Part 2:
Spectrum was in her room in Mount Justice. She had sheets of metal around her room and was testing her powers. Now she was trying to see if the Spark could actually cut through the metal than muhuri it off back again. She didn’t know why she was doing this. Even Ms Martian when walking past asked her frequently but the only reason she was doing this was because it helped her stay focused, and she also did a neat job on juu of it.
She closed her eyes and raised her hand. She could feel the heat in her moyo flowing through her left hand. Peeking under her lashes she saw a multi coloured glow just flickering from her fingertips. She pressed the metal and pushing with her mind the light cut through the metal, making a screeching noise.The piece fell back with a clatter.
Great. Neat cut. Another check on that orodha of “Well doings”. Now she just had to muhuri it back.
Picking up the piece she placed it in the exact same spot where it used to be and outlined the cut around the metal, heating it in place with her burning fingers. She was just about to finish the last proportion at the end when a loud scream filled the mountain.
Sighing, Spectrum dropped the metal and ran down to the lounge.
Robin and Fin were wrestling, giggles and screams in the air. Delta and Devin were standing in a pair pointing and laughing into giggling fits. mwepesi, teleka and Aqueous, with distracted faces left their chess pieces and were also watching.
Spectrum couldn’t do much but clench her fists. She was so close! But a pair of thirteen mwaka olds had to ruin her concentration. When will they grow up?
She trudged out, just going down to the corridor when she bumped into Shadow.
“Oh hujambo Jillian, Howz things?”
“Oh nothing”, Spectrum said, “Just practicing my powers. What about you?”
“Nothing much, but can wewe do me a favor? Just call The Team to meet at the Entrance area. I want to onyesha you-them someone.” Shadow said.
Spectrum gave a confused look. Than she sighed and walked down to the lounge again.
“Thanks”, Shadow called from behind.

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The Team: Shadow, Glimmer, Eclipse, Spectrum, Swift, Aqueous, Wire, Infinity ‘Fin’, Robin, Ms Martian, Harley, Gunfire, Blade, HotShot and Dimension ‘Aisling’ all were crowded over in the entrance area.
“Why did wewe call us?” Harley asked Shadow.
“Yah”, Gunfire, HotShot and Blade piped in at the same time.
“And”, Aisling alisema “What was the purpose of getting the Team all here?”
Shadow though wasn’t listening and was typing frantically on one of the holographic screens. The Team heard the computer giving someone legal authorization to the cave. A unknown code number from the computers voice came and the Zeta Beams flashed and rolled revealing a person. Shadow than stood inayofuata to her saying “This is Felice Mckena a.k.a. Mockingbird,” Shadow said, gesturing her to the Team. “Felice this is...”
And Shadow began introducing the Team members one kwa one.
Ms Martian and Robin were giving a big dose of over-friendliness to Mockingbird. Aisling gave a shy smile and waved, some team members gave a mere “hi”, while others gave her handshakes au a friendly slap on the back.
“So, Mockingbird”, Eclipse began “What brings wewe here?”
“Oh um, I’m part of the Lost Co’”.
Everyone gasped.
The Lost Co’ au Lost Project wasn’t a team au secret spy agency au anything but a project set kwa Batman and the rest of the league to find people with powers that can’t either control them, au ones that are orphans. Though it was a good thing, The Team felt rather uncomfortable with it, even though Wire, Spectrum and many others were part of it before.
“So”, Ms Martian said. She felt the aura around Mockingbird and knew she was feeling uncomfortable. She decided to make it easy for her.
“What are your powers?”
“Oh”, Mockingbird smiled, brightening. “Thats easy, since my name gives a lot of it away. I have the ability of imitating sounds, abilities and powers of others. Though some powerful ones only last for an hour, otherwise they last in me forever if I wanted.”
“Cool!” Robin said. He had a dreamy look on his face. Shadow knew her pal’s face well enough to know he was starting to like this newbie. She snickered. Others may not notice it but when he did that look, it was so obvious that wewe just want to laugh.
She nudged him playfully.
“What?” Robin said.
“You’re practically drooling over her aren’t you?” Shadow alisema in a teasing tone. She liked harassing him in these things.
Robin’s head whipped up. “Um..., Uh,” He stammered, “Course not!”
But his face gave it away kwa blushing. Shadow laughed. Robin punched her in the gut.
She just laughed some more.