It had been several days now since the medical emergency, and Cameron had finally been given the clean bill of health.
"Yep, seems the infections gone." Black Canary said as she prodded the rib. "Seems your body temperature's back to normal too, meaning that you're out in the clear now."
"Finally." He said, and ripped the sheets off.
"Now if you start feeling sick again you come and tell me straight away alright?" Black Canary said, giving him a hard look.
Cameron nodded without really paying attention, and stood up, his one wrapped foot standing steadily on the ground. "Alright, time to get some grub!" He said, and promptly jogged away towards the kitchen.
Black Canary chuckled and shook her head. "Kids." She laughed, and moved to change the sheets.
As he jogged down the hall, he nearly bumped into artemis, to which he gave a violent twist as to avoid her and nearly toppled over. "Woah!" He yelped, barely regaining his balance.
Artemis gasped, but remained standing. She blinked. "Cam? Are you supposed to be out of bed?" She asked, looking his figure up and down for signs of escape.
"Yep, just got the release papers this morning." He said with a smile. Artemis smiled and hugged him.
"That's great!" She laughed, and leaned back. "Maybe they'll let you take the collar off soon." Cameron's smile fell slightly, glancing down at the black collar around his neck.
Artemis followed his gaze. She let her arms fall to her sides. "They're not doing it to be mean Cam." She said, and watched as he sighed wearily.
"I know. It's just that…" He sighed again, looking off to the side. Artemis touched his arm comfortingly.
"It's just that what?" Kid Flash asked sharply, zipping up next to them. Artemis jumped and flinched her hand back like it had been burned.
Cameron narrowed his eyes at the speedster. "It's none of your business dude. Leave me alone." He said, and brushed past Artemis.
"Cam…." She started, but he continued his brisk pace down the hall.
"Yeah? Well your business becomes my business when you're a threat to my team!" He called after him. Artemis dragged her hands down her face in frustration.
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Cameron walked in to see Robin and Kaldur wrapping up their sparring session while Captain Marvel and Zatara stood by, and walked over to them. "Hey guys." He greeted.
"Hey." Robin greeted back, dropping his fists as they both moved out of their defensive positions.
Kaldur turned to him as well. "Black Canary deems you're healthy?" He asked.
Cameron rolled his eyes. "Yes mom, she gave me the thumbs up." He said, to which Kaldur smiled.
They turned around to see Superboy and M'gann walk in, apparently having a telepathic conversation by their expressions, closely followed by an enormous white wolf. "Um? What is that?" Cameron asked, pointing to the large wolf.
"A wolf mutated by Kobra Venom. We met him on our last mission while you were sick." Robin explained, and smirked at Superboy and M'gann. "You know they're a couple right?" He whispered to Kaldur.
"I believe I knew before they did." Kaldur responded.
"I was there for their first kiss…" Cameron mocked dreamily, clapping his hands together under his chin.
Robin chuckled.
They all turned at the squeaking of sneakers behind them, and turned to see Wally and Artemis walking up behind them, Artemis with a very angry disgruntled expression on her face and Wally glaring at Cameron again.
"Do we tell them?" Robin asked quietly.
"It is not our place." Kaldur whispered back.
Oh, some more back history. Goodie. Cameron thought sarcastically.
Wally's glaring gaze finally moved off of him and glanced at the two mentors behind them. "If Zatara's our babysitter, why is he still here?" Wally asked pointing to Captain Marvel who was chewing on a candy bar. "And why is he eating my snacks?!"
Cameron couldn't help snort loudly, earning him another glare. Serves him right. I suppose karma had to kick in sometime.
"Recognized: Batman. Zero Two." The computer's voice stated stiffly, as the Zeta Tube hummed loudly.
Batman stepped out of the golden hue of light, already on the move. "Computer. National News." He commanded, walking up to the sensor pad.
A large holo screen popped up behind them.
"The initial attack was short lived. But Metropolis was only given a short reprieve." The blonde reporter stated, before cutting away to show footage of what appeared to be monstrous vines wrapping themselves around a building, clenching themselves like tentacles around it until the building crumbled under its grip. "And despite intervention from Superman and the Justice League, there seems to be no end in sight."
"Should we get out there?" Robin asked eagerly, his small frame practically waiting for the word to jump into battle.
"No." Batman answered, turning back to the team. "The League will soon have the situation under control, that's not why I'm here." He explained. "According to your intel Sportsmaster supplied Cadmus' blockbuster formula to Kobra."
