Yo guys it is Vigilante 14 with a brand new chapter. Originally the chapter was so long that I've divided it into 2 parts so hope you guys enjoy

Chapter 7: Drop Zone and New Friends Part 1

It wasn't until that day that I consciously realized something. It was something so obvious that I didn't even think about it. In fact, I didn't want to think about it, because it hurt so much. I couldn't deny it, though. The fact was…

I was always depending on other people.

There was not one moment up to that point where I won a true battle completely on my own strength. There was always a weapon, ally, or even catastrophe that got in the way. Something always saved me.

But now when we were in field and Hydra was one of our enemies and anything can happen. Naruto and Steve have already asked us to keep our guard up at all the times and that advice came in use many times in my life.

Every big fight, I had help or interference.

It was only when I was truly alone did I realize this. When I didn't have someone to lean against, I fell. And what a shameful fall it was.

I always thought that I was so strong. I believed that because I was the fastest boy alive and trained by my uncle Flash who was the fastest man alive, I would be able to complete the missions on my own easily. Boy was I wrong. I was a big fish in a little pond known as Keystone city. There was a whole ocean ahead of me, and I didn't even acknowledge it until that day.

Because when you're all alone and defenceless, there's nothing to protect you but your own memories.

And that was my wake-up call.

Spider-Man and Hawkeye were the names I have been hearing before I was even Kid Flash with Spider-Man saving the day at New York city and Hawkeye at L.A. Barry had told me that they started doing this when they were fifteen and there were numerous cases which showed about how both of them prevented natural calamity on their own. Wanda was different case, she was magic and I learnt the hard way of making fun of the fact.

Come to think of it they alongside Naruto, Karen and Jean were of New Era which we soon became a part of.

From personal memoirs of Wally West

o.O.o

Hall of Justice-Thursday July 22, 10:00 EDT, 2010

Batman has called all the members of the team which Naruto has named 'Avengers'. It took time some time but soon the whole team was present at the place.

"Batman what happened" Karen asked as she sat alongside Naruto and Jean. Batman noticed the fact that the three of them were sitting very closely. He knew from Zatara that the legends which depict about him in the mystical realm states that he will attract many powerful females as his life mates. He could clearly see that the legend was true in a sense. Well it was a good thing that the both of them while very powerful were of good nature and would prevent him from going down a dark path.

He sighed and gave type some control on his minicomputer. A holographic file appeared before them.

"Read it. It contains the information about your new team members." Batman said as he started to think about Joker's latest plan at Gotham.

a) Spider-Man aka Peter Parker

Powers

He is one of the famous heroes of the new era and is classified as threat level alpha-1

Superhuman Strength: Spider-Man possesses superhuman strength enabling him to press lift many tons. Spider-Man's physical strength is sufficient enough to enable him to lift and throw objects as heavy as a big rig semi truck with ease. He must also pull his punches and kicks unless fighting someone of similar or greater physical durability. Spider-Man's physical strength also extends into his legs, enabling him to be able to jump to a height of several stories in a single bound. It should also be noted that when he first discovered his powers as a teenager, they had not developed to that of his prime.

Superhuman Speed: Spider-Man is capable of running and moving at speeds that are far beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. Spider-Man has shown to be fast enough to catch up to an accelerating car while on foot, but prefers to travel by webs. Spider-Man moves faster than the eye can follow, he has even moved so fast he appears as a blur.

Superhuman Stamina: Spider-Man's advanced musculature produces less fatigue toxins during physical activity than an ordinary human. This allows him to exert himself physically for much longer periods of time before fatigue begins to impair him.

Superhuman Durability: Spider-Man's body is physically tougher and more resistant to some types of injury than the body of a normal human. His body is more resistant to impact forces than anything else. He can withstand great impacts, such as falling from a height of several stories or being struck by an opponent with super strength, that would severely injure or kill a normal human with little to no discomfort.

Regenerative Healing Factor: Spider-Man has a low-level rapid healing factor. It is powerful enough to recover from severe injuries from broken bones and large amounts of tissue damage in a matter of hours. His aging rate is very slow as compared to normal humans it is also theorised that since his age rate seems to be decreasing every year it is possible that he is immortal.

Contaminant Immunity: Due to his accelerated metabolism, Spider-Man has a higher tolerance for drugs and diseases than normal humans, and he can recover from the effects of larger doses rapidly. His resistance and recovery time to other toxins and diseases varies, but is typically significantly higher than normal..

Superhuman Agility: Spider-Man's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are all enhanced to levels that are far beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. Spider-Man is extraordinarily limber and his tendons and connective tissues are twice as elastic as the average human being is, despite their enhanced strength. He has the combined agility and acrobatic prowess of the most accomplished circus aerialists and acrobats.

Superhuman Equilibrium:Spider-Man possesses the ability to achieve a state of perfect equilibrium in any position imaginable. He seems able to adjust his position by instinct, which enables him to balance himself on virtually any object, no matter how small or narrow.

Spider-Sense: Spider-Man possesses an extrasensory "danger" or "spider" sense which warns him of potential immediate danger by the manifestation of a tingling sensation in the back of his skull, and links with his superhuman kinesthetics, enabling him to evade most any injuries, unless he cognitively overrides his automatic reflexes

Superhuman Reflexes:Spider-Man's reflexes are similarly enhanced and are currently about forty times greater than those of an ordinary human. In combination with his spider-sense, the speed of his reflexes allows him to dodge almost any attack, or even gunfire, given sufficient distance. Spider-Man has even been shown in some cases, to be able to dodge gunfire using just his reflexes without his Spider-Sense.

Abilities

Indomitable Will: Spider-Man has a strong Force of Will, completely free of evil and temptation. For years, he has struggled to balance his life as a student and his superhero duties. He is able to emerge from defeat even stronger.

