AN: Hey all I am back after a couple of weeks break, and here is my newest chapter for my PJ/ DC stories. I hope you all enjoy the chapter and I appreciate all the support given so far, including all of the support for some of my potential pairing choices. On top of that I have received some brilliant PMs, some of which were incredibly in detail and are taking me a while to satisfactorily reply to, so please be patient.

But yeah the support for this story has been brilliant, and hopefully it continues. I am still aiming to get to the top of the crossover section, after all I only just noticed I am second again. Not that that's a problem, or this is a competition of course.

But yeah, thanks for reading and I hope you all continue to enjoy and leave reviews.

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson, or DC, and have in fact not gotten around to watching the third season of Young Justice yet.

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(Last Time)

"That is the original Venom formula." Said Kid Flash suddenly, ignoring Robin's question as he instead pointed at the screen, which was currently showing a new blue strand appear next to the purple Venom strand. "And that is… the Blockbuster formula by the looks of it. Wow, Kobra found a way to combine Venom and Blockbuster together. And by the looks of it, together the new drug is three times more potent, and permanent too." Kid Flash's eyes widened now. "How did Kobra get his hands on Blockbuster?"

Robin's eyes narrowed as he heard that. "The Buyer must also be the supplier." With that said he reached up to his ear to activate his emergency communication link, now they had more information it was time to call in help. "Robin to Red Tornado. We have… static."

Kid Flash frowned as he saw this, their communication was being blocked somehow. They were on their own.

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Chapter 8

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(On the factory's Helipad)

Watching from mid-air, the invisible Martian looked on in interest as a large, military grade helicopter descended from the dark, cloudy sky and touched down on the facility's busy and bustling helipad.

All around the helipad Miss Martian could see red cloaked Kobra cultists moving around crates and stacking them up along one side of the platform, seemingly readying them for transport. To Miss Martian the helipad was a whirlwind of activity as the helicopter landed and its spinning blades began to slow down, all except for a small group that was standing patiently on one side of the platform, facing the helicopter, and clearly waiting for the person/ people inside the helicopter to step out and reveal themselves.

The most noticeable member of this small, yet eclectic, group, was a tall, very pale skinned man, one who stood nearly a foot taller than the other red cloaked cultists, with distinctly aristocratic features. This man, like many of the others, was wearing a red cloak, only his was far more ornate and gaudy than those around him, identifying him as the leader of the Cult, or at least this sect, that or it was possible he even was this Kobra person that the cult hailed as a god.

Standing on either side of Kobra, was a tall, skinny woman who looked to be in her early twenties, who had a distinctly punk like style, and a hulking, monstrous mass of muscle, with thick, dark hide, and bulbous bulging muscles, and a brutish, inhuman face. Both of whom were standing a step back from the tall, pale man, which to Miss Martian looked like a show of subservience.

Pushing out with her telepathic powers, Miss Martian gently probed the minds of those below, hoping to get a glimpse of what was going on. It was through this that she identified that the woman called herself Shimmer, and had a desperate longing for powers and abilities, the monstrous creature called himself Mammoth, and had once been a normal human, and finally that the tall, pale one was indeed Kobra.

Unfortunately though that was as much as she was able to glean, or at least whilst keeping her presence unnoticeable. After all if she had pushed further she could blow the whole mission, and tip the enemy off to the team's presence. Already the feather like touches she had already used were risky enough, after all she had had no idea whether or not any of those below might have psychic powers. That being said she had made a decosion and taken a risk, basing her choice off of the overall rarity of psychic powers here on earth.

'What's going on Miss Martian?' Aqualad's voice sounded out loud and clear in M'gann's head.

'The Helicopter has landed, and three individuals, Kobra, Shimmer, and Mammoth are waiting to receive whoever it is.' Megan replied, sending the thought through her connection to Aqualad, Percy, and Superboy's minds.

Ignoring as she did the distinctly odd feeling each of their minds had; with Superboy's mind coming across as distinctly convoluted and filled with raging emotions and tumultuous thoughts whirling around, in short his mind was a confused mess of basic instincts, anger and the ingrained desire to be a hero, to be like Superman.

Aqualad's mind however was far more ordered, but had a strange sharpness to it, something that was quite different to the usual murkiness of a normal human's mind, which may be due to his heritage as an Atlantean.

Percy's mind however was the strangest of all, it was vast and complex far more so than any other she had met here on earth, or even on Mars. And upon touching it M'gann could both feel and hear a sad, lonely, melodious music resounding from it. One which spoke of a complex mix of emotions, so complex even, that she couldn't even begin to pick them out or comprehend their meaning. Suffice to say his mind was both fascinating, and also intimidating and confusing, just being in contact with it made her feeling slightly nervous. To use an earth adage, it felt like she was poking a sleeping tiger.

'Keep an eye on what's going on, but don't let yourself be seen. Can you beam us an image of what's going on?' Percy's voice rang out now, sounding out far louder and more audible than Aqualads.

'Yes, I will open up the connection now, but be warned you must relax and surrender control for the moment, as otherwise it might cause you a headache if I do it for a prolonged amount of time whilst you unconsciously resist. This is effectively me shoving my own memories into your head, so please relax, all three of you.' Replied Megan carefully, wanting to make sure to warn them of what could happen, if they resisted. After all prolonged use of telepathy, and in depth use of it often caused headaches, especially if the person in question was unfamiliar to telepathy.

