The rest of the Light and the entire group of the Teen Titans all stared at Aqualad as though he had just managed to survive in the Sahara Desert for an entire month without food, water, shelter, and shade.
"I-I don't understand! W-what happened to Aqualad?!" spluttered Bumblebee.
"How-when-where-why-"stammered Cyborg gaped at Kaldur, who had gone back to his true form.
"Is...is that really Aqualad?" gasped Starfire.
Aqualad clutched his neck from where the glamour charm had been. "No." His cover had been blown.
"...No freakin' way," Beast Boy managed to squeak out, to shocked to speak much.
Aquaman clutched his trident. He was getting impatient and he had to control his rage. He wanted to run out of the shadows and pummel Black Manta until he started bleeding, but he held himself back.
Every single one of the Teen Titans and Titans East were gazing at no one but Kaldur. He felt uncomfortable with all the stares he was getting. But he knew there was no use in coming up with a lie about his form and the glamour charm. It was too late.
Raven raised her eyebrow at him. "This is Aqualad? He looks...different."
"Hold on a minute!" Panther called up from above a rooftop. He narrowed his eyes at Robin and Kid flash. He pointed toward the two of them suspiciously. "Those two are also wearing those strange charms. Aqualad's appearance drastically changed when it was taken off. Do you think those necklaces give them some kind of disguise or mirage of how they really look like?"
"Of course," Ra al Ghul snatched the torn glamour charm away from Black Manta. He squinted at the gemstone. "This is a glamour charm, created to disguise someone, altering their appearances to making look like a completely different person."
"Which means the Bird Boy and the speedster don't really look like that," Queen Bee purred. "I told you they didn't really trust you."
"Kid flash...Robin...is that true?" Jinx's voice was barely more than a whisper. Her voice sounded confused, shocked, and a little hurt. Her expression was on of utter disbelief.
Robin blushed. Kid flash gained a sudden interest in his shoes. Speedy nervously fingered the string on his bow.
There was an awkward silence. Then finally Robin spoke.
"Um...well..."he stammered, his cheeks flushing an even more brighter red.
"No matter," Black Manta raised his hand. "I've been itching to get my revenge on Aqualad, and maybe I'll get those glamour charms from those two too." He brought his fist down to strike Kaldur'ahm on the head.
Aquaman instantly snapped. He leapt out from the shadows, and tacked into Black Manta full-force, sending the two of them barreling away from Kaldur, wrestling and trying to strike each other while rolling on the ground, trying to gain the upper hand.
As soon as Aquaman became visible to everyone, all chaos broke loose. The entire League swept out from the shadows, and threw themselves at the Light and their henchmen and soldiers. There were now so much meta-humans they seemed to block out the sunlight.
All of the Titans and the Titans East gaped at the Justice League, who were fighting for their proteges.
"Whoa...did they bring their own army?" gaped Beast Boy.
"Hold on..." Cyborg squinted at the fight. As soon as he saw some of the most famous superheroes, which were Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and more, his eyes widened. "Guys...I think this is the Justice League!" He heard all about the Justice League and what they did.
"The Justice League? You've got to be kidding," Beast Boy's mouth continued to dangle open. "How did they gather the entire League? Not even we can do that!"
"Let them go." Batman threw aside a soldier and glared at Vandal Savage. "You only wanted them to hurt us. If you stay away from them, we'll come with you willingly. No funny business."
"Batman, don't!" Robin cried out. He clenched his fists. He couldn't let his father and the entire League do this.
Klarion smirked. "Oh, so the little brats want some attention? They have it." He swept his hand, and with a yelp, Robin went flying though the air and crashed into Zatanna. Both of them went flying backwards and banged against a brick wall. They both immediately crumpled to the floor.
With a roar of anger, Batman pulled out one of his exploding batarangs and threw it at Klarion. However, when the smoke cleared after it had struck its target, Klarion looked completely unharmed while clutching Teekl in his arms.
"Stay close to me, Kid!" Flash cried loudly as he bypassed Wally and tacked three enemy soldiers at once.
"Robin!" Starfire flew over to an unconscious Robin and Zatanna. "Robin, can you hear me?"
