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Cassius remained silent as he read through the project reports and sifted through the images of various creatures. He glanced at the tall horned creature every few seconds, making sure he wasn't about to be attacked, but as he read through the projects, there was nothing to indicate why they had stopped reporting, or what Project Kr was.

"What about Project Kr?" Cassius asked.

"That report is still being prepared," the creature said. "As is Project Match."

"And why have the reports not been sent recently?" Cassius asked.

"There has been nothing new to report," the creature said. "We did not believe a report was necessary."

"It was," Cassius said flatly. "Where's the scientist in charge?"

"He is gathering the reports on Projects Kr and Match personally, as they are our two most important projects," the creature said.

Cassius narrowed his eyes, but just as he stood to walk out of the room, the door hissed open. Except, instead of the head scientist, a boy of about sixteen stepped inside, wearing a white bodysuit with a Superman symbol on its chest and a face looking like that of a younger superman stepped inside, face set into a scowl and eyes fixed on Cassius.

"Allow me to introduce you to Project Kr," the creature said, stepping backward as his horns began to glow red.

The boy shot forward in a blur throwing a punch at Cassius, only for Cassius's goo hand to catch it, his left slamming an uppercut into the obvious clone's jaw, launching him into the ceiling. The clone exploded off of the ceiling back down at Cassius and Cassius again caught his fist, the ground cratering this time, but as he did, a barrel of some kind suddenly crashed into Cassius's side, launching him away before exploding, the clone escaping the blast but Cassius being knocked unconscious by it.


Cassius groaned, opening his eyes and looking around slowly. The Superman clone was standing in front of his pod, which was in a line of four with the other sidekicks.

"I live because of Cadmus!" the clone was shouted. "Cadmus is my home!"

"Your home is a test tube," Robin said. "We can show you the sun."

"I'm...pretty sure it's after midnight," Kid Flash said. "but we can show you the moon."

"We can show you...introduce you to Superman," Aqualad said.

The clone's eyes widened and he opened his mouth to respond, only for the door to hiss open.

"No, they can't," a scientist with a small g-gnome on his shoulder said as he walked in with a female assistant and Guardian, both of whom also had a g-gnome on their shoulders. "They'll be otherwise occupied."

"You must be the head scientist," Cassius said.

"Hey, he's awake!" Kid Flash said. "Bout time."

"When I get out of this thing, I'm going to rip you apart piece by piece," Cassius said.

"I highly doubt that," the man said. "Your employers wouldn't be very happy about that, considering everything I've done has been according to their orders."

Cassius's eyes widened before narrowing again. "Bullshit! What kind of half-assed lie is that?"

"What employers?" Robin asked.

"Oh, you mean you don't know?" the scientist asked. "Your friend there is an enforcer for the League of Shadows."

"WHAT!?" all three sidekicks gaped.

"Oh chill the fuck out," Cassius said. "I wasn't going to hurt any of you. I was sent to investigate Cadmus, not kill children. This time, at least."

"Activate the cloning process," the head scientist said.

"Pass," Robin said. "Batcave's crowded enough."

"And get the weapon back in its pod!" the scientist snapped at Guardian.

"Damn," Cassius snorted. "No love for clones, huh? You just gonna take that, Superkid?"

"It's Superboy," the clone said as Guardian set a hand on his shoulder.

"Help us," Aqualad said.

Superboy shrugged Guardian's hand off, glaring at him.

"Don't start thinking now!" the head scientist snapped as the g-gnome jumped from his shoulder to Superboy's, his horns glowing. "See, you're not a real boy, you're a weapon. And you belong to me!"

"Hey, Doc," Cassius said, forming himself a new set of goo arms and legs outside the restraints before retracting the first. "Leave Pinocchio alone. He may not be a real boy, but he's not a weapon." He punched the glass with his right fist encased in goo and the two halves of the pod's hatch exploded off of the pod, crashing into the far wall, one of them slamming into Guardian on the way.

"Void!" Robin shouted. "Shit!"

"Nice to properly meet you, sidekicks," Cassius said, stepping out of the pod. "Now then. What was it I said? Rip you apart piece by piece?"

"Kill him!" the scientist ordered Superboy, who turned toward him, snarling.

"Superboy!" Aqualad shouted. "You live! You have the right to choose which path you follow! Weapon or boy! The choice is yours!"