"Who combined it with Bane's Venom to create Kobra Venom." Wally finished, eyes bright as the gears began to move.
Cameron's eyes widened. Woah, that's gotta be some heavy duty steroids if anything I've seen at the prison was to go by.
"Which the Brain used to create his animal army." Robin continued.
"And upgrade Wolf." Superboy added, scratching the animal's furry chin.
"The Brain also used inhibitor collars, like the ones used in Belle Reve Penitentiary." M'gann said. Cameron shuddered, the collar suddenly feeling very cold against his skin. If you really wanted to, you make anyone your slave with these things. Cameron thought, trying to ignore the prickling chills marching up and down his spine.
"Batman, is it possible that plant thingy's on Kobra Venom too?" Artemis asked, glancing back at the screen.
"I had Green Lantern run a spot analysis." Batman said, and waved his hand, pulling up a keyboard. "The Vines cellulose does contain trace amounts of a Kobra Venom variant." He confirmed as a holograph opened up to reveal a 3D molecule of the Kobra Venom like substance.
"These cannot be coincidences." Aqualad said solemnly. "Unrelated criminals are cooperating with each other worldwide." He concluded, as Robin pulled up a similar laptop in front of him and began to type rapidly.
"Exactly, it's now clear our enemies have formed some kind of…secret society of super villains. The attack on Metropolis is only the beginning." Batman stated, his tone dark.
Cameron struggled not to shift when he felt Wally turn and glare daggers at him. It was true his father had kept things from him nearly 24 hours a day, but was this one of them? A secret society of Super Villains?
"Got that right." Robin began, and pulled up several screens of footage. "Plant creature have sprouted in Gotham City, Paris, Star City, Tai Pei-" He was suddenly cut off as the screens fizzed out of focus.
"Dude!" Wally said, as Robin quickly tried to correct his mistake.
"It's not me!" He snapped back, fingers flying over the keys. "Someone's blocking the satellite signal. All satellite signals!"
Suddenly the screen fizzed back into existence to reveal a frighteningly pasty face with thin red lips, green hair, and a manic grin. Cameron gasped, taking an involuntary step back. The Joker, one of the most psychotic villains in the world was on screen.
He tapped his knuckle against the screen with a fingerless gloved hand. "Ladies and gentleman. We interrupt your regularly scheduled Mayhem to bring you this important announcement." He flipped open a pocket knife, and swiveled the camera to show several other of the world's most notorious villains standing together in a group. "…from the In. Justice League!" He let out a quiet crazed chuckle.
Count Vertigo stood in the front. "We are responsible for the attacks on your cities. If you wish to save them, a ransom of 10 billion american dollars is required. Delivery instructions have been sent to the United Nations, there is no time limit. But the longer your governments wait…" He trailed off, and Joker swiveled the camera back towards him.
"The more we get to have our… jollies." Joker cackled, leaning closer to the camera as the cameras switched off, leaving static on the holo screen.
Batman reached up and touched a communicator in his ear. "Roger that Aquaman, the UN will prepare the ransom as a fallback. But it won't come to that." He said, his voice practically daring the other man to argue otherwise.
Robin typed rapidly on the keyboard, rewinding the tape and pausing it on the group of villains. "Count Vertigo, the Joker, Poison Ivy, Ultra Humanite, Atomic Skull, Black Atom and Wo Tan? Seven heavy hitters." Robin listed off, red boxes appearing around the villains faces as he named them. "Probably responsible for everything and everyone we've faced." Robin theorized.
"There's your secret society." Wally said, and glanced in Cameron's direction.
"Not so secret anymore…." Artemis said, missing the exchange between the two.
"Perhaps after India they realized we would deduce the truth and saw no point in hiding anymore." Kaldur suggested.
"Yeah? Well that's their mistake." Wally said, and punched his fist into his palm. "Right now, I say we go kick some plant creature butt." He said with a smirk.
"The Justice League will handle the plants." Batman said, promptly shooting down Wally before he could get in the air. "I have a different job for this team."
"Aw man." Wally groaned, and Artemis promptly punched him in the arm, to which Cameron had to stifle a snort.
"With so many plants attacking so many locations simultaneously there must be a central control system. Your mission, is to destroy it."
"You realize what you are really asking them to do?" Zatara asked quietly, stepping forward.
"They're ready." Batman replied, unruffled by the question.
