I had no clue what to do. Black Adam could fight Superman to a standstill. What chance did I have?

Backing up, I tried to stall him. "Why so giving today? It's not Christmas is it?"

A dark smile spread across his face. "I am giving you two options. Fight or flee. Choose."

I made my decision. Charging forward, I focused all the strength I had into my fist. I struck his chin and he stumbled out of the cell.

He recovered from his surprise and rubbed his chin. "Good try. You hit me hard, child. But I'll hit you harder."

He rushed forward and backhanded me. I slammed through the cell wall.

Adam floated over to where I lay on the ground. He lifted me by my neck.

"You have tried valiantly, but you have failed."

"No..." Releasing every volt of electricity I had in me, I shocked the dark champion. He released me in surprise.

Switching to a rhino, I charged into Adam's abdomen. I slammed him through another wall, taking us deeper into the Dome. I stopped and he flew forward still. He bounced off the ground and lay there stunned.

Knowing I had to finish this before he had a chance to counter, I focused the power of a whale and jumped on the tyrant. We smashed through a couple floors before we fell through the Dome into the swamp.

I covered myself in an emerald force field and flew back into the Dome. Looking up, I saw Poison Ivy and Solomon Grundy. They both looked down with their mouths hanging open. Ivy still had that greedy look in her eyes.

A sudden uppercut sent me flying back up and through the roof of the Dome. Black Adam flew after me with murder in his eyes and delivered bone shattering blow after bone shattering blow. I flew back, trying to break away. He rushed forward and his knee connected with my face. My head snapped back from the force of the blow. If I hadn't had the force field, I would have died a long time ago. Focusing my willpower and my fear into one, I blasted Black Adam with everything I had. The sky lit up with the emerald and golden energy.

The earth shook as Black Adam slammed into the ground. He was down, but not for long.

I needed to drain his powers before he got back up. Black Adam sensed what I was doing and took to the air. Taking to the offensive, I flew at him with the speed of Heru. I delivered an uppercut folloed by a one-two punch to his gut. Since I got stronger and Black Adam became weaker he felt the blows. He sailed off into the horizon.

Satisfied, I decended back into the Dome. I located J'onn quickly and without anymore complications. My whole body ached fromy my fight and I was starting to feel lightheaded but I ignored it.

"Jamie… please… help me…" the Martian pleaded weakly as I ran into the room.

Using my magnetic powers I freed J'onn.

"Are you okay?" I asked him tiredly. Something was wrong. I felt so weak…

"I think so… but you are not."

I looked down at myself in a daze. My clothes were all ripped and I had cuts and bruises all over. I started to wooble. What was going on?

"We need… to get you out of… here…"

"Whoa!" J'onn caught me as I fell. "Jamie! Are you..?"

"The others… should be… here… soon…" I kept blacking out and waking up. I felt clammy as well, almost as if I were sick.

"J'onn!" a male voice called out. It sounded familiar but I couldn't tell who…

J'onn looked up and smiled in relief. "He needs medical attention, now!"

"Oh my gosh! Jamie!"

The last thing I saw was Kara's face before the blackness enveloped me.

The blackness was all around me. It was like someone had stuck my head in a black pit and cut off all light. I couldn't move… then I heard faint voices.

"How is he Dr. Mid-Nite?" The voice sounded really familiar, and it made my heart beat faster just by hearing it.

"Better Kara. He pushed his powers past their limit and his body shut down."

"He is going to be okay though, right?"

"He'll be fine. He just needs rest. Now go send Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman in here please."

I struggled to wake up. I could tell them I was fine. But I couldn't break free. I was trapped in the blackness.

"Thank you for coming Pieter."

"Don't worry about it Diana. But let's cut to the chase. He cannot overstress his powers again. They're still developing and the stress put on them could…"

"Kill him."

Even in my confusion I recognized Batman's gravely voice. But it was different. It had… compassion? Maybe even concern. I'd only known Batman for a couple of days but his rep proceded him. He never showed emotion. So why..?

"Yes. Like I said, his powers are still devolping. J'onn read his mind. Jamie sub-consciously put mental blocks in his head when he overstressed his powers."

"So what does that mean?"

"He has to take them off. His powers will also be diminished in strength until he feels he is ready to control his full powers."

"What do you mean by diminished Docter?"

"He cannot retain powers anymore. He only takes them in a vicinity. Once the subject he is absorbing from is out of the vicinity, he looses the powers."

"… That's verey diminished. We're going to have to train him then."

"Yes Batman, but from the tests I've conducted, once Jamie reaches his full potential, he will be a supreme meta human."

"A supreme meta human?"

"As you know, there is only a handful of supreme meta humans. You two, Darksied, Dr. Fate, and the Spectre, among a few others."

"So that's why the Injustice League is after him. Question is, how did they discover him?"

Darkseid! I screamed in my head. I fought harder than ever to break out of the darkness.

My eyes suddenly snapped open. I squinted as they adjusted to the light.

"Darksied…" I croaked.

Superman turned his head. "Jamie, you're awake!"

All four heroes came to my bedside.

"Darkseid… he told them…"

"Darkseid." Superman's voice was laced with anger and his eyes flashed crimson red.

"Clark, calm down. Darkseid isn't our conercen right now. Luthor and his League are."

"You're right Diana." "Superman seemed to relax. "How are you feeling Jamie?"

