Last time Peter and Kara learned that Richard Parker used to work for Roxxon and was screwed out of his research. Now the two must fight to take back what belonged to Peter's father.

Meanwhile, Bombshell met Cloak and Dagger and, after an intense fight, managed to escape. Afraid to go home, she turns to the one person she knows she can trust...

Chapter 10

Hawkins Residence, Brooklyn, NY

Virgil is pacing around the living room in full on panic mode. One minute he was talking to Lana, the next minute her line went dead. The dark haired boy tried to call her back but there was a busy signal. He knew in his gut that something bad must have happened. He would call the police, only problem is that he has no idea where she is. All Virgil can really do is just pray that Lana was right about handling herself and that she's okay. He loses his train of thought when he heard someone banging on the front door. Virgil slowly walks to the front door, picking up a baseball bat along the way in case it's not the police. He looks in the peephole to see who it is on the other side and sees a girl in some kind of costume. At first Virgil didn't recognize her because she was wearing a mask, but then he took a good look at her doe brown eyes.

He puts down the bat and opens the door, "Lana?"

The reformed criminal looks up at her new friend, "Is your dad home?"

Virgil blinks at the question, "No, he's still at work."

"What about your sister?"

"She attends ESU and has her own apartment near campus."

"Cool," Bombshell says as she walks right in.

"Lana, what's going on? And what's that you got on?"

"Some people are after me," Bombshell answers as she walks to the kitchen. She sees a fruit bowl and takes an apple.

"What? Who's after you?"

Bombshell puts the apple on the table and then looks over at Virgil, "Okay, I'm gonna show you something REALLY bizarre. Promise me you won't freak out."

Virgil decided not to ask any more questions and just nods his head.

Bombshell sighs and she points at the apple. After a couple of seconds her finger starts to glow, then suddenly…

BOOM

The apple explodes.

Virgil was stunned by what he saw, "How…What?"

"This is how my mom and I were able to go on our crime sprees," Bombshell answers. "At first I could only do that when I'm near my mom, but as you can see that's not the case anymore."

"And the getup?" Virgil now asks.

Bombshell sighs and she begins to tell Virgil everything leading up to now. How she decided to use her powers for good, and her fight with the two mysterious metahumans. "That's why we suddenly lost contact over the phone," Bombshell finishes. "It was destroyed by that crazy blonde chick who's like a human nightlight."

Virgil slowly nods his head in understanding, but then hits a realization, "Wait, they didn't follow you here did they?"

The reformed criminal shakes her head, "I managed to create a diversion before I fled…though from the looks on their faces, it seems like they didn't want to fight anymore."

"Why were they after you to begin with?"

"How the hell should I know? They said they recognized me from somewhere, but I've never met those two in my life. Said something about not going back to Roxxon."

Virgil perked up at this, "Roxxon? The science corporation?"

"Hey, you're the math and science wiz, not me."

"Okay, let me ask you this, where did you get your powers?"

Bombshell opens her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. She then begins to think, "Actually, now that you that you mentioned it, I really don't know. I mean, I had them since I was thirteen. They just…what was the word…manifested? Yeah, that's it, they just manifested."

"What about your mom? You said at first it only works when you're near her right? Does she have these powers too?"

The reformed criminal continues to think for a moment, "Yeah, yeah she does, and she can only use them when she's near me. That's why she had me tagging me along on her heists."

"Did she ever tell you where SHE got her powers from?"

"…No…Wait, are you saying those two psychos who jumped me thought I was my mom?"

"Which means both your mom and those two people came from the same place. Wouldn't be surprised if they were test subjects of some kind of super, secret experiment and somehow they got out. I guess when they saw you, they must've thought you were sent by Roxxon to take them back where they came from."

Bombshell crosses her arms and looks down with a sympathetic look on her face, "Well, when you put it that way, I can't help but feel bad for them."

"Yeah, kidnapping teenagers and using them as lab rats…that's cold."

The reformed criminal now scowls, "I bet that's what they did to my mom. Those assholes, she probably wouldn't be in jail if they didn't get their greedy money-grubbing hands on her. *sighs* We probably could've lived a normal life."

Virgil looks at his friend in sympathy, then gets a look of determination. He goes over to the coat rack and puts on his black and yellow sweatshirt and blue cap.

"What are you doing?" Bombshell asks as she watches him.

"Roxxon has a chemical research facility not too far from here. They may have some files on some of the wacky experiments they don't want the public to know about. If we can break in and find those files, maybe we can show them to the authorities and expose them."

"You want to break into a research facility? Why?"

"Well, you said it yourself, Roxxon has ruined your mom's life, not to mention the lives of those other two people. Don't tell me you don't want to put a stop to them because I know you do, and I'm gonna help you out with that. That company has ruined enough lives."

