It hadn't taken Yuri long to get ready and the same could be said for Ehsan, once Yuri had sorted out her hair and makeup, she was ready to leave, except for one thing.
"Yuri, are you sure that you want to keep the league waiting?" Ehsan asked as he sat down on the desk, Yuri was currently hacking into the building's security feed using her laptop to try to get evidence of Amanda Waller's visit. "Your already in hot water with them after trying to access Amanda Waller's file."
"And if I don't bring solid proof that Ms. Waller was here then I'll be in even hotter water." Yuri pointed out as she used her laptop to switch between cameras. "You'd think a place like this would have better security cameras."
"And a better security system in general, especially considering how much we're putting towards the rent." Ehsan nodded in agreement as he folded his arms. "Seriously Yuri, you were up at least two hours before your usual wake-up time, are you sure you don't want to try again with fresher eyes?"
"I'm sure, J'onn made it crystal clear that he wants me up in the Watchtower as soon as possible." Yuri pointed out as she glanced over at her boyfriend. "Problem is, if I don't find the evidence I need, then it'll be my word against a shadowy government agency that probably won't hesitate to shut me up permanently if I blab about this in public."
"True enough, hey, go back a sec." Ehsan responded before spotting something on the screen and Yuri went back a bit on the feed, the time stamp said that happened at half five in the morning but that wasn't what caught Ehsan's attention. "For a shadowy government agency, this Cadmus isn't exactly big on subtlety." Ehsan commented as several military style vehicles with tinted windows pulled up outside their building.
"Understatement of the century." Yuri nodded in agreement before the occupants of the vehicles poured out, for the most part they were soldiers though Yuri wasn't sure which branch of the military they belonged too and they had the same logo on their uniforms as was on the cars, but one figure that emerged from the cars stuck out like a sore thumb. "That's her!" Yuri exclaimed before zooming in on Amanda Waller as she emerged from the last vehicle.
"Man, for someone who looks like my middle school principle, she commands a lot of power, doesn't she?" Ehsan commented as Yuri printed off several pictures, of the cars, the soldiers, the logo on the cars and uniforms and finally off Amanda Waller herself. "Yuri?"
"I would've laughed at your joke if she wasn't so intimidating." Yuri commented as she leaned back in her desk chair whilst waiting for the pictures to print. "Think about it Ehsan, she's at least twice my age, about three times my weight and looks more like an office worker than a badass government agent, in any other scenario I could've taken her down easily in a fight even without using my powers, but she commanded so much presence that I felt compelled to listen to what she had to say."
"Are you sure you believe her?" Ehsan asked with a frown on his face. "I know you don't exactly trust the government."
"That's an understatement, I'm an autistic mutant for crying out loud! I'm practically a punching bag for my home dimension's government." Yuri responded before grabbing the printouts and tucking them underneath her arm. "J'onn, I'm sorry to make you wait so long but I'm ready to be beamed up."
"Apology accepted, beaming you and Ehsan up now." J'onn responded before beaming them both up.
*later, on the Watchtower*
By this point Kat had finally been discharged from the med bay following the mission to China and was sitting in the cafeteria staring at her phone, she had just finished her food leaving her with not much else to do.
"Mind if I join you?" Kat looked up and saw Green Arrow standing in front of her with a tray of food in his hand, she shrugged her shoulders in response and Green Arrow sat down opposite her. "I'm sorry for yelling at you yesterday when we got back from China, but it had to be said, you could've gotten killed out there."
"Water under the bridge, and considering I saved that man's life back there I still stand by my actions." Kat responded before grabbing her phone and pocketing it and Green Arrow nodded in understanding. "What did the senior members make of the documents Adriana and Claudia found?"
"Your guess is as good as mine, once they realised the weight behind those documents and the twins had given their statements, they called an emergency, senior members only meeting." Green Arrow shrugged his shoulders in response and Kat frowned. "I will say this, they weren't happy about it, you met The Flash, right? You know how much of a jokester he can be?" Green Arrow asked and Kat nodded in response. "I only caught a few seconds of the meeting before I realised how hungry I was but I didn't hear The Flash crack one single joke during that time, that should tell you everything you need to know about how seriously they are taking this."
