An Apprentice's Future

By: Malaizjan Dejesus & Reina Grayson

Author's Note: This is the climatic installment of the Batman Beyond Saga. Everything is coming together and this is the crossover fic. If you're a fan of either this series or Young Justice, than you will enjoy this! I am going to list the theme songs to various DC tv series and most of the theme songs can be found on Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary, which is available now, and the YJ Theme song is on its own album titled: Young Justice, which is also available. So if you don't have them, I suggest you go and buy them both!

Also, I had lots of help with this story. Reina Grayson deserves half the credit in getting 80% of this fic done. I know, 2 chapters in one day!? Well, Reina and I wrote most of this out weeks ago, when I had blocks. So now this is coming out in spurts. Also, this chapter has some cussing. Just a warning.

Chapter 10

Music Playing: Young Justice Theme Song

In the Future…

Mathen kicked in one bot's head, severing it from the body. One managed to grab his arm and fling him into a wall.

Orin kept the bots at bay with his water bearers, standing before the aged Bruce Wayne, keeping him safe.

Kevin used his heat vision to push the bots back as Siren sounded off. The four heroes were outnumbered and sporting minor injuries. But they refused to give up. They would not let themselves get captured. And they had to find the kids too.

Deathstroke/Ian waited in the shadows. Seeing the girl right reminded him of Black Canary. The fight style was nearly identical. But when she whipped out a bow and slammed an end into a bot, smacking it back before it exploded due to a Wing Ding., he knew who she was. Another archer…

Orin knew he wasn't going to be able to protect the original Batman too much long. "Mr. Wayne, go now. Hide."

Bruce used a cane to smack back a bot before getting himself away. He didn't want to but the teens were going to lose. And he needed a place to hide and try to help everyone. But the 2nd monitor room was overrun. Mathen was just as good as his father, thinking fast on his feet and he got them out.

Orin then got punched in the jaw.

Kevin saw that and switched to Martian Mode. He telekinetically lifted all the Slade Bots and tossed them all clear across the observation deck. He then fell to his knees, having strained himself.

Deathstroke/Ian was ready to fire his gun at Nightwing II.

The bots were getting back up and making their way to the group.

"We are so screwed," Mathen said.

"We keep fighting," Kevin said.

Mathen was about to say something more but he was thrown back, hit in the side. He went down.

Siren pulled an arrow from the borrowed quiver and fired.

It missed Deathstroke/Ian, but barely. He came out of the shadows, gun aimed at her.

Eolus slammed into him from behind, launching him forward to the floor, his gun knocked from his hand.

Komos went to the group as Deathstroke/Slade got up.

The temperature dropped.

"That was my brother." Rave came via black void, eyes red with anger.

"I still have a contract to finish," he said.

"Looks like Morgan will want her payment back..." Rave said as she used her water magic to get Slade away from her family.

The sprinklers water formed a wall keeping them from the group.

Deathstroke/Ian turned to face her. "I will make sure YOU die this time, brat."

"I dare you," she said, throwing bird-a-rangs at him.

He dodged them, running at her with a series of kicks and punches, which were blocked and countered.

Eolus punched the floor in front of him as he landed in front of the group. The shockwave blew up the first 20 already damaged bots. "Let's go, tin cans. I'm in a BAD mood!" He then rushed to attack the bots.

Mathen held his stomach as he got up. Blood seeped through his fingers. "Siren...take the others and go. Meet up with the others."

"No way," said Orin. "We fight together. We STAY together."

"Siren, you and Komos go. Aqualad & I will stay," said SBP.

"NO! I'm not leaving you all!" Olivia cried.

"Go." Mathen said as he had time to grab Olivia and kiss her.

Rave punched Deathstroke/Ian back. "All of you, just GO! I got this!" She turned back and got kicked in the jaw, staggering back.

Olivia pulled back from the kiss, tears in her eyes. "I won't go." She then turned and took a breath before letting out the most powerful cry she could muster.

The bots were breaking apart, most of them having exposed parts and wiring as Komos and SBP took advantage and began punching.

"You will all fall, Rave. You should have just hid as you did when we invaded." Deathstroke/Ian picked her up by the front of her costume and head-butted her. "I will enjoy making you suffer the most."

Siren needed to save Rave, but she couldn't do the Canary Cry again, so she fell back to her own unique power. The young daughter to Black Canary started to sing. As the team realized what was going on, they all covered their ears. The beautiful song hypnotized Deathstroke and he released Rave.

Siren stopped singing and returned to fighting off the Slade Bots. "Rave, you going to be okay?"

"Yea, but your song won't work for long on him...GET OUT OF HERE." Rave answered.

