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Washington D.C.
December 30, 09:16 EST
'The Justice League was formed for two reasons. First, as an acknowledgement that no single individual no matter how powerful can solve all the world's problems alone. And second, to uphold the values of truth, liberty and justice. That last one's even in the name' the crowd laughs at Superman's joke 'These five heroes have sworn to uphold those values.'
'You are watching the live coverage of the Justice League's induction of its five newest members. Looks like the entire League has shown up to welcome the new blood. Everyone from Batman to Captain Marvel' Cat Grant reports.
"I'm glad they didn't kick Billy out" Wally takes a bite out of his apple "And I love the fact that there's a 10 year old in the League."
"There is?" Raquel asks.
Mia and Robin elbowed Wally.
"Ow!"
"Way to keep a secret, genius" Robin says.
"You're right Rob. He is fast with his feet, not so much with his mouth" Mia retorts.
Wally pouts at Mia "Hey, she's on the Team now, right?"
Mia looks over at Raquel "Please forgive my idiot of a cousin. He means well."
"It's alright. I've dealt with idiots like him before."
Mia smiles "You're going to fit in here just fine."
"Thanks" Raquel smiles back.
'Superman is now handing out official League membership cards starting with Doctor Fate'
"That asshole" Mia growls and glares at the screen.
'The Atom. Plastic Man. And Icon'
"You know, I was the one who convinced him Icon to become a hero in the first place. I should be out there celebrating with him not hidden away in here" Raquel complains.
"Welcome to our world" Kaldur comments.
"Story of our lives" Mia adds.
"Well, I suppose there's an upside, too."
"I have found my final ship. Let's see, I've got: Conner x M'gann, Dick x Zatanna, Wally x Artemis and now Kaldur x Raquel. I have an armada" Mia smiles to herself.
'Finally, Green Arrow welcomes his former protégé Speedy, now known as Red Arrow to this roster of heroes'
"Way to go, Roy!" Wally cheers.
"At last, he has his wish" Kaldur comments.
"The first of us to make it. No one will call him a sidekick anymore" Robin states.
"As long as he doesn't let all of this go to his head and make his oversized ego ginormous, I'm good" Mia quips.
"Wait. Since when is being a sidekick a bad thing? You sidekicks were my inspiration" Raquel says.
"Oh please don't let them get started on the subject" Mia begs.
"Well, see, six months ago.." Robin was cut off when he got a notification from his watch.
Mia instantly knew that look and rubbed her hands together "Let's blow this popsicle stand."
Everyone headed for the bio-ship and left the Hall.
"So, there you have it. The world's officially a safer place" Cat reports.
"Hey, Superman, Superman! One question."
"Aquaman, will Atlantis be joining the UN?"
"Arrow, how hard will it be treating your ex-sidekick as an equal?"
Canary, Batman and Tornado took the new members of the League into the Hall where they'll use the zeta tubes to reach the Watchtower.
"Are you ready to see the Watchtower?" Canary asks.
"Born that way. Plus six months" Roy answers.
"I'm sure that the Team will want to congratulate all of you first."
"You don't know Raquel. That is Rocket. After making her wait inside congratulations may not be the first thing on her mind" Icon states.
"Same goes for Mia. She gets under my skin like no one else but I know she never means it. I wonder what she's going to say" Roy thought as they walked further in hoping to see the Team.
"Though I thought she would at least stick around" Icon mentions as they found the room empty.
"Same here" Roy remained silent.
Smokey Mountains
December 30, 10:48 EST
"A-are you sure it's her? I mean, are you absolutely positive?" Artemis asks.
"See for yourself" Robin pulls up the video "This is the security footage from the Ashfield Regional Airport. Facial recognition confirms that's Jade Nguyen. But you and Mia have seen her without her mask. What do you guys think?"
"It's Jade. Chesire" Artemis responds.
"I know that sly smile anywhere."
"Agreed. But focus on what she carries. Is that the case you two saw in New Orleans? The one that got away?" Kaldur asks.
"Yep."
"Yes."
