Hey everyone! In case you didn't read it before in It's Good To Be Back, the mission went great! It was probably one of the best experiences of my life! I found it funny before I left that I was writing these two in Michigan, and then I got sent to Michigan of all places! It was a blast though. I made friends with a lot of other missionaries, and with a lot of great people living in Michigan! I served in some beautiful areas, and had a good time. I definitely left a piece of my heart there in several different places when I left!

Now enough of my rambling. I know that I didn't finish this story before I left. And the main reason why any of you readers might still be here is because you want to see this story finished! You want to see fights! You want to see action! You want to see drama! But above all, you want to see Beast Boy and Raven just get together already!

You may cease your worrying! I have the next twenty chapters already written out! So sit back, take your vitamins, and enjoy the next chapter of JL Vs. TB! With more to come!


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Updated: February 23, 2018 12:00 A.M.


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Justice League Vs. The Beast, Part Two…


Chapter Thirty: The Closing of a Loose End


Three Months Later...

The scene showed the inside of a large open room. A large cylinder like object with spinning metal throngs around the middle of it stood on a platform in the middle. Several different catwalks branched out from it near the ceiling around the room…

Boom!

Oh, and a large scale battle was going on throughout the whole room. Don't want to forget that.

Boom!

On the floor down below, a large explosion racked through a line of Immortus bots. Various parts and pieces flew up into the air, and landed close to some other combatants in the room. Hot Spot almost got beaned by the head of one of the bots.

"Whoa! C'mon! That almost hit me!" Hot Spot yelled angrily.

Cyborg and Nightwing looked to him as they ran through the wreckage they had just made.

"Sorry man. I can't direct where the debris travels after the boom." Cyborg muttered as he pointed his arm, which was now outfitted with a wrist rocket launcher. He fired another small rocket.

Boom! Slash! Slash!

An explosion blew several more Immortus bots off a catwalk near Kaldur as he used his water weapons to easily slice and dice the Immortus bots coming at him.

"To think this started off as a few man operation." He muttered to himself.

He had originally intended for only a few heroes to help Superboy out with this side venture. However, as he could see now, things had become very serious, very quickly. The Brotherhood of Evil, as they had discovered, had been building a black hole machine. One capable of wiping out major population centers.

Needless to say, the hunt for the two missing fugitives had been almost on pause for quite some time now that they were finally about to finish off the threat once and for all.

Slice!

Kaldur brought his weapon down, and sliced an Immortus bot completely in two. The two halves separated, and fell to the ground far below.

"We have to push to the machine before they activate it!" He ordered the combined team.

"Rrrcckkk! Working on it!" Down below in another part of the battle, Superboy grunted as he threw a large sheet of flat metal like a frisbee.

Whoosh! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!

The deadly spinning metal acted like a rotating blade. It cut right through the tops of more of the bots standing on the ground.

One bot managed to duck just in time. Then it raised its laser gun to fire back.

Pow!

An arrow slammed into its chest, and the Immortus bot fell backwards onto the ground.

Red Arrow smirked from his position on a downed Immortus bot, as he locked another arrow into his bow. "I swear there's nothing like a good fight to end an adventure through the woods." He muttered. Miss Martian, Wondergirl, and Starfire flew past him to another part of the fight as he aimed at another group of Immortus bots nearby.

The scene panned to the large circular platform up ahead. The Brain and Monsieur Mallah could be seen behind the railing watching what was happening down below.

"Hmmm, it seems that the Young Justice and the Teen Titans managed to track us down after all." Monsieur Mallah muttered. A series of doors opened around the floor of the room. More Immortus bots started to flood into the room in an effort to slow down the heroes. General Immortus himself appeared leading a column of tanks.

"It will all be pointless in only a moment." The Brain muttered. His stand turned around to face the machine. "They will not breach past our defenses in time to stop our black hole machine from making New York City a crater larger than the state of Rhode Island." The Brain said monotonously.

Monsieur Mallah smirked in victory behind the Brain. "Wanna bet!" A confident voice yelled gruffly. Monsieur Mallah looked up in surprise.

Boom.

