Naruto x Young Justice Fanfiction

Hello, my people, I'm back with another chapter now I read the revies thank you for all your praises, you are such nice people, a person asked if Nate/Naruto had any powers I hope this chapter can clarify some of that doubts, if not send me a P.M and I'll try to clarify them

Now in another review, someone was making a list of Naruto's abilities so far so that's nice, so if anyone has any doubts on Nate's abilities so far, I think that review can help

Something else I have in mind is that in this chapter a made some bold decisions for the progression of the story, I will explain them in the end of the chapter at the best of my abilities

So, without further ado, here's the 11th instalment of the story, Naruto belongs to the mangaka Masashi Kishimoto and Young justice is own by Warner media, this story is for entertainment purposes and in no way I'm getting profit because of it, I wish, but definitely not

Chapter 11: Don't trust the red people

"I never did ask you," Nate said as he took a seat across his doppelganger "Why is my mindscape so red? I mean everything is red, the sky, the floor, the castle, hell even these seats are red," Nate said as he pointed at the seats

"I don't know if I'm being honest, maybe you're favorite color is red," The voice said with a chuckle and Nate grumble "I mean even you're nickname has Red in it, oh mighty Red Dragon," The voice make fun of Nate, and the blond teen just glared at his doppelganger

"You know full well that I didn't come up with that name," Nate said with a frown on his face

"And yet you scream "I'm the fucking Red Dragon motherfuckers" at the top of your longs while beating the crap of that underground mercenary," The voice said with laughter in his voice "You have to make that your code name," The voice said with a smirk on his face

"My code name?" Nate asked with a raised eyebrow

"Yeah, I mean most of you're team has one, why shouldn't you?" The voice asked with mirk on his voice

"What's wrong with Nate?" The blond teen as in indignation

"Well for starters is boring, compared to Red Dragon it's pretty meh," The voice said, and Nate could feel his annoyance growing "But, I really have a good point hear me out, there are two reasons I'm telling you this," The voice said, and Nate grew curious

"Go on" Nate ordered, and his doppelganger nodded

"First, no matter what you try to do Nate is a fake person, a camouflage you created for yourself to escape from the world, it's like your brother, no matter how many people call him Conner, he is still going to be Superboy, and that won't change," The voice said, and Nate wanted to protest but held back as he saw that his doppelganger was going to continue talking "This doesn't mean you need to go back to being Naruto, or project 082, but you need to be something real, and the first real thing you were when you were free was that, Red Dragon"

"And your second reason?" Nate asked a part of him starting to agree with the idea

"Artemis mostly," The voice said, and Nate look at him in confusion "You started a relationship with her, and maybe one day you will grow to love her, in that case, you need to tell her about your past, it's only fair," The voice said, and Nate dropped his head in deep thought

"I know, I've been debating of telling someone about it for a while now," Nate said as he lifted his head and stared at the voice "But what does that have to do with the codename?" He asked in curiosity

"I can't see into the future, but I can see your feelings," The voice said, "You want a family, even if you don't quit the job, family and kids, pretty mature for a seventeen-year-old," The voice said with a chuckle

"Again, what does this has to do with the codename?" Nate asked in frustration

"Nate is always going to be your legal name, don't you want to protect your loved ones by hiding it?" The voice asked, and Nate's eyes winded

"You're right, maybe I should get a code name" Nate whispered, and the voice smirked as he saw how the castle moved forward

"Of course, you would think that I'm right dude, may I remind you that we are the same person I just have some more clarity than you," the voice said and Nate grumble

"Yeah, why do you know so much, and I don't?" Nate asked as he crossed his arms "if we are the same person doesn't that mean I should also know these things?" Nate asked frustration clear in his voice

"Well, the plot needs you to be ignorant for now so it can move forward" The voice mumbled but Nate still heard him

"The plot? What do you mean?" Nate asked in confusion and the voice chuckled in a nervous manner

"Nothing don't worry about it," The voice said and Nate glared at him "You already have an answer for why don't you remember?" The voice said and Nate stood up furiously

"Yeah, I know, I got fucking trauma and all the shit," Nate said as he started to pace on the mindscape in frustration "But something doesn't add up, something doesn't feel right, yes trauma can block memories and even personalities, but not 50 % percent of me," Nate said in frustration as he dropped and fell back into the couch "Please don't lie to me, is this really trauma or something else?" Nate asked tired of not knowing what was happening to him

"Yes and no," The voice said, and Nate grew more frustrated "Before you complain, let me explain," The voice said as Nate held his words back "So I cannot tell you exactly what it is, but I found a loophole," The voice said, and Nate looked at him in confusion

"What do you mean?" Nate asked and his look-at-like smirked

"What I mean it's that while I may not be able to say what you are blocking is, remember when that old man Nelson tried to do it?" The voice asked and Nate nodded remembering the conversation he had with the previous user of Dr. Fate "I can sort of explain what you are blocking, now fair warning you won't be able to figure it out, if you try you will get a headache and possibly block powers you already discovered" The voice warned, and Nate gulped in fear

"Okay, I will not please continue," Nate said as he gather himself up, preparing for the explanation

"A long while ago, when the universe was created six singularities stood out, these singularities were called infinite, and the creators of the universe, the name themselves the old gods, harnessed that powers and converted them into stones, and those singularities will be later known as infinity stones," The voice said as Nate leaned back on the couch listening to the story "With the power of the infinity stones, the created and destroyed things as they deem fit, but then other beings, with equal power to them rose, and they called themselves the new gods, so a few of the old gods were afraid that these new gods would use the infinity stones to kill them, so with the power of the infinity stones, they flee and went to the unknown, some people have theorized that they created another universe like this with the stones but no one can know for sure" The voice explained and Nate scratched his chin

"That's a good story and everything, but what does this have to do with my situation?" Nate asked scratching his chin

"Because Nate, even if the stones disappeared from this universe, their principals still rule this universe," the voice said, and Nate looked at him in confusion

"What principles?" Nate asked and the voice crossed his arms

"The six singularities, space, power, reality, time, mind, and soul" the voice explained, and Nate nodded "These principals created and rule everything and they also rule you, and you know this," the voice said, and Nate think hard for a moment before his eyes winded as he suddenly realized something

"My eyes, they been changing color since I joined the team, does that mean I have the power of the singularities?" Nate asked with a hint of fear on his voice and his doppelganger laughed

"God no, you would die if that were the case," The voice said laughing "No, but you were kind of right, while you don't have the singularity's powers, they are blockades for you to unlock your true self, and I can tell you this because you have two blockades left" the voice explained

"Two? But my eyes have only changed color 3 times" Nate said in confusion

"Have they though? Or did they change once a while ago, but you didn't notice?" The voice asked sarcastically, and Nate tried to remember when that had happened, the voice chuckled as he saw Nate trying hard to remember and took pity on him "I'll give you a hint, these occurrences happen when something important in your life changes" the voice said, and Nate scratched his head furiously trying to remember

