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Mount Justice

October 1, 18: 13 EDT

"Those two sure seem to be spending a lot of time practicing." Wally chewed on a chocolate bar as we both watched in transfixed amazement Kaldur and Dick's sparring. "Don't you think it's getting a little unhealthy?"

I shrugged, "The training that Black Canary and Batman made me do was much more worse than what they're doing right now."

Wally gave me an odd look, but I just straightened my jean jacket. "Geez, what type of things did they make you do?"

I smirked, "Things you would cower at the sight of."

Conner, and M'Gann passed through the mission room, Wolf trotting behind them. I grinned in happiness for the loved-up duo. Even though they both had very different, opposite, personalities, they balanced each other wonderfully.

Artemis came into the room just then, moving to stand beside Wally. They both smiled at each other, and I went to leave them to their own little world.

"Do we tell them?" I hinted at Dick and Kaldur as they stood watching the two obvious couples chat away with each other.

"It is not our place." Kaldur shook his head, smiling at me. "Perhaps we can train together, Robin proved to be a wonderful sparring partner."

I nodded, "Bring it on, Team Leader."

'Recognized: Batman 02.'

Batman walked into the Cave, ignoring us completely. "Computer, national news."

I rolled my eyes, letting out a sarcastic snort. "Nice to see you, too!"

Batman glared at me, but sighed nonetheless. "Hello. Now, turn your attention to the computer." I knew Dinah had talked to him about being a better father to Dick, since he was a kid and required attention. Bruce was trying to be change for the boy.

I appreciated that from him.

The computer's screen turned on to reveal Cat Grant making a report on the odd plants that started growing in Metropolis just this morning. "The initial attack was short lived, but Metropolis was only granted a short reprieve. Despite the intervention of Superman and the Justice League, there seems to be no end in sight."

"Should we get out there?" Dick asked, eager to experience some action.

"No," Batman turned to us. "The League will soon have the situation under control. That's not why I'm here."

We all looked in between each other, curious to see what other purpose Batman could have for us. "According to your intel, Sportsmaster supplied Cadmus Blockbuster formula to Kobra."

"Who combined with Bane's venom to create Kobra Venom!" Wally exclaimed.

"Which the Brain used to create his animal army." Dick pitched in.

I saw Conner scratch behind Wolf's ear, and I smiled. "And upgrade Wolf to what he is now."

"The Brain also used inhibitor collars." M'Gann added. "Like the ones at Belle Reve Penitentiary."

"Batman," Artemis' faced contorted in worry. "Is it possible that those plant thingies are on Kobra Venom, too?"

"I had Green Lantern run a spot analysis, the vine's cellules does contain trace amounts of a Kobra Venom variant." Batman typed into the computer, showing us the genetics chart.

"This cannot be coincidences," Kaldur announced, "Unrelated criminals are cooperating with one another worldwide."

"Exactly." Batman stated, and I watched as Dick opened his own holographic computer, making another analysis. "It's now clear our enemies formed a kind of…secret society of super villains. The attack on Metropolis is only the beginning."

"Got that right," Dick agreed, showing us four different screens behind Batman. "Plant creatures have sprouted in Gotham City, Paris, Star City, and Taipei."

Suddenly all the screens had static playing on them, and I raised an eyebrow. "Uh, Rob? Is this a late April Fool's prank?"

Dick shook his head repeatedly, "It's not me! Someone's cutting into our satellite signal! All satellite signals!"

The screens all went black for a few seconds, before the face of the Joker appeared on them. His wide smile was a diabolical as ever, and a shiver passed through me. I snatched Dick's hand, holding it loosely.

When I had first started to have on-field missions in Gotham City with Black Canary, I had a run-in with the Joker. It had been terrible, terrifying, and the Dynamic Duo had to help us. Dick knew how badly I was injured that night, about three deep cuts on my legs, and a bunch of shallower ones.

He silently squeezed my hand as the Joker started to talk, a voice full of malice. "Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt your regular schedule mayhem," He took out one of his knifes, "To bring you this important announcement…"

The Joker moved the camera to focus on the other villains in the dark room, Count Vertigo, Poison Ivy, Atomic Skull, Black Adam, Ultra-Humanite, and Wotan. "…From the Injustice League." Joker's laugh echoed, and involuntarily, I tightened my grip on Dick's fingers.

