A/N: Ugh. I'm so sorry it took a bit longer than two weeks. Olivia just got a new job and I've been stressing out on college apps. $280 DOLLARS. YOU'VE GOT TO BE JOKING ME, COLLEGE. :c And that's with a fee waiver... Just a warning: December and January are gonna be hell because of basketball season. ._. I'm hoping it'll calm down soon, but AKEFHNUAKDNIMADJKSNUEFDJK. *dies*

Before we start, I have a notice: People have been asking about Verena's background, and I was thinking about releasing a season all about that later on, AFTER everything, which will probably be a couple of years. But seeing as people are impatient (including me), I was thinking about having flashback chapters... What do you think? I have a poll on my profile!

Now onto reviews!

Xmidniteangel15X: Congrats! You were the first! :D
Faith: :'D Thank you...
Sapphire Jade Eyes: I have updated! And I love you. ;D
silly-melodies: Nope. Black Falcon hit 463 reviews with only twenty-nine (thirty if you include the soundtrack) chapters. I'm planning on having this season with more chapters than that, so I'm shooting for 500. ;D (Let's go!) Why thank you! :) Your questions will be answered in the Q&A section below, and don't worry about spoilers! If it's a spoiler, I WILL just give the typical Greg answer. ;) Thank you very much~
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That dorky blonde: LOL. Maybe you should contact the people who write the dictionary and thesaurus then. ;)
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EvilCheesecake437: Egh. HIVE won't be making a LARGE appearance. Just sometimes (if not only once). xD Depends on how my thought process goes.
BlackMirageMist: LOL. I don't think Wally likes Jersey Shore, but who knows? Thank you! :)
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Kelly1432: Dear, I think you mean "you're", because when you said "your back", I thought you knew my back was in pain. LOL. Thank you! Um... drama for the couple? I'm not sure yet. Drama for just Verena? OH YES. (Or at least, I'm gonna try.) Well, Zatanna and Verena are like, BFFs now, so maybe not Zatanna, but someone else I'm gonna introduce later on. ;)
Kamil the Awesome: Yeah. I'm kind of FORCING myself to write something. :c It's not going to great. Hopefully it'll get better and easier for me to write.
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Shivering: I don't want them to end either. *sigh* I have no future plans to break them up (yet)! And REALLY? You copied all the chapters? XD LOLOL. THAT'S HILARIOUS. I'VE DONE THAT WITH STORIES I LOVE TOO. Now I have internet on my phone, so yeah... ;) THANK YOU. I FUCKING LOVE YOU AND YOUR REVIEWS. LOL. I love Kyle too. Expect more of him as the series progresses! Their bab(ies)? Married? Have you seen the one-shot series I posted? LOL. That brings me to an issue that I'll bring forth after I reply to your reiew. Thank you very much, and I'm glad you like the idea of Conner and Verena being half-siblings. It really wasn't planned, because Lex Luthor being Verena's dad was randomly picked from a set of numbers. Then I realized, "Wait... Verena has Luthor's DNA... Conner has Luthor's DNA... THEY'RE SIBLINGS. OMFGAWIFSZHNDC I'M AMAZING FOR COMING UP WITH THIS!" LOL. Dick? Competitive? I think he's much too confident to be worried, but maybe. ;)
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Q&A:
Xmidniteangel15X asks: (1) Did we see this mystery lady in the first season? (2) Is Kyle going to have a love interest? I was hoping Zatanna for some reason.
(1) Dragonfly? No. She did NOT appear in the first season. I was going through some DC character list and found her and I was like, "Hey, I should introduce some BA lady that could prove a challenge to Verena!" (2) Kyle/Zatanna never crossed my mind! XD I just introduced Kyle because I love him as a friend for Verena. I'll let you know that he WILL get girlfriend(s?) but...

silly-melodies asks: (1) Will [Jason Todd] be a Robin by [the time he's introduced]? (2) Will we be seeing the transformation from Robin to Nightwing for Dick?
(1) Jason WILL be a Robin (duh!), but during the time of his introduction, I'm still a bit sketchy on that. (2) Of course! You'll be seeing the transformation of Dick and Verena's identities! (Whoops, spoilers! LOL)

Any other questions, I will gladly answer, whether it's in a review, message, or on my Ask page! :) Also, since this is Thanksgiving, I'd just like to throw out there that I'm incredibly thankful for all of you guys who consistently support me. Whether you've supported me from the very beginning or just barely joined, I'm glad you're taking your time out to read this. I can't believe I had 23 reviews in the last chapter! Can we shoot for another 20? :)

Now that this giant chunk of a note is finished, onto the story! :)

PERSIAN GULF
JULY 15, 2011
22:34 AST

"I'm in," Robin reported, while I kept a look out. From the corner of my eye, I saw him furiously typing to disable all of H.I.V.E.'s first layer of defense. "One minute… now."

