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Mount Justice
October 1, 18:13 EDT
Mia walks in the Mission Room to see Kaldur and Robin sparring so she decides to watch beside Captain Marvel and Zatara for a bit. When the match was over, she creeps up behind them and overhears the conversation.
"You know they're a couple, right?" Robin says watching Conner and M'gann walking in.
"I believe I knew before they did."
"I've been shipping them since Santa Prisca" Mia adds.
Both boys jumped in surprise. They looked at her with an unamused look and she falls into a giggling fit. All three turned to see Wally and Artemis walking in a few minutes later and a smirk forms on Mia's face.
"Should we tell them?" Robin wonders.
"It is not our place" Kaldur states.
"I so ship them. They make a cute couple" Mia adds.
"They're not the only ones" Robin makes a side remark.
"What?"
"Oh nothing" "She still has no idea about the picture, heh heh."
"So if Zatara is our babysitter of the week, why is he still here?" Wally gestures to Marvel "And why is he eating my snacks?"
"Let it go Wally. I'm sure that there's a reasonable explanation as to why Cap is here. So for now, suck it up and stop whining about your damn snacks" Mia chides.
"Recognized: Batman, 02."
"Computer, national news" Batman orders.
The news comes on with Cat Grant reporting live. 'The initial attack was short-lived but Metropolis was only granted a short reprieve. And despite the intervention of Superman and the Justice League, there seems to be no end in sight.'
"Should we get out there?" Robin asks.
"No. The League will soon have the situation under control. That's not why I'm here. According to your intel, Sportsmaster supplied Cadmus' Blockbuster formula to Kobra"
"Who combined it with Bane's venom to create Kobra venom" Wally states.
"Which the Brain used to create his animal army" Robin concludes.
"And upgrade Wolf" Conner comments petting Wolf.
Mia looks at Lola and wonders out loud "So does that mean Lola has Kobra venom in her system?"
"As far as we can tell, she doesn't" Robin answers.
Mia scrunches her eyebrows in confusion while scratching Lola's head.
"The Brain also used inhibitor collars like the ones at Belle Reve Penitentiary" M'gann observes.
"Batman, is it possible that plant thingy's on Kobra venom too?" Artemis asks.
"I had Green Lantern run a spot analysis. Divine cellulose does contain trace amounts of a Kobra venom variant."
"These cannot be coincidences. Unrelated criminals are cooperating with one another worldwide" Kaldur states.
"Exactly. It's now clear our enemies have formed a some kind of secret society of super villains"
"Well of course they would have one too. Everyone just has to have a secret society" Mia sarcastically remarks.
Batman narrows his eyes slightly "The attack on Metropolis is only the beginning."
"You got that right" Robin types and shows everyone different footages from around the world "Plant creatures have sprouted in Gotham City, Paris, Star City, Taipei…"
Suddenly they lost the feed.
"Dude" Wally says.
"It's not me. Someone's cutting into the satellite signal. All satellite signals" Robin states as he tries to get the feed back.
Next thing anyone knew, a man wearing a clown suit with green hair, white skin and red lips in a sadistic smile appears on the screen. Mia slightly pales "I'm not liking this one bit."
'Ladies and gentlemen we interrupt your regularly scheduled mayhem to bring you this important announcement' Joker moves the camera to show a group of villains behind him 'From the Injustice League.'
"How original" Mia softly says.
'We are responsible for the attacks on your cities. If you wish to save them a ransom of 10 billion American dollars is required. Delivery instructions have been sent to the United Nations. There is no time limit. But the longer your governments wait…' a man with an east European accent begins. The camera goes back to the Joker.
'The more we get to have our…jollies. Oh and Little Rosa'
Mia's eyes widen to the size of dinner plates. "How does he know that nickname?"
'Your brothers and sister say hi' Joker laughs maniacally then the camera's turned off.
Everyone looks at Mia in concern while she stood there stiff as a board. You can see the color draining from her face but she's still standing. "That had to be a joke, a cruel sadistic joke from Joker. It has to be."
"Roger that, Aquaman. Have the UN prepare the ransom as a fallback but it won't come to that" Batman states.
