Chapter Seven:

BEEP! BEEP!

Marcie moaned, her alarm was blaring in her ear. She had set it extra early so she could get to Mt. Justice before everyone else. She had papers to do.

Marcie opened one eye, 4:20. "UH!" Marcie moaned and shut her eye back. Being leader was so hard. She sighed and reached over and shut off her alarm. Then she sat up in bed.

"Cold! Cold!" Marcie moaned pulling her blanket around her shoulders. Why did her mom have to blast the air at night? Marcie, despite being freezing cold, slid out of bed and walked over to her closet. She pulled out jeans and a green top with white stripes on it. Then she headed for the bathroom.

LIDILIDI

After her shower Marcie rushed downstairs, grabbed a couple of granola bars, stuffed them in her bag and then ran out of the house.

LIDILIDI

Marcie was still sluggish and tried as she trudged towards her little office/room in Mt. Justice.

So when a voice suddenly, very close said, "Hey Marcie!" It wasn't a surprise she almost spit out her granola bar and spun around ready to punch someone in the face, hard.

"Yo! Marcie!"

Marcie blinked, it was Hale. Hale standing there. Of course he was here. He was living here! Marcie breathed out a sigh of relief.

"Hale! You scared me."

Hale smiled, "I told you, I, along with Vanessa and Farah, have to stay here."

Marcie rolled her eyes and took another bite of her granola bar, "Yeah. But I am half dead here Hale! Brain not working very well yet."

Hale smiled brightly, "Sorry."

Marcie shook her head, "Don't smile. The light hurts."

Hale laughed, "Oh sorry, but thanks for the compliment."

Marcie rolled her eyes, "It wasn't a compliment."

Hale shook his head, "So what you doing here so early Miss. leader?"

Marcie smiled, "Papers."

Hale laughed, "Still?"

Marcie nodded, "Sadly." She crumpled the granola wrapper she was holding and reached into her bag and pulled another out. She took a bite.

Hale bent his eyebrows, "You starving there Marcie?"

Marcie nodded, "It was to early for my mom. So I got no home cooking. Just granola."

Hale shook his head, "That's terrible."

Marcie shrugged, "Eh."

Hale smiled at her brightly, again, "Well, how would you like eggs? I saw Vanessa in the kitchen making some earlier. Maybe she is still cooking."

Marcie looked at him, "Are you serious?"

Hale nodded, "Yep."

Marcie smiled, "Yes please."

Hale smiled back at her, "Right this way."

Marcie laughed and together, her and Hale, started for the kitchen.

LIDILIDI

Vanessa was sitting at the table, eating eggs, her face buried in a big, fat book, when Hale and Marcie enter.

"Hey Vanessa," Hale said.

Vanessa blinked and looked over the book, when she saw it was Hale she shut the book, "Hey Hale. Hi Marcie."

Marcie smiled, "Hi Vanessa."

Hale pulled a chair out and sat down, placing his elbows on the table top. Vanessa raised her eyebrows and looked from Marcie to Hale, "Am I in trouble?" She asked, then she looked at Marcie again, "Or... did you two do something?" She looked down at her eggs, "My God! It's my eggs? What's in them!"

Hale shook his head, "Nothing! Nothing! We swear Vanessa."

"And you aren't in trouble," Marcie said.

Vanessa gently put down her fork, "So?"

Hale smiled sweetly at his younger sister, "You have any eggs left baby sister?"

Vanessa huffed and rolled her eyes, "Yea, but not for you. Make them yourself."

Marcie smiled, "But how bout for your leader? Can she have eggs?" Vanessa almost fell out of her chair, trying to jump to get the eggs. "No, I'll get them!" Marcie said walking over to the plate that was sitting on the counter. She grabbed another plate and a fork and shoveled some eggs on to the plate.

Then she walked over to the table and sat down. Marcie looked at the eggs and forked a tiny bite, she put it in mouth, "Oh my god! Vanessa! These eggs are amazing! I didn't know you could cook!"

