Thank you so much for everyone who has sent me lovely little reviews, put me or this story as favorites and added alerts. It makes me so happy every time I even see one. The more, the happier I get. Much thanks to XRedVengeance for the tremendous help with this chapter. He provided the song suggestion, pointed out a few things, and has helped with the entire story, keeping me on track with my silly little mistakes.

I'm so sorry if I disappoint anyone with the news of not writing a chapter about Barry and family. I was originally going to have where their main concern was Wally during all of this, but I could hardly get any inspiration to do so when it came down to it. Hopefully these ending chapters will make up for it.

This takes place shortly after Artemis joined on board, although her actual appearance is not in this chapter. Her part will be next. Enjoy and don't forget to leave me a review!

Kaldur

So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No I can't

The plan was farther underway. That was the whole point of this operation, right? Kaldur didn't know much anymore. At some times, his life felt like a dream, pulling him along with the flow of the current.

Black Manta's apprentice stood in front of the glass pod where La'gann was contained, floating in the water and asleep. Kaldur barely shook his head from the thought of the new hero's foolishness in going solo against so many. From what had heard, the Light's new partner was collecting living samples for some sort of experiment. Kaldur hoped to keep his fellow Atlantian friend here with him and safe for as long as he could.

Kaldur soon headed to his quarters for some peace to rid the start of a pounding headache. As he laid down for a bit, he could not clear his mind from everything that happened.

He still longed for the day when he would wake and be back fighting alongside with his team instead of pretending to be against them. Zatanna and the original Robin teamed up to prank Wally, Artemis amused each time and every so often joining in the fun. Raquel and M'gann becoming good friends through their frequent shopping trips. Connor attempting to teach Wolf some tricks through Wally's suggestions. Garth and Tula beginning to get comfortable with the team and their debut as heroes.

Tula.

Kaldur closed his eyes at the memory of his dear friend. He remembered in detail what happened that ill-fated day. A few select members of the team including himself were sent on a rescue mission and to catch Oceanmaster. Tula was helping the remaining captives escape and failed to get out in time before the explosion. The whole team felt responsible for the newbie's death.

Kaldur almost immediately went up to his co-leader at the time in private. They had before talked about the dangerous possibility of someone going undercover to stop this Light group from the inside. Dick was unsure of actually pulling this off in the first place and didn't want the calm leader to be the one to do it. Kaldur argued that he would be the best choice for right now. Since finding out about his real father a few months prior, he felt that Tula's death would be a convincing stressor to ultimately leave.

Wally and Artemis walked in at some point during the discussion. The boy wonder mentioned a while before of pulling a hoax to his speedster best friend who didn't keep it from his girlfriend. Artemis understood the importance of this secret quest and offered a few pointers of blending in to pull it off. With a quick goodbye and promises to secretly keep in touch, Kaldur walked out in a frenzy, saying that he was done and wasn't going to return. The others bought his act and found out too late that he joined Black Manta.

That was over a year ago. Artemis and Wally left the team soon after the Robin took on the name Nightwing and the full leadership mantle.

It was hard for the first while, but it gradually got easier, even when he had to fight against his old friends. Yet, he needed to make sure to keep his distance as much as possible or as light of an attack as he could manage without blowing his cover.

When Kaldur got word of plans moving much faster than expected from his father, he knew that he needed more help. Artemis was the first to volunteer since she knew connections on the inside through her family and could handle it better than most heroes. Turning on the team now would be pointless for her if she wanted to win over the side of the villains. She was the one to suggest faking her death. The Atlantian hated bringing her into this and like this, but knew it was necessary, as did the other two who helped plan it.

Kaldur exhaled slowly and stood to head over to meet his father for the next assignment. As he walked calm and firm, he began to wonder how much longer he would have to keep this guise before returning home to his friends. Kaldur let his gaze drop along the tile floor as he sadly wondered if he would ever be accepted back after his double cross.

Now I know this was more focused on Kaldur. I wanted to have some explanation on his part and ended up using no dialogue in this chapter. Wonder what we'll really see on the show if anything. Sorry if I got anything wrong, especially about Tula. I don't remember if her death was explained…

Anyway, more to come soon! :D