{Hey guys! This chapter might be a bit hard to understand because it starts off kinda weird. Stay with me and please review ~ Sugar }

Gray dove sprinted along the beams, careful to stay silent. If only I had listened when he told me to stay away. But I couldn't leave him and now I am in danger of being caught and recognized. Why couldn't I leave him? I knew that logically he would be okay, but something told me that he was in serious danger. Gray Dove breathed heavily as she ran and threw herself into a corner. She heard her pursuers pass her and she let out a sigh of relief. What have I gotten myself into?

Kayla's POV (Two days earlier)

Catheen was skipping and twirling around and it made Kayla smile. Cathleen was holding her new kitten Pisica, and the girl was positively glowing.

"Oh Kayla, we are finally free!" she exclaimed happily. Kayla rolled her eyes.

"Understand me if I'm a little hesitant to share my identity with your team" Kayla told her.

"Our team" Cathleen corrected her friend. Kayla shook her head in annoyance.

"I promise they will love you" Cathleen reassured her. Kayla glanced at her feet.

"I guess I'm just so used to it being just you and me. I don't know if I'm ready to share you with so many other people" Kayla admitted. Cathleen ran up and gave her a hug.

"No one could ever steal me away from my best friend" Cathleen told her. Kayla gave her a smile and hugged her back. Kayla was actually a full year older than Cathleen, but they had both been moved up to higher grades. Kayla often forgot how close that had made them. Kayla loved hanging out with her friend and helping her out with superhero stuff. They had always been an unstoppable duo and now Kayla only hoped that the Team would accept her even if she didn't want to fight. They walked towards the old photo booth and Cathleen handed her a pair of tinted sunglasses that matched her own. Kayla heard the computer announce their names and she wore a bemused expression as Cathleen dragged her over to the rest of the team. Cathleen smiled even wider as she showed them her kitten.

"She looks very sweet" Artemis said kindly. Artemis gave Cathleen a pointed look and Cathleen started in surprise.

"Oh, this is my bestest friend in the world. You guys met her as Eyes and she is the one who usually monitors me on patrols. Batman said she could join us on missions as a backup pair of eyes" Cathleen said with a giggle.

"We also decided that since we don't want anyone to know our secret identities, you all can call me, Lina, and her, Anna. Those are both shortened versions of our nicknames so Batman won't know a thing" Cathleen, no, Lina told them. The Team all gave their greetings and Anna was pleasantly surprised at how nice they were. They were all chatting about their plans for over spring break when they heard the computer announce Batman's arrival. Anna stiffened and she felt Lina slip a hand into hers. She relaxed at the comfort of her friend and she shot her a weak smile. Lina gave her another smile, this one seemed to be a lot brighter.

"Team, we got a tip for a drug deal for Kobra Venom. This deal is supposed to occur in two days. This tip was not completely verifiable, so the Justice League can't just walk in there. The Team will be scouting out the deal and observing. If you can tell that the deal is legit, then call the Justice League. You are allowed to engage, but only if absolutely necessary" Batman told them. He glanced at Anna. Bioship while the rest of you are patrolling. I will leave you to discuss your plan of action" Batman said gruffly before walking away. Lina squealed.

"OMG! You get to come with us, Anna, this is so cool!" Lina exclaimed. The other Team members seemed mildly amused at Lina's antics and they all were laughing lightly. Anna gave them a small smile and she asked for a tour. Lina grabbed Anna's hand and dragged her around the mountain. Their final stop was the training room and Lina looked wistfully at the gymnastic bars. Anna offered to hold Pisica and Lina agreed happily.

Anna sat down in one of the chairs and watched as Lina walked up to the bars and jumped up to them. Anna always enjoyed watching her friend do flips on the bars and she smiled at the evident joy in Lina's face. Anna saw the other Team members enter the room and she motioned for them to stay quiet. They all stood beside Anna and watched as their youngest friend did intricate moves through the air.