Superboy roared and leapt at Cassius, who extended a third arm to send the g-gnome exploding into the wall, hopefully killing it. His two main arms caught Superboy's, the ground cratering as more goo attached Cassius's legs to the ground.

"Ask yourself!" Aqualad tried again. "What would Superman do?"

Superboy's eyes widened and he eased off his strength. Cassius released him carefully before Superboy stepped back, looking at the other three. Cassius turned to the woman at the pods' controls.

"I'd appreciate it if you'd step away from there," Cassius said.

She scrambled away from the controls instantly and Cassius formed a goo spike from his right arm, stabbing it into the controls, ruining them and keeping them from making any more clones without replacing the control system. As he did, Robin's restraints suddenly clocked open and he pushed his pod open, dropping to the ground.

"Ugh, finally," Robin said. "Lucky Batman isn't here. He'd have my head for taking so long."

"Really?" Kid Flash asked. "That's what you're worried about? The whole League'll have our heads after tonight."

"Not if I take theirs first," Cassius said, extending goo from his arm to open Kid Flash's pod, then ripped the restraints off.

"Don't you start, Void!" Robin said. "You're going to be going to prison as soon as we're out of here."

Cassius laughed. "I would honestly love to see you try that. It took three Justice League members, including Batman and Superman both, to catch me the first time, and I just walked out after I woke up."

"You'll never get away!" the head scientist said. "I'll have you back in pods by morning!"

"These pods?" Cassius asked, jabbing a thumb at the three just as four stands of goo shot out of his back, whipping downward onto the pods and crushing them instantly. "Good luck with that."

The good retracted, then another shot out of his chest, forming a fist and drilling a punch into the scientist's jaw, dropping him.

"Surprised you didn't kill him," Robin said as the five of them jogged out of the room and back toward the elevator.

"I'm not going to deny the Shadows their enjoyment of punishing traitors when they find out he tried to have me cloned and disposed of," Cassius said.

"Didn't he say that he was following their orders?" Robin asked.

"What if the Shadows were the ones who betrayed you?" Aqualad asked.

"Then that was a mistake," Cassius said. "But I'll deal with that personally later. Where are we?"

"Sublevel forty two," Robin said, the holographic screen from his gauntlet fading. "The elevator should be up ahead."

They all skidded to a stop as massive g-gnomes with the stature of gorillas stepped into the far end of the hallway. They turned, looking back along the hallways as the round white stones that lined the purplish rock of the passage began to glow red, the small, monkey-like g-gnomes crawling out of them like gestation pods, which Cassius realized, they were.

"I can kill these things, right?" Cassius asked, forming goo claws.

"No!" Aqualad said. "We need to go!"

Superboy roared in rage and leapt at one of the giant ones, punching it and instantly knocking it out as the others all ran past. Another punched downward at Superboy, smashing him into the ground and Cassius chuckled. However, he stopped as the passage shook, bits of stone falling from the ceiling. They turned, seeing him smash one of the giant g-gnomes into the wall, again shaking the tunnel.

"Superboy!" Aqualad shouted. "The goal is escape! Not bury ourselves here!"

"You want escape!?" Superboy shouted, then grabbed the unconscious g-gnome he'd punched first and hurled it into two more.

They all turned and continued to run toward the elevator, Superboy following. When they reached the elevator, Aqualad forced the doors open and Kid Flash darted to a spot he could stand inside as Robin fired his grappling gun up into the elevator and Cassius attached goo higher up, pulling himself up into the shaft. Then, just as a giant g-gnome reached the elevator, Superboy grabbed Aqualad and jumped into the elevator, seeming to fly for a moment before the momentum from his jump died out and he began to fall. Cassius sent goo up to form a net under them, catching both, before using a strand attached to it to bring himself up after them.

"Flight's out," Cassius said.

"Superman can fly," Superboy said. "Why can't I fly?"

"Dunno," Kid Flash said, having run up the wall to them. "But it looks like you can leap tall buildings in a single bound. Still cool."

"Thank you," Superman said dejectedly.

"Guys!" Robin said as the elevator started down toward them. "This'll have to be our exit!"

Cassius raised a hand catching the elevator with a second goo net as Superboy punched the door open. They all got out and Cassius pulled all of his goo back to himself. he looked at the wall and whistled. He hadn't realized they'd gone up so far. They were now on sublevel fifteen.

"Hell of a jump," Cassius said.

