A/N: Hello everyone! Welcome to the new versions first chapter! We decided to do a new version as we thought of a lot we wanted to change and a lot of characters we thought of great places for. Enough that it would alter a lot of the story! So we figured that we would start a new version! We really hope you like it! Of course thanks go to my co-author, friend and Bet MaxGentlman 1!

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-Gotham City; July 4, 12:00 EST-

It was a sunny day in the park of Gotham City with many people enjoying the weather of Independence Day. That was until people started to be frozen solid. People began to scream and run as Mr. Freeze appeared on a hill, looking down on a family.

"Enjoying family time?" He asked before freezing them solid with a blast from his freeze gun, "My family has other plans," He said, sliding down on the frozen family and coming to rest in the open field. As he took aim at another family he was suddenly kicked hard, first in the ribs and then in the back of the head causing him to stumble forward and his helmet to crack as his attacker landed off his backflip, increased the cracks with a few shuriken, and stood facing Freeze with a smirk.

He was a young man no older than 15 with slightly pale skin. He wore a costume comprised of a red vest, black leggings, boots, T-shirt and gloves, all of which seemed to be made of a sort of protective body armor, that still allowed him great mobility. On his chest, a yellow, stylized "R" symbol in a black circle was visible above his heart, and around his waist he wore a gold colored utility belt with various pouches for his equipment. He also had three yellow rectangular fasteners on the front. He donned a cape that was black on the outer lining but pale yellow on the inside.

He wore a black stylized domino mask, his eyes appeared completely white. His short black hair was left unkempt, hanging over his forehead.

"Ah, Boy Wonder. The Bat sent you to bring me in? I must admit, I am underwhelmed," Freeze said, aiming at him and firing.

Robin jumped and spun to avoid the attack, "Sure, whatever, I'm kinda in a hurry. Can we please speed this along?" Robin said, landing and throwing several shuriken that further cracked Freeze's helmet.

"Kids, always in such a rush," Freeze said.

"I wasn't talking to you, ice pop," Robin said, pointing behind Freeze in time for Freeze to turn and see Batman leap off of the ice slide he had made earlier and slam his fist in Freeze's face, shattering the helmet and knocking freeze out.

"Nice work, Robin," Batman said, freezing Freeze's face so he would not die as Batman turned to face his partner.

"Thanks, but can we please move along? Today is the day!" Robin said excitedly.

-Star City; July 4 09:01 PST-

On the Star City bridge, Icicle Jr. was causing trouble. He stood in the middle of the bridge and made a large wall of ice that flipped several cars into other cars. He laughed madly as he kept blasting more and more cars that drove past. That is until several arrows landed in the ice wall near his head and one in the ice that encased his shoulder.

Each of them exploded, blasting him first in one direction, then the other. He turned and saw that standing on the top of the bridge were Green Arrow and sidekick, Speedy, "Finally! I was wondering what a guy had to do to get some attention around here!" He said, launching several ice spikes at them.

"Jr.'s doing this all for attention?" Speedy asked as they dodged and leaped around the ice blasts and made their way towards Icicle.

"I'm telling you now, this little distraction had better not interfere," Speedy said as they ran down the sides of the bridge and each fired an explosive arrow at Jr's Ice wall. They blew up, creating a small hole in the wall. Jr. launched a few more ice spikes at them, but they dodged. Speedy front flipped over the ice blasts and fired a boxing glove arrow.

It flew through the hole, slamming Jr. in the jaw and knocking him out cold as they landed beside him.

"Ha, kid had a glass jaw," Green Arrow quipped.

"Yeah, yeah, hilarious can we speed things along please? Today's the day," Speedy said seriously.

-New York City; 12:05 EST-

In the center of central park, there was a blizzard. This wasn't really too far out of the ordinary for a day in New York. At the center of the massive snow storm was a man dressed in blue and white.

"C'Mon, don't you all want to chill out on a hot day like this!?" He asked before laughing.

"Okay, two things: One, that was horrendous. Also, laughing at your own joke… really?" Asked a female voice.