"Can't say I blame them." Kat responded with a shrug. "Back home, my secret identity didn't even last past my first full day with my powers because I had the bright idea to battle three Supervillains in my plain clothes."
"On your own?" Green Arrow asked with a raised eyebrow and Kat shook her head.
"Marco was with me at the time, we weren't officially a couple yet and we had gone to central park to take our powers for a test drive." Kat explained as she fiddled with her hair. "And since we hadn't met Yuri, Ehsan or the twins yet we took on those villains on our own and nearly got killed for it, my point is, even with that in mind I know how important a secret identity is."
"Yeah, and I bet your parents weren't pleased." Green Arrow commented and Kat shook her head.
"Doesn't even begin to describe it, my dad was one of the first responders and he and his partner spotted me and Marco ducking into an alley once a Superhero showed up, things were never quite the same at home after that." Kat admitted before shaking her head. "But even if I hadn't battled those villains and managed to keep my identity a secret, it wouldn't have lasted."
"Because of your wings?" Green Arrow asked and Kat nodded as she glanced over at them. "Yeah, good look explaining those things away."
"The morning these things sprouted, I accidentally unfolded them as I was getting dressed, I don't think I could've explained these things away if I tried." Kat admitted with a laugh before shaking her head. "Speaking of the senior members of the league, I heard them having a rather intense discussion with Yuri on the way over, any idea what that was about?"
"I heard something about a security breach by one of the junior members of the league but that's all I heard, though I will say that Yuri is one of the few junior members with the technical know-how to breach the files so I guess that could be it." Green Arrow admitted with a shrug and Kat frowned. "If your about to say that that doesn't sound like something she'd do, I'm inclined to agree, it's more likely that Yuri attempted to access a secure file by accident."
"I guess I'll have to ask her later." Kat responded as she leaned back.
*a bit later*
Yuri had finally gotten out of the meeting and to say she was mentally exhausted was putting it mildly, still she was glad to have gotten it over and done with as she walked down the hallways of the Watchtower.
"Don't think I've ever seen the senior members of the league that mad before, at least they understood that it was an honest mistake." Yuri thought as she walked through the Watchtower, she didn't pay the other League members much mind only really acknowledging them when they said hi to her and even those were brief encounters which Yuri was thankful for as she had a lot on her mind. "This Amanda Waller was a government agent with history with the league, that's all they would tell me, nothing about why her file is so heavily classified, I don't want to get in more trouble with the league but at the same time I want to know more."
"Something on your mind?" A strange male voice rang out briefly breaking her train of though before Yuri glanced up and noted the blue trench coat.
"Try a lot of things on my mind." Yuri sighed as she walked alongside the League member. "Most of them related to a certain file that I can't access as a junior member."
"You mean the file on Amanda Waller." The voice responded and Yuri finally looked up to see his face, or at least the blank facial mask that was covering The Question's face and Yuri nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw it. "I don't believe we've met I am The Question, and some people up here call me the League's resident crackpot."
"Yeah, Green Arrow included." Yuri nodded once she remembered being warned about him. "I'm not in the mood for any of your conspiracy theories Question, so unless you have a way for me to return home I'm not interested." Yuri added before she started to walk away.
"Is it really a conspiracy when the League is so eager to hide information away from prying eyes?" The Question asked and Yuri stopped in her tracks before slowly turning to face The Question. "What did the senior members of the League tell you during that meeting?"
"Only that Ms. Waller is a government agent and anything else is a matter of National Security." Yuri admitted as she rubbed her arm uncomfortably. "Any attempts by me to probe for more info got shut down before I could even finish my sentence, I eventually got the message that I was no longer wanted in that meeting and asked if I could leave."
"Like I said, the League loves their secrets." The Question responded as he walked up to Yuri. "If you want to know more, meet me in my room in twenty minutes, don't be late."
"I'm already in trouble with the League for trying to access that file in the first place." Yuri pointed out with a frown on her face. "You really expect me to dig myself an even bigger pit for them to bury me in?"
