OST: Born Ready by Dove Cameron

Soon it came to the following Monday and Lincoln whistled to himself as he was driving the younger siblings as well as Lynn Jr and himself to their respective schools: Lily, Lisa, Lana and Lola to the elementary school, Lucy to the middle school and finally him and Lynn Jr to the high school. Lincoln got his keys and backpack ready as Lynn Jr grumbled getting out of the van that had replaced Vanzilla finally as the family vehicle; Lincoln helping to drive the siblings to school and back with his lessons permit.

"This is not fair; why do I have to be driven by Stinkcoln... I am a legal adult... I should be allowed to drive..." Lynn Jr grumbled as Lincoln rolled his eyes as he stepped out and then locked the car.

"Not according the judge; until and I quote... 'Until Hell freezes over...' for what legally binding that it is... I checked and the DMV still has your poster banning you from the premises in their windows, you made the the news when you were driving on the sidewalk and recklessly on the road... Plus when you had that game of chicken with a getaway truck, the crash totalled Vanzilla to the point of no return... I still remember that big meal Dad had to treat the police, the DA and the people who were nearly caught to lessen the charges... That included the driving instructor you were supposed to be taking the test under..." Lincoln reminded her shaking his head as the event was something; somehow Lynn found a way to fail her first and only driving practice so spectacularly and not even LENI had screwed it up that bad.

At least she managed to make it to the tests themselves and she didn't cause the van that was in the family for 3 coming onto 4 generations to be destroyed. At least none of Leni's failed driving attempts made the news in the small town and yet Lynn managed it in a big city.

"AHHHH! Why don't you and the universe stop bringing that up!" Lynn Jr screamed and Lincoln rolled his eyes as she was inviting that with her rant. They got to the sidewalk outside of the school gate when they found Barbara outside her dad's car with Gordon talking to her.

"You will find your own clique Pumpkin Pants and here is your new friend Lincoln! You will have your clique in no time!" Gordon assured her and drove off as Barbara looked at Lincoln and waved but Lynn Jr bursted into laughter.

"Pumpkin Pants? I can see from the hoodie that she's a Bat nerd; How does she even walk out of her home when her dad calls her that?" laughed Lynn Jr as Lincoln glared at her with a sigh.

"Barbara; this is my sister Lynn... Don't worry she isn't in our year and stay away from her and you will be fine." Lincoln told Barbara and Lynn Jr was calming down when they noticed a blonde haired tall strong looking girl telling what appeared to be her parents that she didn't know why she was being punished for something that she didn't do.

The parents put 'air quotes' around her not doing it and said to think of it as an adventure to be the best Kara that she can be and to learn impulse control. "I think that there was word that another girl called Kara that made the news in Smallville was joining our class as well... So you won't be alone in being in a new school in a new city!" Lincoln told Barbara encouragingly as Lynn Jr glanced at Kara.

"You know... I heard that she destroyed the school and she looks like the thug type; tell me if she messes with you and let your big sis take care of her for you my baby bro!" Lynn Jr told Lincoln slapping him on the back with a grin as Lincoln glared at her for being so patronising as if he was 11 years old again. Then they noticed Kara angrily unch the car causing it to be thrown up before going back down in it's normal position.

Lincoln snickered and said "you know what Lynn... Please try feel free if you think that you want to start something with her..." Lynn Jr looked scared but Barbara looked actually bewildered.

Then the school bus came up besides them and out came students and tripping down was a small black girl in a big yellow sweater with a heavy back causing parts to fall out. "Hello! I'm Babs and this is my first day..." Barbara greeted the girl with a smile as she and Lincoln helped her get her things in her bag and Barbara noticed a big gauntlet that the girl took and hurried into the school looking anxious.

"Don't worry about Karen; she is quite shy and doesn't like being noticed." Lincoln then explained to Barbara who looked confused at what she had just saw.

"Did you notice the gauntlet arm thingy?" Barbara asked as Lincoln and Lynn Jr shrugged. "How could you be shrugging like that?" Barbara asked wide eyed as Lincoln laughed.

"It's just that it isn't unusual to us; I think Karen has a high IQ just like our sister Lisa who has been inventing since practically our parents took her home from the hospital." Lincoln explained as Lynn Jr looked bored. Then from behind Lincoln had his eyes covered and behind him there was Zee smirking.

"I hope that you are not too busy introducing Barbara around that you won't notice myself having arrived." Zee told Lincoln and waved to Barbara who waved back and Lynn Jr grumbled as she started going to the steps.

"I just realised that I have nothing to gain from standing here and watch you expain your class. See ya Lincoln." Lynn Jr said as Zee waved goodbye to her dad who was at his limo.