Zatanna got up to her feet, wincing. She could feel a big bruise on her head. If her father was here right now, he would've hit Klarion with everything he had.
Grimacing, Robin got up to his knees. He and Zatanna had only been knocked out for about thirty seconds. Feeling something warm trickle down his face, he stared at Batman. "It's...it's fine." Spots danced in front of his eyes, but they faded away quickly.
Starfire gasped. "Robin! You're bleeding!" His forehead was covered in blood. The cut looked so deep that both Starfire and Batman knew that he had to go to the hospital to get stitches.
Batman rushed over, pulled a bandage from his belt, and pressed it on his forehead. "This will slow the bleeding. I don't have anything else. As soon as this fight is over, you're going to the hospital."
"I'm fine. Really. It's not like I got a concussion or something," Robin reassured.
There was a sudden blast, and Miss Martian, letting out a cry of pain, landed to the ground next to Zatanna. Her uncle hastily flew over and checked her over for critical injuries.
"Robin!" Dick heard Starfire yell. "What does this necklace do?" And suddenly her hands were reaching for the charm on his neck. He yelped and backflipped away.
"Not yet!" he exclaimed. "Not yet, Starfire, we'll talk later!" And then he ran after Batman, ready to assist his mentor. He heard Starfire calling his name, but he pushed all of his guilt aside. He was with Batman, his mentor, his father again! They were the Dynamic Duo again! As they both took down soldiers pleasant memories of taking down lowly criminals while fighting alongside Batman in Gotham flashed through his head.
"Best. Day. EVER!" he heard Kid flash whoop toward the sky.
Superboy punched at Klarion, but he just swept his hand again and he went flying into Superman's back, knocking both of them down.
Both Roy and Artemis shot arrows with explosives at the same time, causing a big explosion and sending many soldiers flying.
Both the Titans and the Titans East joined the fight, aiding the Justice League and the Team. They could already see that the Light was not a team to say "hi" to.
"Seems like we've clearly underestimated those children. They called in reinforcements," Vandal Savage murmured. "But no more."
Klarion thrust out his hand and created a portal. "See you all later!" he cackled immaturely, leaping into the portal with the other members of the Light following them.
The portal grew smaller as the last member disappeared and vanished. The last of the soldiers were taken down and knocked out.
This was it. The fight was over. The Light was gone.
Aqualad, Speedy, Kid Flash, and Robin almost wished that the fight hadn't ended, because now the entire Titans were coming towards them, looking like they wanted to talk to them. They knew that there was no point in lying or running away.
Robin took a deep breath, facing the Titans. "We're...sorry. We really didn't want to leave." He turned to Kid Flash. "I, um...think we should tell them the truth about us."
"Well, you guys have a looooot to explain," Raven said impatiently.
Starfire's urge to go fly over to Robin was overwhelming, but Batman was standing almost in front of him, in a very protective manner, like a bodyguard.
Beastboy suddenly dashed up to Superman and held out a pen and notebook.
"Dude, I'm a HUGE fan!" he gushed excitedly. "Can I have your autograph?"
Superman chuckled and ruffled his hair. "Maybe later, Beastboy. Robin, Kid flash, Aqualad, and "Speedy" would like to explain to you guys in person of what is going on."
Green Arrow started sniggering when he heard the name "Speedy."
"Hey," Speedy grumped. "Make fun of me and you'll earn a free vacation to the hospital." That last comment only made Oliver laugh harder.
Aqualad raised his come and beckoned them to come over to them. "Come," he said. His voice and face expression had completely changed. His demeanor was now extremely serious, and there was no recognition or hint of the previous Aqualad. "You all deserve a well-deserved explanation. Let's go discuss this in the League's headquarters in the Hall of Justice, shall we?"
The Teen Titans were all trembling in anticipation. Finally they were going to be able to understand what was going on, and as a bonus, they even got to meet the Justice League. THE Justice League! They wanted nothing more to get some signatures and photographs, but now was not the time.
The entire Titans group started walking and heading toward the League and the Team to follow them for a long talk.