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Tim POV
"I thought you said this was your place? This is the old Justice League HQ." Arsenal asked with a scowl.
"It is my place, I've been here for 3 months and nobody has noticed me being here." I said with a grin.
"How? I know I don't know much about the League, but wouldn't they look into their old HQ from time to time?" Superboy asked.
"Yeah, but only through reports they get from the computer. Guess it's a good thing I hacked it, right?" I asked, fist bumping Bart.
"That's great and all, but where do we go now? Cadmus is probably looking for us now." Roy said, looking around the mountain.
"The Justice League built rooms into the mountain. It might take a while to clean out the rooms, but you and Superboy can stay here without worrying about Cadmus. The fridge is stocked with food, and as long as Impulse stays out of it, you should be good for a week until you have to get more food." I said, gesturing to hallway that led to the rooms and fridge.
"Thanks." Superboy said, looking down at the ground. I frowned, remembering my first night at the Manor. For me, it was difficult and awkward the first night. Everything changing in one day wasn't easy, that I knew. But Superboy and Roy's situation was different from mine. I didn't know if they were going to stay or not.
"Welcome, but we need to go. It's past midnight, and if the Justice League starts wondering where we are and finds us, this whole team idea is screwed." Arsenal said, making the rest of us nod.
We all started walking towards the room with the zeta tubes, and I stopped at the hallway leading towards it. "I hope you guys like it here. I'll try to come by tomorrow with everyone else, but with my dad… I can't exactly promise anything." I said, giving them a small smile.
Roy and Superboy looked at each other, obviously not sure if they even wanted to stay. In fact, if Cadmus might not be looking for them, I'm sure they probably would have left. "Listen, we're not expecting you guys to get used to this place all at once. Just try to settle in, and if you guys still want to leave after thinking this through, than you can. But at least give us a shot." I said to them before following the others to the zeta beams.
When I walked into the zeta beam room, Impulse and Blue Beetle were gone, and Arsenal was typing in the coördinates for Star. "So, are you okay with this whole clone thing?" I asked as his fingers pressed the buttons harder in anger.
"No. I feel like someone just took advantage of me, like they just took a part of me and used it without me even knowing." Arsenal said, scowling.
I bit my lip, stopping myself from telling him that's exactly what happened. "At least he doesn't look exactly like you, right? Besides, it's not like he's bad or anything." I said, standing next to him.
"I know, and it's not him I'm mad at. It's Luther. Ever since I got taken by him, he's given me more and more reason to regret not killing him." Arsenal said, jabbing the last button on the panel and walking towards the zeta tube.
"Well, he's a villain, they're not exactly known for being nice. Besides, maybe with this new team thing, we can get revenge on Luther. I'm pretty sure he'll do something illegal sooner or later we can throw him in jail for." I said with a grin.
"Sounds like a beautiful dream. See you tomorrow, Red, good luck with your family. Your going to need it." Roy said with a smirk before teleporting.
I got into the zeta beam, frowning as my wings shifted uncomfortably in my shirt. "I can't wait to get this stupid shirt off." I muttered as I was teleported towards Gotham.
I looked around as I stepped out of the zeta tube. Usually someone was here for patrol at this time of night, but nobody was here. Where were they? "Maybe they're at the Cave." I muttered, running full speed towards the Cave.
"Timmy!" I heard someone yell as I slowed down to a stop in the cave, then felt myself get glomptackled to the ground.
I landed on the ground hard, my breath being squeezed out of me as arms circled around me and my wings yelled at me in pain. "Where were you?" Dick asked, his voice loud in my ear.
"Dick, get off of me." I muttered, pushing at his chest.
Shoving him didn't help much though, not since he was stronger than me. And heavier. "No, you ran off. We thought you had been hurt, or ran away from home. Where were you, anyway?" Dick said, squeezing me tighter as his voice turned overprotective.
"I'll tell you after you let me go. I can't talk if I can't breathe." I said, struggling to move his arm from my around me.
Dick rolled his eyes, but let me go. "Come on, you can tell me upstairs. I'll text the others to leave Star." Dick said, pulling out his phone started texting as he walked up stairs.
"Why are they in Star?" I asked with a frown as I took off my shirt to stretch my wings. I groaned, stretching them out to their full length that I couldn't before when they were cramped inside my shirt.
