere, Zar."

"You don't know me apparently."

"Are you guys okay?" Wally asked and the rest turned to us. "Because Zar's horns are coming back and her eyes are turning darker."

"We're fine!" The three of us said in unison and laughed.

"Right... that wasn't creepy at all."

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"I recommend you stay behind."

"Is that an order?" Zatanna asks quickly.

"No." Kaldur assures her quickly. "You must do as you see fit."

"Good." the girl begins her chant and guides the bright blue magic smoke up her body. "Emit to yrt eht wen kool!"

"Wicked." I grinned and constructed my mask.

"Red, Robin, you two know what to do." Kaldur ordered and we both nodded.

"Scanning for heat signatures and seismic activity as we speak." I hummed and the Ring started blinking. "That's odd... it picked up just one signature, but disappeared."

"You think he got away?" Wally asked and I shook my head.

"I'd still be able to track it... something isn't right here."

"Red Lantern's right. There's definitely something going on here." Dick added and we took off running.

Kaldur leads the charge, the rest of the Team following him, only to be stopped by harsh blowing winds that knock everyone off their feet.

I squint through the dust kicked up, my eyes going wide when I saw Red Tornado above us.

"Tornado!? Why!?" M'gann exclaimed. "Why are you doing this?"

His arms are once again crossed over his chest as more tornadoes crop up between us.

"Nail him!" Connor yelled and we all nodded.

"I really hate robots." I grumbled, constructing a bulldozer and knocked out the tornadoes before generating a giant fist and hit him. "KF, time to spin!"

"Got it!" Wally called out and created a small twister once I got on his shoulders. Using the Ring, I constructed a small ramp and once we got high enough, I managed to create a mallet and hit Tornado several times making him stumble for a moment. "That's how it's done!"

However, just as M'gann was about to punch him from behind, he grabbed her and threw her onto us making Wally shield me as we both hit the sand with a loud thud.

"Everyone play dead!" I ordered through the link and hid my hand in the sand. "I think I saw a note in the sand before I went down."

"Quite a performance, brother." Another voice said and I lifted my head slightly from Wally's chest. "but we both know that's all it was... I have all your memories, Tornado, plus a next-gen processor. I know your next move before you do."

His arms shootout and the pieces of Earth that Tornado's instructions were on break away as Volcano raises it behind him. The Team slowly sits up, watching. He scoffs. "Blowing a message into the sand?" the message shatters and falls towards the Team with one move.

I quickly moved to create a shield to cover Zatanna as some of the shards came our way.

"Crimson? Zatanna?" Dick asked worriedly as the sand cleared.

"We're good. But Red Tornado's getting away!" Zatanna exclaimed and turned to me. "Thanks, Red."

"No problem." I smiled. "But is he seriously getting away!?"

"Again!?" Artemis groaned. "Is he abandoning us!?"

"I don't believe that." M'gann defends.

KF runs up Volcano's pillar. "You stand no chance against me humans!" Volcano snarls as he hits Kid in the side with a harsh punch.

"We're not humans!" Connor, M'gann and I yelled.

I grabbed Connor's arms as the three of us flew up to the Volcano droid.

"Apologies, I suppose the properly inclusive term is-" two huge hands of Earth rise up and clap together over the three of us, "- meatbags."

"ZARIA!" Dick yelled as I knocked out the boulders and stood up, the horns in full display.

"Okay, now I'm officially mad!" I spat, wiping the blood off my forehead and flew up to the droid.

"Tornado's memory files and my superior processing speed allow me to anticipate your every move." Volcano said and grabbed me by the neck before using his spare hand to reach for my Ring. "I know all your weaknesses... even yours, Red Lantern."

"Ekoms emoceb a dlofdnilb!" Zatanna incants. The deep black smoke around Volcano covers his eyes making him drop me.

"RED!" Artemis and Dick yelled as Wally sped up to catch me.

"I've got you." He assured and I nodded shakily. "Your Ring?"

"Slipped a bit, but it's fine now." I said, adjusting it and he set me down in front of Dick and Zatanna before speeding away. "I guess now it's my turn to thank you, Zatanna."

"Tornado never knew my moves." She says proudly. "And it's no problem, Red."

"And I bet you've got some good ones." Dick's eyes go wide as he realizes what he said, then looks to the slightly annoyed Zatanna. "Whoa. Sorry, that may have come off a little too Wally."

"I don't mind... but you can do better."

"Oh, definitely." I laughed.

Volcano's eyes glow even brighter as the machinery inside him whirs into a new gear. As he shoots almost laser-like beams into the sky the SuperVolcano behind him erupts.

"He's activating a stage two eruption." Wally informed. "If it gets to stage three, we can kiss the hemisphere goodbye."

"Hit him from all sides. Red, see if there's a way to stop that volcano. We'll cover you." Kaldur ordered and I flew up to the volcano to scan it.

"Ugh! We need to vent pressure fast!" I yelled, circling the volcano as fast as I could. "I could maybe divert it, but it'll take too much power."

"What's your battery?"

"Uhh... about sixty or a bit less. If I divert it, it could bring my battery down to at least half of what I have already but it's a risk I'm willing to take."

"Do it!" Wally ordered.

"The ash cloud could bring on a worldwide Nuclear Winter unless we divert it upwards!"

"DO IT!" He yelled again and turned to Dick. "Triangulate around the pressure locus."

"Right." Dick types on his HoloGlove. "There, there, and there." he says as he finds the three spots.

Without a word, and barely a glance between them Artemis shoots her arrow to the Volcano, it breaks into three and they explode on contact.

I encapsulated the gas with Tornado's help who seemingly popped out of nowhere and rapidly flew out of orbit to disperse the gas.

"Come on... work with me here!" I silently begged my Ring once I reached space and threw the dome out of orbit. "Okay... crisis averted for now."

"Warning: Battery level, three percent." The Ring announced and I coughed into my hand to reveal drops of blood and goo as I flew down to meet the rest of the Team.

"It's done." I panted and fell to my knees in front of Wally and Dick. "It's done..."

"Your battery?" Dick asked worriedly as I slowly shifted back to normal.

"Enough if I don't use it anymore until I go home and find my Lantern."  I said as they helped me stand and walk away from the volcano. "I'll be okay, promise... Though Hal won't be too happy once he finds out."

"We'll vouch for you." Wally promised and I chuckled. "He seems to like us, especially Rob."

"Try to get me grounded no more than three days and you two will become my favorites."

"I have very good persuasion skills, Crimson." Dick smirked.

"We'll see about that, Boy Wonder."