AN: So here we are with the next update, I hope you all enjoy it. So far the reaction to the story has been good, there have of course been a few critical reviews, but they were polite and made valid points, so thanks for that. Some of those points I have taken into account going forwards, others I have thought about and dismissed as a none concern.

Still I hope you all continue to read and enjoy the story, and keep leaving reviews as I love to hear from you.

Also if you have some spare time I hope you try out some of my other stories, there is a whole variety of them some of which I hope you will enjoy.

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(Last Time)

"Right," said a flustered Robin, sending the other amused heroes an awkward look. "Sorry… I'll try to, ah, be more… accurate in the future."

"And more respectful," Kaldur tagged on, his blue eyes flicking to the younger boy as he did so, the boy in question, despite his airs, running his mouth almost as much as Kid Flash did.

"See that you do," said Red Tornado, before he once again turned and walked away.

"Speedy was so wrong about this," Wally smiled as he headed away from the other and towards the kitchen.

"This team thing might just work out," Robin agreed, enthused with their recent success as he, Superboy and M'gann followed.

"Maybe," Percy muttered, still a little leery on the dynamics.

"Indeed," Kaldur added, the two of them sharing a look, both more than aware that there was still a lot more that needed to be done and said before they could call themselves a team.

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Chapter 6

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(With Percy, in Mount Justice)

Holding his Drakon bone sword tightly in his right hand Percy casually swung it slowly through the air with practiced ease, his eyes closed as he focused on moving his feet in time with his sword as he glided across the floor.

To those that were watching it would appear he was almost dancing as he swept across the floor, his footing perfect as he swung his blade high in an overhead swing, before he twisted it into a vertical side parry, twirling the blade through his hands as he then finished with a low sweeping slash, which moments later was again turned into a high slash in the opposite direction.

These were drills that he had put together himself, based on the idea of patterns or katas that are done in martial arts. They are set movements that flow into one another, building muscle memory for basic techniques which you could build off of to go into a more varied and complicated set of attacks and strikes.

His every movement he made was methodical and economic, there was no wasted step or swing as he danced forwards, feeling his way through the air, not through sight or sound, but through the water particles in the air. This was a way of not only training his swordsmanship but also his control over water, plus it gave him an extra sensory ability, one that very few could block.

Spinning on his heel, Percy shot forwards once more, increasing his pace as he tried to balance speed with technique, trying to enter the zone so to speak, one which involved absolute awareness of both himself and his surroundings.

But it was as he was doing this though, sinking into the familiar rhythm and motions of his sword dance, that he found his mind beginning to wander.

Already he could see flashes of memories flickering through his mind as he moved, his slashes and jabs getting faster and faster, more aggressive and ferocious by the second.

He could see the red, pulsating sky of Tartarus, and the bloated boil like protrusion that erupted from the ground, each one birthing new monsters. He could taste the acrid, acidic air swirling through his lungs, and could feel the gnawing, burning sensation of the air as it flowed over his skin. Already he could feel the familiar icy claw of madness clawing at his psyche as it had when he first beheld what Tartarus truly was, not just a place, but a living, breathing organism.

Percy's grip on his blade tightened at that, his pulse quickening and his control of his abilities intensifying as he did so. The air around him feeling hotter and wetter as he subconsciously began to raise the temperature and humidity. Unknown to him the air around him continued to become thicker and hotter, even as condensation began to settle on all the surfaces around him. A mist like steam beginning to swirl through the air to, increasing in strength and density with every one of Percy's breathes.

In his mind he could see the snarling and enraged faces of monsters, monster he had killed once, twice, thrice, no more than that far more for some, for in Tartarus they always came back to life no matter how he killed them, save of course for if he pitched them off the edge and into the chaos void below, there was no returning form that.

Not that he had much of an opportunity to do such a thing as they tended to veer away from the edges. So yes, no matter how many times he killed them they always came back, and they always hunted him. After all for some of them he was the only living Demigod in the Pit, and as such the only prey for them to satisfy their hunger.