Genius-Level Intellect: With an IQ north of 250 Peter is easily one of the most intelligent men on Earth.

Expert Inventor/Engineer: With his knowledge and expertise in mechanics, robotics and engineering Peter has been able to use his amazing intellect and resources at Wayne Enterprises to create many inventions such as the four Spider-Armours, the Spidey Stealth Suit, his famous Web-Shooters, the Cryo-Cube 3000 and the noise reduction headphones. At Parker Industries he invented a magnitude of devices including but not limited to the Anti-Electro Netting, it was successful in de-powering Electro one of his enemies.

Science Major: A brilliant scientific mind, Peter possesses a graduate in biochemistry, as well as expertise in various fields of applied science, chemistry, physics, biology, engineering, and mechanics. He is an accomplished chemist and physicist.

Skilled Photographer: Peter is a very skilled photographer and has worked for the Daily Bugle and the Front Line as a photographer.

Master Acrobat: Thanks to his great strength and phenomenal equilibrium, Parker is an excellent athlete, excelling in all gymnastic fields and being able to perform every acrobatic stunt ever performed, including others that can never be performed by even an Olympic acrobat.

Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Due to his life being bullied and pranked as a young teenager to acquiring amazing superhuman capabilities and combining them with his scientifically adept and creative mind, Parker has through time become an excellent hand-to-hand combatant utilizing a fighting style that directly complements his superhuman abilities. His methods are volatile, enabling him to rival practically all types of combatants. Peter has been trained by Black Canary and Batman in unarmed combat.

Skilled Businessman: Peter has managed to turn Parker Industries from a small company based in New York to a worldwide conglomerate within eight months, with headquarters in London, Manhattan and Shanghai.

b) Clint Barton aka Hawkeye

Powers

Hawkeye possesses no superhuman abilities but has trained his body to be at the peak of human conditioning. He is classified as threat level alpha-2

Abilities

Master Archer: Barton has trained himself to become a master archer specializing in the use of regular bows, longbows, compound bows, and crossbows with near-perfect accuracy. He is capable of firing multiple arrows at a single target in a few seconds, hitting multiple targets in a few quick strokes, and directly hit small targets in the greatest of distances. Barton has even been known to hit an apple in the centre of it. He practices a minimum of two hours per day to keep his skills honed.

Expert Marksman: He possesses very keen eyesight, and his accuracy is virtually unerring; he was trained in his youth by Green Arrow with throwing blades, balls, bolas, and boomerangs. He now has near-perfect precision with any aimed or thrown weapon. He can hurl objects with extreme speed and accuracy, both in direct aim and complicated rebounds/interactions.

Expert Acrobat: Barton possesses exceptional human strength, endurance, and stamina. He is athletic, with very good reflexes and agility. This, combined with training as an aerialist and acrobat, makes him capable of numerous complex acrobatic manoeuvres.

Expert Martial Artist: Barton is an excellent martial artist, having been trained in various forms by Batman, who was arguably the world's greatest hand-to-hand combatant.

Skilled Tactician: As shown in his leadership of the West Coast Avengers and the Thunderbolts, Barton is a highly competent strategist, tactician, and field commander.

Weapons Proficiency: Although he is not known to use melee weapons, Barton's incredible reflexes and hand-eye coordination allow him to easily master most weapons. He also received training in swordsmanship during his youth from the original Swordsman, who was considered one of the greatest experts in sword-fighting the world has ever known. Barton is skilled with swords, knives, nunchukus, staffs.

Trilingual: Not only is Hawkeye fluent in English, his mother tongue, but also in Italian and in American Sign Language.

Weakness

Normal human weakness.

c) Scarlet Witch aka Wanda Maximoff

She is one of the premier mystical experts in the world apprenticed to the Ancient one since the age of 5. Rumour has that she has defeated Zatara at the age of 12 with minimum ease. Commonly known as the Scarlet Witch, she is classified as omega-2 threat.

Powers:

Chaos Magic Reality Warping:Wanda's main power is the superhuman ability to manipulate and warp reality at will, by manipulating Chaos Magic.

Teleportation: Wanda can teleport herself and others over long distances or open portal and gates for different purposes. The full extent to this ability is unknown.

Telekinesis: Wanda can manipulate, propel and levitate things using his mind as well as fly or hover (which she can also accomplish using magical energy)

Intangibility: The ability of Invisibility or Near-Invisibility and Phasing through solid material.

Mystic Bolts

Banishment: Wanda has banished many types of creatures and humans to other dimensions

Transmutation: She has the ability to change one thing to another.

Telepathy: Wanda can psychically communicate and read minds.

Time Manipulation: Wanda can freeze, slow, and travel through time. This magic is enacted only through extreme concentration and takes a lot of her energy.

Conjuring of Objects

Various other spells: These spells seem to be quicker to perform but lesser in power than spells using divine energy. Wanda has used her magic altogether to alter her clothing through something akin to minor molecular control, control and manipulate elements, etc. Wanda can amass as much wealth/gold as she desires using magic, allowing her to get a big mansion at Oxford to allow her to attend her medical classes at Oxford University.

Elemental Manipulation: Wanda can manipulate and control the elemental forces.

Astral Projection: Wanda can release her astral form from his body, instantaneously and at will. In this form she does not need to breathe, eat, drink or sleep, is unrestricted by physical laws is invisible (though can be seen by any if she wished it so), intangible, and incapable of being harmed by all but the most powerful and rigorous of mystic means, can traverse at virtually any speed desirable

Protective Shields: Wanda can shield herself or her allies using her magic. The strength of the shield depends on the magic and the will of the user.

Hypnotism

Illusions

Universal Awareness: By performing mediation Wanda can anomalies in time and space allowing her to protect against time travellers, extra dimensional invaders, space aliens, etc.

