Author's note: I know I know, so many updates in one week. You have no idea how much I am procrastinating on. Either way, I doubt there will really be anything else I'll be posting the first half of February because I will be dealing with the consequences of me procrastinating. If someone could actually leave a review, I would appreciate it.

Chapter two

Jania runs through the hall, terrified out of her mind. She's experienced this before, so the lucid way the walls move and the blinding lights are familiarly painful. She doesn't like this, feeling scared and helpless. Jania turns a corner slamming into a the wall as she ran. There are footsteps behind her. Her parents calling for her. No! She doesn't have parents. They left, just like Matt did. Jania's throat contracts as the twisted image of her brother passes before her. His red hair is swept up out of his eyes, the stormy irises cruel and merciless.

"YOU'RE SUCH A FREAK, JANIA!" He shouts," NO WONDER MOM AND DAD DIDN'T WANT YOUR HELP! YOU NEVER DO ANYTHING RIGHT!"

She presses her hands to her ears. That's not true she tells herself I do good things right all the time. He's wrong, he has to be. Jania slams into a wall, stumbling along down the hall. think, Jani girl. you need to think. Easier said than do at this moment. When you're afraid, it gets harder to focus on anything. Her already racing heart pounds in her chest. Jania stumbles down a hall and finds an empty closet. She shuts the door quietly, listening as her parents, aunt, and uncles walk by, calling for her. It's beginning to get harder to breath. That's what the damned serum does. Jania listens for a moment before sneaking out of the closet. I need to focus, i need to train.

She's been coming to the Watchtower since she was a baby. Her brother was even born in the medical wing. No! There he is again, this time telling her that Lian's death was all her fault. He describes it in detail- from the gun shots to seeing her grandfather with the gun pointed at her to being pushed to the ground. It was her sixth birthday. Jania runs down the hall, crashing into the walls. She finds the gym easily, even though her eyesight is beginning to blur. Jania falls through the door, hitting the floor hard. She gets onto her hands and knees, breathing heavily. She senses movement and reacts. While everyone had been reuniting with her father, she had grabbed her bow and arrows. The weapons had once been heavy and felt wrong for her. Now they were a deadly extension of her body. The bow pulls back easily and the arrows were identifiable with the color coded shafts. Jania fires an arrow at the fast moving black blur in front of her. She jumps out of the way as an arrow flies back at her. Her eardrums nearly burst as a screech destroys the ground beneath her. She fires several electric arrows and bodies hit the floor. A force attempts to break into her head. She ignites an arrow and fires it at a green target. There is a red flash and someone pins her to the ground. Her bow presses uncomfortably into her chest, making it even harder to breathe.

"Who are you?" A familiar voice demands.

"Un-Uncle Barry?" Her vision clears a bit. The flash costume was as awful as ever, but she had never been happier to see that lightning bolt," Uncle Barry, it's me. It's jania."

"Jania who?" Jania forgets that she doesn't exist yet or that the league doesn't know that Wally is alive.

"Jania West. Wally's daughter." Barry's vision blurs with tears. It had been six months since his nephew had died, but every night he heard Wally asking him to tell Artemis he loved her. Now this girl that didn't belong here, who had just attacked several of his friends, is claiming to be Wally's daughter. Barry's hands find her throat. Jania's eyes widen as her breathing stops. She claws at her great-uncle's hands, trying to loosen his grip. Tears start to stream down her cheeks," Uncle Barry. Stop, please."

She has never been afraid of him. Her greatest fears were killing her family and failing. other than that it is the standard snakes, spiders, and unforeseen accidents. The door opens and someone yells. Barry is pulled off her, held back by her father. Barry sees his nephew and stops fighting. Jania scrambles to her feet and runs to the other end of the room. A wire catches around her ankles. She falls to the ground, scraping her hands. She begins to scream, clawing at her legs, opening wounds on her hands as they cross.

"Jania!" Artemis exclaims," it's ok. We aren't going to hurt you."

A scream tears from Jania's throat as she claws at her ankles," LET ME GO! LET ME GO! MOM! DADDY! HELP ME!"

Tears roll down her cheeks as tries to get away. Connor and Dick grab her arms. She screams again and fights even harder.

"NO! LET ME GO! LET ME GO!" Hands grab her wrists and ankles, but she's moving too much for anyone to keep hold of her. She screams again, calling for names that mean nothing to half the people in the room,"COLLIN! SOPHIE! LUKE! PARKER! LILA! HELP! LET ME GO! LET GO OF ME! HELP ME! SOMEONE HELP ME!"