"Aren't you curious about what The League was hiding from you?" The Question asked and Yuri bit her lip nervously. "Don't worry about being caught, if it comes to it, I will take the heat for you." The Question added as he started to walk away. "But if you want your answers, then you'll take me up on my offer."
"All you had to do was stay out of trouble Yuri, instead it feels like I'm jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire headfirst!" Yuri thought as she watched The Question walk away from her. "On the other hand, if I try to get the info myself, I'll just get myself into even bigger trouble if I get caught! And having seven powerful Superheroes glaring daggers at you as you enter a room is not something I want to experience again!" Yuri thought as she walked down the hallway The Question had walked down.
*twenty minutes later*
It hadn't taken Yuri long to find The Question's room, whilst she was one of the league members who didn't live on the Watchtower she was shown around on her first day and The Question's room had been specifically pointed out to her group by Green Arrow as a place to avoid, something that Yuri was about to ignore.
"Question?" Yuri called out to the mysterious Superhero as she knocked on his door only to find it unlocked, Yuri cautiously entered The Question's room and took a moment to take it all in. "Green Arrow wasn't kidding about how much of a conspiracy nut this guy is."
"Shut the door behind you." The Question called out to her breaking Yuri's train off thought as she stepped into the room, once she had closed the door she walked up to the Question as he typed away at his laptop. "Four young heroes far from home, all brought here for a sinister purpose." The Question continued as he typed away. "Why?"
"Excuse me?" Yuri asked as se tilted her head in confusion. "Me and my friends went through the portal to bring three Supervillains to justice, there's nothing sinister about that!"
"Is that what you truly believe?" The Question asked as he glanced over at her and Yuri gave him a confused look. "The truth is out there Yuriko you just need to know where to look."
"I came here to find out more about this Amanda Waller character." Yuriko pointed out as she folded her arms. "Not get lectured about conspiracy theories! Give me one reason why I shouldn't walk out right now!"
"Yuriko Koboyashi, alias: Yuri, Silent Tempest, age: twenty, birthdate: sixteenth of April 2000, place of birth: Kyoto, Japan." The Question responded and Yuri rolled her eyes as she went to leave. "Current residence: Metropolis, mutant with power of flight and power over the wind, diagnosed with high functioning autism at the age of nineteen."
"I thought we were here to talk about League secrets, not my auto-biography…." Yuri trailed off before her jaw dropped and she span around, anyone who knew her knew Yuri could talk about certain subjects for hours on end and it took a lot to render her speechless. "Can you repeat that last part?"
"Diagnosed with high functioning autism at the age of nineteen." The Question responded he turned to face Yuri. "Would you like me to remind you of the medical definition of your condition?"
"Don't bother." Yuri responded as she marched up to The Question. "But now it's my turn to ask you some questions Question…. did it ever occur to you how awkward your alias is?"
"Several times, the other members of the League have grown accustomed to it." The Question responded as he stared at the younger hero. "But I suppose you want to know how I know off your autism diagnosis, it's like I said, the truth is out there, you just have to find it."
"Let me just make one thing clear to you." Yuri commented as she pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance. "Don't blab about my diagnosis to the rest of the league! I will go public with my autism diagnosis at some point but I'd rather they'd hear it from me than from some conspiracy theorist!"
"You have my word." The Question promised her, and Yuri paused before nodding. "As for how I know, the three villains you chased into this dimension, Target, Hellraiser and Shockwave, they didn't chose this dimension by accident, they were in contact with someone on this side, and they were exchanging information about their respective worlds back and forth, very detailed information, including about you."
"You expect me to believe that?!" Yuri asked before the door opened and Yuri looked up. "Green Arrow? Kat?"
"I thought I heard your voice in here." Green Arrow commented as the two heroes stepped into the room. "I thought I told you to stay away from this guy."
"Young Yuriko flew to close to the sun, tried to get information that she wasn't supposed to have." The Question responded and the three heroes glanced over at him. "I offered her a means to get that information, if we are caught, I will take the heat for her."
"How noble of you." Kat responded as she rolled her eyes. "Yuri, you've seen the contents of this guy's room, don't waste your time with him."
