Ch/Ep. Two: The Brave and The Bold Green Lantern & Robin II + Birds of Prey Hawk and Dove

April 10th 11:00 am – Mount Justice

"Why do I even keep going back here, I still can't go back out there until I get this off?" Cody complained after beaming into the cave, angry that even with the justice league's advanced medical technology, his arm still needed longer to heal after what Amazo did to it.

"Now don't be like that GL your still helping, you've been doing an amazing job coordinating the team from here. We would have been in some serious trouble if you hadn't given us the heads up on possible Light activity these past few weeks." Wally West Kid Flash said after speeding over too Cody to give him a pat on the back. Kid flash had made these few weeks a bit more bearable for Cody, this hadn't been the first time GL felt useless to the team during his recovery. Cody quickly realized he could always count on Wally for a quick pep talk, or a mood-calming wisecrack. First week back Wally was the first one to sign his arm cast…again…and again he just kept saying "hold on my names not right yet."

"Yeah I guess your right, but still I didn't join the team to be an assistant broken arm or no I should be doing more to help." Cody said to Kid Flash while flexing his good hand into a fist a bunch of times.

"You know that's what I like about you GL, you really want to help people. You haven't even known us two months; yet look at you here every morning ready for missions. But trust me, and this is coming from a speedster so you can take this to bank when I tell you, theirs nothing wrong with slowing down for a little while. Now if you excuse me, we got to do the time old tradition of watching weekend morning cartoons, before super hero stuff takes our morning from us." KF said before taking Cody's good hand, and zooming over to the living room area of mount justice.

"Oh god never going to get used to that…so dizzy just give me a sec…" Cody said after they stopped over at the couches, his head swaying back and forth from whiplash.

"Easy there that's it just breath buddy, in…out you good?" KF said as he flipped through channels looking for the right one.

"…Yeah I think I'm better now, but lets wait a bit before doing that again k? Anything good on?" Cody said after collapsing on the couch next to Wally amazed at how fast he was changing the channels, it was surprising the tv could keep up with him.

"Nah nothing and I've checked about a dozen times for all four thousand channels. Wait…there we go WE HAVE CARTOONS MY GOOD MAN!." KF said victoriously after finally finding the early morning cartoons. Wasn't a bad episode either classic Looney toons road runner and While E. coyote.

"…Hey who do you think is fas…" Cody jokingly said to KF before getting cut off.

"Dude don't even ask me, I've tried doing the math on this dozens of times, no idea who faster. Roadrunner or me…and that's just typical just when we were getting to the good part. Gotta run GL let me know how your "slow day" went when I get back k" Kid Flash said back to Cody before an he got an alert to go join the team in todays mission, having to speed off to the zeta bay, and meet them there.

"Just a blur every time, I think Conner's lying to me when he says he sees KF's ear bolts make lighting pattern behind him…then again he does super sight nah. And we're back to feeling useless, sorry KF just who I am need to be doing something. I don't suppose you want to go play fetch or something? Actually this has been bothering me for a while, if my ring can automatically translate any known language into English for me, and my English back to that language can I understand you now?" Cody said to Superboys mutated giant pet wolf that was lounging lazily on the neighboring couch.

Wolf just stared at Cody with his soul-piercing gaze for about a solid minute, before barking at him proving that his ring unfortunately did not speak dog…bummer.

"Well if your feeling bored you could come with me, on the down low of course?" A familiar voice said before behind Cody.

"Are you kidding me that sounds awesome right now, what's the mission? On second thought I wouldn't be any use to you with this thing on my arm." Cody said after jumping up with excitement at Robin II's offer, but then falling right back when he looked down at his arm cast.

"And here I thought you were dying to get back out there, but if your too chicken probably a good idea for you to sit this one out right?" Jason said in a sarcastic tone to Cody clearly trying to push his buttons and darn him it was working.

"You know what forget this stupid cast, I'm still a hero I'll just do this…and were good. Lead on robin, just have one condition we have to be back before Hawk she kind of said she'd break the other arm if I went out to early." Cody said to Jason after getting back up, switching his ring to the good hand, and floating over to him.

"Oh don't tempt me I have $20 bucks bet with Rocket, that Hawk hits you through a wall next time she as an "episode." Jason joked as he and Cody walked back over to the zeta beam area.

"Oh haha you're hilarious, care to hear how much I bet Zatanna you'd be the first one to tick her of this month…their playing us aren't they those sly foxes." Cody laughed once he realized Zatanna and Rocket had pulled one over on them.

"You know what they totally ar welcome to the team buddy, and I'd be careful about making bets with her last time I lost had to be an assistant in a charity show she did…and no theirs no pictures of me in the outfit I burned all them." Jason said to Cody as the zeta scanned him for teleport. Cody's muzzled laughter from behind him slightly annoying him.