"Wait a minute, that day, when people started to call me Red Dragon, Markus told me he saw my eyes shine a bright blue color for a while, that was the first time it happened didn't it?" Nate asked in realization and the voice nodded

"Yes, you unblocked the space singularity, can you tell me why?" the voice asked, and Nate crossed his arms

"Well, that day, I finally found my place in the underground, I found a safe… space" Nate said and his eyes winded in surprise

"Yeah, exactly, you find a safe space, a new beginning and your life changed, and with it came abilities you had blocked," the voice said

"Yeah, my aim improved, but I didn't notice it," Nate said and the voice chuckle

"Of course, you wouldn't notice it because these abilities were always a part of you, so when they came out, you didn't realize it, but that change didn't it?" the voice asked with a smirk on his face

"Yeah, when I discovered my eidetic memory, but that was because of what happened with that android, not any because of any eye changing," Nate said, and the voice chuckle

"Who said that your powers were going to appear right after your eyes change?" The voice asked sarcastically "Besides I called them powers, but they aren't that, are they?" The voice asked with a sarcastic smile on his face

"You're right, they are not, they feel more like passive abilities, like my eidetic memory or the power I remembered after that day at the tower of fate, if they aren't powers, what are they?" Nate asked in confusion

"Remember that anime you saw once, about a kid without a power who met his idol, and that idol offered his power?" the voice said, and Nate nodded "Remember what the hero told the main character when they started the training montage?" the voice asked, and Nate nodded

"Yeah, he said that they needed to make him the perfect vessel, so the power won't destroy him" Nate recited and his eyes winded "That's exactly what's happening to me, isn't it?" Nate asked and his doppelganger nodded

"That is exactly what is happening to you Nate," the voice said as he stood up and walked as he put himself in front of the castle "You already unlock 4 of the blocks, and your body and mind changed preparing you for what is about to come," the voice said a realization hit Nate like cold water

"Wait, you said you know everything I know, so that means that we have already been through this haven't we?" Nate asked and the voice smirked widely

"And they said you were an idiot, yes we have already walked this path, but now we walked it on our terms, not theirs, but alas I'm afraid our time has come to an end," The voice said with a smirk as he sat back on his couch

"Wait I still have many questions" Nate protested but he felt himself fairing from the mindscape

"And I have many answers, the next time we see each other you'll be ready, and you will remember, until next time partner I'm sure you don't want to miss school, oh mighty Red Dragon," The voice said as he saw Nate disappeared from the mindscape

"I have to hand it to you Nelson," The voice said out loud as he stared at the castle "You came through when you said you were going to give him a push, I just hope you're ready to pay the price that comes with your power Nate, for your own sake," The voice said as he leaned back and closed his eyes "For everyone's sake"

Nate's house

Nate open his eyes and groan as he turn off the alarm on his phone, he looked at the hour and curse mentally "5:30 am, goddammit, I hate Batman right now" Nate thought as he got up from his bed, he walked, still half asleep, to the shower to get ready for the day

Nate finished taking the shower and took out the suitcase where Batman had left his school uniform "This is so not my style" Nate thought as he saw his uniform and sighed as he started dressing in it

Once he was fully dressed in his school uniform, he headed towards the kitchen to make himself breakfast, he took out a carton of milk and a box of cheerios, and sated to put them on a bowl, once he had his cereal ready, he took a seat on his kitchen

He checked his phone as he started reading the instructions for his first day at school "So when I get there, I have to meet my student liaison, Bette, huh?" Nate thought as he took a bite of his cereal "How organized, well I know my sponsor, anything has to be organized with him" Nate thought with a chuckle as he finished his cereal

He walked towards his garage and grabbed his helmet in the process "I will look so uncool with this uniform, who thought that brown pants with a blue suit were a good idea?" Nate thought with annoyance as he put on his helmet and took a seat on top of his bike "Why did I agree to do this again?" Nate thought as he drove out of his house

Gotham Academy

Nate arrived at the parking lot and turn off his bike, he took out his helmet as he looked at the school "Wow, whoever built this school was overcompensating for something" Nate thought as he put his helmet on one of the handles and locked his bike

He put his hands inside his pockets as he walked towards the main entrance of the school, where he was supposed to meet his Student Liaison, his eyes winded as he saw a familiar blond talking to another blond "Batman you motherfucker" Nate thought with a chuckle when he saw that he and Artemis were going to attend the same school, he smirked as he saw a small dark-haired teen taking a picture with Artemis "And little boy wonder is here too, time to mess with the little protégé" Nate thought with a smirk as he saw Robin talking to a red-haired girl and approached both of them

"Nothing Barbara, I was just being friendly with the new girl" Nate heard Robin say with a chuckle and decided to meddle in

"You know, taking photos without permission may come across as creepy" Nate said with a smirk and both teens turn to look at him in surprise "Hi my name's Nate, a pleasure," Nate said as he put a hand in front of the red-haired girl

"Barbara Gordon" The red-haired girl replied, and Nate smirked

"Gordon, you say?" Nate asked with a smirk and Barbara narrowed her eyes "Any chance you're related to the mayor?" He asked with a smirk

"I'm her daughter," Barbara said with her eyes still narrowed at Nate

"Interesting," Nate said turning to face Robin and his smirk grew wider "And what's your name?" Nate asked as he put a hand in front of the smaller teen

"Dick Grayson" The teen replied as he shake the hand of Nate

"Dick huh? What a wonderful name" Nate said making emphasis on the wonder and Robin's eyes winded as he realized that Nate knew who he was "Well I should get going, it was a pleasure to meet you both" Nate said with a smirk as he walked towards where the two blonds where "That sure was fun, now to mess with my girlfriend" Nate thought as he approached the two blond girls

"Hi, excuse me" Nate spoke out loud and both blond girls turn to look at him, Artemis's eyes winded in surprise as he recognized him "Are you by any chance Bette?" Nate asked the blond next to his girlfriend

"Yes, I am, you must be Nathan am I right?" The blond girl asks with a smirk

"Please just Nate," He said and looked at his girlfriend who was glaring at him "Oh hey Artemis, fancy seeing you here," Nate said with a smirk

"You two know each other?" Bette asked with a raised eyebrow as she looked in curiosity at the two blonds

"Yeah," Nate said and Artemis eyes winded thinking he was going to tell her about their secret identities "We both applied to the Wayne scholarship and won, and my mother got in touch with her mother and threw us a big party, we've been friends ever since, isn't that right Artemis?" Nate asked with a smirk as he glanced at Artemis

"Yeah, that's right, it was a huge moment for both of us," Artemis said, and their student liaison smiled

