Naruto x young justice fanfiction

Hello guys, wow its have been a while hasnt it? Two or three months, well I'm alive and I havent abandond these story, i just needed a break, whit school and some personal issues i havent been able to upload regurlarly but I'm back, and i took some time also to feel hwo the story was going and made some changes along the way but nothing to seroius, i hpe you enjoy ths chapter and i'll see you on the next one

Chp 13: The big leagues


Nate´s Minscape

"So let me get this straight…" The voice said as he looked at the grinning form of Nate "You went on a mission, and not only did you find an exotic pet but also an ancient sentient sword which has the spirit of an old red dragon?" the voice asked in exasperation

"Yeah, that's pretty much it," Nate said scratching his head nervously

"I know they used to call you the most unpredictable ninja, but this is too much" The voice mumbled so low that Nate couldn't hear him "So, you unlocked another part of your powers, didn't you?" the voice asked as he crossed his arms

"Yeah, my eyes were green, so I guess I only have one left to unlock," Nate said with a tone of uncertainty

"I sense fear in your voice, what are you so afraid of?" The voice asked Nate in curiosity and the blond hero looked at the floor

"I've been thinking, maybe it would be for the best if I don't unlock my memories," Nate said as he scratched his head "My past is nothing but pain and misery, maybe I should just stay the way that I am," Nate mumble and the voice sighed

"I understand now why you are here," The voice said as he stood up from his seat "As I told you last time I saw you, the next time we saw each other you'll be ready, I guess the death of Mr. Johnson affected you more than you let on," The voice mused out loud and Nate looked at him in shock

"That can be right, I have seen many deaths before," he protested, and the voice looked at him in pity

"Yeah, that's maybe right, but this was the first time you went and talk to the family of the victim directly, don't you?" The voice said as he crossed his arms "And you have been second-guessing your decision since that day," he said, and Nate looked at the floor

"I keep thinking maybe I should've taken him to the hospital, or try to apply medical care, he should've seen his family one last time," Nate said with sadness in his voice, and his doppelganger approached Nate and put a hand on his shoulder

"Look, nobody could make that decision like you did, if anyone else on your team would have gone there, they would've froze, like Conner and Artemis said," The voice said as Nate looked up "You told Artemis something after you console her, what was it?" The voice said as Nate sighed

"I told her, that we save others, for those that we couldn't," Nate said, and the voice nodded

"Come on stand up," The voice said as he offered Nate a hand, the blond hero took it and stood up "I know that maybe you think that your decision wasn't one a hero should make, but not every scenario is ideal and you know that," the voice said, and Nate nodded "And you fear that maybe when you get your powers back, you'll revert back to the way you were before, isn't it?" the voice asked and Nate nodded

"Yeah, I'm afraid of myself, I don't want to lose myself again, and I know I should not be afraid, but…" Nate said trying to find the words

"But you can't help yourself, and it's fair, to fear what we can't control," The voice said as he put a hand on his chin "But you won't lose yourself again, that's for certain, the doctors that freed you to make sure of that," The voice said as he stared behind Nate, the blond turn back to see what his doppelganger was staring at and saw the castle closer than ever before "The path you're walking towards to, is the path you've always walked before," The voice said as Nate stared in a trance at the castle, "They say that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but with you, power protects everyone, focus on the present Nate, and don't be afraid of the uncertain," The voice as Nate blinked as he felt he was exiting his mindscape


Nate's House

Nate woke up with a gasp and quickly sat up on his bead, he took a minute gasping for breaths, and rubbed his face of the sweat he had produced, he looked to his right and saw the clock signaling it was 7 am

He got out of bed and stretched his arms to get rid of his tiredness, he went into his bathroom to take a morning shower, and as he let the water fall on his head, he thought of the last mission he had "Maybe I should have a talk with Canary, the voice was right, this affected more than I care to admit," he thought as he finishes his shower and started getting dressed in his usual clothes

He grabbed his phone and Canary's business card and head towards the kitchen, he started dialing the number and call her as he took out a box of cereal

"Hello, this is Dinah, whose is this?" Nate heard Canary say over the phone and Nate chuckled

"Dinah huh? Oddly enough that name fits you," Nate said as he put his phone on his right ear and started serving cereal on a plate

"Hello Nate, to what do I owe the pleasure?" Canary said ignoring the joke Nate had said and the blond hero turn serious for a moment

"I would like to make an appointment with you if that's okay," Nate said as he started eating the cereal

"An appointment?" Canary asked confused and Nate sighed

"Yeah, for therapy I mean, last mission brought unpleasant memories back," Nate said and wait for a moment as he felt Canary was gathering her thoughts

"Ok, I can make that happen, but it may take a while, with my job in the league, my schedule isn't the best," Canary said, and Nate chuckled