Bombshell blinks at what Virgil just said. He was right, she did want to put an end to Roxxon for what they put her mother and those two metahumans through, and the fact that Virgil is willing to help her gave her a warm feeling. She did what her gut was telling her and she runs up to her friend and hugs him.

"Thank you," she whispers.

Virgil blushes a little at the reformed criminal's sudden action but immediately hugs her back, "No problem, you know I got your back. It's like I said earlier, I ain't going nowhere."

They break from their embrace and the two stare at each other for a few seconds, both of them getting lost in each other gazes. It wasn't until Virgil clears his throat that Bombshell was sent back to reality.

"Come on, let's go put a company out of business."

Manhattan, NY

Ty and Tandy are looking at the Roxxon building from afar, both of them contemplating on what to do next.

"Why don't we just storm in there?" asks Tandy.

"And grab the head guy, Roxxon, and take him to the police?" Ty guesses.

"Yes, He had us kidnapped. Jacked us up full of powers we didn't ask for, and now we know we weren't the first."

"We can't go to the police."

"We have proof. We have a list of names of the people they experimented on, we know about the girl who can make things explode."

"We can't kidnap him and say he kidnapped us," Ty reasons.

"You think they won't believe us?"

"Tandy…look at us."

"*sigh* What are we now?"

"We're those people you read about…like Spider Man, The Flash and Black Lightning."

"Is that what we are?"

"It wasn't the plan but…Maybe it's okay to admit that we're just teenagers and we're in way over our heads."

"Okay how about this, maybe instead of going to the police we can look for people like the guys you just mentioned."

Ty raises an eyebrow, "What, like Spider Man?"

"Anybody. Maybe we can go to where the JSA lives and ask for their help. As long as we don't do anything hostile maybe they can hear us out."

"…Well…it's worth a shot."

"It's just…Those bastards took everything from us. What happened to us will never happen to anyone ever again. We're going to make sure of it."

Ty wraps his arms around Tandy and sighs, "I know." After several seconds of silence, he spoke up again. "I didn't really want to go to prom anyhow."

"Too soon."

"It was kind of funny."

"Kind of. I'm just…I've never been this angry." "

I'm very confused. I don't know what I am."

Tandy looks up at Ty and gives him a look of affection. She puts her hand up and places it on his cheek, "You're the man I fell in love with."

Ty looks at Tandy and smirks, "Madly?"

"Madly."

The two metahumans move closer to each other, ready to kiss when suddenly they hear a beeping sound. They look down and see some kind of disk on the floor. Both of the have looks of confusion for a moment until they were suddenly hit with a jolt of electricity. The two teens start screaming in pain and they eventually fall on the floor.

"I got a hand it to you kids," says a mysterious voice from the shadows. "I never had such a tough time hunting someone down. If it wasn't for the two of you causing that shitstorm back in the East Village I don't think I would ever be able to find you guys." Deathstroke finally emerges from the shadows and points a gun at Ty and Tandy. "Now, I think it's time I send you kids back home to your daddy."

Meanwhile, not too far away, Spider Man and Supergirl were flying/swinging towards the Roxxon building. The plan was simple, break into the Roxxon building, find where they're keeping the Quantum Juice and dispose of it, putting a stop to any future experiments. Peter also wants to see if they have any files lying around regarding his father, and maybe get some more dirt on the company that they can give to Chloe and she can expose them. They were about to approach the building when Supergirl suddenly picks up something with her super hearing. She stops in mid-air and listens to where it was coming from.

Spider Man notices this and he lands on a nearby rooftop, "What's wrong."

The young Kryptonian looks down at her boyfriend with a worried look, "I heard two people screaming. It's coming from over there."

The spider hero looks over at the Roxxon building and sighs, "Sorry dad, duty calls." He looks back over at Supergirl, "Alright, lead the way."

Roxxon Chemical Research Facility, Brooklyn, NY

Virgil and Bombshell snuck into the building via a ventilation shaft.

"You sure you know where you're going?" Bombshell asks as she and Virgil are crawling through the vents.

Virgil reaches into his pocket and pulls out a map, "I printed this out from Roxxon's website. This is the map to the entire facility. All we need to do is look for the main lab. There should be a computer terminal we can use. Just follow my lead."

The two continue to crawl through the vents.

"Now it should be right around…Here we are."

They made it to a room full of vials and chemicals, as well as an observation table. Virgil looks over at Bombshell and gives her a firm nod. She nods back and begins to carefully but successfully blow off the hinges of the vent. As the two teens enter the lab they begin to hear people talking…and it's getting louder. They quickly find a place to hide, just in time to see two male scientists enter the lab.

