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Chapter 4

"Wait! Stop! She's just protecting them!" the voice of Miss Martian yelled out to them.

"Wait, what?" thought Superboy as he unceremoniously dropped the person they were fighting on his—her butt.

{But he, er she just tried to kill us!} the Kryptonian exclaimed in the mind link as.

{She was just protecting the kids and she saw us as a threat to them.} explained the Martian, attempting to soothe the him since she can sense his rising anger at the armored superhuman.

{Well, we did kinda attacked her first.} the Boy Wonder agreed to her explanation.

{Hey, wait. How do you know that's a she?} Kid Flash cut in.

{They called her "Big Sister" unless the word sister isn't only restricted to girls.} Miss Martian answered with a bit of a questioning tone at the last part of her statement.

{Sister is just for girls so don't worry, Miss M.} Robin assured her.

{What about the woman?} Aqualad asked while glancing at the bespectacled older woman.

{Her mind was well protected and all I could get was some passages from textbook on psychology. But I was able to gather a bit of information of her from the kids.} she had to repress a shudder after seeing their minds.

{She was the one who took them away from their family and did… things to them.}

{What things?} asked Superboy, a simple question with laces of anger in them.

{All they can remember were needles and scalpels before they were given severe mental conditioning so it was kind of disorienting. There's also something about a guy named Mr. Bubbles.}

{Mr. Bubbles?} chorused the rest of the team.

{Mr. Bubbles along with his daughter were the ones who saved them.}

She then sent them a mental image of said Mr. Bubbles and his daughter. He was a giant of a man and wore an old-fashioned diving suit similar to the suit that his daughter wore except it wasn't made from spare parts. He had a bloody drill where his right hand should be and flames were pouring out from the fingertips of his left. His daughter was crouched beside him, poised to strike like a predator. She looked exactly like the one before them. Both of their portholes glowed an eerie yellow light. This memory was a source of comfort for the little girls but it was a slightly disturbing image for the team. It was pretty hard to believe that these guys had saved these girls instead of eating them up or something. This goes to show that you don't judge a book by its cover.

{Yikes, that's her dad. I'm glad we didn't have to face him.} Kid Flash voiced his thoughts on the memory.

"His hand was on fire. It must run in the family." Robin thought privately to himself.

{The explosion happened because Sofia Lamb tried to stop them from escaping with bombs. Mr. Bubbles was also killed because of it, which explains on why he's not here with them.} the Martian continued.

{Wait, where's Black Manta?} Aqualad realized and turned to check if the man was still where they left him. He wasn't.

{He must have gotten away while we were still distracted with Miss Bubbles.} concluded the Boy Wonder. He smirked and almost laughed at the name despite being nearly burned alive by "Miss Bubbles".

{Oh yeah! I almost forgot about her.} spoke Miss Martian. She then flew to the armored girl and held out a hand to her. Reluctantly, she took the offered hand (everyone else tensed up at this point since they feared for the safety of their friend) and allowed the Martian to help her up.

{I will contact the Justice League now. This is something that we can not just report on.} declared Aqualad.

"Aqualad to the Justice League, we have successfully located the vessel."

[This is Batman; have you found anything that will tell us about the incident?] the emotionless voice of the Dark Knight responded.

"Yes, we have and also a case long thought to be buried."

A pause.

[Explain.]

"We have found some of the girls that disappeared in the past year and possible information on where the rest are."

[…]

"A woman by the name of Dr. Sofia Lamb was responsible for taking them and is currently in our custody. "

[…Understood. I'm sending you the coordinates for the rendezvous point. I want to have a talk with her.]

Everyone shuddered at the thought of Batman having a talk with her and didn't envy the woman. If it wasn't for what Miss Martian told them about her, they would have felt sorry for her. SuperBoy was practically ready to break the woman in half but he restrained himself.

"Alright, I think it is time for you explain your side of the story to us." Aqualad shut off his communicator and focused his gaze on the girl in the diving suit, as did everyone else.

Slowly and deliberately, she removed the damaged helmet. The sound of escaping pressurized air hitting their ears. Not knowing what to expect, they were very surprised to see a pale yet attractive girl with blue eyes and short black hair. She looked like a younger version of Sofia Lamb except with black hair.

"I believe introductions are in order before I tell you," the young Sofia Lamb look-alike calmly stated in British accent as if she didn't try to kill them earlier in her, "My name is Eleanor Lamb and my story is going to be quite long."

"Whoa, she's cute." the speedster whispered that only his friends could hear.

Superboy couldn't help but agree to what he said even though his bluntness was annoying. She had this soft innocent face that would look a lot better if she smiled. Her blue eyes seem to see deep into your very soul. Her raven hair also curled at the ends and reflected the sunlight giving her an angelic appearance. He would never have guessed that she would look like this under the helmet.

"Damn hormones." He shook his head and nearly missing what the girl said.

"I beg your pardon?" she asked as she was taken aback and was blushing a bit.

Kid Flash was surprised that she heard what he said and started sputtering an excuse. He was also distracted because her blushing made her even cuter.

"Sorry, my friend here can't help himself every time he sees a cute girl." Robin interrupted the speedster's stammering and apologized to said cute girl. That statement caused her blush to deepen.

"D-do you want to know what happened or not?" stammered the now flustered girl, reminding them what they needed to know.

"Yes, please tell us what happened." Aqualad nodded.

She quickly composed herself and took a deep breath.

"Okay, it all started when a man named Andrew Ryan had a dream..."

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Elsewhere

Black Manta was not happy. His armor and ship had received heavy damages. It barely held together when he returned to larger ship he had. He was fortunate enough to even escape the battle with his life. It also hurt his pride that he was saved by the Justice League's brats.

A lone metahuman had taken on him and his entire squadron of men. He haven't even heard of this particular metahuman. She could probably give Superman a run for his money. Someone with this power and skill can't be completely undetected though. Sooner or later, he will find out more on her and exact his revenge.

It was possibly that his employers had some information on this. So he was going to demand answers. If they refused to give it to him, then the League will be the least of their worries.

He contacted the Light once a link was established. White blurry silhouette filled up the five screens.

"What is it Black Manta? Has the plan to invade Atlantis been set back?" asked one of the head.

"No, everything is going smoothly."

"So what's the reason for this call, you got lonely or something?" asked another head with mockery in his tone.

"My men and I went to investigate an anomaly that appeared at these coordinates."

"I heard of this anomaly. It was quite a shock but you could have used this opportunity to invade Atlantis."

"Aquaman was still nearby the city and the plan required that he should be in the surface world or somewhere equally far away from the city. I went to investigate if it would disrupt the plan, which it won't but it was enlightening." he smoothly defended.

"So what did you find on your investigation?"

"A new metahuman with powers that rival even Superman's."

"Were you able to apprehend him?"

"Her. I was unable to apprehend her."

"She defeated me and my men. We wouldn't even be having this conversation if the brats of the League didn't intervene."

"Intriguing. You said you found her at these coordinates?"

"Yes, do you know anything about this?"

"Yes. Yes, I do. One of the founding members of the Light disappeared several decades ago. He was quite the ambitious one and he was one of the reasons why we're so successful till today. He found the governments of the world to be incompetent baboons so he decided that he should be no part of it. We lost track of him somewhere around these same coordinates." reminisced the screen in the center.

"What was his name?"

"His name was Andrew Ryan."