Infinite Longevity/Fearlessness: Wanda's lifespan has been extended and her fear of dying subsided in a manner similar to that of her mentor the Ancient One, due to a successful contest against Death. Though she can still be killed and even physically wounded he cannot succumb to any medical diseases, nor does he age. However, she still requires food, water, oxygen, and sleep, same as a normal human. Wand passed a test by the Ancient One and defeated Death, or more accurately, accepted Death. As a result, from that moment forward, Wanda stopped aging.

Divine Sources: Wanda can channel the extra-dimensional energy of mystical and non-mystical beings in multiple dimensions to empower her spells. This can take the form of standard spells or just stating what she wants to occur and channelling some being to make it happen. It is unknown at this time what debt, if any, she incurs by invoking the powers that be. There is no strict quid pro quo though some entities will feel she is obliged to heed their call when they need help in their conflicts. This ability to be a conduit to multiversal power sources has given rise to the phrase "Wanda is as powerful as the god she invokes."

Darkness of the Divine Conduit (Black Magic): By sheer force of will "take" the power of another entity. This does not require the use of a spell. The fact that Wanda can do this is a testament to her incredible willpower and strength of mind. This is considered black magic and as such she rarely employs this. Also when taking the powers of celestial entities she absorbs the mind and assumes their duties and roles in the dimension in which they exist. If his will falters, she can lose all sense of self.

Although Wanda primarily uses spells that are considered 'white magic', she will use spells from other disciplines such as black magic, elemental magic, and catastrophe magic when necessary.

Wanda's powers are all mystical. It is prophesised that Wanda's magical powers at their greatest peak exceed that of even Nabu and Klarion combined and maybe able to compete against the Ancient one.

Abilities

Expert Occultist & Magical Knowledge: During his studies which continued until recently Wanda has gain expert awareness on cults and the extra dimensional entities they worship, this knowledge as of yet far exceeds any on Earth.

Expert Strategist: Though Wanda seems to suffer from an impulsive nature, instinctively jumping into situations of life-or-death, it's apparent that she works best this way possessing considerable strategic skills.

Skilled Martial Artist:Wanda is a skilled athlete and was trained in the martial arts used by Tibetan monks.

Weaknesses

Science-Based Weakness: It has been said Wanda's power is weaker against strictly science-based opponents.

Incantations and Gestures Dependency: Wanda also depends on spoken incantations, mystical gesturing, and his arcane artifacts in her duties; likely these can be counted as weaknesses. Wanda has been incapacitated various times by being gagged and bound; preventing her from uttering arcane invocations or performing mystic gestures but it is a minor weakness because she has such control that she can do almost many of her magic mentally as well without any mystical gesturing.

Human Factor: Another weakness is that Wanda, despite all his spells and magical training, is only human physically. Hence, if not taking proper care or defences, Wanda can be overpowered by mere blows, energy attacks, or gas. While technically immortal per se, he still must eat, sleep and breathe in order to survive.

Astro-Limits: Such is the skill and mastery of Wanda that she is capable of spending up to 24 hours upon the astral plane before he must rejoin his ethereal form with his physical one, lest succumb to corporeal deterioration leading to bodily death and eternal suspension as a spirit.

"So Bats wanna tell anything about the two males superhero" Naruto asked unable to hide his curiosity. Like any Superhero he knew who Spider-man and Hawkeye was. Like Batman was the guardian of Gotham and mainly not many interfered in his business; Spider-man and Hawkeye were the Guardians of Newyork and LA respectively. Superman had told him that Batman has taught both of them at some point in their life and he was very protective of them and treated them like family. They do not belong to the Bat clan as per say but they were as close as family with Peter maybe the closest between the two of them.

"What do you wanna know? I think everything is pretty much clear in the file" Batman said as he tried to dodge the question

"Their file is not complete and it is pretty much clear that you trust them and what Superman has told me I know that you taught them. Tell me more about them" Naruto said gaining the attention of the rest of the team who were busy going through the file.

Batman sighed and began narrating his tale "Peter Benjamin Parker was born in Queens to CIA agents Richard and Mary Parker. While Peter was still an infant, his parents were assigned to infiltrate the Algerian based spy ring controlled by the communist agent Albert Malik. The moment Malik learned that Richard and Mary were double agents, he had them killed by one of his agents, in an airplane crash overseas and then framed them for treason. Peter went to live with his uncle and aunt, Ben and May Parker, in Forest Hills, New York; they became Peter's surrogate parents and raised him as if he were their own son. Over the next nine years, Parker grew to be extremely bright in science and became a high honors student at Midtown High School."

"Who is this Malik? I sensed a particular hatred for him from you but there is more to him than what is shown isn't it" Naruto asked as he sensed hostile feelings coming from Batman

"We believe that he is someone up in Hydra" Batman said as silence followed. Everyone stared at Steve who was quiet but his hands were clenched in anger. Noticing that everyone was looking at him he took some deep breaths to calm himself.

"So how did he got his powers?" Karen asked as she decided to ease the tension in the room.

"When he was fifteen he was bitten by a radioactive spider which gave him his powers" Batman replied as he looked at Steve worriedly.

"O-okay what about Hawkeye?" Jean asked while thinking "Radioactive spider… really!"

"He was brought to me during the end of his training while I met Peter during his early days and trained him. I don't know much about his past and he didn't like to speak about it but as far as I know he is better than Green Arrow at what he does" Batman said shocking all of them because Green arrow was well known for his skill in the league.

"What bother me the most is the fact that they aren't in league especially Miss Maximoff" Steve asked

"Well Peter and Clint were too young and well frankly speaking they never showed any interest in joining even becoming adult primarily because there was no one of their age group in the league. Even Supergirl is remained for the past 3 years because of Superman and she very quickly left the league after joining college. With Wanda she wasn't ready back then but we need her now because Kent Nelson is MIA" Batman finished gravelly shocking the rest of them.