"Ready?" Wally asked looking confused. "Ready for what?" Artemis punched him even harder this time. "Ow!" He yelped, rubbing his arm. "Will you cut that-"
"Hello Wally? If the big guns are -" Artemis started, before he covered her mouth.
"Hush up! You can't say my name in front of him!" Wally said, and seemed to realize she wasn't wearing her mask. "And where's your mask?!"
"I'm in my civvies if you hadn't noticed." Artemis slapping his hand away from her face to his annoyance. Cameron smiled. That's my girl.
"Anyway if the big guns are fighting plants, who do you think we'll be fighting?" She asked.
"I don't know! I guess we'll-" Artemis pointed, and they followed her gaze. "Oh…" Wally said, and stared at the villains.
Zatara sighed. "Well Batman, I trust you are correct."
"I trust you can locate the enemy." Batman replied smoothly. Cameron couldn't help but smile. Man, this guy would definitely make Dad run for his money.
"Indeed. Wotan's involvement suggests that sorcery is involved in how the plants are controlled." He turned to the boy wonder. "Robin, if you would provide the holo-map."
Robin quickly generated a 3D globe on the sensor pad. "I'll search for signs of concentrated sorcerer's activity." He stepped closer, and raised his gloved hands "Etacol retnecipe fo yrecros!"
A red dot suddenly appeared on the globe, beeping loudly as it blinked. "There, that is where you will find the Injustice League's central control system."
"Coordinates locked." Robin confirmed. "The Louisiana Bayou."
"And we're on our way." Kaldur said.
"We'll be needing all hands on board for this mission." Batman said, and walked over to Cameron. "This will be your first mission on parole." He said, and reached up and pressed a button on his collar.
Cameron gave a soft gasp, feeling the collar hiss and crack open before slipping from his neck and into his out stretched hands. A sensation like a cool breeze rippled across his skin and he looked back up at Batman. "Wait, what?" Cameron and Wally asked simultaneously.
"You can't trust him Batman!" Wally argued, stomping forward. Batman turned, paying him no mind.
"Kaldur will be acting as your parole officer. Do what he says, when he says so. Understood?" He asked as he walked back to the Zeta Tube, Zatara and Captain Marvel following.
"U-understood." Cameron said, stuttering in shock. Batman nodded, before all three were engulfed in golden light.
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Cameron was very twitchy.
After quickly getting changed into a black tank and leggings, they had all piled into M'gann's bioship (apparently dubbed because of it's bizarre organic build) and were on their way to The Louisiana Bayou to face off against some of the most dangerous and HOLY CRAP HE WAS GOING AGAINST EVERY SINGLE TEACHING HE HAD EVER BEEN RAISED BY.
He anxiously chewed on the pad of his thumb, his jaw beginning to ache from it subtle rattling. Artemis was glancing over at him worriedly, but was unable to reach over and comfort him as she was seated on the opposite side of the plane. So it was slightly startling when a hand suddenly touched his shoulder, he started, an ice spike shot up and formed where Robin's hand had just been. "Woah!" Robin jumped, holding his hands up in surrender.
"God you scared me!" Cameron gasped; placing a cool hand over his now racing heart, letting the spike crumble off of his shoulder.
"Sorry... I was just trying to tell you you're getting frost all over the seat." Robin explained, pointing down at the floor and surrounding area that was now dusted with snowy fern like patterns.
"Oh." Cameron sighed, and brushed some of it away before flopping back in his seat. Robin looked at him. "What?" He asked, shifting under the younger boy's gaze.
"You seem anxious." He stated blandly.
"Oh really? I hadn't noticed." Cameron muttered, having now developed a jimmy leg.
"Listen, it's like I said with Artemis with the Reds. You can't be distraught. You have to get traught." Robin said simply.
Cameron gave him a weird look. "Much easier said than done bird brain." He grumbled, and ran his hand through his snowy hair.
"Trust me, it'll be much easier when we get there." Robin smiled and clasped a hand to his shoulder, moving back to his seat.
Cameron rolled his eyes. We'll see about that.
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The talk had ended up helping him calm down by the time they arrived in Louisiana, but the anxiety was not gone. Now it was only waiting for the other shoe to drop.
As the team sat in their seats, shuffling and preparing for the ensuing battle (or in Wally's case, chewing on a banana) Cameron started taking deep breaths in an effort to maintain calm.
"What's in the duffle?" Wally asked pointing out the bag next to Kaldur's seat.
"Plan B." Kaldur said mysteriously.