The figure of Cliff (Robotman) landed on the platform in front of them. His large, orange, bulky suit shone as he straightened and cracked his knuckles. "I've been waiting a long time to get a good old fashioned pounding in for what you did to me back in the jungle!" He said angrily, before he directed a punch at the Brain.

Pow!

Monsieur Mallah punched at the same time as Cliff. The two punches collided with each other in front of the Brain, and a burst of wind came out from them. "I don't think so." Monsieur Mallah said stubbornly, as his other hand moved to grab the big gun off his back.

Then Cliff's fist wrapped around Monsieur Mallah's hand. He smirked as Monsieur Mallah looked surprised. "What's the matter monkey boy? How about you join me down on the ground!" Cliff yelled before he tossed Monsieur Mallah surprisingly off the platform down below. He proceeded to jump off the platform after him.

The Brain looked down below. "Hmmm." The Brain muttered to itself at the unexpected scene. "I would have thought this would have gone down differently for some reason."

"Yearrrghhh!"

Up ahead Elastagirl appeared in her large form in the middle of the fighting. She growled as she brought her massive fists down left and right. Laser shots from the Immortus bots bounced off her skin like raindrops. Immortus's tank shot round after round at her in vain. All it seemed to do was tick her off even more.

Kckckckck…

The machine behind the Brain started to screech as the spinning circular pieces of metal in the middle slowed down. The Brain's stand turned again, and the vortex that had been forming in the middle of the machine disappeared entirely.

"It's not supposed to be doing that." The Brain said.

"I know." Another voice said.

Within seconds, Mento appeared from behind the machine. He had a victorious smirk on his face. Madam Rouge was knocked out at the controls behind him. "It appears your black hole machine won't be swallowing New York anytime soon." Mento said.

Ktthh!

At that moment, the circular pieces of metal twisted up behind Mento. Larry's dark soul self then flew out of the machine, and disappeared into the rafters up above.

Boom!

The Brain's stand backed away from Mento as the machine blew up. The project that had taken months for the team of villains to put together had turned to scrap metal within seconds. "You might have won this round Mento, but you will not win this-" He was starting to say.

Pow!

A fist punched right through the stand beneath the Brain's holder. The Brain's holder fell down off the ruined remains onto the platform.

Mento picked him up. "I'm sorry, what were you saying?" Mento asked curiously. He had a calm look on his face, but the trace of the victorious smile was noticable.

"Shut up." The Brain said monotonously.

"You first." Superboy, who had delivered the punch, said to the Brain.

The fighting that had been going on down below was already calming down. Monsieur Mallah was shown struggling in his handcuffs, while a smirking Cliff helped to escort him out with Elastagirl beside him. "Urgh! Get these off me! What do you think I am, an animal!?" Monsieur Mallah asked angrily.

General Immortus and Madam Rouge were being led away in special handcuffs by Kaldur, Nightwing, and Negative Man. She had come to right after being handcuffed. "Oh quit ze talking Mallah. It iz grinding on ze nerves." Madam Rouge said in an annoyed tone.

The remaining heroes looked around. The members of the Young Justice, Teen Titans, and Doom Patrol had prevailed against the Bro. Of Evil. Three months of planning, attacking hidden bases, daring rescues, and various other things had finally been met with success. The entire Doom Patrol team had been rescued, and the Brotherhood of Evil's plans had not only been squashed, but they had been caught.

Superboy looked at the screen, and gave a thumbs up.

Boooop.

The screen turned off, and became a black surface on the wall.

The scene expanded out, and it showed Red Tornado and Captain Atom standing in front of the white wall that had the TV screen housed in it. They were in a meeting room of the WatchTower, with most of the other Justice Leaguers sitting in chairs around a table with the JL symbol in the middle of it. The Leaguers moved their attention from the screen to the two heroes.

"As you saw, the operation in rescuing the Doom Patrol and taking down the Brotherhood of Evil was a complete success." Captain Atom addressed them.

The various Justice Leaguers looked to be either happy at the event, or thoughtful. "Where are the young heroes and the Doom Patrol at now?" Superman asked curiously.

