6 months later
Aaliyah, Zara and Ruby are still adapting from another dimension when they got attacked by a black dragon, Acnologia. They were mourning the death of their family and trying to move on. It hurts them being the only survivors and been sent by another dimension, not being familiar of the world. The three of them being saved by Caleb Nelson, a young man magician and has been kind enough to let them stay in his tower with his great-great-grandfather, Kent Nelson, the former host of Nabu, Doctor Fate and trying to adapt their surroundings.
While adapting their surroundings, the three of them are decided to become heroes from Japan without a mentor to train with but only themselves. Kent was impressed by how this blonde girl, Aaliyah Dreyar, trained the 12-year-old scarlet-haired girl, Ruby Scarlet and the yellow with black strips exceed, Zara, how to fight and not relying on their magic all the time. In such a small amount of time, he thinks of them as his own grandchildren.
Whack!
Wham!
Swish!
Echoing the entire training room by themselves while Kent is watching them from the distance. He wasn't surprised of Aaliyah's brutal training against them but feel pity towards Ruby and Zara.
"That's enough now, you three." Kent claps his hand three times as they stop. "Now, hit the shower girls because the dinner is ready."
Ruby's stomach grumbling causing her to blush furiously. "Sorry, I couldn't help it." She smiled sheepishly causing Aaliyah to chuckled at her innocent look.
"Don't worry, the session is already over." Aaliyah assured them. "If I remember correctly, you and Zara-chan are going to meet up other superheroes tomorrow."
Ruby looked confused about them going without Aaliyah when she usually joins them. "You're not going to join us, Aaliyah?"
"She is going to join you later, my dear." Kent answered it for her. "Slightly late but able to catch up with you girls. Why don't you girls head to shower first while I need to have a word with Aaliyah here."
"O-okay." Both Ruby and Zara left them alone.
"Any reasons why you're hesitating not to join them?" Kent asks the blonde girl once they're out of the training room. "You need to open up with the other people, Aaliyah."
"They're different..." Aaliyah glances at the window to see the full moon is coming out. "We've been protecting people from harm and now they want to join us their team?"
"They wanted to know you girls better." She gave him a look that clearly says it's-more-than-that, and he sighs heavily. "Okay, I admit. They're a bit paranoid."
"A paranoid that we might be a threat to them and if we ever betray them, they might put us in prison or worse." She gives him a point and he of all people know how this girl is one of the strongest female wizards from another dimension. "I hate it... people are quick to judge and immediately execute them with or without hesitation."
"Aaliyah..."
"I gave Ruby-chan and Zara-chan's decision whether they wanted to join them or not. It's their choice that I myself, can't control them." She walked away from him. "We may come from a different dimension but I could always analyze someone as much as I wanted to."
Kent sighs heavily and has a point of them could be a threat towards the League. He didn't expect the blonde girl could be so powerful and smart at the same time. This girl, Aaliyah Dreyar, holds a lot of potentials and rejecting her promotion as the Master of Fairy Tail guild before the S-class exam started.
"Still stubborn as ever, grandpa?" He turned around to see cheerful Caleb, grinning happily. "We all know Aaliyah could easily read us like an open book without telepathy of course."
"Yes, that girl... she holds a great amount of magic inside if their body." Kent spoke up and Caleb showed his unusual serious look. "Aaliyah holds herself so much while fighting crimes."
"Remember what they told us? They're known as destructive as well aside from one of the strongest guild. Aaliyah doesn't want to be in big trouble." Caleb explained to his great-great-grandfather. "She's careful enough not to cause any damage. Give her some time and who knows? Maybe their partners, not sidekicks could change her mind." He smiled with a hint of a mischievous look on his face.
"Caleb..." Kent glared at the man as he laughs cheerfully.
"Light it up, gramps! Seeing is what you believe in~!" He whistling happily and leaving the old man alone. "They're the heroes of Tokyo Japan without the aid of Justice League for 5 months!"