With that said Megan began pushing along her memory of what she was seeing, even as she watched as the door to the helicopter opened, and a large, heavily built man with short blonde hair and what looked like a metal hockey mask which completely covered his face and hid his facial features, stepped out of the transport, his cold, blue eyes flicking around the helipad cautiously as he did so.

'That's Sportsmaster, he's a known assassin and mercenary, one the League has run into before. He's also probably one of the most deadly in the world, definitely in the top twenty.' Aqualad thought, relaying this information to the other three through the mind link.

'So it would be safe to say he's dangerous, and likely very expensive. As such this operation, or whatever it is that's going on here, is probably lot bigger and more expansive than we thought. Especially if they have people like this Kobra and Sportsmaster working for them. From what I've seen and heard neither of these two are small fish.' Percy added in his own two cents, his eyes narrowed as he like the others saw through Megan's eyes, giving up some control over his mind as he allowed Megan to use the connection to show them what she saw.

"Lord Kobra," Sportsmaster nodded, the amusement in his tone evident as he left the helicopter and strode over the platform and over to the tall, red cloaked man and his brawny henchman and skinny henchwoman.

"Sportsmaster," greeted Kobra in turn, his thin lips curving up into a smirk, before with a simple gesture he had one of his nearby cloaked cultists run up towards the two. The man in question bringing with him a metal, reinforced suitcase, one which he lifted up and opened for the two other men.

Inside the suitcase Megan could see a single vial of purple liquid

"The new formula is ready. A perfectly balanced mix of Venom and the Blockbuster serum," Kobra said softly, his voice coming out in a sibilant hiss as he then gestured to the hulking, monstrosity that was stood to the side and slightly behind him. "Mammoth here is proof enough of its effectiveness. He is the first test product of the new formula. The first of many I hope."

Sportsmaster glanced over at the human turned monster curiously, after which he let out a slight chuckle. "Good, finally with this on our side we will be able to go man to man with the League."

'So that's what they are up to But how did they get their hands on the Blockbuster formulae? Is this the same group behind Cadmus labs?' Aqualad thought to the others. ''Okay Miss Martian, that's enough, come back to us so we can make a plan of what to do next.'

'Ok, I'll be with you in a minute.' Megan replied, after which she turned and flew away, still invisible.

"Ok, so what is the plan?" Superboy asked, speaking aloud now as the other two looked over to him, even as Megan glided down until she was hovering a foot above the ground, her hood up, but her body now visible.

"Well first off we need to stop Sportsmaster from obtaining that new formula. After which we will then need to try and capture both Kobra, Sportsmaster and the rest of the villains present." Aqualad began, summarising their current positon, and their aims.

"Ok so how do we do that?" Megan nodded, understanding the goals as she did so.

"Hmm, I think we need to go further than that." Percy interrupted, his brow furrowed as he looked between the others. "This Venom thing, even before they changed the formulae, is a dangerous thing, with Blockbuster mixed in it's now probably even more dangerous. What we need to do is to stop production full stop, so that means destroying the facility."

"That goes beyond the mission's parameters." Aqualad replied, a frown on his face.

"So does direct confrontation, yet we're about to do it anyway." Percy retorted bluntly.

Aqualad frowned harder as he heard that, but said no more.

"Miss Martian, I need you to find Kid Flash and Robin, tell them what happened on the helipad and then help them to sabotage the facility. Meanwhile Aqualad, Superboy and I will take the fight to the enemy." Percy spoke quickly, any previous hesitancy he might have had in taking the lead fading now, as the danger and importance of their task become more evident.

Miss Martian glanced at the other two as she heard that, before she resolutely nodded and disappeared. "I'll do my best."

"Thanks, and try to stay in contact." Percy called quietly after her, as he felt her invisible form move through the air, her body although hidden now, still physical and therefore still causing the water molecules in the atmosphere to vibrate at her passing.

"So what about us? Do we just charge in?" Superboy asked bluntly, looking to Percy for answers now.

Percy shook his head in the negative. "The first thing we need to do is to destroy the helicopter. That is their transport and their likely escape route. Superboy, you're the fastest of the three of us, and with your durability you have the best chance of destroying the helicopter before it takes off or the villains stop you."

Superboy nodded curtly at that.

"Good, after that you should head for Sportsmaster or Kobra, with your abilities you would be the best to take one or other of them down." Percy continued, from what he had inferred Mammoth was a mountain of muscle, and was like incredibly durable too, if Superboy fought him it would likely just come down to a prolonged slugfest. The other two though, from what Aqualad had said were just normal men, or relatively normal at least.

"I'll go for the prototype formulae in the case, as Batman will definitely want to study it." Aqualad stated bluntly, his water bearers already in his hands.

"That's a good call." Percy nodded, a slight smile on his face now as he met Aqualad's gaze, he might have been a bit harsh on the Atlantean and rushed to a judgement. From the looks of it the Atlantean had enough sense to not let his ego get the best of him, when another person called the shots. "Meanwhile I will take on Mammoth and try to deal with as many of the henchmen as I can."

