Pre Zatanna and Rocket
The team walked into the cave after a battle with Clayface and everyone was chattering and bragging about the awesome feats they had accomplished. Artemis was recalling the memory of Kid Flash falling flat on his face while trying to get off the bio-ship when she suddenly stopped and stared with her mouth open. Standing in the middle of the living room was Red Tornado and beside him was Batman and Superman, except not.
The costumes looked the same but instead of the thirty-something year old men there were nine-year-old boys. The small boy in the Superman costume broke the silence.
"Hi."
"Hi," answered the crew hesitantly.
"I have a question." Kid Flash raised his hand, first to break the silence, "Why are two nine year old boys in the cave, and follow up question -Why are they dressed as Superman and Bats?"
"BATS! Where?" screeched the boy in the batman costume, covering his head?
"These boys are Batman and Superman." Replied the machine.
"No I'm not." Stated the boy in the Superman costume, "my name is Cla-"
"Ahhhh" screamed the other boy lunging at him "remember what that lady with the rope said about saying our names?"
"Oh yeah."
The team assumed they were talking about Wonder Woman.
"Anyways, Superman was aiding Batman in a battle against the Joker and they were hit by a beam and were nocked unconscious. When they woke up they were like this."
"Good thing their clothes shrunk." Whispered KF.
"It appears that they have no memories of anything that happened after the age of nine." Red Tornado continued.
Batboy and Superkid had gotten bored and were fiddling with the gadgets in Batboy's belt.
"They will be left in your charge until we can find out what was in that ray." And with that the machine left.
"What are we supposed to do with a bunch of kids!" screamed Wally
"You know we can hear you. Right?" both of the de-aged justice league members looked at him scowls.
"Besides I'm nine." Grumped Batboy.
"Me to!" smiled Superkid "high-five!"
The mini dark knight glared at him skeptically but eventually slapped the awaiting hand.
"Should we not alert their parents of where they are?" asked Kaldur.
"Good luck with that." Scoffed the boy clad in black.
Kaldur chose to ignore that, passing it off as a rebellious kid thing.
Robin, who had been trying hard to suppress giggles for the past ten minutes, finally said, "Ok its like noon. Would you guys like something to eat? We have peanut butter, jelly, mac and cheese, uh I have no idea what this is, microwave pizza."
"I don't care." Batboy said.
"Mac and cheese." Decided the Blue Boy Scout.
"Ok two orders of mac and cheese coming up."
Sitting down at the table Batboy finally exploded.
"OK! It's my turn to ask questions now. Where am I, does Alfred know I'm here, when can I take this stupid mask off, why does it have pointy ears, why did the red guy call me Batman, why did the red guy sound like a robot, why is she green, why does he have gills, and why is he wearing a red cape - cuz he looks stupid." Batboy's face was red by the time he finished his one breath rant.
"I do not!"
"Yes you do!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Enough! Apologize to each other right now!" yelled Aqualad.
"He started it." Mumbled Superkid.
Kaldur stared at the two expectantly as they mumbled their apologies.
Two bowls of mac and cheese were set in front of the boys and they started to dig in when the boy clad in blue yelled, "Wait!"
"We didn't say grace."
The teens stared at each other confused. Wally was the first to catch on and understand what the boy was talking about.
"Uh why don't you lead us in grace."
"Ok. Uh thank you Lord for this food and …. Amen."
Apparently satisfied Superkid proceeded to dig in, while Robin took a picture for blackmailing purposes.
Megan linked the team up.
Megan "What are we going to do? We have two nine-year-old boys in our kitchen?
Conner "I have no idea"
Robin " Well we should start by getting them a new pair of clothes."
Kaldur "Agreed"
Robin "Megan, go the store and pick out a some clothes for the boys and a pair of PJ's because I don't know if they are staying the night. Also get some sunglasses for Batma-boy" He handed her a wad of bills. Conner I'm going to ask if you could stay here and help with Superkid seeing as how we don't know how much of his powers he has. I'm going to take Bats and see what he knows and explain the secrete identity thing to him."
Wally "What about me, Artemis, and Kaldur?"
Robin "I guess you can go with Megan and help choose out some clothes. Arty you and Kaldur want to go get some snacks?"
Artemis "Sure."
Kaldur "Ok, let's head out. It looks like they are finishing up with their mac and cheese."
"Hey, uh Batboy can you come here?"
No response. Robin ended up just going up to him and tapping him on the shoulder seeing as how he couldn't use his real name.
"Can you come with me?"
"Will you finally answer my questions? I'm sure Alfred is worried about me." The boy said with a scowl on his face.
"Yes"
"Ok then."
The young dark knight followed his protégé to his room. Before entering he turned to the supers and said, "Conner keep him entertained and I will give him the breakdown in a few minutes"
"Oh boy. Just be quick, I have no idea what to do with a kid." Replied Conner with such a pathetic look in his eye Robin had to resist the urge to take out his phone and take a picture.