Mount Justice; October 10th, 16:58 EDT

"Pineapple juice?" Captain Marvel offers a glass with a paper umbrella to a relaxing Wally. His right arm now casted, as he sits in a reclining chair and all his technology right at his elbow.
"Ahh! Just what the doctor ordered." the speedster says appreciatively after a long drink.
"How's the arm doing, Wally?" the Captain asks curiously.
"Well, nothing wrong that nachos can't cure." He isn't subtle in his motives, leaning back on his chair as the rest of us are training in the center of the room.
"Nachos?" The captain took a moment to process what Wally is not quite asking for before taking off. "Oh! I'll go get you some."

As he flew out of the room, Robin is hit and lands on his back before rolling with the force of the Throw that gains his opponent 5pts. He groaned before looking over to Artemis. She smirked as she jogged towards the Bird, though not making it clear if she's still fighting or going to help him get up.

Behind her Kaldur and M'gann are in far closer combat. She threw a low punch towards Kaldur's side that he blocks with his forearm for 2pts , stepping forward to throw another at his face that he uses an open hand to knock his wrist out of the way for 2pts more. He spins to try and get a front kick in, though M'gann blocks with a knife-hand to his ankle for 2pts back. Superboy and I already had our turn. Due to the nature of my powers and his strength we normally get the entire training pad to ourselves so we can let go every now and again.

Canary then walked onto the floor whilst saying
"Good work everyone. In fact, it's been a very productive week" Connor and I walked onto the training pad as Kaldur and M'gann made it to the center. As Robin came over Artemis folded her arms and turned to Wally whilst saying
"Yeah, for everyone except Kid Malingerer." Wally finishes his drink and glared at the blonde
"Hey, arm broken in combat against the InJustice League here." he waves off the cast to prove his point. I looked at him, gestured to my bruised neck and said
"Voice box and Larynx crushed in combat against the Injustice league here" my voice was still really rough and croaky but at least I could talk again. The only thing that's kind of worrying is that I haven't 100% healed yet, it's been 14 days. Robin placed a hand on my shoulder and said
"Sorry Kid klutes, she beats you there" Black Canary chuckled slightly before saying
"I've really enjoyed being your, uh, den mother this week" I turned to look at her before saying
"Quick question, How long are we going to have a baby sitter around? No offence" She just smiled

Recognize: Zatara, 1-1

As we all turned around I muttered
"Answers my question" Zatara then went over to the HoloScreen control panel without even acknowledging the rest of us.

Access Granted. Zatanna Zatara, A-0-3. Authorization: Zatara, 1-1.

The Zeta Tube lights up again and Zatara stepped forward and said
"Zatanna, this is the Team. Team, my daughter, Zatanna.`` She looks very much like her father with the dark black hair that falls over her shoulder and is parted on the left side, and skin tone. The only difference being her baby blue eyes, and that she's wearing a school uniform. M'gann flew over to the clearly nervous girl, landing easily and said
"Hi I'm-"
"Robin!" the Boy Wonder cut her off with a bout of vibrancy and a wave, then clears his throat as he steps up
"I mean, I'm Robin. Ah, she's Megan, uh and that's Wally, Artemis, Kaldur, and Connor" He completely left me out. I cleared my throat and said
"And i'm Wynonna" I couldn't shake the feeling that Robin just brushed me off like I wasn't even there. I'm not gonna lie, it hurts. Anyway, Kaldur stepped forwards slightly and said
"Welcome to the Cave."
"Uh, thanks"

Zatana was obviously nervous. I mean who wouldn't be.

Robin took a step away from her and said
"So, uh, you- you… Are you joining the Team?" Robin nevers stutters. Zatara then took a step towards his daughter and said
"Eh, now let's not get ahead of ourselves. This is strictly a visit..." he turned to Canary and continued
"Though I am sorry we missed the Training. It's something from which Zatanna could benefit"

M'gann looked around slowly and established the mind link by saying
"Do the rest of you guys get the impression we're still on probation with Zatara?" We all instantly looked over at her… Zatanna did as well. Kind of made me think if M'gann accidentally included her in the Link. Connor then spoke
"Not just Zatara. I mean, why is Marvel still hangin' around?" His annoyance coming through in waves. Wally then piped up in the Captain's defense
"Because we like having him around." Artemis turned and said
"You like having him around 'cause he waits on you hand and foot."
"And your point is?" I resisted the urge to punch him as I said
"You also don't have to live with this Wals. You get to go home and switch off. Me, M'gann, Connor and on occasion Kaldur, we don't get that choice. We don't just get to switch it off when we want like the rest of you and before you say you don't… you definitely do" Kladur placed his hand on my shoulder and said
"It almost makes one nostalgic for Red Tornado's tenure as our supervisor." Robin let a sarcastic half chuckle through the link.
"Yeah, at least he trusted us."
"If you ignore the fact we shouldn't have trusted him." Connor snarled through the link, seeming to forget that while he can't be heard his very obvious hand gestures can be seen.
"He was a traitor. That machine nearly got M- all of us killed!" I then started to speak
"Connor…"

