BeautifulLover: Yes, I did. It's possible for XX/XX or XY/XY. XY/XY sometimes winds up as X/XY, or a sterile girl and intact boy. Going from that, if you have XX/XY, it's the same as the first oddity, except an intact girl and an intact boy, they just haven't tested any because most people assume that boy/girl twins are just automatically "fraternal". I share this theory with more than one person.

Bruiser: I COULD add the superpowers I use in my other stories, but this being a story based in Gotham and Batman's reaction to "supers" in many stories (I don't know if that's cannon or not), I found it prudent to not use the powers. I may change my mind later and add them in some way, but you'll have keep reading to find out.

Guest: She is a genetically normal female, meaning XX chromosomes. She will not be trans, as she is my self-insert and I am not trans. I usually do a self-insert with my stories.

xXrobinXx: I have been through a lot lately, and I felt forced to delete a story before because of the horrible reviews I got. They seem intent on bullying through reviews and it physically hurt that they judged my work like that... I plan to keep writing, it's just up in the air on whether I keep my fanfiction account open. Writing is my escape.

Abby: The bad reviews were people ranting at me about "DC sucks "on EVERY chapter, or this one person who kept complaining, through guest reviews and his own profile, that my theory is "impossible" and not listening to the science I researched extensively before writing this story. I also had people complaining about the "believability" of this story because I wrote XX/XY identical twins.


Fraternal twins are just normal siblings born at the same time. There is nothing really interesting besides that, since they do not have that close connection that identical twins can have. They are from two separate eggs. These run in families. I would know, they run in my own. They can be XX XY, XX XX, or XY XY. They do not share any more DNA than siblings born at separate times.

Identical twins come from one egg, but if that egg has XXXY or XXY rather than XXXX or XYXY, things happen. XXXX becomes XX/XX, or two girls. XYXY becomes XY/XY, or two boys. XXY would become X/XY, or a sterile girl and intact boy. The theory is that XXXY becomes XX/XY, or intact girl and intact boy, but from one egg, meaning "identical". They share most of their DNA, but still can have enough separate to be counted as different people.

Conjoined twins share limbs/organs. Separation surgeries can be dangerous, and can end in death of one or more child. These can even share the same brain at times (believe me, I've seen the pictures, and if you don't believe me, look it up).


I have a poll on my profile page asking a question I really want to have answered. I'm trying to get as many answers as I can, and very few people visit my profile. I've gotten literally one answer in a week, and that's sad. Please answer, and be honest about it.


I do have a story with Wally having a twin in the works, but they'll take a while, because they haven't even started their planning phase. MY SELF-INSERT CHARACTER (all my stories have one) will be Whitney May West, Hero name Whirlwind.

I also have an idea of having M'gann have a twin sister (as twins are common on Mars) named Mari Morse (and if you want to give me a Martian-sounding alternative, tell me in a PM because I have NO idea what to use for it!) I still need to come up with a hero name as well, but I haven't gotten started on "Whirlwind" yet, so this one will take a while.


I only own my OC's!


Key

"Dialogue"

"Telepathic Communication"

'My thoughts, Twin Telepathy'

'Dick's thoughts, Twin Telepathy'


Independence Day

GOTHAM CITY

Families are celebrating the fourth of July in the city park, when several people start running and screaming after the sound of some kind of beam firing. A woman is literally frozen in her tracks, followed by several others.

A man in a helmet and black thermal protection suit Mr. Freeze steps up to the edge of a cliff overlooking the park. "Enjoying family time?" He fires his ice blaster at the family closest to him. "My family has other plans." He slides down the ice and prepares to fire again, when a boomerang of some kind hits him. "Batman. I was wondering when—"

Laughter sounds in the distance, then Robin lands on the confused man's head jumps off to the ground. I do a handstand on Robin's hands before jumping off and pulling a triple flip. I land beside Robin. We then fling a handful of explosive bird-a-rangs each, only cracking the man's helmet.

