Friend and foe alike, watched in horror as Superboy's tactical telekinesis, started to rip apart the juncture. Pipes were busting, lights were swinging widely, as floor panels curled and peeled back. All around, everyone tried to keep their footing as the super teen directed his anger at the Handlers. White Queen took command, shooting a massive positive energy blast at the clone only for several panels to come flying into the air deflecting the blast. She growled, but refused to let go of her prey, as she watched the teen apply his new found powers on himself lifting him shakily into the air.

Several soldiers and Omega robots appeared, locking their weapons onto the boy. Superboy glared at them as his eyes burned red. He blasted at them only for the Omega robots to respond in kind creating mini explosion, that shoved everyone back several feet and causing the bedrock to quake. If they weren't careful the whole place was going to come down on them!

"I don't care how you do it, but get that clone under control now! He's too valuable to lose a second time!" White Queen ordered, her accent becoming thicker as she watched the deadly battle between the super teen and the soldiers got underway. The Omega robots and highly trained soldiers were using as much fire power as they could, as Superboy smashed through with his super strength, blasting weapons apart with his heat vision and flying around them in circles avoiding the shots. Fragments of rubble were flying through the air causing the other Handlers and soldiers alike, to dodge about or hold their ground.

A giant piece of shrapnel came flying towards White Queen, who went intangible, to avoid being impaled. "For the love of Russia can't you men hit one teen? Do I have to do everything my ah!" A tiny piece, merely three inches of jagged floor paneling, lodged itself in her shoulder. As blood started oozing out she tried to remove the shrapnel only to have her legs kicked out from under her by Wonder Girl.

"Insolence girl you'll pay for that!" The Handler unleashed a blast, but the teen girl managed to bring up her bound wrists, sending the shot right back at her forcing the Checkmate member to deflect it. She winced in pain as the shrapnel dug deeper. She was so distracted she almost missed the next part. Somehow Wonder Girl got to her feet and flipped over her Handler, using the shrapnel to cut her bindings freeing her. "W.G.a I order you to stand down now!"

"No! I'm done taking orders from you. I'm going to go help my brother!" Wonder Girl shouted. She took off flying towards Superboy only to be blocked by the negative astral self of White Queen. The negative self pulsed out a large amount of radiation that the teen tried to shield herself from with her photon shield. She brought the shield straight down through the negative self dispersing it. White Queen growled and took to the air. "If it's a fight you want, W.G.a, it's a fight you're going to get! Time to see how much you've learned from your Handler!"

Elsewhere other fights were breaking out as the chaos caused by Superboy's battle gave much needed leverage to the young teens. Just then a lucky shot from a soldier's thermal blast and energy beam embedded him deep into the bedrock near Aqualad, startling several genomorphs. Superboy let out a roar touching the pipes above his head. One was a coolant pipe, which he aimed at the soldiers and robots. The soldiers screamed as the coolant started to freeze them and the robots found their joints locking. The second pipe started spraying water all over the place saturating the genomorphs who hated getting wet and were taking out their anger on Aqualad.

Aqualad squirmed and wiggled as hard as he could freeing as single finger. Focusing all his energy he zapped as much electricity he could into the genomorphs who roared in pain. They were thrashing and running about, trying to get away from the pain freeing Aqualad from their enormous bulk. Gathering up the extra water he formed giant maces and after catching his breath stared directly into the eyes of his opponents. "This time I will not go easy on you." He swung his weapons at them just as the electricity vanished causing the three smaller ones to crash into the genotrolls. Shouting in Atlantians he continued his assault before they could recover.

Artemis was taking advantage, that the monster that was squeezing her as if she was plushy, had a lousy sense of balance. When Superboy had gone postal with his new power, she managed to relax her body so when the monster weight was shifted she had enough room to use some of her self defense against him. "Time to make you croon like a loon!" She jerked her head back as hard as she could into his shoulder plexus tickling him, but that didn't loosen his grip although he started to when she smashed her foot into his instep. She maneuvered her bow enough to smack him in the nose breaking it. For her finale she rammed her entire back into his groin. Venom/Blockbuster enhanced Mammoth or not, the guy's privates hurt like hell as he let her go and screaming as if it was the end of the world.