I was cut off when Zatanna spoke
"Are you guys having a psychic conversation? 'Cause I can't decide if that's cool or, uh, really rude." We all looked at her and then at Canary and Zatara. Connor spoke before anyone else got a chance
"Alright, fine. We were talking about Tornado. It's been weeks since his attack and the League hasn't told us anything. Canary took a step forward and said
"The League is searching for Tornado as well as the other Androids that invaded the Cave and their creator, T.O. Morrow. Batman's made tracking them down our highest priority." Robin folded his arms and said
"But you've found none of the above."
"Not yet, but Tornado is Justice League. The Team is not to pursue this." Zatara then spoke
"Why don't you all take Zatanna on a, uh…a t-tour of the Cave?"

Everyone is now on high alert and turns towards Wolf as he snuffles in his sleep. The reason, Zatanna leaning into his side and petting him. Wolf gets up from almost completely asleep as Captain Marvel speaks up
"Huh, you're giving a tour? Cool!" in his hands is Wally's nachos. Connor steps up to the hero, who is petting a staring Wolf
"Actually I was hoping you'd take Wolf outside. He needs the exercise. Uh, we'll join you in a few."
"Sure, sure. I- I can do that. Come on, Wolf." Marvel says brightly, taking off towards the back door of the Cave. Wally then began whining
"Wh-wha-wha- My nachos?" Connor grabbed the front of his shirt and dragged the speedster along as we left the room.

We walked into the lounge/kitchen area, not a word being shared between us. Zatanna jogged up to Robin's side, surprising him as she did. I didn't particularly like how close she was walking next to him but whatever…
"When did you… How did you..?" Robin tried to speak but he couldn't form a full sentence. Zatanna then said
"We're not really taking a tour, are we?"

We stopped in our tracks and turned towards her. Connor then spoke
"No. We're hunting down that robot." Kaldur nodded before saying
"Yes, we are." Zatanna crossed her arms and said
"Oo, wow. Out loud and everything." Artemis then said
"What about New Girl?" not caring that we were speaking aloud and that Zatanna could hear.

Rob was quick to speak up
"I'm sure she won't tell." Zatanna, smiled, looked at him and said
"I can't tell. Not if you kidnap me." I put my hands on my hips, smirked and said
"Oh, she's going to fit in great"

Just as we began to walk out of the room, Canarys voice called over the intercom
"Wynonna, can you come here please. I need to talk to you" I sighed before turning to the others and saying
"Go, be careful and call me if you need me" so the team and Zatanna went one way whilst I went the other…

I entered the main hall only to see some workers from Star labs on the holoscreen with Dianah and Zatara standing nearby. I put my hands in my jacket pockets and sheepishly walked into the centre of the room whilst saying
"Is everything okay?" Dianah replied
"Don't panic Wynonna"
"See now i'm kind of panicking" The star labs worker Catline Snow then spoke
"Wynonna, as you know we occasionally ask for blood samples from you so we can analyze is and try to become more aware of your abilities and species"
"Yeah we've been doing it ever since I came to earth… Is someone going to tell me what's going on?" Dianah then spoke
"I sent a sample of your blood off to star labs 14 days ago and star labs noticed something" my hands fell out of my pockets and said
"Noticed what?! What's in my blood?!" Catline then said
"We don't know but has changed and the sample we have is still changing"
"So what does that mean"
"I'm sorry to say we don't know" The room then fell silent.

After a few minutes Dianah spoke
"Thank you Doctor Snow. We'll speak soon" she then ended the call. Once the call ended Dianah sai
"This isn't anything to worry about Wynonna. It could be nothing" I looked up at her and said
"Or it could be everything!" Zatara saw my small outburst as a sign to leave. Dianah then took a deep breath and said
"You're right but whatever it is, we'll figure it out...There's another reason I ask you here" I rolled my eyes and said
"What now?" She didn't say anything as she held out two envelopes. I took the envelopes and as I held one in each hand I said
"What are these?" She hesitated for a second before finally saying
"They were on the ship with you when you landed. I believe they're from your parents. We were going to give them to you on your 16th but now seemed more appropriate" I just looked down at the letters and muttered
"My parents…"

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Mount Justice: October 10th, 21:00 EDT

Wynonna's P.O.V.

Upon returning to my room, I had changed into a pair of denim, straight leg jeans with a silver studded belt, a black t-shirt with a white, roughly drawn smiley face and the writing 'Be Happy' on it, a grey zip-up hoodie and a pair of grey, British Knights Roco Fold sneakers. I took my hair out of the ponytail it was in and just let it fall naturally down my back. I did some maths revision for a bit before finally turning around in my chair and looking at the two letters on my bed.

They're letters from my birth parents for god sake, why am I so hesitant to open them?

Is it because I can hardly remember my parents or because these letters could have all the answers I've been looking for since the day I landed here?

I don't know.

What I do know is that I've been on earth for 10 years as of next month and that I've got a completely new family now. I've been running from who I really am for so long… Maybe it's finally time to stop running.

