Chapter 12

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

October 1, 10:02 A.M.

After the mission in India nothing major happened, which in some ways it was a relief. It took Wally a few days to figure out how to balance between Hogwarts, Gotham Academy, his patrols with Flash, and the Team. But eventually he adapted and was able to juggle all his duties with the help of his speed and Time-Turner. Having Aqualad know about all those duties was also a big help. Kaldur kept his promise and helped Wally whenever he was having trouble.

On the downside they still had no word on Red Traitor. The league was searching high and low for him but so far had found nothing.

Wally was contemplating this on the way to the Greenhouses for Herbology class that morning. He was so lost in thought that he missed it when Ron asked him a question.

"Huh what'd you say?"

"I asked if you were excited that the Quidditch season is about to start?" Ron repeated.

Wally's answer was, "No." He honestly didn't care about Quidditch. Riding on a broom was fun and all, but he couldn't bring himself to care about a sport that didn't let you run.

Ron and Harry's jaws dropped in shock.

Hermione however, had a huge smile on her face. "Finally, a boy whose life doesn't revolve around a sport."

"I am not related to you, " Ron stated.

He looked like he was about to say something else when suddenly a hundred yards in front of them a giant plant burst out of the ground, and it's vines began to attack everything in sight.

"Bloody Hell!" yelled Ron as the four of them scrambled back to avoid one of the vines. "You don't think this is what we're learning about in class today, do you?"

The Teachers rushed out of the school and began firing spells at the monster plant. Wally would have stepped in, but the teachers seemed to have it under control

The comm. device in his ear beeped to let him know he had a call. With everyone focusing on the plant it was easy to slip away and take it.

"KF, report to the Cave ASAP, we have a mission." Came Robin's voice.

"It wouldn't have anything to do with attack of the killer plants would it?" Wally asked

"Yeah, how'd you know?"

"There's one here too. The teachers have it under control so don't worry about this one."

He ditched his cloak, and used his portkey to go to the Cave.

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Mount Justice

October 1, 10:14 EDT

He got to the Cave the same time Artemis did. He saw Kaldur and Robin whispering to each other, but assumed if it was important he'd find out later.

He paused when he saw Zatara and Captain Marvel standing in a corner. "So if Zatara's our babysitter of the week, why's he still here?" he asked with indignance gesturing to the Captain. "And why is he eating my snacks?"

'Recognized, Batman 0-2'

Before anyone could answer Batman entered though the Zeta Tubes. "Computer, National News," He ordered.

Kat Grant appeared on the screen, "The initial attack was short lived, but Metropolis was only granted a short reprieve. And despite the intervention of Superman and the Justice League. There seems to be no end in sight."

"Should we get out there?" asked Robin.

Batman turned to address them. "The League will soon have the situation under control, that's not why I'm here."

Another screen showing Sportsmaster's face appeared. "According to your Intel," He continued, "Sportsmaster supplied Cadmus' Blockbuster formula to Kobra."

"Who combined it with Bane's Venom to create Kobra Venom," added Wally.

"Which The Brain used to create his animal army," Robin stated.

"And upgrade Wolf," said Conner. He had decided to name his new pet Wolf, generic but acceptable.

"The Brain also used Inhibitor Collars," continued M'gann, "Like the ones at Belle Reve penitentiary."

"Batman, is it possible those plant thingies are Kobra Venom too?" asked Artemis.

"I had Green Lantern run a spot analysis. The vines cellulose does contain trace amounts of a Kobra Venom variant," Batman confirmed.

"These can not be coincidences, unrelated criminals cooperating with one another world wide," Kaldur stated.

"Exactly," Batman agreed. "It's now clear our enemies have formed some kind of… secret society of super villains. The attack in Metropolis is only the beginning."

"Got that right," said Robin typing away at the computer, as he spoke more screens popped up. "Plant creatures have sprouted in Gotham City, Paris, Star City, Taipei…"

Suddenly all of the screens turned to static.