"I can imagine, and don't worry I can wait, I just needed to make this first step," Nate said and saw that he had another call incoming "I'm sorry Canary I have to go, talk to you soon," Nate said as he hung up and took the other call

"Hey," Nate heard Artemis say over the line and Nate couldn't help but smile

"Hey," he responded as he finish his small breakfast and place the plate in the dishwasher "How are you, Art?" Nate said as he head towards the backyard to play with Ciri

"I'm good, I think I managed to get my nightmares under control, it was a tough mission back then," Artemis said, and Nate nodded feeling the same way as her "So, what time are you picking me up?" Artemis asked and Nate frowned in deep thought

"Well, the baby shower it's at 9:30 am, so I can pick you up at 9 o clock," Nate said as he took a seat on one of the couches in the backyard as he felt Ciri approaching him "You know, you don't have to come if you don't want to, I know this isn't the best idea for a second date," Nate said as he saw Ciri stand in front of him demanding to get a pet

"But I want to, they are a great part of your life, besides we can always have a second date later," Artemis said and Nate chuckled "Although, Megan said that she wanted to go on a double date, what do you think?" Artemis asked him

"Well, I'm down, but I think we should let Megan prepare everything," Nate said with a chuckle while petting the black wolf

"Yeah, she's the sort of person who would like to plan a night out, well I'll make sure to tell her that," Artemis said, and Nate stood up from the couch and stared at the black wolf "I'll see you later babe," Artemis said, and Nate nodded

"I can't wait," Nate said as he hung up "So today, I have a big day, and I can't travel the streets with a big black wolf, so I told Megan to pick you up, and then I'll meet you at the cave, is that good?" Ciri barked in agreement and Nate nodded as he petted her once last time before he went into the study that batman had shown him, he got there and opened the door as he started to view his documents

"Let's see, in Santa Prisca, Sportsmaster and cobra were the buyers and dealers, but who they were working for? Sportsmaster is known for always taking jobs from the league of shadows, and with Ra's appearing on Taipei with Luthor, they are clearly working together," Nate thought as he put the photos of the mentioned people on a whiteboard

"But there's no way Sportsmaster was giving commands so, he is clearly working for them," Nate said out loud as he put the photo of Artemis's dad below them "Then there was Biayla's job, and there's no way Queen Bee is working for them, so she has to have a partnership with them, it's too much a coincidence for her to not be working with those two," Nate though as he put a photo of Queen Bee next to the one of Luthor "And she obviously has Psimon working for her, there's no way he was doing that in Bialya uncheck," he said out loud and went back to his folders

"Then there was The Brain, with how he had the green light to mess with Captain Marvel, then definitely his in the top of their weird food chain," Nate thought as he put the photo of the brain next to Queen Bee "And from the information the league has to provide, he controls the gorillas from his hometown," he said as he put the photos of a black and an albino gorilla bellow him

"Then there's the wild card, Klarion, if what Kent said was true, there is no way someone like him works for someone like Abracadabra, and even if the attack on Kent was too organized for him, he is a major threat and I think he's part of this society," Nate thought as he places the photo of Klarion next to Ra's one, and put Abracadabra's one below him

"Klarion, Ra's, Queen Bee, Luthor, and the brain" Nate counted them out loud and put a question mark above them and one next to Klarion's photo "It's too stupid but it's obvious there are Seven on top, whoever brought them together is a poetic person," Nate thought as he then looks at the last interrogate on the board "I'm betting all my money, that this last member is whoever is working with the shimmer," Nate thought as he steps back and put a hand on his chin "I wonder if this is the organization Mr. Martinez told us about," Nate mused out loud as he put "The light" with a question mark and put the marker on his table

He took out his phone and went into the camera and took a photo of the whiteboard, and then checked the hour "8:40 huh?" Nate thought as he exited the study and walk towards his garage, he got on his bike and he attached an extra black helmet for Artemis, he opened the garage door as he put his helmet on, and started driving towards Artemis's house


Artemis's house sometime later

Nate parked in front of the main entrance of her apartment building, he took out his helmet, and waited for his girlfriend on the side of the road, he looked up as he felt someone watching him and saw Artemis's mom looking at him

"Hi, Nate! How are you?" Paula Crock said and Nate smiled

"I'm good Paula," Nate said simply, and she nodded

"Artemis is on her way, I would invite you over, but I know you're on a tight schedule," Paula said and Nate smirked

"I'm sorry, but I'll make sure to make it up to you, maybe I'll cook for you this time," Nate said, and Paula laughed

"I'll look forward to it," she said and Nate glanced to his right as he heard Artemis coming towards him, he saw her and looked at her outfit, it was a black leather jacket and a white blouse, some dark blue jeans, and black boots with heels on them, and her hair tied in a ponytail

"Hey there," Artemis said as she walk to him and kiss his cheek "Waiting long?" Artemis asked and Nate chuckled