"What the hell is going on!?" Batman demands,"Who the hell is this?"

"Wally?" Barry feels like his heart has been ripped out of his chest.

"I promise we will explain," Artemis says," But we need to help her."

Conner, Dick, and Kaldur are struggling to hold Jania down. She pulls her wrists free, punching Dick in the face. He loses his grip. Jania screams as M'gann places her hands on the girl's temples," NO! NO! PLEASE I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT! PLEASE DON'T! MOM! DADDY! PLEASE! DON'T MAKE ME SEE HER DIE AGAIN! HElP ME!"

In less than ten seconds, Jania is still, her eyes dart around the room, terrified. M'gann had paralyzed her long enough for Jania to be carried down to the medical center. They place her on a bed and restrain her wrists. They have to sedate her before M'gann releases her mind. Jania looks as if she could be asleep, her hair tossed over her shoulders and head rolling to the left side. The original team informs their old mentors on what has happened so far.

"So, your daughter," Batman motions to Wally and Artemis," was sent back in time, helped to bring Wally back, then was injected with a fear serum, worked her way from the entrance hall to the gym, and attacked five league members under distress."

"In a nutshell yes." Wally answers," I don't know about Artemis, but I'm pretty impressed with that."

"I'm calling a league meeting," Batman says, shaking his head," It sounds like there is a lot that needs to be discussed."

"That will take at least an hour to get everyone here," Flash notes.

"Then we meet in a hour." The dark Knight turns to Wally," There are questions that you'll have to answer."

Wally rolls his eyes," What else is new? All anyone does is ask questions."

This might seem out of character, but Artemis knew that when they retired, Wally was partially frustrated that the sociopathic sadists they caught every day were thrown in jail only to break out and hurt more people. Artemis squeezes his hand as the league members leave to attend whatever league bullshit they had to. The young adults study the sleeping girl. Artemis and Wally exchange a mixed look. both are thrilled that they not only stay together, but have children together. But what if their daughter dies now? How could they bring a child into the world knowing that she will die before she is born? Could they love her knowing when they would lose her?

"Even though see just tried to kill our mentors, she looks so sweet." M'gann says.

"Who do you think Collin is?" Conner asks.

"Enemy?" Dick speculates.

"No, I don't think she would call for him if she was in danger." Jania's face tenses, and she begins to move in her sleep. Passing nightmare, maybe?" A friend or an acquaintance?"

"Maybe a boyfriend?"

"Whoever he is, he must be important. Do you notice she didn't call for her brother?"

"Yeah, what did she say? 'You betrayed me' or something like that."

"What do you think that she's hiding from us?" Artemis asks.

"How do you know she's hiding something?" M'gann turns to her friend, shocked to see the softness in her eyes. The understanding

"She lies like I do. She looked at me, but wouldn't meet my eyes and she brushed off any questions for details."

Wally chuckles," I guess the saying 'like mother, like daughter' comes to play. If she's hiding something, maybe when she's better, she'll talk."

"No," Artemis says," If she lies like I do, than she knows better than to talk to people that she doesn't trust."

"You've told me your secrets," Wally notes.

"I trust you." She smacks his arm when he gives her a goofy smile," Don't make me regret that."

"No, Mom, I can help," Jania mumbles. She shifts in her sleep, grimacing as she balls the sheet in her hand,

"No way. She has enough sedation to put an elephant to sleep." Dick shakes his head.

"She did tell us that her body processes nine times faster than a normal human." Kaldur reminds him.

"Even then, a normal dose knocks a normal human out for at least two hours."

"Under normal circumstances, don't people throw up under sedation?" Wally asks. Artemis shrugs," If her body works nine times faster, than doesn't she need to eat more often?"

They consider this for a moment. Wally ate around 8,000 calories a day. If being a speedster was genetic (they were going off Bart, Barry's grandson from the future who was in the same boat as Jania for the moment, as they have no idea if Matt had powers) than what if an overactive metabolism was genetic.

"She's so young." Artemis says to break the silence.

" I am not a baby anymore," Jania mumbles.

"Actually she's not much older than most of us were when we started fighting crime." Dick says. He seems off, has since Jania's conference call.

"No, she's been at this for a while," M'gann informs them," She's been training since she was a little girl."

"What?" Wally asks," How little?"

