Thank you everyone for your patience! I was able to find a website to stream and can now write! WOOHOO! So I hope everyone enjoys this chapter. My hands were cramping up while I was writing it. Lots of dialogue gets me . I managed to power through it yesterday and spent probably about 5 or 6 hours writing it. Enjoy!

Chapter 13: The Injustice League

Today was starting out like a pretty normal day. I had woken up and felt pretty good. The burn on my side had pretty much healed up. We had been running practices and also rotating supervisors, but Captain Marvel seemed to come by regardless of whether or not he was supposed to be there. The more he stuck around the more I noticed how child like he actually was. It was making me wonder why he acted that way. I wasn't sure if the others realized it though. We hadn't heard anything about Red Tornado and I knew he was always on everyone's minds. I just wanted answers. Did he really betray us? Or was that just his programming? Either way, I needed to at least know. Today was training day, and our supervisor was Zatara. I was waiting for my turn in the simulator while Robin and Kaldur were sparring. They were both doing really well and not too much longer, they finished up. I glanced toward one of the halls and spotted Connor, Megan and Wolf all walking together to join in training. I smiled seeing the two of them together. It made me happy knowing two people I cared about found someone they loved. I could faintly hear Kaldur and Robin whispering to one another before I noticed Wally and Artemis coming down another hall.

"Do we tell them?" I heard Robin whisper.

"It is not our place."

When Artemis and Wally had finally stopped, Wally pointed toward Zatara.

"So what, Zatara's our babysitter for the week?" He gave a light scoff while noticing Captain Marvel.

"And why's he still here? And why is he eating my snacks?!"

When Wally's complaining had ceased the zeta tube sprung to life and announced Batman. I could already feel a slight bit of anxiety about whether or not he had found Red Tornado. As soon as he was through though, he began speaking.

"Computer, National News."

The computer sprung to life and Cat Grant was on the screen.

"The initial attack was short lived, but Metropolis was only granted a short reprieve."

On screen there were huge plants writhing and wrapping around buildings. They were crushing buildings and swinging violently around.

"And despite the intervention of Superman and The Justice League, there seems to be no end in sight."

I watched as hero upon hero was being knocked back trying to fend off the plants. Seeing our strongest fighters being batted away like flies was disheartening.

"Should we get out there?" Robin asked with a hint of excitement. Batman turned to face us quickly with that same stern look.

"No. The League will soon have the situation under control. That's not why I'm here. According to your Intel, Sportsmaster supplied Cadmus blockbuster formula to Kobra."

"Who combined it will Bane's Venom to make Kobra Venom." Wally elaborated, and was quickly followed up by Robin.

"Which The Brain used to create his animal army." The conversation then bounced to Connor.

"And upgrade Wolf."

"The Brain also used inhibitor collars like the ones at Belle Reve Penetentiary." Megan went over her part of the explanation and was followed up by Artemis.

"Batman, is it possible that plant thingy's on Kobra Venom too?"

"I had Green Lantern run a spot analysis. The vine's cellulose does contain trace amounts of a Kobra Venom variant."

"These can not be coincidences. Unrelated criminals cooperating with one another worldwide." Robin was beginning to type on the computer while Batman continued.

"Exactly. It's now clear our enemies have formed some kind of Secret Society of super villians. The attack in Metropolis is only the beginning."

"You got that right." Robin said while typing away and pulling up multiple screens. "Plant creatures have sprouted in Gotham City, Paris, Star City, Taipei.." suddenly the screens all turned to static.

"Dude.." Wally said as Robin began to type away.

"It's not me. Someone's cutting the satellite signal. All satellite signals." Robin finished still frantically trying to get everything back online. The static screen suddenly cleared and The Joker was smiling into the camera. I cringed at the sight of him. The Joker was one of few villains who truly unnerved me. His sick smile and his laugh that made your blood run cold. He tapped his knuckles against the camera lens with that same smile. A chill ran up my spine just looking at him.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we interrupt your regularly scheduled mayhem to bring you this important announcement from The Injustice League." The camera was turned toward a group of villains of whom I recognized most of them.

"We are responsible for the attacks on your cities. If you wish to save them, a ransom of ten billion American dollars is required. Delivery instructions have been sent to the United Nations. There is no time limit, but the longer your governments wait.." the camera then panned back to The Joker.

"The more we get to have our, jollies." The transmission then cut to static again while the Joker laughed.

"Roger that Aquaman. Have the UN prepare the ransom as a fallback, but it won't come to that." Batman said into his ear piece. Robin was now beginning to rewind through the video until he stopped on the full group of villains.