"Fine… I guess… I have a big headache though… how long was I out?" I sat up in my bed. I was in the medical bay.

"A couple days. Three to be exact."

"What? I was out that long?"

"Yes," Wonder Woman replied. "We were very worried about you. But you pulled through." The Amazon Princess squeezed my hand.

"So what knocked me out for so long? Black Adam? And what happened in Metropolis?"

"You over stressed your powers and your body shut down," Dr. Mid-Nite answered.

"And everything went fine in Metropolis. All of the Injustice Leaguers got away but we stopped them," Superman said.

"Your heacache is to be expected," Dr. Mid-Nite informed me.

"I don't understand how I over used my powers. All I used it for was to take some of Black Adam's powers."

"Were you under a lot of stress when you used your power?"

"Yes. You would have been too if Black Adam was beating on you."

"Jamie, while you under so much pressure, you lost control and absorbed everyone's powers who was in your range," he explained calmly.

My eyes widened in surprise. "Huh?"

"You took everyone's abilities who was in the vicinity."

"Whoa…"

"You cannot do it again. You're powers are still devolping and another burst like that could kill you."

"Oh." I wasn't expecting that. I remembered the conversation while I had been unconscious. "Okay, it won't happen again."

"Good. When you use your powers again you'll notice that they are a bit different,"

I nodded. "Okay."

I let out a sigh of relief. And then I winced.

Black Canary burst into the room. "Just what were you thinking going off by yourself?"

I pulled the blanket over my head quickly and cowered beneath it.

"Just because you hide under a a blanket doesn't mean I can't find you!" She ripped the blanket off of me.

I looked up at her with wide eyes.

"Don't give me that look! You could've been killed!"

She suddenly hugged me, leaving me confused. "Are you okay?"

"Uhh… yeah." I could barely talk from surprise.

"Don't you ever pull a stunt like that again!"

And now she was mad again. She really needed to make up her mind.

I smiled once she let me go. It had been a long hug. "I'm fine. Seriously."

"Good," Batman said in his usual emotionless tone. "Because you're in trouble."

"Yeah, I figured," I responded dryly.

Black Canary put her hands on her hips. "Because you disobeyed orders and put yourself in danger you're grounded for a month."

"Wait, what? Did you say, 'grounded'?"

"Yes, she did." All of the heroes suddenly became serious.

"K, wait. You're saying I'm grounded because I put myself in danger? When you do that everyday?"

All of the heroes were left speechless.

I folded my arms across my chest. "Uh huh. That's what I thought."

"You still disobeyed Dinah's orders by leaving the Watchtower alone," Wonder Woman pointed out.

"You mean that rule still applies?" I asked sheepishly.

"Uh huh. Good try though."

I groaned. "What am I going to do for a month?"

"You're going to train, eat, sleep and go to the bathroom." The funny thing was, Batman wasn't kidding.

"Hooray." I threw my head back against my pillow and stared up at the ceiling.

"Whoa!" I cart wheeled out of the way of a bunch of projectiles.

It had been a couple of weeks since I had stormed the Dome. I had given the JLA the location of the Dome, but the villains had moved it since I had visited.

J'onn had formally joined the JLA once again and Dr. Light had also become a member. The Injustice League, or as I called them the IJL, had been laying low, sometimes coming out and commiting small crimes and getting away from the Justice League. Batman had a theory that they were planning something big and I agreed.

Swtiching to the offensive, I flipped back and kicked out, aiming for my opponents chest.

He spun out of the way as I landed in a crouch and sprung up. He threw another projectile, only this one was beeping.

Cause I had gone off on my own Batman had given me a comm link that I couldn't shut off. The League could always contact me and trace me as well.

Releazing what the projectile was, I dove out of they way as it exploded behind me. I rolled to my feet.

My opponent jumped at me, leg outretched in a kick.

His foot connected with my chest and I was sent hurling backwards. I landed on my back and tried to get oxygen into my lungs.

"You're done," my opponent sneered.

I put my hands above my head performed a back handpsring. "Nope."

"Fine." He threw a punch.

I blocked it and shot my leg out. He sidestepped it. I followed with a flying kick, which he barely ducked. Roundhouse kicks, one-two punches , even spin kicks. Nothing got through. He either blocked it or dodged it. I was getting mad.

I couldn't use my power to siphon off some ability because he didn't have any special abilities. Switching from martial arts to more brute moves, I struck out. I punched him in the gut, then spun around and kicked him in the face. His head snapped back as he stumbled back.

Batman rubbed his nose. "That's enough for today."

"K."

I was sweating. Sparring against Batman was tough. Especially when I didn't have abilities to use. I was getting better though. At the start of our training, he'd take me down in litterally three seconds.

We walked to the exit of the Kitchen. I started to walk to my room when he stopped me.

"Jamie… good job. You're improving."

I smiled slowly. "Thanks Batman. That means a lot coming from you."

The Dark Knight smiled.

It was funny. He never smiled except at me. I think I was his favorite, aside from Zatanna.

I got back to my room and threw myself onto my bed. I only had a week left of my grounding. Batman had kept his promise. I wasn't allowed out of my room unless I was going to eat or going to the bathroom. A hero usually called on me to train. I hadn't seen Kara since my grounding had started. J'onn must have read my mind. It had been a boring three weeks.

Sorry i havent updated in a while. With exams and everything going on, i was pretty busy. Hope you liked this chapter. Please review :)