Author's note: Hey guys! What's up? This is the Thanksgiving chapter. Chapter number 12! Whoo hoo! It might not be that entertaining but it has a new character and some backstory into Aiden. Strike OOO I know you're a girl. I call everyone a dude... Dude lol. Unless you want me to call you dudette... Even though that's not a word... I think lol. Now if that Star Wars moment happened in Dante's dream, wouldn't it be a cliche? lol. I don't see how the grabbing of the girlfriend's throat is a cliche though. You might have to explain that and how it's effective? lol ;) Well, we'll just have to see how you feel about them in the future. You and I will find out how am I going to use them in battle. I wasn't thinking that far ahead lol. How is Batman going to know Aiden was there if he was a puddle of water? lol. How is Aiden a amatuer? And what is a failsafe? I'm asking because I seriously don't know lol. I'm glad you love my story :D It makes me happy. And I have to admit, I love your long reviews :) It gives me insight into what you do or don't like. Hopefully you give the twins a chance. Lia, I'm glad you like Dante and Zatanna now but don't get too attached ;) mwhahahahaha *coughs* I seriously need to get that checked out lol. I like ShadowMagician. It's a cool name. Alright guys, I hope you enjoy the show and tell me what you think. What you like and dislike etc. Enjoy!


Mount Justice

November 22nd, 2012 8:00 pm est

Dante stood by the zeta tubes watching members from Alpha and Beta leaving the base to spend Thanksgiving with their parents. Madison went home to her mother and father, the twins went home to their mother in Central City and Aiden said he was going to spend it with a friend. Superboy went home to the Kent farm to spend it there with Superman, Miss Martian is with Martian Manhunter, Wally is spending his Thanksgiving with Artemis and her mother, Aqualad is spending it with Aquaman, and Robin is spending it with Batman and his new adopted son.

As Dante was about to leave the area to head to his room, Alex walked towards him and stood at his side, "What did I miss?" Alex asked.

Dante looked at Alex, "Everybody going home to spend Thanksgiving with family." Dante then raised a eyebrow, "What are you still doing here? Aren't you going to spend Thanksgiving with Frank?"

Frank was Alex's Foster parent and he worked at Wayne Tech so he didn't have enough time to spend with Alex. Thanks to Bruce Wayne, Frank had to work on this holiday which made Alex a bit mad because it would have been his first Thanksgiving dinner with his new father.

Alex sighed, "He's working tonight. So I'm staying in the base. To keep ya company."

"Whose still here?"

"Me, you, Zatanna and Tyreese." Alex replied as he folded his arms and observed Dante whom seemed like he was thinking, "What's on your mind?"

"How would you feel about spending Thanksgiving with me and my father?" Dante asked with a small smile.

"Just the two of us?"

Dante shook his head, "No. We can bring Tyreese and Zatanna."

Alex shrugged, "Ok. But you sure he doesn't mind?"

"I'll call him. Get the others and meet me in the living room." Dante said and then he walked away from Alex and went to his room to make a phone call.

Alex walked to Tyreese's room and told him to meet him in the living room because Dante had something planned. After Tyreese left, Alex did the same with Zatanna. The three now stood in the living room and waited for Dante to meet them there.

Dante entered the room and was greeted with a hug and kiss from Zatanna, "Hey," Dante said as he hugged her tightly.

Zatanna pulled away from the hug and stepped back, "What do you have plan?"

Dante looked at Zatanna and Tyreese, "How would you two feel about spending Thanksgiving with me, my father and Alex?"

Zatanna shrugged, "I'll go. It would be pretty depressing to be in this base alone on a holiday."

Tyreese nodded in agreement with what Zatanna said, "I'm down too."

Alex raised a eyebrow as he looked at Dante, "Is your pops ok with it?"

Dante nodded and then smirked, "He's ok with it as long as we bring the food."

Zatanna placed a finger on her chin and looked as if she was thinking deeply about this, "How are we going to get a turkey and cook it as quickly as possible?"

Tyreese raised his hand, "I can help, if you bring a turkey."

Dante looked at the refrigerator behind the counter that he was leaning on in the Living room/Kitchen area of the base, "I'm sure there is a turkey in there."

Alex walked to the refrigerator and opened it. The group waited as he looked all over the place for a turkey. He closed the door to the fridge and frowned, "No turkey here." He then looked at Zatanna, "Can't you just make one?"

