Washington D.C

December 30

"So this is what the inside of the Hall looks like?" Rocket asks as Kaldur, and the rest of the team leads the new recruit into the hall.

Outside, the Justice League, and the new inductees are getting ready for the induction ceremony into becoming an Official Justice League Member.

"I suppose it is a sight to behold if you are not used to it," I agree slightly.

Rocket and her partner, Icon, are to be inducted into the JL family. I say 'family' because only Icon is joining the Justice League, while Rocket was offered to join the Team as a stepping stone into the Justice League.

"Well, make yourselves comfortable," Robin says, beginning to hook up the large television screen to the news feed outside. "It's starting in a few minutes."

I jump over, and onto the leg of the couch, while Wally, Zatanna, Superboy, M'gann, Rocket, and Kaldur decide to lounge around.

Skotádi and Wolf decided to curl up together, given the cold weather.

"I have this strange feeling that Wonder Woman still doesn't like me," I hear Haneul say as he makes himself comfortable on the couch.

"Why would she?" I smirk. "After all, you are a reformed criminal."

"But I did save you from whoever took you before…" He says.

"And you escaped the cave to do so," I state.

"But you are alive, and well, are you not?" He asks, moving his arm around my waist, pulling me towards him slightly.

"Alive, yes," I agree, letting him pull me closer.

A surprise Bird-arang lodges itself between Han's shins on the couch.

"But if you keep that up around company, you probably won't be alive," I note as Han freezes his movements.

I lean over to kiss his cheek, then I slide off of the couch and over to Artemis, who is looking over us from a distance.

"Hey," I say, moving next to her.

"Hey," She replies lowly.

"Wally's still not talking to you?" I ask.

She opens her mouth to protest, but then realizes who she's talking to. Me.

She sighs, and looks away from the speedy ginger.

"He's not answering my texts. Or calls. Or… anything," She says sadly.

"He'll get over it," I assure. "It just takes time. And plus, this is Wally we're talking about here. He's dense, and he doesn't understand a girl's mind. Not even for half a second."

She looks down at the ground.

"Hey," I place a hand on her shoulder. "If I can get over it, so can he. And if he does something, I hit him over the head for you. Alright?"

She lets out a snort, and nods.

"Is that a smile?" I ask her teasingly. "Did I get the uncrackable Artemis to… smile? Oh, now we must celebrate! This is a miracle! Start up the parade! Hire the fire dancers!"

She nudges me with her arm to get me to stop, but she is chuckling under her breath.

"Guys!" Robin calls. "It's starting!"

We all begin to gather around the large screen as Superman stands at the podium outside and begins his speech.

"The Justice League was formed for two reasons," The man of steel begins. "First: an acknowledgement that no single individual, no matter how powerful, can solve the world's problems alone. And second: to uphold the values of truth, liberty, and justice. That, uhh, last one's even in the name…"

The crowd laughs. Not because it was funny, but because it's Superman telling a joke.

He looks over to the new Justice League embers.

"These five heroes have sworn to uphold those values."

"You are watching live footage of the Justice League's induction of it's five newest members!" Kat Grant reports in the middle of Superman's speech. "Looks like the entire League has shown up to welcome the new blood! Everyone from Batman to Captain Marvel!"

"I'm glad they didn't kick Billy out," Wally states, taking a large bite out of an apple. "And I love the fact that there's a Ten-year-old on the League!"

I face-palm.

"Way to go, Kid Mouth," I growl.

"There is?" Rocket asks.

"Way to keep a secret, genius," Robin elbows him in the ribcage.

"Hey, she's on the team now, right?" Wally defends himself.

"Superman is now handing out official League Membership Cards, starting with Doctor Fate, the Atom, Plastic Man, and Icon," The reporter lists.

"You know, I was the one who convinced Icon to become a hero in the first place?" Rocket states. "I should be outside celebrating with him. Not hidden away in here!"

"Welcome to our world," Kaldur says.

