10:02pm
"Ah, so you're fighting me, eh, young one? Good one! Despero prefers a challenge! That way when your brain yields to me… the victory will be that much sweeter for me to savor!" said a bi purple created identified as Despero who was currently fighting Robin, Superboy and Impulse of the Young Justice team
"Get outta my skull… you fin-headed freak!" Kon yelled as a smoke pellet was thrown and soon everything became surrounded by smoke
10:03pm
"Great distraction with the pellets, Rob!" Kon yelled at Rob "Imp! Hit'im low… and I'll hit'im high!" Kon continued as both he and Bart hit high and low, with Kon hitting Despero's face and Bart grabbing a hold of his legs and Despero fell to the ground
"That's what the world needs: more supervillains with glass jaws" Kon said
"I'd like to think it's over that easily, but-" Rob started to say only to be cut off
"Young fools!" they all heard behind them as they turned around and saw Despero holding a hostage in his arm
10:04pm
"Send these others away Superboy! You are the one that I want! You and you alone are worthy of my attention! The speedster's mind is so scattered I can barely comprehend it…" Despero said as Bart got annoyed at his comment about him "Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" Bart asked, but was ignored "And Robin is simply mortal! Give in to me Superboy… or this child will die, and there will be more to follow!" Despero continued as the 3 boys charged into battle
Meanwhile at Mount Justice
"They seem to be handling matters so far still… perhaps we should all be there, helping them…" Superman said
"They have asked us to trust them. We gave our word that we would allow them to handle the situation… for twenty-two minutes. If we cannot be trusted… who can?" Wonder Woman said standing beside Superman
"But it makes no sense. Why are they going toe-to-toe… with ordinary citizens?" Superman asked as the Justice League members were currently watching the battle through a hologram, while the team and the girls were of at the side as to not disturb them
10:05pm
"Wonder Girl… what are they looking at?" Cissie asked confused as the teenagers all turned towards here
"They're just… uh… being thoughtful. That's how superheroes are…" Cassie said, but seemed to sound unsure of what she said as the team stood there having a mental conversation of their own
"We should be out there as well!" Wally said as he crossed his arms, while Artemis smacked his arm "Oww, what was that for?" he asked the archer
"They obviously came for them. They didn't even know about us to start with, if not for the fact that both Superman and Martian Manhunter were able to find us, we wouldn't be in this mess to begin with" Artemis said as she stood near both Cassie and Cissie
"Guys? Remember me? Arrowette? You guys said you wanted us to stay here, talk to us, get to know us and everything, so it'd be nice if we could get going with that..." Cissie started to say but stopped when Batman turned around to face her "… or y'know later is okay… whatever…" she continued quietly as she sat back down on the chair she was sitting on awhile ago
"I feel bad for her, she clearly doesn't seem to be used to receiving the bat-glare or even be near Batman" Megan said feeling bad for the younger archer
"I will never understand how you can work with him so well Robin" Zatanna commented as Robin turned towards her and shrugged
"I've been doing this since I was 9. You get use to his tricks and how he acts" he responded as he turned around saw Superman talking to Tornado, and then Flash joined in
"To be honest, we were expecting you here when we first arrived…" Flash said to Red Tornado, as Robin was confused; he didn't exactly know how the League found out about the team or why Rob, Kon and Bart were off fighting an… ordinary citizen? That didn't add up, something had to be going on, they wouldn't be fighting with a citizen for no reason, but he couldn't do anything about it. Before all this started, the League had sent both his team and the remaining members of Young Justice into another room so they could talk with the boys about something
Earlier at 9:54pm
"You're probably unaware of it, guys, but there are visual logs kept of activities in this cave. Plus we've been aware of your other activities and your conduct during that time" Superman told the three boys. The girls and the team were taken into another, and would be taken care of later
"You've been spyin' on us, is what you're sayin'" Bart said translating what he thought Superman meant
"Think of it as protecting our interests" John said
"You're considered by many to be a 'junior Justice League' and you're in our old HQ" Wonder Woman pointed out
"The problem is, you act more 'adult' when apart, but the longer you're teamed, the more you act in a fashion best termed…" Aquaman said trailing of at the end
"Juvenile" Batman said finishing of what Aquaman was saying
"Oh… I dunno about that…" the youngest Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner said as he trailed off at the end
