A New Destiny: Omnibus: Tales of the Team

by SuperHeroTimeFan

A spin-off to Logan GC's "A New Destiny", this tells of events to foreshadow what will happen in his story and unseen events that concur within and outside of the chapters. Every event is incorporated into Logan GC's "A New Destiny". I highly advise you to read this. This is to promote Logan GC's story only.

25. Hunted And Gathered

Hello once again, my faithful and fellow readers. SuperHeroTimeFan is back with another chapter. Thank you to Logan GC, Flaming Dragon, Izanagi God, Sonarkiller27, KINGREADER, Bkaa19, Jaykid1, prosper7593, and many of the millions of Guest reviewers for reviewing and loving my story so much, especially the new reviewer, KrautYank! Your support means so much to me! Thank you all. Flaming Dragon, I believe Logan GC will handle Rocket's arrival. If he doesn't, then I'll try to ask him if I can type up how she gets on the Team, but it's pretty much self-explanatory how she got there in "Usual Suspects". Also, Sonarkiller27 thank you for your compliments. I may have to think about Galen facing the original Furies of Planet Apocalypse. Commander950, Darth Revan will definitely have a major role in my story, I promise you that, but I'm not so sure about the Jedi Exile. I'll have to think about it. Also, The Christian Jedi, pray tell what 'error' you found in my story. I saw none at all. Logan GC and me will have to talk it over. This chapter will be special because it will feature an extremely dangerous villain from the Star Wars universe. Prosper7593 and I talked about having this chapter and after Logan GC gave his approval, I finally get the chance to do it. Without further adieu, here's Chapter 25. Enjoy!

Chapter 25: Hunted And Gathered

Yellowstone National Park November 20th 1632 hours

The Son looked all around at what used to be T.O. Morrow's lab. It was now his personal headquarters. There were Sith Holocrons everywhere, each with the essence of a Sith Lord from the next dimension. As the Son waited on his metal throne for Darth Malgus, he looked to his dagger. The Dagger of Mortis was a powerful weapon, capable of destroying either his father or his sister. Sister reeks of light. The Son thought to himself disgustedly. Just then, the Son heard someone enter the room. Darth Malgus came in and bowed down before the Son. "At ease, Lord Malgus." The Son ordered. Malgus acknowledged and removed the Sith Holocron from his chest. As he stood up, he reverted back into his human form, Mal Augustus. "I return, my lord." Malgus said to the Son, who smiled. "Good. Lord Malgus, I would like you to meet my newest recruit." He said, as Mal looked up to the Son. "Who is it?" Malgus asked curiously. The Son smiled and looked behind him.

As Mal looked around, a girl stepped out of the shadows. She looked somewhere around the age of twenty-one. She had blonde hair and she wore a black shirt, covered with a white scarf covered with a grey jacket. She wore torn denim jeans and had black flats. Mal scoffed. "Who are you?" he asked incredulously. The girl scoffed and stepped up. "Allison Jane Votsky, AJV for short." She introduced herself to the far more experienced Sith Lord. Seeing his eyebrow raise, Allison chuckled. "Sith Alias: Asajj Ventress." She explained. She then showed him the red Sith Holocron she was given. Mal scoffed once again. "Your story?" he asked. Allison grew a wide grin on her face.

Four hours, thirty-two minutes earlier…

Blüdhaven November 20th 0000 hours

Allison stood in a warehouse. She was on the phone with someone and was surrounded with boxes full of Styrofoam. She was trying to scam someone into giving her money for a so-called multi-purpose phone, which was actually just a broken cellphone. As she heard a doubtful voice coming from the caller, she clicked her tongue in disagreement. "No, no, no. These babies are flying off the shelves." She stated. She then heard a questioning, condescending tone from the caller. "You know what? Do yourself a favor: go to the website, and check the sales figures. Alright?" she asked. She grinned as she looked over to the boxes. The words 'B-Link Camera' and 'Gag Website' were labeled on it. She chuckled. "Kids, they love these things." She reasoned. As she heard another questioning tone, she scoffed. "Of course, man, I-it's got everything, dude. It's-it's got e-mail, web link, text messaging and even video phone." She lied calmly. As she was saying this, she toyed around with one of the phones. All of a sudden, it broke. Allison stuttered, trying to fix it and talk to her caller. "Uh, also with two-way radio, and all that good stuff, yeah." She lied again, giving up and throwing away the broken phone. She then started to speak straight. "It's the coolest gadget in years, okay? I swear." She stated. The customer asked for the payment, but Allison clicked her tongue. "Now, you'd expect a form of dis-quality to go for, you know, like forty bucks wholesale anywhere else. I just happen to have a warehouse full of these things." She stated, as she turned around. There she was, in an empty warehouse. There was nothing but trashcans and ladders. "And because you're a friend of mine, Grayson, I'll try to cut you a deal, so if you want to pick up, say, ten thousand, I'd be willing to share off maybe, thirty or thirty five–" she said, but was soon cut off.

Allison saw a man out the window with a flashlight. He struggled to get the door open, but he couldn't. Allison gulped and spoke back to the person on the phone, which was actually Richard Grayson. "Hey, do me a favor. Just hang on a quick second. I hear my secretary calling me." She lied nervously. As she saw the silhouette of the policeman, she cursed to herself before looking around for an exit. She could see the emergency exit, but she had to hang up on Richard. "Hey, man. Something really big just came up, and I need to go, like now. So, if you want to send a check for twenty grand, with that pedal box address I gave you, those babies are yours! All right? Peace out!" she said, hanging up on Richard.

Allison started to run towards the exit and kicked the door open. When she got out, Allison ran to her bike and put on her helmet. As she started her motorcycle, a black van got in the way. Out came a man with a blue business suit and a black tie. His eyes were yellow and he had pure white skin. "Excuse me? Miss Votsky?" he asked her. Allison flipped the visor up and came up with an excuse for the person she thought was a government official. "I'm sorry, sir. My-my name's not Votsky. I-It's Underhill." She lied stressfully. "You must have me confused with some other girl." The mysterious man raised his arm up in surrender. "It's alright, I'm not a cop." He reassured her. He then put his hands in his pockets and cleared his throat. "Actually, I was hoping to talk to you about a sales position." Allison sighed and started to remove her helmet, as well as straighten up her hair. She turned to see if anyone else was there before turning back. "To be honest with you, pal, this really isn't the best time right now." She admitted. The man sighed. "Well, I could call a cop." He said playfully with her. Allison groaned.

"Indulge me. One question." The man said, in which Allison started to listen. "Can you convince a person to do something completely against their nature?" he asked sinisterly. Allie raised an eyebrow and scoffed. "Something like that's got to pay pretty well." She replied. The Son in disguise smirked. "If you could convince a group of children to wage an all out war, I'll…" he said before chuckling. "I'll give you the world." Allison laughed her guts out and caught her breath after laughing for five minutes straight. "You know, I could sell life preservers in the desert, alright? That's not the problem. This world is really not doing any fun for me right now." She stated snippily. The man sighed. "I see." He said before speaking up again. "I wasn't clear. Not… this world." He explained. Allison's eyes widened as the man turned into the Son and made everything around them change. Allie gasped, as they were no longer on Earth, but a desert-like area with markets all around. The Son gestured his hand towards many signs. "Illegal sales, Black Market. This is a criminal underworld." The Son said. Allison grinned sinisterly. "I could make a profit here!" she exclaimed. The Son snickered and handed her a red pyramid-looking device. As it glowed in her hands, everything around them started to change back. The Son stood up to her, now much taller than her and with a more demonic appearance. "You can rule… the world." He reiterated. Allison smirked and looked to her new device one last time.

Present Day

Yellowstone National Park November 20th 1637 hours

Mal scoffed at the story Allison just told him. "What do you feel when you have all that power?" he asked curiously. Allie chuckled. "I feel like I was practically born to have it." She replied. Once again, Mal scoffed. "There's a reason the Son chose us in particular." Augustus explained. Allison widened her eyes and started to listen. "That other world the Son showed you? It's full of people with our exact DNA. It means that only we four can use the holocrons given to us." Allie chuckled. "I saw Traya and Revan. They're blind to the Son's plan." She quipped. The Son chuckled. "I like you already, Asajj." The demon spoke. The Son then transformed the area they were in into the Cave, where the Sith Stalker attacked the Team. Allie watched in amusement as she saw the Team use their lightsabers to take down Lord Starkiller. Allison smirked. "Let me guess: these are the kids you want me to take care of?" she asked snippily. The Son smiled. "Yes." He simply replied. Allie clicked her tongue. "Seems pretty much like a suicide job rather than a battle." She stated. The Son growled. "Explain." He ordered angrily. Malgus looked to Allison as she started to speak. "Too many kids with too many lightsabers." She explained. Mal prepared to activate his lightsaber on her if the Son ever ordered him to do so. Instead, the Son smiled sinisterly.

