Chapter 12- The House of El

For some reason Kara Zor El had felt the need to return to see her cousin Kal El. It had been eating at her for months. Maybe it was the loneliness of flying through space alone; searching for Kandor. Maybe it was because, other than that day at the farm she hadn't seen anyone but Zoners for over a year. Recently she had found herself flying back toward Earth, right now she was floating over the surface of Mars.

She had decided to go back to the Kent farm consciously the moment her feet hit the red dirt. She was too close not too. Plus it could be a good time to make peace with the Martian. After looking closer at this planet, a once productive society, now gone just like Krypton. She could sympathize with him.

Kara was now entering earth's atmosphere. She had no idea how to reach Kal. Last time she saw him. He had been different. He still lived at the farm, but he wasn't attached to it anymore. He had a life, as a reporter. He was a hero. She decided to check the Daily Planet first.

Kara was in luck, Clark Kent the reporter stood on the roof of the Daily Planet. She landed two feet behind him, and tapped him on the shoulder. "Surprise."

Clark jumped like a thousand feet in the air, and then enveloped Kara in a hug that would have killed a normal person. "Kara, I'm so glad you're here. I've been trying to figure out how to get in touch with you."

"Well here I am. Do you think the world is ready for the return of Kara Kent?" She smiled mischievously.

"I don't know Kara. I am going to need your help with something though."

"Something?."

"Remember last time, you told me I should tell Lois?" Clark questioned.

"Of course, I've been flying through space looking for a city that probably blew up with the rest of the planet. I haven't had much else to think about." She almost laughed.

"Well, Lex is alive and I am going to tell Lois. But after last time I'm going to need a disguise. Clark Kent cannot be a hero. My mom could lose her job if I do that again. You up for it?"

"Clark I will help you, but you've got to fill me in on what's been happening because all these 'last times' is throwing me off."

Chapter 13- Titians Reunited

Victor had sent a message to Watchtower after he talked to Robin. Then he grabbed the first plane to Jump City. Now he stood in Titian Tower. This had been his home for over a year, nothing had changed in the last few months since he left.

A voice came from the shadows. "Cyborg. Tell me what is so urgent that you hack into the Titian frequency?" Robin emerged with a grave look on his face.

"Lex Luthor is alive. You remember what I told you about him?"

Robin scoffed, "you said bad guy, knows the Green Arrows' team's secret identities, he's dead."

Victor resented the tone Robin had taken. "I was misinformed. My team almost lost three people the other night. We need more people, backup that he doesn't know about. Something to take him by surprise, an expanded league. I thought I'd see if you were interested."

"Why would we want to join with your new team? My team has enough on its plate, why would we anger a Luthor? Why Cy?" Robin asked while he looked around.

"After everything we went through with Slade, why wouldn't you want to protect the world from Luthor? If we had to battle Slade again I know I would like to have some backup with much stronger powers." Victor was starting to get uncomfortable with the level of tension in the room.

The two boys stared at each other. Victor was four years older than Robin, but he still felt intimidated by him. As if summoned, Starfire and Beast Boy walked into the room, breaking the tension. "Quit being so lobstery, you bumgorf."

"Why do people not understand? Eating animals is wrong. Tofu is the way to go!!" The little green guy's frown turned upside down the second he saw his old friend in the living room. "Cyborg, you come to eat all our food, man? I think you'll find I can out eat cha any day of the week."

"I bet you can BB. Is Raven around?" Victor said to his friend.

Starfire answered instead. "Raven has been meditating. I invited her to the mall of shopping to do the friend thing, but she turned me down. Beast Boy went with me." Starfire walked up to Robin and grabbed his hand. They had danced around their relationship the entire time Cyborg had been on the team. He was glad to see his friends so happy, but Robin's mood was grating his nerves.

"Cyborg. I do not want my team in on this. We have enough to worry about in Jump City." Robin's tone hadn't changed. Starfire looked annoyed by it.