A sudden inspiration struck Anna and she pulled out her phone. She swiped through the apps until she came to Pandora. She turned the sound all the way up and saw Lina smile even wider as she heard the opening music. Lina did one last flip so that she was standing on the highest bar and she gave them a small wave. Anna skipped to the actual station and Lina started to dance to the music. This dance was extremely dangerous, but Lina had perfected it ages ago. She spun through the air and jumped between the bars. Instead of catching the bar with her hands, she would land feet first and twirl to the music and she flipped and jumped. Anna heard the members of the Team gasp as they saw her dance but Anna was unaffected. This had been one of the things that Lina had done constantly to improve her balance and reflexes. At one point, Lina turned towards Anna and raised an eyebrow. Anna laughed and stood up. Anna walked over to the first bar and jumped up. She pulled herself up and almost fell when Lina landed beside her. Anna steadied herself and took Lina's proffered hand. Lina jumped and pulled them both up to the next bar. Anna wasn't very good at staying balanced, but Lina kept her upright as they danced on the bars. Anna could sense the Team's amazement as they watched the girls and eventually Pandora played an add. Anna and Lina jumped to the floor and went back over to the others laughing. Robin was the first one to speak as he handed the cat back to Lina.

"When did you learn how to do that?" he asked.

"At the place where I train, there isn't a lot of equipment, but I do have gymnastic bars. At one point I started to try and walk across each one without falling and then I started to jump in between them. One day, Anna was playing music so I started to dance. I eventually convinced her to join me and we have been practicing ever since" Lina told them as she cuddled Pisica.

"Do you know of a person called Fox?" Robin asked the girls. Lina froze.

"Umm, yes, she was teaching me to fight" Lina stammered.

"We don't know her name and we made sure that she doesn't know ours" Anna cut in. Robin frowned and gave them a small nod of acknowledgement.

"Okay, well can you teach me how to dance on the bars like that?" Artemis asked.

"Totally!" Lina agreed. Suddenly Anna's watch beeped, signaling that it was time for Lina and Anna to leave. They both said quick goodbyes and rushed out.

Once they were back at the Safe House, Lina changed into her Gray Dove costume and handed Pisica to Kayla. Kayla took off her glasses and tossed them back to Gray Dove, along with Gray Dove's com link. Gray Dove flashed her an appreciative smile and flipped out the window. Kayla rolled her eyes at her friend's theatrics and went over to the wall of computers. They had brought in a bed for Pisica and the cat curled up easily. Kayla sat down and grabbed her water from earlier. She settled in and prepared for a long night.

The day of the mission

Gray Dove was so happy that she was practically jumping for joy. They were finally going on a mission! All of the other members of the Team were trying to conceal their smiles as they watched Gray Dove tremble with excitement. They all lost it when she actually ran up and gave Batman a quick hug. The brooding man in black was completely stunned and it took him a second to get a hold of himself as he got over the shock of what just happened. Gray Dove didn't notice any of their reactions as both Eyes and her looked in awe at the Bioship. Miss Martian had the door open and the two girls gasped in amazement. They followed the other teens into the Bioship and the older members laughed at the thrilled smiles the girls wore as the seatbelts fastened around them and the Bioship took off. Gray Dove looked out the window and was astonished at the beauty of the cities below her. The ride was sadly quite short and the Team all got into positions as the Bioship came up to the agreed location. Miss Martian set up the telepathic link and smiled at the two new girl's expressions. Miss Martian set the Bioship to autopilot and they all dropped down onto the street below them. The Team had already determined that they would patrol in duos. This time Artemis was with Gray Dove and they both nodded as they set off.

Gray Dove crept along the outside of the factory and peeked into the windows. She froze when she recognized Damian standing near one of the men making the deal. She noticed that he was putting up the facade that he was calm when he was actually really scared. Gray Dove also noticed that he was armed to the teeth and his hands kept straying down to his daggers at his sides. Artemis sent her a questioning glance and Gray Dove waved her off. Artemis nodded and they pulled out their Justice League co links. They called the League and waited for the older heroes to arrive.