Hale bent his eyebrows, "Vanessa cooking is good? I always figured she wasn't and just ate her food out of, needing to. Like I do. Let me taste those!" Hale reached across the table and grabbed Vanessa's fork and then he stabbed it into the eggs on Marcie's plate.

"Hey!" Vanessa and Marcie cried at the same time.

"Shhh," Hale muttered, he stuck the forkful of eggs into his mouth and chewed, "My God... they are amazing! Vanessa! Where have you been hiding this cooking skill."

Vanessa rolled her eyes, "Shut up Hale. You knew I could cook."

Hale shook his head, "I'm serious."

Vanessa shook her head, "Mom taught me. Duh. While you were out with dad talking to fish or whatever. Mom didn't just teach me tricks, she taught me cooking."

Marcie smiled, "Well Vanessa these are amazing! What else can you make."

Vanessa shrugged, "A lot."

Marcie smiled, "Maybe you could cook with M'gann sometime."

Vanessa smiled, "I would love too," She opened her book back and then stopped, "Wait Marcie why are you here so early?"

Marcie laughed and finished off her eggs, "Papers."

"Still?" Vanessa asked.

Marcie laughed, "Your brother said the same thing, and sadly yes."

Vanessa and Hale looked at each other and Marcie took that moment to flee the kitchen and she went down the hall to her office.

LIDILIDI

Marcie was buried in papers up to her neck when there was a knock at her door. Marcie sighed, why did people always feel the need to knock when she was working, and got up. She went over to the door and threw it open, "What?" She demanded.

"Marcie?" Marcie blinked, there in the doorway was Zuri, "Are you okay?"

Marcie sighed, "Sorry for snapping Zuri. Papers," She pointed, "are stressing me out. There is like a million things I have to fill out for your powers and stuff. And by the way did you know you have been shape shifting since you were born?"

Zuri smiled, "That's okay. I understand. And Yes."

Marcie smiled, "And that's why you are my best friend."

Zuri sighed, "I wish I could help you with all those papers."

Marcie sighed, "Me too, but it's like all top secret and some of it is so stupid. Like what am I going to go with the fact you have been shape shifting since you were born?"

Zuri laughed, "I don't know."

"And why does Nightwing trust me with all this info?"

Zuri smiled, "That's easy. You are leader."

Marcie shrugged, "Yea, yea. I've heard it all before."

Zuri nodded, "Well Miss. Leader. Have you looked at the time?"

Marcie bent her eyebrows, "No. Why?"

Zuri smiled at her, "Because it's time for training."

Marcie gasped, "Oh my god really? It feels like I've only been working for five minutes."

Zuri shook her head, "Nope, more like two hours. And now it's time for training."

Marcie sighed, "Let me grab my bag and I'll be right there. Gosh! I hate these papers."

Zuri laughed as Marcie turned back into her room and grabbed her bag. Marcie shook her head, "Hey you want to be leader?"

Zuri shook her head, "No way chica. No thank you too.:

Marcie smiled, "Thought so."

Zuri rolled her eyes, "Come on."

Marcie smiled and together they started down the hall.

LIDILIDI

As soon as Marcie pushed open the doors to the training room she was greeted by a bunch of voices, "Marcie!" "There you are Marcie!" "Finally!"

Marcie rolled her eyes, "Of course I'm here."

Janette muttered something from across the room, Marcie rolled her eyes and decided to ignore her.

"So what are we doing today?" Vanessa asked,

Marcie smiled, "Something fun."

Janette rolled her eyes, "Your fun? Or our fun."

Marcie sent Janette a look at said, shut up or I'll break your neck, and then turned back to the rest of the group, "Well I talked to Nightwing and we are going on a mission."

The group cheered.

"Sort of," Marcie added.

"What do you mean sort of?" Parker asked.

Marcie bit her lip, "You'll see."

LIDILIDI

"This is fun?" Janette muttered staring at the group of heroes, their parents, now dressed up as villains, in front of them.

Marcie smiled, "Yep."

