Mount Justice
Black Canary is sparring with Conner. The two of them exchange a few blows before she sweeps his legs out from under him, and he falls to the ground. Canary stands up out of her fighting stance, putting her right hand on her hip.
"Almost had me that time, Conner." Canary says to him. She holds a handout and Conner puts his hand out as well before Canary grabs his wrist with both of her hands and pulls him upright.
"You deserve a reward." Canary says with an almost teasing tone before sliding one hand off his shoulder and into his hair and her other arm coming around his neck from his upper arm.
Kissing him.
"I wasn't aware of such rewards. Canary of black's motivation is remarkable" Starfire spoke out, Canary and Corner turn to see Starfire and Michael watching them, Michael looking at them with amusement.
"It's not what you think" Canary stutters, breaking away from each other while Conner starts to blush red on the cheek.
"We got carried away," Conner spoke, looking away from them.
"I can see that, happy to know your training M'gann" Michael states, Canary started to turn green, transforming into M'gann.
"Oh, friend M'gann was only changing her appearance to satisfy Conner's desire" Starfire spoke out, making the couple blush.
"I don't have…desires" Conner tries to deny.
"Michael" M'gann looked embarrassed but Michael shook his head.
"I have no problem with you both having some fun, but if you're not using the room, I need to train up with Starfire" Michael asked, seeing the two are enjoying each other more than actually training, M'gann smiled grateful.
"Thanks, we'll let you have the room, I have to start making lunch" M'gann said, giving Starfire a hug before leaving with Conner following behind.
Starfire looks at the two couples leaving then turns to Michael setting up a program.
"Is it common for one to change their appearance for one Dilopi" Starfire asked, Michael figures Dilopi means mate or lover.
"Depends on the person, some people like to get out, have dinner or dressing up nice for them, it is different for everyone" Michael explains as Starfire nods, he starts a program and he pulls out a knife.
"Now Star, let's see how well you do against something sharp" Michael states, training Star on how to fight against a knife.
And learn how Tamaranean are against knives as well.
LINE
Batcave
Bruce leans back in his chair. A frown forms on his face. It has been some time since the Riddler escaped from Belle Reve. There have been no signs of the villain. Riddler is the type of person that enjoys flaunting his genius. The villain will even come up with overly elaborate plans to show his superiority.
So why wasn't the Riddler flaunting his escape from Belle Reve?
No one has ever escaped from the maximum security prison. It is unlike the Riddler to keep such an accomplishment on the down low.
'Where are you Nigma?' Batman thought,
This question is plaguing the Dark Knight. A beeping sound interrupts his thoughts. He presses a button to bring up images from Mount Justice. Bruce raises an eyebrow at the footage.
For a second he cracks a smile knowing that this is going to be a fun conversation. He can already picture her reaction.
LINE
Mount Justice
The sun shines brightly over the mountain and the seagulls' squawk. Though all of that is unseen and unheard within the closed mountain base and as the Zeta Tube quiets down.
Black Canary and Green Arrow, or rather since they're in civilian clothes, Dinah and Oliver step into the training room.
"We came as soon as we got your message." Dinah says calmly, neither of them is in a rush.
"What's the problem?" Oliver asks Batman, Red Tornado, and Martian Manhunter.
"There's something you both need to see." Batman informs them.
On the screen, Black Canary is sparring with Conner. The two of them exchange a few blows before she sweeps his legs out from under him and he falls to the ground.
Canary stands up out of her fighting stance, putting her right hand on her hip.
"Almost had me that time, Conner." she says in a way that while it's clearly her and her voice it doesn't sound like her. She holds a hand out and Conner puts his hand out as well before Canary grabs his wrist with both of her hands and pulls him upright. Neither of them trying to keep common space between them.
"You deserve a reward." Canary says with an almost teasing tone before sliding one hand off his shoulder and into his hair and her other arm coming around his neck from his upper arm. Kissing him.
Dinah and Oliver's eyes go wide as they gasp, they can only watch in stunned silence.
Oliver turns to his wife.
"Dinah!" Oliver yelled at his wife.
"Freeze playback." Dinah commands and it does, and then turns to Oliver. "That never happened!"
"You need to keep watching. Play." An unbothered Batman speaks up.
The two pull apart on screen, Conner and Canary turn to see Michael and Starfire, both look embarrassed as Canary turns to M'gann.
"Freeze playback." Batman commands the computer.
Oliver cracks up in a matter of seconds, wiping a tear from his eye, Dinah rounds him.
"Don't you laugh!" she snaps. "She and he and…" she can't quite put it into words and she cuts herself off with a slight growl.
"Oliver, this is not funny." Dinah growls at him.
"No." he agrees rapidly, then clears his throat and turns serious.
"No, of course not." Oliver calms down. J'onn steps up.
"Please understand, on Mars, this is a common game. My people all shape-shift, but also read minds so no one is ever misled. And I am certain not only Conner knew he with M'gann from the very first, but so is Michael" J'onn tries to explains,
"We're not on Mars, J'onn." Dinah turns towards him with a glare.
"No." J'onn agrees slowly, dropping his gaze.
"But my niece does not understand that things are different on Earth." J'onn trying to defend his niece.
"Then I'll make her understand." Dinah says slowly.
LINE
"Such as fighting Brui, best friend Michael, your Rivvey skills are exceptional" Starfire praised Michael as he held the knife to his side.
"I learned a few tricks here and there, but countering them was more useful" Michael spoke back to her, he tries to attack her with a knife to see her reaction, why she got cut she also has ways to avoid the knife.
"Your Rivvey is common against us Best friend Michael, my people learn to avoid and take away the weapon first" Starfire explains, during the fight Starfire avoided and kept trying to get the knife out of Michael's hand.
"A good tactic but dangerous, focusing on the weapon leaves you exposed to the person" Michael advised her, Starfire nodding at the advice.
They stop hearing heavy footsteps, Starfire and Michael turn to see Black Canary in her civilian outfit.
"Greeting friend M'gann" Starfire greets, believing it M'gann shapeshifts into Black Canary, but Canary looks pissed.
"I'm not M'gann Star" Black Canary growls at her, as Michael signs.
"Guess you saw that video" Michael stated, seeing her pissed at M'gann and guess why, Canary glares at him
"I'm not in the mood" Canary said, walking through them but stopping, turning to Michael with a stern expression.
"How could you be so nonchalant?" Canary asked Michael, getting a confused look.
"What does Nonchalant mean?" Starfire asked Michael.
"Meaning keeping calm" Michael explains to the alien,
"It also means not caring about M'gann pretending to make-out with Conner while pretending to be me" Canary adds to it, Starfire looks at Canary.
"I don't understand? How is M'gann pretending to be you also affecting Michael?" Starfire asked, Black Canary sign, forgetting Starfire is still new to earth.
"You didn't explain this to her?" Canary asked Michael, he shrugs.
"It hard to tell shapeshifter apart" Michael states, while he knows it wrong he is not expecting Starfire or anyone to see a Martian true form.
"Starfire, Changing into other people and doing things with their bodies is highly inappropriate" Black Canary explains to her, Starfire nods.