"No sis... I'm staying," Mathen told his sister.

"You're hurt...GO." Rave saw movement behind her and she got blasted off the platform she was on. She started to fall but stopped her fall by flying.

Luthor had arrived.

The cloned villain took aim at SBP next and fired.

Aqualad ran to catch the blast. He did and fell back with a grunt.

SBP roared in angry rage, just like his dad use to do and fired his freezing breath at Luthor. It froze the villain's hands to his weapon, which was now useless.

The Slade Bots got to Kevin and he fought them as hard as he could.

Wing Dings hit the four on Kevin's back and the bots exploded freeing Kevin.

Rave pushed Luthor back into the hall, and he was thrown hard into the farthest wall, knocking him out.

Deathstroke/Ian kicked her in the back, throwing her forward. He then activated a remote he kept in his belt.

As she got up slowly, he caught her in a headlock, a knife in his hand. He stabbed her in the shoulder first. "You're going to die at my hands again, just like you fear. Then I'm killing off that boy you hang around with." A second stab got her hand as she tried to pry his arm from her throat.

His mouth was by her ear. "I know who he is really." As she fought to free herself, he stabbed her 2 more times. He chuckled; its sound shaking her to her darkened soul. "He's Red Arrow's son."

Rave's struggle became fierce as she heard those words leave his mouth.

"After the boy, Red Bird's next. I've had it with your family, Meygan, and during this invasion, the Greyson line WILL end."

"NOOO!" With all her might, her dark powers flared up in emotional rage, throwing him off the platform completely. She panted hard, tears in her eyes. She started throwing dark energy blasts at the Slade Bots below, her powers no longer leashed. She started to glow as her rage got worse.

Then suddenly, explosions rocked the lower half of the observation deck, the upper half collapsing on everyone below.

Kevin got up a TK shield just as debris fell on the group below.

Meygan saw it and she put a leash on her powers, on Mona, her eyes tearing, praying that she didn't just kill the remaining members of the team.

At the Time Portal Machine, Syfon powered it up. "Go now," he urged. "I can't block their sensors forever."

Vincent took the lead, guiding himself and KF through first. Then the others followed, Molly and Luna supporting Andrew as blood poured from his nearly torn apart wings and Areina carrying young Wesley Kent.

As soon as Terry stepped through, being the last one, Billy Foley closed it down.

Back at the collapsed Observation Deck...

Meygan was frantic in her digging, trying to get to her buried teammates. The blood from her stabbed hand made it hard but she kept going.

"Forget us; save as many of the others as you can." Kevin mentally told his mate

What Kevin had not seen was that Komos had protected Siren as they got separated from the others.

"I will not leave you here!" she yelled back mentally.

Komos and Siren got up to help Meygan as she cried with each slab of debris she threw back.

Mona even separated from Meygan to watch their backs as the last of the Slade bots that survived the explosion were coming for them.

"Sis, you have to get the others out of here. Don't worry about us." Mathen said through Kevin's mind link.

"I won't leave you three here! The others are with Billy. He's getting them to safety."

"I can feel your pain, my princess. We'll be alright, but you have to get out of here and recover your strength."

Meygan then pushed up a giant slab of the upper deck and found the three.

But the three were seriously injured. Orin had an iron rod through his shoulder. Mathen was bleeding out as he crawled to his knees. Kevin was holding up his TK shield but was strained.

"Mathen!" Olivia ran to him as Kevin dropped the shield, unable to hold it up anymore.

Meygan slowly moved the slab of debris out of the way, but her grip was weakening.

Eolus helped her finish moving it. Then he joined Mona in stopping the remaining bots.

"Sis, take Siren and Komos and meet up with Billy. Only you can protect them. Only you can lead them."

Tears were forming in the 'fearless' Rave's eyes. She didn't want to leave them behind, but Mathen was right. "No," she whispered.

"Mathen, I'm not leaving," Siren told Nightwing II.

"Hey, make up your minds! We got incoming!" Mona yelled her warning.

"Liv...in the short time we've met, I fell in love with you. Go with Meygan. You'll be safe with her. I love you enough to want you safe." He then pulled her head down for a passionate kiss.

Olivia returned it.

"Meygan...tell Areina... that I...love her. Keep her safe," Orin said mentally through Kevin's link.

Kevin got to his feet, shaking. "Go, my princess. I got this."

Komos pulled Siren away from Mathen as Mona grabbed her hand, making a break for it.

"Meygan...the team...is...yours..." Mathen then fainted.

Komos grabbed Meygan and flew away as the Slade bots got to them.

