"Ready for school, I made our lunches," Miss Martian called as Emerald entered the base in her regular clothes. Superboy seemed to be fixing a bike while Aqualad, Red Tornado, and Martian Manhunter followed the green-skinned girl.
"The first day of a scholastic season carries great cultural resonance," Manhunter stated. "We want to wish you both well."
"Guess it's not a Kryptonian thing," Superboy said dejectedly.
Emerald walked toward them, "Don't worry about it, Superboy." Everyone looked at her. "The Man of Steel just has a stick up his butt that he doesn't know how to get out."
"Emerald, shouldn't you be at school," Aqualad asked.
"I have a report to do, so I was given the day off," she smiled then looked at the two newest to the school system. "A little advice, become friends with all of your teachers and your principal, you can do a lot more that way. Anyways, I actually stopped by to catch a Zeta tube to Taipei to watch the peace negotiations."
Aqualad shook his head before looking at Superboy and Miss Martian, "You may wish to change before you depart."
"Ah, I spent hours choosing this outfit," Miss Martian seemed excited as she changed her cape and outfit into regular clothes. She looked at Emerald, "What do you think? Can Megan M'Orzz pass as an Earth girl now?" Emerald gave her a look as Aqualad seemed confused about her skin color remaining the same. "Just kidding." Her skin became white. "Meet Megan Morse. What's your new name?"
"My what," Superboy asked.
Martian Manhunter changed so he looked like a regular human, "I chose the name John Jones for myself and suggested John Smith for Red Tornado. You could be a John too."
"Pass," Superboy stated, folding his arms over his chest.
Miss Martian put her hand on his shoulder, "Connor's always been my favorite name." Superboy shrugged, seeming to accept it.
Emerald shrugged, "I was going to suggest Peter, but whatever floats your boat. You'll also need a last name."
"Perhaps Kent," Manhunter suggested.
"Oh, in memory of Dr. Fate," Megan stated. "The late Kent Nelson." Emerald facepalmed at that.
"Of course," he said slowly as if that's not what he meant.
"Okay," Superboy stated. "Sure. I guess it would be an honor or something."
Emerald grabbed their shoulders and turned them around, "Alright, Megan Morse and Connor Kent, it's time to go to school. Don't want to be late for your first day. Oh and Connor, change your shirt. The red 's' is a dead giveaway."
He sighed and changed his shirt so it was inside out before putting it back on and walking away with Megan, "Wait, shouldn't I be Connor Nelson?"
"They grow up so fast," Manhunter stated. The sphere rolled over to them and began beeping.
Emerald smiled, "Well, I'm off to Taipei. See you guys later."
Erica was catching up on what had been happening during the peace summit when her cell phone rang. She nodded to the reporter before walking away to answer, "Hey, I'm kind of in the middle of a report."
"Red Arrow needs backup," Aqualad replied earning her attention.
"Where?"
She stood in the center of the crowd, pretending to be taking notes while she looked around for anyone who could be a threat. Glancing over, she noticed how the lady with the tea walked and her face. Though it was covered in white paint and the last time she'd seen it, it had been dark, she recognized Cheshire. Lifting a hand to her ear, she spoke, "Aqualad, tea's ready."
He automatically turned and stopped her, everyone around him gasped when he pronounced who she was. Roy automatically drew an arrow and pointed it at the woman while Emerald activated her ring. Cheshire pushed a button on the cart and pushed it towards the Atlantean where it exploded. Emerald and Aqualad had created a shield to protect the people as Roy's arrow had caused the cart to explode and Cheshire was sent back.
Aqualad was breathing heavily as the explosion had nearly wiped out his part of the barrier. His shirt was torn, which was fine as he tore it off revealing his normal suit as Roy joined them in front of the peace committee. Cheshire sat up as Roy spoke, "It's over, Cheshire."
"You would think so," the assassin replied, glancing at Emerald. "Nice to see you're done with the gloomy black." Emerald narrowed her eyes, ring flashing slightly as a helicopter came up to the hole in the window, revealing Sportsmaster and several other assassins.
"Aqualad, take Sportsmaster, Emerald, handle the assassins," Roy ordered. "Cheshire's mine." Emerald nodded and flew to help out the security guards who were only armed with clubs. She created a hand and grabbed one, he slightly screamed as she smacked him into one of his fellows and began to use him as a flail. Lex Luthor smirked as he watched her, but otherwise remained in his seat.
One of the assassins launched himself into the air, sword prepared to slice her in half when she turned and created a sword of her own to parry him. She smirked as her sword became a hand and she slammed him into the ground. Red Arrow activated the sprinklers, allowing Aqualad to control the water. She turned to see what she could do to help just as Cheshire threw a grenade into Aqualad's water serpent's mouth, causing it to explode and smoke to fill the air. The boys began to cough as Emerald created a fan to blow it all away, just as a dark figure jumped out of the smoke, sword raised to attack the ambassadors.
She turned to catch them when Luthor spoke to the woman beside him. The woman lifted her arm, the sleeve tearing as it was revealed to be a gun and shot the man. Emerald floated there as the ambassadors began to thank Luthor. She shook her head and flew over to her friends. Well, this would certainly make for an interesting report.
She gave Aqualad and Red Arrow a two-fingered salute before going out the window and then flying into another room where she deactivated her ring and came out as if confused by all the commotion. Bringing out her notepad, she walked over to a few people and began asking them about what had happened while she had been 'away.'
Erica walked to her principal's office a few days after the peace treaty was signed. She had given the principal her report and had gone on with her schooling as usual, that is until he had called her in. According to the note, there was someone very important there to see her. She knocked on the wooden door before entering when she heard the "come in." Her eyes widened when she opened the door. Sitting in a chair across from her principal was Lex Luthor, the woman with gun for an arm standing beside him.
Mr. Withers, her principal, smiled as he saw her, "Ah, Erica, thank you for coming so quickly. I assume you know of Mr. Luthor."
She nodded, "Of course, it's an honor to meet you in person, Mr. Luthor."
"And it's an honor to meet you," he replied with a smile. "Mr. Withers sent me a copy of your report on the Rhelasian peace negotiations. I was quite impressed. If I didn't know any better, I would've guessed that you had actually been there yourself." The way he looked at her said that he did know that she had been there.
She toed the ground without realizing it, a nervous habit she had formed as a child, "I actually was. I'm friends with a pilot that was able to quickly get me there and back again without any difficulty."
"Oh, that's quite resourceful for a young student like yourself," he said, raising an eyebrow.
"Ms. West is one of our finest students, despite this being only her first year in our school," Mr. Withers stated, drawing Luthor's attention. They didn't even know the half of it. She had skipped a couple of grades when she was younger, but kept herself from going any higher as she didn't want to draw too much attention to herself when she became a Green Lantern so she restricted how much she excelled. Her parents had respected her decision but had wished that she wouldn't hold herself back. Of course she didn't plan on that when she went to college.
"So I understand," Luthor nodded. He turned back to her. "So, Ms. West, what do you wish to major in?"
"I hadn't decided yet," she replied, standing flatly on her foot when she realized what she was doing. "There's so much to learn it's hard to make a choice."
"Very admirable," he nodded again. "Tell you what, I'd like you to write me another report and I'll offer you a place as an intern at my local business. It'd look good on any resume."
She nodded, "Uh, thank you, Mr. Luthor. What did you want the report on?"
"The Justice League."