AN: Guys, there's about sixteen chapters after this one, which means that this will be continuing for a long time before it ends. I'm not sure how anyone will feel about that, but I figured that I would give you a heads up.

Enjoy!

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Robin launched himself towards Kaldur in hopes of landing an attack, but being the skillful Atlantian he was, Aqualad saw it coming and was easily able to dodge.

The Team leader and his second in command were sparring in the Mountain, with Zatara and Captain Marvel watching from the sidelines. Batman ditched Robin earlier in order to continue investigating the Arkham breakout that happened a few days ago, and the acrobat had no desire to remain in the Manor. Going to the Mountain seemed to be the most logical choice, since he could possibly make himself useful there. Aqualad was the only other Team member available at the time, and when the Atlantian offered to have a practice fight with the bored acrobat, Robin had hurriedly agreed. The small part of him, the one that always felt that he needed to prove himself, flourished as the two boys fought. If he could take down the leader of the Team, or even prove that they were equals, then he could finally let himself believe that he was just as good as the rest of the young heroes.

Motivated, Robin spun on his heel and threw himself back at his opponent. Aqualad waited until they were only inches away from each other when he finally took the offensive, aiming a punch at Robin's head. Robin instinctively ducked to avoid it and used a back spring to bring himself to safety, with Aqualad following closely behind. When the older teen caught up, he attempted at another swing, but the acrobat was able to block it with one arm and counter. Points they've earned or lost appeared over their heads as Aqualad back flipped to avoid his attack. The two of them eyed each other from separate sides of the ring before simultaneously relaxing out of their stances, and the training program shut itself off. It looked as though they were equally matched, Robin thought with a grin. That meant that he improved during his training with Batman.

M'gann and Connor then entered the room with Wolf, giving each other a dreamy eyed stare that made Robin roll his eyes. At this point, it would be impossible for them to make their relationship any more obvious. He leaned closer to Aqualad. "You know they're a couple, right?" He whispered.

The Atlantian regarded the two as well. "I believe I knew before they did."

Just then, Wally and Artemis also walked into the room together. Robin remembered how they both seemed to have developed feelings for either the clone or the martian, and couldn't help but feel bad for them. "Do we tell them?"

"It is not our place."

Aqualad wasn't a fan of gossiping, then. He could respect that.

Their other teammates finally joined them at the training ring, and Wally gave the Captain a disdainful frown. "So if Zatara is our babysitter this week, then why is he still here?" This was directed towards Marvel, who was munching on food next to the magician. "And why is he eating my snacks?!"

Before anyone could reply, a Zeta Tube lit up. "Recognized: Batman, 02." The Dark Knight walked out of the bright stream of light and briskly came towards the other heroes.

"Computer, national news," he ordered without prior greeting.

The holographic image of a blonde news reporter appeared. "The initial attack was short-lived," she announced, sounding grave, "but Metropolis was only granted a short reprieve. And despite the intervention of Superman and the Justice League, there seems to be no end in sight." The footage changed to show the figures of several Leaguers attempting to take the plant down, but no one seemed to be successful so far.

"Should we go out there?" Robin asked. The only reason why Batman would be showing them this would be if the League wanted their assistance, right?"

Batman turned around. "No. The League will soon have the situation under control; that's not why I'm here." A picture of Sportsmaster appeared on the screen. "According to your intel, Sportsmaster supplied Cadmus' blockbuster formula to Kobra."

"Who combined it with Bane's venom to create Kobra Venom," Wally added.

"Which the Brain used to create his animal army," Robin continued.

"And upgrade Wolf." Connor scratched the animal under its chin affectionately.

"The Brain also used inhibitor collars like the ones at the Belle Reve penitentiary." M'gann said.

Artemis frowned. "Batman, is it possible that plant thingy's on Kobra Venom, too?"

"I had Green Lantern run a spot analysis. The plant cellulose does contain trace amounts of a Kobra Venom variant." Robin hummed and brought up his own keyboard, intending to find more information about this plant attack.

Aqualad spoke up, "These cannot be coincidences, unrelated criminals are cooperating with one another worldwide."

"Exactly," his mentor agreed. "It is clear that our enemies formed some sort of secret society for super villains. The attack on Metropolis is only the beginning."

"Got that right." Robin brought up images of other cities that were also facing similar issues. "Plant creatures have sprouted in Gotham city, Paris, Star City, Taipei-" All of the images disappeared, and were replaced by static. Ah, Connor's favorite show seemed to have wanted the spotlight...

"Dude," Wally complained.

