"Join us…there's nothing like having too much food."
Ben focused when he saw Kara pointing at him. What did I do now? Was his thought.
"I don't mind" Cate chimed in suddenly hungry. She was so used to having supper inform of a feast that she has to eat frequently here in mans world.
Kara reluctantly agreed and they joined. Wally zooming off to order their food. Every other hero in the vicinity were whispering looking at the group in curiosity. Word was still spreading around about Diana's sister. No doubt shocked just as they were at first.
"We haven't officially met, Green lantern" He waved his hand to who he presumed to be Diana's sister.
What is it with princesses and perfection when it came to their beauty he thought of Maxima.
"Cate" her smile being a greeting.
"Hey Cate, Kara" flash returned with their food.
"You already met?" Hal questioned his friend. He never mentioned it to him.
"Yeah, the other day. She's Diana's younger sister" flash replied knowing what Hal was thinking. He had a small crush on Diana when the league began and he made the mistake of confiding in Hal.
"Why did you delete the cctv footage from the hotel!?" Kara tuned them out and turned to Ben whose eyes wasn't staring at anything in particular but had an intense gaze in them.
Probably talking to that AI of his she thought snapping her finger.
"What are you talking about? Which footage?" Ben asked at the same time Trixx was fixing a display of the said video over a portion of what was initially being displayed.
"You know what I am talking about. The fundraiser!" she reminded him. "There's a section of the video missing in every recording."
Ben recovered long enough to answer, "How do you know!?"
"I know you have something to do with it." Kara accused. "You had Trixx retrieve and erase it or something!"
"What!? I don't know what you're talking about" Ben insisted.
"Ben!" Kara huffed exasperated from how difficult this whole thing turned out.
At the hotel, the receptionist had escorted them to the surveillance room where Kara found out the whole part of Ben pledging was missing. Frustrated, they went shopping then kara convinced Cate to escort her up the watchtower.
"Alright…I deleted it" he revealed.
"Liar!" Kara shrunk in her seat after her little outburst drew unwanted attention.
"What did he do now?" Cates voice made them to turn to see her, Flash and Hal looking at them.
"You told her?" Ben asked incredulous. Kara's face was flushed. Cate had been there when she wanted someone to vent on back at the hotel.
"Girls tell each other everything!" Hal smirked at Ben. That's a lesson all boys learned the hard way.
"That's not relevant." She dismissed the others with a waving gesture. "I know you have it!"
Who was he kidding, who in their right mind would delete it.
"What would happen if I say I may know where it is located?" Ben cautiously asked. The last time he treaded these waters he received a slap from her.
"I want it." Her face flushed when she saw the look on his face. "Lois wants the whole footage to do a story on it." She clarified quickly.
"You will have to give me your phone number." Ben grinned at her. He had once been as shy as her but that changed when he started doing off world missions and being the face of the plumbers throughout their universe.
Kara smirked and spoke. "Ask Trixx"
"Very funny." Ben replied. Kara's phone lit up with an incoming message.
"Why do you want it anyway?" subconsciously rubbing the spot she had slapped.
"Thank you." She replied and started eating.
"You are welcome Supergirl" came Trixxs voice from the watch's audio system.
"Please, call me Kara" She replied looking at the watch.
"Noted Kara." Trixxs voice sounded again.
"Aren't you going to answer me?" Ben asked confused. For someone with super hearing she sure was a poor listener.
"What? I already thanked you. What more do you want?" Kara asked irritated they were still talking about that.
According to extensive research I have dug up, Kara is exhibiting signs that suggest she does not wish to answer that question.
Ben paused reading what Trixx displayed then continued eating thinking about the different scenarios exhibited by his cousin and his ex girlfriend in the past.
"What's up with those two?" Hal whispered to Cate and Flash who had also been occasionally glancing at them.
"I have no idea. But I heard she slapped him" flash revealed and both Kara and Bens heads snapped up.
"It was a minor misunderstanding" Kara spoke up quickly. "Yeah…what she said" Ben acknowledged. Not interested in the least bit to add any more rumours and speculations to the bunch.
"What was it about?" Cate asked curiously.