"She still had part of her memories blocked. She gave me enough to verify her identity, but I sensed a lot of repressed memories." M'gann says," If I would have to guess, five, maybe six."

They look at the teen. They suddenly notice scars on her shoulders. An old burn mark that snakes up the side of her neck, now exposed from where her hair had hidden it. Conner says what is on all their minds," What the hell happened to her that made her want to fight crime at five years old?"

/Line Break/

League meetings were common now a days. Since the Light and the Reach were defeated, more villains have been attacking or breaking out of prison. The stress of balancing a normal human life and a hero life has taken its toll on many young heroes. There are many tired faces that brighten when Wally enters the room. There is a lot of hugging and backslapping before the meeting is called to order.

"As you all are aware, Wally West has returned. However the circumstances in which he has returned are why we are here." Batman looks to Dick. Dick holds up Jania's watch.

"This belongs to a girl who is from the future." He begins.

Robin raises an eyebrow," Another time traveler? Is this the ideal time period to come and fix?"

"For family it is," Bart grunts.

"The girl is part of your family actually. Her name is Jania West."

"Jania…." Bart frowns," Sorry, name doesn't ring a bell."

"In short, she's my daughter." Wally says.

"Is she dangerous?" Wonder Woman asks. Several heroes who had seen her fight nod.

"Not so much dangerous as defensive." Dick answers. Wally gives his best friend a grateful look.

"Where or when is she from?"Superman asks.

Artemis had taken Jania's silver bag and her weapons, remembering what she said about weapons and her friends asking if they checked her pockets. Artemis pulls one of the pictures Jania showed them earlier out and passes it around to the heroes. It was the one of her and her friends on her birthday," She says she was born in Palo alto, and that for her, Wally disappeared over twenty two years ago. She mentioned an older brother."

"More kids." Robin looks at the picture.

"This is dangerous. We have no idea if these children are good or evil." J'onn says.

"What options do we have?" Wally asks," Kill her? Lock her away? Or find a way to help her?"

Bart places his hand on his cousin's shoulder," Dude, even if we could find a way to send her back, the technology we would need is years away-"

Knock, knock, knock. The League and younger heroes turn to the door. Knock, knock, knock.

"Matt, do you really think that will work?" A girl's voice floats through the door.

"It's better than kicking it down." A boy answers her.

"Who needs to kick anything down?" they hear tumblers in the lock click and the door opens," Lock picking works just as well."

Two teens step into the room. They are in the picture. The girl is breath takingly beautiful, her black hair pulled into a ponytail and odd green eyes. The boy has a consistent energy to him, bouncing on his heels. His red hair is swept up out of stormy gray eyes. They could be any teens based on their clothes. Her leather jacket covers her purple blouse, black skinny jeans tucked into ankle boots. He's dressed like he's coming from sports practice. Basketball shorts, a dark green t-shirt, a backpack thrown over his shoulder, and sneakers. But they were in space so they didn't just sneak in off the street.

"Huh. Uncle Tim was right, the alarms in this place- oh there they go." The girl looks at the adults, meeting their eyes with practiced grace," You really should look into fix the time delay on those alarms."

Heroes jump up and have weapons drawn. A breeze fills the room, weapons are pulled out of hands, and the boy dumps the weapons at his feet. He smiles at them, brightly, but also quite menacingly. Wally feels his lungs contract. Artemis gave him that same look when they first meet. The boy tells the heroes around him" Trust me, I'm faster than you would believe."

The girl gives him a funny look," Matt, that's awful."

"Sophie, ninety percent of our parents' one liners were awful. I am going to look for my sister." The door slams shut as Flash traps them inside," Or not."

"Who are you?" Batman asks.

"Wait are we being rude?" Matt asks Sophie.

"No, well kinda, but it's justified because we are thinking of Jania."

"Jania?" Wally asks. Matt snaps his head to Wally and Artemis. He smiles brightly.

"Hey, dad- wait I don't exist yet. Jesus this is a bad episode of Doctor Who. Not that there are many." He sighs," Sorry. My name is Mathew. Matthew West. Everyone call me Matt or Matty. This is-"

"Marie Grayson. Everyone calls me Sophie, my middle name. I'm a friend of Jania and Matt's." She folds her arms and Matt gives her a sideways look," Speaking of Jania, where is she? We need to administer the antidote to her."

"Antidote?" Batman asks.