Two minutes later, the rest of our teammates joined up, dressed in stealth mode and ready to go.

Robin pulled out a holographic map of the area. "Our goal's to find and destroy. Find anything that's of valuable information. If there's writing, take pictures, then destroy it. Fal and I will take care of anything techy, so start searching. GL, you're with Zatanna. Artemis, you're with KF. Go."

Not soon after we gave the order, red lights started flashing.

"Intruder alert. Intruder alert. Intruder alert."

"So much for not getting caught," Kid Flash's voice came on the com-link.

"Just don't get physically caught," Robin edited as we ran down the hallways.

We heard rapid footsteps approaching, and Robin snaked an arm around my waist before hoisting us up to the ceiling.

"The motion detectors said they were here," one male said, looking around, narrowing his eyes. How was he wearing a black and yellow striped uniform and still trying to look threatening?

"They should still be here!" a girl piped. "Let's find 'em!"

Robin let out a cackle, making his laugh echo around the area, as the alarms rang. The group of five kids whirled around, looking for the source, gripping their guns tightly.

Robin and I dropped down from the ceiling, landing on two roughly. I shot up quickly, and kicked the first person in front of me, making him fall back, sliding on the ground.

I bent down, hitting the guy I was on with the side of my fist roughly, and I saw him fall limp. I did a cartwheel out of the way as the lone girl shot at me, dodging easily.

"Nice shot," I said nonchalantly, landing a few feet away. Then I smirked, and pulled out my own gun. "But I'm a better one," I declared, before shooting her. She attempted to move, but I had predicted that, and she fell right where I was aiming.

She collapsed to the ground in pain. I walked over to her, tucking my fingers in before punching her. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head before she slumped back against the wall, unconscious.

I felt a presence behind me, and whirled around giving a punch before pointing my gun, shooting point-blank. The guy that tried to sneak behind me fell back, right in Robin's way.

"You're in my way!" he declared, punching the guy away, and gave a kick to the guy he was fighting with. The two boys hit each other, before slumping to the ground, groaning in pain.

"Let's get moving," Robin told me, looking at the unconscious bodies of the five H.I.V.E. members. I gave a curt nod and we ran off.

I shot anyone that got in my way, while Robin skillfully launched a series of flips and tricks in the air, taking out anyone that prevented us from going forward.

I spotted a computer and ran forward. At the last second, I ducked down, sliding through the legs of the H.I.V.E. members that were trying to stop me.

I pulled out my USB cable and connected it to the computer, while I heard Robin beating up anyone that tried to get too close to me.

I hacked as fast as I could, my eyes darting across the screen as multiple zeroes and ones appeared. I downloaded all the files, turning around to shoot someone that got a little too close to me.

Once all the data was done downloaded, I disconnected the cable and proceeded to help Robin knock out the rest of the H.I.V.E. members that were around. We ran down the hallway, knocking out anyone that got in our way.

We skidded to a stop, however, when the hall divided into two.

'Split up,' Robin ordered after making short eye contact with me.

I nodded my head and I took off down to the hallway on the right. I kicked down a door I spotted and the people inside whirled to look at me.

I held up my gun, not wasting any time. "Move and I'll shoot."

I felt a presence behind me, and whirled around just in time to block a punch thrown my way. I was disarmed when my attacker kicked the gun out of my hand, and I reached forward to throw a punch.

"Self-destruct sequence initiated. T-minus five minutes."

"That doesn't sound good," Kid Flash said into our com-link.

"Since when do self-destruct sequences mean a good thing?" Zatanna inquired.

I jumped out of the way as my attacker, a woman with long, flowing black hair and dark sunglasses, threw a kick. I skidded across the destroyed controls of the base, as the scientists evacuated.

"So you're Firefly," I mused, looking at the woman in the tight black body suit.

"And you're Black Falcon," she quipped back. Then she scoffed, "More like Baby Falcon."

"Did you know young falcons eat dragonflies?" I taunted her. She glared at me and charged, and I jumped out of the way to kick her on the side of her face.