"It's not me," he furiously tried to bring the images up again, but found that all media signals had been totally taken over by an unknown outside source. "Someone's cutting the satellite signal. It's all satellite signals!"

The static was suddenly replaced by the face of a grinning Joker. "Ladies and gentlemen," he said softly, eyes glinting in a way that would make a grown man shiver. "We interrupt your regularly scheduled mayhem to bring you this important announcement," He brought out a dagger as he moved the camera, a cleverly hidden way to insure that his audience remained attentive. As the camera turned, another six villains were revealed, who stood calmly and confidently even though they were addressing the entire planet "from the Injustice League. Hahahaha..."

"We are responsible for the attacks on your cities," Count Vertigo declared. "If you wish to save them, a ransom of ten billion American dollars is required. Delivery instructions have been sent to the United Nations. There is no time limit, but the longer your governments wait-"

Joker took the camera again. "-the more we get to have our... jollies." He began to chuckle again, and the screen returned to its static state once more.

Batman immediately brought his hand up to his comm. "Roger that, Aquaman. The UN will prepare the ransom as a fallback, but it won't come to that."

Robin was barely listening; he was too focused on the members of the Injustice League. It couldn't have been a coincidence that seven super villains decided to work together just as they began piecing together what could have been an evil organization. Things just never worked out that way. Batman didn't ever believe in coincidences, and neither would he.

With a few typed commands on his holographic keyboard, the footage rewinded until everyone was able to see all of the villains minus the clown. "Count Vertigo, The Joker, Poison Ivy, Ultra-Humanite, Atomic Skull, Black Atom, Wotan. Seven heavy hitters probably behind everything and everyone we've faced."

"There's your secret society," Wally mumbled.

"Not so secret anymore," Artemis pointed out. Her tone implied that she didn't believe this was what they were really up against, and Robin couldn't help but agree. If the Injustice League was behind all of the challenges they've faced so far, why reveal themselves at that exact point of time? There was something wrong with the picture, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Kaldur spoke, "Perhaps after India, they realized we would deduce the truth and saw no point in hiding any longer."

But... They never figured out who was behind everything. It still made no sense to why they would reveal themselves if the League had no way of pinning anything on them yet. It didn't add up.

Wally grinned confidently. "Yeah, well that was their mistake! Right now, I say we kick some plant creature butt!"

"The Justice League will handle the plants," Batman argued. "I have a different job for the Team."

"Aww man..." Wally groaned, but was silenced when Artemis punched his shoulder, frowning at him in disapproval.

Batman acted as though he was never interrupted. "With the plants attacking so many locations simultaneously, there must be a central control system. Your mission is to destroy it."

Robin's mouth fell open in shock. Was he misreading his mentor's meaning, or was he just about to send them on their hardest mission yet? That couldn't be the case. The Dark Knight was still against his partner going anywhere near any Gotham villains, wasn't he?

Zatara stepped forward, looking uneasy. "You realize what you're really asking them to do?"

Wait... Was this really happening?

"They're ready," Batman said firmly, turning so that his gaze locked with Robin's. Oh God, he was serious. He actually trusted him- them, to take down the world's most feared super villains!

Wally seemed to be a bit slow on the uptake. "Ready? Ready for what?" This earned him another hit on the shoulder, courtesy of Artemis. "Ow! Would you cut that-"

"Hello Wally! If the big guns are fighting the plants, who do you think we'll be fighting?"

"I dunno, I guess we'll-" The blonde pointed to the screen, and he finally looked over to the image of the Injustice League. It seemed to finally click in his head, as a startled look fell upon his face. "Oh."

"Well, Batman, I trust you are correct," Zatara said softly. He must have been a little hesitant about sending those who he saw as children fight such powerful criminals. Robin understood his hesitance; he had a daughter, didn't he? He was probably thinking about what would happen if she went out into the field.

Batman had never been fond of people questioning his decisions. "I trust you can locate the enemy," was his gruff reply.

"Indeed. Wotan's informants suggest sorcery is part of how the plants are controlled." He looked at the youngest. "Robin, if you will provide a holo-map, I'll search for signs of concentrated sorcerous activity." The acrobat nodded and obeyed, bringing up a holographic globe in the center of the group. Zatara walked over to the globe and held his hands out, taking in a deep breath. " Etacol retnecipe fo yrecros!" He chanted, and a red mark appeared on the map. "There. That is where you will find the Injustice League control system."

Robin saved the location on the Mountain databases. "Coordinates locked in; the Louisiana bayou."

"We are on our way," Aqualad said firmly. With that, the Team took off in the direction of the bishop, and they heard Batman holding Marvel back from joining them from behind.