"I'm really concerned about this project Dr. Thomas, if word gets out about what we're doing behind closed doors, we could be in serious trouble. I mean, this gas that we're mass producing here, what would happen if it falls to the wrong hands."

"Listen Carson, these are thoughts you best keep to yourself. I didn't hire you to ask questions, just to do your job. Now you better have that paperwork done by tomorrow."

With that, the scientist known as Dr. Thomas leaves, leaving Dr. Carson lowering his head and sighing, "My God, what have I gotten myself into."

"I take it this isn't what you signed up for," says a random, young male voice.

Dr. Carson looks over and sees Virgil and Bombshell emerging from their hiding spot. "W…What are you kids doing here. This lab is for authorized personnel only."

"Don't give us that crap," Bombshell says as she rolls her eyes. "We know what you guys are cooking up here."

Dr. Carson looks at the two in surprise. The jig was up. "I swear when I took this job I knew nothing about the Quantum Juice experiments."

"Quantum Juice?" asks Virgil.

"It's a liquid that, when exposed to oxygen, becomes gas that, once inhaled, can alter human DNA. Roxxon's been using it to produce and manufacture metahumans."

Virgil and Bombshell look at each other for a moment, and then look back at Dr. Carson.

Bombshell spoke up, "My mom was one of the test subjects for these experiments. It's kinda why we're here."

"We want to know more about this project of yours, as well as some other dirty little secrets you guys have, so we can give it to the police and shut this company down before it does any more harm to people," Virgil finishes.

"If you're gonna try and stop us, go right ahead," says Bombshell. "But I'm warning you, that may not be such a wise decision."

"Wouldn't dream of it," Dr. Carson suddenly says, surprising the two teens. "I actually looked into the development of the Quantum Juice myself. Apparently it originally supposed to be some kind of miracle drug used to cure cancer, but Roxxon saw what it could really do and wanted to use it as a weapon instead. They took what was supposed to be the life's work of two scientists and used it for their own corrupt purposes. It's things like that that makes me want to quit this job and do business elsewhere." He points to a computer terminal. "Everything you want to know about the Quantum Juice or anything else we want to keep under wraps are in this computer." Dr. Carson then walks over and puts in his password, effectively logging onto the computer. He turns back around at the stunned teenagers with a smile on his face. If anyone asks, I forgot to log out and I didn't see you kids.

"Wow, uh, thanks," says Bombshell.

Dr. Carson nods, "I hope you two succeed in what you're about to do. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to head on home and see if Starrware is hiring." With that, the scientist leaves.

"Well…that was easy," says Virgil.

"Yeah, no kidding," says Bombshell and the two walk towards the computer.

Virgil sits down and begins to search around for any juicy information they can find. He was able to find more information on the Quantum Juice. There were photos, files on certain human trials, even some emails.

One particular name caught Virgil's attention, "Richard Parker? I wonder if he has any relation to Peter."

There were even a list of names labeled as test subjects complete with photos…and Lana's mother was on that list.

Virgil looks over at his friend, "I guess this confirms it."

"Yeah," says Bombshell then points at the screen. "But those two people right there, those were the same people who jumped me. I mean, they look normal here, but I recognize those faces."

Virgil looks closely at the photo of those two teens, "Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen. It says that three years ago they got into a limousine crash and were hospitalized, then Roxxon paid to have them be transferred here for experimentation. Apparently they had to trick their parents into thinking they were moving them to another hospital. Damn, their parents must think they're dead if they were gone for this long."

Bombshell points at a newspaper article, "Look at this, it also says they were on their way to a high school prom before a delivery truck struck their limo."

"They took a limo to a high school prom? Yo, that's classy," Virgil comments eliciting a chuckle from Bombshell.

The two teens eventually come across some emails regarding a legal battle between Roxxon and the original creators of the Quantum Juice. This time the images of Richard Parker and Eddie Brock Sr. appear onscreen.

Virgil's eyes widened, "Whoa hold up, that guy looks just like Peter. Now I'm certain that's his dad."

Bombshell looks over at her friend, "Peter? He's one of your friends from school right?"

The dark haired boy nods, "He did tell me one time that his dad was a scientist, but he didn't say anything about this. This must be the guy that Doctor from a while ago told us about. The one who had his research taken away from him, oh, and look at this, there's an email talking about how Peter's dad was heading to Washington DC to try and lawyer up…No way."

"What?"

"Peter told me his parents died in a plane crash. I think they may have something to do with that. Peter needs to see this."

"You will do no such thing," says a random voice.

Virgil and Bombshell look behind them and sees a guy in black and gold armor.

Virgil whistles, "Yo that's a badass looking Power Ranger outfit you got on dawg."

"Who the hell are you?" asks Bombshell.