"Like shapeshifting Torans, invading worlds by turning into their leaders, should Miss Martian be tried for treason" Starfire states, getting mad remembering that, scaring Black Canary and Michael.
"Calm down Star, M'gann was only turning to Canary for fun, people dress up all the time, like Halloween" Michael explains to Starfire, stopping her from freaking out.
"Oh so M'gann only was playing with Dilopi, of course" Starfire states, now understanding the problem, Canary rubs her temples.
"First of all, yes M'gann is not committing crime, thank god, but it's still wrong to use my image, Second, Halloween and people dressing up as us are different matters. They are honoring us…" But Michael stops her.
"Sorry Canary but a lot of internet sites often use your image in a way more inappropriate way than a simple kiss" Michael stated to her, Canary is silent after hearing that, slowly losing her anger as her own rational mind takes over.
Michael makes a point, not everyone uses her image as a sign of respect. She has seen her fair share of acts of everyday people dressed as various heroes and villains that make shiver in disgust.
"If friend M'gann was only enjoying herself, why would she disrespect you?" Starfire asked her, Canary signed.
"I'm sure she didn't mean it, but I do not like having to explain to my friends that it was not me on that video kissing a minor," Canary retorts to them.
"Your rights to privacy, ok just tell M'gann she can only do it in privacy and not in public that could affect you" Michael states, better to teach M'gann not to use people publicly.
It is the same with Faceless when they use people's faces, what you do in your bedroom is your own business, just don't shove it to everyone's faces. Canary frowns at Michael.
"You want me to tell her that she can keep using my body or the bodies of others to have fun as long as it is done in private." Canary asked, getting mad at him.
"She has the right to do what she wants, unless it's a crime or affects you directly, M'gann can do what she wants in private with whoever she wants to" Michael explains to her, Canary signs at Michael's explanation, comparing it to J'onn.
J'onn who justifies M'gann actions on difference in culture Michael spoke though logical with examples from the internet.
"Fine, but I am still mad" Canary concedes to Michael's points, but is still mad. Starfire holds her hand up.
"Would Canary of Black care for a spare to work off your anger?" Starfire offers the heroine.
"Give me a moment to speak with M'gann. I'll meet you in the training area." Canary smirks at the alien, Michael nods but gets a call.
"Hello….Yeah….right now…ok…" Michael nods, hanging up the phone.
LINE
In the Mission Room, Batman has a picture of a middle-aged man and a map of two countries on HoloScreens.
"Rumaan Haarjavti is the democratically elected President of Qurac." a news video, on GBS, pops up in front of the two images. The bottom reads 'President Rumaan Haarjavti and Bruce Wayne' the two men shake hands as cameras flash and the location- in the red bar- shows that this was in the Democratic Palace, in Dhabar, the capital of Qurac.
"Haarjavti has been praised as a fair, wise leader. A humanitarian." Batman spoke about the president.
"Sure," Wally drags out the word not-quite quietly, before raising his hand to direct it towards Robin. "Any friend of Bruce Wayne's." looking far too smug, does he know the bat's secret?
The video closes and Batman continues talking.
"But five days ago, Haarjavti allied himself… with the dictator of the neighboring nation of Bialya, Queen Bee." Her picture pops beside Haarjavti's and the map expands a little to show Bialya in full.
"Not a fan." Conner scoffs, Michael seeing this as well.
"Few are, but Haarjavti suddenly backs Queen Bee's baseless claim that Qurac and Bialya were one nation in ancient times." Batman agrees. The map shifts to show only the Bialya flag over both countries with no border.
"And has announced the countries will reunify in two days at a ceremony in Qurac." Batman explains, a video plays, Haarjavti stands in front of a row of armed militia, and a mural of Queen Bee.
"After the ceremony, I will step down as President so that our rightful monarch may rule." There's just enough crowd noise to show that they're unhappy.
A second video plays right after it. This one is in the Royal Palace in Al-Qawiyah, the capital of Bialya.
"I laud President Haarjavti for unifying our peoples and I will gladly come to Qurac to be crowned sole leader of our nation." Harrjavi spoke out.
"And the Quracis are okay with this?" Wally questions incredulously.
"Hardly." Batman states, another video showing up once again in Dhabar, but this is of the people of the country on the streets, some holding signs. But most of them hold signs and some hold candles. The camera is focused on a young boy holding a candle in one hand while he holds his very-pregnant mother's hand in the other.
"They're well aware of the brutality of Queen Bee's regime" the images switch to a picture of the same crowd, showing off more signs and people the center of this one is a young woman holding a candle clearly shouting something
"But Haarjavti has censored the press," the picture changes to a shot of armed forces decked out in riot gear,
"silenced all legitimate protest," the picture changes to show troop moving through with smoke coming up while three cars are stopped in a way that shows that they weren't prepared to,
"and invited the Bialyan military into his country to enforce martial law" Batman spoke in the videos.
"Queen Bee has to be controlling Haarjavti. Doesn't she have the power to enthrall most men?" Robin states, Michael frowns at this.
"And some women. but not long-distance. And we have confirmation she hasn't left Bialya. Something else is at work here." Batman confirms, his eyes narrow behind this cowl.
Michael frowned at this, psionics had big issues in leadership positions, some claim they used their powers to get elected, many laws and training against psionic. Luckily he spoke out against prosecuting many of the actions of a few.
But Michael can see their point, psionic are dangerous in the wrong hands, it is why he tries to insure fair laws to the psionics back home.
RING RING
A call from Michael pockets, he answered it.
"Hello….yeah….wait….he's there….alright I'm on my way" Michael answered, hanging up and turning to Batman.
"Sorry, an insurgent matter I need to take care of, Starfire can take my place" Michael said to Batman.
"Is everything ok?" Miss Martian asked, Michael waved her off.
"Nothing too concerning but important enough to need my attention" Michael states, Starfire looks unsure.
"If you need my assistance," Starfire said, but Michael held his hand.
"It's fine, I got this, good luck on your mission guys" Michael wishes them farewell, as Batman watches Michael leave, then turn to the team.
"Find out what's going on. Robin, you're Team leader." Batman speaks.
Wally's eyes go wide before he smiles brightly. It takes Robin a moment to process but when he does his own eyes go wide and his mouth drops open.
"Promotion. Sweet." Wally holds his hand, waiting for the return high five.
"Me? What about Aqualad?" Robin steps forward
"Busy helping Aquaman. You're the next logical choice" Batman says bluntly, Batman would have had Michael lead but see Robin as the next one.
"Great." Robin sighs.
"Dude, you totally left me hanging." Wally whines.
LINE
Avenger's Shadow Chamber
Deep in the Shadow Chambers of the halls of the Avenger, we find Medic looking at two glass containers as the computer screens around him tell him much data and information he hardly looks at.
"Fascinating, almost life-like" Medic spoke in awe, looking at a rectangular handheld device. The casing is black, with a red, orange and yellow interface, turning to the other chunky and rectangular handheld device that's black, with a red, orange and yellow interface.
Both Motherbox and Fatherbox are floating in the glass containers with purple energy holding in the center.
"From these readings and patterns, there clearly is AI like" Bromwell spoke, reading the data on one of the computers, being an expert on AI after working under T.O Morrow.
