Rocket and her son both crashed loudly and painfully into the steel wall behind them. They had been knocked down by a barrage of attacks. Amistad tried to get to his feet but found himself held down by some of Klairon's dark magic. His mother managed to get to her feet but was just as quickly slammed against the wall by Savage. Attempting to get to his mother's defense the Atlantean hybrid fought off the energy as best as he could and managed to stand.

Just as soon, as he did so however he found a strong arm grabbing him round the neck while another pressed a sharp blade to his neck. He was being held in place by his grandfather. The Light were showing few signs of the battle that had just taken place, other than being slightly winded and a few cuts and developing bruises.

Torpedo and Rocket however had taken quite a beating. They knew of course that they hadn't really stood much of a chance as soon as the fighting had begun. That hadn't stopped them however. Amistad was pretty sure that he had at least a concussion and he had heard a sickening crack just as Savage had attacked his mother, judging by her currently pained expression she had a broken bone somewhere.

"I've had just about enough of this." Savage declared grabbing her around the throat "It's time to end the Ervin problem all together."

Not this again... Thought Raquel, she could remember being in a similar position to this not that long ago. It was when she had first been captured by the Light, when she was pregnant with Amistad. It was far from one of her most pleasant memories. She winced as he began to choke her once more but this time he didn't settle for simply cutting off her oxygen, he continued to tighten his grip.

"Mom!" Yelled Amistad, stuggling for a moment

"Don't move or I'll slit your throat boy!" Snapped Black Manta

Rocket had grasped by now what he was hoping to do. Rather than simply suffocate her, he was planning to snap her neck which she could already feel creaking. In a way, at least it would be a relatively painless demise but that didn't mean that she was planning on going down without a fight. She kicked and struggled as much as she could in a desperate attempt to make him let her go or at least cause him some pain.

Amistad watched helplessly, he clentched his fists deciding that he'd rather be killed trying to save his mother than live and watch her die. He managed to elbow Black Manta in the ribs, knocking the man off of balance. He kicked him backwards and rushed Savage. He noted that his tattoos had started glowing without knowing why. Suddenly they begun to burn him once more, he yelled in pain and collapsed on the floor in agony.

"About that chip..." Said Lex to the teen "We lied, Ocean Master implanted on you. It also acts as a very good failsafe. Indeed I suspect that you have little over two minutes to live... Hm... Make that two and a half."

"Ami-..." Rocket let out a choke

Amistad's body was on fire, he could sense his heart begin to race just as it had done in the cave. They must have had something to do with that, maybe a test run. He sensed that his entire body was turning against him. Still, his eyes remained fixed on his mother who wasn't fairing any better. He wanted to get to her and help but his limbs had become numb.

There was a slight crack, originating from Rocket's neck. She managed to let out a weak scream. It hurt. She opened her eyes and fixed Vandal Savage's gaze. She knew she would get no pity from him as he looked at her mercylessly. She narrowed her eyes giving him a look of pure hatred, he had no reaction.

Suddenly something crashed into the villain. It was something rather large and it came at enough speed to knock him clean off of his feet. Rocket fell to the floor like a rag doll, she took several deep breaths feeling her body come back to her and the fog in her mind begin to disappate as she could once more breathe. There were several more crashes and she heard another fight start up behind her.

She looked at the figure that had just saved her and gasped with relief. Kaldur's silver eyes looked down at her intently. She tried to raise herself to her feet, she as pretty sure she had dislocated her left arm, still she stood. Savage glared at the couple who had caused him a surprising amount of trouble these past few decades. He decided that he'd be better off killing them now once and for all.

"How are you still standing?" Asked Savage

"All you need know is that I am..." Kaldur snarled "You will never touch my family again!"

"How many times have I heard that one? So far you've been rather unsucessful..."

Kaldur clentched his fists in anger and grabbed his waterbearers. Before he could act however a hail of gunfire hit the immortal knocking him backwards. Redhood jumped down from the desk he had been standing on and unloaded one clip from one of his guns into Savage before switching guns and doing the same with the other. Savage seemed to be being knocked about a fair bit. Redhood stopped as soon as he run out of ammo and looked at the villain.