Turning around, Blizzard saw a teenage girl. She had an athletic build with long, brown hair that came down past her shoulders. She wore a red and yellow costume that looked similar to a jacket and jeans combo that had a large yellow and black spider design on her chest and a red and yellow mask similar that covered the upper half of her face that had yellow lenses across her eyes.

"What, Spider-Man didn't have the balls to face me himself? He had to send his brat!?" He asked.

"Well maybe he's aware of how not worth his time you are," She said, dodging his ice blasts with ease and webbing him in the face.

"I mean you can't even hit a teenage girl, what makes you think you could even try and take him on?" She asked, sticking out her tongue.

"You little bitch, I'm gonna…" He started only to get a large ball of web to the back of his head.

"I'd appreciate it if you didn't insult my daughter thanks," Spider-Man said, dressed in his classic red and blue as he landed beside Blizzard who managed to fire off a few blasts that Spider-Man dodged with ease before he and his daughter slammed their fists into his face and gut respectively, knocking him out.

"You took your time," Spider-Girl said sounding frustrated.

"Hey, give me a break. I couldn't think of any good ice puns," Spider-Man said.

"Whatever! Can we speed this along!? Today's the day!" She said excitedly.

-Central City, July 4th 11:03 CST-

In the center of a street just outside a wrecked building, a short, stout, and pale man stood. He wore a clear blue parka and slightly darker blue pants. His hood and cuffs were lined with fur, and his shoulders were adorned with a matching white snow motif. He wore a yellow belt with pouches, white snow boots, and was firing off ice blasts with a freeze ray at two red and yellow blurs circling around him with no luck.

"Stealing ice? Seriously isn't that a little bit cliche? Even for Captain Cold?" The Flash asked.

"Come on, we don't have time for this!" Kid Flash said pulling down his red goggles and rushing Cold. He dodged an ice blast that skimmed his shoulder and snatched the gun away.

Cold glared at him, opened his mouth to speak just to be hit hard in the side of the head, knocking him out.

"Calm down, Kid," Flash said as they both stopped.

"Oh no, not this time! You'll chat it up with the cops, bystanders, with… Cold even! No! No way! Today's THE day!" He said, smiling wide.

-Pearl Harbor; July 4th 06:02 HST-

The legendary site and it's ships were covered in ice. Standing upon the ship was the infamous ice villainess, Killer Frost. She was smirking as she fired off ice blasts at Aquaman and his sidekick, Aqualad.

They each managed to dodge a few before she caught Aquaman in the chest, freezing all but his head. Aqualad leaped over him and rushed her as Aquaman broke free and spoke casually as if they were not fighting at all.

"Don't tell me you're not excited?" He asked Aqualad.

"Right now, my king, I am more focused with the mission at hand," Aqualad said dutifully as he drew his water bearers and rushed Killer Frost. However, before he could hit her with a downward swing, she froze the water-based weapons into balls of ice bound to his hands. Thinking quickly, Aqualad countered her action by bringing his arms up and smashing the frozen balls of water into her face, knocking her both back and out.

"Well?" Aquaman asked as though they had done nothing more interesting than take out trash.

"Yes, of course I am excited. Today's the day," Aqualad said with a small smile on his face.

-Washington DC; July 4th 14:00 EST-

Near the edge of Washington DC stood a magnificent building made from white marble. Large windows stretched up nearly it's whole side. In front of it stood a star shaped fountain. Above the grand entryway were the words "Hall of Justice".

A ways away, Batman, Robin, Green Arrow, Speedy, Aqualad, Aquaman, Spider-Man, and Spider-Girl all stood. The younger ones among them were smiling like mad.

"Today is the day," Batman said, setting a hand on Robin's shoulder.

"Welcome to the Hall of Justice," Green Arrow said to them all.

"Headquarters of the Justice League," Aquaman said.

"One of the best things that Tony stark has ever helped build… that doesn't punch things." Spider-Man added, getting a chuckle out of all but Batman. As he looked down he noticed a slight frown on his daughters face.