"Oh. Twin Wonders. The Bat sent you two to drag me off to prison? Frankly, I'm underwhelmed."

"Great, but we're kind of in a hurry here." Robin emphasizes our point by waving his arm animatedly.

"Yeah, Freezie. We've got something important we're supposed to be doing!"

"Kids. Always in such a rush."

"Not talking to you."

I groan. "Stop stealing the cheesy lines, Rob!"

"You gotta be quicker on the uptake, Jay."

I roll my eyes. "You've been spending way too much time with Kid Flash."

Batman suddenly comes over the ridge and almost blacks out the sun with his cape before landing and punching through Mr. Freeze's helmet.


STAR CITY

Roy jumps off the top of a bridge support and covers the road with ice upon landing unharmed and creating an ice formation, causing cars to flip and crash. He laughs evilly as several arrows pierce the formation. When he turns to look at the formation, another arrow pierces his icy shoulder. He turns to look at it seconds before it explodes. He then turns and finds two archers on the top of the bridge supports. "Finally. I was wondering what a guy had to do to get a little attention around here." He covers his arm in ice and fires it as ice spears.

"Junior's doing this for attention?" Roy asks. He and his mentor run to the suspension cables and slide down, dodging ice blasts. "I'm telling you now, this little distraction better not interfere."

Icicle Jr. creates an ice shield before more arrows strike their target. He fires more ice spears at the red clad teen, but he simply jumps over them before firing another arrow, shattering the criminal's jaw.

Green Arrow laughs. "Kid had a glass jaw."

"Hilarious. Can we go? Today's the day."


PEARL HARBOR

A young woman is firing ice blasts at Aquaman. He dodges several before being frozen in one. A teen flips over him before he breaks free. "Don't tell me you're not excited."

"Right now, my king, I'm more focused of the matter at hand." He dodges several blasts, then activates his water-bearers and hardens the water into two maces. The woman freezes them, and he uses the frozen-together maces in an uppercut, sending her into the air and freeing his hands. She falls to her back with a grunt, and he retracts the hardened water. Now only holding handles, he replaces them before turning to his ruler and mentor.

"Well?"

"Yes, I'm excited. Today's the day."


CENTRAL CITY

Two speedsters are racing around a fourth ice-villain—one in solid red, and one in yellow and red. The villain can't even get a hit, they're going so fast.

"Stealing ice? Seriously? Isn't that a bit cliché, even for Captain Cold?"

"Come on. We don't have time for this." The kid pulls down his goggles and winds up getting nailed on the right shoulder. He doesn't let that phase him, though, and he quickly grabs the criminal's ice blaster before skidding to a stop. The man looks at his empty hand and growls right before being tackled by the Flash.

"Calm down, Kid."

"Oh, please. You'll chat it up with the cops, with bystanders…with Cold, even. No. No way. Today is the day."


WASHINGTON D.C.

Robin, Batman, Green Arrow, Speedy, Aqualad, Aquaman, and I are all standing outside the hall of justice.

Batman rests one hand on Robin's shoulder and his other on my shoulder. "Today's the day."

Green Arrow speaks up next. "Welcome to the Hall of Justice."

Aquaman finishes. "Headquarters of the Justice League."

"Oh, man." The Flash and Kid Flash run up then. "I knew we'd be the last ones here."


We start walking for the Hall of Justice.

"Is that Batman?"

"Oh my goodness."

"I see Flash and Flash Jr."

"His name's Speedy. Duh."

"Speedy's Green Arrow's sidekick."

"Well, that makes no sense."

"I agree with that one." I turn to Robin. "Since when is an archer fast?"

Robin shrugs.

Green Arrow leans forward to Speedy. "Ready to see the inner sanctum?"

"Born that way." Speedy replies.

Aqualad looks around. "I'm glad we're all here."

Kid Flash turns to the rest of us. "Have all five sidekicks ever been in the same place at the same time?"

Speedy groans. "Don't call us sidekicks. Not after today."