M'gann groaned, reaching up to rub her her head. "What's wrong? Superboy asked, immediately being the first to notice.
"Dizzy." She murmured, looking confused.
"Martians get air sick?" Robin asked with a cheeky grin.
"She does look a bit greener than usual…" Wally commented.
"Not me, her."
"I feel fine." Artemis said, shaking her head.
"Not her, the bioship." M'gann explained. "She's trying to shield us but-" Suddenly, something struck the ship from below, sending them pinwheeling wildly through the air. Cameron gasped and tucked into a ball in his seat, covering his head with his hands.
They struck the surface of the water, nearly rattling Cameron's brain free of his skull. The ship was suddenly being tugged from side to side as large monstrous vines wrapped themselves around its hull.
They looked up in surprise as a hole ripped open in the roof of the ship, revealing the snarling face of the Black Atom to the teenage youths. M'gann held her head, the seat belts becoming unlatched as she yelped. "He's hurting her!" She yelled, to which Superboy leapt up, knocking Black Atom away from the ship. However, now that he was gone, the vines continued to drag the ship down, water beginning to rush into the ship rapidly.
"NO. No way am I nearly drowning three missions in a row!" Artemis declared, digging around in the water and pulling up a rebreather, holding one up to Cameron and Kid Flash.
"Thanks babe." Cameron said, quickly sticking it in his mouth.
"Uh, yeah, thanks." Wally said, but not before giving Cameron a dirty look. Not that the former juvie could be bothered to care at the moment given the circumstances.
"M'gann, we need to get out. Open a hatch!" Superboy said loudly, shaking her shoulder as she held her head. She blinked. "Hello Megan?! Of course!" She said, and quickly morphed some gills in her neck as she dove under, telepathically opening a hole in the underside of the ship. Suddenly, there was a pressure in Cameron's head and it felt like a door had suddenly been opened with a definitive click.
Out. Everybody out! Kaldur's voice suddenly rang in his head loudly. Cameron was infinitely glad be had chosen to pinch his nose before that, or he would have certainly inhaled some bayou water. So that's what they meant by mental link. Huh.
Get used to it. Wally said as he slipped through M'gann's impromptu exit.
Cameron swam towards the exit, and ducked through it. He forced himself to open his eyes under the murky water and saw the others swimming away around a shaded corner. He quickly followed, feeling the water beginning to turn to slush around him.
Cameron climbed out of the water, his snowy white locks now flecked with dirt and grime from the water. He stood in the ankle deep mud, spitting out the rebreather to try and catch his breath. "She's in shock." M'gann said, looking back over the water to see the vines continue to drag the bioship below. "She'll need some time to recover-"
Suddenly, they all collapsed, and Cameron collapsed into the shallow water, crying out as waves of pain rattled his skull; causing him to lose all concept of up and down.
"Vertigo." He heard Wally say, and he struggled to lift his head.
"Count Vertigo to you Peasant." Count Vertigo sneered, keeping them pinned under his psychosis wave. Or he would have if Superboy hadn't tried to leap up, only to be punched back down by the Black Atom, knocking him unconscious.
While Vertigo was distracted, Kaldur quickly jumped to his feet. He grabbed his water bearers and quickly drew the water from around Cameron forward to smash into Count Vertigo, knocking him back. Cameron felt the pressure disappear, and quickly climbed back to his feet shaking mud from his hands.
Robin. Miss Martian. Disappear. Kaldur's voice commanded, as he glanced over at the other two heroes. We will keep them busy. You two must fulfill the mission objective.
M'gann nodded and lifted into the air, vanishing into the environment, Robin fleeing into the forest.
Kaldur turned just in time to receive a harsh punch to the face, curtesy of the Atom Elf, as Cameron had now dubbed him. Wolf leapt forward and buried his fangs into the Atom's arm.
The man cried out and wildly swung his arm around, knocking the mutated animal off and sending him crashing into Artemis and Wally. "Artemis!" Cameron yelled, and barely managed to stumble back before the Atom nearly took out his head with a haymaker.
Ice erupted over his skin into his natural armor, and the Atom's eyes widened in surprise. "Leave my friends alone!" He shouted, and gave a blast of ice at Black Atom, the man gave a loud grunt and stumbled back, his arm being coated in ice.
Cameron took that opportunity to run, only to see Count Vertigo step forward out of the shadows, his suit soaked from Kaldur's distraction. The Count blinked. "What is this?" He asked, a smile growing on his face.
