Welcome back Young Justice Fall of Cadmus this is my first attempt at making a fanfiction so any helpful hints will be welcome. I will take requests for characters for a short period of time. My story will encompass not only the television series but the comics from Young Justice as well. The story will follow a plotline in which some features of JLU are tied in. I do not own JLU or Young Justice but my OCs are my children so no stealing but any ideas for new ones are welcome. So without further ado here is part two.

Young Justice Chapter II

Independence Day Part Two

Hall of Justice, Washington D.C. 14:00 EDT

Robin, Hawkgirl, Speedy, and Aqualad stared in awe at their new headquarters. The home of the Justice League was a beautiful marble building standing across from the Lincoln Memorial. It had been built by the Justice League's predecessor, the Justice Society, and it was also part of the Smithsonian, due to it being home to many heroic history and paraphernalia. Robin and Hawkgirl were talking animatedly about their confrontations with their respective ice villains while Aqualad listened in with a soft smile. Speedy, meanwhile, was sporting his usual grimace as he waited for his mentors and fellow sidekicks to stop talking.

"You should have seen the look on Freeze's face after Batman cold cocked him, pun intended." Robin laughed.

"That's nothing. Icepick nearly wet himself when my dad showed up." Hawkgirl giggled.

The smell of burning concrete and the rapid smacking of feet made the older heroes turn their attention towards the road just as two red and yellow blurs appeared over the hill.

"Aw, man," Kid Flash groaned, "I knew we would be the last ones here!"

"How come the fastest man alive is always the last to arrive?" Hawkwoman asked dryly.

Flash popped his usually cocky grin and quipped back, "Hey, the Kid and I needed a pit stop. The one downside of superspeed is a super fast metabolism."

Batman nodded in Flash's direction then turned towards the group of young heroes. "Now that we are all accounted for, I believe we owe you a tour of your new home base."

With that, he turned and started walking towards the Hall, ignoring all question fired his way by eager, starstruck fans.

As the eleven heroes entered the Hall of Justice, the young heroes were taken aback by the sheer size of the building before them. Robin and Kid Flash caught a glimpse of several of the femme fatales of the League as they turned a corner. Kid Flash nearly fell over himself trying to look good while Robin discreetly gave Hawkgirl five dollars behind his back.

"Told you we wouldn't make it five seconds without KF making a fool out of himself." Hawkgirl giggled. Robin only shook his head in response and hid a smile behind his hand.

The group rounded another corner and were met with the sight of seven massive statues, one for every original member of the Justice Society. Those honored included Dr. Fate, Wildcat, the original Green Lantern and Black Canary. Batman was leading the group toward a massive set of double doors that stood between Dr. Fate and Green Lantern.

Batman walked towards the security panel and activated the neural scanner.

A synthesized voice called out each heroes designation as they walked through the doors.

Recognized Batman 02, Flash 04, Aquaman 06, Green Arrow 08, Hawkman 09, Hawkwoman 10, Robin B02, Kid Flash B04, Aqualad B03, Speedy B01, and Hawkgirl B05

They entered a room covered in books surrounding a massive computer. There was a set of chairs around a large table. Three doors each led off to the north, east and west. The northern door had a large sign that read "Authorized Personnel Only".

Batman turned around and looked at each sidekick in turn as they took their seats around the table.

"You now have access to the Hall's virtual reality training room, the library, and the mess hall. All of you have also been added to the teleporter database and can now port directly here."

Hawkgirl fluttered her wings frantically, "This is all a bit overwhelming, we're almost Leaguers!" she yelled excitedly.

"Freeze was underwhelmed, you're overwhelmed," Robin observed. "Why isn't anyone just whelm…"

He was interrupted by Speedy pounding his fist on the table. "Overwhelming? Overwhelming?!" he yelled, "This is it? You promised us a real look inside, not a glorified backstage pass!"

His anger took the other young heroes by surprise. Out of all of them, Speedy had been waiting the longest. Why was he reacting so violently?

Aquaman replied calmly, "It's a first step, you have been granted access few others get."

"And besides, we have more important issues at hand," Batman stated. "Five ice villains attacking at the same time cannot be given up as coincidence."

"Oh really, granted access few others get," Speedy growled as he gestured to a group of tourists snapping pictures of them as they talked. "Who cares what side of the glass we're on!"

Speedy's mentor stepped in, "Roy, you just need to be patient," Green Arrow said as he tried to placate the fuming young man.

Speedy responded cruelly, "What I need is respect. They're treating us like kids. Worse, like sidekicks. We deserve better than this." He looked at each of his friends faces and saw that they were completely confused by his rantings.

"You're kidding, you're playing their game? Why, because you think they play fair?!" Speedy yelled, "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 full tour of the HQ." Kid Flash replied.

"Yeah, we can't expect everything to just fall into our laps the first day." Hawkgirl quipped, which earned her a smile from her mother.

