Warning I do not own any characters from Young Justice or any D.C. Characters.

"This is him?" Kaldur'ahm asked. He finally had the honor of meeting the Prince. He was now four year's old. Aquaman had taken Kaldur to meet him after another one of Kaldur's nightmare's on the suface world. Arthur had heard oh Aqualad before and was excited to meet him.

"Junior come meet your older bother Kaldur'ahm.

"Hello Arthur Jr." Kaldur smiled at the young boy.

"Kaldur'ahm?" the boy asked shly.

"Hello little brother." Kaldur smiled. Kaldur and Arthur got along well. Kaldur's visit's to his new brother Arthur and his new brother Xavier and his family, and even visits to his grandmother helped him be happy but his approaching visit with Black Manta was unnerving him.

"Kaldur'ahm you don't have to go through with it." Orion said. He was in Kaldur's room in Atlantis as Kaldur was getting dressed for the day.

"What are you talking about?" Kaldur asked.

"The visit with Black Manta." Orion spoke and Kaldur tensed.

"You have no idea what you're talking about." Kaldur spoke again.

"Dont lie Kaldur'ahm. You had another nightmare last night. You spoke in Atlantian repeatedly I dont want to see Black Manta, I dont want to see Black Manta." Orion spoke.

"Just drop it Papa." Kaldur'ahm spoke.

"Kaldur listen to me!" Orion spoke both men were angry.

"I know my duty Papa. You're feelings for me will not protect Atlantis." Kaldur spoke then regreted it.

"When have I not protected Atlantis to the best of my abilities?" Orion yelled and Queen Mera entered the room.

"Orion, Kal stop!" Queen Mera said. Kaldur'ahm quickly put on his red tank shirt. "You're constant fighting has to stop!"

"Forgive me, Mother." Kaldur spoke and tried to move out the room but Queen Mera grabbed his arm.

"Kaldur'ahm you are not being understand. Your Father and I have good reason to be concerned for you. We will protect you until it is deemed fit that you are ready to protect yourself. You went through a tramatic experience, let us help you." Queen Mera pleaded. Kaldur'ahm sighed he had no idea how these people were suppose to help him or even understand him. But this constant caring was not helping, but Queen Mera had just said that they werent going to back off. Kaldur just hugged her and then continued to leave.

"Kaldur'ahm, when did he become so insolent? Why doesnt he ever listen?" Orion asked his wife frustrated.

"He's wasnt always been good at hiding his emotions. Remember when he was little he would come and cry at every little thing. As he became a teenager he got better at hiding his emotions. The fact that his nightmare's betray him now he find's is an extreme invasion of privacy to him. He doesnt like being the center of attention. It frightens him, he backs away from it. Perhaps our approach isnt working."

"Any approach you make to Kaldur'ahm about his nightmares doesnt work." King Orion said after a while.

"So dont approach him about it, let him approach you." Queen Mera said pushing herself onto him in a warm hug.

"You are a guiness dear." King Orion said and planted a romantic kiss on Queen Mera's lips.

"Am I interupting?" asked Kalur'ahm he was back with Prince Arthur in his arms.

"Junior I didnt know you were up?" Queen Mera smiled and he reached his arm's out towards her. She grabbed him and walked out the room "come on let us go feed you."

"Okay Mama." Prince Arthur spoke.

"Kaldur'ahm." King Orion said and Kaldur'ahm gave him a look full of attitude but made no reply. "that look isnt becoming Kaldur'ahm."

"I dont think this conversation is going to be becoming Papa." Kaldur'ahm replied.

"I didnt raise you to be rude Kaldur'ahm." King Orion spoke.

"No, Black Manta taught it to me." Kaldur spoke back hurting Orion.

"Boys!" Queen Mera yelled from another room and Orion was reminded of what she said.

"Papa." Kaldur said breaking the silence that followed.

"What is it son?" Orion asked.

"I have been conciling with Black Canary as you know and she thought it best that I rid my consciousness. So Father, I am sorry for all the pain I caused you. At Melina Island I could see your dissapointment in me. I am sorry I dissapointed you. I know how you must have blamed yourself for withholding the information of my Father to me but I dont mind. I'm happy you kept it away for as long as you did. But I would rather someone from my family told me rather than Di-I mean Nightwing. I am sorry for all the pain I caused Mother and you."

"Come here Kaldur'ahm." Orion said and held his hand. They swam together hand in hand into a long swim all the way to Shayeris and in the middle of it a statue was being built. Kaldur'ahm recognized the face though the leg's were still in the works.

"Papa is that," he paused "me?"

"Yes it is." Orion smiled.

"But why?" Kaldur'ahm asked.

"Because we are proud of you. What you did, going undercover like that, just to save the world its enough to make us proud. I am proud of you Kaldur'ahm." Orion smiled.

"It was suppose to be a secret but yes Kaldur'ahm we are exceptionally proud." Queen Mera said coming up with Junior on her hip. Where had she come from? Kaldur blushed and was on the verge of tears. He was embrassed to say the least to have a huge statue of him in the middle of Shayeris, his home town. But he also felt something else he felt happy maybe he even felt proud of himself.

"Do you like it?" She'lain'a smiled. Calvin and her coming up hand in hand.