"Not what you think it is." Black Atom grunted deeply and smashed his arm into a nearby tree, shattering the ice around it like it was glass.
Cameron froze, staring up at the Count in fear. The royal villain sighed. "It is always a shame when one strays away from the Light…." He intoned, and Cameron vaguely felt dizzy as everything went dark….
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Of the six of them, Cameron was one of the first to wake up, feeling Aqualad shift beside him.
"They awaken." Count Vertigo's voice floated above them, somewhere on top of their glowing cage. A glowing cage that was flying if the exterior was anything to go by. "You're certain this will hold them?"
"The Cage is impenetrable. Even the Superboy has no chance of escaping." Wotan's voice said confidently, as Kaldur sat up, grabbing the bars of the cage.
"You are not the only one trained in the mystic arts Wo Tan!" Aqualad growled, and began to pull at the bars, his trademark tattoos glowing bright before fizzling out, steam rising from his skin.
"Please Atlantean. Do not pretend you are in my league." Cameron leaned over and quickly moved to wake the others, immediately letting his ice armor form over his skin as he did so.
"Come on guys, this is not a good time for napping." He muttered, and helped Artemis sit up in the cramped cage.
No sooner than had he said that, There was a blur of red and a bang above them, before the cage vanished beneath them and caused them to free fall.
They tumbled through the air, and Cameron, seeing how far away they were from the ground, quickly twisted so he'd take the fall. "Cameron!" Artemis yelled, and the pale teen braced for impact…
They suddenly landed in something slushy. Cameron opened his eyes to see blonde, green and white. He blinked. "Are we dead?"
"Uh…surprisingly no…." Artemis said, pushing off of his chest to reveal that they had landed in a pile of snow. She turned and gasped, both of them getting up quickly as a large white gorilla lumbered up to them, holding a machine gun.
"I hate monkeys." Superboy growled, as he and Wolf leapt on the primate. Cameron, Artemis and Aqualad turned to see Poison Ivy standing over them, vines twisting and writhing around her as she grinned.
Aqualad and Artemis reached back for their weapons, only to meet air. "Ugh, I feel naked. And not in the fun way." Artemis said, dropping her hands.
Aqualad twisted his torso to the side, dodging Poison Ivy's strike. "We will make our own fun. We have been trained. Maneuver 7." He commanded, and Artemis darted toward him. He laced his hands together and she leapt into the makeshift stirrup to have him toss her into the air.
She flipped elegantly through the air, flying over the grasping vines and smacking her heel into Poison Ivy's face in a devastating axe kick.
He turned and saw Kid Flash sprint towards the Count and Black Atom as they arrived. "Wait! Don't!" He yelled, but it was too late. He had run straight into Vertigo's psychosis beam, and was slowing down to a stop only to have Black Atom bat him out of the way like a fly.
"WHERE ARE ROBIN AND THE MARTIAN?!" He demanded, eyes sharply scanning the battle zone. Poison Ivy gasped and turned.
"My Baby!" She cried out, seeing twinkling lights now decorating the monstrous plant. It exploded, the trunk like vines flopping to the side as flames began to consume it.
Cameron couldn't help but grin. They did it.
"Kill Them. Kill them all." Vertigo commanded viciously, pointing at the young heroes.
Cameron turned and quickly struck out at Poison Ivy, knocking her away and causing ice to form over her stomach, only to have the Atomic Skull knock him out of the way, his Ice armor shattering at the attack.
Lightning suddenly struck his back and he cried out, getting pinned to the ground by Wotan's attack.
Then, all of a sudden, the attack stopped. Cameron coughed sour water out of his mouth, looking over at Aqualad. He was holding a golden helmet over his head, preparing to put it on.
Wally sat up. "No Aqualad! Don't-!" Black Atom had punched the speedster, knocking him against a tree with a sickening crack. Superboy leapt over and socked Black Atom in the face, punch for punch.
Aqualad slipped on the helmet and there was a bright flash of golden light. Cameron hissed and blinked. Aqualad had suddenly changed. In addition to his helmet, he was now wearing an outfit of dark blues and gold, looking more like an ancient priest of some long lost religion than a superhero (if it weren't for the cape)
"Oh dude." Wally groaned, cradling his arm as he stood. Aqualad lifted off the ground, (he can fly now?!) and hovered across from Wotan.
"Wo Tan." Aquadlad declared, his voice now layered with a deeper, indecipherable one. "You are mine."
"What's going on?!" Cameron yelled to M'gann.
