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*Mount Justice: August 3, 13:06*
"Recognized Superboy, B04"
In a flash of light, Superboy emerged from the zeta tube, appearing in the Cave's command room, where the rest of the Team was gathered.
"Hi, Superboy" M'gann greeted. "How was Metropolis?"
Her question went unanswered as the clone brushed past them. As he passed, Laura picked up on faint traces of Superman's scent. Given his sour mood, it wasn't hard for her to deduce that he was still giving Superboy the cold shoulder.
"Ready for training, everyone?" Black Canary asked, as she entered the room alongside Martian Manhunter.
"Uncle J'onn!" M'gann cheered excitedly, giving the Manhunter a loving hug.
"M'gann" Manhunter smiled. "I was in the neighborhood, so I thought I'd see how you were adjusting."
"A few bumps, but I'm learning."
"That's all I ask."
Superboy watched jealously as Martian Manhunter happily listened to Miss Martian fill him in on her time with the Team. Having had his fill, he turned to leave when Black Canary called out to him.
"Stick around. Class is in session."
The floor in the center of the room lit up as Black Canary activated the system. "I consider it an honor to be your teacher. I'll throw a lot at you, everything I've learned from my own mentor" she winced slightly, as she removed her jacket, revealing a bandaged injury on her left bicep. "And my own bruises."
"What happened?" asked Miss Martian.
"The job" tossing away her jacket, Canary's voice took on an authoritative tone. "Now, combat is about controlling conflict, putting the battle on your terms. You should always be acting, never reacting. I'll need a sparring partner."
Laura immediately stepped up, needing the familiarity that a training session could provide.
Without warning, Canary went at Laura with a right hook. Ducking under her arm, Laura countered with a palm strike at Canary's chest, that she quickly deflected, following up with a roundhouse to Laura's head. Turning with the blow, Laura used the momentum to turn the fall into a cartwheel, before dropping back into a solid fighting stance.
She's good Canary noted. It wasn't surprising considering the girl's background. "Well done."
The floor lit up under Laura's feet, showing the words "X-23. Status: Pass."
And again, Laura found herself thrown by a compliment of her skills. Resisting the urge to cut herself for the moment, she moved to return to the lineup. But as she passed, Black Canary noticed something faint on the girl's arm, making a note to keep an eye out, she decided to proceed with the training session.
"Alright, who's next?"
"Right here!" said Wally, confidently walking up to Black Canary. "After this, I'll show you my moves."
Canary smirked at the display of childish flirting, before throwing a right hook at KF, who immediately brought his arm up to block. Without slowing, Black Canary dropped into a leg sweep, dropping the speedster flat on his butt.
Robin laughed as the floor lit up under Wally displaying "Kid Flash. Status: Fail."
"Good block" said Black Canary, helping KF to his feet. "But did anyone see what he did wrong?"
"Ooh, ooh. He hit on teacher and got served?" Robin joked.
"Dude!" Wally cried.
"He allowed me to dictate the terms of…"
"Oh, please" Superboy scoffed, interrupting Black Canary. "With my powers, the battle's always on my terms. I'm a living weapon, and this is a waste of my time."
"Prove it!" Laura called out. Superboy's words had struck a chord with the girl. As far as she was concerned being a weapon wasn't something to be proud of.
Though she had planned to handle it herself, Black Canary stood back and allowed both Laura and Superboy to enter the ring. Taking their stances, Superboy threw the first punch, which Laura easily stepped using the force to throw him over her shoulder and flat on his back.
Robin laughed at how Superboy was being forced to eat his words, until Aqualad nudged him, prompting him to cover his mouth to muffle his continuing laughter.
As this was still a training session, Canary thought it best to advise Superboy. "You're angry. Good, but don't react. Channel that anger into…"
But her words went unheeded as Superboy charged wildly at Laura, who to everyone's surprise unsheathed her claws. Blinded by rage and confident the blades couldn't hurt him, Superboy threw a wild punch at Laura, who to his and everyone else's surprise brought her claws up to and successfully block the Kryptonian's blow. While the force of the attack, did push Laura back a few inches, her claws didn't even bend a little under the strain.
Pushing Superboy back, she countered with a swipe of her claws, that the Kryptonian clone didn't seem to think he even had to dodge. He was proven wrong and for the first time in his life, Superboy bled as Laura's claws left a deep cut on his cheek. Stunned by this development he failed to react in time, when Laura brought her knee to his chin, knocking him off balance before knocking him to the ground with a spin-kick.
