Batman glared at me, "You stabbed Red Arrow, knocked him out, and then left him on the floor to bleed out."

I shook my head, "No, I knew the kids would take care of it. No harm no foul."

He just glared at me, and then I sighed, "Worth a shot. So, how long am I suspended?"

"Suspension does not begin to cover it." Batman snapped.

"Watashi wa sono Oto ga sukide wa arimasen." I don't like the sound of that.

"You're actions will be discussed with the seven founding members of the League, Green Arrow, and Wolverine, then we'll decide what to do with you. Rest assured, being fired is the least of your concerns." Batman said, turning on his heel and stalking away.

My eyes widened as Superman, Green Arrow, and Red Tornado left with him. I turned to Logan, who was leaning on the far wall. He just shook his head, "Relax kid, they can't do anything other than fire you."

I glared at him, "Are you kidding me! I don't wanna get fired! I've never been fired in my life."

He shrugged, "You stabbed a high profile member of the Justice League's son in the stomach, you really think they're just gonna suspend you?"

"Yes!" I yelled, "You've got friends on the League, can't you pull some strings?"

"Strings?" Logan questioned, "Kid, I could pull a hundred titanium cords, and it wouldn't help anything. Relax, I can't tell you how many times I've been fired."

"That's not helping!" I yelled, "I was defending Artemis, they should understand that!"

"They do." Logan explained, "But they still have rules, rules that can't be overlooked or written off." he walked past me, touching my shoulder gently as he passed. "I'm sorry kid, I can't help you on this one."

He left, and I just stared at the floor for a minute. I shook my head for a moment, and then walked up to a punching bag. I popped my right middle finger claw, glaring at the bag. I really only used my middle finger claws, since my other ones were from the bottom of my wrist, they were harder to use, and the ones from my knuckles were edged, like Logan's. The ones from my wrist weren't, I don't know why Hydra made them like that. Maybe I just left before they could do anything else.

I sliced right in the middle of the punching bag, and it ripped all the way through, the severed end falling through the floor. In my mind, it wasn't a now disabled punching bag, it was Red Arrow's mangled body. I sighed, pulling my claw in and staring at the mess in front of me. Great, now I have to clean this up.

WOLVERINE'S POINT OF VIEW:

"I know you don't like me Clark, but the last thing I ever expected you to do was take that out on Mio." I said evenly.

"She stabbed Red Arrow and left him to bleed out on the ground." Clark said, returning my look.

"She was trying to defend Artemis, and she knew the others would take care of him. Give the kid a break, she just got done rescuing her little sister from my boy." I spat. "She might be a tough kid, but there's only so much a kid can take before they do something stupid."

"I will give her a break Logan, a long one. Maybe in a year or two we can consider taking her back." He said, and turned to leave.

"You doing this because of Ollie's brat, or because you noticed your boy's been gettin' cozy with my little girl?" I asked, and he froze, turning to look at me.

"What are you talking about?"

"Conner and Mio, if you paid him nay attention, you'd know, your boy is head over heels for her. Won't stop tryin' to follow her around, everywhere she goes." I said, stepping towards him. "With Mio gone, he'd have no real reason to stay here. Probably follow her wherever she went. You saw that, and now you're using it."

"I did not!" He protested. "This isn't about my- about Conner at all. It's about her mental stability to care for these kids."

"You knew when you recruited her she would have issues." I said, "Her last name pretty much covers any reasons she needs. You've never done anything for that boy of your's Clark."

"He's not my-"

"Bull." I snapped. "Pure bull, and you know it. Laura is my clone, and I never treated her as bad as you treat him. Sure, I'm not exactly a loving father, but I tried, I'm still trying. She's messed up a little, we all are. I'm gonna tell ya right now, if you keep treatin' Conner like this, he's gonna get worse than her, worse that Laura, Mio, and Daken all combined."

Clark looked like Lois had just smacked him right across his face. I shook my head, "Now, normally I mind my own business, but this is to close to home with me. Talk to him."

"You can't tell me what to do." Clark said.

"Reached desperation already?" I scoffed. "Don't make me take this to Ma and Pa."