"What's the matter? I know it was a bad joke, but I thought you'd be excited for this." He said concerned.

"I am, don't get me wrong! It's just… I wish Vince were here too, you know?" She asked a bit sadly and he pulled her into a hug.

"Don't worry, we're still looking. We'll find him," He whispered as they all set off towards the Hall of Justice.

"Aw man!" Came a new voice and they all turned to find Kid Flash and The Flash arriving.

"I knew we'd be the last one's here," Kid Flash huffed.

"You know, for the fastest men alive, you guys are pretty bad at being on schedule," Maria said with a smirk.

"Go easy on them, SG. It's not their fault for being late," Robin said with slight sarcasm and a matching smirk as they continued toward The Hall.

As they did, they were met with tourists on all sides, snapping pictures of the heroes as the group walked toward the entrance.

"Is that Batman? I've never seen him in broad daylight before," One tourist said.

"Look, it's Spider-Man and Spider-Girl!" A young boy said excitedly.

"And look, it's Flash and Flash Jr.," Another tourist said.

"His name's Speedy, duh."

"No, Speedy is Green Arrow's sidekick."

"Well that makes little to no sense."

Ignoring the comments of the crowd, Green Arrow leaned toward Speedy and said, "Ready to see the inner sanctum?"

"Born that way," Speedy replied with a smile.

"I still can't believe that we're here, you know?" Spider-Girl said with excitement laced in her voice.

"I can, we've earned this after all, you know?" Robin said excitedly.

"Yeah, I mean have this many of the sidekicks ever been in the same place at the same time?" Kid Flash asked.

"Don't call us sidekicks, not after today," Speedy said proudly but with a slight menacing edge to his voice, and Kid Flash nodded.

"Right, sorry, it's just the first time at the hall. I'm a little overwhelmed," Kid Flash said.

"Ugh, your overwhelmed, Freeze was underwhelmed, why isn't anyone ever just whelmed?" Robin asked, gaining a slight giggle from Spider-Girl as they entered the main hall only to see massive bronze statues of the League's founding members; Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Captain America, Spider-Man, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, The Flash, Hulk, and Thor.

"Oh, maybe that's why," Robin said, stunned.

As they approached, a door opened and Martian Manhunter, along with Vision and Big Barda came out to greet them.

"Robin, Aqualad, Spider-Girl, Kid Flash, Speedy, welcome," Martian Manhunter said. As they all fist bumped each other, he began to explain what all they had access to, which was a fair bit, including

"And of course our library," He finished as they entered a room that's walls were practically made of books.

They all took one of the comfortable chairs nearby as Batman spoke to the other League members.

"Quick debrief on the coincidence of five ice villains attacking on the same day, we shouldn't be long," He said turning towards a back door.

Suddenly, a scanner came out of the wall and began to scan across the heroes and list off their call signs and designations before a door with the sign "League of Avengers members only" on it.

"That's it?!" Speedy's voice came from behind the heroes, making them turn around and look to the young archer, "You promised us a real look inside. Not a glorified backstage pass!"

"It's a first step. You've been granted access that few others have," Vision said in his calm and polite tone.

"Oh really?!" Roy asked, motioning toward the large viewing window where tourists were photographing them as they spoke, "Who cares which side of the glass we're on?!"

"Roy, you just need to be patient," Green Arrow said calmly, trying to ease his apprentice's feelings.

"What I need is respect!" Roy growled before turning to the others, "They're treating us like kids! No, worse! Like sidekicks! We deserve better than this!" He said looking to them all.

They all looked at each other and then back to him, none saying anything.

"You can't be serious!? You're all going to play their game?! Why!? Today was supposed to be THE day! Step one in becoming full fledged members of the League!" He growled.

"Well sure, but I thought that step one was a tour of the HQ?" Kid FLash said carefully.

"Yeah, except The Hall isn't the real HQ! I bet they never told you it's just a false front for tourists and a pit stop to catch a Zeta Beam Tube to the real thing, an orbiting satellite called the Watchtower!" Speedy said angrily, shocking them all into silence as Batman and Barda glared at Green Arrow.