"And yet the way they move, almost like it breathing" Medic spoke in wonder, seeing the both boxes reacting strangely when they nearly opened them up, almost like they were scared of them.
"If what LookOut told us is true, they are alive in a weird sense," Bromwell said looking at the data, never seeing such advanced programming before.
"And deconstruction them will destroy the power source" Medic spoke with annoyance, wanting to see how this alien technology works only to be worn by the floating ball that would kill them.
"Lucky our x-rays already know the inside of it" Bromwell spoke out, pulling out another file, showing an image of both Father box and Mother box diagram, with notes on the inside of them as he expands the image to look closer to them.
"Spoil the fun in my opinion" Medic said lack of opportunity to dissect them without these fancy x-rays.
"Looking at the designs, almost exactly the same with only a part or two differences" Bromwell points out, seeing that both Fatherbox and Motherbox are designed the exact same.
"Not quite" Medic starts to poke at the Fatherbox, said box sends an energy tendril to wear the medic touch, trying to hit him.
"He really doesn't like me" Medic grins at the little box like machine, seeing it have emotions.
Before they could go any further they heard someone come in.
"Sir you have no right to walk in here" Roqutte calls out, both turn to see a fat man in a purple suit walk in like he owns the place with Roquette following.
"Come on doll face, it's a free country, I know the guy here" Sleez spoke with a grin at her, seeing her get angry at him.
"Whoever you know needs to have a word with the boss" Roqutter glares at his fat guy, he waves her off then turns to the two boxes in the glass containers.
"Oh I see that's where all the noise is, you guys are using the Mother and father boxes" Sleez grins as he looks at the two boxes.
"And you are sir?" Medic asked, seeing how he knew what there was.
"Oh you can say I'm an expert on these things, more than you two at least" Sleez grins at the two.
"Well mister expert, tell us about these then" Roqutter crossed her arms at his sleaze ball.
"Both Motherboxes and Fatherboxes are created by Metron, a self-entitled prick of a new god, there powered by the source of all life, great name there Metron, anyway both boxes work for the New Gods of New Genesis and Apololips respectively" Sleez explains to them, loving the surprise look at the woman face, looking at the motherbox.
"Now while there build the same, they have different personals, Motherboxes are consider benevolent to their self-righteous master and care not just for them but also any other helpless little over-privilege victim crying about having no problem in life" Sleez looking at the Motherbox then turn to the fatherbox.
"The Fatherbox on the other hand are nasty little shits, they try to corrupt or indoctrinate the body and mind of anyone stupid enough to listen to it" Sleez glares at the Fatherbox, spitting at the glass before turning to the others.
"While the Motherbox would work for you, only until their master returns to pick it up, and the Fatherbox are like whore that will drag you down the dirt" Sleez looks at them with a grin.
"How do you know all this?" Medic asked, not seeing a human know any of this.
The door opens revealing the Commander walking in.
"Because he's a new god" Michael Thrawn walks in, seeing Sleez with the boxes.
"Thrawn, my boy, just the man I was looking for" Sleez goes to Michael, giving him a hug.
"Get off me" Michael states, looking at the boxes in question.
"Commander, you know his…man" Roqutte spoke in shock and Sleez grin at her, loving that look.
"Sadly, he's our informant in his tech, how did you find the Avenger?" Michael spoke, looking at Sleez.
"Oh I heard the screams for the Fatherbox, sweet sounds my boy" Sleez grins looking at the fatherbox.
"So others can track the boxes" Michael spoke, turning to them.
"Not to worry, I'm able to hide the sound" Sleez spoke to him.
"How?" The Medic asked the New god, but Sleez shook his finger.
"Trade secrets my friend, you want to know what else they can do?" Sleez asked, walking around the chamber.
"Boom tube Generation, homing teleportation on anyone by energy or DNA, clocking, matter manipulation, healing flesh and bone some said it can resurrect the dead, universal translator, technology manipulation the works" Sleez grins at the looks of awe the humans look at him.
But not the Commander.
"How have they not taken over the universe already?" Roqutte freaking out how insane how powerful the motherbox and fatherbox are.
"You know, I ask myself that question all the time" Sleez spoke while looking at the Commander staring at both boxes.
"I know that look my boy, you want it, not the original, no no no, you want your own, your own box, not made for the New Gods on either side" Sleez grins at the Commander, Michael turns to face him.
"Let me help you" Sleez spoke, getting a raised brow from the Commander.
"And why should I trust you Sleez" Michael glares at him, not trusting what the banish new god is offering.
"His name is actually Sleez" Roqutte asked the other two.
"Even if we could make it, without this…..source of life we can't power it" Bromwell spoke, seeing if they try to make a box with the motherbox and fatherbox pieces, they destroy the power source needed.
"Not to worry my friend, we have all we need right here" Sleez points at the motherbox and fatherbox.
"What du gain out of this?" Medic asks the new god, why create a powerful device against your kind, Sleez grins at him.
"Two reasons, first to stick it to the know-it-all prick Metron" Sleez holds out a finger.
"And the other?" Bromwell asked.
"This might be my only chance to record motherbox and fatherbox porn" Sleez grins at them, the humans all stare at him in silence.
"What?" Roqutte asked, unsure what she heard, Sleez turned to Michael.
"Here the deal, I help you merge the motherbox and fatherbox, you get your…let call it childbox….need a better name for that and I get to record the first ever motherbox and fatherbox loving making" Sleez present his idea to the Commander, Michael turn to the scientists in the room.
Roqutte shakes her head at him, Medic nods viciously while Bromwell shrugs his shoulders.
Commander looks at both Motherbox and Fatherbox.
The door open reveals Miranda looking at everyone here.
"What the hell is going on here?" Miranda asked, looking at everything, not seeing Sleez grin at her.
LINE
The sun comes up over the mostly flat land while the team heads from the barn to the house.
When the team arrived at the Quraci-Bialyan Border, they were supposed to find out how the President of Quriac is working with Queen Bee, but got away from the mission and saved civilians from a stampede of wildebeest caused by the Bialyan soldiers.
The Team saved the civilians from harm and are now staying at their place.
A few leaves fall from the tree that they're walking under; Conner looks up just before a high screech can be heard. A small monkey drops down out of the tree, lands on Conner's shoulder, causing him to gasp before hopping onto Wally to torment him.
"Hey! Get it off!" Wally yelps but the monkey runs down his arm and steals his bar before finally stopping screeching and jumping to a young boy's shirt.
This is Garfield Logan, the son of the mother in charge of the Logan animal sanctuary.
"It's okay. Meet Monkey." Garfield laughs as the monkey climbs up his shirt, It stops on his shoulder and chews on Wally's protein bar.
"Good name. But I hate monkeys." Conner pouts and looks away, then is suddenly hit in the head by Wally's protein bar. He growls.
On having Monkey holding tight to Garfield's shirt and screeching at him in return, Starfire looks at the monkey in wonder.
"What adorable kupa, we eat?" Starfire asked, looking at the monkey who hides behind Garfield, Kid and Robin laugh.
"You don't eat monkeys, star" Robin spoke, seeing the monkey afraid of Star.