"Pardon?" Batman asked as he turned towards the young artist "Nothing. Just thinking out loud" Kyle responded not wanting to get on the Dark Knight's bad side, even thought he could sort of see the point of view the three boy's in front of him, but suddenly a roaring sound was heard
"What's that roaring?" Superman asked confused
"It's the cycle! Something's going on with it!" Rob said recognizing what seemed to be going on
"I'll check it out!" Bart said as he ran off in the direction of where the cycle was being kept
"We will check it out" Flash said as he ran beside Impulse
9:55pm
"Whoa! Calm down fella! Wassup?" Bart asked as the others came running behind them
"What's the deal with this thing?" Flash asked confused
"The super-cycle has proven sensitive to trouble… especially trouble that can relate to us—we've got to check this out! It may well be nothing, but still…" Rob said answering Flash's question
"Gentlemen… the League is voicing concerns about alleged 'flightiness.' This might not be the best time to attend to the impassioned needs of the super-cycle" Red Tornado said
"If the concern is our being responsible, then isn't the most important thing to see how we rise to a challenge? And how we manage it… alone?" Kon said
"Kid's got a point" Kyle said agreeing with Superboy. He had worked with the kid before and they were both able to help out each other in a way during the few team ups they had
"Half an hour. Whatever's happening, the six of us can take care of it in half an hour" Bart challenged
"Impulse!" Rob said warningly
"Fifteen minutes, Bart. If you're not back in 15 minutes, how about we assign a permanent JLA member to chaperone you on all your assignments" Flash said as a counter challenge, while Bart came up to Flash
"A chaperone? What are we, toddler? At least Red Tornado gives us space! How about… if we three can't do the job in twenty-two minutes we scrap the group" Bart said as a final challenge
"IMPULSE!" Rob yelled not liking where this was going, there was still the other team to worry about and what the League was going to do about them. He and Red Tornado already discussed them staying with them, or at the cave, but…
"Not up to the challenge, Robin?" Batman asked his protégé as Rob stayed quiet for awhile
"We've got until 10:17, guys. Let's rock" he said as the 3 of them got on the cycle and left
10:00pm
"I deserve more than this mortal frame! This is intolerable!" Despero yelled throwing baseballs at the civilians running away
"It's… it's some sort of monster! Run! Runnnnn!" one civilian said running away from the large purple like creature
"Can you make it out yet? There's somebody causing a ruckus… and shouts about a monster…" Rob said as he drove the cycle over to where the shouts were coming from
"I don't see any monsters so far. Just some…" Kon said up in the front seat, but trailed off "Wait, I see him! It's… It's Despero!" he continued as he saw who the monster was
"Hah! Costumed heroes! This is more like it!" Despero said as he turned to face the 3 boys
10:01pm
"Well well! Some young heroes… including one with an 'S' on his chest! Now you could prove useful to me!" Despero said as the cycle's lights turned on from above Despero
"Guys, look! Do you see it? His shadow! On the ground! It's not Despero's shadow!" Rob said pointing towards said shadow
"You're right! What's up with that?" Bart asked seeing what Rob said, as Robin got something out of his utility belt
"Oracle! This is Robin! This is going to sound whacked… but we're in the middle of a fight and I think we're fighting the ghost of Despero or something!" Rob said calling Oracle, AKA Barbara Gordon, formerly known as Batgirl "Well, that certainly sounds plausible. Give me a minute" she told the young Boy Wonder
"You take a minute! I'm taking his head off!" Kon said flying over to Despero
"Perfect! Just the one I wanted!" Despero said as Kon stopped mid flight
Meanwhile back at Mount Justice
Cassie was currently sitting in a bench with her arms crossed alone with Megan beside her
"Are you ok? I mean I didn't read your mind or anything and I know you don't trust me or anything… but I can feel you are feeling down" Megan said to the young girl as she sighed
"Nothing's wrong Miss Martian, just thinking is all… I shouldn't have been so hard on you or the rest of your team and I'm sorry for being hostile in any way towards you. Robin, your Robin demonstrated that he could have turned on us, but he didn't, and if he works with you and trusts you all, then I guess I can try and do the same thing. Trust works both ways and you all deserve a chance" Cassie said as Megan hugs her and Cassie after a brief hesitation returns the hug. Suddenly Wonder Woman comes into the room and sees the two girls. Megan sensing the league member coming towards them, let's go of Cassie
"I'll umm leave you alone now…" Megan said as she left the room, with Wonder Woman looking as she left and turned back to face the girl in front of her
"I'm pleased you girls… and that other team stayed behind, Cassie, so we have the opportunity to talk…" Wonder Woman told her protégé
"Oh, yeah… it's umm… great" Cassie said, but she seemed to not even be able to convince herself
