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Beta: Jebest4781 and Chaos-PSD.

Chapter XXIV: Quiet Conversations.

Last Time.

Batman explains that Oracle found Luthor's factory in Ireland. So the team devised a plan. Oracle was the one that posted the image of the M.O.N.Q.I. on the Outsiders' feed while Batman and Miss Martian posed as the father and kidnapped the daughter. Robin salvaged the M.O.N.Q.I.s and the Ivo robot from the real Ivo's last base who operated them by remote control.

"To… Fool the Outsiders?" Wonder Woman asked, raising her eyebrow.

"Among others?"

"But not Lex Luthor?"

"No, Lex will know this was a setup. But knowing and proving are two different things." Batman replied to the Amazon.

"Is that your excuse?! Don't any of you see how truly compromising this situation is?"

"This is a war, Diana." The detective replied to her.

"And which side are we on? We're not simply hiding things anymore. We've gone beyond lying to our comrades and the public, now we're staging false events, creating fake news, merely to make our opponents look bad? Or the Outsiders, and by extension, the rest of us, look good? Even with the best of intentions, that is crossing a line. You must see that. You must."

Hollywood January 01, 18:19 PST.

Halo sat at her desk with the Halloween picture she took with Brion, Forager, and Victor on the wall beside her desk before she started writing on a notepad.

Now.

Hollywood January 02, 04:16 PST.

Fred was walking around looking for Victor before stopping at an alleyway. "Victor Stone? Fred Bugg has been looking everywhere for you!"

He said before walking in, and eyes widened at seeing Victor with his right elbow, shoulder and hand robotic as well as the top part of his head, chin, neck and right cheek with a purple light on his forehead, left eye now purple and a glowing line going across his face above and below his eye. And red lines on his arms.

Fred then grabbed Victor and ran to the Hub to get in, woke up Helga, Brion, and Tara. "I guess Fatherbox isn't done with me," Victor said as Helga walked over and pulled his hood off showing the others what happened. "It won't rest until it takes over my whole body… Until I'm a walking, talking Fatherbox."

A Few Hours went by as Helga had Victor in the med bay with Jefferson and Naruto who's wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans, and boots.

"You seem stable for now."

"Doesn't feel that way."

Boom!

Hearing a Boom Tube, they turned to see Dreamer and Conner walking in.

"It shouldn't! Your condition is anything but stable."

"Guys, this is Dreamer, from the Forever People of New Genesis," Conner said as they stopped at the bed. "Figure we might need her help with what's going on with Victor."

Dreamer scanned Victor with her Motherbox before bringing it back up. "Motherbox has run a diagnostic. She believes your only hope is to place you on the Mobius chair of Metron."

"The What of Who?!"

"The New God Metron," Dreamer exclaimed before creating an image of a man in a floating chair. He's wearing a black and blue full bodysuit with a red circle on his chest, he has blue skin, red eyes, and black sclera.

"He invented Motherboxes, Fatherboxes, and boom Tubes among other things. His Mobius chair is the only thing with a powerful enough connection to the Source. To purge Fatherbox's soul that's contaminating him."

They then heard Forager yell out before Helga and Naruto walked out to where Forager explained Violet wasn't in the building as Tara gave a note to Stephanie where Violet explained she was leaving before Tara explained Violet told them what Gabrielle did.

"(Sigh) Steph, try to find Violet," Naruto said before Tara spoke.

"I must go!"

"Then get dressed, Brion?" Naruto asked Brion who shook his head before Naruto walked back just as a very loud Boom Tube opened up, having him jolt back.

BOOM!

"Damn it!"

Once the Boom Tube dispersed, he saw Dreamer was gone but Conner had the Motherbox as the others walked in without Steph and Tara.

"Motherbox, please take us to Metron," Conner said, creating another Boom Tube.

BOOM!

"Y'all are giving me a headache. No more boom tubes in the house." Victor said, holding his head as Naruto unsealed his bow and quiver before putting it on over his shoulder and jumped in. Followed by Conner, Forager, and Jefferson.

The Source Wall January 02, 13:15 UTC.

The team appeared in a cave before seeing Metron flying away from them.

"That him?"

"Think so… Metron, stop!" They ran out of the entrance only to see they were on the face of a very large petrified body that's molded with others, all eyes glowing gold.

"What the hell?" Naruto asked before turning around looking at the bodies that made a wall.

