Spiderbreath

[Audrey]

Man, just when you thought you were in a new neighborhood, familiar faces started showing up. Kara hadn't actually been on duty when she caught a glimpse of none other than Doctor Light, a rather incompetent villain she had had the pleasure of dealing with back in Metropolis as well. She spotted the weirdo in plain sight while in her civilian attire which consisted of a pair of glasses, school uniform, and a brunette colored wig. The guy, despite being in a full costume was just waltzing right through the streets of Jump City like no big deal. He certainly was in a hurry too. Apparently so much so, subtlety was out the window.

Quickly excusing herself from the restaurant she'd been sitting at, Kara found an empty alleyway, and Superman style, burst into costume. She hadn't actually done that before, but she'd been DYING to. It was just so dramatic and metaphorical. Finally getting a chance to do it gave her absolute willies. With her civilian costume stashed away, Kara took off into the sky, looking to track down the electric-light-based supervillain she had spotten not too long ago. It took her a couple minutes, but she found the man several blocks off. How was he getting distance so quickly? None-too-unsuspicious of this, she began stalking him closer, doing as well as she could to not give her tail away. It was pursuing him that she realized the pedestrians around him couldn't actually see him. Something was cloaking him from sight.

Kara made a brief thank you for Kryptonian vision since it was no doubt allowing her to see through this little cloak of his. She was a little amazed when suddenly, the good bad doctor suddenly zapped a couple blocks forward, like he just walked through a portal or something. Kara had to stop and shake her head a second to make sure what she just saw had actually happened. Low and behold though, he did it again, jumping even more blocks now. Kara gritted her fists together and make sure to keep an eye on him. This technology was all too much for the villain to be doing by himself. He was working with someone or got ahold of something powerful and that was bad. Very bad. Cause if someone was stupid enough to work with Doctor Light, then they obviously were using him for more nefarious purposes.

She tailed the guy all the way into the very ends of the industrial district, nearly leaving town even. What came up on the horizon nearly shocked Supergirl. Partially crashed to the side of a warehouse was a ship of alien material. As she approached it, Kara just had a bad feeling about it in general. It made her feel like she had a fever. Kryptonite. This was worse than she thought. With Kryptonite tech, Doctor Light could easily go from the lamest villain ever to a serious threat to Kara's life as she knew it. Her only hope was whatever was on that ship initially didn't have some awful plans for Earth. She pondered why no emergency vehicles had arrived on the crash site, but it occurred to her likely that the ship was probably cloaked the same way Doctor Light was. She was the only one who knew this thing was here.

Quickly, Kara pulled out her communicator and left a message for others to rendezvous with her in the Industry District for backup before she swooped in, trying to cut off Doctor Light from reaching the ship.

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Leonid was sitting at a cafe, enjoying a tall glass of milk and a book on theoretical physics.  The book in one hand, he held the keys to his motorcycle in the other, twirling them as he read through the pages.  His bike was parked at the curb, well within his sight.  Stopping the swirl to pick up his milk, he took a long drink as he let out a satisfied sigh.  This was heavenly right here.  A quiet moment with a good book.  And, then he felt his communicator going off.

Putting the book down, he opened it up.  Seeing it was from Kara, asking Titans to meet her in the Industrial district.  That was usually a pretty shady part of town.  So, the call was more than likely for official business.  Finishing his glass of milk, he wiped the liquid off of his upper lip before putting the book in his jacket pocket.  Zipping up his jacket, he threw on his yellow sunglasses.  Hopping on his bike, he started the sweet machine up, opening the communicator to help pinpoint the Kryptonian's location.

ZIpping in and out of traffic, Red Star sped through the streets of Jump City.  California provided the proper climate to own a motorcycle and enjoy it year round.  Having a car was nice, but it was hard to get from point A to B, especially during high traffic congestion.  With a bike, you didn't have to worry about traffic.  He easily slipped between cars.  Luckily, the closer he got to the industrial district, the more sparse traffic became.  He was truly able to put the bike through the motions it was built for; high speeds and tight turns.