Suddenly, G-gnomes began to swarm into the far end of the tunnel and they all took off, running down the left hallway. However, after a minute, Superboy suddenly shouted for Kid Flash, who was in the lead, to turn left. They all turned left, then right, only to find a dead end with a vent.

"Oh great!" Kid Flash said. "Great direction-giving Supey! Are you trying to get us repodded?"

"No, I...I don't understand," Superboy said.

"Don't apologize!" Robin said. "This is perfect!"

Cassius extended his legs, pulling the grate out of the vent and stepped out of the way, forming a goo staircase. "Everybody in, now!"

They all sprinted up the stairs and scrambled into the vent, then Cassius followed, retracting his goo before putting the vent back in and used his goo to quietly slide through the vent away from the opening, catching the others quickly. They took turn after turn quickly, but it was a maze.

"At this rate we'll never get out!" Kid Flash hissed.

"Shut up kid," Cassius said. "You'll get us caught."

"Sh!" Superboy said. "Listen!"

Cassius turned his head back the way they came and nodded. They were being followed.

"Relax," Robin said. "I've got this."

They kept going, reaching an exit soon and dropping out, only for Robin to quickly pull up his arm's screen and begin typing. A few moments later, he chuckled as the screen displayed a video feed of the head scientist standing at a vent just as g-gnomes burst out of it onto him.

"What'd you do?" Cassius asked.

"I hacked the motion sensors," Robin smirked.

"Well played," Cassius said.

"There's still plenty of them between us and out," Kid Flash said, glancing at the stairs they had exited beside, pulling his goggles down. "But I've finally got room to move!"

He took off instantly, blurring up the stairs, and the others following. As the others ran up the stairwell, Cassius sent a strand of goo up to the roof, rising up the middle level with them, forming himself a goo hammock.

"Are you comfortable?" Robin asked.

"Very," Cassius said, glancing back. "You've got some tailing you."

Superboy stopped and stomped on a set of stairs they'd just left, breaking it free and dropping it. Then, they kept going. Finally, they left, just in time to see Kid Flash crash into a heavy bulk head and bounce backward.

"Smooth move, slick," Cassius said, walking past him.

"Can't hack this fast enough!" Robin said.

"Yeah, I think a straight forward approach might be better," Cassius said, setting his hands on the door and spreading goo out of them into the seam between them along the entire thing. Behind him, there was a deep growl as giant g-gnomes found them, but Superboy quickly dealt with them. Finally, Cassius shouted in effort, pulling his hands apart, the doors sparking along the top and bottom as they slid outward. However, as soon as he could see through the doors, he swore, retracting his goo and letting the doors slam closed again.

"What?" Kid Flash asked.

"Not that way," Cassius said. What the fuck is Deathstroke doing here?

"This way!" Robin said, kicking a door to the right open.

They all ran in, only to stop as they found dozens of g-gnomes, both small and giant, inside. All of their horns began to glow and Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad collapsed.

"Pussies," Cassius said, fighting off their control, thanks to the Shadows having taught him to resist mind control. He looked over at Superboy, who was staring at the humanoid g-gnome, whose horns were glowing still, and who was giving Cassius a look somewhere between impressed and distrustful. "You okay Superboy?"

Suddenly, Guardian's g-gnome's horns stopped glowing and it jumped off his shoulder, Guardian holding a hand to his head, groaning.

"What's...going on?" he asked as the others began to stir, looking around in confusion.

"I...choose...freedom!" Superboy said suddenly.

"Feels like...fog...lifting," Guardian said.

"Guardian?" Aqualad asked.

"Go," Guardian said. "I'll deal with Desmond."

"Hey, humanoid g-gnome," Cassius said. "Is there another way out? Or a way for you to tell us when a certain somebody isn't outside that door?"

"He has gone," the g-gnome said. "It is safe."

"Who?" Robin asked.

"Doesn't matter," Cassius said. "I just want you to know, if I open that door and he's still there, we are all dead. Even you."

"How does that not matter?" Kid Flash asked.

"You have my word, he has gone," the g-gnome said. "However, before you go, allow me to tell you the truth of your mission here. The League of Shadows have determined that you are too dangerous to be kept around. They sent you here to be clones and disposed of. Cadmus never stopped reporting on its progress. You were betrayed."

Cassius was silent for a long moment before gritting his teeth and clenching his fists. "Let's go."

