Here is chapter 2 of the fifth race and I hope you like it. And I know that I got a few facts wrong in the last chapter. Well that was done on purpose, because it doesn't matter what really happened what matters is what wally thinks happened. Because in this fic I have portrayed him as a glory hound because that way it should add to the story and come on can't you see him totally like that? Also if you haven't already noticed I could really use a beta, if anyone wants the job just pm me ok. And anything in italics are the team talking telepathically. Anyway here it is enjoy. I own nothing.

The fifth race

Chapter II- Ultimate Power

Miss Martian is being shot at by masked shadow henchmen and is flying in a serpentine pattern to try not be hit by them. Kid flash dashes into the group of henchmen and knocks them out. Kid flash then turns to his right to see more two shadow henchmen who aim their guns at him but before they can fire they are hit and neutralized by Artemis's taser arrows. Kid flash telepathically says. "Thanks."

Artemis telepathically says. "No problem."

Superboy then roars before he punches mammoth. Mammoth quickly recovers and punches superboy back and into the wall on the other side of the hanger almost hitting kid flash in the process.

As mammoth jumps over to the fazed superboy to continue the fight, kid flash thinks. "How could such an easy mission turn so far south?

Cue into

Hours earlier at mount justice

Batman was in front of the holo screen along with red tornado giving the briefing to the team for their next mission. Batman shows on the screen a giant dome surrounded by ice and snow. Batman then says. "The international Antarctic research base has been doing both archeological and scientific research in the hope of finding more clues into the history of earth before humans. And as it appears they have succeeded: last week this man." Batman then shows picture of a white male, early to mid-thirties, brown hair, and glasses.

"Dr. Daniel Jackson head archeologist at the research facility announced that his team has found those clues. And while the details are sketchy Dr. Jackson has none the less claimed that it will alter everything we know of the history of earth before the human race."

Artemis then asks. "Who's this 'Dr. Jackson'? How come we never heard of him?"

Kid flash answers. "I have he's this crackpot who claimed that the pyramids where landing ports for alien space craft thousands of years ago. The better question is why are we listening to him? He's been a laughing stock in the scientific community for years."

"Because the UN has sent personnel to the research facility to transport dr. Jackson's findings to a more secure and equipped facility. Your mission is to defend that research facility during the evacuation from any who would try to steal it and that above all else 'do not damage any of the research'." Everyone then looked at Wally the team cluts, who pretended not to notice.

A few hours later, Antarctica.

The team was in the bioship, piloted by miss Martian. Miss Martian telepathically said to her teammates. "approaching research base."

The base itself was comparable in size to that of a standard high school, only that the facility was in the shape of a dome with a large hanger instead of the standard rectangle shape. The hanger itself was open with base personnel taking the equipment into fairly large transport helicopters. Miss Martian then landed the bioship away from the helicopters and personnel but still close enough to be readily available if needed.

The team led by aqua lad then exited out of the bioship in full arctic camouflage. Aqualad then said. "You all know your respective roles. Miss Martin establish a link and the rest of you, If anything happens report what you have found. Understood?"

"Yes, understood." Confirmed robin with no one else saying anything to the contrary.

Before the team could do anything a small group of scientists walked up to the team of young heroes. The leader of the group greets. "I was told that the justice league was going to be sending a security detail, but I didn't know they would be sending you guys though. But regardless hello, I am Dr. Daniel Jackson and welcome to the international Antarctic research facility. So before I go back to evacuating the findings do you have any questions?"

Kid flash was about to insult the good Dr. But before he was able to both Artemis and aqualad managed to stop him, in their own respective ways. Artemis hit him in his sides with her elbow making kid wince in pain before he could say anything, while aqualad said. "No we do not, we will let you get back to your work."

Dr. Jackson while he caught the signals that someone on the team of young heroes was going to insult his work, the good dr. decided to ignore it and while apathetically smiling said. "Well ok, see ya." Dr. Jackson and his own team then left back to their previous work of trying to move their findings into the transport helicopters.

Back at the bioship aqualad said. "As I was saying, you all know your roles, disperse."