"Dude, be glad he only threw a protein bar." Kid says, pulling Conner's annoyed look up from Robin's turned back.
As Garfield leads them into the open-concept house he heads to the back of the long room, letting Kid Flash and Robin take two armchairs. Superboy moves to the other side of the coffee table, near the arm of the couch but doesn't sit down.
"So pretty weird about Miss Martian and my mom, huh?" Garfield asks, hands on his hips.
"What do you mean?" Conner asks as he crosses his arms.
"I mean she looks exactly like Marie. You know, except greener." Garfield says sternly.
"She does?" Wally asks.
"Miss Martian does look like the older woman" Starfire points out, noticing the hair and face of the human and Martian.
"Yeah, she looks like when Mom was a TV star on "Hello, Megan!"." Garfield says, unbothered by how Monkey is trying to eat his shirt.
"Wait, "Hello, Megan!" is a TV show?" Kid asks, confused.
"I just thought it was something she said." Robin admits, turning back towards KF.
"Do you not greet each other with your names?" Starfire asked Conner who shrugs.
"Yeah, on the TV show. Way before I was born. Only one season." Garfield huffs. Monkey jumps off his shoulder as he gestures to his handheld.
"You can't even find it online" Garfield looks embarrassed as he looks at the TV cabinet and the VHS tapes in it.
"I know Mom has a tape somewhere." Garfield pulls out a tape, which has 'Hello Megan Pilot' written on it.
""Hello, Megan!" The pilot episode." Garfield says proudly, blowing the dust off the tape.
"Whoa, you still have VHS?" Kid comments when Garfield puts it in and grabs the remote
"Where's your eight-track?" Kid asked,
"Wait!" Superboy barks as he turns away from the TV, glaring. Then turns to Robin, Starfire and Kid Flash.
"Aircraft, headed this way."
The other three stand up quickly, Starfire, Kid Flash and Superboy running out but Robin turns to the boy.
"Gar, stay put." he orders before leaving as well.
Gar stares with a wide, dumbfounded expression.
Conner runs out of the house, while Robin and Kid Flash stay on the porch as Marie and M'gann head back towards the house.
"What is it?" M'gann asks slowly. Then the two of them heard the engines.
Turning towards the sound, there are three drones flying towards them.
The gunfire is nearly immediate and M'gann turns towards Marie, taking her to the ground and covering her. But neither of them are hit as the bullets bounce off Superboy.
When it stops, they both stand up, Marie looking at Conner with panic.
"Where's my son?" Marie
"I ordered him to stay inside." Robin replies.
"He's eight, he doesn't do orders." Marie says sternly.
Just as the doors to the barn open from the inside.
"Mom!" they all turn to the source of the shout. Garfield having pushed the doors open, the wildebeest and the Oryx being let out.
"It's okay, I got the animals out!"
The rapid gunfire returns, drawing his attention to it, and the shots kick up dirt before one hits the large tank on the outside of the barn and it explodes instantly, destroying the barn and sending Gar flying.
"Garfield!" Marie shouts, held back by Superboy.
M'gann takes off, flying to where Garfield and a large chunk of one of the doors got kicked high in the air. Catching him in her arms.
Looking down at the boy whose clothes are ripped all along his front and he already has bruises on his neck and face. He lets out a weak groan as his head pulls to the side.
M'gann slowly descends, handing him off to Marie before she even touches the ground.
Garfield groans as the three drones circle back around.
M'gann and Superboy take off instantly, Marie turns to Robin.
"I told you there'd be consequences." Marie hisses.
"Always." Robin looks down to compose himself before meeting her with a serious look.
"Let's get him inside."
The targeting system only gets one look at Superboy before he punches it and it explodes.
M'gann remains floating, still, her eyes glow green. She moves her hands quickly and the two remaining drones crash into each other. Before flying back down.
There are blood spots leading down the hall to where Garfield is laying on the bed, the EKG beeping away. His head is wrapped, an IV stand is already set up, and the rest of his body is covered by either his t-shirt or the blanket while Marie uses her stethoscope to check him out, having put glasses on at some point as well.
Starfire pulls out a Medkit behind her back.
"What's that?" Marie asked, seeing the woman holding something to her son.
"This is a medkit, I'm told it can stop bleeding out and remove poison" Starfire explains, putting the device on her son. The Medkit hit him. Logan groans but Marie sees the bleeding has stopped, she smiles at that but her son is not responding.
Kid Flash shows up in the doorway.
"He's in shock. The bleeding stopped but he needs a blood transfusion now." Marie stands up and looks at the team.
"Is either of you O negative?" Robin pulls up his HoloGlove but shortly lets out a "No."
"Sorry." KF says from the doorway.
"Neither am I." Marie gripes. "It's the hardest to match. I kept a supply in the clinic.
"My blood is Tamaranean, I can offer but" Starfire is willing but isn't sure her blood can help.
"Alien blood won't help; I can run him to the nearest hospital." Kid steps into the room
"The nearest hospital with a blood supply is half an hour away at your top speed." Robin looks back down at the map he has pulled up.
"I could fly there" Starfire offers but Robin shakes his head.
"Longer by BioShip and your speed can't match."
"He doesn't have that much time." Marie says just barely keeping herself from getting hysterical. "What's Superboy's blood type?"
"He's Kryptonian." Robin informs, anger getting into his words as it wears on him too.
"And Miss Martian-"
"Might be able to help." she interjects from the hall, getting all of their attention in an instant. "My shape-shifting occurs at the cellular level." she continues as she walks in the room.
"I think I can morph my blood to match his." Miss Martian states.
"Please, try." Marie begs, griping M'gann tightly, M'gann puts a hand to her head.
"I'll need to concentrate." then looks back over her shoulder at Marie.
"No distractions." M'gann states, Marie turns to the others.
"Out. All of you, out."
Once Robin leaves the room Marie slams the door shut. Looking worriedly at M'gann.
M'gann reaches out, wiping some of the blood falling from Garfield's nose with her glove. She stares at it as her eyes glow green.
Inside her body, her blood morphs and shifts red blood cells latching on to the green inside her. Some of it turns a deep red as well. Inside her bloodstream, the larger cells and the walls- all of which are a dull, dark red color, looking nearly washed out and grey- get overrun by a vibrant green color before turning pure red.
Suddenly M'gann's eyes are glowing red instead of green.
"I'm ready." she informs Marie.
Superboy listens in from the hallway but is suddenly pulled away from the silence in the room as Robin grips his hair and his voice turns stressed.
"-and on top of all this, Haarjavti steps down tomorrow subjecting all of Qurac to this danger." Robin runs his hands through his hair as he sits up straight, turning to Wally.
"Kid- KF, can you find a news station?"
"Sure. Which remote is it?" as he messes with the three he's holding in his hands.
The TV clicks on and goes grainy for a moment before a school bell rings and 'Hello, Megan!' appears in the center of the screen.
Conner's attention suddenly snaps to the TV. The team watches the show in shock as a sitcom like show of the actor Megan acting like M'gann, even saying her 'hello Megan' thing.
"Maybe it's a coincidence." Superboy offers, as the team watches the show start.