"Katrina Sheng Lao, alias: Kat, Dragon Girl, birthday: 20th of May 2000, place of birth: Beijing, China, current residence: Star City, mutant with power of flight, Super Strength, fire breathing and endurance." The Question responded and Kat rolled her eyes again. "Parents are Lin Sheng and Howard Lao, Howard was killed by a gunman working for Target, parents had difficulty conceiving a child for years."
"What did you just say?!" Kat demanded as she brushed past Yuri and marched up to The Question. "How the hell do you know that stuff about me?"
"Personal information was easy enough to find, more private details were passed between dimensions as I was just explaining to Yuriko." The Question answered and Kat just stared at him for a good minute. "If you got your boyfriends in here, I could easily rattle off information about them as well."
"Don't bother, Ehsan and Marco are off helping Wonder Woman contain a natural disaster anyway." Green Arrow responded as he shook his head before Kat turned to The Question.
"Back on topic, what the hell do you mean by "information being passed between dimensions"?!" Kat demanded as her eyes narrowed and The Question motioned to the two female heroes to come to his laptop. "I'm not going to pretend that I'm an expert on the topic, but that sounds impossible, even by this line of work's standards!"
"Correction, it is possible but difficult." The Question responded and Kat's eyes narrowed as she folded her arms. "And the truth is out there Katrina, you just have to find it."
"Now your sounding like the narrator to a crappy paranormal investigation show." Kat responded with an annoyed huff. "Can we get back on topic before I think of a way to throw this guy out the airlock without anyone noticing?"
"As annoying as The Question can be, he is a fellow member of The League, just putting it out there." Green Arrow pointed out and Kat glanced over at him. "But if he doesn't get back on topic, I might just look the other way."
"As I was saying to Yuriko, the three villains that you followed into this dimension didn't come here by accident." The Question responded as he typed away and Kat and Yuri leaned in to get a better look. "They had a contact in this dimension, someone who was exchanging information about the two worlds with the three villains."
"That explains the documents Adriana and Claudia found." Green Arrow realised as it hit him. "The real question is, who?"
"Only one possible answer, Amanda Waller and Cadmus." The Question responded and Yuri looked up seeing the shocked look on Green Arrow's face. "That was the reason Yuriko got in trouble with the League, she tried to look up information on Amanda Waller, information that was strictly forbidden for her to know and the League caught on, because Amanda Waller and Cadmus paid her a visit this morning."
"Is this true?" Green Arrow asked Yuri and she nodded in response. "First it looks like the Legion of Doom is coming back and now this, this is going to be a long week, isn't it?"
"Perhaps but if we don't act now then it'll be too late." The Question responded as he stood up and left his room. "Technically we're off duty, so the league doesn't need to know about this but if you want to know more, meet me by the teleporters."
"I'll be with you in a minute." Green Arrow called out to him as The Question left, Kat left the room as well leaving him alone with Yuri. "So, I just want to clear something that I may have overheard before I came in, you were talking about a diagnosis?"
"Great, that didn't last long, did it?" Yuri sighed to herself as she turned to the older hero. "What did you overhear exactly?"
"That you were diagnosed with something a year ago, and that you weren't ready to tell the league yet." Green Arrow responded and Yuri let out a deep breath. "Yuri, you're not telling the whole League, your telling me and whilst we're only known each other for two weeks but seriously, you're among friends here, you can tell me anything." Green Arrow assured her, and Yuri hesitated before nodding.
"You were one of the first friends I made in the League, I guess it's only fitting." Yuri nodded before pausing for a second. "Before I say anything else, I'll say the same thing I said to The Question, please don't blab about this to the rest of the League." Yuri stated and Green Arrow nodded in understanding. "Remember when I said that I never felt like I belonged in high school and how much I struggled?"
"Yeah, it still puzzles me because I've seen for myself how smart you are." Green Arrow nodded in understanding and Yuri let out a deep breath.
"There were other reasons, asshole principles who were out to make mutant students like me suffer academically, I'll go into more detail another time but turns out there was a main reason, last year I got diagnosed with high functioning autism." Yuri explained and Green Arrow's eyebrows shot up when he heard that. "My parents never thought to get me tested at a young age but I was told to get tested for it by my shrink because according to him I had all the classic symptoms, when I finally got diagnosed it all started to make sense in my mind but even then it took me a while to go public with my autism diagnoses."