April 10th 11:10 pm Gotham City

"So this is Gotham city, never really had a reason to come here before, its ok. Well fearless leader where to next?" Cody asked Jason while getting a good long look around Gotham city after they both teleported onto a rooftop.

"If you're under welmed now, you should see this place at night it would blow your mind Gotham gets all the awesome super villains. And this is where we need to go?" Jason said with his arms crossed waiting for Cody to float back down.

"You know that's a sewer right? What could honestly be under there…dear lord almost forgot we we're in gotham for all I know the holy grail's down there.

"Sure whatever Dr. Jones just get down here, the bat computer gave me a tip about possible light activity down here. If everything its found is right then we can't ignore it." Jason said before jumping feet first into an opened man cover, Cody close behind him.

"Dude I know your just teasing me, but don't even pretend it wouldn't be awesome if we found the arc of the covenant or something down here." Cody said after lighting up the darkness around him just enough for him and Jason to see clearly, becoming utterly shocked when Jason said he's never seen an Indiana Jones movie.

April 10th 11:20 am Central City (Mid Bank Heist)

"Oh come on just let me get a look at it, I promise I'll change it enough that I don't get the same grade as you, last thing I want to do is do get stuck in summer school?" Hawk asked her sister Dove as she flew up holding her, both just dodging growing freezing cold lines of ice shot at them by Captain Cold.

"And I said no go sis, you'll never get anywhere in school if I'm holding your hand like that, just suck it up and study more next time ok? And before you ask no, I can't help you tonight I need to go to sleep early, I have volunteer work down at a shelter and then i'm meeting Zatanna for one of her shows." Dove told her sister as she flew straight back down at the Captain Cold dropping Hawk for a ground slam attack shattering all the ice and knocking him back a bit.

"Why do you volunteer so much sis? Your just wasting your time with that stuff, you don't get paid or anything for doing it theirs other stuff you could do actually worth your time...do ya mind kind of talking here, just have this back "mate"." Hawk said to her sister as she zigged and zagged across the room dodging more attacks from the Flashes Rogues, finally grabbing one of Captain Boomerang's boomerangs and throwing it back at him even faster.

"I don't need to get paid for it making a difference in the less fortunates lives is all the thanks I need Hawk. Plus the show I'm helping Zatanna with is for a kids hospital, I can't wait to brighten up their lives even just a little, remained them that even though life's got them down now its still worth it. Try putting a price tag on that sis?" Dove said to Hawk while zooming through the air and flight punching Heatwave.

"I'd say about a million bucks you know like the expression, but fine do your thing whatever just don't come to me when all the "good will" and "human kindness" stuff doesn't get you anything...This is your attack a bunch of mirrors? Alls this does is show me how good I, and we all know I make red look sexy." Hawk said to Dove before getting surrounded by a group of mirror by mirror master.

"Man you ladies sure do know how to prioritize don't you, I like it! Now you can all stop crying from missing me Kid Flash is here to save the day my pretty birds. And a big hi to you Captain Cold." Kid Flash said after zooming into the room from the zeta pad in Central city.

"Great I wanted to fight the actual flash not kid chump, and all these little sidekicks. I'm stealing from the biggest bank in his city, and he still won't come out and fight me? Whatever Just finish this fast time to get cold...real cold." Captain Cold said after Kid Flash sh hit him into a wall with a super fast punch. Once he dusted himself off, he took out a freeze grenade and watched as the whole building began to freeze over, and Kid Flash start almost slip on the icy floor regaining his balance.

"Well if you paid more attention, instead of talking with your whatever the white and blue girl is supposed to be? You'd know that I can't be touched in this mirror dimension, but I can hurt you." Mirror master said to Hawk after punching her rapidly from multiple locations on the mirrors around her.

"Is that all you got really stop before I start laughing from how ticklish it is? I could shatter the mirror but thats so boring, how about a change in dance partners TAG OUT! Your more my speed big guy." Hawk said to Mirror master after his attacks knocked some of the breath out of her, before smashing one mirror and running out towards Heatwave, as Dove flew win into the middle of the mirrors.

"Should have wore your sunglasses Mirror master, because this is about to get very bright!...Well mines done about you guys?" Dove said the team with a smirk, after unleashing rays of light from her body all reflecting off the mirrors and blinding Mirror Master whom than fell out of the mirror he was currently in at the time.

"Just about give me as second we're about done here, yeah keep blasting me Heatwave invulnerability and a magic repairing suit I don't feel a thing. Your just getting me nice and toastie which is good after this jerk just froze everything, now go to sleep?" Hawk said to Heatwave as she walked throw his flames right up to him, and then bash his face in with one punch knocking him out into a wall behind him.