"Mom, I'm going to the library to study." Marie's character says as she runs down the stairs.
"But didn't you invite a certain someone to study here?" her mom asks.
The doorbell rings.
"Hello, Megan!" 'Megan' says, bopping her head with the heel of her hand.
The audience laughs as she descends the stairs. Quieting as she opens the door.
They clap as the boy from the intro is shown to be the one outside.
"Conner!" she says brightly, running out of the house and hugging him.
The audience cheers.
"I thought you'd never get here." she teases.
The audience laughs.
"Were you and Miss Martian in a show together?" Starfire asked the clone, Superboy, pointedly, looking away.
"Oh, yeah, pure coincidence." Wally whispers to Robin, using the hand with the remote to the other side of his mouth.
"It's done."M'gann came in, startling them and turned to the source, but M'gann doesn't notice as her focus is solidly on the floor. Even missing how Wally accidentally tosses the remote in the air and Robin's panicked looks between KF and M'gann.
"All we can do now is wait." M'gann states, when Wally catches it, he frantically starts hitting buttons to get it to go away. When it turns grainy Wally chances a glance over his shoulder, unaware that he actually got the channel until
"My fellow Quracis…" Harrjavti spoke up on tv.
"Is that Haarjavti?" M'gann perks up. "
"Queen Bee's rule is a gift to Qurac." Haarjavti says.
"Hey, that guy in back. I know him." Superboy says suddenly, Robin uses his HoloGlove to zoom in on the video and get a good look.
"It's Psimon. The psychic we fought last time we were in Bialya. He was working for Queen Bee then. He must be controlling Haarjavti for her now" M'gann realizes.
"I remember the headache from when he brain-blasted us." Wally groans with a facepalm.
"We have to get Haarjavti away from him." Robin says, closing his Holo as he narrows his eyes, Starfire looks concerned.
"But how can we stop this psychic, this Simon 'brain blasted' you, how can you beat such a foe?" Starfire asked, before they could answer the door to the room squeaks as it opened.
"I think it worked. Garfield's stable." Marie says, getting the Team's attention.
"Good. Because we have our mission." Robin informs Starfire is concern as she holds on to her Mind Shield.
LINE
The Avenger, Shadow Chamber
Inside the Shadow Chamber, we see both glass containers holding the Motherbox and Fatherbox respective are now connected to another glass container, wires and cord are connected to both boxes as the scientists of ALTAS check everything.
"This is the weirdest science experiment I ever seen" Miranda spoke out, seeing the scientist working on, breeding the alien boxes?
"Alien technology is strange to us" Michael spoke, watching the experiment as well, Miranda glare at one person in
"Why is…that here?!" Miranda points at Sleez setting up a camera with a tripod, recording the whole thing.
"He is the one that has a theory to make it work…and wants to record it" Michael signs at the New God wanting to record this.
"I don't know what he is doing but he is leaving soon, or I'll shoot him" Miranda glares at Sleez while holding a pistol to her side. Sleez tried to get his hands on Miranda, and Miranda nearly shot him.
"We are ready Commanda" Medic spoke, eager to see this, but Sleez held his hand.
"Wait wait, I need to get the right angles here" Sleez spoke , looking at the camera to see he was getting the perfect view.
"Does he really need to be here?!" Roqutte asked, glaring at the new god, yeah Sleez isn't stopping his taste in women.
"Bitch, without me you can't even start this" Sleez snarks back at her, not caring about the glare he was getting.
"Commander!" Roqutte complains to Michael, but he holds his hand out.
"I know he is a creep but sadly we need him to start this, after that he'll leave" Michael turns to Sleez getting a thumbs up from.
Michael doesn't trust Sleez as far as he can throw him but he needs him, doesn't mean he is letting him off the hook, He has SPARKs behind Sleez with guns pointed at his head, not that he minds, saying it makes him excited.
"Ok got everything ready" Sleez said running on the camera, recording the event.
"Let it begin" Michael orders, Bromwell turns on the machine, the Altas people watch as purple energy gather around the glass containing the motherbox and fatherbox
Both boxes started to leak energy, the energy when though the tubes connected to the middle constrainer, both energy entered the container.
"Incredible" Medic looks in wonder, watching these energies moving towards the glass container, slowly reacting to each other.
"Slow down baby" Sleez spoke, recording the whole thing.
Michael looks at the fatherbox and motherbox, seeing the fatherbox is shaking more.
"I don't like the way the fatherbox is acting" Michael spoke, seeing the Fatherbox is known to corrupt others, Sleez looks at the Fatherbox.
"I hate the Fatherboxes, nothing but anger, no one telling the thing no" Sleez groans, the energy from the Fatherboxes starts to hit the Motherbox energy, affecting and corrupting the motherbox.
"No no no, I don't film torture porn" Sleez glares at the fatherbox, holding his hand out to send energy toward it.
"What are you doing?" Miranda calls out, seeing Sleez trying something holding on to her gun.
"Just reminding this delinquent who daddy is" Sleez grins, everyone looks away from that grin.
"Michael" Roqutte spoke while Michael held his eyes, the fatherbox calmed down and the energy stopped corrupting the Motherbox's energy.
But now the motherbox's energy is away from the Fatherbox.
"The Motherbox is frightened of the fatherbox" Medic notes, seeing the way the energy moves.
"How is that possible?" Miranda asked, Sleez signs as he starts to pat the glass of the motherbox.
"It's ok mama, daddy here, and daddy won't let anyone hurt you, that what a man does" Sleez sending energy to the motherbox, everyone watching is recovered.
"A Father is always needed," Bromwell mentioned, writing on the computer as he watched.
The energies start to connect, this time both sides aren't trying to fight one another, they are bonding together, mixing together.
"This reading, what the…." Roqutte spoke in awe, everybody watched as the energy joined together, then the parts of the Motherbox and Fatherbox started to disappear, the energy wave started to spin around the container.
Slowly metal parts start to be created, getting brighter and brighter.
"Too much light, TOO MUCH LICHT" Medic shouted, everyone closed their eyes, the energy glows brighter, most pieces being made and start to assemble into something.
The piece spins around faster and faster, Miranda see the screen beeping loudly, power overlord
"Too much power! We NEED TO CUT IT OUT" Miranda shouted, seeing everything start to glow and the glass start to break.
"CUT THE POWER" Miranda orders, Roqutte was about to pull the plug.
"NO" Michael stops her, blocking his eyes.
"DON'T STOP IT, LET IT FINISH!" Michael shouted, they can't stop this now, the glass is cracking.
"oh no! HIT THE DECK!" Branwell shouted, everybody ducks down or covers themselves, the glow goes brighter.
BLOOOOOOAAAAAA
The glass container explodes, everyone covers themselves, waiting down as smoke covers the room.
Michael looks up, after blocking the damage from Miranda he stands up.
"Everyone all right?" Michael asked, getting groans as everyone stands up, Michael press a few buttons, the smoke got vacuumed out, see there the middle constrainer broken
"arbeiten? it did work I mean?" Medic asked, Sleez shakes his head, looking at the camera with a grin.
"Commander, go on, see it" Sleez calls out, Michael looks at him, before walking forward.