"I know, I know, but I thought maybe we could make an exception?" He asked, carefully, the glares just increased, "Or not," He sighed.

"This isn't helping your case son, stand down or..." Aquaman started before Speedy cut him off.

"Or what!? You'll send me to my room!? And I'm not your son, I'm not even his!" He yelled, pointing an accusatory finger at Green Arrow. "I thought I was his partner, but not any more!" Speedy said, taking off his hat and throwing it on the ground at Green Arrow's feet. He turned and stormed out of the room past the others.

"I guess they're right about you four, you aren't ready," He said as the door closed behind him.

"Speedy," Spider-Girl called after him, but the door had already closed behind him. The group of teens were silent along with the heroes. The group just couldn't believe that one of their oldest friends had just walked out on them like that. Sure, he made some decent points, but still.

However, the silence was interrupted when the main computer monitor gave off an alert signal and Tony Stark, wearing his Iron Man armor with the faceplate up, appeared on screen.

"Stark to Hall of Justice. An explosion has caused a fire to break out at Project CADMUS," Tony said over the video screen.

"I've had my suspicions about CADMUS. This may be the opportune-" Batman began to say before another alert came up and a smaller window popped up on the monitor, showing Zatara.

"Avengers Alert: Baron Mordo is using the Amulet of Atum to blot out the sun. Requesting immediate assistance," He said.

"Mister Stark, what's the situation on the CADMUS fire?" Vision asked.

"It's a small fire. Local firefighters can handle it. This takes more priority. Zatara, send us the coordinates. Avengers assemble!" Tony said before the coordinates were sent to them and he ended the transmission.

"Stay put," Batman said to the teens.

"What!? Why!?" Robin asked.

"This is a League mission," Aquaman said.

"You're not trained to..." Spider-Man started before Spider-Girl cut him off.

"Since when!?"

"He means you're not ready to be a part of this team," Flash said carefully.

"There will be other missions when you all are ready," Barda said seriously.

"However, for now, stay put," Batman said seriously as the adults walked away. Green Arrow leaned over to Martian Manhunter, "Glad you didn't bring you know who and Cap was busy, huh?" He asked.

"Indeed," Manhunter said as the door closed behind them.

Kid Flash growled. "When we're ready!? How are we ever supposed to be ready when they treat us like… sidekicks!?" He said, waving his arms around wildly to emphasize his point.

"My mentor, my king, I thought he trusted me," Aqualad said sadly.

"Yeah, well, I thought my dad trusted me, but it turns out they won't even trust us with the fact they've got a secret HQ IN SPACE!" She shouted, slumping against the wall she now sat on.

"What else aren't they telling us?" Aqualad asked.

"I have a better one, why didn't we all leave with Speedy?" Robin sighed.

They all remained silent. They had no answer for that. Then Aqualad asked, "What is Project CADMUS?"

"Don't know, but I bet I could find out," Robin said, smirking as he lead the way over to the Avenger's main computer and began to type away at it.

"Access Denied," It said.

"Wanna bet?" Robin muttered, taking that as a challenge as he began to punch several keys even faster and the screen then displayed the words "Access Granted".

"Whoa, how exactly are you doing that?" Kid Flash asked impressed.

"Same systems as the Batcave," Robin said proudly.

"Wait, are you saying that you hack Batman's systems… often?" Spider-Girl asked, sounding impressed.

"Semi-regularly. Now then, Project CADMUS. It's some genetics lab here in DC and… that's all there is. But if Batman has suspicions, maybe we should go investigate?" Robin offered, smirking.

"Solve the case before they do huh? That does sound like poetic justice," Spider-Girl said, smirking herself.

"They're all about justice!" Robin said as Spider-Girl leaned on his shoulder, not that he seemed to mind.

"They said to stay put though," Aqualad put forward.

"Yeah for the blotting out the sun mission, not for this," Robin said.

"Wait, are you two going to CADMUS? Because, if you're going, I'm going," Kid Flash said and the three of them smiled to Aqualad.