"Ok, I'm guessing from the mugshot that this Chesire's the bad guy. But what's so important about the case?" Raquel asks.
"Remember the Injustice League?" Robin pulls up the image of said group.
"And their giant evil plants? Uh, yeah."
"The Team and the League put them in prison but their allies still scheme. And whatever is in that containment case seems important to their plans" Kaldur states.
"We had a chance to grab it in New Orleans but someone screwed up" Wally takes a jab at Artemis.
"Hey, it was my fault too Wally. I should've stopped her but I didn't so let it go" Mia defends Artemis.
"Approaching Chesire's jet" M'gann announces.
Artemis looks away while everyone else stares in shock at the crash site.
"Looks like there were no survivors" M'gann says.
She stops the bio-ship and everyone heads down to the site. Mia instantly appears next to Raquel scaring her a little.
"Girl, you just gave me a heart attack."
"Sorry" Mia sheepishly smiles.
"How'd you do that anyway?"
"I'm a teleporter."
"That's cool."
Everyone searched the crash site and found no clues.
"How come Homeland Security and the NTSB aren't all over this?" Wally asks.
"Chesire's ID was a League alert. Authorities didn't pick it up and her jet didn't follow it's flight plan. It flew under the radar. Literally. But the Watchtower auto-checked the jet and recorded the crash" Robin explains.
"Then why isn't the League here?" Raquel asks.
"Because our Boy Wonder has some mighty hacking skills and arranged to get the alert first" Zatanna answers.
"You'd be amazed by what we can get away with" Mia comments.
"And because Chesire and that case represent our unfinished business" Kaldur explains.
"Where are the bodies?" Conner asks after he tosses a piece of debris.
"Here's one" everyone looks up to find Chesire alive with the case in her hand "And it is stunning."
"You're giving yourself way too much credit Chesire. I've seen better looking ones" Mia retorts.
Another voice joins the party "I am flora, not fauna. I am foliage, not trees. What am I?"
Soon pylons popped out of the ground from the top of the canyon. They turn on and create an electrical shield dome to ensure that no one escapes. "I might be able to get us out of here but I've never done it with eight people before. No harm in trying." Mia slowly starts to get into the middle of the group as she plans out her strategy.
"Hey, come on, you can get this. I am shrubbery, no grass. What am I? I…"
"Ambush" Robin finishes.
"Didn't you think we'd be tipped you were on Chesire's trail? We're tired of your interference, kiddies. This is the end game. Ordered from above and executed by their master strategist, moi."
"I'm already getting tired of hearing your voice Green Bean" Mia retorts.
"Miss Martian, is everyone linked?" Kaldur asks.
"Yes."
"Go."
Everyone went their separate ways to start fighting the baddies.
"Ekahs siht ebolgwons!" Zatanna chants.
Inside the dome turned into a snowstorm. Wally and Kaldur were taking down bad guys left and right.
"Superboy, the pylons" Kaldur orders.
"Working on it." Conner hides behind a debris and opens the box seeing he only has one shield left. "My last one. Better make it count." He puts it on his forearm and covers it with his sleeve then attacks.
Both Artemis and Mia went after Chesire. Artemis fires an arrow while Mia throws a dagger at her but she blocks both attacks with her sword and starts to attack.
"It's like old times. Dad pitting us against each other. The Cage back at the compound."
"If I remember that night correctly, I whooped your ass" Mia states.
The others were fighting the henchmen. Raquel gets hit with an Apokaliptan weapon and electrocutes her. Kaldur manages to destroy it before he got trapped in the ground. M'gann comes to the rescue by throwing a boulder at the henchman with her telekinesis.
Conner melts down the pylon with his heat vision when Mammoth arrives and punches him away. He charges at Mammoth then flies up into the air.
"SB, you're flying" Robin states.
"What?"
Mia looks up to see it was true. Chesire uses the opportunity to take down Mia while she's distracted. Mia lands on the ground hard with Chesire on top of her.
"Looks like I win" Chesire teases.
"You'll never win" Mia narrows her eyes.
"I beg to differ. I do believe the Shadows won this round."