Robin grinned as they climbed inside the ship. Not only were they being sent to go on one of the most dangerous missions in their lifetimes, but they would also be doing it without any League supervision.

He was definitely feeling the aster.

xXx

The Team sat in the bioship as they awaited the moment they could land. Robin examined all of his weapons to make sure that everything was sharp and ready for battle. Next to him, Kid Flash chewed on his choice of snack. The speedster eventually glanced over at the bag next to their leader, and swallowed his mouthful of food. "What's in the duffel?" He asked curiously.

Aqualad looked down as well. "Plan B," he said cryptically.

Before anyone could question his meaning, Miss Martian suddenly grabbed her head, groaning. Superboy gave her a concerned look. "You alright?"

"Dizzy," was her response.

"Martians get air sick?" Robin asked in disbelief.

Wally gave her a once over. "She does look a bit greener than usual."

"Not me, her."

Artemis blinked. "I feel fine."

"Not her, the bioship. She's trying to shield us, but-" the ship was suddenly tossed around in the air, and if weren't for the straps securing them to their chairs, they would have been sent flying threw the windows. The ship straightened herself out for a few seconds, but a harder hit sent her crashing into the muddy water below. Before anyone could react, two monstrous vines shot out of the ground and wrapped themselves around the ship, dragging them all deeper into the water.

Well, at least they knew they were at the right place.

A loud thud on the roof told them they had company, and powerful hands managed to pry a hole open above them. In response to this, Miss Martian moaned and grabbed at her head again. "He's hurting her." Angry, Superboy growled and jumped up, punching the attacker away before he could do any more damage. He had hit the villain with enough force to send him flying away, which meant that they had time to escape.

Or not, Robin thought as water came in through the newly created opening and started to fill the bioship. "No," Artemis said fiercely. "No way am I nearly drowning three missions in a row."

"M'gann, you need to open a hatch."

The Martian slapped her forehead. "Hello Megan! Of course." She dove underwater and waved her hand in front of a wall. Yet another hole was created, and the Team used it to escape. They swam around in the murky waters just until they were at a safe distance, and then they climbed onto shore. Miss Martian peered through the undergrowth, watching her struggling ship sadly. "She's in shock. She'll need time to recover."

All of a sudden, the worse feeling of vertigo slammed into Robin with full force, and he fell to the ground with a cry of pain. Next to him, his teammates echoed his cries, each struggling to fight off the weak feeling in their limbs. God, it was one of the worst feelings he had ever felt. He wasn't even sure how KF managed to push himself up. "Vertigo," the speedster spat, speaking to someone Robin couldn't see.

"Count Vertigo to you, peasant."

The force finally let up, and Robin could feel the rest of his senses return to him. Superboy wasted no time in resting, choosing to instead aim a punch at Vertigo. He was intercepted halfway there by a man with a lightning symbol on his chest, who pushed the clone back onto the ground. Aqualad was the next to climb back on his feet, and the rest of the Team followed soon after. The Atlantian turned around and used his water bearers to absorb water from the lake, then he spun back around and shot jets of water at Vertigo. 'Robin, Miss Martian, disappear," he ordered. Before either of them could argue, he continued, 'We will keep them busy. You two fulfill the Mission objective.'

Robin thought back to his mentor. He would want them to do whatever it took to complete the Mission, even if it meant leaving any teammates behind. With a nod, the acrobat took a few steps backwards and let himself be absorbed by the shadows, and watched as Miss Martian switched into camouflage mode. Hundreds, even thousands of lives depended on them to complete their task. They could not let them down.

Robin and Miss Martian wasted no time, and sped through the darkened jungle. The boy had a map of the area held up in front of them so that they could track their progress. They weren't too far away now. 'I've lost contact with Aqualad and the others,' the martian informed him after a few minutes. 'Should we-'

'Sorry, that's not the gig.' He put his computer away and pushed a branch back to reveal the structure of a tall building with tall stalks of plant growing out of the rooftop. 'This is: Injustice League central system. Looks like that plant is acting like an antenna to control all plants worldwide.'

"Well hello." They turned around and was met with a snug looking Poison Ivy, who wrapped them in sturdy vines and yanked them off of the ground. Ultra-Humanite jumped down from the treetops and landed next to Ivy, aiming a laser gun at the two young heroes. "And goodbye." Before Humanite could fire, Miss Martian used her telekinesis to forcefully yank the weapon out of his hands and toss it out of harms way, while simultaneously freeing them both from Ivy's grip. As soon as Robin's feet hit the ground, he fled back towards the shadows, but was stopped by another plant attack. "Sorry Boy Wonder, I'm putting an end to your little reconnaissance mission."