"I swear they're going to be the death of me." He sighs heavily. "How on earth did he became a hero when that brat is always happy go lucky!"
|| Washington D.C ||
July 4, 14:00 EDT
Ruby and Zara are inside of the library waiting for the others to arrive. Caleb left them shortly because they need his assistance while Aaliyah is joining him as well. Ruby is getting nervous of meeting new people without Aaliyah's side and didn't notice she's hugging Zara tighter to cut her air off.
"Ce...les...tial ca..n't brea...th." Zara struggles to remove her death grip around her waist.
"Ah! Sorry..." Ruby released Zara and laughs nervously. "I didn't mean to strangle you to death."
"It's fine and I can tell you're nervous the way you strangle me." She said bluntly and causing the scarlet-haired girl smiled sheepishly. "You wanted to prove Kitsune that you're a big girl."
"I do..." She sighs heavily. "I've been traveling my whole life before meeting you guys. She changed a lot lately and it scares me."
"You're not the only one." Zara whispered and they shared sympathy looked to each other.
Aaliyah changed a lot from her usual smiling person to an anti-social person and rarely shows her true emotions. She has always been there for them however, both Ruby and Zara didn't know what to do to make her cheer up to get Aaliyah old back.
"And of course our library." Both wizards heard a familiar voice as they turned around to see Martian Manhunter is with other people behind his back. "Celestial and Angel, where is Knight?"
"They need Knight's assistant so he dropped me first before he left, Martian Manhunter." Ruby answered and noticing a boy close to her age staring at her then at Zara, who's making herself comfortable on her head.
"Who are they?" An 18-year-old boy with a yellow hat and wearing a red archer suit asks with a hint of rude tone.
"I'm Celestial and the yellow cat with black strips is Angel." She narrowed her green eyes to him. "You're Speedy, the partner of Green Arrow. I didn't expect someone hated the idea of a young girl like me and the cat could be a hero."
"I didn't say anything about it." He blushed slightly of being outsmarted by a girl while the other sidekicks are snickering behind his back quietly.
"Your eyes say otherwise." She mentally scoffs while Zara uses her tail to calm her down by rubbing it on her back.
"Okay, make yourselves at home!" The red speedster, Flash intervened between them before they argue more.
Ruby decided to distance herself away from them as Zara settling herself to hug her neck while reading a book with her. She didn't expect them to judge her and Zara so quickly without demonstrating their skills. The scarlet-haired girl silently sighs quietly and heard footsteps coming towards her.
"Hey, didn't expect you told Speedy about that." Ruby looks up to see the boy with the 'R' on his shirt and it clicks her who he is.
"We hated of being judged by someone of our looks." Ruby answered and closing the book quietly.
"Hey, I was reading that." Zara whined causing the boy to jumped by surprised of the cat can talk.
"Woah, I didn't know she can talk." The boy commented and patted Zara's head.
"I'm more than just a normal cat..."
"I'm Robin, the yellow speedster is Kid Flash and lastly the boy with black tattoos is Aqualad." He introduced himself and the other boys. "How can you be able to fight in that costume?"
Ruby looked down at her outfit wearing a Chinese celestial red dress since her keys are 12 red Chinese Zodiacs and 5 silver keys. "I am connected to the Chinese Zodiacs, Robin." She smiled mysteriously causing him to asks what it means but someone intervened them.
"That's it!?" Speedy growled angrily and everyone stares at him. "You promised us a real look inside, not a glorified backstage pass." He crosses his arms.
"It's a first step. You've been granted access few others get." Aquaman informed Speedy.
"Oh, really?" He pointed the clear glass by his pointing fingers where the paparazzi are taking pictures of them. "Who cares which side of the glass we're on?"
"Roy, you just need to be patient." Green Arrow spoke up as he tried to approach the boy slowly to ease his temper.
"All I need, is respect." Narrowing his eyes towards Green Arrow then facing at Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Ruby and Zara. "They're treating us like kids. Worse- like sidekicks! We deserve better than this."
Ruby mentally frowned and thanking Caleb for treating them as equals and allowing to become a hero by themselves without someone to babysit them. The three boys excluding the girls are staring at each other then at Roy.
