Venus stood in the waiting, next to the other group of kids. What would she say? ? She really had no idea how to talk to a therapist.

She never really told anyone anything besides Wondergirl; Even then, she didn't know too much.

pat pat pat

Venus turned, looking for whatever made that noise.

Impulse, of coarse. He fiddled, patting his hands on his thigh's. She looked over at Blue Beetle, before nodding her head to Impulse. He nodded, grabbing Impulse's hand.

Impulse nodded, stopping.

Venus took a breath, enjoying the peace and quiet until she heard more noises.

thump thump thump

She looked again, noticing Impulse foot thumping. She rolled her eyes, giving up; there was really no stopping the kid.

One kid finally left, and Canary follows him out. She stood at the door, waving for Venus to step in.

She got up, walking slowly, trying to think of what she would talk about.

"How are you?" Venus asked quietly, breaking the silence. She sat up, putting her hands together on her lap.

"I'm fine Venus, thank you; But, the question today is how are you," She explained.

"I'm fine," Venus said quickly.

Black Canary frowned.

"This isn't interrogation; You don't have hide anything," Black Canary explained. "You don't have to hide your feeling's."

"I'm not," Venus answered, "those kind of things happen."

"Venus, it's ok to be scared," Black Canary insisted. "I heard you had been separated from the rest of the group. It must have been scary all alone."

"It's not like I've never been alone before. I can handle it."

Black Canary sighed. "I can't help you if you don't let me in."

Venus groaned. " I don't need help. I just as strong as the others,"

"Is that it? Are you feeling inadequate compared to you peers?" Black Canary questioned.

"Insecure about your abilities?"

"My abilities are perfectly fine!" Venus remarked, that same rush of adrenaline hitting her. Her body tensed up, starting to shake.

"I'm getting stronger everyday!"

"Venus, calm down," Black Canary answered, suddenly more serious. "Your simmering."

Venus looked down at her hands and silently gasped. She was right.

A pale, thin rise of steam was rising from her body.

"Venus, did something happen down there?" Black Canary asked. "You seem different. Your not the kind of kid to get so riled up."

"How'd you know?"

Black Canary and Venus sat quietly in a tensious silence.

Venus sat up quickly. "I have to go. I have things to do," She said exhaled.

Black Canary raised her arm to stop, but slowly pulled away in defeat.

Fear struck her as she felt the same nauseous feeling surging from before.

Black Canary exhaled, frustrated. She looked out, calling the next person inside.

"I don't think I can do this anymore," Venus said to Dr. Becker.

"What do you mean?" Dr. Becker took off her glasses, wiping them on her lab coat.

"I don't... feel right,"

"Well of course not. We just started the more advanced regimen," Dr. Becker shrugged.

Venus looked towards Dr. Becker. She gripped the table behind her.

"I'm not coming back here," She finally said.

"What?!" Dr. Becker stammered. "Your going to leave now?! After all the improvement we've made?"

" I can't do this anymore,"

Venus looked down at her feet.

Dr. Becker looked like she wanted to argue more, but her open mouth turned into a frown.

"Fine. I'm leaving; You know the way out," She got up from her chair. "Your making a big mistake," She huffed as she walked out the door, leaving Venus alone.

Venus looked around for moment, wondering what to do with herself. She stopped at the desk.

She looked threw the drawers, looking for anything that related to her mother. She stopped, a particular file catching her attention.

"Meta-gene's?" She questioned. She pulled it from the desk, slipping it into her gym bag. She walked out swiftly but quietly.

"Nightwing," Venus had her head down. Nightwing had been on the upper part, working on his laptop. Superboy stood beside him, both going over files.

"Venus, can it wait?" He asked, not looking up from his computer. "Were getting some pretty heavy stuff done,"

Venus look a deep breath.

"No,"

Night and Superboy looked up from the laptop.

"Alright; You have our attention," He said.

Venus scuffed her feet, looking away from her teammate's.

"Lex Luthor offered to help me," She whispered, barely audible.

Nightwing narrowed his eyes and Superman looked surprised.

"You didn't think I knew that?"

She looked up at Nightwing, her eyes widening in surprise.

He took a step towards her, crossing his arms.

"That program you used to find your mother's file; I figured out it was Lex. Besides, you think your the first person that man has tried to manipulate?"

"And I know this doesn't count as compensation or anything like that, but I grabbed it," She unzipped her bag, pulling out the file. She laid it gentle on Nightwing's desk.

Nightwing took a pause, and a long breath.

"This file...It's a good find," He said. Audrey looked back up, her face a blushing red. He got up from his desk.

"As team leader, I'm glad this is the way I found out," He explained. He got up from his chair, talking towards the stairs. He placed a firm hand on her shoulder.

"But make no mistake; You are not off the hook. If anything like this again, there will be consequences," He muttered. "I want you to record everything that happened inside. Understood?"

Venus nodded. She felt some form of relief inside her; She hadn't been chewed out nearly as bad as she thought she would have.

Superboy walked over, patting her shoulder. "Don't worry; He's really not as mad as he seem's"

Venus turned up at him, but didn't say anything.

Superboy explained. "Luthor once came to me. He said he could give me the same strength he could give to you," He explained, "It's not something i'm proud of; but it serves as a reminder next time I think of doing something stupid."

He walked down the stairs. Audrey patted her cheeks, hoping the redness go away. She could feel her body simmer once more.

"Audrey, this is Luthor," A voice rang on her phone voice mail. "I heard you decided to stop coming to the Cadmus labs. Perhaps a chat over some tea could change that. It is a very important decision, maybe we can negotiate. Think about what your mother would want."

Venus listened to her voicemail, taking a deep breath. Perhaps he didn't want her too leave. She turned from her bed, getting up.

Nightwing looked at her, then towards the phone

"So he left a message."

Nightwing went over the recording with Superboy.

"Using her mother like that," Superboy crossed him arms. "That's low,"

Something about using family got to Superboy; perhaps it irritated him that Luthor had used the same scheme on him.

"Cadmus..." Nightwing trailed off, not paying too much attention to Superboy's ramblings.

Superboy raised a brow.

"From what I've researched, Volcana was a small time thief; nothing major," Nightwing explained. "It makes no sense how she got involved with Cadmus,"