Sorry." Kid flash sighs. "First time at the hall. I'm a little overwhelmed."

Robin looks at Kid Flash before turning away, his gaze falling on me. "You're overwhelmed. Freeze was underwhelmed. Why isn't anyone ever just whelmed?"

I speak up. "I am…for now."

We then step into the building. There's a wall of statues portraying the original Justice League over the door.

"Okay, now I'm not." I squeak out.

Robin looks around, looking stunned. "Oh, maybe that's why."

The doors slide open, revealing Red Tornado and Martian Manhunter.

The two step forward, and the Martian speaks up. "Robin, Blue Jay, Speedy, Aqualad, Kid Flash. Welcome." He turns and heads back through the door, causing us to follow. Robin and Kid Flash fist-bump. "You now have unlimited access to the gym, our fully-stocked galley, and of course, our library."

Flash turns to us and holds his arms out. "Make yourselves at home."

Aqualad, Kid Flash, and Robin settle into the chairs while Speedy stands. I look around before settling on the floor and looking up at the others.

Batman addresses the league members. "Quick debrief to discuss the coincidence of four ice villains attacking on the same day. We shouldn't be long."

The computer scans the members. Recognized: Batman, 02. Aquaman, 06, Flash, 04. Green Arrow, 08. Martian Manhunter, 07. Red Tornado, 16.

The door slides open, and Speedy all but loses his head. "That's it?" The League members turn to look at him. "You promised us a real look inside, not a glorified backstage pass."

"Actually, I barely expected more than getting to hang out with you guys." I say from behind him.

"It's a first step. You've been granted access few others get."

"Oh really?" Speedy motions to a window I hadn't noticed before. "Who cares which side of the glass we're on?"

The Green Arrow steps forward. "Roy, you need to be patient."

"What I need is respect." He turns to face us. "They're treating us like kids. Worse, like sidekicks. We deserve better than this." The boys and I share a look before turning back to him. "You're kidding, right? You're playing their game? Why? Today was supposed to be the day. Step one in becoming full-fledged members of the League."

Robin sighs. "Well, sure. But I thought step one was a tour of the H.Q."

"Except the Hall isn't the League's real H.Q. I bet they never told you. it's a false front for tourists, and a pit stop for catching zeta beam teleporter tubes to the real thing—an orbiting satellite called the watchtower."

Batman crosses his arms and glares at Green Arrow. "I know, I know. But I thought maybe we could make an exception." Batman continues to glare. "Or not."

While the Green Arrow deals with Batman, I deal with Speedy. "Seems like this is step one." I step over to him. "You don't get all the way in with step one. It takes time. Face it. You're still a kid, just like the rest of us."

Aquaman steps up. "You are not helping your cause here, son. Stand down, or—"

"Or what? You'll send me to my room? And I'm not your son. I'm not even his. I thought I was his partner. But not anymore." Speedy throws his hat to the ground. We all stare at him in shock. Speedy walks past us. "Guess they're right about you four. You're not ready." He then storms out the door. We stand and watch him leave.


The computer goes off, and Superman's face appears. "Superman to Justice League. There's been an explosion at Project Cadmus. It's on fire."

Batman is the first to comment. "I've had my suspicions about Cadmus. This may present the perfect opportunity to—"

"Zatara to Justice League. The sorcerer Wotan is using the Amulet of Aten to blot out the sun. Requesting full League response."

Batman looks up to the computer. "Superman?"

"It's a small fire. Local authorities have it under control."

"Then Cadmus can wait." He pushes a button on the computer. "All Leaguers rendezvous at Zatara's coordinates. Batman out."

They walk past us. Batman stops in front of Robin and I. "Stay put."

Robin is stunned. "What? Why?"

Aquaman steps in front of Robin. "This is a League mission."

Flash cuts in. "You're not trained."

Kid Flash snaps back. "Since when?"

"I meant you're not trained to work as a part of this team."