Nightwing stepped forward, "Marcie asked me for a real mission, and I said no. You aren't ready yet. But she wanted real fighting, so here we are," He waved his arm at the group which included: Zatanna, Artemis, Wally, M'gann, Conner, and Him.

"But there is so little of you, and so many of us," Sander said.

Nightwing nodded, "Yes, there is. But sometimes one is greater than many."

Janette rolled her eyes, "Dad, you sound like a fortune cookie. And why would we need to know how to fight you?"

Conner sighed, "Janette, in our time. We once had to fight the whole Justice League haven't you heard that story."

Janette bit her lip and shrugged.

M'gann stepped forward and put her hand on Conner's shoulder, "It was horrible. Our teachers, our family, my uncle became the enemy. Ready to kill us, take us down. We had to do everything we could to stop them."

Janette rolled her eyes, "Yea okay, but that was caused from a mole. None of us are moles are we?"

M'gann looked at Artemis and Conner and then back at Conner, "Janette, once the team believed Artemis, Conner, or I to be the mole. The one we trusted, the one no one had any doubts about, Red Arrow, turned out to be the mole. But not under his own control. He was brainwashed and never knew."

Conner nodded, "And at one point I was brainwashed too. So it can happen to anyone."

Nightwing nodded, "And fighting us will let me see how far your powers are along."

Marcie smiled and turned to her team, "So you in?"

The team casted glances at each other and then all of them smiled, "YES!"

Marcie turned back to Nightwing, "Ready when you are."

Nightwing smiled, "On your mark."

"Get set," Wally called.

"GO!" Marcie and Conner screamed at the same time.

And then everything broke loose.

Conner's eyes scanned everyone quickly, looking for the weak link. Then he jumped for Parker.

Parker screamed and jumped out of the way, but right into M'gann's waiting arms. "Got you," She whispered and put her hands on Parker's head. Parker wiggled, but then froze. (Don't worry, M'gann didn't hurt him. She just put him in like a dream state.)

Marcie shook her head and spun around quickly doing a 360. Parker was down, Zuri was taking on Nightwing, tricking him by quickly shape shifting into Zatanna. Janette was dodging arrows from Artemis's bow. Ben and Will were taking on their dad.

Marcie bit her lip and decided it looked as if Janette needed the most help. She shook her head and took of, using super speed, towards Artemis.

She had almost reached Artemis unseen when, suddenly a blur caught her eye. Marcie pushed her feet down hard to stop herself so she wouldn't hit the blur.

"Hello Marcie." Marcie spun, but he was already gone. "Over here. No! here."

Marcie bit her lip, she knew this game. She knew how to play too. So instead of turning left, she spun to her right, with all her force focused into her right leg, and sure enough her foot slammed right into the chest of her father. He went down.

"Sorry daddy," Marcie said and then she turned back to where Janette and Artemis were fighting.

She sped behind her mother and tapped her on the shoulder.

Artemis huffed and spun around, and that's when Marcie took advantage. She grabbed Artemis's bow and raced behind her ripping off her quiver of arrows off of Artemis.

The she zoomed to Janette, "She's all yours. Bye!" Marcie cried and raced off.

Marcie smiled evilly at the arrows and bow in her hand, this was going to be fun. She grabbed one arrow and loaded it into the bow, then she pointed it at Conner who was lifting Ben off the ground. Marcie let go and the air flew. It hit and stuck on to Conner's chest.
"Wha-" Conner started but he didn't get to finish because the arrow exploded in a big cloud of gas. Conner started coughing and he dropped Ben. Ben moaned and Will grabbed him up and ran.

Conner coughed some more and then he fell to the ground.

Marcie smiled, "Knock out gas. Sweet."

Now, Wally, Conner, and Artemis, who Janette had knocked out with some magic, were down. That just left Nightwing, M'gann, and Zatanna who were still fighting strong. And Parker, Farah, and Vanessa were down.

Marcie sighed and looked at the arrows, what could she use. And that's when Marcie came up with an epic idea.

She sped off and ran to a tree, jumped and grabbed the nearest branch, she spun herself so that she was sitting perched like a bird.