"You seem to be right, Ventress." He stated. Mal sheathed his lightsaber hilt and watched the Son walk towards some robotic parts. "There used to be a cybernetic warrior named Grievous." He told his two Sith Apprentices. "He is a Jedi killer. I'll resurrect him to help fight off the Team." The two apprentices smiled. The Son spread his arms around and blasted at some random robotic parts. The parts then levitated into the air and started to take shape. Multiple parts started to form into silver droids with grey cloaks over them. They each had a red circle on their chests and wielded long, metal staffs. There were about fifteen of these droids. Other robotic components began to form into red droids. They looked similar to the silver ones, except they had helmets and yellow eyes. Their chests also had red orbs in the center and instead of staffs; they had two lightsaber hilts on their belts. There were about fifteen of them as well, making a total of thirty droids. Mal and Allison gaped in wonder as the last of the mechanical parts started to take shape. Allison started to cover her mouth in disgust, as this one grew organs, a heart, yellow eyes and a brain. Silver pieces of metal began to cover these human parts and form a body. A stream of red blood started to pour into him. The legs looked like claws and the arms had twelve fingers, six on each hand. There were cracks on the legs and arms, looking as if they could separate. He wore a cloak like the other droids, and he had a belt full of lightsabers, somewhere over four. As a skeletal mask was placed onto his face, he growled and looked around.

The strange cyborg looked confused. "Where am I?" he asked confusingly. He then heard the Son chuckle evilly. "Welcome back to the land of the living, General." The Son greeted him. Grievous turned to see him. "Who are you?" he asked suspiciously. The Son smiled. "I am the Son of Darkness. I was the one who was able to bring you back to life from your death at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi." He explained. General Grievous growled. "Where are the Jedi?" he demanded. The Son laughed. "They are all but extinct. Darth Sidious and his Sith Apprentice, Darth Vader, killed them all." Grievous growled in anger and looked to the two Sith Apprentices. "These are your apprentices, I assume?" he wondered, in which Mal and Allison nodded yes. General Grievous continued to roar in anger until the Son cackled. "Hunting and killing Jedi might have ben a hobby of yours, General, but there's still a way to continue being a hunter." Grievous looked to him in confusion. "Tell me." He demanded calmly. The Son laughed and brought up past footage of the Team, along with Starkiller, fighting against the Sith Stalker. "Jedi!" General Grievous exclaimed angrily. He then laughed, but it was added in with a cough. "Jedi Scum." He cursed. The Son nodded in disagreement. "Oh, no, no, no, no, no. The kids with lightsabers are just Jedi pretenders, all part of a Team. General, the real Jedi are these two." The Son stated, pointing to Galen and Artemis. "Jedi who use Sith Powers." Grievous stated. "Who is he?" he asked. The Son chuckled. "He is Starkiller, and his apprentice is Artemis." The Son explained, pointing his finger to the Force-user and the archer. Grievous looked over to the Son, who was now laughing. "You are still a general, Grievous. Only now, you are free to hunt Jedi to your heart's desire."

Grievous laughed evilly. As usual, his laugh was interrupted by a cough. Grievous started to think. "In order to hunt down this Team, I'll need two things." The Son raised an eyebrow. "Tell me, I'll offer you anything." He stated. The general smiled. This was going to be a good hunt.

Mount Justice 1700 hours

Artemis was helping the Team train with their lightsabers. Even though she and Galen just got back from Themyscira a half-hour ago, they had recovered from their battle with the mysterious Sith Lord known as Darth Traya and were prepared for anything.

Artemis backed away from Kid Flash as he attacked her with both of his golden lightsabers randomly. Wally groaned at the sight of Artemis not fighting back. "Come on, attack!" he demanded, but Artemis kept blocking his attacks. Artemis sighed. "Stop using standard attacks, use Form VI: Niman!" Artemis instructed the speedster. Galen and Artemis might have taught the Team everything on lightsaber techniques, but everyone still struggled to master them. It took Artemis about a couple of weeks to master her lightsaber techniques. Wally grinned and performed a Djem So attack, which Artemis blocked easily. He then attempted a Makashi jab, but Artemis blocked that too. "Do you even know any of the lightsaber forms?" she asked. Wally smirked. "Duh, that was Vaapad." He stated. Artemis cursed to herself. "No, it wasn't" She corrected him. "Now, how often must I tell you: control yourself against an opponent." Wally chuckled. "I can always control myself in front of a girl." He quipped. Robin face-palmed himself for hearing Wally use such a cliché antic. Artemis groaned. "I mean, control my central line." The archer said. Wally nodded and attacked Artemis with Ataru strikes. Artemis dodged every attack and then jumped to the side. "Good." She said, impressed. As Wally dashed to attack her, Artemis Force-pushed him aside. Wally ran up to her and started to attack randomly again. Artemis continued to block as she tutored the speedster. "Now then, listen to every word I say. Attack more lightly." She instructed. As Wally continued to attack with random lightsaber forms, Artemis grinned. "You're holding the saber too tightly." She scolded. Wally loosened the grip on his right lightsaber hilt, but Artemis disarmed him easily. She nodded her head in disappointment at him and smirked. "Now, too lightly." She teased. She then sent a Force-push towards him, which knocked him to the ground.

As the word 'failure' hovered over Wally, Artemis walked over to him, extending her hand. "Next time we train, you study all the lightsaber forms. Galen had me go over them for weeks, and here I am." She stated. Wally grabbed her hand and got up. Jason looked around and then to the Team again. "Where is Galen, anyway?" he asked. As if on cue, Galen walked up. He had a concerned look on his face, which was troubling Artemis. "What's wrong?" she asked. Galen sighed. "Ever since Ravager attacked us earlier this month, Deathstroke has always appeared alongside her." He explained. The Team's eyes widened. "Deathstroke escaped?" M'gann asked concernedly. Artemis nodded. "We should probably tell you about what happened on the night before Wally's birthday." The archer said. Aqualad stepped up. "Explain." He said calmly. Galen sighed. "One night, after Artemis' parent-teacher conference/father-daughter dance, Artemis wanted to teach Jocelyn, the girl who caused problems for her that night, a lesson. Her father turned out to be a financial backer for the League of Shadows, and Deathstroke, along with Ravager came and sent us to the Phantom Zone." Galen said. Kaldur's eyed widened. "What happened then?" he asked. Artemis took the story. "We fought our way out, but Jocelyn used Kobra-venom to turn herself into Terra. That's not the point, though. All we know is that Deathstroke is on the loose." The archer explained. The Team nodded. "How will we capture him?" Robin asked. "He knows our weaknesses." Connor added. Galen chuckled. "We have two things that the Shadows don't: a weakness of Deathstroke's and Jedi knowledge." Galen explained. The Team all grinned. Deathstroke's weakness was seeing his daughter killed or harmed and holocrons gave them knowledge.

Galen sat down on the ground in a crisscross position. The Team looked at a holocron he placed in front of him. "Isn't that the same one we used before facing Maul and Savage?" Artemis asked confusingly. Galen nodded. "This holocron can be used again. Obi-Wan said so." Galen explained. As the Team acknowledged, Galen placed the same crystal he used before to activate it to activate it again. The hologram of Obi-Wan Kenobi appeared as he began to speak.

"Hello, young Jedi. If you have reactivated this holocron, then you have decided to learn about one of the many tactics used by me. I am Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Master. There used to be times when I wasn't always a Jedi." The negotiator said. The Team's eyes widened. "At one point in my life, I faked my death to go undercover on a secret mission to prevent the abduction of the Republic's Supreme Chancellor." Wally waved his hands around in the air. "Wait a minute! The Jedi protected a Republic?" he asked in disbelief. The Team shrugged and continued to watch. "I disguised myself as the Bounty Hunter who 'killed' me, Rako Hardeen. Embarrassingly, I had to shave my hair. Then, I underwent a painful facial transformation. Finally, I used a vocal emulator device to reshape my larynx." Before he could go on, Robin and Wally walked away. "What's wrong?" Galen asked. Artemis then saw all the girls quivering, with Connor and Jason joining Robin and Wally. "We need to throw up." Robin stated. The rest of the Team remaining listened in disgust to the sound of vomiting coming from the restrooms. As soon as they came back, the boys all had mouthwash. They gargled for a minute, and then took deep breaths. "We're good, carry on." Wally said. The Team shivered in disgust and then looked back to the recording.

"There is a simpler way to shapeshift yourself, though." Kenobi stated, causing the Team to falter. Galen and Artemis furrowed their brows and continued to listen. "While I was on a strike team of Bounty Hunters to kidnap the Chancellor, we used a special high-tech device invented by the Snivvian Bounty Hunter, Sinrich. It was called the Holographic Disguise Matrix, the Shadow Matrix for short. It is an experimental example of advanced holography. These are the steps on how to create one." Galen stopped the recording and looked to the Team. "Seems we now know how gain an element of surprise." Galen quipped. "Agreed." Aqualad said. Just then, Robin and Wally came. "Where were you?" Chloe asked, raising an eyebrow. Robin grinned and they both revealed that they had gotten spare parts. "If we're going to learn how to make a highly advanced disguise device, then we should watch and build." Robin explained. Galen nodded and resumed the transmission.