"Believe it or not my little sister isn't a raving lunatic most of the time. She was injected with a fear serum that my psychopathic grandfather discovered. Well, discovered is not the right word. More like he and scarecrow teamed up in order to kill heroes in gotham and they found injecting the fear serum works faster than gas." Matt smiles like a child that won a contest. Something seems a little off with him.

"The Serum is lethal after a few hours because the heart is beating faster than normal, and Jania's heart beats twice as fast as it should, so the effects of the serum work faster. Under normal circumstances the victim has twelve to sixteen hours. Jania and Matt have about-"

"Five to seven hours. If we're in one place and not running around like a looney toon."

"Er, We have her under control." Batman informs them. Sophie narrows her eyes.

"What do you mean- Is that her bow?" Sophie asks. Matt flashes and is holding his sister's weapons. He inspects the bow. His posture relaxes.

"This is her's, she always carved her initials on the grip bit here. I don't see her arrow so she must still have those." Matt tosses the bow to Sophie.

"They have her bag… wait did you check her pockets?" Sophie looks at Nightwing. He nods," What about her shoes?"

"What about them?"

"What do you mean you have her under control?" Matt asks. his eyes widen," You didn't restrain her, did you?"

An uncomfortable silence follows. A dark look passes over the young man's face. They hear a whirring from outside.

"Access granted," a computerized female voice announces.

"SHIT!" Sophie leaps to the door," Move, Barry!"

"It's locked." He moves over to let her at the door. She brings her foot back and kicks the lock in. The heavy doors open easily. Older heroes follow the two teens. A zeta tube is smoking as they enter. Sophie runs to the small electronic stand beside it.

"Damn it! Jania smashed the screen." She pulls a cord from her watch and attaches it into the broken screen," Hopefully she didn't remember how to activate the self destruct-"

"You're hoping Jania, who specializes in destruction and has a photographic memory, doesn't remember how to activate self destruct." Matt scoffs.

"Shut up. Crap she remembered." Sophie presses a button on her watch. It grows into a keyboard, attaching to her arm. She begins furiously typing away.

"Would either of you like to explain what is going on?" Batman grunts.

"Uh, Jania was able to activate a hidden program that one of the Robins- I think it was Sophie's dad- installed when he was younger. It was in case of an emergency. An emergency zeta for anyone in the tubes and if they remembered the code, they can self destruct the zeta tubes. Sophie has to hack into the mainframe and be more clever than the program." There is a loud beep.

"What was that?" Sophie gives Dick a proud, twisted smile.

"Me being more clever than Jania and the program." Sophie looks at Matt," you should do a quick check, see if you can find where Jania was."

He's gone less than ten seconds. In ten seconds, his dark expression is now a hardened glare. In his hands, is the restraints that they had on Jania's wrists and a pen knife. All the heroes know that an angry Artemis is bad. Many know an angry Wally is bad. Given that and the slightly terrified look on his companion's face, it's not hard to figure an angry Matthew is catastrophic.

"Jania cut threw her restraints," His voice had lost the joyful undertone. He's seething as he shakes the restraints," She was terrified out of her mind and you tie her down like a mental patient. Aren't you suppose to help people?"

"Matt," Sophie steps toward him.

"No, They tied her down when I told them not to."

"Matt, you said the call ended. They may not have heard I-"

"You're defending them? You're defending him?" Matt fums. She blinks like he slapped her in the face.

"You know I will never defend him, but Jania afraid is a bad thing. she could have hurt someone. or herself." Sophie responds, her words firm. She grabs his arm," They were just doing what they thought best."

"Now you sound like you're defending them."

"Hi," Artemis waves a hand at the teens," Would you like to share with the class?"

"May I go to the bathroom first or should I have gone during break," He snaps. Sophie squeezes his arm tightly, making him wince.

"Sorry," She releases his arm.

"It's fine," Matt closes his eyes and takes a deep breath," I'm sorry. I'm being rude, but Jania is my baby sister. If she dies. it's my fault."

/Line Break/

It was decided that the two would talk to a smaller group as many heroes were confused. Some would have wanted to know their own futures. Sophie straight out refused to speak to Batman, her arms crossed and face stuck in what Matt calls the 'Scary Grayson face.' Kaldur, M'gann and Conner questioned the kids as Wally, Artemis, and Dick stood in the room. At first everything is fine. The kids answer their questions, occasionally making a quip or sarcastic remark. Matt becomes tense, but they brush it off as he continues to answers. It did not end well. Matt had jumped up and yelled for Wally to stop tapping.

