Author's Note: I have been getting requests from people to update sooner than I have been but I need to remind the readers that I am also working on other stories and have a short attention span. I work on stories when I have the inspiration to which is why my updates take so long. I appreciate the support this story has and hope that you understand.

Young Justice

Chapter 4: Getting Schooled

August 3, Metropolis,

Red X, wearing his hero outfit with a black duster jacket over it, stood on top of the pole on a skyscraper with his eyes closed. He was balanced perfected on the tip with one foot on it. He was focusing intently on using the enhanced hearing he had gained from Superman's DNA to pick up on what was going on in the city below. He could hear several radio frequencies, people conversations and vehicles driving through the streets. So far he was doing pretty well in figuring out how to adjust his hearing, otherwise he'd probably be writhing in agony or be going crazy from all the different sounds that would travel through his train of thought.

His attention was suddenly grabbed by the sound of snapping bridge cables, cars screeching and people screaming. Shark's eyes snapped open. "That's my cue." He said to himself before taking off into the sky, heading for the bridge that the noises were coming from.

Superman made it to the bridge just in time to prevent a portion of it from collapsing and was using his heat vision to weld metal bars together. "Need a hand?" A familiar voice asked Superman.

The Man of Steel stopped was he was doing and looked to see Red X floating in front of him with his arms folded in front of his chest. Superman smirked at seeing the young hero respond so quickly. "I've got this one. Think you can handle pulling those vehicles from edge?" He asked.

"You got it, boss." Red X said with a salute before he floated up to the bridge and started lifting vehicles to safety. Just as he finished with a vehicle with a young couple in it, a school bus suddenly started to fall further off the bridge. The children were screaming in fear when Shark grabbed the back of the bus and started to pull the bus back. The bus was pretty close to falling off when X grabbed on so he skidded forward a little but managed to get it under control and pulled the bus to safety. "That was close." He commented until he noticed another vehicle about to go over. "Oh shit!" He rushed over but was a split second to slow and the car started to go over the ledge.

Fortunately, Superman had finished his welding and caught the car before it hit the water and safely brought it back onto the bridge. "That was a close one." Red X said to Superman. "I really didn't want to have them drowning staying on my conscious."

Superman smiled at Shark's attempt to remain as modest as possible. "Don't sell yourself short, X. You've done an excellent job so far especially when you stopped Solomon Grundy's rampage through Gotham a few weeks back but you might want to work on lowering the amount of property damage you cause."

Shark chuckled sheepishly. "Yeah but most of the damage was Grundy's doing. He was chucking cars at me like there was no tomorrow, the dude had a one track mind. And let's not forget that little problem he has of referring to himself in the third person." He replied.

Superman nodded as he had faced Grundy before. "Not all of our enemies are as… simple-minded as Grundy but you've improved a lot in these last few weeks in controlling your flight, speed, strength and other abilities." The Kryptonian hero paused when his comlink started beeping and pressed it. "This is Superman… Whoa, Arrow, slow down! What's attacking?" Shark raised an eyebrow as Superman listened. "No, I'm definitely available. What are your coordinates? Alright, I'm on my way." Superman turned to Red X. "Sorry, X, but I'm going to have to cut this conversation short. Duty calls." He explained.

"It's alright." Red X said calmly and watched as Superman took off.

Five Hours later, at Mount Justice,

Kid Flash and Aqualad were playing a game of virtual air hockey with Robin, Wonder Girl and Miss Martian watched when the Zeta Beam Tube activated. "Recognize: Red X B04." The computer announced before Shark appeared in the base. Shark had changed out of his uniform and was wearing blue jeans and a black t-shirt underneath his duster jacket.

"Hey Shark, how was Metropolis?" M'gann asked with a smile.

Shark shrugged his shoulders. "Oh you know the usual: did some patrolling, stopped a few jewel thieves and helped Superman stop a bridge from collapsing." He replied like it was an everyday occurrence, which it kind of was in a way, as he removed his jacket. "How about you?"

Donna couldn't help but smirk as Megan blushed at how well toned and lean Shark's body was thanks to his muscles, though Donna found that she too couldn't help but glance at him.

"Not much, just working on improving that brownie recipe I used after our last mission." Megan replied, trying to fight down her blush as well as to keep from checking him out, while Shark smirked.

"I don't really see why you'd need to improve on them." Shark commented truthfully. "You did an amazing job with the last batch you had made. You seem to have a natural talent for cooking."

Shark's praise caused Megan's blush on her face to increase. "Thanks." She said shyly as she brushed her hair back slightly while she also turned away so he couldn't see the blush she was sporting.

Wally, on the other hand, could see this and was more than just a little peeved. "Hey, Rob, how is it that Shark can get Megan to act so shy and girly around him?" He asked in a whisper.

Robin couldn't help but grin at how jealous Wally was. "It's quite simple, Wally. Shark actually means what he's saying to her and doesn't act like an idiot with his lame attempts to flirt. You, on the other hand, are a dog. Woof, woof." Robin replied with a snicker.

"Dude!" Wally hissed in embarrassment at the boy wonder.