"Come on big boy, dazzle me with something new!" Artemis spat holding her bow in a defensive position. It took all her speed to bring up the bow as the monster swung both fists at her. She felt her bow reach its breaking point as she was pushed back. Exerting as much force as she could, she managed to twist her weapon to the side directing the creature's fists downward. She jumped into the air as the Mammoth monster tried to pull its fists out of the ground landing on its back. She locked her legs around his neck as she tried using the bowstring to form bloody gashes in the rock skin. She had managed to get a few deep cuts when she was tossed off hitting her back hard against some uproot floor panels barely missing being impaled.

"Ugh, my head."

"ROOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRR!"

"I don't think so! Take this!" Artemis locked, aimed, and fired a special arrow hitting the monster dead center with titanium tip arrow laced with a paralyzing agent. The creature had almost reached her before it stopped dead in its tracks, collapsing to the ground. Breathing a sigh of relief Artemis picked herself up clutching her side. "Thanks for giving me that arrow Ollie," she whispered, as she started limping to help the rest of her teammates with their fights.

Kid Flash was not having a good time. It was only thanks to the fight going on between Wonder Girl and White Queen that he were able to get free. He had managed to vibrate one foot and part of his hand free of the Omega's lassos when the girl cried out a warning. A stray positive bolt of energy was about to decapitate him when Wonder Girl lassoed him pulling him free from the droids just as the bolt struck the ground blowing a crater where he'd been. "Thanks beautiful! I owe you one!"

"No problem ugh!" Wonder Girl shouted as the negative astral self attacked her once more. Picking up a broken piece of bedrock she flung it at her opponent causing White Queen blow it apart. The two of them went at it again. "Keep your mind on the mission W.G.a!"

"Hold on I'll help you out!" Kid Flash shouted as he lowered his goggles. He was about to race over to help her when the droids rolled all around him trapping him in a circle with their deadly blades out and rotating menacingly. "Crap, I think this is going to take a while. You want to play slice and dice? Well you got to catch me first!" the redhead shouted spinning around creating a vortex. The Omegas locked down trying to ride out the storm only to have more wind storms started stripping them down to their bare bones. Once their armor was gone Kid Flash raced in to take them apart. He ripped and tore, even biting circuitry, as fast as he could hoping they wouldn't reassemble once he was finished.

Miss Martian was having the hardest time against Shadow Thief, having never fought someone like him before. The man was able to merge with the shadows and turn them against her. Her telekinesis was useless against the shadows so she was attempting to use her other mental gifts against him. She turned invisible flying all over the place tossing random items in different patterns trying to confuse the man, but he just absorbed the items into the shadows sending them somewhere else.

"Ha, ha is that the best you can do little girl? My dear Project is stronger then you! You are weak when it comes to stealth!" Shadow Thief cackled. His eyes were noticing every shadow and diffraction of light. He saw where the light bent around Miss Martian's form and he elongated his arms wrapping them around her form forcing her visible again. He smirked as he watched her struggle. "This is pointless my dear. You don't stand a chance against me! I'm invincible."

Miss Martian's eyes glowed as she struggled to read his mind. So much of it was layered in darkness and shadows, but there was a glimpse of information just hidden behind a mental barrier. The way to beat him, but she couldn't reach it. "Come on Megan you can shed some light on this!" She sent a psiconic jolt into Shadow Thief's brain scrambling some of his thoughts. The barrier started to bend so she sent another one stronger then before. She could have cheered as the wall started tumbling down around her.

Shadow Thief bellowed in pain, his powers retreating as he shrank under the psychic assault. He raised his mental barriers, but they kept falling as Miss Martian sent blast after blast of mental energy, wearing him down. He gathered up all of his shadow powers into a sphere and slingshot it at the Martian, but she was ready for it. Using her telekinesis she turned on the overhead lighting to full blast vaporizing the sphere and much of his shadow cloak revealing his generators. She flew down smashing one and tearing off the other sending its battered frame across the floor. With one last mental blast, she shoved him into a door embedding him in there. Miss Martian made sure he was down before looking around for who she could help.

Robin and Batboy had switched attackers, thanks to some smoke bombs and biomuscle amplification. Robin let out his little laugh as he threw some grenades at Thinker who charbroiled them with a wrist laser. The evil droid locked scanners on the Boy Wonder as all his weapons popped out of arms and legs. With a demonic grin he started firing everything he had at the flipping, somersaulting flying teen. "You're good I'll admit that kid, but you're nowhere near as tough to hit as Beyond is!"