"Well…" She begins, eyeing up Kaldur'ahm. "I suppose there's an upside too…"

"Finally, Green Arrow welcomes his former protege, Speedy, now known as Red Arrow, to this roster of heroes," Grant reports.

"Way to go Roy!" Wally cheers.

"At last, he has his wish," Kaldur notes happily.

"The first of us to make it," Robin says. "No one'll call him a sidekick anymore."

"Wait," Rocket stops them."Since when is being a sidekick a bad thing? You sidekicks were my inspiration!"

"Well… see, six months ago, it-" Robins watch starts beeping.

He brings up a mini holo-screen.

"Robin?" I ask.

"Show's over," He says, moving to hack into the League's computer system again. "Cheshire was spotted entering a jet. No mask, and holding a briefcase."

"What are we waiting for?" I ask. "I need a good workout since I missed out on the action last time."

"Let's go," Kaldur announces.

"Wait, me too?" Rocket asks.

"You are a part of this team now, are you not?" I ask, taking her arm, moving to the Zetas tubes.

"Sko!" I call, making the space-dragon bound over to our sides.

"Recognized: Wonderbat. B-00-"


Smokey Mountains

"A-are you sure it's her? I mean, are you absolutely positive?" Artemis asks Robin as we approach the location of the jet.

In the bioship, it's getting pretty crowded.

M'gann obviously sits at the helm. Robin, and Kaldur sit up front. Artemis si diagonally behind them, in the middle. Wally and Rocket sit behind the message boards. Han and I sit diagonally behind them. Zatanna and Conner sit behind us. And lastly, Sko, and Wolf sit next to Conner and I, respectively.

"See for yourself," Robin says, pulling up images of the Asian girl with large, bushy hair, pulled back into a ponytail. "This is the security footage from the Asheville Regional Airport. Facial recognition confirms that's Jade Nguyen. But you've seen her without her mask. What do you think?"

"It's Jade," She sighs. "...Cheshire…"

"Agreed. But focus on what she carries. Is that the case you saw in New Orleans? The one that got away?" Kaldur asks as Robin zooms in on the specialized, teched-out case.

"Yes," She confirms.

"Okay," Rocket begins. "I'm guessing from the mug shot that this "Cheshire" is the bad guy. But what's so important about that case?"

"Remember the Injustice League?" Robin asks.

"And their giant evil plans? Uh, yeah!" She states sarcastically.

"The Team and the League put them in prison. But their allies still scheme. And whatever is in that containment case seems important to their plans," Kaldur explains.

"We had the chance to grab it in New Orleans, but someone screwed up," Wally says, glaring at Artemis.

She looks away in shame.

I reach out, and slap him upside the head.

"And someone, needs to keep their mouth shut," I growl at him as he holds the back of his head.

"Approaching Cheshire's jet," M'gann reports.

We all gasp lightly at the scene before us.

The jet had crashed, and is in shambles.

Artemis looks away.

"Looks like there were no survivors…" M'gann says, reading the energy levels on the ship.

"Never the less," Kaldur says standing up. "We shall go and investigate. Find the case."

We nod, and begin to jump out of the ship.


As we begin to search for the case, we all begin to have our suspicions.

Haneul and I are searching inside the aircraft, while the others make a perimeter, and search from there, inward.

"How come Homeland Security and the NTSP aren't all over this?" I hear K.F ask as we dig through the debris.

"Cheshire's I.D was a League alert. Authorities didn't pick it up, and her jet didn't follow it's flight plan," Robin explains. "Flew under the radar. Literally. But the Watchtower audited the jet and recorded the crash."

"Then why isn't the League here?" Rocket asks.

"Because our Boy Wonder has some mighty hacking skills and arranged to get the alert first," Zatanna flirts off handedly.

"And because Cheshire and that case represent our unfinished business," Kaldur scowls.

As Haneul and I find nothing, we exit the jet to see Superboy lifting, and throwing the wing of the jet off to the side.