"Cool, well you already know my name, I'm your student liaison so if you have any questions, please let me know, here are your schedules," Bette said as she handed a paper to each teen "Senior's classes are in building 03, its that one," Bette said as she signaled a building behind them "You'll find your classrooms easily there, once classes are done meet me here so I can give you the full tour, okay?" Bette asked and the secret couple nodded, Bette said goodbye and left the two young heroes by themselves

"What the hell are you doing here?" Artemis exclaimed as she hit the right arm of Nate and glared at him

"Ouch, don't blame me this is all Batman's idea," Nate said as he rubbed his right arm "What are you doing here anyway?" Nate asked in curiosity and Artemis sighed

"I won a scholarship I didn't even apply, my mom was so excited, so I changed school, it was the same scholarship you told that girl" Artemis explained and Nate chuckle

"So, shall we head to class?" Nate asked with a smirk and Artemis nodded "I so not looking forward to this" Nate whispered under his breath, but Artemis still heard him

"Why not?" Artemis asked with curiosity

"School sucks" Nate deadpanned, and Artemis also started to regret coming here

Sometime later

"You were right, school sucks," Artemis said with a groan as she rubbed her face, both teens were seated on the steps of the main entrance sharing a snack while they waited for their student liaison

"And later we have to go to the cave, when did my life get so busy?" Nate wonder out loud as he took a sip of his soda "Want to do something before we have to go to the cave?" Nate asked

"I would love to, but I can't," Artemis said, and Nate nodded in understanding "I'm going out for lunch with my mother," she said, and Nate's smiled at her

"It seems you two are pretty close," Nate remarked with a smile and Artemis nodded

"Ever since I was 9 years old, it was only me and my mother that I could count on," Artemis said with a small smile "My sister was away for most of the time and my father just came to visit when he wanted to "train" me," Artemis said as she frowns on her face

"Hey, if you don't want to talk about it, we can change the subject, remember you can tell me when you're ready," Nate said as he grabbed Artemis left hand

"You know, since our last mission I feel I'm getting to know you a little more, so please be honest," Artemis said, and Nate nodded "Do you know who my family is?" She asked and Nate sighed

"The only one I know for certain is your sister, I have strong suspicions of who might be your father," Nate said, and a look of sadness crossed Artemis face, and Nate tight his hold of Artemis's hand in a comforting manner "And I have no clue of who your mother is" Nate explained

"My sister is Cheshire, and my father's Sportsmaster, I've been debating on telling for a while now, but I realize you already knew," Artemis said with her head down "I don't mind if you want to break up, I will understand it," she said

"Why would I want to do that?" Nate asked sarcastically and Artemis eyes winded as she looked at him in surprise "I don't care who you are related to Artemis, to me it doesn't matter" Nate said as he grabbed both girl's hands

"But why? My families are villains and assassins, why would you still want to date me?" Artemis asked in curiosity

"Because you aren't one Artemis, no matter where you came from is your actions that matter now, Markus teach me that," Nate said as he grabbed the right cheek of his girlfriend "You're the one who should be breaking things with me," Nate said with a sad smile

"Why would you say that?" Artes said as she grabbed his hand

"When I was 8, my mother insert me in a program to enhance and make better soldiers, they call it the super-soldier program" Nate started to explain and couldn't believe he was telling her this, but he felt he owe it to her "Nathan Drake, as you can tell, is a fake name that I took from a videogame, my real name is Naruto Uzumaki" Nate explained, and Artemis grew confused

"Why did you change it?" Artemis asked with curiosity

"Because I hated it, and I needed to escape it, in the soldier program I was the only one who made it out, and when I turn 13, they brainwash me, and they made me their perfect soldier, the perfect mercenary and they sold me out" Nate explained and he felt Artemis hugging him, but ignore it so he could continue talking "I have killed a lot of people Artemis, and I didn't even realize it until they let go of my commands, I'm trying to become better, but my past still haunts me, I'm nothing but a killer Artemis" Nate whispered and Nate separate herself and looked at him in the eye

"Nate, you didn't do it, those people did, and I know you, you're a warrior, not a killer," Artemis said, and Nate started to smile "A warrior protects he doesn't kill unnecessarily, my mother taught me that," Artemis said with a smile

"Thank you, Artemis, it means a lot to me," Nate said "Can we keep it between us for now? I don't know how the team is going to react" Nate pleaded, and Artemis nodded

"Of course, I will, and can you please keep my secret between us? I also don't know how they are going to react" Artemis pleaded, and Nate nodded, they stood there embracing each other, the moment was interrupted when Nate's phone ring

"Who is it?" Artemis asked as she glanced at Nate's phone

"Bette, apparently something came up and we will have to postpone the tour," Nate said as he read the message and Artemis got an idea and blurt it out without thinking

"Do you want to meet my mom?" Artemis asked and Nate's eye winded

"Are you sure?" Nate asked with surprise

"I know it may be too soon, after all, we just started dating, but I want you to be part of my life and my mother is a huge part of it," Artemis said with a small smile "Besides, she wants to meet you, I had a huge crush on you, and I spoke to her about you a lot," Artemis said and Nate chuckle

"Good things I hope?" Nate asked sarcastically and Artemis chuckled "Do we go now, or can I go change?" Nate asked and Artemis stood up

"You can go change, I need to tell my mom you're coming, she probably will want to cook you something," Artemis said as Nate stood up too

"At what time do I arrive there?" Nate asked as they started to walk towards the entrance of the parking lot

"It's 1:30 p.m. right now, can you manage to get there in an hour?" Artemis asked and Nate nodded

"So, 2:30 p.m. got it, I'll be there" Nate replied as they started to go their separate ways

"I'll text you the address!" Artemis shout as she ran to the bus stop

"I'm so screwed," Nate thought as he grew nervous at the thought of meeting his girlfriend's mother

Artemis's house, sometime later

"Okay Nate, you have faced countless enemies, and you even went toe to toe with an android with the league's powers, you can do this" Nate thought preparing himself for the next part, he looked down at the wine bottle he had gotten from a store in Gotham "You can do this" He whispered under his breath as he knocked on the door leading to Artemis apartment

"Coming!" Nate heard Artemis exclaim from the other side of the door and took a deep breath in, the door open fully "Why do you look like a Tommy Lee wanna be?" Artemis deadpanned as she looked at the outfit Nate was wearing

"I'll take that as a compliment, besides this is more of my style," Nate said as he showed an outfit similar to his combat uniform but without the armor, and more rocker boy looking

"Oddly enough it suits you," Artemis said as she checked out her boyfriend "Come in let me introduce you to my mother," Artemis said as she grabbed Nate's right hand, and at that moment all of the confidence Nate had been building up fade out of existence

"Mom," Artemis said as Nate let himself be dragged inside of the department "This is my boyfriend Nate," Artemis said as she turn to face Nate "Nate this my mother, Paula Crock," Artemis said as Nate looked at the black-haired woman on a wheelchair in front of him

