Tonight was an especially challenging night for the team, particularly with Kaldur. Even though my mind was also preoccupied, I felt Kaldur was even more distracted. With the two of us being really good friends, Kaldur talked to me about what was on his mind. He missed Atlantis, his home, more specifically, he missed his best friends Garth, and Tula. He told me that he used to be in love with his friend Tula, but as of late he feels like those feelings have begun to fade and I can tell that scares him. He wants to go back home and tell her how he feels, possibly even stay. When he told me that, my heart hurt even more than from him being in turmoil. To be honest, I am not sure if it was because he was leaving, or because he was going to tell Tula how he felt.

It is selfish of me to say, but I do not want him leave away from me, in either way. If he were in a relationship, Kaldur likely would not spend as much time with me. Our daily walks, and playful banners would be put to a halt, as he would want to spend more time with his girlfriend. I feel awful for feeling this way, but I can not help it. In fact the more I think about it, the more I feel that M'gann and Artemis are right. I do have stronger feelings than I anticipated towards Kaldur. They are strong enough that I am starting to get jealous, and that I no longer care about the fact that I have no idea how to deal with. Inevitably, my feelings towards him do not matter. I have to put them aside so that he can be happy, and I have to support whatever decision he makes.

Regardless of what was going on in my life, or Kaldur's life, both of our undivided attention should have went to the mission and leading our team to success. Instead, we were completely and utterly unable to lead. Our mission was to find the weakened Clayface and apprehend them. Clayface is a product of an experiment gone rogue, who I would have sympathy for had he not tried to rob 3 banks and hurt 20 people in the span of 24 hours. After looking at the crime scene we had finally figured out how he almost seemed to disappear from the crime scene. Now we were looking into the sewers with a disgusted expression on some of our faces. Some meaning Wally.

"Out of all the places he had to go, it had to be the sewers." Honestly, I was not overly excited about going into the sewers either, but it had to be done. Aqualad looked out into the distance, thinking deeply about his predicament, not bothering to give instruction on what our plan of attack was.

"I suppose it would be in our best interest to split up. Robin, you and Kid Flash will go East, Miss. Martian and Artemis will go South, Superboy and Aqualad can go North and I will go West. We will all rendezvous at the warehouse if we have not already found him. Keep communication to a minimum. Does that sound alright Aqualad?" We all looked to our leader who had said little to nothing up until now.

"Oh, um yes. That sounds fine."

"But shouldn't you have someone with you as back up?" Miss. Martian asked with slight concern

"I should be fine, my powers are best suited to neutralize the threat. At the first sight of danger I will contact you all for backup. Alright let us head in." With that we all hopped into the sewers to look for Clayface.

My eyes scanned for the sewers for any signs of danger. My hands were at the ready, to zap the mud based man into destability. My mind, however, had begun to wander back to Kaldur. I wonder what it is exactly that is making me feel so upset about him and Tula. of course him leaving the Team is upsetting, but I am sure that if it were simply that we would still be friends, and I would not feel like this. I have never felt this way before. What can I call it? Is it longing? Sorrow? My cautious walk stopped as I looked up to the ceiling in thought. Am I truly feeling jealous? How shameful to be jealous of a woman I have never met. Hawkgirl would have my hind end if she knew I was feeling jealous of a girl because of a friend. I can see her now, misinterpreting the situation as if Tula had stolen my love from me, then telling me to go to Kaldur and get him back. I let out a small frustrated sigh then ran my hand through my hair. Perhaps that would not be a misinterpretation. Perhaps everyone is right when they tell me of my feelings with Kaldur.

Suddenly, i heard a quick movement in the water behind me. Instinctively, I swirled around landing a kick on whoever was sneaking behind me.The suspect landed onto the walls of the sewer, a few bricks falling into the murky sludge. Taking ahold of the opportunity, I used my electricity to power my punch and launched myself at the perpetrator. but not before grabbing onto my leg. I looked down at where he grabbed me, to see a large glob of mud wrapped securely around it. He found me. Within seconds I was thrown into the wall, my head slamming against the concrete wall making me lose consciousness.