Count Vertigo started narrating, now. "We are responsible for the attacks on your cities. If you wish to save them, then a sum of ten million American dollars in required. Deliver instructions have been sent to the United Nations, there is no time limit, but the longer your government sways…"

Joker turned the video camera to him again, "The longer we have our…jolice." His voice was the only thing that could be heard, and even after the video ended, I felt the sound echo inside my mind.

Dick turned his head just slightly, looking at me. "You all right?"

"Just peachy." I let go of his hand reluctantly, the comforting warmth leaving my body.

"Roger that, Aquaman." Batman pressed his comm unit. "He wants to prepare the ransom as a fallback, but it won't come to that."

Dick started typing away in his computer, trying to get a little more information from that announcement. He reversed the video, stopping to recite all of the Injustice League's names.

Was I the only one who thought that was a pretty lame group name?

"Those are seven heavy hitters!" Dick exclaimed. "Probably behind everything we've faced."

"There's your secret society." Wally sighed.

"Not so secret anymore…" Artemis hesitated, as if not sure if they meant to give out the members' identities.

I snorted, "What type of super villain society would just suddenly give out their identities? Not a very well-played move."

"Perhaps…After India they knew we would deduce the truth and saw no point in fighting any longer." Kaldur pondered over that idea.

"Yeah? That was their mistake!" Wally pounded his fist. "Right now, I say we go kick some plant creature butt!"

"The Justice League will handle the plants." Batman's eyes narrowed with purpose. "I have a different task for this Team."

"Oh, man!" I punched Wally's shoulder, but he didn't protest. He had seen it coming from a mile away.

"With the plants attacking so many locations simultaneously, there must be a central control system. Your mission is to destroy it." Batman's voice softened at the last sentence.

"You do notice what you're really asking them to do?" Zatara questioned Batman, a hint of protectiveness in his voice.

"They're ready." Batman turned to us, a hint of a smile on his features.

I couldn't help but grin at that. What I'd worked so hard to achieve, the adults knowing how capable we were in doing dangerous mission, was finally done. They recognized our powers, and they knew we were ready.

I was ready.

"Ready?" Wally asked dumbly. "Ready for what?"

I punched him again on the arm, and he winced, "Will you cut that out?"

Artemis rolled her eyes, "Hello, Wally? If the big guns are fighting the plants, who do you think we'll be fighting?"

Wally's eyes widened in realisation after Artemis pointed at the computer screens with the Injustice League's faces still in them. Goodness sake, he could act so stupidly sometimes.

"Well, Batman, I trust you're correct." Zatara's accent sounded as thick as ever.

"I trust you can locate the enemy." Batman got straight to the point, as always.

"Indeed," Zatara confirmed, "Wotan's involvement such as sorcery is part of how the plan is controlled. Robin, if you would provide a hologram."

Zatara chanted words backward, and instantly in the holographic map, a big yellow dot formed in the east coast of the United States.

"There," Zatara announced, "That's where you will find the Injustice League's central control system."

"Coordinates locked it." Dick informed. "The Louisiana Bayou."

"We are on our way." Kaldur motioned us to move out of the mission room and change into our uniforms. I sighed; I liked the purple shirt I was wearing. It was extremely comfortable.

We all made quick changes, and piled into our respective spots in the bioship.

The ride to Louisiana did not take very long, in fact, just about thirty minutes and we were there already. I was glad for the short ride, I was eager to kick some super villain butt in this mission. No matter how afraid I was of confronting the Joker once again, I knew this was needed.

I wanted to get my honour back, and the only way that I could do that was by facing my fear.

Ring. Ring. Ring

My eyes widened, and I started searching for my cellphone in the backpack I brought to the bioship with me all the time. It contained perfume, deodorant, a change of clothes, and of course, GPS, extra explosives, a spare whip, and my cellphone.

I whipped up the phone. "Who's this?"

"It's daddy. Listen, you need to train at least once today. You haven't come visit me in almost three days, you'll get rusty."

I looked around nervously, giving my teammate's confused auras a reassuring smile. "Mom, right now is not a good time to be calling me…I'll call you back after I'm done with the mission. Love you, bye!"