"Considering how rare the Shadow Matrixes are, this holocron is stored with about three of them." Obi-Wan said, as the holocron opened up to reveal about three grey-colored, palm-sized devices with a single blue orb in the center. "All you have to do in order to activate these devices is just program them with the individual you want to disguise yourself as. Then, you step through the device to transform yourself into said person. This is all I have to offer for now. The Force will always be with you, young Jedi. If you wish to reactivate this holocron again, then you will find strategies on how to defeat multi-lightsaber wielders." With that, Kenobi faded away and the holocron device closed up.

Robin, Wally and Chloe picked up the devices and looked at them. "We'll need more of these." Wally stated. Chloe nodded. "We can reverse-engineer these and make more to help us." Chloe added on. Wally and Chloe looked to Robin, who nodded in agreement. "You do that. There's something I need to take care of." The Boy Wonder said. Zatanna lifted an eyebrow and looked to Robin. "What is it?" she asked him. Robin thought for a moment. "The transformation thing Kenobi told us is still making me sick. I need to go throw up." He replied. Galen looked to him confusingly and then turned back. "Let's get to programming Ravager into these things." He said. Everyone acknowledged and went to work.

Robin walked into a secret room of the Cave and activated his ear-com. "Ravager, do you hear me?" he asked to Ravager. In order for the plan to go well, Ravager had to do some secret cooperation. Finally, after waiting for thirty seconds, Rose's voice came through. "I'm here, Robin. What is it?" she asked. Robin sighed. "We're planning a trap to capture Deathstroke. I need you to silently help." He explained. Rose muttered to herself. "What do you need me to do?" she asked. "The bait we'll use is an injured Ravager. If you could put on an act for Deathstroke to believe you're dead, it would help." The Boy Wonder replied. "Where do you want us to meet?" Ravager asked after sounding confused. Robin chuckled. "The same place Deathstroke got the jump on us: Santa Prisca." Robin replied. Ravager muttered to herself. Finally, she responded. "I'll do it." She said. Robin smiled. "Thanks." He said to her.

Western Mongolia 1712 hours

Ravager sighed. It would not be easy to convince Deathstroke, her father, the man who cared too much for her safety and adulterated against many women, to come with her into a trap. She walked into a meeting room. There were Deathstroke, Sportsmaster, and Cheshire. Rose let out a sigh before walking up towards them. "Father?" she asked Deathstroke. The assassin looked towards her and grunted. "What is it, Rose?" he asked. Ravager took a deep breath before speaking. "We have word that weapons and Kobra Venom have been left on Santa Prisca from the last time we launched our operations there." She said. Sportsmaster turned to her. "What's the big deal, then?" he asked. "The Justice League is rumored to return there to search for any evidence of our work." She lied calmly. Cheshire walked up to her. "Let's go then. If Starkiller is leading the Team, then we should get there first to get the drop on them." She stated. "Perfect." Ravager stated, now knowing that all was according to plan.

Yellowstone National Park 1716 hours

Unbeknownst to the Team and the Shadows, their conversations were being eavesdropped on by General Grievous. "Let's hear that again." He said sinisterly, replaying the message Robin sent to Ravager. "Meet us on Santa Prisca." Said the recording of Robin. Grievous let out a loud laugh. "I will take this opportunity to capture all of them, including the Jedi and his youngling." He stated. "All in the name of the Son!" The Son smiled at this.

Grievous and his droid army flew away in their ships to get to Santa Prisca. Mal and Allison watched sinisterly. The Son walked up behind Allison and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Go and help." He ordered. "My pleasure." Allison replied sadistically. She looked to her shadow and placed her Sith Holocron in front of her. Her chest started to glow. "Asajj Ventress!" Allison yelled out. With that, she placed the holocron inside of her chest, implanting itself onto the con girl's body. A silver orb circled around her as Allie spread out her arms and allowed her transformation to begin. When the orb had subsided, Allison was now wearing a black half top with a small oval-shaped hole in the center. Her arms were covered in white strappings and a black skirt covered up her legs. She had two light-grey belts that intersected with one another, with a brown circle-shaped buckle holding them. "I will do as you say, Master." Asajj Ventress stated. The Son smiled. "Try to make an alliance with Artemis to kill Starkiller, but do not attack her." He ordered. Ventress smirked and nodded. She then disappeared into her shadow and to Santa Prisca.

The Son then turned to Mal. "Oversee the battle, but do not interfere, just watch." He ordered. Mal nodded and placed his holocron to his shadow. "Darth Malgus!" he yelled. As a black orb surrounded him, Mal Augustus transformed into Darth Malgus and vanished. The Son then looked to another holocron. "One more, just one more." He said to himself. He then walked off into the shadows, disappearing to find another Sith Apprentice.

Santa Prisca 1725 hours

As the Bioship landed on the Island of Santa Prisca, Aqualad and Robin went over the plan with the Team. "We'll use the Shadow Matrix to have Chloe turn into Ravager." Robin explained. Chloe nodded and stepped through the device, turning into Ravager. "Since the League of Shadows has no idea that Chloe joined the Team, they'll be under the impression that Ravager really died while the whole Team is revealed to them." Aqualad added on. Everyone nodded, with Chloe inspecting herself. "I'll do whatever it takes." She said in Ravager's voice.

Meanwhile, Deathstroke, Sportsmaster, Cheshire and Ravager entered the factory, along with multiple Shadow Assassins. "Let's make this quick." Cheshire said as everyone nodded in agreement. "We leave nothing behind." Deathstroke added on. Ravager nodded and led the assassins into the building. As they were walking through the hallway, Ravager ran in front of the assassins. "I'll scout the area for the sidekicks." She said. "Be careful." Deathstroke told his daughter. Rose nodded and ran to scout. No one knew that she was really disappearing to secretly help the Team.

Grievous looked around at the warehouse, chuckling. "Soon, the Jedi and their enemies will be mine for the taking!" he exclaimed. He looked to his twenty droids and motioned for some of them to come closer. "Five MagnaGuards come with me. The rest of you prepare to ambush the latter to ensure no one leaves alive!" he ordered. The droids acknowledged, as five of the MagnaGuards protected Grievous. The rest of the army went to ambush the Team.

Ravager scouted the area, looking for the Team. Come on, this has to go all according to plan. She thought to herself. She looked down a hallway to see the Team approaching. She sighed in relief when she noticed that no one saw her. It made her happy to only see Robin notice her. Ravager took out a gun and shot at them.

Aqualad turned to the Team as they entered the hallway. "Stealth mode." He ordered. The Team nodded. Aqualad, Kid Flash, Miss Martian, Artemis, Galen, Ice and Firestorm's suits became slightly darker as they entered stealth mode. M'gann had recently modified Tora's suit to have stealth tech and Jason was able to change the details of his suit, considering he is able to transform his suit at his own will. As the Team continued to walk, gunfire started to rain upon them. Galen and Artemis activated their lightsabers and sliced the bullets. "Ravager!" Zatanna exclaimed, pointing to the masked girl. "I'll get her!" Robin said. He ran to Ravager and threw a birdarang at her gun, disarming her. The two then entered close combat. Before anyone could come to Robin's aid, the Boy Wonder stopped his friends. "This is my fight!" he yelled. As Ravager attempted a low-knee strike, Robin tripped her and placed her hands behind her back. He had his back faced to the Team, which meant no one could hear the two's conversation.

Ravager looked to Robin. "What's your plan?" she whispered to the Boy Wonder. As she was asking this, Robin placed some cuffs on her hands. "We have a friend who's disguised as you. We'll make a threat to kill you in front of Deathstroke. We'll lure him into the large room of the building, and when he follows us, I'll have to stuff you into a closet so that Deathstroke doesn't suspect anything after he sees your 'death'." He explained. Ravager nodded. Thinking that the Team would grow suspicious of how long he is taking, he started to speak. "You are under arrest, Ravager!" the Boy Wonder yelled. "When do I come out?" Ravager asked, before yelling, "Never!" Robin looked to her. "I'm about to spit an ear-com onto your ear. I'll give the signal for you to come out when no one is looking. If anyone gets curious, say that we stuffed you into a closet and disarmed you of weapons." The Boy Wonder explained. Ravager nodded once again before Robin spit the ear-com precisely onto her ear.

Aqualad and Starkiller looked impressed. "Robin's skills seem to have improved." Galen stated, in which Aqualad nodded in agreement. Robin then walked up to the Team with a handcuffed Ravager. "Let go of me! I'll kill you!" Ravager threatened. "Silence!" Artemis yelled. Ravager still kept her act up, despite her being threatened. "The others will find me eventually!" she yelled out. "They will, but not Rose Wilson." Chloe said, coming out of the shadows. She was disguised as Ravager. Before Ravager could say a dark remark, Robin knocked her out cold. "Time to put the plan into action." Tora said. As the Team nodded, they all went to find Deathstroke.