KALDUR

We were all at the warehouse that Rose instructed us to meet at. It has been a 15 minutes since we have all convened however, Rose was the closest one here and she still hasn't arrived. As capable as I know she is, I could not help but worry about her. In fact, if anything happens to her I could only blame myself because my mind has been torn between life here with her and life in Atlantis with Tula. Though I haven't told her, but I was developing feelings for the young white haired girl. At first I thought it impossible, for I thought I had feelings for my friend Tula, but the more I think about it, the more I am beginning to realize it.

She and Tula share many personality traits. They are both so kind hearted, loving, and strong. They almost seem to demand the respect of everyone they meet, they show the world that they are a force to be reckoned with just by their presence. Tula, however, has this confidence that radiates around her. She is headstrong yet very level headed. While Rose has a pure curiosity about the world and genuine love for life. She can be shy because of her lack of interaction with the world, but she still tries to overcome it. Rose's smile are always so reassuring that she makes the worst situations seem brighter than what they are. It is hard to choose between the two girls. I never want to hurt either of them, but my heart pulls between the two.

"Aqualad?" Superboys concerned voice brought me back to reality almost immediately.

"Yes?"

"Should we try to find Archangel?"

"There's no need. I'm right here." From the shadows Archangel stepped out, looking unscathed. Slight relief flooded over me as I watched her walk up to us.

"I've neutralized the threat, mission accomplished." There was something about the way she spoke that seemed off. Normally, Archangel voice sounded serious and demanding on missions, but now she sounds a bit laid back and nonchalant, two traits that she has never held on a mission of this caliber. Perhaps I am thinking too hard about it. Archangel is typically proficient in terms of accomplishing a mission, so it should not come as a surprise if she disable the threat before we even got to the warehouse. The others must have had the same though because we had all turned to leave. Suddenly, a cry comes from behind us causing me to turn. Miss. Martian flew across the floor, landing unconscious with a loud thud. That is when I realized that we have made a grave mistake. That is not Rose.

Rose

I can not believe, I have been rendered useless on yet another mission! I really mustn't make a habit of this.After slowly regaining consciousness from our encounter in the sewers, Clayface had tied me up in placed me on the ceiling. Not only am I greatly angered by the fact that I managed to get tied up by someone no where near my level of expertise and training, I also am mad at the fact that he likely took my form and fooled my team into believing that he was me. The indecency of it all is greatly nerve wracking. As swiftly as possible I swung my leg up to kick the sewage covering out of my way pulling my wings close, I pulled my way through the hole just in time to see Aqualad get thrown into the walls of the metal warehouse building. The rest of the team lay unconscious and defeated letting me know that Clayface had successfully deceived them all into believing that he was me, much to my disappointment. Enraged, I prepared to push my wings hard to give me enough speed to land a hard hit on clay man. Before I could take off however, Batman crashed through the window and began fighting him off. Swiftly I moved behind Clayface, with my hands filled with as much electricity as I could get without killing the man, and while he was distracted I punched him in the back. Clayface melted to the ground which I am assuming meant that he was merely unconscious. Batman looked at me with a stone hard face making me feel a bit nervous.

Once back in the cave, Batman told everyone apart from Aqualad to go home. Robin and I exchanged a look be stayed behind thinking we would he need as well, that is until Batman reiterated that he just needed to see Aqualad and gave of his infamous bat stare. We both have Kaldur a meaningful glance before walking off with the rest of the team. Even though he had not said anything, I could feel the disappointment Batman held with Aqualad on this mission. I thought that he would have wanted to speak with me as well, being that I am the team's second in command but maybe he is speaking to him about the fact that Aqualad simply was not focused today. I thought the same could be said about me as well considering I was the one Clayface managed to disable first, but I suppose Batman sees it differently.