Happy Harbor January 02, 08:16 EST.

Donna sat across from Harper Row who had a bruise on her shoulder before covering it up. "My-My brother and I were roughhousing."

"Your younger brother?"

"Yes. (Sigh.) Donna, have you heard from Violet? She hasn't come to school."

"Violet's run away," Donna replied, getting Harper's eyes to widen. "Do you know where she would have gone?"

"No, I didn't even know she was thinking of running away. Must be nice having so many people care for you." She said before Donna scratched her ear to hide her communicator as she heard Stephanie's voice.

"Sphere's helping us find Violet."

Dhabar January 02, 15:17 UTC+2.

A woman cooked in the kitchen of a house. She has olive-skin with brown eyes. She's wearing a hijab and is dressed in mostly black from head to toe, exposing only her hands and face.

A young man was reading a newspaper on the table. He also has olive-skin with brown eyes and black hair. He has a mole on his left cheek and a beard. He keeps his short hair mostly hidden under a white hat.

Knock-Knock!

Going to the door, the young man answered it showing Violet also covered up in mostly brown.

"Cousin!"

"Gabrielle?! Gabrielle!" The woman yelled in Arabic as she ran and hugged Violet. "You're alive!"

"Hello, Mother," Violet said in Arabic.

Taos January 02, 06:18 MST.

"We're getting things ready." A clone of Naruto told the underwater girl who was now in a mobile tank as his screen translated. She nodded as Aquaman walked over and Naruto looked to see the Zeta-Tunnel. "You sure you still want to go?" Naruto asked as she nodded. "OK, we'll always be here if you need us for anything."

Naruto finished before turning to leave. "She's all yours," Naruto said over his shoulder as Aquaman pushed the tank through the tunnel as it lit up.

"Recognized: Unnamed Meta-teen, A41. Aquaman, 28."

Poseidonis January 02, 15:19 UTC-2. (1.)

Aquaman and the girl arrive in the ocean. He frees her from the tank, before casting a translation spell, then addressing her in Atlantean. "Has it worked? My translation magic is a bit rusty."

The girl looked around before turning to Aquaman. "Did you just speak Hindi? Or am I speaking English?!"

"We are both speaking Atlantean," Aquaman replied with a smile as he put his hands behind his back.

The girl's eyes widened as she brought her hand to her mouth. "Wait… I can talk! And you-you can understand me!" She exclaimed at being able to talk after being underwater since being turned before hugging Aquaman. "Thank you!"

They then started swimming through the coral of the city before coming up to two Atlantean men, Aquaman then stopped to salute with a fist on his forehead. "King Orin of Atlantis."

Orin resembles a tall, muscular Caucasian male with short blond hair, a blond beard, and aqua blue eyes. He's wearing an outfit very similar to Aquaman only with green on his shoulders, arms bare, green flaps on his waist and on his calves and a green diadem similar to a civic crown.

The other has a slightly dark skin tone, long black hair, and is wearing a blue guard uniform with a blue diadem similar to a civic crown.

This is Wyynde, a royal guard. (2.)

Aquaman then gestured to the girl. "I would like to introduce you to… You never told us your name."

The girl looked at him before speaking. "No… And I will not now."

"It's alright child," Orin spoke up, hands behind his back before placing one on her shoulder. "You begin a new life in Atlantis. You may choose a new name for yourself when the time is right."

"Thank you." She said before looking up at Orin. "Um… Your Majesty. If I might ask… Why did you stop being Aquaman?"

"Ruling Atlantis is more than enough responsibility for any one person. It was always my intent for Kaldur'ahm to become the Aquaman when he was ready. And he most certainly is ready."

"You honor me, my King," Aquaman said before Orin continued.

"Your work with the Justice League honors all of Atlantis. News of your Outsiders has reached us here in Poseidonis. The Queen and I were very impressed. Particularly with their defeat of Professor Ivo."

Aquaman looked away at that for a second before smiling softly. "Yes, they did admirably work under difficult circumstances. But, apologies my King. I must take our new friend to her promised rendezvous."

"Of course. God Speed." Orin said as Aquaman saluted again before swimming with the girl.

Hollywood January 02, 04:22 PST.

"Recognized: Silas Stone, A42."

"Did I just hear-" Victor said, trying to get up before being pushed back down by Helga.

