The sun was beginning to rise, illuminating the damage that the team had caused to Lexcorp's train yard. Already, groups of firefighters and paramedics were swarming around the area, looking under rubble for any unfortunate soul who might have been caught in the blast. A STAR labs helicopter flew away, passing the bat-jet that was coming in, taking the Kryptonite that powered Metallo somewhere safe.

The bat-jet landed on the hillside overlooking the train yard, where the team, plus Hex and Momentum, had decided to stay so they could discuss everything unnoticed. Aqualad had decided it best not to teleport back to the cave; while Hex and Momentum certainly seemed benign, they were still unknown's who attacked and incapacitated most of the team.

The Bat-jet landed. Aqualad and Robin greeted a very disgruntled batman as he stormed towards them.

"What. happened." He yelled. "The Mission was strictly recon, I told you not to engage under any circumstances."

"We didn't." Aqualad replied. He pointed towards Hex and Momentum, who were sitting on a fallen tree. "They did."

"Who are they?"

"They say they're heroes, but they aren't in any of my files." Robin said. "They took down Metallo, and pretty much all of his goons." Batman stared at the two. He pressed his communications link.

"Batman to Superman. I'm outside of metropolis; need your help identifying someone. Sending you my coordinates."

"Superman's coming here?" Aqualad asked.

"This is his town, if anybody knows who they are, he will." Batman looked around. "Where's the rest of the team?"

"On the ship." Aqualad said. "...wounded and recovering."

"I'm very disappointed Aqualad." Batman scowled. "This mission should've been one of the simpler ones I give you and you wrecked it beyond all recognition."

"I know. I'm sorry. I will strive to do better."

"Striving isn't the answer. Do better or I'll put someone in charge that can."

"Yes sir."

"Now, what do you know about them?"

"The one in the black calls himself Hex. The other one calls himself Momentum."

"Powers?"

"Hex seems to use magic." Aqualad replied. "I recognized the language he spoke for his spells as Latin. As for Momentum, he wields very powerful powered armor. He completely incapacitated Superboy and Metallo with seemingly little effort."

"Let's see what they have to say." Batman said as he walked over. As they neared, they could see that Hex was getting more and more excited, pushing and pulling Momentum while mouthing "Batman" and pointing. Momentum, on the other hand, seemed agitated and uncomfortable, scratching the bark of the tree he sat on. He stood to greet them.

"Greetings Batman!" he yelled, his voice a poor impression of a Saturday morning cartoon superhero. "I'm honored to meet you." he held out his hand. Batman looked at it, and then looked him in the eye. Despite having a completely opaque mask, Batman seemed to look him directly in the eyes.

"What were you doing here?" Batman asked, sternly. Momentum put his hand down.

"Well, we heard about the theft from Star Labs." Batman was already tired of listening. Momentum spoke with an unnaturally deep and "heroic" voice, as well as an upward inflection that sounded like a parody of the way the media perceived Superheroes. "…and, we suspected that, since Metallo hasn't poked his head up for nearly a year, that he might be the one behind it."

"How did you track the Kryptonite here?" Batman asked.

"Simple!" Hex yelled. Momentum and Batman looked at the boy. "I used a spell! We snuck into the Lab where they stole the Kryptonite and I used a spell to look through time and follow the thieves here."

"Look through time?" Batman asked.

"Impressive." Aqualad whispered.

"We were planning on installing a Trojan into the computers so that we could spy on Metallo, hoping to catch his affiliates and stop him before he tries to enact another scheme." Momentum said. Aqualad and Robin glanced at each other.

"Right." Hex said. "We'd hate for Superman to have to fight him again."

"Superman can handle himself." Batman replied. He heard a shallow boom in the sky and turned to see a red dot flying in the sky, becoming larger and larger. Batman walked away. "We'll continue this conversation in just a moment."

"Sure thing, Batman!" Momentum spoke as he gave a thumbs up. Batman snarled and continued. He walked up to Superman.

"I was asleep you know."

"Do you recognize those two?" Batman asked as he pointed.

"Of course you don't know, you never sleep." Superman sighed. He looked at the two Superheroes that were speaking to Aqualad and Robin. "No. Don't recognize them."

"They're Superheroes working out of Metropolis. They call themselves Hex and Momentum. The little one's Hex."

"Ohhh." Superman said. "So that's Hex."

"So you do know him?"

"Know of him." Superman replied. "I did an article on him for the Planet a while back. He's apparently been on the scene for a while, about two years now, but no one's ever been able to really confirm his existence. Kinda like you when you started out, only criminals weren't afraid…they were embarrassed by getting it handed to them by a little kid. I kinda thought he was a rumor. Don't know anything about the big guy, though. Momentum, you said?"

"Yeah."

"Looks like he's wearing Power Armor. Maybe Steel knows something."

"Maybe. I'll call him later."

"So what happened here?" Superman asked as he looked out onto Lexcorp's train yard.

"I sent the team to track down that kryptonite. They were going to plant a bug in the computers so we can spy on them. I was hoping to pin something on Luthor, but they ran into each other and the operation went south fast. Metallo was there, by the way, the Kryptonite was being used to power him."

"Did he get away?"

"No. I don't know what happened, but I saw him on the way in. Momentum cut him in half at the waist."

"Ouch. Are you sure it was them?"

"Seeing as how most of my team got KO'd by 'them' I'm guessing it was 'them'."

"They must be pretty tough." Superman said. "Say, two tough, obviously young heroes who seem to have a thing for stealth…"

"Far too perfect to be a pure coincidence."

"You think they've been sent to infiltrate?"

"Its possible. I'll find out." Batman said. "Forward your article and research on Hex to me."

"I'm hurt, Bruce. You don't read my articles?" he chuckled, but Batman didn't. Sighing, he lifted off the ground. "Alright. I'll send everything to you."

"You could stick around for a while. Talk to Superboy."

"I think I hear a runaway train, actually. Better go stop it."

"You do that."

Superman flew off, quickly vanishing among the clouds. Batman turned back to the couple of strange heroes. He walked over, catching the end of a conversation between Aqualad and Hex.

"…and so the magic comes right from these tattoo's?"

"Right."

"You don't need to say any incantations or anything? They respond to your mental commands?"

"Right."

"Cool!" Hex shouted. "I should get something like that."

"How long have you two been operating here in Metropolis?" Batman interrupted as he practically appeared in front of them.

"About two years." Momentum replied.

"Covert missions?"

"Right. We've been dealing with street crime and picking fights with Intergang, destroying shipments of weapons and giving their locations to cops."

Batman stared through the glass of Momentum's mask, an instinctual habit, trying to find the lies in his eyes.

"This team is designed to train our sidekicks into working together. They handle covert missions and report directly to me. I think you two would be perfect additions."

"Oh, cool!" Hex shouted as he jumped up and down, pulling on Momentum's arm. "We totally should, Momentum! We would get to work with Robin and Kid Flash and-"

"I don't think we're a good fit, Batman." Momentum replied. "I mean, we attacked your team, and i-"

"Accidents happen, and they won't hold a grudge unless I order them too." Batman interrupted. "There's also the fact that neither one of you belongs to the league or its affiliates, and we didn't even know of your existence until today. You would be more productive and safer if you joined us."

"Come on, Momentum!" Hex said.

"At the very least…" Aqualad said. "Come to our base. Meet the rest of the team in a neutral setting."

Hex pulled on Momentum's arm and sported a grin that threatened to eat his entire face. Momentum sighed.

"Alright."