The Zeta Beam Tube hummed again and three more people arrive, all adults, two females and one male. "Hello, everyone, I hope you're ready for training." One of the females said.

"Black Canary, Uncle J'onn!" Megan said excited to see her uncle again.

"Diana!" Donna exclaimed, happy to see her older sister.

Black Canary was an attractive young woman, with long blonde hair and a slender yet toned build. She was wearing her well known distinctive costume that consisted of a black, one-piece bustier-leotard combination that covered most of her ample breasts but still showed plenty of cleavage with a blue jacket over it, grey stockings with seams up the front and back, heavy black calf-length boots, black fingerless gloves that go past the elbow to the bicep, and a black choker on her neck.

The Martian Manhunter, Megan's uncle J'onn J'onzz, was currently in his more Earth friendly form which was a tall, green-skinned humanoid. His head was completely bald, and his face was oddly proportioned, with heavy brows, thick lips and red eyes. His costume was primarily black, with red accents, and a large red belt and x-shaped straps across his chest. He was also wearing a blue cape that was fastened by gold clips.

Diana Prince, better known to the world as Wonder Woman, was a tall, slender beautiful woman with visible muscles. She had long dark flowing hair that reached her middle back, baby blue eyes, and wore a golden tiara with a red star in the center that helped to keep her hair out of her eyes. She had red lips and wore a tight red half shirt covered her breasts that had ornamental gold on the front in the form of two 'W' one above the other. A golden belt held her tight dark blue mini pants, with white stars, that covered her round backside leaving her thighs exposed. Red boots with a white outline going down to the front and back covered her feet and legs up to just below her knees. She had silver gauntlets on her wrists and a magic golden lasso attached onto her belt.

Megan gave her uncle a warm hug which he returned. "M'gann." J'onn said with pride in his voice. "I was in the neighborhood and thought I'd drop by to see how you are adjusting."

"A few bumps and bruises but I'm learning." Megan informed her uncle.

J'onn smiled kindly at her. "That's all I can ask."

Wally, meanwhile, was staring at Black Canary and the elder Amazon Princess, until he received a smack upside the head from an annoyed Shark. "For Pete's sake, Wally, stop drooling at them and roll that tongue of yours back into your mouth. Honestly, do us all a favor and at least try to have some self-control." Shark scolded while the speedster grumbled and rubbed the back of his head while Donna and Robin snickered, getting a glare from Wally for a few seconds.

"So how many times does that make that Shark's slapped Wally upside the head?" Robin asked Donna, who was counting on her fingers.

"I think we're at 987 slaps upside the head, counting the one today before Shark left for Metropolis." Donna answered with a grin.

"Really? I only counted 852." Robin said before Donna went over to greet her sister.

"Hello little sister," Diana greeted Donna as the two hugged each other warmly before separating.

"Hey Diana, how's mother been doing?" Donna asked.

"She's doing well but misses you terribly as do the others." Diana replied. "I decided to tag along to see how you were progressing with your new team. Though, from the looks of it, you all seem to be fairing quite well."

Donna smiled. "With Red X as our leader, how could we not? It's thanks to him that we've been able to succeed in the missions we go on without too much worry or trouble." She commented.

"That's only because I have more experience than all of you combined, Donna. But don't sell yourself short, all of you guys deserve just as much credit for our success as I do." Shark told Donna telepathically. The young Amazon blinked in surprise and turned to see Shark smiling at her, who then winked, causing her to blush. Diana noticed this and could barely keep herself from smirking as she began plotting on how best to tease her younger sister, considering all the times that Donna had teased her about Superman.

"Alright everyone, class is now in session." Black Canary announced getting their attention. When she walked into the center of the training area, the holographic projector around them glowed and formed a holographic fighting arena. "I consider it an honor to be your teacher." She informed the teenagers. "I'll be throwing a lot at you. Everything I've learned from my own mentors," she winced as she pulled off her jacket, "and my own bruises." Her left arm had been bandaged up since it seemed she had recently gotten into a major fight.

"Ouch, though I certainly received far more than just bruises from my training at Cadmus and I bet you have as well." Shark stated getting a nod of acknowledgement from Canary and Wonder Woman.

"Tch, what could be so bad about a few battle scars?" Kid Flash asked.

Shark sighed before answering. "Have you ever had a fist coated in raw energy shoved through the center of your chest cavity and out your back and lived?" He asked Wally, whose eyes widened in shock as did the others as they looked at Shark. He shook his head before he removed his t-shirt, revealing multiple faded scars and puncture wounds. The most prominent was an X shaped scar in the middle of his chest. "I got this from a training simulation that had no safety features so any injury that I suffered would be real. I barely survived that so-called training session, though when I was forced to go through it again, I returned the favor by ripping the creature's arms of." He said with a calm yet cold voice while he pulled his shirt back on. Megan had covered her mouth with her hands in shock while Robin, Aqualad and Donna had grimaced at the sight. Kid Flash, on the other hand, paled and had a slight green tint when he saw the wicked looking scar but that didn't prevent him from continuing to eat the banana he had in his hand.