"Robin. Your team has to decide this for themselves. Something big is coming and everyone needs to be wary. Especially anyone who was trapped in 33.1, like me and Beast Boy over there. The reason the team got caught the other night was because Lex already knew about their powers. But a larger team would be able to surprise him." Robin slowly shook his head. "I'm going to find Raven, give the team my proposal, and then I'm going back to Metropolis. I'll never bug you again." Victor stalked off toward Raven's room.

Starfire looked at her boyfriend. "Robin, why can we not help Cyborg? Especially if he and his friends are in danger?"

Robin leaned in slowly and kissed Starfire on the forehead. Before pulling away he whispered. "Star, he left us. Now he wants us to follow him. Who is going to protect Jump City? If he really wants us to do this, he needs to try harder to convince me."

"Guys do you really need to do the mushy stuff while I'm eating?" Beast Boy groaned from the next rom.

"Beast Boy, if they waited till you finished eating they'd never do the mushy stuff." Raven's sarcastic voice rang through the room.

"Okay so I explained my plight to Raven, you guys. Can you at least see why I'm asking? We worked together for a long time. I just was kind of hoping for people I knew I could trust in a fight. You know, so it didn't feel like I wasn't friends with you guys anymore." Victor pleaded to his friends. He felt like he was getting somewhere, until he smelt Mexican burritos.

Chapter 14 – A Late Night Phone Call

Zatanna hadn't expected to hear from the blonde billionaire, well at least not in the middle of the night, or well at least not for the reason he called. He is expanding his superhero team, who would have thought the Arrow could work on a team. She was surprised he thought she would have been interested.

The phone rang, "Hello, Zatanna, Mistress of Magic. Please tell me why you are calling me at 3 A.M." she answered in a sing song voice.

"Oliver Queen, I've got a proposition for you."

"What makes you think I'm going to be interested Mr. Queen?"

"Well you did give me your card." He paused, obviously waiting for a reply, not that she would. "Listen Zatanna, my team, we are expanding. Based on what I saw from you in the past, you've got potential."

"Potential for what, cause this doesn't sound like the booty call I expected when you contacted me at three in the morning."

"Ms. Zatarra, I am contacting you as the founding member off the Justice League. I want you to meet with me; can you be in my office at Luthor Corp. in three hours?"

"Sure, and Oliver. I still owe you a wish." And Zatanna hung up.

Chapter 15– The Cape

Clark had spent the entire night with Kara. She seemed proud that he had finally learned how to fly, one of the things he figured out while Lois was gone. Kara created his costume. Besides his father's shield and the color, Clark hated every inch of the suit. It was skintight, blue fabric. With a long red cape. Kara was defiantly not on earth when "The Incredibles" was popular, because then she wouldn't have ever used a cape. That Edna sure knew what she was talking about.

"What do you think Clark?" Kara looked so proud; Clark couldn't tell her the truth. He just nodded. "Well, I think you look dashing. As long as you wear your hair different, and you've got to wear your glasses, no one will be the wiser."

"You sure, I mean won't they recognize my face?" Clark stared at his reflection for a moment. "I mean Lois and all the people at the Planet…"

"Clark, unlike you or I; humans not so perceptive. I believe it's the lack of super senses, but you never know." She winked at him. "I'll be around, good luck Kal El."

Clark heard a bank alarm going off in the distance, he super sped off leaving Kara at the farm alone.

Chapter 16-Bart and the Beast

"Hey amigo, you convinced your buddies yet? I'm bored." A flash of red ran around the room. "Chloelishous kicked me outta Tower like 30 minutes ago." The Titians instantly tensed, an unknown person was in their safe haven. "Yo Tin man. Your buddies, not exactly making with the friend-lys here."

"Impulse, I wasn't kidding with my threats; any of them." Victor was pretty sure this was a lost cause now.

"Well I've only got two burritos left, but any of ya want anything. I can be back before you finish asking." Bart looked around. "Tin man I see why ya came back to our team. What a bunch of freaks. You've got Mr. Tense, she's defiantly an alien, a green kid, and hellooo gorgeous." He began walking toward Raven. "You are not my usual type, but damn."