"Do you know why Batman wanted to talk to Aqualad alone?" Robin had asked me. I could feel the slight worry and irritation in Robin's voice as he spoke. As of late, I felt particularly proud of Robin's involvement in the team. Not only was he becoming more of a team player but he was a great learner as well. He wanted to stay as involved and helpful in leading the team as much as possible. With a heavy sigh I pulled off my mask and ran my hands through my hair.

"I suspect it is because of his performance on the mission. Aqualad was a bit distracted." I answered truthfully.

"I noticed. That's unlike him."

"Yes, he has been conflicted between staying here on the surface and going home to be with a girl." I stated absentmindedly. I had not notice but my tone had gotten a bit somber as I spoke of his situation. None of his situation was my business, in fact I am sure Kaldur would not appreciate my telling his personal matters to just anyone, even if it is Robin. Yet here I am, being a terrible friend,and gossiping to Robin about the whole thing. Flustered by my rude actions, I quickly turned to Robin in a nervous manner.

"I should not have told you that. It is not my business to share! I am sorry!"

"Rose it's fine, I won't tell anyone. But how do you feel about the whole situation? You must be a little upset." My eyebrow raised a little in confusion as I thought about what he asked.

"I mean it is natural to be upset when a friend is considering leaving, but we will still be able to communicate." Robin put on his infamous smirk as we continued to walk towards the showers.

"No, I meant how do you feel about Kaldur leaving to go be with a girl? Aren't you a little jealous that he's going to be with someone else?" A blush rose to my cheeks when I realized what he was really asking. The boy wonder clearly could not resist the urge to see me flustered. He means to ask if I feel jealous because he will go tell some other girl how he feels. Truthfully, I would be lying if I just said no. I have never experienced romance before so feelings like jealousy and liking someone are a bit foreign to me. When I am around Kaldur, however, I do feel something, but I usually think of it as something I should feel with my best friend.

"If you must know, Kaldur is just my friend. If he would like to be with some pretty Atlantean girl, that is none of my business." I turned my nose up to him.

"But if he leaves, you would be alone in leading the team. Are you ready for that responsibility?"

"As of right now, Aqualad is not leaving the team. Even if he does decide to, I will not be alone. I still have you to take an official spot as second in command until you are ready to take the role as leader, if you should accept it." I replied with a small smile, which Robin returned. Robin has become like a younger brother to me, though he is technically older than me in terms of lived on this planet. He smart and fun to talk to, it's fun to match wits with him on non essential crisis times. ith that we both entered our respective showers. Though I tried to give Robin a positive outlook on the situation, I still held my doubts.

"I still don't understand how you manage to drag me into these situations!" Red arrow yelled above the gun fire from behind a large crate. My eyes rolled to the side before I continued to download the information I required for the super computers database. For the third time this week, Red arrow and I have teamed up, this time to find information on Oz at one of his old laboratories in Coast City or to uncover secret Shadow operations. Of course on our current adventure involved Oz who has rigged the old factory with security robots, so now I have to hurry and download all previous projects he may have started. The robots he had were all at least 7 feet tall, with a Human like structure. Each one was armed with a proton blasting weapon that could easily knock a normal human being.

"You know, you could always refuse my invitations if you do not wish to help me. Duck." With a quick fluid motion I pulled out the flash drive, and blasted all the robots in a single powerful strike. All four of the armed robots fuses were blown causing them to short circuit and all of them shut down simultaneously. I turned to Roy with a smug look on my face.

"And miss quality family time with my little sparky?" My smug look turned sour at the nickname he has grown to call me. It feels like ever since we first met, we have adopted a big brother, little sister relationship almost like most of the people on the Team. I do not mind the relationship we have, but the nicknames he calls me seem a bit childish for someone of my skill and intelligence.

We would meet up and find something good to do like stopping robberies, gang operations, or anything else we find since Hawkgirl has bee busy as of late. Today happened to be one of the days where we actually got a long term mission accomplished and that was to find some in-depth information on the past experiments of Dr. Oz. With Red Arrows hand in mine, I flew us up through the window and towards the rooftop that we met today. Red Arrow usually hates when he has to have me fly us somewhere but we both found it easier to do for our objective today. Once we were down, I let out a yawn before stretching my arms high into the sky.