I ended the call before my father could mutter a single word, and gave my friends another grin. "That was Black Canary…"

Most of my teammates went back to chatting with each other or looking out of the window. I could still feel Robin's eyes on my back, though, and that unnerved me more than anything else.

I could never fool Dick, not him out of all people! He knew me better than I did sometimes, and that was the bad thing. At that moment, concerning my extra training, I didn't want him to know me well. He needed to stay away from what I was doing, he couldn't know.

"What's in the duffel?" Kid asked Aqualad. My attention instantly went over to Kaldur's extra weight. He never carried a bag with him in missions.

"Plan B." Aqualad answered, not meeting our gazes.

Miss Martian suddenly grunted, and Conner started panicking. "Are you all right?"

"Dizzy…"

"Martian's get airsick?" Robin exclaimed.

"She does look a bit greener than usual." Kid pondered over M'Gann's short answer.

"Not me, her." M'Gann held her head with one hand while steering the ship with the other.

"I feel fine." Artemis answered.

Robin looked at me worriedly, but I shook 'no'. "I'm okay."

"Not them," Miss Martian clarified, "The bioship. She's trying to shield us, but…"

M'Gann didn't get to finish her sentence because, suddenly, we were falling closer and closer to the swamp area. We all held on tightly to our seats or seatbelts, and when M'Gann regained control of the bioship, a strong force lurched us upwards.

The bioship spiralled out of control, with all of us shouting inside of it. I slowed down time, but instead of slowing down the world around me, I made my powers work on myself and nothing else. I felt glad for the spinning to lessen greatly, but helpless that I couldn't help my friends too much.

When the ship stopped moving, I returned time to normal just to see a bunch of thick vines crushing the bioship, urging it to go under the swamp.

Soon enough, I could see Black Adam breaking a hole on the top of the bioship, making M'Gann groan out in pain again. Superboy jumped out of his seat, and pounded Black Adam out of the bioship.

Water started rapidly pouring down from the roof hole, but we all came prepared. I grabbed my underwater breathing tube, submerging when everyone else did.

"M'Gann, you need to open a hatch!" I shouted at the Martian who stood dumbfounded, her waist already invisible to see underneath the water.

She slapped her forehead, "Hello, Megan! Of course!"

She grew gills, and swam down with the rest of us, opening a hatch at the bottom of the bioship. Aqualad shouted at us, "Out, everyone out!"

We all swam with great efforts, using the bioship as a propulsion helper, and resurfaced out of the water.

We came out of the swamp, hiding behind a few trees, and watching as the bioship got a nasty taste of the plants on Kobra Venom. "She's in shock," M'Gann informed us. "She'll need time to recover."

All of a sudden, a wave of nausea and horrible aching pain settled on my body, overwhelming all of my senses. We all fell down to the dark grass with screams of shock and pain.

"Vertigo!" Kid exclaimed in recognition.

"It's Count Vertigo to you, peasant." Vertigo answered smugly.

I focused all my energy in stopping time, but it took great efforts with all the pain that Count Vertigo was focusing on making us feel. When time stopped, I took a few moments to recover from the previous intensity, and tried getting everyone away to safety.

I carried Robin first, then Artemis, Kid, Aqualad, Superboy, Miss Martian, and Wolf out of the battlefield. I hid them a few meters away from where the original fight was going on, too exhausted by everyone's weight to carry them out any further.

I returned time to normal, and the distance that I gained from our enemies would have let my teammates have some time to recover from the intense pain was it not for Kid shouting out, as if in a mid-battle cry.

Count Vertigo and Black Adam's eyes focused on us, and they started hurrying us. We all got into fighting stances, but at the last minutes, Aqualad shouted at us telepathically, 'Miss Martian, Timeless, Robin, disappear! We will keep them busy! You three, fulfill the mission objective.'

The three of us nodded, and ran away from the fight. M'Gann turned invisible, while leaving Robin and I have to blend with our surroundings. I turned on my stealth mode; the white of my costume would not fit with the dark greens and browns of the forest.