Aquaman continues. "There will be other missions. When you're ready."

"But for now, stay put."

The three of them walk off.

"Glad you didn't bring you-know-who?" Green Arrow asks the Martian Manhunter.

"Indeed." They walk off as well. The Red Tornado barely spares us a glance before walking away. The door slams shut behind us.

"Ugh. When we're ready?" Kid Flash grimaces. "How are we ever supposed to be ready when they treat us like—like sidekicks."

I groan before lying back on the floor.

Aqualad looks stunned. "My mentor. My king. I thought he trusted me."

"Trust? They don't even trust us with the basics. They've got a secret H.Q. in space."

"What else aren't they telling us?"

"I have a better question. Why didn't we leave with Speedy?"

The other two look at the floor. I look up at them with fire flashing in my eyes. "Because we're better than him, and we can prove it."

"What is Project Cadmus?"

Robin looks up. "Don't know. But I can find out." He walks over to the computer and taps a few keys.

Access denied.

"Heh. Wanna bet?"

Kid Flash gasps. "Whoa. How are you doing that?"

"Same system as the Batcave."

"Batman taught us to hack back when we were nine. Robin's just better at it than I am."

Access Granted.

"All right, Project Cadmus. Genetics lab here in D.C. That's all there is." Robin turns to Aqualad. "But if Batman's suspicious, maybe we should investigate."

Aqualad continues. "Solve their case before they do. It would be poetic justice."

"Hey, heh, they're all about justice."

Aqualad sighs. "But they said stay put."

Robin smiles. "For the blotting-out-the-sun mission, not this."

"Besides, we never stay put. Why start now?"

"Wait, are—? Are you going to Cadmus? Because if you're going, I'm going."

"Just like that? We're a team on a mission?"

"We didn't come for a play date." Robin smirks at me.

Aqualad smiles as he nods slightly.

"Hoo-ah!"


CADMUS

Sirens wail outside the two-story building at Cadmus. Two men are trapped on the second story.

"Help!"

"Get us down!"

A fireman holds up a megaphone. "Stay put. We will get you out."

Seconds later, an explosion behind them causes the two to fly out the window. Kid Flash darts over and runs up the wall, catching them. After setting them on the roof, he almost falls, grabbing the wall to keep from falling.

"It's what's-his-name. Flash Boy!"

Kid Flash looks down at them. "Kid Flash. Why is that so hard?"

Robin, Aqualad, and I run up. "So smooth."

"Does he always have to run ahead? We need a plan. We—" Aqualad looks around. "Robin? Blue Jay?"

He hears kids laughing, and turns to see us jump on the back of a fire truck. We use a grappling hook to swing to the window Kid Flash is hanging from and work together to pull him up and in. "Whoa." Robin then falls slightly into the building.

I more gracefully step in. "Ya know, Rob, "Acrobat" and "clumsy" aren't usually found in the same sentence."

"It's KF's fault." Robin then turns to the computer and starts to hack.

I ignore him and sigh. "Besides, aren't you supposed to get out of burning buildings, not into them?" I find my own console and get to work.

Aqualad runs over to the firemen. "I need to borrow that." He pulls out the handles on his water-bearers and pulls their water to him. Using the water, he creates a water funnel and rises to the roof on it.

"Step aboard. Now."

Aqualad stops in the window Robin and Kid Flash had fallen through, then lowers the two scientists to the ground. He then replaces the handles.

"Appreciate the help."

"We're here to investigate." Robin and I share a look, suddenly realizing we said that together, before continuing together. "Poetic Justice, remember?"

Kid Flash works his way through a filing cabinet. "I wish you two would stop that."

I stop hacking to cross my arms. "And the Commish in Gotham wishes Bats would stop that ninja-disappearing act he's so renowned for."

Aqualad sighs before crossing his arms. "You two sure pulled it well."

"Because he taught us to." I sigh. "And we're twins, KF. We "do that" a lot."

"When you're not arguing."

