Standard Disclaimer.
"Team, I think it's time we faced the fact that the league might not be coming back."
Aqualad stood in front of the Team- the entire Team, including Black Canary and the new Young Manhunter- addressing them, making them face the fact that they might be on their own.
Miss Martian bowed her head lower. Whatever happened on Eurytia, they had to assume the worst. If they kept living like the League would come back any day, then the world would fall to shambles. Young Manhunter looked slightly put out at the fact he might never see his uncle. Robin had a blank face hiding the emotions he was feeling. Black Canary watched the Team's reactions, still feeling the part of watching them and training them. Artemis was frowning, not particularly put out at this development. She had never been very close to anyone on the League. Kid Flash was looking at the ground, a single tear sliding out from under his cowl. Superboy looked unaffected.
"Our next order of operations will be to recruit some of the heroes out there to the Team. Since we are now acting as Justice League, we must be able to handle what they were able to handle. I believe Red Arrow would be a good place to start, along with Zatanna. Robin, what do you think of this course of action?" Kaldur looked at the bird, who blinked, startled that Aqualad was asking his opinion.
"I think that it's the best choice," Robin replied, nodding. "We also need to take down Drachenfluch. They're getting more active in Europe and the US."
"Noted. Artemis, you and Kid Flash will track down Red Arrow in Star City and talk to him. Robin and Miss Martian will talk to Zatanna," Aqualad ordered.
"Yes boss," Robin replied, leaving the room, already searching out Zatanna's address, followed by Miss Martian.
Recognized: Kid Flash B03 Artemis B07
The computer called out their designations as the speedster and the archer left for the Star City zeta platform. The next names it called out were of the ninja and the martian as they left for the Las Vegas platform.
Recognized: Robin B01 Miss Martian B05
Stepping out into the bright lights of the Gambling Capitol of the World, the two heroes followed the instructions on Robin's wrist computer as they found the tall skyscraper that Zatanna and her father had shared an apartment in. Slipping into the alley next to it, they took a moment to stop a rapist before heading up and slipping in the window to Zatanna's apartment. Robin looked around, before perching himself on the couch as the magician walked out of the kitchen area.
"Hi! Remember us?" Robin quipped, grinning at the look on her face.
"Yes! You troll, what are you doing? Unless you have news on my father, get out!" Zatanna glared at them.
"That's the problem…" Robin sobered up. "Almost the entire League's been gone for a month and a half, sans Black Canary. And, unless we take up the slack, there won't be a world left soon."
"Well? What do you want me to do about it?" Zatanna replied, hands on her hips, glaring at the Boy Wonder perched on the olive green couch.
"Help us. Protect your city. I know your father didn't like you heroing, but we're gonna need all the help we can get," he pointed out.
"Stop talking like he's not coming back!" She shrieked, glaring at him.
"Zatanna, we're not trying to say that. We're just trying to say we need your help keeping the world a place he can come back to," Miss Martian intercepted.
"Fine. I'll help you. But only until the League is back," Zatanna replied, cooling down.
"Great!" Robin replied, brightening up. "C'mon, you wanna come to the Cave for a bit? We can get you set up with your own Team designation, if you want." The bird was now grinning.
"Fine," Zatanna sighed, following the two out her window, and through the Las Vegas streets to the zeta platform.
Recognized: Robin B01 Miss Martian B05 Zatanna Zatara A03
The trio stepped out of the zeta tube, looking around at the Team which was spread sporadically about the Cave. Dinah was talking to Conner about something, and Kaldur was conversing with M'aax about their different cultures.
"First thing to do is to get you set up with your very own Team designation! Okay, here's the list, all we gotta do about it is add you, switch your designation from Zatanna Zatara A03 to Zatanna B09, and presto-change-o, you have a new designation!" Robin looked back at Zatanna with a grin, before slipping away to his room to change into civvies.
"So whos laptop is that?" Zatanna asked, pointing to Robin's sleek black Dell on the counter.
"That would be Robin's. No one else in this world has a laptop that advanced, except for possibly Batman's. He could hack probably anything in the world with it. It also has a lot of memory space and a lot of additions. He can run the zeta beams with it, run the Watchtower and Cave systems with it, hack stuff with it, the list goes on," M'gann replied, smiling at the magician.
"Wow. Sounds like a nice computer," she replied, smiling back.
"It is," Robin interjected, popping up behind the two conversing females. "Bats souped it up for my birthday last year." He was grinning, and his civvies consisted of a Nightwish Imaginaerum hoodie, a pair of lightwash jeans, and his red converse.
"You like Nightwish?" Zatanna asked, looking at Robin with a raised eyebrow.
"Yep," he replied, grinning.
Recognized: Kid Flash B03 Red Arrow B06 Artemis B07
"No way dude! You like Nightwish? I thought you listened to the weird jazz stuff!" Wally sped over, taking a look at Robin's hoodie.
"Yes, I like rock music, why is everyone so surprised by this? And I only listen to that… stuff… when Bats or Agent A forces me to! This is so not whelming…" he muttered the last part.
"How did none of you know that Robin is in love with rock music when I knew from day one?" Roy had walked over, looking quizzically at the Team.
"Hey, don't blame us, we didn't know he like any rock music until the mission to Egypt when he was listening to Skillet," Artemis defended.
"You certainly are a secretive little troll," Roy commented, messing up Robin's hair.
"Roy!" The boy wonder protested.
"So, anyway, who's the leader of this little she-bang?" Roy asked, looking around.
"Kaldur, of course," Wally commented. "Who else?"
"I dunno. Just thought I would ask so I wouldn't take orders from the wrong person," he replied, shrugging.
"Okaay then…" Zatanna looked a little freaked at the dynamic in the Team. "I'll just be going back home now…"
"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!" Robin called, cackling.
Recognized: Zatanna B09
"You little troll!" Artemis exclaimed, looking disgusted.
Robin snorted, "As if you're any better, Artie," he replied, turning to set up his hacking station again.
"Would you stop calling me that already?" The blonde archer looked offended.
"Nope," Robin replied, cackling as he typed in his passcode. Seriously, when would they ever learn that he liked weird stuff? Typing in his secondary passcode, he opened his iTunes, pulled out his wireless earbuds, stuck them in his ears, and began his music.
"Well? Whatcha listening to now?" Wally asked, zipping over.
"Evanescence," Robin replied, grinning like a madman before opening Chrome and logging onto his Tumblr.
"Since when do you have a Tumblr?" The speedster asked, eyes wide.
"Since Tumblr began," Robin replied. "It's a way for me to keep in touch with everyone, and I just remembered someone Bats and I had worked with a couple years back."
"Who?" Wally was very interested.
"Static," the bird replied.
Wally gasped. "How come you're the only one who knows all the awesome guys?"
Yep. Working with Batman has some perks- like knowing all the awesome people. Like I said in an earlier chapter, if you have any ideas, spit them out. I'd love to hear them.