Deathstroke, Sportsmaster and Cheshire all waited for Ravager to return. "Where is she?" Sportsmaster asked impatiently. "She's here." Came a voice. The three assassins turned to see Robin. Deathstroke gasped to see her daughter in fear as Robin had her gun placed to her head. "Let her go!" Deathstroke demanded. Sportsmaster and Cheshire unsheathed their weapons, javelin and Sais respectively. "Turn yourself in, and we will!" Robin demanded. As Slade thought over this, Ravager started to speak. "Father, do it! It's the only way I'll be free." She begged. Deathstroke nodded in disagreement. "Over my dead body!" he exclaimed, before pulling out a gun on Robin. "Release my daughter!" he demanded. Robin chuckled. "Your dead body, or hers?" he asked snippily. The assassins growled as Robin ran off. "Come on!" Cheshire said to the assassins. Everyone followed Robin, but he was too fast for the Shadows.

Robin ran into the room and looked over to Kid Flash, on a walkway. "Galen, now!" the Boy Wonder yelled out. Robin threw Ravager over the edge. Using the Force, Galen levitated her to Wally. "Hide her!" Aqualad demanded. Wally nodded and ran to a closet. He took all of Ravager's weapons and threw her in. "Stay down if you know what's good for you." Wally warned. As Ravager struggled to get loose, Kid Flash closed the door on her. She smiled. "All according to plan." She said to herself.

Now that Ravager had been stuffed into the closet, Wally ran back to the room. Artemis stood before Chloe with her lightsaber activated. Chloe was still disguised as Ravager. She had a small pack of fake blood on her chest; ready to be sliced open when Artemis attacked her. Artemis looked down to Chloe with her nastiest glare as Deathstroke and the assassins entered. "Let go of Rose!" Deathstroke demanded. Artemis glared sadistically to him. "One more remark, and I kill her!" she stated. Sportsmaster scoffed, as many Shadow Assassins surrounded the Team. "As if you would, baby girl." Sportsmaster retorted. "I'm a cruel girl, old man." Artemis spat to her father. "Cruel is a matter of perspective, Artemis." Cheshire quipped. She doesn't have the guts to kill. The cat-masked assassin thought to herself. Artemis grinned and lifted an eyebrow. "Is it?" she asked. Right after she said that, she slashed her lightsaber at Chloe, still as Ravager. She shrieked as Artemis slashed at her chest. The blood pack burst open as Chloe fell to the ground.

Deathstroke and Cheshire gasped in shock. Blood came out of Ravager's chest as Artemis kicked her body aside. "Rose!" Deathstroke yelled, running towards his daughter. Cheshire looked to Artemis in disbelief, actually shocked to see her kill a defenseless prisoner, something that has always been against her nature. As Deathstroke ran towards his daughter, he picked up her body and looked at it. 'Ravager' looked to him. "Father? When I die, please fulfill my last request." Chloe said in a dying voice. "What would that be, Rosalyn?" Deathstroke asked sorrowfully. He failed to notice Chloe reaching for a Taser. "Rot in jail!" she yelled, shocking him. Deathstroke yelled as Artemis, Robin, Zatanna, and Aqualad all bound his body. Chloe smiled and deactivated her disguise. Sportsmaster and Cheshire's eyes widened. "You're under arrest, Deathstroke." Miss Martian proclaimed. Deathstroke looked up to the Team in anger. "Where is my daughter?" he angrily demanded. "Somewhere far away!" Superboy quipped, punching him in the face and knocking him out unconscious. Cheshire growled at her sister. "Looks like the cat got the cream." Artemis quipped.

Just then, before anyone could say or do anything, the doors slammed shut. Everyone looked around, looking for a surprise attacker. Robin sent a glare to Sportsmaster. "Let me guess: you knew about this and decided to use this as a backup plan." He said to him. Lawrence nodded no. "How am I to assume you weren't the ones who trapped us here?" Sportsmaster spat back. Galen gasped and activated his lightsaber. Artemis looked to him, who nodded to her. She activated her lightsaber and stood alongside him, ready to fight whatever disturbance was being caused. As the two Jedi stood ready, everyone heard a scream. They all turned and gasped to see one of the Shadow Assassins being electrocuted. He fell to the ground in pain. Another assassin had a red lightsaber in his chest. The Team and the Shadows watched as every assassin was killed before their very eyes. "Lightsabers." Galen told the Team. The Team acknowledged and activated their lightsabers. Sportsmaster and Cheshire prepared their weapons. As the Team gathered together, Grievous hung onto the ceiling. He unsheathed two lightsaber hilts and released himself from the ceiling, jumping down and planning to crush the Team.

Galen and Artemis turned around, sensing something was wrong. Their eyes widened as soon as a robotic warrior leapt down from the ceiling and landed in the center of the Team. The Team saw this as well, and all ran in different directions. Everyone gasped at the sight of General Grievous. "Starkiller! My armies have you surrounded. Your armies decimated." General Grievous began. Sportsmaster growled, now knowing that this robot was the one who killed their army. "Make peace with the Force now, for this is your final hour." Galen and the Team growled angrily to the droid. "Who are you?" Galen asked. Grievous laughed. "But know that I, General Grievous, the Jedi hunter, am not completely without mercy." The Team now knew who this was. Grievous chuckled at the Team's antics before continuing. "I will grant you a warrior's death. Prepare!" With that being said, Grievous revealed two lightsaber hilts. As Grievous activated two blue lightsabers, the Team attacked.

Galen attacked at his left while Artemis blocked his right hook attack. Aqualad and Ice attempted to attack him from behind, but Grievous saw this coming and attacked them. The two dodged and parried the General's attacks as Robin and Zatanna came to attack. Galen and Artemis joined the fray as Artemis started to speak to her master. "He's using a Jar'Kai technique! Maybe if we–" but Artemis was cut off when the General started to spin his lightsabers in a flurry. The Team was caught by surprise by this as they attempted to defend themselves from the fury. As Grievous walked forward to attack Galen, Starkiller found the attacks to be coming too fast, even for him. As the Force-user backed away, Galen sent a powerful Force-push towards the droid general. The Team looked to the General as he was sent back. Miss Martian telekinetically threw some crates at him while Robin joined and threw some birdarangs. Grievous jumped on the crates and slashed the birdarangs into pieces. When he landed on the ground, Artemis shot an explosive arrow at his chest. The impact was enough to send Grievous flying into a wall. As he hit the wall, Grievous let out a groan.

"Get him!" Aqualad ordered. Just then, multiple droids landed around them. There were about twelve of them surrounding the Team. Six of them were silver droids, who activated their energy staffs, emitting a purple glow from top to bottom. The other six droids activated red lightsabers, holding two in each hand. "What are these things?" Cheshire asked as she unsheathed her Sais. The Team looked to the droids and held their lightsabers at the ready. "We can take them!" Wally stated confidently. With that, he struck his golden lightsaber at one of the MagnaGuards. The droid blocked the attack with its energy staff, causing Kid Flash to gasp. The twelve droids started to close in on the Team. The founding core members of the Team fought back the MagnaGuards while Galen and Artemis lead the new members to attack the Jedi Hunter Droids. Robin and Zatanna stood back-to-back with each other, panting from all the work they had gone through that day. "We can't win like this!" Zatanna stated to her leader. Aqualad groaned, knocking away a Hunter Droid. Before he could protest, a MagnaGuard electrocuted him in the back, causing him to yell in pain. "Agreed." The Atlantean said. Galen and Artemis attacked at every part of each droid, only for their blades to meet a staff or lightsaber blade. "They're all droids!" Starkiller yelled out. Robin threw an explosive birdarang at one of the Hunter Droids, knocking it back. "Wish I had an EMP." He said to himself. Chloe was left to fend for herself, as she had no weapons or experience on the field. As she ran from the MagnaGuards, she unsheathed one of Deathstroke's swords and clashed with an energy staff. "We need to retreat, now!" she yelled. Galen nodded, but before anyone could leave, Grievous leapt onto Starkiller to try to skewer him.

Galen saw this coming and rolled aside. As Galen charged at the droid, Grievous unsheathed two lightsabers and pushed him back. Galen pressed his blade unto Grievous', but failed to notice his foot. Grievous used his foot as a claw to grab Galen by the face and throw him next to Deathstroke. Galen looked up to see General Grievous hovering a lightsaber over his heart. "Time for the Starkiller to be Star Killed!" he quipped. Before he could stab the Jedi, Artemis leapt in, blocked the general's attack and knocked him away. Grievous looked to the archer and laughed. "Ah, the apprentice." He stated sinisterly. Galen got up with his lightsaber activated and stood next to Artemis. "Together!" they both said, charging head-on towards General Grievous. Galen clashed with Grievous' green blade on his left while Artemis clashed with his blue blade on his right. Grievous growled. As the two Jedi clashed with the droid general, Grievous broke them off. "Surrender, General!" Galen ordered. Grievous just laughed and twirled his lightsabers around like saw blades. Galen and Artemis ran back. "We have to retreat. Now!" Galen told the Team. With no choice left, the Team retreated from the room to find a safe place to hide. Sportsmaster and Cheshire found themselves cornered. "Time to go!" Lawrence told his daughter. Cheshire acknowledged and threw down a smoke bomb. Grievous looked over and swung the smoke aside, revealing that the two assassins had left. The only things left of them was a small puddle of blood. "No one can escape me!" Grievous yelled. He then let out a laugh and then a cough before turning to his droids. "Find the children and scare them out of hiding!" he ordered. The droids all nodded and spread throughout the halls.