"Not really, besides I had good company," Nate said pointing at the window leading to her department, Artemis look up and saw her mother leaning on the window

"Mom, what are you doing?" Artemis asked in annoyance and Paula chuckle

"Just chatting here with your boyfriend," Paula said as she separate herself from the window "Well, I'll leave you be, I have things to do," she said as she dove into the apartment

"She's too much sometimes," Artemis said in exasperation, and Nate chuckle

"She just loves you too much, and you're easy to tease," Nate said while laughing and Artemis tsk in annoyance

"Just drive before I toss you off the bike," Artemis said as she climbed on the bike and put the helmet on

"You're good?" Nate said as he put his helmet on and Artemis nodded, as she put her arms around Nate's waist "Then off we go," Nate said as he started driving towards Tony's house


Tony's house

Nate parked in front of Tony's house and let Artemis climb down from the bike and then he proceed to get off the bike, they both put their helmets on the bike and walk towards Tony's house, they got to the main door and Nate pushed the doorbell

"Oh Nate, look at me for a second," Artemis said as Nate turn to look at her

"What is it?" Nate asked curiously, as Artemis started to ruffle his hair, trying to accommodate it better

"Your hair was messed up, there," Artemis said as she took a glance at his hair "Much better," she said and Nate smiled at her, they heard the door open and saw Markus standing there

"Ah Nate, nice of you to join us," Markus said with a chuckle in his voice

"Please, I'm five minutes late, it's not my fault, Gotham has the worst traffic in America," Nate said with a frown on his face

"You should have seen him, shouting at the cars," Artemis said chuckling, and Nate grumble as they laughed at him

"Please come in, we are in the backyard," Markus said as he lead both youngsters to the back of the house, they entered the backyard and they saw it was surrounded by blue and pink balloons and they were several tables with people on them, and some tables with food

"You can go and take a seat, there next to Cat, I'll go tell Tony you're here," Markus said as they nodded and walked towards the table Markus had pointed at

"Well, if it isn't my favorite canvas," Cat said with a wave of her hand and Nate shook his head as he help Artemis to her seat and took a seat next to her

"Must you keep calling me that?" Nate said in exasperation and Cat chuckled at him

"Of course, it's part of my charm," she said, and Nate chuckle

"What's more surprising is seen you out of your den, I thought you never left that place," Nate said and Cat chuckled

"Usually I don't, but Tony's my sponsor, so obviously I had to come," Cat said, and Nate nodded "So, are you going to introduce us?" Cat said nodding at Artemis

"Right sorry, my mind's everywhere right now," Nate said as he looked at Artemis "Art, this is Cat, resident tattoo artist of the underground, she made my tattoos, Cat, this is Artemis, my girlfriend and member of my team," Nate said as both females shook hands

"So, you're the famous one, who tamed our dragon here?" Cat asked with a smirk on her face

"Well, I guess, I think we just found each other," Artemis said as Nate grabbed her hand and smiled at her

"You're too cute for my system," Cat said with a chuckle in her voice "But if you want matching tattoos, you know where to find me," she said as they saw Tony and a woman in her mid-thirties, with a big pink dressed that hide her growing belly, Nate figure she was Emily, Tony's wife and he saw them heading towards them

"Nate, I'm glad you came," Tony said as Nate stood up and greet them "Emily, this is Nate, the one I talk you about," Tony said and Nate chuckled nervously

"Only good things I hope," Nate said with a chuckle as he shake hands with Emily

"Oh yeah, he told me about the youngster who had to make waves on the underground," Emily said with a chuckle "And how that kid had beat someone close to death," she said and Nate grumble with pink cheeks

"You told her about that!?" Nate said in annoyance and Tony chuckled

"I don't have any secrets with my wife, and of course I told her, you cause a big impression on everyone," Tony said, and Net sighed in defeat

"I'm sorry to ignore you, what's your name dear?" Emily asked Artemis and the blond woman shook Emily's hand

"Artemis ma'am, I'm Nate's girlfriend," she said and Emily smile

"You're really pretty, you are a really lucky guy Nate," Emily said as Artemis blushed at the praise and Nate smiled at that

"Well anyway, we came to tell you that we're starting the reveal, so if you please go gather back there," Tony said as he took Emily's hand and lead her to the center of the area

"Shall we?" Nate asked holding a handout to Artemis, and Cat decided to head into the gathering crowd first, and Artemis took his hand

They walked into the gathering crowd and stood at the edge of the circle to get a better view of what was happening

"What do you feel is going to be, boy or a girl?" Artemis asked Nate and he thought for a second

"Well, if we follow history is going to be a girl probably," Nate said with a chuckle as he saw Tony grabbing a box from the side "Though I hope it's a boy," Nate said as Artemis looked at him in curiosity

"Why?" She asked as Tony and Emily put a hand on top of the box and prepare to open it