The doors closed behind them as they got through.

"Go, go, GO!" Komos screamed as the four headed for Billy and the others.

Billy Folley kept an eye on his digital map. The blue blips were the adult heroes still free, which were only 4. The rest were clustered in the detention cells. The red ones were villains, most were at the detention cells. Gray ones were Slade Bots and they were swarming the whole station. It was going to be matter of time before they found him. Green blips were his teammates and two small groups were separated from the observation deck. A group of 3 remained in the deck area. Three were on their way to him.

He saw that some green blips were also in the detention cells. He wanted to go after them but he needed to guard the Time Portal Machine. And he was the only one who knew how to use it.

Then there was a lone green blip, heading his way… He pulled up the map and realized that the blip was in the ventilation shaft. Heading to him. Billy left the room-

Only to get run into by Siren. The two collided and fell to the floor. Both shook their heads. Bill got up first. "Olivia!" Then he saw Komos and Rave running to them, Rave holding her side as Slade Bots were coming after them. "Quick, go inside!"

Olivia didn't argue as Billy took out a few zap caps, a new kind he had been working on. Syfon tossed them at the bots behind the two running heroes and those exploded on contact, Billy running to meet them.

Rave almost collapsed but Billy caught her and led her to the Time Portal room. Komos was right behind them.

"Komos, take her now. She's losing blood fast!" Syfon jammed the door as soon as they got in. They would keep the Slade Bots out but not for long. Those bots pounded on the doors.

"No..." Meygan struggled to stay on her feet. The wound in her side bled without stopping. Her ribs were broken, her left eye nearly swollen shut. "I have to go back. Half the team is still here."

"We need to go now," Komos said with worry as the doors were bending to the will of the Slade Bots.

"Go; take her now! We still need one of our leaders. I'll be right behind you both!" Billy stood before the doors, zap caps at the ready.

Eolus Sandsmark took one last look at Billy then nodded as he hauled Meygan over his shoulder and went through the time portal.

Billy threw a zap cap, blowing up the device that made the time portal. Then rest of the team was safe.

The doors blew off.

In the past...

Eolus & Meygan came through the portal, Meygan being set onto her feet. The portal then sealed itself shut.

"No! Billy!" Meygan cried. Syfon had sacrificed himself for the team. Half the team was in the past. The other half, the stronger half, was captured in the future.

Vincent was bandaging Areina's elbow as Molly worked on healing Luna of the Kryptonite she was exposed to. Terry walked with a slight limp; a twisted ankle at the most. Siren kept Andrew calm, for his wings had been nearly ripped off of his back.

The Justice League were helping the injured kids, the Green Lanterns lifting the semi-conscious Airhawk onto a stretcher and rushed him off to the Infirmary. The Hawks were right behind them, for it was their physiology that would help heal the young child.

Areina noticed that not only did the portal close but only Meygan & Eolus stood there. Well, Meygan was trying to. "Where are the others?" the second generation fire controller asked.

"We tried to get to them. But the ceiling collapse on us." Eolus looked at Areina. "Rave tried to dig through but Slade Bots were rushing us. We had to go."

Areina was too stunned to say anymore, but those that had arrived from the future felt the room heating up.

"I didn't...want to leave them...behind..." Meygan said sadly.

"It's ok. We're safe." Brian said

"You don't get it; all the powerhouses are trapped in Watchtower with the LOD." Areina was angry and didn't let any inhibitors stop her anger from showing.

"Not all of them! Rave and I are still here!" Eolus cried.

"I'm sorry, Areina." Meygan looked ready to collapse.

"You're not part of the original team Eolus. To be honest, the way you act sometimes; I wish you could have been caught instead of Orin and Mathen."

"You think I WANTED them captured!?" Meygan cried, her pain forgotten. Her eyes went red. "We gave it everything we had!"

"And I resent that, Red Bird! I may not be part of the original team, but neither are you! Meygan is! Vincent is! Brian is!" He paused. "Hey Kid Flash. Welcome back."

"You want a piece of me, fine, right here right now."

Eolus was ready to rumble but Meygan stopped him. "No. Billy sacrificed himself to get us to the past. And Komos is a demi god. He's a jerk but he's a power house." Meygan said; trying to be calm.

Reiena was taken aback by her daughter's anger, but she knew that she was upset. The first generation fire controller had heard that Orin and Areina were engaged, and she was just upset that Orin was captured, but to take it out on her demon possessed cousin, this wasn't going to be good. Dick was shocked at how this was going down, but Batman was unmoving. Roy knew he had a temper, but to be honest, he also saw some of Reiena's anger in his daughter.