"Wow, I can't imagine how much of a relief that was for you." Green Arrow commented and Yuri nodded as she leaned against the desk. "You know, it's funny, I never would've guessed at first but the more time I spent with you, the more I began to suspect that you had some kind of disability, I don't mean that in a negative way, just to be clear, what I meant was that you seemed a little slower, no wait, that's actually worse."
"I get the idea, besides, I heard that a lot when I went public with it back home, even so, I want to establish myself as a hero over here before I go public with it, as far as this world's concerned, I've only been a Superhero for a little over two weeks, let alone two years." Yuri explained and Green Arrow nodded in understanding. "I don't know how The Question found out but, well, I've already told him to zip it as far as that's concerned, my main concern is who else in this world knows."
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it." Green Arrow assured her, and Yuri grinned in response. "And for what it's worth, I don't think any less of you now that you've told me that your autistic, far as I'm concerned, we're still colleagues and friends and I think the rest of the League will share my sentiments, your brain just works a little differently than mine."
"Thanks, I appreciate it." Yuri responded with a big grin on her face before sighing. "And thanks for hearing me out, since joining the league I've been stressing over if I should tell you guys or not, your assuring words may end up helping me tell the others in a way."
"Like I said, you can tell me anything, and most of the league is willing to lend you an ear if you need one, J'onn's even been using his powers to act as a therapist." Green Arrow assured her, and Yuri grinned. "Just curious but do you have any kind of support system back home?"
"You mean like benefits? I had to fight my government to get them, not literally before you ask, I eventually got them with the help of a friend who happened to carry a lot of sway with the government." Yuri responded with a nod before sighing. "My parents were looking into getting me a care company but that'll take time, especially with me being trapped here, who knows? Maybe I'll have one waiting for me when I go back."
"Just another reason to get you home safely, come on, we don't want Kat to die of boredom because we left her alone with The Question." Green Arrow added before they left The Question's room.
*later*
Once Yuri and Green Arrow had caught up with Kat and The Question they were teleported down to a building in Metropolis, one that Green Arrow quickly recognized.
"Wait, isn't this the building where Supergirl fought her clone?" Green Arrow commented not noticing the confused looks from the two Asian women behind him. "I thought this place was destroyed after the fight?"
"During the fight but the point still stands." The Question responded as he walked up to the glass doors. "The building was rebuilt but Cadmus still operates it."
"Wait, what's this about a Supergirl? And her clone?" Kat asked as she scratched her head in confusion and when Green Arrow turned around, he saw that Yuri was just as confused.
"Right, sorry, I forgot that you two are still new to this world." Green Arrow admitted before taking a deep breath. "Supergirl was Superman's cousin, not biological, they came from different planets but had the same powers, early on in the Cadmus saga they had the idea to clone Supergirl using DNA from a medical procedure and use that clone as an assassin, what they didn't count on was Supergirl sharing a psychic link with her clone."
"Sorry I asked." Kat responded with a wince and Yuri nodded in agreement. "Whatever happened to Supergirl? Superman's the only one I've met with his powers."
"That's a really long story, and one I don't think we have time for." Green Arrow responded as he turned to The Question who had been hacking into the control panel. "The place looks deserted, and whilst it is operated by Cadmus, I doubt we'll find anything of much use in there so why did you bring us to this place?"
"I have my reasons, which will be made clear." The Question responded as he finished hacking the panel and the doors opened. "Get in here quickly, Cadmus will have surely been alerted to the breech." The Question added and the other heroes didn't need much more motivation than that to enter the building. "Be on your guard."
"You wait until we've already entered a building owned by a shadowy government agency to tell us to be on our guard?" Yuri asked with a raised eyebrow as she walked alongside Kat. "Isn't that kind of redundant?"
"Perhaps but unless we are on our guard, we won't have much luck here, now follow me." The Question responded as he led the four heroes up a flight of stairs.
*later*
What The Question had neglected to tell the other heroes was that their destination was on the top floor and whilst Kat and Yuri eventually got tired of walking and flew up the rest of the way, Green Arrow wasn't so fortunate.