When he was close to the signal, he parked the bike, and propped it up on his shoulder.  Running the rest of the way, he knew him being on foot was much more quiet than on the bike.  He finally saw Kara as he slowed down, walking up behind her as he quietly set the bike down, kicking out the kickstand and unzipping his jacket, putting it on his seat.  He stood there in his green pants, black boots, and green t-shirt with the red star on the front.  "What is situation?" he asked in a hushed tone.

"Are you alright?  You look exhausted..."

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speedin' on the freeway                  gotta get a lead way

"Could you add just a few more pickles, please?  A little more... a little more.... there we go!  That's the stuff." Wally nodded in approval as the sandwich artist added what basically amounted to a giant fistful of sliced pickles on an already monstrous sub.  He was sure the other people in line (and the employees as well) were wondering just how in the holy hell he was going to cram such a massive sandwich into his mouth.  He could practically feel them judging him with their eyes, but it wasn't like he cared.  Nothing mattered in the face of such a glorious sandwich.  With three different cuts of meat, a healthy slathering of mustard, and pretty much the entire store's supply of pickles, peppers, onions, and lettuce crammed in between two buns, he couldn't have asked for anything more. The cashier charged him extra for his food. Cheapskates. Grinning from ear to ear, Wally took his lunch and settled down at one of the tables just outside the store.  He lifted his monstrous creation up, prepared to chow down Scooby Doo style... and then his communicator suddenly went off.  "Aww, man." Figures. He set down his sandwich and peeked at his T-Comm.  It was from Supergirl -- oh, she was pretty.  He supposed he could run to the other side of the city for her. But first, he couldn't let such a delectable Subway sandwich go to waste.  So, it was about five minutes later that Kid Flash was racing through the streets, a dot of mustard smeared on the corner of his mouth.  Best.  Sandwich.  Ever. Kid Flash skidded to a halt at the coordinates provided to him in a flash of red and yellow.  He took in the scene in less than a second -- Supergirl was racing to cut off... something, and there was another blonde (a much bulkier blond) that had just arrived as well.  He'd probably met him once, but couldn't recall any specifics about the guy.  Oh well. "You rang?" Kid Flash called out, zipping over to run alongside Supergirl and flashing her his most debonair smile.  Unbeknownst to him, there was a piece of lettuce in his teeth that sharply cut down whatever charm he managed to exude. Hey, he figured that if the Lass of Steel was already racing towards whatever the threat was, there was little use for stealth.  He had no idea what Muscles was doing whispering over there. tagged (kara, leonid) notes (i just had to okay)

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It was a nice, sunny day and what was Max doing on such a fine day? Enjoying himself at the movies of course. The Titans finally were able to talk him into leaving his room; which given how stubborn he is was no easy task. After relenting he figured he might as well catch a good flick. It was an old black and white movie called, The Day the Earth Stood Still. The young shifter took the row with the bars and sat in its middle seat enjoying buttered popcorn and an energy drink with his feet propped up onto the bars while he himself leaned back in his seat as far as he could. The movie was about an alien invasion of sorts, but as the movie progressed Max swore the makers of the film did all they could to have the main alien, Klaatu as sympathetic as possible.

Max was now at the part where all technology everywhere stopped working including the elevator Helen, Bobby, and Klaatu took refuge in and as the montage of the source of all that was happening occurred Max leaned forward in his seat, eyes widened as he slowly munched upon his popcorn. It was at that very moment that he felt something in his pocket vibrate and beep causing the young shifter to scream and jump from his seat making his popcorn fly everywhere. The other audience members in their anger shushed him and demanded he either leave or sit back down. Unfortunately for the young shifter some of his popcorn ended up in the hair of a rather angry and large man sitting behind him who just gave Max the evil eye. A nervous laugh escaped Max when he pointed out the popcorn in the man's hair. "You got a little something right..." The man's unamused glare interrupted Max. "You know I'll just...yeah..." And with that the shifter fled the theater. With his pocket still beeping Max having been snapped out of his initial scare finally had sense enough to pull out his T-Comm to see what was up. In it was Supergirl informing him she needed assistance in the Industry District. A small groan escaped him. Something bad would go down on such a nice day not that it was Kryptonian's fault. No, the fault belonged to the source of the problem and Mimic swore he will make whoever it is pay for making him miss the movie. He supposed he could always finish the movie another time. Perhaps it will come on the television since it was so old.

