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~Laces

Chpt.4

Conner woke up and was slightly confused why he wasn't in his room, but then remembered the events of the night before.

"Hey, Kid…" Conner tried to nudge her awake. "Kid?"

"Hmmm? Conner?" she questioned in a quiet mumble.

"Good morning." He smiled, then got to his feet. "You should get up. M'gann should be making breakfast about now." He informed, looking over at the clock. It was about 9:30.

"Who is M'gann?" the girl inquired as she scooted off the bed.

"She's a member of the team." Conner informed shortly. He didn't enjoy talking about his ex-girlfriend too much.

Conner smoothed out his hair, then walked downstairs, the girl following close behind.

Once they reached the kitchen, Conner laid his eyes on Gar, M'gann, and La'gaan. Gar was eating the pancakes that M'gann had made, reading a book while M'gann and La'gaan were… kissing. Conner hated it when they would kiss in public, especially with him in the room.

He was happy that he wasn't the one who interrupted them.

"Is that… painful?" the girl inquired, looking at them with an expression of concern and curiosity.

"Who are you?" La'gaan questioned, and M'gann placed a gentle hand on her boyfriend, knowing he was slightly upset for the girl assuming he was causing his "angel fish" pain.

"You're Project Power, aren't you? Dick told me what happened last night." She informed gently, and Gar looked up from his book.

"Good morning." He smiled with a small wave.

"Good morning to you well." She paused. "As well." The girl corrected herself, but quickly turned her attention back to M'gann and La'gaan.

"So it wasn't painful? You were… biting her lip." She stated with confusion, looking at La'gaan.

"We were kissing, Project Power." M'gann explained gently, and the girl winced.

"Hey sis." Gar stated from the seat. "Ex nay on the ojectpray owerpay." He said in pig-Latin, only earning a confused look.

"She doesn't like the name." Conner spoke up. M'gann frowned,

"I'm sorry, I didn't know…"

"It's alright. I… simply don't want to be known as a project." She informed with a shrug, then said lightly, "You're skin is very pretty. It's my… favorite color."

M'gann smiled kindly at the girl.

"Would you like some pancakes?" she inquired, grabbing a plate for the girl.

"I never had pancakes before." M'gann quickly placed the pancakes on the plate.

"You should love them." She grinned as she started to cut the food while using her telekinesis to pour syrup simultaneously.

The girl's eyes fixated on the floating food.

"How… can you do that?" she questioned, tilting her head to the side, and M'gann shrugged as she handed the plate over to the girl.

"I don't know. I have always been able to do it." M'gann informed, and the raven-haired girl nodded with a pensive look on her face, but then brightened again.

"Thank you for the food." She said with a smile, then sat down at the table across from Gar.

The boy watched as she practically inhaled the food after the first bite. He wasn't the only one who watched. Everyone in the room watched as she ate like she was starving. She quickly was finished and gulped down her milk.

"That was the most best food I ever taste!" she exclaimed with excitement, smiling ear to ear. However, her smile vanished when she noticed everyone staring at her. "I mean…" she thought over her sentence. "That was the… best food… I have ever… tasted." She smiled sheepishly at the group. "Thank you." She added quietly.

"I'm glad you liked it." M'gann smiled. "You should get dressed. Black Canary and Wonder Woman should be arriving anytime now." M'gann handed the girl a box from the kitchen counter.

"Nightwing dropped it off for you." La'gaan informed the girl, and she looked inside.

"What is it?" the girl inquired, looking at the blue piece of fabric curiously.

"It's a dress, kid." Conner informed, and this seemed to confuse the girl even more.

"I thought dresses… were worn for… fancy parties. At least that's what I… read about them." She said, still looking at the dress.

"Not all dresses are for fancy occasions." M'gann informed. "This is a sun dress. It's just a casual thing to wear." She explained.

"Oh." The girl nodded, then looked at M'gann. "How do you… put it on?"

"By Neptune's beard, shouldn't it be obvious?" La'gaan questioned in an aggravated voice, and the girl looked down at her feet, ashamed.

"I'm sorry." She whispered, but M'gann placed a gentle hand on the girl's shoulder.