The man in armor looks over at the reformed criminal, "Lori Baumgartner's daughter, we meet at last. God, you look just like your mother. Ever since you showed your face around here, my boss has taken quite an interest in you. He told me specifically to bring you in."

"And you think I'll just come with you quietly. Think again you metallic asswipe."

"…I see you have her mouth too. Fine, I've been itching to see what you can…"

He was suddenly hit by a blast and was knocked out of the lab.

Bombshell with her arms extended from having blasted the mysterious figure out of the room looks back at Virgil, "You go on ahead and get those files into that thumb drive of yours while I keep this creep busy."

Virgil gives her a worried look, "Hell no, I am NOT leaving you alone with that punk."

"I'll be fine, this isn't my first time fighting someone with powers," Bombshell says with a grin. "Besides, this is our only chance to take Roxxon down. We haven't come all this way just to give up now."

Virgil looks at her for moment and then sighs, "Okay fine, just…be careful alright. Gold Zeo Ranger over there look like he mean business."

"Yeah? Well so do I." Bombshell runs out of the lab and moves past the armored man, who was sitting with his back against the wall. "Hey C-3PO, if it's me you want, you'll have to catch me first."

Back in Manhattan, Ty and Tandy are still on the ground, both of them can barely move.

"Don't bother," says Deathstroke. "That disk I threw will leave you kids paralyzed for ten minutes. Plenty of time for me to contact Roxxon and ask for a team to come and pick you up."

"You work for Roxxon?" Tandy asks in a weak voice.

"He pays big money to have me do most of his dirty work," the mercenary answers. He then points a gun at Tandy. "He also doesn't mind if I bring you both in as corpses."

Tandy's eyes widened in fear. She thought she was about to about to meet her end when suddenly…

THWIP.

A webline latches onto Deathstroke's gun and it's yanked out of his hand. The mercenary looks over and sees Spider Man and Supergirl to the side of him.

"Did I hear that right?" asks Spider Man. "You're one of the assassin's on Roxxon's payroll? What did he promise you Slade, a 24k eyepatch?"

"This doesn't concern you wall crawler," Deathstroke growls.

"Actually it does," Spider Man says back. "You see, Supergirl and I were about to pay your boss a visit, and here you are trying to pick a fight with a couple of kids which, given your history with the Teen Titans, has become something of your M.O. isn't it?"

As the wall crawler and the mercenary were conversing, Supergirl walks over to Tandy. "Are you hurt?" she asks.

"I'm a little numb, but I'll manage," Tandy answers. She then takes a good look at her rescuer. "So…Supergirl huh? Any relation to…you know."

The young Kryptonian nods, "He's my cousin."

"*chuckles* Last of his kind my ass."

Ty and Supergirl both chuckle at that, then Supergirl speaks up again, "Don't worry, Spider Man and I will handle Deathstroke and then we'll talk some more. I take you guys missed out on a lot."

"You can say that again," says Ty.

Deathstroke gets a message on his wrist communicator, "Slade, it's Krullen. I found Lori Baumgartner's kid trying to sneak into the chemical research facility in Brooklyn. She's putting up a hell of a fight, but it won't be long before I subdue her. She's here with some other kid, probably gonna have to waste him once I'm done, can't have him going to the police." "

Do what you have to do," Deathstroke responds.

Spider Man and Supergirl's eyes widened. They know that whoever was on the other line was talking about Virgil and Lana. They're in some real danger.

Spider Man looks over at his girlfriend, "I'll handle Slade, you go help Virgil and Bombshell."

Supergirl nods and flies towards the chemical research facility.

Once she's gone, the wall crawler turns his attention back to the mercenary, "I guess it's just you and me."

Deathstroke reaches behind him and pulls out his staff, "Fine, I've been wanting to fight you for a long time. You're gonna regret getting in my way."

So, I think it's pretty obvious what's coming next. On one end we have Spider Man vs. Deathstroke and on the other end we have Supergirl vs. Reactron.

Some of you are wondering what to call this "Jr. Justice League" team I'm setting up...Haven't come up with a good name yet, but I'm open for suggestions. One person even asked if Stargirl should join the team as well. Well, since she's already on a team (The JSA) she's probably gonna be that person who will pop in every now and again to help Spidey out. Even though Courtney knows she'll never be with Peter she'll still be there for him when he needs her.

Also, sorry it took a while for me to update. Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy came out recently and I got sidetracked. Trying to 100% Crash 1 was a nightmare. Seriously, both The High Road and Fumbling in the Dark can go to hell.

Be sure to leave a comment with your thoughts on the story so far.

Oh, and in the last chapter someone asked me if one day I would do Brainiac and the bottled city of Kandor. *Slowly looks over at my Brainiac/New Krypton trade paperbacks* ...Maaaybe.