"So Kaldur's leaving the team?" A groan escaped my lips as I turned frustrated from the constant accusation, that Kaldur has already decided. I know Kaldurs has missed home, but that does not mean he will be leaving.

"He has not decided yet. I do not understand why everyone continues to say that!" I yelled Roy gives me a raised eyebrow before speaking.

"He did tell you why he's going right?" With a light scoff, I folded my arms and glared at the ground. How could I forget? For the past week, all my friend has been talking about is Tula with little mention of Garth. Every time he does I can feel myself growing irritated,sad, and even guilty. That familiar unsavory feeling creeps back into my gut.

"Tula. The way he speaks of her, you would think that they are married." A small laugh echoed from Roy as he gave me another smug look.

"And the way you talk, lets me know you're jealous, Sparky." My eyes narrowed, irritated at the thought,as I turned my attention towards him. Jealous. There goes that word again.

"I am a highly trained, intelligent, strong independent female hero. What reason could I possibly have to be jealous of a girl that I have never even met?" Clearly, I am in denial. The fact is that I am extremely jealous of the female atlantean. How can I not be? From what Kaldur has told me about her, she is smart, kind, strong and confident, something I have not grown to be yet. Most importantly she is not an experiment. She was not made by scientific means, she was made naturally, and naturally the beings on earth are good. She does not have to struggle, or try to be good, it is in her nature. Why would I not be jealous of someone perfect like her.

Roy leaned back against the ledge of the building, his smug expression turned calm. The one unexplainable fact about Roy Harper and I, is that for some unknown reason he can read me as if I were a book. We have barely known each other for more than 2 months, yet we are close as if we have been acquainted for years. At moments such as this, I almost wish he could not tell how I am feeling.

"Riggght. On another note, have you found that fancy sword you were looking for?" With a slight sigh, I ran my hand through my snow colored bangs. The sword of Gaia is a hard mystical items to be found. The latest I can track it dates back to the early 1600s, Off the coast of the Isle of Gaia, where her weapon allegedly was lost at the bottom of the sea after an attempt to take it.

"No, the sword of Gaia is proving to be a lot more difficult to locate than I anticipated. Would you like to help?"

"Pass. I'm actually looking into one of the shadow's members right now."

"A member of the League of Shadows? What for? Perhaps I could be of assistance, though I have only dealt with the Shadows once."

"I can do this on my own." Roy said shortly. A small frown formed on my face from the attitude Roy was giving me. I understand his need to prove himself a capable sole hero, but asking for help should never be something he is ashamed of. Though it is not my place to tell him so, for I know how Roy can be a bit proud, and stubborn.

"Alright, however, If you require my help you can ask me at anytime. You do know that, Roy?" With a small sigh, Roy gave me a nod before putting his hand on my head, another thing he became accustomed to doing.

"Yeah, I know Sparky. I'll catch you later." And with that Roy and I went our separate ways.

Maybe Ms. Shayera and Mr. John would like to accompany me on my journey to the Isle of Gaia. It would be a great mentor protégée bonding moment. A smile formed on my face as I thought about the red haired Thanagarian. She has always shown me a great deal of kindness and sincerity, something I know she does not usually do. Ms. Shayera has been there for me when I felt obsolete, feed me, clothe me, not to mention given me a place to stay. Wonder Woman could have just as easily taken me in, but Ms. Shayera offered herself instead. She maybe be my mentor, but she is more like a mother to me than anything.

Then there is John, someone I have come to see as my fatherly figure. Ever since the day I have met him, he has always looked out for me. When Ms. Shayera and I trained and she seemed to be getting a bit too violent for him, he would always step in and remind her of my safety, though it was unnecessary because Ms. Shayera would never hurt me. He has always been protective of me and even brought me with him to see the Green Lantern Corps a few times.