Growling in frustration, Superboy moved to get up only for Laura to slam her boot on his chest, holding the blade in her foot just beneath his chin.
"Not much of a weapon, are you?" Laura snarled.
"That's enough!" Black Canary called, ordering Laura off Superboy.
"That's it, I'm done!" Superboy growled, pushing away Canary's offer to help him up.
"Training is mandatory."
Superboy looked like he was going to argue but all conversation came to an end as the monitor activated, and Batman came online.
"Batman to the Cave. 5 hours ago a new menace attacked Green Arrow and Black Canary. The attacker was capable of studying, then duplicating the powers and abilities of its opponents. Arrow called in reinforcements, which nearly proved disastrous." The monitor displayed a video of the entire League attacking what appeared to be a large elfin looking man, with red eyes, wearing nothing but green paints and arm bands. "As our foe gained more and more power with each new combatant."
"Whoa" KF awed. "One guy with the powers of the entire League."
"In the end, it took eight Leaguers four hours to defeat and dismantle the android."
"An android? W-who made it?" Robin asked. "T.O. Morrow?"
"Good guess, Robin" said Batman. "But Red Tornado doesn't think so."
"The technology bears the signature of Prof. Ivo" said Martian Manhunter.
"Ivo?" Aqualad questioned. "But Ivo's dead."
"So we all thought or hoped" said Black Canary.
"To make certain this threat is permanently neutralized; we're sending two trucks carrying the android's parts to two separate Star Lab facilities in Boston and New York for immediate evaluation. Every precaution is being taken. We'll have four additional decoy trucks to create confusion. Incase Ivo or anyone tries to recover the remains. You will split into undercover teams to safeguard the two real trucks."
"So now we take out your trash" Superboy scowled.
"Did you have something better to do?"
Superboy wisely backed down.
"Coordinates received" said Aqualad, calling the Team into action. "We're on our way."
As the Team headed out, Black Canary grabbed Laura and Superboy's arms.
"I want you both to know, I'll be here."
Laura nodded but didn't seem to have any intention of reaching out, while Superboy briefly seemed to consider her words before following after them.
It's worse than I thought Black Canary though to herself. When she had grabbed Laura's arm she had felt some scaring. Which should've been impossible for the girl. Could her mental state have an effect on her healing powers?
*Litchfield County: August 3, 20:08*
The Team rendezvoused with the League, taking up positions behind a tree line while they loaded up the trucks. The plan was for them to split up and follow the real transport vehicles under the guise of motorcyclists, to which end each of them was provided a bike and gear.
Once the trucks were loaded up they took off. Aqualad, KF, and Miss Martian in one group leaving Robin, Superboy, and X-23 in the other.
"If dislike it the opposite of like, is disaster the opposite of aster?" Robin asked suddenly. "See, instead of things going wrong, they go right."
"No" X replied. "The word Aster is defined as a system of microtubules arranged radially about…"
"Alright, I get it. X you need to relax more. So as of right now aster is the opposite of disaster."
Superboy didn't bother to comment on his teammates' conversation, preferring to wallow in his anger.
"Clearly, you're not feeling the aster" said Robin, noticing the Kryptonian's foul mood. "What's wrong?"
"Canary" Superboy replied. "What business does she have teaching combat skills to a guy with super strength?"
"Our fight earlier should've proved strength is not always enough" said X-23.
"She's got a point" said Robin. "Taking down stronger guys is part of the gig. Canary learned that the hard way. Same with Batman and well, me."
This didn't help to improve Superboy's mood, as he promptly sped up towards the truck.
"Do you think Superboy's ok?" Miss Martian asked. "I didn't read his mind, I swear. But anger flowed off him in waves."
"Surfed that wave" said KF. "Just give him space." Kid maneuvered his bike closer to her. "Me? Stick as close as you want."
M'gann gave Wall a tired look, as this wasn't the time for his flirting.
"Superboy just needs time to cool off" Aqualad assured Miss Martian. "A quiet mission will cool his head."
"That's if he doesn't try to go for round 2 with X" said Kid Flash. "Seriously that girl is scary. I mean blades coming out of her body is one thing, but claws that can carve into Kryptonian skin!"
"She did say her claws were adamantium" Aqualad reminded him.
"What exactly is adamantium?" Miss Martian asked.