He didn't move for a moment and then very slowly. There was a dark laugh, that cut through the air. The adults watching gasped as Savage raised himself to his feet, unharmed. He turned to look and them laughing at their best attempts which had miserably failed. Kaldur drew his swords, unsure how he could possibly try to fight someone who could not die. Savage took a step towards the Atlantean. Suddenly a blast of electricity knocked him down.

"I'm not being used anymore!"

Amistad had risen to his feet despite the fact his body had been turned against him. He gritted his teeth fighting the pain running through his vains and zapped Savage once more. Surprised by the strength and viciousness of the attack, the villain fell to the floor. Kaldur noticed that his son was having more and more trouble standing. Where as the member of the Light was advancing once more towards the teen.

"Savage!" Yelled Luthor suddenly "I believe it might be prefferable if we leave while we still can!"

Sure enough, the other members of the Light were having a fair bit more trouble. Red Arrrow, Speedy and Cheshire were darting around Black Manta hitting him quickly yet efficiently and Klairon was about over run by the other teenagers. The member of the Light gritted his teeth in reluctance before stepping backwards. Klairon got the message and used his magic turning them all to ice statues. They then shattered disappearing.

All fell silent. They couldn't believe it had ended so quickly. The room where they had been standing was currently wrecked. Yet they had emerged victorious... Kaldur sighed he was pretty sure that they'd be back again. The Light was eternal in that respect, they just never gave up... He hoped that future generations of heroes wouldn't either.

"I'm sorry..." Amistad muttered

The adults turned around suddenly. Amistad was lying on the floor, he tattoos were still glowing, attacking him. Raquel instinctively rushed over, she could almost hear his heart beating like a drum in his chest. It was beating ever faster, at this rate it would simply give up. Her son looked up with sorry eyes, she could read some fear in them but also a certain amount of acceptance. It was as if he had already accepted his fate.

"I'm sorry I almost killed you..." He said to his father

"Enough of this talk Amistad." Kaldur instructed before turning to Rocket "What is happening to him?"

"The Light mentionned something about a chip and Ocean Master." She told him

"It's killing me..." Amistad muttered "Guess I deserve it."

"Don't you ever say that again!" Rocket snapped gently stroking her son's hair "You're going to be fine."

"Ocean Master has been dead for the past ten years..." Kaldur remembered "Unless..."

His eyes widened in realisation. His memories snapped back to that night all those years ago, when he had been taken from his young family by Orm. The man had murdered his parents, his real ones, Sha'lain'a and Calvin Durham. It only had been when Aqualad himself had murdered Oceam Master and revealed the face behind the mask that the traitor had been revealed. Yet before leaving, he had patted Amistad on the head...

Acting quickly, Kaldur turned his son over. The teen winced in pain. Kaldur quickly searched, that's when he saw it. It was just on the beginning of his skull, almost unnoticeble. A small lump which would have been passed off as a simply a birth mark of some kind. Kaldur grabbed one of his waterbearers and generated a miniscule blade similar to a scalpel. Taking care, he very slowly cut the small raised bit of skin. Almost instantly a small microchip appeared. Rocket grabbed it with her smaller and more nimble fingers it came off effortlessly.

It was as if a wave passed over Amistad who suddenly relaxed. His parents fiixed him with worried looks but very slowly the teen turned back over and sat up. Giving his mother a surprise hug as he did so. He turned to his father who gave him a smile. That's when Rocket noticed something.

"Hang on..." She said "Since when do I not need a stool to look you in the eye?"

It was true Kaldur had lost a great deal of hight and now appeared to be only a little taller than his son. In fact, he looked a lot younger, the age lines had disappeared and he had regained some of his younger features. His wound had also fixed itself and was now no longer Atlantean rubbed behind his neck slightly uneasy.

"He was too far gone..." Roy said "The only way to save him was..."

"The Lazarus pit located here." Kaldur cut in "Apparently I am sixteen, once more."

"What?! For good?" Asked Amistad, Kaldur shook his head

"No... Temporerally... It was Talia who decided it."

"About her, where's she gone?" Asked Ash looking around

"Home, with Damian by the looks of it." Red Hood declared

"Speaking of home..." Said Jade "Any chance of us all going back?"