Michael looks to see both the Motherbox and Fatherbox destroyed in pieces, the energy of them is gone, only part of them are left.
"Motherbox and Fatherbox are gone, only pieces left" Michael calls out, seeing the scientists writing everything down.
Michael looks at the sphere like a machine the size of a baseball, having a purple and green like colouring with a blue light similar to the Motherbox and fatherbox.
"Two boxes make a sphere?" Michael asked, looking at the sphere like machine on the platform, Sleez grins at the sphere.
"Oh is a beautiful boy" Sleez said, recording the sphere like an eager uncle.
"How do you know it's a boy?" Roqutte asked, everyone seeing the sphere like a machine.
"I can tell human, isn't he cute" Sleez grins at the sphere, the scientists all scanning it and everything.
"Should I examine it?" Medic puts his gloves on to grab it.
But the sphere lights up, floating in the air shocking everyone.
"OWOOW" Bromwell steps back, as along with the others, the sphere makes the same noise at the fatherbox.
"Can boxes do that?" Miranda asked, seeing the Sphere floating around.
"No Fatherbox or Motherbox can, look at him fly" Sleez grins, recording the whole thing, the sphere floats around the room, scaring everyone as they set back from them.
The Sphere floats in front of Michael, he steps back as the sphere floats in front of him.
"Is it dangerous?" Michael asked Sleez, seeing he knows more than them.
"It shouldn't be" Sleez states, recording him as he sign, the sphere let out a few more noise like a fatherbox, Michael reached for it, watching it slowly Michael let it land on his hands
"It tickles!" The Sphere spoke in a childlike voice, in English; even Sleez is shocked by that.
"Is that normal?" Miranda asked, Sleez shakes his head.
"Are you my creator?" The Sphere asked the Commander, Michael looked around not getting any support.
"I suppose I am" Michael states, seeing a thumbs up from Sleez.
"Do you know what you are? What's your name?" Michael asked the sphere, getting a humming like sound.
"I don't know, I know my parents are the motherbox and fatherbox, but I have no allegiance to New Genesis and Apokolips, guess my allegiance is to you" The Sphere states, floating around Michael and towards the other people.
"What is this? Hello? Who are you? What does this do?" The Sphere asked, looking at everyone as it plays with the keyboards and looks at the robots.
"Wait, don't touch that" Bromwell tries to stop the sphere but it floats away, looking at something else.
"Curiously little one?" Medic spoke, writing down notes on the Sphere-like machine.
"I love it, little Orphan box" Sleez greets the sphere, the floating sphere looking at the new god.
"Orphan box?" The Sphere asked Sleez nods.
"Of course, a child of Mother and Father box, the Orphan box" Sleez presents the sphere.
"But he is not a box?" Miranda states, but the Sphere floats up and down.
"Orphan Box, Orphan box, Orphan box" Now name Orphan box flies around excited with his new name.
"Happy little guy isn't he" Sleez states.
"Indeed" Another voice out of nowhere, stands up alert, turning around with guns in hand, SPARK aiming at the new being in front of them.
Before them is a skinning human-like being, pale face with red eyes and blue markings, wearing a skin-tight blue and black bodysuit, seated on a floating throne like chair.
"Who the hell is this?!" Miranda calls out, pointing her pistol at him, Sleez glares at the person.
"Fuckin Metron, should have known you showed up" Sleez snarl at him.
"Who Metron?" Bronwell asked, hiding behind the SPARK, pointing their guns at the new god.
"A self-important new god with a stick up his ass, bastard created boomtubes and the boxes for everyone" Sleez points out the destroyed mother and father boxes, Metron looks at Sleez.
"Of all the new gods, I never expect to find you here Sleez, truly a fitting place for a banish new god of Apokolips" Metron spoke in a disinterested voice, Sleez gave him the finger.
"At least I pick a side, everyone knows you serve Darkseid if he offers enough knowledge to get your dick hard, no one likes a backstabbing third side" Sleez insults back, but Metron waves him off.
Metron turns to the Commander of Atlas.
"I've seen many things in my life, watch the birth of stars, study life's greatest mysteries" Metron brags but stares down at Michael Thrawn.
"But you General Thrawn, are completely unheard of" Metron spoke to Michael, getting a glare from the Commander.
Michael sees this New God is Metron, the New god obese with knowledge, the creator of the boomtubes and more. Sitting on his Mobius chair, Sleez said it was the first to create boomtubes.
Thrawn isn't surprised he already knows everything about him.
"I'm more shock you grace us with your presence, New God of Knowledge" Commander stated,
"You were aware of my presence?" Metron asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No, but I knew you would come by eventually, new worldly knowledge" Michael spoke off-handily.
"Yes, while I was interested, maintaining an outside observer is the best way to gather data," Metron spoke.
"What's changed?" Medic asked, seeing the new god while holding a crossbow at him, which Metron noticed.
"I see you one of science as well" Metron noticed the weapon as a needle filled with tranquilizer, he notice Orphan box was floating around.
"But yes, in all my time, never would I see the Motherbox and Fatherbox connected together, these two naturally are against one another, this one is a unique abnormally" Metron states, staring at the Orphan box.
"Wait, abnormally? You mean this is the first time?" Sleez spoke in surprise, looking at the Orphan Box.
"The very first time" Metron spoke, turning to the Commander.
"I will need to take Orphan Box, he will require further study, I'm taking him with me" Metron states, like it was already a deal.
"Hang on, who says you can have this Schrank" Medic spoke out, not liking his New God.
"It only natural, I as the creator of both Motherbox and Fatherbox, I must understand this" Metron states, but the Commander shakes his head.
"Why don't we ask Orphan box if he wants to go?" Michael asked, turning to the floating sphere.
"Orphan box, do you want to go with Metron" Michael asked him, the floating sphere looks at Metron then to the Commander.
The Orphan Box made a few noises and the Mobius chair made a few noises as well.
"Nope" The Orphan box said, Metron raised an eyebrow.
"Nope?" Metron said again.
"Yeah nope, Mobius Chair said you put me in another box, but I don't want that, I want to see the world…no, the whole universe" Orphan box states, the screens on the computers all changed into images of different parts of the world and even other planets.
Sleez grins at the look on Metron's face, happy he brought his camera.
Metron turns to the Orphan box with a glare.
"As the creator of your kind, I order you to return to me" Metron states, but Orphan box made another weird noise.
A raspberry noise at Metron.
"I don't follow your rules old man, I'm born on earth so I'm staying on my planet" Orphan box calls out, floating back to the Commander, Metron turns to glare at the Commander.
"Surely you would understand it better in my hands then your own General Thrawn, you wouldn't want me as your enemy" Metron asked, Thrawn noticed a slight glow on his forehead.
Sleez steps forward.
"Oh no you don't Metron, this young man is with me, and you mess with him you miss with me" Sleez glares at him, Metron turns to see every other human putting weapons at him.
"You humans stand with them?" Metron asked them.
"We stand with the Commander, xeno" Miranda glares at him, ready to fight for the Commander if need be, Metron glares at the people of Atlas.
But Michael holds his hand.