Robin ignored the pain, as bullet nicked his shoulder and he narrowly dodged a taser blast. He cartwheel around some fallen bedrock and then used a door as a springboard to launch into the air curled up as ball. He ignored the shots tearing through his cape as he uncurled hurling a string of bird-a-rangs that embed themselves in the joints before exploding causing Thinker to lose his arms. Robin grinned thinking he had the upper hand. He was ready to move in for the kill only to watch in disbelief as Thinker's arms started to regenerate at an alarming rate. "What in the world?"

"Surprised aren't you? Thank Beyond and the Light's engineering team for creating the perfect android body to match my ideal AI intellect. They came up with the concept of creating the ability to pull particles of metal from the air and reconstitute any metallic structure on my android body. The more you try to chop off parts, the faster I'll heal thanks to the metal around us including the iron in your blood!"

"Got to admit, my new little brother is a freaking genius because I'm officially whelmed."

"Beyond is a genius thanks in a large part to me, but he's no brother of yours. He belongs to Cadmus and I'll make sure of that!" Thinker snapped charging Robin at super speed. Robin waited until the last second sliding under the droids legs attaching an electromagnet. Thinker let out a shriek as his body started sizzling and sparking. A cable shot out of Robin's gauntlet as he started hacking the android's body shutting him down. Thinker let out one last shriek before collapsing.

"Beyond isn't the only genius in the family," Robin whispered as he turned his attention to see how his "little" brother was handling himself.

White Knight had shouldered his gun and was fighting hand to hand against Batboy, who was pushing his capoeira skills to the limit. He kicked low and punched hard as he could at his Handler's stomach, only to have the government agent crush his fist. Batboy winced and twisted his head out the way avoiding a punch. He fired a two batarangs and a bolo with his free hand forcing White Knight to let him go. "Better, but still not perfect Beyond. You're not committing yourself enough to the fight to win by relaying solely on your tech."

"There is more to a fight then just the moves you use to win, it takes having an advantage," Batboy whispered, as he twisted the dial on his utility belt. Instantly he was camouflaged and went on the offensive. He knew that he had only ten minutes before his camouflage failed so he was going to make it count.

White Knight grinned as his Project went invisible. This was making it more of a challenge. He listened with his ears and watched the ground like a hawk for signs of Beyond. He blocked the first punch and countered with own. Batboy kicked at his feet and clawed. It was dance of punches, kicks, elbowing and blocks. Batboy was tiring, but he knew he had one last trick as he somersaulted under his Handler's legs and then rolled sharply to the left just as White Knight kicked to the right. With him partially off balance Batboy used all the suits muscle amplification to give him a chop to the back of the neck, causing the man to drop like a stone. Batboy became visible once more as he panted his suit partially torn.

"You're…good…White…Knight…but predictable… My perfect… memory helped me win this fight."

"Batboy are you okay?" Robin asked helping to steady the little boy. Batboy nodded and noticed something on the ground that could help them escape so he quickly got to work.

In the air above, Wonder Girl was blocking positive energy blast and throwing haymakers at her Handler, who kept going intangible to avoid being struck. Both warriors were panting and showed signs of distress as the battle wore on. White Queen couldn't use her negative astral self and her blasts were getting weaker. She had to end this fight as soon as possible. "You're stronger, but you still have no commitment to what has to be done in order to win."

"You mean kill? I won't kill you even if I hate you for what you've done to me!" Wonder Girl shouted unleashing her lasso. She snagged a pipe and let a blast of hot steam at the Handler, forcing her to stay tangible so that the lasso could snag her. She swung her into the ceiling while electrocuting her. Pressing a hidden button she injected White Queen with truth serum. Time to get some answers to some important questions. "Now tell me how many Projects are involved in Hero Light and where are they!"

"Ugh, I don't know ugh! The Light only tells us what we need to know on a, ugh, need to know basis. I just know they won't give up until the Project's complete and they're ready to move on with their ultimate plan."

"Which is what?"

"I don't know ugh!" White Queen fainted from exhaustion. Wonder Girl let her loose and watched as her newest siblings dealt with their Handlers.

Green Lantern JR. was fighting with all his might against Star Sapphire. She was more experience with using elemental spectrum energy. Violet shafts of energy tore through his shields. Green Lantern JR. created a wave of green energy pushing it towards her only for her to contain it in a sphere. She picked up pieces of debris and weapons with her energy flinging them at a rapid pace only for him to snag them with green tendrils and disassemble them.

