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Does your conscience keep you awake?

Because one day all that you've felt in those bones will make them break.

But now I know just how you see me, and I want you to know

You won't grow out of selfish, you'll just find better ways to hide it.

-Your Back Porch-

Knuckle Puck

Last night had been nothing but a disaster. After the dispute with the Reds, the team had been thrown into a fit of frazzlement. They had been hit where they lived, both figuratively and literally. Every one had escaped with only a few bruises and scrapes, well except for Kenna. Three bruised ribs on the left side and two on the right side were the extent of her injuries but that didn't include the five hours she spent on oxygen. After the debriefing the night before, Dinah and Oliver had whisked the young girl away to their home in Star City. Kenna had been half conscious the entire way home. She could vaguely remember a portable oxygen mask being placed over her nose before being swooped up into Oliver's arms like a princess. She didn't even remember going home let alone Dinah wrapping her ribs. All Kenna could recall was waking up the that morning in the middle of Dinah and Oliver's bed. It was obvious that they had not left her side since showing up at the cave the night before. Like any parent that witnessed their child in danger, they did not want her out of their sight.

Kenna stared at the table, arms crossed and resting comfortably on the smooth surface. The fingers on one of her hands subconsciously stroked the wrapping under her uniform. Her mental health was definitely better after sleeping for thirteen hours straight. If it had been up to Oliver and Dinah, Kenna would have stayed at home where they knew she was safe but like all the other teens who had gone through the trauma, she had to be there for debriefing. Kenna's eyes glanced around at her friends, paying attention to their stiff postures and mannerisms. Like them, she was thinking the same thing. What had actually occurred the night before? Was Red Tornado preprogrammed to betray the team? She was knocked out of her trance when she felt an affectionate hand on top of her head. Spinning her head around Kenna caught a glimpse of Oliver; in his Green Arrow get up, dropping his hand from her head and walking around the small curve of the table to place a bowl of pretzels on the table.

"Thanks but no thanks." Kenna's eyes flicked up to look at Wally across the table. His look and tone resembled melancholy, his head buried in his crossed arms that laid loosely on the table. His body was slumped forward, and she watched him sigh. Kenna furrowed her brow as she looked Wally. Normally the teen was the embodiment of energy and happiness with a hint of whit. Now the childish gleam had vanished from his eyes leaving it with nothing but a dull void of despair

"Yeah, what we want is answer's about Red Tornado and his siblings." Kenna slightly jumped at the intensity of Robin's voice. The blonde turned to look at him, only moments ago forgetting his presence. Sighing, Kenna uncrossed hers arms, using one hand to prop up her head. Her fingers weaved through her hair and lightly gripped the strands close to her scalp. Her other fingers lightly tapped on the table. Robin was right, they needed, no deserved to be told what was going on.

"Exactly!" Wally added, glaring lightly at the male archer. Oliver gave a soft sigh, moving to grasp the rim of the bowl. Kenna watched Wally's eyes follow Ollie's hand as it reached forward and drew the bowl back. It was like he was a dog following the food you teased in front of their face.

"Leave the bowl." Wally said, grabbing the bowl from Oliver's hand and tossing a pretzel into his mouth. Kenna let out a snort and soft chuckle as she shook her head. Only Wally could get away with thinking about food at a time like this. The ginger placed the bowl back on the table, continuously scarfing down the salty treat. Leaning forward, Kenna reached to grab a hand full for herself. She placed the treat on the table before popping one in between her lips. Continuing to munch on her snack, Kenna's attention wandered around the room. They finally landed on the clone. Narrowing her eyes, she focused on Connor's stiff posture. To a complete stranger, Connor would appear as if he was just doing his normal brooding but to someone who has spent months analyzing him, something was wrong. Of course he was angry about the Tornado fiasco, his girlfriend had almost died. Yes, Kenna knew the two were dating. Since the undercover mission at the prison, M'gann and Connor had become too touchy feely for them to not be dating. Plus she had secretly caught them making out in the kitchen one morning. They hadn't noticed her and Kenna just crept out of the area quietly. That entire day she had a goofy and smug smile on her face. She was also under the impression that only a few people knew. Kenna watched as his back straightened even more before he launched himself at Kaldur.

"YOU KNEW?!" Kenna's eyes widen as she began to cough violently. Her eyes watered as she tried to dislodge the pretzel from her air way. Connor's sudden outburst had caused her to to inhale the snack down the wrong pipe. After a few more coughs, Kenna was able to breath. She switched her gaze to Connor and Kaldur. Connor held the atlatian back by the collar of his shirt. Although she couldn't see his face, Kenna could tell that the clone was seconds away from skinning the dark skinned boy alive. What the hell was going on? M'gann jumped from her seat and floated towards the boys.

