Naruto x Young Justice Fanfiction
Hello and welcome to the 15th installment of this story, back so soon with a chapter as I´m making up for all the time I missed
Now I'll answer a few questions
From phillyitalian: I've checked the wiki fandom and its Wu-Shang
From hammelbroden: The second option, she put him through the experiment of who she was
Today in this chapter Zatanna appears and I'm very excited, I hope every one of you enjoys this chapter and leave your reviews on the review box
As always, I don't own the characters of the story only my OC's and in no way I'll make any money out of this story
I'll see you in the next chapter then
Chapter 15: Humanity is overrated
Mount Justice a week ago
"Welcome Nate, please take a seat," Black Canary said, she was sitting on a couch facing another couch and Nate figured she meant for him to take a seat in front of her
"Thank you for meeting me," Nate said as he took a seat on the couch in front of Canary
"You do realize that these sessions are mandatory right?" Canary asked rhetorically and Nate nodded
"Yeah, I know, but it felt right to thank you," Nate said with a smile on his face as he made himself comfortable on the couch
"Before we start, may I ask why you want to be the last one of these sessions?" Canary asked in curiosity as Nate sighed and turn serious for a moment
"Because of what I'll be talking about, it's a lot and I wanted to give you time to process it," Nate said as Canary looked at him in confusion
"What do you mean?" Canary asked whit a hint of curiosity in her voice
"Do you know why Conner and me bonded right away?" Nate asked rhetorically and continued talking when he saw Canary shaking her head no "We have similar backstories, we both were an experiment at some point in our life," Nate said, and Canary leaned forward to pay close attention to what Nate was saying o
"The difference between us is that he was created, and I was experimented on, but other than that we were both made to be weapons for other men to use," Nate said looking at the ground before taking a deep breath and facing Canary again
"How did you become that weapon?" Canary asked as she write her thoughts in a notebook and kept staring directly at Nate
"My mother took me into that program, at first it wasn't that bad, it was like a summer camp, but instead of normal activities, we were trained beyond our capabilities, and gave us different tests for us to complete," Nate said, and Canary nodded understanding the situation
"And if you failed the test they took you out, right?" Canary asked and Nate nodded confirming that statement
"Exactly, but I still remember those tests fondly, after all that's where I met my first crush," Nate said with a chuckle "Jenny was her name, she was kind and really didn't fit that scenario, but she tried her best," Nate said remembering fondly
"But something changed, didn't it? What happened?" Canary asked pushing gently for a response and Nate sighed as he continue talking
"I was 12 when it all change," Nate said as he prepare himself to remember that awful day
Flashback
A 12-year-old Nate woke up in his laboratory room and started stretching, he took a seat on his bed and waited for the morning doctor to check on him, his feet dangle on the end of the bed as he heard a knock on the door of his room and the door started to open and Nate watch it closely
He stood up from his bed as a female doctor entered the room and kneel in front of Nate as he fidget under her stare
"How did you sleep Naruto?" The doctor asked as she started to check his vitals
Nate never understood why they kept calling those names, but he didn't voice out his confusion, he kept staring at the doctor and answered her question
"I slept well," Nate said and the doctor smiled as she removed the devices that checked for vitals and pat Nate on the head
"Good I'm glad, you'll need all the energies you can gather for today's test with Mr. Shaw," The doctor said as she started leading Nate to the outside
End of flashback
"Who's Mr. Shaw?" Canary asked Nate as she kept writing notes on her notepad
"Our teacher, someone like you but more serious and mean," Nate said and Canary nodded in understanding
"Did he teach you the combat you know now?" Canary asked and Nate thought for a second before answering
"The majority of it, but my mother helped also so I think I can't credit all my training to Mr. Shaw," Nate said, and Canary nodded she could understand the thought of having multiple teachers as a form of learning a martial art
"Your mother, what's her name?" Canary asked as she kept writing in her notebook
"I'm sorry, but I don't feel like talking about my mother right now," Nate said as Canary crossed her arms in front of her and looked at him in confusion
"Why is that?" Canary asked and Nate scratched his head in a nervous manner
"My mother is a bad guy, I rather tell you who she is later, on my own terms, I promise it won't affect the team in any manner,"
"Okay then, I´ll wait then, but if you keep that secret on you for a long time, it will cause nothing but problems," Canary offered a piece of advice and Nate nodded in understanding "So the test Mr. Shaw gave you, what was it?" Canary asked as she shifted her stance on her seat and Nate leaned back on his
"The kind only one person survives, a battle to the death," Nate said as he kept telling his story
Flashback
"So, Naruto, what type of test do you think we are going to take?" A dark-haired twelve-year-old asked Nate a question, Nate always hated the fact that this kid kept using the code names the doctors gave them
"Sasuke, why do you keep calling him Naruto, you know his name is Nate," Jenny a 12-year-old kid meddle in the conversation as she stood next to Nate
"I just think that the code names are stupid that's all," Nate said as he scan the area and saw that there were at least another 9 kids surrounding the area and then look at the monitoring area in curiosity
"Sakura, you know that our codenames are important, Mr. Shaw said that too," Sasuke said as Nate kept scanning the area and saw a ventilation system surrounding the room
"And I've told you countless times," Jenny said with a glare on her face and Nate started to pay attention to the conversation they were having "My name's not Sakura, is Jenny you jerk," Jenny said punching Sasuke's shoulder lightly