"Matt," Sophie orders," Go into the hall and take a minute. Go."

He obeys her instantly, rubbing his neck nervously and mumbling apologies. Sophie turns to the adults,"He's not crazy, just so you know."

"Then why-?"

"The over reaction," she sighs," Matt has Asperger's Syndrome. It's a high functioning form of autism. He doesn't get many social cues and his senses are much sharper. It explains a lot, but he is a really sweet guy. One of our better fighters."

"Who's the best?" Wally asks.

"That title belongs to your daughter. There's a rule that we have when it comes to training and fighting. It doesn't matter who you are or what my feelings are towards you, if you are trying to hurt me or anyone I care about, you are going down. Jania takes that to heart. They both fight dirty, but it's more realistic that way." Sophie tugs on a strand of her hair," Matt's been freaking out for three days about Jania being here. He's combed through every league report in this year."

"Three days?" Wally asks.

"It's only been a few hours," Dick informs her.

"Time travel is a tricky thing. Matt and Jania love Doctor Who, so I have heard every single theory known to man about time travel. My mother is an alien and English isn't her strong point. I have had a less confusing time understanding her than my best friend or my- other best friend," Everyone notices the small take back, but Sophie moves on," Trust me, time travel is not a new concept to anyone that lives with the Wests. Matt's just angry and confused because Jania is pissed at him for this stupid simulation."

"What simulation?" All their minds flashback to the failsafe years ago.

"It's a psychological simulation, like what would happen if we weren't superheroes. It was not pretty. Jania wouldn't talk to him for two weeks and every time someone brought it up, they had a knife thrown at them."

"Jesus."

"Matt and Jania West are the two stubbornest, prideful assholes you will ever meet. They bicker over everything, and I do mean everything, but at the same time I have never seen a brother and sister more loyal or in sync with each other. I've known them for almost five years now and," She smiles to herself," Our friends Luke and Lila are twins, and I swear to god, Matt and Jania are more connected than them. They have never spent a day apart."

"What about your brother and sisters, I think jania said they were triplets…" Sophie chuckles lightly.

"My brother and sisters don't act like they came from the same parents. Sapphy is a hot head, Emmy is a people pleaser, Richie… doesn't really talk all that much. He likes being alone, I know that. They're three and a half and already fight over everything."

"So do Matt and Jania," Artemis points out.

"No, there is a difference between fighting and bickering among siblings. I learned that the hard way the last few years. Bickering is over small issues that aren't really important or can be dealt with in that moment. Fighting is more you insulting them on issues and emotions that you've repressed for a certain amount of time. There is a huge difference."

"You said that you've known them for five years, do you mean since you were five…" Something just doesn't seem to add up.

"N o, it will be five years next august."She looks at her watch," I should find Matt. He's probably freaking out. Do you all trust me to find him without blowing up anything?"

They let her go. But Wally has one question," Er, Sophie, Who's Collin?"

She turns to him, shocked," Jania's boyfriend. He's in Mexico, visiting family. Why? Did she mention him?"

"Sort of." Sophie leaves the adults to talk amongst themselves.

"This is weird." Dick says," We should say that right now, because this is really really weird."

"Now we know how Barry and Bart felt." Conner shakes his head," I am getting a headache trying to keep up with their story."

M'gann chimes in," I was able to pull a few memories from these two. They match several that I was able to get from Jania. It feels very odd to think about the future."

"Why?" Wally asks," All anyone does is think about is the past or the future."

"Well, when people talk about the future, it's unplanned and can go in a thousand ways or more. Knowing that you are going to have children or going to work a certain job, it's weird."

"I have four kids," Dick says with a bewildered look," I have three daughters and a son. With an alien."

Wally gives him side glance," There is a chance my daughter is going to die before she is born. God, they're right this does sound like an episode of Doctor Who."

"It could be worse," Artemis shrugs," It could be the first five minutes of a horror movie."

"I believe that we should see this as a positive thing," Kaldur says," The life of a hero is unplannable. knowing that there is some certainty in the future should be comforting."

"I guess, but isn't knowing about the future is also a bad thing. Somethings are meant to be unknown. If we knew how our futures were going to play out than there is nothing left to get excited about or to be surprised. The phrase 'expect the unexpected' wouldn't exist," Wally gives Artemis an odd look," What? I had to take a philosophy class."