"Hera…" Diana said to herself. While she was very familiar with battle scars, having received a few herself, the one that Shark had just shown her looked to be the worst one she had ever seen. She knew for a fact that not even Batman or Superman had a scar like that one.

Shark was getting a little uncomfortable with them looking at him. "Anyways, what were you saying, teach?" He asked Black Canary, snapping her out of her stupor.

"Right." Canary said getting back into teacher mode. "Combat is about controlling conflict, putting it on your terms. You should always be acting, never reacting, to the situation. I'll need a sparring partner for this next part."

"Right here!" Kid Flash said quickly as he raised his hand, causing Shark to shake his head. He walked forward, finished eating his banana and tossed it into a nearby trash can. "After this, I'll show you my moves." He attempted to flirt as Shark rolled his eyes and shook his head.

Black Canary just grinned as she was used to this and expected it from Kid Flash. She threw a fast right jab which Wally blocked with his forearm but Canary quickly fell into a leg sweep and took Wally's legs out from under him, causing him to fall flat on his back. The scanner on the floor beeped as it recorded Kid Flash's failure. "Oh, it hurts so good." Kid Flash groaned.

Canary extended her right hand and helped Wally back up to his feet. "Good block but did anyone see what he did wrong?" She complemented Wally before questioning the group.

"Oo! Oo! He hit on teacher and got served?" Robin replied with a grin.

"Dude!" Kid Flash said already embarrassed before Robin's comment.

Canary did not look amused by Robin's comment. "He allowed you to dictate the terms of your fight." Shark answered getting a nod of approval from Canary.

"That's correct." She said with a grin. She then motioned for Shark to step forward. "But let's see if you know how to do this properly."

Shark stepped into the arena as Kid Flash rejoined the others on the sidelines. The teacher and student stood in front of each other, staring each other down. Canary could tell by the way Shark was standing that he was calculating what she was capable of while at the same time not leaving any opening that she could exploit. Shark was watching Canary carefully as she had far more experience in fighting real opponents than he did and was used to taking on people like him, meaning she'd be ready for his powers.

The two got into fighting stances with Shark making the first move by throwing a right punch at Canary. Canary caught his arm in both hands and began to flip him over her head. Shark however, countered by grabbing Canary's right wrist and, as he landed on his feet, flipped Canary over his shoulder and onto the floor. Canary didn't miss a beat, however, as she quickly hooked her legs around Shark's neck before she hit the ground and used them to flip Shark onto the ground, while also using that momentum to roll on top of him, pinning him down.

"Not bad." Canary complimented.

Shark grinned. "Not bad yourself, although if you wanted to be the one on top, all you had to do was ask." He said, unable to resist the chance to tease, considering the position they were currently in.

Canary had to fight to keep a blush from appearing on her face as got off of Shark and helped him to his feet. She then turned to the rest of the group. "The first thing you need to know when facing an opponent is that you must always remain calm and calculative. Analyze their attack pattern, find a weakness and use it, and also to use your surroundings to your advantage, especially when facing someone who is faster or stronger that you are. No matter how strong an opponent might be, they always have a weakness." She told them. "Shark waited patiently to see if I was going to make the first move but when he realized I had no intention of doing that, he decided to take the lead. He also knew that I was able to block that first move he made and anticipated what I was going to do next, which is how he was able to make his counter so effortlessly. That is what you need to be able to do at all time."

Just then an alarm was heard throughout the cave and Batman appeared on a holographic screen. "Batman to the cave." The Dark Knight said getting everyone's attention. "Five hours ago, a new menace attacked Green Arrow and Black Canary." A smaller image appeared into top left corner of the screen. The image appeared to be that of a male humanoid with short orange hair, slightly tanned skin, pointy ears and red eyes with black sclera. "The attacker was capable of studying then duplicating the powers and abilities of its opponents." The screen widened to show the being had what looked like green pants on. Superman flew into view only to be grabbed by the being and swung around, knocking Red Tornado and Flash away before tossing Superman side and using heat vision to take out Batarangs thrown by Batman. "Arrow called in reinforcement which nearly proved disastrous as our foe gained more and more power with each new combatant." Batman explained.

"Whoa, one guy with the powers of the entire League…" Kid Flash said wide-eyed as he watched the screen.

"In the end, it took eight Leaguers 4 hours to defeat and dismantle the android." Batman announced.

"An android?" Robin asked in surprised. "W-Who made it? T. O. Morrow?"

"A good guess, Robin, but Red Tornado doesn't think so." Batman replied calmly.

"The technology bares the signature of… Professor Ivo." J'onn informed the group with a sense of dread.

"Ivo?" Aqualad asked in surprise. "But Ivo is dead."

Black Canary sighed. "So we all thought or hoped."

"He most likely faked his death so that he could work on this creation of his in peace, without having to worry about the Justice League dropping in on him before it was ready." Shark suggested.

"That appears to be the case." Batman said in agreement. "To make sure that this threat is permanently neutralized, we're sending two trucks carrying the android's parts to two separate S.T.A.R. Labs facilities in Boston and New York for immediate evaluation." The screen showed a map of the two locations. "Every precaution is being taken. We'll have four additional decoy trucks to create confusion in case Ivo or anyone else tries to recover the remains. You will split into two undercover teams and guard the two real trucks."