"What if things do go wrong?" Aqualad asked seriously.

"That's a possibility, and if it does happen then retreat and regroup. But hopefully that won't happen, we'll be going in with numerical inferiority, but we will have the element of surprise and the three of us all pack a punch, we're pretty much the tanks of the team and so should be able to do enough damage to throw them into disarray in the initial confrontation, after which is will just be a matter of mopping up the rest." Percy said quickly, pulling his black, Greek style helmet again, and drawing his sword.

Forming two blades of water from his water bearers, Aqualad sent Percy a nod, his gaze once again resting on the trident symbol on Percy's armour. Once again he wondered just what Percy was, and his origins. This guy was only a little older than him, and yet he spoke with an authority and experience that belied his tender age. On top of that his control over water was beyond Aqualad, and the others of his age like Tula and Garth, in fact it may even be on a par Queen Mera and the King, Aquaman's, control over water.

Aqualad shook his head at that, he was overestimating Perseus now, the other teen was strong and capable, but he wasn't that strong. He was a mystery, one who was connected with Wonder Woman, and the Amazons, and who proudly, maybe even arrogantly, bore the Trident of Poseidon, the god of the Sea, on his chest. But it was likely just because he was some bastard born child of an Amazon and an Atlantean, one with delusions of grandeur, or who had become arrogant due to his own, admittedly impressive, control over water.

But no, this was not the time for such musing. Perseus might be a little conceited, and have quite an abrasive personality, but he was a member of the team and had come up with a simple, yet effective plan, to take down the bad guys and hopefully put a stop to the production of Venom full stop.

"Right, let's go!" Superboy muttered into the few moments of silence that followed, clenching his hands into fists as he did so, before he turned and ran towards to the helicopter and still conversing Villains.

"You heard him." Percy shrugged, his lips quirking upwards in amusement, after which he ran after Superboy, his sword in one hand, and a recently conjured spear of ice in his other.

Aqualad frowned at this, before he simply shrugged and chased after the other two. His teeth gritted as he heard shouts and exclamations of shock form the helipad as Superboy made his entrance. The sound of which was soon followed by the sound of shattering glass and crumbling metal, and then a loud explosion as Superboy obviously completed his first task in record time.

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(Inside the facility)

Clicking his tongue impatiently, Kid Flash waited as Robin continued to download as much data as he could from the facility's computer network, his green eyes flicking back and forth around the rest of the room as he looked around for any sign of one of the cultists that had taken over the factory. Keeping lookout whilst his 'teammate' ripped as much as he could from the villain's system.

This missions, their first one as a proper team, it was not going how he planned. Already they had split up, both him and Robin going off on their own, breaking away from the others for their own reasons, leaving the rest of the team to do their own thing.

Looking back on it now, Wally knew it was not right, and a boneheaded decision on their parts. The team as a whole had not had much of a plan coming into the mission, and on top of that they had no real leader. Even now Wally knew they should have sorted out this whole leadership business before the mission started.

After all the mission had turned into a fiasco as they all squabbled over who was in charge. Wally himself knew he was guilty of that much, in the beginning he had wanted to be leader, he had wanted to prove himself to both the Flash and the other members of the League. He had seen this team as an opportunity, a platform for him to reach new heights and hopefully, someday soon, gain full membership to the Justice League.

That had been the wrong way to approach this whole team thing. Already he knew he had proven himself not worthy of being leader, neither he nor Robin were worthy of the honour. Both of them had allowed their own egos to get the best of them and gone off on their own, leaving Aqualad alone with the three newbies. An issue which was compounded by the fact that they were currently on a very dangerous, and supposedly covert, mission.

In short both Wally and Robin had fucked up, and now the others were who knows where, maybe even in mortal peril, whilst the two of them were here.

That being said they were at least collecting useful data, data that Batman and the League would probably be pretty grateful to get their hands on when all was said and done.

"Right it's almost done." Robin suddenly spoke up, with a self-satisfied grin on his face, as he looked down at the holographic screen on his handheld computer, watching as the download bar reached ninety two percent.

"Cool, I mean yeah that's good, but we're going to need to head off soon to find the others." Wally replied, already thinking on just what kind of trouble they had gotten themselves into. No doubt Superboy had rushed head first into danger shouting and bellowing in anger, the impulsive clone once again acting without a second thought for anyone else.

Megan too had probably lost her head already, this was her first proper mission, and without someone there to take her hand she was probably freaking out. Aqualad after all, although a decent and reliable guy, well he had the emotional range of a tea spoon. He probably didn't even realise how freaked out Megan probably was right now, and probably didn't have the first clue how to approach calming her down. He was hardly good with the ladies after all.

Then there was Perseus, he at least Wally was confident could take care of himself. The guy had power in spades, and seemed capable enough. Sure he was more like a vigilante than a hero at the moment in terms of his tactics and inclination towards violence, but he at least was experienced in combat. Being covert though, well that didn't really seem to be his thing. Already Wally had visions of the older teen wandering around like a bull in a china shop, fighting any henchman he could find, probably alerting half the island to their presence as he did so without realising it.