"Victor Please, you need rest." She said as Silas walked in and explained he called in a favor to come but was shocked to see that the Fatherbox has spread over his son's body.

"Victor, what happened?"

"Oh, so you noticed? Right after I talked to you! So once again you-AAH!" As Victor gets ready to blame his father for his condition, the Fatherbox begins to spread again having spikes pop out of his arms and shoulders.

"AAAHHHH!"

Helga picked him up and placed him back on the bed. "Your emotions are clearly affecting your condition," Silas explained walking over.

"Don't you think I know that?!"

Silas then turned to Helga. "We need to slow this down. His best option is a medically induced coma."

Helga walked to get a syringe as Victor yelled. "That's the solution?! Putting me in a coma?!"

"It's temporary, and while under you'll lose no more ground against the Fatherbox. Please, Victor, you must trust me."

"(Sigh.)" Victor sighed as Helga walked over.

Silas then took the syringe and stuck his son having Victor pass out. "I'm going to bring you back son, I promise."

Ring!

Helga picked her phone up before hiding the screen. "excuse me, this might be important."

She walked out talking to her mentor about Violet being missing before seeing Brion on the large balcony and walked out after hanging up. She joins him and explains that she knows that the news about Gabrielle and his parents is difficult. She tries to cheer him up by saying that his parents would be so proud of everything that he has accomplished: becoming a hero, finding and rescuing Tara, and the promising signs he's been showing as a great leader.

She explains that his actions have reached Markovia and his people are beginning to remember their love for him getting Brion to smile.

The Source Wall January 02, 13:19 UTC.

"Forager's heard stories of the old Promethean gods. But Forager never thought Forager would actually stand on the face of Gog!" Forager said in wonder looking around.

Jeff looked a little grossed out before speaking. "We're standing on a god? And we were in his nose? Ugh!"

"There's Metron!" Conner yelled pointed ahead to see Metron in the air before creating a Boom Tube to leave. "Motherbox, follow Metron!"

BOOM!

Minosyss Ring January 02, 13:20 UTC.

"Now where are we?"

Naruto, Conner, Forager, and Jefferson land in the middle of a battle between Parademons and Superman.

"I guess we should help," Naruto said, firing several arrows before being tackled into a wall by a blur.

He then felt someone kiss him before seeing black hair and a gold diadem. He started kissing Wonder Woman back before she started putting more force in the kiss, having Naruto pull back when his head was pushed against the wall. "It's been a while, Diana…" Naruto trailed off seeing the look in her eyes as she gave a grin.

Crack!

And cracked the wall a little as she put her hands on either side of his head getting him to chuckle nervously. "Almost two years! Two long years! You're not leaving until one of us can't walk!"

Gulping, Naruto looked to see Metron talking to the others about how Desaad and Granny had everything they needed for their device. And had Wonder Woman roughly pull him back to her for another rough kiss. Jefferson piqued Metron's interest when he explained Victor's predicament.

Naruto tried to pull away, only for Wonder Woman to tear his shirt before pulling out a tri-bladed kunai and tossed over to the team as a Boom Tube opened and flashed over to it. "GET BACK HERE!"

"Can't! Love you!"

"If that continued, I think you wouldn't have been the man in that sex session," Kurama spoke up as Wonder Woman hit a Parademon hard as the last one flew to her.

'If I didn't agree I would put a muzzle on you.' Naruto replied by stepping in the Boom Tube.

Happy Harbor January 02, 08:23 EST.

"I saw your brother this morning… He had a black eye."

"(Sigh) I told you, Cullen and I were roughhousing," Harper said as Donna raised an eyebrow at that. "Look, I know the drill. I say something and you tell the authorities. Colin and I will wind up in foster care and separated. So… Roughhousing."

"Uh-huh… And the next time you're in jail and my dad won't bail you? All you're doing is just protecting your father." Harper got up at that and started walking out before Donna spoke. "Up to this point, you've been the rock for Cullen to hide behind. But you're a kid, too. And the rock's cracking under this pressure."

"Ask yourself whom your silence is shielding now. Cullen... Or your father? I know you're afraid of what comes next. But I am going to be there to help you through it. And I believe it can be better than what you and Cullen have now."

After a long pause, Harper turned back to her. "Our dad hits us."

Dhabar January 02, 15:24 UTC+2.

"This cannot be true. I just got you back." Gabrielle's mother said as Violet looked down as all three sat at the table.

