Disclaimer: I do not own YJ, they belong to DC. I own Mia!
Mount Justice
October 30, 23:59 EDT
"Two more minutes" Mia thought as she places a single candle on a cupcake. Currently, Mia is the only one awake in the entire cave and she's crying on the inside at what the date is. She lights the candle waiting for the clock to hit one minute past midnight. When it did, she blew out the candle whispering "Happy Birthday Ana Sophia. I hope I get to see you again."
After blowing out the candle, Mia puts the cupcake in the fridge when a soft whisper tickled her ear.
"Lia."
Mia looks around with a confused look "Weird" then heads to bed. Just after she left the kitchen, a ghostly image of an eleven year old girl looking strikingly familiar to Mia appears.
"I'm going to have fun today" she smiles wickedly.
Throughout the day, the ghost plagued Mia with whispers and illusions. At first Mia brushed them away but slowly they started to make her paranoid. "What the hell is going on today? I know it's Halloween but this is ridiculous" Mia thought as she pulls her cardigan closer to her while heading to the mission room.
A soft smile appears on her face when she saw Wally howling trying to get Wolf to do it too but no luck. "He's such an idiot sometimes."
Wally looks down at the sleeping wolf "Really? You're not gonna join in at all? What kind of wolf are you?"
"The sleeping kind. Let him sleep Wally" Mia chides.
"Wally, stop torturing him" Conner warns.
"Hold still please" M'gann just finished Conner's costume.
Mia walks over and lightly laughs at him. He pouts slightly then his demeanor changed and she sends her a cheeky smile. Before she could say a word, Wally cuts her off.
"Megan, stop torturing him. Awkward for him anyway, being a third wheel on our date."
"Oh brother" Mia mutters shaking her head.
"Wally, I invited the entire team to the dance. Zatanna too" M'gann explains.
"Good. Keeps us on the down-low."
"I swear to every deity in the universe that if he flirts one more time, I'm slapping him silly" Mia whispers pinching the bridge of her nose.
"So…you going as my favorite Martian?"
"Not exactly." M'gann changes into a zombie bride. The trio approved of her costume then Wally had to ruin it.
"Whoa. Babe, eat my brains anytime" *smack* "Ow!" Wally glares at Mia. She shrugs it off and ignores him.
"Great minds think alike" all four turned to see Marvel.
"Captain, you look terrific" he smiles at M'gann "Are you going to a Halloween celebration too?" M'gann asks.
"Well, sure, I'm going with…uh-uh, I mean, you did invite the whole team, right?"
"Yeah, we'll be at the dance"
"Not me" Mia states.
The boys looked at her while M'gann continues her conversation with Marvel.
"So don't worry about us. Go. Have a good time at your party."
"Recognized: Artemis, B08. Zatanna Zatara, A03."
"Oh hey, Zatanna. You look great."
"Oh, thanks. You too" the girls walked to the group "Oh, look. Zombie Captain Marvel. That's hilarious. Is the Justice League having a party? Cause my dad didn't mention it" Zatanna wonders.
"Poor Cap" Mia smiles at Marvel's stutter.
"No, no, no, no, see, I…Fine, I'm going trick or treating" he flies over to the zeta tube.
"Recognized: Captain Marvel, 1-5."
"And I'm not sharing my candy."
"Cap, snag me a Snickers bar!" Mia shouts before he left.
Mia was about to leave when Wally stops her.
"Mi."
"Yeah Wally?"
"Why aren't you coming to the dance?"
Mia sighs "I'm just not in the mood that's all" "Plus it's my little sister's birthday and I don't feel like celebrating. Also I think I'm being haunted."
"I know the real reason."
"You do?" Mia raises her eyebrow.
"You're afraid to see Andy again."
"Here we go" "Look Wally. Whatever happened between me and Andy wasn't much to begin with and ended too quickly to turn into something else. Besides, I'm over him and I'm sure he's dating a nice girl."
Wally looks at her trying to find any indications that she's lying but doesn't find any.
"If you say so. Are you going to be ok by yourself? I hear the cave is haunted."
"Hardee har har. I'll be fine, I've got Wolf and Lola with me and I'll call for backup if something happens. Now" she kisses his cheek "Go have fun at the dance and don't do anything stupid."
"No promises" Wally grins.
She playfully slaps his shoulder and saw that Artemis and Zatanna were about to leave. Mia quickly walks over to them just before they left.
"And where are you two running off to?"
"Girls' night out" Zatanna explains.
Mia saw the look of rejection and hurt on Artemis' face then looked at the couple and back to her.