"Why aren't you wearing the costume Donna gave you? Are you ashamed of it?" Wonder Woman questioned
"Ashamed! Are you kidding, Diana?! I'm afraid of it!" Cassie exclaimed
"Afraid?" Wonder Woman questioned
10:06pm
"Afraid of ruining it! Of getting it torn or dirty, or shredded in battle" Cassie started saying as Wonder Woman took a seat next to her
"It's a genuine superhero uniform worn by a genuine superhero! I'd feel like a little leaguer using an autographed babe ruth baseball for batting practice. No, the Wonder Girl costume stays safe in a mylar garment bat in my closet… until I'm… I dunno… ready for it" Cassie finished off
"Cassie… I know that being on a team is important to you…" Wonder Woman started
"It sure is" Cassie answered without hesitating
"I just question whether this is the right team, and the right time. The boys are brave, dedicated… I don't dispute that… but they also seem… undisciplined. Even raucous. And at this important time in your training, I fear you might pick up…"
"Bad habits?" Cassie questioned as she finished Wonder Woman's sentence
"Precisely. No, don't decide hastily. Just… consider my words" Wonder Woman said
"O… okay" Cassie said as she brought her knees to her chest as Wonder Woman left the girl alone to her thoughts
Batman and Robin
Meanwhile, Batman was currently examining the Robin in front of him. He could tell right away that this was neither Tim nor Jason for various reasons, so that left him one more option on who the boy behind the mask was…
"So… I'm guessing I'm no longer Robin here… am I?" Robin asked after a long moment of silence… it had been an intense silence and he was getting somewhat uncomfortable with the whole no talking thing here going on… well at least he was sort of use to this
"You're Dick Grayson" Batman said, as he responded with a statement rather than answer his question. He already knew this was Dick Grayson; the first Robin, but still better to be safe than sorry and to try and make the situation less awkward for both of them… mostly for Robin
"Yes… but you knew that…" Robin said as he was looking at anything, but the man in front of him
Batman sighed, he knew what would happen if he revealed too much, but this version of Dick was from an alternate reality and he deserved to have an answer to his previous question
"No, you are no longer Robin… you are still in the 'hero business', but you have taken a new name and moved to a different city, you still work with me from time to time though. You also lead a team of heroes your age" Batman said giving him an answer, but not revealing everything to the teen
"That's cool… I'm guessing you had to leave some parts out huh?" Robin said smiling a little at how this Batman, was still similar to his own, one way or another. Batman sighed as he knew he was going to regret this… but this boy in front of him was clearly Dick, one way or another there was no mistaking it, so that should ease his paranoia a little, but it doesn't at the same time
"Stay here" he said as he left the room and started to make a call, as Robin was left in the room confused, but did as told and decided to try and entertain himself someway while waiting for this world's Batman to come back
Superman and Conner
Superman currently faced the boy in front of him. He could right away see the differences with the Superboy; he was use to working with from time to time. This Superboy seemed more angry and closed off; on top of that he didn't seem comfortable around him… which threw him off somewhat
"Are you a clone of me as well from your world?" Superman asked of course he already knew the answer to the question, but was trying to make small talk seeing as the boy wouldn't be talking anytime soon…
Conner looked at this world's Superman in front of him and contemplated whether to answer him or not. That question should have an obvious answer after all, but after awhile he decided to just go along with it "Yes. I'm your clone back in my world" Conner answered as Superman nodded, happy he was able to get the boy to talk
"Do you have a name? I'm sure you already know Kon-el and my name is Kal-el or Clark Kent" Superman said as he saw no reason as to not tell the boy his name for all he knew the Superman in his world already revealed his identity to the boy… but the expression on the boys face said otherwise
"Umm I didn't know that… I mean about your name… I already knew about your Superboy's name being Kon-el. My name, it's Conner Kent" he said after getting over his shock and realized something "Wait you said your last name is 'Kent' right?" Conner asked as Superman nodded confused with the boy's behavior as he tilted his head a little to the side
"What's the problem with 'Kent' did my counterpart not give you that name? I gave Superboy the name Kon-el… I thought that your Superman gave you the name Conner Kent" Superman assumed as he was puzzled with the turn of events from what should be a simple conversation… but that did not seem like the case
