"He was treating me like a kid."
"WHAT?!" I demanded, ignoring my rude tone of voice.
"An explosion occurred five minutos nakaraan at Gotham City's First National Bank. I need you guys to go handle that." He didn't even bother looking at us.
"On it!" Kid Flash saluted before zooming to the terminal.
I buckled into my seat, pouting at my lack of sleep.
"Prepare for take-off!" Megan sinabi in a chippy voice.
When we were in the air, Megan switched to Auto-Pilot, and sat down susunod to me.
"Where were you all day, Erica?"
I debated over whether I should tell them or not. Since my first araw of training didn't go so well, I might not become my own superhero after all.
YAY! screamed my mind.
I stifled a yawn. "I wanted some tips about Waterbending from Aquaman."
"And that would take a whole day?" she asked.
I took a moment to find words. "Umm, well, Waterbending is VERY complicated." I looked away so she wouldn't ask me anymore questions.
After what seemed like forever, the plane finally landed on the roof of a building just across from the bank.
"Erica, you take out the fire. Kid, Megan, and Artemis, get all the people out of there," Aqualad ordered. "Superboy and I will catch the robber."
"Right on!" sinabi Robin, falling through his hatch.
I followed him to the ground, where a man wearing a black ski mask was being pushed into a police cruiser.
I looked up. "The fire's out!"
"Someone else got here before we did," Robin noticed.
KF flashed toward us. "Look! There's Red Arrow!"
The team rushed to the man in red, who was talking to a police officer.
"That name...it sounds familiar..." I racked my brain for any memories, but I couldn't put my finger on it.
"Did you do all of this sa pamamagitan ng yourself?" Robin asked.
Red palaso nodded. "Just a little bank robbery, no biggie."
I came up susunod to Artemis, who was staring intently at the boy.
KF noticed my presence. "Oh, Red Arrow, this is Erica. Erica, this is Red Arrow." His hands motioned us back and forth.
Batman was telling the truth of Red palaso being Green Arrow's sidekick. He was well equipped with arrows, and his mask looked somewhat like his mentor's.
I nodded at him. "Nice meeting you."
He nodded back, saying nothing.
"Let's head back, team," Aqualad suggested. "We have to ulat back to Batman."
I followed them to the plane, when I realized I had an idea.
"Umm, I'll catch up with you guys later, 'kay?"
Robin looked suspiciously in Red Arrow's direction. "Alright. See ya."
When I flew back to the bank, he was gone already. I flew higher, determined to find him.
He couldn't have gone too far, could he?
Finally, I saw a flash of red running away from me. He was leaping from building to building, just like Batman does.
"Wait!" I called him, but he didn't even look back at me.
You wanna do this hard way, huh? I flew after him, putting me just a few feet behind him.
Suddenly, he stopped. We were at a dead end, and the only way out of it was jumping off the building.
"Ha!" I snorted. "I've got you now."
Were superheroes crazy? He smirked at me, then jumped off the building.
"No!" I screamed, falling with him.
Lucky for him, I caught him before we tumbled to our certain deaths.
Well, his. I would just get a bruise.
"What the heck were you thinking?" I demanded when we were on the ground again.
"I knew you'd catch me," he said, in a tone that sounded arrogant.
"Why did you quit being Green Arrow's sidekick?" I threw at him suddenly.
His eyes widened. "You're new to the team. How'd you know?"
"A very sneaky man told me."
He sighed. "I was there when they started Young Justice. They didn't even trust us enough to take us to the mountain. And plus, he was treating me like a kid."
"I see..." Could I get pissed off like that? I hoped not.
"Well, thanks for answering my question," I sinabi slowly, arranging everything together in my mind.
"No problem," he sinabi smoothly.
"Stay safe, and don't try to jump off buildings again." I was serious about that.
Before he swiftly ran away, I could've sworn that he was laughing.
"Stay safe, and don't try to jump off buildings again."