Zatara brought out her backpack saying that she had forgotten it; Barbara's eyes widened as she noticed Zee now holding it from her position. "Have a good day Zee and you too Lincoln!" Zatara waved to them as they started walking in and Barbara looked freaked out.

"Did you see that? With the backpack..." Barbara asked as Lincoln's eyes widened realising that Barbara had noticed the little magic display and began thinking of a way to try and steer her away from the line of conversation.

"I mean... Zee's dad has a fast throw; another magic specialty since he is a magician!" Lincoln said thinking of the fly trying to hide that his best friend in Metropolis had actual magical powers. Try not to draw too much attention to how real Zee's magic was. Barbara didn't look convinced as they walked in together.

Inside the halls Barbara looked at her class schedule and Lincoln looked at it; "I have English first as well Babs; how about we catch you later Zee!" Lincoln said as Zee waved goodbye to them as they walked to their classes through the halls.

"Okay; good luck... Babs and I will see you both later! Toodles!" Zee said as she waved goodbye to them. Barbara looked around and saw the different types of students but noticed a Hispanic girl in green clothes with a bandana talking to a tall strong redhaired boy with orange hair. Lincoln kept on watching as Barbara stood.

"I don't want it Guy; the Corps' methods are too extreme..." the girl told the boy trying to give a ring and they then noticed Barbara who pretended to be opening a locker.

"No Jess; the ring chose you..." the boy called Guy said as the girl had a green ring in her hand and Guy was wearing a similar one. Lincoln then noticed Barbara was standing there and she ran to him.

"I see you noticed Guy Gardner; captain of the football team and kind of fits the bill for an idiot jock. Plus Jessica Cruz the eco-activist who runs a column in our school paper. Jessica is alright but Guy... Better stay away from him..." Lincoln said as they went to their English class.


Soon as Barbara went through her classes okay; it was time for lunch and Lincoln with his tray motioned for Barbara to come follow him as he went to sit with Zee. Barbara nodded but sat at a nearby far away as she looked and saw Jessica at her table braiding a girl's hair, Karen reading while eating her spaghetti and meatballs (which Barbara also had), Kara sleeping with feet on the table and Zee texting while Lincoln next to her was already eating his meatballs.

"Let's do this Metropolis High!" Barbara said to herself as her spaghetti was thrown right at Kara's face and she got up angrily and noticed Karen eating hers while Barbara was making herself look inconspicuous by drinking her juice box. A burger was thrown at Karen's head knocking her down and Karen and the boy with her went to hide as Kara's other burger was thrown as well.

Lincoln's eyes widened and Jessica jumped in to use her tray to throw the burger away shouting "leave her alone you big bully!" Then Jessica' eyes widened and Lincoln sat in fear as he heard Zee state her hair. Lincoln saw that the burger was thrown at Zee's hair and Lincoln gulped knowing how much Zee valued looking her best.

"Zee... It was an accident... Please..." Lincoln tried to plead with her but it fell on deaf ears as Zee shouted out about her hair and a milk box was thrown and some more food was being thrown. "What to do... What can happen now..." Lincoln muttered as Barbara then jumped onto a table and shouted out about it being a food fight. "I walked into that one..." Lincoln facepalmed.

Lincoln then nervously looked around and thought that he should try and keep the peace; he then got his tray and began using it as a shield for him and Zee with her looking grateful at that. "Can we not... Should we please try and give peace a chance please everyone..." Lincoln asked knowing that it wasn't like a Loud family food fight where the parents knew it was in good fun; they could get into trouble for this at the school. A burger was thrown at Lincoln's head and he heard Lynn Jr's laughing. "Don't let her provoke you Lincoln..." Lincoln told him self but then he heard her say catch and he turned around and caught a meatball and Lynn Jr who was enjoying herself looked as if she was in softball and someone had thrown a ball she had batted out of the field.

Lincoln looked at her and something came to mind:


In the Quantum Unfolding Storage Area; Chris had set up different targets and he had given 13 year old Lincoln a bunch of baseballs. "Pretend that these targets are drugs or weapons stashes and you are throwing grenades or if you would prefer; pretend you are throwing set off bombs to areas where they can't do any damage." Chris told Lincoln as Lincoln picked up one of the baseballs and began aiming...


Lincoln grabbed some meatballs from an abandoned plate on a nearby table and was throwing them at Lynn Jr's back as she was running away. Barbara's eyes widened as she noticed this as well as Lincoln using the tray as a shield. "So you have surprises as well Lincoln..." Barbara grinned as she jumped at Lincoln to drag him into a brawl.

"You leave Lincoln alone!" Zee yelled jumping at Barbara and it was then when going by was none other than Principal Mr Chapin who yelled and got everyone to stop. Lincoln, Zee, Barbara, Karen, Kara and Jessica were in a bundle and everyone else was pointing to them.