"And then their were two both captains go figure huh? Hey boomerang guess what...thanks I needed this wait for it wait for it...and THERE IT IS!" Kid Flash said to Captain Boomerang after he threw another boomerang at him, KF speed up to slow motion and readjusted the weapon till it was positioned to hit Cold and then just watched the show. Cold was hit with the boomerang and then before the captain could do anything else Hawk taped him on the shoulder, and punched his face in after he turned his head.

"Now that was awesome thanks for the assist KF, and I wonder how the others are doing right now right?" Dove said to the group after they wrapped the villains.

"No problem the team sent me over to help, but I got to say for a first time going it solo for the team you two did pretty good. It's interesting to see how different you to are Hawks just sort of charging in without a plan I mean walking through the flames, but you Dove are a lot more thought out about everything. And I don't know about the team, but GL is miserable back at the mountain his broken arm really getting to him." Kid flash said to the girls moments after he zoomed the bad guys away to the local prison for transfer to more secure one.

"Hey if it works for me plans are for chumps, sometimes the best way to win is throw a little "chaos" into the mix, and I am all about that. You want something boring but well thought out on the spot, bring some "order" to the fight thats Dove all the way

"Well I'm done for the day maybe we'll go back, and check on him see if we can make it a bit more bearable for me, what do you think Hawk?" Dove asked her sister already knowing the answer she could see Hawk wanted to leave the moment she heard GL get mentioned.

"Oh is Hawk going to play nurse? This I got to see just let me ask with the rest of the team...and yeah their good for now back to the mountain people!" Kid Flash said to an annyoed Hawk before they headed back to the zeta pad.

April 10th Gotham 11:40 am (deep deep down in the sewers)

"My good Dr. Crane how is Project: Black Mercy proceeding? I can trust after the grafting of our starro tech Poison Ivy is in a more cooperative mood?" The immortal Vandal Savage said to Dr. Jonathan Crane or as the world knew him The Scarecrow.

"The testing trials have been a resounding success...until some of the subject terminated of course. But the data collected from them proves that Project Black Mercy had the desired euphoric effect on them. Now that Ms. Ivy is here we've begun the hybridization of my fear toxin with the Mercy plants, and the results have been..." Scarecrow said while making a sinister face underneath his twisted straw mask.

"They are what Doctor? How has the hybrid plant testing gone?...Dr. can you hear me?" Savage spoke demandingly to Scarecrow whom had lost himself in the scared screams of the test subjects...to him the most beautiful things he'd ever heard.

"The results have been...magnificent Mr. Savage possible my best work to date, I dare say my magnum opus. My fear toxin taken to its natural evolution a living force of nature, simply being a part of this undertaking has made me more fulfilled then i've ever felt in years." Scarecrow said with a twist haunting series of chuckles.

"I am glad you've taken such pride in this project Dr., clearly we made the right choice for project Black Mercy's leader. How soon before we can begin the harvesting for weaponization. The light are eager to unleash your creations unto our enemies?" Savage with a satisfied grin forming cross his scarred face.

"They need another few days to finish their growth cycles into maturity, when they are most lethal the harvest can begin i'd say by this time next week perhaps less with Miss Ivy's help? Truly marvelous despite the alien nature of the original Mercy plants she's still able to mutate and control them. Evolution finds a way it would seem?" Scarecrow said to a very happy Vandal Savage.

"Yes it shall fall come into the light soon, my good Dr." Savage said with while toasting a glass of wine to the projects success over the monitor he was using speak with Scarecrow. Scarecrow took a bow in return for the toasting, revealing as he did so a massive under ground caves that litter gothams, underground absolutely dominated by Poison Ivy's plants, and their mobile research labs.

"Excellent it seems Luthors little side project is going to be a success, I was worried for a moment i'd have to kill the good Dr. Crane for such failure." Savage thought as he spun the glass between his fingers.

"Fortune smiles on us Mr. Savage, it appears that you'll be given the chance to see how or new creations preform in a field test. I've found the perfect subject to, i've always wanted to see a green lantern succumbed to absolute terror and fear." Scarecrow said to Savage after bring up another screen showing Cody and Jason sneaking through the caves into the complex.

"My thoughts exactly, yet another reason I do enjoy your company Mr. Crane now...begin the experiment you'll have free control of Ivy of course for it as well." Savage said as he poured himself another glass and on his end gazed at the wall of security 10th 12:20 pm Gotham (Hidden Research Lab)

April 10th 12:00 pm Mount Justice

"Access granted Kid Flash- B03"

"Hey GL guess who just got back from his mission, and who got us about a dozen pizza lets whip out your movie collection to party…huh GL hello? Anyone?" Wally said after returning from the mission, and volunteering to stay back at the cave with Cody instead of going home. After looking around he found a letter by the TV that read;

"Went out with Robin, no Idea where he's taking me, but he promises it will be exciting. Be back soon oh and don't let Hawk find out I'm out in the field I like my blood inside my body.