"Out of thin air?" Tyreese asked as he looked at Zatanna skeptically.

"Can you?" Dante asked as he too wasn't fully sure.

Zatanna slowly nodded, "Um, yeah. But wouldn't that be stealing?"

"How so?" Dante asked.

"I can transport one from a supermarket here but… Wouldn't it be stealing?" Zatanna asked the group.

Dante, Alex and Tyreese looked at each other as if they were having a telepathic conversation. Zatanna knew the look oh so well since she has been with Alpha for more then a year. Except, none of them had telepathic powers so they all looked like idiots.

"What are you guys doing?" Zatanna asked the three as she looked at them in disbelief.

"Thinking." Alex muttered.

Dante then snapped his fingers, "We can leave money in the place of the turkey. Right?" He looked at the three for confirmation.

"Wouldn't someone just steal the money if they saw it?" Tyreese asked.

Alex nodded slowly, "They sure would."

Dante looked as if he was thinking hard again, "Maybe we can leave the money in the cash register?" He looked at Zatanna, "So you wouldn't feel guilty."

Alex sighed as his stomach growled, "Fine by me." He looked at Zatanna, "Can you hurry? I'm hungry."

"Wait," Tyreese interrupted Zatanna before she can speak, "What about the other stuff? Like stuffing, mash potatoes and all that other stuff."

"And pie! Gotta have pie." Alex said as he licked his lips and thought about some apple pie.

"We can just make that stuff here." Dante said, "Except the pie."

Alex pouted, "Why not?"

"We don't have the stuff to make pies." Zatanna said.

Alex frowned, "But-But why? Can't you just do it the way your going to make the turkey appear?"

Zatanna looked at Dante and Dante sighed, "Get the boy some pie." Dante said as he reached in his pockets for money.

Alex fist pumped the air, "Whoohoo!" He exclaimed as he jumped up and down.

Zatanna looked at Alex, "Settle down."

Alex nodded and rubbed his hands together like a fly would, "Come on, bring the food."

Dante looked at Alex, "Calm down. Let me get the money." He got some money and placed it on the counter, "Hopefully it's enough."

Zatanna started speaking and then the money vanished and a big turkey and the ingredients for apple pie appeared on the counter.

"Alright Zatanna, season it and I'll cook it." Tyreese said and then looked at Dante and Alex, "Get the other stuff ready."

"And the pie?" Alex asked as he licked his lips again.

"And the pie." Tyreese said as he was a bit irritated.

"Look who is the chef in the kitchen today." Dante said as he looked at Tyreese.

"It's a shared effort." Tyreese said as he looked at Zatanna and smiled.

Zatanna nodded and smiled back, "Come on. Let's hurry before Alex eats raw food."

Dante smacked the back of Alex's head. Alex rubbed his head, "What was that for?"

"What are you? A dog? Relax. We will eat soon." Dante said as he dragged Alex to the fridge and they started getting the stuff to make the rest of the dinner.

Once Zatanna seasoned the turkey, she placed it on a metal tray and slid it to Tyreese. Tyreese turned on his Magam armor and extended his hands in front of the turkey. Fire started coming out of his hands and on to the turkey. In a matter of minutes, the turkey was now roasted and was ready to be served. Dante and Alex on the other hand were making the stuffing with Zatanna's directions and then after that, they made the mash potatoes. Enough for 5 people at least. Tyreese helped cook the apple pie and to make the mash potatoes cook faster. Once they were all done, they separated to their own rooms and put on new clothes because their old ones were dirty from cooking. They met up at the kitchen and started picking up the food to take with them to Star City. They walked towards the zeta tube and entered it.

Central City

7:00 pm cst

Aiden was walking the streets of his old neighborhood in Central City. He had always hated the neighborhood. It stunk, was full of garbage, bums, drug dealers and drug users. The fact that he was born in this little part of Central City disgusted him. He had a strange urge to just drown this whole neighborhood in water but decided it wouldn't be wise with the Flash around. Since he was able to get anywhere in a matter of seconds or minutes. It was too risky but once this hero thing was up, he would do it. For now, all he could do was stare at those that gave him dirty looks as he walked by. He stopped in front of a apartment building that looked so cheap and looked as if a hurricane had hit the building. Poor managing from Landlords who didn't care about their tenants was a natural thing in this neighborhood. Aiden entered the dirty building and walked it's dirty, stinking hallways until he reached two elevators. One was out of order since the day he was born and the other was never used because people feared it would kill them. He shook his head in disappointment and he walked up the garbage filled stairs. The fact that people stood in this building and paid their rent was beyond Aiden's comprehension. Why would people pay to live in one of the most filthiest neighborhoods in the city? Sure, they could be poor and can't afford any other home but being homeless seemed like a better option to Aiden. It's just the same as living in this disgusting building which seemed abandoned. No wonder the cops didn't care what happened to people in this neighborhood.