"Well, he loves his kids, but he said he always wanted a boy, maybe this will be his chance," Nate said as the married couple opened the box and blue balloons started to fly out of it

"Well, you were right about him wanting a boy," Artemis said with a chuckle as she saw Tony screaming in excitement and his wife chuckling at him

"He's really a goofball," They heard a voice say behind them and turn to see Markus standing there "I'm sorry to meddle in, but can I speak to Nate privately?" Markus asked and Nate turned to look at Artemis

"Go, I'll go chat with Cat, maybe she'll tell me stories of your early days in the underground," Artemis said with a chuckle and left before Nate could utter a word of protest

Nate sighed and turned to look at Markus, they walk into the food section and Markus grabbed a can of beer and opened it before starting speaking

"I have a message from the bosses for you," Markus said as Nate grabbed a bag of chips and started eating it

"Another mission?" Nate asked while munching a chip

"No, you're being promoted," Markus said, and Nate looked at him with a raised eyebrow

"I didn't know mercenaries from the underground could be promoted," Nate said, and Markus chuckled

"Well, it's more like you're getting clearance for certain things," Markus said as he finished his beer and placed it on the table "There are a few things you can do now, but the main one they gave to you, it's the ability to sponsor people," Markus said as Nate's eyes winded "If you're wondering what that means, it means if you bring a mercenary or a soldier, they can enter the trials," Markus said and Nate frown in thought

"So, it's different than what I did with doctor roquette?" Nate asked in curiosity and Markus nodded

"The doctor was a special case, she had made a name for herself, and, she isn't a soldier," Markus said as he crossed his arms "She was tested by Viktor, so they did give her trials, that's why they didn't mind you skipping procedures," Markus said, "For someone who doesn't have clearance, they need to do what you did when you introduce Artemis to the underground," Markus said, and Nate nodded in understanding

"So, with this clearance, I don't have to do that?" Nate asked and Markus nodded

"Sort of if the person joining you plans to join the underground, then they don't need the red ribbon or anything, but if they don't, then follow procedures," Markus said as Net nodded, and his mind went back to the offer he made to Cheshire "You already have someone in mind? Is it Artemis?" Markus asked while chuckling but stopped when he saw the serious face on Nate

"No, but you're not far off, I'm thinking of her sister," Nate said, and Markus put a hand on his chin

"Well, she's a shadow, it would be tricky, and she would definitely be the first shadow to join us," Markus said and then smirked, and Nate froze as he saw that familiar smirk

He couldn't hear what Markus was saying, as Nate wasn't seeing him, instead he was seeing Cheshire without her mask smirking at him

"Nate, are you there?" Markus said as Nate shook his head to get rid of those thoughts

"Yeah, sorry what did you say?" Nate asked as he glance at the can of beer that Markus was drinking

"I said, that if she is anything like her mother, she should be fine," Markus said and Nate chuckle

"I'm guessing you two used to date?" Nate asked and Markus chuckled

"Nah, we were lovers, escaping from our respective partners, she hated hers, and I didn't love mine, so we found each other, but then I had my son, and I broke our relationship," Markus said with a melancholy look on his face, Nate was going to say something but stop as he saw Tony coming towards them, Nate took advantage and grabbed the beer can and quietly put it on the right pocket of his jacket

"I'm going to have a son Markus! Can you believe it?" Tony said shaking Markus around with happy tears on his face

"I know dude, congratulations, but please stop shaking me," Markus said as Tony stopped and look at Nate

"Congratulations dude, I know you always wanted a boy," Nate said as Tony nodded and then Nate took out his phone to check on the hour "We should probably get going, we have training in an hour," Nate said as Tony nodded in understanding

"Duty calls, I understand, follow so you can grab a slice of cake," Tony said, and Nate nodded

"I'll see you around kid," Markus said, and Nate nodded, his mind going at the revelation he had earlier

"Here, take one for you and one for your girlfriend, you can put it in one of these," Toy said giving Nate two lunch box

"Thanks," Nate said putting two slices of cake in the lunch box and saying his goodbyes to Tony, he looked around and his eyes met with Artemis, who was talking to Cat, he nodded signaling they should go and started walking towards the exit

He got to where he had parked his bike and waited for Artemis there, he was in deep thought thinking about Markus and Cheshire and didn't hear Artemis approach him

She put a hand on Nate's shoulder to shake him off of his trance and Nate looked at her with a frown

"Nate, are you alright, did something happen?" Artemis asked in concern and Nate sighed

"I did promise you, there will be no secrets between us," Nate mumbled as he looked at her "I have something, that involves your sister," Nate said and Artemis's eyes winded

"Jade? What of her?" Artemis asked in curiosity and Nate looked around

"I'll tell you but not here, lets go to my place before we go to the cave, there's something I need to verify," Nate said as he handed her the lunch box and got on his bike


