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Independence Day

1 Year after Ben's Arrival.

"Do I have to go?" Ben moaned as Kent shuffled through a few boxes in the corner of his study, levitating the ones he had already searched into the air behind him.

"Aha!" Kent exclaimed as he pulled a golden ankh the size of a pencil out of one of the boxes and allowed the others to gently land around him, "Knew I didn't lose it," Kent turned to face Ben with concern but, his smile was just as loving and caring as it had ever been.

"And yes, you have to go, you can't live in here forever, trust me," Kent turned around and tapped his cane on the ground, summoning a full body mirror to face him with a flash of golden light. Kent played with his bow-tie as Ben defended his stubborn case.

"I just don't see the point in going to some shin-dig with a bunch of sidekicks; I've been saving the world since I was ten years old!"

Kent stepped out of the way and faced the mirror towards Ben.

"What do you see?" Kent asked calmly.

"A man who's more than ready to be a hero," Ben retorted folding his arms across his chest.

"You wanna know what I see?"

"No, but I'm sure you'll tell me anyways," he sarcastically attempted to walk away from the mirror but, was pulled back by the shoulders quickly.

"I see a boy no older than seventeen, one who has been forced to mature at an early age, the weight of the Universe on his shoulders as an adolescent, one who saw those he cared for pass right in front of his eyes, one who managed to pick himself up from depression and one who has managed to not only master his given powers but even develop natural powers that shouldn't exist in the first place. And all of that power and maturity has changed his heart and molded it to the heart of a true hero," Kent's speech finished quickly with Ben left wondering what his words even meant to begin with.

"Do you come with a dictionary or should I be trying to guess the meaning of all that?"

"Legal age to join the league is eighteen, kid, tough luck," Kent smiled widely knowing full well the reason Ben wasn't allowed to join the Justice League.

"It was worth a shot," Ben deadpanned with a disappointed slump.

Kent held the ankh up above his head and watched as it shun brightly with a golden light that only Kent Nelson could provide. He lowered his arm still holding the key outward and 'cut' a golden hole in the air which served as a long distance form of teleportation between the Tower of Fate and the Hall of Justice, home of heroes and the location of legends.

…

The passage way led into a library where several colorfully dressed heroes were gathered. As Ben and Kent entered the Hall they found that the former sidekicks had just taken seats in velvet chairs with soft arm rests; in the corner their mentors gathered in a huddle next to them.

Kent turned around and lifted his arm up with the key still in hand slowly 'zipping up' the hole in space and time.

Batman was about to discuss the villain activity of that day when he noticed the Senior Citizen walking up to them, leaning on his cane with a smile plastered across his face. Ben noticed the man dressed in all black Kevlar armor with a helmet in the shape of a bat. His bright yellow utility belt stuck out to him but, he couldn't complain considering the attire of Ultimo and the other heroes from his Universe.

The vigilante beside Batman wore all green clothing with some lightweight material and myriad of different arrow-like weapons including a holstered cross-bow, several miniature arrows strapped to his wrists, and finally his trademarked emerald bow and arrow. He raised an eyebrow at the sight of the teenager, almost immediately scoffing at the thought of 'green being his color'.

"Kent? I wasn't expecting you today," Batman spoke in confusion but, more prominently with a tone that shouted 'you really should have called first'.

"Batsy, it's always good to see you, I'm just here to drop off my protégé," Kent turned and pointed at Ben whom stopped picking his ear in boredom and slowly waved with a goofy smile on his face.

"Protégé?" Batman and Martian Manhunter said in unison both observing Ben thoroughly from their standing position, He didn't seem very muscular or heroic but, who were they to judge the decision of a former Sorcerer Supreme? Manhunter shrugged towards Batman whom sighed in response, he looked to Aquaman, Red Tornado and Flash but, none of them wanted to give their two cents.

"Yup, don't get me wrong he doesn't know the first thing about magic, but he does know a thing or two about being a hero," Kent looked over to Ben who was slumped over casually.

"Well," Batman said ignoring the former League members choice in apprentices, "We were about to debrief on the coincidence of four ice villains attacking on the same day, would you like to join us Kent?" Batman offered as Kent was still a senior member of the Justice League even though he retired in the early 90's.