"Next time, we're taking an elevator." Green Arrow insisted once they had reached the top of the stairs. "At least Dragon Girl and Silent Tempest can fly, me? I'm not so luck!"
"As I said before, this building is owned by Cadmus." The Question responded as he started hacking another panel. "Meaning they have control over the elevators, need I remind you of what could happen if they decide to drop the elevators? Kat and Yuri are fast, but I doubt they are fast enough to catch a falling elevator."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence." Kat responded with a grunt as she motioned towards her wings. "And I could catch that elevator with my wings out!"
"Yes, but I have seen your wingspan, do you think your wings would fit in an elevator shaft?" The Question asked and Kat went to respond but couldn't find the words. "Don't think the fact that you've never left your wings open on the Watchtower has gone unnoticed."
"Yeah, you've got me there." Kat responded as The Question got the door open and the four heroes were greeted by a room full of armed guards, "Maybe we should leave the hacking to Silent Tempest next time."
"We had you pegged the moment you stepped onto the grounds; it wouldn't have made much difference." A male voice rang out and the heroes looked up to see a tall, muscular man standing in the middle of the room. "You are trespassing on government property and I suggest you leave."
"And if we don't?" Green Arrow asked and almost on cue the whole room drew guns on them. "Excellent point, I happen to be deathly allergic to assault rifle rounds."
"Look, we don't want to cause any trouble." Kat pleaded with the guards after doing a quick headcount in her head. "On one hand, these guys are just generic goons, no different from the numerous bank robbers I've beaten up since I started out as Dragon Girl, on the other hand, these guys are obviously a lot more professional than those bank robbers and won't hesitate to make Swiss Cheese out of us, I need a plan if this doesn't work." Kat thought as she locked eyes with the apparent leader. "Just let us go and no one gets hurt."
"No can do little girl." The leader scoffed as he made his way to the heroes. "Like I said, your trespassing on government property and The League doesn't exactly have the best reputation with the government." The leader added before pointing his gun at Kat's forehead. "So, either turn back now or else."
"I didn't want to do this." Kat sighed before nodding to the other heroes, she backed up a few steps before breathing fire n the leader's gun melting it in his hands, the leader had just enough time to scream out in pain before Kat leapt onto his back and flipped hm backwards using her legs sending him careening into several other guards.
"Maybe next time, you should take her advice!" Green Arrow responded with a grin before jumped into action using his net arrows to subdue several guards and whoever was left was picked off either by Yuri's wind punches or The Question's combat skills.
"Didn't think that was going to work as well as it did." Kat admitted as Green Arrow subdued the leader and the men he landed on. "Sorry if I scared you guys there."
"Those nets won't hold the guards for long, let's get what we came for and…." Green Arrow responded before the far wall exploded causing the four heroes to cover their ears, when Green Arrow finally looked up his eyes widened. "Oh hell."
"Well, well, if it isn't my old friends the Justice League." Galatea, the clone of Supergirl created by Cadmus, greeted the four heroes as she floated into the room. "Only there's no Supergirl to save you this time!"
"Let me guess, she's Supergirl's clone?" Kat whispered to Green Arrow who nodded in response, Kat quickly stood up and locked eyes with the clone. "Would you settle for a Dragon Girl instead?"
"Doesn't matter who fights me, your all going to die either way." Galatea responded as she cracked her knuckles cockily. "I didn't think I'd get to fight a refugee from that other dimension so soon."
"How about two?" Yuri asked as she stood up alongside Kat. "I don't know what you or your employer's beef with the Justice League is but we're not going down without a fight!"
"The more, the merrier, and if you think you can buy enough time for your friend to get the information, your dead wrong." Galatea responded as her eyes started glowing red alerting the two Asian women to the fact that she was about to use her heat vision. "Or should that be "your dead"? Either way, you're not leaving this building alive."
"Anyone ever tell you that you talk too much?" Kat responded before she flew right at Galatea and threw her strongest punch sending Galatea flying through the hole in the wall she had created. "Usually have to pull my punches unless someone gets hurt, feels good to cut lose on an opponent who I know can take it!"
