Robin's Cousin

chapter three

Wanda's POV

"...nda! Get up, we've got school." I groaned into my pillow, rolling over to ignore Dick some more. I heard him sigh, coming further into the room. "Come on, if you don't get up now you won't have time to shower."

I sat up, my hair going in a million different directions as I glared at my cousins smile. "I don't want to go to some posh private school. Can't I go to public school with M'gann and Conner?"

Dick rolled his eyes, pulling me out of bed without answering me. He led me down the stairs and into the dining room where Bruce and Alfred were waiting with breakfast. We said good morning to each other and ate in silence, the only sound was our cutlery hitting our plates. I excused myself early, heading back upstairs to shower and get ready for school, as much as I didn't want to.

The car ride was filled with Bruce trying to reassure me of how great of a school Gotham Academy was and how I would love it there. I tried to be polite and pretend to believe him, but I knew otherwise.  I had an accent that wasn't British and this was a rich school, I was going to get eaten alive. And Dick said no powers. Boo.

Once we were out of the car, I followed Dick to the office. Time to pretend I don't know English.

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"-and so the dumbass says in English that she doesn't speak English! Luckily the lady at the front desk bought it, so Wanda went the whole day speaking Romanian to avoid the snobs at GA." Dick sighed as he finished retelling the story of my idiocy at the office this morning. I can't believe I did that. "Thankfully we are in all the same classes so I could translate for the brat."

I stuck my tongue out at him, dodging the shoe he threw in my direction with a chuckle. "I wouldn't have it any other way, cuz."

"You've got some balls, Wanda, I'll give you that." Wally chuckled, highfiving me as he took the seat across from me on the couch.

"Biggest set here." I smirked, snickering at the sounds of protests from everyone. I held my hands up in defense, laughing harder at the faux pout on Artemis' face. We all sobered up fast when Batman walked in the room followed by Black Canary and Red Tornado, sitting up straighter when Batman sent us one of his famous glares.

"Team, we called you here today because we have a mission for you." We all followed the adults over to the holographic computer, Batman pulling up the schematics of an island. "We have reason to believe that the League of Shadows, led by Ra's Al Ghul, is planning something big. What we need you to do is sneak onto the island and do some reconnaissance, got it? Do not engage unless you are attacked, is that clear?"

We all nodded, getting the go ahead to embark on our journey to the Isle of Shadows.

On the bioship the atmosphere was tense, this being my first mission with the team none of us knew how we would do outside of a simulation. So, needless to say, all of us were on edge. Especially going up against the likes of Ra's Al Ghul.

"Scarlet Witch, can't you just make us invisible to everyone on the island?" Tigress asked from her seat, half turned around to see me. I shrugged noncommittally, earning looks from the others. "Why not?"

I bit my lip uneasily, my fingers sparking red before going out. "That would require a lot more skill than I have, more finesse. Right now I am just raw power, like an overcharged battery. I need to hone my skills more before I attempt that, I don't want to explode anyone's head...I'm sorry."

Nightwing nodded, accepting my answer as M'gann announced we were reaching the drop zone. She put the ship in camouflage mode as we all stood from our seats. I raised my hands, the red energy flowing out and engulfing the team as I lowered us through the opening in the bottom of the ship down the couple dozen meters to the ground, retracting the energy as soon as our feet hit the ground.