"It's one of-if not the-rarest and strongest metal on the planet" said Kid Flash. "It's virtually indestructible, and when sharpened can slice into lesser metals like butter. And just want to stress this Kryptonian skin! Am I the only one concerned about this?"
Kaldur had to admit he shared some concerns about Laura. Though not to the same extent as Wally. Perhaps it stemmed from the fact he'd seen her go from nearly murdering a defenseless Blockbuster, to showing restraint when fighting against Kobra and his cultists; but he wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt.
"That's enough Kid" he scolded. "X has done nothing to warrant your distrust."
"But we still don't know anything about her" Kid argued. "I mean, where did she get her training? Why was she at Cadmus? Where does she get the resources to coat her claws in adamantium?"
"That's enough, Kid. Her past is her own, and in time she may feel comfortable enough to share."
Kid Flash didn't want to drop the subject. He'd been bottling his questions about X-23 since they first met at Cadmus. He just didn't like not knowing he was working with. It wasn't because she threatened to cut off his little Wally or anything.
But like it or not, the conversation was forced to come to an end as suddenly their truck came under attack by flying robot monkeys.
"Robin, Superboy, X, our truck is under attack!" Aqualad radioed in.
"Kind of figured" Robin replied, as their truck also came under siege.
"Robot monkeys!" Robin laughed. "Totally Ivo's tweaked style."
Pressing a button on his dashboard, the front wheel on Robin's cycle retracted to provide balance while the rear broke away, transforming into a hovering drone turret.
"Hey, switch your rides to battle mode" he told X and Superboy.
Superboy deciding to take a more hands on approach, abandoned his bike and leaped onto the truck. Without its riding the bike turned over, X-23 managed to swerve out of the way but Robin was forced to abandon his ride, using a wrist mounted grapple to pull himself onto the truck.
Deciding it'd be unwise for them all to lose their means of transport, X simply extended the claws in her right hand, slashing into any robots within arm's reach, as she drove alongside the truck with Robin's drone providing support.
From atop the transport, Superboy was releasing some pent up aggression, tearing the robot monkeys apart with his bare hands. But the mechanized primates had a trick up their sleeves, firing laser beams into the Kryptonian's eyes. Blinded Superboy had no chance to defend himself as the robots lifted and threw him off the truck, just as Robin climbed up top.
Drawing a pair of Eskrima sticks from his belt, Robin started bashing apart the robotic pests.
"Robin!" X suddenly cried, alerting the Boy Wonder to the monkeys' using their lasers to blast apart the front tires.
"Get the driver!" he told her.
Trusting Robin to take care of himself, X drove up to the driver's side door, and used her claws to cut the door off its hinges. "Get on!" she growled, pulling the driver out of the truck and onto the back of her cycle, just before it flipped over.
For a moment, X was worried that Robin had still been on top when the truck flipped over, when to her relief she spotted the Boy Wonder emerging from the roadside crop field.
But while Robin was safe the same could not be said for their cargo, as the monkeys flew away carrying the android parts. And when they looked around for Superboy all they found was his com unit, meaning he had gone after them alone.
"Aqualad to Robin. We've lost our cargo. Did you…"
"It's gone" Robin reported. "And Superboy's ditched his com."
"Super, now we can't even track him" Kid Flash complained.
"He's out of my telepathic rang" Miss Martian reported. "If this Prof. Ivo is alive, he seems to be two steps ahead of us. Maybe we should contact Red Tornado?"
"Tornado always tells us to handle things ourselves" said Aqualad. "The mission can still succeed if we recover the parts, before they're reassembled."
"Well, that's a great plan, except for the part about us not knowing where to look!" Kid Flash snapped.
"Maybe we do" said Robin, noticing one of the damaged robots was in enough working condition for him to hack. "We would've heard by now if the decoy trucks were attacked. So how did the robots know exactly which ones to target?" the Boy Wonder smirked, as he successfully hacked into the robot's systems. "Ah Ha, the parts have GPS! The monkeys can track the signal, which means I can track them. Looks like both sets of parts are converging on…Gotham City."
"That far south? M'gann and I won't get there anytime soon. I'm sending Kid ahead to meet you. Aqualad out."
Cutting the communications, Robin looked around at the mess of robot and truck parts scattered across the road. "Definitely a disaster, heavy on the dis."
X-23 drove up to Robin, on her still undamaged motorcycle.
"I'll drive" said Robin, only to be met with an angry glare from the girl. "I mean, you'll drive."