"Ms. Crock is a pleasure," Nate said as she shook hands with the older woman

"Please just Paula, Artemis has spoken a lot about you," Paula said, and Nate smirk

"Good things I hope," Nate said with a chuckle "I brought you this, the guy in the store told me it was really good, but I don't know anything about wines if I being honest," Nate said and the older woman chuckle

"How sweet of you, here let me put it on the kitchen," Paula said as Nate handed her the wine bottle "Meal is already on the table if you like to take a seat," Paula said as she head to the kitchen

"So, how am I doing?" Nate asked Artemis with a nervous smile

"You're doing great, now come on I'm starving," Artemis said as they both headed towards the dinner table

The couple and Artemis's mom enjoyed a quiet meal together while Paula asked questions to Nate, the blond male teen was answering them, but his mind was elsewhere because for a while now, he was trying to figure out who the woman was

"I know I've heard of her, Paula Crock? Now, where do I have heard that name before?" Nate thought as he finished his meal "Ahg I hate when this happens to me, I hate myself" Nate thought with a mental sighed and focused again on the conversation

"I have to say Artemis, you got yourself a nice man there," Paula said, and Artemis blushed but smile nonetheless "Who could imagine that my daughter could tame the Red Dragon from the underground," she said as she took a sip of her drink and Nate froze

"How?" Artemis asked and Nate glanced at her, and he knew that his girlfriend hadn't told her mother that, and then a memory came back from his earlier days in the underground and chuckle

"Wow, shit Markus was right," Nate said as he finally realized who the woman was "You sure are deadly miss huntress," Nate said with a smirk on his face "How did you know my nickname if I may ask?" Nate asked with curiosity the smirk never leaving his face

"I'm retired, as you can see there are not many things I can do in a wheelchair," Paula said as she pointed at the wheelchair "But while you can leave the underground…" Paula started to say, and Nate finished for her

"The underground never leaves you," Nate said with a smile and Paula nodded

"Wait mom, you were a part of the underground?" Artemis asked in shock and her mother laughed

"Of course, I was, any respectable mercenary has heard of the underground, and I was excellent," Paula said with a chuckle "They recruit me and pay a lot of money to work for them, and then I joined, those were the good days," she said and then looked at Nate in curiosity "What I can't figure out is why an underground citizen would join a group of heroes, and why isn't Batman against it?" she asked in curiosity and Nate chuckle as he heard the last question

"Well, he was, he said that he wanted to kick me out when he found out, but by then the team had already picked me as their leader so he decided to leave me in there," Nate said as he remember the conversation he had with the dark knight "Instead he torture me by enrolling me in school," he said with a chuckle

"And to answer your other question, I'm looking for someone from my past," Nate said as he glared at his plate "Last I heard he was working for Cadmus, but I got there and didn't find anything, that's where I met the sidekicks and decided to join their team, figure I could use the leagues help to track that guy down," Nate said, and he felt Artemis grabbed his hand in support

"Have you managed to track him down?" Paula asked with curiosity in her voice

"No, he's off the grid, I was frustrated at first but now I just don't care anymore," Nate said with a smile

"And why is that?" The older woman asked curiosity still on her voice

"I find a new purpose in life," Nate said as he glanced briefly at Artemis "That motherfucker can wait," he said with a chuckle as the older woman laughed along with him, Nate checked his watch and sighed "I should probably get going, I need to get change for whatever we are supposed to do later" Nate explained as he stood up and started to grab the dishes

"If you are in a hurry, you don't need to worry," Paula said but Nate shook his head

"It's the least I can do, so let me help," Nate said with a smile as he grabbed the dishes and head towards the kitchen

"I like him," Paula said as she looked at her daughter

"Me too" Artemis replied with a smile on her face

Gotham sometime later

Nate had said goodbye to the crock family a while ago and headed towards his house, he took a quick nap there and change into his battle costume, he arrived at the Gotham zeta tube entrance to head out to the cave, he approach the alleyway where the zeta tube was and saw two familiar figures talking at the entrance of the tube

"Rob, Art, great to see you," Nate said meddling into the conversation "So why are we having a private meeting in front of the entrance?" Nate asked both of his teammates

"Well Artemis here was explaining why she is here in Gotham and not in Star City, where Green Arrow usually operates," Robin said with a smirk, "She said she was here to see her cousin spelling bee contest" Robin explained and Nate internally chuckle

"Did she win?" Nate asked with curiosity and Artemis glared at him

"No, she did not," she said, and Robin's smirk grew wider

"Shame," Robin said and pointed to the zeta tube "So, we should probably head to the cave, ladies first," Robin said making a bow and Nate chuckle

"It's your city, you first," Artemis said with narrowed eyes and Robin nodded and enter the tube

"Recognize Robin B01," The computer said as a flash of light invaded the phone booth

"So, your cousin's spelling bee?" Nate asked sarcastically and Artemis punch his left arm with a glare on her face

"Bite me," she said as she entered the phone booth

"Recognize Artemis B08," The said as the same processes repeated itself

Nate waited for the light to disappear and enter the booth, he was surrounded by a bright light and blinked as he felt himself being transported to somewhere else

Mount Justice

Nate blinked and instantly felt himself in danger, he opened his eyes and he saw Artemis shooting Arrows surrounded by fire

"The hell is going on!?" He shouted as he draw his guns and stood next to Artemis and started shooting at the figures behind the fire

"We are being attacked, but I don't know by who," Artemis said as she kept firing arrows

"And Robin!?" Nate asked and the boy wonder appeared in front of them

"I'm here, but we are sitting ducks in here," Robin said, "We need to get to the exit" Robin exclaimed

"I agree, lead the way," Nate said as he let the other two walk ahead of him and cover for them

"Or not" Nate heard Robin drawl and turn to see a big wave coming towards them, he embrace himself, but the wave was strong enough and launch the young heroes towards a nearby wall

Nate flinched at the pain and saw Robin connecting an explosive to the wall, he grabbed Artemis so she wouldn't fall from the currents, and the teens continue running, following Robin

They entered the showers as Robin and Artemis tried to contact the league and their teammates "Coms are down" Robin said as he started to turn on the showers

"Wait, stop…" Nate try to warn him, but it was too late as a lot of water started to pour out of the showers and quickly started to fill the room, Nate took a deep breath before the water submerge him fully, he saw Robin repeating the process from earlier and blow-up a nearby wall "No more messing with the water now" Nate said trying to get his breath under control and the other two nodded

"We need to get to a place where we can hide and figure our next move!" Nate ordered and Robin took the lead and started running

"Let's head towards the vent in the kitchen," Robin said as they approach the kitchen "We can move there more freely," Robin said as they entered the kitchen

Nate and Artemis head towards the entrance of the vent but turn around where they saw that robin wasn't following him

"What are you doing?" Artemis asked Robin and the boy wonder replied quickly

"Getting the blueprints," Robin said as he typed something on his pad

"Good thinking but hurry whatever is attacking in us is coming," Nate said as he let Artemis enter the vent, and then he did the same