The Team ran into a smaller room than they were in before. They all sat down and panted, exhausted from the battle. Superboy had carried Deathstroke with him and placed him down very hardly on the ground. "He's unstoppable." Tora said. "How do we defeat someone like him?" Jason asked the Team exhaustedly. Before anyone could answer, a small light appeared in the room. Galen and Artemis activated their lightsabers and stood ready to battle. "Who's there?" Galen asked. No one answered. "Show yourself!" Artemis demanded. At that moment, a small cylindrical-shaped droid rolled up to them. He had a coating of black all over him with a golden colored dome. As M'gann awed, Wally looked at the strange robot. "What are you, my friend?" he asked the droid. It beeped and chirped with excitement, making Wally raise an eyebrow. "Let's see what you are." He said, looking all over him. Aqualad walked up to the speedster. "What is he?" the Atlantean asked suspiciously. Chloe walked to see the droid as well and placed a hand on her hip. "He's some kind of robot, I'll give you that." She stated. Kid Flash scoffed and turned to his friends. "There's a number on him that says R3-S6." He informed Aqualad. Galen looked down to R3 and grinned. "I'm more concerned about Grievous. Let's see what we have on the holocron database." He told the Team. They all nodded and Artemis reached into her pocket to reveal a holocron. "This would come in handy one day." She explained to Galen. Starkiller nodded and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Good job." He complimented. As Galen laid crisscross on the ground, he placed a crystal inside of the holocron. The little golden droid started to chirp when he saw the hologram of Ahsoka Tano.

"Greetings, young Jedi. I am Ahsoka Tano, Togruta Jedi from the planet Shili, and Padawan learner to Anakin Skywalker. If you are looking to this holocron recording, then you are in need of information on General Grievous, and how to defeat him." Ahsoka began. Galen and Artemis listened carefully as R3 started to try to roll away. Superboy stopped him. "Don't worry, little fella. There's nothing to be afraid of." Connor calmingly said to him. The little droid began to quiver in disagreement, as Ahsoka continued to speak. "General Grievous was originally born on the planet Kalee, as a Kaleesh Warlord, a proud warrior to his tribe. The Sith Lord, Count Dooku, purpose crashed his ship into the warlord and rebuilt Grievous as a cyborg. Do not underestimate his power, for he is extremely strong. He has many hidden allies and secret abilities." The Team's eyes widened when they heard this. "Grievous has the ability to split his arms into two, giving him a total of four arms to use in combat. His lightsabers are trophies from dead Jedi that he murdered. He hunts down Jedi for a living, and claims their lightsabers as trophies. He'll use extremely low methods to do whatever it takes to win, even if it means using his MagnaGuards to attack his opponent." Artemis tensed when she heard this. "Dirty fighter!" she spat in disgust. "And he calls himself an honorable warrior!" Zatanna added on. "He has many hidden allies as well. He houses a pet named Gor, a monstrous beast who can tear you limb from limb. He also has a sneaky astromech droid we named 'Goldie'. His real name is R3-S6, who will deceive anyone he pretends to be friends with and let Grievous kill them." At that moment, the Team looked to R3, who was trying to get away. "Stop him!" Aqualad ordered. Robin nodded and sent a Taser at him, electrocuting the droid. Goldie let out a high-pitched shriek before falling to the ground with a thud. "If we let him get away, he could have revealed our location to Grievous!" Connor said angrily. Chloe walked up to the unconscious droid and connected a cable to him. "He's not going to be working for Grievous any longer." Chloe Sullivan quipped. The Team smiled, and looked back to Ahsoka's recording.

"Despite all of the General's strengths, he also has some slight weaknesses. He can be killed if you expose his organs. When there's an opening, set his chest on fire and he can go down in flames! At least, that's what Master Kenobi told me before…" the Team swore they could have seen a tear roll down her eyes as she turned away to cover her face with her hand. The Team continued to watch as Ahsoka turned back. "Let the Force be with you, young Jedi. I hope that this information helped you." With that, Galen stood up. "We now have two advantages over Grievous: his droid and his weakness." Starkiller stated. Aqualad nodded. "Agreed." The Atlantean added on. "We'll lure him into a trap." M'gann said. "There, I can take him on one-on-one, enough time for Connor to open up his chest." Jason stepped up. "I can try to shoot Grievous when I get a clear shot at him." Firestorm added. Galen nodded. "I can try to get his attention." The Force-user told his friends. As the Team nodded, Artemis walked up nervously to him. "Are you sure?" she asked him "I have a bad feeling about this." She added on worryingly. Galen nodded. "He wants me, so he'll have to get me." Galen quipped. Artemis sighed and smiled. "He'll have to get me too, then." She smirked. Galen smiled. "That's the way, my apprentice." He complimented Artemis. She beamed with pride. The Team all agreed to take down General Grievous as their top priority. Just then, R3 sprang back to life. Chloe smiled as the Team gasped. "R3-S6 is now Team property." She smartly remarked. Wally smiled at this girl. Oh yeah, I'm going to like her a lot. He thought to himself. Galen then sat back down and performed battle meditation to treat the Team to their wounds.

Santa Prisca 1816 hours

Galen and Artemis both looked out the door, searching for any sign of Grievous or his droids. Galen nodded to Artemis, who nodded back. Inside of the room, Zatanna cast a spell. Her hand then reached into a portal and into Mount Justice. Feeling around, she grabbed an electromagnetic pulse device and brought her hand back to Santa Prisca. "We'll deactivate Grievous' droid army, then we take him down." Robin explained. Chloe then caressed R3 and kneeled down to his level. "With the exception of our droid." She said smoothly, in which the reprogrammed droid chirped with excitement. Galen and Artemis smiled before looking to each other. "I'll go this way." He said, pointing to the right. Artemis nodded before walking to the left. Both went to find Grievous.

As Artemis walked down a hallway, she sensed something was wrong. She activated her lightsabers and turned around. There was a woman in black and silver strappings, wielding two curved-hilted lightsabers in her hands. Artemis growled as she saw that the lightsaber blades were red. "You're a Sith Lord!" she exclaimed. The woman could do nothing but smile. The two fought all the way down the hallway, trading blows with one another's lightsabers and clashing. As Artemis disarmed Ventress of her lightsabers, Asajj smirked and grabbed onto her wrists, forcing Artemis' blades onto the archer's neck. She panted. "Who are you?" she asked in disbelief. Asajj Ventress looked at her with a deadly glare. "I'm the one who's going to kill you." She simply replied. Artemis scoffed. "Wow, that's it? Do it, then." She said, not afraid of death. "Starkiller's right about you guys." Asajj raised an eyebrow at her and listened to what Artemis had to say. "Listen, why are you doing this? Don't you realize the Son is going to take Earth next? Why don't you help me and Starkiller fight him?" she asked, in which Asajj Ventress' eyes widened in surprise. "What?" she asked while chuckling. The lightsaber blades were closing in on Artemis' neck. "Help Starkiller, fight the Son?" she asked in disbelief. She then released Artemis from her grasp, in which the archer prepared to fight. To Artemis's surprise, Asajj Ventress spread her arms out, letting a silver orb surround her. It then split from the Sith Witch as Artemis gasped to see a blonde girl standing before her. Artemis immediately deactivated her lightsabers as Allison stepped forward. "Kid, we need to talk." She said calmly.

Meanwhile, Galen was looking for Grievous. As he turned a corner, he saw a skeletal mask waiting for him. "Galen Marek, the Starkiller." General Grievous proudly said. Galen backed away with his lightsaber activated. "I expected someone with your reputation to be a little… older." He quipped to the Force-user. "General Grievous, you're shorter than I expected you to be." He quipped back. Grievous coughed and cursed to himself before saying, "Jedi scum!" Starkiller looked down to him. "Whatever happened to that honorable warrior you once were, Sheelal?" Starkiller asked the general. Grievous looked up in regret. "Sheelal is dead, killed long ago by the agony of his people. General Grievous lives now." He exclaimed, before activating a blue lightsaber in one hand and a green lightsaber in the other. Galen smirked and ran. "Come back here and fight!" the General yelled out in anger. Galen chuckled and continued to run. When he saw that the droid army was closing in on him, Galen knew that the plan was working out. Soon, he was surrounded, and General Grievous was right behind him. "Going somewhere?" he asked. Galen smirked. "I have you trapped." Grievous quipped. "No, we have you trapped." Galen quipped back. Grievous stood confused. Galen then jumped over all the droids and M'gann was there, with Wally, Connor, Aqualad and the rest of the Team. Grievous laughed and coughed. "I wanted the Jedi only." He told the children. "Show us your power, Four Arms." Connor told Grievous. Grievous chuckled. "You fool. I have been trained in the Jedi Arts by Sith Lords." General Grievous exclaimed. With that, he laughed, and split his arms into two, giving him a total of four arms with lightsaber hilts in each hand. He laughed even more when he activated all four lightsabers. M'gann chuckled and shape shifted her arms into two as well. Wally, Aqualad and Connor all threw M'gann their extra lightsabers. M'gann mimicked Grievous by activating all four lightsabers in her hands. Robin then activated the MEP device and a wave spread throughout the area. Every droid shut down, much to Grievous' surprise. "One on one, Grievous." M'gann demanded. General Grievous growled. "Your funeral." He deadly replied. As he spun his top lightsabers like saw blades, M'gann did the same. The two charged at each other, yelling as they began to fight.