We all walked in silence for a while, Robin just stopping to inform us about what directions we were supposed to take. The sky had darkened greatly, only leaving the half-obscured moon and the stars to guide us toward the Injustice League's headquarters.

The whole time we were walking and keeping some telepathic conversation going, I was fidgeting with my gloves. I was worried about how Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Red Arrow would handle the mutant plants in Star City, how I was going to confront the Joker, and about our other four teammates that had been left behind.

'I've lost contact with Aqualad and the others,' M'Gann spoke. 'Should we—'

'Sorry, that's not the gig.' Robin cut her off. 'This is.'

He pointed at the giant dome in the middle of the forest. A ginormous plant was growing out of its center. I bet all my money on Poison Ivy having to be next to that stupid thing all the time.

'Robin's right, M'Gann.' I looked back at the Martian floating behind me. 'We were given clear orders to take out the IJ's headquarters. Besides, Aqualad wouldn't have sent us here by ourselves if he thought he couldn't handle Count Vertigo and Black Adam by himself.'

M'Gann nodded, sighing. 'You're right, Diana.'

'Looks like that plant is acting like an antenna to the other plants worldwide.' Robin observed the headquarters.

Suddenly, a bunch of vines coiled around my legs, wrapping themselves around my body. "Well, hello!" Poison Ivy smirked in amusement, Ultra-Humanite appearing beside her with a high-tech gun. "And, goodbye…"

I struggled against the vine's hold on me as Ultra-Humanite took aim at us. Miss Martian was the first to react though, her eyes started glowing, and the gun pointed downward into the earth instead of at us.

The gun shot at the base of the vines, and we all were let out. We ran out of Ultra-Humanite's shooting range, hiding deep in the shadows as we hurried out of the action.

I couldn't see M'Gann, which panicked me. Robin and I were running off from the scene, but where was she?

Three thick vines jumped out of the earth, almost seizing me in a death grip. Robin and I jumped up, using our acrobatic skills to swing from vine to tree. We pirouetted off a tree's branch, flipping in the air to gain a little more momentum.

I landed on another nearby tree, but Robin was under me on the ground. Poison Ivy's vines tried cutting through him, but he jumped up and down, running for his life.

I took a look around; Ivy was not concentrated on me, so maybe I could do something to help Robin.

I was about to jump off the tree and hurry to help Robin when his voice shouted in my head, 'No! Complete the mission, D!'

'The mission is not as important as your life!' I argued back.

I could almost feel him roll his eyes, 'I've handled Ivy by myself before, now go!'

I growled in annoyance, Wonder Boy was right. He's fought Poison Ivy before and won. He could handle this by himself.

I quickly performed an aerial flip, and landed on the moistened ground with a soft squish. I ran, keeping an alerted lookout for any of our seven enemies around me. My boots made squishing sounds over and over, throwing away all the chances I had at being covert.

When I reached the Injustice League's headquarters again, I saw Wotan, Black Adam, and Count Vertigo hauling the Team in a bright yellow mystic jail cell.

Suddenly, the cell dissolved into thin air, and Wotan was violently shoved onto the ground. Superboy, Wolf, Kid, Artemis, and Aqualad landed on a muddy lake, and I started sprinting toward them.

They were going to need my help.

Aqualad and Artemis took Poison Ivy, Superboy and Wolf took the Ultra-Humanite, Kid and I decided to take on Count Vertigo and Black Adam.

Wally raced toward the two enemies, but Vertigo used his mind powers to slow him down. It was horrible, and almost terrifying seeing Kid Flash not being able to run, but instead, only walk at the pace of a turtle.

I used my own powers to stop time, and got Wally out of Vertigo's range. I used the time that I had, which was all the time in the world, to tie both men up in an isolated part of the forest.

I hauled Count Vertigo first, as he was the most dangerous, and set him a kilometer away from where the fight was going on. Then, I took Black Adam and transported him to where Vertigo was. Once that was done, I came back to the fighting field and returned time back to normal.

"What the—" Kid shouted out, realising that Count Vertigo and Black Adam were both gone.

I smiled, shrugging. "I stopped time."

Kid grinned, shaking his head in mocking disbelief. "I am never going to get over how cool your powers are."

Suddenly, a maniacal laugh echoed around me, "Look who came for a visit, the time stopper!"

