A/N I'VE UPDATED THE LAST CHAPTER. So if you've already read the last chapter than please read the ending. I'm also planning to update the earlier chapters later. I just went back to check them and noticed a couple faults. Nothing major. But I've changed the way Kayla's Green Lantern uniform looks DESCRIPTION OF KAYLA'S UNIFORM: There, I got your attention. Kayla wears a long sleeved (reaches below the elbow) dress that reaches to the knees. The torso and sleeves are form fitting, while the skirt part hangs loosely from her lower waist. It has a jewel neckline (high neckline if you're as bad at fashion as I am). The torso and shoulders are green and the sleeves and skirt are black. It has the symbol on the middle of her chest. She wears a pair of simple white gloves and has green knee high boots without a heel, because she's practical. I think it suits her better, it's a bit 'girly' yet practical.

I got a review from Guest. "Tell me everything about Lah so far in the chapters and the same goes for Kayla species as well" Weeell, I have like six pages on google docs about the planet (mostly legends and myths). I also have three pages on google docs for the words. I could post them in a separate story. I can actually go do that right now (I'll write down a little more, so it wont be out until June 23rd, which is in like, one hour). So check it out. I'll include a better description of how the Ki'Lahians look. Thanks for the review!

The Thought That Counts

Gotham City

November 9th, 15:00 EDT

"Where are you?" Robin asked over the phone.

"Outside your school, I think," I responded, watching students.

"What!?" Robin shouted in my ear. I flinched a little.

"Please refrain from shouting in my ear. You tipped me off, remember? During the whole Ivo debacle. Just put on a pair of sunglasses," I told him.

"People will recognize me and call me by my name," Robin reminded me. I rolled my eyes.

"Are you so worried about me knowing your identity?" I asked him. I didn't want to push him too much.

"No, it's… B. He's the one forcing me on this. I want to tell you, trust me," Robin told me.

"Does he have to know? If he figures out I'll cover for you," I told him.

"But you're terrified of him," Robin stated.

"Not terrified. I was when I was younger. But I've been forced to face him the last few months. It helped. I'll just tell him that one of the team leaders should know," I said, twirling one of my braids.

"If you take the blame, then sure. But… if someone asks you why you're here…"

"I'll just tell them I'm meeting a friend," I responded. Why did he sound worried?

"No. Listen, Artemis goes here. If she sees you meeting up with me, she'll question it," Robin told me. Why did Artemis go here?

"If Artemis asks, I'll tell her it has to do it with the job. That I can't tell her," I told him.

"She'll still question it," Robin said.

"I'll just say that it involves spying on your… parents," I said. "What's their names?"

"Bruce Wayne. Mine's Dick Grayson," Ro- Dick told me. "See you there." He hung up. I sighed and walked into the courtyard. I was happy that we had a plan for meeting Artemis, because the moment I walked in, I saw her and we made eye contact. I waved at her and started walking towards her. She looked like she was panicking, so I decided to save her for her.

"Artemis, I didn't know you were on the mission too," I whispered while giving her a hug. I felt her relax.

"Uh, yeah," Artemis asked.

"Are you posing as one of Grayson's classmates?" I asked. She nodded furiously.

"And you?"

"Friends," I responded.

"Cool, do you live nearby?" I was about to respond when a black haired boy said my name. I jumped a little. Didn't expect him to do that in his civilian identity too.

"So Kayla, seems like you've met Artemis," he commented. I nodded while taking notes of how he looked. He was dressed in a fancy school outfit and his black hair was slicked back with hair gel. Unlike how I would normally see him. It gave me a clear view of his face. He had the most brilliant blue eyes I had ever seen. And I came from a planet where it wasn't uncommon for eyes to glow.

"Yeah, it was nice to meet you Artemis. I might see you around," I told her, acting like we had never met before.

"Yeah, see you around Kayla," she said, walking away.

"Does she suspect anything?"

"Not a thing. But I on the other hand… You have some questions to answer Dick Grayson," I told him, he smiled sheepishly.

"Yeah, I guess. What do you wanna ask?"

"Do you know why Artemis goes to Gotham Academy?"

"Scholarship and she lives here."

"Scholarship? I didn't take her for the studious type," I commented as we started walking away from his school.

"Yeah… You see, Wayne Enterprises pays and hands out the scholarship-"

"Bruce Wayne gave it her because of, well, Artemis?"

"Yeah," Dick responded.

"Do I really need to guess who Batman is?" I asked, lowering my voice at his name.

"If you guessed wrong than I would have to talk to him about you being team leader," Dick told me. I laughed little.

"But why does Artemis live in Gotham. We've already established that she's not Green Arrow's niece. Is she just some random kid in Gotham that happened to turn into a vigilante?"