Percy's lips curled upwards into a snarl at that thought, the ground below him beginning to quake now, even as the metal around below began to warp, buckle and in places melt as the steam and condensation became like boiling acid.

He didn't notice this though. Instead he continued to delve into his memories. Already he could see the monsters he had fought and killed flashing by in a blur. But similarly he could see the monsters he had eventually befriend whilst in the Pit, either because they tired of killing one another, or because they saw an opportunity to distract themselves from the endless torment of Tartarus. After all even monsters and evil doers needed companionship sometimes.

There was the hauntingly beautiful woman with snakes for hair. Then there was the powerful and fiercely intelligent Titaness with curly, black hair, golden coloured skin and eyes like molten silver. Then finally there was a breath taking grey skinned, golden eyed goddess with waist length, midnight black hair, sharp fangs and a pair of large, black feathered wings.

Sliding his feet across the floor, Percy internally frowned when he realised he was now bare footed for some reason, and also seemed to be walking through some kind of thick mud.

The frown only lasted for a moment though before he shook it off and decided to adapt to these changes. Slowing his movements and adjusting his footing he took up a defensive stance, his footwork still perfectly in sync with his blade work as he switched from sweeping slashes and deadly fast jabs to strong, firm parries and rapid counterattacking thrusts, using both the blade, the spiked, bone cross guard and finally the spiked pommel as well now.

"Percy!" A voice called out to him, as if form very far away.

Percy frowned as he heard that, his mind still fixed in his memories as he saw another face, though seeing it made his gut twist and heart clench. This face was very pale and gaunt, so much so that she looked almost as if she were dead, with a halo of curly, golden coloured hair that had been tied back in a ponytail. More than that though this was a face he knew well, one that he knew usually looked at him with exasperated fondness, only now it was twisted into an expression of fear.

"Percy!" The voice called again.

"Annabeth." Percy muttered, his grip on his sword tightening even more as he saw the scared look on her face as she backed away, looking at him in fear as he reached out to her, trying to pull her back to safety as he did so. Even now he could see her walking backwards to the edge of the Pit. He could see her backing away, just as he could see that she wasn't looking where she was going, her fearful grey eyes instead fixed on him. She was still backing away, still calling his name, she was about to fall.

"PERCY!" The voice now bellowed, sounding out both audibly and mentally as he suddenly released his grip on his sword allowing it to fall to the ground with a wet splat, even as he clasped both hands to his ears as he felt as if his head was trying to split itself open.

"Percy!" The familiar voice shouted again, only now it was not ringing in his head and he could actually hear it, hear the concern and the worry in it.

"What?!" Percy finally snapped in response, opening his eyes now only to freeze as he looked around at his surroundings.

The training room was a complete mess, the metal floor was little more than bubbling, dirty grey sludge. All of the computers and other technical doodads on the side were sparking and partially melted. On top of that he could see fallen pieces of rock that looked to have fallen down from the mountainous roof overhead.

"Megan?" Percy asked as he twisted round in confusion, frowning as he felt a sudden breeze on his body, even as he looked over to the concerned and nervous looking green Martian that was floating in the air a few metres away from him at the edge of the room, her soft brown eyes wide as she looked around at the state of the room, before she then locked onto him.

"Percy you're finally back." Megan finally replied, the worry and fear sliding off her face as it was almost instantly replaced with relief. Though only for a moment because as he turned to face her a sheepish look on his face, her own face went bright red even as her hands leapt up to cover her eyes. Though he could still see a glimmer of her hazel eyes through her slightly spread fingers. "And you're naked."

"Naked?" Percy queried, his voice a bit raspy now as the acrid fumes from the melted metal floor swirled up into his nostrils and mouth.