I looked up; feeling my blood run cold and millions of shivers creep up my spine. The Joker smirked down at me, giving out another blood-curling cackle, "Long time no see, and I must say, you look better than ever!"

I looked upward to the ginormous control plant as it exploded in flames, Miss Martian and Robin looked down upon us. I grinned, and Robin smirked back at me.

I heard the Joker clicking his tongue, and I turned around just in time to see him taking his knife out. "What a shame…I quite liked that plant."

As soon as he stopped talking, he lunged at me. I hadn't been expecting the attack, so instead of graciously moving out of the way, I slipped and feel down on the mud.

The Joker let out a mocking laugh, one that made my fists bunch up. "Aw, is the little power girl defenseless?"

The Joker smirked, "What a shame." With that final note, he tried slashing at me, but I held up my hands instinctively. I hadn't been thinking, I had just put my arms out in front of me, and then, a force field formed in front of me. The Joker was thrown back in shock.

I looked at my hands in surprise. I could do that?

The Joker looked up at me, malice and maddened anger in his face, but then he turned to how all of his allies were holding up. "Children…Children foiled our plan? Inconceivable, unacceptable, retrovutionaliable! That last one might not be a word, so sue me!"

I let out a relieved laugh as the Joker moved away from me, probably thinking that with a force field he wouldn't get anywhere. The bad thing was…he decided to go and attack Robin.

I was about to go and help him, but Count Vertigo gave out an order, "Kill them! Kill them all!"

That's when Black Adam decided to strike out at me.

Okay, so I hadn't exactly prepared myself to be hit with the force of an elephant, and I didn't know how to turn my force field on again. That's exactly why when Black Adam struck a blow; I went flying backwards, hitting a tree.

The only good thing about this situation was that Black Adam decided to not hit me any further. He probably agreed with me about I not being able to handle another super strength punch.

I couldn't stand up, that push had been enough to weaken me greatly. I watched as Artemis got a taste of Count Vertigo's power, Black Adam hit Superboy, and Robin and Aqualad got Wotan to send electricity up their bodies.

I wanted to help them. They needed my assistance this time, but I couldn't stand up. My legs were too weak, but my team needed me. My friends needed me.

I summoned all of my remaining strength, and pushed myself off the bottom of the tree. I still couldn't stand up, and the fact that Wotan sent a shock of electricity to hit my body didn't help me either.

The pain was almost unbearable; it was just like getting electrocuted over and over again. It went on and on and on, and I could only lie there in the mud. The one thing that really got to me was the fact that all of my teammates were experiencing the same pain, too.

All of a sudden, the electrocuting subsided. I looked up at Wotan as he gazed in shock at Aqualad. My eyes widened, Kaldur had Doctor Fate's helmet in his hands.

"The helmet of Fate!" Wotan exclaimed.

Kid pushed himself off the mud, "No, Aqualad! Don't!"

Aqualad, being the stubborn boy he was, placed it on top of his head. Doctor Fate's spirit was combined with Kaldur's, and we had no idea if they were going to be able to be separated again.

I watched in awe as Wotan and Doctor Fate fought, bursts of orange and yellow lighting up the sky in great explosions. The two men battled, sending mystic enchantments at each other.

Doctor Fate easily won the fight, tying up Wotan with makeshift chains. I turned my attention away from them as I saw Robin land next to me on the mud, the Joker hot on his trail.

"The more the merrier!" The Joker laughed, "I always wanted to see your faces as I pointed a knife at your chests!"

I tried standing up, my legs shaky, but I ignored it. I stopped time, using a lot of my efforts, and took the knives from the Joker's hands. Those weapons plus his smirk was driving me to the point of insanity.

I searched the Joker's suit, making sure that there were no other weapons hidden somewhere. When I was done, I returned time back to normal too see Joker's priceless face when he realised all of his knives were gone.

"Have I ever told you how sweet it is when you do that?" Robin grinned down at me.

"A few times," I shrugged, "You could stand to mention it more."

The Joker growled in frustration, and scowled at us. "Another time, perhaps, children."

Before the Joker could disappear into the shadows, a hit was delivered to his face. I looked up just as Batman let a batarangs fly through the air. I waved at Green Arrow and Black Canary who stood with Batman and Aquaman on a floating platform that Green Lantern made.