Artemis and Nate crawled through the air vent, and they heard Robin enter the vent "Go left!" Robin ordered and both teens complied turning left, Nate looked back and saw a stream of fire almost hitting Robin "Ugh too close, take the right" Robin said, and the others followed their lead "There should be a vent cover right in front of you Artemis" Robin said, and the blond girl saw the cover

She dropped through the vent opening the cover in the process and fell to another room, Nate and Robin mimic her actions as they landed smoothly on the rails of the new room

"Where to now Rob?" Nate asked and Robin look at the hologram on his wrist

"This way," The boy wonder said as they started to run, the fire started to pour from the vents and they turn to see a shadow controlling the fire, Robin lead them to throw some machinery, worrying about the pressure in the room, the team hide behind a pillar, and Robin spoke out loud "There should be an access point somewhere around here," the boy wonder said as he and Nate looked at the map on his wrist

"You mean this one?" Artemis said making both boys turn to look at her, she opened the door and fell to the access point followed quickly by Nate and Robin, the boy wonder put an explosive on the pilar to throw off their chaser

The three of them fell to the tunnel, Nate and Artemis quickly started to head out of there but stopped when robin called them out

"Hold on," Robin said, and the blond teens stopped and looked at him "Locking out Cave's motion and heat sensors to prevent the enemy from tracking us," Robin said as he started typing on the hologram of his wrist

"And I ask again, who is the enemy?" Artemis asked in frustration as Nate took a seat in the tunnel to try and catch his breath

"Can you find out?" Nate asked and Robin nodded

"Already on it," Robin said with a smirk as he kept typing on his hologram "Downloading Cave security footage. There," Robin said as four frames of the video showed up, the three teens hurdle together to see the footage

Robin zoomed on the footage that contained Wally, Conner, and Megan and the others could see Wally helping fix Conner's bike

"Torque wrench" Wally called out and Megan levitated the tool towards Wally "Thanks green cheeks," the speedster said in a flirtatious voice

"Green cheeks, seriously?" Nate asked sarcastically and Robin chuckle

"I've been meaning to ask," Kaldur said as he walked into the frame "Any problems juggling school-work with your responsibilities here?" the Atlantean asked and Superboy shook his head

"Not really" Conner replied quickly and Kaldur nodded in understanding

"Juggling is just one of my many talents" Wally replied pridefully and Conner rubbed his face in annoyance "Socket wrench" Wally call out and Megan gave him the tool telepathically

"Well, daily cheerleading has presented a challenge but is nothing I can't manage," Megan said with pride in her voice "I hear Artemis and Nate start school today, do you think the will be alright?" Megan asked out loud and Conner chuckle

"Knowing Nate, he will probably just sleep through all the classes," he said, and Nate scoffed

"I only sleep through two classes" Nate grumble and Artemis smirked as she heard him

"They will be alright," Wally said as he stood up "Well maybe Artemis, no, I mean who the teacher would like to deal with a hostile…" Wally started to say and Artemis glared at the screen but then an explosion occurred and kill the footage of the camera

"What happens?" Artemis asked with concern and Robin started to type in his hologram

"Explosion kills the footage, I'll try to look at another angle," Robin said as another footage zoomed in

Footage after footage started to disappear with explosions, the last one showed Megan and Kaldur running down the stairs before fire surrounded them and then the footage disappear

"That's it all four are dead" Robin mumble and the other two teens there looked at him in shock "I mean the cameras," Robin said as he realized the looks on the other two teens "I'm sure the others are alright," Robin said with a nervous chuckle and Nate smack his head lightly

"Fucking Christ dude," Nate said, and Artemis sighed in relief "Don't blurt out things like that" Nate advised and Robin apologized "We need to find out if they are alright and find the quickest way to the hangar, that's where they were" Nate ordered, and Robin nodded

"Yeah, they're fine" Artemis mumbled to herself reassuringly "They all got superpowers, they can handle it" Artemis kept mumbling and Nate grabbed her hand and looked at her in concern

"You alright?" Nate asked with concern and Artemis nodded "Let's get going then, Rob?" Nate asked and Robin nodded

"This way, there is a secret entrance on the library," Robin said as they started to run towards the library on the cave

"Cliché much?" Artemis asked sarcastically

"You should see the Batcave," Robin said as they quickly entered the library and search for the book leading towards the entrance

"Guys be quiet, they're here" Nate whispered as they took shelter behind one of the bookcases, they could metal clanging as Nate felt they were approaching them

"Nate, Artemis, Robin" A familiar voice called out and Artemis recognize easily

"Is Red Tornado!" Artemis said as she revealed herself hoping to meet the league member, but Nate trusted his feelings, so he jumped and grabbed Artemis out of the way just right before the red robot could grab Artemis

"Yes, on the Red, no on the tornado," Robin said as he helped Artemis and Nate get up and started running but another female-looking red robot cut their way, Robin quickly leaped to the top of the bookcases and the other two followed him

They jumped through the bookcases while Artemis shoot Arrows at the robots "Who are they?" Artemis asked as they dropped to the floor and Nate started to shoot with the non-lethal function of his guns, but they did nothing on the armor of the robots

"I don't know but we need to get out of here," Nate said as he saw Robin grabbing a book and opening the secret entrance, they quickly enter and kept running as they head towards the hangar, they got to cross paths and Artemis grabbed the hand of Robin making him stop

"Did you know that Tornado had… Siblings!?" Artemis asked the two males fear in her eyes

"They feel more like distant cousins if I'm being honest," Nate said trying to light up the mood, but Artemis just glare at him "Bad time?" He asked nervously and Artemis nodded

"What now, Red Tornado is one of the top hitters of the league, how are we supposed to compete with two of him?" Artemis asked and Nate sighed

"Artemis, do me a favor," Nate said, and Artemis looked at him fear still in her eyes "Put your hands together like in a praying manner" Nate ordered, and Artemis complied putting her hands together with confusion

Nate clapped his hands together between Artemi's hands, the blond girl flinch in pain but her fear and nervousness disappear in an instant "Better?" Nate asked with a smile and the blond girl "I know its scary, if I'm being honest, I am scared too, but our friends need our help and we must step up to save them, but you're right, facing them head-on would be suicidal, so we won't, we will fight dirty and, in the shadows, we just need a plan" Nate explained and the other two nodded

"Attention Nate, Artemis, Robin" the voice of the android that had attacked Artemis called out through the microphones in the cave "You have exactly 10 minutes to be surrounded or the lives of your teammates will be extinguished," the android said and the three shared a worried look

"Fuck, this just got harder, let's keep moving guys," Nate said as the others nodded "Lead the way Rob" he order, and the boy wonder started running ahead

"Eight minutes" The robot informed as the trio entered the hallway leading to the entrance to the hangar