Nate's house sometime later

They arrived at Nate's house, and he quickly lead her into his study, and he place the lunch box on a table nearby

"What's this?" Artemis asked as she saw the whiteboard with the pictures of the light

"Ah that, it's what I have so far of the group that's been orchestrating everything, or what I think it is," Nate said as he put a hand on his chin "I'll explain it better when we go to the cave, I want to get this over with," Nate said as he took the can of beer out of his pocket, he places it on the table and then grab a DNA testing kit batman had supplied him just in case

"Nate, what's going on?" Artemis asked in concern as Nate put Markus's DNA on the device and started comparing his DNA with Cheshire's

"So, on my solo mission to Taipei, the one I helped Roy, Cheshire was there," Nate said, and Artemis nodded

"Yeah, I know, she was there to kill Luthor or something," Artemis said and Nate chuckle

"She was there to create tension so Luthor could show off his devices, I think he and Ra's were working together," Nate said as he glanced at the whiteboard "But that's not important, after the mission she approach me, to ask me if there was a way, she could join the underground and leave the shadows," Nate said as he opened the lunch box and took a throwable fork and started eating his slice of cake

"And you're considering it?" Artemis asked and Nate nodded "My sister is a good person I know that, so if you want my opinion, you should accept her in," Artemis said and Nate chuckled

"Babe, that was my plan, it's up to her now," he said as he glance at the DNA tester "But this changes things a bit," Nate said as Artemis looked at him in confusion

"What do you mean?" Artemis asked him and he look at her

"She told me her father forced her into working for the shadows, she obviously doesn't love her father," Nate said and Artemis chuckled

"Yeah, it's the same for me," Artemis said, and Nate nodded "But what does that have to do with anything?" She asked pointing at the DNA tester

"You both are your mother's daughters, that's a fact," Nate said with a smile on his face before turning serious again "But I got a gut feeling that doesn't apply to her father, I don't think she's Sportsmaster daughter," Nate said as he heard the DNA tester ringing, signaling it had finished its experiment, and the device started printing a page

"If I'm right, this should match with Cheshire DNA in at least 50%," Nate said as he took the page and Artemis got closer to him to look at it "I hate being right sometimes," Nate said with a sigh as they saw the matching DNA on the paper

"What do we do now?" Artemis asked in concern and Nate rubbed his face in annoyance

"Do you think your mother knows? Maybe the conceiving part of the process was too close to be certain," Nate said, and Artemis crossed her arms

"It could be, no matter we need to talk to my mom, to see if she knows, maybe that way we can think of a plan or something," Artemis said, and Nate nodded

"I think is our best plan so far, lets go and talk to your mother," Nate said with a sigh as they started to leave Nate's house with the paper in hand


Artemis place sometime later

"Nervous?" Nate asked Artemis as he saw her fidgeting where she was standing

"Yeah, but this is for the best, if she doesn't know, then she deserves to," Artemis said as she inserted the keys to her home and open the door as they entered the apartment "Mom, you home?" Artemis asked out loud

"Yeah, in the living room," They heard Paula call out and headed to where she was "I thought you were going to training after the baby shower," Paula said in confusion and Artemis sighed

"Mom, we need to talk," Artemis said as Nate and she took a seat on the couch

"What's this about?" Paula asked and Nate coughed to bring her attention to him

"Markus told me you and he were lovers, isn't that, right?" Nate asked and Paula nodded with uncertainty in her eyes

"Yeah, we were friends in the underground, and I was forced to marry Sportsmaster, my parents said it was good for business, so when that happen, I was sad and we found each other Markus and I," She said with fondness on her voice "But what are you getting at, I'm sure there's more to it than just investigating my love life," she said, and Artemis sighed as she handed her a paper

"Mom, Jade is your daughter, but she isn't dad's," Artemis said as Paula look at the DNA testing

"She's Markus's biological daughter," Nate said as tears started to form in Paula's eyes

"This can't be true, please tell me this is a joke," Paula said in a pleading manner and Nate shook his head no "Oh god, I should've known, I should've," Paula mumbled and Artemis stood up and went to hug her mother "I know it's not fair to ask you, but my daughter shouldn't be in the place she is, can you save her?" Paula pleaded to Nate, and he nodded

"I will ma'am, I promise," Nate said as he let Artemis consul her mother and rub his face in tiredness


Mount Justice several hours later

"How are you holding up?" Nate asked Artemis as they both got off his bike and started heading towards the main area of the cave

"I'm fine, thanks to you, it was a lot to take in at first but now I'm fine," Artemis said, and Nate grabbed her hand and looked at her in concern "Ok, I'm a little shaken, but I'm mainly worried about my sister that's all," Artemis said, and Nate hugged to comfort her

"Last time I spoke to her, she was with a step out of that life, we will save her," Nate said, and Artemis hugged him back and nodded