"Count Vertigo, The Joker, Poison Ivy, Ultra Humanite, Atomic Skull, Black Atom, Wotan. Seven heavy hitters, probably behind everything and everyone we've faced."

"There's your secret society." Wally said. A grave look now crossing everyone's faces.

"Not so secret anymore." Artemis muttered sounding a bit confused.

"Perhaps after India they realized we would deduce the truth and saw no point in hiding any longer."

"Yeah. That was their mistake. Right now I say we go kick some plant creature butt." Wally was way too enthusiastic for this mission.

"The Justice League will handle the plants. I have a different job for this team." Batman interuppted.

"Ah man." Wally whined but was silenced by a smack to the arm by Artemis.

"With the plants attacking so many locations simultaneously there must be a central control system. Your mission is to destroy it." Immediately I understood the gravity of Batman's words. He felt we were ready for something this dangerous.

"You realize what you're really asking them to do?" Zatara was quick to question Batman's decision.

"They're ready." He responded simply.

"Ready? Ready for what?" I shook my head at Wally while Artemis elaborated.

"Hello Wally! If the bug guns are fighting plants then who do you think we'll be fighting?"

"I don't know, I guess we'll.." Artemis pointed up to the screen and realization finally hit Wally.

"Ohhhh." He finally said which earned an eye roll from me.

"Well Batman, I trust you're correct." Zatara said while looking to Batman.

"I trust you can locate the enemy."

"Indeed. Wotan's involvement suggests sorcery is part of how the plants are controlled. Robin, if you would provide a holomap."

Robin began to type away as a map began to appear.

"I'll search for concentrated sorcerous activity." Zatara stepped up to the holomap and held up his palms, beginning to speak backwards. The map suddenly stopped spinning and a red dot lit up in the globe.

"There, that is where you will find the Injustice League's central control system."

"Quardinants locked in. The Louisiana bayou." Robin said while Kaldur continued.

"We are on our way." We all took off toward the hangar, stopping only to put our suits on. When we were all aboard and seated we took off as quickly as possible. It didn't take us long to reach our destination as marked by Megan activating camouflage mode. I was scanning the swamp down below but I wasn't seeing anything too special. Everyone was beginning to focus. Robin was inspecting his explosives and Wally had taken notice of the duffel bag seated by Kaldur's feet.

"What's in the duffel?"

"Plan B."

Megan suddenly groaned and placed a hand to her head as if it were hurting.

"You alright?" Connor asked with a hint of worry in his voice.

"Dizzy."

"Martians get air sick?" Robin asked in surprise.

"She does look a bit greener than usual." Wally added.

"Not me, her."

"I feel fine." Both Artemis and I said at the same time.

"Not you two, the bioship. She's trying to shield us but.." the bioship began to rotate out of control and I could feel us quickly losing altitude. When we were getting closer to the ground I could see Count Vertigo and Black Atom standing together. I could tell when our camouflage mode stopped working because we were hit hard and sent tumbling through the air and into the swamp below. When we finally came to a stop I clutched at my head. Everything was spinning and I felt like I was about to throw up.

"Never want to do that again." I muttered while the world stopped spinning. I watched plant vines spring up from the swamp below and begin to pull us underwater. A loud thunk echoed through the roof of the bioship and a hole was ripped open. Megan clutched her head and grunted in pain.

"He's hurting her." She said and Connor quickly jumped into action. She punched Black Atom square in the face, but the damage was already done. Water began to pour in through the hole and fill the ship.

"No. No way I'm nearly drowning three missions in a row." Artemis pulled out a couple rebreathers and I put mine in my mouth.

"M'gann, we need to get out. Open a hatch." Connor said while place a hand gently on her shoulder.

"Hello Megan." She said while thinking her forehead with her hand and having gills appear on her neck. We all done underwater and followed Megan as she opened a new exit.

'Out. Everyone out.' Kaldur called through the mind link and we all one by one swam out. When I made it to the surface I removed the rebreather and took a deep breath of air. When we were all ashore we could see the bioship be completely sucked underwater.

"She's in shock. She'll need time to recover." Megan said just before a sudden bought of pain and dizziness swept through me. I collapsed to the ground and groaned in pain while clutching my head. I could hear Wally start saying something.

"Vertigo."

"Count Vertigo to you peasant."

Connor was the first to recover, but just as he was about to go punch Vertigo, Black Atom punched him away. Kaldur was next to regain his bearings as he began to use the water from the swamp to power his water bearers. He threw the water at Vertigo and knocked him away, giving the rest of us the relief we needed.