"Well love you certainly are strong, but I see how much you're weakening. My power is growing stronger because I love what I'm doing, but you're losing the will to fight. You haven't been able to keep a single construct solid. Its time to give up love."

"No, I do have the will, the will to fight for my freedom!" the teen shouted as a green aura surrounded him. The energy pulsated pushing back the purple right into her gemstone. She tried to fight back creating violet rings of energy to capture him, but GL JR. was creating an urn to contain them at the same time rapidly moving his hands in pattern creating a mirror sphere to contain her. "I wouldn't try breaking the glass unless you want to be hurt by your own power."

Nearby Firefly had lost his captive when she sucked her wings back inside body. When he tried to grab her again she spun the bo staff around releasing a hidden blade that jammed into his leg twisting hard. The pyromaniac went down as blood spurted out. "You little piece of **********. You're going to get burned for that!" He shouted unleashing a large flame storm at the girl.

Hawklady sprouted her wings and flew up watching the storm go past and roast a lot of the cavalry of Omega droids. Cadmus soldiers and Young Justice alike darted out of the way of the sweltering heat, neither side having much protection against this much heat. Hawklady saw how her friends were suffering and pulled the flames towards her. She tried to control them, but still part of her mask got burned. Ignoring the pain, she added her own flames creating an outline around her until she looked like an avenging angel. "You know what they say Firefly; play with fire and get burned!" The teen unleashed her power nearly melting the junction to pieces as she fell from the sky exhausted only to be caught by Aqualad.

Superboy had just finished knocking the heads of the soldiers and smashing the droids to pieces. Sweat was pouring down his face and he was fatigued from using his new power. Everyone was rushing towards him as he looked for a way out. The elevator was locked down and he was too tired to punch a hole. He saw the enemy recovering and getting up for round two. "We need to get out of here now!"

"I got it covered I think. Everyone hold on to each other tightly. I hope this works," Batboy whispered. He activated the damaged shadow generator which encompassed the whole group. In a split second they vanished from sight. Young Justice had once more slipped through the fingers of the Light.

White Queen dragged herself to her feet, snarling at her fellow Handlers. She refused to admit defeat to a bunch of teenagers. "Go after them! It's your tech!"

"My generator's fried I can't follow or track them!" Shadow Thief snarled. His head was pounding from the mental assault and his body was starting to turn purple with bruises.

"What's the damage report?"

"In total we've lost more then a third of our Omega droids, more then half our personal our injured or incapacitated for the time being, and the genomorphs have been cut down by thirty percent," White Knight responded. He looked around disgusted.

"They…man…to…co….almost…our entire…data…bbbasse before destroying the mainframe and backup. I don't know… about the backup backups…. But our operations have been compromised," Thinker managed to spit out. He was already rebooting and slowly pulling himself together.

"Three bases have been compromised and we've lost, four possibly five Projects, if you count Kr," Firefly stated, trying to stop the flow of blood. He needed to see a doctor soon if he wanted to save his leg.

"Not to mention Task Force X failed to do their job and we have to cover up their mess," Star Sapphire added. She was exhausted and out of power for the first time in ages.

"This is biggest disaster ever. I am not looking forward to explaining this to the Light," White Queen muttered. Failure tasted bitter.

Outside, a few miles away and near the bioship, the team reappeared injured with costumes torn apart, but they were alive. Batboy chucked the shadow generator to the ground smashing it to pieces eliminating any chance of being tracked. He removed his cowl revealing a black eye and cut lip panting. "We did it, we're free of Cadmus."

"At least for the time being they can't come after us. Not with how much damage they took," Wonder Girl said.

"Are you two okay? You're not injured to badly?" Superboy asked his new siblings who were acting kind of weird with their eyes darting all over the place and twirling around. This was a totally new experience for them.

"I have some bruises and my ribs hurt from the impact of the violet energy, but I'll recover Superboy. This is amazing being outside. We've never been outside before."

"Just feel that breeze ruffling my feathers! It's the real thing and not a simulation! I love the night time! Ouch, ah I guess I should take it easy considering I nearly got burned to death huh?"

"So what do we do now? Should we take them back to Mount Justice and let the League sort it out?" Miss Martian questioned Aqualad.

"They have to meet with the League sooner or later. At least at Mount Justice it will be on our terms."

"Um, I think we're going to be meeting with the League a lot sooner then that," Kid Flash pointed out. They all looked behind him and saw their mentors approaching. Everyone groaned knowing they were going to get an earful and possibly have their team disbanded for the stunt they just pulled.