"We can access the hangar from here," Robin said as they saw the entrance ahead of them, Nate kept running but his senses told him to stop, he never once distrusted them, so he stopped and signaled the others to do it too, the trio stopped as a current of water fill the entrance and started to head towards them "Or not" Robin replied, and Artemis grew annoyed

"Can you please stop saying that!?" Artemis shouted as they turn to escape the current of water

"Robin, when this is over, we are so working on your catchphrases!" Nate shouted as he felt the water catching up to him, he took a deep breath in before the water submerge him completely

Nate sees Robin grabbing a breathing device and starting to head towards him, he shook his head and signaled Artemis, Robin nodded and head towards the blond girl and share his breathing device with the girl

Nate felt someone behind him and turn to see the robot swimming rapidly at him "Shit" he curse mentally and took out one of his tantos and doge a strike from the robot, he stabbed the robot's hand and in a quick motion took one of his throwing knives and incrusted it on the robot's left eye, he pushed himself from the robot grabbing his tanto in the process and started to swim away from him

He got closed to his teammates and saw how Robin had left explosives behind them, he grabbed Robin's left leg while Artemis grabbed Robin's right arm as the boy wonder used a grapple to get out of there quickly, the trio left that area as an explosion occurred behind them throwing away the robot

They swam to the hangar and headed to the surface of the water, they got out gasping for air and took a few seconds to get their breathing under control

"Look out!" They heard Wally warn them from a distance as they saw a fireball heading towards them, they took a deep breath in and dive under the water again, the other robot lose track of them and headed towards the entrance to see if they will surface from there

The trio surface quietly next to Conner and Wally, who were trapped in an odd figure of solid water and couldn't move any muscle

"Are you guys, okay?" Robin whispered in concern and Conner shook his head

"Don't worry about us" Conner replied as he looked at the other side of him "Help M'gann" he said as the trio looked ahead and saw a cage made of fire

"Kaldur?" Nate asked hoping the Atlantean could hear him "How is she?" Nate asked mentally preparing for the worse

"She is unconscious" Kaldur replied, and the trio sighed in relief "I fear that she… we may not be able to survive much longer" the Atlantean informed, and Nate curse

"Shit, how much can you manage?" Nate asked not knowing the physiology of the Atlanteans

"At this rate, 5 minutes I think" Kaldur replied, and Nate was going to ask more questions, but he saw a fireball headed towards them and dove under the water to dodge the fireball

The trio swim towards the stairs and quickly got out of the water, Nate lead the charge but stopped when he saw the female robot on his path, he turned around and saw the male robot coming out of the water

"Shit, I'm almost out of arrows," Artemis said as she looked at her arrow case

"Nate!" Robin called out as the blond teen glanced at the younger boy "I have a plan, distract the female robot" he said, and Nate nodded

"On it, do your thing," Nate said as he started shooting at the robot, and dodging the streams of fire, he wasn't doing any damage and turned the weapons to lethal mode, he shot and the robot didn't prepare for it thinking it was the same blasts as before, the bullet went through the robot's right arm and made it useless, Nate smirked and heard Robin telling to go into the water, he dives into the water and started to follow his teammates

Nate saw the two of them enter an air vent and he followed them, he climbed up through the air vent towards the surface of the water, he gasped for air and heard Artemis freaking out in the distance, he quickly follow the noise and stopped in surprise as he saw Robin yelling at Artemis trying to calm her down

"Well get traught or get death!" Robin shouted in frustration and Nate frowned

"The hell is going on!?" Nate asked to meddle in on the conversation

"Nothing," Artemis said in shame, frustrated with showing her fear in front of them "Is just that how can you both be so calm about these things?" she asked, fear dripping from her voice

"Experience/Practice," Nate and Robin said respectively, and both look at each other with a smirk

"I've been doing since I was nine," Robin said and Nate whistled in appreciation

"And I being fighting since I was eight years old, and while they are pretty strong, they aren't the sacrists enemies that I have met," Nate said, and Robin look at him in curiosity

"Who was?" Robin asked and Nate shook his head

"Tale for another time, now we need to rescue our friends," Nate said, and as soon as he said the male robot said that six minutes were remaining "I rest my case," Nate said as he heard the announcement, "You said you had a plan?" Nate asked as he stared at the younger boy

"Yeah, I realized that our opponents have a fatal weakness," Robin said and Nate eyes winded in surprise

"You want to create an EMP blast, don't you?" Nate asked and Robin smirked as he nod his head in confirmation "Is it possible?" Nate asked in curiosity

"Yeah, do you have one in your belt? Because I don't" Artemis said shoving both teens her quiver that had only a normal arrow

"Yeah, me neither, I mean I can shoot them with my guns, but I would have to get close, and I don't want to take that risk unless is necessary," Nate said as he saw his guns were at sixty percent of capacity

"Yeah, I also don't want to take that risk, and I'm out of EMP emitters, but I bet we can make one" Robin said with a smirk as he put a finger on the earpiece in his right ear "What do you think KF, sounds doable?" Robin asked through the coms and the others heard the response from Wally

"Yeah totally," Wally said through the coms "You know if we had more time," he said as the robot announced the counter

"Five more minutes" The male robot announced, and the trio grew serious

"What do we have to do?" Nate asked in full seriousness as they started exiting the vent and robin gave them an earpiece connected to the one that Wally had

"You'll need to go to the Med Lab," Wally said over the coms as Robin opened the shaft connected to the med lab "Once you're there, find the x-ray machine" Wally ordered, and Robin tapped his earpiece

"Got it, what now?" Robin asked through the coms and Wally replied quickly

"In there you'll find a small vacuum tube called vircator that converts high energy pulses," Wally said as he took a breath to continue "You can reprogram its unit's microwave conversion from X-rays to EMP's that can create a cascade energy vector directed outward" Wally explained as Robin typed in his hologram

"A ripple effect," Robin said as he finished typing on his pad "Like dropping a stone in a pond," Robin said as he and Wally chuckled, but Nate got them on track

"This all good and everything, but for something like this to work we need to connect this to the cave's main generator," Nate said as he narrowed his eyes "And that would be easier said than done," he said, and Artemis grew confused

"Why is that?" Artemis asked the two boys and Robin answered

"Because the main generator is here," Robin said as he showed Artemis the location showing that the generator was on the hangar

"Fuck" Artemis cursed as she saw the hologram

"Fuck indeed, I have a plan, a risky one but a plan nonetheless," Nate said as the trio hurdle together "How long is the radius of the emp?" Nate asked Robin and the boy wonder showed the blond a map of the cave

"Here, the radius can go just at the entrance of the kitchen," Robin said, and Nate nodded in confirmation