She recovered quickly, giving me a swift elbow in my ribs, and I groaned in pain and she elbowed my back, making me fall to the ground.

I rolled out of the way before she could shove her boot into my face.

"T-minus three minutes."

"What do we do now?" I heard Artemis ask rather calmly. I guess when you've faced as many explosions as us, this was just another one.

"Evacuate," Robin ordered. "Meet where we were."

"I'm kind of busy," I responded, grunting as I blocked a rather heavy kick from her. "You guys go ahead."

"Need help?" Kid Flash offered. "I can–"

"Negative, KF," Robin interrupted. "Fal, get out of there alive."

"Who do you think I am?" I quirked, flipping Dragonfly over my back. Dragonfly snarled, I kid you not, she snarled, at me before launching herself at me before I could pull out a gun.

Damn, she was fast, getting a kick in my ribs, causing me to stumble back from the force. What was with her and that place?

I threw an uppercut, making her spit up blood as I heard a rather painful crack when my knuckles made contact with her. She fell back, and hit the groan with a loud groan.

"T-minus one minute."

I shook my hand to loosen it up. She had a really stiff jaw. She should smile a bit more.

I walked over to where she lied and grabbed her roughly by the collar, giving her another punch, breaking her sunglasses in the process. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head, before she slumped.

"T-minus forty seconds."

I pulled out some tight wire that I always carried around and wrapped it around the unconscious body of Dragonfly. I pulled out my rebreather, sticking it in her mouth, getting blood all over my fingers in the process, because her nose wouldn't stop leaking.

"T-minus thirty seconds."

I dragged Dragonfly's body with me as I went to get my gun, and I heard a clunk as her foot hit the side of one of the command centers. Whoops.

I picked up my gun and pointed it at the window after slipping in an explosive. I shot, making the explosive attach to the window.

"T-minus twenty-five seconds."

The lights went out as the windows exploded, causing water to rapidly seep into the room and the night-vision in my mask to activate. With a firm grip on the wire that held Dragonfly's unconscious body, I waited for the water to completely fill the room, before swimming out.

I couldn't hear the countdown, but I knew I could only hold my breath for three minutes at most. I really needed to work on my cardiovascular system.

Keeping that note in the back of my head, I swam up, just as I felt the water shake, and some water rush towards me from behind. I braced myself as Dragonfly's body hit me, and the explosion push me forward, closer to the surface.

I ignored the light aches in my body, thank you Kevlar, and swam forward. I hit the surface and gasped, gathering as much oxygen as I could. Dragonfly's body floated up beside mine, and I let out a groan of pain as my back ached.

I let out a series of coughs, whilst gasping for air to gather more oxygen into my brain.

"FAL!" I heard multiple voices exclaim.

I noticed a bright green light hit me, and pulling me up towards where my jet was.

"Yrd Kcalb Noclaf," I heard Zatanna say before I went from soaking wet to dry in a second.

"Captured someone," I croaked out, pointing at Dragonfly's unconscious body. "She hits hard."

Kid Flash and Green Lantern pulled up Dragonfly's body and secured her with more wire to make sure she couldn't escape. The last thing we needed was a fight on my jet.

Artemis helped me up, and I stumbled slightly, still a bit worn out. She helped me over to one of the seats and sat me down.

"Here," Zatanna said, handing me a cup that was steaming. "It's hot chocolate."

"I love magicians," I breathed out, but then winced when my side protested loudly. "Think you can heal me too?"

"Sorry," Zatanna smiled sheepishly. "That's a bit too advanced for me, especially when I don't know the extent of your injuries."

"I've already set the auto-pilot to take us back to the Cave," Robin said, sitting down beside me, with his own cup of hot chocolate. "Wanna explain what happened?"

"She's blindfolded and completely knocked out," Kid Flash reported, coming out from the backroom. "Didn't even have to inject her with anything."

"Face is really messed up too," Kyle mused, pulling off his domino mask. "Your punch is gonna have her knocked out for a few of hours."

"Good," I frowned. "I think she bruised my ribs. She has a sharp one."

"You're still cute, but you're pretty knocked up too," Wally mused, pulling back his mask. "No offense."

"None taken," I mumbled before taking a sip of my drink, ignoring the pain. "Kevlar's good for explosions and bullets, but not direct attacks from pointy elbows."

