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April 1, 17:23 MDT

Maddi relaxed in her chair, cringing ever-so slightly when Robin broke into her thoughts via the mind-link. She loved Robin, she really did, but his obsessive concern was getting a little annoying. It probably wasn't just that she was getting annoyed with Robin, but she was really tense at the moment. The other part was probably because she was out of uniform. Maddi was wearing a white camisole, lightly faded denim jeans, a purple cardigan, and a pair of sunglasses. She didn't want anyone to recognize her, and sunglasses seemed to work for Robin, so Maddii thought she'd give it a try.

'Mads, are you sure that you're okay? You haven't really been yourself lately.' he questioned.

She sighed verbally, replying, 'Yes, I'm fine. I promise that I would tell you if I wasn't.'

She tried to not get annoyed as Impulse continuously tapped his hands against his legs, the speed of the tapping getting faster each time.

She was about to tell Bart to stop until Blue pushed his hand firmly down on the speedster's, stopping the obsessive tapping.

As Bart took in the glares of everyone in the room, he smiled sheepishly and said, "Oh. Ah. Sorry."

Maddi began to float in just slightly above her chair, meditating in hopes of calming down.

The peace and quiet didn't last long, as Impulse began to rapidly tap his foot instead.

Maddi tried to ignore the obnoxious noise until one of the teens that had been on the ship with her came out of the room and said, "Black Canary told me to send you in next."

"How did you know she meant me? I'm not exactly a public hero." she asked.

"She said 'Kid Martian' and you're the only Martian that's here. It's simple." he explained rudely.

Maddi suddenly felt really embarrassed. "R- Right."

She floated down to the ground and to her feet as she walked into the small office.

She sat down uncomfortably and gripped her knees tightly.

"Maddi, I'm sure that you'd like to hurry and finish this, so why don't we get started?" Black Canary told the girl.

Maddi nodded weakly, something that didn't go unnoticed by the elder heroine.

"How are feeling?" Black Canary asked her.

"... Vulnerable. I'm always making the team worry about me; putting people I care about into dangerous situations. I can't be trusted to be anyone besides Maddi Morse, or M'addi M'orzz." The Martian girl admitted, changing from green skin to Caucasian.

"You... turned white." Dinah told Maddi.

The girl's brown eyes widened as she stood up and said, "What? No!"

When she saw her hands were light Caucasian, she relaxed. "Oh. You... You meant Caucasian. Yeah, I'm fine being Maddi... But I can't be trusted to be Kid Martian anymore."

"Maddi, let's change the subject. How are your parents handling this?" The sonic screamer questioned.

Maddi tensed up and looked away from the fellow blonde, which is something that Black Canary easily noticed.

"They're not." the Martian girl mumbled.

"Would you like to talk about it?" Dinah asked.

Maddi sighed and looked back up as she recalled the video transmission she had received from her mother and father.

"M'addi, in light of recent events, your father and I want you to come home. We understand that you've built a life on Earth, but during the earth week that you were gone, we received no transmissions from you, and that worried us, especially when your Uncle J'onn sent us one that said you'd been captured." Her mother stated kindly.

"You know how we love you and care about you, but M'gann and J'onn will not always be able to protect you. We believe that you will be safer if you come home. We can't stand the idea of losing you M'addi. Please, just think about it." her father added.

"Of course, I immediately sent a reply to tell them that I didn't want to leave, mostly because I don't want to leave Robin, but also because... I'm not really a Green Martian. I'm a White Martian. Back on Mars, the White Minority gets treated as second class by the Green Majority. After becoming friends with so many people here, I don't want to face the rejection again." Maddi explained, tears running down her face.

"I understand. I'll ask your uncle if he can talk to them as soon as I see him, but in the meantime, I need to ask you about the Reach." Dinah said to the younger girl. "And you can't just quit being Kid Martian. It would be like me not speaking or singing, which, believe me, I tried after my first Canary cry nearly deafened my entire first grade class."

Maddi nodded, choosing to ignore the part about staying as Kid Martian. "Fire away."

"Do you have any idea what the Reach wanted from you?" Black Canary asked.

"Not at all. I was unconscious for most of the time that i was abducted." Maddi admitted. "But when I was awake, all I can remember is these... test, that they put us through."

Canary raised an eyebrow out of curiosity. "Can you explain them to me?"

"They were all electrical based. They weren't that bad at first; they started out as small static shocks, but over time, they got worse, up until they felt like lightning strikes." a weak smile graced the younger blonde's lips as she said, "You'd think I would have been able to density shift my way out and help the others, but... the pods that we were in, it was almost like they disabled our powers or something."