"Yes!" Kid Flash exclaimed. "Road trip!"

Aqualad pulled out a hand held device. "Coordinates received." He said.

"Then let's suit up and roll out." Shark told the team who nodded in agreement.

Canary stopped Shark before he left. "Be careful, if that thing gets reactivated it could try to copy your powers." She warned.

Shark nodded seriously and left to get ready.

That evening, in Litchfield County,

The remains of the android were being loaded up onto the transports with security officers as well as Superman, Batman, Red Tornado, Flash, Captain Atom and Green Arrow standing guard. Superman heard something in the nearby bushed and X-Rayed them to see the Team had arrived and were all wearing biker outfits and riding motorcycles.

"S.T.A.R. Boston is go." One of the drivers reported.

"S.T.A.R. Manhattan is go." A second driver reported.

Green Arrow nodded to Batman who then signaled the trucks to move out. The six trucks all moved out at the same time, with three starting to head for Boston and the other three heading for New York. The team broke up into two smaller teams and followed their trucks. Team 1 was Red X, Robin and Wonder Girl while Team 2 was Aqualad, Kid Flash and Miss Martian.

With the trucks on their way, the Justice League headed for home.

With Team 1,

As the Team was riding, they watched as the two decoy truck took an exit heading away from their destination. "Hey, if dislike is the opposite of like, is disaster the opposite of aster?" Robin asked his companions. "See instead of things going wrong, they go right."

Shark shook his head and chuckled. "You know, I have no idea, Robin."

Donna was also amused by Robin's question. "Only you would think to ask something like that, Boy Wonder." She commented.

"Hey, I'm just trying to make for conversation." Robin replied.

"Let just go with hoping that this mission is aster then." Shark said before revving his engine and moving closer to the truck. Donna and Robin both chuckled at Shark's statement.

Over with Team 2,

The others were riding along peacefully when Megan decided to ask them a question. "Do you think Red X is okay?" She asked. "I-I wasn't reading his mind, I swear, but I could sense a lot of worry coming from him that seemed to come off him like waves."

Kid Flashed rode up on the other side of her. "I've surfed that wave. Just give him some space." He advised before swerving closer. "Me? Stick as close as you want."

"I'm sure Shark's just worried about what might happen if the android were to be repaired and it duplicated his powers." Aqualad told Megan. "To be honest, even I'm worried about what could happen if the android did that. Hopefully, this will be a quiet mission."

Unbeknownst to Aqualad, a part of the cornfield they just passed, shook and a swarm of green robot monkeys with jetpacks came flying out of the cornstalks. The monkeys began chasing after the truck and soon began to attack it. Aqualad activated his comlink. "Aqualad to Red X, our truck is under attack!" He announced.

"We kind of figured." Robin replied.

Team 1,

Their truck was also being attacked by robot monkeys. While the monkeys were trying to break into the truck, Red X created a dozen clones, half of which disappeared. "What are you doing?" Donna asked.

Shark smirked. "Clean up duty. I'm having my clones pick up any pieces of monkey we manage to take out so I can study them later." He explained. "Besides, we shouldn't litter, so I sent some to do the same for the other team."

"Robot monkeys? Ha! Ha! Totally Ivo's dweeb style," Robin announced as he activated his bike's combat mode which caused the motorcycle to split in half with the rear half becoming a flying laser cannon. "Hey, guys, switch your rides to battle mode."

Red X and Donna agreed and did as Robin suggested before jumping onto the truck. The two superpowered teens began smashing the monkeys at they attacked the heroes. All three flying laser cannons began shooting the monkeys off of the trucks but were soon taken out when a pair of monkeys landed on each and began messes with the wiring. Red X's clones were busy using their super speed to pick up all the trashed robot monkeys.

Red X himself was on top of the truck and managed to take out a good number of monkeys until one that was in his hand fired a laser from its eyes directly into his eyes. "AAAHHH!" He shouted in pain. He covered his eyes allowing for four monkeys to grab him and toss him off.

"X!" Donna shouted as she was about to go to his aid.

"STAY ON MISSION I'LL CATCH UP!" Red X bellowed. X couldn't see very well and decided to try a healing spell on his eyes that he had learned recently from a book given to him by Zatara to speed up his already accelerated healing ability, which was already at work.

Team 2,

Aqualad used his water-bearers to take out a number of robot monkeys that jumped off the truck to attack him. Kid Flash and Miss Martian switched to using their powers when the monkeys attacked their vehicles. Truck driver began to panic when the monkey's swarmed his vehicle. "Ah, somebody help!" He shouted in fear as one of the robotic smacked its head against the windshield and caused the glass to crack.

On top of the truck, the monkeys used their lasers to cut through the roof and opened the cargo area. The soldiers inside started firing their weapons at the robots but that didn't stop the monkeys from getting inside. Miss Martian floated overhead and used her telekinesis to remove the monkeys that were still on top of the truck.

