Summary: Slight Romance, Slight AU. When they investigated Project Cadmus; Rob, KF, & AL found 2 clones: Superboy, and Project Banshee. How will Superman's reaction, and treatment, of his son differ when the Earth's most Powerful Ghost Hero accepts his DAUGHTER without question during his first time meeting her? AquaMartian, Robtanna, Spitfire, SuperDani, PhantomCanary, and hints of WonderBat.

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A/N: Yes, I put M'gann/Megan with Aqualad— I don't really know why though. And I just thought it'd make sense to pair the clones together.

Warnings: Potentially disliked pairings; Violence, and Language.

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Gotham City— Gotham City Park

July 4, 2010

12:00 EDT

Mister Freeze had started freezing civilians when he came stumbled upon a family having a picnic. "Enjoying family time…" He started, before freezing the family, "…my family has other plans."

Freeze slid down the ice from the rock he'd been standing on, and started to aim his freeze cannon at a large group of civilians when a Baterang hit his weapon, causing it to misfire.

"Batman…I was wondering when you'd…" he turned in the direction the throwing weapon had come from, and saw no one.

Right before he could question where his real target had went, Robin came crashing down on his glass dome that kept him at a constant cold temperature below what a normal human could survive at for extended periods.

Robin flipped in the air, having used Freeze's glass dome as a launching point, and upon landing Robin threw some disks at Freeze…resulting in the glass cracking.

"Ah, the Boy Wonder…Batman sent a child to take me to prison, frankly I'm underwhelmed." Freeze, as he stood up and aimed his gun at Robin.

"Great, but I'm kind of in a hurry here!" Robin seemed to reply.

"Kids today, so impatient."

"Wasn't talking to you." He said as if his conversation was just interrupted by an unwanted third wheel.

Freeze turned around and looked up, just in time for a descending Batman to punch through the glass and knock Freeze out.

Star City— Star City Bridge

July 4, 2010

09:01 PDT

Icicle Junior was shooting ice at whatever he could see, taking a particular interest in the cars on the bridge— all while laughing.

He was suddenly hit with two arrows, while the pillar of ice next to him was hit with five, he barely had time to register the arrows in his ice armor before all of the arrows exploded.

When the smoke cleared, Junior looked up at one of the support structures of the bridge, to see Green Arrow and Speedy.

"Finally, I was wondering what a guy had to do to get a little attention around here." Junior said, as his arms started to morph before he threw large spikes of ice at the heroes.

"Junior's doing this for attention?!" Speedy wasn't really asking a question, it was more like a remark of annoyance combined with anger.

Speedy and Green Arrow launched arrows at some of the ice, destroying it, before they began running from and dodging the ice— using the steel support cable as a path to run at the villain with. "I'm telling you now, this little distraction better not interfere."

With that said both Speedy and Green Arrow sent one arrow each at Junior, who blocked with his ice; the arrows destroyed a portion of the ice, and Junior sent some more ice flying at Speedy— who simply jumped over the icicles before sending one last arrow flying at Junior, this time actually hitting him…in the jaw, and knocking him out.

*Chuckles* "Kid had a glass jaw." Arrow joked.

"Hilarious, can we go now…today's the day."

Pearl Harbor

July 4, 2010

08:02 HST

Aquaman and Aqualad were fighting Killer Frost, who was attacking the naval ships stationed at the famous harbor.

Aquaman got caught in one of her ice blasts, freezing everything below his head.

Aqualad jumped over his king, in a surprising display of agility for someone of his build, before running at Killer Frost.

Aquaman broke free of the ice, and started running after his protégé, "Don't tell me you're not excited."

"Right now, my king, I am more focused on the matter at hand." Was the simple reply.

Aqualad drew water out of his water bearers, forming the water into the shape of two maces.

He jumped up into the air, aiming to hit Frost with the water maces, when Frost shot an ice beam at his hands— freezing the water in his maces, as well as putting a large amount of ice over his hands.