*Gotham City: August 3, 21:21*
Superboy followed the monkeys to a train traveling outside the Gotham City limits. Ripping a hole in the roof of the storage car, he dropped down to find the robot monkeys all crowding around a scrawny middle aged, auburn haired man, in a sweater vest and bowtie.
"Oh, hello" said the man.
"You're Ivo?" Superboy scoffed. "I'm whelmed."
Given his reputation Superboy hadn't expected the mad professor to seem so nonthreatening.
"You're one to talk" said Ivo, noticing a certain resemblance. "Now, since when does the big blue boy scout have a brat?"
"He doesn't" the clone said resentfully.
"Yeah, if you say so" the professor shrugged. "Have you met my Mobile Optimal Neural Quotient Infiltrators?"
Together the robot monkeys all swarmed Superboy, only for the rage filled Kryptonian to break them to pieces.
"And after all the trouble I went through finding an acronym for MONQI."
"Access Captain Atom" a voice suddenly announced, from the shadows behind Ivo. Before he even knew what happened, Superboy was taking an energy blast in the chest, sending him crashing into the back of the train car.
"Since Prof. Ivo's magnificent MONQIs don't float your boat, maybe my amazing Amazo will better suit you." Ivo stepped aside giving Superboy an up close and personal look at the deadly android "or better slay you."
"Give me your best shot" Superboy said defiantly.
"Please, my android has the strength of Superman" Ivo sneered. "What chance do you have?"
Superboy charged at the android with a barrage of punches but Amazo blocked each one, fueling the boy's anger.
"Oh did I strike a nerve?" Ivo smirked. "Amazo, strike a few more."
Amazo sent Superboy bouncing around the car, with a powerful uppercut to the jaw.
"Access Black Canary." Unleashing a replica of Canary's signature sonic cry, Amazo sent Superboy flying, nearly deafening him in the process.
Staggering to his feet, Superboy still refused to back down.
"Access Flash" switching to super speed, Amazo was all over the boy, landing a swift barrage of punches, dropping Superboy to the ground.
"Oh, no wonder daddy keeps you hidden away" Ivo taunted. "You're not really doing the old S shield justice, are you?"
Superboy lunged at Amazo going for a wild right hook. "Martian Manhunter" accessing the Martian's powers, Amazo went intangible causing Superboy's fist to pass right through it. Countering with the Manhunter's strength it punched Superboy straight through the back of the train car, and out onto the next platform.
"Access Superman" imbued with the power of the Man of Steel, Amazo picked Superboy up by the collar, and delivered a vicious uppercut, sending Superboy flying into Gotham City, crashing through the roof a school.
Approaching the Gotham City limits, X-23 and Robin continued to track the signal from the Amazo android, when Kid Flash raced up next to them.
"So, you changed too" said Robin, noticing Wally was now dressed in his costume.
"You kidding? I feel naked in civvies" said KF. "What's with X, she didn't feel like changing?"
Laura just rolled her eyes, she didn't see why Robin insisted on changing into his costume. They could fight just as well in the biker gear.
"The signal?" she asked, getting them back on target.
"Right well the parts were heading through Gotham" said Robin. "But they veered. They're at Gotham Academy!"
Laura couldn't be sure but from the grin on Kid's face, it was very likely that they were heading for Robin's school. The Facility of course had educated her, but only in matters that would help her best kill her targets. And for a moment Laura wondered what a real school was like.
"We're coming up on the school!" Robin announced, alerting X to their destination.
"And I'm guessing Superboy's here" said KF, pointing out shattered windows and general property damage. "Where's the signal, Rob?"
"The gym."
"Got it, I'm going on ahead."
Superboy would never admit it but he was on his last legs. The Amazo was simply too powerful, and after throwing him through several walls, his strength was finally starting to give out on him.
"I don't usually attend these things in person, but this was just too good to miss" Ivo smirked, taking a seat in the bleachers. "Amazo, finish him."
"Access Superman" Amazo was moments away from finishing Superboy when just at the last possible second Kid Flash zipped past the android, and pulled his friend to safety, bringing him by the side entrance just as Robin and X-23 entered.
Robin immediately threw a batarang at Amazo but the android simply accessed Martian Manhunter's powers, leaving the projectile to phase right through it.
"Access Red Tornado" making use of the mechanical hero's powers, Amazo sent them all flying around the room.
Kid was the unlucky first pick as Amazo stood over him "Access Captain Atom" the android held its hand out preparing to blast the speedster, when suddenly with a war cry, X came to his rescue. Or at least she would've if Amazo hadn't immediately shifted back too Martian Manhunter, causing her claws to pass harmlessly through its body.