Robin groans. "We don't argue that much!"

I sigh and cross my arms. "And when we do, it's because we're teasing each other. Siblings do that."

Aqualad walks around the corner. Kid Flash simply points after Aqualad before walking that way.

"There was something in the…"

"Elevators should be locked down."

Robin and I run around the corner. Robin lays a hand on Kid Flash's shoulder before we dart past him. "This is wrong." He looks at his wrist before activating a holographic computer. "Thought so. This is a high-speed express elevator. It doesn't belong in a two-story building."

"Neither does what I saw." Aqualad muscles the door open and looks down.

"And that's why they need an express elevator." Robin quips. We fire our grappling guns to the top and check to make sure they're holding fast before we rappel down. Aqualad and Kid Flash grab on Robin's and follow us.

Robin and I suddenly stop. "I'm at the end of my rope." Robin then starts swinging toward the door before grabbing onto the ledge. He reaches over and catches my arm before swinging me to the ledge. He then sits on it and checks his wrist computer while Aqualad swings over, and Kid Flash is rescued yet again—this time by Aqualad. Robin speaks up again. "Bypassing security." The wrist computer makes a slight chirp. "There. Go."

Aqualad muscles the door open, and we all step in.

"Welcome to Project Cadmus." Robin says.

Kid Flash bolts in, running nowhere in particular.

"Kid, wait." Aqualad says hoarsely.

Kid Flash skids to a stop before falling. "Aah! Oof." He looks up at the strange creature above him before seeing its foot approaching. He quickly rolls to the side, barely avoiding his death. We step over to the other side of the double line of beasts. Kid Flash quickly bolts back to us.

One of the smaller creepy things looks down at us, and his horns glow red. "No. Nothing odd going on here." Aqualad says sarcastically.


Robin unlocks another door. "Okay, I'm officially whelmed."

We look around to find several pods, each glowing electric blue and containing some strange creature.

"I don't like this place, Rob."

"Just relax, Jay. You're too much like Batman sometimes."

"Just because I'm more cautious than you doesn't mean I'm paranoid."

"Didn't say you were."

I sigh. "Rob, all I said is that I don't like this place. It's creepy, and what they're doing is unnatural."

Kid Flash walks deeper into the room. "This is how they hide this massive underground facility from the world. The real Cadmus isn't on the grid. It generates its own power with these things. Must be what they're bred for."

Aqualad walks in. "Even the name is a clue. The Cadmus of myth created a new race by sowing dragon's teeth into the earth."

"And this Cadmus creates new life too. Let's find out why." Robin hooks his wrist-computer into the Cadmus system. He types for a minute on the holographic screen. "They call them Genomorphs. Look at the stats on these things. Super-strength, telepathy, razor claws. These are living weapons."

Kid Flash leans in. "They're engineering an army. But for who?"

"I really don't like this place."

Aqualad rests a hand on my shoulder. "Blue Jay, are you okay?"

Robin groans. "She's fine, Aqualad. Ever since Batman started training us she's been more timid than usual."

I sigh. "Yeah… For the longest time I was afraid of heights, afraid I'd fall…"

Robin and I share a saddened look. Robin sighs. "She's fine." He repeats before turning back to hacking. "Wait, there's something else." Aqualad and I step closer, my panic forgotten for the moment. "Project K-R."

'Kr means Krypton.'

'I know, Rach.'

'You thinkin'…'

'Clone?' Robin groans. "Jay, the file's triple-encrypted. I can't—"

"Don't worry, Rob. I'll just sync my gauntlet with yours and—."

"Don't move!" a man in a helmet runs over with a squad of Genomorphs.

I shriek before turning to run away. Aqualad grabs me and pulls me back. "Stay."

"Okay."

"Wait. Robin? Blue Jay? Aqualad? Kid Flash?"

Robin glances at Kid Flash. "At least he got your name right."

"I know you. Guardian. A hero."

"I do my best."