"He's wearing the Helmet of Fate! He's become Dr. Fate!" She yelled back, standing up out of the mud.
"Wonder Boy! You are Mine!" Cameron heard Joker mock in a deep voice, and turned to see that the Joker had pulled out a switch blade and was now trying to stab and slice at the younger teen. Robin backflipped out of the way and took a martial arts stance.
"Always wanted to carve this bird." Joker whispered, holding up a second blade with a grin.
Cameron darted towards him. "Leave him alone!" He yelled, and struck out at Joker's hand, freezing it solid.
Joker cried out in surprise, before he turned and grinned at the meta teen. "Ooh! Someone has to take a chill pill!" He cackled, and moved to take a slice at him, now using his frozen hand as both a blade and a hammer. Cameron dodged, rolling to the side and took up a position next to the Boy Wonder, his clothes now thoroughly soaked in mud.
"If this is what you guys consider fun, you're all crazy." He muttered, and Robin laughed.
"Trust me, you'll get used to it." He said, and they split up, dodging another of Joker's strikes. Cameron, who wasn't sure how much he was allowed to freeze his enemies, tried to freeze Joker's arms and legs.
But the demented clown was apparently very flexible, and twisted and contorted and dodged around his attacks with ease. He laughed crookedly. "For an ice cube you're certainly green around the ears!" He cackled at his own joke.
He swiveled and made to strike at Robin as a Batarang struck his unfrozen hand, knocking the blade from it. The Joker turned around, the thin red lips stretching even wider at the appearance of Batman, Aquaman, Black Canary, Green Arrow, the Green Lantern, Captain and Marvel dropping in on the group.
Cameron's shoulders sagged in relief. The Calvary has arrived. They landed in a large circle, barricading the villains inside of it. Batman stood in front of the group. "It's over." He said.
The villains glanced at each other, and raised their arms over their heads in surrender. Cameron's eyes widened at the scene. That was me just three weeks ago….. He thought, watching the way the villains bowed their heads in defeat. "There will be another day." Count Vertigo vowed bitterly.
"Another day?" came Joker's unstable voice. "ANOTHER DAY?! There won't be another day! NOT FOR ANY OF US!" He shouted cackling, spittle flying as he smashed a fist against a nearby free, freeing his frozen hand. He raised his hands over his head like a conductor and rapidly began twitching his fingers rapidly in a pattern.
Vines suddenly emerged from the muddy water, their blossoms exploding in a noxious green gas. "They're Joker venom spores! Don't breathe!" Batman commanded, socking Joker in the jaw as Cameron clasped his icy hands to his face, holding his breath.
"Fear Not!" Aqualad's voice came, echoing loudly across the bayou. A bright golden ankh appeared in front of him and suddenly, the gas seemed to move towards him, being absorbed into the ankh like a mystic sponge.
It vanished in a burst of golden light. "Fate has Intervened!" He shouted.
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It was twenty minutes, and Cameron was exhausted. Aqualad had landed some time ago, and Wally had (finally) given him an explanation about what was currently going on in that Atlantean skull of his.
"I MEAN WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!" Wally shouted at the league members. "How could you let him put on the helmet?" He demanded, stomping through the mud as he paced. "Nabu will never release him now. Kaldur will be trapped inside Dr. Fate forever…." He whispered, bowing his head in grief.
Kaldur's vacant eyes suddenly blinked, and his hands reached up to grasp the helmet. Suddenly, the suit faded away to his normal attire as he pulled the helmet off of his head. Wally gasped and stepped up to Kaldur.
"Nabu let you go?" He asked, quietly relieved at his friend's safety.
"He almost did not." Kaldur admitted. "But your friend Kent was most helpful. He says hello."
"Wait Kent?" Cameron asked. "I thought you said he was dead?"
Wally blinked. "Yeah well…" Artemis chuckled.
"Still a non believer huh?" She laughed.
"We're done here." Batman said stiffly, regaining the young leaguers attention. "The Super Villain Secret Society has been neutralized. As for your performance… " He trailed off. Cameron stiffened, waiting for the verbal blow.
"… It was satisfactory." He said. Cameron exchanged a look with Artemis. She gave a tired smile. He smiled back. That must be Batman's way of saying good work… He thought, and suddenly felt like he could belong somewhere, if he really wanted to.
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CHAPTER SEVEN IS UP! HUZZAH! I hope you all enjoyed it, and please read and review! I really appreciate all of the support you've been giving me!