"What are you blabbering about?"
"You didn't hear? Now that's a shame."
"What dammit!" Mia demanded.
"The Twins are actually alive and we got them back. We had to subdue some old coot but the job was done."
"No, not my brothers. Not Uncle Ted" "You're lying."
"It's true whether you believe me or not. If you want to save them, call the number on this card" Chesire places a business card in Mia's glove then runs off.
Conner punches Mammoth repeatedly into the mountain and causes an avalanche. Chesire was able to get Artemis to safety while Mia continues to lay there on the ground with a dazed look.
"Mia!" Wally rushes over in time to save her from being crushed in the avalanche.
He sets her down and looks at her "Blink what's wrong?"
"I can't tell him" "N-nothing. I'm-I'm fine."
Wally eyes her for a bit then goes back to bashing the baddies.
Robin had Riddler cornered then Zatanna appears and casts a spell on him.
"Tekcajthgiarts!"
Riddler was quickly wrapped in a straightjacket "Aah! No, no! I am not the straightjacket type. I am strictly Bel Rev, not Arkham."
"Gag mih!"
He was gagged too.
Mia snaps out of her stupor and appears next to Zatanna and Raquel.
"About time someone shuts him up" Mia states looking at Riddler.
"Is it always like this?" Raquel asks.
"Yeah, pretty much" Zatanna answers.
"Isn't it great?" Mia smiles.
"Hguone htiw eht ebolgwons."
The snowstorm stops and everyone heads back to the bio-ship.
Mount Justice
December 30, 15:45 EST
"Tell me if this sounds familiar. You hacked League systems, disobeyed protocol and endangered your lives"
"Yep" Mia cheekily smiles.
"And your initiatives resulted in the capture of three escaped felons proving Warden Strange runs Bel Rev as a cover for criminal activity. Well done" Batman smiles.
"Did Batman compliment us and smile? Wow, didn't see that coming" Mia says through the mind link.
"And then there's this. Bio technology integrated with some form of nano-circuitry"
"Though I am unfamiliar with this species the bio component is clearly not of Earth" Icon states.
"We'll take it to the Watchtower for further study" Batman closes the case and begins to walk towards the zeta tubes with the other Leaguers following him.
Raquel went to have a quick chat with Icon.
"Congratulations on the League thing. Sorry I skipped out."
"Yes, well, we both seem to have found teams that suit us."
"We should go, too. Don't want to miss the League's induction party" Canary says.
"Black Canary, 1-3. Icon, 2-0."
When the Leaguers were gone, the atmosphere became more heavy.
"You realize we were set up" Robin states.
"Yes. Chesire and Riddler were tipped and ready for us" Kaldur adds.
"Not the mole thing again" Artemis complains.
"Jesus Christ. Freaking son of a-"
Wally cuts her off "Ok. We get it Mia."
"Mole thing? Again?" Raquel asks.
"We had intel that there was a traitor on the Team" Wally explains.
"Mainly Artemis, Mia, M'gann or me" Conner states.
"It is more complicated than that. But your recent behavior does concern me. Your attack on Mammoth nearly got both Artemis and Mia killed" Kaldur says.
Conner walks away then winces in pain caused by a high-pitch sound.
"Superboy?"
"Conner?" Mia looks at him worriedly.
Conner turns back to look at them "There's something I need to do."
Santa Prisca
December 30, 17:57 ECT
Conner shows up on the super cycle and Luthor greets him.
"Welcome, Superboy. I'd like to introduce you to my associate, Queen Bee."
"My pleasure."
"I believe you know everyone else. Sportsmaster, Mercy, Blockbuster and our new friend Bane who's allowed us the use of his island in exchange for certain…considerations."
"So the Injustice League was just a distraction. You two have been behind everything from the start" Conner concludes.
"Heh. A flattering notion, son. But we have many friends."
Two choppers arrived and slowly descended.
"These some of your friends now?" Conner asks.
"No, my boy. Some of yours."
One of the helicopters opened to reveal Artemis, who's shocked to see Conner there. The second one opens to show Mia with a grim look on her face. "I will save my brothers."