At first glance, you wouldn't think those three were friends, but they were the closest of friends, they were inseparable since the first time they meet, they helped each other and care for one another, but it wouldn't matter after the test, at least not for Nate
"Hello children," A voice belonging to Mr. Shaw called out from the speakers as every single child faced the monitoring area "This will be your final test, and only one of you will make it through, good luck," Mr. Shaw said as a red gas starter to pour out of the ventilating system
End of flashback
"Then everything went black and the next thing a new everybody except me had died, and I was responsible for it," Nate explained as he tried hard not to cry and sniff hard while facing Canary again "That's the first time they used that controlling drug on me, after that day I became a weapon, Naruto Uzumaki was born and he was the best mercenary you could ever ask for," Nate said, and Canary nodded taking every information in
"Why haven't you mentioned this to anybody?" Canary asked and Nate sighed as he leaned back on his couch
"Because I didn't want to remember those times and I block those memories unconsciously and forgot about them until yesterday, mi mid was ready to face them after the exercise," Nate said as he crossed his arms in front of him and Canary leaned forward
"If that's the case, then why did you decide to share them instead of keeping it quiet?" Canary asked in curiosity
Nate sighed and leaned forward and continue talking "I'm here to heal, so I can better protect my teammates," Nate said, and Canary nodded
"We still have some time, can you tell me a job you took so I can get a better understanding of how to help you," Canary said, and Nate leaned back to think for a moment
"Mostly killing and search and destroy kind of missions, stealthy mission, one that I can think of right now it's the one where a drug lord wanted another drug lord and his family taken down," Nate said as he look at the ceiling and started telling his story
"I was 14 years old maybe and I was deployed into Jalisco, a state from Mexico, the family was staying in a luxurious hotel, they had rented the hotel suite and they had gone to sleep, so that was my cue," Nate said as he took a deep breath and continue talking
"I went into the room and silently with knives kill every single person there silently, and made a quick exit, most of my mission constated of that," Nate explained as he lean forward "Kill or retrieve the target, and then get out of there as quickly and as silently as I could," Nate explained and Canary thought of something concerning
"Aren't you concerned that the missions this team goes to could bring back memories of those times?" Canary asked in concern as she checked for any doubt in Nate's mind
"Not really, on those missions I didn't have anyone to relate to, no team, here I do have it, and it's rather therapeutic to be on those missions," Nate said with a small smile on his face "Makes me realize that there's something out there other than those times," Nate said and Canary nodded and then checked her watch and let out a small sigh
"I guess that's all the time we had, I'll see you in two weeks Nate, but if need help you can call me anytime," Canary said and Nate nodded as he stood up and walk towards the exit "Ah and Nate, tell your team we're giving them some time to rest and heal, so no missions in the fortifiable future got it?" Black Canary ordered and Nate nodded as he exited the room
Present day, Nate's Mindscape
"Can you repeat everything again, I didn't understand shit and the only thing I got is a headache," Nate said as he stared at the blue-eyed blond adult in front of him
"'Course kid, but pay attention because we don't have much time," Constantine said as he started walking around the library "Name's John Constantine, an alternate version of your father, and this library here, is the knowledge of every single version of mind has acquired at least the strong ones," Constantine said as he turned to face Nate with a smirk on his face
"For example, a version of me could call upon mystic arts and create portals whenever he could, his name was Doctor Strange," Constantine said as Nate nodded but a question still plagued his mind
"But you said that you're an alternate part of my dad, then how are you here?" Nate asked in confusion and Constantine sighed and created two chairs out of nothing and told Nate to take a seat in one of them
"You see in my universe a great threat came and wreck my whole world, and I went back in time to warn my other self so that he can keep the ones we love safe, but I was too late," Constantine said as he took a seat in front of Nate "My self from this earth, this reality, was already dead, killed by your mother," He said and Nate leaned back on his chair with a defeated sigh
"So she wasn't lying then, she did really kill him," Nate whispered and then brought his attention back to Constantine
"Yep she did, well back to our topic, I couldn't give the warning to your father, so I did the next best thing, and I blended with your mind," Constantine said with a smirk on his face and Nate looked at him in shock
"What the fuck!? What do you mean by that!?" Nate asked in shock and Constantine just laughed and wave Nate's concern away
"Don't worry, if I try to do that with an adult, they would have developed a second personality disorder, but you weren't born yet, so instead of that, you became another alternate version of myself," Constantine said and Nate looked at him in confusion
"I don't get it," Nate said and Constantine sighed and leaned back on his chair crossing his legs in front of him
"Basically, I gave you my powers and thought process, so you can access magical powers and mystic arts, so that you can defend this world better," Constantine said and Nate an Ah signaling he understood what John was saying
"But two problems have arrived, and we need to address them, first thing first, do you know what a love bond is?" Constantine asked and Nate shook his head no
"A love bond is literally what it says, a bond strong enough that can be shared with a partner, and that relationship grows stronger with that bond," Constantine said and Nate looked at him in realization as he knew now what he was talking about
