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Less frequent updates from now, I don't have anymore pre-written

On to Chapter 2

Metropolis
October 12, 08:12 EDT

"Bruce, I need your help."

"Clark?" Superman looked at his friend. His eyes tiered.

"I was stopping a mugging and the mugger said something of…concern."

"Tell me." Clark sighed.

"He mentioned a man he called the scientist, he said he knew his location, and the location of a child, my child."

"What?"

"He mentioned Cadmus and a second attempt. I think there might be another clone."

"Where?"

"A farmhouse in Texas. I'll pass on the co-ordinates."

"Smallville?"

"No, no, not Smallville."

"I'll send the team in."

"Are you sure?"

"Conner would want to."

"Connor?"

"Superboy." Clark blinked. "His name is Conner Kent."

"Does he know?"

"No."

"Oh, um. Will you inform me of the result?"

"Yes."

"Thank you Bruce."

The screen turned black and Clark sighed. Turning back to his computer screen Clark Kent attempted to focus on work. He had other things to worry about.

Mount Justice
October 12, 19:00 EDT

"Mission briefing. Now." The gravelly voice of Batman snapped the team to attention. The six teenagers raced into the main room of the cave coming into sight of the caped crusader and the holo-screens.

"Evidence of Cadmus attempting to create another Super-clone has been brought to the League's attention. You will be investigating a possible lab sight here." The screen flashed to a farmhouse.

"Another Superboy?" Wally shouted.

"Maybe." Batman turned to the zeta-tubes. "Aqualad is leader. If you find a clone be wary of hostile behaviour."

"Got it." Robin appeared at the holo-screen and started typing away.

"I will be here at 23:00 for debrief."

"Will Superman be here?" Superboy frowned heavily.

"Depends on what you find."

"What do you mean?"

"Batman 02"

"Let's go!" Superboy headed for the hanger.

"Got the co-ordinates, M'gaan?"

"Ready."

The team raced for the Bio-ship.

Unknown Texas
October 12, 20:14 EDT

Faye sat in bed, watching the door expectantly. Dinner was supposed to be delivered a little while ago. Glancing down Faye flinched at the growing bulge of her stomach. She almost wished she was more like her mother. Smiling at the memory Faye let herself slip into the past.

"Mum?"

"Yes my little surprise?"

"Why do you call me that?"

"Because you were a surprise."

"I was?" Faye looked at her mother. The blond was smiling down at her. Green eyes sparkling.

"Yes, didn't know you were coming for months."

"How?" Faye frowned. How had her mother not known she was coming? The girl glanced over at the photo on the wall of her Aunt, pregnant with her cousin at her parents wedding.

"I was lucky, I had a pregnancy so smooth I didn't know you were coming for six whole months."

"Really?"

"Yes my little surprise."

"So I was a big surprise?"

"Yes, but a good one."

Faye came back to the present when the door slammed open. A guard stood in the doorway, gun held in her hand pointing at the floor. "Come, we have to leave."

"Why?"

"We just do, come now." Faye pushed herself against the wall.

"Why?"

"Come now!" The woman shouted glancing over her shoulder.

"But…" The woman whirled to face the corridor. Her hand rose to point the gun outside the room.

"Superboy! Slow down!" A voice called from the corridor.

"No." The gruff reply came from closer.

The guard stepped into the hall way. Out of Faye's sight.

"Keep back!" The woman shouted at Faye presumed was Superboy.

Faye flinched as the loud cracks of gunshots echoed through the room. The guard cried out and a dark haired teen appeared in the door way.

"Who are you?" The boy growled at Faye. Faye just curled her legs up to cover her belly.

"Superboy who are you…?" A shorter boy appeared behind Superboy.

"Robin." Faye breathed, eyes widening.

"Ah, well hello, Superboy stand down. Um, who are you?" The Boy Wonder turned to face Faye stepping in front of Superboy.

"Faye Robbins." Faye reapplied letting her legs slide out in front of her.

"Okay Faye, um what are you…" Robin's eyes dropped to Fayes stomach. "Oh shit. Robin to team get this wrapped up we have a situation."

"What's going on Rob?" A blur of red and yellow entered the room.

"Robin to Batman. Come in." Robin turned to Superboy. "Superboy guard Faye, Kid look for an office or something. We need to work out what they did, Batman, no we found a pregnant teenager."

"Shit." Kid turned and ran into the hallway the sound of slamming doors was the only sound for a moment.