Meanwhile, Artemis was telling Allie everything that had happened up until now since Galen appeared. Allison listened interestingly. Around the point when Galen told Artemis that the Son was their enemy and they needed to defeat him, Allison furrowed her brow in disbelief. "So, wait? Is that what he told you?" Allison asked in confusion. Artemis raised an eyebrow. "What?" she asked back Allison shook her head. "That the Jedi are good and the Sith Lords are evil." Allison cleared up. Artemis nodded in agreement. "Yeah, that's right. We're trying to keep Earth from being taken over by Darkness." The archer added on. Allison furrowed her brow and placed her hands to her head. "Kid, he's messing with you." Artemis stood in disbelief and rolled her eyes. "What are you talking about?" she asked confusingly. Allison spoke in her most honest voice. "Starkiller works for the Son." She lied calmly. Artemis' eyes focused on Allison as she continued to speak. "He stole the holocrons and gave them to people here on Earth to spread Darkness." Artemis shook her head in disagreement. "No, no. He told me Anakin Skywalker killed Jedi." She argued, but Allison shook her head no. "Skywalker tried to stop Starkiller." Allison argued back. Artemis looked away in disbelief as Allison continued to tell her lies. "And he was the first one to get killed because of that." Artemis shook her head no, but she wanted to know what happened to the Jedi. "No, you're lying." She said, but Allison started to speak louder. "Kid, I was there. I saw it!" Allison argued. Artemis' eyes widened as the setting around them changed. Allison then began to tell her the story.

"Starkiller turned on us and became the Son's apprentice. He tricked us into following him into the Son's lair. He said we were going there to finish him off, but when we got there, he turned on us." Artemis gasped as she saw Galen brutally attack Asajj Ventress. He then ran to Anakin to kill him, but the Chosen One was fighting back, begging for the fight to stop. "Galen! What's wrong with you?" he asked desperately as he was kicked to the ground. "Don't do this!" he begged, as Starkiller brought his blade down to Anakin. Anakin blocked the blade with a defensive Shien stance as Starkiller attacked with Vaapad. The Son watched over them and smiled. "Finish him, Starkiller!" he ordered. Artemis tensed up as she saw Starkiller smiling. Asajj just looked nervously. "Finish him off!" the Son said. Anakin threw off Starkiller and fought back. Asajj looked to her wounds as Anakin dodged every attack. Ventress rolled over to an open window and continued to look at the battle. Artemis tensed even more. "Galen, don't!" Anakin said, attacking the Force-user. As Galen slashed him away, Anakin looked to him mercifully. "How could you purge the Sith Warriors?" he asked. Starkiller smirked. "History is written by the winners, Anakin. Join us." Starkiller said evilly, making Artemis tense up even more. "Never!" Anakin replied weakly. Starkiller then continued to attack. "Then you're history!" With that, Galen attack Anakin once again. The Son watched evilly as Starkiller attacked Anakin mercilessly. "Good, Starkiller!" he said, as Galen grabbed a hold of Anakin's lightsaber hand. He threw the Chosen One aside and slashed at him with both his lightsabers. Anakin fell to the ground in pain. Starkiller threw down Anakin's lightsaber, done with him. "I was too hurt to help. Then, I watched Skywalker killed by the guy that we thought was his best friend." Allison narrated. The Son pointed to Anakin. "Now, kill him." He ordered. Starkiller smiled evilly and lifted his lightsaber into the air. "I escaped before he and the Son could get to me." Allison continued on as the vision ended.

Artemis fell to her knees in despair. "If that's all true, then I'll help take him down." Artemis said. Allison smiled. "Good decision, archer." She told Artemis. Unbeknownst to any of them, the reprogrammed R3-S6 was watching it all. He then rolled away to report this to Chloe.

M'gann struck high at Grievous, in which he struck low. The Team watched as eight lightsabers collided with each other in a flurry. M'gann might be able to mimic Grievous, but he was stronger and faster. "There can only be one!" Grievous quipped, kicking M'gann away. Miss Martian panted, nearly exhausted. "I'm sure there can be." She replied back. The two ran towards each other, locking all eight blades. "You might have been a proud warrior once, but now you are just a pawn in a pointless game!" M'gann scolded the general. He growled. "I wield great power, youngling!" he replied back angrily. As Grievous and M'gann tried to gain momentum over each other, M'gann sliced off each one of General Grievous' arms. The Team then grabbed a random lightsaber, as Galen went in to duel Grievous. "That power will only consume you." He wisely quipped. He then charged at the general, striking low first and then forcing him onto the defensive. He jumped back and used a Force-crush Grievous' chest. Grievous fell down in pain, as Connor ran up to him to open up his chest. Grievous gasped at his revealed organs, and kicked the Kryptonian away. Robin leapt in to fight, but Grievous kicked him to the ground. He rolled every time General Grievous tried to stomp on him. When he got the opportunity, he landed a kick on the general's back. Feeling how hard Grievous' body was against his flesh foot, Robin yelled in pain. Before Grievous could attack all of the Team, Firestorm shot at his chest. General Grievous growled as he looked to his melting chest. Firestorm continued to shoot at Grievous, while Robin threw explosive birdarangs. The Team shivered in disgust, as the droid general's mask fell off. As his eyes burst into flames, he finally exploded. Galen looked over his dead body and watched it burn up. "So uncivilized." He stated. The rest of the Team agreed, as they started to pick up every weapon of the fallen droids.

The Team then went to find Artemis. "We haven't heard from her in hours!" Robin said. "We'll find her soon." Aqualad replied. Galen nodded. Just then, he motioned for his teammates to stop. "Something's wrong." He stated. As the Team looked around, Galen turned quickly and activated his lightsaber. The Team gasped to see Darth Traya. "Starkiller." She stated with disgust. The Team stood ready to fight her, but Galen stopped them. "This is my fight. Go find Artemis." He said. Aqualad nodded, and the Team all left to find the archer. "This isn't a game, Traya! It's a war!" Galen warned the hooded woman. Traya snickered. "I'm still going to win." She quipped. The two then charged at each other, commencing the fight.

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The battle seemed to take forever, as it was now late in the afternoon. Two people watched everything go on: Boba Fett and Darth Malgus. Both of them didn't notice each other. Malgus watched in silence as he saw Traya force Galen onto a wall. "Sorry, Starkiller. You're good, but I've got the motivation to win this thing. Do you know what I'm saying?" she told the Force-user. Galen shook his head no and raised an eyebrow. "What thing are you talking about?" he asked in confusion. Traya chuckled. "You know, the Meta Brawl, the tournament." Galen still stood confused, but he managed to send a Force-push towards the Sith Lord. "Meta Brawl? This isn't a tournament, it's a war, and there's no winning it, trust me." He told Traya. She scoffed. "I'm going to win it, I'll beat you, and I'll get my life back." She stated, before activating a second purple lightsaber with the one she already had. Galen clashed with her two blades and ran. Traya gave chase, and Galen tried to reason with her. "You've been lied to. The man who gave you that holocron and powers tricked you into fighting me." He reasoned, but Traya laughed. "Ha! You'd like me to believe that?" she asked in disbelief. She then struck at him, in which Galen attacked back. Galen struck first, in which Traya blocked and parried. They both clashed with each other simultaneously as Galen twirled and jumped to make a low attack. Traya swept at the ground, in which Galen was forced to dodge and hit a shelf. As they both clashed blades, Galen broke off, but Traya kicked him away. Galen got up and turned to her. "Whatever he promised you, it isn't real." He warned her, but she started to hyperventilate in anxiousness. "It has to be real. It has to be!" she yelled as they resumed their fighting.

As they fought, a mysterious man was watching over the battle. He was wearing a red shirt with a dark green jacket covering over it, as well as denim jeans and black shoes. He was pale-skinned, with dark hair. He shook his head annoyingly and complained. "These guys cutting in on my action?" he asked to himself. "This is all important to me." He added on, thinking back to earlier.

