Summary: Set in the Young Justice universe a few years after season two.

Blüdhaven, New Jersey

If anyone asked Damian, his stay in Blüdhaven had been rather boring. It hadn't been his idea to stay there but his father insisted it would do him some good if he worked with someone other than Batman for some time. Damian wasn't so sure it would be a good idea but it was the lesser of two evil. It was Nightwing or a full team full of children. After those two options were presented to him, it wasn't too hard to make a decision. He hadn't come to regret his choice, even if he constantly voiced his boredom throughout the day, which Dick simply found amusing.

Each night, Nightwing and Robin went out to patrol the city and Blüdhaven being too similar to Gotham, something was always happening at night. Though not everything caught Damian's attention. More than once he would complain about how easy it was to deal with the criminals in Blüdhaven.

That particular night, nothing had happened. Not even a robbery. Dick didn't seem to mind the peace and quiet but Damian did, though he kept his thoughts to himself.

The quiet night was suddenly interrupted by a bright flash in the sky, one that disappeared almost as soon as it appeared. It wasn't long before a loud explosion was heard from the industrial district in the city, following that mysterious flash of light.

"Here I was thinking the night would be dull," the newest Robin said, looking in the direction of the explosion, a smile on his face.

Nightwing smiled. "It's your lucky night," he said, aware of Damian's need to keep busy. He was the child of Bruce Wayne and Talia Al Ghul after all. And those two never wasted any time on the inane.

"Let's go," Damian said before leaping off the building with Nightwing right behind him.

It didn't take the pair long to reach their destination and when they did, they found one of the many buildings in the area completely destroyed, as if a meteor had fallen right on top of it or as Damian put it, it looked as if Superman had decided to destroy the place because it dared to stand in his way.

"Don't be dramatic, Robin," Dick said as he scanned his surroundings, which were eerily quiet despite the destruction which clearly had just occurred. "Last I checked Superman was still in Metropolis," he smiled down at his young partner.

"I know," Damian answered, crossing his arms over his chest, though he was also looking around as he spoke.

Frowning Damian approached the wreckage. There was something off about the entire situation and it wasn't only the flash of light they had seen earlier.

"You know what this feels like?" Damian asked as he looked back at the former Robin, making Dick look up from whatever he was doing on his holographic computer. "The calm before the storm," he said once he had Dick's full attention.

"That's one way to put it," Dick answered as he approached his younger adoptive brother.

"What do you think happened?" Damian asked, kicking a small rock out of his way. "Meteor?"

"There are no signs of that," Dick was quick to reply. "Also nothing has entered the atmosphere, someone would have reported that."

"Then what the hell was that?" Damian asked though he was not expecting Dick to answered. Both of them had the same amount of information at that point, which wasn't much, to be honest. "Something clearly fell from the sky..." he started but he stopped himself as a low rumble could be heard coming from the rubble.

Scanning the debris before them, the young heroes saw an armored reptilian-looking creature crawl out of the wreckage, pushing the debris out of its way.

"I don't know why but I get the feeling that he's here to pay Earth a friendly visit," Damian said, watching the creature scan its surroundings and it wasn't long before its eyes settled on the pair.

Even though he didn't say anything Dick had to agree. That creature did not look very friendly and after its eyes landed on them, it seemed to get angry.

"Well, you did say you wanted to fight an alien outside of training," Dick reminded the younger boy, pulling out his weapon of choice, his escrima sticks. "Now you got your chance..."

Damian smiled. He did say that.

Pulling out his own weapon, a katana sword, he stood ready for battle.

It didn't take long for the creature to charge at them, screaming in a language unknown to them, holding a weapon in each hand. It seemed to be extremely angry and despite the fact it just crawled out of the remains of a building, it seemed to be unaffected.

Before any of them realized what happened, there was a familiar green flash that knocked the creature back, making it land back in the wreckage.

Dick and Damian looked at each other for a brief moment, both knew only one person, or living being, that had that kind of power.

A moment later, a female figure landed just a few feet away from the creature, keeping it down by holding what seemed to be a metal bo staff to its neck.

"That was unexpected," Dick murmured, making Damian look away from the scene for just a moment.

"You can say that again," the young boy murmured his attention back on the odd pair before them.

Dick looked down at Damian for a moment, about to say something when he was interrupted by another flash of green.

"I think she killed it," Damian said, intrigued by the scene unfolding before his eyes, still ready for a fight... but Dick was not a surprise given who his parents were and who had raised him.

"That's not a good thing," Dick reminded the younger boy.

Damian shrugged. "Sometimes it is."

Shaking his head, Dick turned his attention to the familiar redheaded alien, whom he had not seen in a few weeks. More weeks than he cared to admit. She was no longer looking at the creature, her attention was on the pair of young heroes.

"I suppose you'll want to take him?" she asked, not directing the question to anyone in specific, smiling as she spoke.

"What is he?" Damian asked, putting his sword away as he walked closer to the unfamiliar creature.

Looking back for a brief second, she answered. "Gordanian. From the Vega system," she explained.

"I wasn't expecting to see you in here," Dick said, approaching his old friend.

She was silent for a moment. "I wasn't expecting to be here either..." she said. "But I had to know why he came here."

"Did you get your answer?" He asked.

"Not entirely," she replied, her emerald green eyes looking down for a moment. "I'm surprised Damian isn't angry he didn't get to fight," she said, changing the topic of their conversation abruptly something anyone could have noticed but Dick understood why she did that.

"Don't worry, Kori, he'll be fine," Dick shrugged, a little amused by her words. "Fighting is almost all he ever does, not fighting once in a while is good for him."

Kori smiled. "He is a warrior."

"And too much like his parents..." he added.

"I'll take your word for it," she said and before she could continue, she was interrupted by Damian.

"The League should be here any minute," he informed the older heroes and neither one was surprised that the young boy had called the Justice League. He may say he dislikes working with others but with time he has learned to work with others.

"I should go," Kori said because despite being a hero in Jump city, she had never been comfortable around the Justice League and due to that, she had only ever met Batman and that was only because Dick used to live in Jump city a few years ago.

Dick grabbed her hand before she could leave. "You don't have to go. You have done nothing wrong."

"I never said I did," she smiled. "But I must get back to Jump City... before anything happens."

"You left Raven in charge, didn't you?" Damian asked, attentively watching the pair, fully aware of the history between them.

Kori nodded. "Of course, I know Raven is more than capable of handling things while I am here."

"Agreed. There would be no tower left if you had left someone else in charge," the young boy retorted.

"I was aware of that possibility, that is why she is the one in charge," she assured the boy, knowing that despite his words, he cared for the Titans back in Jump City.

"Good," Damian nodded in approval, crossing his arms over his chest, his attention back on the creature as they waited for the league to arrive.

"He cares," Dick said. "He may never admit it but he cares," he added, making Kori smile.

"Indeed..." she agreed. "Now, I must get going. I wouldn't want to interrupt any official Justice League business."

"You wouldn't be interrupting anything," he reassured her, before leaning closer to whisper something to her, making her smile even more.

Kori simply nodded and kissed his cheek in response before leaving.

"What did you say to her?" Damian asked as he stood next to his adopted older brother.

Dick smiled. "If I wanted you to know I would have said it out loud."

Damian scoffed and whatever he was going to said was cut off by the arrival of some of the Justice League members as well as a few members of the younger team.

"To be continued..." the young boy whispered.

Authors note: Hi there! Thanks for reading this chapter. I hope you all like it.