And another chapter! Now my post chapter author's note last time was used up with my idea for the closest thing this site gets to professional fan fiction authors. Either way I didn't explain my decision to include Rad, Carlos, Alexis, Coby, Bud, Lori, Jack, Miko and Raf. My reason is simple. I loved TF Prime when it was on and unlike many modern fans I started out with the Unicron trilogy, specifically energon but I wound up preferring armada and cybertron, particularly the way that the characters behaved, I mean Rad and Carlos were trying to make up for what happened in episode one while Alexis was trying to look after them, Bud, Coby and Lori were trying to help someone and then late into the series Coby and Lori were trying to save their friends. Either way I love those characters and decided to use them. We may see other crossover civilians given a new orphan background join the gang in the future depending on my decisions.

Also when we get into the transformers we will quite heavily utilise designs based on modifications of the transformers universe characters.

Please note that I will not use every episode, for example last chapter used pieces of episode 3. Also Danny might be out of action a lot so he can train new abilities and weapons.

Chapter 2 training

(This takes place after the defeat of Amazo.)

Superboy was walking through mount justice. He, Robin, Agualad, Kid Flash and Miss Martian had been tasked with guarding professor Ivo's android and, with all his power he had been humiliated. The other 4 were following him when they walked into a room to see Red Tornado, Black Canary, Kara and the kids. They were looking through a window.

Curious the gang looked through the window to see Danny in his truck mode driving through an obstacle course designed to resemble a rural settlement while being chased by a laser. Eventually he hit robot mode and the arena changed into an empty arena with a robot based of the blockbuster-venom creature thy encountered a little while back.

"Okay Orion are you ready?" Tornado asked.

"Yeah, let's give this another shot." Danny said before his left arm morphed into a massive gun barrel. "I'm charging the displacer."

"What is that!" Robin asked.

"During his last training session Danny unlocked that weapon, a high strength machine gun. He calls it the ion displacer." Black Canary explained.

"Unlocked?" Robin asked.

"Orion's onboard computer works much like a video game, as he builds up experience with his existing weapons and gadgets he unlocks new ones." Tornado said.

"Either way the displacer's vibrations have been overwhelming Danny's sensors so we have been using alt form training on rough terrain to try and better attune his sensors and servos to the vibrations." Kara said.

"Okay. Ready." Danny activated the weapon pointing at the robot. About ½ the shot hit their marks. "Damnit."

"What's wrong?" Tornado inquired.

Well my receptors are fine but my elbow servos can't stabilise the displacer. I'm goanna try something." Orin rotated his upper body 90o so that the displacer was on the side away from the target. Then he turned that arm and used his other arm to support it. This time all his shot's hit their marks and the drone was reduced to scrap.

"Excellent Orion." Red Tornado said.

"Yeah. Now all I need is to master the two handed wielding style." Danny said with a sigh.

"Another day. The others are back from the mission and debrief. It's why we stepped out for a minute." Black Canary said.

"I'll be right their. Transform!" Orion said as he shifted into his vehicle form and drove up to the observation deck. "Transform!" He shifted into robot mode. "What's up?"

"Well with the help of an archer, we thought speedy but we didn't see anyone and it was a green arrow, but not one of Green Arrow's, we beat the robot." Robin started.

"I thought the robot was destroyed." Kara said.

"Ivo fixed it. Either way we beat it but we were all dominated by it in a fight." Kid Flash said. "Particularly Superboy."

"All that power and I was beaten." The Cadmus clone snapped.

"Well firstly the robot nearly beat the league including Superman, who is stronger than both of us." Kara said.

"And secondly our power is nothing without training." Danny added, shifting back to human mode.

"I don't understand." Superboy said.

"When I unlocked the ion displacer I was lucky to hit 1 in 100 shots and it left me with a fair impression on what it's like to be stoned." Danny said. "MY training allows me to properly utilise this power. Also another downfall to relying solely on your powers will set you up when you come p against someone like say Zod, someone with Superman's powers and kryptonian military conditioning. Relying on powers alone would allow him to use you like a mop. Even Black Canary was able to beat you and on power alone you should have dominated her. With proper training you can not only go toe to toe with those of equal power, you will be able to hold of beings with more power." With that Orion Pax walked away from the young Superboy with nothing left to say.

The next few weeks passed relatively interestingly. Green Arrow's 'niece' Artemis joined the team and helped them take on a league of shadows weapon. Orion meanwhile had been looking up the league. He was quite concerned; they were trying to do good but in a bad way. Also Agualad had been dealing with some confidence issues about the team and his presence above water but settled down after a trip home. (I've reversed the order of downtime and denial). Also Superboy, Kara and Danny had bonded over training. As Danny and Kara were the only ones that offered any challenge to the clone they worked together frequently, as well as teaching the other recruits alongside Robin. Since the Ivo mission Superboy had forged a brother sister relationship with Kara and a brotherly bond with Danny. Danny and Kara meanwhile had adopted a romantic bond, it was small for now but their banter was quickly becoming flirtatious and they felt less and less awkward in close proximity of each other, Superboy noticed, and found great humour in this fact. Danny and Kara were not quite ready for the step of boyfriend/girlfriend or kissing but they were now exceedingly jealous about other flirting with each other.

Superboy had a more awkward relationship with Miss Martian, the girl was head over heals for him and with his new social awareness Superboy was becoming more aware of both her feelings and similar ones within himself. Not quite sure how to react to this the pair had some quite embarrassing situations. One was particularly amusing to Danny and Kara, who had happened to be watching the monitors at the time.

Red Tornado's POV

I walked into the common room to see M'gann cooking; I spotted flower milk and eggs all over the tabletop. Looking over at the television he saw Superboy, also covered in these things staring at static.

'What in the? - No I'm probably better off knowing.' I though, if I had eyebrows they would be raised.

I turned and walked away. As I passed the monitor room I heard the voices of Supergirl and my protégé Orion Pax laughing.

And that's a wrap. Next chapter will pull Danny and Kara off on a mission of their own during denial. It will also feature several things from transformers mytho. Not Optimus or anything but there will be several things.