Chapter One

January 2:

Another mission is a success as Miss. Martian, Superboy, Robin, Beast Boy and Blue Beetle make their way back to the Cave. Just as the Bio-ship was approaching the Headquarters of the team, scanners picked up something…strange just outside in the vague trees.

"Scanners are picking something up outside." Superboy reported.

"Should we stop and help?" Blue asked.

"Bio-ship's prepping for landing. Nightwing's already been notified." M'Gann replied.

After landing, the sub-team existed the ship and into the trees. There was nothing for a while as the team walked carefully through the thick trees. As they had gotten to almost the heart of the treed area, Beast Boy twitched as something grabbed his ankle.

"Ah! Uh…Sis...!"

The rest ran over, Beast Boy's ankle hidden in a bush.

"Beast Boy, what's wrong?" M'Gann asked.

"Something's got my ankle. It's in the bush."

Robin walked over, removing some shrub, and jumping back slightly.

"It's—It's a person. A…girl."

The girl's black hair had been matted, and her blue shirt had been ripped on the sides with her brown jeans. Superboy checked for a pulse.

"She's out cold." Superboy added.

"Miss. Martian to the Cave."

"What's wrong, M'Gann/ Did you find out what the scanners picked up?"

"Yes. We found a girl, she's out cold."

"Miss. M…" Beetle called.

M'Gann turned around, seeing two more girls. One had short brown hair, and was wearing a ripped grey tank top with blue jeans and flip-flops. The other girl had long hazel hair, and was wearing a white dress with blue leggings and black combat boots.

"Make that three girls."

"Bring them back to the Cave. Nightwing out."

After loading the three girls onto the Bio-ship, a small wolf cub raced on and jumped up on one of the girls. Its fur was grey, the paws were blackened with dirt, and its face was ruffled around gold eyes.

"Okay…Why is there a wolf cub here?" Beast Boy questioned.

Superboy walked over, going to gently pick up the cub, but the cub snapped at his fingers before growling lowly.

"It's okay…I'm not gonna hurt you." Superboy said as gently as he could.

After having to sniff Superboy's hand, the cub calmed and whimpered slightly. Afterward, the five returned to the Cave, where they brought the girls to sick bay. Black Canary and Wonder woman were waiting for the girls to arrive. Having treated the girls, and washed the cub, the two Leaguers went to report back with the team and Batman on screen.

"How are they?" Nightwing asked.

"They'll be stable and they need rest. Anything on the missing teen's reports?" Black Canary replied.

"Nothing. Not even close to any of their descriptions." Nightwing replied.

"They were dehydrated almost entirely. Those girls must have been missing more than three days."

"One of them looked like they were ready for summer, or something." Beetle pointed.

"I've crossed checked every report for the last year, no hits."

Wolf stood up from his nap and walked down the hall. Upon entering the sick bay, Wolf walked over to one of the girls, the one who appeared the youngest, and had laid down beside her bed. Later on, Conner, who was searching for his friend, entered the sick bay, seeing Wolf lying next to one of the girls' beds.

"Wolf, come on. We should let them rest."

Wolf raised his head, ever so slightly, and then laid it back down. Conner, finding it strange that Wolf disobeyed him, walked over and bent down in front of his furry friend.

"What's wrong, boy?" Conner questioned as he pet Wolf's ruff.

Allowing Wolf to stay, Conner was called away for leaving to a planet called Rann, with Miss. Martian, Beast Boy and Adam Strange.

January 4:

Upon leaving to take down the Krolotean's platforms on Earth and Rann, Black Canary stayed with Mal Duncan, to ensure the girls stayed safe.

"How's everything out there, Mal?"

"Pretty good. Gamma's gonna need back up though."

"I'll go help them. Think you can handle it here?"

"Those girls are knocked out cold. I'm sure it'll be fine." Mal assured.

Black Canary nodded before zeta tubing out of the Cave. Not too soon after that, the youngest girl (thirteen) peered from a corner with the small cub on her back.

"I don't want to hurt him, Star." The girl whispered to the cub.

In the shadows of the corner, you could see her yellow eyes.