"Not exactly. But it's for her to tell you," Dick insisted. I nodded.

"Fine, but this is not painting her in a good light. Especially with everything surrounding the mole. I just want to trust her. But I think you're right. I'll be able to trust her more if she comes out on her own."

"Yeah, but enough with mole talk. Let's get down to business and find the best birthday present to Wally!"

Dick had already found a good birthday present to Wally. I blame him having Batman as mentor. I on the other hand… well, giving birthday presents on Lah isn't exactly common. We gave presents on the days that the person had accomplished something. Getting married or finishing your training for whatever profession you had chosen. Birthdays? Not so much. Only on the day of your birth and the day you turned twelve. Surviving a year didn't seem like such an accomplishment on Lah. You ate a little nicer food than usual and wore more jewelry and finer clothes. No presents. Unless you happened to accomplish something on that day. And when we did give presents it was in the form of herbs, jewelry, spices, clothes and weapons. I don't think Wally would like the first four options and I did not feel comfortable giving Wally a weapon which he could use to maim others, and more importantly, himself.

"Okay, we have narrowed it down to video games, a chemistry kit and food," I said as we walked down the streets of Gotham. It was starting to turn dark, which made me want to hurry up. There is no reason to stay any longer than we needed to.

"I don't know. I think that you should go with the video game. I'm buying him a new gaming console. So you could buy him some games for it and we could team up on the birthday present," Dick suggested.

"Sounds like a plan," I said. But things are never that simple in Gotham.

As we passed an alley I felt someone wrap their hands around my wrist and drag me into it. I let out a shocked shriek as I was pulled towards the ground.

"What the… Get off me!" I shouted as two men tried to keep me down. I aimed a kick towards one of the men's groin. He went down with a groan of pain. Dick took down the other.

"This is why I wanted to buy Wally's present in Coast City," I said as Dick helped me to my feet.

"I see your point. But like I said, Gotham has a bigger variety of stuff to buy," Dick defended. I rolled my eyes and aimed on last kick towards one of the men's crotch.

"Yeah, but the risk of people trying to mug and or rape you is not as high back in Coast," I told him. Dick gave me a mischievous grin.

"Where's the fun in that?" he asked sweetly. I punched his shoulder and messed up his hair.

"Stop it!" Dick shouted as he tried to fix his hair. I laughed at him.

"It looks better on you kiph," I told him, and it really did. "You don't look as snobby."

"Kiph?"

"Little brother, you act just like him. Same age too," I told him, giving him a little smile.

"Huh, I've never had a sister, but I had an older cousin. You remind me of him," Dick confessed. My interest perked. I didn't know that much about Dick. I knew the basics, but so did everyone else. Dick used to be in the circus, but was later adopted by Bruce Wayne.

"What was he like?" I asked as we entered the gaming store.

"He was kind and always knew what to say," Dick said. His answer was vague and I got the hint. Do not breach this subject.

"I guess I can see your point…" my sentence trailed off. Dick's mood had dropped just by thinking of his, presumably dead, relatives. Change subject. "But I don't always know what to say. I once insulted the Queen of Mesmeri. Almost got Kilowag and I killed. He's not forgiven me for that incident yet." Good, a smooth transfer to a lighter subject.

"What did you say?" Dick asked, he looked a little interested.

"I pointed out that her left eye was a different shade of blue than her right. It was meant to be a compliment on her uniqueness. But apparently the Mesmeri people pride themself in symmetri, so calling their Queen non-symmetric didn't go down to well with them," I explained, wincing a little at the memory. Let's just say that if I never see a Mesmerian Lion again it will be too soon. Way too soon.

"What happened after that?"

"So, these three games then?" I asked loudly. Dick snickered and nodded.

"Ooh, touchy subject, I'll remember that. And I think Wally will like those," he told me, smirking. I knew that he would remember that piece of information 'til the day he died.

"Don't you even dare, Grayson," I warned him, giving him a glare.

"Dude, don't even try glaring at me. Have you ever met my mentor. Your glare is nothing compared to his," Dick told me. I sighed and shook my head. Nothing could compare to the BatglareTM.

"Let's just pay for these games and then we can go have a coffee or something before I leave," I told him.

A/N She knows! Anyways, I'm turning Kayla into the mother of the team. Which is totally planned. Kayla is the oldest (not counting M'gann) on the team. But she likes to think of herself as an older sister. Hence calling Robin kiph instead of ki (child/son,). But anyways, keep an eye on my profile since I will be uploading informatio about Lah and its people along with a dictionary (that will be updated over time). Xoxo DaughterOfHades1212