Robin rewinds the footage to show the Injustice League members. "Count Vertigo, the Joker, Poison Ivy, Ultra-Humanite, Atomic Skull, Black Adam, Wotan. Seven heavy hitters. Probably behind nearly everything and everyone we've faced."
"There's your secret society" Wally comments.
"Not so secret anymore" Artemis retorts. She glances at Mia and got worried "She hasn't said anything."
"Perhaps after India they realized we would deduce the truth and saw no point in hiding any longer" Kaldur concludes.
"Yeah. That was their mistake. Right now I say we go kick some plant creature butt, right Mia?" Wally states.
"Wha-yeah, right." She's still in shock about the little jab Joker made.
"The Justice League will handle the plants. I have a different job for this team."
"Oh, man" Wally complains. Artemis punches his arm to shut him up.
"With the plants attacking so many locations simultaneously there must be a central control system. Your mission is to destroy it."
"You realize what you're really asking them to do" Zatara tells Batman.
"They're ready."
"Ready? Ready for what?" Wally asks.
Artemis punches his arm again.
"Ow! Will you cut that-"
"Hello, Wally. If the big guns are fighting the plants who do you think we'll be fighting?"
"I don't know. I guess we'll…"
Artemis points to the screen and he finally got it.
"Ohhhh."
"Well, Batman, I trust you are correct" Zatara states.
"I trust you can locate the enemy."
"Indeed. Wotan's involvement suggests sorcery is part of how the plants are controlled. Robin, if you would provide the holo-map…" Robin pulls it up "I'll search for signs of concentrated sorcerous activity. Etacol retnecipe fo yrecros. There. That is where you will find the Injustice League's central control system."
"Coordinate's locked in. The Louisiana Bayou" Robin states.
"We are on our way" Kaldur says.
The Team moved but Mia didn't follow them, in fact she looks like she saw a ghost.
"Amelia" Mia looks to Batman "You will not be part of this mission."
"But Bats, if there's even the slightest chance I have to-"
"No."
Mia glares at him but he isn't fazed by it. They continue to have the stare down until Mia sighs in frustration. She walks away from the three Leaguers and when she turned the corner, Mia sprinted to her room to get her suit on. "I'm not going to sit on the sidelines, not when it involves my brothers and sister." Mia quickly changes and teleports inside the bioship scaring everyone in the process.
"Mia? What are you-" Kaldur was cut off by Mia.
"Long story short: Batman said no but I came anyway."
No one said anything else as they made their way to the Bayou.
"Kobra venom's got nothing on good old Joker venom."
"Both work well in concert" Vertigo comments.
"Yes, but we're putting considerable strain on my baby" Poison Ivy worries.
"Vale tudo ut sero! We will keep her healthy and safe, Ivy. But she requires more power Skull!" Wotan states.
As Atomic Skull powers up the plant, two shadow figures were watching them from a distance.
"Everything's going according to plan."
"Do you think she'll come?"
"She won't be able to resist, not after what Joker said."
"Finally" he cracks his knuckles "She needs to pay for what she's done to us."
"Stunning what a little teamwork can accomplish" the alarm goes off "Intruder alert!" Vertigo states.
"Now the fun can begin" one of the figures says.
Bayou Bartholomew
October 1, 18:52 CDT
As everyone's getting ready, Wally asks Kaldur "What's in the duffle?"
"Plan B."
Mia narrows her eyes at Kaldur then at the bag. "Kaldur didn't actually….he didn't!" Mia was about to call him out when M'gann moans in pain.
"You alright?" Conner asks.
"Dizzy."
"Martians get airsick?" Robin asks.
"She does look a bit greener than usual" Wally comments.
"Not me, her."
"I feel fine" Artemis states.
"Ditto" Mia adds.
"Not her, the bioship. She's trying to shield us but…."
The bioship starts to spiral out of control and crashes into the bayou. Vines wrapped around the bioship and started dragging it underwater. Before it was completely submerge, Black Adam rips apart the ceiling causing M'gann to feel the ship's pain.
"He's hurting her."
Conner punches Adam away. Water starts rushing in, quickly filing the ship with water.
"No. No way I'm nearly drowning three missions in a row" Artemis states.