In no time, we made it back to the Cave. Batman met us in the hangar and when he saw we had a captive to interrogate, he nodded for Green Lantern and Kid Flash to take him to the Hall of Justice.

He looked at me before saying, "Head to the infirmary. The rest of you in the Mission Room."

I groaned and walked off to the infirmary, slower than I'd like. My adrenaline had worn off during the flight and now I was just in pain.

Thankfully though, halfway to the infirmary, Green Arrow spotted me.

He let out a low whistle. "You looked really banged up, kid."

"I feel really banged up too," I retorted.

"Elbow to the ribs?" he inquired, walking over to me.

"Elbow and kick," I mumbled. "Then an elbow in the back."

"Better have Dinah take a look at you then," Green Arrow said, before walking over to me. He carefully lifted me up, and carried me to the infirmary.

"Bless you, Ollie," I sighed, relieved.

"That tends to happen when I have a pretty blonde in my arm," Green Arrow chuckled, turning down the hallway.

I let out a low laugh before groaning. "Don't make me laugh," I glowered.

"What happened here?" Black Canary asked after Green Arrow entered the infirmary with me in his arms.

He laid me on one of the beds and shrugged. "Dunno. I guess I'm about to find out though. Batman just called me for a debrief." He pointed behind him.

"Let's see your damage," Black Canary said once the archer left the room.

"I'm assuming I have a couple of bruised ribs and knuckles," I told her. Black Canary nodded and took out a device that resembled an x-ray machine, but it even checked our muscles. She scanned my body with it and it beeped once the information was done being processed.

"Looks like you're right," Black Canary nodded. "Hm… you have a pretty nasty bruise on the small of your back too. You know how to treat these injuries, right?"

"Wouldn't be my first," I replied.

Black Canary nodded. "Now, I'd say no activity for six weeks, but because of your well condition, it'll take about three weeks for you to fully heal. Until then, you're not allowed to do any missions. I'll give you some pain killers and remember to ice."

She helped me sit up and went to grab some pain killers, a piece of cloth, and ice. She handed me all three just as Batman walked in with Hal, Flash, Green Arrow, and Martian Manhunter.

"What's the damage?" Batman asked the female Justice League member.

"Bruised ribs, knuckles, and back," Black Canary replied.

"You're out for three weeks then," Batman concluded, looking at me while I iced my ribs.

"Pretty much," I agreed, nodding my head. "What about Dragonfly?"

"She is much worse than you," Martian Manhunter replied. "Two broken ribs, a broken nose, a cracked jaw, and a small concussion."

Flash let out a low whistle. "So was that you or the explosion?"

"Probably me," I concluded. "There was a crack when I uppercut her and then I punched her to knock her unconscious."

"Remind me not to piss you off," Flash grinned. I flashed my own smile at him before looking at Batman.

"You have something for me," he said shortly.

I extended a hand to him and he walked forward, opening the compartment in my glove before pulling out a small micro SD card. "It's what I have on H.I.V.E.," I reported. "I just copied everything."

"Team Alpha also encountered H.I.V.E.," Batman told us. "They encountered Deathstroke and a group known as Dark Nemesis."

"Dark Nemesis?" I repeated, confused. I've heard of Deathstroke, one of the world's greatest mercenaries. His secret identity's Slade Wilson, but I've never heard of Dark Nemesis.

"A group of mercenaries," Flash explained while Batman pulled out his com-phone. He showed a hologram of five strange-looking beings. "Their real names are unknown."

"But based on the intel Miss Martian managed to retrieve, they go by the names Axis, Blizzard, Carom, Scorcher, and Vault."

"I'm assuming they have powers," I stated, causing the Justice League members to nod.

"Axis, their leader, is psychokinetic, Blizzard is cryokinetic, and Scorcher is pyro and thermokinetic. Carom has super-speed and the power of flight, along with lightning fast reflexes and enhanced durability. Vault has a suit of armor that allows him to generate force fields and energy coils, as well as super strength and to identify weaknesses," Batman explained.

"Miss M's getting better at this intel gathering," I mused, taking off the ice from my ribs.

"But you're better," Batman said, turning off the holograms. "They're mercenaries. Find out who they're working for, and why. You're off missions for three weeks, but not out of commission."

"Aye, aye," I two-finger-saluted Batman. I climbed out of the infirmary bed and let out a groan. "Can't imagine how Dragonfly must feel. Are you off to interrogate her?"

"Yes," Manhunter replied, nodding his head patiently. "As soon as she is conscious."