The team then broke apart in mostly sets of two except aqualad who left to body guard Dr. Jackson. Robin pared off with zatana, Miss Martian with superboy and Artemis is with kid flash. Each duo was stationed at the base to provide the maximum amount of protection in the event of an attack.

After about half an hour superboy asks over the mind link. "How long is this going to take? Better yet, why are we even here? This place has plenty of security and its thousands of miles from any kind of civilization,"

Aqualad answers. "this base only has a few guards and they only have tasers as the UN and the scientists didn't want to risk the chance of a stray bullet hitting the findings. And by the looks of things the evacuation is almost complete; it should not take that long. And besides Dr. Jackson did say that his findings were quite valuable and it is our mission to protect them."

"right." Kid flash scoffs.

"oh so you don't agree?" artemis asked in a passive aggressive tone.

"let me think about it, um nooo. Dr. Jackson is a washed out nut job, who like I said before thinks that the pyramids in Egypt are landing pads for alien space craft. And that thousands of years ago and that the aliens in question ruled over ancient humans as their deities, and that even for us that's just insane."

"Regardless it does not matter, what does matter is guarding the evacuation until it is complete." Aqualad calmly commanded.

In one of the many labs at the research facility dr. Jackson was putting many of his smaller equipment inside of a box along with several other of his collogues, while they were doing that aqualad was stationed at the center of lab in case of an emergency.

Dr. Jackson carrying a box of equipment walks up next to aqualad, sets down the box on a table and says. "Well the evacuation is almost done and sorry for the trouble."

"it was no trouble at all."

"well thanks anyway for doing this. I know it seems like having you guys here is unnecessary considering we're so far away from anything and nothing happened but me, the rest of the staff, and the UN thinks that having you here was the right call."

Aqualad simply nods, having nothing to say.

"hey I probably shouldn't ask this but what was the deal earlier, you guys were acting a little strange."

"we were having a telepathic conversation."

"oh, right. I forgot that Martians have mind powers like telepathy. So what was it about?"

"we were having a 'dispute' on a certain matter." Aqualad answered trying to find a good word for it.

Dr. Jackson simply smiled and said. "Someone on your team doesn't think that my findings are \ that important?"

"I didn't say that." Aqualad said a little too quickly.

"It's alright aqualad, I'm used to it. Especially with what me and my team found I'll be proven right."

The second Dr. Jackson finished his sentence a huge explosion was heard. Aqualad then asks over the mind link. "What happened?"

Miss Martian answered. "we're under attack. Thieve broken into the main hanger and have infiltrated the base."

Aqualad then asks both in his mind and out loud. "who? Who is attacking?"

Sportsmaster then walks into the lab and says. "who do you think lad?"

Back at the main hanger dozens of henchmen armed with not only guns but also apokoliption weapons along with mammoth and shimmer have broken into the facility and all of the regular security forces for the base have been taken out.

Luckily the team was specifically positioned for an event like that. Robin jumped and leaped around and next to the henchmen so he could kick their weapons out of their hands and then threw his discs at the now unarmed henchmen. The discs before they could be removed released knock out gas effectively incapacitating the henchmen.

Zatana had robins back by stopping another henchmen from shooting robin by casting "Tekcajtiarts" turning his gun into rope and the rope tied itself around its once owner.

Not too far away miss Martian using her telekinesis, hurled chunks of ice at more of the henchmen. The henchmen managed to run and dive out of the way but before Miss Martian was able to throw more ice at them shimmer shot apokoliption pain pads at her. Miss Martian then screamed in pain. Artemis then shot the floating red pads with her arrows saving Miss Martian. Both Miss Martian and Artemis then focused their efforts at shimmer, throwing chunks of ice and shooting arrows respectively.

At the right end of the hanger sportsmaster manages to knock aqualad out of the lab who is then forced to deal with sportsmaster's henchmen. With aqualad distracted sportsmaster then turns to Dr. Jackson and says. "Hey doc your coming with us."

At the front of the hanger Kid flash dashes into the group of henchmen and knocks them out. Kid flash then turns to his right to see more two shadow henchmen who aim their guns at him but before they can fire they are hit and neutralized by Artemis's taser arrows. Kid flash telepathically says. "Thanks."