"They are resting back at the Cave. It was a rather long and hard operation for them to accomplish, so I have given them instructions that they are to rest for the moment and get the Doom Patrol up to date with the world. They have been held hostage for quite some time." Red Tornado replied in his robotic tone.

Batman frowned at the head of the table. "Make sure they don't rest for too long. There is still a lot of trouble that needs to be resolved in the world." He said gruffly.

Red Tornado gave Batman a nod. "Of course. Though I will still be giving them the time they need to celebrate their accomplishment and recoup from their long mission." He replied.

Batman's frown deepened a little bit, but he didn't respond. He instead settled back into his seat and crossed his arms.

"Good work Red Tornado and Captain Atom. You two can take your seats now." Superman said to them.

The two nodded their heads, and then retook their seats at the long table. Everyone was sitting in a chair now.

"Now, what else do we need to discuss with each other while we are still gathered together here?" Superman asked.

There was silence among them for a few seconds as the Leaguers thought on it. Then the Martian Manhunter and Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) stood up at the other end of the table, and looked towards the other Leaguers.

"I think you all would be pleased to hear that things are finally settling down amongst the worlds ravaged by Trigon's hordes." Martian Manhunter spoke up first.

Aquaman nodded beside him. "Besides the worlds that are no longer habitable of course." He added on.

Green Lantern looked to Aquaman. "And in many of those cases, they are using terraformers and other resources provided by the Green Lantern Corps to try and erase the scars on their planets so they will be habitable again." He said.

Aquaman shrugged. "Don't know if terraformers are going to fix all that damage bud." He said.

Superman looked troubled. "Yes, I did receive word that Rann has been bringing in terraformers and other devices to get their home world hospitable again. It is working. However, from what I've heard, it seems that their forests are growing back far more deadly than before." He said.

"Killer forests. Even better than killer demons." Aquaman said sarcastically (I'll admit, I really like the new Aquaman in the movies).

"That would probably be because of the leftover influence from the demonic beasts that destroyed them." Zatanna finally spoke up.

"Maybe Zatanna. Either way, they'll need help with designs and everything for how to best protect their cities from plant life when it is all said and done." Superman said.

Green Arrow sat back in his seat. "I wasn't much a fan for demons before. Now I'd rather make sure they all stay in hell where they belong." He said in a grumbly tone.

Superman still looked troubled. "Speaking of demonic influences, has there been any sign of the two?" He asked towards Zatanna and Doctor Fate.

Doctor Fate shook his helmeted head. "The two fugitives haven't tried to leave North America yet. There hasn't been any breaches in the line yet." He said. Zatanna folded her arms frustratingly next to him. The note from Raven was probably on her mind in that moment. Inwardly, she knew the vivi vestigium line wouldn't work the way she wanted it to since the two knew of its existence. She hadn't let the others know though. At least the two couldn't leave North America.

Batman's already deep frown deepened a little more. "Is there any way for you to shrink that viva la france line or whatever you call it around North America?" The Flash asked.

Doctor Fate shook his head. "It's hard to keep the line of energy connected on land when the Earth's natural energy can get in the way and make holes in the links. The only place we've been able to risk doing that is along the side of the Panama Canal. And we have to check it closely each time to make sure no new holes have formed in it." He briefly explained.

"Outside of that, the rest of it is all over water." Zatanna finished. The heroes around the table each shifted in their seats. "Whose to say that your energy line hasn't kept them inside North America? What if they found a way past it to the rest of the world, or even out to space?" Plasticman asked.

Doctor Fate looked at a special watch on his wrist. "It is rather impossible actually. It is a rather special spell reserved for the Lord of Orders for special cases. And demons of any kind are at the top of that list." Doctor Fate lowered his wrist. "Speaking of which, it's time we renew the energy field around North America Zatanna." He said, before he stood up from his seat.

Several of the other Justice Leaguers got up at the same time as Zatanna.

"I have some things to settle in Atlantis before I go back to check on the Vossk's progress with rebuilding." Aquaman said.

"More like, his wife needs some attention." Flash snickered a few feet from him.

"I have to get back to searching for the fugitives from the cameras of the Watchtower." Martian Manhunter said.