The only person that cared were the heroes that lived in Central City. But of course, Aiden lost his faith in them. If they were too busy to defeat a villain, who would help those that lived in this neighborhood. Flash cared but was always busy with Captain Cold or others from his Rogue gallery. Aiden had never wanted to be a hero when he grew up. What was the point in saving people that couldn't save him in his time of need? As Aiden walked the stairs of this foul building he kept asking himself why was he here. Especially on Thanksgiving when he had other things to do. He stopped climbing the stairs and stopped in front of a old beaten metal door that looked rusty and could fall from the lightest touch. Aiden knocked lightly and waited to be greeted.

A tall male figure with a tank top on opened the door. He looked down at Aiden and scoffed, "Look whose back."

"Is she here Dave?" Aiden asked as he narrowed his eyes on the taller man. Dave looked like your typical thug. He had muscles for no reason at all, was tall for no reason and looked like he spent too much time in jail. He didn't shave, his teeth were yellow, and his tank top and sweatpants were full of stains. The sight of Dave made Aiden disgusted.

"Who?" Dave asked with a grin.

"You know who."

"Can't even call her mom?"

"She hasn't been my mother since she met you."

Dave pushed Aiden to the ground and glared down at him, "Shut up you little freak."

Aiden had another urge to just hurt Dave so badly but he resisted and stood up. He cleaned his pants and his hands and shoved past Dave as he entered the house without permission. Dave reached out to grab Aiden's arm but Aiden was too fast for him. Aiden then stopped in the small apartment to see his once beautiful mom in front of a stove cooking something to eat.

"Mom…" Aiden muttered which made his mother turn around quickly. She had long dirty -and I mean dirty- blonde hair that was messy. She had Aiden's blues eyes and most of his looks and she was extremely skinny. I mean as skinny as a toothpick. All Aiden saw was a skeleton with skin.

Her eyes widened as she saw Aiden and she ran towards him. She gave Aiden a tight hug but didn't receive one back. "I've missed you so much." She said. She pulled away from the hug and smiled showing only a bit of teeth and they were dirty as well.

Dave sat at the small dinner table that was in the middle of the small apartment. "What are you doing here freak?" Dave asked as he glared at Aiden.

Aiden looked into his mother's blue eyes and smiled slightly, "I've come to see my mother."

"Now?" Dave asked with a raised eyebrow, "It's been years since we last saw you."

Aiden's mother shook her head, "I don't care. My boy is back home. Are you hungry?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah." Aiden replied which made his mother grab his arm and walk him towards the dinner table. Aiden sat down reluctantly next to Dave and his mother went to the kitchen to bring food. His mother placed the food on the table and it wasn't much. A small turkey with a small bowl of mash potatoes. No wonder his mother was so skinny. She quickly walked back to the kitchen and got plates and utensils so they could eat.

Once everything was ready, they started digging into the food which confused Aiden. His mother usually said grace during dinner but he assumed that she wasn't graceful for anything anymore. I mean, look at her, she was starving, barely had any food, they lived in a shit hole neighborhood. Aiden frowned as he thought about the good days. Before Dave came into his mother's life and before she did drugs.

The table was silent as they all ate. Aiden felt a bit awkward, he hadn't eaten with his mother in years. He ran away as soon as he developed his powers and had no plans on coming back. After the story Madison told Aiden about Dante's father, he felt a bit sad for Dante. He was slowly losing his father and couldn't do nothing to save him. But for Aiden, he had his mother but he just hated what she had become and most of all…. He hated Dave with a passion.

"So what have you been up too freak?" Dave asked Aiden.

"S-Stop calling him that." Aiden's mother said with fear as she braced for a incoming hit from her abusive boyfriend.

Dave glared at her, "I'll call him whatever the hell I want. Watch your mouth."