"You're kidding right? You're playing their game? Why?" Speedy exclaimed angrily. "Today was supposed to be the day, step one in becoming full-fledged members of The League."
"Well, sure, but I thought step one was a tour of the HQ." Kid Flash pointed out while Angel has a feeling where this argument leads to.
"Except the hall isn't The League's real HQ." The three boys looked shocked while the girls remained blank expression. "I bet they never told you it's just a false front for tourist and a pit stop for catching zeta beam teleporter tubes to the real thing, an orbiting satellite called the Watchtower."
Green Arrow sense Batman is glaring at him as he smiled nervously towards the Dark Knight. "I know, I know, but I thought maybe we could make an exception." He spoke up with a nervous look on his face. "Or not." Seeing his glare hardened.
"You're not helping your cause here, son." Aquaman scolded the red archer. "Stand down or-"
"Or what? You'll send me to my room?" Speedy asks angrily. "And I'm not your son! I'm not even his. I thought I was his partner, but not anymore." Throwing his hat in front of Green Arrow. "Guess they're right about you 4. You're not ready." He walked away from them.
Ruby immediately holds Zara knowing this halfling won't hesitate to use her swords against Speedy for thinking her as a mascot pet. Zara glared at the scarlet-haired girl as she returned with a scolded look on her face.
"Superman to Justice League." The huge screen shows the video chat from the Man of Steel, Superman. "There's been an explosion at Project Cadmus. It's on fire."
"I've had my suspicions about Cadmus." Batman muttered. "This may present the perfect opportunity to in-"
"Zatara to Justice League." Another call coming from the Sorcerer, Zatara, one of the members of The League. "The sorcerer Wotan is using the amulet of Attan to blot out the sun. Requesting full League response."
"Superman?" He asks Superman curiously.
A letter showed up in front of Ruby as she immediately holds it while ignoring the looks from the boys.
"It's a small fire. Local authorities have it under control." Superman answered.
"Then Cadmus can wait." Batman made already a decision to stop Wotan and let the local authorities to put the fire out on Cadmus. "All leaguers rendezvous at Zatara's coordinates. Batman out. Stay put." He informed the teenagers.
"What? Why?" Robin asks his mentor with a shocked look on his face.
"This is a League mission." Aquaman pointed out to them.
"You're not trained." Flash spoke up bluntly while Ruby and Zara remained blank expression but hidden their anger towards them.
"Since when?" Kid Flash asks the red speedster.
"I meant you're not trained to work as part of this team."
"There will be other missions when you're ready." Aquaman assured them.
"But for now, stay put." Batman informed them.
"Imagine if she is here, Celestial?" Zara asks Ruby in a whisper tone using the Japanese language as she shrugged knowing Aaliyah won't hesitate to argue the League.
"When we're ready?" Kid Flash asks with a frustrated look on his face. "How are we ever supposed to be ready when they treat us like- like sidekicks?" He throws his hand up angrily of them being treated like sidekicks or worst like children.
"My mentor, my King, I thought he trusted me." Aqualad spoke up with a sorrowful on his face.
"They wouldn't trust you guys in the first place to become a protege of one of the League members." Ruby commented while holding Zara in her arms.
"If they think you guys are not ready to become a hero." Zara pointed out which causes Aqualad and Kid Flash to jump in surprise to hear a cat can talk. "Oh, come on! Am I really that normal cat to you guys!?"
"We didn't expect a cat can talk!" Kid Flash exclaimed which causes the halfling glaring at the yellow speedster angrily. "Trust? They don't even trust us with the basics! They've got a secret. HQ in space!" He changed the subject before the cat has a chance to strangle him.
"What else aren't they telling us?" Aqualad asks curiously.
"I have a better question. Why didn't we leave with Speedy?" Robin asks them curiously while the girls are starting to regret joining the League as the wizards should've listened to her in the first place, not trusting the League at all.
"What is project Cadmus?" Celestial asks the boys curiously.
"Don't know." He answered then smiled with a mischievous on his face that it reminds her of someone going to plot something. "But I can find out."
Robin tried to hack the computer. "Access denied." The computer spoke up.