"That android and his maniac family nearly killed M'gann!" Conner spat, tightening his hold on the atlantian. M'gann landed next to the clone and looked at him in confusion. He was not one for acting out against the team.

"Connor, what are you doing?" She asked, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Kaldur knew we had a traitor among us, and said nothing!" Connor growled, switching his gaze from the martian to the atlantian. Kenna found herself standing abruptly, slamming her hand on the table. He knew!? She cycled through multiple emotions in a short time. Confusion hit first before it settled on a spot between anger and hurt. How could he not tell them? They had nearly died last night, Kaldur included. Did he not trust them? How could he not trust them? Everyone here had proved that they would do anything for the people on this team. They had created a bond that could not be broken, they were a family! Swinging her legs out from the table, Kenna advanced towards the rest of the group. Crossing her arms, Kenna stood next to Wally. Her eyes narrowed at the atlantian. Out of everyone, he was the last one she expected to be untrusting of others. Over the years she had become quite the little actress, but below that harden, angry exterior was a bruised and battered little girl. This situation hurt more than she was willing to admit, even to herself. That underlying fear that her friends would hate and mistrust her veered its ugly head.

"You knew?" Robin asked, coming to a stop next to the blonde.

"But didn't tell us?" Wally finished, flailing his hand. Kenna felt a body slightly press up to her back. She moved more towards Wally to let Artemis be more involved in the group. Kenna watched, Kaldur's eyes shifted between his friends, swallowing the lump in his throat to gain his resolve.

"I sought to protect the team from.." His words were cut off by the archer.

"Protect us from what? Knowledge that might have saved our lives? " The archer snidely spat, clearly sassing their so called leader. Conner looked over his shoulder to look at the martian who had moved away from him.

"You almost died!" He reasoned, watching the martian furrow her brow and bite her lip.

"Enough." Kenna slightly jumped at the booming voice. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. God, why did Batman have to be so intimidating all the time? Cracking open her eyes, Kenna watched as Batman took a step in between the team, turning to make sure he had everyone's attention.

"With Red Tornado missing, the team will now be overseen by rotating supervisors. Captain Marvel has volunteered to take the first shift." Kenna raised an eyebrow as a man clad in red stepped forward.

"I'm really looking forward to hanging with you guys." Great now they had to have a fucking babysitter. What are they, six year olds? Rolling her eyes, Kenna casted her glare towards the ground.

"Red Tornado is a member of the Justice League. That makes him a League responsibility. You will leave him to us." Kenna could feel the batglare burning into her skull. Kenna slightly cringed, but didn't look up. No one was going to argue with the man.

"I have another assignment for this team." Kenna decided to glance up at this moment, eyes scanning over the hologram newspaper headline that Batman had brought up. Scrunching her brow, her eyes swept of the pictures. Was that a gorilla with a gatling gun?

"Gotham Mayor attacked by Gorilla Gorilla?" Wally read the headliner aloud, scuffing at the words. Robin moved from his spot next to blonde and advanced towards his mentor.

"Batman, please! Tell me you're not sending us on this joke of a wild ape chase." Robin asked, his tone tired and strained. Kenna felt the same way. For once, just once. Could they be treated their age? Was that to hard to ask? Batman glared at his protege and Kenna felt the sudden urge to grab the boy wonder's hand and pull him back to where she new he was safe. The detective always intimidated her but never before had he seemed so threatening, until now that is.

"I never joke about the mission. I've checked the sources. I've studied the patterns. Mayor Hill's encounter is only the latest in a series of incidents." Yeah this was not up for debate. Batman turned to peer at Kaldur before speaking.

"Aqualad, you and your team will depart for India and check this out." Kenna wanted to snort but held it back. This was so his team. Draping her crossed arms, Kenna flicked her glance between Dinah and Oliver. Nodding once to both of them, Kenna made her way towards the bioship. She made sure to walk around Kaldur, feeling his eyes follow her movements. She continued to look ahead, the sound of her boots hitting the floor echoing in her ears. She soon came to the open area where the bioship was housed. The back hatch was already open and Artemis, M'gann and Connor were clamboring into the ship. She stumbled back when Captain Marvel came from nowhere and landed in front of her. She felt hands grab her arms to keep her from falling. Glancing up, Kenna saw Wally standing behind her. He let her arms go and Robin came to up next to the ginger. The three teens stared at the red clad hero in pure annoyance.

"You're coming with?" Robin asked, his tone unamused and a bit condescending. The older man looked at them as if he didn't understand their annoyance.