Artemis telepathically says. "no problem."

Superboy then roars before he punches mammoth. Mammoth quickly recovers and punches superboy back and into the wall on the other side of the hanger almost hitting kid flash in the process.

As mammoth jumps over to the fazed superboy to continue the fight, kid flash stops distracted for some reason, Artemis noticing this screams at him. "Hey kid save the site seeing for when we're not getting shot at!"

Present time

Kid flash snaps out of it and says. "sorry, sorry." Kid then see's two people he who he thought would be the last people he would see at the far end of the hanger. Kid flash then says over the mind link while rushing out of the line of fire. "Hey guys I've spotted clarion and vandal savage, and they seem to be heading to the far side of the hanger."

Aqualad hearing this knocks out the last of the henchmen in his part of the hanger and starts running toward the lab dr. Jackson and sportsmaster were last at, while he does so he comes across a down security guard who while injured is still alive. Aqualad then asks the guard. "what is at the far end of the hanger?"

The guard winces and answers. "That's the elevator. But it doesn't go anywhere, just down to more ice. We're still digging there."

Aqualad asks. "did you hear that?"

"yeah what do you want me to do?"

"Follow them they must be going down there for a reason. But do not do anything I have already sent out a distress signal to the league they should be here soon."

"Understood, kid flash out."

In the elevator while it is going down clarion is holding his cat and asks vandal savage. "What are we doing here? It better be worth all this trouble."

Vandal in his usual stoic way answered. "I told you and the other members before. What Dr. Jackson and his team found would make all of our plans unnecessary because we will no longer need them."

Clarion in his usual bratty way said. "what could possibly be down there that could do that?"

Vandal bluntly says. "Ultimate power."

Clarion is put off by this for a second and then asks. "How would you know? This place untouched by practically anything for millions of years, cept penguins."

"Precisely, it is the perfect hiding spot and I know this because I've seen it myself, thousands of years ago. It has just taken me this long to find it."

Hearing this clarion is at a loss for words, a first for him. The elevator then stops just before what looks like an endless block of ice. Vandal then says to clarion. "now it is your turn. Use your abilities and melt through the ice."

Clarion then drops his familure teekle and transforms into a slightly more demonic version of himself and shoots chaotic red magical beams from his hands into the ice melting it very quickly. After about 5 minutes and what looks like 50 feet of ice clarion melts through the ice and stumbles across a large cavern. Vandal then orders. "Go back to the battle and help our forces best you can and if the justice league arrives teleport us all back to base."

Clarion says nothing but grabs teekle and teleports back to the battle to cause as much chaos as he can until it's time to leave.

With clarion gone vandal savage kicks open the small waist high metal door and jumps into the cavern. The distance from the elevator is far enough that when vandal lands he breaks both of his legs, which heal in mear seconds. Vandal savage then walks down the cavern. While doing so he looks around and notices that the cavern is not a real cavern at all but actually a bunker of some kind with halls leading to different rooms each with many old yet alien looking devices. Savage then surmises that what he is walking in now is actually the main hall.

Having done his sightseeing savage looks at the end of the hall and sees his prize. At the very end of the main hall there is an interface of some kind attached to the wall that looks like several overlapping dark circles with a dim yellow center. When savage is finally at with in reaching distance he says. "Finally after all these millennia, you are mine."

But just before vandal is able to touch it kid flash dashes into him and knocks him several feet away but was unable to knock him down. Kid flash then says. "Sorry savage not today. No way you're getting near this, whatever it is."

Vandal quit visibly angry says. "Don't be stupid child! You have no idea what you are involved in."

"Ok no one calls kid flash stupid! I want to know what this thing is…" kid flash turns mid-sentence to look at the device only for the device extend to his head and encompasses it causing kid flash to scream in pain and horror.

Well that's it for this chapter hope you like it, I tried to write it like an actual episode of both young justice and the other series it parodies please review and tell me if I need to improve on anything ok. Here is another quote but this time it is from the other series again 10 bucks if you can tell me the character who says it.

- You have already taken the first steps towards becoming the Fifth Race