Boy Wonder? That was new. More vines jumped out of the surrounding bodies of water and went straight towards him, but he managed to get out of the way just in time. They did not wait a single second to lunge at him again, and he grunted before jumping up to grab onto a tree branch and use it to swing himself out of harms way. When he landed, another vine swung at him and just barely missed his head. Well, he was off to a good start.

With a sharp inhale, Robin sprinted through the jungle, barely avoiding Poison Ivy's attacks. One of them eventually managed to hit him and he was thrown across the muddy ground. Alfred was not going to be happy about cleaning his uniform after tonight. Huffing, Robin pushed himself back up, only to watch the invisible Miss Martian get rid of the attacking plans. How did she make it look so easy? 'Robin, she's made contact.'

'Artemis?'

'No.' Came the blonde's voice. They looked up and spotted two villains flying over with a golden cage that apparently held their friends. As they flew closer to the Injustice League HQ, the bioship suddenly shot threw the air and slammed into Wotan and knocking him out of the sky. The cage then dissolved, and the Team fell, landing on the ground with a chorus of grunts. Well, at least they didn't have to worry about a future rescue mission.

Superboy immediately locked gazes with Humanite. "I hate monkeys," he growled, and he charged at him with Wolf at his side.

Artemis and Aqualad turned around to face Ivy, but quickly realized that they were both weaponless. "I feel naked," the archer muttered, "and not in a fun way.

Robin blinked. What? He shook his head; there was no time to question the thoughts of teenage girls. He had a job to do. Miss Martian glanced at him and seemed to read his determination, as she nodded and flew with him to the building. Once they arrived, her eyes glowed green and he was gently lifted onto the building. Once he landed, he immediately began to plant explosives at every possible angle of the mother-vine. 'Time to give the League a break,' he told his teammate through the mind link before pressing the activation button on his glove. His explosives let out a loud whine before simultaneously going off, successfully destroying the plant and also setting the building on fire.

"No!" Ivy shrieked, staring at the dead plant in devastation.

"Timber," Robin said, giving her an innocent look. The female snarled and lashed out, sending a new hoard of vines at him. What she wasn't expecting was for Miss Martian to step in and keep the plants at bay.

They did it, they won. It was over.

A sudden yellow laser beam shot out and struck Miss Martian, throwing her off the building.

Or not...

Robin caught sight of Atomic Skull and backed away, seeking safer grounds. As he moved, an annoyed voice spoke, "Children? Children foiled our plan?!" Joker shouted as Skull continued to fire at Robin. "Inconceivable. Unacceptable. Retributionable!" A pause. "That last one might not be a word." He grinned. "So sue me." Robin frowned as he realized that he had something in common with the Joker. That was not whelming.

"Kill them," Vertigo ordered, enraged. "Kill them all."

Robin ignored him and jumped down from the roof, landing next to the injured Miss Martian. He helped her back up to her feet and gave her a worried look. That was a direct hit, could she continue fighting? The girl smiled and had enough time to send him a feeling of reassurance before they were forced to jump out of the way of another yellow beam.

"Enough," Wotan shouted. In reply, Robin threw an explosive disk at his face. When the smoke from his attack disappeared, it revealed that Wotan had used a force field to avoid taking damage. Annoyed, the magician shot beams of energy at the bird and Aqualad. Robin attempted to outrun it, but it was simply to fast, and he was soon laying on the ground while moaning in pain. Other cries joined his and Aqualad's as the other members of the Team were given the same treatment. Robin felt a brief rush of panic as he wondered for the first time: what if... what if they lost this battle?

He and his friends could die.

He heard Aqualad say something to Miss Martian before the beams of energy finally died out. "The Helmet of Fate," Wotan growled out from above. Robin opened his eyes and saw Aqualad holding a yellow helmet over his head. Wait, KF told him something about that...

"No Aqualad, don't!" The speedster shrieked, but was silenced when one of the villains punched him in the face. The Atlantian ignored his request and slipped the helmet over his head, making a bright light engulf his entire body. When the light died down, Aqualad was encased in yellow armor- Dr. Fate's uniform. "Oh, dude..." Kid whispered, horrified.

Dr. Fate rose into the air and stopped when he was only a few feet away from the other magician. "Wotan, you are mine," he declared in a mix of both his own voice and Kaldur's. It was... disturbing.

There was a shuffling noise behind him, and he turned around to see Joker, who was holding a blade up to his eye level. "Wonder Boy, you are mine. Hahaha!" He was clearly mocking Fate's theatrics, which even Robin had to admit were a little much.