"Where are the bodies?" He asks.

"Here's one," The sultry voice of Cheshire states from an edge on the mountain side. "And it is stunning."

She is in full battle gear. But why? She knows that she can't take us all out at the same time. Especially now that we have the magic of Zatanna, Haneul, and Kaldur, and the kinetic powers of Rocket, and the strength of Superboy and I, and two lion sized super-creatures, and a Martian, and a speedster like Wally, and Artemis and Robin on our side.

"I am flora, not fauna. I am foliage, not trees. What am I?" A man in a green suit covered in question marks riddles us from on top of a cliff.

He snaps his fingers, and these tall cylinder looking devices pop up, surrounding us. They all buzz to life, and we are all encased in a green, electrical dome.

He stands behind many foot soldiers all dressed in white, and in front of the creature filled with the cobra venom serum.

Off to his right, stands the girl who was with the creature before on Santa Prisca, with the same orange hair, and goth-punk style.

"Come on, you can get this! I am shrubbery, not grass. What am I? I…?" He coaxes.

"Am. Bush," Robin answers grimly.

I take a fighting stance, attempting to look for a way out of the dome, but I see nothing. And I assume that if I try to force it down, I will injure myself, and possibly others.

"Didn't you think we'd be tipped you were on Cheshire's trail? We're tired of your interference, kiddies. This is the end game," The green suited man rants. "Ordered from above and executed by their master strategist. Moi!"

"Miss Martian, is everyone linked?" Kaldur asks in our heads.

"Yes," Miss.M answers.

"Go!" Kaldur orders.

We all take off in different directions with different targets.

I hear Zatanna recite a spell, then suddenly, we are all surrounded in wild winds, and snow flurries.

I follow Robin up the cliff, and use my lasso to toss the soldiers into each other, as Robin uses his ninja skills to fight them all off, hand to hand.

"Superboy, Wonderbat, the pylons!" Kaldur calls

"Working on it!" Superboy answers.

"Yes'sir!" I confirm to Kaldur.

"Skotádi, Epíthesi!" I order Sko to attack as many of the cylinders as possible, biting, and smashing them in half with his weight.

"W.B!" Robin calls, tossing a guy up to me.

I smirk, and punch him right back down, and right as he hits the side of the cliff, a large crater appears.

"Have I ever mentioned that I love having a sister with super-strength?" Robin asks me.

"Wouldn't hurt to say it more," I smirk.

We hear a large 'BOOM!' and we look up to see Superboy fighting the beast creature.

But he's flying.

Superboy can't fly.

"S.B!" Robin exclaims. "You're flying!"

"We can't focus on that right now!" I shout. "Get the '21 Question' expert!"

I fly Robin up to the top, and he throws smoke bombs at the orange haired girl.

As they explode, I toss him through so he can knee her in the chest. Making her slam up against the cliff, then faint for lack of air.

"Oh! Robin I know this wonderful jest!" I exclaim.

"Oh, yeah?" He asks.

"What did one wall say to the other?" I ask, knowing the Green man standing on the edge of the cliff would understand it's meaning.

"Meet you at the corner!" I answer, punching him off of the side of the cliff.

Zatanna catches him by using the snow to form a straight jacket of sorts around the man, and lifting him back up to the top.

"No, no! I am not the straight jacket type! I am strictly Belle Reve, not Arkham!" The man I now know as the 'Riddler' cries out.

"Gag mih," Zatanna recites, rolling her eyes in annoyance.

"Is it always like this?" Rocket asks, landing softly next to Zatanna.

"Yeah, pretty much," Zatanna answers.

"But, admit it," I begin, looking up at the two, cocking my hip to the side. "It is quite entertaining."

I look back down at the Riddler.

"Now… to get you to talk…" I untie my lasso from my waist, and circle it around the Riddler's neck lightly. "No riddles. Who do you work for?"

"Warden Strange," He answers, as my lasso begins to glow with power.