Raising his hand Percy concentrated for a moment, seizing control of all the moisture in the area as he did so, before with a grunted he rapidly cooled it. The chill in the air increasing tenfold as melted floor suddenly froze over, letting out a cracking, hissing sound as the steam molten sludge solidified, bits and pieces of it shattered as it went from very hot to very cold in an instant.

Percy breathed easier now as cold air swirled around his lungs, cleaning out his airways and sinuses. It was a relief, but only for a moment, as a few seconds later Percy had to hold off from shivering as he felt the cold breeze on his privates and finally digested Megan's last words.

He was naked, no doubt due to the acid vapour that had also melt the floor. Either way his tanned, muscled body was on full display, his scar littered torso revealed for all to see, along with his gently swinging manhood. Which was especially bad as the room had suddenly become very very cold all of a sudden.

"Ah." Percy gasped out, before he moved his hands down to cover his manhood, his sheepish smile growing and his ears burning red as he did so. "Sorry about that Megan."

The still red faced Megan though just shook her head in response. "I-It's fine, no harm done you know..."

"Yeah, but still I seem to have gotten a bit too into my training and let my control slip a little." Percy replied wrenching his feet up as he did so, the frozen, and formerly melted metal encasing them shattering as he then gingerly picked up his icy, cold sword and began awkwardly moving towards Megan and the door to the room, one hand cupping his wedding tackle all the while.

"A little?" Megan asked incredulously, still not looking at Percy now as she instead turned away from him. "It took me bellowing in your mind to wake you up!"

"Yeah, I'm sorry about that. I just kind of got lost in my own thoughts and memories, and well not all of them are that good, and since my powers are partly connected to my emotions, well you know…" Percy trailed off lamely, still very much aware that he was standing naked next to the very attractive Martian girl.

"Yeah, yeah it fine. But do you mind, you know, putting some clothes!" Megan squeaked out, her ears burning red now along with her cheeks now as she still continued to try and avoid looking. Even if he could see her occasionally sneaking a peak in spite of herself.

"Ermm yes, sorry I'll just go do that." Percy nodded quickly, before he began to sidle out of the room, pausing only long enough to give the now ruined Training Room 4 an awkward look before he headed for his room and a spare change of clothes.

Before he had gone more than a half dozen steps though Megan once again called out to him, her voice still quaky as still gamely tried not to look at his naked form. "Oh, and Batman just called ahead, there is going to be a team meeting in twenty minutes, that's what I came here to tell you about. That and you know because the mountain was beginning to shake and I thought it might be a small earthquake or something, or Superboy messing about, and wanted to warn you."

"Ha, yeah." Percy nodded, more than aware that he was the cause of the earthquake, he could only hope he hadn't caused any structural damage to the mountain. Then again considering the amount of reinforcement the Justice League had put into the base he very doubted there was much for him to worry about. "Thanks for the warning, I'll just get dressed and meet you in the main chamber, right?"

"Yeah okay," Megan nodded, her voice containing not a shred of fear or nervousness now.

"Oh and about this, do you mind not mentioning it to the others?" Percy tagged on, he could already imagine what Wally would say if he heard that this happened. Plus Robin was already leery of him, the last thing he needed was the Boy Wonder thinking him unstable.

"Y-yeah of course, no problem." Megan laughed, her tone holding genuine warmth and amusement to it now as the whole situation finally settled in. "Accidents happen."

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(Twenty Minutes Later)

A quick shower and a fresh changes of clothes later and Percy was soon waiting in the main chamber of Mount Justice with the others, wearing a pair of baggy black jeans, a blue T-shirt, his tan coloured coat and Celestial Bronze cuirass, gauntlets and greaves. Around his waist he also had his Drakon bone sword sheathed, and under one of his arms he had a plumed bronze coloured helmet, courtesy of the Amazons, which had a handy full face guard to protect his identity.

Which of course reminded him, sooner or later he would have to come up with a proper alias for himself. Especially once he stepped out of the shadows and became a full-blown superhero. He was still thinking either Tempest or Riptide, but hadn't quite decided yet.