"P.S. I'm only going to say this one more time in case Superboy reads this, theirs a key for the movie case right next to the TV, stop breaking my locks Conner."

"Well that's not cool, and after I gave him the "its ok to slow down" speech and everything. Fine whatever as long as Robin's with him it should be fine now, how about that movie marathon huh?" Wally said reading the letter, and shifting through Cody's box of vintage movies most of which are almost impossible to find any where including online, that he keeps at the cave.

"Access granted Dove-B15, Access granted Hawk-B16"

"Hey GL I heard you were whining about being bored wanna help me spar we both know you'd make a hilarious punching bag." Hawk said after returning to the cave with Dove.

"Oh well this isn't going to end well is it. Just gonna stay WAY out of this one." KF said after seeing Hawk find the letter and punch a hole in the wall.

"I'm going to kill him the next time I see him! Think's he's brave for going out when he's hurt, no that stupid idiots just trying to show off and Robin knows. Both knew the other wouldn't say no one big one up contest argh BOYS!" Holly shouted after hitting the wall again, in anger.

"How's about before we do that we just go back out there and see if they still need help eh sis" Dove said to Hawk calming down and agreeing.

April 10th 12:20 pm Gotham (Hidden Research Lab)

"He survived what inside a fridge?" Jason said as he and Cody searched yet another sewer tunnel ending in a dead end.

"I know right, and that's why we don't talk about Crystal Skull. How have you never seen movies before dude? What batman doesn't own a dvd player?" Cody joked to Jason as they continued looking.

"No time for stuff like that GL, gotta train and get ready for the next fight. You know how it is keep moving and do something. Besides you spend a few years on the streets, movies aren't worth it. And there we go I knew their had to be something down here, hello secret entrance." Jason said to Cody before finding a secret panel and activating it parting part of the walls in two and revealing a hidden entrance.

"Man I am getting some strong Scooby doo flashbacks here… seriously nothing ok first thing we're doing Robin II is watching a lot of TV and I mean a LOT, when we get back after this mission. And I can relate to my sister and I drifted for awhile on the streets, before settling down with family." Cody joked as they walked down a LOT of steps, what do villains have against elevators for their secret bases I mean come on.

"Well you are just full of surprises GL. Never knew you had a sister older or younger?"

"Younger she doesn't know about the whole hero thing, probably would go all fan girl mode on you guys if she did?"

"What does she look like, and how much younger we talking here?" Jason asked Cody as the bottom of the stairs came into sights.

"No way not happening man, and now I ask a question did you really first meet batman, while trying to steal the hubcaps from the batmobile?" Cody said a fiery over protective brother tone.

"I'm guessing Nightwing told you that, yeah that's how it happened, and now I'm Robin funny how life works isn't it?" Jason said before gesturing Cody to kill his light show for stealth.

"wow…I've never been happier to lose a bet before respect man, and don't tell KF." Cody whispered to Jason as they snuck around the evil lair surveillancing it.

April 10th 2:00 pm Gotham

"Ok this should be around the place they were sent to, according to the transfer logs on the zeta beam pad? You stupid idiots can run off on your little one up fest, but you can't hide from me I'm going to find you!" Hawk said out loud in a determined angered tone.

"Look Hawk it said it was right around here, where they were sent so we just have to look for them. Green Lantern's energy signal should be trackable with this device we got from the mountain ok at least according to Nightwing anyway?...See there we've got a track now lets go follow it ok?" Dove asked her sister with a smile before a device she held went off.

"Fine but they are both SO dead when we find them sis, so help me god." Hawk said with her arms crossed angrily before they started the search.

April 10th 3:30 pm (Underground lair)

"So have we looked pretty much everywhere now man, what's the game plan here?" Cody asked Jason as the duo snuck deeper into the lair, right into the entrance of Ivy's mutate plant garden like a twist nightmares wonderland made of plants. Unknowingly being spied on by the plants themselves, directly to Poison Ivy and through her Scarecrow.

"Well I've tried radioing the rest of the team, but I haven't gotten a hold of anyone. I'm guessing were to far down to call for help, so that really only leaves two options here. Option one we pull back and go get the rest of the team, and option two use your ring and go in guns blazing. Thoughts?" Jason asked as they snuck deeper into the garden getting closer to the monstrous skarro plants.