"I have one with my girlfriend, don't I?" Nate asked rhetorically and Constantine nodded
"Exactly, I had one with my love, and that's problem number two, the problem number one is that because of magic, you and your girlfriend are going to experience it fully unlike regular people, you should explain it to her when the time comes," Constantine said, and Nate nodded
"It's not a problem, I don't keep secrets from her," Nate said with conviction and Constantine nodded "What's the second problem?" Nate asked in curiosity but stooped talking as he felt himself fading from the mindscape
"Don't worry, you will know when you face it," Constantine said as Nate faded from the mindscape
Nate's House early in the afternoon
Nate woke up by the sound of the doorbell ringing, he had decided to take a small nap in his bedroom while he waited for his girlfriend to arrive, he stood up from the bed and from a nearby chair he grabbed his sleeveless black shirt and put it on
He walked towards the first floor and to the main entrance and grab the handle of the main door and opened it fully, he saw Artemis standing outside in her regular outfit of a black leather jacket, she had a bag on her left arm and Nate told her
"Hey," Nate said as they exchanged a small kiss while Artemis was entering the house
"Hey," Artemis said as Nate closed the door behind her, and Artemis dropped her bag leaning it over the wall "So what did you to tell me?" Artemis asked in curiosity and excitement as Nate smirked
He was going to show her what he had discovered but he suddenly felt very excited and turn to look at Artemis in curiosity "Must've been the bond Constantine was talking about," Nate thought as he put a hand forward and flick it, creating a small ball of fire on top of it
"Wow, Nate what the hell? How can you do that?" Artemis asked shock and amazement clear in her voice and Nate chuckled as he disperse the fireball and started to lead Artemis to the kitchen
"I´ll explain everything, but first let's eat something, I´m starving," Nate said as they entered the kitchen and Nate put both of his hands on top of the table "Let's see if this works," He concentrated and with a thought he willed that cooked food appear on top of the table, he created out of nothing a beautiful pasta alfredo and two lemonades for him and Artemis
"How the hell?" Artemis asked in shock as she grabbed a plate and started serving herself some pasta
"Magic," Nate said as he made the plates float and without his hands serve himself some food "I can do magic now and it is pretty awesome," Nate said with excitement in his voice
"Tell me everything now," Artemis ordered playfully as the couple dig in on their foods
Later that day Mount Justice
Nate and Artemis, dressed in their hero's outfits, arrived at the back door of the cave and Nate parked his bike in the garage, he notice the new improved ball waiting for them in the garage on his bike form and Nate nodded at it, the ball turned itself back into its regular shape and went to find Conner
"So, I get the love bond thing, but what did he mean by the second problem?" Artemis asked as she took out her helmet and left the bike
"Your guess is as good as mine, but I rather just face it when the time comes, come on or will be late for training," Nate said "For now keep the Magic thing between us, I want to surprise the other guys later," Nate said as the couple walk towards the training room and sighed together as the first thing, they saw was Wally getting Shazam to be his personal butler. Ciri and Wolf were resting at the sides of Wally as he was resting on a deluxe couch and the couple let out another disappointing sigh
"I keep telling myself nothing can surprise me more, then he goes and do this shit," Nate whispered as they both shook their heads in disappointment
"Nice of you to join us," Canary said with a sarcastic smirk on her face a smirk Nate mimic as he responded with his own sarcastic words
"If I didn't know you well, I would've said that you miss us, coach," Nate said but winced when Artemis swapped the back of his head
"Don't disrespect the heroes Nate," Artemis said and Nate grumble as they walked into the training area "What should we do coach?" Artemis asked politely and Canary smiled at the act the two had
"Conner you face Nate, Robin face Artemis and Megan face Kaldur, I want a light sparring, don't stop until I say so," Canary said, and everyone nodded, Nate stood across from Conner and the two brothers smirked as they prepare for their small fight
"I'm sensing a pattern here, don't you?" Conner asked sarcastically as they both circle around one another and Nate chuckles at that comment
"I don't mind, I like punching an immovable object," Nate said as he sprinted and threw a right hook to the chin of Conner, the clone dodge it and grabbed Nate's right arm and try to throw Nate away
Nate landed gracefully and continue his onslaught toward Conner, they both kept trading punches and takedowns but neither one of them got the advantage over one and the other and they kept this process for a while until Nate finally managed to sweep the leg of Conner and take him down to the floor
"Good work everyone, you can rest now," Canary said as Nate put out a hand for Conner to grab it and the dark-haired teen took it and with the help of Nate he stood up and face Canary "In fact, I think it's been a very productive week," Canary said making the young heroes smile and Artemis smirked as she saw Wally doing nothing
"Yeah, for everyone Kid Malingerer here," Artemis said taking a shot at Wally and making everyone chuckle
"You keep getting more creative with your nicknames," Nate remarked with a chuckle in his voice and Artemis just smirked at him
"Hey arm broken in combat against the InJustice League here," Wally said as he finished his drink and wave his arm to emphasize his point
"Well anyhow, I've really enjoyed being your-" Canary said taking a moment to find the right words and then smiling as she kept talking "-den mother this week," Canary said
Nate was going to say something sarcastic but a glare from Artemis stopped him in his tracks, thankfully the zeta tubes announced the arrival of someone making the glare from Artemis o away and Nate sighed in relief