Killer Frost stepped back, smirking while doing so, when Aqualad landed— making him miss her, but her "victory" was short lived as he brought his arms up to her chin with enough force to shatter the ice around his arms and water bearers.

"Well?" Aquaman asked, walking up to his student.

"Yes, I am excited. Today is The Day." Aqualad responded, as he looked at his king

Central City— Diamond Store

July 4, 2010

11:03 CDT

Flash and Kid Flash were literally running circles around Captain Cold right outside of a Diamond Store that he'd just tried to rob.

"Stealing ice, isn't that a little cliché…even for Captain Cold?" Flash asked, as he kept running around in a circle in the opposite direction of Kid Flash.

Captain Cold kept trying to blast the two speedsters, to no avail.

"Come on, we don't have time for this." KF complained; as he turned and ran straight at Captain Cold, who turned and shot at KF but only hit his shoulder as the younger speedster twisted his body and kept going…taking Captain Cold's Ice generating gun.

Flash came from the side, and knocked Cold out with a single punch. "Calm down Kid."

"Oh please! You'll chat it up with civilians, the cops, with Cold even! No, no way…Today is The Day!" KF semi-shouted, as a huge smile broke out on his face.

The Hall of Justice; Washington, D.C

July 4, 2010

14:00 EDT

Batman, Aquaman, Green Arrow their "sidekicks" were looking at the "Headquarters" of the Justice League, as they waited for the last two members of their little group to arrive.

Batman placed his hand on Robin's shoulder and simply said, in his usual monotone— but with a slight hint of pride, "Today is the day."

Less than a minute later, a somewhat whiny voice was heard to be saying, "Aw man, I knew we'd be the last ones here!" followed quickly by the appearance of The Flash, and his protégé Kid Flash.

-in front of the Hall-

As the heroes and protégées were walking towards the Hall of Justice, the excited calls of the fans/paparazzi could be picked out of the crowd.

"Hey, is that Batman?"

"Look, there's Flash and Flash Junior!"
"His name's Speedy, duh."

"No, Speedy is Green Arrow's sidekick."

"Well that makes no sense."

These and more were heard by the group of heroes, both young and experienced, as they continued their walk towards the Hall.

Green Arrow touched Speedy's shoulder and asked him, "Ready to see the inner Sanctum?"

"Born that way." Was Speedy's reply as he looked back at his mentor.

"I am glad we are all here." Aqualad told Robin, Kid Flash, and Speedy— his three closest friends on the surface.

"Man, this is so cool! Have all four sidekicks ever been in the same place at the same time?" asked KF.

Speedy answered immediately, "Don't call us sidekicks, not after today."

"Sorry; first time at the Hall, I'm a little overwhelmed."

"You're overwhelmed, Freeze was underwhelmed, why isn't anyone ever just whelmed?" Robin asked, he was answered as they entered the Hall of Justice, with 8 statues of the original founding members of the League— Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Phantom, Martian Man Hunter, Green Lantern John Stewart (not that the civvies knew that), Flash, and Aquaman.

"Whoa, maybe that's why." Robin stated, in awe of the size of the statues.

They walked up to a door; which opened to reveal Martian Man Hunter, Phantom (one of the JL's powerhouses, as well as one of the few heroes to have the honor of having SINGLE HANDEDLY saved the world on more than one occasion) , and Red Tornado.

"Aqualad, Kid Flash, Robin, Speedy . . . welcome to the Hall, you now have full access to our gym and training area, our fully stocked kitchen, and of course our Library. Please, make you selves comfortable." Man Hunter told them; AL, KF, and Rob taking the chairs while Speedy chose to stand.

"We'll discuss the coincidence of five ice villains attacking on the same day. We shouldn't be long." Batman said in his serious, business-like, monotone voice; directing the last part towards the protégées. (A/N: You probably know who the fifth one was, but in case you don't; here's a hint: "Will you be my friend?")