"Except the Hall isn't the League's real HQ," roared Speedy. "I bet they never told you it was just a front for tourists. I mean it's a god damned museum, for crying out loud! Not only that, it's just a pit stop for catching zeta beam teleporter tubes to their real headquarters, an orbiting satellite, called the Watchtower, which was supposedly decommissioned after Darkseid's death!"

The younger heroes all went deadly silent before turning to their mentors, all of whom wore guilty expressions except for Batman. Instead, turned his stoic glare on Green Arrow, who was rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly.

"I know, I know, but I thought that maybe we could make an exception," Green Arrow said. All he got in return was an even harsher glare from the Caped Crusader, "Or not, I suppose." Green Arrow sighed.

"You're not helping your case here, son," Aquaman warned, "Stand down, or…"

"Or what, you'll send me to my room? And I'm not your son, I'm not even his!" Speedy barked, "I thought I was his partner, but not anymore."

He pulled his iconic hat off his head, slammed it to the ground, and turned to leave. Before exiting the doors, he gave his four "friends" a snide look, "I guess they were right about you, you're not ready to join the League."

Hawkgirl looked like she was fighting back tears and refused to be look at her parents. Kid Flash turned and glared at his uncle while Robin and Aqualad started at the floor in shock and dismay.

"Well, if we can go on without anymore inter-" Batman started to say before a red alert began to sound from one of the comm-screens.

"Superman to the League; There's been an explosion at Prometheus Labs."

Batman turned to the screen with a thoughtful look in his eyes. "I've had some suspicions about Prometheus for some time. They remind me too much of Cadmus and we remember how well it worked out with them," he declared, "This would be a perfect opportunity to…"

He was cut off by the appearance of Zatanna's face on the screen, "Zatanna to the League; The Sorcerer Wotan is using the Amulet of Aten to blot out the Sun. Captain Marvel and Shining Knight are on the scene, but I'm requesting a full League response."

Batman looked back at Superman who nodded in agreement. "Wotan is the greater danger, besides, the local authorities are already on the scene."

"Then Prometheus can wait," Batman declared before contacting the rest of the League, "All Leaguers, rendezvous at Zatanna's location. Batman out."

Hawkgirl quickly dried her tears and grabbed her mace, while the other young heroes clenched their fists and grinned expecting an epic fight.

Batman turned around and glared at all four of the young heroes, "Stay put."

"What, why!?" Robin yelled, giving his father a harsh look.

"This is a League mission and you are not trained for these kinds of missions." Hawkman said with a stern voice.

"Since when!?" cried his daughter and Kid Flash in unison.

Flash gave his nephew his best 'I'm sorry' look, "We meant you are not trained to work with this team." he said as he gestured at the older heroes.

"Don't worry Kestrel, there will be other missions," Hawkwoman assured her daughter, who only frowned at her mother's pet name for her.

"For now, stay put." Batman commanded with a sense of finality as he and the others turned to leave. Green Arrow turned towards Martian Manhunter, who had been silently reading in the corner up until Speedy's outburst, at which point he had been very intrigued in the conversation.

"Glad you didn't bring you know who?" Green Arrow asked with a sad smile.

"You have no idea, my friend," Martian Manhunter replied with a sigh.

Flash looked back at his nephew and an idea popped into his mind, "It's too bad no one will be around to make sure you guys don't get into any trouble," he said with a wink before he ran to catch up with the others.

The young heroes looked around at each other, KF being the first to voice the anger they were all feeling.

"Not ready to be a part of their team? We've been fighting alongside them for years! I mean, what the hell?!" he yelled.

"Speedy was the smart one, he had the sense to leave." Robin said, kicking his chair angrily.

"The better statement is, why didn't we go with him?" Aqualad asked.

"We stayed because we are more loyal to our parents and teachers than Speedy ever was and you all know it's true." Hawkgirl sighed, earning reluctant nods from the others.

KF's eyes lit up after a second, as he realized his uncle's ploy.

"What exactly is Prometheus Labs?" he asked

Robin looked up and got the same wicked smile on his face as KF's, "I don't know but I bet I can find out."

He leapt across the table to the computer console and began rapidly typing away.

"Access denied"

"Oh really?" Robin said smugly as he continued to push keys in rapid succession.

"What are you doing," KF asked as green code began to appear all over the screen.

"Same exact system as the Batcave," Robin stated with a smirk as the files he was hunting for appeared, "Prometheus Labs…it's a genetics lab obviously and it's based in DC, that's all there is but if Batman is wary of Prometheus then maybe we should go check it out."

"Batman said to stay here." Hawkgirl quipped.

"Do you always do everything adults tell you to?" Kid Flash asked with a smirk which earned him a metal encased punch on the arm.

"Ow! I was just kidding around." KF cried, rubbing his shoulder.

"And besides they never said we couldn't go on this mission," Aquaman said, feeling slightly guilty for going behind his King's back, "They said we couldn't go on the blotting-out-the-sun mission."