"They went looking for you. After Dad told us you left with Blue, Impulse, and Arsenal, we weren't sure where you were. We checked all the other's houses and all of Gotham, but couldn't find you. Green Arrow called and said that Arsenal came home, so they went there to see if Arsenal knew where you were. I stayed back just in case you came back. Why did you run off? Dad didn't say why. And watch out for your wings" Dick asked as he opened the door to the exit of the cave.
"Of course he didn't." I muttered darkly, glaring at the ground.
Dick sighed, like he knew this was going to happen but didn't want to deal with it. "We figured you would have a fight with Dad sooner or later. But what happened that would cause Blue Beetle, Impulse, and Arsenal to leave too?" Dick asked, frowning.
"They lied to us is what happened. Dad said the first step to joining the League was to get a tour of the HQ, the real HQ. Instead, they took us to the one HQ that even the tourists get to visit." I said, my face turning red for anger.
Dick looked at me guilty, like…. Like he knew about it. "What's with that look on your face? Why do you look like you knew about this?" I asked, narrowing my eyes at him.
Dick bit his lip, his fangs shining in the light. "Because… I kind of did know. Listen Tim, you weren't supposed to know about the other HQ because-"
"Because what?" I asked, standing in front of him with my arms crossed.
"Because, me and Dad agreed… you weren't ready to be in the League." Dick said, wincing as my face turning even redder from anger.
"Who were you to decide that? And if you guys didn't think we were ready for the League, why did you have to lie to us? Why couldn't you just say it to my face?" I asked, glaring at him.
"By the time we talked about you not being in the League, you and Dad already made a deal to see the HQ. And technically speaking, you did." Dick said, making my anger reach Jason's levels.
My hands fisted at my sides, my wings flapping in anger as I glared at Dick. "How could you, Dick? How could you?" I asked, glaring at him one last time before walking away.
It wasn't the best thing to say to him, I knew that. But, right now, it was all I could think, all I could say without exploding into a fit full of questions. How could they lie to me? How could they tell me something like this, rise my hopes, while knowing they would just crush them in the end? How could they do this to me, and still say they loved me?
"Tim, please try to understand where me and Dad are coming fro-"
"No! Go to hell Dick." I said, walking into my room and slamming the door in his face when he tried to come in.
I sat down, leaning against the door so Dick couldn't come in. "I thought they cared." I whispered, pulling my legs up to my chest as my wings curled around me.
Tim POV (Tomorrow)
"I see you kept your promise on coming here." Superboy said as I walked in.
"Why are you here so early?" Roy asked while he was drinking a soda.
"I had to sneak out of the house before my dad found out. Since my dad's Batman, that's not very easy at normal times. How are you guys liking this place, anyways?" I asked, sitting on the counter of the kitchen.
"It's okay. Not sure about this whole 'team' thing." Superboy said, obviously double thinking the team.
"That's fine, because apparently Jaime had other thoughts about the team, too." Bart said, running into the mountain with a frown.
"What do you mean? Blue didn't say a thing about the team last night." I asked, frowning with him.
"I visited him before coming here after Grandma Iris lectured me about leaving without Grandpa Barry knowing. He said… he said he wasn't apart of this." Bart said, his frown turning into a pout.
"Why would he say that? He's more apart of this than us, and we're actually thinking about being apart of it." Roy asked confused, and I had to admit, so was I.
"He said that he feels like he's been riding on our backs ever since he became a hero. Jaime said…. He said he wanted to try to figure out this whole hero thing on his own." Bart said, his pout deepening.
I bit my lip, careful not to show my fangs. I knew something was wrong when Jaime didn't talk a lot after we got out of Cadmus, but I didn't think he would do anything like this. I didn't think he would ditch us.
"Well, that's a great start for the team." Arsenal grumbled as he walked in.
"You guys sound like your giving up. Are you going to stop all this just because one guy quits?" Roy asked, looking at all of us with his eyes narrowed.
Me and Bart looked up at Roy, confused and shocked. Arsenal just looked suspicious, which was stupid considering Roy was his own clone. "… Does that mean your thinking about forming the team?" I asked after a moment of shocked silence.
"Me and Superboy were talking about it last night. We looked over the video of the fight you had with the Justice League from a video on YouTube before it got taken off, probably by the League. Since the genomorphs taught us to read lips, we saw exactly what everyone said. The League knew about Cadmus things, but… they didn't do anything about it. And if they lie to their own sidekicks, obviously, they aren't the people we want to be with. But…."