"Heh. Want to bet?"
"I can't believe you can hack something like this..." Ruby shakes her head with disbelief expression. "How are you doing that?" She asks him curiously.
"Same system as the batcave." He smirked and mentally cheered for impressing her.
"Access granted."
"All right. Project Cadmus. Genetics lab here in D.C." Robin read it out loud. "That's all there is, but if Batman's suspicious, maybe we should investigate" He suggested to them.
"Solve their case before they do." Aqualad spoke up then smiled. "It would be poetic justice."
"Hey. They're all about justice." He smirked at the Atlantean.
"But they said stay put." He informed the boy wonder.
"For blotting out the sun mission, not this."
"Wait." Kid Flash spoke up and wanting to clarify something. "Are you going to Cadmus? Because if you're going, I'm going." He smirked then stared at Aqualad, Ruby and Zara, waiting for their response.
"I'm in!" Zara immediately agreed without any hesitation.
"An-Angel!?" Ruby looked startled at Zara's answer.
"Come on, Celestial!" Zara jumps of her arms as a magic circle shows up on her back glowed white to summon her angel wings. "Remember what Kitsune said to us?" She ignored their priceless expression seeing the halfling can fly.
"Yeah, I guess there's no choice..." Ruby sighs heavily knowing she's right. "I'll join because someone needs to look out for you."
"Aye, sir!" She saluted and hiding their sad expression of missing a certain blue exceed who always said that phrase often.
"Just like that, we're a team on a mission?" Aqualad asks them.
"We didn't come for a play date." Robin informed him.
"I'll join." He stared at the scarlet-haired girl curiously. "What was that letter you receive out of nowhere?"
"Yeah, could it be a love letter, babe?" Kid Flash teased Ruby and yelped seeing a sword pointed at him.
"Did you say something, Kid?" Zara asks with a calm look on her face while Robin snickered at Kid Flash misfortune.
"No-no-nothing at all..." He stuttered and sighs in relief that the sword disappeared.
"It's from Kitsune." Ruby draw an imaginary circle from the mail then a magic circle appeared as a small hologram of a female nine-tailed fox with a mask shows up.
"Angel and Celestial." The boys are awestruck of the letter is not normal as her tone is cold like ice. "I must apologize for not going to accompany you girls today. I have been summoned by Knight to aid their help. Don't do anything that we did something reckless before." The message ends and mentally thank Aaliyah is speaking Japanese not English.
"That is Kitsune?" Kid Flash asks the scarlet-haired girl. "Dude, you didn't mention she's a real-life nine-tailed fox!" He was awestruck of the mysterious nine-tailed fox beauty.
"She is and Kitsune reminded us not to get reckless." Ruby lied and decided not to tell them about Aaliyah is not actually a nine-tailed fox but a Dragon Slayer. "Why don't we head off the Cadmus now?" She asks them.
"Is this actually normal?" Celestial asks Robin curiously seeing Kid Flash went on ahead quickly to save the two Scientists.
"Unfortunately, it is." The boy wonder answered and sighs heavily.
"Angel, save KF!" Ruby ordered her friend as the halfling caught Kid Flash on time.
"It's what's his name- Flash boy!"
"That's Angel! A hero from Japan!"
"Kid Flash! Why is that so hard?" Kid Flash whines as Zara rolls her eyes.
"Next time, don't go running or you'll get splat." Zara grumbled and putting him inside of the building.
"Thanks, Angel, you know... for a small cat like you, you're quite strong." He complimented the feline.
"I don't know if that's an insult or a compliment..." She twitches her right eye.
"So smooth." Robin spoke up sarcastically. "Where have you met Angel, Celestial?" He asks her curiously.
"Mission." Ruby answered and didn't want to give them a whole story. "Does he always have to run ahead?" She asks curiously.
"We need a plan." Aqualad spoke up and looked surprised to see Robin disappeared. "We- Robin?" They heard a laugh to see Robin went on ahead.
"He ditch us..." She stared at the boy wonder with a deadpan look on her face. "Shall we?"