The Leaguers turned to a door marked "Justice League Members Only" when a small round device came down from the ceiling, "Recognized: Batman, 01; Phantom, 04; Flash, 06; Aquaman, 08; Green Arrow, 09; Martian Man Hunter, 05; Red Tornado, 10." It said in a computerized voice.

Speedy decided to voice his . . . disappointment . . . in the Leagues actions. "That's it? You promised us a real look inside, not a glorified back stage pass."

"It's a first step, you've been granted access few others get." Aquaman responded, trying to calm the young archer.

"Oh really." Speedy gestured towards the sound proof window above their heads on the wall which separated the public form the League. "Who cares which side of the glass we're on."

Green Arrow spoke up; trying to defuse the situation, "Roy…you just need to be patient—"

He was interrupted by the very person he was trying to calm down. "What I need is respect."

The whole time this was going on; Phantom was reminded of how he used to be when he first started out as a hero and how he treated Sam and Tucker, and realized that this was Roy lashing out due to his frustration of being seen as just a sidekick instead of a partner and equal.

Roy turned to the other three protégées

"They're treating us like kids…no, worse, like sidekicks— we deserve better than this."

Aqualad, Kid Flash, and Robin all shared a look before looking back at Roy with the same look on their faces.

"You're kidding right, you're actually playing their game? Why? Today was supposed to be the day, step one in becoming full-fledged members of the League."

"well…sure…but, I thought step one was a tour of the HQ." Kid Flash seemed to be questioning his own statement by the tone of his voice.

"Except that this isn't even the real HQ. I bet they never told you that the Hall is just a false front for the tourists; and a pit stop for catching Zeta Beam Teleporter Tubes to the real thing…an orbiting satellite, called the Watch Tower."

Phantom shook his head and muttered, "Stupid Arrow" while Green Arrow turned to see the Flash and Batman looking at him with obvious glares.

"I know, I know . . . but; I thought . . . maybe, we could…make an exception." It was more of a question then an explanation; and at the deepening of the glares, his face fell into a frown. "Or not."

"You are not helping your cause here son." Aquaman spoke up, trying his hand once more at calming Roy down. "Stand down, or—"

"Or what? You'll send me to my room; and I'm not your son, I'm not even his…I thought I was his partner, but…not anymore." Roy finished by throwing his hat on the ground and storming off, but before casting looks at each of the other three protégées.

"I guess they were right about you three, you're not ready." And with that Roy left the Hall, followed by an awkward silence that lasted for about half a minute when it was finally broken.

"Superman to League; there's been an explosion at Project Cadmus, it's on fire."

Batman responded to Superman's call, "I've had my suspicions about Cadmus, this may present the perfect opportunity to inves—"

"Zatara to League; the sorcerer Wotan is using the Amulet of Aten to block out the sun, requesting full League response."

"Superman?" Batman questioned.

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

"Then Cadmus can wait. All Justice League members; converge on Zatara's coordinates, Batman out"

Batman turned to see the eager faces of the three protégées who'd stayed at the hall and trusted their mentors. "Stay put."

"What? Why?" Robin asked, clearly miffed.

"You're not trained—" the Flash was interrupted by his own protégé.

"Not trained? Since when?" KF asked, just as mad as Robin.

"I meant you're not trained to work as a part of this team."

"There will be other missions, when you're ready." Aquaman stated.

"But for now. Stay. Put." Batman commanded the three; before he Aquaman, and the Flash left through the door marked "Justice League Members Only". Followed closely by Green Arrow, and Martian Man Hunter, who had a small discussion go on between the two of them.

"You glad you didn't bring You-Know-Who?" GA asked Man Hunter

"Indeed." Was the simple response from the Green Martian.

Red Tornado was the next to leave, but not before looking back at the protégées— as if apologizing for their mentors' actions.

And last was Phantom; though he didn't do as the other heroes did, instead he walked up to the three young heroes and stroked his chin in thought. "The fire at Cadmus is a golden opportunity, too good to pass up; it really is too bad the League is going to miss it, I guess some non-Leaguers will have to do it."

