"Demon Shinobi" said December 21, 2044
1:30PM
The members of the new Young Justice team were all together aboard the Watch Tower preparing to head to the new base which was finally finish. “Oh man I can’t wait to see it. Our own base of operations!” Nathaniel said cheerfully clad in his Kid Flash uniform. “What do you guys think?” He asked the rest of the group. “I’m especially interested in your opinions.” He added as he moved from one side of the group to the other landing in place between Amani and Elysia with one arm casually around each.
Before anyone could answer his fun was ruined as he was pulled away from the girls. “At least try to remain calm and behave.” His mother Rose, or rather Ravager, said calmly with a bit of a sigh.
“Aw come on. We’ve been waiting for 3 months for this. I can’t be the only one excited. And I know you’re glad I won’t be popping up in random odd places aboard the watch tower.” In the excitement he was speaking a bit faster than the pace of a normal person. But it was still understandable. Mostly.
“Alright Listen up.” The current Batman spoke giving that famous Batman look to them and keeping any trace of emotion off of what could be seen of his face. “You’ll each have your own room when we get there. Stay together. We’ll show you around. Test the security. I don’t want any mishaps.” He made this very clear. And after he finished he kind of focused his gaze on Nathaniel. It was pretty noticeable. Like he was the first expected to screw something up. Rose sighed before Batman turned to the computer to activate the zeta beam.
Nate whistled looking away as if he were innocent and had never done anything. Of course in the past week alone he’d pranked three league members, gotten into two fights and accidentally found himself in the woman’s changing room of the watch tower. Nobody believed it was an accident but it was. He’s end up being pushed through the door throughout the third fight nobody knew about. Well… That wasn’t true… A bunch of people knew, but most still thought he planned getting pushed into the changing room.
That wasn’t the point though! They were about to head to their new base! And all it would take was the push of a button. “3, 2, 1.” Batman counted down before it was pressed and they arrived in the middle of the new base. An uncharted island with little to know wild life other than a few birds and other smaller creatures. The reason for the lack of inhabitants in this beautiful island resort like place? It had been cleared out. The animals either sent to another habitat safely or zoos. Young heroes had a tendency to come across and on a few occasions adopt pets. So this was precautionary.
“Wow… Just… Wow…” Nathaniel said actually speechless for a moment. That was surprising. But the place was state of the art with the building itself on the center of the island. The building itself was similar structurally to the Hall of Justice on the outside. And hidden by the canapy of the forest around it. The inside however, wasn’t made to be a front. There was an underground holding area for any villains and such they might need to hold. Counting the holding area there were three levels. The upper level was comprised of a living area. Bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen and even a living room as well as a sort of lounge of sorts. They were teens after all. Sometimes they might just want to hang out if there wasn’t trouble. The mid and main level held the Zeta tubes, super computer connected to a private nearly unhackable server of course, training area, workout room, and a multitude of other small areas for the missions and mission planning. It was all just simply amazing.
"Dystopia" said Ember rolled his eyes, letting out a sarcastic snort. Not that he was very surprised with Kid Flash's attitude towards the girls, but still... Actually, Ember would have been more surprised if Kid Flash hadn't attempted to suffocate them with his attempt at game. Looking over the new base, Ember stuffed his hands into his olive jacket. He didn't really want to attempt it but he was pretty excited with the turn of events. A new base. It felt like their team was finally official, and... Gosh, Ember was definitely excited for this. They'd have an actual place to train and hang out. It was just awesome. There were no words to describe how absolutely awesome this was. "Just, wow..." He mumbled.
And there own rooms! Later Ember was definitely going to lock himself into his new room and do a happy dance or something. Maybe he'd even start reciting Shakespeare. Books! He needed to fill his home-away-from-home with scripts and Shakespeare. Then he'd have to sneak some Poe and Wilde away from his house and stuff them around the new base. There needed to be a book everywhere. So, if Ember was walking around and suddenly want to read, there's be some form of literature within reach. "Yeah, no mishaps." Ember agreed, glancing over at Kid Flash, raising his eyebrow jokingly. He was sure that no matter which Batman they were currently on, Batman was always going to be a no-nonsense kinda guy.
Ember was ready to explode with excitement as Batman started the countdown. The excitement suddenly turned to shock as the island was revealed. He wasn't actually sure why he was so shocked. It was probably for the best to put unruly teenagers with powers on an island where no one else could suffer from their shenanigans. Ember could totally be okay with this. Surely, there'd be wild life some-... Nope. Besides the few birds tweeting and chattering, there seemed to be no signs of any wild animals. Which was a real shame. He forced himself to look away from the island and focus on the base. The base that was overwhelming him with all the technology. "This must have been expensive." He murmured, simply awed.
"Alsoomse" said Elysia brushed her shoulder where Nathaniel had placed his hand on, the plain expression from earlier turned into a slight cringe of distaste. The boy was a bothersome one, loud, obnoxious, fast paced, she didn't like that, but Elysia can live with it.
Her right hand gripped the handle of her pink umbrella, the other hand was now concealed from the long sleeves of her yellow rain poncho, her posture slumped as Elysia followed the group with no question. Where can I take a nap? I'm very tired. I don't want to walk. Where can I sit? Her mind began to wander elsewhere and soon all noise was blocked from her ears. All the girl wanted to do was sleep, it didn't matter if she was on a gorgeous island or in a collapsing building with its foundations barely supporting the roof. If there is a bed, she will sleep with no questions asked.
She sat down on the floor while the others conversed, the floors were new... How comfy... Maybe a small nap wouldn't hurt? Elysia laid down and got herself adjusted onto the floor of their new residence. "Good night," Elysia rolled onto her stomach and buried her face into the sleeves of her rain poncho. The lazy girl had enough walking for one day, it was too much and too energy draining.