Around him the other recently arrived sidekicks were also already assembled, Robin, Kid Flash and Aqualad all standing slightly off to one side, excitedly talking to one another about the upcoming mission briefing, their first proper one as a team.

Whilst standing to the other side of Percy was also Megan, who was still a little pink in the cheeks as she gave him sideways looks every now and then, and also Superboy, who when Percy had seen him had only told him to "Not make so much noise" his only mention of Percy's destructive training session.

Percy let out a slight sigh as he saw this, even as he adjusted the helmet under his arm. This group was still very far away from being a proper team, the dynamic was still all wrong.

This was due to faults on all of their parts, three of them, Robin, Kaldur and Wally, had a history together and as heroes, and so consciously or subconsciously considered themselves better and more experienced than the rest of the team, plus the three of them already had their own dynamic.

Megan was still nervous and naive, with her having not fully adjusted to living on earth and with humans. This meant she was still slightly disassociated with the rest of the team, though Percy had been working on that as she was the only one of his new 'housemates' that he was really able to talk too.

His other 'housemate' Superboy was just a bit of an arse, understandably so, but still. Percy had tried to offer an olive branch the other day and draw a line under their previous disagreements. Superboy however had candidly rejected all offers, instead he seemed to want to just lone wolf it. Again it was an understandable reaction, but not something conducive to creating good team work.

Then finally there was Percy. He knew he had come across as slightly harsh and had been slightly more pointed than he had needed to be earlier, both with Robin and Superboy. Unfortunately though patience and subtly were not two of his virtues. On top of that Percy was withholding personal details about himself, details that he knew he should share, or at least some of them, in order to make this team thing work.

That being said none of the others were all that forthcoming with their own secrets, origins and lives. Save of course for Wally who was a motor mouth and had already spilled everything about himself to all and sundry without even a hint of prompting, and Superboy who was literally a few weeks old and didn't even have any secrets to begin with.

Before Percy could ponder anymore on his teammates he was quickly distracted by Batman clearing his throat, his actions getting him instant quiet as the three chattering sidekicks looked over to him expectantly.

The Dark Knight in question was standing just in front of them, Red Tornado on one side of him, and Wonder Woman on the other. All three of them looking serious as they surveyed the six sidekicks. Though in Red tornado and Batman's case they always looked serious, so that wasn't really saying very much.

"I am so ready for this mission," Kid Flash smirked, before quickly falling silent when he saw the unamused expression on Batman's face as his cold gaze fell on him for a moment making Wally look away pretty sharpish.

Cocking an eyebrow at this, Percy shared an amused look with Diana as she caught his gaze, the stern looking woman's lips twitching upwards even as she rolled her eyes at her comrade's actions.

Seemingly oblivious to this back and forth, Batman looked around at the group and then began to speak, outlining just what their first proper mission as a team would entail as he did so. "Santa Prisca is the worldwide producer of the illegal steroid Venom." Multiple holographic screens appeared behind Batman as he said that, making Percy blink as he was once again taken aback by how advanced the technology here appeared in comparison to how it was in his original world.

Several of the images on the screens were of the small, heavily wooded, tropical island of Santa Prisca, though from different angles, including an aerial view which showed a large building complex in the centre, their base of operations.

"Lately, all shipping to and from the island has stopped. This is despite the fact that satellite imaging shows that the factory is still producing the illegal drug." Batman continued, not even bothering to look at the screens as he instead surveyed the young heroes, his gaze resting a few moments longer on Percy than the rest, the suspicion in his gaze clear for Percy to see, even if most of the others likely couldn't see it. "Your assignment will be to infiltrate the island, figure out what is going on there and then report back to the League."

A slight silence followed that as the six teens looked at the images of the island and digested their brief but simple assignment. It was not glamourous by any means, but it would still require a certain amount of stealth and guile. These were things Percy knew he was lacking in at present. Which is why he was not all that disappointed, after all it would be a perfect assignment to start getting a broad range of experience, both against villains in general, as oppose to monsters, and in espionage.

