"Ger her on a high calorie drip immediately! I also want you guys to get crash carts ready just in case"
The medical staff hesitates only briefly because Supergirl confirmed those orders quickly enough, fortunately they ultimately wouldn't need the crash cart but it was a close thing, an hour later and the founding members were outside the door as well, except for J'onn who simply materialized beside her bed
"What happened?"
"The medical team is still unsure, and the robots aren't talking either"
Suddenly Ratchet spoke up
"That's because we needed to do our own tests to confirm something"
"So, do you know what happened?"
"Yes we do, it's a combination of a starting infection and a poison that she was unaware of being hit by, did anyone notice if she got hit by a weapon that the Cordinleys were holding?"
"Actually yes, as she was weakening she got hit by a knife"
"That would do it, and because you don't really know our enemies you wouldn't know what poison to look for or even that there would be poison"
"So, what now?"
"Now she continues to stay here during the treatment we'll provide to you guys, we'll also teach you how to test for all EDC poisons in one easy step in case you guys come across any other EDC enemies that use poison on a semi-regular basis"
"Thanks for that"
"I called the Primes and Galvatron, Optimus says that Ratchet has to stay here while you're treating Katherine and they want regular updates from you founding members daily and the medical team that's treating her as well, though Ratchet can handle the medical team part"
"We'll need to adapt things for you guys, both here and at the Watchtower so that you guys have easier access whenever she's in our care"
"What makes you guys think that will happen often?"
"Besides us wanting to recruit her despite her young age we already know that she's going to join in the fight whenever possible and I'm sure that you guys know that too"
"You're right we raised her too well in regards to fighting for what's right and we also taught her a little too well in regards to fighting our enemies"
"We'll have to talk to the Primes and Galvatron first though for their approval of your plans"
"Oh we're planning on contacting them directly and explaining things and why we want to do what we want to do before we actually go through with our plans"
"Very well, we'll see you once we're alerted to Katherine's completed treatment"
"We'll see you guys then, hopefully with one of your leaders to begin discussions"
"They'll make sure that one of them will be here, she'll probably need one of them after the treatment"
"Personal experience?"
"Oh yeah, and it's not a very pleasant one at that"
"What happened?"
"You don't want to know, trust me you just don't want to know"
"That bad huh?"
"Yes that bad, there are reasons the medical team at base has procedures in place whenever she's in there"
"Do those procedures involve Ratchet?"
"Yes and several other steps that you aren't currently cleared to know of"
"Currently?"
"If we become formal allies through Katherine you'll need to know a lot of various procedures for everyone's safety and those procedures involve various scenario's you might come across"
"Multiple plans for each scenario?"
"Yep, and we even have to make plans up occasionally for a known scenario because of an unexpected variable those those are generally temporary"
"How temporary is temporary?"
"Just that specific situation temporary"
"We'll adapt as needed as well, but if we do officially become allies it will be good to know the various procedures required to safely be around Kerenai, but for now I think everyone but Ratchet needs to go"
"True enough Wonder Woman, true enough"
A week later and Rodimus was at the base because Ratchet finally stated that the treatment was done and Katherine was getting ready to wake up, thus his presence was needed and the group quickly realized why everyone, especially Ratchet once the others had left insisted on them doing things their way because Katherine woke up and panicked seeing strangers, she was always startled at an EDC base but at least she recognized those medical facilities, but here, it was worse fortunately Rodimus immediately spoke up in Cybertronian, granted part of the problem was that she had almost gone unconscious completely during battle which made the problem worse
*Stand down Kerenai! That's an order*
Katherine immediately looked in the direction of the voice and saw both Ratchet and Rodimus in vehicle mode and thus immediately calmed down
"What's going on?"
"You passed out as soon as you returned to the Justice League base, that combined with a Cordinleys poison created this issue"
(Sighs) "Great I thought I was safe from that poison treatment, but I've been out for a week haven't I?"
"Yes you have"
"Which one stayed Ratchet or First Aid?"
"Me Kathy"
"Hey Ratchet, have you perfected that poison detection yet?"
"Unfortunately not, a couple of EDC officers were exposed to a different poison before you were and we didn't catch it until it was almost too late"
"Understood, am I cleared to leave the medical bay?"
"Yes, we have your homework back home I'll take you there while Rodimus and the Justice League talk about going into a formal alliance, and something else I think from what I've sometimes overheard"
"Fine, but before we leave I have something to say to the founding members of the Justice League and only the founding members"
Once the group was in a private room it was made obvious that Katherine was to start things
"Before any more official meetings with my family you need to understand two things, the first is that despite the training they've given me they're very protective of me and if it seems to them like you won't do your best to follow established procedures we will never be official allies, the second is that you guys may need to make a decision on if you're going to learn their language and even then only a few members will be allowed to learn for safety reasons most likely"
"I think we can handle meetings without learning Cybertronian"
"No you won't trust me on that one"
"How sure about that are you?"
"I've had to keep negotiations going more than once after something said in Cybertronian is taken as an insult, basically telling those people that my family wasn't insulting them they were saying something else related to the meeting"
"Calming temper flares your specialty?"
"Not necessarily, but that skill does come in handy at times that's for sure, not that I'm involved in a lot of meetings in the first place"
"Because of school most likely"
"No kidding, my education has never been allowed to slip even during periods of frequent travel to other bases around the world"
"Well for now it looks like Ratchet's signaling that he's ready for you and Rodimus promised to do his best to speak only English so it might be best if you get going"
"Will do, see you guys later then"
Two days later and Katherine was in a meeting with the three leaders to discuss important things regarding her future
"The League officially wants you to join them, despite the fact that you're only fifteen years old, they also know that you might want to be an EDC officer instead"
"This from what they saw in battle?"