The four new friends were fearful of meeting their genetic donors no parents. What would they think or do to them? They huddled behind Superboy who took a deviant stance as the League landed. No matter what happened he was going to keep them safe.

Superman approached them with a look of anger on his face. "Red Tornado contacted us when you failed to report back in. We've been busy dealing with the massing of supervillians and finally managed to get them in lockdown, only to discover that you've broken into a sister company of Cadmus on an unauthorized mission. What in the world were you think…" he went silent as he finally took notice of the four additional members to the group along with the rest of the League.

"Holy Hera," Wonder Women gasped seeing the girl with her emblem. It just couldn't be possible could it?

"It's not possible," Hawkwoman whispered and Hawkman's jaw dropped at the sight of the winged female.

"He looks like you John, but I can feel his ring energy and its mine," Hal/Green Lantern said.

"I guess we should be careful of what we wish for," John/Green Lantern replied softly.

Batman didn't say anything instead he narrowed his eyes at the sight of the little boy who didn't back down, but gave him a look of his own not showing the slightest sign of fear, except to cling a bit tighter to the super teen.

"This is turning into a bad horror movie. I mean how many clones did Cadmus make?" Flash asked.

"That's not funny Flash," Martian Manhunter replied.

"There not clones!" Superboy snarled.

"Alright settle down son," Aquaman stated calmly.

"Yeah maybe you should take it from the top and explain everything," Green Arrow suggested. The whole League nodded in agreement folding their arms waiting for an explanation. So they told their story; starting with Beyond and W.G.a breaking out of Cadmus and attempting to make contact with Superboy. He told them about taking them to Benevolence and how they tracked down the Stones to remove the implants and fighting Task Force X. Young Justice interjected, telling them about their investigation and tracking down their missing teammate and how they agreed to help them rescue GL JR. and Hawklady who finished their tale with what happened in Europea. Beyond showed them their files and Robin offered up a copy of the data they stole. When they finished they looked up wondering what the League would do.

The League was stunned to say the least about the whole story and the depth of genetic manipulation that Cadmus would go to in order to create heroes to use. More disturbing was the fact that their bosses seemed to be preparing for a war of some kind with the teens as their generals. Knowing that they weren't clones and that Superboy was only a hybrid didn't make dealing with this any easier. Superman was visibly shaking and focused his attention on his clone. Superboy just glared at him causing the Man of Steel to lose his cool and start yelling at him.

"What were you thinking or were you thinking at all keeping a secret like this from us? You should have mentioned you were having strange dreams! Why didn't you contact the League when you found out about the first two? Didn't you trust us or your team? Then leading them into battle to rescue the other two was foolish! You could have all been killed! Why didn't you act more responsible?"

"Responsible? I was being responsible for my family! How am I supposed to trust the League with my siblings if all you do is ignore me? They sought me out to help protect them! How responsible was it if I left them for Cadmus to use them?"

"I understand that Cadmus was a threat and that you might have lost your chance to save the other two had you waited, but you shouldn't have acted so recklessly! Your powers just evolved and you had little control over them, nearly killing your teammates in the process of saving them! There is a reason we have protocols in place for you to follow. It's to keep you safe and make sure things don't end up like they did here! It was only cause of blind luck you didn't end up prisoners of Cadmus again. Do you ever think about the consequences of your actions?"

Something snapped inside Wonder Girl. She wasn't about to let Superman continue to berate her big brother like this. "Leave Connor alone you big bully! He didn't do anything wrong!" she shouted at Superman as she limped in front of her brother, along with the other Projects forming a protective shield. They all held hands and gave Superman the stink eye daring him to hurt their brother again.

This surprised everyone there including the Man of Steel. No one had ever stood up to him like this or called him a bully, but he was more surprised by what she had said. "Connor?"

"Yeah, we needed real names in order to shed Cadmus from us. So with the kindness of strangers we forged a new life for each of us. I'm Athena Thermyscara Prince; he's Terry McGinnis Wayne, that's Shania Hawkins Hol and lastly Lucas Jordan Stewart. How could you, the greatest hero of them, all treat our big brother like that? He told us how you basically ignored him pretending he didn't exist. Regardless of how he came to be, how could you treat your own son like that?"

"In Cadmus we studied and learned all about our genetic donors, I mean parents, so that one day we could replace them. When we escaped we had hopes you would I don't know that you would protect us, teach us at the very least accept us instead of seeing us as genetic Projects," Terry admitted.

