Before I start the review replies, I want to say a big thanks to Tumblr user "likesparktoaflame" for posting a link to this story on her blog.
Never in the almost four years since this story has been published (oh gosh has it really been that long?! O.O) have I seen any blog post a link to it (and I follow the YJ and team member tags on Tumblr)
Actual tears of happiness formed when I saw it.
For the rest of my Sleepless fans who have a Tumblr, I highly suggest you follow them. :3
Fuzzy Nukes: I'm glad you liked the chapter :3 I need to read it again as well. You might notice things that were said in earlier chapters aren't the same in later chapters. That was due to me either A) Forgetting or B) me changing my mind since this story is, what? 3 or 4 years old now? (I wanna say it's either 3 going on 4 or 4 going on 5.)
Black' Victor Cachat: I'm sorry about that. I've never deleted chapters out of a story (well I have, but never more then one & theyve always been the newest one, usually do to an oops in updating) before & didn't realize it was going to happen. I don't know much about Tuppence Terror besides (some of) her abilities and other tid bits from the show. But, for plot reasons later on in the story- like 10-15 years in the future- both she & Icicle Jr. needed to die. I hate how I had to get rid of the future kids. But it was either a shitty paragraph, or a major event that was like 3-5k words that would spoil about 75% of the story. Sweet loveable M'gann flew out the window when she became a Mother. Don't get me wrong, she's going to be a wonderful mom in this story- but she's not going to be a pushover either.
Jeptwin: I actually almost forgot I had mentioned Noah until a guest mentioned it a chapter or 2 ago. (And thank you for letting me know what chapter number we would be on if I hadn't deleted the AN's! I knew it was in the early 40 range, but I wasn't 100% sure.)
Guest who keeps on mentioning Wolf: Relax, it'll happen with him and Arri. I just haven't decided when yet. But it's going to happen. And, while I haven't decided when it's going to happen, I have decided that it's going to happen before the main Lisa enters HS. And I know that doesn't do much help since as of this chapter she's 11 going on 12, but most teens enter HS at 14-15.
MoonShadow's Thoughts: I'm sorry. If you want me to, at the beginning of the next chapter, I'll make a list of all the parents-kids (that have been born) so hopefully some of the confusion will go away.
StoryMaster13: The main reason why they're not married yet is plot reasons. And also because I have no idea where I would even begging when it came to writing a Spitfire wedding.
Captainmendoza1: When I post it bro XD
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Five years after the births of Meredith (who has been affectionately called Mera by her parents for most of her young life) Noah, Jocelyn, and Bianca, and a lot had changed.
When they were three, Cassie and Jaime welcomed their second daughter, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Helena Reyes, into the world. While her older sister Sophia was Jaime's twin, Lizzie herself was a mini Cassie.
But tragedy struck a little more then a year after Lizzie's birth, when Cassie and Sophia had been killed by Deathstroke and Alessandra.
Bart had tried to save them, but his rescue attempt had failed. But at least he had been able to save Lizzie.
Afterwards, Deathstroke had left first. Leaving behind Bart and Alessandra, Bart's first solo confrontation with his biological Mother.
Now he understood why Jaiyden would always run him off to safety whenever she showed up.
"I know who you are are! Who you really are!" He yelled at her, the few yards spaced between them in the empty field felt like a hundred miles to the young speedster.
"Oh really? And who's that?" Alessandra shot back.
"You're my Mother. My real Mother. The one who carried me for nine months and gave birth to me. The one who abandoned me the first chance you got! The one who had Zatanna take away my powers when I was born!"
He saw her tense up and his words. He struck a nerve and he loved it.
"If you didn't want me, why didn't you just terminate me? No one would've had to find out if you had gotten a quick abortion. No one would've had to know about your mistake." He asked.
"You are not a mistake! Don't ever call yourself that again! You and your brother are the only good things I've ever done in my entire life! Do not put yourself down like that again!" She yelled at him.
"Brother...? I have a brother?" Bart asked, eyes widening.
Alessandra lowered her head, a soft smile forming on her lips.
"His name is Jasper. He just turned five." She told him.
"Where is he?" Bart questioned.
"I gave him to my parents a few months before his first birthday. It was the only way I could protect him."
"From who?
"From his Father." She sighed.
"You know, sometimes I wonder if Nana and Papa would welcome you back home with open arms." Bart shrugged his shoulders.
"With every thing I've done since your birth? They wouldn't allow me to come home even if it was in a body bag." She sighed.
"You know, none of this would've happened if- never mind." She stopped suddenly, shaking her head.
"What?"
"I said never mind, Bart. Forget I said anything." She muttered, resting her hand on her forehead.
"Tell me." He begged.
Before he could, a blast of fire shot out from the sky, striking Alessandra in the torso, knocking her down on to the ground and burning her skin.
Bart looked around and saw no one. No source of the attack. All he could see was the dead bodies of Cassie and Sophia in the wheat field they were in, and all he could hear were the pained agonizing screams of his Mother.