As if sensing that they had been found out, the men immediately pulled out their weapons and made a circle around the product.

"We've been made" Artemis told the Team. Gray Dove sent her a questioning look. Artemis shrugged and crashed through the window. Gray Dove followed her lead and began to fight. She dropped unconscious men at her feet easily as she danced around the dark factory. Artemis was not doing as great, but their odds went up as the rest of the Team came into the factory. Somehow, some of the men got past Gray Dove's friends and they tried to escape with the Kobra Venom. Gray Dove followed them and kept quiet. Damian spotted her and he gave her a quick shake of his head. She ignored this and jumped out of the shadows, separating the men from the Kobra Venom. The men noticed their odds and ran over to a helicopter that had been waiting. Damian gave Gray Dove one last warning with his eyes before he joined the other men on the helicopter. She pretended to nod and walk back into the shadows, but she shot out a grappling hook and pulled herself up so that she was under the helicopter. She didn't know why she had done this instead of just putting a tracker on the helicopter, but she dismissed it as concern for Damian's safety.

"Track my location, I am following the other men" Gray Dove told the Team.

"Place a tracker and let them go" Robin told her.

"Too late for that" she replied. She could feel his anger at her over the link but she ignored it. She let her thoughts drift as the helicopter flew onward.

Several hours later, they started to come up on a huge building in the wilderness. She waited until the helicopter had landed and all the occupants were long gone before entering the building. She kept to the Shadows and followed the men as they went to a large room. She watched as the men bowed to a man who looked like he was sitting on a throne.

"You have failed me in the task I have given you" the leader man said harshly. One of the men cowered and Gray Dove realized that LM (leader man) was going to punish them.

"Normally I would punish you, but I am feeling lenient. If you can catch the young hero that followed you here and is currently spying on us, I will forgive you" LM said evenly. Gray Dove realized he was talking about her and she turned tail and ran.

Back to original timeline

Gray Dove knew that she should not have followed Damian, but she had genuinely thought that he might be in trouble. She now realized that he knew he would be forced to capture her if she followed him. The only thing he didn't know was that she had practiced sneaking around under the Batman's careful eye. Batman had never caught her when she didn't want to be noticed and if they thought they could find her easily, they were in for a surprise.

Gray Dove peeked around the corner and dashed through the halls, she heard ann announcement over the loudspeakers and groaned.

"All students, there is an intruder in our home. The person who catches her will get a reward from the Master himself." A man's clear voice cut into the halls around her. Gray Dove winced at the thought of all the would-be assassins that would now be looking for her. She spotted a air vent and noted that it was the perfect size for her. She quickly took off the cover and crawled inside. She pulled out her watch and tried to connect to the building's main interface. It took her a second to hack into it, but she eventually cut power to all the motion sensors, video cameras, and audio devices. She made a speaker in the hall on the other side of the building start blaring music from her playlists and held back a snicker as she heard people running that way. Gray Dove pulled up the building's schematics and looked for her way out. She followed the path that her wristwatch gave her until she felt the mind link come into range.

"Hey guys, I'm hidden but I might need a distraction to get out of here" she told the team. She heard them give their consent and smiled as she heard several loud crashes. She leapt out from the air vents and sprinted towards the exit. She cursed as she saw several helicopters take off holding the residents of the building. Gray Dove saw her friends fighting the remaining men and she went to help them.

Later, they had tied up all the remaining criminals and Gray Dove was standing next to Robin.

"What were you thinking?" Robin yelled at her.

"I had to stay with the helicopter because I knew they would notice a tracker" she told him. He gave her a batglare and she turned away from him.

"Don't you just walk away! You should have told Artemis or at least someone to come with you! You don't understand how I, I mean we, would have felt if something happened to you?" he yelled.

