Diana's cousin was at the door promptly at eleven am, with two suitcases and a backpack. She was a pale girl, with a blotchy pink flush and blue veins showing through her lack of pigment. Her eyes were a startling purple hue, with the intensity and depth of polished sugilite under her long, wavy, obsidian hair and thick, brow reaching bangs. She wore a loose, black tank top and jean shorts. Around her neck hung three necklaces. One on a silver chain with a pendent shaped like a double headed war axe, the other two both on black cords. The one hanging just below the round collar of her shirt had a double pointed obelisk cut moonstone pendant, and the one hanging an inch and a half below that was a silver witches pentagram. When she tucked her hair behind her ear Diana saw that she had silver bracelets with stone beads of various types, as well as three ear piercings; two in the lobe and one in the mid cartilage. She also wore a silver pentagram ring on her right ring finger, next to a skull ring on her middle that Diana assumed would have come from the girl's father.

"H-hi." she said in an almost whisper when Diana opened her front door with a smile. She had looked at the legal documents her uncle had left, and understood both the foreign sounding name and why he had made a point to tell her his daughter now had American Citizenship. Her 'birth' certificate was from Finland, for Sigrid Iida Säde Mustonen on July 6, 1996.

"Hello Sigrid, it's nice to meet you." Diana greeted, " I don't have a guest room for you, unfortunately, but have a place where you can stay with a couple other people your age." She led the girl to where her room would be.

Sigrid shrugged, and put down her bags.

"I'm sorry you can't stay here with me, but I'll be there regularly."

"It's fine." Sigrid said quietly. Diana nodded, and left the girl to adjust to her surroundings.

And hour later Sigrid had eaten a sandwich and agreed to zeta tube to the Cave to meet Batman, Superman, Black Canary, and the resident team, as well as put things in her new room.

It was a Saturday, and at Black Canary's request due to the newcomer, they were in various parts of the rec room. The two gothamites were on the couches doing homework, Artemis occasionally asking Robin to check her work over on her math problems. Superboy, M'gann, Kaldur, and Kid Flash were in the kitchen, waiting for a batch of M'gann's improving cookies to cool.

Recognised, Wonder Woman 03. Unrecognised Persona Overridden by Wonder Woman 03.

When the two were announced by the computer they all watched Wonder Woman and the girl she had brought with her. Black Canary, Batman, and Superman entered the space from an adjacent room, and Robin looked at his mentor for an explanation for the newcomer. The explanation didn't need to come from him.

"Everyone," Wonder Woman said, capturing their attention and diverting it to the girl who had angled herself slightly behind the broad shouldered woman, "I would like you to meet my cousin, Sigrid Mustonen. She will be living here from now on."

"Seagreed?" Wally asked with a third of a still cooling cookie in his cheek before he was fixed with a stern look from Kaldur.

"Wait, how are you cousins, she looks way younger than you." Artemis noted, "Not that you like, look old, but she looks Rob's age."

"She's fourteen." Wonder Woman answered.

"Well, it's nice to meet you Sigrid," Black Canary said, holding out her hand with a smile. Sigrid put down one of her bags and took it nervously, with an anxious half-smile that didn't go unnoticed by the adults.

Said adults went to go talk together in another room so that Diana could relay her agreement with Hades in more detail, and Sigrid was left alone with the team.

"So how are you related to Wonder Woman? Are you an Amazon?" Robin asked, flipping his folder closed.

"I believe that it would be polite to introduce ourselves before we start to pester her with questions." Kalder stated, saving Sigrid from answering the awkward question. "I am Kaldur'ahm, nice to meet you Sigrid."

"Sorry, I'm Robin."

"Artemis."

"Name's Kid Flash, beautiful." He said with a smile and a wink, making Sigrid flush a pinker hue as Artemis glared daggers at him, knowing that her boyfriend was only joking.

"I'm Megan, it's nice to meet you!"

"Superboy or Conner," he stated simply.

"It is nice… to meet you all… also." Sigrid said quietly, nervously twisting her pentacle ring and looking at the floor, her arm purposefully hiding the one hanging around her neck, suddenly regretting the decision to wear the symbol of her religion in front of strangers.

"You don't have to be so anxious you know," M'gann said, trying to console her and floating over with a cookie.

"Kiitokset." Sigrid murmured, taking the cookie before going rigid, "I-I-I mean, thanks."

"English isn't your first language is it?" Robin chuckled, "It's fine, it's not mine either."

His teammates minus Wally looked at him curiously.

"What was your first language?" Artemis asked.

"Romani."

"Huh."

"What languages do you know?" Robin asked Sigrid.

"My first were Soumi, er, F-Finnish, sorry…"

"You have no need to feel ashamed when you are still learning." Kaldur told her, and she took a deep breath.