"The Warden of Belle Reve?" Robin asks.

"Just like Artemis said," I confirm. "What's in the case?"

"I don't know," He answers compulsively.

"What do you know?" I ask.

"It will end the Justice League!" He announces happily.

"How?" I ask forcibly, pulling the lasso tighter.

"Wonderbat," Kaldur stops me. "He would've told you if he knew before. Release him."

I nod, and toss my lasso off of the Riddler.

"Why did I tell you that?" He yells at me.

"Because I'm charming and adorable," I answer sarcastically, looping the lasso back through my skirt. "Skotádi, Éla!"

Skotádi comes bounding up the cliff, and over to my side. Tongue hanging out the side of his mouth, and his face pressed into my hip.

"Good boy," I pat him on the head.


Monut. Justice

"Tell me if this sounds familiar:," Batman begins, glaring at all of us. "You hacked League systems, disobeyed protocol, and endangered your lives."

"And your initiative resulted in the capture of three escaped felons, proving Warden Strange runs Belle Reve as a cover for criminal activity. Well done," He congratulates.

"And then, there's this. Bio-technology integrated with some form of nano-circuitry," He says, examining the small… things inside the case.

"Though I am unfamiliar with the species, the bio-component is clearly not of Earth," Icon deduces with his limited knowledge on the species.

"We'll take it to the Watchtower for further study," Batman announces, closing the case, and making his way to the zeta tube along with Red Tornado.

Rocket flies off to Icon, making him stop in his path to the tubes.

I don't pay much attention to their conversation. My focus is placed mostly on the hand that Haneul has wrapped around mine.

I've kind of let the whole 'flirt-with-a-twelve-year-old' thing go… it was just a part that he had to play to pass off as a fake magician.

I turn my head to look up into his electric blue eyes, only to see him staring down at me with an unreadable expression.

I quickly look away, hiding my blush under my long hair.

"You realize we were set up," I hear Robin state to Kaldur.

"Yes, Cheshire and Riddler were tipped, and ready for us," Kaldur agrees.

"Not the mole thing, again!" Artemis complains.

"A 'mole' thing? Again?" Rocket asks.

"We had intel that there was a traitor on the Team," K.F admits.

"Namely Artemis, M'gann, W.B, or me," Superboy growls, storming past us.

"It is more complicated than that," Kaldur says, eyeing Superboy. "But your recent behavior does concern me. Your attack on Mammoth nearly got Artemis killed."

A sharp ringing reaches my ears, and I release Haneul's hand as I double over onto my knees, and hold my ears shut.

"Gaaahhh!" I cry out as the ringing continues.

"Superboy, I believe you used up the last of your shields," The voice of Lex Luthor says in our heads. "I have more. Meet me at Santa Prisca."

As soon as it came on, it stopped.

"Addie?" I hear Robin ask, while he rubs my back comfortingly.

"Superboy?" Kaldur asks.

"There's something I need to do," He says, looking down at the floor. "Something I need to tell you. Last month, on Thanksgiving, I went back to Cadmus And found a few things out. When I was cloned, only half the DNA was Superman's. The other half was human. That's why I don't have Will never have full Kryptonian powers.

"You sure? Cause you sure seemed to have 'em today," Robin smiles.

"I've been using these," He pulls back his sleeve to reveal a blacked out Superman logo on his arm. "Shields. They suppress my human DNA. I get the flight, the heat vision But I think I also get angry. Well, angrier. I'm sorry..."

"Where did you get those?" Kaldur asks, now in 'Leader' mode.

"From my human father. Lex Luthor," Conner reveals. "And he didn't just give me these. He gave me ones for Add's too. I told Han to give one to her back on the Parasite mission, but...they didn't work on her. She went feral… so he made the decision I should have made, and thrown them out the window the first chance I got."

They all gasp, but not at the 'feral me' part.

"Lex. Luthor... is your dad?" Robin voices our combined concerns.