"Right, it's done. So come on then, let's go find the others. Now I've collected the data we need, I now just need to go take command again, and then hopefully lead them off of the island, I mean who knows how much trouble they've gotten themselves into without us there eh, Kid. I bet Aqualad is going spare trying to keep those rookies in check until we return." Robin grinned, disconnecting his device from the computer now, after which he turned to Wally still grinning confidently.

"You still reckon you're the leader then?" Kid Flash asked carefully, cocking an eyebrow at the younger kid's little speech, the Boy Wonder had hardly been subtle in the way he phrased his words. It was obvious he was trying to enforce the 'fact' he was leader on him.

"Well obviously, I'm the best choice for it. The only choice really." Robin replied, his smile fading slightly, and a slight frown spreading across his face as he saw the expression on Kid Flash's face. "I have the most experience and training, Batman's practically been grooming me for this positon. Just as he is pretty much the leader of the Justice League, so too will I be the leader of this team. Or at least I will until I become a full member of the Justice League."

"Look dude, yeah you have a lot of crime fighting experience, more than either Aqualad or me, I'm not denying that. But come on man, you have pretty much no leadership experience." Replied Kid Flash bluntly, holding back on his response to Robin's assertion that Batman was pretty much the leader of the Justice League, after all he was one of the leaders, along with the other original members, but not the one and only leader as Robin seemed to be implying. "I mean when you work with Batman he's in charge, and your roles are defined, you don't need to speak, you just do what he taught you to do and follow his lead. This team though, well dude you said it yourself, this team is new and has a number of rookies in is, and are kind of inexperienced when it comes to working together. The leader needs to be vocal and clearly give orders."

"So what I have to play babysitter?!" Retorted Robin, his temper flaring now and his eyes narrowing. "That's rubbish, and you know it. You just want to be leader yourself, that's why you're saying this!"

"No dude, as much as I want to say I'd run rings round you, I can't. I'm here too after all, I am no more suited to being leader than you are." Kid Flash replied, keeping his cool, even if the younger boy seemed to be losing his. "Aqualad is the right choice and you know it. He's the oldest, the most rational, he has experience and what's more is he stayed back to look after the others while we just ran off on our own."

Robin scowled at that, his mouth working as if he were trying to come up with something to say to that. Finally though, after a few moments of silence he spoke, his tone bordering on petulant mockery. "So when did you suddenly become so mature?"

Kid Flash's lips quirked upwards at that question. "I've not, I just took the time to think about what we've been doing, and then compare it to Aqualad. The three of us are the most experienced here, it is up to use to mentor the other three. You and I, we dropped the ball and you know it, Aqualad though, he didn't. He's the right choice for leader and you know it!"

Robin's expression was still petulant as he heard that, even as he opened his mouth to reply. Before he could however, both of them were jolted out of their current thought process and conversation when Megan appeared from mid-air right in front of them.

"I found you!" Shouted out M'gann in delight as she appeared.

"Miss Martian, what are you doing here?" Kid Flash asked, for once forgetting to flirt as he instead just sent her a confused and surprised look, restraining himself from jumping back in shock. He might have forgotten to flirt, but he still had enough wherewithal to keep his cool in front of the pretty, red haired girl.

"The others sent me to find you, they identified the buyer as Sportsmaster, and the seller is Kobra himself. They are preparing to apprehend them as we speak." Miss Martin summarised for them, briefly explaining a little more about what they had seen and what the others had planned. "They wanted me to find you, and then clue you in on what's happening. After which I am supposed to help you blow up the facility."

"Wait they are about to fight the bad guys now!" Robin shot back, his tone rising and a hint of frustrated anger leaking into his voice.

"Ermm, yes, Perseus, Aqualad and Superboy are going to deal with them as we speak. We meanwhile need to destroy the facility to stop Venom from being produced here anymore, or the new formulae." M'gann replied, confused over why she needed to repeat herself. From what she had seen both of the two boys were quite clever, and Robin especially seemed quite intuitive.

"That can wait, for now we need to go back them up. Sportsmaster and Kobra are no joke, both of them are heavy hitters, and this Mammoth guy sounds like trouble too!" Robin responded, already turning away and running in the direction of the helipad.

"But wait, we're supposed to destroy the factory." Megan called after him.

"The building isn't going anywhere Miss Martian, but the others could be in real danger. Robin has the right idea, we need to go help them first before anything!" Kid Flash replied, glancing sideways at Megan and giving her a tight smile as he did so, before a few moments later he shot off in a black and grey blur.

"I don't think…" Megan tried to say, only to find she was speaking to thin air as the other two had disappeared, both of them already heading for the helipad.

"I don't think Percy is going to be happy." She then muttered, from what she had felt of Percy's mind he was unpredictable in his own actions, but resolute and unmoving when it came to those around him disobeying him or acting out. It was hypocritical in a way, sort of like him saying 'do what I say and not what I do'. But at the same time, Megan had touched his mind and somehow understood that he had become this way through many trials and tribulations, and countless years of hard-won experience.

It was hard to put into words what she had felt when she touched Percy's mind really, but what she could definitely say was that he was not entirely human. No, he was something else, something powerful, weary, and wrathful. On top of that he was something that was distinctly inhuman, and not in the way Aqualad was, he was far more dangerous than that.