"Is anyone else getting a headache from trying to figure this shit out," Wally rubs his head.

"Wally, are you ok? You don't seem like yourself." Artemis places a hand on his cheek so he has to look her in the eyes. Jesus, he loved her eyes. They change colors when they were walking through Palo Alto, from sky blue to green like fresh grass. They're tinted red, from months of crying maybe? In truth, he doesn't know if he's ok. Six months of being in the speedforce had left him drained, both emotionally and physically. His hands had been shaking since they left the zeta tubes to look for Jania. He isn't ok because he wanted to leave this life, to go to college and spend his life with the woman he loves. But when Dick called and told them about his plan, he and Artemis fought for a week on who would go. Artemis had grown up learning to be an assassin so she would be better equipped to live in that situation. Wally was stubborn. He said that there was no way in hell he was going to lose her a second time. Obviously she had won that fight. Their last night together was spent holding each other, not talking because if either of them said anything it would have ended badly. Having to act like she was dead was the worse thing in the world. He remembered how it felt when she died in that damn simulation and the only thing that could bring tears to his eyes when others expected him to be sad was think you are the fastest boy in the world, but you were too slow to save her. She died because you weren't good enough.

Wally places his hand on hers," Fine, babe, just tired. It's been awhile since i ate last."

"Well three hours ago you weren't even here so I think that's justified."

"Wait, what?" Matt and Sophie stand in the doorway, their eyes wide. He has his mother's eyes, Wally notes. Sophie has her hands over her mouth.

"What's wrong?" Artemis asks.

"Are you sure it's been three hours? Like since Jania got here to now has been three hours?" Matt ignores her question.

"Yeah, about, why?"

"Shit. Matt, Did she eat before going on patrol with Lila?" Sophie turns to him.

"I think, it was a few days ago. Soph, this is really really bad."

"I know, Matt, I need to think. Where would Jania go if she was afraid?" The two had slipped into a world where the adults didn't exist. They stand way too close together as they converse.

"Visit Lian, but Lian is a toddler now. Uh," He closes his eyes," Maybe to see our grandmother."

"Maternal or paternal?"

"Mom's mom. But she died when we were little. Sorry, Mom-Artemis. GAH! Sophie, her body is going to start is going to start eating itself any minute."

"What?" It's wally who asks this, because Artemis is frozen.

"Jania and I have really fucked up metabolisms, and it's really hard for us to put on excess weight. We did a test on dummies once to see how long we could go without food before our bodies start breaking down muscle. That was about four hours and thirty seven minutes. They start shutting down organs at five hours."

"Matt, where does your grandmother live?"

"South Gotham," Artemis tells Sophie. To matt, she asks," What happened to your grandmother?"

"I don't know, I was only four. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up. Sophie, do you think you can pinpoint Jania?"

"I read up on a few league reports around this time but nothing about us or Jania. I didn't think to look at any cities."

"I might have something." He reaches for his backpack. He pulls out a laptop.

"My laptop!" Sophie takes it from him, and plants a kiss on his cheek," You're amazing."

She sits at the table and begins to type furiously. Matt has a rather smug smile on his face, maybe from being clever or for thinking ahead. Dick, Wally, and Artemis were really shocked that Sophie had kissed Matt, even if it was on the cheek. More shocked that neither teen acts like this is odd. Matt leans over her right shoulder, pointing at the screen so his arm drapes over her left," Right there. South gotham warehouse break in. Police found blood and signs of explosives. None of the blood matched anyone in the database and the case went cold eighteen years this upcoming january. Jesus the irony."

"How do you know that's Jania?" M'gann asks.

"Because there is another police report of a girl being blown into a office building across the street. Witnesses say she was a teenager, with blonde hair and her clothes were torn. She was bleeding severely from cuts to her arms, legs and torso. Several heroes arrived on the scene and it is presumed the girl got medical attention or passed away." Matt looks at them with a small smile. The same smile he gave at the league meeting. Then very calmly, he says," When we find out whoever has my sister, I am going to kill them."

/Line Break/

Jania wakes up with her vision clear and her head pounding. Her breathing was back to normal and her heart rate normal-ish, so someone must have given her the antidote. She blinks twice and attempts to brush hair from her face. That's when she's aware of the chains around her wrists and she's hanging two inches in the air. She instantly tries to escape. Jania twists her arms to grab the chains, pulling herself up. She pulls a hair pin from her hair and begins to pick the lock. The pin begins to burn causing her to drop it. She looks up with a sour glare.