Aiden observed the two closely and shook his head in disappointment. Aiden remembered a time when his mother was a strong woman. A loving mother and wife. But it all went downhill.

Aiden stared down at his food, "It's none of your concern."

Dave raised a eyebrow and stopped eating, "It is a concern of mine you little punk. I'm your father, boy."

Aiden looked at Dave and glared at him, "You're nobody to me. You're just a scumbag who took advantage of my mother. My father was a real man who never laid a hand on his wife. Who protected civilians from scumbags like you."

Dave was now furious, "Watch your mouth boy!"

"Or what?" Aiden asked as he ate his food.

Dave stood up and back hand Aiden which made him fall off his chair, "Your father was a dumbass and got shot for sticking his nose in somebody's business."

Aiden rubbed his cheek and started chuckling. "What are you laughing at boy?!" Dave asked.

"Who are you?" Aiden asked as he stood up, "You're a nobody. You abuse women, you sell and do drugs. You're just a nobody." Dave went to back hand Aiden again but Aiden caught his arm. Water tendrils appeared out of Aiden's back, "You're right. I am a freak." Aiden grinned, "I'm tired of you already." He had the water tendrils blast into Dave at full force which made his back hit a wall.

Dave was on the floor and soaking wet from the blast of water. "Aiden, please stop." His mother pleaded as she saw Aiden walk towards Dave.

Aiden kicked Dave repeatedly, "See how you like getting kicked." Aiden said while kicking. Aiden then sat on Dave's chest and looked at his face, "You don't like it huh? Getting hit? I bet you've been through this multiple times in jail." Aiden chuckled, "You must love going to jail. You keep selling drugs and your dream will come true." Aiden cocked back both fists and started wailing on Dave's face.

"Aiden stop!" His mother pleaded as she watched her son beat the hell out of her boyfriend.

Aiden kept going until his mother grabbed him from behind and attempted to drag him off Dave. She fell to the ground as Aiden pushed her.

He then stood up and glared down at his mother, "How can you defend this bastard? He abuses you," He had water form in front of his mother to show her reflection, "Look at the bruises and how ugly you are." He frowned, "Where is the mother I once loved?"

"You don't love me?" His mother asked him as she looked at her reflection and touched her face.

"No, not this person you have become." He pointed at Dave, "As soon as he came into your life, you lost your will to live. You let him beat you up, he gave you drugs and you still live in this shitty apartment." He looked at his mother sympathetically, "Where is the woman that tucked me in at night and read me stories? Where is the woman that loved her husband and respected him?" Aiden shook his head, "You seriously downgraded. Why do you think I left?"

"Because of your powers." His mother replied as she looked up at him.

Aiden shook his head, "No… It was because I couldn't stand this woman you have become."

"It's not that easy…" His mother said as she looked away.

"Mom," He knelt down and looked into her eyes, "You're a intelligent, beautiful woman. You can do anything." He then stood up and pointed at Dave, "But if you stay with him. Your life and your son is slowly going to pass by. Do you want that?"

Tears came down his mother's face, "No."

"Then sober up and leave this scumbag." He started walking out of the apartment, "You deserve better."

Star City

6:00 pm pst

Dante and company were in a alleyway close to Dante's house. The group started walking while Dante led them to where he lived. Dante's neighborhood was a quiet one with stores on every block. The houses all lined up next to each other and they had stairs leading into them. It was more urban then suburban though. Kids sat on their stoops with their friends talking about things while their parents were in there homes or shouting out the window for their kids too come inside. Dante then stopped in front of a house. It was a two story black and brown house.

Dante sighed in relief as he looked at his house, "We're here."

"Thank god!" Alex exclaimed as his stomach growled.

"Seems pretty ghetto too me." Tyreese said. And he knew ghetto since he grew up in the Suicide Slums part of Metropolis.

"It looks nice too me." Zatanna said with a smile.

Dante started walking up the stairs, "Watch your step." He advised as he made it to the door. Everyone was carrying food so they took his advice.

Dante knocked on the door and heard someone say, 'who is it?' Dante quickly told the person who he was and some one started unlocking all of the locks on the door.

"Hello Dante." A woman in a nurse's outfit said to Dante with a smile.

"Hey Beth. Is my father awake?" Dante asked hoping he wasn't taking one of his naps.

She nodded, "He's awake." She gestured for him to come inside.