She puts on her rebreather and hands one to Wally.
"Wow. Uh, thanks" Wally takes it from her.
"Mia take this" Kaldur hands her a rebreather but she shakes her head.
"I've lived on an island for 12 years Kaldur, I can hold my breath for a while" Mia states as she slows her heartbeat and takes a few breaths.
"M'gann, we need to get out. Open a hatch" Conner says.
"Hello, Megan. Of course" and she opens the hatch.
"Out. Everyone out" Kaldur orders.
Everyone swam out of the bioship and swam for a few meters until they reached solid ground. Mia was the last to get out of the water and as she watches the bioship going down, she suddenly remembers the time she, Tulio, and Miguel went swimming at the coral reefs by the island and how much fun they had. "Why did I remember that?" Out of nowhere, everyone falls to the ground in pain but Mia stood tall.
"Vertigo" Wally states.
"Count Vertigo to you, peasant."
"More like Count Dracula. May I call you Drac?" Mia retorts.
She and Conner went after him but Conner gets knocked out by Black Adam while Mia felt something familiar prick in her neck. She takes out the tranq dart and scans the area. "I know you're there guys." Kaldur uses his water bearers and shoots Vertigo away.
"Robin, Miss Martian, disappear. We will keep them busy. You two fulfill the mission objective" Kaldur orders.
Once M'gann and Robin left, the fight against Vertigo and Black Adam continued. Mia was going to join in when her visions starts tilting back and forth so she takes a quick breather. "Gotta fight it. Can't go down" but she fails and falls to the ground unconscious. A shadowy figure picks her up and carries her away without any of her team members noticing.
"Poor heroes. Nothin' they do is quite enough. Ain't it grand?" Joker asks.
"And impressive. How you simultaneously juggle multiple scenarios" Poison Ivy comments.
"I've had practice…juggling my multiple personalities. How are you doing junior?"
A soft chuckle came from the shadows. "Focus on the task at hand Joker and don't get in our way. This is family business."
"Whatever you say" and Joker laughs maniacally.
'Tulio, I've got her.'
"Good, bring her here quickly."
'You got it.'
Tulio looks at Poison Ivy "If you need us, we'll be entertaining a guest."
She nods and Tulio walks away form the room to another part of the building.
Black Adam tosses Conner on the ground and Vertigo was pleased until he counted the members. "Two are missing."
"I blocked contact with Aqualad and the others. Should we-"
"Sorry, that's not the gig. This is" Robin moves the foliage "The Injustice League central control system. Looks like that plant is acting as an antenna to control the other plants worldwide" Robin concludes.
"Well, hello" vines wrapped themselves around Robin and M'gann to keep them in place so Ultra-Humanite can shoot at them "And goodbye" Poison Ivy says.
Mia moans a little as the effects of the tranq dart flushes out of her system. She looks around to see that she's in a grey room with one door and a single lamp lit above her. When she tried to move, she notices that she's tied up to a chair. "Oh come on!" She struggles against the rope but it was no use.
"Look what we've got here, it's our beloved sister who left us behind."
Mia snaps her head to the left and squints into the shadows. "Miguel?"
He steps into the lamp's light "Ding ding ding we have a winner."
"You're alive? How? Wait, where's Ana Sophia?" Mia looks around trying to find their little sister.
"Tch. Like you don't know what you did to her. Honestly sis, I'm very disappointed in you."
"What the hell are you talking about?!"
"What he means" Tulio steps out this time "Is that you're the one who killed her and left us at the mercy of Ra's al Ghul."
Her jaw falls to the floor and her eyes went wide like a saucer stuttering "W-what? N-no th-that's not what happened. Whoever told you that is lying, I would never do that! I love you guys!"
"We've heard enough. Miguel if you wouldn't mind starting us off."
"Gladly Tulio." Miguel pulls out a knife and walked towards Mia. She became stiff as a board seeing how much her brothers had changed in three short years. "What happened to you guys? What happened to the lovable and caring brothers I had?"
As Ultra-Humanite was aiming at them, M'gann moves the gun to fire at the base of the vines and both of them were free. Both ran in different directions.