"Sure! We'll have a blast." Kenna had to do everything she could to keep herself from saying something very cynical and rude. She bite her tongue, eyes following his movements as he walked up the ramp and into the bio ship.

"So what? Now we can't even be trusted to get our job done?" She snarled through gritted teeth.

"Translation, he blames us for Red fiasco. Doesn't trust us." Robin added, eyes narrowing at the superheros retreating form.

"It's a big club." Wally jabbed, looking over his shoulder. Kenna raised an eyebrow before glancing over her shoulder as well. Her eyes fell on Kaldur. When their eyes met she quickly turned her head to avoid his look. She felt a hand on her lower back, as Robin and Wally ushered her onto the ship. Normally she would feel guilty for how Kaldur was being treated. She was always the one to think rationally about situations, but not this time. This time, Kenna was to angry and hurt to think that way. So for the first time in along time, Kenna let her irrationally impulses take over her thoughts and actions.

Kenna crouched as she landed on the ground, her legs cushioning the blow. Standing up to her full height, her hands found the latch on the clip that was attached to her belt. She looked up to watch the line retract back into the hatch of the ship. The rest of the team followed suit, exiting from the cloaked bioship. Her eyes scanned the area, looking for any possible threats. When none could be seen, she turned around to face her team mates.

"Switch to stealth, and we'll review mission parameters." Aqualad spoke, switching to team leader mode. That wasn't going to fly with these pissed off teens. Kenna crossed her arms and leaned most of her weight on her right leg.

"Parameters? We don't need no stinkin' parameters." Kid Flash scuffed, causing Kenna to glance over her shoulder at him. She hadn't known that Robin or Kid Flash were standing behind her.

"It's recon. We know what to do." Robin deadpanned. Robin and Kid Flash turned to leave but were stopped.

"Kid, Robin." Aqualad spoke in hope to get them to stay. The two teens turned to glance at the dark skinned boy. Kenna watched as her leader's expression morphed to one of a kicked puppy.

"The three of us started this team because the Justice League was keeping secrets from us!" Robin bit back, shaking his head in anger.

"Or did you forget that, like you forgot to tell us about the mole? Come on." Kid Flash added, looking at Robin then gesturing for Kenna to follow them with the small jerk of her head. She shifted her gaze to look at Miss Martian and Artemis. Nodding her head towards the girls, as if to tell them to be safe, Kenna turned around to follow after the boys. Her feet softly pounded against the ground, every once in awhile looking down at her feet to avoid tripping. She slowed her pace when the boys began to slow theirs. Bringing her hand up to brush some of the hanging leaves from her face, Kenna sighed. Things had really gotten out of hand and now guilt was eating away at her. She had time to think on the ship and now she come to the conclusion that Kaldur had not deserved the second degree that the team was giving him. It was obvious that he did not want to believe that anyone on the team could be a mole. Kid Flash and Robin were easily ruled out of that assumption. Which left Artemis, M'gann, Conner and herself. It couldn't be M'gann and Connor. M'gann didn't have an evil bone in her body and Connor hated almost everybody. There was no way he could be the mole which narrowed it down to two, Kenna and Artemis. Kenna knew for a fact that she wasn't the mole and although Artemis' secret seemed to be dangerous, Kenna knew that the archer was a good person. The older blonde just wanted to right the wrongs of her past and she deserved that chance. So then who could the mole be?

Kenna let out a yelp when Kid Flash tackled her to the ground. She was able to see an overly large swoop over their heads. KF rolled off of her and Kenna attempted to scramble to her feet.

"I thought vulture only ate dead meat!" Robin called, throwing some exploding disks towards the birds. He then leaned down to hastily help the blonde to her feet. They stumbled a little before gaining their footing, running after Kid Flash.

"Yeah, these are some very proactive scavengers!" Kid Flash added, hopping of a branch in mid run.

"Boys! Less talk more flea for our lives!" She panted, leaping over the same branch. Her words seemed to go in one ear and out the other.

"Proactive and super-sized." Robin added, turning at the waist to throw another projectile.

"You guys thinking what I'm thinking?" Kid Flash called over his shoulder.

"Wait, do you mean Cobra Venom?" She questioned.

"Spot on Blondie." Rolling her eyes at the boy wonders nickname, Kenna slide to a stop. Robin and Kid Flash stopped as well and turned to look at the blonde in bewilderment. Taking a deep breath, Kenna let the familiar feeling of her powers crackle between her fingers. Raising her hand, Kenna crushed the ball of energy that had formed in her palm. The birds were then sucked into the captivity of her phase lock. With the flick of her wrist, the birds scattered into the air. Their bodies fell from the sky, littering the ground. Her eyes change back to their original color and she dropped her hand. She then turn around to glance at her companions. They stood their staring at her with raised eyebrows. Crossing her arms, Kenna pursed her lips in annoyance.