"You beat the crap out of Komos, NOW you're defending him!?" Areina cried.

"No. I'm just stating the facts. We're going back, but after we are all healed up."

Areina wasn't too injured, but she couldn't believe what Meygan was doing. "You're CO-LEADER and you want to WAIT till we're better." that was the last straw as Areina threw a fireball at Meygan.

Meygan threw a dark shield up, blocking it as Eolus got out of the way. The temp around Meygan dropped. "Areina, calm down! I don't want to do this with you. You aren't really injured but I will injure you if I must! As Co-Leader, I need this team to be strong because we're going back. I didn't want to leave my BROTHER behind. He told me to go."

At that point, Terry moved to grab Areina and get her to realize what she was doing, but Eolus was fast and got her into a headlock and she couldn't get away, not even by heating the air around her to try and burn him off.

"AREINA GREYSON, you stop this right now!" Reiena shouted to her future daughter.

That got everyone to look at Reiena. She didn't just admit...she was Areina's mom!?

"Keep trying to burn me; I'm half Amazon, remember?"

"I don't care, I'll burn you somehow!" Areina said, still fighting the demi god.

Reiena knew that she had to stop this, so she tried something that couldn't be tried on anyone else but another fire controller. She walked over to Eolus and her daughter and placed her hand on the girl's chest. Soon enough, Areina was weakened and stopped fighting Eolus' grip

Meygan dropped her shield and she coughed, blood showing up on her lips as she dropped to her knees.

"Wha...what did you do?" Areina asked.

"I lowered your body temperature enough so you'll calm down."

Terry recognized it from when he and Areina went to find Drow's mother. "So Areina's not the first one to be able to use that."

"Um, I could've handled it, Flamebird….but thanks." Komos had to be honest; of Areina got any hotter, she would have hurt him. But no one knew that but him.

"No, I did have to do it and you're welcome... Uh..."

"Komos."

Vincent ran to Meygan's side. "Meyg? Mona?"

"We're fine." She fought her way to her feet, only to fall again.

"Please Meygan, get some rest, you NEED to heal." Vincent remarked

"Mey Mey!" Molly and Luna, despite their minor injuries, were at her side.

"We're fine, little brother."

"Bullshit," Vincent told her.

"Damn it, do ALL you Greysons have to be so stubborn?"

"Well, Siren, it's something I'm getting used to," Terry told the blonde.

"Please, Mey Mey?" Molly said, staring with her pout. "Go to sleep. I'll take care of everyone."

Meygan chuckled. She then leaned into Vincent and closed her eyes. Seconds later, she glowed.

"Guess I taught you guys that old standby huh?" Dick asked, knowing that only a Greyson could pull of that look.

Molly stood up and marched over to Areina. "Yes, Daddy," she said so sweetly. To Areina, she glared. "You're such a meanie! Mey Mey works harder than any of us, even disappearing with Vincent for days at a time! And all you can do is yell at and fight my big sister! I know you love Orin, but she loves Kevin. She didn't leave them behind on purpose!"

Areina finally let her anger subside, and after Eolus released her, the second generation fire controller fell to her knees crying. "I'm sorry guys."

"It's ok. But don't do it again." Molly then hugged Areina. "Mey Mey fixes everything, Areina. You'll see."

"Really?" Eolus said. "She's not going to right now."

"You're a jerk, Komos! I'm gonna beat you silly!" Molly threatened.

Areina felt happy now, but it was a sad happy. Molly was right, Meygan didn't leave Orin and the others behind on purpose, but being about 30 years away from her fiancée was killing her.

Luna picked up on it. "It's killing him too, Areina. But he knows you're safe," the 11 year old told her.

Everyone looked at Luna.

"I'm part Martian. I'm hearing Orin's thoughts. I never severed the link up." Luna then allowed her green Martian skin to show.

"Then...you can hear them? Are they okay!?" Brian asked.

"Hurt but ok," Luna answered.

"Thanks Luna. After seeing him in pain in Atlantis, and knowing what Manta was going to do to him, I..." Areina stated, then stopped.

Brian still held little Wes in his arms.

"Then let's go back," Siren declared.

"We can't, not without Meygan," Eolus reminded her.

"Batman can lead us," she said anxiously. She wanted Mathen back too.

"No way," Terry said. "I'm no leader."

Vincent kept rubbing his Legionnaire's ring. Areina was heading toward him and he saw it. "Sis don't…I'm calling in a favor. They owe me and Meygan 6 more."

"Calling in what!? Vin?" Brian asked.

"You're going to ask them to help take back Watchtower," Superman assumed.