"Remember this is a covert, recon mission," Batman then continued, turning to half face the screens now. "You are to observe and report only, not engage. If the Justice League needs to get involved, it will." With that said the main hologram screen changed into an aerial map of Santa Prisca, with Batman gesturing at two points on the map. "The entry plan we've devised calls for two drop zones, here and here. Are there any questions?"

"Who is the leader?" Robin finally spoke up, the youngest amongst them being the first one to bring up the pertinent question of leadership.

Batman and Red Tornado shared a glance as they heard that, even as Diana's slight smile widened ever more, her blue eyes still fixed on Percy as they seemed to twinkle.

Whatever Batman was going to say, Percy knew he wouldn't like it, not if Diana was giving him that teasing smirk of hers. Like an older sister who knew their little brother was about to get really annoyed and was delighting in it.

For all her airs as the Princess of Themyscira and the mighty superhero Wonder Woman, she could really be an annoying pest sometimes. Seriously, when she wasn't nagging him and mithering him about one thing or another, she was going out of her way to tease him.

"That will be left up to you all to decide," The Dark Knight finally replied bluntly, his gaze once again sweeping over the assembled six sidekicks judgementally.

Hearing that Robin gained a confident smirk, whilst Wally crossed his arms and nodded. Both of them clearly believing that they were the ones most suitable to lead the team. Percy meanwhile had to withhold a groan, as not only did they have to do a mission but there would also be an ongoing battle for who was in charge too.

"Also," Batman continued, gesturing over to the side of the room where several metal brief cases were resting on the floor, all of which Batman and the others had brought with them when they first arrived, "We had these made for Kid Flash, Perseus and Aqualad, with your mentor's assistance of course."

Percy frowned at that in an instant, he didn't have a mentor and he was certainly no one's protégé/ sidekick. With that thought in mind his gaze once again swept over to the smirking Diana, he knew she was behind this, just like he knew she was the reason why most of the members of the League called him Perseus. By the gods she knew how to push his buttons, and not in a good way.

"These are stealth-tech suits. Just press your respective emblems and you'll enter stealth mode." Batman then continued, watching on blandly as Kid Flash blur to his case, opened it up and dressed in his new costume in moments, pressing the lightning symbol on his chest as he did so, only for his still yellow suit to turn a mottled greyish black colour.

Aqualad open his case next, inspecting what was pretty much an identical costume to the one he was wearing, only Percy suspected that it too would turn to the same mottled black colour as Wally's once the symbol, which was strangely some kind of upside down golden, 'U' or maybe a 'V' on his belt, was pushed.

"I usually wear armour, and my cuirass and coat are usually protection enough." Percy replied as he walked over to his own case, not mentioning as he did that the reason for this was because the armour was forged from divine metal and the coat was made out of the invulnerable hide of the Nemean Lion.

Whilst Percy said this Aqualad had already started getting kitted up, whilst Megan simply changed her organic clothing black with a red cross across the chest and a dark blue cape hanging from her shoulders. Superboy meanwhile just folded his arms, after all he was already wearing a black T-shirt and jeans and had no costume to speak of. As for Wally and Robin, they both started eagerly talking about the mission again.

"I took that into account. Diana helped with the require specifications, the style and the sizes." Batman replied bluntly, his cold gaze boring into Percy as he opened the case.

Inside was what Percy could only think of as a greyish black, full body, armoured suit, it had segmented black, metal plates on the shoulders, torso, legs and arms. On top of that it came with bladed black bracers and greaves, as well as a black, over the shoulder sheath for his sword and a pair of fingerless, metal studded combat gloves for his hands. Then finally to finish the outfit off, it had black, metal, masked helmet created in the Ancient Greek hoplite style, only instead of a plume it had a sharpened, bladed fin on top.