"We don't want to be the weapons Cadmus made us to be." Superboy said, finishing for Roy.
I looked at Bart and Arsenal, a smile spreading on all of our faces. Arsenal's was more like a smirk, but not the point."Sounds good to me. Obviously, we'll need new names." Bart said, grinning so much it hurt to just look at him smile.
"That's not all. We'll need new costumes, and while you guys might have powers, making the gadgets and things for me and Roy to work will be hard." I said with a frown.
"And while we all know you like to make things complicated, let's just start with a name, okay?" Arsenal said, rolling his eyes.
"Fine, asshole. Anyone have an idea for a new name?" I asked, glaring at him.
Not so surprisingly, Bart was the first to answer. "Yeah, I have an idea for mine." Bart said, vibrating from excitement.
"Sooo…. What is it?" Roy asked.
"Blitz. It's catchy, one word. Perfect!" Bart said, his smile some how growing.
"Well, at least it matches your personality. Anyone else?" Superboy asked.
I looked down at my shoes, trying to think up a name. Sadly, I couldn't. And it was all Dad and Dick's fault.
Since my fight with Dick last night, I was angry at him and Dad. I mean, they lied to me, and they didn't even think to make a good enough excuse to tell me when I found out.
I sighed, kicking my legs dangling from the counter. Then I remembered something Dick did when I was 11.
Like my dad's alias Matches, Dick made an alias named Red X. He made the alias so he could get into the black market. It worked, in fact, it worked so well, that he stopped using it. He said that he attracted the wrong attention, that it carried some bad memories that he never wanted to remember. So, he put away the suit, and all the bad memories he made with it. But he still kept the suit. "I got an idea for my name." I said with a smirk.
"What? And it better be good because your smirk is freaking me out." Bart said, looking at me with concern.
"I was thinking about the name Red X." I said, everyone looking at me confused.
"At least we don't have to stop calling you red then. Anyone else got ideas?" Arsenal asked.
The next person to speak up surprised us all. "What about Red Arrow?" Roy asked, Arsenal growling at even the mere thought.
"Why Red Arrow?" I asked as me and Bart grabbed Arsenal by the shoulders, holding him back from killing his clone as he muttered curses under his breath.
"I thought it piss off Green Arrow." Roy said, smirking when Arsenal stop his cursing and froze.
"Well, as long as it pisses off Green Arrow." Arsenal said, calming down.
"Okay, we have 3 out of 5 names. If you guys can't come up with anything, how about we think up something for you guys?" Bart asked when Arsenal and Superboy didn't suggest anything.
"As long as it's not anything stupid." Superboy and Arsenal muttered together.
Everything faded to silence as we all tried to think up a name for the two left who didn't have one.
Maybe I could get a name from what I know about them. I thought back to Arsenal, trying to think about some part of him that I could put in a hero name. "What about… Avenger for Roy?" I asked, everyone looking at me slightly confused.
"Why the hell would I want to be called Avenger?" Arsenal asked with a raised eyebrow.
"For one, everyone who knows you would know you would hate the name. Two, you did avenge your arm." I said, pointing to his mechanical arm.
"That… actually makes sense." Bart said, impressed.
"Of course it does, it's me who named him. Now, it's just Superboy. And I don't think you want to go by Superboy, right?" I asked the meta.
"No. And I've been thinking of my own name but… never mind, it's stupid." Superboy said, shaking his head.
"Really? He's calling himself 'Avenger'. How much stupider can it get?" Red Arrow asked, pointing at Roy.
"Asshole." Roy muttered.
"Well… I was thinking about Rampage." Superboy said.
I thought back to when we were getting out of Cadmus. "That could work. You did seem pretty mad when we were getting out of Cadmus." I said, smiling back at the memory of him beating up genomorphs.
"Great, now, let's make breakfast! Grandma Iris was talking so much I didn't get to have seconds before I left." Bart said, running to the fridge.
"Is he always like that?" Arrow and Rampage asked as he raided the fridge.
"Sadly, yes." Me and Roy said with a sigh.
So, what do you guys think? Review! Also, thank you booklover1598 for the name for Arsenal and Superboy. And for the other names I was given, I promise I'm still planning on using a few of them, maybe not for the exact person they were given for, but I am using them.