"Well I'd go with option one, but and this is just a hunch I think option two was chosen for us. Hey there mother nature how you doing this fine day?" Cody sarcastically said to Jason before tackling him to the ground, dodging a huge black flower...thing that tried to get land on their chests.

"Well that's funny didn't know it was arbor day, wait wait I know this one you want to hand us a pamphlet about going green right? Sorry already wearing green." Cody said mockingly to Ivy after getting back up.

"Now I'm giving you back control Miss Ivy but one hint of betrayal, and I set you back on remote control starro mode. You need to get a mercy flower on green lantern, I must see what it does to him." Scarecrows voiced echoed like a nightmare in Ivy's head.

"...Argh fine I get it, but this isn't just for you and the light, my new special children want that boy to they want to break him." Ivy said back to scarecrow, before sprouting a massive tower of vegetation around her until she was looking right down at them. Dozens of mercy flowers on the floor and walls springing to life and hissing response.

"Hey Robin is it just me or is she ignoring you and staring daggers into right now. I never thought I'd say this but i actually wish the most attractive woman in the room wasn't looking at me right now." Cody said to Jason who watched as he was proven right Ivy was ignoring him, Cody was clearly the only one she wanted.

"Ah welcome boy wonder, I'd hate for you to feel left out so I brought some party favors, I think are most agreeable." Scarecrow said to Jason before having a few dozen henchmen drop down around him.

"Ok this just got a lot harder, you can take that guy right Robin? Only asking because he's one of batman's harder villains right? And you get down here!" Cody asked Jason worried, before creating a pair of constructs sheers and cutting Ivy's giant plant down to size.

"I got this relax lets just keep our cools, and we'll get through his…but first since we're clearly out numbered why don't you guys just tell us whats going on here?" Jason said getting ready to strike.

"I wouldn't say that Robin hard to be out numbered when the numbers you just counted get taken out? I'm sorry we these your minions they kind of were rude to us ladies so...yeah?" Hawk said after she and Dove landed straight down from the ceiling next to Cody and Jason. Hawk giving Cody and i'm going to kill you face the whole way down.

"Look Hawk I can explain this alright...I was super super SUPER bored I going stir crazy there I had to do something useful. I just had to other wise get up in the morning, I can see your still pissed fine we'll have it out after this ok?" Cody said to Hawk after she lifted him off the ground with one anger hand.

"Oh we are definitely going to talk about this and that note you left...look forward to that later." Hawk said after pulling Cody so his ear was close to her and whispered to him, before letting him.

"All very amusing, but why not show you what they can do, now my lovelies while he's distracted!" Poison Ivy's said before a mercy plant dropped down from the shadows of the ceiling, arms already clinging to Cody working to his chest until...everything went dark.

"GL! What did you just to GL!" Jason yelled as he ran over to Cody who was completely frozen, eyes wide open, and zoned out. Still alive, but in some kind of trance Jason could only guess if he was seeing any thing.

"IT WON'T COME OFF, YOU GET IT OF HIM NOW!" Hawk yelled at Poison Ivy she did that right in front of Hawk...she watched the plant crawl onto Cody's chest in horror. Ivy was going to pay for this.

"Sorry can't do that my little baby is collecting data for my...bosses about the effect its having on his mind. Only a fool puts a stop to an experiment once its begun. Your little friends nourishment for them nothing more nothing less now." Ivy laughed from another plant tower.

"When we get it off him its going down your throat bitch! Dove take care of GL!" Hawk shouted before she lept towards Ivy destroying any of the plants that got in her way straight to her.

"Ah get it off me get it off...wha wait what, where the the cave wheres Robin, I was just there I don't understand what whats going on." Cody said trying not panic to keep his cool after waking up in a white void...until he heard a voice he never thought he would again

"D...dad n...o you can't be here your dead I...i couldn't save you I was to afraid when the car crashed off on cliff side. I grabbed JT's hand, when we went over got us up onto a save ledge. But when I went back for you I...I was so afraid I couldn't lift you up and we'd both go over. I let my fear control me and...and you went off the cliff looking me right in the eyes as you did. I did it I killed you it was my fault." Cody said before collapsing to his knees losing whatever part of him was still fighting the mercy plants grasp.

And as horrible clockwork it all unfolded the white void transformed into that night when Cody made the biggest mistake of his life. His family had been driving and a drunk driver rammed their car off the side of a rocky hillside. In an adrenaline rush Cody had grabbed his sisters hand, and without thinking got them out and onto a safe ledge. When he looked back down the car was wedged on a unstable crumbling ledge deeper down in the hill canyon...but still with his arms reached out. When he reached out to pull his dad up, he saw how hurt he was, and how much weaker he was than his dad..he was afraid his couldn't pull him up and he would drag the both down to their deaths to die. Almost immediately after regret hit, and he tried to go back and pull him up, but then the ledge gave out and Cody watched his father fall to his death after their finger tips brushed against each other, never once breaking eye contact with each as they did. Right into Cody's very soul then as quickly as it happened to rebounded and happened again...and again. Stopping only shift to another painful moment in Cody's life.