"Going to have to explain how I got caught into this to my parents and I'm the Peacemaker now; can't even stop a food fight, much less wars..." Lincoln thought was Mr Chapin marched them right into the detention room as the 6 looked upset and or angry except for an excited Barbara.

They sat down and Zee said with a glare "you 4 will be hearing from my attorneys; my daddy has some good ones who will represent me and Lincoln!"

"You threw more potatoes than the rest of us while you had your boyfriend shielding you!" Kara snapped at Zee who got angry at the comment but her and Lincoln's cheeks went red making Kara laugh.

"Please; violence doesn't solve anything..." pleaded Jessica as Karen looked nervous.

"Sorry if I offended anyone..." whispered Karen and the door opened and a police officer told Mr Chapin that they found someone wandering the street and Mr Chapin said to wait there until he found out her homeroom. Then entered a figure in a cloak with the hood up as the door closed.

She then took the cloak off and everyone was in awe and Barbara had wide excited eyes as it was the new Wonder Woman who hung the cloak up before going to sit down.

"Is that..." Jessica muttered and Zee muttered that she was gorgeous.

Lincoln looked at her was she sat down nervously; "So... Wonder Woman isn't it? I'm a big fan of how you took those monsters down and... You see... I know there may be someone who dressed like you during the first World War and... Any relation?" Lincoln decided to ask and Zee looked at Lincoln for THAT being what he first said to her.

"You are referring to my mother Queen Hippoltya of Themyscira; she was made aware of the Great War in Man's World and donned the regalia and weapons necessary to venture out as an ambassador of peace for my people. I now wear this to pick up where she left off! I am Princess Diana of the Amazons!" Wonder Woman told Lincoln politely as he was in awe.

"You are instantly convinced nerd boy; I am sure this is some cosplay girl..." Kara spoke as Wonder Woman went to confront Kara. "I bet you can't even fight..." Kara said as Lincoln groaned and got up.

"We are in trouble as it is and I would prefer not to have a suspension on my record..." Lincoln pleaded as Wonder Woman offered Kara first strike. Kara tossed Lincoln aside getting Zee's attention as she helped him up; Karen was still freaked out and Jessica was looking sadly as Wonder Woman dodged punches from Kara who kicked her back.

Kara was throwing punches at Wonder Woman who kept dodging making Kara angrier; Kara ended up punching Wonder Woman through the wall as everyone was in shock. Kara was in shock and asked if she was alright as Wonder Woman went to tackle her. Barbara was in awe as everyone else was watching them fight.

"You know what..." Lincoln muttered getting his backpack and jumping through the hole. Zee didn't notice as she was watching the fight with a sight.

"Enough! Fighting is never the answer!" Jessica yelled her ring to summon a green construct of a spring to send her back.

"You know what? I agree about there being enough fighting here." Peacemaker said getting in between Kara and Diana having avoided the punches they were throwing as Peacemaker jumped down with his shield and Barbara was open mouthed.

"Wait? You are that new Peacemaker... That other one was some villain with a silly helmet..." Jessica muttered unexpectedly as Peacemaker coughed.

"Superhero actually but I see the confusion as he can be quite aggressive... He was my mentor and gave me the title so now I fight for peace; no matter how many people that I have to beat up to get it!" Peacemaker told her and Jessica just looked put off. Karen was putting some bulky bits of yellow armor that allwoed her to shrink down to fly size and try flying away.

Zee was getting a wand out to put everything back into place...


Mr Chapin went in to check and saw the 7 teenagers sitting down with forced smiles and everything fixed; Lincoln changed back into his normal clothes. Mr Chapin then left. "Wait... Where has the nerd been when that Peace guy was here... With the mask like that Spider-Man knock off from Invincible... Not that I like the nerd stuff; just watch it for the cool violent fight scenes..." Kara muttered as Lincoln was excited.

"You watch the show as well? I have a fan forum and John one of my co-workers showed me the comics..." Lincoln said as Zee's eyes widened as she realised what had happened.

"Hold on Lincoln... You're that new Peacemaker... Wait.. You were trained by him to be a new one? How? What? Why?" Zee shouted out with a gasp and Lincoln groaned realising that the jig was up as eyes were on him. "How could you even be... You are usually at home, hanging up with me or working at the comic shop... Wait did that Peacemaker guy work there? Why are you even involved with him? You know that he helped send you to the hospital when we first met!" Zee shouted out at Lincoln who sighed sadly as he saw hurt in Zee's face that he would hide this from her.

"I can explain later..." Lincoln muttered as Barbara jumped up and excitedly pointed to everyone as she was facing them all.