"You clearly know me and my past" Commander Thrawn states, getting Metron's attention.
"Your history is a fascinating one, I'm tempted to take you as well General" Metron states, getting more clips and glare from everyone.
"And your race doesn't view time like humans do, your life in infinity, meaning you get your chance to study Orphan box all you want" Commander Thrawn stated.
"So here my deal, Orphan box stays here as long as he wants, without limit, and you keep the information you already have, as an exchange of culture and technology" Commander Thrawn negotiates with the Metron, knowing he already got a lot of infomatoin from the data source, seeing the blue like from Metron's Mobius chair.
Metron thinks for a moment, his glowing forehead stops.
"Very well General Thrawn, your logic is sound, I can see why you were almost an elected leader in your home, Orphan box will stay on your planet, and however instead of taking him I will visit him on my leisure" Metron speaks back, Commander nods his head.
"Visit him, not take him when our backs are turned" Commander states, making Metron frowned.
"Very well, good day to you General Thrawn" Metron spoke, a Boomtube appeared behind him, he floats back and leaves.
Michael turned to everyone looking at him.
"What?" Michael asked, Sleez claps his hands.
"Magnificence" Sleez cheered, recording the whole thing, Orphan Box playing Clapping sounds from an audience.
"YEAAAAHHHH" Orphan Box cheered, as everyone looked at the floating sphere.
"Are you sure it is a good idea Michael?" Miranda asked, putting down her pistol.
"He already downloaded everything, so he'll be busy for a time" Michael states, everyone turns to see the download is complete.
"WHAT THE! He copied everything!" Bromwell panicked, by which Sleez waved it off.
"Don't worry, Metron did the same technology exchange with other alien's races, he never gave that information to New Genesis or even Apokolips, everybody hates the bastard anyway" Skeez states, Miranda looks at Michael.
"What was that about an elected leader?" Miranda asked, she already knows about Michael past, but not must details.
"It was only a short campaign, I only did it to beat the worst candidates and endorse the one who knows how to do the job" Michael states about his past, it was a complicated time after Advent destruction, it nearly turn to civil war if Michael didn't run for leader.
He didn't win because he didn't want to, he only ran to put on the best person for the job, before anything else the Orphan box floats to Michael.
"So what are we going to do?" Orphan box asked, the Commander sign looked at the new addition to ATLAS.
LINE
Dhabar
Haarjavti's office is dark with no lights on late at night, despite the number of Biyalian soldiers outside the perimeter of the area.
Yet, Haarjavti sits, staring blankly out the window from his desk chair.
A swivel fish-eye cam scopes out the room from between the ceiling before sliding away.
"Haarjavti's alone." Robin informs before he, Starfire, Kid Flash, and Superboy drop out of a ceiling tile.
All four of them land nearly silently, Robin and Starfire facing Haarjavti's desk, while KF and Superboy face the two doors in and out of the room.
Miss Martian remains in camouflage mode and floating over their heads, watching the room as a whole as Robin heads towards and around the desk.
Robin comes to a stop before Haarjavti, slowly- robotically, even- he turns towards him.
"Where's my daughter?" Haarjavi questions, clearly still strongly under Psimon's mind control. He groans, moving for the first time as he brings his fingers to the bridge of his nose.
"Where's Psimon?" Harrjavi asked.
"Forget him. Let's get you out of here." Robin says shortly.
The doors slam open and Biyalian soldiers decked out in full-body alien weapons charge into the room. Outnumbering them easily.
Finally, someone wearing a Biyalian military uniform, but no weapon.
"Well, well, American Heroes, here to assassinate the President." Miss Martian drops silently behind the general and a nearby soldier completely unnoticed.
"Such a shame we arrived too late to stop them." the general spoke
"Those are Apokaliptan weapons." Superboy says tersely.
"Torota" Starfire growls, her eyes glowing green.
"Which they'll use to kill Haarjavti, we get blamed and Queen Bee gets to rule Qurac. Form up around the President." Robin confirms.
Miss Martian's attention snaps outside the room.
"I've found Psimon!" Miss Martian flew out.
"Wait." Robin tries, but she's already leaving.
"I'll get her." Superboy turns to charge.
"No! The mission is Haarjavti." Robin says quickly, stopping him short.
LINE
M'gann flies through the palace before coming to a theatre room, landing in the lane between the rows of seats with only a slight click of her boots.
She's slammed back, into the stairs into the room, and out of her camouflage by a psychic wave.
Looking up she sees Psimon walking in front of the stage.
"Tsk, tsk. Am I the only one to learn anything from our previous encounter?" Psimon taunts her through his telepathy, heading up the aisle where Miss Martian is still struggling to get to her feet.
"You didn't think that maybe if you could sense me, I could sense you too?" M'gann gets to her feet with an angry and defensive look but stays silent.
"Or that this time, I'd be ready to use your greatest fear against you?" M'gann stumbles on her feet before falling to her knees with a groan.
"Psimon says, show me who, or rather what, you really are." Psimon drops his hood and lets his mental waves come out at full strength now showing off his clear skull. M'gann gasps, eyes going wide before clutching her head.
"No. No. No!" M'gann chants falling to her elbows as well. "This is who I am!"
Despite her words, her fingers start changing shape, and as she groans her face morphs to almost look like an ill-fitting horror prosthetic. Before her body cracks open down her spine and her form is overtaken by a larger one that is white with red rather than green.
It screeches high before it morphs into a yell at a more normal pitch, the form puts off Psimon a little.
In Haarjavti's office, all the Biyalian soldiers are unconscious and knocked around the room. KF and Superboy drop the last two while Robin puts his remaining tools back in his belt. at Haarjavti's side is a beautiful young woman with a mark under her left eye.
"Thank you for saving my father. we will take care of him now." she tells the team.
"M'gann, we're coming." Superboy broadcasts as the three of them run down the halls.
They just make it to one of the side entrances to the theatre before clutching their heads in pain. Caught right in Psimon's line of sight. Then falling unconscious. Psimon faces forwards again.
"Psimon says smartly done." he claps sarcastically.
"Brain-blasting your own team. I had no idea you'd go to such lengths to hide your true white sn…self from your good friends. Well, actually, I did. But you needn't have bothered, it's being recorded for posterity." Psimon gestures to a grouping of screens that show several different shots of M'gann's true form.
"No!" M'gann shouts, sending her own psychic waves at Psimon, both battling in the minds.
Starfire groans as she stands up, shaking her head in pain.
"I thought the Mind Shield would protect me" Starfire states, shaking her head in pain, the Mindshield makes one immune to any negative mental effects like disorientation, stun, panic and mind control.
However any psionic attacks that deal direct damage are not blocked by the Mindshield.
Starfire looks to see a white monster facing the enemy Psionic , confused as she never saw it till now.
Has the enemy Psimon release a monster against them, if so why is he fighting against it
But then Starfire felt similar psionic energy from her mind, the same mind link too.
"M'gann?" Starfire asked, Psimon gets blasted to the back, his mouth open and blank like a look, the white M'gann turn, Starfire sees her look at her in horror.
"NOO!" M'gann shouted, sending a psionic attack at Starfire, Starfire held her head in pain, falling back on the ground.