Clark stiffened, "You wouldn't dare-"

"Think about who you're talkin to."

He was silent.

"If you aren't gonna talk to him, at least let him have this Clark. At least let him have her." I ordered.

Clark shook his head, "And you're okay with him? Last time I checked, you ran off any boy who looked at any of your girls in that way."

"That's cause almost none of 'em looked back. But you listen to me, wherever Mio goes, Conner's gonna follow. I don't know how this all got started. Maybe they both just have Daddy problems, maybe it's because Mio is the only thing that can hurt Conner, and that got him to open his eyes, I don't know, and I don't care. All I care about is that Mio is happy when he's around now. If you listen, you can hear them in the living room, not talking at all, but their heart beats are pretty close to each other."

Clark listened for a minute, and then just sighed, sitting down in a chair nearby. "I don't know what to do about this boy Logan, I feel bad about not being there, but I just… I can't… I didn't want this!"

"I know the feeling, but trust me when I say… man up and get over it already, the kid needs you." I said, "And seeing as you're not going to man up anytime soon you pathetic boy scout, let the kid have this."

Clark shook his head, "We hate each other, how did they start liking each other! When did this even happen?"

I laughed, "I know, trust me one of the top five people I now want to kill is now your son."

"I thought you wanted them to be together." Clark said, confused.

"I want a lot of things." I said, "One of the top three is to not have to wear this ridiculous costume anymore, but Summer's requires it."

Clark just shook his head, "Just because I vote for her to stay, doesn't mean they others will."

"You can be pretty influencing." I said, walking away. I hate Superman, I really do.

WITH THE COUNCIL:

"Do you have anything to say for yourself?" Batman growled, staring me down. All of them were staring me down, the seven original members, Green Arrow, even Logan.

I shrugged, "I did it because he was verbally abusing my team mate. You all would have done it too, maybe not like I did, but you would have done something like that. I know I did go a bit overboard with shutting him up, but I stand by my actions, and I'd gladly do it again. No one messes with my team, no matter who they are."

Wonder Woman spoke up, "You aren't exactly a member of that team."

"When I say my team, I don't mean that I'm in it, I just mean that… well, it's my team. I know they aren't my sidekicks, or partners, but I do know that I've put my sweat, blood, and free time into this team. After that, I think it's safe to say that I am somewhat a part of it." I explained.

"There is behavior other than attacking Red Arrow. You took off with Megan and Conner to confront a dangerous villain, Daken Akihiro." Superman pointed out.

"His name is Daken Howlett, whether he likes it or not." I said firmly, "And I had to take them with me, because Conner wouldn't let me go by myself. I have no idea what's with your kid, but he's like a cockroach, just can't get rid of him."

He was silent after that.

Logan spoke up, "I can't stand behind you on that act kid, you know Daken is better than you, he could have killed you."

I faced him, "We can talk about that later, alone." I turned back to the League, "Look, we all know what's going on, now, am I fired or not?"

CONNER'S POINT OF VIEW:

I out my head in my hands, sitting outside the door with everyone else.

"They won't really fire her, right?" Artemis asked, "I mean, she's the best teacher we've ever had."

"She's kind of mean." Megan whispered.

"Yeah but, Artemis is kind of mean too." Robin said, shrugging.

Megan was silent after that, so Wally spoke up, "I hate this, they're all just sitting behind that door, destroying Mio's career! Once they're done with her, she'll never be able to work anywhere! Avengers, Defenders, Justice League, the only thing she had left is the X-men now.

I groaned, "They're really firing her, aren't they?"

"She's done working here." Robin said sadly. "I mean, they don't just brush something like this off. This isn't just a slap on the wrist."

Kaldur nodded solemnly, "I can hardly imagine the pain she is feeling."

Suddenly, the doors opened, and Mio burst out, punching the air victoriously and yelling, "YES! YES! I am bulletproof!"

"She's taking this surprisingly well." Wally noted.

I jumped up, "What happened?"

She turned to me, the brightest smile I've ever seen on her face. Like a single marine had just fought her way through an entire army. "What happened? Nothing! No suspension, to firing, no probation, no nothing!"