"Recognized, Zatara 11," The computer called out and an Italian middle age looking man entered the cave, with a nod he salute Canary and then walked without a word towards the hollo deck and started typing on it
"Access granted, Zatanna Zatara," The computer called out as the team look in confusion as a new person was entering the Zeta Tube "Authorization: Zatara 11," The computer said as a 17-year-old looking girl came out of the tube and walk nervously under the stare of everyone
"Zatanna this is the team," Zatara said as he pointed at the team and Nate did the polite thing to do and nodded at the girl, "Team, this is my daughter Zatanna," The girl waved hello, she was just like her father, with black hair and a similar tone of skin as him, the main difference was the bright blue eyes she had
"Hi I'm Meg-" Megan flew over to the dark-haired girl to introduce herself to her but Robin quickly jump forward to introduce himself a thing that made Artemis and Nate chuckle
"Robin!" The boy wonder said as he face Zatanna with a smile on his face "I mean I'm Robin, and ah, She's Megan" Robin said pointing at the Martian Girl "This is Conner, Kaldur, and Wally," he said as he pointed at the nearby men and then he pointed at a smirking Nate and Artemis "And that's Artemis and our team leader, Nate," Robin finished the introduction and Kaldur welcomed Zatanna to the cave
"Thanks" Zatanna responded nervously at Kaldur and then Nate spoke out loud
"Hey Rob, you know warn me first before stealing my job of introducing people," Nate said with a sarcastic voice "Hi, I'm Nate, are you joining the team?" Nate asked Zatanna and he could see the hopeful look on the girl's face but her father interjected himself in the conversation
"Eh, now let's not get ahead of ourselves," Zatara said his voice shaking a little, and his accent showing too "This is strictly a visit," He said before facing Black Canary "Though I am sorry we missed training, it's something which Zatanna could benefit," Zatara said
"Well, we could go a few more rounds if she wants to," Nate said and Zatanna smiled at him for trying to include her "Or she can punch Conner in the stomach as training," Nate said with a smirk on his face
Conner let out a tsk in annoyance and spoke out "Why does she have to punch me?" Conner asked annoyed and Nate looked at him smiling
"Dude, you have impenetrable skin, I'm sure you won't feel anything," Nate said as he tapped hard on the shoulder "See, did you feel that?" Nate asked and got a swap to his left shoulder as a response from Conner
"Perhaps we can work something out Zatara," Canary said as she talks one on one with Zatara and Megan took advantage to put a mental link with every one of the team
"Does the rest of you feel like we're on probation with Zatara?" Megan asked over the mental link and Nate shrugged his shoulders a thing that Zatanna noticed
"Maybe he's just being an overprotective father," Nate offered but Conner shook his head can continue talking over the mental link
"Then why is Shazam still hanging around?" Conner said with a hint of annoyance in his thoughts
"Because we like having him around," Wally said with a smirk on his face causing Artemis to scoff
"You like having him around because you treat him like your personal butler," Artemis said sarcastically and Nate chuckled at the back and forth of those two
"Maybe he's here to scout for potential league members," Nate offered sarcastically but Wally did believe him and got scared
"You're joking right?" Wally said and Nate just chuckle as he shrugged his shoulders and turn to look at Kaldur as he had started to talk
"In any case, it almost feels nostalgic for Red Tornado's tenure as our supervisor," Kaldur said and Robin nodded
"Yeah at least he trusted us," Robin said while nodding and then Conner grew a scowl on his face
"Only if we ignore the fact that we shouldn't have trusted him," Conner said angrily as Nate sighed and face him
"You still on about that, I told you, I think he didn't do it out of his free will," Nate said and Conner just got angrier at that
"He was a traitor Nate, he nearly got M- all of us killed," Conner said and Nate was preparing to contradict what Conner had just said but an annoyed Zatanna interrupted him
"Are you guys having a psychic conversation?" Zatanna asked with a frown on her face and Nate looked at her with an apologetic smile "´Cause I can't decide if that's really cool or really rude," Zatanna said and Nate chuckled and whispered something to Artemis
"I like her, she got spunk," Nate said, and Artemis smiled and nodded feeling the same way, and then turned to Conner who was speaking to the adults
"Alright we were talking about Tornado, it's been weeks since his attack and the league hasn't told us anything yet," Conner said with a small frown on his face
Nate was listening to the conversation but then ignored it as he saw under his peripheral how Zatanna had decided to approach the two big wolfs, Zatanna had pet easily a sleeping Wolf, but Ciri was looking at her intensely and Zatanna put out her left hand for Ciri to sniff it, the dark wolf sniffed Zatanna's left hand and then decided to let the girl pet her as she gave a lick to her hand in confirmation
"Weird," Nate thought as he saw the situation, he looked to his right and saw Artemis also looking at that scene and both of them then shared a confused look between them and decided to speak about it later
"Why don't you take Zatanna on a, uh…" Nate's attention went back to the talking Zatara as he saw how the man was looking for her daughter, he spotted her next to Ciri petting her, and with a concern looked he kept talking "Tour of the cave?" Zatara said and Nate nodded at the league hero
"Huh?" A returning Shazam, Wally's nachos in his hands, said as he stared at the newest member in the cave "You're giving a tour of the cave? Cool!" Shazam said and then Conner step up to talk to him
"Uh, actually," Conner said and Nate rapidly figure his intentions and smiled at the best shot Conner could give at lying "Actually could you take the wolves outside, they'll need the exercise, we'll join in a few," Conner said and Shazam nodded and Nate Also nodded indicating he was supporting Conner statement