"Dude?" asked Wally, thinking Robin may have made a mistake.

"It's not me," said Robin typing furiously, "Someone's cutting the satellite signal, ALL satellite signals."

Suddenly The Joker's face filled the screens. He knocked on the camera and said, "Ladies and Gentalmen. We interrupt your regularly scheduled mayhem to bring you this important announcement." He turned the camera to reveal six more super villains, "From the INjustice League."

"We are responsible for the attacks on your cities," announced Count Vertigo. "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 Joker took back the camera, "The more we get to have our jollies." He said laughing.

The screen went blank.

Batman reached for his comm. device, "Roger that Aquaman, the UN will prepare the ransom as a fall back. But it wont come to that."

Robin was still typing rapidly on the computer. He pulled back up the shot of the super villain group. "Count Vertigo, The Joker, Poison Ivy, Ultra Humanite, Atomic Skull, Black Adam, Wotan, Seven heavy hitters." He reported, "Probably behind everything and everyone we've faced."

"There's your secret society," Wally muttered.

"Not so secret anymore," Artemis grumbled.

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

"Yeah," said Wally enthusiastically, "that was their mistake. Right now I say we kick some plant creature butt."

"The Justice League will handle the plant," Batman stated. "I have a different job for the team."

"Oh, man." Wally moaned.

Artemis hit his shoulder to shut him up. He glared back at her.

Batman continued unperturbed, "With the plants attacking so many locations simultaneously, there must be a central control system. Your mission is to destroy it."

Zatara stepped forward. "You realize what you're really asking them to do?" He asked.

"They're ready."

Wally was confused, "Ready? Read for what?" Artemis hit him again and he glared at her. "Ow, Ow! Will you cut that…"

"Hello, Wally!" she interrupted. "If the big guns are fighting plants, who do you think we'll be fighting?"

Wally shrugged "I don't know. I guess we'll…" She pointed to the screen and understanding dawned on Wally, "Oooh."

Zatara still looked nervous but said, "Well, Batman, I trust you correct."

"I trust you can locate the enemy," was his reply.

Zatara confirmed it and asked Robin to pull up a holo map. He then pulled out his wand and preformed a locator spell.

A red light lit up in Louisiana.

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

"Coordinates locked in," stated Robin. "The Louisiana Bayou."

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Bayou Bartholomew

October 1, 18:52 CDT

They were nearing their destination when Kid Flash noticed that Aqualad had brought along a bag.

"What's in the duffle?" he asked.

Aqualad gave him a steady look and said, "Plan B."

Before Kid Flash could ask him to elaborate, Miss Martian let out a gasp and looked sickly. When asked if she was alright she replied, "Dizzy."

"Martians get airsick?" Robin asked.

"She does look a bit greener than usual," said Kid Flash

Miss Martian shook her head, "Not me, her."

They turned towards Artemis since she was the only 'her' on the ship. "I feel fine," she said.

"Not her the bioship, she's trying to shield us but..."

She didn't need to continue. Down below they could see Count Vertigo and Black Adam below them.

As soon as the bioship dropped camouflage mode Black Adam flew up and knocked the ship out of the sky.

They landed in the swamp water. Vines came out of the water and began to drag the sip down. Black Adam was still attacking, ripping a hole in the roof.

"He's hurting her!" cried Miss Martian, clutching her head in pain.

Superboy jumped up and punched Black Adam in the face, sending the villain flying. The vines continued to pull the bioship under. Water poured through the hole, filling the ship.

"No! No way I'm nearly drowning three missions in a row!" Artemis snapped pulling out a rebreather.

She handed another one to Kid Flash. "Wow, uh, thanks," he said.

Miss Martian opened a hatch and they all swam out.

They watched from the shore as the bioship sank beneath the water. "She's in shock," said Miss Martian sadly, "she'll need some time to recover.

All of a sudden a dizzying headache struck all of them, causing them to collapse on the ground.

Kid Flash managed to sit up. "Vertigo!"