"Oh no, I'm way too old for a debrief," Kent waved his hands at them turning around slowly, "I think I'll take my leave, you'll do great kid," Kent said the last part putting a hand on Ben's shoulder as he leaped into the golden portal that sealed itself from the other side.

"We won't be long," Batman said to the teenagers in the room including Ben as they began to turn around towards the metal doors that read 'League Members Only'.

"That's it?" a boy from the small group of sidekicks yelled out causing the group of heroes to turn and face him, "You promised us a real look inside not a glorified back stage pass!" The boy screamed nearly at the top of his lungs obviously totally disillusioned to the League's Hall of Justice.

"It's a first step," Stated Aquaman "You've been granted access few others get," he put his finger up with an 'as a matter of fact' tone.

"Oh really?" The boy said pointing towards the left wall with a giant glass window built into it, tourists snapping photo's as he ranted, proving his point in the process, "Who cares what side of the glass we're on?"

"Roy, you just need to be patient," Green Arrow pleaded stepping forwards.

"What I need is respect," Roy turned around to face the other teens including Ben, "I don't know about you, guy," Roy looked at Ben and then turned to face the other teen heroes in the room, "but they're treating us like kids, worse, like sidekicks," Roy spat the word as if it tasted like venom; "We deserve better than this!"

The other teens just stared at him confused and bewildered, sharing glances between themselves unsure if to talk him down or side with him or perhaps even stay neutral but, the boy wouldn't have it.

"You're kidding, right?" Roy paused staring them down, "You're playing their game? Why?" Roy didn't wait for a response before continuing, "Today was supposed to be the day! Step one in becoming full-fledged members of the league," he punctuated his sentence by pounding his palm with his fist, still not getting anything from the heroes until someone cleared their throat.

A boy in yellow sitting in one of the chairs spoke up suddenly, "I thought step one was access to the HQ?"

"Except the hall isn't the leagues real HQ, I bet they never even told you, the hall is just a front for tourists, and a pit stop for Zeta-Beam teleporters to the real HQ! A giant orbiting satellite in space called the Watch Tower!"

Green Arrow lowered his head in shame as Batman turned to shoot him his famous bat-glare causing a reaction from the emerald archer, he put his hands up in attempted defense.

"I know, I know but, I thought we could make an exception?" Arrow asked with a smile but, was only responded with Batman narrowing his eyes in disapproval.

"Or not..."

"We're supposed to be their partners," Roy took his yellow hat off revealing a mess of spiky ginger hair and turned to Green Arrow who sighed as Roy stepped forwards, "I thought I was his," Roy spoke with disgust as he tossed his hat on the ground at the Arrow's feet leaving the archer to frown with sorrow.

He then walked up to the other teens and addressed them one last time, "Maybe they were right about you guys, maybe you're not ready," Roy walked out of the automatic door and silence fell over the room.

"That was... dramatic," Ben quipped just as an alert appeared on the large monitor built into the wall of the library, suddenly displaying the face of their most famed protector, Superman! In Ben's eyes though, he simply saw a more normal version of Ultimo.

"Superman to Justice League, there's a fire at Project Cadmus with civilians still trapped inside," Superman looked away at something off screen and then turned back to the screen where Batman made himself present.

"I've had my suspicions about Cadmus and this gives me the perfect opportunity to-" The Bat's monologue was cut-off by another Leaguer accessing the channel as their face appeared side by side with Superman's.

"Zatara to Justice League, Wo-Ton the sorcerer is using the Amulet of Atone to blot out the sun, requesting full league response!"

Batman looked back to Superman who looked off camera at the blazing building below and back to Batman "It's a small fire, local authorities are on the scene, I'm sure they can handle it."

"Then Cadmus can wait," Batman pressed a small button on the console in front of him signaling all active League members, "All League Members converge on Zatara's coordinates, Batman out," He turned to leave through the exit when Robin, Kid Flash and Aqualad stepped in front of them.

"You three-" Batman looked over to Ben who waved again with an oblivious smile on his face, "You four stay put."

"What! Why?" Robin yelled out almost not understanding how they could be left behind after the stunt Roy pulled.

"There will be other missions," Batman explained calmly.

Aquaman intervened with a stern voice, "When you're ready."

"Until then, stay put," Batman gave them the deadliest glare possible before turning away, leaving the four teens to their thoughts.

On their way out Green Arrow whispered to Martian Manhunter with discretion, "Glad you didn't bring 'you know who'?"