Conner looked at this Superman once again and seemed to finally understand what seemed to be the problem. This Superman talked to him and didn't ignore him like Superman back home. This Superman gave this worlds Superboy a name, not like how Megan and John gave him both his first and last name… John probably knew Superman's identity and thought he should get the name 'Kent'… that means Superman doesn't know and when he finds out the results won't be pretty… they are going to be disastrous and as Robin says heavy on the 'dis'
Soon, Conner realized that Superman was looking at him worriedly and he realized that he still hadn't answered his question "No he didn't give me the name Kent, or Conner for that matter. Megan gave me the idea for Conner and John gave me the name Kent. Superman probably doesn't even know and they when he realizes that I have the same last name as him…" Conner started only to see the Superman in front of him look at him even more confused
"I am going to guess that you two do not get along… I am sorry Conner, you shouldn't have to suffer or get ignored by him. I mean I know that Kon-el is in safe hands, working with Cadmus and having a place to stay, as well as having friends his age, but even I help from time to time, we even team up at times… I may not be the Superman of your world, but I am willing to help you out in any way possible, if you ever need it" Superman said as he placed a hand on the boy's shoulder hesitantly
"….. Would you… be able to help me with… some of my powers?" Conner asked hesitantly after thinking about it. Normally he wouldn't even think about taking up an offer like this, especially from Superman, but this may be his only chance at getting to work with someone who has the same powers as him and won't ignore him
"I'd be glad to help you out. I'm betting both Supergirl and Kon-el would also be glad to help seeing as I heard you'd be staying here" Superman said as he remembered that Tornado told him that the 'Team' would be staying here at the cave until they found a way back home… thought, he was sure that some of the league's wanted to take them home with them, if not to supervise them
"Supergirl?" Conner asked confused as he never heard of a Supergirl back home before, then again she might exist and thought the same as Superman and decided he wasn't worth meeting or anything
"I'll introduce you sometime if you like. So what are your powers?" Superman asked as he thought it would be the same as Kon's powers, Tactile Telekinesis or TTK for short
"I'm half Kryptonian and half human. My powers are basically the same as yours; except I only have super strength, enhanced speed, telescopic vision, infrared vision, super hearing, and invulnerability" Conner said listing of his powers
Superman stared at Conner for moment before shacking of the surprise that had surely been on his face "So you can't fly?" he asked as he thought that Conner should be able to fly, both he and Supergirl can fly and Kon uses his TTK to fly, so why didn't Conner mention it…
Conner looked away slightly as he thought about the numerous of times he tried to fly only for gravity to pull him back down "I can't fly… I might actually never fly, probably due to being half human I guess. The closest thing to flying for me is with Sphere" Conner said as he left out the part about when Luthor gave him some shields that allowed him to fly… and he realized that he was finally having an actual conversation with Superman, and he didn't care at that moment that it wasn't the Superman from back home that kept ignoring him…
"Maybe you'll learn to fly in time. It took me awhile to fly" Superman said as he motioned Conner to follow him outside as he decided to test his powers as well as try to help him out with flying if possible…
Flash and Wally
Currently Flash watched as the boy in front of him ate the food he brought in, seeing as moments ago the teen requested for some food saying 'he needed to recharge' or something like that. Flash knew that this was a younger version of him. Now the question was how his younger self from an alternate dimension would, take the news about Barry Allen being dead here, and he; Wally West is the Flash here, taking up the mantle after his uncle sacrificed his life…
"So…" Flash started only to trail off as he didn't know how this conversation should begin. Why couldn't he have talked to another one of the other kids from another dimension? He would have taken Robin or Superboy, heck even Zatanna… though that would have seemed weird for him
"Do I exist in this world?" Flash heard Wally… no Kid Flash say, it seemed weird calling him Wally
"What? Of course you exist here" Flash said quickly
"Where am I then? And why did that kid, Impulse or Bart say he was my cousin? I don't have any cousins that I know of and Barry or Iris would have told me about him" Kid Flash said
"Well you're around here… and Bart is your cousin. I can't tell you the details about Bart… or yourself for that matter" Flash said as Kid Flash stared at him
"I guess I'll just have to figure this out on my own…" Kid Flash responded as he kept eating while Flash sighed and rubbed his head with his hands… this would not end well… also was he always this stubborn as a kid…?