"It will be heavier than I had wanted, but Diana assured me you could easily handle the weight. It has also been made resistant to highly concentrated acid, intense pressure and is fire retardant." Batman said as Percy pulled the armour out of the case, feeling the Kevlar like material of the suit as well as its weight. It was indeed heavier than his usual kit, but no more heavy than what Percy had been used too when he used to play capture the flag at Camp, and he had been twelve the first time he had worn that stuff.

"Hmm ok, I think this'll work." Percy finally allowed as he continued to check out the kit, it was damned impressive really, and he had to admit it looked kind of cool too.

"He means thank you." Diana added in, looking to Batman now with a smile.

"Yes," Percy said at the moment, before he nodded to both of them. "Thank you, to both of you."

"You'll be interested to know Diana recommended a trident as your symbol." Batman tagged on in response, getting a sharp look from Percy before he looked down and saw that there was indeed a trident symbol on the right breast of the suit. "She wouldn't expand on why though…?"

Percy hummed at that but didn't answer as he instead closed the case and stood up. "I'll get changed in my room and drop the rest of my stuff there before coming back."

"You have ten minutes." Batman told him, before he looked to the rest of the assembled heroes. "Further instructions and tools are already in the Bioship. You can leave when all of you are ready!"

"Right okay, everyone get any kit you need and then meet at the Bioship ASAP." Robin replied loudly, looking around at the others as he gave his orders.

Percy cocked an eyebrow at that in amusement, but headed back to his room all the same. Or at least he tried to, because before he could go too far he was stopped by Batman calling out to him.

"Also Perseus I want to talk with you when you get back from your mission." Batman said, making Percy pause, before he turned and sent him a flat look.

"About what?"

"Training Room 4 for one, as well as your origins and your abilities in general." Batman replied quickly, his bat glare meeting Percy's wolf stare and finding an equal.

"We've already discussed his origins and abilities, Perseus will tell you and the rest when he is ready and comfortable. I've already vouched for him on this." Diana cut in, her voice as sharp as steel as she took a step forward so she was standing between Percy and Batman. Already the amusement had vanished from her blue eyes and had been replaced with azure fire as she locked gazes with the Dark Knight. "As I've said he is my family. I would hope you treat him as such and give him the benefit of the doubt, as he has my absolute trust and confidence!"

Batman grunted in response to that, clearly not satisfied.

"That being said." Diana then continued, half turning to Percy now. "Training Room 4?"

"Ah, well I was a bit over enthusiastic there…" Percy replied quickly a slightly sheepish smile back on his face now, his previous glare vanishing as he saw Diana's stern but still slightly amused gazed on him. "I kind of got lost in the moment whilst I was training and might have, well you know, damaged it a little…"

"It's going to need to be entirely stripped out and rebuilt. You melted the walls, floor and all the machinery. The roof will also need to be surveyed and potentially reinforced too." Batman retorted quickly.

Diana cocked an elegant eyebrow as she heard that, before she folded her arms and looked at Percy expectantly.

"Hm, what he says is true. But as my 'mentor' I'm sure you would be more than willing to sort this for me." Percy replied, his mind moving quickly before he then gave Diana a bright smile, ignoring the slight twitching of her eye as he did so. "What do you say cousin?"

"That you're very lucky I like you so much." Diana replied dryly, though her lips did twitch upwards into a slight smile as she heard his last words.

"There will be no need for compensation as it was a training accident." Batman cut in quickly here, his gaze still on Percy. "What I would like to know is more of your abilities so Training Room 4 can be altered to fit your… abilities and skills… when you use it again and so we can avoid any more damage from here on out."

Percy almost laughed as he heard that, it was an obvious attempt by Batman to get some secrets out of him. Despite that though the Bat did make a good point, and although he was leery of sharing everything he could do with the man, he could see he would at least benefit from sharing a few things. Plus it would also get him off of his back and go a long way to improving relations.