"ALRIGHT, KLARION, YOU SON OF A WHORE! LET ME GO OR I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL RIP YOU APART!" She yells. The witch boy emerges from the shadows petting his cat, Teekl. Jania had never ever had a greater urge to kill a creature than when she sees that damned cat.

"oh, lookie who we have." He said in his high pitched sing song voice.

"Eat me, douchedick." She spat,"Let me go and I may not skin your cat."

"Now why would we do that?" a deep voice grunts.

"I swear to god if the next hour is just people emerging from the shadow, I will rip these chains from the ceiling and destroy everyone in the immediate vicinity." Several people walk out of the shadows. She recognizes all of them. Joker, with his crazy ass smile. Jania thinks for a second about killing him. Normally she can't stand killing, but she could fix an entire family by killing this bastard. Save her best friend from years of heartache. Of course there was her grandfather, Sportsmaster, and Vandal Savage," Wow, I didn't know this many egos could be in the same room."

"She is definitely your granddaughter." Savage chuckles. Jania's stomach rolls.

"I am nothing like him," She spats at him. Sportsmaster moves over to her, making her meet his eyes. She stares at him with intense hatred.

"Hmm, you look just like your mother."

"I know," She smashes her head into his nose. He pulls away, bleeding profusely. She pulls on her chains, kicking her grandfather in the face. There is a deep burning sensation as a deep cut forms on her wrist. Her left wrist. Her eyes harden, because she knows the spot that the blood is coming from. One of her biggest regrets.

"Nice to see that a hero's brat can still be messed up." Joker cackles.

"That's rich coming from you, Bozo the psychopathic," Jania looks at Savage," I take it Caveman here is the one in charge. So tell me, how the hell do you know who I am and why you want me and how long you plan on keeping me here and when I can kick your fucking ass?"

Savage laughs, before approaching her. Jania could smell death on him, like rotting flowers. Sickly sweet. She sets her jaw as he touches her face.

"I have more plans going on than you would imagine. When you are as old as I am, you learn to be patient." He smiles cruelly.

"So when I'm old as dirt, I'll learn patience. Here I thought my mommy and daddy were suppose to teach me that before I could wipe my own ass." Jania feels another scar open and send blood racing down her arm," either answer my questions or kill me."

"I figured that the young heroes would one day have children. I had klarion send a message back in time to myself. Explaining who you were and when I was to send Klarion and Sportsmaster after you. I must say your mother was fairly young when she had your , is it?" Jania glares at him," Of course i know how this meeting will turn out already, but that works to my favor."

"Why me? I don't have powers and my family is technically not even that cool when it comes to superheroes." Jania pulls back when he pushes her hair out of her face," Touch me again and I will rip your face off."

"Feisty, just like your mother. She had the same stupid fearlessness," Jania spits on him, earning a sharp slap to the face.

"My mother has more bravery in her little finger than all of you combined. Now, why the hell did you want me?"

"To send a message. My future self told me that you are one of the most feared and respected heroes."

"Yeah, a couple of notes. First if you had contact with your future self why didn't you have him tell you everything that happened? Second you could have attacked in my own time and saved us all a massive headache. Third, why are the clown and witch boy laughing at me like I am an idiot?"

Klarion comes closer to her," We know about your daddy disappearing. So we figured if anyone was going to be able to bring that loser back, it would be his brat."

"Back off."

"Why, you can't do anything."

"I am going to skin your cat and shove an arrow so far up your-" A gag covers her mouth.

"Much better. To answer your question, it might have been easier to simply tell myself how plans work out, but I would never get my message across," He grabs her throat, forcing her to meet his lifeless black eyes," No matter who or where you are, we will find you and destroy you."

Jania says something against the gag. Savage pushes it aside,"Sorry did you say something?"

" You don't scare me. You have never scared me, even when I was little."

"And why was that?"

She meets his eyes," Because I found out you are nothing more that a pathetic little maggot who uses others to get what he wants."

"My dear, why do you think you're here." Savage turns away from her," You can tie her to the chair now."

Sportsmaster punches Jania in chest, stunning her. She gasps for air as they unchain her arms. Painfully yanking them into awkward positions behind her back, Joker ties her hands. She turns her head to Savage as they start to drag her out of the room," You are fucked! When my parents find out where I am, they're going to kill you!"

"My dear, they don't know you yet. What makes you think they give a single damn about you?"