"Artemis? Blink?"
The girls walked out and heads towards the group.
"The hero thing wasn't workin' out. You get how it is, no trust. This is where I belong" Artemis stood by Sportsmaster and Cheshire.
"You never know who you can trust. Some of us have a dark past that always comes to get them in the end" Mia stood alone but soon she was flanked by members of the League of Shadows.
Off to the side were twin boys tied up and unconscious. Mia tries her hardest not to show any emotions and manages to do so. "Just hold on guys. I'm coming."
"It's a fast-growing club" Queen Bee states.
Soon the bio-ship appears and M'gann flies down from it.
"Why are they here?" M'gann looks at Conner, Artemis, and Mia "You promised" she tells Queen Bee.
"I've kept your secret and my promise. Now you keep yours. Good girl."
"Give me more shields, and I'm in, too" Conner states.
Luthor walks up to him "My boy. You're a terrible. Red Sun."
Conner stood still.
"What do you want us to do?" Artemis asks.
"We're ready" Mia states.
Luthor nods at Sportsmaster and it started.
"You three, follow me" he orders.
"W-what about Superboy?" M'gann ask worriedly.
"He'll be fine. He simply requires a few…adjustments" Queen Bee says.
"How can we trust you that he'll be ok?" Mia raises a brow and crosses her arms.
"You'll just have to."
Flashback
"There's something I need to do. Something I need to tell you."
"That you love us?" Mia wonders.
Conner sighs "Last month, on Thanksgiving I went back Cadmus and found a few things out. When I was cloned, only half the DNA was Superman's. The other half was human" everyone was shocked "That's why I don't have, will never have full Kryptonian powers."
"You sure? Cause you sure seemed to have them today" Robin states.
"No kidding" Mia adds.
"I've been using these" Conner lifts his sleeve up "Shields. They suppress my human DNA. I get the flight, the heat vision but I think I also get angry. Well, angrier. I'm sorry."
"Where did you get those?" Kaldur asks.
"From my human father, Lex Luthor."
Now everyone's utterly shocked.
"Excuse me but can you say that one more time? I think I still have snow in my ears" Mia comments.
"Lex Luthor….is your dad?" Robin asks.
"He summoned me to Santa Prisca."
End of flashback
M'gann walks past Conner while Luther orders Blockbuster "Bring him along."
Just as Blockbuster went to grab Conner, both Mia and Artemis sprang into action. Artemis notches an arrow and fires at Blockbuster while Mia teleports her brothers into the bio-ship.
Flashback
"Ahh, listen. Superboy's not the only one suffering from bad DNA" Artemis pulls up her family's criminal profiles "My mother is Huntress, an ex con. The rest of my family aren't even ex. My dad's Sportsmaster. And he's sending my sister, Chesire to fly me to Santa Prisca, too."
"That's why-" Wally finally realizes.
"Yeah. I was so desperate to make sure none of you found out."
"I knew" Robin states.
"I've known about it since New Orleans" Mia adds.
"Hey, I'm a detective. But it never mattered. You aren't your family. You're one of us" Robin looks over at Mia with curiosity "How did you figure it out?"
Mia sighs deeply and rubs the back of her neck "Well most of you guys know the gist of my past but between the time I was 12 and before I arrived at Wildcat's gym, it was something I didn't want to remember" *dry laughs* "Is karma a bitch or what? Anyway, in that time span I was held captive by Ra's al Ghul along with my siblings. He trained me to be an assassin in exchange for keeping my siblings out of harms way. I met Chesire the night of the final test to join the League of Shadows; I was supposed to kill her"
Everyone looks at Mia with wide eyes. Some took an involuntary step back and Mia notices. She looks away as she hugs herself and struggles to keep the tears in.