Hawkgirl looked around at the three smiling boys, "So just like that we're a team on a mission?" she asked

"Well I didn't come here for a play date," KF said, "But I wouldn't mind an actual date," he remarked, winking at Hawkgirl.

"Just like I told Icepick, only in your dreams,"Hawkgirl said, readying to punch him again.

Robin pinched the bridge of his nose before cutting through the bickering with a barbed quip, "Look are we going to go do a mission or are you too going to start making out?"

Hawkgirl and Kid Flash rounded on him with startled expressions while Robin smirked up at them. KF opened his mouth to say something equally barbed only to be cut off by Kaldur.

"Enough," Aqualad said as he brought the others back to task, "We must leave immediately."

Washington D.C 14:30 EDT

Sirens blared as a group of fire men tried to stop a rapidly spreading fire from getting any worse. The fire chief was focusing on the upper windows, where two scientists were crying out for help.

"Stay put! We will get you out." the fire chief yelled to them just as a massive explosion went up behind the frantic scientists. Both scientists were knocked out of the window and plummeted headfirst towards the ground. Suddenly a flash of silver and reddish-yellow caught the fire chief's eye as Hawkgirl swooped down from the sky and grabbed both men before they cracked their heads on the concrete.

"KF a little help here, I can't carry these two for long." Hawkgirl cried, her fingers slipping slightly on the doctors' lab coats.

"No prob," KF yelled back catching one of the scientists while Hawkgirl lowered the other scientist to the ground.

KF placed the man on the ground and then ran at full tilt towards the wall, he scaled it with ease and managed to just grab onto the windowsill. Hawkgirl followed suit tucking in her wings so she can fit through the window and then turned to pull Kid Flash inside.

"Smooth as always." Robin laughed, while a slightly irritated Aqualad grimaced.

"Do they always have to run ahead?" he asked before he realized he was alone.

Robin meanwhile had climbed the fire truck's ladder and used his grappling hook to get inside the building.

Aqualad saw that there were still scientists trapped in the building and ran up to the nearest group of fire men.

"I need to borrow that." he cried as he pulled out his water bearers, his arms lighting up as his eel shaped tattoos became visible and a massive wave of water formed and rose up to the window with him atop it. He reached the panicked scientists and yelled, "Climb aboard, Now!"

He then carried the remaining scientists down to the street below before turning his water bearers on the fire. The fire was gone in an instant and so was Aqualad as he propelled himself through the window his team mates had disappeared through.

"Appreciated the help." he remarked sarcastically when he saw his friends surrounding different computer terminals.

"Hey you handled it just fine on your own." Robin fired back, earning him a glare from the ticked off Atlantean.

As they began to bicker KF turned and saw a strange figure step into an elevator at the end of the hall. The figure was definitely not human, with tall horns, bat-like ears, and pale blue skin.

"What the hell was that!" he cried.

"What's up KF?" Hawkgirl asked, confused by her friend's violent reaction.

"Something just got in that elevator over there." KF said, pointing towards the closed doors.

Robin turned around with a questioning look on his face, " Three questions, first off something, not someone? Second, why is this elevator working during a fire," he asked as he approached the elevator and checked his holo-gauntlet, "And finally what is a high-speed express-elevator doing in a two story building?"

"Well let's find out." Hawkgirl said as she and Aqualad pried open the elevator doors. The four heroes looked down at an elevator shaft that led incredibly deep underground.

"Hey guys, I don't think we're in Prometheus Labs." Robin declared, staring at the wall ahead of them.

"And why do you think that?" KF asked before noticing what his friend was looking at.

On the opposite wall was a decal of a burning torch next to the words 'Cadmus Prometheus'.

"But my parents told me that that the Justice League shut down Cadmus seven years ago." Hawkgirl said clearly confused.

"Well they seem to be back," Aqualad observed, "For what purpose I wonder?"

"Well, we wanted an interesting mission and we sure as hell got one." KF said.

Robin smiled cockily, "Well let's head down." he said.

He fired his grappling hook into the ceiling and started to climb down. The other three heroes looked at each other and nodded, with Hawkgirl opening her wings to fly down the shaft, while KF and Aqualad grabbed hold of Robin's grapple line.

And so ends chapter two and now to tell you about my first added character, Hawkgirl. She wears a suit of Nth armor much like her father but unlike both her parents only wears a dynamo mask like Robin. She carries her mother's original Nth metal mace allowing it to dissipate magic. She can fly obviously and that's about it, oh yeah she has a big crush on Aqualad which I will hint upon in the next chapter. Also many of you will have noticed that I changed the statues of the original Justice League members to the Justice Society. My main reason for doing this is because I felt that the statues seemed a little too egotistical for the League, so instead the statues serve as a memorial. The seven statues depict Dr. Fate, The First Green Lantern, The First Black Canary, the First Flash, Wildcat, Sandman, and Hourman. Remember any flames will be consumed by my pet phoenix, this has been Damont Evermore Peace!