Needless to say, the next few minutes he spent were filled with the clown swiping at him with his blade, and Robin dodging by jumping backwards. His legs were shaking slightly as he moved, either caused by the effects of Wotan's attack, exhaustion, or both. Either way, it was becoming clear that he would be overpowered soon, and Joker knew it. "I always wanted to carve this bird," he said before charging at him with a knife in each hand. Wait, where did he get the second one? He decided to ponder over that later, since getting distracted gave Joker the perfect opportunity to slice into the boy's torso. It was a small gash, but it hurt. And how did it even touch his skin? "Your dear Uncle Joker didn't forget his tools this time, kiddo!" The clown exclaimed, eyeing the torn Kevlar happily. That explained it...

Joker continued to advance, and each swipe grew dangerously closer to hitting its mark. Sweat matted Robin's hair to his forehead, and his dodges were starting to resemble something more like stumbling. The maniac's smile widened as he noticed this, and he aimed for one final strike-

Only to have his a blade be knocked out of his hand by a carefully aimed batarang.

Robin looked up and was relieved to see Superman, Captain Marvel, and Green Lantern floating above, as well as his mentor and a few others who were be held in the air by a green platform. Batman was giving Joker one of his coldest glares, and the moment he was on the ground, he sent the clown reeling backwards with a punch. The Dark Knight then turned to look at his protege. "Are you okay?" He asked quietly.

Though he had several injuries, and was completely exhausted, there was no way he was going to back out of the fight now. "I'm still feeling the aster," he replied, grinning.

Batman's lips twitched upwards slightly. "Then let's end this."

Both the Justice League and the Team worked together to drive the Injustice League back, and the heroes soon had them cornered. The League, both young and old, circled around the villains, creating a wall that they had no chance of going through. There was nothing more that the criminals could do that night. "It's over," Batman told them.

The Injustice Leaguers shared glances before reluctantly putting their hands up in surrender. "There will be another day," Vertigo said softly.

"Another day?" Joker exclaimed, gaining everyone's attention. "Another day?! There won't be another day, not for any of us!" He raised his glowing hands with a wicked laugh. The plants surrounding him responded to his movements by rising off of the ground and released brownish-green clouds of gas. Oh no...

"Joker Venom spores! Don't breathe!" Batman ordered as he ran towards the laughing clown. One powerful punch was all it took to take him down, but they still had the gas to worry about.

"Fear not!" Fate flew into the air and thrusted his arms outwards, creating a golden symbol in the air. The symbol somehow sucked up all of the laughing gas, clearing the air and preventing anyone from accidentally inhaling it. "Fate has intervened!"

...Did he always sound so dramatic?

xXx

"What were you thinking? How could you let him put on the helmet?" KF asked Miss M after the Injustice League was taken care of. "Nabu will never release him now. Kaldur will be trapped inside Dr. Fate forever..." The magician stared at him blankly and then reached up to remove his helmet. The armor disappeared, and Aqualad's normal form was left behind. Kid Flash blinked in shock. "Nabu let you go?"

"He almost did not, but your friend Kent was most helpful." A smile. "He says hello."

Kid Flash grinned in relief.

"We're done here," Batman announced as the League made their way over to them. "The super villain society had been neutralized. As for your performance..." There was a moment of silence. "It was satisfactory." Wow, Batman was starting to hand out compliments like candy on Halloween. Robin made a mental note to have Alfred check to make sure his guardian wasn't sick.

Grinning to himself, he turned to share a victorious look with the rest of the Team. They had just held their own against some of the world's most powerful villains. That... That was pretty big. Going by the League's reactions, the older heroes seemed to be impressed, and he might even say they were proud of them.

He glanced up at the sky briefly, eyes locked on the stars above. It wasn't something he thought of as much as he should, but he wondered if his parents were proud of him, wherever they were...

Batman put a hand on his shoulder from behind him to get his attention. They were leaving, apparently. As the Dynamic Duo left the rest of the group, the boy smiled to himself. Well, he decided, at least he knew that one of his parents were proud.

xXx

AN: Whew, all done. I'm a hard core procrastinator when it comes to updating, but I don't think this one came in too late.

Anyways, there are four ways I could go about finishing this story, and I wanted some of my readers opinions for it.

1. A tragic ending with no room for a sequel.

2. A depressing ending with room for a sequel that will be based off of season 2.

3. A happyish ending with room for a sequel that will based off of season 2.

4. A happyish ending with room for a sequel that won't be based off of season 2.

What do you guys think, with what you've read so far? I'd like to hear your thoughts. :)