"Not bad." Galatea responded with a smirk as she rubbed her chin. "Now let me show you what a real punch is like!" Galatea responded before she flew right back into the room and started trading blows with Kat, Yuri watched the two women go at it waiting for a chance to pounce whilst Green Arrow and Question got to work hacking into the system. "Oh, so that's your game is it? Distract me whilst The Question hacks into the systems? Smart, pity it won't work." Galatea commented before kicking Kat away as The Question plugged in his USB. "Too bad it won't work!" Galatea added as she got her heat vision ready.
Which would've worked, if not for Yuri using that opportunity to send Galatea flying with a wind punch. "Forget about me so soon?" Yuri asked as she floated above Galatea who smirked.
"How could I forget the girl who helped Supes on her first day in the new dimension, but I won't go down as easily as Metallo!" Galatea responded before she flew right at Yuri only to get tackled from the side by Kat.
"Damn it Question, those girls may be strong but against a clone of Supergirl?" Green Arrow whispered to The Question as Kat and Yuri continued their fight against Galatea. "Unless we do something about that soon, they could die!"
"Fortunately, Cadmus has their own precaution against Galatea." The Question responded as he pointed to a door. "Go through that door and down the hallway, you will find a metal door with two armed guards in front of it, you know what to do to them."
"And then what?" Green Arrow asked as Yuri was sent flying by a punch from Galatea only for Galatea to get speared through a wall by Kat leaving the two women fighting in mid-air. "How will I know what to look for."
"When you see it, you will know." The Question responded as Kat was sent flying back through the hole that she had created with Galatea who came flying through it and did a flying tackle to Kat. "Now go, preferably whilst this room is still in one piece."
"Bit too late for that but okay." Green Arrow nodded before he raced over to the door.
"Oh no you don't!" Galatea growled as she got her heat vision ready. "Get ready to burn Green Arrow."
"How about you burn first." Kat responded before breathing fire in Galatea's face stunning her long enough for Green Arrow to go through the door and just in time too as Kat sent Galatea flying with a punch that landed Galatea right where Green Arrow was a second ago. "Didn't think I'd do this good against someone with Supergirl's strength, she must be a failed clone of Supergirl if I'm able to hold my own this well."
"You've done well to last this long, but I'm through pulling my punches." Galatea responded as she flew up to Kat and drove a hard knee into her midsection and went to follow it up with a double axe handle to the back only for Yuri to send another wind fist her way. "Oh, don't worry Silent Tempest, I'll send you back to Special Ed in no time flat."
"Don't patronize me!" Yuri responded as she gritted her teeth before sending Galatea flying with a strong gust of wind that sent her flying towards The Question and barely missed him as Galatea created a hole in the wall next to him. "And don't forget, your fighting two Asian Superheroes here and not just one."
"It doesn't matter how many I face or where they are from." Galatea smirked as she glared at the two Asian women. "Because when I'm done with them, they are nothing but ash!" Galatea added before she flew straight at Kat and Yuri and started exchanging punches with them.
"Please refrain from sending the evil clone of Supergirl towards me with your punches." The Question requested as the three women exchanged punches. "I can't hack into their servers if I'm being attacked by someone with Superman's strength."
"Oh, so that's why you're here." Galatea responded as she trained her heat vision on The Question. "To bad you won't get that far."
"Forget about me already?" Kat asked as she span Galatea around and threw a powerful punch that sent her flying through the roof. "Normally by now I'd go for the Spin Dash, but this woman has all of Superman's powers and none of his morals and I don't know if it'll work on her."
"Why would I forget about a pesky fly like you?" Galatea asked before she slammed through the roof and slammed Kat into the ground, Yuri went to back up her friend but got knocked down with a punch. "I could kill you both, but that wouldn't be as fun." Galatea added with an evil smirk as she focused her gaze on Kat's forehead. "So why don't I just lobotomize you with my heat vision? All the power of the dragon, all the brain power of an infant, too good to pass up and don't worry little Yuri, your turn will come soon!" Galatea added as she powered up her heat vision.
"Now that's not very nice, is it?" Green Arrow's voice rang out as her returned to the room carrying a green, glowing rock in his hand which Galatea instantly recognized. "So, let's even up the playing field a bit!"
