This chapter is for theshadowwithinyoursoul who wanted Athena to get hurt by someone. I might have took it in a little bit of a different way, but i hope you like it! :D

Please enjoy! :)

L.L.A.P

~Laces

Athena was walking to the corner where she would meet Ramon after his art class. Ramon made sure he was never late meeting her no matter what. So when Athena was standing there for about three minutes, she knew that something was wrong.

Athena ran to Ramon's art class but she noticed that he wasn't there.

"Ugh!" she heard a loud grunt in the alley next to the art building and she recognized it as Ramon's voice.

She sprinted into the alley to see the two boys who originally would harass Ramon plus two older boys, beating him.

"Awww, gonna cry, Ramy." One of them taunted, and anger burned in the pit of Athena's stomach.

A little voice in her head warned her about not using her powers, but that didn't mean she could beat them out without her powers.

"Leave him alone!" Athena shouted, getting their attention. The two boys who messed with her before looked apprehensive, but the two older boys looked at her and laughed.

"That's cute, you think that telling us that will actually make us leave him alone." The one smirked as he kicked Ramon in the stomach.

Athena ran to the boy who kicked him and punched him in the face.

The boy glared down at the girl and punched her in the gut. Athena's anger boiled and her eyes started to glow red.

Ramon saw this and his eyes widened.

"Athena, no! Get out of here!" he exclaimed, and her eyes reverted back to normal. Ramon didn't want her to blow her cover.

Athena understood that, but she wasn't going to leave him.

The girl quickly stood and punched the boy again, and he smiled as he whipped the blood from his nose.

"You're much more fun than the Ramon kid. You actually fight." He laughed and his friend kneed Athena in the leg, and she grunted in pain. However, she grabbed the guy behind her and flipped him over her back, making him fly into the other boy.

The rest was all a blur.

Athena caught a fist that flew at her face while trying to keep her abilities at bay. She punched a boy on the side, but then her Super hearing went off.

"no." Athena grunted. No! No! No! No! This is the worst time for this to go off! Athena thought with frustration and voices flooded through her ears and she was trying to concentrate on something to block out the noises, but she couldn't. especially when the boys saw that she was hurt and they had an opening.

Athena was on the ground, covering her ears as she felt kick after kick hit her.

She wanted to use her telekinesis to just push them all away, or for her to fly to safety, but she needed to keep her cover.

She was in pain from her ears, and she was in pain from being kicked. Ramon saw the blood from her ears and his eyes widened.

"Athena, listen to my voice. Just my voice. It'll be okay Athena." As he continued to talk he tried to punch one of the boys, but he was easily pushed back down.

"Athena, just listen to me, it will be okay." He kept babbling, trying to give Athena something to listen to, and he was too beaten to get back up and get help.

"GET AWAY FROM MY KIDS!" The boys looked up to see a smaller Puerto Rican woman, but she was an adult figure none the less.

Ramon's Mother, Indira.

While the boys Ramon's age looked scared, the older boys just laughed.

"And why should we listen to you?" Indira walked over to the boy, her eyes blazing with anger and when one of the older boys went to push her away she connected a solid punch to the boy's jaw, knocking him out.

She then grabbed the other older boy by his shirt, and pinned him to the wall.

"You try to hurt my boy again and I will hurt you more than you could ever dream. The same goes for his friend, because she is under my protection too." Indira opened up her jacket and pointed to a gun.

"Do you understand?" she questioned, and the boy had tears in the corner of his eyes.

"Yeah yeah! I understand! Let me go!" he exclaimed in terror and Indira complied. The boy stumbled a bit, and then ran off followed, by the two other boys. The boy who she knocked out was still on the ground.

"Mom, Athena's hurt!" Ramon exclaimed, and Indira knelt in front of the girl. The girl flinched at all the sounds, and Ramon realized her super hearing was still in effect.

"Just focus on my voice, Athena. You'll be okay. We're gonna take you home, just focus on my voice." Athena did and since she was getting beaten, it was easier to focus.

"Are you okay, Ramon?" she questioned slowly, and Ramon sighed.

"Just a bruise here or there." Athena's body may have been invincible, but she was covered in bruises everywhere, and some blood was still seeping from her ears.

Indira was furious, but she forced herself to calm down, and she gingerly lifted Athena up.

"We should take her to her home." Indira informed and she and Ramon walked to their home and climbed into the car.

Indira drove her small car to Wayne Manor and was quickly in front of the tall building.

