A/N: Hey, this is something new that I'm working on! I'm not going to be updating it regularly, just posting when I can.

Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice. Never have, never will. Unless Cartoon Network would like to give it to me...?

Independance Day

It was an average day in Gotham. Everyone was getting ready for the Fourth of July, excited for the fireworks. But in a certain park…

People started to scream, and ran from a wave of frost. The frost made ice sculptures out of many who were there. A family had been having a barbeque, but was interrupted by the source of the frost.

"Enjoying family time?" asked a man in a robotic suit, freezing the family. "My family has other plans." As the man prepared to fire another beam of frost, something hit his weapon, freezing him in his tracks. He looked for the source of the projectile.

"Batman. I was wondering when-" he was cut off by the sound of laughter. He looked up just in time to see Robin land on his helmet, using it as a springboard and backflipping behind the robotic man. The man fell over, and Robin threw two more projectiles at the man, cracking his helmet.

"Oh. Boy Wonder." He said, getting up. "The bat sent you to drag me off to prison? Frankly, I'm underwhelmed."

"Great, but I'm kinda in a hurry here!" Robin replied, looking behind the man.

"Kids. Always in such a rush." He said, preparing to fire.

"Not talking to you!" said Robin, slightly annoyed. The man, realizing something, glanced behind him, but it was too late. Batman jumped up behind him, and delivered a punch to his face, cracking his helmet, and taking the villain down.

Robin's POV

"Took you long enough." Seriously, I don't have all day!

'You could be a little mare grateful.' said a little voice inside my head. I almost panicked, but I figured that the voice was just nervousness. That could happen.

Timeskip! In front of Justice Hall.

Robin's POV

"Today's the day." Batman said, smiling at me.

"Welcome to the Hall of Justice!" Green Arrow started.

"Headquarters of the Justice League" Aquaman finished.

"Aww, man!" said Kid Flash, running up behind us.

Looks like the Flash's finally made it. Took them long enough.

'You know, for being speedsters, you think they would be on time.' It was that voice! It sounded a bit grumpy.

"I knew we'd be the last ones here!" Kid Flash sounded annoyed. Knowing The Flash, there had been a bit too much idle chatter. Oh well. They weren't that late!

Timeskip! Walking up to the Hall of Justice

Robin's POV

The press were here.

"Is that Batman?"

"Oh my goodness, It's Flash, and Flash Jr!"

"His name's Seedy, duh,"

"No, Speedy's Green Arrow's sidekick!"

"Well that makes no sense."

'For reporters, they don't know much about superheros. They keep getting Kid Flash's name wrong!' the Voice said. I couldn't help but agree.

"Ready to see the inner sanctum?" Green Arrow said to Speedy.

"Born that way." Speedy replied.

"Glad we're all here." Aqualad said to the group.

"Have all four sidekicks ever been at the same place at the same time?" Kid Flash said excitedly.

"Don't call us sidekicks. Not after today." Said Speedy touchily.

What was he worked up about?

'You'll see!' said the Voice in a singsong tone.

'Shut up.' I mentally replied.

"Sorry! First time at the Hall. I'm a bit overwhelmed!" Kid Flash said somewhat defensively.

"You're overwhelmed, Freeze was underwhelmed, why isn't anyone ever just whelmed?" I wondered out loud. Huh. Maybe I could make that a thing?

'Don't. Please.' The little voice begged.

'I'm sorry.' I thought in reply. Then again if it annoyed the little voice-

'Just don't.' The Voice sid. Mentally, I had an evil grin on my face. Then I looked up at the Hall of Justice, which was currently looming over us. On the front were giant statues of League members.

"Oh. Maybe that's why." I said to nobody in particular. The doors slid open, revealing Red Tornado and Martian Manhunter.
"Robin, Speedy, Aqualad, Kid Flash. Welcome." Started J'ohn. "You now have unlimited access to the Gym, our fully stocked Galley..." the doors shut behind us as we began our tour.

Timeskip! In the Library

"...and finally, our Library."

"Make yourselves at home!" Said Flash, and the sidekicks, minus Speedy, plopped down onto chairs.

"Quick debrief to discuss the coincidence of four ice villains attacking on the same day. We shouldn't be long." Bats said to us. I was used to this kind of behavior from Bats, especially when with League members. A scanner popped down from the ceiling.

"Recognized. Batman, 02, Aquaman, 06, Flash, 04, Green Arrow, 08, Martian Manhunter, 07, Red Tornado, 16."

"That's it?" said Speedy, enraged.

'What's wrong with him?' I wondered.

'Be patient! You'll see in a second.' The voice scolded me.

"You promised us a real look inside, not a glorified backstage pass!" Speedy

"It's a first step. You've been granted access few others get." AM

"Oh really?" said Speedy sarcastically, pointing to the window above us. Tourists could be seen taking photos. "Who cares which side of the glass we're on?"

'Zoo animals.' The voice replied. I mentally chuckled.

'You have a point.'

"Roy. You just need to be patient-" Green Arrow started.

"What I need," said Speedy, getting angry, "is respect." He turned towards us. "They're treating us like kids- no worse! Like sidekicks. We deserve better than this." We all looked at him blankly. "You're kidding, right?" He said in disbelief. "You're playing their game! Why? Today was supposed to be the day. Step one in becoming full fledged members of the League!"

"Well, sure." said Kid Flash. "But I thought step one was a tour of the HQ?"