"We will," Artemis said as they separate themselves and started walking back to the main area

They entered and the first thing that happened was Nate being assaulted by a big black wolf "Ciri get off," Nate said trying to shake the wolf from him "It hasn't been that long stop," Nate said as the wolf separate herself from Nate and went to greet Artemis "Great, now I'm cover in wolf saliva," Nate said as he rubbed his face to get rid of it

"I missed you to Ciri," Nate heard Artemis say as she scratched the wolf belly as Ciri had laid on the floor

"Recognize Batman 02" Nate heard the computer say as he and Artemis looked towards the Zeta tubes and saw the dark knight walking rapidly to the main area

"Computer, national news," Batman said as several holograms of news appeared around the area, Artemis and Nate started to walk towards the rest of the team as they saw the seriousness of the place

"The initial attack was short-lived, but metropolis was a short reprieve," A reporter said as the tv show a giant vine wrapping itself in a building and destroying it "And despite the intervention of Superman and the league," the reporter said as the feed show Superman rescuing two civilians before the building was completely destroyed "There's seems to be no end in sight," The reporter said

"Should we go out there?" Robin asked with excitement in his voice

"No, the league is handling the situation, that's not why I'm here," Batman said as the team frowned "According to your information, Sportsmaster," he said as a photo of the mercenary appeared in the hologram, and Nate saw Artemis frown intensely at the image "Was working for the people that supplied Kobra with Blockbuster's formula from Cadmus," Batman said

"Who combines it with Bane's venom to create Kobra-venom," Wally said referring to Kobra

"Which Brain infuse with the animals in his army," Robin remarked

"And upgraded wolf and Ciri here," Conner remarked, and Nate shook his head

"Nope, Ciri wasn't messed with," Nate corrected Conner "She's a mystery indeed," Nate remarked as he scratched her neck

"We also saw him using Belle Reve's collars on them," Megan said as Nate scratched his chin

"That means whoever is orchestrating this, has Belle Reve on its pockets," Nate mused out loud and Artemis looked at Batman

"Is it possible those plants have Kobra-Venom? They don't seem normal," Artemis asked as she saw the footage of the plants

"Green Lantern manage to grab a speck of DNA from the plants, the study shows traces of Kobra-Venom," Batman said making the team frown

"This is too much of a coincidence," Kaldur said with a frown on his face "Unrelated criminals are cooperating with one another," Kaldur said with a hint of fear in his voice

"It's actually not that surprising," Nate said as everyone turned to look at him "It's fighting fire with fire, the Justice League was created, so villains realize they couldn't do it alone anymore, probably," Nate said as she shrugged his arms

"That's right, apparently it's clear our enemies have formed some sort of society of Supervillains," Batman said and what he said next made Nate frown in deep thought "The attack on Metropolis is just the beginning," Batman said and Nate frown

"No, that can't be right, just the beginning?" Nate thought as he ignore what Robin was saying "These people have always been efficient, they wouldn't do something like this, so what's the endgame here?" Nate thought as he saw the feed of the hologram fading and cutting

"Dude," Wally remarked to Robin

"This isn't me," Robin said typing frenetically at his arm pad "Someone is cutting in the satellite signal, all satellite signals," Robin said glancing at the hologram

The image cut again and revealed Batman's more iconic villain, The Joker greening at the camera, he tapped the camera before speaking "Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupted your regular schedule mayhem to bring you an important announcement, from the injustice league," The joker said while laughing maniacally as the camera turn to the left revealing the rest of the members of this group

"We are responsible for the attack on your cities," A man dressed in green robes and with white, blond hair said, this man was known as Count Vertigo "If you wish to save them, a ransom of 10 billion American dollars is required, delivery instructions have been sent to the united nations," Count Vertigo said in full seriousness and then an evil smirk form on his face "There's no time limit, but the more you take…" he said as the camera turned back to the joker

"The more time we get to have for our… jollies," The Joker said laughing maniacally as the feed froze with the image of Joker laughing

"Roger that Aquaman," The team heard Batman say as they saw him with a hand to his right ear "UN will probably prepare to pay the ransom, but I assure you it won't come to that," Batman said as he separate his finger from his ear

"So, the puppets come out to play huh?" Nate thought as he stared at the static holograms, he glance to his right and saw Robin typing quickly into the hologram's keyboard

Robin rewound the video and scanned the face of everyone in the feed before speaking "Count Vertigo, The Joker, Poison Ivy, Black Adam, Wotan, Ultra-Huminite and Atomic skull, seven heavy hitters," Robin said as they all look at him "Probably behind nearly everything and everyone we'd face so far," Robin said and Nate frown

"He can't be serious, can he?" Nate thought but held his thoughts back as he saw everyone on his team agreeing with the young hero

"That's your secret society," Wally murmured agreeing with Robin and Nate crossed his arms a thing only Batman noticed