Indira and Ramon never had been inside the Manor, but they were too worried about Athena to care.

Ramon knocked on the giant door and it was promptly answered by the butler, Alfred.

"My word." His eyes widened when he saw Athena.

"Please, come in, come in." he said quickly, rushing to get his small first aid kit.

Dick walked into the room, and he looked at Indira in shock.

"Ramon, Mrs. Colón, what happened?" he questioned, and Alfred quickly was downstairs along with Bruce.

"These group of boys were beating me up." Ramon informed. "Then Athena came and tried to get them to leave me alone." He shook his head. "it's my fault. If I got away or something then she wouldn't be hurt. She didn't want to use her powers… she couldn't defend herself against all of them. Well… maybe she could, but then her super hearing went off and she was in pain and she was getting kicked, but then mom came and she knocked one of the guys out and then said something I couldn't hear to the other boy, and then they ran off." Ramon said quickly, then looked at Alfred, panicked.

"Is she going to be okay?"

"She should be fine, young man." Alfred nodded. "No bones appear to be broken, she only has heavy bruising, and the ear bleeding is from when her hearing was sensitive." Alfred informed calmly. He then gave Ramon a once over with his eyes.

"However, you, young man, may be more injure than she is." Alfred gently examined Ramon, looking at the bruises and cuts.

He disinfected Ramon's cuts and then bandaged his right wrist and right ankle. He also bandaged his rib cage. He supposed that several ribs were fractured, and he advised that Ramon go to the hospital.

Ramon was too concerned about Athena to even think about his pain.

Even though Athena took more of a beating than Ramon, her abilities kept her safe.

"I'll pay for whatever injuries he has." Bruce stated.

"Thank you, Mr. Wayne." Indira said quietly. She was relieved that Athena was alright, yet worried that the bullies would come to Ramon again. Yes, she did threaten them, but she knew that sometimes threats were ignored. She really had no desire to kill anyone. She hated when she had to kill people due to their own stupidity.

"I'll call Conner. She'll probably want to see him." Dick stated.

Athena was quiet the entire time. she had a look of pain and guilt on her face.

Conner was there in less than a heartbeat.

Indira and Ramon were there as well. Ramon refused to go to the hospital until he was sure that Athena was alright.

"I heard you got hurt." Conner whispered as he sat next to Athena, who was lying on the couch.

She was silent.

"It's okay that you got hurt, Athena. it happens, and it was very brave of you to try to help your friend, knowing you couldn't use your powers."

"I'm sorry." She whispered. "I'm so sorry, Ramon." Conner looked over at the boy, and Ramon raised an eyebrow.

"Why are you sorry?" Ramon inquired. Athena's face held such guilt.

"I wasn't able to help you." Athena whispered. "I tried, but they beat me, and once they were done with me… they would have gone after you again." She informed.

"Athena, it's okay. Those guys were tough, and your super hearing got in the way. It's not your fault they hurt me. It's my fault, Athena. I can't defend myself, and I look like a target."

Conner shook his head.

"It was neither of your faults." He stated. "Stop blaming yourselves. It was the boys. The boys were the ones who attacked you both. So don't go blaming yourselves and know that there was nothing you could do to prevent this." He informed.

He kissed Athena on the forehead, and turned to look at Ramon.

"If anyone starts to beat you up again, scream my name, and I'll hear you. Okay?" The boy nodded, and Conner smiled.

"Alright. Now, you better get to the hospital."

~*~*~*~*~*~Two Days Later~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"Someone beat you two up?" Paige questioned when she saw Athena and Ramon. Athena had some lingering bruises, but Ramon was heavily wrapped in galls.

"We gotta find them! Those stupid boys! I'll get cousin Wally to come and he can tie their shoelaces together and they'd fall on their faces, and then his girlfriend Artemis could shoot arrow at them and then they'd cry and we all would laugh because they're a bunch of babies with nothing better to do then pick on other people, then I'd kick them in the nuts, which my mom says in mean to say but I would do it because they would deserve to get kicked there, and then I'd spit in their faces because spit is gross and they would deserve it, and then maybe Wally and Artemis would spit in their faces because they are stupid, and then maybe you two could both spit in their faces too, and then maybe they would drown in all the spit because they deserved it…"

Paige didn't have to worry about finding the boys. Because they never harassed Ramon or Athena again. They were too afraid of Indira.

Indira was the equivalent to a mother bear, and nobody messed with her cubs.