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Chpt.2
"That's supposed to be a weapon of mass destruction." Beast Boy questioned, looking at the girl in Superboy's arms curiously. The girl fell asleep in the jet, her arms still clutching her teddy bear tightly.
"She's so cute!" Wonder Girl cooed, but Nightwing was quickly back into the rooom.
"I called Batman." He informed seriously. "He should be here in about fifteen minutes." Nightwing's attention then went to the girl. "We should probably wake her up. Batman's going to have questions."
Superboy nodded, and shook the girl slightly.
"Kid? Kid, wake up." He said softly, and she slowly batted her eyes open.
"It wasn't a dream?" she whispered, but then smiled. "I wasn't dreaming." She sighed with relief. Superboy gently placed the girl on the ground, and she looked around.
They were in Mt. Justice in the debriefing room, and the girl's eyes wandered to the walls, examining the rock of the mountain, and then looked at each person in the room, who were staring intently at her.
"Why's… everyone staring at me?" she questioned in a small voice. The room was silent for a moment, nobody knowing exactly what to say.
"Is it true Cadmus made you?" Beast Boy questioned, breaking the silence.
"Gar!" Wonder Girl glared at the boy, hitting him upside the head.
"What? It was just a question." He said innocently.
"I don't understand why it might be offensive." The girl informed calmly. "And, yes. Cadmus did… make me. They told me that I was… going to be the perfect weapon. But I… failed." She looked down at her feet.
"What's your name?" Wonder Girl inquired, kneeling in front of the girl.
"I don't like it!" The girl exclaimed quickly. Everyone stared at her, shocked by her random outburst. "I never… liked it." She said in a hushed tone. "I mean… it was always been Project Power. I never had any… nick names or anything. Just… Project Power." The girl had a pensive look for a moment, but then brightened slightly.
"But this is Ralph." She informed with a smile, holding the bear up. She looked almost proud of the thing. "I named him myself after Mr. Ralph gave him to me."
"Who was Mr. Ralph?" Superboy questioned, raising an eyebrow.
"He was a guard at Cadmus." The girl's eyes seemed to haze out, thinking about the man. "He talked to me a lot and would sometimes… sneak in books for me to read. He taught me how to read too, he used to laugh because I caught on quickly… I always catch onto things quickly… He was really nice, but shortly after he gave me Ralph, he was… fired. I guess it was because they didn't want me to be… distracted." She said sadly, but tried to brighten again. "What are your names?"
Before anyone could answer, an automatic voice rang out in Mt. Justice, announcing Batman's presence, and he was quickly in the room.
"Is this Project Power?" he questioned, looking down at the girl, who was looking back at him curiously, and Nightwing nodded.
"Yes."
"Who are you?" the girl inquired, tilting her head to the side like a confused puppy.
"My name is Batman, project power." The girl winced slightly at her name, but then her eyes widened at what the man had called himself.
"Batman? You're Batman?" she questioned with some excitement.
"Yes." He nodded, and she ran to him and was hugging his leg tightly, and the team looked at her confused.
"You're one of my Dad's!" she said happily. Everyone but Batman looked surprised.
"Project Power, what do you mean by that?" Batman questioned, and the girl released his leg and looked up at him.
"Well, Cadmus said that I was made from several… DNA strands. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, and Black Canary." She explained. "Apparently I was supposed to have… brothers and… sisters too, but I was the only one who lived. Apparently DNA strands are hard to… keep together… or stable… or something like that." She looked like she was done talking, but was quick to open her mouth again.
"No Ralph, he didn't ask." She muttered, looking at the bear. There seemed to be some fear in her voice.
"Ask what?" Batman inquired, kneeling down to her level. His eyes locked onto hers and she looked away from him, shaking from the eye contact slightly.
"Ralph wants me to talk about the… tests Cadmus ran on me, but I don't want to. Ralph thinks it will help, but it won't." she looked down at the bear again. "It won't, Ralph. It won't help. Talking never helps. Never. No matter what I say can't help me. no matter what I say won't change my failure."
Batman placed a hand on her shoulder.
"We'll move into the discussion room, and you can talk about what they did to you, at your own pace. Ralph is right. It will help if you tell me what they did to you." He informed softly, and the girl slowly nodded her head.
"O-okay." Batman turned to show her to the room, but held out his hand for her to grasp. She quickly grabbed it, and followed him into the discussion room.
Wonder Girl looked over at Nightwing.
"Is it just me, or did she sound a little… I dunno, off?" she questioned once she was sure Batman and the girl were out of ear shot. Nightwing sighed.
"She's been treated as a weapon since birth, and I can't imagine anything Cadmus doing to her being very pleasant. Going through that might make her a bit off." He explained.
"So, is she, y'know, dangerous?" Beast Boy inquired, and Nightwing shook his head.
"I've dealt with dangerous insane people before. She doesn't seem the type. The fact that she talks to the bear might just prove that she is so lonely, she feels like that bear is just another person. The only person who had actually been there through everything with her. Someone she could talk to, because she had no one else." Dick frowned the more he thought about it.
"I can't imagine what that must've been like." Beast Boy whispered. "What type of tests do you think Cadmus ran on her?"
Superboy tensed up, but his eyes were where Batman and the girl had left.
"Your eavesdropping, aren't you?" Nightwing questioned, and Superboy nodded mutely, still looking off where they had left, listening to what the girl was telling Batman.
He then looked away.
"I can't listen to that anymore." Superboy stated as he ran a hand through his hair.
"What has she gone through?" Nightwing questioned. Superboy quickly turned to Beast Boy.
"Gar, you should go to bed."
"Awww, but…"
"Now, Gar." Superboy stated firmly, and the boy sighed, but left, heading off to his room. Once he was gone, and out of ear-shot, Superboy looked at Nightwing, and Wonder Girl.
"It sounds like torture. Some of things they made her do." He said in a hushed voice. "She said that to see if she could breathe underwater like Aquaman, they'd throw her in the water, and not let her resurface until she either succeeded, or passed out. She said that she never learned to breath, let alone swim, under water."
Wonder Girl's eyes widened, and Dick's mouth gaped slightly in shock.
"Cadmus shouldn't be able to do that. Sure they created her, but… I mean…" Wonder Girl didn't know what else to say.
"It's wrong." Dick nodded. "We were lucky to get her out when we did. Conner, what else did they do to her?"
"To try to trigger Martian Manhunter's telepathic ability… they stuck needles in her head, trying to trigger something, but they never succeed. They would shoot her arm to see if she was impervious, and that's when I stopped listening."
Before anyone could say anything else, Batman walked back into the room with the girl grasping his hand.
"Superboy, take her to the guest room, and lend her some of your cloths. She'll be staying with us for a while." Batman stated, and Superboy nodded, extending his hand for the girl to take, which she quickly did, and he led the girl to the room.
"What are you going to do?" Nightwing questioned, looking at Batman with a raised eyebrow. This mission had a result that was much different compared to others.
"I took some blood samples to verify what she is telling us, but if there is any truth to it, the Justice League will determine what to do, and we will try to bring Cadmusdown." he stated firmly, and Nightwing nodded.
"How intact is her sanity?" he questioned in a whisper, and Batman gave him a serious look.
"It's difficult to say."