She didn't care about the island or the plants, or the base, or the animals, or anything of that matter, but it sure was nice to sleep on recently waxed floors.
"Saarebas" said Geb felt like was going to explode just being in the Watchtower, and knowing him that was a possibility. But the fact that he was about to be made part of a team of teenage superheroes just like him made him fell like he was on cloud nine, which he kind of was. He looked over at his soon to be roommates, smirking some at Kid Flash's attempt at flirting, with a huge Cheshire grin on his face that quite literally spread from ear to ear and was about to introduce himself before his attention was grabbed by Batman. Batman was one of the few people that Geb met that treated him as more than just some freak so when the man spoke his words carried weight with Geb. His inhuman grin shrunk back into a normal pair of lips when Batman announced their departure and started the countdown. He gave one more look around before he and the rest of the them were transported away.
Geb's jaw almost fell to the floor when he caught sight of his new home, he felt like it was something straight out of his dreams. He was already in love with the plant life he saw teeming around him, though was a bit put off from lake of wildlife. He pretty much had to pry himself away from the forest and follow the group, though his head did turn completely backwards to steal another quick glance. He let out a quick smirk as he watched one of the girls decide to doze off during the tour. "I think I'm going to like it here." He said to himself before following after Batman
"dreamingflowers" said Amani didn't even bother to hide the bored expression evident on her face. This speech about rules was boring and so was Batman. She hadn't really delved into the world of superheroes that much growing up. Of course she knew they existed but it wasn't until the Justice League found her that she started to get to know them. Suddenly they were everywhere, on the news, in the papers and now all around her. It had been overwhelming at first but she was starting to get used to it. She still didn't know why they had recruited her. Probably as bait she thought amused. Her powers weren't exactly on par with the rest of the League.
A rush of wind ruffled her hair and then she felt an arm snake around her shoulders casually. It was one of the boys of the team. The other girl didn't look very amused but Amani let out a pleasant giggle. He was talking so fast and moving from one place to another in the blink of an eye, it was really funny. She didn't catch his name so decided to dub him Spongebob after his bright yellow costume. Speaking of costumes, she needed to get one too. So for the remainder of Batman's speech she was thinking about several costume designs. Way more important than......
“3, 2, 1.”
Wait what?
They were in the most gorgeous place she had ever seen! One word, it was lush. The jungle, the beach and the sea........ Amani couldn't even remember the last time she'd been to the sea, or if she'd ever been there before. The water was beautiful and she was sure she would have remembered something like this. She didn't though and a day at the beach totally beat a boring tour of their new headquarters. They would have plenty of time to figure things out on their own. Amani didn't expect a team of newbie's to have much to do, because that's what they were. She didn't mind and locked arms with the speedster giving him a playful wink.
"I wish we could just skip to the fun part" She emphasized the word wish with a mischievous smile.
"BigPapaBelial" said A public park, somewhere in Seattle, Washington.
Yeah that's what it is. A place of concrete walkways, fountains, grass expanses and copses of trees. People jogging, having those picnics. Just a place to go and relax. And a place for some people to exercise.
This is what Alexandre Cortez is using it for, on a grassy section of the park he's going through the smooth, careful movements of a routine that is as much a part of his life as his past is. Long deep lunges, stretching his legs and muscles out as much as he can, full splits at the hip and groin, leaning way out over his leg both back and forward. To a passerby, it'd look like he's trying to lose the ability to father children with how far down he's going. Or perhaps on the path to breaking his own arms, or snapping his joints. What looks painful by turning his elbow back at the joint in the wrong direction is just part of his exercise. Standing back up he rolls his shoulders. Loosening up the rest of his muscles. After abit he takes up a fighting stance. And begins going through a kata. Quick, punishing punches, lashing kicks, elbows and knees flying. After abit the young man walks over to a small punching bag and a duffel bag lying n the ground near by. Picking up the punching bag he tosses it to the ground, and begins to go through a variety of ground fighting techniques. Elbows and knees, punches and grapples, maneuvering the bag to keep in practice.
This goes on for quite awhile, just working the basics. Muscles and joints, technique and power. Wiling away the time, until he can go to work.
Taking a moment from his exercise he takes a moment to get hydrated, and looks around the park. For a moment an eerie, almost evil grin graces his face. So many people here. He looks down into his bag, a matte black pistol, M9, nine millimeter times nineteen parabellum calibre. Loaded with hollow point rounds can kill a person up too one hundred and fifty meters with a good headshot. He chuckles a little and drinks a little more, a time and place for everything. And this wasn't the place, but it'd be fun to try. Just not right now. He instead decided to call his exercise over early, he had things to do to get ready for tonight. There is time to kill, and a time for killing.
"Mattmanganon" said Superboy, a name with two side, one is the side of the man who would grow to be a god, the blue angel as they called him, the other side... Mistrust, abuse, the prodigal son... Which would he be? Superboy was stood with the rest of the team as Batman addressed them. He was powerful, no doubt, but was he cut out for being in a team like this? He had been in a team, Dad and Tash... But they weren't like this, all military and the such. It had been a family dynamic. Could he be a family with these people?
Kid Flash, they had been on what Dad had called a "Playdate" a few times, they had got dressed up, raced into town beat up a few bad-guys, KF was a good man that he could count on in a pinch... But the others... The wolf-man and Spider-man... No idea who they were... There was a number of kids not even in costume. What the hell..?
After they were Zeta'd down to their new HQ, he looked around at it. "Wow... How do you pay for all this?" he asked Batman. He had the sneaking suspicion that this was a question that would go unanswered. He rolled his eyes as Kid Flash made for the ladies, but couldn't help but smile, he had the feeling that that kind of nature would be one of the binding factors of this team.