"M'gann, what on earth happened back there?" asked Tigress. "One moment it's just a normal break in, and the next thing I know, the cops are all over the place! Did you blow up something?"
"W-what?" replied the Martian, a little distracted. They were in the back room of the newly re-built Hall of Justice. It was 3 in the morning, and everything just… sucked.
"What happened?" repeated Tigress.
"Oh, um. Cadmus. There were a few kids from Cadmus. Clones, runaways. I don't know. They were so freaked, I had to knock them out mentally. Where's Superboy?"
Tigress shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe in the Watch Tower."
Miss Martian shot up to her feet. "Oh, no! We can't have that! Superboy can't be near the Cadmus kids! It'll bring back bad memories."
Tigress got up with her. "He can handle himself, M'gann." She put a hand on her friend's shoulder. "Don't worry, we'll figure this out."
She shook her head. "I don't know. They seemed so scared, Artemis. One of girls… there was three of them, and a boy. One of the girls I talked with physically. She was really scared, untrusting. It was like she had been through a lot." She paused, remembering. "I bet they left some other kids behind."
Before Tigress could respond, the door opened to the backroom.
It wasn't who they were expecting. It was a girl, yes. But not a blonde. It wasn't Black Canary.
The girl had long black hair that was tied tightly into the ponytail. She wore an all-black tight jumpsuit, like she was a spy. She also wore a black mask, similar to Tigress's.
"Very likely." She responded to the Martian's comment. "My records show of Cadmus existing, but not having any test subjects. Should have checked it out sooner."
Both girls stared at her.
"Um, who are you?" asked Tigress.
The girl looked a little surprised. "You haven't seen me in the Watch Tower?"
They both shook their heads.
"Oh. I'm Black Cat. I was undercover in Lex Corp until a little while ago when my cover was blown. I came back here to find… this." She shook her head. "Cadmus is insane, still testing even after the first time Superboy got out of there."
Tigress and Miss Martian both looked at each other than back at Black Cat. "What are you doing here?" asked Tigress.
"Right. Forgot, sorry. Miss Martian, Black Canary wants you at the Watch Tower. You can go to, if you want, Tigress."
Miss Martian stood up straighter. "Why?"
"One of the Cadmus girls is awake. She wants to talk to you."
Okay, this one is short. I have to get back into the game. For those of you who DO read my comments, I'M SO SORRY! *sobs* I GOT GROUNDED FOR SKATE BOARDING OFF MY ROOF INTO MY POOL AND I JUST GOT MY COMPUTER BACK! I'm going to update a lot now, and a huge thanks to Twin Masks for being a faithful reader! I'll update later this week, with a (hopefully) longer chapter!
Peace and Mist (for now),
Rlb190