"I knew it! When Kara here dented that car, when Karen spilled those metal thingies, Zee had her backpack suddenly and Lincoln's excuse about her dad throwing it didn't fly with me, Jessica there talking to that cute football boy about a ring and I decided to start the food fight for us to get detention together so you all can be riled up and rveeal that you are super, Wonder Woman showed up which I didn't plan and it was a huge bonus and Lincoln was another last surprise as I saw him act as a soldier during the food fight and he used the tray like a shield and throwing the meatballs with precision! Now to find out he is that new Peacemaker guy and I think that it's neat!" Barbara said as they looked at her in wide eye.

"You INTENTIONALLY started the food fight and got us here... What the hell Babs... You think that I'm neat... Well thanks Babs..." Lincoln said as Zee gave him a look and he looked sheepish. "Sorry I didn't tell you Zee..." Lincoln muttered and Zee shook her head.

"You have been trained by some weirdo to become like him? Why did he even want to train you so you could put yourself at risk as you don't have powers..." Zee said as Lincoln coughed.

"Well the cats out of the bag... You remember that Deathstroke was there... Well... It turned out that he was the guy who donated his blood for my transfusion... Pretty sure he didn't do it in his costume but still... . Apparently his fame comes from his skill and a serum he was given and now the serum is in my blood..." Lincoln muttered and Zee was silently open mouthed and everyone looked at him suddenly.

"Wow Lincoln... You have to tell me the rest as it sounds like your origin story is Ah-MAZE-Zing!" Barbara shouted out in awe. Barbara then showed form her backpack a purple Batman like uniform and Lincoln's eyes widened as he recognised it from research onto Gotham hero business. "You are here with the one and only Batgirl!" Barbara said as Wonder Woman embraced Barbara.

"Huzzah! A sister in arms! I have never dreamed to encounter a warrior spirit as I enter Man's World!" Wonder Woman said as Barbara jumped out of her grip and pointed to everyone else.

"Make that 5 sisters and a brother!" Barbara corrected her and they all stared and Lincoln looked excited at the idea.

"Well... I think that 10 sisters was enough for me but I get what you mean Barbara..." Lincoln then said as Kara looked at him.

"10 sisters? You must be joking..." Kara muttered as Zee shook her head.

"Believe me; he does and I saw for myself when I met all 10 at them at the hospital..." Zee said and she shook her head. "But I am an arteest and not really wanting to be one of those costumed vigilantes even if they do look fabulous... That is more Lincoln's thing..." Zee then said as Lincoln sighed knowing that she probably wouldn't be for it.

"Plus I'm out as well; I use my powers and I get into trouble..." Kara said folding her arms.

"I am not really the hero type..." Karen muttered.

"I don't believe in violence at all and I never wanted this ring..." Jessica said as Wonder Woman looked at them.

"Are you really running away from destiny? From a calling to use your gifts to protect the safety of the world!" Wonder Woman said seriously as Barbara looked encouragly at everyone.

"Come on everyone; especially you Zee as how could you say no to fighting crime with your bestie as you tackle secret identities and lairs!" Barbara said as Zee looked like bringing up Lincoln made her falter.

"Still... Secret identities involves convincly pass as a normal teen and Diana here..." Zee said looking at Wonder Woman and Lincoln realised her point as Wonder Woman didn't look like she was trying too much to act like a normal teenager since coming there.

"How about we give being a team a teensy try, Diana here helps us be heroes and we give her a makeover!" Barbara offered.

"You already had me..." Lincoln said jumping over his desk as Zee sighed.

"To support my bestie and keep him out of trouble while planning to get details from him later and how cna I say no to a makeover?" Zee then said.

"If you are all here then I guess I can..." Karen said coming over and Jessica joined them.

"Okay to encourage and support Karen's brave decision. Plus I am curious as to how Lincoln tries to implement the ideology of peace through violence even if I am having trouble with the idea." Jessica said with a smile looking to Karen and then to Lincoln who shrugged knowing that it sounded weird when said out loud. They all looked to Kara.

"Whatev... Fine for your little idea of us being super friends or whatever..." Kara relented getting up and going to them and Barbara pulled them together.

Inspired by a suggestion by 1_true_believer_3000 on AO3... Kind of... Sort of... I replaced Hal's role from the show with Guy Gardner who is a bit more appropriate as the man man on campus whose the GL that's kind of an A-hole... Okay more than Hal anyway... SO thanks for the idea and I am open to suggestions please. Plus yes; Hippoltya was the original Wonder Woman in this universe (as she had served as Wonder Woman at times in the comics) and here Diana ages like a normal human until well into adulthood.

Born Ready from Marvel Rising instead of Super Life is the theme song of this fic as I think it needed a couple of listens to and me recently discovering the full version for it to grow on me.