Glancing anxiously around he spotted the men's restroom and ran in and hopped into one of the few stalls it possessed. Once there he pressed his watch's main button causing himself to be enveloped in Euremian armor. Glancing up at the ceiling he pointed his heavy Euremian blaster at it and shot a large hole that he then flew through. "Don't worry Supergirl I'm on my way!" he announced into his T-Comm hoping she would get the message. Changing into a superhero in the restroom stall cliche. Check. Flying dramatically through the hole in the ceiling you made cliche. Check. And declaring that you are on your way cliche. Double check. 'Oh man,' thought Mimic has he flew through the sky, 'I don't think there are any superhero cliches left. I feel as though I have already done them all in one swoop! I am so cool!'

Soon after entering the district he spotted a black motorcycle just below him and he noticed he was closing in on the source, so as quietly as he could he landed. He then turned into an unassuming soccer ball; which then rolled down the side of the road until it stopped just behind a trio of costumed heroes. The ball then morphed into that of an armored Mimic. He knew Supergirl wouldn't recognize him in this getup since the last they saw of one another he was merely wearing exercise clothes.

So not wanting to startle her he cleared his throat and asked rather bluntly, "so uh what exactly are you staring at?" The Kryptonian female definitely appeared to be looking at something and tried as he might Mimic still couldn't see anything even with his Euremian helmet on.

Suddenly realization donned on him that the source of the disturbance was invisible like the Euremians, he thought. That in mind he pressed a button in his helmet and after a few adjustments his helmet allowed him to see what Supergirl did and he gasped. "A...a ship? Supergirl what is going on here? Is that a Euremian ship?" he inquired in a worried tone. It completely slipped his mind that she might think him Euremian since he looked like them albeit a very short Euremian in his armor.

"Where's the pilot? He inside the ship?" He looked around, but didn't see anyone. After some adjustments on his helmet he could see anything and anyone cloaked, but could not see through objects as Supergirl could. Regardless his helmet did come in handy at times. The Euremains may have been a lot of things, but they were not stupid. When they created their helmets they made it where they could see the cloaked, that way during times of war they could see one another and the Euremian leaders would be able to direct their soldiers with ease.

He then acknowledged the other two costumed heroes. He had never seen them before and he wasn't given access to the Titans files yet, so it wasn't like he could read about every hero. But he swore the one in yellow looked familiar. But of course he looked similar to the Flash whom he heard so much about. "Do you know The Flash?" he asked him. He hoped the speedster would not take offense to it for he genuinely was just curious.

[Audrey]

Kara soared to the ground with a show of force, intent to cut off Doctor Light from the ship wreckage. It was evident he had already picked some trinkets off the craft already, but Kara wasn't intent to allow him any more pickings. As she landed, releasing a shockwave of force around her, she shuttered a little bit and tumbled over, the Kryptonite effects starting to get to her. Regardless though, she prepped her fists as the dust cleared, revealing a scrambling Doctor Light, still trying to figure out exactly what had just occurred. "Long time no see Doctor. Funny seeing you here on the West Coast!" Kara greeted, inadvertently informing him she could in fact see him. Gritting his teeth, he stood up and prepared a blast from his suit.
"I suppose you could say I wanted to see things in a new... Light," he countered, preparing to fire as Kara prepared to block.