"Sure, sure, I can do that, come to one Wolf, Ciri," Shazam said as he led the two big wolfs to the outside
"Uh, my, my Nachos," Wally whined as Conner grabbed by the back of his shirt and drag him along for the tour
Sometime later, Mount Justice
The team had arrived at the kitchen area and Zatanna appeared beside them with a new outfit on her, but the weird part was that no one saw her change
"When did you…? How did you…?" Robin said in surprise trying to formulate a complete sentence when he saw the now changed Zatanna
"We're not going on a tour, are we?" Zatanna said and Conner and Nate share a looked and then Conner spoke first
"No, we're hunting down that robot, aren't we?" Conner said and Nate nodded
"Against my better judgment, but he's right, we are," Nate said, and Conner smiled at that statement
"Oh wow, out loud and everything," Zatanna said sarcastically, and Nate smirked
"What do we do about the new girl?" Artemis asked out loud and Robin quickly went into her defense
"I'm sure she won't tell," Robin said as Zatanna smirked and looked at Artemis with a coy smile
"I can´t tell, not if you kidnap me," Zatanna said and Nate and the rest of the team chuckle at the attitude of the new girl
"Oh, she's going to fit in great," Artemis said and then a smiling Nate spoke out
"Then I guess we just need a little formality," Nate said as he unshaded his sword and pointed it at Zatanna
"Formality?" Zatanna asked as she stared at the sword in curiosity, feeling a power coming from it
"Just something Nate, always wanted to do, just go with it," Conner says and Nate's right eyebrow twitch in annoyance
Nate placed the sword on top of Zatanna's right shoulder and spoke in full seriousness "Do you promise to protect yourself as well as the members of this team in every single mission?" Nate said
Zatanna surprised by the change of attitude the blond in front of him had could only say one word "Yes," she said as Nate put the sword on her left shoulder
"Do you promise to give it your best in every single mission?" Nate asked and Zatanna repeated her response as Nate lifted the sword and put it on his back again
"Then Zatanna Zatara, welcome to the team," Nate said with a smile on his face a smile Zatanna mimic and everyone clapped at the moment
Inside Megan's Bioship sometime later
"We're ready to go, Megan, just keep us in camouflage mode just in case," Nate ordered, and Megan nodded as they took off into happy harbor in search of Red Tornado
"Megan," Black Canary said over the comms as she saw the bioship flying out of Mount Justice "The bioship wasn't authorized for departure," Canary said and with a smile on her face Megan responded
"We're kidnaping Zatanna, to uh show her happy harbor," Megan said with excitement in her voice, and Nate chuckled at that sentence, she close off the comms and then turned to Nate in curiosity as she saw he wasn't carrying his guns
"Nate, where are your guns?" Megan couldn't help but voice her thoughts as Nate looked at her smirking
"I got a feeling I wouldn't need them from now on, so don't worry about it," Nate said as Megan nodded, and he shared a secret smile with Artemis a thing only Zatanna saw, and she look at both of them in curiosity
"So, Rob, how do we find our missing Robot? Because I'm out of ideas," Nate asked the boy wonder and the youngest member of the team thought for a second
"Batman, the world's greatest detective hasn't found a clue to where Tornado could be, so if we want to be better than him, we need an illogical solution," He said as he turned to look at Wally, causing everyone to look at him also "A truly dumb idea," Robin said, and Wally saw with a surprising look at how the rest of the team was staring at him
"As a matter of fact…" Wally said with a proud smirk as an idea came into his mind
Belle Reve Sometime later
The team had arrived at the prison and Megan and Superboy had talked to the warden there, Nate had accessed the prison suspiciously but dint voice his thoughts as he let Megan and Conner guide the team
"I can't believe they still catch you later Ivo," Nate said with a smirk on his face as he saw the little middle-aged man sitting across from him, Ivo was going to say something to Nate but stopped as Megan glared at him
"Warden Strange owed us a favor, for stopping last month's prison break," Miss M said glaring at Ivo "He's given us 5 minutes with you," Megan said
"Spill Ivo," Conner said with a glare on his face "How do we find T.O. morrow and his reds?" Conner asked and Ivo leaned back on his chair
"Now, why in the world would I know how to find Morrow?" Ivo asked sarcastically and Wally stepped up
"Because, and here's a truly dumb idea," Kid Flash said as he stood in front of Ivo "Your Morrow's biggest competitor in the evil android game," Wally said as Zatanna and Nate who had stood back watching the scene in curiosity
"Who better to keep track of what's he's up to and where?" Wally asked sarcastically as Ivo scoffed and leaned forward
"Ah I see your point," Ivo said with a chuckle in his voice "Then let me rephrase that, why in the world would I tell you how to find Morrow?" Ivo said and Nate stepped forward
"Because if you tell us, we dismantle his operation and you can become the number one again," Nate said as he put his hands on the table and saw that Ivo wouldn't budge "Listen Ivo, we can do this the easy way," Nate said and then he pointed at Megan whose eyes started to glow green "Or the hard way," Nate said and Ivo chuckle
"Kid," Ivo said as Zatanna walked next to Nate and put herself closer to Ivo "You really think I haven't faced a telepath before?" Ivo said and then looked to his right where Zatanna was leaning from
"Trulb tuo S'worrom eurt niotacol!" Zatanna shotted a magic spell at the shock of the team and quickly Ivo started saying the location of Morrow
"Morrow's in a secret underground base beneath the Yellowstone National Park 100 meters south of Old Faithful," Ivo said shocking the team saw they stared in surprise at the professor
"Zatanna, you're definitely joining the team," Nate said with a smirk as he saw the magic unfold in front of his eyes
Zatanna smile at the praise while Ivo Got confused at what was happening
Inside the bioship Sometime later