"I think not!" the head scientist, Desmond, apparently, said from behind Guardian and the g-gnomes on that side, all of them parting to see him standing there with a test tube filled with a glowing blue liquid. "Project Blockbuster will give me the power to restore order to Cadmus!"

He drank the fluid in one gulp and began to spasm and groan in pain, his bones cracking and his tendons and muscles popping loudly before he fell to his knees. Then, his body began to expand his shirt and lab coat both exploding off of him as he shouted in pain, his voice far deeper than before. He raised his head as his skin began to peel off his face, revealing grey flesh below it. His eyes turned black with red irises and he shouted in pain, sounding like a monster. Then, he stood, roaring as his flesh exploded off leaving a massive, muscular, grey-skinned, g-gnome body rivalling the giant g-gnomes for size with jagged, red, horizontal lines along his sides, claws, and tattered flesh still clinging to his head and neck.

"We should go," Cassius said.

Desmond turned toward them, panting and snarling, glare levelled at Cassius and Superboy. He grinned widely, and Guardian held his arms out.

"Everyone, back!" Guardian ordered.

"I wouldn't," Cassius warned, just as Guardian charged, being backhanded and sent flying. "Told you."

Superboy went next, drilling a punch into Desmond's head, only to receive one back. He slammed three more into Desmond before taking another hit and going skidding backward, spinning as he slid and remaining on his upper shoulders. Cassius sighed, then launched himself forward, his expanded goo right fist exploding into Desmond's jaw and sending him staggering sideways. Despond spun toward him and threw a punch, but Cassius ducked under it, forming a spike along his left hand, only for Aqualad to crash into him, tackling him backward.

"No!" Aqualad snapped. "You will not kill him!"

"Get off me, sidekick!" Cassius snarled.

"If you fight with us, you will not kill him!" Aqualad said.

"Fine," Cassius said. "Now move!"

He shoved Aqualad aside just in time for his goo to forma pair of massive hands, catching Desmond's fists, which cratered the floor. Before he could worry about getting out of the way, Superboy slammed a punch into his jaw before Desmond roared, grabbing Superboy around the middle and leaping up through the floor. Cassius shoved himself to his feet with goo from his back before leaping after them, the other three following instantly. Just as the other three arrived, Desmond hurled Superboy at them, Cassius ducking under him and allowing him to crash into Aqualad. Cassius shot forward, his left fist streaking forward and extending, crashing into Desmond's face and sending him staggering backward. As he did, Cassius sank into his goo and then reformed his right arm, head, and the upper right side of his torso from the fist still in the air, slamming a punch into Desmond's face as he regrew the rest of his body, sending Desmond flying.

"Jesus!" Kid Flash gaped. "He's not even human!"

"Neither are the two people behind you," Cassius pointed out. "You going to stand around watching all day, or would you like to help out?"

Kid Flash sped forward, dropping into a slide as Desmond punched at him and stopping behind him. Desmond, having turned to watch, turned back to the front just in time for Superboy and Aqualad's fists to crash into his face, rocking him backward before Kid Flash raised his body into Desmond's legs' way, table-topping him and making him crash to the ground.

"Learned that one in kindergarten," Kid Flash grinned, standing as Robin flipped over him.

Robin hurled several sharpened disks, but Desmond battered them aside, rolling onto his arms, only for Cassius's expanded right foot to crash into his face, flipping him backward again. As he rolled onto his hands again, Superboy stepped up in front of him. He roared, lunging and picking Superboy up, slamming him into a pillar and damn-near shattering it before the two began to trade blows. However, after a moment, Superman looked dazed. Desmond pulled his right fist back again, only for a whip made of water to wrap around it from Aqualad. Desmond turned toward him just as Aqualad slammed a knee into his face, then landed on the pillar above Aqualad, the water turning into a morning star. However, Desmond caught it and hurled him aside. Then, Caius's two extended fists crashed into Desmond's chest, sending him flying. He bounced twice before flipping and landing on his feet, skidding to a stop.

"Dude, you've got some ridiculous power," Kid Flash said.

"So would Superboy if he'd been trained to use his power properly by assassins," Cassius said.

Desmond rose suddenly and swung an arm, smashing the pillar he'd used Superboy to damage before.

"Of course!" Robin said.

"On it!" Cassius said instantly.