Raven looked him squarely in the eyes, "not interested, get outta my face."

"That hurts me, deep down gorgeous." Bart gave her his biggest puppy dog eyes.

"Cyborg, what the hell is going on?" Robin asked accusatorily.

"I would like to know that also." Using his angry voice Victor turned to Bart. "Impulse how did you find me?"

Smiling cheekily he answered, "Looked over Tower's shoulder as she checked your plane ticket." Bart Smiled to Victor. "Which reminds me. You got to get their answer and be back to Tower by nine tomorrow night. She wants a roster done by midnight. Lishous, sometimes she outdoes herself." Bart took another mouthful of his burrito.

Beast Boy looked green, "dude, are you eating beef?" Bart nodded. "That was an innocent animal. You should eat tofu, cause man something had to die for you to eat that. That something coulda been me!!!"

With a mouth half full, Impulse looked curiously at the boy. To emphasize his point Beast Boy shifted into a cow and back. Impulse yelled through his burrito, "dude, cool power, but watch this." Bart zoomed out for half a second, and then came back, four pizza boxes in hand. "ya'll looked like you need to relax. Enjoy, top one's cheese for the green guy."

The tension between Victor and Robin was still pretty high. But Star and Raven were relaxed and Bart and Beast Boy were already acting like best friends.

Chapter 17- He Flies

Lois Lane had been sitting at her desk drinking her first cup of coffee when the she saw him on the news. There was a flying man on the TV. She couldn't help but wonder if Oliver knew who this was. When she saw the large "S" on his chest, Lois knew that this was Superman; the one that she had heard about in the future. The new editor had arrived that very morning, "Kent and Lane, my office now." He yelled a lot, even if it was through the intercom.

Perry White was sitting at his new desk a red pen in hand and only one of the reporters he had hollered for was standing in front of him. Lois was mentally chastising Clark, how could he be goofing off, running errands or whatever, the day the new boss shows up. That framed list of rules in his desk was going to need to have additions if the farm boy didn't turn up soon.

"Sir, Smallville…" she didn't even finish her thought because Clark showed up just like he always did in a flash, right before he was needed.

"Smallville. Ah yes, I was there six years ago. I was working for Xfactor, a story on the meteor rocks. Why do you ask?" Perry was chuckling to himself. He remembered Smallville very well. In fact, one of the reporters standing in front of him changed his life in that town.

"Mr. White, its Lois's nickname for me. She likes to name people, sort of her thing. Was there a reason you needed to see us?" Clark was really hoping that Perry didn't want to make Clark the story again.

"You see the news?" Both reporters nodded. "A flying man, guess what I want you two to cover?" Perry smiled. These two may be from the basement, but they were going places.

"On it chief!" Lois turned on her heal and headed out the door.

Clark looked at Perry confused, "Mr. White, no offense but why us?"

"Clark my boy, first call me Perry. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here. Second, you're from Smallville, flying men, something tells me you're going to know how to cover this. Third, well I got nothing else, so either get a move on or I'll stick you in classifieds."

"Thank you sir, I'm on it." Clark had barely made it back to their desks when Lois ambushed him.

"Smallville, where the hell were you? How do you seem to know the new editor so well? How are we gonna attack this? Do you think this new guy is related in any way to the Red Blue Blur?" she went on in a long string of questions writing some down and others just shooting off to Clark. Her last question, "who do you think it is, I mean he's showing his face to the world, how can we find out?"

Clark took a moment once she finally stopped talking. "Lois, why don't you think of something other than 'that guy' to call him? I mean look at the Green Arrow, his name stuck pretty good. Then let's go investigate that robbery, which this guy foiled."

"You know what Clark, I think we should call him Superman."

A/N: so I figured Bart was in the proper age group to be a member of teen titians, we'll see where that goes. When I think of Zatanna, I see her as a trouble maker. She knows the wishes cause nothing but trouble, but she does it anyway.

P.S. I know in the mythos, Martha makes the suit, but I really wanted to give Kara a more central role….