"Sorry Boy Wonder. I'm putting an end to your little reconnaissance mission" Poison Ivy states as she controls the vines to capture him.
Robin expertly dodges them while M'gann dodges Ultra-Humanite's shots.
Atomic Skull continues to power the plant while Joker controls it.
"With so much power at my fingertips some might call me a control freak. Others, just a freak. Either works for me."
Joker looks to his right and sees the Twins walking in.
"And how are you doing boys?"
"None of your business Joker" Tulio states.
"All we can say is that we're feeling much better now" Miguel comments with a smirk on his face.
Joker looks at Miguel's hands and saw that they were covered in dry blood. He sends them a sadistic smile. "That's what I'm talking about."
"They awaken. You're certain this will hold them?" Vertigo asks Wotan.
"The cage is impenetrable. Even the Superboy nor the teleporting girl has no chance of escaping" Wotan explains.
"You are not the only one trained in the mystic arts, Wotan" Kaldur states as he uses his powers to pull the bars apart but failed.
"Please, Atlantian. Do not pretend you're in my league."
Wally does a head count and his eyes widen when he sees that Mia isn't with them.
"Where's Mia?!" "Vertigo what've you done to our teammate?!"
"Who?" Wally growls and a sly smile appears on Vertigo's face "Ah the little one with the smart mouth. She has a reunion that is long overdue."
"What does that mean?!" Wally demanded.
All Vertigo did was laugh evilly in response. "Mia, where are you?!" Wally thought as he tries to come up with a way to save her.
The Twins had left Mia bloodied, bruised, and alone in the room. She thought of every scenario that would explain as to why they're doing this to her but couldn't think of anything. "Why would you do this to me? I love you guys." A few tears escaped then her head snaps up when the door opened. She stares in fear of what her brothers were going do to her next. The one twin that appears was Tulio and Mia waited a heartbeat for Miguel to appear but he didn't. As Tulio was getting closer to her, Mia relaxed a little but was still on edge.
"What are you planning Tulio?" she softly asks.
Tulio takes out a knife and she braced herself for whatever came next. She quickly closes her eyes waiting to feel the cold steel slice her skin but instead she heard the ropes snap and fall to the floor. Mia raises her head to see something in his eyes that she hadn't seen in a very long time, love only a brother can give. She slowly got up and was afraid to ask but did so anyway.
"Tulio?"
He pulls her into his arms and hugs her tightly. "Damn Papi's genes, they're too tall now." Tulio towered over her by a good three inches and he's only 16. Before Mia could talk, she felt Tulio's body shake and a few tears hitting her shoulder.
"Thank god you're alive, Mia. I was so worried" his voice broke.
Mia hugs him tightly then cups his face in her hands and stared straight into his eyes.
"What happened to you three? I saw all three of you die right in front of me by Ra's al Ghul's blade. How are you even alive?"
When he opened his mouth and spoke the horrors that he, Miguel and Ana Sophia went through, Mia felt like she died again right there.
Robin continues to dodge the vines but slips on the ground. A handful of the vines were about to kill him when M'gann got rid of them.
"Robin, she's made contact."
"Artemis or Mia?"
"No."
Both looked up to see an orange cage fly above them and the bioship knocking out Wotan. With Wotan out of commission, the cage disappears and the Team falls then lands in the mud. Ultra-Humanite stands in front of them while Conner states "I hate monkeys" then attacks with Wolf by his side.
Poison Ivy stood on a hill with vines behind her, ready to attack Artemis and Kaldur. Both went to grab their weapons then realized that they didn't have them.
"Ah. I feel naked. And not in the fun way."
"We will make our own fun as we have been trained. Maneuver seven."
Artemis executes it perfectly while Wally goes after Vertigo and Black Adam. Vertigo uses his headset to make Wally disorientated enough to make him slow down and to allow Black Adam to smack him away with ease.
"Where are Robin and the Martian?" Vertigo asks.
After Tulio explained everything that happened to them, Mia felt like she couldn't breathe. "He never really killed them, it was all an illusion created by Klarion" "I-I'm so sorry Tulio. If I knew you three were really alive, I-I would've come back. Please forgive me Tulio" her voice cracks.