"No!" Galatea yelled out as Green Arrow attached the Kryptonite to one of his arrows and fired it at Galatea, it turned out to be a net arrow and whilst Galatea dodged the net she couldn't avoid the Kryptonite and it instantly weakened her. "As soon as I'm back to full strength, you are dead!"
"Then allow me to make sure that we are long gone before then!" Kat called out before she sprung to her feet and launched into the Spin Dash slamming into Galatea at full force, the impact combined with the Kryptonite was more than enough to put Galatea down for the count. "Yuri, are you okay?" Kat called out to her friend as she saw Yuri pull herself up.
"I'm going to feel that battle for the rest of the week." Yuri responded with a sigh as she clenched her sides. "Please tell me we're done here?"
"We're done here." The Question responded as he removed the USB from the computer. "We had better head back to the Watchtower so you can be treated for your injuries, if League asks, tell them that you got into a battle with a Supervillain."
"Well, you're not wrong." Yuri nodded as she glanced over at Galatea. "And the Kryptonite?"
"Green Arrow will put it back where he found it, taking it with us to the Watchtower would raise too many questions." The Question responded with a nod and Green Arrow grabbed the kryptonite without a second thought before heading back to the room where he found it. "I suppose you want to know what it was that I wanted."
"All I want to know, is if it was worth fighting an evil clone of Supergirl." Kat responded with a wince as she felt her ribs. "How my ribs aren't broken after that. I don't know."
"All in due time Kat." The Question responded with a nod as Green Arrow returned sans the Kryptonite. "Now, let's get going." The Question added before they left the room and the building.
*later, back on the Watchtower*
As Kat and Yuri were being treated for their injuries in the infirmary The Question was going over the data on the USB in his room, after a few seconds the door opened, and Green Arrow stepped in.
"Somehow the girls managed to get out of the fight with Galatea without any broken bones." Green Arrow commented once he closed the door behind him and The Question ignored him. "It's funny, but knowing how strong Galatea is, they should have at least one broken bone between them."
"Because that wasn't the original Galatea." The Question responded and Green Arrow did a double take when he heard that. "She was still powerful but that was a failed clone of the original Galatea."
"A failed clone of a clone? What is this? Inception?" Green Arrow asked with a raised eyebrow as he walked up to The Question. "Did you know that the Galatea clone was in that building?"
"If I had known, I would've insisted that Yuriko stayed behind." The Question responded as he typed away at his laptop. "I knew that they were experimenting with clones again, but I didn't think they'd try again with Galatea."
"But you had to know it was a possibility." Green Arrow pointed out and The Question didn't answer. "Kat was in a tough fight yesterday, we're trying to het her and the others back to their home dimension in one piece, not in multiple…" Green Arrow trailed off as something caught his eye on screen. "Target, Hellraiser and Shockwave."
"Those three names come up multiple times in the files I recovered, dating to before they jumped over with the four heroes, and their names come up several times well, including the documents dated before they jumped over." The Question explained and Green Arrow's jaw dropped when it hit him.
"This was no accident." Green Arrow realised he stared at the screen in shock. "They wanted Kat, Yuri, Marco and Ehsan to follow them, the Mexican Twins were the accident."
"Exactly." The Question nodded as he worked away. "But the real question is, why? Yuriko was confused when I told her that they were brought here for a sinister purpose but now? It should make sense to her."
"Even so, we should keep this from the League, we didn't get this info on official League business and as far as the public's concerned, the girls just smashed up the top floor of an office building, and I'm pretty sure Yuri just missed her first day at the Daily Planet." Green Arrow commented and The Question shook his head.
"Already taken care off, I had Huntress call in sick on her behalf." The Question responded and Green Arrow frowned. "Huntress may not be a member of the League but as my girlfriend, she is still willing to help when needed."
"Don't make a habit of it, or do I need to remind you that she was booted from the League for attempted murder." Green Arrow grunted as he started to walk away. "Now if you excuse me, I'm off to check on Kat and Yuri, and next time you drag us off on some insane errand, make sure you cover your bases." Green Arrow added before leaving The Question's room.