No one says a word, but the league does file out of the room one by one, shaking their heads at Mio's behavior. Logan's laughing though, walking next to Wonder Woman, "If you think she's excited now, you should have seen her on her fifteenth birthday, kid looked like she had never seen a motorcycle before!"

I know Mio doesn't like that, Logan talking about her in that way. She doesn't like it that now in Wonder Woman's eyes (And anyone else's eyes who overheard, A.K.A. everyone in the room) her claws just lost a little edge.

"She jumped on that bike and nearly ran over Summers! Before he could get up and scream like the girl he is, she was already half a mile away!" And now she's got it back.

Mio isn't one to show emotion publicly, so I know if I picked her up and kissed her right now, she might never forgive me. I can't help it, I want her more than I've ever wanted anything. I'd do anything she asked me to do, and truth be told, if she had gotten fired and gone back to the X-men, I would have been right behind her the whole way.

She wouldn't have done the same for me, I know that much. I may be a dork, but I'm not a dweeb. I know she loves me, but not nearly as much as I love her.

I gently put a hand on her shoulder, and she turned around to look at me, raising an eyebrow, but she knows very well what I'm doing. She just shook her head no.

Batman spoke up, "You getting off this time doesn't change anything. Your anger is still constantly being triggered." Mio yawned a little, and he continued, "You should get help, therapy or-"

"Yawn!" Mio snapped, and everyone was silent, watching the two of them. "I say yawn, because when I really yawned, you didn't get it."

Batman just glared at her as she walked away with Logan, "See you in Hell."

Robin sighed, "There goes any chance of you letting me spend the summer at Utopia X, huh?"

Batman just walked away. Everyone just left after, I figured I was alone, staring after Mio. What was it that Wally always said? Hate to see you go, but love to watch you leave. True.

I looked over my shoulder, to see Superman watching me. As soon as I had seen him, he just walked away.

Why won't he just talk to me? Do I make it that awkward? He shouldn't be afraid of me, I'm not going to kill him, so why doesn't he just… talk to me?

I sighed, and just went to my room. I'll hang out with Mio later, but right now, I just need to be alone for awhile.

MIO'S POINT OF VIEW:

Logan sighed, "You're sure he wasn't lying?"

"Positive." I said. "I'd believe you were a cocaine addict before I believed he was lying to me."

Logan gave me a look. "Sorry." I shrugged.

He just shook his head, "Maybe you should come back to Utopia X with me, Lovette too."

I raised my chin in defiance, "If Lovette wants to go, she can. I'm staying Logan."

"Daken's going to come back. Probably soon." He said, "Come home."

"No." I said firmly. "These kids need me… and I… I like it here. I'm staying."

"He'll just come back!" Logan said, exasperated, "I'm sorry, but I don't want my only grandkid to get killed!"

"He's not going to kill me."

"Well, I don't want you severely maimed!" He shouted, "I don't want him to hurt you anymore, can't you just do what I tell you, for once?"

"Not this time." I persisted, "I'm not going to run form him anymore. He's finally revealed what this game is really about, and if he wants to try and win, so be it. I'm not going to just roll over and let him win though. He's going to have the fight of his life trying to win this game, and I mean that quite literally. He will never win, I swear to you, you and my mother."

"Your skills-"

"Have never been better." I said, standing a little taller at this newfound strength I had discovered. "I don't care if you don't believe in me, I don't care if no one has my back on this. I know what the odds are. Ninety nine to one against me, he doesn't stand a chance."

Logan was quiet for a moment, until he just sighed, shaking his head, "You're to much like him kid."

I stiffened, then growled, "What?"

"You're to confident, and don't try to brush it off with the whole 'I am nothing like him' front you put up all the time." Logan turned around, "If you wanna get yourself killed, be my guest. I can't stop you. But right as you're about to die, just remember, I tried to help you."

He walked away, and I growled, clenching my fists. How dare he tell me I'm like Daken, He knows very well I'm nothing like him!

"Go to Hell!" I screamed after him. I know he heard me, loud and clear.

"Nothing like him. I care about people. I really do." I whispered, staring at the floor.