"Access Black Canary" unleashing a duplication of the heroin's signature cry, X and KF were sent flying across the room, clutching their hands over their throbbing ears.
Throwing himself back into the fight, Superboy tried to catch Amazo off guard with a sneak attack, only for the android to access Superman's strength at the last second, catching his fist. The android then returned fire with a hook to the jaw, sending him crashing into the bleachers.
Getting back on his feet, Robin threw an explosive disk at Amazo. But then android easily defended, using Martian Manhunter's abilities to reshape its arm into a whip, knocking the projectile away, before countering with its second whip arm, forcing the Boy Wonder to dive for cover.
Hoping to catch it off guard, Kid Flash charged at Amazo at top speed. But the android easily anticipated him "Superman" using the Man of Steel's strength, it grabbed Kid in a bear hug, slowly crushing the life out of him. "Martian Manhunter" it suddenly announced, turning itself intangible and dropping KF, just as an arrow passed through it, landing by Robin's feet.
While Robin was suspicious of the arrow's sudden appearance, the questions would have to wait until they dealt with the android. A groan next to him, alerted the Boy Wonder to where X's was still clutching her throbbing ears. Apparently heightened senses were a liability when faced against Black Canary's 'Canary Cry'.
"You ok?" he asked.
"Fine" she groaned, as her powers dealt with the last of the damage to her ears.
Throwing a batarang at Amazo, Robin caught the android's attention. "Superman" the android returned fire with the Kryptonian hero's heat vision, firing the laser beams at the boy. X-23 immediately moved in front of Robin, using her claws' adamantium to block the deadly rays.
"Well aren't you interesting" Ivo noted, watching as the girl angled the beams away from herself and into a wall. "Amazo, scan that girl" he commanded.
"Scanning" Robin, KF, X, and Superboy could only watch as the android suddenly sprouted claws from its hands and feet.
"Oh great as if it wasn't tough enough already" Kid Flash complained.
Not about to be shown up by a cheap imitation of her skills, X charged at the android expecting her claws to be able to slice cleanly through its own blades. But to her shock, Amazo met her head own, using its claws to parry X's, and try as she might she couldn't cut through the android's blades. The Amazo's technology had allowed it to copy the exact density of the adamantium on her X-23's claws.
The only consolation she found was in a moment of what was admittedly blind luck, X-23 managed to dig her claws into the android's chest. Meaning that like her only its blades were adamantium, but it was quickly made a moot point as the damaged circuitry quickly repaired itself, revealing Amazo had also copied her healing powers. "Access Superman" switching to super strength, Amazo backhanded X, sending her crashing into the bleachers, landing next to Superboy, unconscious.
"Oh, yawn" Ivo sighed. "Normally, Amazo would study and mimic during battle. But with the exception of the girl, the rest of you are just poor imitations."
Finding what one could call his 'sixth wind', Superboy forced himself to sit up as he watched Amazo continue to knock around his teammates. But as he watched he finally began to notice something about how the android worked. It couldn't use more than one hero's powers at a time, and that gave him an idea.
"Hey" he called, shaking X-23 awake. "Is there a limit to how much you can regenerate?"
While under normal circumstances, she would never reveal such information, Laura knew she didn't really have a choice with Amazo now having access to her powers.
"I'm not sure but its theorized that I wouldn't be able to heal if I lost my head" she said uncomfortably.
"That's all I need." Superboy smirked. "You know Ivo; everyone keeps saying that about me. it makes me angry!" Superboy leaped across the gym, forcing Ivo to run as he slammed his fists into where his head would've been had he been a second slower. "Want to see me channel that anger?!"
"Great he's gone ballistic again" said Kid Flash.
"Maybe not" said Robin.
"He has a plan" said X-23, coming to their side. Both she and Robin remembered Canary giving Superboy that very same advice during training.
"Amazo, protect your master. Priority alpha" Ivo commanded fearfully, diving out of the way as Superboy once again nearly crushed him.
"Captain Atom" now focused on protecting Ivo, Amazo turned its focus to Superboy, hitting him with an energy ray.
Ivo hunched over struggling to catch his breath, when he heard the unwelcome sound of Robin's voice coming up behind him. "Anyone want to play keep away?" he asked, before knocking the professor across the floor with a flying kick to the back.
"Me, me!" Kid Flash cheered, speeding towards Ivo.