And with that he left; but not before winking at the three young heroes, as if saying "Go for it" before he left smiling…having completed what he set out to do— inspire the three into making their own decisions.

After he left, KF spoke up. "Dudes, did…did we just get permission from one the most powerful members of the Justice League to go and check out Cadmus?"

"I…I think so, strange that the guy without any protégé, the guy who can go toe-to-toe with Superman and come out in better shape than Big Blue, is the one to tell us to disobey Batman." Robin responded, kind of shocked at the revelation that they now had League consent to check out Cadmus.

"Phantom trusts us when our own mentors do not, let us not waste the chance he has given us." Aqualad stated, making his opinion known to the other two.

"I'm right there with you, Batman trusts me to do things no one else my age could do…yet he tells us to stay here when we could be checking out Cadmus for him, and then Phantom tells us to forget that and do what the League can't…I agree, we shouldn't waste this chance." Robin added, smirking the whole time.

"Wait; does that mean you two are going to Cadmus, because if you're going then I'm going." KF was practically jumping for joy at the news.

"And just like that, we are a team on a mission." Aqualad said.

"Hey, we didn't come here for a play date." Robin smirked, before they left the Hall together.

-At the Project Cadmus building-

Two employees of Project Cadmus fell from an open two story window; only to be caught by Kid Flash as he ran up the side of the building, he placed them on the roof before starting to slip down the wall— catching himself on the same second open window that the employees fell from, he started to try and climb into the window with little success.

"Look it's— what's his name…Flash boy!" yelled one of the firefighters.

"It's Kid Flash!" Yelled KF while trying to get in the window. "Why is that so hard to remember?"

"Does he always need to run ahead." Aqualad asked, as he and Robin arrived at the scene.

He was answered with laughter; looking back at the scene in front of him, Aqualad viewed Robin shooting his grappling hook at the building— swinging into the building, before dragging Kid Flash inside with him.

"Why am I not surprised." It wasn't really a question, Aqualad was just annoyed.

Running up to the firefighters; Aqualad quickly said "I need to borrow that" before taking the water they were using to put out the fire, and made a platform out of it— raising himself up to the roof of Cadmus, Aqualad looked at the employees that Kid Flash had placed there. "Get on."

The men clumsily climbed onto the platform, before Aqualad lowered them to the ground— getting off at the same window that Robin and Kid Flash had entered through earlier.

"Thanks for the help." Aqualad stated sarcastically, looking at his two friends who had left him to deal with the rest of the saving of the employees.

"What! You had it covered." Robin responded, hacking a computer while KF watched.

Aqualad walked out into the hallway, and noticed something strange in the elevator.

"There's something in the elevator."

"Elevators should be locked down." Observed KF.

Robin noticed something strange about the elevator, "This is wrong…" he started to look at the plans for Cadmus he'd downloaded from the computer he was messing with earlier. "Thought so; this is a high speed express elevator, it doesn't belong in a two story building."

"Neither does what I saw." Replied Aqualad, before he forced open the elevator doors, revealing that the shaft went VERY far below the two levels of the building that were known to the public.

"And that's why they need an express elevator." Robin observed, before shooting a grappling hook up to the ceiling above them before jumping down the shaft with Aqualad and Kid Flash following him on the rope.

They kept going; until Robin reached Sublevel 26 and said, "I'm at the end of my rope."

He leapt to the ledge that was next to the door for Sublevel 26, and started to hack— at the same time he was hacking, Aqualad was helping KF over to the ledge that he'd jumped with more ease than Robin.

Robin finished hacking and said, "Aqualad, go."

The Atlantean teen made quick work of forcing the doors apart and letting Robin and KF into the real Project Cadmus, which Robin commented on. "Welcome to Project Cadmus."

Kid Flash put his goggles down over his eyes, and started to run off, ignoring Aqualad's call of "Kid, wait."