He ran towards her, dropping to his knees beside her.
"M-mom?" He stuttered, eyeing her wounds. The entire right side of her, from her shoulder to her upper thigh was severely burned, raw and red and already beginning to blister from the flames that scorched her skin.
"I-it was all a r-ruse. N-Nightwing needed s-s-some o-one to go un-undercover. To pretend to be e-evil." She told him, the pain causing her to stutter.
"Like Kaldur pretended to be evil? Back before any of us were born?"
"Y-yes."
"Why?"
"To in-infiltrate Apokolypse an-and it's Le-Leaders." She gasped in pain.
"But everything you did...?"
"Most of it wasn't supposed to h-happen. La'Gaan was an a-a-accident. I was only trying to knock him out, like I did the others. His death was not intentional. What I did to my Mother was an accident as well. Only what I did to Phoenix, wa-was pla-planned. Nightwing t-told me I needed to d-do something that would c-convince everyone I had g-gone bad. So I decided to slice o-open Phoenix's c-cheek. But my m-mom got in the w-way. I didn't me-mean t-to st-stab her." She sobbed.
"After that, I knew no one would ever want me around a-again. And t-then Nightwing d-died."
"Why didn't you come home after that?" Bart asked.
"I kn-knew that no-no one would be-believe me. So I stayed a-away." She admitted to him.
"What about now? With Cassie and Sophia?" Bart cried.
"De-Deathstoke did that! I never would h-have come with h-him if I knew he was going t-to mur-murder an innocent child like that!" She cried.
Bart sighed, and held her hand in his own.
She was gone soon after that.
Afterwards, he called for Janelle, and after some pleading convinced her to make a large pool of blood that would later be confirmed to be "his" blood.
When asked how much, his answer was simple.
"Enough for everyone to think I'm dead. Hopefully they won't try to find my body."
After that he disappeared, taking Alessandra's body back home with him.
Since his "death", Janelle had taken Charlie back to where the rest of the heroes from her time were, and just like them, her and Charlie's existence was forgotten.
And Bart had told his Maternal Grandparents the truth about their "fallen" daughter.
No one ever found out who burned Alessandra to death.
Thankfully, Lizzie had been found safe and unharmed.
But Diana blamed Jaime and his absence for not being there to protect Cassie and Sophia, and in the year since their deaths, had taken Lizzie to be raised on Themyscira.
After Noah had been born, Mark avoided the newborn, and a few times M'gann and Conner even caught him growling at his baby brother. And he spent just as much time avoiding M'gann as he did glaring at Noah.
They spent weeks trying to figure out why Mark treated his baby brother more negatively then his sisters and why he was behaving the way he was around M'gann, until Zatanna pointed it out to them.
"Mark is biologically Conner's son. He has no blood relation to M'gann. Noah, however, is M'gann's son. He views Noah as his replacement as M'gann's little boy."
Hearing that had broke M'gann's heart. And the next day, she spoke to Mark about it.
"Marcus... Noah is not, never was, and never will be your replacement. Me and your Dad love both of you and all your sisters equally. Just because I'm not your biological mother doesn't change anything."
The then freshly eight year old Mark looked at her from the seat at his desk in his dark blue bedroom.
"Mama, how different do you think things would be if my real mom hadn't died?" He asked.
"Well... To be honest, I don't know for sure. Eventually you would've met your Dad because of your powers." M'gann explained to him.
"Ok. Were you and mom friends?" He asked.
"Mhm. She was the very first friend I ever made here on Earth, that wasn't someway connected to the League." M'gann smiled at him.
"Would you have been mad at her if she told you and Dad about me?" He asked, biting his bottom lip.
"Oh sweetie, no. No! I was more upset that she didn't tell your Dad about you." She cooed.
"Ok." He said.
"I love you." She smiled, planting a kiss on his forehead.
Five years after that and Noah was becoming a mini version of his Dad and big brother, looking nearly identical to the two older Demi-Kryptonians males.
Well... All except those big brown eyes he had inherited from M'gann.
And Noah was his big brother's biggest fan, despite the almost eight year age difference and the fact that Mark spent the first three months despising his only brother.
But Noah didn't know that second part, and even if he did, none of his family thought he would care.
All that mattered to Noah Austin Kent was that Marcus James Kent was awesome. And that the only person more awesome then him in the entire world was Daddy.
'Psst! Mar! Are you awake?' Noah whispered over the mental link he formed with his sleeping brother. The five year old was in the older boy's room, climbing on top of him.
'Noah...' Mark paused to yawn. 'Go back to sleep. I've got football practice after school. I need sleep.'
Sports.
Something Mark, Jaiyden, and Lisa had all begged and pleaded their parents to allow them to do it, and had done so for years.
At first, because of their powers Wally, Artemis, Conner, and M'gann all refused to allow them to play on after school sports teams.