"I need to see how Star City is doing lately. Make sure that the local crime lords and all that haven't taken over in my absence." Green Arrow said.

"I need to make sure those young heroes are ready to get back into the action soon." Black Canary said.

"I need to check that the Green Lantern Corps is still sending aid to affected worlds." Green Lantern said.

One by one, all the different Justice Leaguers quickly left the room. Until finally, it was only Batman and Superman still sitting in their seats.

Superman looked to Batman. "Was there anything else that we needed to talk about Bruce?" He asked.

Bam!

Batman brought an angry fist down on the table. "They all act like those two remaining demons aren't even important to focus on anymore!" He growled in an angry deep tone.

Superman looked calmly at Batman. "Bruce. They haven't been spotted since Midway City." He said calmly.

"That's no excuse! You saw what they did to Diana! She still hasn't woken up since that fight!" Batman spat at Superman angrily.

Superman put his hands up in a defensive stance. He wasn't afraid of Batman hurting him. He was literally the Man of Steel. He only wanted to calm him down. Outbursts like this had been happening more and more lately for some reason. "I understand Bruce. We do want to find them. But dropping everything else that is going on to hunt them down will do more harm than good for everyone else who needs our help." Superman explained calmly.

Batman looked angrily into Superman's eyes for a few seconds more. Then his face fell to his chest. The look of anger quickly dissipated to be replaced with regret. "Sorry Kent. I… I've just been feeling weird lately is all. I didn't mean to get mad at you." Batman said in one of his more normal deep tones.

Superman put a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, you can be as thick and mysterious as you want Dark Knight. But you're still human deep down inside." Superman said in a more friendly tone. Batman frowned slightly at the statement. "Besides, I'm sure that those two will eventually reveal themselves soon. They can't just run around forever inside of North America." Superman said as he sat back.

Batman was still frowning. "I don't understand…" He said to himself.

Superman leaned in curiously. "Understand what?" He asked.

"I've trained myself to control my emotions to a T… yet something feels to be off." He said quietly to himself.

Superman looked confused at that. He had been off since the beginning of Trigon's mess. He had originally thought it was because of the guilt of trillions of people being affected by it. Now, he couldn't help but wonder if something else was going on with his friend.

Before he could speak though, Batman quickly stood up. "I'm going to check on Diana and see how she's doing." He said in a more orderly tone. "We'll talk some other time about what's been going on. For now, we need to get patrols going again to hunt those two demons down. They must have been planning something since we last saw them." He finished, before he turned and walked out the door into the corridor of the WatchTower.

Superman stayed sitting in his chair. "What was he talking about?..." He asked himself.

After a moment, he shook his head. "You know what, he might be human, but I don't think anyone can understand what goes through that mind of his." Superman said to himself.

He sat for a moment alone inside the meeting room. He put his hand to his chin. He almost seemed to be thinking to himself.

…"You know, I don't think I've checked in with mom for a while. Maybe since nothing is going on now, I could check to make sure that she's still doing well." Superman said to himself.

It was just an idea to get his mind thinking… but then he got up, and floated towards the exit. "Yeah, I think she'd appreciate that." He said.


The scene showed the inside of the Young Justice Cave. All the heroes and a few more who had just been in the fight earlier that day were standing in a group in the middle of the Cave. A celebrations of sorts was going on, and Elastagirl, Robotman, and Negative Man stood in the middle of it.

"I'm curious. Just how big can you grow?" Bumblebee asked admirably to Rita.

Rita stretched her hands in front of her. "Oh, I don't know. I once reached over a hundred feet to grab a helicopter that was carrying a nuke inside it." Rita said almost offhandedly.

Miss Martian and Bumblebee looked to each other. "Whoaaaaaaa..." The two of them both said in almost fangirlish voices.

"But that's a story for another time though." Rita tried to shake it off.

Bumblebee and Miss Martian got right into Rita's personal space. "Tell us all about it girl!" Bumblebee said excitedly.

"It sounds really exciting!" Miss Martian said happily.