She was a little surprised when the shot never came and the charging noise of the Doctor's suit was replaced by the engine of a motorcycle. Kara watched in slight horror as one of her companions Red Star completely checked Doctor Light in the noggin with his elbows, sending him to the ground with a firm slam. Kara had thought it at first to be a tactical maneuver, but then realized the Russian hero couldn't actually see Doctor Light like she could. Well, that was one way to take care of a villain. He addressed her as he dismounted, noticing her shaking from the Kryptonite. "I'll be fine, we have a-" she began only for the b-villain behind her to interrupt her.
"One does not so simply snuff out of the light!" he cried out as he stood back up, holding his beams out, which must've been incredibly odd for Red Star being the voice was seemingly coming from nowhere for him. Once again though, his charging was drowned out. This time though, but the furious sound of footsteps.

Kara couldn't help but grimace as none other than Kid Flash rammed right into the villain and stomped him right into the sidewalk, also unable to see the guy. He was a villain and all, but Kara couldn't help but feel a little bad for him getting clocked twice in a row at major speeds. At this point though, he seemed to be actually out for the count. That at least made things a little easier. No yappy lame villain to get in the way while they solved the riddle of this crashed ship. On edge from the Kryptonite, Supergirl was caught a little off guard as a somewhat familiar voice greeted her from behind. She turned quick, and noticed a lad in Euremian armor. She prepared to fight, knowing the hostile nature of Euremians, but quickly took it back noticing the warrior's stature and putting two and two together. "Max..." she thought in her head, processing the Titan she had met before to this little warrior before her now.

Thankfully with Doctor Light out of commission, she could focus on answering the questions at hand here. "For our more... spectrum-challenged companions here, yes, there's a ship there behind me. It's cloaked, but you can see the dent it's leaving up against the warehouse next to it," she explained, gesturing towards the open space. She glanced back at Doctor Light and realized those two hits broke whatever cloaking he had and his bruised up unconscious body was entirely visible to everyone now. "Our friend Doctor Light here seems to have scavenged some tech from it and was cloaking himself," she added, pointing to the pulped man on the concrete before collapsing over a little. "And... It seems... the ship... has a pretty healthy dose of... Kryptonite... in it's..." she struggled to get out before collapsing on the ground, gasping for air.

Thankfully, it wasn't green Kryptonite so it wouldn't be killing her anytime soon. From what she could tell, it was in fact red kryptonite, a type that weakened Kryptonians until they essentially lacked any strength at all. Cheaper to produce than green Kryptonite, so it was favored among less affluent types who could get it and then beat their powerless opponent mercilessly. Coward's Kryptonite Kal-El had once called it. As Kara struggled to even hold herself up, a door to the ship opened up and it's cloaking vanished away, revealing the craft to the Earth-based heroes. As it did, Kara managed to get in a breath of air, the effects of the Kryptonite ceasing.

From out of the doorway, a tall slender woman with flowing blonde hair emerged. Her robes were like silk and billowed in the wind. Marked in several places of her outfit was the same S-like shape that adorned Supergirl's chest; the Kryptonian symbol for Hope and a universal sign of the Krypton race. Her eyes were a gorgeous magenta color, completely unlike any human eye color. Seeing the collapsed Kara, the woman gasped. "I do apologize! The defense barrier is designed to keep out warring houses from our planet, I did not know another Kryptonian was out here, quickly! You need to bring her in here so I can extract any excess radiation from her! She could suffer serious deformations if I don't!" the woman warned, stepping out and beginning to check on Kara. The Kryptonian caught a glimpse of the woman's face in her delirium as she approached.
"Auntie... Mal?" she managed to mutter out in curiosity before falling unconscious not unlike Doc Light nearby. The woman made an attempt to push through the others to get to Supergirl, her strength far exceeding her seemingly fragile appearance.

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As Supergirl began to speak to him, he heard a voice come from behind her.  But, there was no one there.  Atleast until Kid Flash showed up.  It was then Doctor Light uncloaked after being knocked unconscious.  It was a lot to take in.  And, then to top it off, it was then revealed there was a spaceship behind her too?  Why was there a spaceship parked in Jump City?  How was there a spaceship parked in Jump City?