"I understand. Watch each others backs, got it?"
"Whatever" Artemis states.
"Art.."
"You know what I meant Mia."
"Good, now have fun and try not to hurt any thugs too badly."
The girls nodded and left. Right after they did, the trio were heading to the dance.
"Have fun you guys."
"We'll be back later" Conner says.
"Don't wait up" M'gann calls out.
"If I see Andy, I'll tell him you miss him" Wally states.
"Wallace Rudolph West, you will do no such thing!" and the trio left.
Mia groans and heads for the lounge to watch old Halloween movies.
"Computer, secure the room" Batman orders.
"Secured."
"I'll cut to it. Do we believe there's a mole within the Team?"
"I'm convinced there is none. When Sportsmaster claimed he had an inside source he was merely sowing dissent" Kaldur states.
"His intel could easily have come by comparing notes with the other villains working for the Injustice League. And think about it…if anyone on the Team was working with those creepoids-" Robin starts.
"He or she would have betrayed us during our fight against them" Kaldur finishes.
"I'm not convinced. Sure, you two and Kid Flash are above suspicion but I know Artemis isn't shooting straight. For starters, she's not Green Arrow's niece" Roy states.
"What?" Kaldur asks in shock.
"Well, yeah. In fact she's related to-" Robin was stopped by Batman.
"Enough. Artemis' relations may indeed make her suspect but she's still entitled to a secret identity. I'm more concerned about Superboy. We still know very little about what Cadmus programmed into their weapon. Conner could be the mole and not know it."
"And what about Miss Martian? She is Manhunter's niece. But he told Black Canary he has a few hundred nieces and nephews. And the first time he met M'gann was 5 months ago when she stowed away on his last trip form Mars to Earth" Roy explains.
"At least he didn't bring up Mia" Robin thought.
"Do we know who Blink really is? She shows up on the same day as we took down the four ice villains and happens to be right on the steps of the Hall when we arrive. That's a pretty big coincidence."
"And there it is" "Just because she drew a goofy picture of you and that you two bicker doesn't give you the right to call her out" Robin states.
"Wildcat has vouched for her as does Black Canary and Flash. She hasn't done anything to make us mistrust her" Batman calmly says.
"Just because someone from the Justice Society gives her the green light, doesn't mean that she isn't above suspicion" Roy crosses his arms.
Kaldur and Robin frowned at Roy's statement.
"This changes nothing. I have fought side by side with these people. None are traitors" Kaldur states.
"No one could be the mole, especially not Mia" Robin leans back in the chair.
The dance was going well until the lights went out.
"Hey!" everyone complained.
"Everybody calm down. Probably just a blown fuse" Mr. Carr states.
"Says here Martians have taken New Haven and Providence" Mal says looking at his phone.
"Spotted in Happy Harbor too" Wendy says.
"Guys, guys. It's a Halloween cliché" Carr tries to calm everyone.
"Meaning it happens a lot?" Karen asks.
'Attention, homeland security advises everyone to stay inside the gymnasium. This is not as confirmation of any alien invasion.'
Everyone starts to complain and stress out.
"We should call the cave. Mia can get here fast enough" M'gann states.
"Wait" Conner uses his infrared vision and found Marvin with the microphone behind the wall.
'For your own safety, remain inside.'
Conner looks back at M'gann and Wally with a smirk on his face.
Mia has been enjoying her night watching old Halloween movies like Hocus Pocus, Dracula, Van Helsing and many other classic monster movies. Just as she thought the illusions and whispers were done with her, they started up again but this time they were much worse.
"Hola Little Rosa."
Mia's heart stopped right there "No…it-it can't be him. There's no way he found the cave." She slowly turns around and her eyes went wide at the sight of Bane right behind her. Mia quickly stood up from the couch causing Wolf and Lola to lift their heads. They looked at her strangely then turned to face the same direction she was looking but saw nothing there. Since there was no threat, they laid their heads on the floor and slept.
"Y-you're not real. This is just an illusion" Mia whispers.
"That's where you're wrong niña. I'm very much real."
Bane smashes a lamp causing Mia to flinch. Not knowing what else to do, Mia made a mad dash for the kitchen and grabs one of the steak knives to defend herself with.
"Stay away from me."
"No can do chica."
Bane rushes over to her but she dodges at the last second. Mia teleports plates at him hoping that it would distract him but it didn't work. It was like the plates went through him yet when he touches one, he was solid. Not wanting to spend any more time on him, Mia flees the kitchen and heads to the hangar.