"Despite the defendants juvenile age, do to the servility of the crimes, and the fact illegal activities were done knowingly in the aid of super powered criminals to help them better commit crimes. And after this most recent and horrible, villain helped by the defendant This court tries the defendant as an adult and sentences him to six years in prison with chance for early release in four. You wanted to take a short cut in life, and work for monsters well now you can get locked up with them for half a decade boy in solitary confinement." A judge said to the ten year old Cody as his trial came to an end, dozens of up people furious that he didn't get a harsher sentence as it did.

"I...I didn't kill those people, alls I did was open a door, b...but that door only opened because of me how was I supposed to know it...oh god its all my fault all my fault. I helped...i'm responsible." Cody said as he looked at his hands and saw blood, he than collapsed to his knees both nightmares playing every few seconds. Old scars beginning to open from the emotional trauma, and he stopped fighting it and just let it happen lost in his own misery.

"Whats the matter son, why won't you look me in the face?" Cody's said father next to him creating waves of guilt that hit him like rocky rapids, weakening him even more. The mercy flower despite being twisted from showing paradise to showing nightmares made real, had adapted quickly and was winning the fight for Cody's body.

"You were all just talk little boy, I din't know why my pretties what you so badly, but suffer in the nightmare their showing you.." Ivy said to Cody before a rooted sprout from behind him and smacked him aside.

"If that thing leaves any permeant damage to my friend, it's going down your throat the hard way next you bitch! Hawk yelled as she finally made it up to Ivy and punched her in the face.

"Now Miss Ivy where are your manners, I do believe the boy winder asked us a you wish to know so much their called Mercy flowers, a strain of alien flower that feed off people creating a paradise world in their minds so they never realize their being eaten, of course my new special ones use my fear toxin to causes a living hell inside of paradise. Wonderful are they not?" Scarecrow said as they watched the plant move in Cody.

"IT STILL WON'T COME OFF! COME ON GL FIGHT IT!" Dove said as she continued to try and pull the plant off Cody's chest

"You get that buddy? It's not real fight it!" Jason said to Cody while fending off Scarecrows henchmen.

"...all my fau..." Cody said trapped in his nightmare until his hand started to glow bright green.

"Foreign infection located attempting to alter Green Lantern's mind, activating emergency failsafe power ring purge." Cody's ring said before it all came back to him, this world wasn't real it was just a fake it had to be that thing IT WAS STILL ON HIS CHEST!

"it doesn't have to be this way, son you could just stay here with us no more pain, no more suffering." The image of Cody's father said to him.

"Wait he's...glowing and it's starting to lose its grip. Whatever you doing GL keep fighting it!" Dove said to Cody as she continued to the pull the plant.

"My real father would have never said that, he would have been shouting at the top of his lungs to get out of here and back to JT...I have to live with my mistake all those years ago I gave into fear once, its not happening again...NEVER AGAIN!" Cody yelled at the phantom before him as his hand burned a blazing emerald light, and the illusion world started to fade as the plant died...right before it all came back to reality Cody could have sworn he saw the copy of his father smile at him...it was different than before it felt...real.

"You bastards, i'm going to make you pay for doing that to me! Showing me that!" Cody roared at Scarecrow and Ivy before setting fire to dozens of mercy plants in anger.

"Now your talking me language Green Lantern no one does that to one of our own, and just walks away from it! Thats right talking to you arbor day I'm coming fro you." Hawk said to Ivy after getting back to back with Cody

"GL calm down, your out now thats all that matters, we need an exit now!" Jason said to Cody snapping him out of his angered state.

"IVY DON'T JUST SIT THEIR LOOKING PRETTY STOP HIM, PREFERABBLY BY KILLING HIM!" Scarecrow shouted at Ivy's who nodded and sent a twisted hellish mesh of killer plants after Cody.

"I've had enough of you and your plants today woman!" Cody said to Ivy before creating a massive tornado of green blades that ripped her plants a part.

"Do you ever shut up brat, every word out of that mouth only make me want to kill you more." Ivy hissed at Cody as she kept chasing him on her plants.

"No he really doesn't, but thats ok you won't be listening anymore. Only room for one drop dead bomb shell with Red hair here, and it was't you." Hawk said before she knocked Ivy out with a series of punches.

"It appears as I thought it you vs I now boy wonder? To bad for you I always have more." Scarecrow said as more henchmen came down, but this time he dosed them in fear toxin, making them go crazy.

