ENJOY!
Venom whirled on Lightning, "Why the hell did you bring us here?" she demanded, and closed her eyes tightly, as if to ward off the city lights.
Superboy was waiting for an answer as well.
Robin and Batgirl looked around at "Neo-Gotham". It was a lot more high-tech, with floating cars and street lights in midair, and some kids that looked like they were skateboarding in the sky. Still, Robin could tell that it was rough. The streets around them were dark. This was a bad neighborhood. No doubt about it. And Batgirl could see the tell-tale signs of a gang tag sprayed on to several buildings on the street. A huge serpent curling around a mask.
Lightning was speaking, slowly, but panicked. "I-I wasn't thinking about anything...and the first place I thought to come to was home. I'm sorry, Kon."
Superboy nodded, face grim. He tapped his intercom. "It's still dead. Otherwise, I would call Robin and tell her to haul our asses out of here." His face became surprised and then upset. "Robin. Damn. She said she would stop by the cave tomorrow morning."
Red was pulling at the collar at her neck, "Damn! How the hell do I get this off now?"
She started panicking, her voice rising. "Venom! Can you get this off me?"
Venom shook her head, hands covering her eyes tightly. "I'm powerless too. Remember?"
Sword pulled at a sword hilt, which he hadn't taken off since it was under his cape. It came free, he pressed a button and an energy sword appeared and he twirled it. "We need to contact the Justice League. Now."
Wonder Girl scoffed angrily. "Yeah. If only you'd called them first thing. Then we wouldn't be in this mess."
"This mess?" Mila asked angrily, giving up on her non working ring. She turned to Wonder Girl and snapped, "I'm sorry. Did we tell you to come running from the past? No, and I don't recall you ever thanking us for helping you guys, you know, escape from a freaking lab in this GODFORSAKEN City!"
Miss Martian butted in, "Don't get upset at Wonder Girl. She's just upset!"
"Stop!"
Both teams looked to Superboy, whose quiet command had been enough to stop their bickering.
"Lightning. This is your old apartment building, right?"
Lightning nodded. "I still own it. No one's touched it in years. Unless my father got out of-" he cut himself off and shook his head to clear his thoughts.
"There are clothes downstairs. They're mostly mine, but it should disguise us enough that we can walk through towns and not look like Jokerz in these uniforms."
Robin got a sense that Lightning had put a strain on "Jokerz" for a reason, and was proved right when Red shivered at the word.
"Who are you calling jokers?" Kid Flash muttered. "I like this uniform!"
No one answered him. Mila and Red exchanged glances.
Lightning tapped in a code to the door on the roof and it opened creaking. They all descended.
Lightning's apartment looked like no one had been there in years. It was old, dirty and broken. But mostly, it looked sad. There were no pictures of anyone except for a woman hugging a boy with the same hair as Lightning, but he turned down the frame so no one could look at it.
After everyone was outfitted with Lightning's clothes, they all looked strange. The clothes were too big for Wonder Girl, Mila, Red, Miss Martian, Batgirl, Robin and Raven. Venom just took off her mask and put on a shirt over her uniform. Lightning passed Robin and Batgirl shades, and they looked at him, in thanks, and puzzlement. How would he know that they needed glasses?
Most of them just pulled Lightning's extra shirts over their suits. He explained that in Gotham it was fashionable to have tight pants that looked like they were from a uniform. Superboy just zipped up his leather jacket.
Lightning also took in Miss Martian's green skin. "You'll be fine. Many people have been spliced with other DNA so they look different. If anyone notices, they'll think you splurged on a skin splice."
"Yeah!" Red brightened, "In fact, Beast Boy..."
Sword clamped a hand on her mouth before she could finish. Then he glanced at Beast Boy, looking confused.
"What do I do?" when Red shook her head, he insisted, "What do I do? Come on!"
"Guys." Superboy quieted them all. Miss Martian wondered when he became such a leader that he commanded attention when he spoke. "It's time to go."
They exchanged nervous glances and were about to leave when Superboy said, "Look. If there is any trouble at all, I want you all to stand down. Do not fight. Let me or Lightning handle it. Is that understood?" he looked to his teammates as well, "All of you? Do you understand?"
They all understood.
By the way, shout out to a comment by lil'missCrazy, there will be a couple of slips from the new team about the status of the old members, and Barbara will see Robin talking to Commissioner Gordon (Her in the future). They will also meet Wonder Woman, aka Wonder Girl Cassandra Sandsmark.