"Count Vertigo to you peasant." Said Vertigo, standing over the heroes.

Superboy jumped up and tried to attack him, but was punched down by Black Adam.

Aqualad was able to blast water at the Count knocking him away and stopping the headache. He then ordered over the mind link, "Robin, Miss Martian, disappear. We will keep them busy. You two fulfill the mission objective."

The team managed to hold their own for a few minutes, enough to give Robin and Miss Martian time to get away. But one by one the remaining team members were all knocked out.

They came to inside a floating magic cage generated by Wotan.

Aqualad tried to use his Atlanian magic to escape, but with no luck. He subtlety shot Kid Flash a look to ask if he would be able to do it. Kid Flash shook his head no.

Suddenly the bioship flew out of no where and smashed into Wotan. The cage dissipated and they were free.

They landed in the shallow swamp water and prepared for round two.

Superboy quickly launched himself at Ultra Humanite saying what was becoming his trademark catchphrase, "I hate monkeys."

Aqualad and Artemis ran into some trouble when they realized they'd lost their weapons. Fortunately they had trained for such situations and Poison Ivy's face had a close personal meeting with Artemis' boot.

Kid Flash tried to rush Count Vertigo, but the vertigo effect was too much for him. He had to slow down and was knocked to the side by Black Adam.

But their distraction did its work. The villains watched in horror as Robin and Miss Martian blew up the plant they had been using to control all the other plants.

Robin and Miss Martian stood on top of their handiwork. "Timber," Robin stated.

The villains were outraged.

"Children! Children foiled our plan," snarled the Joker. "Inconceivable. Unacceptable. Retributionable! That last one might not be a word. So sue me."

"Kill them, kill them all!" yelled Count Vertigo. He turned his vertigo effect on Artemis.

Kid Flash, who was getting up from Black Adam's hit yelled, "Leave her alone!" He got up to try and do something, but Atomic Skull knocked him back down with a blast from behind.

Wotan began blasting everyone with lightening.

Aqualad blocked the lightening from hitting Miss Martian and said, "Plan B."

Miss Martian called the bioship, and the ship dropped the duffle bag into Aqualad's hands.

Opening the bag, Aqualad pulled out the Helmet of Fate and held it above his head.

Wotan was so surprised to see it he stopped the lightening.

Kid Flash stared at his friend in horror, knowing full well what could happen if Kaldur put the helmet on. "No, Aqualad! Don't!..." He moved to stop him, but was attacked again by Black Adam. The hit threw him against a tree. He heard a sickening crack and knew his arm was broken.

Aqualad didn't listen and placed the helmet over his head. There was a flash of golden light and where Kaldur once stood was Doctor Fate.

Kid Flash got back up clutching his arm. "Aw, dude."

With Doctor Fate joining the fight the odds for them went up quite a bit, but it didn't get any easier. Fate went after Wotan. Robin faced off against Joker. Superboy and Wolf tackled Ultra Humanite. Kid Flash and Artemis worked together to stop Count Vertigo and Poison Ivy from hurting Miss Martian.

After Artemis kicked the Count in the face, she ran over to Kid Flash and snatched the piece of cloth he had torn from Vertigo's cloak.

Kid Flash yelped, "Hey, that's my souvenir!"

Artemis glared at him, but only said, "Hold still." She wrapped his broken arm in the cloth and tied it in a makeshift sling.

Kid Flash stared down at the sling in surprise. Before he could thank her she was knocked over by a flying Wolf. "Artemis!" he yelled, then dodged a punch thrown by Ultra Humanite.

Fortunately the Justice League chose that moment to arrive, with Zatara blasting Wotan out of the sky.

The rest of the League quickly surrounded the rest of the villains and the villains knew they couldn't hope to defeat the entire League. They all surrendered. Well almost all of them.

Joker went nuttier than he usually was. "There won't be another day!" he yelled, "Not for any of us!" He burst out laughing and gave the plant monster one last command.

The vines rose out of the water and bursts of green gas exploded out of them.

