The next morning came too early for certain members of both the team, and the league.

"hun hoo hmoov?"(1) Muttered a VERY sleepy Beast boy to an equally sleepy Blue Beetle.

"hnnn"(2) Came the return grunt from the blue coated teen. Despite their semi-conscious conversation, which would normally make Robin and The new Kid Flash, Bart Allen, crack up, everyone was too focused on the new face in the room, or more accurately, the lack thereof.

"Where do you think he is?" Asked Bart. "we told him breakfast was at 8:00, and its 8:20. Why isn't he here?"

"Bart, some people don't do well with schedules." Batgirl responded from her seat next to M'Gann, right across from Bart. "Just like you speedsters." Most everyone around the table chuckled. "Or maybe he slept in. You don't know what kind of life he had before coming here. He might just be enjoying his sleep, for a change." At this, M'Gann winced slightly, just enough for her boyfriend to notice.

'Everything alright, M'Gann?' Superboy spoke over his mental link with the green skinned beauty.

'everything's fine.' Returned M'Gann, despite not even sounding convincing to herself.

'M'Gann? Really? Don't lie to me now.' Connor coaxed, pleading with his girlfriend to tell him the truth.

'Well, last night I might've seen into Drago's mind.'

'WHAT!'

'Keep it down!'

'M'Gann, this is a mind chat. They can't here us.'

'You dropped your fork and spilt food all over yourself, dummy' Miss Martian giggled, causing Superboy to look down at his now soiled pants. 'I can't talk about what I saw in Drago's mind, but I can say this. He has led a harder life than any of us. I wouldn't be surprised if he is taking his sweet time, enjoying the tower and its facilities.'

'Isn't there anything you can tell me?' Superboy pleaded, sending M'gann a puppy face look over there mind link.

'Sorry buster, no can do. Uncle John is under the same oath, so he can't say anything either. However, I can tell you that it's Artemis' turn on monitor duty tonight, meaning…' M'gann left the thought to trail off, waiting for Superboy to fill in the blanks.

'… that we get some alone time.' Connor suddenly grinned, drawing some amused looks from the older members of the team, and causing Cassie to notice.

"Hey! Don't you know its rude to have a mental conversation when your around other people?" Cassie questioned.

"Yes," Connor replied, smirking. "but then it wouldn't be a private conversation would it?"

"Private conversations when around others are equally as rude." Robin stated, coming to the defense of his girlfriend.

"Alright, I'm gonna pull that card next time you go and have one of your coded conversations with Cassie when we are all watching a movie." Batgirl ribbed as she watched the younger couple turn beet red.

"Still though," Artemis pondered "I wonder where he is."

"After breakfast, we will split up and search the tower for him." Aqualad interjected. "He may have gotten lost."

(Break)

It was a long and grueling search, made even worse by the fact that Superboy and M'gann kept disappearing, Bart wouldn't stop asking if they had found him, despite refusing to move to help (something about a bet with Flash, cupcakes, and vengeance. Trust me, you do NOT want to know.), and Robin and Wondergirl refusing to split up to make the search go faster.

They finally found him in the most unlikely of places, his room. Or, more accurately, just outside of it, fiddling with the locks on his door.

"What are you doing, Drago? You missed breakfast!" A horrified Jaime gasped, unable to comprehend why he would miss such an important meal, or in fact, any meal.

"I have trained my body so that it does not need nourishment in the same forms as yours." Came the cryptic reply from the teen who now seemed to be installing the first of 4 deadbolts on his door.

"Batgirl to team, Jaime found him." Came a voice from the end of the corridor. "we can call off the search, he was at his room."

"Why are you messing with the security on your door?" Jaime asked, before a rush of wind announced the arrival of one Bart Allen.

"Not the door," Drago answered, his attention never straying from his task on the door. "The entire room."

"WHAT? SERIOUSLY? These rooms were designed by Batman himself! You couldn't get better security at Fort Knox!"

"That is exactly why I do not trust it. Batman is known for being a snoop, and I do not want him being able to track me at all times of the day. Some people value their privacy."

"WOOOOOOW! Somebody doesn't like the Bat!" Batgirl accused, sauntering down the hallway.

"Where I come from, we have orders. If you see the Batman, Kill him on sight and bring evidence. Even the babies are taught this. I am going against my most basic training for the sake of my mission here. If I cannot kill the Batman, then I will at least prevent him from spying on my works." Came the ominous return, causing Batgirl's mouth to drop, and Blue Beetle to gape at the new member openly. The rest of the team had just entered the hallway, barely in time to hear the man's little monologue, and were similarly rendered speechless. "Now, I believe we have a deal. If you want me to bring back your Mr. West, I am going to need some utilities. Do you have them available for me now?"

In a state of shock, the others could only nod.

"Good. In roughly 36 hours we will begin our journey to the North Pole to return your lost comrade. Be ready for a cold journey. Now, Robin, please bring the laptop to the room wherein I will be working. Superboy, you are going to have to escort me to the disruptor, and possibly move it around, if need be. As for the rest of you, prepare the arctic gear, ready the medical centre, and get an emergency zeta beam transporter on standby. West will not be in the best of conditions when we get him back and may be in need of medical facilities immediately."

Suddenly, everyone seemed to snap out of their shock, and begin moving about towards their assigned tasks. All, that is, save for one man. One of the original team members, and the only person there who was more comfortable under the water, than above it. One man who could only gape at the way that the bat-hating member suddenly had the entire team bending to his will.

"Wait! When did he become leader here! I am the one who gives the orders!"

(1): "Can you move?"

(2): "fine."

No longer a spoiler disclaimer: I do not own Fort Knox.

I apologize if any of the characters seem a little too OOC, but I needed to really set the stage here for future happenings.