But, his confusion was short lived as Supergirl collapsed,  Catching her before she hit the ground because the ground would totally damage her, he looked at her.  He didn't know much about Kryptonians, but he did know there wasn't a lot that weakened them.  It had to be some form of kryptonite.  But, then the ship opened up and another Kryptonian appeared.  Call it some semblance of xenophobia that was ingrained in human DNA as part of a survival mechanism, but something felt off.  It felt wrong.

Even after Supergirl revealed the woman in question was her aunt, he still didn't trust the situation.  He glanced back at Kid Flash and Mimic, giving them the "be on your guard" look as he turned back to the woman in question.  "Yes.  Very well." he said, carrying her on board the ship.  He'd be damned if he was going to let Supergirl go in there by herself.  He knew how to handle a Kryptonian.  He wouldn't go down without a fight.

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speedin' on the freeway                  gotta get a lead way

CRUNCH. Kid Flash had barely finished his greeting when his dramatic entrance was rudely interrupted by what appeared to be an invisible wall.  An invisible wall that he had just crashed into with an incredible amount of force.  A startled yelp forced its way out of the speedster's throat as he tumbled to the ground in a decidingly unceremonious manner.  So much for impressing the cute Kryptonian -- at least he had whatever it was he had crashed into to break his fall. The mystery object in question turned out to be none other than Dr. Light; whatever tech that had been hiding him from Kid Flash's sight had probably been broken when he'd run into the unfortunate villain.  Wincing apologetically, the young lad rose to his feet and brushed himself off, none the worse for wear after his unexpected collision.  "Does this mean I win?" he asked, that cocky grin already beginning to stretch across his face again.  Hey, it had been a little unorthodox, but the bad guy was down.  Problem solved, right?  He could totally play this off as a purposeful act if he had to. Except, hold your horses.  Apparently there was a ship around here too.  At least, that's what the random new kid was saying -- he'd probably shown up just after he'd crashed into taken down Dr. Light or something.  Did everything have to be invisible nowadays?  How annoying. Kid Flash's expression soured as the new kid -- whoever he was -- then proceeded to ask if he knew the Flash. "No, we just happen to have the same superpowers and share similar tastes in costumes," he replied in a voice that was practically oozing forced happiness and sugar-laced sarcasm.  He seriously wondered what went through people's minds when they asked that question.  When the kid still didn't seem to understand, Wally added "C'mon, Kid Flash?  Fastest boy alive?"  Why did everyone have to be so slow? Before he could get truly frustrated, however, everything started happening at once.  Kara fainted (and he wasn't the one to catch her when she fell, dammit), and the ship that kid had been blabbing about suddenly materialized out of nowhere.  Even more astonishing was the fact that, instead of a deformed green alien stepping out of the ship to greet them, Kid Flash's eyes instead fell upon a striking blond woman with gorgeous magenta eyes.  Apparently all female Kryptonians were absolute bombshells.  "Whoa." Kid Flash's admiration of the woman was short-lived, however, when she made a beeline for Kara and practically demanded that she be taken back to the ship to be cured of her radiation poisoning.  The speedster was all for attractive alien ladies, of course... but not even he was so immediately accepting and willing enough to board a foreign alien craft -- not even one that belonged to Kara's supposed aunt.  Well, board one as opposed to sneaking on one.  That was a whole other story. "Waitwaitwait.  Hold up a minute, Red.  We don't know her.  We do know Robin, and he and Bats know a lot about Kryptonians.  I can run her over to the Tower, get her checked out," Kid Flash explained, darting between Red Star and the ship's entrance before the young Russian could get too far. Almost as an afterthought, the speedster turned to "Aunt Mal" and added, "I mean, no offense."  He probably could have put a little more effort into sounding sincere, but he had never been very good at that. tagged (kara, leonid, max) notes (so sorry this took so long D:)

made by remi of i'm so curious
art by sii-sen