"He's summoned me to Santa Prisca," Conner admits. "Add's can vouch for me. Luthor sends the messages through a frequency so high, only us two, other than animals, can hear it when Superman, and Wonder Woman are off world."

"It's true," I say when everyone moves their gazes to me. "Luthor has never wanted me to go anywhere with Superboy though."

We are all stuck in a moment of silence.

As I glance around the room, my eyes land on Artemis.

Our gazes meet, and we have a silent agreement.

"Uh...Listen. Superboy's not the only one suffering from bad DNA. My mother is Huntress, an ex-con. Rest of my family Aren't even 'ex'," Artemis moves to the Holo-screen, and brings up images of Sportsmaster Cheshire, and the original Huntress. "My Dad's Sportsmaster. And he's sending my sister, Cheshire, to fly me to Santa Prisca, too."

"That's why -" Wally comes to a realization, moving next to her.

"Yeah. I was so desperate to make sure none of you found out…"

"I knew," Robin states. Artemis gives him a look of horror. "Hey, I'm a detective! But it never mattered. You aren't your family. You're one of us."

"So who's next?" K.F asks, throwing his arm around Artemis's shoulders.

"...I am…" M'gann steps forward.

"I swear I was kidding," Wally says, throwing his hands in the air in surrender.

"Queen Bee's been blackmailing me. She wants me in Santa Prisca, too," She says.

"Blackmailing? How?" Kaldur asks, his tone softening.

"She knows my... true Martian form,"

"Bald M'gann?" Robin scoffs. "Who cares if-?"

"No," M'gann interrupts.

The small, green Martian that we have known, turns herself into a large white alien creature, with small beady eyes, a mouth with no lips, and with long, white limbs with three large fingers, and a red 'X' across her chest.

I moved up from my spot on the floor, and I back up in surprise.

"I realized you would never accept me if you saw what I really am," She says through the mind link.

"M'gann, did we truly seem so shallow?" Kaldur asks, slightly offended.

"I couldn't take a chance. Being a White Martian among the Green on Mars I endured constant rejection. I couldn't face that from-"

"From me?" Conner asks. He moves over to her side to hold her alien hand in his.

From what I could tell, they were having a very touching conversation in their minds.

"Anyone else got any super large secrets we should know about?" Zatanna asks in a joking tone.

"Well, you see… about that…"

"Addie?! You too?" Kid Flash asks incredulously.

"Yes," I confirm. "However, it is not my secret… but it is Nash's. Kid Lantern, that is."

"Do you know where he is?" Kaldur asks me.

"No. I know not of his whereabouts," I admit. "But… I have been very aware of his... 'New crowd' if you will."

I move Artemis from the holo-screen, and I bring up a head to toe picture of Sinestro.

"For those of you not aware, this is Sinestro. Not the founder of the Yellow Lanterns, but he is their leader. The Yellow Lantern ring feeds on the fears of others, while the Green Lantern ring feeds on willpower," I begin to break down. "A while back, I acquired intel that Sinestro wa-is on Earth. What his intentions are, again, I know not. But, Nash seems to believe that Sinestro is the only way to find his mother, who was assumed to be deceased. Sinestro offered his services, and in return, he turned Nash over to the side of fear. Slowly, but surely. After we had an argument on the Invisible Jet, I never saw him again. I swear to you, I have been searching endlessly, but to no avail. Some of you knew this information already, but what you are not aware of is how recently I discovered the ring in his possession."

I turn to face them.

"Do you remember in the dream sequence? When Nash and I flew to Paradise Island to find that lone ship?" I ask.

They all nod. Minus Rocket and Zatanna, of course.

"I lost control of myself, and I nearly died, but Nash had taken out the ring, given to him by Sinestro, I assume, and he gave in," I sigh. "And...I drove him to it… He wouldn't have put that stupid thing on if it hadn't been for me… And now he's in Sinestro's grasp."

"Addie… you know better than to think that," Zatanna comforts.