Rita sweatdropped at the two feminine heroes enthusiasm. Several of the other feminine heroes were leaning in excitedly to listen as well. She put her arm behind her head in an almost bashful way. "Well, most of it is top secret…" Looks of disappointment came onto some of their faces. "But I guess I can tell you a little bit." Rita said defeatedly.

The heroines eeped in excitement, and a smile came onto Rita's face. "You see, it all began..." Rita started to explain the story to them.

Bumblebee, Miss Martian, Argent, Kole, and a few of the other heroes around them listened almost entranced to the older hero. Her story to them continued on as some of the male heroes gathered around Cliff and Larry.

"What happened to your body to have you wrapped up like this?" Kaldur asked curiously as he looked closely at Larry's bandaged arm.

Larry pulled it back. "I wouldn't do that if I were you. I wear these to keep those around me from dying of radiation poisoning." Larry said monotonously.

Kaldur paled a little bit, and backed away. "My apologies, I did not realize that was their purpose." He said.

Larry shrugged. "It's fine. It's just one downside of having these powers." Larry said.

Then his soul self came out, and his body fell to the ground. Kaldur, Hot Spot, and Red Arrow immediately backed away. "Holy heck! What is that?!" Hot Spot yelled as he pointed at Larry's black form.

"Calm down. This is just my negative self. It is one of the upsides of having my powers." The black soul self of Larry said as he raised his hands in front of him.

The heroes looked up in amazement at him. "Whoaaaa..." Blue Beetle said impressively. "Now that is kind of cool." Red Arrow said next to him.

The scene shifted over to where Cliff was standing. Or rather sitting, across from Cyborg. They looked to be in the middle of an arm wrestling match.

"Yo, I'm just about ready to whoop your tin butt!" Cyborg yelled as he strained to move Cliff's hand down towards the table top.

Cliff huffed as his large muscular orange arm strained. The younger hero was actually stronger than he had thought. "I don't know about you kid, but all I hear is a bunch of whining from a kid whose about to lose to an oldie!" Cliff trash talked back.

A few heroes stood watching in awe around the perimeter. Cyborg growled angrily. "Who you calling a kid Rust Bucket!?" Cyborg yelled angrily.

Cliff, or Robotman, smirked. A special set of hydraulic gears he hadn't used in a while moved inside his arm. The strain disappeared almost all at once. "Why, the kid who's just about to lose!" Cliff cheered.

Bam!

Just like that, Cyborg's hand was pinned down to the table. The heroes all around cheered for Cliff as he stood up and basked in the victory.

Cyborg was looking down in shock at his hand. "You beat me. You actually beat me." He said in shock.

"And don't you forget it Rust Bucket." Cliff said back in good humor.

Cyborg looked up with fury on his face. "Yo, rematch!" He said angrily.

"Quit while you're behind kid." Cliff said back.

"No way man! We're doing left hand this time!" Cyborg said angrily.

Cliff shrugged, and sat back down. "Okay, it's your funeral." He said as he put his left arm at the ready. He smirked to himself.

Cyborg thought he was going to be ready for an utter smack down. However, he didn't know that Cliff had been left handed before he gained his robot body. It was going to be a harsh surprise when figured that out.

At the edge of the scene, Mento, or Steve could be seen at the Island in the middle of the kitchen. His helmet was resting behind him on the Island counter. He was watching the rest of his team interacting with the younger heroes. He raised the cup in his hands to his lips, and took a sip from it.

Bam!

Almost immediately, the sound of Cyborg's hand could be heard slamming down into the table. "What!?" Cyborg yelled incredulously.

Cliff got up and started to do a victory dance similar to a certain green someone's. Maybe the source of where Beast Boy had gotten his horrible victory dance from had been discovered.

"Oh yeah! Uh huh! Who's your daddy!? Who's your daddy?!" Cliff cheered tauntingly at Cyborg. Cyborg growled. "Why you!?" He yelled angrily, and then he tackled Cliff to the ground. "You cheated!" He yelled as he started to wrestle with him.

"Hey, let go of me!" Cliff yelled back angrily as he wrestled back.

The heroes started to cheer at the unexpected wrestling match as it went underway. Other than Nightwing coming over to try and separate the two, it somehow didn't detract from Rita's story telling/showing off, or from Larry showing what his negative form could do.