"You are reckless! You're doing things that...I forbid you to do anything else for this Legion!" Areina cried. "Don't call them!"

"Even if it helps us save the others AND take back watchtower!" Vincent argued back.

"Yes."

"Sorry sis. History says we do this for years to come." He didn't want to reveal what he knew about himself and Meygan.

"I'm older so I say no!" Areina said, and that's when everyone noticed that her eyes were pure black.

Vincent was ready with his bow as he recognized that look in her eyes. He loaded it and had it aimed at his sister, hoping he wouldn't have to shoot.

"Areina." Reiena started... and that's when her future daughter's eyes went back to their jade green color.

Vincent saw the change in her eyes as well and thus he relaxed the bow string.

"After the dream I had; I won't lose anyone else."

"I'm protected, Areina, invulnerable. That's why I don't have a scratch on me. You can't lose me."

Areina was skeptical. "You're not immortal though."

"Of course not! Part of my bond with Meygan is that she takes my injuries as her own."

"So are all those injuries she has yours?" Dick asked.

"The minor ones."

Areina didn't want anyone to know about the dream but Orin, but she had to tell her little brother. "Manta killed everyone, well 11 of us while we were at a beach party...including you. The dream was so bad that I burned Uncle Kaldur's guest room. I've lost so much, and I just can't lose anyone else." Tears formed in the second generation fire controller's eyes.

"I understand sis. I honestly do."

"Wait. So when Meygan and Mona were affected by the Fear Toxin, you felt it?" Terry said. "You know what scared Meygan half to death."

"Vincent, we know what scared Mona, but you also saw ALL of it. I've only read about that stuff from Grandpa's files, but having it in my body was WAY worse."

"It's nothing," he said. He was uncomfortable with this topic.

"She broke my eye socket with one kick." Terry folded his arms. He pulled off his face mask to show that it was still in the early healing stages.

Captain Marvel and several others whistled at the sight.

"I have a pretty good idea of what it was. It was something Jason said to us. She was killed again wasn't she?"

Vincent closed his eyes tightly. He knew his bond sister's fear. He didn't want to ever think she could die again.

"Wait….. again?" Dick asked. What were they talking about, again!?

Areina knew after what happened before when she revealed she knew that Meygan was with Jason that she had to watch what she said, but this was the second time she slipped up.

"Um..." Areina said.

"Um..." Vincent mimicked his sister.

"Don't say anymore. I believe that whatever did happen was meant to." Batman said, not showing any emotion but he WAS happy that Meygan had saved Wally.

"I want to know; isn't she immortal?" Terry asked.

"As long as Mona is with her. Which means if we're going to get Watchtower back this time, it's going to take more than her and I to do it. We NEED to be a team. Heal up. Then hit those fucking bastards with everything we got."

Reiena couldn't believe it. Her brother loses a child.

"Grandpa's right; all of us kids being here has probably changed the future enough." Areina said; knowing that Bruce was right in saying what he did. "Without Meygan, Uncle Wally wouldn't be here, but the Legion of Doom has the upper hand right now."

"We need Meygan. She and I can plan together. We defended Watchtower before; alone. We just need her to be a leader."

"I need to think...alone. When Meygan wakes up call me." Areina said, and with that she headed out of the room.

"Sis!"

"Let her be." Roy told his son.

"It's alright Vincent; guess she got that from me. I always need to be alone after getting mad like she did." Reiena said as she walked over beside Roy.

"But why is she mad?" Vincent asked them.

"Because my daughter has as many secrets as the original Batman."

"I swear, even after being around Uncle Dick for all my life, I'll NEVER understand a BAT."

"But you understand Meygan." Terry commented.

"Totally different, Terry."

"How?" Terry asked. "She's Batman's granddaughter."

"That may be true, but I'm sure she didn't grow up with Bruce. Just imagine how it was for me and Dick."

"No. She grew up with magic and us boys. Being the first girl born."

Superman chuckled. "So how long will she be out?"

"A day. Maybe longer." But Vincent was still wanting to call in that favor. "Wait…Where's Kid Fate?"

"Carlos got here?" Brian said. "Oh man…"

"What?" Luna asked.

"I left him in the engine room…with Mordred… He told me to go…" Brian lowered his head.

"If Kid Fate tells you to run, you run, don't question him. He'll be ok…I think," Vincent tried to reassure his best friend.

"Ye of little faith." Carlos appeared suddenly, with Billy and Virgil Jr. in his arms. Both were unconscious. "They need medical attention. Now." Then Carlos passed out too from his own injuries.

**Now half the team is in the past? How will they defeat the LOD? Stay tuned for more! **