Kid Flash ran alongside the truck and knocked off the monkeys that were hanging on the side while Aqualad used his water-bearers to take care of the one trying to get in from the back.

The monkeys were really starting to cause the driver to panic at they tried to get inside while a number of them swarmed onto Miss Martian who used her shape changing ability to sprout more arms all over her body to take care of the monkey. She flew in front of the truck and took out the monkeys but freaked out the driver for a second before he realized she was trying to help him.

Megan and Wally both went up to the roof of the cargo area and when Wally saw Megan with extra arms coming out of her he was startled. "AAAHHH!" He shouted in shock.

"AAAHHH!" Megan shouted as Wally's exclamation surprised her while at the same time she shifted back to normal.

A number of the monkeys that had gone inside the truck then jumped out and started attacking the two heroes while two other monkeys cut a hole in the back and flew off carrying the box containing the android parts with four other monkeys acting as escorts. Aqualad swerved his back to a stop. "Aqualad to Red X, they managed to steal the android parts." He reported.

Back at Team 1,

Robin and Donna were fighting off the monkeys when Donna was blasted by three monkeys and knocked off the truck. Robin managed to get to the roof as one of the soldiers was being flown off to the side and dropped off in the cornfield. Robin began attacking the monkeys with his eskrima fighting sticks, taking the out quickly, before more landed on the roof. Donna quickly recovered and landed on the roof with a thud causes a shock wave that knocked the monkeys off. Some of the monkeys crawled down to the wheels and used their laser eyes to cause the wheels to explode.

Robin dropped down to the driver. "Get out!" He ordered and the driver listened, with Robin making sure the driver got to safety.

The truck soon began to flip over and roll down the highway, tossing Donna off in the process. Once the truck came to a stop, the rear area was blown open from the inside and the robot monkeys exited with the box containing the android parts. Donna shook the cobwebs from her head and saw that the monkeys were getting away. She took off after them as fast as she could, ignoring Robin.

"Wonder Girl!" Robin shouted but she kept flying.

"Red X to Robin, Aqualad's team lost their cargo, did you-?" The team leader started to ask over their comlink.

"It's gone and so is Wonder Girl." Robin replied.

"Should we try to help her?" Aqualad asked as Red X, having finished healing, joined up with Robin.

"No, Donna can take care of herself until we catch up." Red X said. "Miss Martian, can you track her through your telepathy."

Team 2,

Megan tried to use her telepathy but got nothing. "No, she must be out of my telepathic range." She explained as Red X's clones appeared at their location, picking up the robot monkey parts. "Whoever this Professor Ivo is, if he really is still alive, he seems to be two steps ahead of us. Maybe we should contact Red Tornado?"

"Tornado would just tell us to handle this mess ourselves." Red X replied.

"And the mission can still succeed if we recover the parts before they are reassembled." Aqualad added.

"Oh that's a great plan, except for the part about us not knowing where to look!" Wally argued.

"Maybe we do." Robin said over the comlink.

Team 1,

Robin knelt down next to one of the trashed robot monkeys and pulled out his USP jack, plugging it into the monkey's back. "We'd have heard by now if the decoy trucks had been attacked." Robin said as he worked.

"So the question becomes how did these monkeys know which trucks to target?" Red X asked.

"Ha! The android parts have GPS and the monkeys can track the signal, which mean I can track them with the one I captured." Robin announced. "It looks like both parts are converging on," Robin's eyes widen in surprise, "Gotham City!"

"That far south?!" Aqualad said in surprise. "M'gann and I won't be able to get there any time soon. I'm sending Kid Flash on ahead."

Robin picked up the monkey as Red X's clones finished their clean up. "Robin, do the monkeys have GPS as well?" X asked curiously.

Robin checked his holographic wrist computer. "No." He replied.

"That's good." X said. "I'm going to take these parts to the cave. I'll meet up with you in Gotham."

Robin nodded and Shark disappeared along with his clones while Robin summoned his motorcycle. "This is a disaster, heavy on the dis." He commented before hopping onto his bike and headed for Gotham.

Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice,

Batman sat in the chair in front of the main computer consul and watched as the team had failed to protect the trucks but weren't giving up. He growled at himself in frustration as he should've realized that Ivo would have some sort of tracking device inside the android, in case the League managed to defeat it. Unlike what most thought, Batman had great faith in the team and knew that they could handle just about anything thrown at them.

He sensed someone coming towards him and calmly changed the screen to the information he had managed to decode from the Cadmus files Red X had given them. "Any luck getting more information decoded?" Black Canary asked as she joined Batman.

"I am currently working on it as we speak." Batman replied. "I should be close to being done. I have to go slowly in case there are any hidden programs that could destroy the data."

Black Canary nodded in understanding. "Diana, J'onn and I learned a bit of disturbing information regarding Red X's training in Cadmus." She informed Batman, who turned towards her, giving her his undivided attention. Canary then told him about the scar Red X had shown them as well as how he had gotten it.

Batman was more than a little surprised by this information but didn't show it. "This news is disturbing and means we'll have to keep an even closer eye on Cadmus to make sure they never do something like that again." He informed Canary who nodded in agreement.