Yet in spite of this, she didn't find herself scared or put off by him, and that was because deep down, very deep down, she had felt the immense kindness in him, his fierce sense of loyalty, and the selfless, sometimes ruthless, desire to do good.

"Yes, he's definitely going to be pissed." Megan nodded to herself before she looked around, she had none of Robin's explosives, or the technical know-how of how to demolish a building. With that in mind she took to the air once more and shot off back to the helipad. If she could do nothing here, the least she could do was help out the others the best she could.

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(A few minutes before, back at the Helipad)

It was whilst Percy, Aqualad and Superboy made their plan, that the cultists on the helipad got to work moving the new 'Kobra Venom' onto the helicopter. All of the cloaked men and women moving quickly and silently as they dutifully went about their work.

Sportsmaster meanwhile was off to one side, and continued to converse with Kobra, already obtaining and then transferring electronically the new formulae over to his bosses. After all in his line of business it was good to be thorough and build safeguards into ones plan.

However, it was as Sportsmaster was overseeing the transfer of the payment for the job to Kobra, that all activity on the helipad was stopped when a sudden roar sounded out from the surrounding forest, which was then swiftly followed by a tall, well-built, teenaged boy, who was clad in a black, superman T-shirt, and had short black hair and blue eyes, erupting out of the foliage and charging the platform.

With the boy in question erupting onto the helipad without warning, still bellowing as he rapidly charged across the area, bulling through several red cloaked men and women who got in his way as he ran. Though not at Kobra or Sportsmaster like one might expect, but instead at the helicopter.

"Stop him!" Sportsmaster roared, pulling out an extendable javelin from his belt as he did so, even as he turned on his heel and flung it at the charging teen's back. Not that it did much good as the javelin, despite striking him square in the back, just ended up bouncing off of the boy's back, the tip bent at an angle.

"We're under attack!" Kobra snarled loudly, looking to both Shimmer and Mammoth as he did so, both of whom started running forward at his unspoken command, Mammoth raising his fists and Shimmer drawing a high-tech gun. "Everyone on guard!"

The rest of the cultists reacted similarly, most of them going for their weapons as they reacted almost on instinct to Kobra's tone.

Not that it did them much good, as by the time they did have their guns out and trained on the teen, Superboy had already reached the helicopter, meeting it in a brutal shoulder barge which crumpled the aircraft's metal shell and shattered the windows. The blow incidentally knocking the entire thing over onto its side, which in turn caused the helicopter's engine to explode as he did so.

Following on from that, two more assailants burst out of the nearby forest, one of them a dark skinned teen with blonde hair and blue eyes. A teen who was wielding two blades which were made out of water, and who charged straight for Sportsmaster the moment he arrived on the scene, his sharp blue eyes locked on the case that the assassin still held in his left hand.

The other attacker meanwhile was a tall, broad-shouldered, black armoured figure, who was wearing a black helmet which had a bladed fin on top. With this attacker also holding an ivory coloured longsword in one hand, and a spear of what looked like ice in the other. A spear which he threw the moment he appeared, the six foot projectile tearing through the air with a vengeance tagging Kobra, who stood some twenty metres away, in the shoulder as he did so. The spear catching the red cloaked man in the shoulder even as he moved to dodge, the weapon drawing blood, cracking bone and tearing through muscle, even as it glanced off of the man's bone.

Ignoring the arrival of the other two, Superboy continued to trash the helicopter. His super strength coming in handy here as he wrenched one of the blades off of it, kicking the now burning structure away as he did so and into the nearby forest, even as he turned around and smashed the charging Mammoth in the side of the head with the purloined helicopter blade. An action that crumbled the blade and bent it nearly in two, even as it sent Mammoth staggering away.

"Kill them! Kill them!" Kobra shouted, clasping his bloody shoulder with one hand, his voice verging on frantic now, even as the cultists opened fire on the three heroes.

Running forwards Aqualad darted back and forth, manoeuvring himself in such a way that it made it difficult for the gun wielding cultists to get a lock on him. Even as he darted towards Sportsmaster, the hockey masked man in question letting loose a snarl of his own, before without a word he pulled out another extendable javelin and began duelling with the sidekick he recognised as Aqualad.

Sportsmaster's skill, ferocity and superior experience clashing with Aqualad's tenacity and ever shifting weapons, as he turned his swords to maces, and then to hammers, and then back to swords as he continuously went on the attack. With the dark skinned boy moving in close to minimise Sportsmaster's use of the javelin, hammering away at the larger man as he forced him to back off taking advantage of the fact he only had one hand to fight with, as the other was clutching the case containing the Kobra serum.

Percy meanwhile had not just stood around, instead he rushed forward, his blade swinging up as he batted away a couple of bullets with his sword, though a few did get passed him and glanced off of his armour.

Whilst he did this he raised his spare hand, drawing on the water in the humid air, gathering it around himself like a cloak as he did so. With him using it to increase his physical abilities and provide some extra protection, even as he continued to gather more water from the surrounding area.

While he did this though the cultists continued their assault, sheltering behind the crates now as they trained their guns primarily on Percy, who despite being in the open, was still able to dodge and deflect most of their shots due to the sudden increase in speed and agility he gained from his ever growing cloak of water.