Steve set his cup down and stared at the scene. He came from a military background, so he was not particularly pleased with the scene in front of him… however, since they had finally been rescued, stopped the villain's plans, and put the whole Brotherhood of Evil behind bars; he figured his team deserved a small break from the norm back at home.

Up ahead, Elastagirl started to show off her powers a little bit more. Doing things that no other hero dreamed of doing. Like actually scratching the spot in the middle of her back where no one could reach themselves. Or making herself tall enough to grab the cookie jar on the top shelf.

"I wish I could scratch that spot on my back." Argent said.

Rita laughed happily at the awe and attention she was being given. Steve smirked to himself. "She never did completely throw off loving the attention others gave her as an actress." He said to himself.

One hero was missing from the scene though. The one who had helped make sure the Brain would be able to do nothing else.

Mento looked out the corner of his eye, and then he turned around. Superboy was standing at the edge of the kitchen, watching the other heroes too. He especially watched Miss Martian, who was showing Elastagirl her abilities to change colors and her looks among other things. She couldn't stretch like Elastagirl could, but it got them excitedly talking to each other about some of the similarities in their powers.

Miss Martian might have been able to make herself into a creature tall enough to get the cookie jar at the top of the shelf. But for some reason, she just couldn't make a figure who would be able to scratch that one spot on her back. Superboy smiled a little bit watching Miss Martian and Rita get along…

A hand rested on his shoulder, and Superboy looked up. Steve was staring down at him. "We need to talk." He said simply.

Superboy looked up at him for a few seconds, and then nodded his head. "Where?" He asked. Steve looked around himself. "Is there an empty room nearby?" He asked.

Superboy started to walk away. "This way." He said. Steve put his helmet back on his head, and then followed behind Superboy.

Miss Martian was laughing a little. She was just in complete awe of the older heroine. She could imagine working on missions with her in the future… out of the corner of her eye though, she saw Superboy and Steve walk out of the room. Her face took on a slightly confused look.

'What…' She thought.

"Hey Me'gann?"

Miss Martian looked back up. "Yo girl, are you okay? You look like you just saw a ghost." Bumblebee asked her. Even Elastagirl looked concerned at her.

Miss Martian looked away. "Yeah, I'm fine Karen. I just… need to check something in my room quickly. Yeah, that's it." She said, before she headed for the hallway at a quick pace. Bumblebee looked confused, but then shrugged. "I wonder what's up with that girl." She said to herself, before she focused on Rita again. She had grown to twenty feet now, and was showing how her skin didn't even have stretch marks whether she shrunk or grew.

"Girl, I know several ladies who'd want to know your secret!" Bumblebee said excitedly.


The scene moved to a hallway of the Cave. Steve and Superboy were walking quietly down it. Door after door passed by them on either side in the silence.

…The two of them turned a corner down another hallway. This one looked abnormally darker than the others. Steve glanced around, almost as if he was scanning the enviroment for any dangers. "Are there any cameras here?" Steve asked.

"Blue Beetle's disabled them for the moment." Superboy replied almost offhandedly.

"This will do then. Something tells me you already know the nature of what I want to ask." Steve said as he stopped. Superboy stopped at the same time, and turned to face Steve.

"Yeah, I've been expecting it since we got back." Superboy said. Unbeknownst to them, Miss Martian had just stopped at the corner of the hallway. She looked almost frozen, but put her head shakily as close to the corner as possible to listen in.

"First off, how did you know where to find us? We never sent a distress signal to the Justice League." Steve asked.

Superboy shrugged. "We found the distress recording you had made at your headquarters in Midway City." He said simply.

Steve narrowed his eyes. "Alright. That makes sense. I'll ask later why you were there. I have another more pressing concern." Steve said calmly.

Superboy just waited, almost as if he was preparing for it. "That recording was meant for Beast Boy." Steve said.

Miss Martian looked confused all over again. 'Beast Boy, but he's one of the two that we're tracking down…' She thought to herself. Then she put her head within an inch of going around the corner. She wanted to glance just to make sure it was them.

She saw it was.