"Just like that? We're a team on a mission?" He asked.

"Well, we didn't come for a play date," Spider-Girl said as the others nodded and Aqualad smiled. "Alright then, let's go," He said.

-Downtown DC-

Firefighters were busy battling the small fire on the top floor of the two story CADMUS building as two scientists were at one of the top floor windows, waving to the firemen below and calling for help.

"Don't worry, just stay put. We'll get you down," The fire chief called through a megaphone just before an explosion went off, throwing the two scientists over the window edge and plummeting to the ground.

Luckily for them, Kid Flash sped onto the scene, ran up the side of the wall, and grabbed them before placing them on the roof of the building. Unfortunately, he hadn't built up enough momentum and fell to the still open window the scientists had fallen from.

"Hey, look, it's what's his name! Flash Boy!" The fire chief said.

"It's Kid Flash!" He called back to the chief, "Why is that so hard to remember?" He asked no one in particular.

"So smooth," Robin said, smirking as the other three sidekicks ran up after Kid Flash and stood a little ways back.

"Does he always have to run ahead? We need a plan, we need..." Aqualad started turning to face the other two, only to find that Robin had already headed towards the building on a grapple line, landed on the window ledge, and pulled Kid Flash inside.

"Right, okay, so then Spider-Girl, I'll put out the fire, you rescue the scientists," Aqualad said.

"Yeah, I can do that. Meet you inside," She said, nodding as they both ran towards the building. She webbed herself to the roof and landed in front of the two scientists. "Hold on," She said before creating a large web hammock with her web shooters, one that would place them just above the ground.

"Now I know this is going to sound crazy, but I need you both to jump. I promise the webs will hold and catch you," She said. They however looked skeptical; "Okay, how about I jump with you?" She said and they nodded.

They all jumped, falling a few stories before landing with a soft *flump*! "See? Not so bad," Spider-Girl said, smirking.

Meanwhile, Aqualad had run up to the fire fighters, "I need to borrow that!" He said using, his water bearers to control the water and take himself upwards. He then used some of the water to extinguish the flames that had been harder to reach. He began to lower himself so he stood on the same ledge that Robin and Kid Flash had gone in through as Spider-girl leap up to join him and they entered the building.

They landed inside a dimly lit room, finding Kid Flash and Robin going through computers and files.

"Appreciate the help there guys," Spider-Girl said in a tone that dripped sarcasm.

"You two handled it, and besides we're here to investigate. Poetic justice, remember?" Robin asked as Spider-Girl took over one of the other nearby computers. Aqualad meanwhile walked out of the room and looked at either end of the hallway. Then towards the end with an elevator door he saw… he wasn't sure how to describe what he was seeing.

It was a shadowy figure, but it was thin, tall, and had long, curved horns. The dim light showed a bit of blue skin before the elevator doors closed. The others ran out, hearing the elevators sound.

"There was something there in the elevator," Aqualad said.

"The elevators should be locked down," Kid Flash said, confused as Robin went forwards to examine it.

"This is wrong," He said after a moment's pause.

Holding up one of his gloves a hologram projected from it.

"Thought so, this is a high speed express elevator. It doesn't belong on a two story building," He muttered.

"Neither does what I saw," Aqualad said, pulling open the doors and peering down into an elevator shaft that went down a lot further than two stories.

"Well, that explains the need for an express elevator," Spider-Girl said as the others nodded and Robin pulled out a grapple gun and began to descend into the darkness. Spider-Girl used her webbing to lower herself. Kid Flash and Aqualad each jumped onto either line.

After a long slide down, Robin's grapple line finally stopped at a level marked SL 26, "I'm at the end of my rope," He said, swinging over and landing on the narrow ledge along with Spider-Girl. Aqualad and Kid Flash soon slid down and, with careful jumps, landed beside them.

"Hang on, bypassing security and… We're in!" Robin said as the door opened and they headed inside. They found a large hallway that seemed to lead off who knew how deep. They stared for a moment and then Kid Flash rushed off into the hall.