"Right." Robin turned back to Faye. "We're going to get you out of here, I just need to know a few things first. How did you end up here? When? Do you know why?"

"No, I didn't know, now it's kind of obvious." Faye glanced down. "I was abducted by my cousin's workmates in July."

"Shit. Superboy we need to get Faye to the Bio-ship, take her up now, Miss Martian? Artemis? Kid Flash? Aqualad? Getting Faye out is first priority,"

"Rodger." Kid was back with a pile of papers. "Rob, you should head two doors down, its an office of some kind. There's a security screen in there too."

"Help Superboy get Faye out of here take the papers with you." The boy nods and turns to Superboy.

"We ready to go?" Superboy nods and turns to Faye.

"Can you walk?" Faye nods. "Run?" Faye shrugs. Superboy walks over and picks the girl up. The three of them make their way out of the room and up into the main part of the house. Robin having disappeared when Superboy had been talking to Faye.

"Superboy? Kid Flash?" A dark skinned blond stepped in front of the two teen heroes and Faye.

"Aqualad, help us get Faye to the Bio-ship." The Atlantian pulled two sword handles from over his shoulders and blades formed from a nearby bathroom.

"Follow me." The four of them jogged out of the house and into the backyard. What Faye thought might be a portal of some sort opened in front of them and the boys ran into it. The entryway turned out to be an aircraft of some kind. Superboy put Faye in a chair at the side of the room and Kid Flash put the papers down in another.

"Faye?" The speedster crouched in front of the teen.

"Yes?" The girl replied.

"Can you tell me who you are? Where you're from?" The girl blinked.

"Faye Robbins, I've lived in Washington for the last two years."

"And how old are you?"

"Nineteen."

"Your family?"

"My Aunt, though I think she knew."

"Knew?"

"She was acting weird when Joe turned up, then he said something about a job and they shot him." Kid flinched.

"Joe?"

"My cousin."

"Right, parents?"

"Dad died when I was two. Mum just before I moved to Washington."

"I'm sorry."

"You couldn't have saved them."

"But I'm still sorry, losing family is hard."

"Yeah. But at least I had them for a while."

"Huh?"

"Having parents, even just for a while is better than not having them at all." Superboy flinched slightly. AquaLad frowned.

"Incoming." Superboy grunted just before three more people appeared in the ship.

"Everybody strapped in, Miss Martian we need two more seats." The green skinned redhead nods at the masked boy and two more seats seem to grow out of the floor. "Batman will meet us back at the cave, we need to leave now."

"Leaving now." Miss Martian called out as she sat in the middle seat and lifted her hands. This ship lifted and Faye stared at the hero's around her.

'Kid?'

'Her cousin sold her out, her aunt seems to have known. From Washington, 19, Faye Robbins, no other family as far as I know.'

'Kidnapped in July, probably after the fifth. So anywhere up to four months pregnant, Batman knows that much he'll know more when we get there.'

"Are you having a telepathic conversation?" Faye stared at the six heroes.

"Yes, Can you tell us what happened to you?"

"Not sure about the first month or so, then there was an operation, and the drugs changed slightly, a blood test and they gave me less sedative, tablets rather than injections."

"Right, do you know how far along you are?"

"No, they didn't speak around me very often."

"That's fine. We're going to help you through this alright?"

"What's the date?"

"October 12." Faye sighed.

"Too far along than." Artemis smiles.

"Yeah. Sorry." Faye smiles back.

"Could be worse." Miss Martian stares at the two.

"Too late for what?"

"An abortion." Miss Martian gasps, Kid flinches and Aqualad frowns.

"May not have worked anyway."

"Why?"

"You'll find out soon enough."

"You would abort the child?" Aqualad was still frowning.

"Foster care sucks, adoption is risky and I can't support a child. The drugs might have screwed something up, I was a science experiment. Yes I would."

"But isn't…"

"Sometimes, but I can't risk bringing a child into this world if I can't guarantee their happiness." The team frowned.

"Why happiness?" Kid Flash was more curious than anything.

"Health is fleeting, help can be found and money is just that but happiness. That is something nobody should live without."

The team slipped into silence. Faye turned to look out the window, deep in thought.

Now please don't flame on the basis of my personal opinion on this topic. This kind of thing is more about choice and not forcing you own opinions on others. As you might be able to tell I do not come from a religious background.

Thanks for reading.

Min