An: Just wanted to say, yes, this story will be compleated. I apologize for the long waits between chapters. My old job became hectic to the point I had no free time or days off along with extremely poor management. I now have a new job with days off that's much more relaxed in nature. Plus, I wont post a chapter unless Im happy with it. Also, Young Justice is back on the DC Universe app and I love it! I also won tickets to the Superman Death/Reign double feature and it was Awesome! Now on to the story.

14.

Happy Harbor Fair Grounds

September 22

19:33 UTC

"Mark, get me out of here!"

Crawling under her setup, Leslie Willis shouted into her headset for her stage manager to do his job; and at the moment, his job as to save her behind from what looked like a monsterous purple glob of puss.

"Mark! You listening to me?! MARK!"

A high pitched electronic screech cut through her ear, causing the DJ to rip it off just as the monster's foot slammed onto the stage. The creature's slimy mass had a wet noise as it moved and left acidic burns in its wake. With a misty smoke trail being left behind, the gelatinous form dissolved everything it came across.

Seeing a small pile of trash turn into nothing as the creature stomped about, Leslie's eyes grew wide as panic set in. Swallowing a lump in her throat, the DJ backed up as quietly as she could so as not to alert the creature when a purple tendril came up behind her, sporting a green orb in the shape of an eye. The scream the DJ made was impossible to drown out with the result being the table covering her to be ripped upwards and flung into the air.

-Metropolis-

Sitting at his desk, Alexander Luthor watched live footage of the purple monster rampaging through Happy Harbor. Every once in a while, a few straggling fair goers would flee from the area of destruction while the creature sat about its path of rage.

The image itself, on a hidden computer screen extending from the center of his desk, was not one by any press helicopters in the area, or was it by a satellite, it was live footage from a drone evident by the reading, Drone-16, in the upper right corner. With the aide of a small control, the young owner of Lex Corp had the spy machine fly around the creature and zoom in on its feet in an effort to see the lone woman squirm to get away.

"And here come the heroes," he said as a streak of red heat shot across the stage, "just in time."

Zooming out, Alexander had the drone center on both Carter and Mar'i as they flew to the stage. He then flipped a switch on the drone's control and pressed the button underneath.

"You know what to do, boys. And girls. This is it. Showtime."

-Happy Harbor-

"Hey, wait! Who are you?"

Flying slightly behind the black clad girl, Carter watched as the girl banked to the right and the purple beast stumble back from his attack. Black smoke climbed into the air from where he sliced into the ground to stop the creature from reaching the fleeing DJ. With its attention on the two airborne targets, one of which was attempting to flank it, the purple monstrosity brought one of its massive arms back then flung it outward. Dozens of purple spear-like projectiles tore through the air at the two smaller beings, forcing them to brake off their current trajectories.

"Watch out for this guy," Carter yelled. "I've fought him before and he's-NUGH!"

Performing a backwards loop, Carter barely managed to avoid being struck in the face by a projectile.

"I can take care of myself, big guy," Mar'i told him as she spun between two flying spears. She then unleashed a volley of green orbs at the creature's feet, forcing it to stop advancing.

Coming to a halt in the air, Carter charged his eyes and struck the purple beast from the hip up to its chest. A smoking trail sizzled as the creature let out a high pitched whine and covered its wound.

"The girl!" Performing a nosedive, Mar'i swooped in and grabbed the shock jock. A quick U-turn, she then tossed Leslie into the water away from harm when she was struck in the back by a piece of metal scaffolding.

Some hundred yards away, over the main section of the fair grounds, a large distorted void warped the air into a circular passageway which quickly became dark until shaping into a pitch black form. Opening up, the long shape became a large raven as its wings spread out, setting free several young heroes.

"Thanks, momma!" Free falling for a moment, the green skinned co-leader of the Titans morphed into a pterodactyl with a red and green clad teenage girl on his back.

"Just remember," Raven said into her com unit, "they fight, we watch. The others were very clear on that."

Watching her green boyfriend flyaway with the new version of the original black ops team, Raven closed the portal behind her and climbed higher into the sky. From her new vantage point, she could see the entire area the others were to engage the creature in. Her and Changeling's orders were simple, observe and report, let the new team handle their own problems. Unless any were in mortal danger then the leaders of the Titans need to perform a last minute save or answer to said new team's parents. And since they were like family to her, she was determined to not let any of them down and hoped she and Garfield trained them to be ready for anything.

"Whoo Hoo! To battle!" Riding Changeling, a now masked Carrie had one hand gripping the collar making up Garfield's morphing suit while pointing at the large monster with the other. She looked like a fantasy book character with the way her three pointed black and yellow cape flowed behind her.

Taking ideas from all Robin costumes, Carrie outfitted herself with the standard steel toe boots the others wore. Black combat leggings housed a few quick-draw Bird-a-rangs on her thighs, which were covered over with triangular plates for added protection extending from her utility belt. Her red Kevlar torso attire proudly displayed the Robin symbol with additional padding here and there for protection while her green short sleeves and matching gloves housed several other weapons for her use.