The whole group walked inside and liked the way the inside looked. It looked better then the outside. They had wooden floors, half of the walls were white and underneath it was wallpaper. The wallpapers had flowers and other stuff. It seemed as if it was decorated by a woman. Beth helped Alex with the food he was carrying because it seemed like he was struggling. Beth led them to the kitchen and they placed the food on a large marble counter.

"How is he?" Dante asked Beth as she started taking the food out of the bags.

"As charming as always." Beth retorted with a chuckle.

"So that's where you got it from." Zatanna said with a smile.

Beth looked at Zatanna, "Whose this?"

"My girlfriend." Dante said with a smile.

Beth smiled, "That's nice."

Once they finished taking the food out of the bags, Beth led them to the living room where Dante's father was. They saw a man sitting on a recliner watching TV on a big screen TV that was on top of a cabinet. Alex was surprised it didn't smell like old people in the house. It actually smelled nice which was nice to Alex but he was thinking more about devouring the food they made.

Dante stepped in front of his father's sight of the TV, "Hey Dad."

"Dante! Hey!" His father said as he shifted himself on the recliner to see the TV, "Get out of the way. The Redskins are winning."

Dante sighed, "You and your football. I've brought some guests," Dante gestured to the others.

His father with the help of Dante got off the recliner and sat on a wheelchair. He looked at the three and smiled, "Sebastian Evans, pleased to meet you."

Dante stared at his father, "Drop the act."

Sebastian looked at Dante, "Can't a old man have some fun?" He asked with a cheesy grin. He then sighed as he looked at the group, "You can call me Dante's dad or Bass."

Zatanna looked at Dante's dad. He looked exactly like Dante but a way older version. His hair was gray but shaped like Dante's hair, he had Dante's black eyes and smile, he was also pale. Zatanna couldn't believe the man was in his mid forties. He looked like he was in his sixties.

Zatanna stepped forward and smiled, "Hi, I'm Zatanna. I'm Dante's girlfriend."

Bass looked at Dante, "Really?"

Dante raised a eyebrow, "What? You can't believe I'm with her?"

Bass nodded vigorously, "Hell yeah. This is a catch."

"You don't even know her yet."

Bass shook his head, "Doesn't matter." He smiled proudly, "My son is with a beautiful girl."

"He's never had a girlfriend before?" Alex asked from behind Tyreese because he know Dante would kill him.

Bass chuckled, "Dante had one other girlfriend. A old friend of his." He then looked at Dante, "Oh, and Alison says hello."

"She stopped by?" Dante asked as they were now off topic.

Bass nodded, "Yeah. She and Desmond come around every once in a while to check up on me."

Zatanna smiled, "That's nice." She then wanted to return to the topic, "Who was his old girlfriend?" She asked as she was curious.

Bass looked at Zatanna, "Alison was."

Zatanna was kind of shocked because she heard so much about Alison and Desmond but Dante never told her that Alison was his ex.

"She was beautiful too Dad." Dante said.

Bass nodded, "I know."

"So why did you make it sound like Zatanna was my first beautiful girlfriend?" Dante asked.

"Because she is different." Bass said as he studied Zatanna.

"What do you mean?" Dante asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Aww man, I'm starving." Bass said as he quickly changed the subject.

"Amen!" Alex shouted with a smile.

Bass looked at Alex curiously, "Interesting young man. What's your name?"

Alex approached Bass, "Alex, sir."

Bass extended his hand for a handshake and Alex shook his hand, "Nice too meet you." Bass said with a smile.

Alex stopped shaking Bass's hand and felt nauseous, "I don't feel too good."

"What's wrong?" Dante asked.

"I don't know." Alex said as he started holding his stomach, "I feel like throwing up."

"Maybe because you hadn't eaten anything." Zatanna said.

Dante looked at Beth, "Beth, can you help him out?"

Beth nodded and helped Alex out of the room.

Tyreese looked at the TV screen, "Cowboys vs. Redskins?"

Bass nodded, "Yeah. You a football fan?"

Tyreese nodded. "Dad, this is Tyreese. He is-" Dante was cut off by his father.

"The middle linebacker for the Star City High Spartans." Bass said.

"How did you know?" Dante asked.

Bass smirked, "Me and my football."

"Nice to meet you sir." Tyreese said as he extended a hand to shake Bass's hand.

"Likewise." Bass said as he shook Tyreeses hand.

Tyreese sat on a nearby couch, "I feel tired."