"Not so secret anymore," Artemis scoffed seeing the image on the holograms, but then frown as she glanced at Nate in confusion remembering his whiteboard, Nate shook his head signaling something was off here

"Perhaps after India, they've realized we would deduce the truth, and saw no point of hiding anymore," Kaldur said, and Wally quickly follow him

"Yeah, that was their mistake," Wally said with a smile on his face as the team smirked at what they had figured out, and he was going to say more but Nate couldn't hold it anymore and scoffed at what they were saying

"Seems you don't agree with what your team is saying," Batman remarked, and Nate looked at him with a raised eyebrow

"Do you?" Nate asked and Batman narrowed his eyes, as the team looked at them in confusion

"No, I don't, especially because of the image you sent me this morning," Batman said

"What image?" Conner asked with narrowed eyes as he didn't want to be left out again

"Well, while Kaldur was wrong at these being our mysterious society that has been controlling everything, he wasn't wrong when he said that we could figure out some things," Nate said as he nodded to Batman to display the image "These are the real villains orchestrating our predicaments," Nate said as the team winded as they saw the images on the whiteboard

"So, these ones," Artemis said pointing at the broadcast "What are they then?" She asked preventing Robin from asking Nate his reasons from the people on the whiteboard

"It's obvious, they're puppets, a smokescreen," Nate said as the team looked at him "You're a scientist," Nate said looking at Wally "When you create a new drug, what's the first thing you do before realizing it to the public?" Nate asked rhetorically

"You test… it," Wally said as his eyes winded in surprise, the team realized that was exactly what was happening

"Exactly, they're testing it, but they can't have their faces on public like that, especially not Luthor," Nate said looking at the whiteboard "So, what do you do, gather a lot of know supervillains, and make them take the fall, isn't that right?" Nate asked Batman and the dark knight nodded

"Yeah, that was the same thinking I had, but it doesn't matter right now," Batman said as the team grew serious again and face him "I have a mission for you, the league will handle the plants, but we need to destroy the control center," Batman said as Wally's eyes winded

"You do realize what are you asking them to do?" An Italian-looking man dressed in a magician's suit asked Batman and Nate leaned toward Conner

"Hey, who's that?" Nate asked the young clone in confusion

"Zatara, our caretaker for the week," Conner said as Nate glanced at the man with a frown on his face "He uses magic according to Megan, I haven't really seen him do it," Conner offered, and Nate nodded

"It's really a big world, isn't it?" Nate asked out loud as the two bonded brothers paid attention to the league members again

"I really trust you know what you're doing," Zatara said with a sigh making Batman narrow his eyes at him

"And I trust you can locate the enemy," Batman said with a hint o annoyance in his voice

"Awkward" Nate whispered and those who were near him nodded mentally as they saw Zatara asking Robin for a hollo map of the world

Nate frowned as a small headache invade his mind when he saw Zatana chanting a magic spell, the hollo map spun around until it stop in a swamped area of the world and a bright light shine on it

"Hey, I still don't know what we're supposed to do," Wally remarked, and Artemis swapped his head with an annoyed face on her

"Isn't it obvious dofus, we're going against them," Artemis said pointing at the hologram of the villains, and Wally's eyes winded in shock

"Exactly, your job is to infiltrate the site and turn off the device that's controlling the plants," Batman said as Nate paid attention to those words while getting his headache under control "Once you do that the league will rendezvous on your location," Batman said ending with a serious stare to Nate

The blond teen nodded and turned to his team in full seriousness "You heard the man, suit up and meet me at the ship ASAP" Nate said as the team disperse to change into their hero's outfits

Since Nate was already wearing his, he turned to Batman and asked him another question

"How long before you can rendezvous at our location?" Nate asked and Batman stared at him

"5 min minimum, as soon as the plants go off, Superman will go to your location," Batman said and Nat nodded as he put on his black facemask and headed towards the ship "Good luck Nate," Batman said as Nate left the area


Megan's Bioship hangar

Nate was the first to arrive outside the ship and started pacing back and forth thinking of a plan, he got one but now he needed to wait for his team so they can agree with his plan,

The rest of the team arrived at the same time on the elevator and gather around Nate, the blond youngster looked at every single one of his teammates in seriousness and then sighed as he prepare to talk but stopped as he saw Aqualad with a bag on his right arm, he was about to ask what that was, but he could sense the power emitting from it and figure it was the Helmet of Fate

While he was in deep thought figuring out how the hell, he could sense that power, Kid Flash asked Aqualad what was on the bag

"Plan b, just in case," Kaldur said, and everyone nodded and then look at Nate who had just exited his deep trance and turned serious

"Okay guys, I have a plan, a risky one, but a plan nonetheless," Nate said as he turn to Robin "Can you lay out a map of the area we're going to" Nate ordered, and Robin nodded as he started taping into his arm pad and a hollo map of the area appeared in between the team