At the back of this group of a dozen or so gunmen, Kobra too took up his own positon, leading from behind. His cold eyes narrowed angrily as he glowered at Percy, even as he used one of his hands to staunch the blood running down one of his arms.

"Finish him you fools!" Kobra hissed to his followers, his sibilant voice still touching on frantic as he saw Percy was still moving forwards.

"Hyah!" Percy roared in response, shifting forwards as he did so in a half run, his right leg raised for a moment before he brought it down onto the concrete beneath him. An action that took those around him by surprise, as the moment his foot struck the ground, the concrete beneath his feet shattered, and a shock wave shot through the area. Concrete shattering and many of those in the immediate vicinity losing their footing as a sudden, localised earthquake hit the immediate area.

Not pausing for even a moment to admire his handiwork, Percy rushed forward, moving far faster than normal now as he cleared the distance from himself to his attackers. After which, with barely a thought, he drew on his Demigod abilities once more, this time manipulating the water cloak around him as he caused it to explode outward in a single wave of freezing cold mist, dozens of icy spikes forming as they shot through the air and brutally impaled the surrounding cultists.

The red cloaks and bare flesh providing little resistance as six inch long spikes of hardened, razor sharp ice tore through them, impaling the surrounding men and women. Though noticeably none of the points of entry were immediately fatal. Not even the ones that struck Kobra, with two spikes of ice going through his legs, one of which at least cracked, if not shattered, one of his kneecaps. With several others striking him in the arms, chest and gut.

Looking around at all the groaning and moaning people around him, Percy filtered out the sound of Sportsmaster and Aqualad fighting, and of Superboy clashing with Mammoth, despite Percy having told him not to get caught up in a slugfest.

Instead he focused on the metallic, coppery scent of blood, he could almost taste it. More than that he could feel it flowing beneath the skin of all those around him, and could sense the quickening beat of their hearts as they panicked, pain wracking their fragile mortal bodies.

Narrowing his eyes, Percy clenched his left hand into a fist. These men around him were just normal humans, humans who had bloody wounds.

In response to this the shards of ice melted, even as the water that they once consisted of forced itself into their bodies. Normally he found it quite a strain to manipulate the water inside multiple large, living creature's bodies, but once the skin had been broken, and the blood spilled it became so much easier. Though he also found that physical contact with the person in question made it a lot easier too.

In fact it was almost scary how easy it became, honestly it sometimes made Percy think that mortals were little more than fleshy sacks of blood and water, just waiting around to be controlled and manipulated. It was that lingering thought, that realisation that was perhaps the scariest of all to him.

Pushing his concerns aside, Percy took control of Kobra, Shimmer and Kobra's follower's blood, quickly putting pressure on the blood vessels in their brains as he starved them of blood and oxygen.

Within moment all of the red cloaked figures were slumped over unconscious.

Smiling slightly at this, Percy then twisted his hand again, this time clotting up all of their wounds. He wasn't a complete bastard after all.

"A bit of help would be appreciated!" Superboy's harsh voice sounded out, knocking Percy out of his thoughts as the teen in question flew by and smashed into a nearby crate. A scowl prominent on his face as he got up and looked to Percy for a moment, before looking back to the roaring and snarling Mammoth.

"Help Aqualad, break Sportsmaster legs if you can so he can't run off or escape." Percy replied quickly, nodding to Superboy as he did so, even as he pulled his helmet off and threw it to one side, his grip on his sword tightening as he started to run towards Mammoth. An action that the giant, musclebound monstrosity copied.

Superboy frowned at Percy's words for a moment, only to shrug a few seconds later. Not too bothered about Percy stepping into his fight with Mammoth, after all the older, dark haired teen had admittedly made a good point when he stated that Mammoth and Superboy were poorly matched.

With that in mind Superboy turned and ran over to where Aqualad and Sportsmaster were still fighting, both of them rapidly dancing around one another, stuck in a stalemate. Or at least they were, right up until Superboy tackled the assassin from behind slamming him into the floor at Aqualad's feet, momentarily catching the Atlantean off guard, but just for a moment, as seconds later he moved to disarm Sportsmaster and take the metal case from him.

"Thanks for the assist." Aqualad nodded, a tight smile on his face now.

"No problem, we're teammates after all aren't we." Replied Superboy, a slight smile on his face as he continued to hold the struggling and swearing Sportsmaster down with ease. His smile not fading even when he raised his fist and thumped him in the back of the head, maintaining enough strength in the blow to smash the assassin's masked face into the ground and knock him out cold. It was almost cathartic really, plus it was probably better that he unleash his anger on his enemies as oppose to his allies.

"Was that really necessary?" Aqualad asked dryly, even as Superboy pushed himself up and to his feet.

"Well it was either that, or break his legs so he can't escape." Superboy replied with a shrug.

Aqualad sighed softly as he heard that, after which he looked around. "I feel like you have been spending too much time with Perseus, speaking of which, where is he?"

"Over there fighting the last of them, Mammoth." Superboy grunted, gesturing over to the nearby fight, with both him and Aqualad turning to watch as it came to an end.

