HOLY SHIATSU THIS IS MY 20TH CHAPTER! and I'm back once again! hey! Hows it going!? Never mind I don't care. Just read! and review for the love of Krypto! I have been getting so many good reviews and I quit literally live off these things so dont be afraid to comment!btw for the sake of the story and my sanity i'm just going to use UTC to tell the time, okay?

Also I am not doing any more Disclaimers I believe I have made my point.

Watchtower 6:00 UTC

It had been hours since the end of the surgery. Since then everyone had opted for lounging in the Watchtowers cafeteria or catching some sleep in one of the many spare rooms. Artemis had managed to drag Wally to bed after he had freaked out for an hour over Dick missing, the twenty year old falling into a deep sleep the second his head hit the pillow. Same could be said for Conner and M'gann. Tula had shown up half an hour ago, frantic about Kaldur and Dick and Roy missing. Orin had questioned her about anything she knew about Kaldur; where he would go, why he would do this and asking about his behavior recently. Tula had no clue as to why Kaldur would do any of this, so Orin had left her with M'gann and Artemis who comforted the older woman.

Clark looked at Bruce, who was back to scowling and had finally left the medical bay.

"What?"

"I know that look, Bruce. You don't trust what Tula said."

Bruce starred at the monitor in front of him. He had been searching for Dick and Roy ever since leaving Selina and Clark could tell he was getting upset. Neither boy was wearing their regular hero uniforms so they could not use the tracking devises in them. Barry and J'onn said they had done everything they could but they would all have to wait for Selina to wake up in her own. And that fact alone was driving Bruce insane.

"I don't trust anything here, Kent. Ever since we woke up everything had been..."

"Different. Believe me I get it. We all do but there isn't anything we can do about it now."

"She's hiding something. They all are and I am not going to rest until I know what it is."

"Well, that's kind of stupid."

"What?"

"Bruce if we're going to find anyone, Roy, Dick, the rest of the League, we're all going to need our full strength and you are no good to us if your half sleep all the time. Look, everyone else has gone to sleep and I'm more than positive that Roy and Dick can handle themselves like they have the past three years. So if you want to find Dick at least make sure that you don't get yourself killed in the process. Because if you do, Selina is going to kill you herself when she wakes up."

And then the Boy Scout left to his room, leaving a stunned and silent Dark Knight alone in the Hall.

Pacific Ocean 8:00 UTC

Kaldur'Ahm exited the bridge and boarded onto the larger sub. He had put on his helmet, a replica of Black Manta's large dome-like bucket with large red eye holes, and lead his men onto the new ship. His father was waiting for them.

"Kalur'Ahm," Black Manta greeted his son as he bowed. "On time as always, you never fail to disappoint."

"Father. I would have been here sooner but I had some respects to pay."

"Of course. Now come. We have a meeting to attend."

They walked down the hall, Black Manta's and Kaldur's guards following them as father and son chatted.

"And where is your lieutenant? You have never let her leave your sight since bringing her into your command."

"She had some of her own respects to pay today. I also figured that she had no business in this meeting and would not be needed."

"A wise decision. No need to have any more loose ends than needed." They stopped in front of the double doors that lead into the conference room.

Unknown Location 8:28 UTC

Several people stood in the room, each with a glass of champagne in their hand as their host stood behind his desk. The man was well built, though almost twice the size of any normal man, with broad shoulders, rugged features and square jaw. He wore a long lapelless dark-blue coat with a red stripe on the edges, black gloves and boots and had dark hair pulled back out of his face. But his most memorable feature was the three scars running across his face. His companions ranged from a robotic brain-in-a-jar with a gorilla side-kick, to a child witch-boy, the 'Demons Head', the ruler of a country, and the CEO of a multimillionaire company that expanded on a global scale.

"Well," the dark-skinned woman said nonchalantly. "That went well. Don't you agree?"

"Indeed. I thought he took that rather well." said the bald man. (hahaa)

"And what of ze boy? He iz to be promoted?" the robot asked.

"Eventually. But for now we keep him close. Don't want any reason for him to go rouge on us."

"Unlike a certain someone at the moment." Queen Bee, as she was called, commented.

The larger man, Vandal Savage, looked at his female college, "We have that under control. Along with the other one and their friends." He turned to Ra's al Ghul, the leader of the League of Shadows having been put in charge of the recently recovered agents. "They are under control, of course."

Ra's nodded, "With the help of our friend Psimon, we were able to gather some very interesting information regarding our fallen enemies. It seems that the children's old mentor's have resurfaced."

The child in the room screamed, "WHAT!? That's impossible! No way my spell already wore off!" The orange cat at his feet meowed. "What? No of course I didn't-" The cat meowed again. "Well so what? I was busy and had more important things to do!"

Lex Luthor looked at the young male, a hint of annoyance on his face. "I thought that your little magic trick was supposed to hold for up to a decade? It's been three years, barely half the time you promised."

"Yes Klarion, do explain." Ra's said.

Before the Witch-Boy could make a rude remark about the number of time Ra's' shadows had messed up, Savage interrupted.

"No point in questioning it now. The Leaguers are back and are no doubt planning on retaliating against us soon. We will have to be ready. Begin the reprogramming immediately and move onto the next stage of the plan. Let's bring our children into the Light, shall we?"

Oh lordy it has been way too long since I last updated. Sorry this is so short it is mostly filler. I'm having major writers blockage and my head is near empty of ideas so I'm eating popcorn. and ice tea. lots and lots of ice tea... anyways hope you found this satisfying and please leave a review and hey, SPREAD THE WORD! I love seeing new followers and dropping in spoilers where ever I can.

BTW in the next chapter or the next I will be bringing back Roy...and possibly some other characters. Brownie points if anyone can guess who based on the last chapter and other fav characters. big thanks to everyone who has stuck with me through 20 great chapters! LOVE AND HUGS AND CAKE FOR EVERYONE!

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