With this thought still in my mind, I got up from my desk and walked over to my bed. I sat down, leant up against the headboard before I reached down and picked up the first envelope.

I hesitated for a moment before finally opening it...

'My Dear Wynonna,

As I am writing this letter a 3 year old you is playing with your Father and what a sight it is.

Wynonna, I know what you must be thinking- why did we send you away and why did we send you alone?

If we have sent you away then it was a last resort. Believe me when I tell you that we did try, we're trying everyday to bring peace to our planet. But things aren't looking promising. We cannot abandon our people but we can be sure to save you.

On the day of your birth, I knew that you were special and that scared me. You may already know this by now but you are a very unique Patrovian. You are the first Patrovian in over a century to be born with your special abilities. It's no easy task being an ordinary parent to an extraordinary child. I failed in that task. And because of my prejudices, I failed you. I am haunted by how things might turn out and for that I am sorry. I wanted you to have a normal life but….

We can't always get what we want.

Despite what you may believe, Wynonna, you were born to be a leader, to make others follow. You are the future Queen of Patrovia. I hope that one day you'll find your way back to us and bring peace to our world.

I fear that our time as a family is nearing its end. Reason tells me that you and I are unlikely to meet again, but I think I shall not listen to reason. I have seen the world inside your head and know that all things are possible.

Until then, our sacrifice will allow you to grow. Become the beautiful warrior I can now only imagine. Please know you are the legacy this family has always desired, the promise we fought to protect. You are and always will be our hope.

With love,

Your Mother'

Just reading the letter brought tears to my eyes. My mother had so much faith in me and I can only hope that I am becoming the person she wanted me to be. Anyway, I wiped my eyes before placing the letter from my mother down and picking up the other envelope. I took a deep breath before eventually opening it.

'To My Dearest Wynonna,

I do not know how this will find you; As a child full of wonder; a teenager full of opinions; or a woman with the world at her feet. I write to tell you that I love you and to explain that in our family's darkest hour, I was called upon to save the people I hold most dear.

I may be writing this letter to say goodbye but I'm also writing this for another reason.

Not only are you destined to rule as Queen of Patrovia. You, Wynonna Decima Rayveness, are destined to lead our people out of the darkness and unite the two Patrovian clans. You will bring peace to our world. I hope I will be there to see it. To watch your coronation and to walk you down the aisle one day.

However if I am not there for those things please do not mourn me, whatever pain I've endured I do so in service of those I love. Until then, my sacrifice will allow you to grow. Become the beautiful daughter I can now only imagine. Please know you are the legacy this family has always desired, the promise we fought to protect. I want you to wear this necklace and remember where you are from, no matter how far from us you may find yourself.

You are and always will be our hope.

Take care my little warrior

Yours sincerely,

Your father'

With tears streaming down my face, I held the necklace tight in my hand and placed my head back on the head board. The necklace is a raw, deep red, crystal looking necklace with a black chain.

I was snapped out of my thoughts when there was a gentle knock on the door. I wiped my face, sat up and said
"Yeah" the door opened and Canary walked in. she sat down on the edge of he bed and said
"Are you alright" I nodded a few times before saying
"Yeah...yeah"
"Wynonna…" I looked at her as tears sprung to my eyes again. SHe opened her arms and said
"Oh come here" I moved down the bed and hugged her. I rested my head on her shoulder and as she began stroking my hair, I let go and tears began falling freely down my face. Dianah and I have always been close, she's almost like a second mother to me.
-

It took some time but I calmed down enough to tell her what I had just learnt from the two letters
"So my parents gave me up to keep me safe… to be the saviour my people needed"
"Well because they did that you've become a fighter, they'd be proud of you Wynonna"
"You don't know that…" she put her hand in my shoulder and said
"Yes I do because I'm proud of you. You've overcome so much since you came to earth and that's made you a stronger person… and whatever is happening to your blood, we'll figure it out and that will make you stronger too" I wiped my eyes, smiled and said
"Thank you Dianah for everything" she placed her hand on the side of my face as a way of saying your welcome.

She then got up and said
"The team should be back by now surely" Without even thinking I said
"Hopefully the mission is going okay" I then froze. She turned around and said
"What mission?"
"Urm…"
"What mission Wynonna?" I sighed and said
"They've gone looking for Tornado"
"The team have done what?!"
"Uhhh"
_

So of course Dinah told Zatara where the team had been all day and to say he's pissed is an understatement.
"SHE'S GROUNDED FOR LIFE!" He spun around to face Canary as he continued
""They're good kids, Giovanni." "Don't worry, Giovanni."" he's quoting Canary's words right back to her.
"She's never joining this team!" I stepped forward and said
"Zatara, in all honesty from what i've heard, Zatanna helped out a lot and because of that Red Tornado has been found and is being brought back to the Justice League" Zatara then said
"That is not the point! She lied to me, I trusted her and she lied to me!" His rant was cut off when Captain Marvel walked back into the Mountain, both he and Wolf were soaked.
"Um, are they coming out to play or what?"