"Okay here's my plan," Nate said as he pointed at the kitchen "With time on the line one of them has to keep guard on our team, so I will make a lot of noise and raw one of them, I'm certain one of them will follow me," Nate said as he looked at his guns "Fifty-five percent huh?" Nate thought as the other two looked at him in concern "Rob, you will go and set up the emp while Artemis keeps an eye on whoever is left, Wally can you hear me?" Nate explained and at the end, he put a hand on his earpiece and called Wally

"Yeah, I hear you" Nate heard Wally say over the coms

"Great, I also need you to distract whatever robot remains there, so Robin can do his thing," Nate said as he stood up "Be as loud as you can be Kid" Nate ordered and Wally confirmed it over the coms "Artemis, your job will be to keep an eye on the robot in the hangar, if the robot notices Robin you'll have to warn him, got it?" Nate ordered and Artemis nodded

"Okay people you know your jobs, let's get our friends back," Nate said as the other two stood up "Good luck and stay safe" Nate said as he exited the Med lab and headed towards the entrance of the kitchen

He arrived at the hallway connecting to the entrance of the kitchen and checked that his guns were in lethal mode, he entered the kitchen and grabbed one of the frying pans, and exited back into the hallway

"Four minutes" The robot announced, and Nate took a deep breath in as he looked ahead

"Okay, here goes nothing," Nate said under his breath as he banged the frying pan against the wall with all his strength and then he let it fall on the ground creating a lot of noise that would attract one of the robots "I'm starting to regret this, what has my life become," Nate thought with a chuckle as he saw a stream of fire coming towards him

"Yeah, I hate my luck, it had to be the one that can roast my ass of" Nate cursed mentally as the female robot appeared across the hallway, Nate prepared mentally for the fight as he quickly draw a gun and fire a shot at the robot

The robot dodge the bullet and fired several fire ballas at Nate who did everything he could to dodge the fireballs while he kept firing at the robot, it was an even match, they shoot their respective projectiles and dodge the ones coming at them

"Dammit I can't get close, and it's fucking hot in here," Nate said under his breath and realized he was being surrounded by flames "Shit" he cursed as the flames grew wider and surrounded him.

"One minute" The other robot announced while the flames surrounded Nate

The robot stopped her attacks as she stared at the flames that surrounded the young teen and waited to see if the young hero had gone unconscious, the flames dissipated and the only thing the robot could see was the remaining of the young's hero jacket but not a sign of the hero

A shot sound and the robot skull got a hole in it as Nate had moved quietly behind the robot and placed a shot on the robot's head, Nate appeared behind the robot with sallow breath and steam coming from behind him, his tank top had cuts on the back because of the false and parts of his back and arms were steaming red as they had gotten caught on the fire

Nate looked at the broken robot in front of him and sighed in relief as he fell to the ground, his mind fading to black and when he fell you the ground he could feel his back on fire, and steam was coming out from his back

"Shit I didn't react fast enough, I'm just going to rest here for a while," Nate thought as he lifted himself from the floor and took a seat on the floor "Thank god she underestimated me, I hope robin and Artemis are having a better time than me," he said under his breath as he looked at his guns and saw that they were on forty-five percent of capacity, he sighed and figure after this he should put them on the charger, his eyes winded as he heard a sound coming from the destroyed robot

The female robot managed to stand up and Nate quickly stood up wincing in pain from his back and drawing his guns "Sit my arms hurt like hell, here goes nothing" Nate thought mentally as he prepared to destroy completely the robot but a blue electronic wave surrounded both of them as the robot started to grow electric bolts and fell "Artemis and Robin pull it off, good" Nate thought as he put away his guns and fell on his butt on the floor "Why in the hell did it take them so long?" Nate thought in concern thinking that something in the plan have gone wrong

One minute earlier, Wally's room, Artemis POV

Artemis had seen how the water robot had caught Robin and she escaped hoping to get out of the cave, she fell from the shaft into Wally's room in front of the case of souvenirs

"Who am I kidding?" she asked herself out loud as he rubbed her arm "The best thing I can do is hide and hope the league finds me before the reds" Artemis mumble to herself as she walked forward to the case and looked at Cheshire's mask "I'm sure you understand

Flashback

"You can't leave, Jade," A younger-looking Artemis told her sister "We need to keep the family together" she pleaded, and her older sister narrowed her eyes as she was trying to remember something

"Toothbrush duh" Jade exclaimed as she hit her head jokingly "Knew I was forgetting something," she said as she head towards the bathroom looking for the toothbrush

"Dad will come after you" Artemis warned as she saw her sister putting the toothbrush on her suitcase and Jade turn to look at her sister

"Let him, I'll just disappear like the Cheshire cat," Jade said with a cheeky smirk on her face "You should leave too, I'd let you go with me, but you'll only slow me down," Jade said, and Artemis frowned

"Someone has to be here when mom gets out," Artemis said full of conviction that made her sister smirk

"Haven't you learned anything?" Jade asked sarcastically as she put the suitcase on her back and headed towards the exit of the room "In this family, it's every girl for herself" she said as she closed the door of the room and never looked back

Artemis hugged her teddy bear tighter and will her tears back

End of flashback

"That may be true in our family sis'" Artemis mumble to herself as she put the mask back on the shelf "But in here its different" Artemis said as she looked at the arrow next to the mask

"Nate, team leader although I sometimes regret that" Artemis heard the memory when he met her leader for the first time on her head and smile fondly

"In here everyone has their backs," Artemis said in conviction as she grabbed the arrow and headed towards the hangar

Cave's Hangar

"Stop, I give up!" Artemis shout as she entered the hangar and the male robot turn to look at her "I surrender, stop the clock" she pleaded, and the robot let the water surrounding the males fall and let them catch their breath, the robot walked forward to meet Artemis

The blond teen offered the bow to the male robot and notice that its companion wasn't there, and she also noticed that the fire cage was losing strength, the male robot went to grab the bow, but Artemis gripped her the bow and jumped as she planted her foot on the face of the robot and flipped back and draw the arrow in the process, she aimed at the generator and shot the arrow creating the emp burst

The robot looked back as a blue electric wave caught him, he started to short circuit and power off and fell, as soon the robot fell to the ground the water disappeared and the fire cage also disappeared

"Kaldur, how's M'gann?" Conner asked as soon as he could breathe in concern to the Atlantean

"She breaths, I believe she will make a full recover," Kaldur said, and Conner left a sigh of relief "What about Robin?" the Atlantean asked in concern at the archer as he looked at the unconscious boy

Artemis approached Robin in concern hoping he would be alright, she put her hands on him and he started to cough and woke up, he glanced at Artemis and smirked

"Way to get traught" he said with a smile and Artemis fell back relief marked on her face, she stood up and helped robin get up

Both teens followed Kaldur and M'gann, who had just woke up and was leaning on Kaldur's left shoulder, down where the other two males where

"Hey Artemis, where's Nate?" Kaldur asked in concern as they got to where Conner and Wally where