With Percy dancing around the large, lumbering villain, his sword practically a blur as he jabbed and slashed at his opponent. His bone sword slicing through Mammoth's thick hide with ease, drawing dark, black looking blood as Percy first hamstrung him, and then landed two devastating slashes on each shoulder, putting the former human's large brawny arms out of action. Following on from which he landed another double slash to Mammoth's chest, which was then followed by a devastating punch to the badly wounded being's head.

With this punch packing more than a little power, as a shockwave of energy erupted from his clenched fist as it made contact. The wave of energy reminding Superboy very much of the punch Percy had thrown when the two of them had fought in Cadmus.

"I think we seriously need to get a handle on everyone's powers." Aqualad muttered as he heard the crunch of bone, and saw Mammoth's eyes roll into the back of his skull, even as he fell backwards and crashed into the ground unconscious and badly injured.

"Hn!" Superboy grunted, disinterestedly, his attention instead moving to a grey and black blur that appeared on the helipad moments later, with Robin and the now visible Miss Martian following along closely behind.

( - )

(A few moments later)

"What are you three doing here? Have you set up the explosives in the factory?" Percy asked bluntly as he wiped the blood off of his sword, using Mammoth's shorts to do so, before he then strode towards the three newly arrived heroes. Catching the look of rising outrage on Robin's face as he did so. "And before you have a tantrum Wonder Boy nobody is dead. They are however all unconscious, or incapacitated, and ready to be transported to prison."

"Woah, you three took them all out!? That's impressive man!" Kid Flash spoke up next, a wide grin on his face as he looked around, taking in all of the prone bodies, the shattered helipad and the burning and destroyed helicopter.

"Thank you, but you did not answer Perseus's question. Have you set the facility to explode?" Aqualad cut in, his tone blunt and to the point.

"Ermm sorry man, but no. We kind of rushed over here to help when we heard you were fighting." Kid Flash replied shiftily.

"I see." Percy's voice was quite cold as he spoke up, his sea green eyes equally as scold as he looked around at the newly arrived trio, sheathing his sword as he did so.

"We made a call on the information we had at hand, we deemed it more important to back up our friends than to blow up a building." Retorted Robin, his tone still notably petulant and resentful as he looked around and saw that all the actions was over.

"I can accept that decision." Aqualad nodded his head, looking to the still frowning Percy now.

"Your loyalty is admirable." Percy finally said, his tone quite dry, after which he looked to Megan his expression lightening considerably. "M'gann can you bring your Bioship around?"

Megan nodded at that.

"Kid Flash, you, Superboy and Aqualad head to the facility and get Bane and any other henchmen in the area, incapacitate them and bring them back here." Percy continued, looking to Kid Flash and Aqualad now, all three of whom shared a look, before Aqualad and Superboy nodded and headed off to do as Percy asked, with Kid Flash looking at the other two in surprise, after which he sent Percy a speculative look, before he then nodded and ran after the other two.

"Hey who put you in charge?" Robin complained, his brow furrowed as he saw the others following Percy's instruction.

"Robin tie up Kobra, Mammoth and Sportsmaster. We'll be taking them with us when we leave. Tie up the rest of them too actually, we'll contact Batman before we leave and arrange a prisoner transport to pick these lot up too." Percy replied bluntly, ignoring his complaints as he gave Robin his best wolf stare, cowing the younger boy when he made to complain, with him instead, grudgingly, setting about tying up the villains Percy mentioned.

"The Bioship is here." Megan told Percy, a slightly smile on her face as she opened her eyes and looked at him.

"Good, I need you to start using your telekinesis to load the tied up villains in your ship if you can. In fact can you shift the internal shape of the ship to make a cell?" Percy asked, looking up at the living space ship as it descended to the ground. Ignoring as he did Kid Flash as he reappeared on the broken platform with the first of the henchmen.

"On it." Megan nodded, turning to her ship as she set about fulfilling Percy's request.

( - )

(Sometime later)

Looking around the shattered platform, eyeing up all the cases of modified venom that they had now destroyed, Percy watched as Superboy dragged the last of the Kobra cultists and Bane's men onto the platform, with Robin and Kid Flash then tying them up.

In the end they had gathered a group of forty eight henchmen, all of whom were now bound and waiting in the centre of the ruin helipad to be picked up and shipped off to a cell.

Mammoth, Kobra and Bane meanwhile were all bound, trussed up and still unconscious, with all of them having been put in the Bioship now, in a new cell Megan had had the ship create for that exact purpose.

"Is that the last of them?" Percy asked as he looked over to Aqualad.

"That we can find, yes." Aqualad nodded.

"Good, right all of you need to get on the Bioship. We'll be heading off in a few minutes and going back to the base." Percy replied, a slight smile on his face now, as he looked to the rest of the team, all of whom had been working well together over the last half an hour or so, save of course for the still truculent Robin.

"What about the facility though?" Megan asked, looking over to the large factory complex as she did so.

"I'll deal with that." Percy replied easily, sending her a larger smile as he did so, before he then walked past the group, his attention fix on the factory.

"And what are you going to do?" Aqualad asked warily.

"Well destroy it of course." Percy replied, after which he crouched down and laid both hands on the ground.

"Ermm, mate, what are you doing?" Asked Kid Flash bemusedly. The others looking on in confusion too as Percy ignored the question.