Wally, Conner and M'gann decide to pull a prank on Marvin. When Marvin was alone, the prank began.
"The Martians are coming! The Martians are coming!" Wally screams running towards Marvin.
Conner suddenly appears behind him "Look out! They have disintegration rays."
Wally "dies" and the "Martian" appears holding the weapon. It roars and was about to attack.
"Run, Marvin. I'll hold it off." Conner went after it but he was easily defeated.
Marvin runs off screaming while the trio gathered to admire their work.
"Heh! Come on. We do not want to miss this" Conner states.
"It's a shame Mia wasn't here to help" M'gann says.
"Yeah, she would've been great" Wally agrees.
Marvin bursts through the gym's door and freaks out. "Martians are invading! Martians!"
"Marvin chill. We got the memo" Wendy states.
"No! Before it was all a prank I pulled. Now it's definitely real. The Martians just killed two guys."
"Which two guys?" M'gann asks.
"Those two guys!" Marvin points to Wally and Conner "Wait! I…uh..oh."
"Marvin?" Wendy states.
"Trick or treat?"
Back in the cave, Mia escapes Bane and is currently hiding in the hangar. She hides behind one of the machines and takes a breather.
"Ok, ok. None of this is happening. I'm just imagining this due to stress, yeah that's it. I just need to sleep more that's all" Mia tells herself.
"That's not all you're gonna need after tonight. Isn't that right Teekl?"
"Meow."
Mia jumps out of her hiding spot and spins to see Klarion petting Teekl.
"What the hell are you doing here?!"
"Now, now. That's no way to treat a guest."
"You're no guest Cat Boy. You killed my mother!"
"In fairness, she sacrificed herself to save one of you from me but she failed anyway."
"What are you talking about?" Mia slowly steps back.
"If I tell you now, it'll ruin the surprise."
Mia teleports out of the hangar to escape Klarion. His image disappears and the ghost girl appears again.
"Just one more and she'll break."
Mia appears in the mission room tired and on the brink of tears. "Why is this happening to me?"
"My, my. Don't you look worse for wear?"
Mia looks behind her and tears started to flow down her cheeks.
"No" she whispers.
"Come with me Labiwa and I can take you to your siblings."
"Leave me alone" she whispers again.
"Labiwa, now!"
"Leave me alone!" Mia shouts and throws the knife at Ra's al Ghul.
She falls to her knees and cries her heart out.
"Everyone just leave me alone."
"Snap out of it."
"Go away."
"Mia!"
She finally looks up and through the tears she saw a blurred vision of Roy. Wiping her tears away, her vision was clearer and a small frown shows up on her face.
"What do you want Harper?"
"To know why you just threw a knife at me."
"I did not-" Roy moves to the side to show her the knife embedded in the wall behind him "Oh."
"What were you doing?"
"I was trying to get away from-" Mia looks away.
"From who?" "What's going on with her?" Roy narrows his eyes.
"Nothing. Now if you don't mind, I would like to leave."
She stood up and just as she passed Roy, he quickly grabs her wrist. Mia involuntarily flinches and flips Roy onto his back then kept him there by sitting on him. Realizing what she just did, Mia scrambles off him and looks away.
"I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to Roy. It was an accident" Mia pulls her cardigan closer to her body.
Roy got up and made his way to her. He turns her around to see a heavy flow of tears going down her cheeks; not knowing what else to do, he pulls her in for a hug and does nothing else.
Mia silently cries and whispers "Why is this happening to me? Why am I seeing the men who have destroyed my life?"
Roy didn't have an answer however he did notice a very faint image of the ghost girl before she disappeared with a satisfied smile. Before he did anything else, Roy noticed that Mia gotten quiet. Looking down in his arms, he saw that she passed out from her ordeal so he carries her to her room. After taking Mia to her room, Roy decides to look at the security footage to quench his curiosity.
"Let's see what got her all riled up."
He starts watching the footage from earlier this afternoon and saw something he didn't like, Mia constantly looking over her shoulder and her eyes wide with fright. "She still looks like this now, better check at the beginning." So he rewinds the tape to just at midnight and watches. He saw Mia blowing out a candle at a minute past midnight and whispers something that the tape couldn't get, luckily he can read lips.
"Who's Ana Sophia?" Roy thought narrowing his eyes.
A few seconds after Mia left the kitchen, the ghost girl appears and disappears just as quickly. Roy slowly rewinds the footage frame by frame until he got a somewhat clear image of the ghost girl. "Gotcha."