"Kid, wait!" Aqualad called, but it was too late. He was too far down the hall. As he rounded a corner, he tried to slide to a halt and slipped, falling on his back and staring up at what he could only describe as a large, mutated elephant.

Shaking himself from his stunned state he managed to roll out of the way of the beast's foot. He stared across the hall at the others who all looked as stunned as he was. Getting shakiley to his feet he rushed around the beasts and stopped beside his friends.

They all watched, then heard in a whisper, "No, nothing at all odd going on here," Spider-Girl muttered in a tone like she was in some kind trance.

-CADMUS Sub-level 13-

Inside a large laboratory sat a man. He had long brown-colored hair tied in the back in a ponytail. He wore a standard white lab coat, glasses and had slight wrinkles on his face and streaks of white in his hair.

He was leaning over a tube with a blue crystal inside. Carefully adding a few drops to the tube, he smiled as the crystal vanished, the tube now filled with a glowing blue liquid.

The door to the lab opened and a powerfully built man walked inside. He was dressed in a black and gold ninja-style uniform, "Excuse me, Doctor Desmond," He said and Desmond sighed.

"Tell me, Ronin, what part of no interruptions went over your head?" He grumbled, putting the vile into a large case of them and sealing them away as "Project: Blockbuster".

"A ge-gnome reports seeing four intruders in Sub-level 26," Ronin said, his tone firm and commanding.

"Tell me, did I miss a perimeter breach?" Desmond demanded.

"No," Ronin said in a tone of strained patients.

"Then the Genomorph is confused. Whatever happens to the false lab upstairs, the real CADMUS is the most secure place in DC!" Desmond said.

"Yes and it's my job to keep it that way," Ronin reminded him as Dubbilex entered the room.

"Fine then. Take a squad and search the area," Desmond said.

"Perhaps he should leave his ge-gnome behind? If violence were to break out…" Dubbilex started.

"The little guy would be in my way," Ronin finished.

"No! No, the benefits of instant telepathic communication outweighs the risks," Desmond said and waved his hand subtly as the Genomorph in question eyes and horns glowed.

"I need my ge-gnome with me at all times," Ronin said in a trance, before sprinting off with his squad.

-CADMUS Sub-Level 26-

After opening a large metal door, the team was surprised to find that inside the large room, they found several electric bug beasts contained in large tubes, seemingly filled with blueish liquid.

"Okay, I am officially whelmed," Robin said looking around and sighting a computer. Going over along with Spider-Girl, they plugged into the system.

"So this is how they hide this massive underground facility from the world! CADMUS, the real one, isn't on the grid! It's generating its own power with… whatever these things are. They must be bred for this," Kid Flash said.

"Even the name is a clue. The Cadmus of legend created a new race by sowing Dragon's teeth into the Earth," Aqualad said.

"Uh, guys, you should come take a look at this. This CADMUS has been creating new life too, and oh boy, is it impressive and creepy," Spider-Girl said.

"They call them Genomorphs, and their stats are insane! Super Strength, Telepathy, razor claws, and more! These are living weapons!" Robin said.

"They're engineering an army, but for who?" Kid Flash murmured.

"Wait, there's more. Projects KR and something called… Weapon X24!" Spider-Girl said after a pause in shock trying to dig into that file immediately with no luck.

"Triple Encrypted," She growled.

"Maybe we can…" Robin started before a new voice rang out.

"Don't move!" It said and turning they all found a man dressed in a black and gold ninja suit. "Wait. Robin? Spider-Girl? Aqualad and Kid Flash?" He said, surprised.

"Well at least he knows your name," Robin muttered to Kid Flash, smirking.

"I know you. You're Ronin; a hero," Aqualad said.

"I certainly do my best," The man said modestly.

"Then what are you doing here!?" Kid Flash demanded.

"I'm chief of security and you are trespassing, but we can call the Justice League and get this sorted out," He said calmly.

"You really think the League is going to approve of you breeding weapons down here!? Wolverine especially isn't going to be happy with anything called Weapon X24!" Spider-Girl said seriously and, to the others surprise, angrily.