"What? You? How?" Dante asked as he was confused because Tyreese was hardly ever tired.

Tyreese shrugged, "I don't know."

Zatanna smiled at the group of men, "Well, let's get this dinner started already." She looked at Dante, "Want to help?"

Dante nodded, "Sure."

The two went into the kitchen and started preparing the food for dinner. They put the food on the dinning room table and brought plates and utensils to use.

"So," Dante said, "What do you think of my father?"

"He's a nice guy." Zatanna said.

"Like me?" Dante asked.

"Yeah." Zatanna grinned, "I can't wait for him to pull out the baby pictures."

Dante narrowed his eyes on her, "You're so evil."

Zatanna smiled, "I know." She overlooked the food on the table to make sure everything was right. She then gasped.

"What?" Dante asked her.

"We forgot the ice cream."

"And?"

"You can't eat pie without ice cream."

"Yes you can."

"You got to go pick up some ice cream at a nearby store."

"Why? Can't you just you know." He made a gesture as if he was forming a spell, "Hocus pocus."

Zatanna gave him a blank stare of disbelief, "Hocus Pocus? Really Dante?" She sighed, "Just go get some. I can't do it here with your father and Beth around."

"Why not?" Dante asked, "My father knows about my powers and Green Arrow paid Beth to stay quiet and not ask questions."

"Green Arrow?"

Dante nodded, "Yep."

"Stop being lazy and get some ice cream."

"But-"

"Go!" Zatanna shouted as she pointed to the door that led outside.

Dante sighed and started mumbling things about Zatanna as he walked into the other room.

"It was the same way with your mother." Bass said as he and Tyreese were watching the football game.

"You heard that?" Dante asked.

"All of it." Tyreese confirmed with a chuckle.

"Better go get that ice cream son." Bass advised.

"Wonderful, my own father is against me." Dante said as he walked towards the door.

"You never know son. You might find something interesting outside." Bass said as Dante walked out.

"What the hell does that mean?" Dante asked himself out loud as he walked down the stairs. He started walking towards a nearby store until he heard a police siren in the area. He couldn't help himself to go check out what was going on. I mean, that's what heroes do right?

As Dante turned the corner, he saw police cars lined up in front of a little boy who was floating in the air. Dante couldn't believe it. The boy was a ten year old, he was a average little boy at a average height. He had short brown hair and black eyes from where Dante can see. He had holes in his jeans and his shirt was plain and a olive skin tone. Dante walked over to the scene and watched.

"Leave me alone!" The boy said but it didn't sound like a boy's voice. It sounded more deeper, as if it wasn't his.

"Put your hands up in the air and drop to the floor." A police officer said over the megaphone.

"I said!" The boy made a gesture and all of the cars and police officers around him started floating in the air, "Leave Me Alone!" The boy made a gesture as if he was pushing them away and the cars and police officers were sent flying away.

Dante's eyes widened and his body turned cold as ice covered his body. He extended his hand and had the cars slide down to the ground with a ice beam. He then made a slide for the police officers to slide down as well. They all looked scared and were trembling in fear as they slowly got up.

"I got this!" Dante said as he gestured the officers to stay back, "Stand back!"

Dante approached the little boy who was looking up at the sky, "Hey, my name is Dante. Who are you?" Dante asked as he tried to get friendly with the boy to calm him down. He didn't feel like fighting a little boy.

"Leave me alone!" The boy shouted again.

"Can you tell me what's wrong?" Dante persisted and hoped the boy wouldn't attack.

"Leave now!"

Dante looked around and saw some bodies on the floor. They were little boys who looked a bit older then the boy. Dante frowned and knew what happened.

"Were you being bullied?"

There was a long pause.

"Is that why you're doing this?" Dante looked up at the boy, "Are you mad?"

"Yes." The boy said but his voice wasn't that deep this time.

"You don't need to hurt anymore people. They didn't do nothing too you. Just come down and I can help you out."

The boy started descending slowly and Dante started walking towards him. Once the boy hit the ground, he fainted and fell into Dante's arms.

"Let's get him!" One of the police officers shouted.

"No!" Dante said, he turned half way and extended his hand. He pointed it at the ground and shot a ice beam. He started raising his hand up and he made a wall of ice. He picked the boy up and flinged him over his shoulder and started running away from the cops.

When the boy woke up he saw Dante in front of him -out of his ice armor- and he started freaking out.