She starts to cry as she fell to her knees.
"Hermana, you don't have to beg for forgiveness. We have to."
"Why?"
"For believing in the lies they've told us about you. Miguel took it the hardest then Ana slowly started believing in the lies but I never did. I always knew that what they were saying couldn't be true. You would die before abandoning us so I had to trick them into believing that I believed them."
Mia looks up at her brother and saw her smirk, the Ramires family smirk. She stood up and quickly hugs him. Before she could say a word, Tulio felt something was off and looked at Mia with worry written all over his face.
"You have to go, now."
"Not without you and Miguel. I'm not losing you again!"
Tulio grabs onto her shoulders "The plant is going to blow. Get out of here now while you still can."
"But-"
"Miguel and I will be fine. If he asks what happened, I'll tell him that you got away."
Mia nods "You two better be alive the next time I see you or else I'll kill you two myself."
Tulio quickly kisses her head "Wouldn't have it any other way. Now go!"
Mia teleports and appears in the middle of the battle just in time to see the plant antennae explode. She saw two figures and smirked at the sight of M'gann and Robin. He mind quickly drifts to her brothers "You better be alright."
"Kill them. Kill them all" Vertigo orders.
She turns around to see Vertigo, Poison Ivy and Black Adam ready to attack.
"Hey Count Dracula! Did ya miss me?"
Vertigo narrows his eyes "What is she doing here?!" "How did you escape?!"
"By using my wit and charm" Mia retorts.
Soon it was a free for all battle. Black Adam fought Conner, while Vertigo faced both Artemis and Mia with the former being effected by the headset and the latter helping Artemis up. Vertigo amplifies the power outage causing Mia to go down on one knee. "Well this is just great." Mia overhears Wally say "Leave her alone" but she knew he was talking about Artemis. "I knew he liked her!"
Wotan appears and shoots Wally with a magic blast. "Enough" then the Team gets hit with lighting bolts. Mia cries out in pain as it's more painful to her than anything else. Kaldur takes on two bolts telling M'gann "Plan B." She nods and brings the bioship closer to drop the duffle bag. Kaldur caught it, unzipped the bag then took out the helmet.
"The Helmet of Fate" Wotan states stopping his attack.
"No, Aqualad! Don't!" Wally yells.
"Is he actually going to do it?" "Aqualad! Don't you dare-"
Kaldur puts on the helmet despite her and Wally's pleads. When the light died down, Doctor Fate appeared.
"Oh dude" Wally spoke softly.
"No" Mia's eyes went wide.
Fate flies up to face Wotan.
"Wotan, you are mine" and the two fought with Fate as the winner for that round.
Robin was on the ground when Joker appeared behind him.
"Wonderboy, you are mine" Joker mimics Fate. He pulls out a switch blade and starts slashing at Robin who dodges all of his attacks. "Always wanted to carve this bird" and he goes after Robin again.
"Solvo quod revert" the chains around Wotan broke and aimed them at Fate. "Wotan has prepared for your return, Doctor. Fulmina venite!" and it hits Fate in the chest.
M'gann dodges Poison Ivy's vines.
"I can't see you, Martian but perhaps I'll hear you scream."
"And perhaps I can be of some assistance" Vertigo offers.
He uses his headset and got M'gann with the psychic blast. Mia catches her while Wally tore a piece of Vertigo's cape and Artemis roundhouse kicks him in the face and into Poison Ivy. Mia sets M'gann down and had a quick chat.
"You good?"
"Yes."
"Nothing broken?"
"No."
"Good, let's go."
Before Mia got up, M'gann quickly grabs Mia's arm and looks at her in confusion.
"She seems happier for some reason" "Are you ok?"
Mia nods "Why do you ask?"
M'gann didn't answer.
"Surrender, sorcerer! You cannot hope to defeat our Lord of Order" Fate claims.
He fires a shot at Wotan and he disappears only to reappear behind Fate and shoots him in the back.
"I can defeat you and I will" Wotan proclaims.
"Ekirts natoW nwod!" Zatarra appears "Not tonight, Wotan."
Soon the entire League surrounds the villains.
"It's over" Batman states.