"Why not let the three of us go on this recruiting business while Steve stays here and help Wally and others on their mission" Naruto proposed

"It is fine by me" Steve said

"Okay let's suit up" Naruto said to Jean and Karen and went towards their room and Steve sat with Batman and conversed with him.

o.O.o

Hall of Justice -Thursday July 22, 15:30 EDT, 2010

"Recognized: Kid Flash, B03" The computer said as Wally walked out of the zeta tube and saw Batman and Captain America there, which was strange since this was a training session.

"Batman, what's going on?" Wally asked.

"A mission." Batman said as Wally raised an eyebrow.

"You think we're ready?" Wally asked.

"Maybe, which is why this will be a covert recon mission. The team is assembling, I'll explain the rest." Batman said as the other five walked in.

"Isla Santa Prisca. This island nation is the primary source of a dangerous and illegal neo-steroid—a strength enhancing drug sold under the street name Venom." Batman said.

"So this has to do with Bane. What's he up to?" Wally asked.

"We're not sure. Infrared heat signatures indicate their factory is still operating at full capacity, but all shipments of Venom have been inexplicably cut off. We need to find out what Bane is up to and this is where the team comes in. This is a covert recon mission only. Observe and report. If the Justice League needs to intervene, it will. The plan requires two drop zones." Batman said as he showed them on the holomap.

"So who's in charge?" Robin asked eager to be leader.

Batman and Captain America exchanged glances. "Captain will be joining you guys so he will be the main person in charge but apart from him work that out among yourselves." Batman said as Robin nodded and smiled.

o.O.o

Newyork- July 22, 12:00 EDT, 2010

Naruto and the girls decided to use the new starrjet made by Starr industries for travel. When Naruto decided to drive it, Karen and Jean slapped him on the backside of his head and told him no in big bold letters after all no one sane will allow an adrenaline junky to drive state of the art high speed jet.

Naruto felt like someone kicked his favourite puppy in the face.

Newyork city, one of the most populous is home to the Empire State Building, Times Square, Statue of Liberty and other iconic sites; New York City is a fast-paced, globally influential centre of art, culture, fashion and finance but for super powered community it means that the city is the home of a famous wall crawling super hero. The heroes landed the jet at City Park which at the moment looked like a battle field and went on helping people and tending the hurt.

Naruto heard a small girl crying for her cat which was caught up in debris. Naruto lifted a large boulder over his head to reveal a small cat sitting in a small hole between several rocks. The cat cradled an injured paw to its chest as it looked up at Naruto with sad eyes. Naruto used his free hand to reach down and scoop the cat up gently, it released an annoyed meow as Naruto held the animal close and placed the rock back on the ground. A small girl and her parents who were nearby cleaning through the debris of the destruction heard the cat meow and came running over.

The small girl smiled brightly at the sight of her cat in Naruto's arms. "Mr. Whiskers! Your paw" The little girl said with horror at the sight of the blood on the cat's paw.

"Mr. Whiskers is a tough kitty; it's only a small cut, and it doesn't look infected. He'll be fine, I promise." Naruto said as he handed the cat to the girl's father, who looked at Naruto with a look of shock and enlightenment. The man's wife came up and grabbed her husband by the arm, and taking her daughter by the hand before looking Naruto in the face with a look of appreciation.

"Well what happened here?" Naruto asked as he approached Karen and Jean

"Spider-man took out Rhino nearby" She said pointing to the destruction

"Oh so it is Sinister Six today or just the big bad Rhino" Naruto asked as he started to scan the energy to find Spiderman.

"It was just Rhino; he seemed to have somehow managed to escape from Ravencroft alongside Shocker" Karen said as she looked at Jean who was asking some questions from nearby police officers.

"It will take a lot of time to get the recruitment done if we all go together at a time Naruto. We should split up. I'll go and meet Hawkeye in LA while Karen can get to Oxford while you deal with Spidey" Jean proposed.

"Okay see you guys later" Naruto said and leapt to the nearby buildings while Jean and Kara departed at their respective destinations using the beta tubes only after making sure to set the jet to return to Starr industrial base.

Travelling via buildings Naruto soon sensed Spider-Man going to a nearby bank. Increasing his speed he intercepted his path just a few buildings away from the bank.

"Hey Spidey wait up" Naruto called as he saw him

Spider-Man turned around to see a very unfamiliar face in Newyork city. He was quite surprised to see Sage here. Batman had emailed him about the new team and he was pretty giddy with excitement with a prospect of joining a group of years of his similar age. Hell even though Captain is of another era technically he is around 25.

"Hey Sage, it seems you are the surprise Bats wanted to send me" Peter said in a cheerful voice.

"It seems you are going after Shocker" Naruto said as he and Peter jumped on to the roof of the building infront of the bank.

"Yeah, the fool escaped from Ravencroft a few days ago alongside Rhino and has decided to loot the city bank." Peter said and Naruto could sense some amusement in his voice. Well he could understand it perfectly; Shocker was one of the easiest and most consistent villains of Spider-Man

"Well it seems that this time he planned" he used Rhino as a part of diversion and got in a bank. He had some goons and hostages as well." Naruto said as he looked at the bank

"You used that weird sensing thing didn't you" Peter said. Batman had notified him on some of his abilities and what intrigued among the given was the sensing thing. Naruto said nothing but gave him one of the mysterious smiles.

"Well, the fate must suck to be a super villain," Peter said, without missing a beat. "You take the flunkies….yeah it does feel weird for him of all people to have some flunkies."

"We're just going to have to go in there and do this," Naruto said with intensity flashing through his eyes.