Aqualad and Ruby run towards the building to catch up with them. "I need to borrow that." He summoned the water and glancing at her. "Celestial?"
"Yes." She jumps on the whirlpool as they went the roof of the building. "Step aboard now." Ruby ordered the two Scientists.
The two Scientists jump off the whirlpool as the two young heroes jumped inside of the building while Aqualad putting them down safely on the ground.
"Appreciate the help." Aqualad spoke up sarcastically.
"You and Celestial handled it." Robin pointed out.
"When it comes to a team, we need to work together not going on ahead without a plan." Ruby retorted back.
"Light it up Cee, besides, we're here to investigate. Poetic justice, remember?" He asks while hacking the computer.
Ruby shakes her head and decided to investigate the room. She senses something and turning around to see a person who is riding on the elevator as it closed. "Strange? There was something in the-" The young Celestial wizard approached it slowly.
"Elevators should be locked down." Ruby glancing behind to see Kid Flash, Aqualad, Robin and Zara are joining her.
"This is wrong." Robin uses his hologram computer. "Thought so. This is a high-speed express elevator. It doesn't belong in a two-story building." He informed them.
"Neither does what I saw..." Ruby spoke up and narrowing her eyes at the elevator. "I could've sworn that I saw someone is using that."
"Allow me." Aqualad volunteered to open the elevator.
"And that's why they need an express elevator." Robin commented and looking down.
"Angel?" Celestial asks Zara and she nodded her head to use aera magic.
Angel carried Zara as if she weighs like a feather and follow Robin since he uses the grappling hook. Robin realizes something that his grappling hook stop while the girls stare at him.
"I'm at the end of my rope." Robin commented and smiling sheepishly.
Ruby could have summoned one of her spirits or use crystal magic but it would be best to reserve her magic for battles or in case of emergency. Zara put Ruby on the edge as the scarlet-haired girl smile at the halfling.
"By passing security. There! Go!" Robin ordered Aqualad as the Atlantean open it. "Welcome to Project Cadmus."
"Kid! Wait!" Aqualad hissed seeing Kid Flash runs ahead of them.
"I swear that I'm going to strangle that yellow speedster." Zara growled under her breath as Ruby smiles nervously.
"Aah!" Kid Flash stopped suddenly to see a huge size of a dinosaur alien was about to step on him.
"Kurisutarumeiku: Chēn (Crystal make: chain)." A scarlet crystal chain wraps around his waist to pull him away from the giant aliens.
"No. Nothing odd going on here." Aqualad answered in daze expression right after Ruby uses her Crystal magic to save Kid Flash.
"Utagawashī (Suspicious)." Zara muttered while staring at the small alien and making Ruby nodded her head in agreement as the chain disappeared from Kid Flash waist.
"Thanks, Celestial." Kid Flash thanked the girl as she nodded her head.
The five of them went another direction as they looked surprised to see what's inside. "Ok. I'm officially whelmed." Robin commented.
"This is how they hid this massive underground facility from the world." Kid Flash spoke up as they examine each one of the test tube. "The real Cadmus isn't on the grid. It generated its own power with these things. Must be what they're bred for." They've been surrounded by tubes filled alien like eggs with electricity each one of them.
"Of course." Aqualad spoke up. "Even the name is a clue. The Cadmus of myth created a new race by sowing dragons teeth into the earth." He explained it to them.
"And this Cadmus creates a new life, too." Robin pointed out.
"How could they do that..." Ruby muttered angrily and clenching her hand into fist. "I bet $10 bucks that they're living weapons."
"Let's find out why." He walked over towards the computer and attached a cord to his hologram computer then hacking it. "They call them Genomorphs. Whoah! Look at the stats on these things- super strength, telepathy, razor claw. Celestial is right, these are living weapons!"
"They're engineering an army, but for who?" Kid Flash asks curiously.
"Whoever they are... they must be stopped." Zara spoke up with her dark expression and gripping the hilt of her sword angrily.