"Wait, weapons? What are you talking about? What have I…?" Ronin trailed off as the ge-gnome on his shoulders eyes glowed and Ronin gripped his head before standing tall.

"Take them down hard! No mercy!" He said and the Genomorphs leaped at the group.

Thinking fast, Robin jumped in front of the others and threw down a smoke bomb. With the line of sight blocked he shot a grapple line away from the cloud. The others were forced to dodge and weave as they fought off the Genomorphs.

Ronin rammed into Aqualad, knocking him hard to the ground. Aqualad's tattoo's glowed and he shocked Ronin off. Grabbing him by the shirt, he threw him into the Genomorphs clearing the way for Kid Flash and Spider-Girl.

They sprinted away rounding a corner, they found Robin hacking into the elevator as the alarm began to blare.

"Way to be a team player, Rob!" Kid Flash said.

"What? Weren't you all right behind me?" He asked as the door opened.

"Later! Go, go, go!" Spider-Girl said as she and Aqualad, who had fallen behind Kid Flash, rounded the corner followed by the pack of Genomorphs.

They all jumped inside and the doors just barely closed before the Genomorphs got inside. As they started to move Aqualad noticed something.

"We're going down?" He asked.

"Dude! Out is that way!" Kid Flash said point towards the ceiling emphatically.

"Yes, but Project KR and Weapon X24 are this way on Sub-Level 52! We need to find out what those are they seemed really important.

"This is out of control, perhaps…" Aqualad sighed and turned to the others. "Perhaps we should contact the League," He said.

The other three paused. Much as they didn't want to, as the whole point after all had been to prove they could do things without their mentors, he had a point. Things had gotten out of control and the longer they went on, the less control they had over the already chaotic situation.

Before any of them could speak, however, the elevator stopped and the doors opened wide. They all fell into fighting stances, but there was nothing there to attack them.

A large and long red hallway stretched out before them, except it looked like it was made from organic muscle fibers and flesh. Even the floor beneath them seemed to squish as they stepped out. Robin lead the way in.

"We are already here," Kid Flash pointed out. Aqualad and Spider-Girl sighed, but nodded as they followed.

"So which way?" Spider-Girl asked.

"Not sure. Bizzare looking hallway one, two, or three," Robin said, pointing ahead to their left, right and center.

As they stood debating their next move, Dubbilex emerged from behind a corner, "Halt!" He cried levitating two large containers and throwing them at the heroes.

They dodged and Robin threw a Batarang and Spider-Girl fired webbing. The creature stopped both with his powers and threw two more barrels at them. They exploded, forcing the heroes down the left hall as the door to the elevator opened again. Ronin came sprinting out with his squad.

"They're headed for project KR and Weapon X24!" Dubblex said as the squad sprinted after them.

As they ran down the hall with Kid Flash in the lead, he nearly hit a woman coming out of a room labeled Project KR. Acting quickly, he swerved so that all he did was knock her over. The door was closing. Thinking fast, Kid Flash grabbed a nearby tank and wedged it in, keeping the door wide open.

"Come on!" He called out to the others.

They all ran inside and Aqualad spun around, kicking the tank out of the door and allowing it to slam closed. Robin went to work and soon enough, he spoke.

"I got the door locked. We're safe,"

"No, we're trapped," Aqualad said, looking around only to see Spider-Girl and Kid Flash staring ahead.

"Guys, you're gonna want to take a look at this," Spider-Girl said as Kid Flash brought up the lights in the room. They were standing in a small room with a pod in the center. Three Ge-Gnomes, each in their own pod, above it. The pod have the letters "Kr" on the front of it.

Inside was a boy no older than most of them. He was a lite-skinned boy with a square jaw and short, black hair. He was dressed in an all white outfit with a red Superman shield on his chest.

"That wasn't what I was expecting," Robin said, letting out a breath as the others all nodded.

"Oh! It's big K, little r! The atomic symbol for Krypton! So...clone?" Kid Flash asked, turning to the others.

"Robin, hack," Aqualad said.