January 4 (Later):

The team zetaed inside, a hard mission that was success is over, on Earth any ways. The strange girl and the cub had fallen asleep but awoke when Nightwing started talking to the team.

"Good work today, team. We stopped the Kroloteans on Earth. We should hear from the squad I sent to Rann in a day or so. Go home and rest. You deserve it."

As Nightwing talked, the girl hid behind a wall. After Nightwing debriefed everyone, Wolf walked over to the girl. Picking her up by back of her shirt, Wolf walked over to Nightwing, plopping her ground.

"Hello there. Are you okay?" As Nightwing was going to touch her shoulder, the girl kicked him hard in the shin. "Ah!"

The girl started running away, but La'Gann tackled her to the ground.

"Let me go!" She screamed.

"We're not going to hurt—Ah!" La'Gann, trying to fight whatever it was, abruptly let go and was frozen in place.

"Lagoon Boy, don't let her get away!" Nightwing ordered.

"I—I can't move!"

"What?" Nightwing ran over and passed La'Gann, lying on the ground before finally getting up, after the girl.

But before he could catch her, she and the cub slipped into the sick bay, locking everyone out.

"Now what? If we break open the doors, we'll scare the poor girl even more." Cassie said.

"We'll have to wait for Miss. M to get back." Nightwing replied as he started to walk away.

"What—What if I could…get her to come out of the sick bay?" Blue Beetle asked.

"How so?" Robin asked.

"I have…a little sister at home and I thought, maybe…"

Everyone looked at Nightwing before he finally answered.

"You've got twenty minutes, Blue." Nightwing sighed.

Everyone left Blue to try and get the young girl to understand the situation. Removing the armor, Jaime knocked on the door.

"Hey. I won't you. Please…open up."

After a moment, a small knocking came from the inside.

"Do you talk?" There was a silence. "Knock once for yes." One knock echoed from inside the sick bay. "Do you speak…English?" Two knocks echoed. "Spanish?" One knock. "Can you tell me your name?"

There was a long silence before the door cracked open. Jaime bent down so he was face to face with the girl, who was on her hands and knees.

"Mirabella…" Her voice was soft but scared.

"Me llamo es Jaime Reyes."

"Star…Dust…" She said as she pointed to the cub.

"The wolf cub?" Mirabella (Mirra—ah—bell) nodded. "She's cute. Look, I promise we won't hurt you. We just want to make sure you're alright."

"Le mando?"

"What? Who? Who sent me?"

"El hombre…de la armadura negro?"

"You mean Nightwing? He won't—"

"El no estagui. El hombre no esta aqui."

"Who are you—"

"Blue? Everything okay?" Karen asked.

"The young girl obviously knows something. We must—"

"Ugh! Por favor! Let me handle this!"

"Okay, okay…We'll let you handle it. Geez…" Mal replied.

"No, wait! Oh…!"

"Se oye una voz…en tu cabeza?"

"Huh? Oh…yeah…The scarab, stuck to my spine. It talks to me…Advises me."

"Pepito Grillo con una mala actitud?"

"That's actually…exactly it. Jiminy Cricket with a bad attitude."

"Van a separar mis hermanas de mi?"

"I don't think Nightwing will separate you three." Stardust growled lowly. "I mean, you four." She stopped.

"Si lo hacen, puedo que darme contigo?"

"You want to stay with me? Why?"

"Me siento…safe with…you."

"I guess we'll have to see."

Mirabella crawled through the door and jumped into Jaime's arms.

"She is attacking. Charging the plasma cannon."

"Tengo miedo!"

"No one's gonna hurt you. It's alright." Jaime said as the plasma cannon deformed around his arm.

Walking into the debriefing room, Mirabella was clinging to Jaime's arm. Being thirteen, this was easy for her.

"Everything alright?" Nightwing questioned.

"She'll be okay. Her name's Mirabella and she only speaks Spanish."

"Lo siento por delante." She said after walking over to La'Gann.

"She said she's sorry." Jaime translated after seeing the confused look on La'Gann's face.