He shot forward and formed a goo shield, allowing Desmond to punch it and send him speeding across the room before forming goo into a sphere around him and exploding through another pillar. A moment later, Kid Flash reached Block Buster and punched him, ripping the flesh still hanging from his face off.

"Got your nose!" Kid Flash said, then took off running, Desmond chasing him. He stopped by a pillar and turned toward Desmond. "Come and get me you incredible punk!"

Desmond roared, punching at him and hitting the pillar, only for debris from it exploding to slam into Kid Flash's back. Then, as Desmond roared and leapt at Kid Flash, two strands of goo suddenly attached to his chest, Cassius spinning and beginning to swing him around.

"Which one?" Cassius asked.

"Right of the exit facing outward!" Robin shouted.

Cassius released Desmond, sending him exploding through the pillar Robin had identified, retracting his goo back into his arms. "Which one next?"

Before Robin could answer, Aqualad and Superboy both smashed a pillar and Robin drew an "X" on the ground in chalk.

"Can you drop him on this when I say?" Robin asked.

"Easy," Cassius said, forming go around his right hand.

Aqualad covered the spot in water just as Kid Flash skidded across the water to a stop, Desmond just behind him. Cassius shot forward, his fist crashing into Desmond's face and flipping him backward onto his upper back before his lower body dropped back to the ground. Instantly, Aqualad set his hands down in the water, the black eel tattoos wrapping around his arms glowing blue before electricity raced across the water, arcing over Desmond's body as he roared in pain. Then, Robin shouted for them to run just as one of his small disks exploded in each of the remaining pillars, the building beginning to collapse. Before they could reach the exit, the ceiling above them began to fall. Superboy and Aqualad both tackled Kid Flash and Robin, but Cassius stood beside them, his goo forming a cage around them and caught the debris, protecting them.

"Thanks," Robin said.

"We did it," Aqualad said.

"Was there ever any doubt?" Robin asked, he and Kid Flash high-fiving, only for Kid Flash to groan, holding his side.

"Yes," Cassius said, using his goo to push the rubble out of the way, then retracting it.

"See?" Kid Flash asked, Superboy turning to him. "The moon."

Superboy looked up at it just as a tiny speck appeared in front of it, beginning to grow larger until it became a silhouette. Then, that became Superman. Cassius sighed, bracing himself for the beating he was going to receive.

"Oh, and Superman," Kid Flash added. "Do we keep our promises, or what?"

As Superman landed, half a dozen more of the Justice League's heavy-hitters arrived as well. Shazam, Martian Manhunter, Zatara the magician, the robot Red Tornado. The only headache missing was Batman, but he was sure he'd be along. And then more began to arrive. Captain Atom, Hawkman, Wonder Woman, Hawkwoman, both Green Lanterns, Black Canary, Aquaman, Green Arrow, the Flash, and finally Batman. Everyone was here. The entire Justice League. Cassius sighed heavily as Batman glared at him. He held his arms out to be handcuffed, but no one moved. Finally, Superboy walked forward, toward Superman.

"Is that what I think it is?" Batman asked.

"He doesn't like being called an 'it,'" Kid Flash warned.

"I'm Superman's clone," Superboy said, angry that Superman was watching him with a disgusted glare.

The rest of the Justice League exchanged surprised looks.

"Start talking," Batman finally said. "And someone restrain Void."

Green energy appeared around him in a bubble instantly from both Green Lanterns and he sighed, sitting down inside the bubble. Robin and the other three sidekicks explained what had happened from their perspectives, as well as that Cassius had apparently been betrayed by the Shadows. Though, they left out Cassius having seen someone that he said could kill them all. Once everyone had explained, Martian Manhunter walked over to Cassius, Cassius feeling a faint tickling sensation at the back of his head as Martian Manhunter invaded his mind.

"What do you see?" Batman asked.

"Turmoil," Martian Manhunter said. "And pain. He is...confused. He doesn't know if he believes he was betrayed or not. But he bears us all no ill will, and has no intention of fighting anyone here."

"What do you want?" Batman asked Cassius.

Cassius was silent for a moment. "Revenge. If they really did betray me, I want to kill them all. Painfully. Except..." his head fell. "Except for two."

Batman looked to Martian Manhunter.

"Children," Martian Manhunter said. "The children of two Shadows, both of whom are being beaten bloody as training and, like Void, have never known a better life."

Batman was silent for a moment. "Heroes don't kill."