He mentally calculated a plan to deal with the hostages. The blonde hero jumped through the window and managed to take out the two henchmen without being seen.

"So, how are you doing, Herman?"

Shocker looked up, his mouth hanging wide open and he was face to face with everyone's favourite neighbourhood web slinger.

"YOU!" Shocker yelled once again and he blasted at Spider-Man. He went to attack him in a furious attempt to take him down. This ended about as well as it did the last couple dozen times he went against Spider-Man.

"Really, you should come up with another hobby that you don't suck at, because being a villain just isn't your bag," Spider-Man said and he yanked the vibrating gauntlets away from Shocker, causing him to clatter to the ground once again. "I mean, I'm just saying this out of concern, because you're really making me come across as a bully right here, and I don't want to come across like that, I mean seriously…"

"SHUT UP!" Shocker bellowed, but he was punched right in the back of the head. "So hostile," Naruto said once again and she showed up next to him. "I've got all of the hostages out of here…..there's a bomb down here but he didn't have a chance to arm it."

"You see, I could have blown all of these people to smithereens!" Shocker yelled but one of the security guards who had been freed smacked him in the back of the head with a Billy club.

"Good work, Spider-Man, Sage," the guard said in a light and casual voice.

After handling Shocker to the police Naruto and Peter made their way to the Parker tower which was situated at Manhattan. Once reaching their Peter asked his A.I Jarvis to ask the cook to send some refreshments to his personal room while they both chatted.

"So this new team will be based on taking on Hydra and other agencies which the league cannot handle." Peter said

"Yeah pretty much. You can say that we will be the espionage group for the league." Naruto replied.

"Well I am in" Peter said after pondering for a long time which caused Naruto to smile.

"Welcome to Avengers Peter"

o.O.o

There were times that Captain truly hated silence. Captain was glad that Naruto asked him to go on this mission to keep his mind busy. Ever since Batman has told the group that Hydra was active, he had the feeling of dread coming upon him. The menace that he had essentially died to destroy, the group that killed countless good soldiers, including Bucky, his best friend in the whole world, had denied him the chance to have a happy life with his friends, and, essentially prevented him to have a family with Peggy was active behind everyone's back.

And Thriving

His mind keeps flashing the unpleasant memories of the war and that's why he was glad that Naruto asked him to go on this mission to keep his mind busy. A busy mind kept the silence away, and silence let his thoughts wander to unpleasant memories.

As such, Captain was currently pondering on his current situation. He currently was stuck in the Bioship which was the Martian girl Megan's private space ship. The team commonly named as Young Justice among the leaguers…they really needed to pitch some names soon, even him who was sleeping for almost seventy years felt that it was somewhat corny…had been assigned its first mission. As a junior version of the Avengers they were asked to gather information of Bane's factory at Santa Prisca.

Like any hero he knew about Bane. He had read from the league files that he is known for his mix of brute strength and exceptional intelligence and is often credited as being the only villain to have "Broken the Bat". He also found out that Bane was born in the Caribbean Republic of Santa Prisca, in a prison called Peña Duro. His father, Edmund Dorrance, had been a revolutionary who had escaped Santa Prisca's court system. The corrupt government decreed that his young son would serve out the man's life sentence, and thus Bane's childhood and early adult life were spent in the immoral penitentiary environment. One thing led to another and Bane soon became a known name in the criminal world and soon gain control on Santa Prisca.

The soldier was uncertain about this little adventure. He had thought that the young heroes first mission would be somewhat easy. This, however, was really dangerous. This was Bane's island and the guy was one of Batman's most famous rogues. His combination of intelligence and brute strength were terrifying. He knew why Batman gave this mission to the 'young justice'. It gave them ample of time to gauge their performance for the avengers. The team on the whole was a good;

Kid Flash, a speedster, with a great scientific mind having the potential to be one of the greatest speedster

Robin, a young Batman with less emo attitude

Superboy, a clone of Superman having some of the vast Kryptonian gifts like Super Strength, Invulnerability etc

Aqualad, an Atlantean with the gift of water manipulation and

Megan, a Martian with all the gifts of her species.

Steve carefully observed the team. At first they seemed exactly like a miniature version of the core members of the league except Wonder Woman and Green lantern but as time passed and he noticed their interactions he found out that it will take a lot of time for them to work and the worst problem was the fact that there was no clear leader. Batman had told them to decide among themselves, but Steve knew that wouldn't go well. While Miss Martian and Superboy appeared to have no desire to be in charge, Kid Flash and Robin clearly did. From his own experiences in the matter, the soldier was certain they would argue about it.

Personally, Steve thought that Aqualad should lead. Despite the fact that Naruto has been training Wally for past few weeks and Robin has been under Batman's tutelage for a long time, Aqualad was the most level headed out of everyone. Yet, he also didn't appear to want the spot. Perhaps he knew about the stress of being in charge. His mentor was a king after all. Kaldur had to observe Aquaman making some tough decisions.

With the Avengers the job of leading them seemed to be under him, Naruto and Karen and he had no problems with that. The three of them had been in wars on various occasions; with Naruto fighting the fourth shinobi war in and Karen fighting the Darksied war in their respective dimensions. He had read their files and by personal experience he had found both of them to be brilliant.

He was glad that they will be able to prevent each other from making bad decisions like his old team prevented him during the Second World War.

For Steve, the stealth gear was pretty useless. His new suit was mostly dark to begin with and since he had infiltrated many safe bases in the past he had a lot of experience in stealth. The super soldier, however, could see the advantage of having clothes change to something less conspicuous. Once again, Steve was amazed by Martian tech.