"Megan, block out all external communications," Nate said as he looked at the Martian girl "Sonner or later, Canary, Zatara, and most definitely Batman will know of our little trip to Bell Reve, so we don't have much time to waste," Nate ordered, and everyone nodded
"So, look," Robin said looking at Zatanna who face the boy wonder "I'm trying to be all nonchalant here," Robin said, and Zatanna smirked
"Why? Be as chalant as you like," Zatanna said making Nate chuckle and Zatanna looked at the blond hero with a smile on her face
"I think we're just trying to get a handle of your powers," Artemis asked as she was surprised because her powers were a lot different than Nate's "Could you teleport us to Tornado or Morrow to a cell, or force his bots to surrender?" Artemis asked
"Or create peace on earth at all times?" Zatanna asked sarcastically "Zatara couldn't even do that, and I'm nowhere near my dad's level," Zatanna said as she looked at her hand "I need to know a spell cold, or else have time to prep it, plus, all magic requires energy which usually comes from within, I can't just make the impossible happen," Zatanna said, and Nate spoke out
"You made Ivo spill the beans, that was very impossible," Nate said with a smirk, and Zatanna smiled in appreciation "Though I have a question, your form of incantation is just saying things backward, isn't it?" Nate asked and Zatanna nodded
"According to my father, the magician uses the form that it resonates with them more, my father prays in every single incantation backward, so I just learned to spell things backward since I started practicing magic," Zatanna said, and Nate look at her amazed
"That's impressive," Nate said, and Zatanna thank him as the team fell into a comfortable silence that was broken by Conner
"What's our ETA on Yellowstone" Conner demanded angrily, and Nate turned to look at him "I'm way past ready to stuff Tornado into a trash compactor," Conner said angry and Nate frowned at him
"You still on about that? I told you already I don't think he betray us," Nate said and before Conner could muster another word Nate continue talking "And if he did, he was programmed to do it, and I think Tornado deserves a chance to prove himself away from the weapon he was meant to be," Nate said and because of that comment Conner's anger went away
"I'm going to meditate on the hangar," Nate said as he stood up from the chair and walked towards the exit of the main hall "Tell me when we're close to Yellowstone," Nate said as he exited the main hall and entered the hangar
He sat crossed-legged on the floor and started to meditate to see if he could communicate with Constantine
Nate's mindscape
"Back so soon lad, miss me already?" John said as he saw Nate materialize in the mindscape
"I just had a few questions about my powers that's all," Nate said, and Constantine nodded as he magically created two chairs
"Come on take a seat, I will answer your questions," Constantine said, and Nate took a seat in front of him
"My powers, how do they work? They're different from Zatanna's," Nate said, and he missed the fond smile John had formed when he heard the name Zatanna
"Well, your powers are quite simple and very different from what, Zatara and Zatanna use, you have 3 main paths of powers," Constantine said as he started counting with his right hand "One pyrokinesis, you can create and shoot fire," Constantine said, and Nate nodded
"Pretty simple," Nate said, and John kept counting
"Two," Constantine said, "Mystic arts, anything that you can think of, will materialize for you with a red aura around it, or if it's smaller stuff like the food you created earlier it won't have that aura, and also you can transform anything you touch into anything you want," Constantine said "For example a chuck of wood you can make it lighter or transform it to feathers, your imagination is your only limit," He explained and Nate nodded
"Three, summoning spirits and devils, this one is the tricky one because you'll need to use a specific language for this path," Constantine said and Nate looked at him in confusion "You'll need to use Latin," John said, and Nate looked at him in shock
"But I don't know any Latin words," Nate said, and Constantine waved his concerns off
"Don't worry, I do," Constantine said as Nate tilted his head in confusion "And everything I know of you do," John said, and Nate nodded as some pieces of incantations started to appear in Nate's mind
"Okay I think I got it, pyrokinesis, Mystic arts that work just like green lanterns powers and summoning got it," Nate said while nodding and John smiled
"There's another path of your powers but you won't be able to access it just yet, so for now you will have to do with what you know," Constantine said and then Nate remember something
"What about copying powers?" Nate said and Constantine sighed
"Unfortunately, that only applies to physical attributes not magical, so that won't be of use to you that much," Constantine said, and Nate felt like someone was calling him from the real world
"One more thing Nate, please protect Zatanna," John said with a pleading look and Nate nodded but still was confused "Let's just say she was a special part of my other life," Constantine said as Nate faded from the mindscape
Yellowstone, Inside the bioship
"Nate," Zatanna said as Nate opened his eyes and looked up to see her
"What's up?" Nate said as he stood up and face directly at Zatanna
"I came here to tell you that I'm planning on joining you guys," Zatanna said with conviction in her voice and Nate smiled at her
"I figure that much, but you're not going on that outfit, aren't you?" Nate asked sarcastically as he felt the ship landing in the forest and heard the team approaching them
"Emit ot yrt a wen kool!" Zatanna said as she change into a new outfit
She now wore a button-up shirt with a bowtie, a pale-yellow vest surrounded by a black twin-tailored suit, and white gloves similar to her father's costume the only difference is that she is wearing silver tights, short black shorts, and shin-high boots that make her outfit look like her own
"Heh, nice trick," Nate said as the team had changed into their stealth uniform and got ready for the mission
"Everyone ready?" Nate asked and everyone nodded as Nate lead them towards the exit of the ship