"I'm going to make you eat that stupid straw mask Crane!" Jason said after throw a couple bird-o-rangs at the scarecrow.

"Not a very likely one though, but feel free to try I could always use some amusement. Scarecrow said sarcastically as he dodged the bird-o-rangs like they were nothing.

"Alright now honestly I just keep cutting your plants you just keep growing them back, its an endless cycle here that's getting real tiring. How's about we speed this up shall we?" Cody said to Poison Ivy before creating a construct giant and grabbing her, with its hand.

"Either one of you all kills him, or I kill you its real simple!" Scarecrow shouted at the dozed up henchmen

"I wouldn't be to sure ugly GL's got this handled, and so do I!" Jason roared before smacking Crane in the face, only to get tapped with one a scythe thankfully only laving a shallow cut.

"Foolish child even if he can best Ivy, its not like he could destroy everything we've built here...I clearly miscalculated how enraged your friend had become. Pity but I have the seed to start again, oh yes the light has a message for you. This is over when we say its over, and you'll know that very soon." Scarecrow said to Jason as he tried to crawl back to his feet. Before seeing a big wave of water come crashing towards him.

"I am done with you, good night and pucker up here comes the water." Cody said before having the giant crush a support wall that was leaking water, it took multiple strikes but it was eventually broken through and watered flooded in drowning several of the mercy plants.

"Looks like its for now huh?" Jason mocked as the water started to rise

"Not yet little child, not yet but soon, we're just hitting the pause button for now, trust me when I say you'll know when its over. We got unfinished business now." Scarecrow said to Jason before opening up a boom tube with his father box and escaping.

"Don't worry I've got Hawk you two get, have GL take you out." Dove said after taking Hawk and flying straight up and out.

"I got you I got you easy, waters rising got to get us out quickly, I'd hold onto me now." Cody said to Jason before creating a big green drill and digging back to Gotham City Robin and the unconscious Poison Ivy hanging onto him as he did.

April 10th 6:00 pm Gotham City (surface)

"Just a little…bit…more yes! We made it back, and man am I. How about yourself?" cody asked Jason who like him after reaching the surface again collapsed on his back panting.

"I'm…fine….just fine…just checking my breath what about you guys?" Jason said back to Cody who laughed back.

"Are you kidding me I feel fucking amazing, i wish we were still fighting!" Hawk laughed while panting as well.

"Man you really are the chaotic one, but I do have to admit you make it look good." Cody joked to Hawk while trying to get back up.

"Well I've been better, and I can definitely wait to go out on another mission. It was fun though thanks for getting me out here and doing something again man." Cody said to Jason as he got back onto his feet, and walked over to him.

"No problem I understood what you really needed was something to do, relaxing normally is hard for people like us. And yes tonight was amazing almost great as with batman…almost," Jason said after taking Cody's hand to get back up.

"I'd just say take up a hobby, you know something safe like knitting, or model building but no no beating up bad guys works to I guess?" Dove joked to the group after getting back to her feet.

"Geez thanks…you know what I'll take it. Lefts get back after we drop her off course." Cody said after creating a flight bubble around all three of them.

April 10th 6:30 pm Mount Justice

"Hey guys where did you two go off to? You were gone pretty much all day." Kid Flash asked Cody and Jason after they returned to the cave. Both boys just looked at each other grinned and said in unison to Wally; "Wouldn't you like to know?"

"Sorry Kid Flash private party you weren't invited to, just going to be one of lifes little mysterious that you'll never understand." Hawk and Dove both said jokingly to Kid Flash.

"Come one Robin you still owe me this don't think I forgot?" Cody said as the two boys walked back to the TV couches and opened Cody's movie case.

"And you Hawk are going to cry like a little girl again, like when we watched Alien. If you thought the jump scares in the first movie was bad just you wait." Cody jokingly said to Holly who just pretended not hear it.

April 10th 10:30 pm Mount Justice

"It had to be them, zeta said they went to gotham, and Ivy just got dropped off at Arkham couldn't have been anyone else. You two certainly had one interesting day now didn't you?" Nightwing said to Wally and Kaldur after they found Cody and Jason collapsed on the couch.

"I know right, still haven't told me what happened in Gotham they just came back three hours ago exhausted and watched some movies. Took him awhile, but I think GL is finally trying to take things slowly now." Wally said to the guys after glancing over at the sleeping GL and Robin.

"Lets wait till tomorrow to ask them what happened, our brave and the bold duo here are exhausted. Besides this is to hilarious to ruin." Nightwing said to Wally and Aqualad, before pointing out the adorable position they were sleeping in. Jason's head was resting on Cody's shoulders, and Hawk was laying her head down on Cody's lap while holding one of his hands and purring like a cat in absolute heaven. And Dove was grabbing onto Jason while they both slept, with a death grip. This was the start of an amazing friendship between four young heroes, and one of the most effective partners teams in the leagues history.