Steve did not, however, enjoy all the stupid flirting going around. Kid Flash always looked at Miss Martian like a hungry dog looked at a bone. His attention was always fully on the green girl. Steve didn't care about this while off missions, but they had to be serious. Without a girl around, Kid Flash was a dangerous speedster and science prodigy. Add in the hormones, though, and you got a drooling idiot. He would have to tell Flash and Naruto about this development though.

Then there was Miss Martian's reaction to Superboy. Steve could see that she was attracted to him. From a girl's perspective, it was probably hard not to be, but that didn't matter. M'gann would completely lose her focus around the clone.

'An inability to focus while around someone their attracted to; I suppose that's something that both sexes have.' Steve mentally noted.

That was wonderful insight. Yet it came from one of the most clueless people in the world…at least in his own life. Perhaps Steve had a better understanding of attraction and love for other people's lives, but not his own.

Or maybe Miss Martian and Kid Flash were just that blandly obvious…Yeah, it was probably that.

He was disturbed by his thoughts by Superboy asking him something

"I beg your pardon" Steve said

"Can you tell us about your first mission" Superboy asked and everyone was looking at him

"Well my first mission was to destroy a Nazi camp alongside Hydra. Me and my friends went in there and created havoc. To be frank I was around 20 at that time and was damn afraid but I had believe in myself and my friends will win and we did, just like I have the believe that you guys will be able to clear this mission easily.

By the time they reached Santa Prisca it was already dark.

Taking a glance at Superboy, Steve noted that he wasn't going to bungee down out of the Bioship. "You know, in my experience, falling from this height makes a lot of noise."

"What's your point?" Superboy questioned.

"Causing a miniature earthquake is not covert Son." Steve explained. "So, either you hook up, or I will hold you up like a little baby and bring you down. Now which do you think will be more embarrassing?"

For Superboy, the choice was easy. He immediately hooked himself onto a line.

As the non flying heroes were lowered to the ground, Miss Martian floated down. They were now in a thick jungle. It would certainly help them remain hidden, but they could easily get separated. Miss Martian and Superboy would stay with the group, but Kid Flash or Robin might run off. Steve would make sure to stop them.

After contacting Aqualad and agreeing to meet at the factory in the middle of the island, the group immediately took off into the jungle. For Steve, the journey was simple as he had prior experience of this but Kid and Robin were having little problem in the jungle.

Suddenly, Superboy stopped them. "Did you hear that?"

Steve quickly grabbed Robin by his cape as he saw the younger boy begin to hide. Good thing he was paying attention. If he took his attention off the Boy Wonder for half a second, Robin would surely have gotten away.

"What are you doing!?" Robin hissed.

"I am stopping you from running off." Steve answered. "We need to stay together, and you going all ninja will not help us. Listen carefully because I will not speak again, I am going to be your leader until we separate after that you all decide the leadership among yourselves but until then you are following my orders. Do you understand Robin?" Steve asked with his voice full of authority.

"Yes Sir" he gulped

Superboy, what did you hear?"

"A twig snapped." Superboy answered.

"It could be an animal, but we should stop and make sure we're not being tracked." Steve noted.

"Agreed." Aqualad answered over the radio. "Kid Flash, Superboy, switch to infrared."

The two heroes quickly spotted two different squads of guards a bit away from them. They would pass each other long before they could get to the team, so that was a good thing. When their backs were turned, the team could quickly and silently pass by-

The sound of gunshots filled the air.

"What are they doing?!" Steve questioned.

"They're attacking each other." Robin narrowed his eyes. "Why?"

"Swing wide! Steer clear!" Aqualad shouted through the radio.

"Roger that." Robin nodded. "Let's go…Captain?"

"Aqualad stay hidden, me and the rest are going to see what's is happening there" Steve commanded shocking others.

"But Batman said-" Miss Marian did not get to finish that sentence.

Steve was already off.

Using his agility and acrobatic skills, Steve flew in between the two fighting groups. Luckily, they were using normal guns, nothing that would cause him much problem.

Steve hit as many people as he could with his shield. Many thugs from both groups were knocked out by his sneak attack. The rest stopped and looked around fearfully. An attack had come from nowhere in their perspective.

The super soldier used this surprise to finish off most of the other goons. One, however, still stood. The large man was wearing a mask. In fact, this guy was more muscles than man. That did not mean he was stupid, however. In fact, Steve knew how intelligent that man really was; because that man could rival the Bat.

He was Bane, and he was staring at the now revealed Steve.

"El Capitán?" Bane lowered his gun. He knew it wouldn't help him against a ghost. "Why are you here?"

"Vacation." Steve shrugged.

"And you decide to attack me, my men, and my enemies." Bane smirked. "Unusual vacation."

"And it's about to get stranger." Steve stated.

"What-ugh!" Bane groaned in pain as Superboy slammed into the distracted man.

"What was that?!" Robin asked as the others joined the super soldier and clone. "What happened to covert?"

"Son trust me sometime making noise has its own benefits. You see as soon as we landed on the island my gut told me that something was off and when I heard gunfire I knew we could easily get some answers from the group wether they are willing or not" Steve said as he looked at Miss Martian indicating that she has to mind read the thugs and she began doing that.

"So what's next Cap" Wally asked as he rounded up all of the thugs so that M'gann can read their minds.

"We wait"

"Why did you blow our cover?" Aqualad questioned after his arrival.

Steve looked up from his spot of tying up their enemies. "They were going to kill each other. It was unnecessary bloodshed and more important it gave us the chance to let M'gann mind read them to know what is happening here."

"Ah! You care." One of the goons mocked. "Why don't you-Ack!"

Steve punched the goon in the face and broke his nose. "You don't get to talk."

"Isn't that a little harsh…" M'gann flinched at Steve's brutality while reading another thugs mind.

"Just because I save their asses doesn't mean they can give me lip." Steve noted.