"What? I was tired of running," She spoke, flicking her eyes to glance at her black haired companion.

"Besides, birds annoy me." She finished, a smug smirk pulling at the corner of her lips. She let out a chuckle when Robin stuck his tongue out at her in defiance. Maybe things would turn around for them tonight.

Link established. Kenna was slightly startled, not expecting Miss Martian to start talking in her brain.

Should you really still be giving us orders? And should you really be following them? Came Artemis' voice. Kenna groaned, eyes training on the river below her and the boys. Great, let the mental fighting begin. Seriously, it was understandable that everyone wasn't happy but couldn't they go five minutes without biting each other's heads off? Feeling a migraine coming on, Kenna a hand up to rub her temple.

Listen please! Aqualad's plea fell on deaf ears. She momentarily looked up to see Kid Flash roll his eyes.

Oh, good, Aqualad's voice in my head. I've so missed that. The gingers snidely said, his tone riddled with sarcasm. Robin smirked at the gingers words, adding his own sarcastic comment to the conversation.

Hey, Kaldur, KF, Siren and I were attacked by giant vultures.

'Course, since we're moles, you probably think we attacked ourselves. Kenna wanted them to stop and leave the atlantean alone but a part of her agreed with their words. He did believe that one of his friends was giving secrets to the enemy. She continued to be at war with herself as her friends chastised their leader.

If he did, he wouldn't tell you. Artemis added with a dry chuckle.

What gets me is how nonchalant he is about not telling us. Kid Flash complained, mainly directing his words toward his present companions. Kenna turned her head to look at the boy, raising an eyebrow at his words.

He should be chalant. Way chalant. Extremely chalant. At this point their was so many comments flying around her head. Gritting her teeth in aggravation, Kenna vigorously rubbed her temples. They needed to stop, and they needed to stop now.

Trust is a two-way street, and you know they'd hate it if we kept secrets from them. Unable to hold back her feelings anymore, the young girl snapped.

GUYS! She snapped, and all the voices silenced. Taking a deep breath to cool her heated nerves, Kenna began to speak.

Okay! We are all pissed off and have every right to be, but sitting here and bitching about it isn't going to solve any problems. We all need to grow up and act our ages. Kaldur made a mistake and he is atoning for it. Can we just drop the personal problems for just one second! She unleashed in a fury of bottled up emotions. Her mood dampened even more when she got a scrutinizing glare from the boy wonder. She glared back just as intensely.

You're defending him?! Robin practically yelled, appalled at the blondes words.

You can't sit here and tell me you wouldn't have done the exact same thing in his position! Stop acting like you above everyone else! She yelled back, jamming a finger into his chest. Her eyes blazed in anger. This didn't mean that she had completely forgiven Kaldur but her rational side had taken over after she had spent some time thinking. He had done something that he felt was right at the time and it completely blew up in his face.

I have never thou… Robin's come back was cut off.

Enough. Captain Marvel has been captured, and we must act as a team to save him. Kaldur spoke, gaining the teens attention. So the babysitter need to be saved. Irony.

Under your leadership? I don't think… Kid Flash scuffed once more, before his thoughts were cut off.

This is not up for debate. There was something authoritative about the atlantean's tone. It reminded Kenna of Batman, strong and demanding respect. Kenna continued her glaring death match with Robin as the atlantean continued to speak.

You all chose me to lead. When the mission is over, if you wish to select a new leader,I will happily step down. But until that time, I am in command here.

"Artemis!" Arrows sailed over Kenna's head, colliding with the collars on the monkey's Kenna had sucked into her phase lock. The blonde let her power slowly dissipate, letting the monkey's free with no harm. Out of the corner of her eyes another ape launched themselves at her. She waited for the opportune time to grasp the monkey in mid air and use its momentum to pitch it away from her. The ape flew through the air and crashed into a tree before sliding to the ground. Out of nowhere a stream of water shot out and latched onto the collar, destroying it with a light show of sparks. Kenna turned her head to catch a glimpse of Aqualad. She nodded her head in appreciation, receiving a nod in return. Both teens spun around when the rumble of the doors opening echoed through the forest. Out came a large gorilla with a red hat and portable gatling gun. This night just got stranger and stranger. Kenna watched as Miss Martian picked up the ape and pitch him into the wall beside the door. Dust scatter and soon a large gaping hole became evident. Moving her legs into a run, Kenna moved towards the hole like the others. Jumping over the rubble, Kenna slide to a stop beside her team. She glanced around the lab and stopped on a machine with a brain visible through the glass. Correction, now this was the strangest thing she had seen all night.