Marcie grabbed an arrow and loaded, she knew it would be useless to aim it at M'gann, she would just push it back with her mind, and useless to aim at Zatanna, magic vs. arrows, magic wins so she aimed the arrow at Nightwing who was bust dodging spells from Janette.

Marcie pulled the arrow back and released, it zoomed over Janette head and hit Nightwing right in the chest.

Nightwing's eyes grew big and that's when the arrow exploded into a net that wrapped around Nightwing. "UH!" He cried.

Janette jumped backwards in shock and then looked over her shoulder. Marcie smiled at her from the tree. Janette rolled her eyes and turned back to the last two adults standing.

M'gann and Zatanna were standing back to back. Zatanna shooting spells and M'gann was using her mind control.

They were a tough two.

"You ready to give up?" Zatanna cried.

Marcie didn't answer, because she knew Zatanna was looking for her, and slid down the tree.

Marcie crouched low to the ground, hmm. Zatanna and M'gann weren't talking out loud. They must of been talking in their minds.

Marcie smiled, "Zuri?"

"I've been waiting for you to catch on Marcie! Setting everyone up! Okay we are good!"

"Guys!" Marcie cried, "M'gann is using her mind and most likely listening right now. We need to get her, but don't let Zatanna get you!"

"Well, no duh Miss. leader," Janette sneered in to Marcie's head, "B-T-W where are you?"

Marcie rolled her eyes, "Can't tell you, M'gann might be listening in! Like I said! Zuri, cut us."

"Okay!"

And then it fell silent in Marcie's mind.

Marcie bit her lip, how to do this? How to get around an enemy who was stronger and smarter?

She had to get M'gann down, first. While Zatanna's magic was dangerous. M'gann mind was powerful, worst than any magic.

And that's when an idea hit Marcie.

She smiled and crept from behind the tree and into the bushes that were a few feet away. "I'll sneak up behind them and hit them both with a gas arrow." Marcie thought.

M'gann looked at Zatanna and Zatanna gave her nod. Zatanna spun around, listening to M'gann, to face empty grass.

M'gann's eyebrows bent and she spun around to look, "But-" And that was all she got to say, because Marcie aimed the gas arrow and it landed on the ground between Zatanna and M'gann and blew up, before either could react.

M'gann and Zatanna fell to the ground.

Marcie stood up with her arms up, "WINNERS! WE WON!"

Parker blinked, having M'gann knocked out had stopped the brain washing, "What?"

Nightwing moaned and one eye opened, "Why do I feel so terrible?" He asked.

Marcie walked over to him and smiled over him, "Because you just got your butt kicked! Guys come on we won!"

And slowly the team appeared from trees and bushes and snapped out of mind control.

Hale looked around, "We won?"

Marcie smiled at him, "Yep."

Nightwing moaned.

Hale smiled, "WE WON! Marcie! You are the best leader ever!" He hugged her real quick.

Marcie felt her face getting warm, "Thanks Hale."

Zuri came to Marcie's side, "Tricking my mom. I think that deserves a cake," She paused and looked at her mother, "Well just as soon as mom wakes from the knock out gas."

Marcie laughed, "Okay." She looped her arm through Zuri's, "TO THE KITCHEN FOR VICTORY CAKE!" She cried.

And the whole team cheered, yes even Janette.

Author's Note:

Wow, that sounds sort of like an ending, it's not.

I miss Young Justice. A lot.

And now Legends of Korra is over too. (I did love the season finale though.) UGH! ALL MY SHOWS GONE!

Head Desk.

What am I suppose to watch on Saturdays?

Also, Monday starts my very busy life. I have a music camp for three weeks, a week off, and then I have to do marching band. And Marching band works likes this, I have practice up till school from like 8 in the morning till 6 at night. When school starts, practices are Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and games on Fridays. Saturday is were we compete and Sunday is free along with Wednesday. Though sometimes Sundays are the second day of competing.

So what I'm trying to tell you is stories might slow on updating!