Superboy nodded. "I know it was for him. He told me himself."

"So why didn't he come to help his old team out? Where was he when he should have helped?" Steve asked.

Miss Martian now looked worried and confused. 'Why is the Leader of the Doom Patrol asking about one of the fugitives we're supposed to capture? Doesn't he know what he's been charged with?' She thought to herself.

Superboy looked around himself. "I can't really explain it. There's been a lot that's happened since you and your team were captured... Could you capture a mental image from my mind?" He asked.

Steve's face hardened. "I can try. But you have to open your mind for me to do that."

Superboy nodded. "Alright." He said, before he put the tips of his fingers to the sides of his head. He concentrated on the shortest train of memories possible. From Titan's Tower, all the way to Midway City. What he had learned, and a few other elements he had discovered in the last couple months. Then when he was ready, he opened his mind.

Unbeknownst to both of them, Miss Martian mentally probed memories as Mento saw them. She hadn't been allowed to see this part of his mind since Midway City. And though she only risked a couple seconds at a time so the two wouldn't notice her mental probe, she took the chance to finally see a lot of the stuff that Mento had been hiding away…

After a moment, Steve gasped in surprise. Miss Martian gasped at the same time, and covered her mouth quickly. Luckily for her, she hadn't been heard because of Steve. She hadn't seen everything, but she had seen more than she knew before.

"You mean… my boy, and this girl are being hunted down by the Justice League." Steve said in surprise. Superboy nodded. "That about sums it up." He said.

Miss Martian put a hand to her chest. She seemed to be fighting some sort of inner battle inside herself. She felt like something inside her was breaking. 'But… but I… I trusted him…' Steve narrowed his eyes again. "You're hunting him down too then." He said.

Superboy shrugged. "Yeah, we're supposed to be doing that. I'm not turning him and Raven in though. I don't care what bull crap Batman or the others come up with, I know they're not at fault for what went down several months ago. Blue Beetle, Artemis, Kid Flash, and a few others are in on it too. They also know about what's really going on." Superboy said determinedly.

Miss Martian sat back against the corner. She couldn't believe what she was seeing or hearing now. It seemed almost impossible to be coming from her boyfriend. It went against almost everything she had been told. 'How could he… what… what am I supposed to do now?' She thought sadly.

Steve thought to himself. "This is bad… if they're really being hunted down..." He then looked up at Superboy. "Last question… where is Garfield and this girl hiding out at?" He asked.

Superboy didn't answer at first… Miss Martian quietly floated away back down the hallway. She didn't care at that moment if Superboy knew or not. She felt hurt, betrayed, angry, worried, and confused all at once. And she needed to get to a spot where she could be alone to process everything she had learned.

"From what I understand, they've moved discreetly around the country. So it's been hard to keep track of them." Superboy said.

'Man! Hurry up! I can't run a loop forever without Red Tornado noticing something off!' Blue Beetle said in Superboy's earpiece.

"However. Based on the path they've been on, I have a feeling that they're somewhere in the middle of-" Superboy was saying.


Author's Notes:

And cliffhanger! Hahahaha! Yes, I am still evil. Two years didn't change that fact about me. Hehehehe.

Anywho, sorry again for the wait. I just got back from Cancun (got a nice tan too) and I needed some time to relax. Needless to say a lot has been going on. Including a new job and preparing for college. I'm also going through and editing the grammar and stuff in the story. I want it to sound and flow better, so it's taking some time. I just finished editing up to chapter three before posting this.

I will say you don't need to worry about future content for this story though. Especially since I have the next twenty chapters already written out. I still want to know all of your comments and suggestions though. It won't be too late for me to make tweaks in the upcoming chapters as long as it's within reason (and no, a love triangle is not within reason). I know, now it's just pure evil. I'm forcing you to review what you thought on a chapter in preparation for the next one. :) Can I help it if I like reading what you guys say?

Anyways, review, comment, favorite, follow, share, whatever it is you choose to do. The best is to do all of the above in my opinion. I'm glad to be back now though, and I hope that all of you will continue to enjoy the story as it unfolds!

Till Next Time

Allen Blaster