"Indeed," the Martian agreed.

…

The four heroes sat in silence for several long seconds before Ben spoke up, "That was intense, my mentors always trusted me, but mostly cause they had to..."

"How do we ever expect them to trust us when they keep treating us like sidekicks?" Kid Flash said throwing his hands in the air with frustration.

"My mentor, my king; I thought he trusted me," Aqualad said looking at the ground until Kid Flash brought their attention to him by standing up from his chair.

"Trust us? News flash! They've got a secret HQ in space!" They all pondered his words knowing full well he was right, the fact that they had this Headquarters and never even told them about it displayed a major lack of trust and communication.

"I knew," Ben said as everyone turned their attention to him. "Kent told me a few months ago; I dont think he knew it was a secret though," he rubbed chin in minor confusion before they all turned their attention towards the new-comer.

"Wow, I guess we've been a little rude," Robin said rubbing the back of his neck whilst chuckling nervously, "Name's Robin, Batman's partner, at least I thought I was."

Kid Flash, a teen older than Robin covered head to toe in yellow friction-proof body armor, stuck his hand out letting Ben shake it shortly, "Kid Flash, but you can call me Kid if you want, my mentor is pretty self explanatory."

"As is mine," A taller teen clearly as old if not older than Kid with tan skin and a muscular build greeted Ben appropriately with a casual handshake, "My name is Kaldur'am or Aqualad however, I have no secret identity to uphold, therefore; you may call me Kaldur."

"Ben Tennyson, I was adopted by Kent not too long ago after an... accident," Ben rubbed his chin as silence over took the room once again. The blank silence fueled his curiosity as he remembered what Batman had said before he left, "What's Project Cadmus?"

"Dunno but, I can find out," Robin replied with a grin as he walked over to the monitor and plugged a cable from his gauntlet into the main computer screen, typing away with several small boxes opening up on screen with lines of code scrolling through each one.

"Access Denied," the automated female computer voice spoke suddenly causing everyone's gaze to fall upon the boy wonder once again.

Ben contemplated Upgrade or Brainstorm to do the job but his thoughts were cut short when Robin spoke up once again in response to the computer.

"Wanna bet?"

The small boxes disappeared and several larger boxes spawned with large amounts of code filtering through all at once, it was almost amusing watching the code scroll passed the young heroes eyes, even while hidden by his domino mask.

"Whoa, how... are you doing that?" Kid Flash commented as more code filtered through the hacking teenagers holographic screen.

"Same system as the bat-cave," Robin sung as he swiftly piggy backed into the League's systems.

"Access Granted," the filtered voice deadpanned.

"Nice," Ben commented as Robin searched and opened a certain file.

"Project Cadmus, a genetics lab here in DC, no further information but," He rubbed his chin, thinking for a moment about Batman's tone and his expression whilst talking about Cadmus, "If Batman's suspicious maybe we should investigate anyways?"

"Solve their case before they do; poetic justice," Kaldur contemplated.

"Well they do like their justice," Kid Flash said as they assessed their options.

"But Batman said stay put," Aqualad spoke with concern of being caught just as Robin readied a retort.

"For the blotting out the sun mission, not this!"

"Wait, are you going to Cadmus?" Kid Flash grabbed Robin by the shoulders and stuck a finger in his chest, poking him with a laugh, "Cause if you're going, I'm going!" Kid Flash slung an arm around Robins shoulder and looked over to Ben.

"The Tower of Fate does get a little cramped after a while, I wouldn't mind stretching my legs for a bit," Ben stepped next to Kid Flash who grabbed him under his other arm and all three smiled towards the final decision. Aqualad.

Aqualad sighed crossing his arms, "Just like that we're a team on a mission?"

"We didn't come for a play date!"

…

Washington DC, Project Cadmus

"Help!" two men in lab coats shouted from the second story building as the fire raged behind them. The fire department had just rescued another civilian from another part of the building and was on their way to these two however; the fire was relentless and they weren't sure if they would make it in time. All seemed lost until a yellow blur ran towards the building and up the wall grabbing the two scientists just before an explosion rocked the area. He ran faster until he made it to the roof placing them safely away from the fire. Kid Flash, who had just barely gotten the scientists to safety, tried reaching the roof himself but, gravity took hold as he free-fell towards the ground. His impact was dulled by a massive blob of green goo, catching the speedster and lowering him safely.

