This isn't a very long chapter, but I love it anyway:D

Why? Well, you'll just have to read to find out...hehe:D

Uniquefreak13 pointed out the quote in my last chapter, YOU ARE AMAZINGLY AWESOME!

I twisted in the hard wooden chair, eyes moving between Commando, my team, and the judge. After Commando and I had returned from the Two-Face adventure (okay, so I had to be carried back, give me a break) she had given him the box of evidence that her friend Mia had supplied. And, of course, Mia had disappeared again. Commando didn't know where she was. All I'm saying is, even if she does know where Mia went, she won't tell. And, come on, she's Commando. Can you really sit there and tell me she hasn't a clue where Mia's hiding? You can try, but I won't believe you.

Anyway, Batman couldn't prevent a hearing. He was confident that, with Mia's evidence, he could talk the judge into letting the charges drop. A little League interference, and it's like it never happened.

Yeah, Batman is helping her out, again.

She's a member of the team and she really is innocent, I get that, but….why is he going through so much trouble? Just for one girl?

Well, she did save your life…

A little voice in my head argued. I shoved it away angrily, she did that because we're teammates and she was afraid of what Batman would do to her.

You sure about that…?

I argued with myself for another few minutes (not a real healthy thing to do, I know) I heard the judge clear his throat, getting our attention. I thought he was going to speak, but he turned back to his stack of papers and kept murmuring things like 'Hmm…' and 'Interesting…' things that were probably driving Commando nuts.

Batman turned around and said something to her that I couldn't hear, Commando took a deep breath and looked up at me, trying to keep her expression calm. For the most part she succeeded, she had an epic poker face, but her hands told a different story. She kept tugging at the ends of her cloak and fiddling with her collar, when she wasn't doing that she rapped her knuckles against the table in front of her. It was annoying, but I couldn't really blame her. I wouldn't want to trade places with her for anything.

And to make matters worse, she apparently knew the judge. And like most law enforcement people, he hated her.

She didn't give specifics, but she did say something about grape juice in the man's gas tank after he sent Cameron Mahkent to Juvie for the first time.

Batman stood in front of Commando's table, Canary sat in a chair next to her, and we sat in the very back. Apparently we made the judge nervous. I could tell he wanted to make Batman back off too, but didn't dare say anything.

I had to feel bad for Commando, but to be honest I kind of resented her. Batman was going through a lot of trouble to help her out, and he was so gentle with her when she had been arrested….okay, so I was jealous. But he's my mentor, not hers. Why should she get any compassion from him?

Batman's punishments didn't seem to faze her, either. He usually just yelled, gave her chores and forbade her from leaving the Cave for a certain amount of time. She would be frazzled for about half an hour, then she'd chug a liter of soda and shove a few candy bars down her throat and forget about it. When Batman's mad at me, the punishments are usually more severe. Like: No doing anything fun until I say so. Okay, so he didn't say it exactly like that, but I really don't want to repeat the long boring lecture that I usually get, so I summarized a bit. Commando gets yelled at a lot, though. And believe me Batman yelling at you is probably one of the scariest things on the planet. The girl must have a huge amount of self-control, a meeker person would freak and bolt from the room as soon as Batman shot them the famous 'Bat-glare'

Right now Commando didn't look fearless. The harsh glare from the overhanging lights made her skin look alabaster, like a marble statue. Her shoulder were hunched and her eyes were focused on her hands—which were now undoing her dragon clasp, turning it over in her hands, and then fastening it back under her chin. Canary turned to her and whispered something, probably 'Stop fidgeting.'

Commando didn't talk back, she didn't roll her eyes or scowl, she just put her hands in her lap and started bouncing her leg instead. Canary sighed, and chose to ignore it. I guess she realized that if Commando wasn't being a brat, there was definitely something wrong with her.

The judge finally put down his papers and addressed us. He rambled on about the safety of America and how dangerous and unstable Commando was. How it was his duty to protect the innocent and blah-blah-blah...

I blinked at him in surprise. Dangerous? Unstable? I nearly laughed. That was so…not how she is it was ridiculous. Annoying and arrogant might be a bit more accurate. She was a troublemaker, sure, but she was no violent psychopath.

"I can throw you in jail for the rest of your life and not lose one bit of sleep over it." The judge's voice boomed across the room, like he wanted to make sure Commando was as humiliated as possible.
Her eyes flashed dangerously, I could tell she wanted to leap from her seat and throttle the man, but she somehow managed to control herself.

It wasn't a question, but Commando nodded anyway.

The judge sighed grudgingly.

"But it seems that Batman here has promised to take full responsibility for your rehabilitation. And he had convinced me of your innocence. The charges will be dropped, you are free to go."

Commando leaped from her seat and whooped. She started laughing hysterically and shouted. "Yes! Yes! Yes! I'm not going to get raped by scary delinquent girls! Yes!"