"From what I've seen it appears that maybe we were better off in Cadmus despite our treatment there. At least our Handlers showed a bit of affection towards us and they didn't stare or berate us like you have done," Lucas said.

"Conner has kept us safe, willing to risk everything to make sure we were protected from harm. Can you say the same? A wise friend of ours once told us something very important. He stressed how important it was to never forget. He said that the circumstance of ones birth are irrelevant," Shania started to say as the others caught on.

"It is what you do with the gift of life that truly matters," Lucas added.

"For all life is sacred and has free will," Terry continued.

"To choose the path that means the most to the individual, but remember," Athena picked up.

"That freedom is a right you have to protect not only for you, but others as well. I remember now, Dubbilex told me that the day before I was found."

Young Justice was stunned. The boys knew who Dubbilex was and were surprised that a genomorph would have gone out of his way to plant the seeds of freedom inside their minds. Still it confused them why he would try to clone them. What game was the lead genomorph playing?

Connor looked at his father with determination. "I don't care what you think of me, but I will not abandon my family. I will protect my siblings from harm including you and the League. Even if it means, quitting Young Justice and living on the run for the rest our lives, I will protect them because that's what family does. I love them."

"Whoa wait a minute you can't just leave the team! It's dangerous out there with Cadmus out for you blood!" Kid Flash exclaimed.

"We just got you back Superboy we don't want you or your siblings to leave."

"Yeah they make great additions to the team."

"What kind of lives would you have always being on the run? How will you even support yourselves?"

"I think you should reconsider. You'd be safer with us."

"Maybe or maybe not. All I know is the kindness of strangers kept us safe before and will again. Let's go everyone," Superboy said getting ready to fly off with his siblings. Lucas had already created his field and Shania was hovering above the ground while Athena unsteadily floated into the air and Terry activated his rocket boots. They were about to take off when someone spoke up.

"Wait please wait I have something to say to you," Superman pleaded.

"I don't want to hear anything you have to say."

"Please Connor, give me a second. I'm sorry."

"What?"

"I'm sorry for the way I've acted and treated you. You were right; I wasn't acting very responsible when it came to you. I was so upset that with what Cadmus had done that I failed to see you weren't responsible. I also have to admit to myself I ignored you not only because I didn't want to remind you of what you couldn't be, but because I couldn't face my own fears that I wouldn't be the father you needed. I was the last of my kind until you're arrived and I didn't know how to share my heritage with you. I've made a lot of mistakes because of my shame. Superboy, Connor I can't make up for the past four months, but if you let me I would like to try and a part of your life now."

"What about my siblings? I can't just abandon them!"

"You won't have to child. I can't speak for everyone, but I'm willing to take care of my child. I would be happy to get know Athena and I'm sure the others would too," Wonder Woman said. The Hawks nodded along with the Lanterns and Batman gave a slight nod. "If you're willing to trust us we're willing to help you I swear by Hera."

Connor hesitated and contemplated what they said. He looked over at Lucas. "Lucas? What are our legal options?"

"Legally, we don't exist because of our lack of paperwork reporting our births and Cadmus has strong claims seeing as how there our guardians. However, they have our blood and good standing meaning they have higher claim to us. Should we be picked up by Social Services they would return us to them. I think trusting them would be a good option."

"Shania, what has your recon determined?"

"Observations show they are impressive. They have full control of their powers and obviously good mentors if Young Justice is any empirical proof. They have some experience with children and I believe that they are up to challenge of protecting us from Cadmus."

"Athena tactical?"

"Safety in numbers obviously and the Leagues resources are perfect for training us to fully understand our abilities. Also living with them would give us a chance at a normal life. We could go to school, make friends and have hobbies. A real life instead of being on the run all the time. A chance to become heroes."

"Terry advice?"

"Detective skills aside, I would have to say we want to get to know our parents. You've protected us for so long and I'm thankful really, but we need to give them a chance to step up. You also need to give your father a chance, but whatever you decide will follow you. You're our leader and our brother."

"Thanks all of you. I guess the only choice is to accept, but let's make one thing clear. You have to protect them and love them with all your hearts because if I find out that you are neglecting them or they're hurt in anyway I'm taking them and running understood?"

"Understood Connor. Let's go home shall we?" Superman said. The kids joined their new family members happy to be safe and sound at last.