Kid Flash speaks up. "Then what are you doing here?"

"I'm chief of security. You're trespassing. But we can call the Justice League. Figure this out."

"You think the League is going to approve of you breeding weapons?"

"Weapons? What do you—? What have I—? Ugh." He puts a hand on the helmet. "My head. Take them down hard. No mercy."

The snarling beasts attack. Robin and I throw smoke pellets before firing off our grappling guns and swinging away to safety. Kid flash continuously dodges a genomorph while Aqualad faces one head-on—literally. Guardian then slams Aqualad into a computer, denting the front panel. The two start fighting, punching each other quickly. After about two minutes, Aqualad shocks Guardian and pushes him back. Kid Flash then bursts through the cloud, and both start running.

They find Robin and I hacking into some mechanical system with the same synced-gauntlet trick we had been using earlier. Kid Flash darts over to him while Aqualad looks back to see the horde of genomorphs still after us.

"Way to be a team player, you two."

Robin turns to look at him. "Weren't you right behind me?"

I smirk at my twin. "Apparently not, Rob."

The door opens. Aqualad runs over, pulling me along. He throws me in before diving in after me. The doors close seconds before we're attacked by more genomorphs.

Robin hits the down button.

Aqualad glances up at the number display. "We're headed down?"

Kid Flash points up. "Dude, out is up."

"Excuse me? Project K-R? It's down on sublevel fifty-two."

"And if there's even a chance that our suspicions are correct, we need to look."

Aqualad rubs the back of his head. "This is out of control." He lowers his hand. "Perhaps…Perhaps we should contact the League."

The elevator dings, and the doors open. The walls and floors are red, and look like either a cave, or the inside of one of the genomorphs.

I look back to the others. "There's no turning back now."

Robin and I dart out.

Kid Flash moves his arm toward Aqualad. "We are already here." He then takes off at a dead run, as always.

We all stop at a fork, Aqualad bringing up the rear. "Which way?"

Robin pulls out one of his explosive bird-a-rangs. "Yeah? Bizarre-looking hallway one?" He waves his arm in my direction. "Or bizarre-looking hallway two?"

I pull out one of my own before giving my twin brother a glare. "You're asking me?"

"Hold." A voice comes from a tunnel. We look back just in time to see two barrels flying for us. Aqualad and Kid Flash dive for cover as Robin throws the bird-a-rang. It misses, and the genomorph sends two more at us, causing us to run down one of the halls. "They are headed for Project K-R." Guardian and the genomorphs follow us.

A woman steps out of a room only to find Kid Flash flying toward her. He tries to slow down, but only manages to fall down, taking her down with him. He glances up at the label on the door before quickly grabbing a barrel and shoving it into the door. "Hurry!" He waves a hand for us to follow.

Robin, Aqualad, and I hurry and jump into the room. Aqualad slams it closed seconds before the genomorphs can get to us. Robin starts hacking instantly, while I look around the room. "This place is freaky."

"Tell me about it." Robin glances over at me before returning his eyes to his work. "I disabled the door. We're safe."

"We're trapped." Aqualad corrects.

Kid Flash is looking at something. "Uh, guys? You'll wanna see this." He pushes a button, causing the pod in the middle of the room to light up.

"Whoa." Robin breathes.

"It's a boy… We were right, Rob."

Kid Flash walks over to the standing pod. "Big K, little R. The atomic symbol for Krypton. Clone?"

Aqualad turns to Robin and I. "Robin. Blue Jay. Hack."

Robin turns from me. "Right, right." He gets to work. "Weapon designation Superboy. A clone force-grown in sixteen weeks from DNA acquired from Superman."

Aqualad scowls. "Stolen from Superman."

Kid Flash looks up at them. "No way the big guy knows about this."

"Solar suit allows him to absorb yellow sun radiation 24/7."

"And these creatures?" Aqualad points to the Gnomes.

Robin continues reading. "Genomorph-Gnomes. Telepathic. Force-feeding him an education."