"Let go of me!" The boy said as he tried wiggling away from Dante.

"I'm not going to hurt you."

"Liar! They always say that." The boy punched Dante in the face which didn't hurt him but it stunned him.

The boy started running but noticed that he was on a rooftop. He looked around to try to find a way to escape but there wasn't a way.

He turned around and glared at Dante, "Where are we and who are you?!"

Dante stood up slowly and looked at the little boy, "My name is Dante and we're on a rooftop."

Little pebbles started levitating in the air as the boy's hair started standing up and his eyes kind of glowed, "What do you want with me?"

Dante noticed the boy was worried and was defending himself. "I just want to talk." Dante said in a soothing tone.

The pebbles fell on the ground, the hair was back to it's original way but the boy's eyes stilled glowed a bright purple, "What about?"

Dante slowly started walking towards the boy, "About what just happened?"

"What happened?" The boy asked.

Dante raised a eyebrow, "You don't remember?"

The boy looked down and shook his head slowly, "No."

Dante stopped in front of him, "What's your name?"

"Seth." Seth said as he looked up at Dante.

Dante smiled, "Hey Seth, nice to meet you." Dante extended his hand for the boy to shake.

The boy shook it and felt a slight jolt. The boy pulled his hand away and looked at it, "What just happened?"

"Just a trick of mine." Dante said with a smile. He knelt down and picked up a pebble. He then looked at his hand and started levitating the pebble.

Seth's eyes widened, "Woah," He said as he watched Dante spin the pebble around, "You're just like me. We got the same powers!"

Dante shook his head, "No, I'm different."

"How?"

"When I touch someone, I copy their powers and see their memories." Dante explained.

"That's so cool!" Seth said with excitement.

Dante chuckled as Seth reminded him of Alex and his fan boy ways towards Batman and Robin. "Yeah." Dante said with pride. He then frowned, "But I can't see your memories. That's odd."

"Why?"

"Because that never happens."

Seth shrugged, "Probably because I'm special."

Dante shook his head, "No, it's something else. I just don't know."

Seth started walking around Dante in a circle, "So are you a… Superhero?"

Dante nodded and smiled, "Yep."

Seth's eyes sparkled, "That's so cool!" He said once again in excitement.

Dante rubbed the back of his head and smiled, "I guess so." Dante was starting to like this attention the boy was giving him. He then snapped out of it and looked at the boy seriously, "You seriously don't remember what just happened?"

Seth shook his head, "Nope. So what else can you do?" He jumped with joy, "Can you fly? I've always wanted to fly. Like Superman!"

Dante nodded, "Yeah I can." He then chuckled because the boy wanted to be like Superman and not his city's hero Green Arrow.

"Can you show me?!" The boy asked as he pulled on Dante's arm.

"Um…" Dante said as he looked down at the boy.

"Please! Pretty Please!" The boy begged Dante.

Dante shook his head, "Not right now."

"Aww man." The boy said as he folded his arms and pouted, "You're no fun."

Dante frowned as he already crushed this boys happiness. He then sighed, "Do you remember what happened before you woke up here?"

The boy nodded slowly, "Yeah, I was heading to the store for my mother and then I just.. Don't remember."

"You blacked out."

"What does that mean?" The boy asked as he looked up at Dante.

"It means you don't remember a certain part of your day that happened." Dante then raised a eyebrow, "Why were you going to the store for your mother? She can do it herself."

"Shut up!" Seth snapped, "You don't know her!"

Dante knew he was being defensive so he tried picking his next few words carefully, "What's wrong with her?"

"She's…" Seth paused and frowned, "She's handicapped. She's paralyzed."

Dante frowned, "I'm sorry Seth… I didn't know." Dante knew how Seth felt. His father has been sick with some form of cancer since his mother died. The doctors didn't know what was wrong with him but all they could figure out was that it was some kind of cancer in his head. They thought it was Brain cancer but it turns out it wasn't. His father was going to die soon and there was nothing Dante could do about it. All he can do is be there for his father and spend as much time as possible with him.

"It's ok." Seth said with a sigh.

"So I think I know what happened." Dante said.

Seth looked at Dante curiously and wondered what he was going to say.

"You was walking to the store for your mother and then a couple of boys older then you came out and started bullying you. Probably for your money. You got mad and then blacked out. You knocked out the boys and the police came. You almost killed them but I saved them. I calmed you down and brought you here. Any of this ring a bell?" Dante explained and then asked.