"Him again!" Diving head first, the new Aquagirl, Lorena, drew her water bearers and used them as whips. Snaring a damaged scaffolded, she swung underneath it and flew back upwards in an arc where she landed at the entrance of the stage area. Like her father, she took in the area and began developing a plan. With an idea, she sheathed one water bearer, put a finger to her earpiece, and sprinted forward while issuing orders.

Behind her, two sets of legs appeared from their hiding places.

"Coming in hot!" Leaping from her perch on Zachary's platform, Irey took off faster than her friend was ready for.

"Dang it, Irey!" Nearly losing his balance, Zachary quickly adjusted himself to continue flying properly. "Whoa."

Seeing the monster before him, the young magician came to a stop and powered up his hands with mystical flames. "Got your fire right here, dude." It was then he saw Carter fly past and catch a girl falling through the air. "Oh man, why does he get the hot ones?"

"Been wanting a rematch with you, booger man." Sprinting around the creature, Irey created a vortex, lifting debris into the air in an effort to confuse and attack her target.

Away from the battle, Mar'i shouted as she fell through the air, sprawling her arms about until coming to a stop...in Carter's arms. "Got'cha!"

Rubbing her head, Mar'i groaned then rolled her neck before looking up at her savior. "Well, thanks, big guy. And you are?"

A blush overtook Carter as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "U, um, I, I'm, uh-"

"Not very articulate, are you?" Mar'i said with a smile.

"Ssss, su, Supermartian."

"Supermartian," she said with the grin still on her face, a glint in her glowing green eyes.

"Y, yeah." Now it was his turn to smile.

"Cool." She then shifted in his arms and took off on her own.

"Hey, wait! Who are you?" Supermartian yelled after her.

"Where's the fun in telling you!" Mar'i shouted back to him as she flew off toward the creature who was currently in the middle of a tornado.

(-)

"Kid Flash, make sure that thing does not leave the stage! Robin, aim for the, the pustules, the green things, blisters, whatever they are!" Bringing her water bearers to life, Lorena, or Aquagirl, formed a shield with her left one and a weapon reminiscent of an arm cannon on the other.

High above the battle, Carrie, or Robin, hopped up to her feet on Changeling's back. Grabbing her telescopic staff, she flicked it out as the green pterodactyl performed a nosedive.

"Thanks for the ride, Gar. Banzai!"

Leaping off her dinosaur, Robin spun her staff above her head as she fell to the stage. At the last moment, she speared the end into the scaffolding and used the quickly storing ricocheting energy to relaunch herself up higher. Taking hold of several Bird-a-rangs, the braided teen flung them with pin point accuracy, striking the green pustules where they detonated within a few seconds.

Seeing the explosions, Kid Flash came to a halt and watched her friend swing down on a grapple line.

"Hey, bird brain," she greeted.

"Hey, yellow streak," Robin acknowledged.

"That better be because of my uniform, you midget," Irey said as she held her bomber jacket open to showcase her lightly armored yellow top with red lightning bolt across her chest, which fed into her red bottoms.

"Focus!" Aquagirl yelled she blasted more of the pustules with Zachary flinging fireballs into them. "Remember the plan, dump explosives in the blisters, get to the center of the creature then take it-"

Seemingly out of nowhere, a kick connected with Aquagirl's face. Falling on her side, she readied a water bearer as Robin and Kid Flash readied to attack when a sudden wave knocked them off their feet.

"Three against two," a female voice said.

"Might wanna rethink those odds," said a male voice.

Forming beside a tall, white skinned woman with sharp facial features and short, light purple hair, a watery pillar shaped itself into an equally tall man with similar features, hair, and even elf-like pointed ears. Both wore white one piece sleeveless outfits with dark purple "W" motifs plastered on their torsos.

"Seriously, rethink your odds." Laughing together, after they spoke the same words, the twins readied themselves as the three girls got to their feet.

"Make that four!" Landing beside his friends, Zachary flashed a purple light around his body. Behind him, the creature fell to a knee as both Carter and the other girl attacked him.

"Make that five!"

Leaping down from a perch, a red and black clad male joined the twins along with two more versions of himself.

"Or six." He then added another one of himself as it stepped away from the other. "Or seven. Or eight. Or sixteen." Each time the multiplayer added a number, more and more of him appeared.

"Your move, heroes." The female twin said as she and her brother bumped knuckles which caused a spark of energy to form between them.

The four hero's eyes grew wide as they backed up at the sight they beheld. What began as a fight against a set of twins and a multiplier was now a fight against a multiplier and what was now a large, white, frilled snake with red eyes and purple spines along it's back as the female twin morphed into the thirty foot long animal. Not even Garfield could have become that large of a snake unless he previously came into contact with one. As for the male twin, he grew in size as well, but instead of becoming an animal, he turned into a solid block of ice then stood up. He had transformed into a ten foot tall ice demon with spikes covering most of his being.

"Now tell Ol' Billy again," the red clad multiplier said in sync with his duplicates, "wanna rethink those odds of yours?"