"So were taking pictures of this right?" Wally joked to the guys.

Dec. 31 11:57 pm New Years Eve Mount Justice

"Oh come on you two just say the line please, you know its what we call you guys anyway, it will look great for the first memory of the new year." Dove said with a smile before handing a camera to Zatanna, before she went over next to her sister.

"We never picked that name you guys did, and after we went on one mission alone it's a bit much don't you think." Jason complained to Dove as it approached mid night new years day.

"Don't be like that is such a nice little name we picked for you guys, that matches your personalties. Just say it once

"Yeah besides it not that bad show that team spirit and say the line ok, here we'll says our to" Hawk said to Cody and Jason before getting in the middle of them with one arm behind both their backs.

"Sure sis sounds perfect to me super hero team up!"Dove said after crawling into the middle with her sister

"Well as long as we're not the only ones humiliated sure what about you Jason?" Cody said to Jason after Holly forced her way into the picture.

"Ok fine but this is the last I'm saying it man, its kind of gotten old for me." Jason said to Cody before giving Zatanna a; "Take the picture" gesture

"Awesome get ready for an awesome team up guys five…four…three…two…one say!" Zatanna playfully said to her friends. Who all said in unison just as the clock struck mid night; "The brave and the bold, and the Birds of Prey!"

"Cody I just want you to know me and you we're friends for life got that?" Jason said to Cody sticking out his fist for a fist bump.

"Oh course Jason no doubt friends for life man." Cody said when he brought his first in for the bump.

"Hey what about us were here to guys? Your not getting rid of me or Dove any time soon!" Hawk said after putting her own fist into the bump, and taking one of Doves hands and pulling it in to bro bump.

"Of course it just wouldn't be the same without my favorite red headed pain the in the neck, and the wonderful a talented Dove?" Cody said before Hawk playfully knocked him over while they both laughed

Two Months later Wayne Manor Family Cemetery

"Friends for life, now and always man." Cody said as he stared silent and emotionless like a phantom down at the single lonely head stone, the cold heavy rain hitting his face not even fazing him. The tombstone read;

"Here lies Jason Todd Beloved friend, son, and hero taken from us far too soon"

"He's been here all day, this isn't good for him especially right now its freezing here he could get a cold in this rain dressed like that. He needs us...he needs "you" to say something to Holly.

"Oh so its just that easy huh? Dawn he just lost his best friend, what kind of pep talk do you expect me to give him that will make that alright?" Holly said as she and sister continued to gaze at the emotionless Cody.

"This isn't about him feeling better sis, he's not going to get better for a while. This is about him feeling anything, what he's doing now isn't going help with his pain its just going to prolong it. He needs a shoulder to cry on...your shoulder now go sis." Dawn said before giving Holly a small nudge push to convince her to go up and speak with Cody.

"…Cody the service for Jason was five hours ago, why are you torturing yourself like this?" Holly said to Cody whom still did nothing but stare at his friends grave.

"I'm still not sure wither this is reality or a nightmare I…I just can't believe it Holly, he's really gone. He was my best friend and he's gone now, this has to be a nightmare please god let this be a nightmare." Cody said to Holly who started to slowly walk over to him.

"I miss him to Cody, he wasn't just your friend he was ours to, but we both know Jason wouldn't want this it wasn't your fault." Holly said after putting a compassionate hand on Cody's shoulder.

"All this power and what good was it, still wasn't there when he needed me. Its hard not to think it's my fault…part of me's broken now, and I don't think its ever going to be alright again Holly." Cody said as he fell to his knees, before Holly wrapped him in her arms, and let him weep into them. Compassion was difficult for Holly, as hawk just feeling anything other than anger was hard especially now when she was in pain as well...but right now Cody needed this he needed "her" so lords of chaos be damned she 'd do this for him. Holly just held on tight to Cody as the rain drowned out his cries of agony for everyone, but her who kept him close through it.

A/N: I wanted to establish a kind of friendship like what Ted Kord and Booster Gold had int the comics. Some good times, some implied bad, and the ultimate tragedy when one of them died. We have the beginning and now end of the friendship, the middle still is going to be told. Jason's death is going to effect every one but it hits Cody hardest its going to change him, into a slightly darker person and make him question his life as a hero, where does the power ring end and Cody Tyler begin. Also did two time skips at the end, but that's not where we start again from, those were just a glimpse into the future. The way I'm doing this is one chapter/ep is a month in young justice theirs going to be a lot more for the rest of this in story year. Speaking of which the next chapter/episode is: Generations Green Lantern & Green Lantern?

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