"Wait. There's something else." Robin noticed something and the boys didn't notice the girls dark expression of hearing the sudden news of creating a weapon. "Project Kr. Ugh! The files tripe-encrypted. I can't-"
"Don't move!" They heard a male voice ordering them as they turned around to see a man with his golden mask is been accompanied by aliens. "Wait. Robin, Celestial, Angel, Aqualad and Kid Flash?" He looked surprised to see them and didn't notice Ruby is holding one of her scarlet Chinese spirits.
"At least he got your name right." Robin teased the yellow speedster and raising his eyebrow at Ruby seeing her holding a key. "Now is not the right time for you to use a key for escape doors, Celestial."
"You haven't seen her action yet, Robin." Zara spoke up bluntly with a smirk on her face.
"I know you," Aqualad knows the man immediately. "Guardian, a hero."
"I do my best." Guardian spoke up and Ruby couldn't help but have an uneasy feeling about this.
"Then what are you doing here?" Kid Flash asks him.
"I'm Chief of security. You're trespassing, but we can call the Justice League, figure this out."
"You think The League's gonna approve of you breeding weapons?" He asks angrily.
"Weapons?" He asks with a surprised expression. "What are you- what have I- ugh." Ruby narrowed her eyes at the small alien is the main source of it being manipulated by this man. "My head. Take them down hard! No mercy!"
Ruby raises her right hand with a scarlet key that has drawing of a tiger as a scarlet magic circle appeared. "Tora no mon, watashi wa anata o hirakimasu, ryo Bu! (Gate of the Tiger, I open thee, Lu Bu!)" A huge smoke covering them as a silhouette person appeared out of nowhere.
A teenage ginger-haired boy with black marks under his eyes wearing a dynasty green Chinese clothes shows up with a smirk on his face. "Oi, Celestial, let's have a date?" He flirted his Mistress causing the scarlet-haired to facepalm and couldn't understand the situation they're in.
"Hey! Flirting later, you stupid-cat!" An angry mark shows on Zara's head as she fight the aliens using her swords.
"Ha! Says the midget cat!" He smirked and Ruby sighs heavily while using her twin fans to fight off the aliens. "Anything for my sweetheart~! Tiger claws!" Lu Bu uses his magic to knock down the entire alien in one blow.
"Celestial and Angel!" Aqualad called the girls to follow them.
Celestial yelped being carried by her spirits and dashing towards her teammates while Zara is joining them. Lu Bu stops and stands right next to Kid Flash.
"Way to be a team player, Rob!" Kid Flash complimented the boy wonder sarcastically then glancing at Celestial being carried by a ginger-haired tiger boy name Lu Bu. "How on earth did you summon him, Celestial?"
Lu Bu placed her down gently and holding her close. "By the power of our-" He was cut off by his Mistress.
"Force gate close." Ruby placed the Chinese Tiger back to his Spirit World. "Magic. I can't you believe you let us handle them while you run away without telling us." She scolded Robin with her serious expression.
"Weren't you behind me?" Robin asks her. "That keys aren't ordinary, is it?"
"Apparently not." Zara answered it for Ruby. "I'll grab Aqualad immediately." She fly faster than Kid Flash then hold Aqualad's back. "Hold on!"
Aqualad and Zara came back with them riding on an elevator as it closes before the aliens caught them. "We're headed down?" Aqualad asks them and thanking Zara as she smiled.
"Dude out is up." Kid Flash pointed out to Robin.
"Excume me?" Robin narrowed his eyes at Kid Flash. "Project Kr, it's down on sub-level 52."
"This is out of control." Aqualad spoke up and completely regretted of doing this behind the League's back while the girls are worried if Aaliyah finds out they're disobeying her order. "Perhaps-perhaps we should contact The League."
"We use it as a last resort." Ruby voiced out strongly. "The five of us started it and we're going to finish this last mission if that's the last thing we do."
"Wow, babe... you talk as if you experience it before..." Kid Flash commented while Ruby mentally flinches but masking her true emotions.
"Kitsune, Angel and I are the very first heroes in Japan. We have no mentor to guide us to train but only ourselves." She smiled lightly as the elevator opens to reach their destination. "We're here and there's no turning back." Ruby and Zara went on ahead first.