"Look! It's uh… Flash Boy!" the civilians called out as Kid caught his breath.

"Kid Flash! Why is that so hard to remember?" The boy of speed got to his feet and looked around curious as to how he remained uninjured.

As Kid Flash caught his second wind, he realized what happened, "AH!" the speedster yelled as the green slop morphed into a almost humanoid form with green eyes and an hourglass symbol on its chest, "What in the hell are you?"

"Relax, it's me, Ben!" the creature spoke with a gurgle as if it was underwater. "This is my power, I'm a shape-shifter of sorts, each form has a different name, and this is Goop!"

Kid scratched his head for a moment, "Ok, Goop, what else can you turn into?" The green blob narrowed his eyes with a strange smile.

"I have nearly a hundred different forms at my disposal!" Goop reached over and slapped the symbol on his chest causing another bright flash of green light.

"And this," Ben began as he was now a black and blue velociraptor-like creature with sharp claws as hands and a visor over his face. "This is XLR8! One of my faster transformations!"

"Speed, huh?" Kid Flash managed to make out as XLR8 grabbed the speedster and ran up the wall effortlessly and through the window on the second floor where Aqualad and Robin where waiting for them.

"Thanks for waiting, guys!" Kid Flash spat sarcastically as he crossed his arms in mock protest.

"Weren't you right behind us?" Robin retorted as he was dumbfounded by the creature in front of them, "Uh Kid? Did you make a new friend?"

"No, we did, it's Ben guys! He's a shape-shifter! I think!" Kid Flash stepped aside and the velociraptor slapped the symbol on its chest transforming him back into his human form.

"Sup," Ben declared as the green light faded.

"Dude, that is so wicked," Robin declared.

"He said he can transform into a hundred different monsters!" Kid Flash pointed out as Robin began searching computers and dumping file boxes onto the ground.

"Actually, they're aliens from my home Universe," Ben said casually as everyone stopped and looked at him in amazement.

"Ok, so you're from another Universe? Like a parallel world? OH, is there a Kid Flash in your Universe? Am I as good looking there as I am here?" Kid Flash commented while slicking back his ginger hair.

"Actually, there is no Justice League where I come from. I'm the only hero on my Earth. I found this watch when I was ten years old and it has the ability to transform me into any of over a million aliens but, there are some restrictions on it right now so I can only access about a hundred maybe, like, eighty?"

"Dude, hardcore," they all fist bumped him one way or another until Robin spoke up from a computer console.

He had been searching a computer but, to no avail, "This was a waste of time guys, there is zero incriminating evidence on these computers, just junk files and trip schedules. What kind of genetics lab is this?"

"The one with more to it than meets the eye," Aqualad spoke up as he looked down a hall and saw a mysterious creature with glowing red eyes walk into an elevator and disappear as the doors closed.

"What was that?" Aqualad muttered narrowing his eyes.

Kid Flash sped over and commented as he places his hands on the closed doors, "Elevators should be shut down."

Robin and Ben ran next to him observing the elevator where they both tilted their heads slightly, "Are you seeing?"

"Yeah," Ben responded.

Robin pulled up a blue holoscreen from his gauntlet and scanned the elevator quickly, "As I thought, this is a high speed elevator, for buildings with more than twenty stories. It doesn't belong in a two story building like this," He dispersed the holoscreen and looked towards his friends.

"Neither does what I saw," Aqualad spoke as he pried open the doors and looked down to see a very dark elevator shaft going down much more than even twenty stories.

"Hence, why they need a high-speed elevator," Ben commented as he reached for his Ultimatrix and popped up the dial, switching through holographic silhouettes, finally he found who he was looking for and slammed the dial down with all of his force. With a flash of green light Ben was no more as a giant blue moth-like creature stood in his place.

"Whoa, who's this?" Kid Flash asked as Ben retracted his moth like wings onto his body using them as a make-shift hoodie.

"Call this guy, Big Chill," Big Chill spoke in large deep breaths as if it was hard for him to breath.

"And his ability?" Robin asked.

"He breathes liquid nitrogen, hence the name Big Chill," Big Chill turned around and faced the elevator stepping off and falling a few feet before his wings spread out in the shaft as he slowly glided down.

"I have got to get me a watch like that," Kid Flash said as Robin pulled out a small device from his belt.