They ran for a few meters until Nate saw Robin stopped and with a signal told everyone else to stop, he crouched down to Robin's level as he stared at the pad of Robin
"Ivo was truthful, there's something under here," Robin said as he checked the area, Nate started running forward but then a strong breeze of air stop him and his team in their tracks and push them back
They saw Red Tornado with his powers activated in front of them and could only stare at the hero in shock as he create multiple tornados around the heroes
"Why are you doing this Tornado!?" Megan shouted but then looked down and turned to her team creating a mental link when she saw a message Red Tornado had given them
"Message received?" Megan asked over the mental link as the team nodded but play along
"Who cares why he's doing this, hit him," Conner said as he started running towards Red Tornado
"Superboy maneuver 7!" Nate shouted as Conner turn back and put his hands forward, Nate took out Red and jumped in between Conner's hands as he impulses Nate upwards towards Red Tornado, he try to slash him with his sword, but Tornado grabbed his arm and throw him back to Conner knocking them out cold
Nate pretend to be knocked out but then saw another Robot heading this way and silently while Tornado pretended to deal with the rest of his team, he put the other robot in his sight in case anything happened
Tornado grabbed Zatanna by the neck and prevent her from kept chanting her magic Tornado knock out cold Zatanna as she was the only one remaining
"Quite the performance brother," The other robot, Red Volcano said as the tornados disperse the only one remaining was the one under Red Tornado
"But we all know that's all that it was," Red Volcano said as a message appeared on the ground that said Paly Dead, a message clearly for the young heroes "I have all your memories Tornado, plus a next-gen processor, I know all your moves before you do," Red volcano said as he lifted a piece of ground with the message on and levitated it towards where he was
"Blowing a message into the sand really?" Volcano said as he was prepared to throw the rock toward the young heroes but a ball of fire to his face interrupted his actions
"It's called a distraction you idiot," Nate said as he gained the surprise of his team minus Artemis when they saw balls of fire in both of his hands
"Whatever," Red Volcano said as he threw the rock to the team, and Superboy and Kaldur quickly got out of their shock and cut down the rock creating smaller pieces that the rest of the team had to dodge, Nate touched the one incoming to him and transform it to dust with magic as he quickly ran forward
"Zatanna," Robin asked over the mental link in worry but when the dust cleared it was revealed that she was perfectly fine
"I'm fine," Zatanna said and then saw Red Tornado flying away "But Red Tornado is getting away," Zatanna said and Artemis tsk in annoyance
"Is he abandoning us!?" Artemis asked in anger as she kept firing arrows at the robot
"I don't believe that," Megan said as Nate and Wally ran to where Red Volcano
"It doesn't matter right now, we got bigger fish to fry," Nate said as he winced when the Robot swatted him and Wally, he flipped and launce several fireballs in the process but neither of them connected
He landed gracefully next to Zatanna and he saw her preparing a spell, "Thanks to Tornado's memory file I know you every attack, this endeavor of yours will only result in failure," Red Tornado said but Zatanna attacked him with a spell
"Ekoms emoceb a dlofdnilb," Zatanna enchant, and a smoked blindfold prevented Volcano from seeing anything, Nate took advantage and threw a big fireball at Volcano hitting him in his chest but did nothing but annoy the robot
"Tornado never knew my moves," Zatanna said without looking at Nate and he chuckles
"And I'm sure you have plenty of moves under your belt," Nate said but stopped when Zatanna looked at him with a raised eyebrow "Sorry, that was too forward wasn't it?" Nate asked rhetorically and sighed in relief when he heard Zatanna chuckle
"I don't mind," Zatanna said as she saw Nate forming a red rope out of thin air "Why didn't you tell me you knew magic?" Zatanna asked with a coy smile and Nate smirked
"A magician never reveals his secrets love," Nate said ignoring the faint blush that adorn Zatanna's face and launched the rope into one of the robot's arms and Nate plant his feet on the ground
"Superboy hit him!" Nate shouted as Conner jumped and try to hit the robot in the face but the robot stopped the punch with his arm and pull Nate from the ground and crashed him with Superboy as both teens fell to the ground
Volcano eyes shined red as the volcano surrounded them erupted in flames and began stage 2 of eruption
"He's activating Stage two eruption, if it gets to stage 3 kiss the atmosphere goodbye," Wally warned as Nate got back up and created two red sharp discs and throw them to Red Volcano
"Everyone hit him from all sides," Nate commanded as he kept throwing the discs and creating more as the Robot dodge each and every one of it
Volcano threw a rock toward Nate, and he was forced to dodge, Superboy try again to punch the robot but got swatted away when he was trying to save Megan, who had to try to sneak behind the robot
"Zatanna I have an idea, but I need you to give me an opening" Nate said over the mental link and put his hands together staring directly at the robot
"Got it, Ekoms dna srorrim, etaerc Dik Hsalf snoisulli!" Zatanna shouted as several kid flashes started running around the robot "I-I use a scaled-down version when I want to sneak out of the house," Zatanna said and Nate ignore everything that was happening as he started to chant in Latin to summon a spirit
"O magna mater ignis, accede et ure minantes" Nate chanted over and over again till a big fire lady appeared behind Nate and threw a big beam of fire towards the robot, and Red Volcano Put a rock between the fire and him and as Nate kept the magic as long as he could until he breathes out of tiredness and the lady of fire disappeared
"Jesus Christ, the hell was that?" Wally asked as he saw a sweating Nate looking annoyed at the robot, the attack had only bur a little of the left arm of the robot but otherwise, it had done nothing