KF kept running until he came turned into a hall, just to be almost flattened like a pancake by a giant elephantine-beast that had some great ape-like qualities.

Robin and Aqualad came running up to KF as he got up and out of the way of the…herd?

One of the giant beasts looked at the protégées before snorting out steam and looking away, the miniature creature on its back— no bigger than a house cat— looked at them as well with the small horns on its head glowing red.

As the herd moved on, Aqualad spoke what all three were thinking. "Noo, nothing strange going on here."

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A middle-aged man— with slight wrinkles, grey hair on the sides, and Brown hair on top of his head— was working with a red liquid, injecting it in a clear liquid with a strange blue crystal after which the entire beaker became a blue liquid as the crystal dissolved.

He looked at it and smiled, before his peaceful moment was cut short by a new arrival.

"Dr. Desmond."

"Tell me, Guardian, what part of 'not interruptions' didn't you understand?" the now identified Dr. Desmond scowled at the interruption of his personal project.

"A G-Gnome spotted intruders on sublevel twenty six, sir."

*sighs* "Did I miss a perimeter breach alert?"

"Noo."

"The G-Gnome is Confused." Desmond responded, before elaborating. "Whatever may happen in our faux lab above ground, the real Project Cadmus is the single most secure facility in Washington, D.C."

"And it's my job to keep it that way." Guardian shot back.

"Fine, take a squad of G-Elves and investigate f you must."

It was at that moment that the strange figure Aqualad had seen in the elevator earlier made a second appearance, "Perhaps it would be best if Guardian were to leave his G-Gnome here, if violence were to occur…"

"The little guy would just be in my way." Guardian observed, realizing where the Humanoid-Goblin like being was going with his sentence.

"NO! The benefits of instantaneous telepathic communication outweigh all other concerns." Desmond immediately countered, albeit with a VERY weak argument, as he stroked the chin of the G-Gnome he had sitting in the lab with him.

The tiny creature's horns atop its head started to glow red, before the Horns atop the head of the G-Gnome sitting on Guardian's shoulder also glowed red and Guardian seemed to go into a hypnotic state. "I need my G-Gnome with me at all times."

And with that, after a short bow, Guardian left to track down the intruders.

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A door opened revealing KF, Aqualad, and Robin— who said, "Okay, I'm officially whelmed."

The reason for his statement…they'd just found the power supply for Cadmus.

"This must be how they hide this massive underground facility from the world…the real Cadmus isn't on the grid, they generate their own power with these…things…must be what they're bred for." KF observed.
"Even the name is a clue, the Cadmus of myth created a new race by sowing Dragons' teeth into the Earth." Aqualad informed.

"And this Cadmus creates new life too." Robin said, before he started to hack a nearby computer. "they call these things…Genomorphs…whoa, check out the stats on these things…Super-strength, Telepathy, Telekinesis, Razor Claws…these things are living weapons!"

"They're building an army. But for who?" KF asked.

"Wait, there's something else… Project K-R, and Project Ghost…ugh, the file's triple encrypted, I can't—"

"DON"T MOVE!" Guardian yelled, as he came rushing into the room with a pack of G-Elves accompanying him. "Wait. Robin? Aqualad? Kid Flash?"

"At least he got your name right." Robin joked to KF.

"I know you. Guardian. A hero." Aqualad said.

"I do my best." Guardian replied.

"Then what are you doing here?" KF asked.

"I'm chief of security. You're trespassing. But we can call the Justice League. Figure this out." Guardian answered then explained.

"You think the League's gonna approve of you breeding weapons?" KF asked, thinking that Guardian must be stupid or something.

"Weapons? What do you—" Guardian was interrupted by the red glow of the G-Gnome's horns that was resting on his shoulder, and he seemed to be in pain…until, "Take them down hard. No mercy." He commanded, pointing at the three young heroes.

The G-Elves immediately went on the attack, only for Robin to jump in front of Aqualad and Kid Flash to throw down some smoke pellets before he used his grappling hook to get up to the rafters.