"My first two were Finnish and… Swedish, then I learned German and English. My mom talked to me in English when I was still learning my first two, but I didn't start, really learning, until two, years ago."

"Where were you born?" Wally asked, amazed.

"Kotka, Finland, not far from the capitol."

"What are you doing in America then?"

"My grandparents didn't want me, and I can't stay with my father, so he trusted his niece and the team with me." She was back to fiddling with her ring.

"I thought you mentioned you had a mother, what happened to her?" Conner asked.

Robin noticed the shift immediately, but it helped that he had already assumed the worst case scenario. He stood up. Her hands froze in place, and her shoulders tensed. She clenched her jaw and pushed her hands harder together to try and stop them from shaking.

"I-i-is there a-a bathroom?"

"Yeah, it's down the hall, I'll show you." He said quietly, leading her away, "There's a lot of doors in this place so it's pretty easy to get lost." Robin hoped he could manage to distract her from whatever had happened to her mom with idle chit chat but it didn't seem to be helping so he walked faster.

She closed the door and almost as soon he heard the clink of the toilet seat going up he heard her retching before the cookie M'gann had given her and then probably lunch had vacated the premises.

She washed her hands for a long time.

"You okay?" Robin asked as they made their way back to the rec room. He knew it was a stupid question from experience but it still felt nice knowing that someone cared enough to ask, so he asked it anyway.

"No." Sigrid replied bluntly.

"At least she's honest," he thought to himself.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"No."

A few steps echoed in the silence.

"Black Canary will probably ask. It's her role to do therapy sessions." When Sigrid looked at him with wide, seemingly panicked eyes he continued hurriedly, "She won't make you talk about anything you really don't want to though," she let out a deep breath, "but sometimes it's best if you do anyway."

"I don't want to."

"I'm sure she'll say it's fine then."

"Are you sure?"

"Well, no, I don't really know your situation, but she isn't the type to make people talk, so you being unable to avoid talking about it is unlikely."

"Okay."

"Do you want to take a detour? I can show you around the cave for a bit before we get back to the others, since you'll be living here and everything." Robin asked suddenly, and stopped walking.

"Would they not notice us being gone too long?"

"They probably will, but it's fine."

"...Are you sure?"

"Positive."

"What?"

"It's like yes."

"Oh…?"

"In this context it meant yes."

"Oh."

"Negative can also be no."

"All of these english phrases that make no sense translated literally will be the death of me." Sigrid exclaimed, pressing her palms to her eyes in frustration, and Robin snickered. After a few seconds the two teenagers were just standing in the hallway laughing together. When it died down Sigrid had tears in her eyes. She hadn't laughed in a long time. Sigrid hugged Robin from behind.

"Thanks," she whispered.

The team stared at Conner shortly after Robin and Sigrid had left.

"What?" he asked.

"I believe her mother is dead Conner." Kaldur stated.

"Oh."

"Why did Robin go to the bathroom with her, it isn't even hard to find. It has a sign and everything." Conner then asked, since everyone seemed to have explanations today.

"He's used to it." Wally answered, then, realizing that that was a bit too telling, he elaborated in the wrong direction, "He works almost full time in Gotham, he's dealt with traumatized people before."

"What do you think happened?" M'gann asked.

"Something deadly?" Artemis replied, getting her a couple of glares she didn't notice as she worked through answering questions about data from yesterday's chemistry lab.

"So how do you think she's Wonder Woman's cousin? Like is it on her mom's side?" Wally asked.

"Whose mothers side?" Kaldur asked.

"Wonder Woman's."

"I do not believe she had any aunts."

"So it would have to be an Olympian then right?"

"Yes."

"Well it wouldn't be Zeus because then they'd be sisters or something," Artemis piped in, "and it can't be like, a child of Zeus like because they would be… something weird."

"So it would have to be one of the other five." Wally concluded.

"Yeah. We can scratch off Hera because she doesn't cheat, unlike her husband, and we can scratch off Hestia because she's one of the virgin goddesses. That leaves Poseidon, Demeter or Hades."

"Wow Arty, you really payed attention in Freshman English didn't you?" Wally joked.

"Shut up Baywatch. Anyway, Hades seems pretty unlikely since he doesn't leave the Underworld ever, and she doesn't look anything like Demeter. She could be a daughter of Poseidon."

"Wait, so who is he?" Conner asked.

"Poseidon is the supreme ruler of the Oceans and all of its life. He also controlled sea based disasters and can cause earthquakes." Artemis explained.

"Encyclopedia Art over here." Wally joked again as Conner nodded in understanding.

"Well excuuuuuse me for being knowledgeable about the mythic culture the goddess I'm literally named after is from."

"Wait your named after a goddess?" Conner asked.

"Yeah," Wally started, cutting off the girl in question as she opened her mouth to answer, "Artemis, daughter of Zeus, Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt."