"Y-yes I do." Kaldur'ahm said the tears flowing freely now. "Thank you all." he said to his family and gave each off them a hug and a kiss. Little Arthur was the last one to recieve the hug and kiss. They had a picnic together not to close to the statue. Kaldur'ahm wasnt suppose to know about it until the opening day. It was such a pleasureful day. Kaldur'ahm's smile was radiant and everyone smiled back. They're concern for the moment was gone. Even Garth had come to visit Kaldur that day just for a short while and they had fun like brothers. Before Tula came between them. Junior fell asleep in Kaldur'ahm's arms. Kaldur had tucked him in many of nights and tonight he thought of doing the same but Queen Mera thought he should stay the night with Sha'lain'a and Calvin and Kaldur agreed.

The next day very early in the morning before his parents woke up Kaldur left a note to his parents and swam back to the castle. When he got their it was disaster.

"What has occured?" Kaldur'ahm asked a servant who was passing by but they didnt say anything. They just looked at him with a sad expression. Kaldur'ahm swam quickly to Junior's room to see the diaster. Junior was lying in his crying mother's arm's blood seeping from his clothes, from his precious little heart. "No!" Kaldur'ahm screamed. Orion came behind Kaldur'ahm and put a hand on his shoulder. "What happen here?" Kaldur yelled.

"My baby was murdered." Queen Mera yelled back.

"By who?" Kaldur'ahm asked.

"Ocean Master." she sat and cried harder. Kaldur turned to face Orion to see his tears he hugged his Father and then went to Queen Mera and the little boy. Kaldur'ahm touched the boy's face, tears falling. He cried and he let their foreheads touch he then kissed the boy's forehead and kiss Queen Mera's and he left to his room where he cried quite serverly. He Zeta'd back to the watchtower.

"Kaldur where have you been?" Batgirl asked before truly seeing him. "Kaldur what happen?" Artemis sprung into action arm's around Kaldur before another word was spoken. She brought him to her room and held him close while he cried into her shoulder's powering over with emotion.

"Shhh Kaldur." she whispered sweet things to him until his crying stopped. He laid his head on her lap and fell asleep emotionally exhausted. He woke up in a few hour's she was still their she was singing in Atlantian. A song he had song to her when he was comforting her about Wally. "Black Manta is waiting for you. You dont have to go or I will go with you." she said a little bit after the crying stopped. Kaldur stood up changed quickly before Artemis's eyes and then he left via Zeta tube. He met with his Father at a little diner. David and Kaldur were both dressed in normal clothes. Kaldur quickly moved into the booth across from his Father.

"Glad you could make it." David spoke and he looked at Kaldur'ahm and his concern was evident. "Kaldur what's wrong?"

"Dont you know?" Kaldur'ahm asked his eyes were puffy and red, and he looked quite ill.

"I dont." David said.

"Prince Arthur was killed today by Ocean Master." Kaldur'ahm said looking his Father straight in the eye. David was shocked to say the least.

"I had nothing to do with it Kaldur. You know Ocean Master and I arent friend's. I was the one who replaced him after The Light fired him." David looked at Kaldur before countining "You loved him?"

"He was my brother! Of course I loved him! He was only four years old! His birthday was next month!" Kaldur'ahm was furious. "I sick of evil doers." Kaldur spat at his Father stood up and then left. David was surprised and hurt to say the least. Kaldur zeta'd back to the watch tower. He informated Batman about what had occured in Atlantis and then zeta'd back to Atlantis himself. 'Atlantis was truly in shambles now.' Kaldur thought. He went back to Junior's room to see that it had been cleaned and was now spotless.

"Kaldur'ahm how are you?" Orion spoke to him queitly. Orion himself was not well he had the guilt of not being able to protect his son and he felt as though the death was on his hands.

"I am not well, and neither are you." Kaldur'ahm said.

"The official funeral is tommorow." Orion said "Your parents are here helping with all they can, and Garth as well."

"I see." Kaldur spoke but he already felt like breaking down again.

"Son i'm here for you." Orion's voice cracked and Kaldur turned and hugged him and they cried into each other immediatly. Orion was silently worried that Kaldur'ahm would have another nightmare and try to kill himself. He had already lost one son he was going to lose both. Garth was intitled with watching him sleeping by sleeping in the same room with him. Garth was on the floor and Kaldur was on his bed. Kaldur couldnt sleep he was too mad, anxious, and depressed. The next morning the funeral went as planned all wore black, all mourned. She'lain'a way trying to comfort Kaldur'ahm but he was inconsoulable. After the funeral the day was silent and at night time they got a surprised. Black Manta came charging through a castle window where everyone was eating diner. Everyone who could prepared the an attack. In his hand was a dead Ocean Master. He threw the dead man to the ground on his knee's and then took off the dead man's mask.

"Prince Orm!" everyone said shocked and confusion.

"Your welcome." Black Manta said and swam back out the way he came.

"My brother killed my son! My brother was Ocean Master!" screamed Aquaman angrily.

"How could he?" Queen Mera asked. Kaldur'ahm however was thinking about his Father he swam after him.

"Black Manta!" he called. Although Kaldur did not approve of killing he did understand his Father's action's. His Father loved him and wanted to ease his son's suffering in the only way he knew how. Black Manta turned around before entering into his ship. "Thank you Father! I know why you did this. I know that you love me. I only ask that you give me time."

"Black Manta will give you his life. He hopes that is enough time." Black Manta said and then he entered his ship.