Meanwhile, at a train heading through Gotham,

The groups of robot monkeys converged on the train and quickly entered one of the train cars. Wonder Girl was right behind them and landed on top of the train car. She punched a hole in the metal and ripped open a bigger hole so she could get inside. Once inside she found herself face-to-face with Professor Ivo, who had graying brown hair and was wearing brown pants, a white dress shirt under a green vest, a red bowtie around his collar and black shoes.

"Oh, hello." Ivo said calmly.

"You? You're Professor Ivo?" Donna asked in disappointment. "I'm whelmed."

"You're one to talk." Ivo countered. "And since when does the Amazon Princess have a brat?"

"She doesn't, Wonder Woman is my older sister." Donna informed the professor.

Ivo's eyes widen in surprise by the information but then chuckles. "Oh well, that explains it." He said. He then gestured to the robot monkeys. "Have you met my Mobile Optimal Neural Quotient Infiltrators or MONQIs for short?" As soon as he asked, the monkeys started to attack Wonder Girl. Donna quickly started smashing them up like they were nothing. "Huh, and after all the time I spent trying to find an acronym for monkey." Ivo sighed.

Donna grabbed the last two by the throat and bashed them together. She was breathing hard as she heard something moving. "Access: Captain Atom." A robotic voice said before a blast of yellow energy hit Donna, sending her flying backwards.

Wonder Girl crashed into some crates that were in the train car. She slowly started to get up as Ivo walked over to her. "Since Professor Ivo's magnificent M.O.N.Q.I.s doesn't float your boat, maybe my Amazing Amazo will be better suit you." He said as the android that had fought the Justice League stepped into the light, completely reassembled. "Or better slay you."

Donna stood up. "Give me your best shot." She declared confidently.

Some of the MONQIs chuckled at this. "Please, my android has the strength of Superman, who I might add is just as strong if not stronger than Wonder Woman, so what chance do you have?" Ivo asked cockily.

Donna realized that she was in way over her head but that wasn't about to stop her. She tapped her comlink that was in her ear, sending a signal to the others, before charging forward, fists flying. Amazo calmly blocked her strikes except for the last which caused his head to turn to the side but he quickly turned back towards her. Wonder Girl threw a right punch only to have her hand caught and squeezed painfully. "Oh, did that strike a nerve?" Ivo asked taunted. "Amazo, strike a few more."

Amazo delivered a powerful punch, sending Donna crashing around the train car. "Access: Black Canary." Amazo said as Donna got back up. His mouth opened and produced a high pitched scream.

"AAAHHH!" Donna screamed in pain as she covered her ears. The force of the sound wave threw Donna into the back of the car.

Wonder Girl painfully got back on her feet. "Access: Flash." Amazo announced before sprinting forward and delivered quick blows to Donna's face, chest and torso. These blows caused Donna to collapse to the floor.

"Oh, no wonder, big sister keeps you hidden away." Ivo continued to taunt the young Amazon. "You're not doing real justice to the old W shield, are you?"

Donna was getting really sick of Ivo's comments and rushed forward, fist cocked back and ready to strike Amazo. "Martian Manhunter." Amazo said becoming intangible. This resulted in Donna's strike passing harmlessly through him. Donna was surprised by this and it allowed Amazo to punch her hard, sending her crashed through the back of the train car and into a bulldozer that was being transported on the train. Amazo followed her out. "Access: Superman." It said calmly before picking Donna up by the shoulders. He then delivered an uppercut that sent Wonder Girl flying into the air.

Donna ended up crashing through the window of a school that was a little ways away from the train tracks. She tumbled into the desks that were in the classroom.

Amazo looked at Ivo for instructions on what to do next. "Finish her: Priority Alpha." Ivo said with a shrug. Amazo then took off, giving chase to finish Wonder Girl off.

Meanwhile, on the highway heading into Gotham,

Robin and Kid Flash had just passed the Gotham City Limits sign. Both of them had changed into their costumes. "I see you changed too." Robin commented.

"Are you kidding?" Kid Flashed replied with a shiver. "I feel naked in civies. Are you still tracking those parts?"

"They were heading through Gotham but they veered." Robin said as he checked the map. "Wait… Dude! They're at my school!"

"Red X to Robin and Kid Flash, I just picked up Donna's comlink sending a distress signal to us here at the cave." Red X's voice said over the group's comlink channel. "Red Tornado and I have traced the signal to Gotham Academy. Head there as fast as you can."

"X this is Robin, the Amazo parts are also at the school!" Robin reported.

"I know, I'm on my way to help Donna now." Red X replied before the transmission ended.

At Gotham Academy,

A screaming Donna was sent flying into a trophy case and the glass shattered on impact. Donna was barely conscious when Amazo picked her up by her shirt and swung her around like ragdoll before tossing her down a hallway and into some of the lockers, denting a number of them. Donna got back up and punched a locker door that had opened and was in her face. She charged at Amazo only to be sent flying backward by a powerful punch. She crashed through the doors of the science lab with Amazo following her. She finally stopped when she smacked into the brick wall and fell to the ground.