'Robin, Miss Martian, disappear. We will keep them busy. You two fulfill the mission objective.' Kaldur commanded through the link. I prepared myself now for the fight. My hands began to glow a light blue and the air began to grow cold. I watched Megan disappear just as Black Atom punched Kaldur and Wolf jumped. I took a few shots at Black Atom but it didn't seem to hinder him much. He tossed Wolf into Artemis and Wally before aiming toward me. He flew at me and punched me in the stomach, knocking me into a tree. I heard the tree crack at the impact and I slumped down. My vision was spotted as I forced the darkness away. I couldn't afford to lose consciousness now. I caught my breath and stood up, preparing myself again to try and blast Black Atom only yo be hit into the tree again. My body was too heavy to move now, but my mind was aware of everything going on around me. I felt myself being picked up and carried, then dropped on the ground.

"Two are missing." I heard Vertigo say and inwardly I was ecstatic that Megan and Robin managed to evade the onslaught. I felt my body slowly coming back under my control, but I made sure to remain perfectly still. I didn't want to give myself away.

'I've lost contact with Aqualad and the others. Should we.."

'Sorry that's not the gig, this is. The Injustice League central control system.'

'I'm still here. I think everyone is unconscious. They know that both of you are missing though. Keep your guard up.'

'Will do Eira.' Robin responded.

' It looks like that plant is acting as an antenna to control the other plants worldwide.'

Suddenly the mind link went quiet and I began to worry.

' Robin? Megan? Are you two okay?'

'Dealing with Ivy and Ultra Humanite.'

It was at that moment I heard something approach.

I heard words I didn't understand and felt myself being lifted. I could feel the air moving across my face and felt something warm and hard under my hand. My eyes fluttered open as I sat up and cringed. My back was going to be pretty badly bruised from that tree. To my surprise however, we were in a floating cage with Wotan flying above us maintaining the magical cage.

"They awaken."

"You're certain this will hold them?" Count Vertigo's voice was getting on my nerves now. I watched Kaldur sitting up and everyone else finally coming to.

"The cage is impenetrable. Even the Superboy has no chance of escaping." Kaldur had made his way to the cage bars and gripped them.

"You are not the only one trained in the mystic arts Wotan." Kaldur said while his tatoos lit up and golden light shone through and around him. It was clear the cage was negating anything Kaldur could magically throw at it.

"Please Atlantean. Do not pretend you're in my league." Wotan rebuffed. I glanced to Wotan and swung my hand to launch an icicle at him, but he simply floated out of the way.

"Silly girl, your powers are useless in the air."

"Or so you think." I said as I moved my hand toward my chest and the icicle came flying back and grazed Wotan's shoulder. The cage flickered for just a moment, but it wasn't long enough to drop us.

"Clever girl. I should have planned more appropriately." He said right when I heard Megan in my head.

'Robin, she's made contact.'

'Artemis or Eira?'

'Neither.'

I glanced just passed Wotan and saw a slight shimmer of the sky and a smile crossed my lips. A moment later the bioship smacked into Wotan and knocked him to the ground, releasing us all in the process. When we all landed I could hear Count Vertigo telling someone to stop us. I looked ahead and spotted Ultra Humanite with a gun ready to fight, but he would definitely be Connor's to deal with.

"I hate monkeys." Connor growled out before charging. I could see Kaldur and Artemis working together as Wally charged toward Vertigo. Of course he didn't make it far, so I shot a few blasts of ice at him to at least distract him enough. Wally still got knocked away as I sent an icy air toward the water surrounding Vertigo and Black Atom's feet. The water froze, but Atom broke free easily and knocked me over toward Wally.

"Where are Robin and the Martian!" Vertigo yelled sounding almost panicked. As I pulled myself to my feet I heard a huge explosion and looked up, seeing the plant being engulfed in flames.

"Kill them, kill them all." I could heard Count Vertigo say as they gathered once more. I kept taking shots at Vertigo only to have him aim his blasts at me and causing me to fall yo my knees. It was getting old. He soon redirected his attack on Artemis, and I could heard Wally getting ready to help her, only to be blasted by Wotan.

"Enough!" Wotan yelled as he was quickly blasted by one of Robin's explosives. Unfortunately he had placed a shield around himself and blasted us with lightning. I collapsed to my knees feeling the pain surge through me. It felt like every part of my body was on fire. I couldn't hear much over my own screams, but when I managed to open my eyes just a crack I saw the bioship dropping something into Kaldur's hand. The lightning stopped and my body went completely limp for a moment.

"The helmet of fate." I heard Wotan say ominously.