She cartwheeled across the room and stopped right in front of us. She started high-fiving and hugging everyone. In her excitement, she wrapped her arms around me for a second. It was brief, but her touch awakened all my senses like I'd just chugged eight cups of coffee at once. Commando's hair smelled like strawberries, she had a scar just below her jaw line; her cloak was as soft as a baby blanket and slightly crooked because of her messing around with it, the hair on the back of her hair was standing up funny…

She released me just as quick and went back to laughing and making jokes. Even I found myself laughing hysterically; it was hard not to be swept up in the sea of joy emanating from Commando.

For that one moment, everything was perfect.

And then that moment ended. The doors swung open and in strode a tall figure dressed in a black tuxedo and matching tie. The man had an air of authority and wealth about him, like he expected people to bow when he entered the room. Everyone, even the judge who was attempting to make a hasty retreat, stopped dead at the sight of him.

It was Lex Luthor.

I was so focused on Lex; I didn't even see who was coming in behind him. Wally let out a low whistle, like he did when he saw a pretty girl, and I turned around to see my best friend's new crush.

When I saw her, my draw dropped. I realized that pretty didn't do this amazing woman justice, and that was my last coherent thought.

I forgot my name. I forgot where I was. I forgot how to speak in complete sentences.

She was wearing a red satin dress and her jet-black hair was curled in a cascade of ringlets. Her face was the most beautiful I'd ever seen: perfect makeup that almost covered her light spattering of freckles, dazzling dark blue eyes, and a smile that would've lit up the dark side of the moon. She wore a string of pearls around her neck and a pair of matching red high-heels that made her look taller, as if she needed another reason for people to stare at her. Lex drew attention whenever he entered a room, but this woman simply commanded it.

She turned and flashed each of us a brief smile, her mouth was full of stunningly white teeth. When she got to me I had to grab onto my chair to keep my knees from buckling. Finally, she reached Commando. The girl's face was chalk white again, her eyes wide with shock.

I expected the woman to smile lovingly like she'd done with the rest of us, but she did something else entirely.

She smirked.

A smug, triumphant smirk that simply screamed 'I'm better than you.' When she did that, I nearly fell forward onto the carpet. Not just because it was attractive (which it was) but because in that one moment she'd looked exactly like Commando.

I looked back at the woman, who was once again smiling affectionately at everyone, and murmured something really intelligent, like "uh, um….gah?" I heard Wally mutter something similar back to me. Artemis rolled her eyes at both of us and muttered something about stupid boys.

The woman and Lex walked over to the judge and Lex said something to him. Whatever the reply was, it clearly made Lex angry. Soon Lex and the judge were arguing, their voices hushed so I couldn't hear what they were saying.

"Commando….are you alright?"

Kaldur's voice snapped me out of my thoughts, I turned to Commando in curiosity, how could she be upset when she was in the same room with such a beautiful woman?
Commando's shoulders were trembling; her eyebrows were furrowed in concentration as she stared at the woman, as if she was trying to soak in her presence with her eyes.
She turned to him after a moment, like her words just caught up with her and muttered something about being fine before she went back to looking at the lady.

Batman had joined the conversation and Lex looked outraged, his whole big bald head was colored a dark shade of crimson. Lex linked arms with the woman and stalked to the door. Before they exited, however, Lex smiled at Commando and gave the woman a long, passionate kiss on the mouth, and I realized that she was Lex's new girlfriend.

I sighed, Pity. Such a pretty lady dating such a evil man, it wasn't fair.

Commando made a gagging sound and when I turned to look at her I saw her expression was a mixture of shock, disgust, and horror.

I scowled at her, why was she acting so horrible towards such and amazing person such as Lex's girlfriend, she had no right.

They let the doors falls shut behind them and Commando kept staring at the door in amazement, like she'd just discovered the cure for the common cold or something.

"No freaking way…" She said to no one in particular. "No freaking way….not after all this time….I figured she'd get hit by a bus or something…"

"Commando?" Superboy snapped. "Who are you talking about? Who got hit by a bus?"

Commando looked at him, shifting uncomfortably on her feet, before unexpectedly darting towards the doors.

"Commando? Commando!" Aqualad shouted, getting up and racing after her in pursuit. The others followed, and I had no other choice but to go after them.

We found her standing on her tip-toes at a window, looking at something outside. Wally had a hold of her arm, and was once again asking her what the heck was wrong.

Commando glanced at him, then back at the window. She sighed and turned around fully to address him.

"Dude…" her eyes were wide as saucers, her lower lip trembled a bit. She pointed outside to a sleek black limousine containing Lex and the Greek goddess made flesh that was his date.

"That's my mom…"

Oooh! Did any of you suspect who I was talking about before the end? Did I completely take anybody by surprise? Will my school stop being boring? I actually have an answer for the last one: NO!:D

Randomness: I'm going to write a list of attractive things characters should do all the time:

*Roy in a suit:D (that should be his new costume, seriously)
*Superboy shirtless.
*Robin without a mask
*Robin without a cape.
*All the other YJ boys should keep their shirts off all the time, too.
I almost died during Infiltrator:D
*Wally getting all emotional over Artemis (It was more cute than attractive,
but he should still do it more often:D)

Yep, I love YJ so frickin much...:D