Kid Flash started running around like a human canon ball, knocking down as many Genomorphs as he could, while Aqualad swatted them away with his water bearers.

Aqualad was smashed into the front console of a computer by Guardian, who immediately charged the Atlantean teen.

Only this time; when Guardian was close to Aqualad, he was electrocuted by the bioelectricity that Aqualad produces.

Aqualad and Kid Flash quickly took off down a hall, eventually catching up to Robin who was hacking away at a computer with his wrist computer.

Kid Flash super-sped his way over too Robin and chastised the Boy Wonder, "Way to be a team player, Robin."
"Weren't you right behind me?" Robin joked.

Aqualad quickly reached them as the Elevator opened, and jumped inside. The doors barely closed in time to keep the G-Elves out of the elevator.

Aqualad quickly noticed that something was wrong, "We're going down?"
"Dude! Out is up." KF said angrily at the Boy Wonder.

"Excuse me? Projects K-R and Ghost? They're down, on Sub-level 52." Robin countered.

"This is out of control." Aqualad said as he rubbed his head, before continuing. "Perhaps…perhaps we should contact the League."

Right after he said that, the doors opened to Sub-level 52, resulting in Robin once more running ahead without informing them of the plan.

KF looked at Aqualad, and shrugged his shoulders before saying, "We are already here." And with that, Kid Flash took off after Robin.

*Sigh* Aqualad chose to follow his two friends, and found them at a fork in the chamber. The entirety of Sub-level 52 seemed to be bathed in an eerie red light, with large smooth blue crystals on the wall that had a glow in-and-of themselves. "Which way?" The dark skinned Atlantean powerhouse asked.

"Yeah. Bizarre looking hallway number one, or bizarre looking hallway number two." Robin joked, while at the same time trying to come to a decision about which path to take…the choice would be made for him.

Right after Robin said those words, a yell of "Hold" was heard, they looked and saw what appeared to be a Human/Goblin hybrid.

His horns started to glow red, as to canisters filled with volatile chemicals floated into the air…he then used his telekinesis to send them flying in the direction of the three protégées, where they exploded against a wall.

Robin quickly threw two disks at the creature, before taking off with Aqualad and Kid Flash…just as two more canisters were shot at them.

It was at that moment that Guardian finally arrived on Sub-level 52, the creature looked at him and said, "They are headed to Projects K-R and Ghost."

With that, Guardian and his pack of G-Elves took off down the same hallway that the teens had went down.

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KF came running around a corner, just as a female scientist was exiting a room marked "Project K-R" with "Project Ghost" underneath it.

He slid to a stop, and noticed that the doors were quickly shutting…so he grabbed a large chunk of some kind of metal, and jammed it in between the doors— keeping them open lone enough for Rob and AL to get into the room, with Aqualad kicking the metal out from between the doors, allowing them to slam shut.

Aqualad turned to see Robin give a sigh of relief, "I bypassed the door override codes, we're safe."

"We're trapped." Aqualad corrected.

"Uh, guys? You'll want to see these." KF called from where he was standing, before pushing a button that illuminated two people in pods. One was a raven haired sixteen year old boy, wearing an all-white full-body suit except for the red Kryptonean S shield on his chest; while the other person was a girl with snowy white hair, and a black and white suit (Think Danni's normal Ghost form, only 16 years old.) that had a ghostly D-with-a-P-inside on her chest.

"Big K little r, the atomic symbol for Krypton… and a neon green, stereotypical ghost symbol— as in Phantom…clones?" KF asked while looking at what appeared to be clones of two of the Justice League's most powerful members.

"Robin, Hack." Aqualad ordered.

"Right, right. " Robin responded, before getting to work, "Project Kr, designation Superboy…a clone force grown in SIXTEEN WEEKS, from DNA acquired from Superman…Project Ghost, designation Banshee…same thing as Superboy, except they acquired DNA from…Phantom and Black Canary!"