"Good luck with that," I said, and patted Flash, since he was closest, on the way out before leaving the infirmary.

I walked to the lounge, a bit slower than usual, and found the rest of the Team and Garfield lounged around there.

"You look horrible," Conner commented, spotting me first.

"You should see the other person," I joked, falling back in-between Robin and Wally with a heavy sigh. I placed the ice I had on my ribs again and leaned back against the comfortable couch. I looked at the members of Team Alpha, "Heard you encountered some big, bad super-powered freaks."

"And Deathstroke," Kaldur nodded his head. "We managed to hold them off in time to gather some information before the Justice League arrived."

"Good job on that, by the way," I said, looking at M'gann. "It's nice to know the powers of who we're dealing with."

"Thanks," M'gann smiled sheepishly, a small hint of pink fluttering onto her cheeks.

"How long are you out?" Garth asked, leaning back in his seat casually, throwing an arm around Tula. "No offense, but Conner's right."

"None taken," I shook my head. "And I'm to not go on missions for three weeks."

Artemis looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "Only three? I heard you had bruised ribs and knuckles."

"I do," I nodded. "But Batman's training allows me to heal faster than most people. Not as fast as you aliens and Atlanteans though."

"Ah, the wonders of accelerated healing," Garth grinned.

"Oh, shut up, Nemo," I frowned.

"She gets quirkier and quirkier every day," Wally said to Robin.

Robin shrugged and simply threw an arm around me, pulling me close to him carefully. "So you're on intel gathering duty until then?"

"Yeah," I replied, taking the ice off my ribs, leaning in closer to Robin. "I actually have to find out who hired Dark Nemesis."

"I heard Wonder Woman was training someone," Kyle said from where he sat, his feet propped on the coffee table in the center. "Some girl named Donna?"

"Donna Troy," Robin and I said at the same time.

The rest of the Team looked at us, but their faces weren't of shock.

"Should've known you two knew," Kyle mumbled, running his hand through his hair. "You guys know practically everything."

"She gonna join the Team?" Garfield asked, cocking his head to the side as his monkey tail swished.

"Not that we know of," Robin replied, shaking his head.

"We're gaining members left and right," Artemis commented. Then she looked at our newer additions and added, "Not that it's bad or anything. We need all the help we can get."

"You should see the Honorary Justice League member list," I commented.

"We have one?" Conner asked, his eyes full of confusion. "Since when did we have one of those?"

"Most of them are solo guys," Robin commented. "But they team-up with some of the Justice League members sometimes."

"Like who?" Zatanna inquired, cocking her head to the side, curiosity in her eyes.

"Elongated Man, Phantom Stranger, Firestorm, Booster Gold, Fire, Ice, The Question, Vixen, Katana, Stargirl…" I counted off with my fingers.

"Blue Beetle, Black Lightning, another Green Lantern, Vibe, Knight, Godiva, OMAC, and the founding members of the Team."

"We are?" Wally asked. "Sweet!"

"What's the point of honorary members of the Justice League?" Conner inquired.

"Unlimited access to all Justice League information," Batman said, walking into the room. "Including being called for missions with the League. Zatanna, Rocket, Tempest, Aquagirl, and Green Lantern are still new, but soon they'll be given the privilege as well."

"Nothing we don't already know then," Zatanna quipped. Batman nodded curtly and tossed something towards me, to which I caught. It was the micro SD card.

"Thank you," I said, before Batman walked out of the room without another word.

"It freaks me out when you Bats do that," Wally groaned, hand over his chest. "How the hell do you guys appear out of nowhere?"

"We're there the whole time," I turned to look at him, wrinkling my nose. "You just don't notice."

"No, you guys seriously sneak up on people," Raquel shook her head. "Are you guys ninjas?"

"Well, we were trained in ninjutsu," Robin mused.

"Anything else you were trained in?" Raquel asked, her eyes full of curiosity.

"I think the question is what they weren't train in," Zatanna piped in. Raquel looked at her friend before nodding in agreement.

"Um…" I thought about it. "No. I don't think so."

"Seduction," Wally grinned.

"I wouldn't call it seduction," I frowned. "After all, I'm only twelve."

"More like… charming?" Dick offered, and I nodded in agreement. "We can charm people for information."

"They're trained in everything," Wally concluded, nodding his head in finality.

A/N: Thanks for reading! Leave a review and don't forget to take my poll! :) Happy Thanksgiving, guys!