"Obviously she's still alive but when I stood over her with a sword aimed at her heart, I couldn't do it anymore. I defied the Shadows, defied Ra's which cost me the lives of my brothers and sister as I saw him deliver the fatal blows to them. It wasn't until recently that I found out my siblings were alive. My twin brothers were trained after I left and my sister became Klarion's apprentice. I got my brothers out of that life but Chesire just told me that the Shadows kidnapped them. She told me that if I want to save them, I had to call this number" Mia holds out the card Chesire gave her "I understand if you guys want me to leave. I wouldn't want to have a murderer on the Team either."
Mia starts to walk away.
End of flashback
The arrow encases Blockbuster in foam that hardens. Artemis notches another arrow aimed at her dad.
"Sorry, dad, wanted to play you like you tried to play me but I can't let them mess with Superboy's head."
"Same with me. No one messes with Superboy's mind and no one messes with my family and gets away with it. You tell that demon vampire that if he comes anywhere near me or my brothers, I will kill him myself."
"M'gann, be a dear and take Artemis and Blink down" Queen Bee orders.
M'gann lifts the two girls up into the air.
Flashback
Mia walks away but stops when she felt someone grab her wrist. She turns to see Wally staring at her with eyes filled with a mix of horror, sadness, anger and love. Wally brings her into his arms and tightens his grip. Mia finally cries and the sound of her cries echoes throughout the cave.
"You're not leaving us" Wally states in a serious tone.
"You're the glue that holds us together. Besides, what are we going to do without our big sister?" Robin says with a smile "Plus, I finally found out when your birthday is."
Mia laughs a little "I doubt it."
"Mia" she looks over at Kaldur "Your past does not define you. The trials you have been through made you stronger and wiser beyond your years. We do not wish for you to leave."
"And think about it. If you left, these doofus' would be completely out of control" Zatanna jokes.
Mia laughs as she wipes away the remaining tears. She lets go of Wally then nudges him towards Artemis. He got the hint and rests a hand on Artemis' shoulder.
"So, uh, who's next?" Wally jokes.
"I am" M'gann answers.
"Wally!" Mia shouts.
"I swear I was kidding."
"Queen Bee's been blackmailing me. She wants me in Santa Prisca, too."
"Blackmailing? How?" Kaldur asks.
"She knows my true Martian form."
"Bald M'gann? Who cares if-" Robin says.
"No."
M'gann sighs then morphs into her true Martian form, a White Martian. All but three people moved back in shock at the sight of M'gann.
"Oh" Raquel simply says.
"I realized you would never accept me if you saw what I really am."
"M'gann, do we truly seem so shallow?" Kaldur asks.
"I couldn't take a chance. Being a White Martian among the Green on Mars I endured constant rejection. I couldn't face that from-"
"From me?" Conner grabs hold of M'gann's hand "I've known since we mind melded last September at Bialya."
"But that was before we even became a couple. Why didn't you say anything?"
"I figured you'd tell me when you were ready."
"I was also afraid that you'd leave me for Mia."
"What?" Mia softly spoke.
She walks over to M'gann and gives her a disappointed look.
"Meg, why would you ever think that?"
"You're human and you could give Conner a "normal" life. Mia, you're beautiful, funny, adventurous, witty, and everyone loves you. I wouldn't have been surprised if he left me for you."
"Two things. First of all, Conner would never leave you for me because he's utterly and disgustingly in love with you and if he did, I would've killed him for breaking your heart. Second, what we have" Mia points between herself and Conner "Is a brother/sister relationship where he acts like a complete dumbass and I try to stop him from doing stupid shit like going after Amazo by himself, picking fights in school, the list goes on. Besides, I don't even like anyone right now."
"Except for Roy" Wally and Robin muttered.
Mia snaps her head back "What was that?"
"Nothing" they said.
"That's what I thought" she looks back at M'gann with a smile "See? Nothing to worry about."
End of flashback
Instead, M'gann pushes Queen Bee into a tree using her telekinesis.
"Queen Bee is down. Superboy you're safe from her control" M'gann states.
"May not be much of a liar but I fooled you" Conner stalks over to Luthor.
"And I'm so proud. I take it Miss Martian cleaned Red Sun from your mind?"
"And confirmed Aqualad, Robin, Blink and Kid Flash rescued me from Cadmus before you had time to install an other programming."