I have never said it but, I have always secretly dreamt of Ms. Shayera, John, and I being a real family. Instead of being made by Oz, I imagine that Hawkgirl gave birth to me here on Earth after marrying John Stewart. I would grow up on Earth and go to school, and grow up having human friends. They would love me unconditionally but be stern when it comes to things like school and curfews. be a legitimates ho I have always thought of the three of us anyway. There is no one in the world I can say that I admired more than her and John has always had my respect. One could say that I have come to like them much more than I do the other Justice League members, but that would imply that I am showing favoritism. I should only hope they feel the same way on day

My wings carried me down to the roof of Ms. Shayera's apartment complex where i left my civilian clothes on the roof. Quickly I shed off my white and light blue jacket and threw on my hoodie to cover my growing wings. I should ask Hawkgirl what to do about my wings, soon they are going to be to big to hide beneath my hoodie. I slipped on a pair of jeans and boots then threw my hood up to hide my hair and eyes. My makeshift disguise made me look lumpy and awkward because of my wings, but at least I will not have to wear it for too long.

I carefully knocked on the door, trying to not walk in on Ms. Shayera and Mr. Stewart as I have done in the past. When no one answered, I quietly opened the old wooden door and slid into the apartment. A hushed whisper echoed throughout the apartment, instinctively I kept my guard up and tuned into the whispers.

"She has no idea. The surprise is going to be great." It was Mr. Stewart's voice, clearly they had not heard me entering the apartment. Perhaps I should not snoop into his conversation.

"Yeah, but do you think she'll want it? We haven't ever really talked about something like this before."Ms.Shayera replied in a frustrated tone. She must be flustered, she only ever gets like that when she is not used to something. I cleared my throat drawing their attention towards me.

"I do not mean to intrude, but I am sure I would enjoy anything you all would do for me." A warm smile spread across the two heroes faces as I sat down lat the table with them, taking my bulky jacket off. Ms. Shayera wore a simple white T-shirt with blue jeans and some plain sneakers, as she was not too focused on beautification. Mr. Stewart had on a black T shirt with his usual dark pants. They both sat across from me in a slightly nervous look on their faces. What are they so nervous about? It is just me, and we are just us, there is nothing to fell too tense about.

"Um Rose, we have something to ask you." Me. Stewart grabbed onto Ms. Shayeras hand for comfort which is a rare thing to see. I could not help but smile at the couple's affectionate act. It makes me happy to see the two together.

"Have you liked living here for the past 6 months?" Me. Shayera asked me seriously

"Of course! Ms. Shayera, my time here with you has felt like nothing short of a dream! So much so that I have come to think of the two of you as parental figures!" I blurted out without thinking The two of them gave me a surprised look and I blushed realizing what I said.

"I apologize! I should not have been so forward! Please disregard what I told you." I shuffled nervously in my seat,starting to stand feeling I have disturbed them enough, until Ms.Shayera grabbed my hand with eyes soften with affection. Confusion still swam in my head as the two pulled out a small box wrapped in pretty silver wrapping paper. There is no way Ms. Shayera or Mr. Stewart Wrapped this package. Neither of them are them seem like they have the patience to enterically wrap a small box like this. The gesture is still sweet nonetheless.

"Rose, you know we care about you just as much. Even though we don't say it a lot. You've really grown on us. At first, I never thought about starting a family but then I met John and before we knew it, we met you. You're a amazingly special girl, Rose. Strong, driven, a little soft at times, but I love that about you. We love you." Ms. Shayera had a few tears welling up into her eyes. This moved me to tears, as well. I could feel warm happy tears flowing down my cheek from her words and emotion. I did not think Ms. Shayera would say anything like that to me, at least not anytime soon. They love me, the feeling is something I did not know I longed for until just know. They love me, and I can really feel it, and now I realize I love them too. More than I ever realize. What I always thought was admiration is love this entire time.i wiped my tears and gave them a big smile. Ms. Shayera got up and pulled me into a big hug,full of warmth and love.