"I wonder how Barry was able to survive with me when I was still Kid Flash" he thought to himself while still looking at his younger alternate self
10:07pm
After sometime…
'How odd… This is all very peculiar. They're fighting what appears to be an ordinary individual, with no super strength or power of any kind… but when I try to scan his mind, I get a sort of… of static. Something human over lapped with something…not… It's so strong that it's affecting the entire area, like a loud radio burst. It's scrambling my ability to read anyone' J'onn thought as he floated above the 3 boys watching them, while he told Superman of what was going on
"Are any lives threatened J'onn? Do you need backup, because I can- we all can- be there in…" Superman started to say
'There's no need to turn this into a traffic jam. The boys seem to have matter under control, so the day doesn't need saving quite yet' J'onn responded back
"I've noticed the Manhunter isn't here… and you're muamuring. He's on site, isn't he. Hiding behind invisibility. You said you would trust the boys… but you don't" Tornado told the man of steel
"We do trust them, Tornado, just as airline passengers trust their pilot, but they've still got seatbelts. J'onn is there in case we hit turbulence" Superman said
"Hey point-and-shoot. You seen the Secret since all this started?" Cassie whispered over to Cissie
"Now that you mention it… no" Cissie responded back as Cassie turned over to and asked the same thing to the team, only for them all to respond in the same way as Cissie
"Sorry, she's not in range of my telepathy" Megan replied as she tried to contact the young mist girl only to not get anything
"She probably went with the boys for all we know" Wally said lazily as both Cissie and Cassie looked at each other somewhat worried
10:08pm
Back with the boys
"Robin, this is Oracle" Barbara said through Rob's com-link
"I read you, Oracle. Go ahead" Rob responded as he, Bart and Kon were on the ground beside a man who was knocked out cold
"Who's he talkin' to?" Kon asked putting on his sunglasses
"I was hoping you'd know" Bart said confused as well
Rob on the other hand listened to what Barbara had found out. How Supergirl had destroyed his spirit, but that seemed to be proven incorrect and that he was taking over the bodies of other people "… If you avoid making eye contact with him, that might help some, but I couldn't say how much. If you look him straight in the eyes though, you've got trouble" she finished off
"If we can knock out a host body before Despero jumps from it, we might be able to contain him, at least for a little while" Rob said holding up a smoke pellet "I'll use another smoke pellet to blind him… so we can… huh?!" Rob said surprised as Secret suddenly came out of the smoke pellet instead
"Hi guys. So what are we doing?" she asked happily not realizing the tight spot that the boys were currently in at the moment
"Whoa! Heads up!" Kon said catching something that was about to hit Rob and Secret
"Some outer space ghost is taking over people's bodies, Secret. Try not to look him in the eyes… which shouldn't be that tough because he's like, butt-ugly" Bart told Secret as he turned around and saw the animals out of their pens "Uh oh. New problem" he said pointing towards the animals
"He must have opened up the pens to distract us!"