Amazo stood over Wonder Girl as she looked up at him. "Is that all you got?" She asked defiantly.

Amazo raised his left hand. "Access: Captain Atom." He replied. A blaster hole appeared and charged up.

The energy blast blasted Wonder Girl through the floor and into the gymnasium, where she crashed into the basketball court, bouncing a few times before painfully skidding to a stop.

Clapping could be heard coming from the stands as Donna struggled to get up. Donna looked and saw Professor Ivo and a number of his MONQIs sitting in the stands. "I don't usually attend these things in person but *chuckles* this was too good to miss." He stated.

"Access: Superman." Amazo said as Donna painfully got to her feet.

Donna was about to charge forward with Red X burst through the window of the gym and punch Amazo in the jaw, sending the android tumbling for a bit. Donna smiled weakly. "What took you so long?" She asked.

Amazo stood up as Robin and Kid Flash also arrived to help. Robin threw some Batarangs at the android. "Martian Manhunter." Amazo said before becoming intangible and the Batarangs passed through him. "Access: Red Tornado." A swirling wind lifted Amazo into the air.

Amazo flew towards the teens and sent the flying all over the gym. "Access: Captain Atom." It said pointing at Kid Flash. Kid immediately took off running as Amazo fired the energy blast, destroying the bleachers. "Access: Black Canary." Amazo said as Kid Flash got out from behind the bleachers and headed straight for the android. The screech caused Kid Flash to cover his ears and be blown backwards, skidding across the floor.

"Access: Superman." Amazo said before catching Donna's fist only to receive a kick to the back of the head from Red X, who followed up by firing his Omega Beams at the android. "Martian Manhunter." The beams passed through the transparent android. "Activating: Scan of new target." Amazo announced as its eyes began to glow.

"Oh shit!" Red X shouted before rushing forward trying to stop Amazo before it was too late.

Before Red X could reach Amazo, everyone received a shock. "Error: Unable to duplicate powers." Amazo announced.

"What?!" Ivo shouted in shock as he looked wide-eyed at Red X. "I've never seen this hero before and he has powers that Amazo can't duplicate…"

"Superman." Amazo said using the super strength to knock Red X aside. "Martian Manhunter." Amazo's arms stretched out and block Robin's Batarangs and knocked Kid Flash into the bleachers.

Donna rushed towards Amazo but was caught and brought into a powerful bear hug. "Superman." Amazo said before he started squeezing.

"AAAHHH!" Donna screamed in pain.

Suddenly, an arrow came flying out of the shadows. "Martian Manhunter." Amazo said just in time to avoid being hit by the arrow but also dropping Donna to the ground.

Red X looked to the shadows and caught the faint outline of a female fleeing the area while Robin looked at the arrow. "Superman." Amazo said and raised his foot to stomp down on Wonder Girl but missed as Kid Flash rushed through and grabbed Donna. "Black Canary." Amazo said before Red X dashed at him from behind only to be tossed into the bleachers.

Robin threw some Batarangs at Amazo only the android ducked out of the way. "Superman." Amazo said before his eyes started glowing and a blast of heat vision was fired at Robin, who was tackled out of the way just in time by Kid Flash. The blast however, knocked the two off their feet and rolling on the group.

Red X climbed out of the rubble and looked out into the gym. He knew that there had to be some weakness to this guy and then he realized it. "Access: Black Canary…" He muttered to himself. 'Okay, so he can only use one hero's powers at a time and announces the name of whoever the next shift is. But there's a time gap between power shifts where he is vulnerable. I just have to wait for the right opportunity.' He then opened a telepathic link to the others. "Everyone, I have a plan. Follow my lead." Red X told them.

Ivo faked a yawn in the bleachers across from Red X on the other side of the gym. "Oh, yawn, normal Amazo would study and mimic your abilities during battle but what's the point when you're all such poor copies of the originals." He commented.

Shark was really getting annoyed by this guy. "So everyone keeps saying and that really pisses me off!" He shouted before leaping into the air over Amazo. He was heading right for Ivo, who panicked and ran to get out of the way before Red X pounded both arms into the area Ivo had just been sitting in. "Wanna see me channel that anger?!" He asked.

"Dude, I think Red X has gone ballistic." Kid Flash commented.

Robin grinned. "Maybe not." Donna also caught on to what Red X was up to.

"Amazo, protect you master!" Ivo commanded. "Priority: Alpha!" He had to drive out of the way of another attack by Red X.

"Captain Atom!" Amazo said before blasting Red X with an energy beam only for Red X to absorb the energy.

A pair of MONQIs helped Ivo up only for Robin to kick Ivo in the back. "Anyone wanna play keep away?!" The boy wonder asked.

"Oh! Oh! Me!" Kid Flash shouted as he dashed towards Ivo.

"Superman." Amazo stomped in foot on the ground and created a shockwave that launched Kid Flash into the bleachers, as well as into one of the MONQIs. Robin threw a number of Batarangs at Amazo. "Martian Manhunter." Amazo became ghost-like again.