One hour, forty-seven minutes ago…

Blüdhaven November 20th 1720 hours

At a warehouse, two men stood ready. One of them was Xander, a martial arts student, and the other was his sensei. "Time to spar." His mentor said. "Let's see what you learned." Xander bowed respectively and said calmly, "Yes, sensei." They both got into fighting stances and circled each other. Xander attacked first with a kick, in which the sensei dodged and punched with a left hook. Xander dodged just in time, as they continued to circle each other. The sensei laughed. The sensei attacked with a series of punched, but Xander slid away, punching him in the back. Xander let out a laugh, in which the sensei did the same. "Impressive." He said. The sensei then punched with a left hook. Xander jumped, but failed to notice a right hook, which tripped him, sending him to the ground. He got back up and they engaged in a kick fight. Xander attempted to knee him, but the sensei knocked him back to the ground and out of the ring. "Remember, you must maintain your focus." The sensei reminded Xander, unimpressed. Xander growled as the sensei started to jump up and down, huffing. "Let's start again." He said, as he turned around. Xander growled and placed removed his glove, before placing it back on "Yeah, let's try again." He agreed exhaustingly. Xander stepped back up to the yin yang ring and they began to fight again. Xander fought as if he wasn't even trying, in which the sensei used to his advantage. He kicked his foot into Xander. At that moment, Xander punched his leg, which caused the sensei to groan in pain. "Must maintain your focus." Xander taunted. No matter how many times the sensei attacked the Australian boy, he kept hitting him hard. Eventually, the acolytes had to come to his aid after being hit too much. Xander smiled while the sensei growled. "You cheated." He exclaimed. Xander smiled at the sight of seeing his mentor getting up in pain. "Have you learned nothing?" he asked Xander. Xander chuckled. "I didn't come here to learn. I came here to win, and now, I'm the man who beat the master." The acolytes started to attack, but sensei Ronald stopped them. "There is no honor in fighting a cheat!" he stated, walking away with his students looking to Xander angrily.

Xander chuckled as he removed a wrench from his glove. He then heard a voice. "'Cheat'? It's such a negative word. I prefer 'creative problem solver'." Xander turned to see a man in a black t-shirt with tan jeans. "Who are you?" he asked suspiciously and coolly. The man, really the Son, chuckled. "Walter Connor, Combat Logistics Inc." He introduced himself. Xander awed in realization. "A mercenary." He assumed, but Walter clicked his tongue. "Again, negative. Power soldier." Xander kept his cool. "What do you want?" he asked. Walter shrugged. "You look like a young man who wants to make a name for himself." He replied. The Australian boy chuckled. "I just did." Walter scoffed. "Blindsiding a strip-mauled sensei, very impressive." Walter stated sarcastically. "But I was thinking of a challenge more worthy of your abilities." Xander scoffed. "How would you like to be known as the best fighter on two worlds?" the man asked. Xander raised en eyebrow. "Best fighter on two worlds? What are you talking about?" he asked in confusion. Walter chuckled and handed him a Sith Holocron. "Take this and find out." It glowed in front of Xander as he grabbed it. "What is it?" he asked, while inspecting it. Walter chuckled. "Glory. Your ticket to glory." Walter replied. He placed his sunglasses on and walked away.

Present day…

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Xander continued to watch. Just then, he heard some talking. He hid behind a shelf and saw two blonde girls walking towards him.

Artemis smiled. "Traya!" she exclaimed. Allison rolled her eyes. "Great." She said sarcastically. "We have to help her, she's fighting Starkiller." Artemis said. Allison was confused. She didn't know what the plan was; yet she decided to go along with it. "Um, yeah, she's on our side, let's help her out." Allie replied. "Cool!" Artemis exclaimed.

Xander cursed to himself as the two girls came closer. He walked up to them and revealed himself. "I don't need backup. Listen, Starkiller is mine!" the Australian boy spat at them. Artemis stepped up and placed her hand up. "Wait, wait, you don't want to work with the Son of Darkness." She said to him. Xander stuttered. "T-the Son of who? I fight for Combat Logistics Inc., I want to be the best on two worlds." Allison stopped him from talking. "Enough talking! Let's do this!" Artemis just chuckled. "Wait. Combat Logistics? Best on two worlds, what are you talking about?" the archer asked in disbelief. Xander sent her a glare as she continued to speak. "You're making as much sense as Maul and Savage… did." She said. Realization hit her hard as she realized what was happening. Her face of happiness faded away as a look of worrisome took its place. "Wait a minute. You've been lied to. Allie–" But before she could speak, Allison placed her holocron in front of her.

"Whoa, whoa! Wait! Wait!" Artemis said to them, motioning for Xander and Allison to stop, but it didn't work. Xander placed his holocron out as well and both red devices brightened up with red light. Their chests started to glow as they felt the urge to fight. "Asajj Ventress!" Allison yelled, placing the holocron into her chest. "Xanatos!" Xander yelled out. Both of their chests started to glow as they turned into Sith Lords. Red lights engulfed them as the transformation started to go underway. Allison was now Asajj Ventress as Xander was a Sith Warrior with a black robe, cloak, boots and a red lightsaber.

"Come on! Hurry up!" Asajj yelled to Artemis as she activated her lightsabers. Artemis ran up to her to try to stop the fighting. "No, wait! Stop! Come on!" she groaned after seeing no one listen to her. Asajj and Xanatos clashed blades with each other. Red blades flew all around as Xanatos pushed Ventress back. Artemis' eyes widened as she caught the Sith Assassin. "What are you waiting for?" she asked. Artemis grunted. "Stop! You don't have to fight!" Artemis argued, but Asajj ignored her and placed her hilt to the archer's head. "Get your lightsabers and help me." Allison ordered. The two continued to clash blades. Ventress had a hard time keeping up with the fallen Jedi as he used many martial arts tricks to hit her. Artemis groaned and watched as Xanatos hid and attacked. "Where'd I go? You can't catch me!" he taunted. Ventress' rage increased as he let out laughs. She stabbed her lightsaber at every shelf and clashed with Xanatos. When she turned a corner, she gaped to see that he was landing a drop kick on her. Before Ventress could even attack, Xanatos used the Force to trip her. "What?" she yelled in confusion. Xanatos kicked her and ran away. Asajj cursed herself and then ran after him. Artemis looked to her lightsabers and sighed. Don't fight, Artemis. She told herself.

Meanwhile, Malgus and Fett continued to watch the battle. Galen rolled away from Traya as she brought her blade onto him. She then gutted the Force-user in the stomach, sending him to the ground. Before she could kill Galen, something caught her attention. "Wait a minute." She said, looking over to Xanatos. As he tried his best to stay out of sight, Asajj Ventress prepared her lightsabers to kill. The Team saw this and went to fight. Xanatos gasped when he saw Starkiller take notice of him. He snapped his fingers and walked away. Ventress noticed this and went after him. Robin, Chloe, Kid Flash and Zatanna went to find Artemis while Aqualad, M'gann, Superboy, Ice and Firestorm went to Galen's aid. Galen was punched in the stomach once again as Traya looked all around. "How many of you guys am I going to have to beat?" she asked furiously. M'gann and Superboy both landed twin punches at Traya while Ice and Firestorm helped Galen to his feet. "Surround her!" Aqualad ordered. The Team acknowledged and surrounded Darth Traya. She angrily charged at all of the kids.

Boba Fett was also confused with this. "Ventress! It's such a surprise to see you're alive. We still have some unfinished business from our last encounter." The Bounty Hunter said to himself. They met in the Clone Wars. When she joined his team of Bounty Hunters to deliver a girl. The Bounty Hunters thought that what they were delivering was a package, but it was really a girl from a native tribe of the planet. Ventress betrayed Fett and sold him to their employer. Seeing as this was not a good sign, Boba Fett took off.

Asajj Ventress continued to search for Xanatos. If the Son sent in an unnecessary reinforcement, then I am so going to get him! She told herself. As she turned around when she thought she saw Xanatos, she growled angrily and kept searching. Xanatos watched and sighed. "Keep your focus." He said to himself.

As he walked carefully around a corner, he felt someone grab him. It was Artemis. "Wait! Stop! Stop! I'm not fighting you!" she told the Sith Lord cautiously. Xanatos growled at her as he saw the rest of the Team run up to her. She turned around and then turned back to Xanatos. "You're going to regret calling in the big guns." He quipped. Artemis held her hands up in surrender and talked. "Look. Listen to me, you're not working for who you think you are." She told him, but Xander chuckled. "Crumpet, I don't care who I'm working for, as long as I get to fight. I've never felt power like this!" Xanatos told her, but she, as well as Zatanna, furrowed their brows in disagreement. "But would you care if they were out to destroy the Earth?" Zatanna asked. Xanatos blew the Team off. "Man, back off!"

Just then, they all heard a voice from above. "What's going on down there?" Asajj asked. The Team, as well as Xanatos, looked up in surprise. She was wielding a double-bladed lightsaber, as well as a green lightsaber, in her hands. "Am I invited to this party?" she snippily asked. The Team still looked to her as she jumped down from her place. "Fraternizing with the enemy?" she asked Artemis. She held the double-bladed lightsaber to the Team as Artemis tried to explain. "Ventress, stop. Listen, the Son has been tricking the other Sith Warriors; offering each one something they want." Ventress began to smile as Artemis continued. "He sent the Sith Stalker to our HQ after sensing Galen's nightmares." Kid Flash started before turning to Zatanna. "Maul and Savage were offered to prove themselves to the Justice League." Artemis took the stage, as she talked about the latest two. "He told Traya he'd give her life back to her if she killed Starkiller in a made-up game, and this guy wanted a challenge." The archer said, gesturing to Xanatos, who nodded in agreement. "The Son told him he could be the toughest man on two worlds. Everyone who's after Starkiller–" But Artemis gasped as she needn't say more. She gasped in realization before continuing. "They're working for the Son." Asajj laughed sadistically. "Congratulations, Artemis, thank you for playing. Let's tell her what she's won: a one-way pass to the Hell of All Force." She quipped. Xanatos blew her off and walked away. "Whoa, if you're going to start pulling out your big guns, then I'm out of here." He said. Ventress noticed this and looked to him. "Not so fast!" she yelled, throwing a lightsaber at him. Xanatos was hit and sent flying from the impact. The Team shielded themselves as the lightsaber flew by. Xanatos weakly limped away, but fell to the ground shortly after. Asajj Ventress pulled out every other Jedi lightsaber she owned from a Jedi she murdered or before turning to the Dark Side and activated them, walking to Xanatos. "I'll deal with you next!" Ventress called to Artemis. Artemis now knew who the enemy was. She angrily activated her lightsabers as the Team followed her.