"You and me both," Robin said as he shot a grappling line at the ceiling of the shaft and jumped downwards letting himself down slowly. Kid Flash jumped a grabbed on to the grappling line along with Aqualad sliding down until they reached Sub Level 26.

Robin stopped slowly as he looked down and realized they were nowhere near the end of the shaft but, they were at the end of his grappling line.

"I'm at the end of my rope," Robin said as he swung over to a small ledge where Big Chill was already leaning casually against the wall.

"Figuratively or Literally?" Big Chill asked as Robin opened a holoscreen and began hacking wireless sensors just as the others arrived.

"Both, hacking motion sensors and security checkpoint… now!"

Big Chill phased through the elevator door freezing it over with a sheet of ice making it as vulnerable as glass. Aqualad shattered the doors with brute strength and as soon as he did so, Kid Flash slipped his goggles over his eyes and sped off into the long hallway at super speeds. Of course, things are never so simple as he was met with a line of giant, reptile like creatures with glowing red eyes and horns the size of the average man. Kid just barely avoided being squashed as the others arrived to see the beasts minding their own business unaware of their presence.

"Nope, nothing odd going on here," Big Chill commented as the line ended and they slowly disappeared from sight.

…

Robin hacked through a few doors before coming across a giant room with walls lined with giant test tubes each one containing some sort of deformed creature that generated electricity constantly, turning the room into one big strobe light.

Ben, who had long sense transformed back to normal, had nearly gone blind from the display, with curiosity looking at the creatures in each tube he. attempted to understand the situation

"Whoa," Robin gasped as he rubbed his eyes and adjusted them to the proper lighting.

"This must be how they keep a massive compound like this off the books; they use these creatures to generate their own power," Kid surmised as he walked by a small computer and immediately looked over to Robin who nodded in understanding.

"Didn't the Cadmus of myth create new life by sewing dragon's teeth into the Earth?" Ben commented receiving looks from the others, "What? My cousin loved myths."

Robin began typing away into the small computer, analyzing data as to further their investigation, "They call them Genomorphs; Whoa look at the stats on these guys, super strength, telepathy, razor claws... they're breeding living weapons!"

"They're engineering an army, but for what?" Kid Flash asked.

"Wait something else, Project Kr, its triple encrypted and'll take a few minutes to-"

Robin was interrupted by a voice shouting from down the hall, "Don't move!"

A man in a grey armored suit with a golden helmet and gauntlets yelled out as Genomorphs leaped and took positions around the heroes.

"Wait? Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash? What are you doing here and who's this?" He punctuated his sentance my gesturing to Ben whom sheepishly waved.

"He's a friend, but I think I know you," Robin spoke as he narrowed his eyes through his domino mask, "You're Guardian, a hero!"

"I do my best," Guardian said nonchalantly.

"Then what are you doing here?" Ben asked as Robin continued to encrypt the files.

"I'm chief of security, you're trespassing but, we can call the League and get this figured out."

"You think the League is going to approve of you breeding weapons?" Ben asked as Guardian held his head for a moment.

"Weapons? What are you-" Guardian paused with discomfort before looking up at the teens with fury, "Take them down hard! No mercy!"

"Not good!" Ben said as he dialed up an alien and slammed down on the Ultimatrix with no time to choose, he selected the first one that came up which happened to be a very lucky draw.

"RATH!" a giant tiger like creature with the build of an Olympic weight lifter and one single claw protruding from the center of his knuckles roared with fury as he tossed aside any Genomorphs that got in his way and after taking down most of them he turned his sights to the biggest creature and Guardian.

"Let me tell you something living weapons and hero who may or may not be under mind control, nobody takes down Rath! Not even Rath!" the tiger creature immediately began sprinting before switching to all fours as he jumped at a rather large Genomorph and wrestled it to the ground putting it in an arm bar and dislocating its shoulder with a loud squealing hiss.

"I need back up!" Guardian yelled through his ear piece.

"Yes, you do," Rath said cracking his knuckles and approaching slowly before Kid Flash caught his attention with a shout.

"Uh Rath?" Rath turned around to face his caller with a snort.

"We should probably go, we can't fight an army!" Robin said as he finished encrypting the code and ran towards the hall next to them.

"Says you! Rath does anything he wants!" Rath began running after his team mates sticking his tongue out at Guardian who waited with a glare for his back up.