"He's released lions-!" Rob started to say
"And tiger! And bears!" Bart continued for Rob
"Oh my" Secret said as suddenly a 'splotch' noise was heard
"And elephants. There's some elephants, too" Kon said as he laid flat on the ground with his sunglasses messed up as Bart crouched down towards him
10:10pm
"I need a body with some degree of strength if I'm going to stand up to those… those blasted children" Despero said as Rob, Kon and Bart started to clean the mess up, with Rob taming the tigers, Kon flying the elephants back to their pent and Bart running around the bears "Already they dispose of the distraction I've created. I need more power, more time, in-"
"You! You're the one causing all this!" Secret said as she appeared in front of Despero
"I am indeed" he told the girl "And you, child seemed empowered enough to be of use to-" Despero started to say only to cut himself off "N… no… no" he started to say fearfully looking at Secret
"What is it? What did you-?" Secret started to say only to be cut off by Despero
"The… the abyss… you are… you are the abyss… it calls to me through you… I won't go… I WON'T GO!" Despero yelled at the end running off, leaving Secret confused
10:11pm
"What are you talking about?" Secret asked as she watched him run away
"This is beginning to escalate in seriousness. The boys have the animals in hand, but I'm beginning to wonder if- That could be a problem. The strong man is running right into the path of that tiger. Blinded by fear, apparently" J'onn thoughtfully said as he watched invisibly from above
"Brainless beast! Back before your master! Back before-" the strong man said as the tiger got closer to him ready to attack him
"Have no fear, sir. The danger has passed" J'onn said as he becomes visible again and knocked the tiger out cold
10:12pm
"You think so, do you" the strong man said evilly as he looked J'onn in the eye
"Wait!" J'onn screamed out, as suddenly his body was no longer his to control
Back with Young Justice
"Feeling a little dizzy guys? Just grin and bear it" Bart said as the bears were lay there on the ground dizzy for watching Bart run around them in circles "Huh?" Bart says afterwards as he suddenly sees Despero coming his way as he speeds away
"Uh boy. Now he's flying and shaking the ground something fierce when he lands. We may have to go to defcon 2 on this one" Bart says to his friends as he continues to run away from Despero
Meanwhile at Mount Justice
The team, Cissie and Cassie were all heading back to the common room to see if the boy's were back yet, when they heard the Superman talking
"Something startled him. But then he said, 'wait'… and now we've lost touch" he said while holding his head
"I think we're going to have to go in, even though technically, they have four minutes left to wrap this up. Too bad" Aquaman said with his arms crossed as Cissie couldn't believe what she was hearing
"Oh 'too bad' my butt! You want them to fail! Admit it!" Cissie all but yelled somewhat running towards the League as the team and Cassie stayed quiet… not really wanting to cause any trouble, but still agreeing with Cissie none the less. Megan then heard Kaldur mentally to link them all up
"Whoa, is she really standing up to the league like we did when we first build the team?" Wally said as Robin meanwhile thought back to what Superman said before…
"Wait you all stood against the League?" Zatanna asked, though somewhat surprised, it seemed like something the boy's would do
"We went against orders and went to Cadmus to investigate. Long story short, we found Superboy, fought, got him over to our side and shut down Desmond. Of course the League wasn't happy, but we stood up for ourselves and we were able to start the team" Robin said quickly while typing on his holographic computer as softly as he could, trying to stay in a position where he wouldn't be noticed by anyone, desperately trying to hack into any of the cameras with a visual on Rob, Kon and Bart
"What Arrowette..." "Cissie" "Cissie is saying is correct though. It seems this version of Aquaman is not the same as that of the one back home… he does not believe that Robin, Superboy or Impulse can achieve the goal that-"
"Shhh! They're talking again! I wanna see where this goes" Wally said as he cut of what Kaldur was saying as he focused on the conversation once again with Flash being the one to recover from Cissie's response
"Hey kid, it's a question priorities…" Flash started to say as everyone turned towards her, until Cissie cut him off