"Can we talk about this when I get back?" Percy asked a few moments later, deciding to buy time for the moment so he could think more on what he would do later, including the pros and cons of giving away information about his unique skillset, or at a few bits and pieces of information. He certainly wouldn't be giving up all his secrets.

Batman nodded at that. "Yes."

"Okay then." Percy nodded, aware as he did so that he was the only one of his team in the chamber now and that he still needed to get ready for the mission. "I will head off and see you back here later."

With that said Percy gave them both a nod before he turned and headed for his room.

"Have fun!" Diana called after him with a wave. Percy sending her a half wave back over his shoulder as he did so.

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(Sometime later, in the Bioship)

Currently Miss Martian was sitting in the pilot seat of the alien ship with her hands in what looked like two glowing white lights, psychically controlling the invisible craft as it shot through the cloudy sky and across the ocean.

"We must be around three miles or so away from Santa Prisca." Aqualad said, standing up and pressing the centre of his red shirt as he did so, his new stealth-tech outfit turning completely black and grey as he did so. "We're almost at the first drop point."

"Ok, are you ready?" Megan asked, lowering the craft as she did so, making it descend through the clouds until it was hovering barely twenty feet above the water.

"Yes." Aqualad nodded stoically.

In response to this a hole opened up in the bottom of the ship, one through which Aqualad then dived, shooting through the twenty odd feet to the sea and straight into the smooth ocean below.

In the end it was decided that only one person was needed for this part of the mission, and Aqualad as oppose to Percy was chosen for it, voted for by the three protégés and Superboy, due in part to the slightly younger teen having apparently more 'experience' at this sort of thing than Percy, and his heritage as an Atlantean which would allow him to work best underwater.

Percy could of course see the irony in this, even if the others couldn't. What he could not see though was their reasoning. They had seen Percy in action when in the water after all and so surely knew he was more than capable. Despite that though they had chosen Aqualad over him. Whether this was due to trust issues, or them believing he lacked the subtlety this part of the mission needed, Percy wasn't sure.

Still for the sake of peace, and in order to not disrupt the mission so early on he had accepted the choice. After all Aqualad did indeed seem to know what he was doing, and although he paled in comparison to raw power and ability compared to Percy, he was more than capable of fulfilling the requirements for this part of the mission.

That being said Percy stilled watched as Aqualad dived into the water, swimming through it at inhuman speeds as he shot towards the nearby coastline. Reaching out with his senses as the craft hovered over the point where they had dropped him, Percy could feel the other teen swimming by a dozen objects that were likely the sea mines that had been in Batman's briefing notes, with ease.

In no time at all the dark skinned Atlantean shot out of the water and landed on the beach, beyond Percy's senses now. Though he still obviously accomplished his mission, as a minute or so later they received a message from him. "This is Aqualad my mission's complete now. Heat and motion sensors are on an endless loop. I am now on my way to the rendezvous point."

"Right lets go." Robin muttered to the rest of them, once again trying to assume the mantle of leader, despite none of the others having voted for him.

With that said the Bioship started off again, shooting forwards as it passed over the now unmonitored coast line, after which it kept flying over the top of the leafy canopy until it reached the second drop zone much further inland.

"Here is the second drop zone." Miss Martian said as the rest of the team stood up now and started getting ready.

Including Percy who grabbed his helmet from his chair and shoved it on his head, the smooth, black metal completely enclosing his head, save of course for the straight, vertical gap down the middle for his mouth and two holes for his eyes. With that done Percy flexed in his new high-tech armour, loosening his sword in its back sheath as he did so.

As he was doing this Miss Martian had altered her Bioship to create several pulley hooks, ones that Robin, Kid Flash and Percy all hooked onto their own belts. Kid Flash activating his stealth suit as he did so, by pressing the flash emblem on his suit.

"How cool is this?" Kid Flash asked the rest of them at large, checking himself out as he did so.

"Very impressive." Miss Martian replied as she then morphed from her regular Ms. Martian outfit into a full-body stealth version complete with a hood, it was the same outfit she had tested out before when they first received the suits.