"Do I?" I ask. "I gave him the stepping stone into darkness. It's my fault."

"It's that fool's fault for thinking that he could save you with a dainty little ring that he had barely used," Han spits. "And even if he could, you didn't ask him to. He doesn't need to save you if you don't want him to."

"Nevertheless," I continue after a moment. "I would not be surprised if he and Sinestro are there as well."

"And we will be ready for them," Kaldur assures.

"Wait, we're all going?" Rocket asks.

"If we are to protect our friends, and save them from themselves, it will take us all," Kaldur explains. "You three will go as they ask. Normally, and without question. Act as if you would if you did not know this about each other. And when you call, we shall all strike."

"Sounds like a plan I could get behind," K.F smiles.

"So then," I begin. "To Santa Prisca it is."


Santa Prisca

Superboy, Artemis, and M'gann are all ordered to go along with their 'sponsors' plans… for the moment being.

The rest of the team is to take cover, and not make a sound. We are to wait for the signal to surprise Lex Luthor, Queen Bee, Cheshire, and Sportsmaster.

Unfortunately, a few more of their 'associates' decided to join us.

Blockbuster, Bane and his lackeys (Obviously. It's his island.), Mercy, and the most dreaded: Sinestro, and Nash.

'Nash… what have you done…?'

I don't focus on the small talk between the villains, and the team. All I could focus on is Nash, and Sinestro.

'How did Sinestro trick him this badly? He convinced a Green Lantern to go Yellow. If he can do that, what else can he convince Nash to do?'

Lex Luthor orders Blockbuster to bring along Superboy.

As the genetically downgraded mutant does as he's ordered, Artemis shoots an exploding foam-to-cement arrow at Blockbuster.

M'gann's eyes glow green, and she lifts Artemis into the air, nearly avoiding Sportsmaster.

Then, she uses her telekinesis to slam Queen Bee into a tree, effectively knocking her out.

Superboy unfreezes himself, and begins to brawl, as Queen Bee could no longer take control of his mind.

"May not be much of a liar, but I fooled you," Superboy growls, advancing on Lex.

"And I'm so proud. I take it Miss Martian cleaned 'Red Sun' from your mind? And 'Blue Moon' from hers?" Lex Luthor asks.

'I had programming?' I wonder.

"And confirmed to Aqualad, Robin and Kid Flash, rescued me and W.B from Cadmus, before you had time to install any other programming," Superboy half lies.

"Long time no see, Addie," A familiar voice says from behind me.

My hair flies around me as I snap my head around to meet the voice.

"Guys, reinforcement time," Artemis tells us through M'gann's link.

"...Nash…" I gasp, spotting his pure gold attire. "Oh, Nash… what have you done?"

"Enlightened myself," He answers. "Now, you shall be enlightened as well…"

He holds his arms up, and creates large blasters circling his arms, and he aims them at me.

I hold up my cuffs in attempt to block the blast, but what I didn't see is when he moves his aim to lock onto Haneul.

"Han!" I shout, jumping over and in front of the blast.

He turns around, but he would have been too late, but I wasn't.

I blocked him from the blast, but at the cost of my spine's homeostasis.

"Wonderbat!" Zatanna shouts.

"Princess!" Han yells, catching me on my way to the ground. "Adeline! Are you alright?"

"Move!" I shout in pain.

Haneul jumps out of my direct radius, just as a yellow blast explodes on the ground.

"You and I have a score to settle," Nash growls at Haneul.

"Do we? Last I checked, I won," Han smirks.

'What are you doing?' I question him in my head, knowing he could hear me.

"We both fell through a hatch, last I remember," Nash growls again, floating down to face Han.

"Then come on!" Haneul provokes. "I don't have all night."

"Trust me," Nash begins, making a whip out of his ring. "It won't take all night."

'You idion! He'll kill you!' I mentally scream at Haneul, physically reaching out to him. 'He's no longer a Green Lantern! He's not afraid of taking a life!'