"It is true. I am dying." Violet said after explaining she was dying.

"Unless you're wealthy… Healthcare is difficult to come by in Qurac these days. But we will do what we must." Gabrielle's cousin spoke up before Violet shook her head.

"I have been to the best doctor. And she's consulted her colleagues. Nothing can be done. I'm here to say goodbye."

Gabrielle's cousin tries to guess what disease could possibly be killing Violet.

"None of that matters!" Violet yelled in English.

She starts speaking in English and explains that she just came to give them closure for their loss of Gabrielle. Both of them demand answers as Violet decides to tell them everything.

Hollywood January 02, 04:33 PST.

Naruto and the others dropped in and saw Silas who was startled by the Boom Tube.

"Who are you?" Conner asked as Naruto dropped his bow and quiver.

"Silas Stone, Victor's father. He's been helping us on that Reach device and the Fatherboxes."

Metron then flew in front of Victor and laced his fingers together.

"This is Metron. He can save Vic." Jefferson said as Metron looked over to him.

"There has been a misunderstanding. I'm not here to save this 'Vic'. I am here to watch him die. I have never seen a Fatherbox completely override an organic system. Such a thing is worthy of study."

'Oh, this guy is giving off a vibe from back home now.' Naruto thought as he remembered a certain ninja before looking at Conner and Jefferson.

Walking over with Conner, they pulled him from the chair before Naruto threw him against a wall.

"You dare, mortal? I am a New God. To me, you are 0.5 of nothing." Metron said to Naruto who had gold chakra cover him.

He formed two horns form on his head, his eyes turned orange and he gained six magatama markings around his neck, a swirl design over his stomach, and various other lines extending along his body.

"You're not the first to say that to me who've I've beaten," Naruto said as Jefferson hit Metro with his lightning as Naruto created astral hands that held him down.

Poseidon January 02, 15:35 UTC-2.

"These are my parents, Sha'lain'a, and Calvin Durham." Aquaman introduced his parents to the teen girl.

Sha'lain'a is a tall, Atlantean female with a golden skin tone and wavy, golden hair, which reaches her waist. She has pronounced gills across the sides of her neck.

Calvin is a fairly tall man with a dark brown skin-tone, brown eyes, and bald. He has gills and webbed hands and feet. He's wearing a simple, skin-tight purple Atlantean garment. Around his waist is a lighter colored stripe like a belt. There is a stripe in the same color around the end of his sleeves, and over his shins as well.

Sha'lain'a smiled as she swam over and hugged the girl. "We are very pleased you will be staying with us, child."

"And I think I can help you adjust," Calvin said with a smile. "I'm from the surface myself. San Diego California." He finished remembering he was a Black Manta henchman who was experimented on to infiltrate Atlantis but fell in love with Sha'lain'a.

"Thank you... Would you mind if I have a moment alone with your son?" The girl asked having Aquaman's parents nod and leave.

"Are you unhappy with this arrangement?" Aquaman asked the teen who shook her head.

"No, no I-I'm so grateful for the hospitality. It's more than I've ever received up there. Excluding S.T.A.R. Labs. Kage was very kind to me. But, Aquaman…"

"Please." Aquaman interrupted her. "Call me Kaldur'ahm or simply Kaldur."

"Alright, Kaldur, I think you are the unhappy one. I know you lied to King Orin. I do not know what the lie was about or why it mattered. And I am certain your King did not suspect." She then grabbed his hands and continued. "You think lying makes you a bad man. But I have known bad men. And bad men do not feel bad when they lie. You are a good man Kaldur'ahm." She finished before kissing his cheek and swam over to his parents.

Hollywood January 02, 04:40 PST.

Helga and Brion ran in and everyone else but Vic in Metron's chair.

Motherbox, tell the chair to save Vic!" Conner yelled as The Motherbox lights up and the Chair attaches itself to Victor, who begins to scream. "AAH!"

Suddenly a beam of light shoots out of his mouth and into the Chair. Finally, the Chair releases him as the spikes resend and all the light on Victor turns red before Silas helps him stand as Forager suggests that the light was the Fatherbox soul returning to the Source. Naruto disperses his cloak as Jefferson stops his lightning, having Metron stand up.

"Fatherbox has been purged. Your 'Vic' is all Mobius tech now. A missed opportunity for study… A waste."