"No Aqualad, don't!" Wally yelled and was about to run and grab the helmet, but was punch by Black Atom. Connor was quick to knocked Black Atom away, but it was too late. Kaldur slipped the helmet on and everything was bathed in the gold light. When the light faded Kaldur was gone, and Doctor Fate was hovering in his place. Doctor Fate floated over toward Wotan and began to speak.

"Wotan, you are mine."

They both sent blasts of light at one another, but Wotan's was no match for Doctor Fate's. Wotan was blasted to the done and magically chained. In my moment of watching I didn't notice Joker move in on Robin. I heard his mocking voice copying Doctor Fate and giving his trademark laugh.

I watched Robin begin dodging and I was about to help him when I was blasted in the back by an energy blast. When I looked back I was looking at The Atomic Skull. I stumbled back to my feet and let my frustration loose. With a yell, ice shards erupted out of my body in waves and bombarded The Atomic Skull until he was pushed back to the center of the small clearing we were in covered in cuts. I collapsed to one knee, taking a few deep breaths while looking at everyone else's fights. Sheer relief washed over me when I saw The Justice League begin to descend. All the villains began to join the Atomic Skull in the center and were surrounded.

"It's over." Batman said. The villains looked at each other and raised their hands in surrender.

"There will be another day." Vertigo said only to be followed up by the Joker's crazy raving.

"Another day? Another day! There won't be another day. Not for any of us!" He raised his hands and the gloves he wore were glowing. I looked over at two vines that burst from the swamp and saw pods beginning to explode. A green smoke began floating toward all of us.

"Joker Venom spores. Don't breathe!" Batman called while knocking out the Joker. I looked at the incoming smoke and held my breathe on to see Doctor Fate fly up above it.

"Fear not." He cast that weird shaped light and the smoke all began to be sucked into the symbol. In just a matter of seconds the smoke was completely gone and I could safely breathe.

"Fate has intervened." Doctor Fate finished.

When the threat had ceased, everyone's mentors began to check up on us. Thankfully I made it out of this mission with only some minor bruising. Poor Wally had a broken arm. When the villains were being dealt with, Doctor Fate landed and Wally blew up at him.

"What were you thinking! How could you let him put on the helmet! Nabu will never release him now. Kaldur will be stuck inside Doctor Fate forever."

My heart skipped for a moment at Wally's words. He had to let Kaldur go. It was Doctor Fate's place to take over Kaldur forever. Doctor Fate was frozen in place for what felt like an eternity, then he raised his arms and slowly removed the helmet. The light blinded me once again, but when I could see I was relieved to find Kaldur standing there once again.

"Nabu let you go?" Wally asked when he was standing in front of Kaldur.

"He almost did not. But your friend Kent was most helpful. He says hello." I could see Wally smiling at Kaldur's words.

"We're done here. The super villains secret society has been neutralized. As for your performance...it was satisfactory." I let out a sigh of relief knowing that our mission was a good one in Batman's eyes. It felt good to accomplish something big and have him recognize it. We all looked at one another and I gave a small smile. Everyone was safe and that's all I really cared about. A little beat up, but overall okay.

"Return to the cave and get some rest. You've all earned it." Batman said before stepping onto a platform created by Green Lantern and being flown off. We all slowly made our way onto the bioship and slumped into our chairs. As we took off I leaned my head back and closed my eyes.

"Lets all agree to never use that helmet again." Wally said while looking at the duffel placed near Kaldur once more.

"Agreed." Kaldur said while the rest of us nodded to the agreement.

"Hopefully things don't get that crazy again." I said quietly while opening my eyes a tiny bit. The last blast I used in Atomic Skull took a lot more out of me than I thought it would. Robin seemed to notice my lack of energy and watched me carefully.

"Are you okay Eira?"

"Yeah, just a bit more drained than I thought I would be."

Robin still looked a bit iffy, but he let me be as we made it back to the cave. We filed off the bioship and I said my good night's to everyone. I was dragging my feet when I walked into my room and flopped on my bed. Staring at the wall I realized that I needed to practice my more intense powers more so I wouldn't be so tired afterward.

I heard a faint knock on my door and gave a quiet mumbled for them to come in. Robin quietly strolled in and sat next to me on my bed.

"You sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just when I use certain powers it saps a lot if my energy. I need to work on that a bit more."

"Alright, I just wanted to be sure." Robin stood up and headed to the door, but right before he left I mumbled a very quiet, "Thanks for checking on me."

"Anytime." As the door closed I slipped into a dream filled sleep. One that wouldn't be nearly as restful as I wanted.