The team followed Moontail out of the room and managed to convince her to stay. Temporarily.

It amazed Wally; the original team hadn't fought together on their own in years! To get them all back in the game together was incredible. It had only taken one girl and one threat to convince them all. They'd go behind Batman's back, but not like they hadn't done it before! He knew that this would be the start of something incredible.

Artemis smiled, keeping her hands locked with Wally's. After the month apart, she couldn't bear to let go. It was incredible that Moontail had managed to pull together this particular team and go after ShadowMist. The six of them had fought the longest, the hardest and it was only right that if the world was ending in chaos and destruction, they would stop it. As a team.

Kaldur gave a wide grin to his friends, something he hadn't done in a very long time. Even in his new suit and being gone for a month, Kaldur knew Wally had returned. The fact that he had decided to carry on the legacy and not retire again gave him comfort while the thought of him joining his old teammates made Kaldur excited. The thrills that he, Dick, Conner and Wally had shared were impossible to replicate. It was exhilarating to have his friends back, no matter how much they had all changed.

Laughter grew as Dick thought back to his days as Robin. He had the most experience, but the others had proven they could hold their own. He had managed to jump start everything by hacking the systems to find Cadmus, but he knew that Wally's cheer and Kaldur's determination rubbed off on him. The boys of the Team had begun a revolution for the next generation, freeing Superboy and he didn't regret a minute of it. What he did regret however was how far they had grown apart. The fact that Moontail defied Batman just as openly as they had years before, kicked his spirit into overdrive. He couldn't be more excited about it.

Pounding the marble floors of the hall, Conner's eyes brightened at the thoughts of their old team. The boys had become his brothers, Megan his girlfriend, Artemis practically a sister! He had spent his short lifetime underground, designed to replace Superman. He never wanted to and learning he had choice in his new free life, he made one. Half Kryptonian and half human, the hybrid learned that his genetics didn't make him and neither did the scientists at Cadmus. He had grown a lot over the years and was grateful every day that he woke up with the opportunities he had. If it hadn't been for defying Batman, the protégés would never have rescued him and he wouldn't know trust, friendship, loyalty or love.

Megan flew above the team, feeling a weight lifted off her heart. The team was back in back to fight! Everything in the past few years had been crazy, not wrong, but different then her first years with the Team. She had been the first girl on the team and after proving herself she could play with the boys, she learned that they were family. They had fought monsters, robots and villains all over the Earth and still kept together. Robin's laughter, Wally's flirting and Kaldur's compassion had glued them in a way she had never witnessed. After the Team grew and others moved on, it hadn't been the same. Now that all of them had defied Batman, they would prove they could fight and why they had started this team.

Over the next week as other teams searched the Earth for clues, the 7 teammates bonded, reliving their past. Regardless of the change of Nightwing, Flash and Tigress, they played like they did years ago. Moontail had heard stories from Wally about the bond, but never believed it. Seeing them together, she grinned. All the heroes had changed, but they were more than heroes, they were a family. She was proud to admit that her defiance had awakened them from their ordinary dull lives and made them a team again.

Batman, as a detective and leader of the League and Team, noticed how they bonded, he smiled, seeing the smiles in their eyes and the playful jokes thrown around. He knew they hated him when he had declared them all off the hunt for ShadowMist, but it was for their own good. Wally had returned and become the new Flash, Artemis had become secluded as Tigress, Dick and Kaldur refused to smile or leave the Watchtower, only for dire emergencies. The return and arrival of Moontail and Wally had lifted their apathy.

However as a detective he noticed disturbance. The team had begun training as a group. Teaching Moontail better techniques and full use of her abilities. Nightwing constantly tracked and printed reports of each trio's reports from Earth. By the way the team clammed up around him and avoided his gaze, his presence practically, Batman suspected treachery. Whenever he asked about their feelings for the hunt on the villainess, they quickly ran off, only leaving a string of excuses.

His suspicions proved correct as two weeks after their arrival he appeared in the zeta tubes with Nightwing at the computer. He looked up in shock. Bruce wasn't supposed to arrive in the WatchTower until noon! He waved his members shouting for them to go.

Batman stood, shock routing him in place as the heroes dived into the second zeta tube. The entire process happening in just a minute and a half.

Recognized:

Aqualad B02, Kaldur bowed in apology.

Flash 27, Wally waved smiling.

Tigress B07, Artemis cocked her hand in a mock salute.

Miss Martian B05, Megan mouthed sorry.

Superboy B04, Superboy slammed a fist in his hand, cocking his head to the side.

Nightwing then slid across Batman's path with a smile, a rare sight for the Dark Knight to see. In his hand was Moontail who laughed. He had his wrist computer up as he dialed into it.

"I hacked the system!"

Recognized:

Nightwing B01, Moontail B27

With that, the original team, no matter how different they had become was the same. Disrespectful, ignorant and downright rude. Batman glowered as the gold light faded in the tube, the heroes gone and down to who knows where on Earth. He stalked to the computer, intent on dragging back the heroes to the WatchTower for their own safety. Once he was there he saw the Dick had completely taken control and had locked him out, the password unavailable. He looked up as John Stewart and Billy Batson as Captain Marvel came into the room.

"What's wrong?" Billy asked.

"Did you find ShadowMist?" John asked.

"No," Batman growled, "And the team went down to Earth to fight her themselves."

"What team?" Billy asked.

"Who else?" Batman growled, stalking away from the zeta tubes.

"Nightwing, Aqualad, Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian and Tigress. Worse they took her with them!"

"Who?" John asked the Bat.

"Moontail!"