"All true. Personally, I blame Dr. Desmond."
Blockbuster frees from his imprisonment and goes after Conner. Bane and his goons start to fire at them and Mia got pissed.
"Guys, reinforcement time" Mia heard Artemis say through the mind link.
Raquel and Wally appear as they take down some of Bane's men. After finishing taking care of the Shadows, Mia goes after Bane. She teleports and appears behind him.
"Bane!" he turns around and smiles evilly at her "You will pay for my father's death."
"Let's see if you put up a better fight than he did."
Mia growls then charges at him with a little help from Labiwa.
"I knew you'd come back for my help."
"Understand this. I'm in charge and you will follow my orders. Got it?"
"Yes ma'am."
Robin takes out a few goons then hears Zatanna chant a spell.
"Ekoms dna srorrim."
The thug's gun turns into a snake and he falls to the ground all tied up.
"Egnahc sehtolc otni sgnidnib."
Bane grabs Mia into his arm and smashes her into Robin and Zatanna.
Soon one of the helicopters flies away with Luthor in it.
"I got this" Raquel states.
She flies towards it but the chopper fires missiles at her in defense. Raquel creates a bubble to protect herself.
"I can still-"
"No. You are needed here" Kaldur states.
Sportsmaster takes down Artemis and Chesire stood over her with a sword aimed at her face.
"You know I don't tolerate disobedience, Artemis."
"Sure, dad. Jade and I learned that the hard way" she looks at Chesire.
Wally knocks Chesire away and went after Sportsmaster. Sportsmaster picks Wally up then throws him into a tree.
Zatanna and Mia were on the ground while Robin fights with Bane.
"Etaerc Nibor snoisulli!"
"Make him pay Rob" Mia states.
An army of Robins appeared and went to take down Bane.
"Gotta love…"
"An army…."
"Of me."
The real Robin was able to take down Bane by removing his source of power and electrocuting him in the back of his head. Mia calmly walks over to Bane's unconscious body.
"Nos vemos en el infierno"* she mutters then walks away.
Conner climbs back up when Blockbuster notices. He attacks Conner then M'gann went to defend him.
"Superboy, Miss Martian, move" Kaldur orders.
He and Raquel used Apokaliptan weapons on Blockbuster.
"You should really learn to channel that anger" Conner says before punching him.
Artemis dodges Sportsmaster's attacks.
"Artemis now" Kaldur orders.
She leaps into a tree while Sportsmaster sinks into the ground. Artemis jumps from the tree, uses him as a step then safely lands on solid ground.
"Jade!"
"Sorry, dad. In this family, it's every girl for herself" Jade disappears into the shadows.
"Jade!"
Artemis knocks her father out then tosses his mask towards Wally. He walks over and stood next to her.
"Souvenir" she says.
When the battle was over, everyone regroups.
"It is always like this" Raquel says.
"Told you" Zatanna responds.
"Hey, disaster averted. Feeling the aster" Robin comments.
"Agreed. This has been a good day" Kaldur adds.
Mia walks out of the bio-ship with a look of relief as she helps her brothers walk out.
"Hey guys" everyone turns to look at her "I want you to meet my brothers who were supposed to be dead but aren't. This is Miguel and Tulio, boys this is the Team" Mia smiles.
The Watchtower
December 30, 23:46 EST
Batman places one of the bio-chips to be scanned and he narrows his eyes at the results.
"So, are you ever joining the party?" Roy asks walking in.
"This bio circuitry is disturbingly sophisticated."
"I'll take that as a no" Roy pats the back of Batman's neck.
Batman relaxes and follows Roy to the Tower's zeta tubes where the rest of the League were waiting. He heads to the console and starts punching in a command.
"Override. Batman 0-2."
"Recognized" a person walks out of the tube "Access granted. Vandal Savage, A-0-4."
The whole League bows before him while Roy remained standing. He winces as his head became clearer and looks around.
"I-I was the mole?"
"Yes. Yes, you were."
Vandal walks over to the window and watches the sun set behind Earth.
Translation:
*See you in Hell