Nash riles up his whip, and Haneul readies his magic.

"Stop this nonsense!" I scream at them, using any energy I have left to voice my concerns.

Nash blind sides Haneul with a small red object.

The gem from our first 'get together'.

Han crumples down in pain as the gem slams his magic back into him repeatedly.

"Haneul!" I shout, now frantically moving towards him the best that I can in my wounded state.

Nash advances on him slowly, cracking his whip on the ground menacingly.

"See?" Nash asks. "Barely took a second."

Just as Nash cracks his whip in the air, about to finish Haneul off, something amazing happens.

His whip is intervened by another. But this one greatly contrasting in colors.

This whip is a bright, electric blue.

I spot it's owner out of the corner of my eyes, and I never would have guessed…

"That wasn't fair," The deep voice of Kyung replies.

He is flanked by his 'associates' from the attack on Paradise: Seung, Hwan, and Jeong.

"You guys?" I ask in shock.

"Look, Seung," Hwan begins. "It's the Princess! Hello Princess!"

"Didn't we get water-boarded by her plane?" Jeong asks, clearly unamused.

"Well… we did invade her island…" Seung points out.

"Wonderbat, you know them?" Kaldur asks, from his battle with the foot soldiers.

"Hardly!" I snort. "What are you all doing here?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Kyung asks. He then twists his whip sideways, and Nash follows with the movement, crashing into a tree. "We're protecting our family."

Hwan uses his black spear to hit the glowing gem away from Haneul, and is joined by Seung to help the magician up.

"I have no family," Haneul pants as his magic returns.

"You wouldn't remember us," Jeong says, helping me up off the ground. "We don't even remember you. But we are your brothers."

"There is little time to explain as of the moment," Kyung states, cracking his whip on the ground. "We have many opponents who deserve a bit of… cognitive recalibration."

Seung, Jeong, and Hwan materialize their bright weapons.

"I'm ready when you are!" Hwan cheers.

I can't help but question why they are fighting for us, and how they found us, as they all charge the former friend of the Team.

"Wonderbat!" Zatanna yells. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine!" I wheeze. "Just give me a moment-"

"Moment's up!" Robin shouts, flipping by, as a goon with a large red gun begins to shoot at us.

"What in Hera's name-" I question before I'm forced to move out of the way of the blast.

The goon continues his advance with the laser gun, while I begin to block them with my cuffs.

I charge him, using my cuffs as cover, and as I get up close to him, Rocket traps him in some sort of blue bubble.

He continues to shoot, but the bubble strengthens, and the goon ends up shooting the bubble, making the blast reflect, and hit him instead.

"Girl power!" Rocket shouts, releasing the bubble, and fist bumping the air.

"Power indeed," I smile.

I run back over to Haneul, dodging everyone else's fights.

"Han!" I shout, moving to his side. "Are you alright?"

"I'll be fine," His accented voice responds. "You know these people?"

"Barely…" I reply. "They were responsible for the attack on Paradise."

"THEM?!" Han shouts, his blue eyes going wide in shock.

"Yes! We've been over this! I'm not going to question their motives because they're helping us!" I shout. "Now come on! The team needs our help!"

I begin to help him off of the ground, only to be shot down by another yellow blast.

"Nash used to consider you his one and only love," The smooth voice of Sinestro replies from above us. "Now his fear of your rejection has led him to me. So really, I must thank you. However, to become a full Fear Bringer, he must destroy his only fear."

"No… Nash, what have you gotten yourself into?" I whisper as Haneul writhes in pain on the ground.

"Sadly, he's a bit preoccupied with those other Magicians," He spits. "So, I'll just have to end you myself."

It all moved in slow motion.

He begins to aim the ring at me, and I throw my cuffs up in front of my chest.

I see him smirk, and move his aim to Haneul, right next to me.

"Han!" I shout, trying to block the blast with my own body.

I see the electricity in his eyes spark to life, as he begins to throw up his magic in defense.