"Thank you Maddi. You can go now if you want. On your way out, send in Impulse." Dinah directed.

Maddi nodded, glancing at Black Canary with a smile. "Thank you."

Black Canary raised her eyebrow. "For what?"

"Listening. I feel a lot better now that I've gotten some of the weight off my chest." the Martian admitted.

The fellow blonde nodded, smiling. "I'm always able to help if you or anyone on the team needs someone to talk to. If you want to convince your parents to let you stay on Earth, I suggest that you don't go on missions for a while."

Maddi nodded, changing her skin back to green before walking out of the office. She looked to Impulse. "She wants you to go in next."

Impulse nodded and ran into the office as Maddi left the building completely.

"Kid Martian, where are you going?" Blue Beetle asked.

"To the Hall of Justice. I need to pick up the boxes of what they were able to salvage from the remains of Mount Justice." Maddi explained, continuing her walk as she shifted into her uniform and removed her sunglasses.

When she arrived at the Hall, it was completely destroyed. Well... so much for salvaged items. It wasn't until Maddi saw the Reach 'ambassador' that she felt scared.

This was the leader of the aliens that had abducted her and her family. Maddi yanked her hood up and immediately went into camouflage.

M'gann came up behind her younger sister and said, "Are you okay Maddi?"

"He... he was on the same Reach ship as me and the others. Can we please go back to the warehouse now?" Maddi begged seeking comfort from her sister.

M'gann hugged her sister and looked to Superboy, sharing a short telepathic conversation with the Boy of Steel before looking back to Maddi, who had her arms wrapped firmly around the older Martian. "Connor will take you back to the warehouse while I get whatever I can salvage from the Hall. I'll be back as soon as I can, I promise."

Maddi nodded, separating herself from her sister as she went with Superboy to the SuperCycle.

When the arrived back at the ware house, Connor saw that Maddi had fallen asleep. Albeit reluctantly, he lifted up the Martian girl bridal style and laid her down into her bed, laying down a blanket over the Martian girl and closing the curtains to her and M'gann's area.

When he had gone back to his area, Maddi woke up and shifted her outfit into a pristine white nightgown with pale gray leggings, and went outside, gazing at the stars.

In all honestly, she was pretty homesick, but she would be homesick if she went back to Mars too.

Maddi stared at the stars until a pair of arms grabbed her from behind, pulling her into a gentle hug.

"Hey M'addi. I'm guessing that you're not very tired." M'gann asked as the younger Martian as she turned to hug back.

"Not really. I haven't been able to sleep very much ever since..." Maddi trailed off, hugging Miss Martian tighter as she sought for comfort.

"I know what you mean. I was terrified when I found out that you'd been taken. I'm so relieved that you're safe now." Miss Martian told her little sister.

"Mom and Dad want me to come home. I don't want to leave." Maddi admitted.

M'gann smiled. "I know. I already talked to them, and they've agreed to let you stay."

Kid Martian's head shot up and she smiled. "You did? I mean, they did?"

Miss M nodded and said, "Of course. Now you go head off to bed. I love you."

"I love you too M'gann."

Pacific Ocean

April 2, 18:30 HAST

Dannie was wearing her Huntress garb, walking around the Black Manta's ship, when she ran into Deathstroke.

"Huntress," the mercenary stated. "Just the girl I wanted to see."

"And why is that Slade?" she asked.

"Well, you know my name, so why don't I know yours?" he questioned.

"You never asked." she retorted, placing a hand on her hip.

"True. So, what is your name?" Deathstroke asked, crossing his arms.

"It's Helena. Helena Bertinelli." Huntress replied.

"And what's your backstory, considering that you know mine." he requested.

"Pretty untypical childhood if you must know. I spent most of my life training to be a hero, but everything changed when I was 14. My parents were killed by the giant plants that attacked when the Injustice League came along. The League had a chance to save them, but they didn't. I was just a lonely mercenary until Kaldur'ahm found me a few months back. He showed me the light, and helped me see the bigger picture. I've been his right hand ever since." she explained, hoping he'd buy it.

Deathstroke uncrossed his arms and said, "Well, it's nice to meet and learn about you Helena."

Dan- Helena, nodded, continuing on to her living quarters.

Yes! All done with this chapter!

I can't really say that I had an easy time with this chapter(because I didn't), but it was fun to write.

Probably going to be easier to write from now on since I already have some plans for future chapters ready, so I hope you like them!

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Signing off,

MckennaTennyson-Harper12