"I love you both too! I have never realized it before now, but I really do." Mr. Stewart smiled at the two of us before handing me the present they had pulled out earlier. I pulled away from Ms. Shayera, then opened the beautifully wrapped package. It was small enough for me to wrap my hand around it, but long reaching a little further than the length of my hand. I opened the lid, tearing the silver wrapping paper distasteful at the sides, revealing a beautiful silver necklace with a piercing light blue gem in the middle. Its circular sides had what looked like ancient runes and symbols, bringing a magical quality to the jewelry, but what drew my attention was the piece of paper behind the necklace. I smiled politely lifting the necklace up and sliding the neatly folded paper from the small box. I carefully unfolded the papers and began to read.

Certificate of Adoption

This is to certify that

Rose Stewart-Hall

Into the Stewart-Hall family by Shayera Stewart-Hall

And is granted all the Rights and Privileges to the Stewart-Hall family

On this the 25th day of August 2010

Signed Anna B Ivory

An overwhelming tremble took over my body like a wave over the sandy beaches. This whole situation is so surreal I can not believe this is really happening. They want me, in essence, to be their daughter. My neutral expression suddenly flipped into a toothy uncontrollable smile, one I had until now. My arms flew around the pair surprising them both. The three of us share a chuckle, pulling apart to bask in the moment. My gaze landed on the beautiful necklace, Mr. Stewart picked it up out of the box with a smile.

"Just to make things official." With my smile still plastered on my face, I moved my ponytail out of the way for Mr. Stewart to help me place my necklace around my neck. After he was done my hands fiddled with the stone in a loving manner, though I could feel some strange energy surrounding it.

"We got Zatara to enchant it, just like he did for me. Now you can walk around town without looking like a shady football player. All you have to do is say Namuh, to change into a human, and Esor when you want to change back." Ms. Shayera explain, Excitement burst inside of me at the thought of me becoming a human girl. That is not to say I do not like who I really am, . Though I live in fear of rejection for being an experiment, I realized in my fight with Seraph that I am proud of my outgoing origins. The thought of pretending to be a normal human girl and do normal human things is very exciting. I wonder what I will look Like as a human. Will I get to go to school? Meet new kids around my age? Maybe I will play in the school band or act in a play!

"Namuh!" I squealed excitedly I could feel a small light radiating off of me from the magic of the necklace. In an instant, the weight of my wings disappeared. My hands reached there trying to grab them but there was nothing but air. Ms.Shayera and Mr.Stewart looked at me once again with slight surprise. Excitedly, I ran to the bathroom to look in the mirror and gasped at my appearance. I look like a normal human adolescent. My normal white hair is now a chestnut brown, my eyes sharing the same hue as my hair. My wings, my beautiful wings, are gone. That will take some getting use to. I could make out a light dust if freckles on my cheeks. This whole appearance will require some time to adjust. I do not know how M'gann can do this so effortlessly. Quickly I ran to my new parents and gave them a quick hug.

"Thank you both for everything." After a few hours of talking, discussing plans for moving and wedding dates, and playing videographic games, I finally pack my clothes for a few nights at the cave and laid down in my bed. My mind replayed all the events of today, bringing a blissful smile to my face. Rose Stewart-Hall. It has a nice sound to it does it not.

And that concludes part 1 of Downtime! Thank you ok so much for being patient with me! I'm slowly trying to piece the Archangel back together and make new chapters for you all! This chapter had a lot of different things going on, but I wanted to take the time to officially solidify the relationship between Hawkgirl Green Lantern and Archangel. Adoption isn't something I have personal experience in, but I do think it's something that needs to be addressed. If you have any question, from adopting someone to giving up someone for adoption for any reasons, you can go online and find a muiltitude of adoption agencies. There are a lot of kids out there that I'm sure would love to go to a healthy home.

Thank you all for the love and support once again! And until next stay safe!