A minute or so later though they got their answer as quite suddenly the earth beneath their feet began to start shaking. The trees around the edge of the forest quivering, with some of them falling over, the earth around them noticeably cracking.

Then, suddenly and without warning the factory collapsed, the earth beneath it exploding upwards, great spikes of earth tearing through the structure, even as other parts of the ground caved in.

Overall it was chaos as the entire island began to shake, the earth churning as Percy manipulated it. Until over the course of a few minutes the entire factory soon disappeared beneath the ground, completely swallowed up.

Standing up a few moments later, Percy absentmindedly dusted off his hands, admiring his handiwork for the moment, before he then turned and walked passed the thunderstruck looking members of his team.

"Right, now that's done let's be going." Percy said, his voice filled with amusement as he entered the Bioship, more than aware that the eyes of the entire team were now on him.

"Like seriously man, just what the fuck are you?" Kid Flash asked into the silence that followed.

( - )

(Sometime later, back at Mount Justice)

"A simple recon mission. Observe and report that was allt hat was asked of you." Batman said to the gathered team as they stood together in a group in the main hall of the cave, all of them now wearing civilian's clothes as oppose to their costumes.

"Circumstances changed." Percy replied bluntly, speaking up for the team as he met Batman's glare head on. "We merely adapted and made the best of a bad situation, and because of this three villains are now enjoying their stay in Belle Reve, and the Venom producing operation on Santa Prisca has been stopped for the foreseeable future. It is a win win situation really."

Batman didn't say anything to that at first, instead he gazed intensely at the assembled team, causing all of them save Percy to squirm.

After a few moments though he finally replied. "You'll each be given a written report detailing your mistakes. But until then… good job." Batman said, his words catching all of them off guard. "No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. How you adjust to unforeseen circumstances is what determines success."

Percy nodded at that, his gaze not leaving Batman's as he saw the analytical look in the older looking man's eye. The man was obviously curious bordering on suspicious of Percy now, especially after the reports Robin had probably given him.

In fact Percy had no doubt that in the coming days one or other of the League members would attempt to pin him down to talk about his abilities and origins.

Already he was planning on ringing up Diana, as he needed to talk to the woman, after all she was someone who understood him far better than most.

He had no doubt that she would have some good advice for him in regards to how he could approach the upcoming confrontations he would likely be having.

( - )

(Elsewhere, in an unknown location)

In an unknown location, the board of Cadmus each appeared on screens, all of them appearing before their leader, the one who had called for the impromptu meeting.

"The operation on Santa Prisca has failed. The samples Sportsmaster attempted to secure are gone, and our agent himself is now imprisoned." The leader of the Light stated bluntly the moment the others appeared, his tone harsh, the anger in it obvious for all to hear. "Fortunately he is loyal to the Light and has kept his mouth shut, on top of which he at least managed to get a copy of the formulae off of Kobra and confirmed that it worked. The operation might have failed but all is not lost."

"The loss of Sportsmaster will be an irritating set back, we'll need to replace him sooner rather than later." Another member of the Light replied, his tone calm and controlled. "And what of our young heroes?"

"First Cadmus, then Mister Twister. Now Santa Prisca." Another Light member said. "Their interference is becoming a pain."

"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. But three times is enemy action, and enemies of the Light will not stand." The leader of the Light said, his tone uncompromising.

"More concerning however is this new hero, this Perseus. His abilities and origins are unknown, but his power and ruthlessness are not in doubt." Another one of the Light members replied, this one female. "He is an unknown variable, and unknown variables are dangerous."

"Indeed, he could be an issue. Or he could be an asset. Either way he will see the Light… or he will be removed from the game, permanently." The leader of the Light finished, his deep, harsh tone holding a deadly edge to it now.

( - )

AN: So what did you all think? I hope you enjoyed it? Originally I wanted Percy to go all Poseidon on Santa Prisca and sink the island beneath the sea, but then I thought, hmm maybe that would be a little too far. Still I am pretty happy with this chapter and how it ends the team's first mission. After all it takes more than one successful mission to make a team, it takes time, and at the moment this group hasn't been together for that long.

Still I am looking forward to progressing the story, on top of which I am already planning on bringing in some other DC story lines that I enjoy, plus I will be going into greater depth in regards to Atlantis and the New Gods then I feel they did in Young Justice. On top of that in answer to a few questions I have had, Percy's back story, his time in Tartarus, his meeting with the Amazons, these will continue to be revealed as the story progresses.

On a completely unrelated note though, I have an observation that I am curious about. What is people's obsession with giving their male main characters katanas, and really long hair? I mean I don't understand why this is? Long hair is impractical and perhaps controversially I don't like katanas, nor do I think they are the best swords in the world, in fact I can think of many better types of swords which are far less specialized both eastern and western.

Honestly it doesn't bother me greatly, it's just I read a Game of Thrones/ Naruto fanfic recently, as I am quite a fan of GoT, and read how the main character was walking around with a valerian steel katana. I mean sure it's the authors choice and their right to decide, but to me it just seems so silly and stupid.

Sorry for the sort of rant, it's just I've always found people's obsession with these cliché things a bit odd.

But yeah otherwise thanks a lot for reading and I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and leave a review.

Catch you all later.

Greed720.