"Access Superman" using its super strength, Amazo stomped its foot into the ground, splitting the gym floor under Kid's feet, trapping the speedster.
Ivo took the opportunity to try and make a run for it, only to be met with an angry looking X-23, holding baring her claws threateningly. "Amazo!" the professor cried getting its attention just as Robin threw a batarang at the android.
"Martian Manhunter" Amazo announced, responding to the immediate attack on its person, the android used Manhunter's intangibility causing the batarang to pass harmlessly through it, before focusing on X-23. But just before it could return to solid form, Superboy dropped down in front of it and rammed his fist into its head, causing it to explode when Amazo returned to solid form.
"No!" Ivo cried. "It can't be. It just isn't pos…" the professor didn't get to finish his rant, curtesy of X's knockout punch.
"Help me disassemble it now!" Robin cried, racing to the downed android.
"Dude, it has no head" Kid Flash argued, certain the threat was over. "If it was going to use X's powers it would've by now."
"Evidently I cannot regenerate a new head" said X-23.
"Don't take any chances" said Aqualad, arriving on the scene with Miss Martian.
"Superboy, are you alright?" M'gann asked, immediately going to his side.
"I'm fine" Superboy smiled. "Feeling the aster."
*Mount Justice: August 4, 01:06*
With their mission complete, the Team returned to the Cave to make their report to Batman. Also present were Black Canary, Green Arrow, Red Tornado, and the Martian Manhunter.
"Prof. Ivo is currently secure in Belle Reve" Aqualad reported. "And the pieces of the Amazo android are safely being analyzed at the two separate Star Labs facilities."
"That's good work" said Black Canary, noticing the uncomfortable body language coming from Laura at the compliment.
"But we understand your mission encountered…other complications" said Manhunter.
Superboy looked away uncomfortably, as the rest of the Team gave him looks. He knew running off on his own wasn't the best idea.
"Complications come with the job" said Batman. "Your ability to handle them has impressed the League."
"The whole League?" Superboy asked hopefully.
"Given time, yes. Kryptonians, as you know have very hard heads."
This brought a smile to Superboy's face as he held on to the hope that Superman would eventually come to accept him. In the meantime, if he wasn't misreading his comment it seemed he at least had Batman's support on the matter.
"Of course, there's no shame in asking for help" Batman continued. "That's why the League exists, because there are some problems even we can't handle individually."
"Please" Robin scoffed. "If we needed help, we'd never get the chance to ask. Look familiar?" he asked, holding up the arrow from the gym.
"That's not Green Arrows" Laura spoke up, getting the Team's attention.
"What're you talking about, of course it's Arrows" the Boy Wonder insisted.
"It doesn't smell like him" she explained.
"It's definitely not one of mine" said Green Arrow, holding up one of his own arrows for comparison.
"So that's not your arrow" said Robin, feeling a little embarrassed by his snap judgement. "But that means…"
"Speedy" Kid Flash assumed.
"He has our backs" said Aqualad, following the same train of thought.
But while they gathered around the arrow, Laura noticed Green Arrow and Batman share a look. Still she had a mystery of her own to work on, so she put it behind her for the moment and left for her room.
Black Canary watched as the girl walked away, making note that she didn't have even the smallest visible scratch on her skin. It made her wonder if perhaps she had imagined the scar on Laura earlier. The sound of someone clearing their throat, then caught her attention directing her to Superboy.
"I'm ready" he told her, remembering her earlier words.
"Good, because I'm here" Black Canary assured him. She'd be lying if she didn't wish Laura had taken the opportunity to reach out about whatever seemed to be bothering her. The explosive rage Laura showed when Superboy proudly called himself a weapon hadn't been forgotten. Still there wasn't much she could do at the moment so she silently vowed to investigate the situation further, before she brought any of her concerns up to Batman.
In her room, Laura stood at the bathroom sink, washing away the blood from her latest episode before returning to her desk and the file on Weapon X. She had been spending her time going over it, while there was plenty on the man as a killer…a weapon. There wasn't anything about him as a person, or where she'd most likely find him.
Still for her, Weapon X is where everything begins and Laura was certain the Justice League had to have something on the man. There was no way someone like Batman wouldn't at least know something, after all the Dark Knight had already been on Cadmus' trail, before everything happened.
The problem was accessing Justice League files, as she doubted the League had given the Cave access to more than what they deemed necessary.
So the question is: how was she planning on getting access to the full Justice League data base?