"Yes, and by the way you'll be seeing them on occasion anyways if you join the EDC at eighteen"
"Officially allies then, well right now I don't necessarily know what I want to do with my life, but if I do join the League I would have two different identities for safety reasons and we would never be able to be completely familiar to each other in my League identity because it would be way too risky"
"What makes you say that?"
"There's already enough trouble being raised by you guys if it's discovered, you guys being formal allies of the Justice League won't make things easier because League enemies will be after you guys now, if I was to join the League and showed to be particularly close to you guys?...I don't think you want to see those results"
"You have a point actually"
"By the way besides J'onn who all might be learning Cybertronian?"
"The founding members decided all of them but Flash will be learning our language, Question, Green Arrow, Steel and Shining Knight are also learning the language, others may or may not learn at another time but for now we're keeping it relatively small in regards to language learning and the founding members agreed to it for a reason"
"Good, for now though I won't worry about possibly joining the League or about the EDC, instead I'm just going to focus on school"
"Not quite Kathy, you need to focus on specialized training now that we're officially allies with the Justice League they know that you may not join immediately or ever but you still need to be prepared to deal with their enemies with and without your powers"
"Understood, summer and school breaks?"
"Exactly"
"Well, at least they now know that I have powers and I'm not afraid to use them, the training would be good for them as well if only for safety reasons because I can be dangerous when I use my abilities and very few of the League can constantly be around me safely when I go full out"
"And they need to learn to obey you immediately when you tell them to get out of the way, plus even those who can handle being around you full out need to learn what to do around you in case you push yourself too far and need medical attention again, especially if you use those two attacks"
"Basically everyone needs training"
"Basically"
"Well it's still school months and as such I have homework to do"
"You caught up?"
"Yes I caught up within two days of waking up and going back to school"
"Did you get any sleep Kathy?"
"Yes Rodimus, I did the reason I caught up so quickly is because you guys taught me everything we're learning right now two years ago when I insisted on helping you guys on that one project"
"That would do it alright"
"Exactly, now then right now as I have already said I have homework, and some of that is an essay I need to start researching"
"We'll let you get to it then"
The rest of the school year turned out to be interesting because of the training Katherine was now doing with the Justice League and the training the League was getting if they were one of the ones chosen or volunteered to learn Cybertronian J'onn, Batman and Superman all learned the language relatively easily though J'onn admitted part of his ease was his mental abilities, the others were still struggling by the time summer came around but they were doing much better than before at the very least and everyone was learning the do's and dont's whenever Katherine was involved in a fight against the Justice League enemies both the League and Katherine had to figure out a very delicate balance and that was without her using her powers whenever her powers were involved that's when the training really got interesting for everyone in learning the balance with each other because the League had a tendency to want to order her around in regards to her abilities and she had the tendency not to obey because her powers were instinctive to her and she simply knew what to do at times
"Is there anything else you can think of to help?"
"Not really, you guys don't know me well so you don't fully trust me and then there's the fact that my powers are instinctive to me and as such I make my own decisions without thinking about you guys, the EDC has learned not to give me any orders unless they can tell I am in true danger or sometimes they need me to do something right now or a lot more lives can be lost and I'm not aware of it for...a lot of complicated reasons"
"Looks like we still have a lot to learn then"
"But all of us have made excellent progress I think, though...if you ever force me to practice subduing you with Kryptonite again I will use my powers to knock you out for several hours to a couple of days to remind you how powerful I am without your weakness Superman, that goes double for you Supergirl I will always use alternative weapons to the one that can kill you if I have the chance Kryptonite is my last resort, and that goes for everyone who has a weakness that can be exploited last resort period"
"How long do you think you could keep that statement up?"
"As long as it takes, I have never used a last resort against my own family for a very long time now and I've had to fight them a few times over the years as I'm sure you're aware of due to the occasional team ups during international crises"
"Actually we weren't aware of your personal involvement but we have heard over the years on occasion about one faction or the other being brainwashed and the war almost starting again"
"Exactly, and that's the reason why I know I can keep from using your weaknesses against you unless absolutely necessary if I ever have to fight against you guys"
"Very well, but still there's another reason we want you to expose yourself to Kryptonite besides it being our weakness"
"Let me guess, radiation exposure, I thought I saw some family research that stated that yes too much exposure can cause radiation sickness but that there's also a slight immunity to radiation up to certain point if you gradually increase your exposure to Kryptonite, though why that's the case is still a mystery"
"That's exactly why we want you to do that, and that will be especially handy against Metallo who can kill me and Supergirl because he runs off of Kryptonite"
"I'll think about it you two but that's all I'm promising"
"Understood, for now though time to get back to training, and thank you for explaining your actions a bit better, hopefully that will help smooth things over even more now because we may have been adjusting over training but...not as much as needed apparently"
"It's new for both sides and this will take time but we'll get there...eventually"
Suddenly an alarm went off and several League enemies were out and about again, this time Katherine was allowed to join the fight as a means of measuring the progress both sides had made and it was actually pretty good all things considered, Katherine was openly using her abilities though they were mainly her minor powers and she was also secretly shielding all the League members who weren't invulnerable or able to become intangable though she also knew that several of those people would yell at her when they found out what she had done which ultimately was sooner than she thought because all of them were suddenly attacked by Toyman missiles and they exploded full of acid but no one was even touched