"Uh, that works too." Kid Flash replied somewhat dumbly, staring at the Martian with a grin.

Percy meanwhile tapped his own emblem, ignoring Robin's narrowed eyes as he saw the trident, it was the same partly suspicious, partly curious look Aqualad had sent him when he had seen the emblem. Not that Percy cared, hell he had more right to wear that symbol than anyone else, including all of the Atlanteans, unless of course some of them were children of the Greek god of the sea Poseidon too?

There was no response to Percy's actions though, or none that he could see, as his suit it appeared was already in camo mode and had no other mode.

If he was honest with himself that was kind of a pity, he'd been kind of hoping for some really cool trump card or something like that, but it would appear that it was not to be.

"Hey Superboy it's not too late to put on the new stealth tech too." Kid Flash spoke up again, eyeing up Percy's distinct costume as he did so before he then looked to the impatiently looking Superboy who was once again wearing his usual black T-shirt with its red Superman shield.

"No tights, no capes, no offense." Superboy replied abruptly.

"That's a fair shout. Capes are a pretty stupid idea after all." Percy spoke up flexing his arms and armoured neck as he did so, a slight smirk on his face as he thought back to a film he had seen just before he fell into Tartarus, it had been called 'the Incredibles' and had had a comedy bit on capes in it, and although funny the commentary was pretty justified too. "Armour though, armour is where it's at trust me."

"Hn." Robin grunted, whipping his cape around as he did so and looking away from Percy now with an irritable expression on his face.

"Armour is pointless when you're invulnerable." Superboy shot back at him bluntly, getting a shrug from Percy in response.

"Wait, you don't like capes?" Miss Martian asked somewhat shyly, toying around with the edge of her blue, hooded cloak as she did so.

Percy twitched slightly as he heard her tone and saw the look on her face, before he then sent her a crooked smile. "It depends on a person's powers I suppose. You though, you definitely make it work!"

"Thanks". Megan flushed slightly as she heard that, before she pulled her hood up on and went all but invisible as she opened up a hole in the ship and they all descended to Santa Prisca. Robin, Percy and Kid Flash all using the lines to do so silently and subtlety. Miss Martian meanwhile floated down in a graceful manner using her abilities.

As for Superboy, well he took a more direct route and leapt off of the craft before anyone could say anything else, after which he smashed down onto the ground with a thunderous crash, creating a small crater in the earth as he did so.

"I knew I didn't need a line," Superboy smirked as he watched the others descend.

"And yet causing a seismic event might go against the point of being covert," Robin replied sarcastically shaking his head at the clone. To which Superboy just shrugged, not caring in the least.

Percy meanwhile narrowed his eyes, the clone was once again proving himself to be too impetuous. This group of young heroes still had far too many problems to properly call themselves a team.

"Right let's get moving!" Robin then said, after which he took off without bothering to wait for the others, or name a direction, instead disappearing into the dense woodland as if he expected everyone else to follow, or know where to go.

The rest of the team sent each other bemused looks at this, before they too started to move off and into the dense, surrounding woodland.

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AN: So what did you all think? I hope you enjoyed it and leave a review.

Also to reiterate a point the flash backs in the previous chapters will be answered as the story continues. Sometimes in conversation, sometimes in thought, sometimes through interactions and sometimes through other flashbacks. That being said I will be doing this sparingly so it does not consume the story or make it fell too disjointed, as I have read other stories with that problem.

Next the pairings I do have two ideas I am going for and they are two that are not often used like a tall. They are also ones that I believe will have interesting interactions with Percy. That being said I was hoping for advice, do you think I should tag them in the story or not? Plus I would love to hear of what you think about Percy, his personality and developed powers? As well as that I am interested in what people think of how Percy's presence is developing the team and other characters, both in positive ways and negative ways?

So yep, thanks for reading, hope you continue to enjoy and check out my other stories.

I'll catch you all later.

Greed720.