Asajj Ventress looked down to the weak and hindered Xanatos. He pointed a finger to her and growled. "Cheating!" Asajj Ventress grinned, as every lightsaber flew around her. "No, this is cheating." She quipped. Artemis and the Team ran in time to see what was happening. "Asajj, stop!" Artemis yelled, but it was too late. Every lightsaber activated and flew towards Xanatos. As the lightsabers flew to Xanatos, Ventress jumped into the air and slashed down with her double-bladed lightsaber. There was a light so bright that the Team had to shield their eyes with their arms. Xanatos groaned as every lightsaber hit him, as well as Asajj slashing him as if he were a wild animal. Galen and his faction of the Team looked to see this and gasped, including Traya.

Asajj Ventress landed out from the smoke and looked to a nearly dead Xanatos. He coughed and groaned as he got up. When he did, his body started to crack. "No. No, what's happening to me?" he asked anxiously. The Team watched in horror as he started to literally break apart. "What is this?" he asked again. This time, his voice began to fade. "What is this?" he asked again, even more worried than before. Ventress looked to the Team evilly as they continued to watch in shock. "No! NOOOOOOO!" he yelled out before finally shattering. All that remained of him was his holocron.

Galen and Traya looked in shock. Traya stuttered and looked to Starkiller. Galen was in shock, but Traya was anxious right now. "What's going on, where did he go?" Aresia asked calmly but angrily. "What just happened to him?" Galen and Aqualad walked up, but Traya stopped them with her lightsabers. "Hey! I'm talking to you! What happened to that guy?" she asked more seriously. Galen looked to her and sighed. "He lost." Galen simply replied. Aresia started to sweat with nervousness. "What?" she asked in disbelief. She then began to growl. "Wait a minute, nobody told me anything about this. Nobody said anything about being disintegrated! I'm out of here!" Traya stated loudly. With that, she left the building. The Team went to Artemis, as Galen just watched.

Artemis hyperventilated in anger and pointed a finger to Asajj. "The Sith Lords really are the enemies! I should have never listened to you!" she exclaimed angrily. Ventress chuckled and Force-grabbed her crossbow. It was equipped with an explosive arrow, which Ventress used to shoot Artemis. The impact was so strong that she fell to the ground. Asajj Ventress then trampled her and reverse-gripped her lightsaber hilts. They started to close in on her neck. "And you'll never have to… ever again." Allison quipped. As the Team charged at her, Asajj chuckled. She used a Force-push to send them all flying. Galen watched and extended his hand to the power lines. Zatanna blasted lightning at him and he began to charge up.

Artemis groaned as she tried to get up. Ventress started to mock her. "Isn't it rough when you trust… betrays you?" she asked sadistically. Robin angrily threw an IV needle into her arm. She screamed in pain and threw it back to the Boy Wonder. As she was about to kill Artemis, she heard a scream. Galen had finally finished charging up and sent a massive torrent of Force lightning at the Sith Witch. Ventress heard his scream and gasped when she saw the massive amount of Force lightning heading towards her. She was blasted through the wall, and out of the building. The Team started to cheer in excitement. Artemis looked to Galen and smiled. Galen smiled back. "I leave you alone for an hour and this happens?" he asked sarcastically. Artemis chuckled. "Thanks, Galen." She said. Galen smiled back and hugged her.

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After the whole phenomenon was dealt with, Deathstroke was sent to Belle Reve and placed under heavy guard. The Justice League came to Santa Prisca and picked up every deactivated droid to have scientists examine at STAR Labs. The reprogrammed R3-S6 came with the Team back to Mount Justice as another robot to add to the Team. Wally was happy with the souvenirs he had gotten: fifteen high-tech energy staffs, thirty red lightsabers, four lightsaber trophies, General Grievous' mask and R3-S6 himself. The holocron of Xanatos had mysteriously disappeared. Also, Ravager had escaped her prison-like closet and got away. For now, everything seemed to be going well, as the Team was reporting their mission to Batman.

The Dark Knight raised an eyebrow after hearing all of this. "How exactly did you manage to disguise yourself as Ravager?" he asked Chloe Sullivan. Galen and Wally stepped up with the Holographic Disguise Matrixes. "These are the Shadow Matrixes." Wally started out. Galen continued after Batman had a confused look on his face. "They can be used to disguise a person as anyone programmed into the devices." He explained. Batman held his hand out for one of them, in which Galen happily gave to the Dark Knight. "I'll look over this. Since it was useful for the unapproved mission, it might as well come in handy." He stated. He then turned his attention to R3-S6. "Another robot?" he asked confusingly. "We're keeping him." Robin said to his mentor. The Dark Knight showed no reaction whatsoever and looked to the Team. "Even though you were not approved of this mission, well done. With the blood sample of Asajj Ventress and the DNA sample of General Grievous, we shall soon know who was behind the operation to kill you." The Team smiled.

As soon as he left, the Team all went to the locker room. They all grabbed towels and started to chat. "That was quite a day." Zatanna stated. "Yeah." Robin replied back. "Let's get some rest and hope for no more missions." Artemis added, in which the Team all agreed. They all then left to hit the showers.

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Sportsmaster and Cheshire appeared before the Light. Before they could speak, Ravager came in, exhausted. Cheshire gasped and ran towards her. "Where were you?" she asked worryingly. Rose Wilson sighed. "I was out unconscious after the Team kidnapped me. I escaped and swam back." She replied. Cheshire embraced her tightly, in which Rose reached for her abdomen. Cheshire released herself and cleared her throat before turning to the Light.

"What happened?" Lex Luthor asked. Lawrence cleared his throat and spoke up. "The sidekicks lured us into a trap and captured Deathstroke. We were then ambushed by a robotic being who hunts Jedi." As he said this, Boba Fett entered the room. "That as General Grievous." He informed them. "Where were you?" Cheshire asked. "I was spying on your little investigation on Santa Prisca and oversaw many battles occurring. I found something most intriguing." The Light, as well as the assassins, raised their eyebrows. "What would that be, Boba Fett?" Queen Bee asked. Boba Fett cleared his throat. "Grievous was killed when I was just a child, and there was a Sith Assassin there who betrayed me on one of my missions as an early Bounty Hunter. I found her body on the Pacific, and brought her to dry land." He said. The eyes of everyone widened in surprise. "That's not the point, though. Someone's acting as a third party and trying to get in our way. We need to find out who's behind these other operations and kill them." He told them. The Light agreed and looked to him. "We will do that right away. If someone with the power of the Force is behind this, then I'll lure the brat out!" Klarion spat. "But before we do, I have a special mission for you." Vandal Savage told Boba Fett. He started to listen on what it was, for it was going to be something very big.

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Malgus returned to the lair and looked to see that Allison had returned as well. She was treating her wounds. Malgus reverted back into Mal Augustus and looked to the Son. "Traya is having doubts about this, and Revan hasn't been heard from ever since." He informed his master. The Son groaned and turned to Allison. "Asajj, explain you behavior." He told the con girl. He knew about her killing Xanatos and wanted to know a reason. Allie gulped. "He was trying to side with the Team, but I killed him before he had the chance." She lied calmly. The Son had a stern look on his face. "I see." He said. Allie sighed and looked back to her master. "Find Lord Traya and try to convince her to come around." He ordered. Allison bowed. "Yes, my master." She said. With that, she disappeared into the shadows.

The Son then turned to Malgus. "If we are to gain any advantage over the Team, the Justice League, and even my sister, then our Sith Army must continue to grow." He told Mal. "Agreed." He simply said. The Son chuckled. "Besides, with Grievous' assistance, we now have our own beast to bodyguard this lair." The Son added on. Gor was now outside of the lair, roaring into the sky. "Soon, darkness shall rise and consume everything." The Son concluded. He and Malgus let out a loud laugh. All with the Force heard their laughs, as Galen and Artemis could hear this from Mount Justice and Gotham. This was indeed a disturbance in the Force.

Well, guys, there you have it, my newest chapter! Sorry it took so long, I was busy with school and stuff. I hope you all like it. It took me the whole week to write up. Please review and tell me what you think. I'm always keen to hear from my reviewers. This event will tie in with Logan GC's A New Destiny. His new chapter should be out sometime later this week. For now, this is SuperHeroTimeFan signing off. Have an awesome week!