"I'm sorry that I made you worry, but my instincts helped us. I will try to listen to you in the future" she apologized quietly. Robin relaxed and pulled her into a hug.

"Just make sure to be careful next time" he said softly. She pulled back and gave him a smile and they walked over to join the Team.

"You all did very well, now I believe that it would be best to return to the cave" Aqualad told them. They all agreed and Miss Martian called the Bioship. Gray Dove ran in and gave Eyes a hug.

"How was it?" Gray Dove asked.

"Amazing! I gave them ideasover the mind link as they fought and I felt really helpful!" Eyes told her excitedly.

"I'm sure you were!" Gray Dove replied matching her friend's tone. They talked about what Gray Dove had missed and laughed as they went home. Gray Dove was glad that this had been a successful mission and she smiled as her friend gushed all the way home.

Damian's POV

Damian frowned as he knelt in front of his grandfather.

"I apologize for my mistakes, grandfather" Damian said softly.

"Oh Damian, that shipment was meaningless and that base had outlived its usefulness. I was truly wanting to know how the Young Justice Team would act. I was pleasantly surprised at how the new member performed. Gray Dove has caught my eye many times before and it appears her skills are second to none. She was able to fight my best men and take them down easily. She hacked my systems in seconds which should have been extremely hard to do. She escaped you and my other men and was able to hide herself in a place that she has never been. I think that proves how ready she is to be brought into our association" Ra's al Ghul said calmly.

"Grandfather, she is completely innocent, please let her keep that at least for a bit longer" Damian pleaded. Ra's cocked his head.

"Your mother said the same thing. I have already agreed to wait until she is older, but I want to know what exactly has made both of my family members love her so quickly" Ra's said thoughtfully. Ra's motioned for Damian to speak and Damian hesitated.

"Gray Dove is human and she thinks the League of Assassins is evil, but she easily trusted both my mother and I. I don't know why my mother is so protective of her, but when Gray Dove fell asleep ad allowed me free roam of her home, that did it for me. She had taken me to all sorts of places all over town and she was never mean to me. The next morning she helped me perfect my flips, but she never got mad when I failed, not even when I kicked her in the face. She just laughed and told me how to fix what I was doing wrong. I have come to love her like a sister and her easy way of making anyone become her family is incredible. I know that she is scared of people finding out her secret identity but I believe that this is only because she doesn't want to stop being a hero. I believe that she probably already has the Young Justice Team loving her and I don't expect that it will take her long to get through to the Justice League and I believe that they will be out for blood if they ever lose her. We ran into Robin in our civilian identities and he seemed very overprotective of her. Given a couple of weeks, I would say that you could control the whole league by holding a knife to her neck. She is strong but I am not certain her spirit could survive our ways at this age. Grandfather, I don't not have any requests but I do advise you to wait until she is older, otherwise you could bring every superhero that has ever met her down upon us" Damian said evenly. Ra's looked very taken aback by the strong emotions that Damian had expressed and he was silent for a long time.

"I will consider your words" Ra's said finally. Damian nodded and stood to leave.

"Do you know who she is?" Ra's asked. Damian shook his head.

"She said to call her Lina because that was a shortened version of her middle name" Damian admitted. Ra's nodded and didn't stop Damian when he turned to leave for the second time.

{How was that? I hope you like Damian's brotherly love for Gray Dove, should I make it something more? I will keep it as is unless someone makes a suggestion. Was anyone confused when I talked about Cathleen being Gray Dove and being Lina? Or when I talked about Kayla being Eyes and being Anna? Ehh, I hope you all understood that. Also, I now have more favorites/followers on my story! Thank you to DaCatOfAdventure, NightmareOnElmStreetFan, ZabuzasGirl, Dark Yellow Dino, nikkielizabeth, Hoodedgenius98, and shannzieegan! You all are so awesome and it always makes me smile to look at my story and see that a whopping six people actually like my story! Thank you for reading! ~ Sugar }