"What?" Kara questioned confused.
"The misunderstanding. What was it about?" she clarified.
Ben was about to talk but Hals ring beat him to it.
"Hal Jordan. Incoming transmission from OA" its computerized voice was heard. Everyone stared at him.
"Receive." Hal spoke back, the ring glowed and projected a hologram of a guardian.
"Killowog sent a distress signal and went dark afterwards. We need you to report back to OA and go investigate." The guardian spoke. Time was of the essence.
Hal knew the lanterns were scanning their sectors for anomalies so this was an emergency suggesting killowog discovered something.
"What if I go with him?" Ben suggested to them.
The guardian had been so focused on Hal he didn't notice the others. He turned.
"That would be efficient." The guardian acknowledged. "Time is of the essence." He logged off.
"Where are you going?" Flash asked. Cate and Kara just looked on.
"To check out one of the sectors." Hal answered standing up followed by the rest of them. "It may have something to do with them" He pointed at Ben. They nodded in understanding.
"When will you be back?" Cate asked hoping it will be before she went back to the island. She wanted to watch the sparring matches in the betting site. Kara perked up at the question.
"It could be in a day's time or week's time. Space missions are very unpredictable." He answered. The last time they tried predicting an invasion occurred messing up their schedule.
"Oh" Cate sighed.
"Aren't you going to inform the others?" Kara asked noticing they were heading towards the hanger. The other heroes present when the guardian made the call knew Hal was going on a space mission again.
"Flash will tell them. I…we" He corrected and gestured to Ben "have to leave now" the guardians don't give out assignments personally.
Do you have any idea of what is happening? Ben communicated with Trixx.
The distress signal emanated from deep in space. I cannot find any information on it. Trixx replied showing the results. She had not finished organizing the information retrieved from the guardians.
Which alien is most suited for this mission? He asked already thinking of the Martian or the almeraci sample he has not turned into yet.
Kryptonian and Asgardian, Trixx replied showing him the particulars of the mission. They distance to be covered was almost twice what they covered last time so speed was a factor to be considered.
"What are you going to change into?" Flash asked excited. "The Martian? You haven't turned into him yet." No one had mentioned it before but they all were curious to see his Martian form.
"You can do that?" Cate asked intrigued at his powers. Ben looked at Kara inquisitively.
"She doesn't know" she revealed to him.
"What don't I know?" "I'll tell you later" Cate and Kara spoke simultaneously.
"Okaay…you're acting all weird"
They reached the hanger and Ben started scrolling for aliens in his watch. "No, Superman and Thor are faster than him and almost all of my other aliens don't look like humans" he explained and stopped scrolling. They could all see Supreme's hologram. "They would generate more questions than answers." No one was familiar with his aliens.
A bright green light engulfed Ben and covered most of the hanger for a few seconds then disappeared to reveal Supreme. He chose him because he had yet to experience space travel in this form.
"Is that…?" Cate couldn't stop staring. This was the guy that helped save the world from doomsday. She couldn't wrap her mind around the fact that Ben had just developed a body to rival superman, Thor and Shazam in an instant.
"Yes" was Karas simple reply. Taking time to study Supreme. Something about him irked her.
"I didn't know he could be so good-looking" Cate blurted out still staring. Hal and Flash chose to ignore that outburst but Supremes face flushed and he was suddenly uncomfortable under the two ladies stares.
Kara elbowed the other girl turning to her with a shocked expression.
"What!? It's my opinion" Cate defended herself. In Themyscira they did not sugar coat anything and everyone spoke what was on their mind.
"We should head out" Hal activated his green aura and floated up in the air heading towards the exit.
"Yes, we should." Supreme reluctantly agreed and floated up giving the others one last look.
"You better come back soon. We have money to win!" The flash ordered them and taking out his tablet to update the rest of the team.
"We will" Hal and Supreme breached the hanger's force field and shot into space.
"Excuse me?" Cate asked her sensitive ears picked up some murmuring.
"What?" Kara was already following the flash heading to the teleporter.
"Nothing. I thought I heard something" Cate dismissed.
"What didn't I know?"