"Oh, yeah, and I know what yours are! You just wanna crab crab crab! You even complain about how the guys act when they're hanging with each other! So they rank on each other, razz each other… that's how normal teen guys are! Siblings, too!" Cissie continued as Cassie looked over at her, with her hand near her mouth "Didn't you guys have buds or sibs when you were teens? Guys you could bust on and know it didn't mean anything?" she stopped as if for the people around her to think over what she said and then started talking once more "No, probably not! I bet you were all only children or felt isolated or busy 'training' and stuff. I bet none of you can lay claim to knowing what a normal teen life is supposed to be! Geez, you're so judgmental, I wanna puke!" Cissie finally said what she wanted to say as she pointed towards each of the League members
Everyone in the room froze at the words, the League surprised or shocked that they were being yelled at by… a teenage girl, while the team and Cassie were all super shocked at how she came on full force to depend her teammates, yelling at the League and not letting them get a word out
"Whoa" Artemis said as they all nodded, even Robin, who wasn't paying that much attention could tell that whatever the young archer in red said must have gotten somewhat through
"Rebuttal, guys?" Kyle said as he smiled slightly at how they had all gotten quiet, but then Flash seemed to get over his shock and Kyle let the smile fade from his face
"You're not getting it… I was a Teen Titan… and I think you're oversimplifying…"
"Yeah? Well, call me when you stop overcomplicating" Cissie said as she stormed off out of the room
"Wait… Flash was a Teen Titan?" Megan asked confused as Conner shrugged from his position, he could tell Cassie was looking at them all confused, but kept quiet about it
"We still have no idea who these Teen Titans are" Kaldur said slightly annoyed at the lack of information they had on this world
"The only think I was able to find on the Teen Titans was on a group of older if not young adults called Titans. Could be connected… not really sure" Robin said as he was looking at his holographic computer again
"We could ask the Young Justice team or even Red Tornado after this whole ordeal" Zatanna said as everyone seemed to agree on that
Everyone saw Cassie run after Cissie after a moment of hesitation and Zatanna decided to go after them too, with Artemis following soon after. The rest of the team decided to stay put… not wishing to cause a scene
Meanwhile Cassie was finally able to find Cissie "I can't believe you did that! I can't…uh… Arrowette you okay?" Cassie asked as she found Cissie on the ground holding a paper bag to her mouth taking deep breaths in and out
10:14pm
"Half an hour ago, I had to fight the urge to get their autographs! And the next thing I knew, I was telling them off?!" Cissie said as she took the bag out of her mouth to talk, but kept it near her
"I could never do that. It took such guts…"
"Guts! I was terrified! Supervillains, them I can handle, but the world's greatest heroes…? I… I… jeez, the way Batman was looking at me… and Superman, Mary Mother of god, I was yelling at Superman…!" Cissie said as she brought the bag to her mouth and started talking more deep breaths in and out, while Cassie sat down next to the young archer
"Look, I gotta say, from the moment I first saw you, I… I was so jealous of you…"
"Of me? But you can fly! You've got super-strength! I was jealous of… you…" Cissie admitted after Cassie and both girls smiled at each other
"My name's Cassie… in case you forgot the day I said it when we met the other team"
"No kidding. I'm Cissie. That's practically the same. Cool" Cissie said as Zatanna and Artemis came in and sat down in front of them
"You doing okay Cissie?" Artemis asked first as the archer in front of her nodded and smiled
"Yeah I think I'm better now" Cissie replied
Zatanna soon held out her hand for the young archer to take, while Artemis did the same for Cassie. Both took the offered hands and got back up and smiled at each other, happy to be on better terms than they were before
10:15pm
While the four girls were still gone, the rest of the Team watched as the Justice League kept on arguing on whether or not they should leave and help out the boy with Despero
"I'm heading out. I can't just…" Superman said trailing of at the end
"Just what? If you go what kind of message would we be sending? That not only does the JLA not trust its protégés… but we don't even trust one of our own to handle a situation? J'onn is already there. They're got just two more minutes Kal… I suggest we give it to them" Wonder Woman said, not liking the idea of Superman leaving and going to 'help' the teens
"I hope you're right" Superman finally said, agreeing with his teammate
"So do I" Wonder Woman replied back