Before I can reach him, his blue magic forms a shield of sorts in front of him, and it shoots up in front of Sinestro's beams.

"A good trick, Magician," Sinestro sneers. "But that's all this is."

"Is is?" Haneul asks with a smirk as the shield continues to grow. "Because I think it's working against you."

I spot a trail of blood coming out from the corner of his mouth.

'He's using too much power…' I notice. 'I have to help him…'

I roll out of the direct radius of Sinestro and Haneul's battle of power.

Moving to sit up on my knees, I untie my lasso, and begin to swing it around, and eventually, I throw it up at Sinestro.

It wraps around him, snapping his arms to his sides.

Han takes advantage of this moment, and blasts Sinestro down with his shield blasts.

I use my weight to throw the Yellow Lantern over, and into a tree, just as the four magicians throw Nash into the side of a boulder.

"Nash!" I shout.

Okay fine.

He might be the bad guy, but I still care about his well being.

I'm not a monster.

Haneul moves to sit on his hands and knees as the other magicians move to our side, standing in front of the fallen Lanterns.

They both begin to regain their footing, but soon realize that they are all surrounded.

"Looks like you are outnumbered, and outmatched," Kyung states with his deep voice.

"But if you still want to fight, we're more than ready!" Seung all but cheers.

"Do we run?" The frantic voice of Nash asks Sinestro.

"No, my boy," Sinestro replies with a frighteningly even voice. "We simply make a tactical retreat."

They kneel down to the ground slowly, and the earth begins to rumble underneath us.

"What in the name of Poseidon?" I wonder out loud.

I charge at Nash, hoping to catch him before he takes off.

"Nash! WAIT!" I scream.

I am too late.

He and Sinestro have take off into the sky, faster than my eyes could keep up with.

"It is always like this!" Rocket shouts with glee.

I look around and notice that the other bad guys on Santa Prisca have either been taken down, tied up, or have retreated.

"Told you!" Zatanna smiles.

I scowl, as Haneul is assisted up with the by Seung.

"Hey, disaster averted," Robin smiles. "Feeling the Aster."

"Agreed. This has been a good day," Kaldur'ahm agrees.

"HOWEVER," I bud in. I point at the four magicians behind me. "You four have some explaining to do. Like, how did you find us? How did you know we were here? How you are related to Haneul, and just what in Hera's name are you doing here?!"

"It's a funny story actually…" Hwan scratches the back of his neck nervously.

"It's really not," Jeong blandly contradicts.

"Perhaps we could do this somewhere that's not in the middle of a battle zone?" Kyung asks.

"Of course," Kaldur agrees.

"Wait!" Artemis stops. "Aren't you the guy's who attacked Themiscyra?"

"Only for a day!" Seung defends.

"Should we really trust them, Add-Wonderbat?" Zatanna asks me skeptically.

"No…" I sigh. "But, they did help us defeat Sinestro, and Nash's forces. I think that entitles them to a moment of our time… What we decide afterwards, however, is optional."

"That's pretty sound logic for a girl who just had to face her ex-boyfriend trying to kill her," Superboy notes.

"Later, Superboy," I sigh. "I'll talk about that later. But Nash is beyond reason, at this point. And I think I need a moment to process this."

"Wonderbat?" Robin asks.

I look over at him to see him giving me a sympathetic look.

"I'll be fine," I reassure. "I just need to process. I promise."

He places a hand on my shoulder, and rubs my back comfortingly.


No excuse other than laziness.

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Well... one more official chapter to go, then the one shots! Don't forget to keep on reviewing so you can get more one shots! My 'review limit' is up after the next chapter! I'll try to post it by next friday, and the friday after that (August 12) Is the last day to review, and I'll be tallying up the total comments, and on my first one shot, I'll announce how many I'll be making. (but if you do feel so inclined to, you can count them yourselves, and figure it out, but that's too much math for a summer. Lol)

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But does anyone know where to find Pikachu?

Really though.

I can't find him.