"Joker Venom spores," yelled Batman, "Don't breathe!" He than punched the Joker out.

"Fear not!" said Doctor Fate rising into the air. A glowing ankh appeared and sucked all the gas away. "Fate has intervened!"

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After the bad guys had been sent away Wally started yelling his frustrations. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? HOW COULD YOU LET HIM PUT ON THE HELMET? Nabu will never release him now. Kaldur will be trapped inside Dr. Fate forever."

Then to everyone's surprise Doctor Fate lifted the helmet off his head. There was another flash, and Kaldur was back.

Wally ran up to him. "Nabu let you go?"

Kaldur smiled, "He almost did not. But your friend Kent was most helpful... He says 'Hello.'"

Wally couldn't help but grin.

"We're done here," said Batman. "This Supervillan Secret Society is neutralized." He then turned to the team. "As for your performance - it was satisfactory."

Coming from Batman, that meant a lot.

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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

October 1, 11:28 P.M.

Wally portkeyed back to Hogwarts with a few vials of Joker Venom antidote, in case his teachers had been gassed.

They apparently had been able to take out the Plant monster, but upon entering the Hospital Wing it became clear the antidote was needed.

Madam Pomfrey the nurse was franticly running back and forth between hospital beds filled with various teachers and a few students, all of which were laughing with maniacal grins on their faces. Snape and Dumbledore were also there, trying to help.

"What do you mean there's no cure!" she was yelling at Snape.

"There isn't one. I've never seen anything like this." He snapped back.

"I have."

All heads who weren't laughing madly whipped in Wally's direction when he spoke.

"I have the cure right here," he said holding out the vials.

Madam Pomfrey quickly snapped them up, and administered the first one to Ms. Sprout, who was closest. The teacher immediately stopped laughing and passed out. After checking to see is she was stable, Madam Pomfrey quickly began administering it to her other patients.

When it was clear the antidote worked Snape turned his attention back to Wally. "And how is it you came across this cure, West. One that even I had never heard of."

"My other school is in Gotham City," Wally explained. "And Gotham is home to a madman who calls himself the Joker, he's the one who created the poison. When I saw the plant giving off Joker Venom, I used my portkey to go to Gotham for the antidote."

Dumbledore looked at Wally seriously. "Do you have any idea why a plant with this toxin appeared at my school."

"It wasn't just here, sir," said Wally, "When I was in Gotham there was one there too. I also overheard reports of them appearing all over the world. The Justice League handled most of them."

The Professors accepted his explanation. Madam Pomfrey finished giving the cure to her patients walked back over to them.

"My dear boy, what happened to your arm?" she exclaimed.

Wally looked down at his broken arm, which was still in its makeshift sling. "I got thrown into a tree," he said truthfully.

Madam Pomfrey whipped out her wand and said an incantation.

Wally's arm stung for a bit but then felt much better. He pulled it out of the sling and did a few mock punches to be certain. Sure enough it was completely healed.

"Nice," He grinned. "You wouldn't happen to have a spell to make a fake cast though. People back home saw me break my arm, and would be suspicious if I just showed up with it unbroken."

As a matter of fact she did. Once he learned how to make and unmake the cast, he went to the Gryffindor common room to check on his family and friends.

As soon as he entered Ginny pounced on him. "Where have you been, we've been so worried."

The other Weasleys and Hermione and Harry, came over to check on him too.

"Sorry guys, I broke my arm. I was at the Hospital Wing getting it fixed," he lied.

He was then distracted by overhearing a Fourth Year girl going on about how the plant monster was an elaborate scheme by Sirius Black to kill Dumbledore for Voldemort.

He rolled his eyes and corrected her. "It wasn't Black, and it wasn't just here. Those plants showed up all over the world."

He then excused himself, found a hidden corner and went home.

The next morning the most popular rumor was that Sirius Black was attempting to take over the world using flower power.

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A/N not much to say, I just thought it'd be cool to put a plant at Hogwarts.

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