Until Captian Atom and Bumble Bee made them all inhibitor bracelets to block their powers. Best part? They managed to get them to look like sweat bands and made them water proof.
The bracelets allowed both Mark and Jai to try out for football, Mark to also play hockey, Jai to play baseball, and Lisa to play volleyball, softball, and basketball.
All three were busy with school, sports, and training.
And with Jai having been Kid Flash for almost two years now, and Lisa being the Team's leader for just as long made things extra hectic for two of them.
The Team, currently consisting of Dawn, Lian, Mark, Jai, Lisa, and Johnny, had been formed for about a year now.
Zatanna, understandably, was not happy that her son joined the Team. But in the three months since he had joined, Johnny had made himself a very valuable member to his Team.
Especially since he was a hacker like his Dad.
But Troll Jr, as Wally jokingly called him, loved being on the Team and loved being a hero like his Mom was and his Dad used to be.
And once the holidays passed in January, three new members would be added to the Team as Amistad, Joseph, and Abbie would be considered old enough to join.
Speaking of Amistad and Abbie, the two almost 10 year olds had been a couple- or as much of a couple a pair of nine year olds could be- since the Easter before last.
The pairing was quite odd to anyone who didn't know the two well enough.
Amistad was soft spoken, reserved, spoke in a way that was almost identical to his Father, enjoyed walks on the beach, and dressed in nothing fancier then a pair of blue jeans and a light gray t-shirt. Where as Abbie was loud, messy, dressed head to toe in black (despite M'gann wanting nothing more then for her to wear any other color), and liked to collect creepy things like voodoo dolls, taking pictures with the old fashioned Polaroid Clark and Lois had given her, and finding and bringing home small animal bones- much to the horror of her parents.
But the pair seemed to balance eachother out well and in the almost two years they'd been together made their already close bond stronger.
And who knew, maybe when they were older would their parents understand what made Amistad ask her out at Ollie's yearly Easter Egg Hunt he threw for the kids and what made Abbie say yes.
Another couple that had formed between the kids was Mark and Lian. While the two pre teens had not been together as long as Abbie and Amistad had, being at just under six months, the start of their relationship was much more... Hilarious.
The two young teens were sparring, being observed by Conner and M'gann while Jai and Lisa sat on the wall opposite them, waiting for their turn. While Mark was able to block Lian's punches and kicks with his forearms, the older hero still wanted to win. So while he was distracted by a round house kick she-purposefully- missed with, she grabbed both of his cheeks with her hands...
And kissed him full force on the mouth.
Conner, M'gann, Lisa, and Jaiyden all watched in shock, as both teens got their first kiss in a way neither expected to. The kiss lasted, at the longest, three seconds before Lian pulled away, looking Mark in the eyes as she swiped her leg out and caused him to land on his back, announcing her the winner.
Mark could hear his little sister and Jai snickering, as he lifted his head at the smirking Lian, crossing her arms at her victory.
He couldn't believe it. His (almost) life long best friend kissed him! On the mouth! Mark was in shock...
Until the Zeta Tubes announced Roy's arrival.
Then he panicked.
Screaming in fear, he jumped up, ran towards his still surprised parents, and clung to the back of Conner's shirt, shaking like a chihuahua, his bright blue eyes wide with fear about what Roy would do to him if he found out.
Lian happily greeted her Dad, throwing her arms around him, before saying goodbye to the other heroes as the Zeta Tubes announced their departure.
In the sixty seconds that followed, Mark fell to the ground stiff as a board, while Lisa and Jai cackled until their ribs hurt.
A week later, despite the almost eighteen month age difference, the two were a couple, and had been happy ever since.
Despite the fact that Roy still didn't know. But Lian couldn't blame Mark for him not wanting her Dad to know at the time.
Despite his Kryptonian abilities, Roy scared the hell out of him.
The original team members that did know about the relationship were curious about what would happen first: Lisa and Jaiyden getting together or Roy finding out they were a couple.
'But Maaaarrrrk! I can't sleep!' Noah pouted, smacking his brother's shoulder with a closed fist. His Dad and older siblings might have been significantly stronger then him (Lisa's strength being at a skill level all her own- beyond that of Conner or Clark) the five year old was much stronger then the other kids in his kingergarten class.
'No... Uh.' Mark groaned with annoyance.
'Get off of me and go back to bed before you get both of us in trouble.' He growled.
'I can't sleep. Can I sleep with you?' Noah asked.
'... On two conditions. One- you actually go to sleep. And two- you don't wet yourself in my bed. You do and I'm gonna pummel you.' Mark warned.
'Yay!' Noah squealed mentally.
'Now get off of me so I can scoot over.' He ordered.
Noah listened, climbing off his brother's back so Mark could scoot himself over. Once Mark was settled, Noah laid down on his left side so he was facing his bed buddy, and stuck his right thumb in his mouth.
Within seconds, Mark could hear him softly snoring, and was back in dreamland a minute later.
So yeah... That was this chapter...