"I'm not a hero," Cassius said. "I've murdered almost as many people as you've put in prison. I'm an assassin. Regardless of how I feel now, or what I want, I've still committed crimes beyond counting."

Batman was silent for a moment before nodding to the Green Lanterns to release him. Instead, they took Desmond, along with a group to help escort him, before Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern walked off to the side to discuss what had happened, as well as what to do with Cassius.

Finally, Superman walked over, stopping in front of Superboy, sighing. "We'll...figure something out for you. The League will. For now I'd...better make sure they get that Blockbuster creature squared away."

He turned and flew away as Batman walked over with the others.

"Cadmus will be investigated," Batman said. "All fifty two levels. Let's make one thing clear-"

"You should have called," the Flash said.

"End results aside, we are not happy," Batman said. "You hacked Justice League systems, disobeyed direct orders, and endangered lives. You will not be doing this again."

"I am sorry," Aqualad said, "but we will."

"Aqualad, stand down," Aquaman said.

"Apologies, my king," Aqualad said, holding a hand to his chest for a moment before lowering it. "But no. We did good work here tonight. The work you trained us to do. Together, on our own, we forged something powerful. Important."

"If this is about your treatment at the Hall, the three of you-" The Flash was cut off by his sidekick.

"The five of us," Kid Flash corrected him. "And it's not."

"Batman, we're ready to use what you taught us," Robin said. "Or why teach us it at all?"

"Why let them tell us what to do?" Superboy asked. "It's simple. Get on board, or get out of the way."

"I like this kid," Cassius said, now seated in a goo throne, his left ankle on his right knee, cheek resting on his left fist. "He's going to be a ton of fun later."

Batman glared at him, then looked to the others. Finally, he turned to Cassius directly. "In exchange for not throwing you in prison, you will stop killing."

"And why would I do that?" Cassius asked. "I told you what I wanted."

"Because if you do, we will help you track down and capture the League of Shadows members who betrayed you," Batman said. "But you will do so on Justice League terms."

Cassius was silent for a moment before standing, reabsorbing his goo throne. "We have a deal."

Batman nodded and turned. Follow me."


Cassius walked through his new home in silence, looking around. They were in a cave system in Mount Justice, the original headquarters of the Justice League, now the headquarters of the sidekick team, which he was a part of now. They had Red Tornado and Black Canary as babysitters, with Black Canary in charge of training, and both were ordered to keep a strict eye on Cassius. And the Martian Manhunter's niece, Miss Martian, had been tasked with searching his brain at regular intervals for any signs of being loyal to the League of Shadows.

Cassius stepped outside and walked over to the beach, away from where the Justice League had set up cameras and microphones to monitor him, without his knowledge, in their minds. He pulled out his phone and dialed a number he didn't want to call.

"Well well, I wasn't expecting you to contact us again," Deathstroke's voice said.

"I've successfully infiltrated the Justice League's new sidekick team," Cassius said. "They don't trust me, but they're giving me a probationary spot."

"You've done well," Deathstroke said.

"And yet, the Shadows tried to betray me," Cassius said. "So much for loyalty to the Shadows."

"If you know we betrayed you, why call?" Deathstroke asked.

"Because the Shadows are all I've known," Cassius said. "Now I'm trapped in the light, and it's too goddamn bright." He looked toward the cave. "If I act as the Shadows' mole, will the Shadows betray me again?"

"No," Deathstroke said. "I meant it when I said you'd done well. In infiltrating the Justice League, even through their sidekicks, you've made yourself too valuable an asset to be betrayed thrown away. So long as you remain loyal, you will be allowed to remain in place."

"Then we have a deal," Cassius said. "Tell Cain I'll stop by to train his little brat whenever I get the chance."

"And why would you do that?" Deathstroke asked.

"Because I'm hoping she kills him during training one day," Cassius said. "Everyone has their reasons for everything they do. I want to watch Cain and Lady Shiva die agonizing deaths. And I want to be there to enjoy it in person. So long as it allows me chances to work toward that, I will remain loyal to the Shadows."

Deathstroke chuckled, which made Cassius's skin crawl. "Very well. You'll be updating me directly. Don't get caught."

"Choke on your food and die," Cassius grumbled, then hung up. He sighed heavily. "Be careful kid. You don't have me around to take Cain's knife for you."

He turned, walking back into the caves, returning to his room.


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