"I'm starting to see why Bear hit this guy," Conner said to the others as Metron got in his chair before Jefferson walked up to the New God.

"Look. I know I'm not your favorite human right now. But you mentioned Granny earlier. Is your Granny the same as our Gretchen Goode?"

Metron stared down for a moment. "No. And yes." He answered before leaving via Boom Tube.

Silas started to leave before Victor stopped him and hugged Silas.

Dhabar January 02, 15:50 UTC.

Violet has finished explaining, Samad accuses her of being a demon. But Madia calms him down by explaining that she understands that by returning to them in Gabrielle's body, Violet was trying to give them a gift. Samad is outraged that Madia is forgiving Violet and Madia acknowledges that Samad lost his brother and she lost her husband to Queen Bee's armies, and now they have lost Gabrielle too, but she wants to hold back the anger that she has left.

She thanks Violet for bringing them closure. Madia kisses Violet on the forehead and says that she hopes Violet finds peace in her new family.

As Violet leaves, Stephanie and Tara arrive, in the Bio-Ship, to pick up Violet. Tara and Violet embrace.

Gotham City; Naruto's Penthouse January 2, 10:00 EST.

Donna had Harper and her little brother standing in the hall in front of her father's place.

Cullen has short brown hair, a black eye, and wearing a red button shirt over a white T-shirt and jeans.

Knocking, Naruto answered the door. "Hey, welcome to your new home," Naruto said, placing a hand on their shoulders. And had Cullen flinch. "Can you keep a secret?"

"Why?" Harper asked as Naruto opened the door and showed Zatanna in her hero outfit, and Black Canary in his kitchen as well as Artemis in her costume.

Her costume consists of a midriff-baring costume that highlighted her build. It's colored in various shades of black and grey. She has a mask extending from her hairline to her cheekbones, a sleeveless top with a stylized arrow tip on the front, fingerless gloves, pants with black knee pads, and black combat boots. She had a black utility belt and pouch strapped on her left leg and a quiver along her back with a bow and a multitude of multi-purpose arrows.

(A/N: The Stealth-tech version of her suit from Season 1.)

"I'm a private person," Naruto replied as Donna left just as Talia in her suit walked out. "Oh, here, let me get that." Naruto finished touching Cullen's right eye and had it heal.

He pulled his hand away showing a white circle on his palm before patting Harper on the head. "There, yours should be healed as well. You can still go to Happy Harbor High, I got a teleporter to my daughter's place up there."

Poseidonis January 02, 17:05 UTC-2.

The gilled girl is swimming happily with Aquaman's parents. Aquaman watches, from a distance when Wyynde arrives and the two of them kiss.

Hollywood January 02, 06:15 PST.

At the Hub, Victor and Silas talk in the med bay. Forager and Conner watch and smile at each other from the door as Jefferson and Helga are sitting together on the couch when Stephanie, Tara, and Violet arrive through a boom tube. Helga hugs Violet before Brion and Violet make eye contact.

Outside on the balcony, Tara is answering a phone call from Deathstroke. "I received your message… Yes, I know it is late… But that's because there's been nothing to report, nothing has happened lately. It's been quiet, boring even… Yes, Slade, I shall keep you posted." She hung up and looked out at the sun rising, with a smile.

To Be Continued.

A/N: Thanks for reading and let me know of any mistakes.

Beta: Jebest4781 and Chaos-PSD.

1. Another goof, they put it at 11:19 but the Wiki says it was supposed to be 15:19. I guess it was like the 3rd ep of them accidentally saying June instead of July.

2. Yes, it is Wyynde... People (At least ones that I saw) kept saying he got together with Garth. It's a pet peeve of mine when someone constantly gets something wrong about a character. I'm sure most of us get a little annoyed at that due to parents getting the name/something wrong about our favorite heroes/characters when we were kids.

Harper WILL NOT be Naruto's protege if/when she becomes Bluebird. Naruto taking them in was just an idea that came to me. In fact, the only reason I have Arrowette as Naruto's was that this show was still canceled when I had Naruto take Green Arrow's place in saving her father in Insecurity. Otherwise, I would have kept Arrowette as GA's protege.

I hope you're all doing well and staying safe with what's going on. and reminding you that I uploaded on the 10th as the last Ch only got 2 reviews.

Nothing else to say.

Talk To You Later,

Lone Wolf Out.