"There will be another day" Vertigo says as he surrenders.
"Another day? Another day! There won't be another day! Not for any of us" Joker controls the vines and releases Joker venom gas.
"Joker venom spores. Don't breathe" Batman orders.
As the gas surrounds them, Fate shoots up into the sky "Fear not" and he gets rid of the gas "Fate has intervened."
With the Injustice League in custody, the Team looks at Fate.
"What were you thinking? How could you let him put on the helmet? Nabu will never release him now. Kaldur will be trapped inside Dr. Fate forever" *smack* "Ow!"
He turns to see Mia with her deadly glare staring at him and he swallows hard.
"That was for breaking your promise" she looks over to Fate and her glare became even deadlier "And as for you, you soulless asshole! I warned you what would happen the next time someone puts on your damn helmet. Release my brother now before I rip that cursed helmet off right this second."
Mia starts walking towards Fate ready to commit bloody murder when he takes off the helmet and Kaldur appears. She sighs in relief and quickly hugs him as Wally walks up to them.
"Nabu let you go?" Wally asks.
"He almost did not. He fears Mia for following through her warning but your friend Kent was most helpful too. He says hello to the both of you."
Wally smiles as does Mia but hers quickly turns into a frown. Kaldur looks at her and had some trouble swallowing at the moment.
"When we get back, we're having a talk. Got it?" Mia warns.
"We're done here. The Super-Villain Secret Society has been neutralized. As for your performance….it was satisfactory" Batman says.
The Team looked at each other with smiles on their faces. As they headed to the bioship, Robin pulls Mia aside.
"What happened to you?"
She looks away "No clue what you're talking about Rob."
"You know exactly what I'm talking about. How's it possible that out of everyone here, you're the only one who looks like they've been tortured?"
"It's nothing Rob, don't worry about it."
Mia tried to walk away but he grabs her arm and accidentally squeezes a bruise.
"Ow" she hisses.
He quickly lets go "Sorry."
"It's not your fault."
"Then who did this to you?"
"You've got your secrets and I've got mine. So drop it" and she marches in the bioship.
"Impressive. The plant creatures have proven their usefulness as potential weapons. More importantly, the so-called heroes now believe our secret society has been revealed and crushed. With the Injustice League serving as our proxies we are once again free to operate with impunity" Savage states.
All members of the Light finally showed their faces.
"And shadows still conceal our Light."
After placing the Helmet of Fate back on the souvenir shelf, Kaldur heads to the Mission Room to talk with Mia. "I fear for my life." When he arrived, he saw Mia tapping her foot impatiently and her arms crossed with Lola by her side growling at him. He swallowed hard and stood in front of her. Neither spoke a word for a few heartbeats then Kaldur took the plunge.
"Mia-"
A loud slap was heard as it echoed throughout the cave. Kaldur covers his cheek where Mia slapped him with a shock look on his face. On Mia's face shows anger with tears building up in her eyes.
"You don't get to talk at the moment" she points an accusation finger at him "How could you put on that damn helmet?! We almost Wally to that stupid thing and we nearly lost you too! If Nabu hadn't released you when he did, I would've removed that thing myself. Don't you dare put that thing on ever again! If anyone on the team puts that cursed helmet on, it will be over my dead body. Do I make myself clear?"
Kaldur nods "I am truly sorry Mia. Please forgive me."
Mia hugs Kaldur and buries her face in his chest as she softly cries. Kaldur hugs her back while rubbing her back. After a few minutes, Mia wipes her tears away then scans the Mission Room.
"Did you hear that?! No one under any circumstances is going to put that asshole's helmet on. Go it?!" Mia shouts.
Kaldur was confused as to why Mia was shouting when he hears a group of voices talking.
"Yes Mia."
He raises a brow and Mia sends him a smirk.
"Come on Kal, lets go eat some of Wally's ice cream."
"Oh no you don't!" they heard Wally yell.
Mia giggles "Keep Wally from getting to the kitchen Lola." Lola growls and went to chase after Wally. Mia teleports herself and Kaldur to the kitchen and both started eating the ice cream enjoying the sound of Wally screaming in fright as Lola chases him around the cave.