The scarlet-haired girl reminds her of a stomach and decided not to gross out by this. Both young wizard crouch down to see if there's an enemy or not.
"Which way?" Aqualad asks Robin.
"Yeah. Bizarre-looking hallway one or bizarre-looking hallway two?" Robin asks sarcastically and Zara sighs heavily.
"Where's Kitsune when you need her?" She whispered as Ruby patted her head gently.
"Halt!" Someone found them and Ruby gasped of seeing that person when it rides the elevator before them.
"That's him that I saw!" Ruby exclaimed and they dodged the explosive barrels been sending them.
They went in a different direction as Ruby couldn't help but feel like this alien is doing this on purpose by not hurting them. The question is why?
"Hurry!" Kid Flash called them worriedly before the door locks.
Everyone went inside and Zara noticed that they're trapped inside of this room.
"I disabled the door. We're safe." Robin informed them.
"We're trapped." Aqualad spoke up bluntly.
"Uh, guys. You'll want to see this." Kid Flash called them and couldn't believe what he is seeing right now.
"Woah." Robin commented and completely awestruck to see a boy completely unconscious with a white suit that has 'S' on it.
Kid Flash approached the tube closely. "Big 'k', little 'r', the atomic symbol for Krypton. Clone?"
"Robin, hack." Aqualad ordered the boy wonder.
"Dear heavens..." Zara muttered and couldn't grasp the reality in front of her.
Robin hacks the computer. "Weapon designation Superboy, a clone force-grown in... 16 weeks!?" He exclaimed and Ruby gaped at the news. "From DNA acquired from Superman."
"Stolen from Superman." The halfling corrected him.
"No way the big guy knows about this." Kid Flash pointed out.
"Solar suit allows him to absorb yellow sun radiation 24/7." Robin read it out loud the information.
"And these creatures? I've seen them when it sits on Guardian's shoulder." Ruby asks him curiously.
"Genemorph gnomes, telepathic, force-feeding him an education." He answered.
"And we can guess what else." Kid Flash spoke up. "They're making a slave out of, well, Superman's son."
"Now we contact The League." The boys tried to contact their mentors while Ruby and Zara are trying to contact Caleb and Aaliyah.
"No signal." Robin answered and Ruby decided to do something.
Ruby grabs a magic letter to holograph herself. "Knight and Kitsune, it's me... Celestial. I-we know that you're completely mad of disobeying your orders, well- mainly at you Kitsune." She laughs nervously and thanking none of the boys couldn't understand Japanese. "We're in Cadmus and need... your help, we'll explain as soon as meet each other." Ruby seals the letter then it teleports either to Aaliyah or Caleb.
"What did you do, Celestial?" Aqualad asks her curiously.
"A letter from Kitsune or Knight and I use magic letters to teleport it whom you sent to." Celestial answered. "Let's hope they could make it."
"You're full of surprises, Celestial." Robin spoke up bluntly and was amused of her action today. This girl is full of surprises.
"This is wrong." Kid Flash changed the subject.
"We can't leave him like this."
Aqualad thinks carefully before making a final decision. "Set him free. Do it."
"Are you sure about this, Aqualad?" Ruby asks him curiously. "We don't know what he is capable of."
"Yeah and what if he attacks us?" Zara asks the Atlantean.
"He won't." Aqualad answered and giving Robin a look as he sets Superboy free from the tube.
Ruby decided not to use magic to conserve her energy. She gasped seeing Superboy tackling Aqualad by force while the boys stopped the clone from killing their friend.
"Whoa! Hang on, Supey." Kid Flash grunted by his super strength.
"We're on your side." Robin informed Superboy.
Superboy knocked Kid Flash out coldly. "I don't want to do this." Robin grumbled and creating a small distraction that allows the Atlantean kick Superboy.
Ruby snapped out her thoughts and kick Superboy out before he could damage Robin's rib. She kneels down and stared at Robin worriedly. "Robin, stay with me." Someone grabs her neck and throwing Ruby out towards the tube as her world turn black.