AUTHOR'S NOTE: I have no excuses for this chapter being so late. I was just being lazy.
Disclaimer: I do not own either Young Justice or Next Avengers or Katara (from ATLA) and Zia (Kane Chronicles) but I do own ANNA WEST, Miguel Reyes, Robin Drake (Cassie and Tim's kid), and Megan Kent. :D
"Hurry up," said Anna impatiently, as she rushed them.
"Not all of us have super speed Anna," muttered Zia.
"Not all of us know how to use our powers either," said Anna with a frown.
"Are you saying I don't know how to use my powers?!" shouted Zia.
Anna's eyes widened, "Actually I was saying I don't know anything about my powers."
Zia calmed down a bit, "Oh."
"Geez," interjected Robin, "Anyone got a knife? If you do hand it over and I'll cut you a slice of tension from the air."
"Hee, hee," laughed Miguel, "Tension. I get it."
"Alright," stated Anna, "They trail of robot guts stops here."
They all looked around.
"The memorial grounds?" pondered Anna.
"Maybe Lian started clearing their tracks…" wondered Katara doubtfully.
"Maybe the robot ate them!" cried Miguel, wide-eyed.
"Don't be ridiculous," sighed Zia.
"I don't think the robot ate them," comforted Katara.
"That's right," teased Robin, "The robot probably tore them to itty bitty pieces."
"What?" whimpered Miguel.
"Not helping, Robin," muttered Megan, drawing out his name sarcastically.
"Maybe," said Katara, "They flew or something."
"Flew?" repeated Zia doubtfully.
"Perhaps it's like in story books!" suggested Megan, "You know, like a secret passage or something."
"It is as good an idea as any," admitted Anna, "Come on. Let's look for a secret passage."
The children wandered about the memorial. Katara and Zia checked the fountain, pressing on the bricks and pushing and pulling at the designs. Miguel and Robin checked the ground for a trap door; however Anna checked the memorial stones. Her parents', Robin's parents, Miguel's dad, Megan's parents, Katara's dad, and Zia's mother. She went over well-known member of the Justice League's memorials and the memorials of some younger heroes as well. Finally she came to the last two stones. Auntie Jade's and Uncle Roy's. She inspected her Uncle Roy's stone. It was silver, like most of the other stones, and had a red feathered arrow engraved in the front. Nothing. She glanced over at her Auntie Jade's. A picture of the Cheshire cat was displayed neatly in the front. She ran her hand over it. A small blue glow appeared beneath her hand. Anna gasped and drew back her hand.
"Guys," she called excitedly, "come over here!"
"What?" exclaimed Katara curiously.
"Yeah," muttered Zia, "what did you find?"
The others came over. Anna gingerly placed her hand over the Cheshire picture. Her fingers delicately spread over the symbol. A blue glow emanated from beneath her hand. The sound of something heavy moving turned their attention to the fountain. It slowly, mechanically moved to the side revealing a dark passageway. Miguel wandered over to the entrance.
"Hey you guys," he blurted, "there are stairs."
"Careful, Miguel," warned Katara, worriedly.
"Wait," called Megan. The others turned to face her. "Shouldn't we… you know check if it's safe before rushing headlong into it…?"
The others gave her looks of confusion. Anna seemed to contemplate it for a moment before a small devious grin the made her look like her mother stretched over her face.
"You're right, Megan," she stated. The others turned to Anna in shock. Anna continued. "You're right, and since you're practically invulnerable you can in second."
"Wait, what?" Megan practically shrieked, "What do you mean second?"
"Well, while we've been mindlessly chattering Miguel's already made it halfway down the tunnel."
"What?" cried a now extremely worried Katara, before running into the tunnel and calling Miguel's name.
"You'd think she was his mother," muttered Zia.
"Well," said Robin, who had observed them from above ground for a while now, "She kind of is. He's the youngest and Katara takes care of him. She's like an older sister/mother to all of us, even though she's younger than you guys…"
"Robin's right," agreed Anna. She turned and then jumped and did a triple flip, effectively landing right in front of the entrance. Her 'siblings' all muttered 'show off' at the same time before following her.
The tunnel was dark and everything seemed to be made of metal. Everyone but Megan's and Robin's (they were flying) footsteps echoed loudly. The tunnel ended in a large dark cavern. Anna walked further in. Suddenly a bright spotlight centered on a person in a large glass tube. Anna took a startled step backwards.
"Who is it?" questioned Zia in a shocked voice. Katara gasped and stepped forward in awe.
"Father?" she whispered.
The others turned and followed her gaze. The figure in the center of the room was, indeed it couldn't be mistaken for anyone else, Aqualad.
Katara began to go forward before a hand held her back.
"Wait, Katara," advised Megan, "I'm not sensing any brain activity…"
Anna stepped briskly toward Aqualad before taking something out of her bag. She held it over the figure and then gasped, "Katara, this isn't your dad… this is a clone of your dad…"
Katara's eyes widened in shock. Suddenly more lights went on and more figures that had been previously hidden by the darkness were revealed.
"These," Robin's voice cracked, "These are our parents' clones?"
"But it doesn't make sense? Where did these clones come from?' muttered Anna.
"Who cares?" shouted Miguel gleefully as he flew around, "Look Megan, here's your mom, the Martian; my dad, the beetle; and Anna's mom, the archer! All of our parents!"
"No, "said Zia, "Not all of them, there isn't a clone of Megan's dad…or the first bird… what was his name… Chickenwing or something…"
"Nightwing," corrected Anna.
"How could we have lived here this whole time and not known about this?" asked Zia.
"Guess Damien and Lian are better at hiding things than we thought," mumbled Anna spitefully.
"Well," said Katara, "We should keep moving if we're going to spy on them- find them… I meant… find them."
"Sure you did Katara, "said Megan sarcastically as she led the others further down another tunnel.
Anna was still staring at the clones of her parents, mostly her dad's.
"Why would anyone clone our parents?" asked Zia, who had stayed behind in the room with her.
"I don't know…" admitted Anna sadly.
Zia sighed, "Come on, who knows what trouble the others will cause if we leave them alone."
However, Anna didn't make any move to leave.
"What if it had my dad's voice… or his memories?"
Zia sighed, "Anna…"
Anna took a step closer to the encased clone, "Hello? Uh… Dad? Are you there?"
Zia sighed again, "Anna it's not your dad, it's a clone and my magic is telling me it isn't even one of those intelligent clones… it's like a human robot or something..."
Anna stepped closer and put her hand on the thin wall of glass, "Uhhh, Kid Flash, sir, are you, um… online?"
The clone's eyes opened revealing a pupil less eyeballs that seemed to glow white. A second after the Kid Flash clone was 'activated' all the other clones opened their eyes as well. They all stood at the same time. The glass cases opened and they stepped out, Aqualad leading them.
"Clone Aqualad online, accessing mission databases, mission found. Destroy the alien Ultron.
Anna looked at them in horror.
"What did you do?" Zia cried as she tried to stop Aqualad with a spell, "My magic isn't working!"
"I don't know…"
"Why isn't my magic working?!"
"Damien must have one of the power dampeners around her somewhere…"
Author's Note: Again if there's actually anyone reading this, I hope you enjoyed it. The next chapter should be up in a week or so. :D Constructive criticism is welcome. I always love bettering my writing. :D