They headed for an elevator which Robin dutifully hacked as Rath fought away any Genomorphs that came close, swatting them away like flies.

"Take that! And that! Rath likes playing this game!" Rath tossed aside the last Genomorph and walked up to Robin slapping the symbol on his chest and reverting to his human form.

"Dude you were awesome back there, although; the whole talking in third person thing is kinda weird," Kid commented as Ben laughed.

"Sorry about that, Rath tends to get a little carried away and if you noticed, he isn't too bright either," Ben said as Robin finally opened the door.

"Good timing," Aqualad said as bigger Genomorphs turned the corner and chased after them. The elevator door barely closed before the Genomorphs slammed into it creating large dents in the metal doors.

"That was close," Ben said as he looked at the floor number watching it increase instead of decrease, "Wait, we're going down? Out is up!"

"Excuse me? Project Kr is down, on Sub Level 52."

"This is out of control; maybe we should call the league?" Ben suggested as the others looked down realizing how far things had gone in such a short time.

They didn't get to ponder for more than a moment before the elevator doors opened and revealed a long, eerie, and dimly lit hallway covered in some sort of flesh like material.

Robin took off running as Kid Flash followed leaving Ben and Aqualad behind.

"Well, we are already here," Aqualad said shrugging and running after the others leaving Ben to sigh and run after them as well.

They ran until they came upon a fork in the paths.

"Which way do we go? Bizarre looking hallway one or bizarre looking hallway two?" Robin commented as the rest of the team looked over to Ben.

"What?"

"You be the tie breaker," Kid Flash commented "What do you think we should do?"

"Well… I like bizarre looking hallway number one so why not?" Ben walked through the group and down the creepy hall as the others followed suit when suddenly a tall skinny Genomorph caught sight of them from the second hallway they didn't go choose causing the team to begin running towards a metal door labeled 'Kr'.

Just then the elevator opened revealing Guardian and a troop of Genomorphs unloading and fanning out into the hall, the tall-skinny creature yelled out as they approached him, "They are heading towards Project Kr!" Guardian didn't stop running as he past him and turned towards the first hallway.

Kid Flash was the first to make it to Kr while the others were still slightly behind and the door was closing quickly so Kid thought quickly grabbing a small tank of some sort and jamming it into the door stopping it for several seconds, long enough for Ben, Robin, and Aqualad to get through. Just as the Genomorphs were approaching to enter as well, Aqualad kicked the tank away causing the door to slam-shut in front of them.

Robin wirelessly hacked the doors lock system and disabled it with a loud echoing clank.

"I disabled the door, we're safe," he panted.

Ben grimaced, "We're trapped…"

"Guys?" Kid called out from behind them, "You might wanna to see this!"

The three of them approached Kid and were just as surprised as he expected while staring up at a teenage boy no older than sixteen wearing a white suit with a crimson 'S' symbol on it. The boy was in some sort of stasis tank, seemingly unconscious with three smaller Genomorphs above him sitting idle each with glowing red horns.

"Big 'k' little 'r'; the atomic symbol for Krypton… Clone?" Kid Flash asked looking towards Robin who'd already begun hacking the control console.

"Ok, Project Kr, weapon designation: Superboy. A clone force grown in sixteen weeks!" Robin read in surprise, "From DNA acquired from Superman."

"Stolen from Superman," Aqualad corrected, "There is no way that he knows about this."

"The solar suit allows him to absorb yellow solar radiation 24/7, speeding up his growth by two-hundred percent!"

"And those creatures?" Ben asked as Robin read on.

"G-gnomes, force feeding him an education psychically," he narrowed his eyes at the screen, "A corrupt one, no doubt."

"Ok, now we contact the League," Ben commented as he reached for his Ultimatrix but, Kid Flash stopped him grabbing his wrist quickly before explaining himself.

"We're gonna be in serious trouble if we don't at least have something to show for all this," he looked up at the test-tubed teen.

"We're trapped and we don't have any real way of getting out of this without back-up," he sighed and pulled his arm back, "I'll call Kent and maybe he'll let us off the hook…"

Ben pressed a button on his Ultimatrix attempting to contact his mentor, "Kent hello? You there?" the only response was static, "We're in too deep, literally," Ben joked as he walked over to the clones' pod.

"Set him free," Ben said as the others looked at one another and shrugged in confusion, unsure of his decision.