The Justice League and the Team all surrounded the Injustice League, and Batman announced out into awaiting group of people, "It's over."

The villains looked at each other, and put their hands up in surrender. "There will be another day." Count Vertigo proclaimed.

"Another day?" The Joker asked, baffled. "Another day? There won't be another day! Not for any of us!"

The Joker's knowing smirk made alerted us all, and I unconsciously moved next to Black Canary and Green Arrow. The Joker started wiggling his fingers, and the remaining of the mutant plants sprouted up, their flowers bursting.

"Joker Venom spores!" Batman shouted. "Don't breathe!"

He lunged at the Joker, knocking him unconscious. We all started panicking, and Dinah and Ollie each took one of my shoulders, pushing me back to where the rest of my team was standing.

Robin grabbed my hand, and hauled me right behind him. I inwardly groaned at the sweet, but annoying action. I didn't need to be pushed back twice!

"Fear not!" Aqualad, or, Doctor Fate exclaimed. He made his cross insignia, and it sucked all the Joker Venom out of the air. "Fate has intervened!"

We all stood there, finally realising what this really meant. Fate had intervened, not Kaldur, just Doctor Fate.

The Justice League was the first to react, hauling all the villains out of the way. Green Arrow and Black Canary came to check up on me, as most adults were getting ready to depart Louisiana.

"Are you all right?" Dinah asked me, grabbing my face gently.

I nodded, "No cuts, no injuries. Just a little shaken up…I created a force field, too! I'm not sure how to recreate it, but it was definitely cool! I had no idea I could make force fields with my powers."

Green Arrow ruffled my hair, just like he had years ago. "Well, kiddo, I'm proud of you for doing that. You'll now have to practice creating that force field of yours because I wanna see it."

I then remembered something. I had to practice my powers with my dad, and even though what he was teaching me was really helpful, it didn't take the guilt away. I hated lying to Dinah and Ollie about anything, and I despised the thought of having to hide from them. I just didn't have a choice.

Black Canary smiled, "You did a good job today, sweetie. I'll see you back at the Cave to go eat dinner with Arrow, all right?"

I nodded, and hugged the two adults that were dearest to me. The three of us were still in a mission, though, so the hug had to be brief. I waved at my adoptive mother, and kind of adoptive father as they went away to wherever they had to go.

Most of the Justice League had left except for Zatara, Batman, Aquaman, and Captain Marvel, who had stayed behind to see Wally's outburst at everyone.

"How could you let him put on the helmet?" He shouted. "Nabu will never release him, now…Kaldur will be trapped inside Doctor Fate forever."

As soon as he said that, Kaldur just casually took off the helmet and smiled at us as if he had just come back from a stroll in the park.

A big smile formed on my face as Wally ran forward. I didn't want to disrupt their conversation; they were the only ones who had been inside Doctor Fate, after all.

"Nabu let you go?" Kid smiled, his voice filled with relief.

"He almost did not," Kaldur admitted, "But your friend, Kent, was most helpful…He says hello."

Batman chose that moment to disrupt our happy thoughts. "We're done here. The super villains' secret society has been neutralized, as for your performance…"

We all stood in anticipation, silently waiting and urging Bruce to keep talking. "It was satisfactory." He answered at last.

We all looked at each other, both relieved that it hadn't been bad and disappointed that it wasn't good enough to be great.

I sighed, slumping my shoulders. I was tired out, and my muscles were just a tiny bit achy. I knew everyone felt the same because as soon as the adults started walking away and talking amongst themselves, we all relaxed and rubbed our shoulders.

Robin came up to me as we followed the members of the Justice League back to the bioship and wherever they had parked their transport. "I'm proud of you." He smiled. "You faced the Joker, and kicked his sorry butt."

I shrugged, "I realised that I needed to face my fear someday, so why not do it today? Sooner is better than later, after all."

Robin nodded, and snuck a light peck on my cheek. It had been quick, and his lips had left my skin as fast as they came, but it still made me flush. We both looked at each other, a little shy, but there was bluntness in our gazes, too.

I was happy, and I knew that he was, too.