"I don't know," Artemis said, and then she heard a grunt coming from the hallway behind her, she turn and saw her boyfriend limping into the hangar dragging the female robot behind him "Nate!" She exclaimed as she run and hugged her teammate

Nate winced in pain as he felt his girlfriend's hands on his back, Artemis heard the wince and separated quickly from him "Thank god you alright Art, I thought something bad had happened" Nate whispered and Artemis smiled but then her eyes winded as she saw the state of her boyfriend

"What the hell happened to you?" Artemis asked in concern and surprise as she saw the red spots surrounding different parts of Nate's body

"This bitch" Nate said as he lifted the female robot and they started to walk to where the others were "She gave me a nasty sunburn, my back is going to be a pain in the ass for a few days, I can feel it," Nate said, and Artemis put a hand on his right shoulder and looked at him in concern "I'll be fine" Nate whispered as they arrived with the others, reassuring Artemis

"It's everyone alright?" Nate asked and the team looked at him in concern

"I believe that the ones who should be asking that are us, my friend," Kaldur said as he looked at the tired state of Nate

"I'm fine, nothing a cold shower can't fix, I did lose my jacket though," Nate said with a sigh and curse mentally "Fred's going to kill me for sure," Nate thought and noticed that M'gann and Conner were holding hands reassuringly "Although if someone could help me get out of this shit it would be much appreciated," Nate said, and Artemis offers to help

"Here let me lend you a hand," Artemis said, and Nate smirked

"Okay, but no funny business ninja girl, I know is a lot to handle this amazing…"Nate started to say but exclaimed in pain as Artemis pinched a part of Nate's stomach "Ahg I'm sorry, please stop!" Nate exclaimed and Artemis glared at him and let go of his stomach

"Shut up and let me help you," Artemis said with an exasperated sigh, and Nate chuckle

Kaldur watched the scene with a fond smile figuring that the two had started dating, he share a glance with robin and the boy wonder smirked realizing the same, the Atlantean looked at the speedster on the team and realized he didn't seem to realize the obvious new relationship

"Jesus Christ Nate, how the hell are you still walking" Artemis exclaimed as all the team focused on the pair and saw the red burning skin of the back of Nate, everybody could see red burning spots all around the back of Nate and they winced in pain

"I'm telling you I'm fine, a little tired that's all," Nate said as he looked at the female robot "She underestimated me and didn't go for the kill, so while they sting like hell, they are nothing major I promise," Nate said with a reassuring smile "So, how do we get our teammates out of the piece of abstract art," Nate said, and Robin grabbed a big red gun

"Well, I'm trying to use this but the emp shut down every machine here" Robin exclaimed

"Not every machine present" A voice called out from another hallway, and it revealed to be Red Tornado "What happened?" he asked, and Artemis walked forward leaving Nate behind to guard the robots just in case

"We have a visit from your family," Robin said as he narrowed his eyes at the robots

"Your extremely nasty family," Artemis remarked ad the team nodded at her statement

"I wasn't aware I had family" Red tornado said as he walked towards where Nate and the robots are

"Where have you been?" Conner asked distrust on his voice

"Monitor duty at the watchtower" Tornado said as he walked by the team and approached Nate "When it became clear that Cave communications were down, I attempted to investigate but your zeta tubes weren't working," Red tornado said as he knelt and looked at the robots while Nate looked at him curiously and the blond block any more conversations

"Wait a minute, the female robot wasn't trying to kill me, and they demanded our surrender time and time again, they weren't here to kill us, or we would be already dead, so why are they here?" Nate thought hard and a feeling of dread invaded his gut especially when kid and robin called out something

"Hey, the power is back," Kid and Robin said in unison and Nate saw a spark go into Red Tornado when he touched the female robot, the feeling of dread grew and Nate trusted his instincts and drew quickly one of his guns, but he wasn't a match for a member of the league

Red Tornado quickly stood and grabbed the wrist that had the gun on and with the other hand he created a small tornado that send Nate away, he winced in pain as his back crashed into the structure that contained Wally and Conner and fell to the floor, he wanted to stand up quickly but he fails as he fell to his knees and felt like he was choking, he looks up and saw Tornado sucking the air out of the room, he glanced at his girlfriend in worry but couldn't do anything as he started to fade and he blacks out falling into the floor

Sometime later

"Nate, can you hear me?" Nate blinked as he tried to wake up and heard a feminine voice call him out "Nate are you okay?" Nate blinked as he opened his eyes fully and saw Black Canary staring at him in concern

"Am I dead?" Nate asked with a groan as Black Canary offered him a hand to get up

"You are much alive, Nate" Black Canary said as Nate took her hand and leaned on her shoulder wincing in pain "How did you get these burns?" Canary asked and Nate chuckle

"I fell asleep on the beach?" Nate asked sarcastically and with a cheeky smile and Black Canary just shake her head in amusement "How's my team?" Nate asked in concern, and he looked around and saw Flash and Atom helping get out Conner and Wally, Artemis was being helped by Superman and the three remaining were talking with their mentors respectively

"They are alright as you can see," Canary said, and Nate sighed in relief

"What happened here?" Superman asked and Artemis glared at him

"What happened here!?" Artemis answer back in anger and looked at the destruction "The reds happen, Tornado and his…"Artemis started to say but couldn't find the robots anywhere "Wait, where are they?" Artemis asked out loud in curiosity and slight fear

"Gone," Robin said and everyone looked at him "All three on them, gone," he said in frustration as he and the team grew silent at that statement and Nate couldn't help himself and curse

"Shit"

End of chapter 11

And that's it end of the line

So, two things I wanted to clarify, its not really important, I'm just explaining why I made some risky moves along the story

So first the mention of the infinity stones, this doesn't mean that the marvel universe exit on this story, as I explained neither the infinity stones, nor thanos and neither the avengers will appear on my story

The only characters that would appear in my story are the DC characters and Naruto, so don't get your hopes up

Secondly, Artemis's and Nate's confession to each other

While some of you may think this is rushed and to soon, to me it feels right, Artemis in season 1 is very insecure in earlier episodes because she thinks the team will kick her out and that sort of stuff, later on those insecure turn into fear of rejection from Wally

So, I took that away, while she still fears that the team might judge her and everything, she trust Nate because he is like her, and she figured that Nate already knew, so that's what make her decision to tell her more easily, so that's why to me, in this story it felt more natural for them to trust each other so soon

And then is the fact that Nate also told her, while it might seem that Nate keeps his past a secret, he doesn't there a difference in keeping it a secret and not wanting to talk about it because of trauma, he made a connection with Artemis and maybe later he will tell someone else, but also remember what he told to Batman, a secret for a secret, so he also felt like he owe her some sort of explanation

That's my reasons for that moment of sharing, if someone disagrees feel free to leave your arguments and ideas on the reviews it helps me to get constructive criticism so don't be afraid to do it

With that being said I'll see you on the next chapter

Peace out compadres