"It's alright. Here, I'll show you how." M'gann shot a look at La'gaan, then led the girl up to her room.

Conner couldn't hide the small grin on his face when La'gaan walked out of the room, and flopped onto the couch.

Conner didn't like La'gaan all that much, so seeing M'gann give him a reprimanding look made him want to laugh.

The computer voice sounded, alerting the presence of Black Canary and Wonder Woman. Conner quickly made his way to great him, but suddenly found himself nervous for the girl. What if they didn't like that she had some of their DNA? What if their reactions were similar to Superman's?

"Hello Conner." Black Canary smiled, snapping the clone out of his thoughts.

"Hello. The girl will be down soon. M'gann is just helping her out with something." Conner informed, and both women nodded.

"Is there anything we should know before talking to her?" Wonder Woman inquired. Conner paused a moment to think.

"She doesn't like to be referred to as Project Power because she doesn't want to be known as a project. I've just been calling her kid. And she's still getting used to the English language, so she pauses a lot when talking to make sure she's saying her words right."

"Thank you, Conner." Black Canary said with a small smile, but then looked over at the sound of small footsteps.

The small girl walked into the room wearing the blue dress. The dress was either slightly too long or slightly too short due to the face that it stopped at her ankles, and her feet were bare.

"M'gann said that I would… find everyone here." She informed as she slowly walked up to Conner and the two women.

"Conner, can you let us gals have some privacy?" Black Canary questioned, and the clone nodded.

"I'll see you later, kid." He said, giving the girl an encouraging smile.

The girl looked up at the tall woman.

"Hello." She said sheepishly.

"Hello young one." Wonder Woman informed. There was a pause between the three. Wonder Woman and Black Canary had come to talk to the girl, because, to be technical, they were her mother. But neither exactly knew what to talk about.

"I have your eye shape." The little girl said quietly, looking at Black Canary. The woman looked at the girl and nodded. She did.

"And I have your hair color." She said, looking at Wonder Woman.

"That you do, little one." the woman smiled, and got down on one knee to look at the girl. "Aphrodite granted you beauty." The girl cocked her head to the side.

"Who is Aphrodite?"

"The Goddess of love, and beauty." Wonder Woman informed, and the girl started to smile, but then frowned.

"I have to… apologize to Aph-ro-dite then." She sighed, slowing down to make sure to pronounce the Goddess' name correctly. "If she… gave me beauty, then I have… ruined it." She looked down at her scars sadly.

"Dr. Milo said that if I didn't… cooperate, he'd keep giving me scars. He said scars make people… hideous. He said that… I'd have so many scars I'd be the… most hideous girl on the planet." She informed.

"Scars don't make you ugly." Black Canary stated firmly, rolling up her sleeve showing the girl her own scars. "Scars are trophies. They show what you have gone through and are proof that you could take what was dealt to you."

"I never... thought of it like that." The girl mumbled, but then brightened. "So my scars… they do not make me hideous." She smiled with some confidence.

"Of course not Project…" Black Canary quickly stopped herself, but the first word was already out. The girl frowned a bit, but sighed,

"Project Power." She smiled slightly, but the smile looked painful. "That is my name."

"Then maybe it is time for a new name." Wonder Woman stated. "Black Canary, and I are technically your mothers. As mothers, we have every right to name out daughter." The girl looked at Wonder Woman wide eyed.

"You two are… going to… give me a name?" she questioned, making sure she didn't hear wrong.

"Of course." Black Canary smiled, then turned to whisper something in Wonder Woman's ear. The two went back and forth whispering for about a minute, until they looked over at the girl, who was looking at them confused.

"Athena." Wonder Woman smiled.

"Athena Laurel Prince." Black Canary added, telling the girl her full name.

"Athena Laurel Prince." The girl, Athena, repeated. She liked how the name felt in her mouth, and she liked how it sounded.

Athena grinned, repeating her new name, then hugged both of the women.

"THANK YOU!" she exclaimed happily. "Thank you so much for give my name!" she smiled happily, but paused, reviewing the sentence in her head. She was too excited and didn't think right.

"Thank you so much for… giving me my name." she said, fixing the sentence, then smiled brightly again.

She couldn't help herself from saying it again.

"Athena Laurel Prince."