Legacies: A Young Justice one-shot/drabble collection

Teammates
Because it takes a lot more than these secrets to tear them apart.
Word Count: 947
Pairings: None
Rating: K+
Notes: Spoilers for "Usual Suspects".
Oh, and I didn't include the BIG secret, because, well, this focuses on the core Young Justice.

Disclaimer: See Chapter One

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It's moments like this that Robin marvels at the notion of 'trust'. Ever since becoming Robin, trust has been given wholeheartedly to Batman, but with some others, it's been reserved. He has his own secrets and he keeps the others' out of respect and understanding, but now, after his teammates have come clean, it still astounds him how much stock mere teens are putting into one another.

He shouldn't be surprised, he chides himself. After all, they (with the exception of Rocket and arguable, Zatanna), have gone through more than enough with each other. Of course they should have trust in each other. However, he didn't really expect for this to be a day when they shared their secrets. And while he respects and admires the three for coming clean, he will still keep his skeleton in the closet; he'll save his identity for a much later date.

It's not his time to shine yet, after all.

Superboy's up first and the Kyrptonian (half Kryptonian) is nervous. Understandably so, but Conner forces himself to remember that these are the ones who accepted him wholeheartedly and rescued him from Cadmus, who gave him another purpose to live and to fight besides for what he was programmed to do. To him, they are his family, have been so from the first day, even if it's taken him a long time to see it.

So he steels his nerves, and confesses to them. The origin of his parentage, the sudden acquisition of Kyrptonian powers….all of it. Of course, he hesitates slightly when he admits that Lex Luthor is his other donor; Conner is still frightened of rejection because it's always a possibility. Understandably, there is shock all around and he confesses further about it. Tells them about the summoning. He's afraid that they'll reject him now that they know he's part criminal. And will always be part criminal.

But he's not the only one.

Artemis decides that if Conner, freaking Superboy can fess up, then she can come clean too. It's about damn time that she does, anyway. She knows that her heart rate is up past normal because while Conner may have had wiggle room for his parentage, she has almost no excuse. Her parents are villains, her sister is an assassin for the League of Shadows and Artemis has known that since she could understand the difference between good and bad. Her fear is that the team may not be as forgiving to her. But she knows that she'll feel slightly better about telling them the truth.

Even if it may cost her the spot on the team, their trust and their friendship.

She tries to reason with them, and she's glad she can tell the truth about the tracker from the last mission. However, her heart stops, maybe skips a beat when Robin says that he knew. The logical side of her mind, the one that's been overridden by her emotional one (how else would she find the courage to confess about this?) argues that this is Robin, trained by the freaking Batman. The World's Greatest Detective had to pass on something to his protégé, after all.

It's his words about her family never mattering that touches her. And she smiles softly both in relief and joy when he reminds her that she's one of them. It never mattered.

"So…who's next?"

M'gann shifts uncomfortably at Wally's question. She knows it's a joke, but her stomach is gnawing at her. Even if they have accepted Superboy and Artemis, the martian feels that her secret is a bit more than admitting to criminal heritage. She's allied herself with a criminal purposefully to keep them from finding out the truth; hers was choice, theirs was by birth. Maybe by telling them, her biggest fear will come true. The same fear that the other two shared: that rejection.

"I am." She's not shocked by the softness of her voice and her fingers curl deeper into her side. It's now or never time and she can only briefly glance up when she admits to being blackmailed by Queen Bee. M'gann keeps her gaze on the ground, not wanting to see the disappointment in her teammates' eyes when she tells them.

The breath she takes when she confesses that "bald M'gann" isn't her true form is one to ready herself. But she knows she can never be ready to tell them the truth, to show them her true form. Her eyes close and as she shifts, she can already see in her mind, their disgusted faces, and she can see Conner rejecting her. And already, her heart hurts.

She hears the gasps, and she knows that Conner wasn't one of them. But it's Aqualad that voices the fear that she's harbored and she confesses to it. Her life wasn't easy as a white martian and she wants them to know that she didn't want that same fate to befall her here, on Earth, where she could have had a new start.

It's Conner that matters to her right now, though. And when he takes her hand, she braces herself. But the only thing she feels is surprise when he tells her that he's known since before they dated. And she realizes that she's incredibly lucky. And silly. She should have never doubted them in the first place.

As expected, it's Wally who breaks the silence. "This is great, really, but…we've got villains who are expecting their coerced heroes to meet them on Santa Prisca. What are we planning to do?"

The team exchanges looks and Aqualad smirks. "We do what we have always done. We work as a team to bring them down."

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