"Right!" Robin agreed, going to work on the terminal in front of the pod.

"Weapon designation: Superboy. Clone force grown in... sixteen weeks! With DNA acquired from Superman!?" He said, completely stunned at this news.

"Stolen from, more likely," Spider-Girl said.

"No way Big Blue knows about this," Kid Flash said.

"The solar suit allows him to absorb yellow sun radiation twenty-four/seven!"

"What about these creatures?" Aqualad asked.

"Genomorph Gnomes. Telepathic. Force feeding him an education and who knows what else," Robin said.

"They're making a slave out of… well, Superman's son," Kid Flash said.

"Okay, now we call the League," Spider-Girl said as the others nodded and they all tried with no luck.

"No signal," Robin sighed.

"We're in too deep! Literally." Kid Flash said, looking around.

-Outside the Chamber-

Ronin and Dubblex stood staring at the door as Desmond approached.

"They're still inside with the weapon!?" He asked, agitated.

"Yes, we can't open the door," Ronin said

"Use your powers!" Desmond said to Dubblex.

"I tried to no avail," He said calmly.

"Damn! Get some Ge-Trolls down here to muscle the door open!"

"Already on their way," Ronin said, folding his arms.

"You do know that once we get in there we can't ever let them leave?" Desmond said seriously.

"With all due respect, sir, these aren't your ordinary meddling kids. You really don't want to get on the wrong side of the League of Avengers," Ronin said seriously.

"Better than getting on the wrong side of the CADMUS board of directors, believe me." Desmond said before looking to his Ge-Gnome.

"Contact those inside Project Kr, we'll let him deal with rounding them up."

-Inside Project Kr-

"This is wrong. Like, really sickeningly wrong," Spider-Girl said.

"We can't just leave him here," Robin said.

"Set him free," Aqualad said and Robin nodded, hitting a few buttons and causing the pod to open. For a moment, they all stood staring at the boy then his fists closed, his eyes snapped open and the Gnomes eyes glowed. Spider-Girl's Spider Sense went off.

"Get down!" She said, tackling Robin down as Superboy pounced and tackled Aqualad to the ground. He threw a few punches before the other three grabbed him.

"Whoa! Hold on there Supey!" Kid Flash said.

"We aren't going to hurt you!" Spider-Girl added.

"We're on your side!" Robin yelled and for all the good it did, they may as well have been talking to a wall. Superboy's fist slipped from Kid Flash's grip and slammed into his jaw, sending him crashing through a large tank and knocking him out cold.

"I really don't want to do this!" Robin exclaimed before placing a gas bomb under Superboys chin. It went off and he staggered backwards, coughing up smoke. Aqualad kicked him hard in the chest, sending the boy of steel crashing through the control terminal.

Robin pulled out a long range taser and fired. It hit Superboy dead-on in the chest and did absolutely nothing as he wrenched Robin around by the taser cables before slamming him into Spider-Girl so hard that they were both knocked out.

"Enough!" Aqualad cried slamming Superboy with a large hammer made from his Water Bearers and sending him flying back again.

"We are trying to help you!" He cried.

Superboy leaped back at him. He jumped to the side as the punch dented the ground, beneath them. He tackled Superboy into the wall and went for a shot to the jaw. Superboy caught the blow and threw him backward across the room.

Rolling in mid-air, Aqualad landed on his feet in time to duck another shot, come up, and lock Superboy in a full Nelson before trying to shock him with his magic. Superboy growled, leaping up and slamming Aqualad back first into the ceiling. He didn't let go so Superboy jumped harder and slammed him again, knocking the back of his head against the ceiling as Aqualad's world went black.

Superboy marched over to the door and ripped it open, revealing Desmond, Ronin, and Dubblex. Desmond walked into the room and smiled at the downed heroes then at Superboy.

"Atta boy," He said proudly.

A/N: Yeah we ended chapter 1 on a cliffhanger sort of...sorry. Anyway, hope you liked it! Do the thing where you review favorite or follow if so inclined and we'll see you next chapter!