Seth took in all of the information and then nodded, "Yeah, it's all coming too me now. I remember those jerks but the whole police thing and you coming in was a blank." He then frowned and looked up at Dante, "I wanted to hurt the cops." A tear came down his eye, "Am I a bad guy? Am I a villain?"

Dante shook his head sympathetically, "No, of course not. You didn't know what was happening." He noticed the boy sobbing and he hugged him, "It's ok little dude. You're not a villain." Dante said as he looked up at the sky. He had been telling himself that since the Halloween dance. Dante sighed because him and this little boy in front of him were kind of the same.

"Let's get you home." Dante said as he and the boy started floating in the air.

Seth looked down at the ground as they were ascending, "Are we flying?" Seth asked as he looked up at Dante.

Dante nodded, "Uh-huh."

The boy started laughing with excitement as he and Dante started flying around Star City. Dante had officially made this little boy's day and he was happy too know that. The boy kept whooing when they were flying and then when the adrenaline left the little boy's body he started trembling. Dante asked him where he lived and the boy showed him. A few minutes later, Dante stopped in front of the boys house which was located a couple of blocks away from his house.

"Thank you Dante. This day was the best!" Seth said as he kept jumping around.

"Anytime." Dante said with a smile. He then knocked on the door and waited for someone to open it. When someone did, he kept looking up but then he looked down at the woman in a wheelchair. She hugged the boy tightly and said she was worried about Seth. Seth's mother had short hair that was black with a olive skin tone, black eyes and glasses on.

She then looked up at Dante, "Thank you so much for bringing him home. I was so worried. I heard the cops coming and I heard him."

"It's ok. I calmed him down."

"So you know?"

Dante nodded, "I know and I won't tell anybody."

"Thank you. What's your name?"

"Dante."

She smiled, "Thank you Dante. Would you like to have dinner with us?"

Dante's eyes widened as he completely forgot about getting the ice cream and Thanksgiving dinner. "No thank you ma'am. I need to head back home. My… Family is waiting for me."

"I understand and the name is Carol." She looked at Dante seriously, "You're welcomed back anytime."

"Thank you ma'am."

Seth tugged on Dante's arm, "You're leaving?"

Dante nodded and frowned, "Yeah." He then knelt down, "But I'll be back to visit. I'll come check on you to see if your ok. We don't need you causing more accidents."

The boy smiled wide, "You promise." He had his pinky out for a pinky swear.

"I promise." Dante said as he used his pinky to seal the deal.

Dante said goodbye to the two and jogged to the nearest store. Once inside, he got the ice cream and jogged back to his house. He entered the house and found it empty. The TV was off and nobody was in sight. He made his way to the dinning room table and saw everyone -including Beth- Waiting for him so they can eat.

"You took forever!" Alex shouted as he rubbed his now hungry again stomach.

"Sorry, it's a long story." Dante said with a smile.

"Told you son. You never know what you would find outside." Bass said with a smile as he was at the end of the table. There was a open seat next to him with Zatanna next to that seat. Alex was next to Bass on the other side and Tyreese was in between Alex and Beth.

Dante sat down at his chair and placed the ice cream on the table. Dante's father started saying a prayer and Zatanna leaned in to kiss Dante on the cheek.

"Happy Thanksgiving Dante." She whispered.

He whispered her back a happy thanksgiving as well but after that he just stared at his father as he said grace. There was something about him that he didn't notice before but he couldn't understand what it was. He thought he knew everything about his father but maybe he doesn't. Dante stopped thinking once everyone said what they were graceful for.

"I'm graceful for a great girlfriend," He said as he looked at Zatanna with a smile, "I'm graceful for having my great friends," He said as he looked at Tyreese and Alex, "And I'm graceful for my father," He looked at his father and they both smiled at each other, "I'm graceful that he is still here with us and is able to celebrate another Thanksgiving with me."

"Amen!" Bass said.

"Now, let's eat!" Alex exclaimed as he started digging in.


On the next episode of Young Justice...

It's Robin's birthday and he get's a present from Batman. Nightmare meets his match in a showdown in Gotham. Dante, Madison, Alex and Artemis go on a mission to find out what happened to Superboy and Miss Martian but can they get along as they face a deadly threat? Dante meets his match for the first time and he isn't pretty.