"We are going to divide and conquer," Nate said and a few of the teammates like Kaldur and Conner got what he meant but he saw he needed to elaborate

"We will split into two teams, me, Superboy, Aqualad, and Kid flash will face the villains head on, draw them out," he stopped and look at those three in particular and saw that they were ready "The rest of you under Robin's leadership, will go stealthy into the area where they are controlling the plants, turn it off, and once you do contact Batman or the league, any questions?" Nate said and Wally raised his hand and Nate nodded at him

"Aren't we supposed to apprehend them?" Kid flash said and Robin nodded feeling the same way as him

"Honestly I don't believe we can win against them and apprehend them, not at our current level," Nate said and Aqualad spoke right after him

"That's why you want the league to do it, don't you?" Aqualad asked and Nate nodded

"If we can survive long enough and make a way for the league to come over that will be ideal, Superboy, you will face one on one against Black Adam, don't hold back you're the only one who can fight him," Nate said and Superboy nodded

"Kaldur, Wally your job will be to access, stay back and help us if we need to or distract them if you have to, you two will be our support and long distant attacks got it," Nate said as the two nodded and Artemis then asked Nate something

"And what will you do?" Artemis asked and Nate smirked under his mask and grab the hilt of his guns

"I'm going to be a pain in the ass," Nate said as the team smirked feeding off his confidence


Inside bioship

"Remember the plan guys, as soon as we near the place, Superboy drop out and make a loud commotion," Nate said as the dark-haired teen nodded

"And we will use the commotion to disappear," Robin said as Nate nodded, he look then at Megan and without having to ask out loud Megan understood him

"Mental links establish, T-minus 2 min for dropout," Megan said over the link and Nate stood up from his chair

"Show time guys," Nate said over the mental link as Superboy crack his shoulders and drop down off the ship

"See you on the other side guys," Artemis said as Nate, Aqualad, and Kid Flash dropped behind Superboy, they landed gracefully on the land and saw Superboy trading punches with Black Adam

Nate quickly took out his guns and shoot a nonlethal bullet at Count Vertigo as he saw him preparing for an attack

"Kid, keep Vertigo under pressure I handle the rest of them," Nate shouted as he kept shooting at the rest of the villains, Wotan launched a yellow beam toward Nate who quickly dodge it and kept shooting at them while pushing forward

He saw Aqualad facing the vines from Poison Ivy and Atomic skull at the same time, Kid Flash circle around Count vertigo and Ultra-Humanite, Nate saw ahead and lock eyes with the Joker and Wotan

"Robin, all villains are here, you're ok to go," Nate said over the mental link as he dodge a stab from the joker and grab the clown's arm and throw him towards Wotan

"Roger that," Robin said over the mental link as Nate fired another round towards the face of Wotan "Approaching the facility now," Robin said as Nate crouched down dodging a flying Superboy above him

The teens kept battling the villains not gaining an advantage but neither losing their grounds, they battle for a while until poison ivy shouted and drop to the floor in pain, signaling that the plants had been turned off, an explosion rocked the ground and everyone looks at the facility near them

Nate smirked but then cursed as the heroes had let their guard off Black Adam took advantage of the distraction and grabbed Wally by the arm and throw him into Superboy breaking his arm in the process

Kid flash screamed in pain as Superboy hold him up and cursed, Nate locked eyes with Count Vertigo and spoke to him

"Your facility is down stand down and I promise you'll get a fair trial," Nate said in a threatening manner as he saw Aqualad reaching for his bag that he had let down before the fight had started

"Stand down?" Count Vertigo asked rhetorically as he stared down at the teenager "In case you haven't realized, we outnumber you," Count vertigo said, and Nate smirked and pointed to the sky

"I wouldn't be so sure about that," Nate said as a man in blue and red things drop from the sky, this man was Superman and he was facing the villains with a scowl on his face "So, will you take my offer?"

"Perhaps another time, and next time I will kill you," Count Vertigo said as a smoke bomb dropped in front of the villains, Nate closed his eyes by the force of the smoke and when he opened them the villains were gone

"They disappeared?" Nate asked in confusion at Superman and the big guy nodded as he scanned the area

"Yep, a red beam transported them out of here, don't worry we will get them," Superman said as Nate nodded and turned to look at Kid Flash

"How are you?" Nate asked in concern as he crouched down in front of Wally

"I'm fine, but my arm is broken, definitely," Wally said showing them his broken arm and wincing by the pian

"Don't worry, cavalry is on the way and besides, chicks dig a man with a brace," Nate said with a smirk on his face and Wally laughed as he saw the league approaching the area


Nate's mindscape

"So, it's about time, isn't it?" The voice said as he notice the castle nearing him rapidly "Next time I see you, Nate, you will remember, you will remember my name, I guarantee it."

The end