"She has her own group of exclusively female hunters she works with because she's another one of the goddesses that never wanted to marry and/or have kids." Artemis added, shooting a glare at the speedster.

"Even though she's the goddess of childbirth." Wally joked.

"She's a like midwife Baywatch you don't have to have gone through it yourself in order to be one of those."

He shrugged.

"Where are Robin and Sigrin? It's been far longer than just a bathroom break…" M'gann noted.

"He's probably socializing with the new girl without us." Wally huffed in a kidding manner.

"Watch your back, she might replace you in status as his best friend." Connor teased, and Wally looked at him in surprise.

Recognised, Zatanna, A03.

"Look who it is, come to join the welcome party?" Artemis asked the girl who just materialized in civies with a duffle bag over her shoulder.

"Welcome party?" Zatanna questioned, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear.

"Yeah," Wally confirmed, "Where were you anyway?"

"Sleepover with some school friends, and who are we welcoming? Did we get a new teammate?"

"We don't know if she is exactly going to be on the team as of yet, but she is going to be living here with you, M'gann and Conner from now on." Kaldur told, "Her name is Sigrid."

Just then Sigrid and Robin walked back into the rec room.

"Hey Zee, back already?" Robin asked.

"Yeah, why? Didn't you miss me?" His girlfriend teased, pecking him on the lips in greeting.

" 'Course I missed you," he blushed, "Just didn't expect you back before dinner when you have time to hang out with your other group of friends."

"Oh please, I can only listen to Abigail rant about the ludicrousy of love triangles in young adult literature for so long."

Robin snorted, and Zatanna continued, quoting her friend, "'It's the literal apocalypse, as far as Maslow's Hierarchy of needs is concerned they can't even afford to be worrying about personal relationships when the bottom tier of basic human needs isn't even stable! Besides! They could totally both date her! It's the freaking apocalypse! The only people who are around to judge have better shit to worry about!'" They were both laughing, the team looking on in mixed confusion and amusement, "It went on forever. Like she totally has a point but still."

"I assume you had fun then?"

"It was great. We made a blanket fort in the living room and Naomi kicked everyone's butts at chess as usual. Then we sat on the roof and watched the sun rise because we were all too tired to do anything else but too sugar high still to fall asleep."

"What did you eat?"

Zatarra grimaced.

"Collectively we finished a large stuffed pizza, a gallon bucket thing of rainbow sherbert, and a lot of assorted tiny chocolate bars."

"Dude."

"I know."

"And Ashton convinced you to let her tattoo you as well?" Robin asked, looking down as the intricate design of flowering vines peaking out from under his girlfriend's long sleeves.

"Oh, yeah, that happened too, don't worry it's washable marker," she said, rolling it up to show an extremely detailed garden design encircling her entire arm. "She used sharpie for Abigail's and sealed it with hairspray and baby powder but she's the one who actually wants tattoo's when she's older so…"

Robin chuckled.

"So, you're Sigrid?" Zatanna asked, turning to the new girl and looking at her curiously.

"Yes, I am."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Zatanna Zatara. Who brought you here?"

"Wonder Woman. We are cousins."

Zatanna frowned slightly.

"Are you a sorceress?" She asked suddenly.

"Um… I am not sure I am skilled enough to have that title, but I can enchant things, why?" Sigrid asked nervously.

"You have wards… on everything." Zatanna stated, eyeing Sigrid's jewelry.

"Oh, yeah, my mom was a bit overprotective…" she blushed, running a hand through her hair and unsettling her bangs.

"What does that first necklace do? It has an enchantment instead of a ward."

"Oh… umm… it just…." Her hand went quickly to the axe pendant, and Zatanna raised her eyebrows, the rest of the team now also wondering what it did. "It's… probably best… if I just showed you."

Sigrid unclasped the necklace and let the pendant slide down the chain to the clasp. When it reached it it glowed and expanded until it was a wicked sharp, ink black hand axe with details in silver. The room seemed to grow chilly at the sight of it.

"My father gave it to me."

"Who's your father?" Robin asked, surprised.

"Poseidon, right?" Conner interjected when Sigrid froze with wide eyes. She spun around to look at him, betrayal on her face. "What?" He asked.

"What do you mean, 'Poseidon, right?'?" She asked defensively.

"We figured it out when you and Robin left. Did we get it wrong?"

"We cancelled out Olympian until it was either Demeter or Poseidon, since you and Wonder Woman are cousins. Poseidon came out on top." Artemis explained to the stoney faced girl.

"Wait, Poseidon? Really?" Robin asked, bewildered, "Isn't he the sea god?"

"Yes, he is." Sigrid retorted icily with a bat family esque glare.

"So, we were correct with our assumption?" M'gann asked. Sigrid sighed and closed her eyes, turning towards the hallway.

"I do not take kindly to people talking about me behind my back." She said monotonously, walking away from them.