"Stolen from Superman, Phantom, and Black Canary." Aqualad corrected.

"No way the three of them know about this." KF added.

"Solar Suit allows Superboy to absorb Yellow Sun radiation twenty-four/seven." Robin continued.

"And these creatures?" Aqualad asked.

"Genomorph Gnomes, telepathic. Force feeding them an education." Robin replied.

"And we can guess what else." Kid said, before elaborating. "They're making slaves out of, well…Superman's son, as well as Phantom and Black Canary's daughter."

"Now we contact the League." Aqualad commanded, before he pressed the symbol of Atlantis that was on his belt, Kid Flash doing the same with his Flash symbol, and Robin typing away at his holo-videocom that was built into his wrist computer.

"No signal." Robin pointed out.

"We're in too deep, literally." Kid commented.

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Dr. Desmond came running up to a scene of the female scientist— the same one that had exited the room Rob, Kid, and AL were now locked in— trying to rewire the doors so that they would open. Guardian was standing close by in case it worked, that way he could apprehend the protégées. "They're still in there? With the Weapons?" Desmond seemed very annoyed by this thought.

"We can't get the door open." Guardian informed.

Desmond turned to the Goblin-like Humanoid and issued a command, "Use you telekinesis."

"I have tried, to no avail." Was its response to the command.

"Useless. This is a debacle." Desmond said, as he turned towards Guardian once more. "Get some G-Trolls down here to muscle the door open. Now."

"Already on their way." Guardian said, showing that— contrary to what Desmond believed— he had brains as well as brawns.

"You realize that once we get in there, we can't ever let them leave?" Desmond asked.

"Doc, these aren't your typical meddling kids. You don't want to get on the wrong side of the Justice League." Guardian warned.
"Better than getting on the wrong side of the Cadmus Board of Directors, believe me." Desmond countered, before looking at the G-Gnome on Guardians shoulder. "Contact the G-Gnomes inside K-R and Ghost." The response was for the G-Gnome to close its eyes, as its horns glowed red.

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"This is wrong." Kid said, looking at Banshee and Superboy.

"We can't leave them like this." Robin added.

Aqualad seemed to be I thought, before coming to a decision. "Set them free. Do it."

Robin immediately started to type away on his holoscreen.

The result was the pods lifting into the ceiling.

The two clones opened their eyes, revealing one pair of icy blue eyes and one pair of neon green eyes. Superboy super-sped over to Aqualad, and slammed into him— sending him flying. When Robin and Kid Flash tried to help their friend, they were stopped short by a blast of Ectoenergy…turning they saw that Phantom's clone was attacking them as well.

While they tried to fight a one-quarter-ghost/three-quarters-human clone…Aqualad was having much better luck with Superboy, being almost equal to him in strength…when you throw in Aqualad's bioelectricity and his ability to manipulate water. Aqualad covered Superboy in water, head to toe, before sending a massive jolt of electricity through the water…temporarily disabling the Kryptonean Clone.

He immediately rushed to help his friends, and evened the fight a bit more as it seemed that the female clone had yet to learn how to duplicate herself…a gift horse Rob, Kid, and Aqualad readily accepted without looking in the mouth.

They were so focused on the Phantom Clone, they didn't notice the Super Clone getting up and rushing ay them until he had already slammed Kid Flash against the wall, knocking him out…while they were distracted, the Ghost Clone shot two strong ectoblasts at Robin and Aqualad…Robin was knocked unconscious by the blast, while Aqualad was just made dizzy— which was all the two clones needed to drive two super-strength powered punches to the Atlantean's face, knocking him out as well.

Superboy, grabbed the door from the inside and forced it open in much the same way that Aqualad had done to the Elevator doors earlier.

Dr. Desmond was still there, waiting for the results of the fight, when the door was forced open— showing a victorious Superboy and Banshee.

Desmond walked into the room and saw the unconscious trio lying on the floor, and couldn't help but smile as he turned to face the two of them. "Good children."