"We'll need him if we're gonna get out of here," Ben put his hands on the glass and sighed, "We can't just leave him here." Ben exclaimed as Robin held his hands up in defeat.

"Fine, you win," he pressed more codes on his gauntlet before a large burst of steam expelled from the pod as the solar energy light died down and the G-gnomes horn glowing ceased.

Superboy's hand clenched tightly into a fist as his eyes shot open with rage suddenly. The clone leaped forwards with astonishing speeds tackling Aqualad into the ground and continued to mount him and throw punches which Aqualad barely managed to defend against.

"Please we only wish to help you!" Aqualad screamed in between punches but, to no avail as the clone continued to punch away until he felt a cold hand on his shoulder causing him to turn towards the unidentified person.

"Hey there," Superboy analyzed his greeter, giant man at least seven feet tall made of purple and blue crystal spoke with a deep, burly voice. The weapon leaped to throw a punch but when the attack connected, it only successed in pushing the crystal man back and did no damage at all.

"Surprised me too," the diamond creature spoke before right crossing Superboy into the wall and sending a small barrage of diamonds which surrounding the boy pinning him to the wall momentarily.

Kid Flash and Robin looked at the creature with wide eyes.

"Diamondhead, he's called Diamondhead," Diamondhead reached for the Ultimatrix symbol and spoke, "And you can call this one-"

After a bright green light emerged from the area a humanoid about the same size as Diamondhead with red skin and four eyes coupled with four muscular arms shouting, "Fourarms!"

Superboy widened his eyes before returning to rage and ripping the crystals off of him one by one. He leaped at the strange creature aiming his fist for the Tetramand's face only to feel a strike of equal force connect with his stomach sending them both in opposite directions.

"This is getting way out of hand," Robin yelled pulling out a custom taser-gun and firing it at Superboy's chest which, even after the wires delivered some hundred-thousand volts, didn't do any damage. The clone pulled the wires out of his abdomen and yanked Robin over to him before back handing the boy wonder across the room next to Aqualad.

"Ok, we're two down, what now?" Kid Flash yelped over to Ben.

"Most of my stronger aliens are too big to fit in this room, I'm gonna have to do with what I've got," Fourarms slammed the Ultimatrix and a bright glow engulfed the room.

"Shocksquatch!" a yellow and black furred humanoid yeti like creature with the Ultimatrix symbol displayed as a belt appeared with yellow lightning surging through his fur.

"Let's do this eh?" the creature spoke with a Canadian accent and taunted the clone with hand gestured inviting a brawl.

Shocksquatch charged Superboy but, turned at the last minute allowing Kid Flash to come from behind the alien hero and right cross the clone across the face and then send a barrage of super speed punches to the stomach.

Superboy looked up unaffected before side kicking Kid into the wall putting a decent dent into the metal interior, Kid tried standing to his feet but, inevitably fell unconscious. Suddenly, Shocksquatch surprised the distracted clone and put him into a full nelson.

"Why don't you chill out already, eh?" the alien charged all of his electricity in his body and shot it directly into Superboy who screamed in agony.

"Shocking, isn't it?" Shocksquatch chuckled to himself, "I should write that one down," before the smoking Superboy flipped the alien overhead and onto the floor before super-punting him in the abdomen sending him into the glass chamber he had woken from. Glass flew across the room as metal clanked down around the fallen hero, "That pun was stale, I realize that now, I deserved that."

Superboy narrowed his eyes wordlessly as Shocksquatch fell unconscious causing a vibrant crimson glow leaving Ben out-cold in a pile glass and metal. The clone scoffed and stepped towards the giant metal-door that the heroes entered through; he effortlessly pulled the door open in a single motion.

Several Genomorphs, scientists, and Guardian were outside awaiting support to get the door open when they witnessed Superboy open it for them.

The head scientist walked foreword and adjusted his glasses looking into the room finding the four teen heroes unconscious, "Atta-boy."

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I hope you all enjoyed the chapter!

If you're here for the first time, I hope you enjoyed.

If you are here and wondering why this chapter was remastered than let me give you a piece of refreshing news. I've decided to remaster each chapter of Justice Era and possibly continue the series due to the announcement of Young Justice Season 3: Outsiders premiering on Netflix in mid 2018!

Hope you love my writing as much as i do!