"So you saved the bad guys from the bad guys?" Kid Flash questioned. "Seems a little weird."

"Do you know how quickly a stray bullet can kill?" Steve frowned. "It's pretty fast."

"I don't really get why you guys are surprised by this." Superboy shrugged. "From what I remember, this perfectly fit Captain's character."

"Yeah, the intentions can't be condemned." Kid Flash conceded.

"What's done is done, anyway." Robin shrugged. "Besides, I think we just found our answer to what's happening on this island."

"The cult of Kobra." Steve knelt down by the unconscious cult members. "I've heard of these guys. Their pretty…extreme. They worship their leader like a god. Well it certainly bring back old memories"

It was clear about whom Steve was talking about and by the look on his face it was clear that if that guy appeared Steve won't hesitate to kick him in the balls and throw him off a cliff.

"Batman didn't mention anything about that…" M'gann whispered.

"He obviously didn't know." Robin noted.

"And these guys were going to kill each other." Superboy stated. "They obviously aren't friends."

"Then that explains why supply was cut off." Kid Flash nodded. "Okay then, mystery solved. We should call Batman."

"Not that simple…" Steve eyed his team. "What does the cult gain from this? I mean, none of these members are on Venom. We should investigate further."

"Of course, we should!" Robin exclaimed.

"He was putting it to a vote, Rob." Kid Flash glared at his friend.

Steve ignored the team as they argued about wether or not they should call Batman. He really didn't care right now. This thing with Kobra was bugging him. Using Venom was extremely addictive, if he remembered correctly. Kobra was the type of guy who thought about long term. Having drug addict followers wouldn't help him…

But there was someone here that might be able to clear that up.

Steve walked over to Bane. This caused the team to watch the soldier as he walked. Aqualad questioned. "Captain?"

Steve knelt down by Bane. Unlike the others, the leader was covered in ice to prevent any possible escape. Steve didn't know how good Bane was at escaping, but he didn't want to take any chances. "(What does Kobra want with the Venom?)"

"(Wouldn't you like to know…)" Bane growled.

"You can speak Spanish?" Kid Flash questioned.

"Learnt it during the war son." Steve explained.

"Well, we don't speak Spanish, so English please." Superboy rolled his eyes. Steve caught a twitch though in the clone's face, though. That was a lie. Superboy did understand Spanish…

"Alright…" Steve looked at Bane. "You know something about all this. Tell us."

"Why would I do that for nothing in return?" Bane questioned.

"You don't have a choice really." Aqualad stated.

Miss Martian looked over at Bane and focused. "I see…a secret entrance, but I can't tell where."

"That's not what I meant." Steve stated. "He must know about Kobra's operation."

"I'll try and get more…" M'gann focused again.

"Uh uh uh, Chica." Bane smiled. "Bane isn't that easy."

"Urg…" Miss Martian groaned. "He's mentally reciting futbol scores in Espanol. This could take a while."

"We don't have that much time…" Steve noted.

"Then we should help each other." Bane smiled. "After all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

Steve glared down at the villain. "No, the enemy of my enemy is my friend…while it's convenient."

"You don't trust me?" Bane glared.

"I am not like the heroes you have met till now Bane. I am a soldier who fought against Hydra during the war. I have seen betrayal so many times that I can easily recognise one. So now you have two options one you let Miss Martian to read your mind or else I break each and every bone of your body is that clear." Steve stated.

"Um Sir Bane knows this island like a back of his hand so shouldn't we team up with him?" Superboy questioned.

"No, like I said, he'll betray us when we run out of use for him." Steve looked around at his team.

"Cap is right, though." Kid Flash nodded. "Trusting the bad guy? Not smart"

"Then what do we do?" M'gann questioned.

"This" Steve stated to Miss Martian and punched Bane on his face with a small amount of his strength dazing him a little bit. "I know your mind have some precautions that's why Miss Martian wasn't able to penetrate it while you were unconscious but when dazed that precaution doesn't work. Does it?"

"Grr…" Bane glared at the super soldier.

"Distract his mind with one of you and take him down with the other." Aqualad nodded. "Sound strategy."

"But…I've never done something like this before." M'gann fidgeted. "What if I fail?"

"You won't" he said.

He could easily M'gann's eyes widened. "Are…you sure?"

"Yeah, let's do it." Steve readied himself to jump into Bane. "Be ready…now!"

Steve used his full strength and punched Bane right across his jaw while M'gann used her telepathy. He could see that although Bane was dazed and in pain he was fighting her mind probe. He sighed in relief when he saw her smiling; it seems his plan worked.

"Did you get it, M'gann?"

"Yeah…" Miss Martian nodded. "I got everything he knows about Kobra."

"Good" Steve said as he pushed some of the pressure points in Bane's neck causing him to fell unconscious.

The team left Bane and the other men hidden in the forest. They would be dealt with later. Now, though, they had to get into the factory.

After finding the secret entrance under a bolder, the team quickly made their way through the secret tunnel. It was fortunate that Miss Martian had gotten so much information from Bane. She now knew these tunnels like the back of her hand.

"Make sure to stay together right now." Steve looked over at Robin and Kid Flash. "We cannot afford to be separated."

Aqualad, Superboy, and Miss Martian all nodded. Kid Flash and Robin blushed but agreed nonetheless. Steve smiled at their looks it seems that they were learning after all.

After getting into the factory and successfully hiding, Steve looked at the others. "There's a computer system up there. Robin, you're the best hacker."

"On it!" Robin was about to go, but was stopped by Steve. "What?"

"Something's not right…" Steve placed his free hand over his ear. The radio wasn't working. "Our communication is jammed."

Everyone checked their ears. Aqualad frowned. "That's not good."

"We really can't get separated then." Kid Flash noted.

"I can hear anything you whisper in this room." Superboy noted.