The Team could only stare somewhat shocked that Wonder Woman seemed to believe in the younger teens out there. Should someone have told them that one of the members of the Justice League said what Wonder Woman said, they all would've laughed at the idea, not thinking twice about it… now however, they might have to rethink a few things there Justice League might have said
"Wonder Woman's cool in my book now" whispered Wally to Robin, who nodded slightly, while Conner couldn't exactly understand how Superman was talked down by Wonder Woman
Back with the boys/Secret
Meanwhile, we see Kon get punched by Despero "I don't need your pathetic body anymore, lad. This one is far superior. So I've no qualms about breaking you in half now!" he said as Kon lands on what looks like a blue tent
"Impulse! Watch it! That shadow he's casting… it's the Martian Manhunter! He's in the Manhunter's body" Rob said from above both Despero and Impulse, as he took notice of the shadow. Secret on the other hand is nowhere to be seen at the moment
"I'm on it!" Bart yelled out
10:16pm
"If he's Manhunter, then even if we can't see it… he's got a cape!" Bart said as he grabbed a hold of a blue fabric, which could be the cape he was taking about "Which gives me something to drag…" Bart continued saying as he started dragging Despero "And toss!" he said as he tossed the villain with all his might
"Fool! This will only slow me for moment…!" Despero said in mid-air, not noticing the figure behind him
"Yeah? Well, here's another moment!" Kon yelled out as he delivered a punch to Despero's head, knocking him back down
Soon, Kon grabbed a hold of Despero's head, with one arm and the other one punches him in the face, while Bart in rapidly throwing punch after punch in his mid-section, both of them saying "Sorry J'onn"
Rob on the other hand, started getting in closer with an item in his hand "Hang on, guys! If I'm right, my torch'll trigger the Manhunter's primal fear of fire…" he said letting lose a stream of fire towards Despero "Giving J'onn's psyche a chance to crack through and… it worked!" Rob continued saying
10:17pm
Slowly, Despero was separated from Martian Manhunter as he yelled in agony "This isn't over…!"
"Yes. It is" Secret suddenly said as she appeared out of nowhere "No! Not you! Not-yyyyyoooouuuuu!" Despero said as soon he disappeared into thin air, leaving the trio of boy somewhat shocked
"What happened? Where did he go!?" Rob asked, being the first to get over the shock
"I… don't think you want to know" Secret said ominously and left soon afterwards
"Ooookay" Kon said
Back in Mount Justice
"You're late"
"Yes, by four minutes. On the other hand, we handled the emergency within the allotted time. That should count for something" Rob said as all three boys were back in the cave. The Justice League, Cassie, Cissie and the Team surrounding them
10:21pm
"Well, considering you 'handled' one of our greatest foes… and no one was injured or killed, thanks to you… and you were able to prevent one of our own members from wreaking havoc while possessed" Superman said as Manhunter sat beside him holding his head
"Oh, yes… Thanks ever so. My head is still ringing" the Martian said
"Who are they and what have they done with the Justice League! They barely say thanks to us!" Wally commented through the mind link
"I guess this world is full of surprises" Robin answered
"Wish our League would through some thanks our way as well" Artemis mumbled
"And their Superman is way nicer and accepts this Superboy, until the one back home" Conner said a little angrily
"At least they haven't kicked us out yet" Zatanna said happily beside the Boy Wonder
"I'd hate to think it, too" they suddenly heard Rob say seriously
"I… believe we can call the entire matter a wash, Batman. After all, they're young… and youth should be able to excuse a few things. I'm sure the lovely miss Arrowette would agree…?" Superman said with the rest of the League, except Batman having a smile on their face
"Why's she blushing? What'd we miss?" Bart asked pointing at a blushing Cissie. Cassie and the Team had to hide their laughter behind their hands, as they held them over their face
"So at this point… you have our conditional permission to continue using our cave as HQ. And Tornado… you'll keep us apprised of how the parent/teacher conferences go" Superman said as the League started leaving
"Absolutely" Tornado replied as the last of the older heroes left
"The… what conferences…?" they all asked surprised and hoping they heard wrong
Now the Team actually couldn't hold back their laughter at the stunned expressions on the Young Justice team's face, which earned them a glare from them… and made all of them, but Robin and Wally fall silent