"And we can guess what else." Aqualad stares at the pod.

Kid Flash looks at his two friends. "They're making a slave out of, well, Superman's son."

"Now we contact the League."

We try to activate their comms to no avail. Robin is the first to speak up. "No signal."

"We're in too deep. Literally."


Outside the door, Guardian and the genomorphs are attempting to get in with the help of the scientist, to no avail. The head scientist runs up.

"They're still in there? With the weapon?"

Guardian turns to look at him. "We can't get the door open."

"Use your telekinesis."
"I have tried to no avail." Dubbilex says.

"Useless. This is a debacle. Get some G-Trolls down here to muscle the door open. Now."

Guardian puts his hands on his hips. "Already on their way."

"You realize once we get in there, we can't ever let them leave?"

"Doc, there aren't your typical meddling kids. You don't want to get on the wrong side of the Justice League."

"Better than getting on the wrong side of the Cadmus board of directors, believe me." He stares into the eyes of the gnome on Guardian's shoulder. "Contact the G-Gnomes inside K-R." the gnome closes its eyes as its horns start to glow.


"This is wrong." Kid Flash turns to us.

"We can't leave him like this." Robin glances back to me.

Aqualad puts his hands on his hips. "Set him free. Do it."

Robin taps a few keys, and the pod hisses before the sides lower, setting Superboy free. His hand clenches, and his eyes snap open. The next thing we know, he's tackling Aqualad. He manages to get in three good punches before Robin, Kid Flash, and Kid Flash can get to him.

Kid Flash grabs his arm. "Whoa! Hang on, Supey."

"We're on your side." Robin states, taking a shoulder.

Superboy reaches back and socks Kid Flash, sending him flying through the glass cylinder.

Robin grabs Superboy's neck and holds something in his other hand. "I don't wanna do this." He pushes the button and shoves the canister into Superboy's face. While Superboy is distracted, Aqualad kicks him in the face and into the consol. Robin quickly charges a taser before activating it. Superboy simply grabs the cables and jerks Robin to him before standing one foot on his chest. Aqualad holds a hand to his head. When he sees Robin in danger, he activates his water-bearers and hardens the water into a large hammer before diving for Superboy. "ENOUGH!"

Superboy slams into the cot he had been laying on. Aqualad kneels down and helps Robin up. "Ugh…Ung—ugh." Robin holds a hand to his chest before collapsing again.

I run over to Robin. "I've got him. You handle Superboy."


I kneel and help Robin sit up. "Rob, are you okay?"

"Feels like Superman stood on my chest."

"Well, he pretty much did." I laugh slightly.

"They need me."

"But you'll be no help to us if you can't fight."

"Good thing you know what you're doing."

"I should, between you and Bruce." I look up at the fight going on. "I need to help, if you're all right. You take a minute to recover."


Aqualad nods and stands, prepared to stop him. He holds up a hand, palm out. "We are trying to help you."

Superboy darts for Aqualad, but the latter dodges, causing Superboy to punch the ground. Aqualad then slams Superboy into the wall. Superboy reaches a hand up and stops Aqualad's hand before kicking him away. Aqualad lands on his feet and gives three good punches before dodging one of Superboy's. He lands one more before grabbing Superboy from behind and shocking him. Superboy screams before jumping, slamming Aqualad into the ceiling. He notices Aqualad is still holding on, so he repeats the action. This time, Aqualad falls to the floor. Superboy stands and glares around the room.

I set Robin out of the way before standing and taking a fighting stance. "You wanna go?" I sigh. "You hurt my brother, you big bully."

He simply nods.

"Then let's do this." I start fighting, using my opponent's size against me as I had been taught. I then move closer and punch him in the gut. I then step back and shake my hand. "Bad idea. Dude's got abs of steel."

Superboy crosses the room and slams open the door, letting the bad guys in. I fall to my knees, cradling my sore hand.

The head scientist steps up to see my friends taken down. "Attaboy."