Just as Amazo was about to shift to another power, Red X landed in front of his and drove his fist right where Amazo's head was when it became solid. "Super- BOOM!" Amazo's head exploded around X's fist, knocking X off his feet.

Robin rushed forward as the body fell backwards onto the ground. "Help me disassemble him, now!" He ordered.

"Dude, the guy has no head." Kid Flash commented.

"We can't take any chances!" Aqualad said as he and Miss Martian rushed into the gym. The two started helping Robin disassemble the android.

Wally, though, wasn't convinced that this was necessary. "What harm can it do now?" Kid Flash asked.

"Ahem!" Kid Flash turned to see an irked Wonder Girl limping over to the group with a couple of bruises on her face and arms. Miss Martian rushed over to her friend's side to help support her weight and keep Wonder Girl from falling over, which looked like it could happen at any second.

Wally looked sheepish and scratched the back of his head. "Oh yeah, sorry." He apologized before realizing something. "Hey, where'd Ivo go?"

Everyone then realized that Ivo had disappeared from the gym. "Damn, talk about a sneaky little weasel." Red X commented as Wally walked over to the busted MONQI he had crashed into.

Wally reached down and picked up the MONQI's head. "Souvenir." He said happily.

August 4, 1:43 A.M., at Mount Justice,

The team had returned to the cave and was greeted by Batman, Red Tornado, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman. "We managed to defeat and disassemble the android and successfully delivered the pieces to the two separate S.T.A.R. Labs Facilities but Ivo managed to escape and since he created the android, he is a much greater threat." Aqualad reported to Batman.

"Capturing the professor will be a League priority." Black Canary assured the team.

Diana was tending to Donna's injuries when said younger sister yelped in pain as the bandages were tightened. "Ow! Diana, be gentle my arm is still throbbing!" Donna yelled getting everyone's attention and making it difficult for Shark not to smirk.

"No one told you to chase after those MONQIs or to face Amazo by yourself, little sister." Diana chastised in a motherly tone. "Plus, you are a warrior and warrior's don't cry or fuss over little injuries such as these."

"It wasn't like I - ow! had a - ow! choice in the matter. OW!" Donna argued between yelps of pain. "Stop being so rough!" *Crack!* "Oh Gods, tell me that wasn't my ribs?" She asked as she used all her willpower to keep from crying out in agony. Sure, Donna had felt the pain of broken bones from her training but getting the crap beat out of her by that android reminded her of the time she picked a fight with a pissed off Minotaur.

Diana chuckled a little. "No wonder Artemis calls you the baby of the family." She joked as she finished treating Donna's wounds. "Now don't anything reckless since your arm is broken in three places and you have three cracked ribs as well as some minor head trauma. If you don't, I'll be forced to inform your old teacher that you are in need of a refresher course on the battlefield." Diana warned with an evil smirk on her face.

Donna, however, paled in fear. "Please, anyone but her!" She begged dramatically. "I barely managed to survive her two month in the wilderness training program and was almost eaten by a basilisk when she threw me into its nest!" She said frantically causing the eldest sister to giggle at Donna's reaction while some of the others also found it amusing.

"I know you all handled yourselves very well but know that there is no shame in asking for help." Batman said getting everyone's attention. "That's why the League is here because there are some problems even we can't handle individually."

"Please, if we need help, we'd never get the chance to ask." Robin retorted before pulling out the arrow that had saved Donna. "Look familiar?" He asked as he handed it to Batman and Green Arrow stepped up to look at the arrow. "You were following us! Babysitting! You still don't trust us!"

"We didn't follow you." Batman said as he handed the arrow to Green Arrow.

The heroic archer pulled out his own arrow and showed that the tips were of different design. Robin was surprised by this. "And that's not your arrow." He said before smiling excitedly. "But that mean!"

"Speedy!" Kid Flash finished excitedly.

"He has out backs." Aqualad said with a smile.

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I saw who fired the arrow and it wasn't Speedy." Red X informed the group as he stepped up and took the arrow. "I didn't see her face but it was definitely a female archer."

This news surprised to group as well as Green Arrow but for different reasons. 'What was she doing there?!' Green Arrow thought while he and Batman exchanged a look as Batman also knew who it was.

"Oh and just so you know, apparently Amazo is unable to duplicate my powers and abilities." Shark informed the adult heroes.

This shocked all of them, including Batman. "Are you sure?" Canary asked in surprise.

Shark nodded. "Yeah, Amazo tried but announced that there was some sort of error." He explained. "If I had to guess, it could be another side-effect of having so many different DNA infusions done to my body by Cadmus."

"Whatever the case, it's a good thing that Amazo was unable to gain your powers otherwise it may have become unstoppable." J'onn said.

Meanwhile, at an unknown location,

Professor Ivo had just returned. "So there appears to either be a flaw in my duplication program or that Red X has the ability to negate having his powers duplicated." Ivo said out loud as he walked over to his work table where a cloth covered something that way laying on top. "Nevertheless, when at first you don't succeed," he pulled off the cloth and reveal a second incomplete Amazo, "try try again."

To Be Continued…