"It's The Brain!" Kid Flash called, pointing towards the machine. Thank you captain obvious.

"Uh, I can see it's a brain." Artemis deadpanned, looking at Kid Flash like he was an idiot. She wasn't very far off with that assumption.

"Not a brain, The Brain." Like that explained who the hell this was. Kenna dropped her head in defeat. Her friends man. What was she going to do with them. She let out a squeak when her body was suddenly pulled to the ground. She tried to move around but it was as if someone had turned up the gravity. Her body felt like it was going to fall through the ground. Then all of a sudden it stopped. Miss Martian had levitated the remote to the gravity machine towards her, turning off the mechanism. Standing to her feet, Kenna turned to see wall on the opposite side cave in, revealing Superboy and an oversized white wolf. Once the wolf pounced, all hell was set loose. Robin and Artemis began shooting and throwing things at the gorilla after it got distracted by Kenna's vortexes. She knew she had to keep it occupied while her friends attacked together. Aqualad had run off to set Captain Marvel free. Dropping her hands, Kenna broke out into a run towards the gorrilla. The gorilla raised its fist to punch her but his fist swept through a puff of purple mist. It let out a groan in pain when a burst of energy collided with it's back. Super boy too the time to punch it in the back of the head. The ape collapsed only to be picked up and slammed back to the ground by Miss Martian. Soon, both the brain and gorilla were surrounded with no means of escape.

"Try it. I hate monkeys." Superboy taunted, cracking his knuckles. Kenna grinned at the clones words, things had finally seemed to go the team's way.

Kenna reached her arms above her head to stretch her back. She placing them back down to swing by her sides, Kenna continued to walk next to Wally and Artemis. The older blonde peered at the ginger and raised her eyebrow at his goofy smile.

"What are you grinning about?" She asked. Kenna too was curious about the gingers happiness.

"One word, souvenir." Like Kenna's true spirit animal, Artemis shot down Wally's hope and dreams with one sentence.

"Two words, gorilla lice." Kenna had to stop walking, she was laughing so hard. Wally had ripped the material off his head, sticking his tongue out in disgust. Truly a sight to behold. When she was able to breath, Kenna made her way towards the ship. Robin stood on the ramp with his arms crossed, almost as if he was waiting for something or someone. Kaldur marched up the ramp but halted when Robin began to speak.

"Look, I need to know, why did you keep the mole intel a secret?" The boy wonder's words caught the entire team's attention. Kenna took a few mores steps until she stood even with Conner. Kaldur went on to describe how and where the tip had come from. As team leader he did not want to believe it but had take the possibility under consideration. He had not wanted to tip the mole that he knew, so he had kept it a secret. Things seemed to be falling into place. They all unanimously voted for Kaldur to remain leader. Their problem had been solved and wrapped in a pretty bow full of mushy and gushy feelings. Kenna gave a soft smile as she watched her team flood into the ship, but then it dropped to a frown. She still had one thing plaguing her mind. Robin still remained on the ramp and had turned to look at her. Kenna took apprehensive steps up the ramp and stopped in front of him. She casted her eyes down and bit her lip, her hand coming up to play with the ends of her hair. Robin watched the blonde have her internal war, smiling softly at her nervous habits. Finding the courage to look at him, Kenna tried to form her words properly.

"Robin… um.. I'm really sorry for what I said when… " She rambled out but stopped when Robin raised a hand to halt her words.

"It's okay Kenna. I'm not mad about what you said. It's all good so don't worry about it okay Blondie." He spoke, smiling at the girl before bring up a hand to grab the hand that was fiddling with her long strands. Be pulled the girl towards him, hugging her close. Kenna melted into the hug, enjoying the moment between them. They normally didn't fight but when they did, Kenna could not stand to have him be angry at her. He was her best friend and they were together till the end. Breaking apart, Robin unwrapped his arms. He then slung one arm over her shoulder, guiding her into the ship. Finally it was time to go home and get some well deserved sleep.

Author's Note: Hey guy's! It's 2:30 in the morning and I happily spent one of my senior ditch day's writing this chapter. Haha this seems to be my updating tradition now, you know posting at ungodly hours. I hope you guy's enjoyed this chapter and you got to see a little bit of Kenna's impulsive irrational side. There is not really much to say about this chapter I just hope you liked it. Please favorite and follow. Reviews are very much appreciated and I love you guys. Now if you will excuse me, it is time to go face plant into my pillow. Until next time :)