Then a stream of water hit the robot and launched him into the lava "Nice hit," Robin said to Aqualad thinking he had done the attack, but the Atlantean shook his head
"That wasn't me," Kaldur said as he look at Red Torpedo standing proudly letting a stream of water into the fallen Red Volcano "Look!" Aqualad said as Red Tornado and Red Inferno arrived at the scene and red inferno with Red Torpedo grabbed Red Volcano and push him back into the magma
Red Tornado with a tornado under his feet started pushing Red Volcano under him and into the magma burning his feet in the process
The team could only watch in stunned silence as the threat was neutralized by the robots, Conner saw that Red Tornado's feet were burning and quickly grabbed him and put him out of the Lava
"Tornado listen," Wally said nervously and agitated as he put himself forward "We're on the verge of a stage 3 super volcano eruption, there's no turning back now, we need to vent pressure fast," Red Tornado said nothing letting Kid Flash keep talking "But the ash cloud could bring on a nuclear worldwide winter unless you divert it," Wally said, and Nate stepped forward
"What do we have to do?" Nate asked in a serious mode
"Triangulate around the pressure locus," Kid Flash said, and Nate turned briefly to Robin
"Rob," He ordered, and the boy wander nodded
"Right, here, here and here," Robin said as he pointed at several points under his pad and Nate turn to Artemis
"Artemis, fire," Nate ordered, and the blond girl nodded
"Roger that," she said as she fired three arrows consecutively and they exploded on the pressure points
Red Tornado's legs spark a little before his signature red tornado appeared below him as he flies past the ash cloud
His eyes glow red as he snaps his arms out creating a gigantic tornado that pulls the ash cloud up and through the outer atmosphere
KF watched the magma cool cold down and exclaims in excitement "Yes!" but that excitement was short-lived as the team saw Red Tornado fall to the ground rapidly and went to help him
Inside Morrow's facility Sometime later
"There that should do it," Robin said as he kept working on Red Tornado and let a sigh of relief when he heard Tornado speak again
"Yes, I can speak again," Red Tornado confirmed at Robin as his faceplate came down
"You were ready to sacrifice yourself for earth back there," Nate said and Kaldur took over
"You acted like a true hero," Aqualad said, and Tornado looked at the ceiling and responded without moving
"The planet would've survived, it was Humanity that was saved," Tornado said turning to face them and kept talking "But the real heroes were my brother and sister," Red Tornado said, and Nate nodded
"Our point remains, you never were the Mole, never a traitor," Kaldur said, and Nate nodded
"No, I left to protect you from further attacks and to find my creator Morrow," Red Tornado said as KF and Robin were looking for parts to fix Red Tornado
"Cool," KF said as he grabbed a robotic hand and showed it to the team "Souvenir," Kid flash said, and Zatanna grew confused
"Souvenir?" She asked Nate and he turned to look at her
"Souvenirs Kid gathers from the missions, he has a collection to them," Nate said as the team debated with Tornado whether he should be repaired
"Why do you offer to be our den mother then?" Conner asked and Red Tornado answered
"It was the practical choice, I do not require sleep, and I have no secret identity or second life to live," Red Tornado said
"But you do have an advanced AI Programming designed to learn, adapt, and evolve, Kid flash said in an understanding of the situation
"Hello Megan," Megan said hitting her head playfully "You wanted to become more human," Megan said smiling
"And you couldn't do that with the league," Artemis said "They a bunch of stiff people," Artemis said and Nate chuckle
"Now who is disrespecting the heroes now huh?" Nate said and Artemis flip him off playfully as Nate chuckled at the reaction of Artemis
"So back at the cave, it wasn't just proving ground for us, it was for you too," Kaldur said and Red Tornado look at him
"I don't know if those terms are accurate but perhaps, they held some truth to it, after all," Red Tornado said looking at the team "I have come to care about you all," Tornado said and Conner smiled
"See? Practically meet bag already," Conner said with a chuckle in his voice as the team started to repair Red Tornado
Nate's house, sometime later
"So, you ignored my orders and went directly to find Red Tornado, and meanwhile you kidnap Zatanna and brought her along to your mission?" Black canary asked rhetorically, and Nate sighed as she face the hologram of Canary
"Yeah, that's pretty much it," Nate said, and Canary sighed as she looked to her right where Zatara was
"Stay there in your house, let me see what I can do to cool down Giovanni, but your explaining all of this to Batman got it?"
"Roger that," Nate said with a defeated sigh and ended up the conversation, he had taken a break from the group to report the mission back to canary as well to get some drinks for the team
"Hey," Artemis said entering the kitchen and Nate nodded at her
"Hey," Nate said as she stood across Nate with a frown on her face "What's wrong?" Nate asked as he felt the disturbance in their bond and grabbed her hand
"Robin was flirting with Zatanna, and I got jealous of him, why did I get jealous?" Artemis asked confused and Nate then grew jealous of Robin but then got confused for a second
"Yeah, I see your point, this is weird," Nate said, and Artemis grew confused
"How the hell do the both of us develop a crush on her and so soon?" Artemis asked in worry and Nate looked at his hands and then realized what was happening
"She bonded with us, that's the problem Constantine was referring to, he knew a Zatanna on his universe and bonded with her and he passed that bond to us," Nate said in realization and Artemis looked at him in worry
"What are we supposed to do?" Artemis said and Nate sighed as he looked at her in seriousness
"We can ignore it, but that will create more problems, and we have another option," Nate said and Artemis looked at him in confusion
"What option?" She asked in confusion and worry, and Nate drew a deep breath and sighed
"Have you ever heard of polyamory relationships?"
End of chapter 15
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