"Except the Hall isn't the League's real HQ! I bet they never told you, It's just a front for tourists-" I sat forward. This was new. "and a pit stop for catching Zeta-beam tubes to the real thing, a satellite, called the Watchtower." The League looked surprised at this. They looked at Green Arrow accusingly. Bats folded his arms.

"I know, I know, but I thought maybe we could make an exception?" Bats narrowed his eyes at him. "Or not…"

"You are not helping your cause here son. Stand down." said Aquaman, stepping forwards. "Or-"

"Or what?" Speedy shot back. "You'll send me to my room? And I'm not your son! I'm not even his." He glared at Green Arrow. "I thought I was his partner. But… not any more." He threw his yellow cap on the ground. The sound echoed through the now silent hall. "Guess they're right about you three." He said, walking past us. We all stood "You're not ready." He left, and an alarm sounded as Superman appeared on the big screen of the computer.

'Drama queen.' the voice said.

'No kidding' I thought back.

"Superman to Justice Leauge. There's been an explosion at project Cadmus. It's on fire."

"I've had my suspicions about Cadmus." said Bats. "This might present the perfect opportunity to-" he was interrupted by another alert, this one from Zatara. His image covered a smaller part of the screen where Superman was.

"Zatara to Justice Leauge. The sorcerer Wotan is using the amulet of Aten to blot out the Sun! Requesting full Leauge response."

Bats looked at Superman. "Superman?" he asked.

"It's a small fire. Local authorities have it under control."

"Then Cadmus can wait." he pushed a button on the console. "All Leaguers rendezvous at Zatara's coordinates. Batman out." He looked at us as we walked over to talk to him. "Stay put." It seemed like he was looking specifically at me.

'He knows you.' the voice snickered.

"What?" I burst out. I was still a bit mad at the sidekicks jab from Speedy. "Why?"

"This is a League mission." said Aquaman, coming up behind Batman.

"You're not trained-" started Flash

"Since when?" Said Kid Flash indignantly.

"I mean you're not trained to be a part of this team." Ouch.

"There will be other you're ready." consoled Aquaman.

"But for now," concluded Bats, "Stay put." The three walked out.

"Glad you didn't bring You-Know-Who?" Green Arrow asked Martian, as they followed our mentors.

"Indeed." All of the League's zeta tubed to who knows where. I was still fuming, but my curiosity kicked in.

'I wonder who You-Know-Who is?' I thought, forgetting about the strange voice.

'You'll meet her later. But I can't give anything else away for now, so why don't you go fiddle with a computer?' The voice replied.

'I need a therapist.' I groaned. I could almost feel the voice smirking at me.

"Ugh, 'when we're ready'? How are we ever supposed to be ready when they treat us like, like sidekicks!" Kid Flash ranted.

"My mentor…" said Aqualad softly, "My King. I thought he trusted me."

"Trust? They don't even trust us with the basics! They've got a secret HQ IN SPACE!" spat out Kid Flash, his temper rising.

"What else aren't they telling us?" Aqualad wondered. I sighed.

"I have a better question. Why didn't we leave with Speedy?"

Kid Flash crossed his arms and Aqualad looked down.

"What is Project Cadmus?" Asked Aqualad cautiously.

"Don't know." My face broke into an evil grin as a thought came to me. 'Fiddle with a computer…'

The little voice said nothing, but I felt that it was silently urging me on. "But I can find out!"

I typed some codes into the console.

"Access denied." The computer said, unwilling to let me in. My focused expression turned back into my evil grin.

"Huh. Wanna bet?" I asked the computer.

"Woah. How are you doing that?" Kid Flash asked in an awestruck voice. I mentally shook my head at his stupidity. He's known me for long enough that this shouldn't come as a surprise to him anymore.

I leaned over the keyboard. "Same system as the bat cave." I said smugly.

'Don't be so cocky. Just because you can hack-'

'What, are you jealous?' I asked the little voice.

'No.' it replied. It sounded a bit pouty though.

"Access granted." The computer said.

"Alright project cadmus...genetics lab, here in D.C." I told my- what are they, team mates? Never expected that to happen. "But Batman's suspicious, so maybe we should investigate?"

"Solve their case before they do." said Aqualad, catching my drift. "That would be poetic justice."
I smiled, glad he was on board. I was worried that he would be hard to convince.

"Hey," I laughed, egging him on, "they're all about justice!"

Aqualad sighed. "But they said stay put."

I had already thought around that one. "For the blotting out the Sun mission, not this!"

"Wait, a-are you going to Cadmus? Cuz if you're going, then I'm going!" said Kid Flash loyally.

We both smiled expectantly at Aqualad. If we were both going, then he would go too, right?

"Just like that? We're a team on a mission?" He asked sceptically.

"We didn't come for a playdate." I said confidently. He smiled at us, and I knew he was hooked. 'Good luck on your mission!' sang the little voice. 'Don't forget to bring a packed lunch, and a sweater, in case you get cold!' Sometimes, I hated that little voice.

'Awwww, I love you too, Dick.' I tensed up for a second, because this voice knew my identity. But then again, it seemed to know everything, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

A/N: See you at Cadmus! You'll get to see more Voice-Team interaction whenever I get to Welcome to Happy Harbor. There's a poll up! (This is for future chapters)

Do you want the Voice's name to be:

Meva

Foni

Fonu

They all mean the same thing, I just want your opinion on which is best!