"It's okay. You didn't do any harm."

"Yo tengo el podor sobre las criaturas animals."

"She has the power over animals."

"That explains why I froze." La'Gann grinned.

"How are the other two?" Nightwing questioned.

"Asleep." Mirabella yawned. "Looks like someone needs some sleep." Jaime joked.

Mirabella nodded.

"I'll go put her down and then I'll go home. My parents are probably worried."

Mirabella hugged Jaime's arm tight when she heard he was leaving.

"What's wrong, Mirabella?" Jaime questioned as he bent down.

"No go! Stay!" She screamed as she hugged him.

"I'll be back tomorrow." He pushed her gently. "Promise."

She nodded after a long silence.

"Good. Now, come on." Jaime said as he led the girl back to sick bay.

January 5:

Late that night, Blue Beetle and Bumble Bee had gone to investigate and capture a Krolotean disguised in Bibbo's Diner, yet it escaped. As this happened, Mirabella was sitting on a chair between the other two girls she called sisters. Stardust was curled up on her lap. The door opened and Wolf walked in. Stardust jumped down and tried to attack Wolf, no effect considering Wolf picked her up by the back of the neck.

"Wolf…Wolf…" A small voice echoed. Wolf shook his head, trying to shake the voice, but it persisted. "Wolf…can you hear me?...Please come here…"

Wolf, with Stardust still in his mouth, padded over to Mirabella and placed the young cub near her feet.

"Thanks, Wolf." Mirabella lightly rubbed Wolf's large head and ruff as he put his head in her lap.

"I see Wolf's taken a liking to you." Nightwing said, scaring Mirabella and causing her to almost kick Stardust. "Hey! It's okay! Please, don't be scared." He said, catching the small cub carefully and placing her in Mirabella's hands.

She cuddled her small friend, and calmed down considerably as she realized that Nightwing was easier to approach than the other team members.

"Hi…" She said timidly.

"Hi, Mirabella. I'm Nightwing."

"Holá, Nightwing."

"Oh…Español. Sí?"

"Señor, yo estoy muy triste. Donde estas mis hermanas?"

"They should wake up soon." Mirabella took, what looked like the eldest, girls' hand and hugged it. "Mirabella…" She looked at Nightwing. "Can you tell me what happened out there…where we found you three?"

Mirabella dug her face into her hands, which still concealed her sister's hand, and silent rivers rushed down. Nightwing rested a hand on Mirabella's shoulder.

"It's okay. You don't have to say anything right now. When you're ready, I'll listen."

January 6:

"Hey, we're back! You guys gotta check out the souvenir…I…got." Beast Boy shouted as he ran into the Cave with Mirabella standing there. "Uh…hi."

"Holá."

"Oh, you speak Spanish?"

"Si. English is…"

"Hard? It's okay. Oh, I'm Beast Boy—I mean, Garfield."

Mirabella giggled as she covered her mouth with her fist.

"Mirabella."

"Cute name. I—I mean-"

Mirabella kissed him on the cheek.

"Thanks." The same voice from inside Wolf's head was now in Beast Boy's.

"Cool! Are you telepath like my sister?"

Mirabella made a shush sign, putting her index finger in front of her mouth.

"Only with animals. Don't tell; please…If Armodura negro finds out…"

"Whoa, slow down. Armodura nergo, that's black armor, right? Nightwing won't hurt you."

"Armodura nergo isn't Nightwing. It's-"

"Mirabella!" A voice shouted angrily in her head, blocking Beast Boy out.

Mirabella screamed as she fell into a cradle position.

"Nightwing!' Beast Boy shouted as he kneeled down next to Mirabella.

"Nightwing's out for the night. What happened?" Mal asked as he ran in.

"I—I don't know. We were talking and then—screamed—panic…Oh, what did I do?"

"Whoa, Gar…calm down. It's okay. Hmm…" Mal bent down and pulled off a small chip from the back of Mirabella's neck. "Huh…This was on the back of her neck. I'll show Nightwing later. Go check on the other two."

"We are fine." A female voice replied shakily, helping a slightly shorter girl stand up.