"We did not intend it that way." Kaldur spoke, hoping to diffuse the situation, but she continued walking, leaving the team and the rec room behind.

"Poseidon? Are you sure?" Robin asked the team.

"Well, she didn't deny it." Artemis countered.

"We should probably stop talking about her behind her back guys, she's already upset with us for the first time." Wally put in, and Artemis nodded.

Before the conversation could continue, the adults adjourned their meeting and joined the team in the rec room to tell them what had been decided.

"Where is Sigrid?" Wonder Woman asked, looking around the expansive room for her charge.

"She stormed off." Conner stated.

"Why?" She asked sternly.

The team exchanged nervous glances with one another under the aggressive gaze of the amazonian.

"A few of us tried to guess who her second parent was in order for her to be related to you while Robin was showing her where the bathroom was," Artemis confessed before Kaldur, who hadn't been a part of the conversation, said anything, "She didn't like that we had been talking about her, and left."

"She did not tell you herself?" Black Canary asked.

"She seemed to avoid it." Robin said, and she nodded in concern.

"Who did you guess?" Asked Superman, curious.

"They guessed Poseidon, but Sigrid neither confirmed nor denied the assumption." Kaldur informed, "Did they guess correctly?"

"If Sigrid does not wish to disclose her heritage, I will not do it for her." Wonder Woman said sternly. "Now I suggest that you all find and apologies to her."

"I'll check the security to see if she's left the cave or not." Robin said, activating his wrist computer. "She left through the front door. We should be able to catch up to her."

"Let us go then." Kaldur responded, and the team got up to chase after her.

By the time they got out of the cave she was standing at the edge of a grassy cliff over the water, looking out onto the ocean.

"Sigrid, I'm sorry we were talking about you and tried to guess who your father was, it was none of our business and we shouldn't have done it." Artemis said, walking up behind her.

Sigrid didn't turn around until half a minute later, frantically pushing Artemis away from the cliff as a large wave sprayed up above the rocks. Artemis landed three feet away, and Sigrid spun back around, hand axe flashing dangerously.

"Get away," she growled to the team menacingly, squaring herself between the team and the edge of a cliff.

"Hey, what's your problem?" Wally shouted, helping his girlfriend to her feet, "We're apologising!"

Just then a creature, almost like a giraffe if giraffes were bigger and covered in grey green scales and had teeth like knives that dripped acidic poison from six, deadly heads, clearly nothing like real regular giraffes, rose from the sea. The team stepped back, startled, but Sigrid readied her weapon.

"You need to go, NOW!" She yelled, hitting one head away with the flat of her blades when it lunged, it's drool eating away the grass where it landed into a chemical steam.

"We are not leaving you to fight this alone." Kaldur responded, activating his water-bearers.

"Wally, go back to the cave and get the adults and my bow, and ask if there's a flamethrower." Artemis told her boyfriend, and he was gone, nothing but dust trailing after him as she got into a defensive stance, prepared to dodge whatever she had to until she was armed, Robin doing the same.

"No!" Sigrid screamed, a red light pulsing from her and knocking them all back, their shadows bending the wrong ways and around them until they were cocooned and trapped in steel hard blackness. Before long the adults were running to the cliff, shock evident. Sigrid's hand axe deflected another lunging head, and she wished she had a polearm. The weapon responded in kind to her need, glowing red as it unfolded from itself as though it was segmented, plates of cold black metal locking back into place until she held a halberd. Dodging several striking heads, she took notice of the adults coming her way and became angry. They were going to get themselves killed because of her if she didn't get rid of this monster before they got to the cliff. How dare it attack her, endanger the people she had only just met, endanger the only possibility of family and a semi normal existence she had left. The anger coursed through her like the acid dripping from the maws of the six headed beast, and she leaped at one, landing on it's head and bringing the axe down into the skull of the snake, it's skin boiled under the black flames emanating from her down to the blade. The six heads shrieked and writhed as the burning blackness radiated throughout it's body, even after Sigrid had wrenched her weapon from it and jumped away. It slowly disintegrated until it fell back into the ocean, still burning, even under water, until not a scrap of flesh or bone remained. The adults didn't reach Sigrid or the obsidian-esque crystals Wally was trying to free the team from until the monster was gone. When Batman, Black Canary and Superman looked at Wonder Woman, all they saw on her face was shock and fear before she rushed over to the girl she had been trusted with as she collapsed. As Wonder Woman picked her up the hardened shadows melted, and went back to their proper places behind the people who cast them.

"What was that?" Batman asked after looking to make sure Robin and the team were alright.

"She holds more power than I suspected." She whispered, creases of worry on her forehead.

"What does that mean?" Black Canary questioned.

"It means she will face more hardship by her heritage than most who are like the two of us, and we will need to protect her from as much of it possible."