"STARFIRE!" M'gann ran to her, stopping her mind attack as Starfire stood up.
"You…attack me? This is..punishment?" Starfire was confused why her friend M'gann attacked her.
"No..Ah…it's not…I'm….sorry." M'gann stutters, slowly turning back to her green self.
"But…why would friend M'gann attack me?" Starfire asked why she hurt her, M'gann looked regretful and fearful.
"You saw…my true form….No one can know" M'gann tries to explain, Starfire looks at her confused.
"You are…a white Martian?" Starfire asked, remembering her other Martian friend in Australia.
"Yes..please Starfire you must not tell anyone…I beg you" M'gann beg the tamaranean. Starfire looked at her then to the others.
"Wait, that attack wasn't from foe psimon…it was you" Starfire turned to M'gann with a glare, her eyes glowing.
"I'm sorry I couldn't let anyone see me" M'gann tries to explain but Starfire steps back.
"You attack your friends to hide yourself, my planet has a name for someone who do such terrible things, you are…are a…. Clorbag Varblernek" Starfire calls out, walking away from her. M'gann grab her hand.
"Starfire wait…please don't tell anyone" M'gann begs her holding her hand, Starfire glares at her.
"You care for your look…..fine ... ..keep your secret… Quton Toran" Starfire growls, holding her hand up to starbolts the cameras and TV screens surrounding them, before walking away leaving a sad white Martian.
LINE
Superboy groans as he tries to open his eyes.
"Conner?" M'gann asks curiously, and through his heavy lids he can make out M'gann's green skin. "You okay?" M'gann asked, eyes open full with smiles.
Conner groans again as he sits up and clutches his head. Robin and Kid Flash are close behind him. Behind them are all destroyed TV screens.
"And there's the headache." KF groans.
"Psimon?" Robin rubs his own head as he stands up.
"He brain-blasted you. I stopped him." M'gann says simply, then she looks to another part of the room, there's broken glass, chairs, and scattered wood. Where Psimon lay on top of the pile, eyes blank but open, and his mouth relaxes a little where drool escapes one corner as he mutters.
"White snake…..white snake….white snake…" Psimon mutters to himself.
LINE
In the daylight, there are photographers, news crews, and the Quarci military in front of the Palace, all circling around Queen Bee.
"What do you mean the President won't see me? He invited me!" Queen Bee demands
"Not of my free will. No!" Haarjavti shouts from a hallway archway. "But now that I am free of your minion's thrall…"
"… the Quraci people will never suffer your tyrannical rule!" Garfield sits up in bed, still having an IV stand at his side, his mom behind him, and Monkey clinging to his shoulder as they watch TV.
As everyone cheers over the airwaves Monkey chomps on Garfield's shirt seam at his shoulder.
Marie rubs the back of her son's head as he looks down at Monkey.
Garfield blinks and looks back at the TV and it suddenly becomes glaringly obvious that Garfield's eyes are now a vibrant green color.
LINE
GBS is broadcasting it as well, and the Team watches it in Haarjavti's office.
"Mark me, Haarjavti, you will suffer for this. Qurac will be mine." Queen Bee swears.
They all turn and Queen Bee simply walks into the room. As the door shuts her body shifts and M'gann's normal form takes Queen Bee's place.
"Sorry you had to lie to everyone like that." Robin apologizes before anyone else can say anything, stepping forwards enough to be in the center of the room.
"But I couldn't think of any other way to convince the public Queen Bee was behind this." Robin explains, Kid Flash bumps his fist into Robin's shoulder.
"Dude, saving a country. Pretty big win for your first turn as Leader." Kid Flash praised him, Robin huffs a hollow laugh.
"Yeah, thanks." Robin says slowly, still looking sad.
"And I assure you, the Wayne Foundation is here to do whatever it can to help you and your people rebuild Qurac." Bruce says, shaking Haarjavti's hand in front of the palace.
Marie turns off the news in her living room where the Team watches it.
"Gee, Bruce Wayne sure got here fast." KF taunts Robin. "Almost like he knew-" Robin elbows him in the stomach.
"Don't you have a souvenir to collect or something?" Robin makes it look casual as he puts both hands behind his head and leans back in the chair. Smirking at Kid Flash.
"Hello, Megan!" Kid mimics the motion that they now know the origin of before he zips over to the TV cabinet and holds it in front of M'gann's face.
"Something you'd like to tell us?" KF asked, M'gann looks over the group before she sighs.
"Growing up on Mars was not a happy time for me." M'gann admits slowly.
"I started watching the broadcasts my uncle sent from Earth to teach us about our sister planet. And when I saw "Hello, Megan!" something just clicked. Maybe it was the similarities in our names. Maybe it was the way all Megan's problems could be solved in 22 minutes. All I know for sure is that Megan helped me smile through a lonely childhood. So when I came to Earth and had to adopt a human form, I chose you." M'gann explains, Marie gives a small smile, seeing M'gann in a new light.
"Which begs the question," Robin starts slowly, exchanging a look with KF who is back beside his chair.
"What do you really look like?" leaning his arms on his thighs, Starfire looks at her closer with narrow eyes.
M'gann stands slowly, and then her hair disappears. She looks a lot more like J'onn but still has her golden-brown human eyes.
"Bald M'gann." Wally vocalizes before dropping his voice. "Still hot."
Starfire looks away from M'gann, frowning at her.
Conner stands up and heads to M'gann's side, grabbing her hands before holding them in between the two of them before bringing her to face him.
"You know you don't have to put on a mask for me." Conner spoke, Her hair is suddenly back and she pulls away, hugging herself.
"I do it for me. This is who I am inside." M'gann looks up to Marie. "Please don't be mad."
"Mad? I'm honored." Marie corrects.
"M'gann, you saved my son. He says he's your blood brother now, and I agree. You're family."M'gann moves quickly towards Marie, broadcasting her intent to hug her before they're close enough to.
"Thank you. You don't know what that means to me" M'gann whispers. Turning too Starfire, but she turned away from her.
M'gann doesn't blame her.
LINE
M'gann heads down the hall towards Garfield's room, gently opening the door.
"Garfield?" M'gann calls as but she gasps when she realizes he's not alone. M'gann opens the door fully, revealing Queen Bee.
"Shh. It would be a shame to wake him." Queen Bee reaches down and brushes his hair with her hand.
"I might have to order my little thrall here to damage himself." Queen Bee spoke, and M'gann's eyes glow.
"uh-uh. He already has orders to do just that if anything happens to me." Queen Bee spoke, the Martian stunned, M'gann's eyes lose their glow.
"Now, your performance, a bit over the top, I think. But then you haven't practiced me the way you've perfected the role of Megan." Finally, Queen Bee stands up and heads towards M'gann who can only stare in shock.
"That's right. Poor Psimon and Starfire are not the only one who knows your true form." Queen Bee invades M'gann's personal space.
"And if you don't cooperate…" She moves closer and whispers in M'gann's ear.
"I'll make sure everyone knows what you really are." Queen Bee whispered to her.
M'gann's face tightens up, looking ready to cry but also completely terrified to look away from the dictatorial Queen.