"That won't help the rest of us with normal hearing…" Robin sighed.

"We need to communicate…" Steve looked over at Miss Martian. "Can you help with that?"

"Yeah, I can set up a mental link, but…" M'gann's eyes wondered to Superboy. "I don't…"

Superboy looked away.

"Superboy," Steve stated. "We don't have much of an option soldier. I trust Miss Martian and I'll advise you guys to do so as well."

Superboy slowly nodded. "Fine."

"Okay." Steve nodded at Miss Martian. "Do it."

If Steve could describe how having the mental link set up, he would say that it felt like a speaker phone had been turned on in his head. It wasn't painful, but it was…weird. It seemed that her telepathy wasn't refined that much yet.

"Can everyone hear me?" M'gann questioned mentally.

"Wow, that's weird." Kid Flash mentally groaned.

"But it worked." Aqualad nodded at M'gann.

"It did…" Superboy noted.

"Now, what?" Miss Martian questioned.

"Because of the mental link, we can instantly communicate." Steve explained. "Now we can regroup immediately if needed, but for now, we should spread out through the factory. Find out as much as you can and stay in contact."

"What about that thing that defeated Bane in his memories?" Miss Martian questioned.

"Right now, we should avoid combat, but just in case, we'll stay in groups of two. Robin and Kid Flash can access the computers. Miss Martian and Aqualad stay low and try to get an idea of what's going on. I and Superboy will go up to the catwalk while taking down some goons silently if we crossed paths. This will allow him to get the best view and scope of what's happening. Is that okay with everyone?" Steve finished.

Everyone nodded.

"Okay, let's spread out."

The groups then dispersed. Steve quickly grabbed Superboy and they stealthily made their way towards the catwalk. Many a times Superboy would have made the people know them but t seems that luck was with them that day and they were able to reach to the catwalk. The super soldier then took his x ray binoculars which Naruto made for him and looked at the island

"They look like their only taking out new shipments." Steve stated.

"Does Venom expire?" Superboy questioned.

"It takes a long time; years actually." Robin noted.

"Guys, I read the minds of the Kobra Cultists. They keep thinking about some new type of Venom." Miss Martian explained.

"That is not good." Aqualad noted. "It could be the substance that made the monster that beat Bane while he was using Venom."

"…Um, yeah, I think that's exactly what it is." Kid Flash informed them. "From what Rob hacked, the Venom was mixed with Blockbuster formula from Cadmus."

"It changes the user into a powerful monster…permanently." Robin explained.

'It can cause trouble later' Steve thought, years of practise made it possible for him not to link his private thoughts with the link thus helping him a lot

"…I hear a helicopter." Superboy noted.

"That could be the buyer." Aqualad stated.

"Miss M, bring Aqualad to the catwalk above at the top of the factory." Steve ordered. "We'll meet him up here. Then, you can go take a look at the buyer. Find out who it is."

"Understood." Miss Martian confirmed.

Steve and Superboy quickly met up with Aqualad on the catwalk. Steve noted. "We might need to destroy the supply of Kobra Venom."

"Venom can be rather explosive." Robin noted. "It wouldn't take much to send this place sky high."

"Isn't that a little extreme for a covert operation?" Kid Flash questioned.

"Maybe, it depends…" Steve looked over the factory.

"Depends on what?" Superboy questioned.

"Who are the buyers? When are they going to do the trading? If we have a few days until the trade, then we'll be safe to leave and turn this over to the Justice League. But if it happens now...well, we might have to act." Steve explained.

Aqualad nodded at the super soldier. "That makes sense, but I would prefer to avoid any more fighting. Yeah me too but Son in our cases, we usually have to fight our way out"

"Agreed." Steve acknowledged. "I think we can avoid an all out brawl."

"Captain, I found the buyers. Sending a mental image to the entire team now." Miss Martian informed.

"…Or maybe not…" Steve's fists clenched. "Crap…"

"Sports master!" Aqualad mentally shouted in alarm. "We cannot indulge him one on one"

"We've been over our heads since we found out about Kobra!" Kid Flash exclaimed.

"We can take him!" Superboy stated.

"It's not him I'm worried about…" Steve felt sweet run down his neck. "It's the experiments that worry me…"

The group consisted of several people. Kobra was a pale man wearing a red robe with a snake hood. The giant being with tough grey skin and red hair was the mammoth that beat Bane. Sports-master was the blond man in the goalie mask and sports equipment. In addition, there was also an experimental giant, the Hydra logo on their shoulders clearly stated who their master was. Seeing him Steve knew he had his work cut now.

"Who is he? Some science fair reject" Wally joked trying to ease the mood.

"Trust me; he is an experiment super giant made by Hydra. He is dangerous." Steve warned. "All of them are.

"Then what do we do?" Miss Martian questioned as she landed by the boys on the catwalk.

Steve watched as the group walked through the factory. "This is an emergency situation. This place needs to go down now."

"But how do we do that?" Aqualad questioned.

"Robin, Miss Martian, and I can set up explosives. I have plenty with me that we can use. We need to be careful, though." Steve warned. "Kobra, Sports-master and Mammoth; hell even that goddamn experiment might be able to spot us."

"What about the rest of us?" Superboy questioned.

"Superboy, stay up here, you are on the lookout. Also listen in on the group. Miss Martian can you open telepathic channel through the link?" Steve inquired.

"Yes."

"Alright, we'll need to know the full details. Aqualad, Kid Flash, sneak outside. Set up explosives on the outside in the nearby jungle. That way, we can draw everyone out of here with a distraction." Steve informed.

"No one will get hurt by the explosions." Robin realized.

"Yes. Any arguments?" Steve questioned.

There were none.

"Then let's do this."

Whew took a lot of time to get this done. Now you all know what to do i.e

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