It was two days after Cain's insane attempt to reform the world in his own image. The entire HAEA movement had been arrested, their weapons confiscated, along with any and all research pertaining to the destruction of EVOs, magic users and nanites in general. Not wanting to take any chances someone could use that research to create a more deadly threat; Batboy and Robin along with Seven, Holiday, and Naniqueen had purged most of the data or scrambled it so badly it would take decades to put it all back together.

The Young Justice team was in the main HQ of Providence watching as White Knight directed relief efforts with Captain Callan and Lt. Jones. At the moment they were working with some wild EVOs who had gained some clarity and were rescuing trapped victims. After Cain had fallen in battle, Holiday managed to force open her cage door thanks to the bobby pin trick Bobo had shown her. Mr. Fletcher had gone sliding across the floor dropping his concoction which she stepped on. As he had started to pull his back up piece, Six and Knight had partnered together to force him into a decontamination unit effectively imprisoning him as he had them.

"You're all going to pay! Cain will rise again and when he does we'll be there to kill you traitors!" Fletcher shouted as his unit was loaded onto a short ranger flyer. He was being taken along with the rest to a secure off shore prison in international waters for processing. The UN was going to give them a fair trial, but while the verdict was certain the punishment was not. Batboy pointed out there were several long term problems with life in prison, but executing Cain and his Inner Circle would just make them martyrs for their cause inspiring more trouble. It would be a difficult decision, but thankfully not up to the team.

Young Justice was debriefing each other while taking glances at Rex and his entire family was catching up. A fully repaired Naniqueen was working with Seven and Holiday to check for any lingering damage to the Nanite Nexus. Six was getting reports from both Tawret and Van Kliess about the damage to their homes and if they needed any assistance in rebuilding. As Young Justice observed them they felt a sense of order and unity that hadn't existed until last night among the groups. They all felt a familiar presences being surrounded by a barely tempered urge to kill enter the room. No one looked up, but instead they all took their seats along with Noah and the Numbers, (who appeared ready to get out of Providence as quickly as possible), and looked at White Knight with expectations.

It was naturally Wally who got the meeting started. "So, are we just going to sit here and look at one another forever or can we just finish up this mission? I still need to find a souvenir to add to my collection. I was thinking of taking home one of the grunt uniforms. Do you think that would be cool?"

"Wally shut up! Honestly Athena, what do you see in him?"

"The same thing you see in Lucas Nerissa, but he is right. Is this mission officially over or should we be concerned that Cain will rear his dreadful mask to fight again?" Athena asked, concern coloring her voice as she looked over the group. If Cain was still a threat then she knew they wouldn't be released from their kismet bond with Circe. They might never get back to where they belonged to.

"Don't worry you pretty head, the beat down I gave Cain was bad enough that it will take him months to even think about finding any loopholes to get out of prison. Not that he is I mean the guy tried to blow up the planet and take out ninety percent of the population. If that doesn't get you back to back life sentences then nothing will si?"

"You shouldn't be so dismissive Rex. Charismatic ego bad guys have a way of keeping themselves alive and still be a threat even on the run," Willa warned her son. She was being very cautious, not wanting to get her hopes up if she was separated from her child again.

"That may be true, but the UN is cracking down on all levels of the HAEA. It may take some time, but the governments of the world are willing to work together to ensure that this threat is neutralized permanently. Thanks to the Numbers and Mr. Bradshaw, we have gathered a wealth of evidences to help use in their prosecution. No lawyer can bribe away their actions," Kanacau pointed out helpfully.

"Tch, jailing someone to prevent them from causing trouble is the softie's way out of not having blood on their hands. Had you let us use the full extent of our abilities we might have learned of Cain's regiment sooner," IV growled.

"Those bastards hurt us, tried to use us a tests subjects for their little fog! You should be thankful that we restrained ourselves from completing the mission our way," Dos stated calmly.

"Yeah, their way is killing everyone in sight, not the best way to get information," Zairia muttered. The trained former assassin understood the desire to kill, but knew that reigning in that instinct helped solve more problems then bloodshed.

"You have something to say girly?" Five demanded, her eyes flashing dangerously.

"Five, remember we're guests here. No need to be picking fights with a teeny popper now no? Unless yo feelin threatened by the girl."

"Shut up Trey!"

"Hey if you guys want to be your own League of Shadows go right ahead, but you promised to change because of what your mentor asked you to do. Thanks to your restraint and willingness to work with Noah here a global threat was stopped, the knowledge Fell had has been destroyed. I would think that mattered something to you, but hey if having no heart is what you want go for it," Zairia replied hotly. Her friends tensed anticipating a fight, but the Numbers just laughed and Five bumped fists with the teen.

"Nice to meet another girl with some spunk. Hey if you guys never get home and you and the blond geek want a new mentor look me up?"

"I'll think about it."

"Yo we gave our report, you searched us and we have nothing that belongs to you stiffs, we want to get out of here now. We got places to be and people demanding our services to help with this clean up work."

"You're free to go just remember the contract rules," Six told them. He gave them each a curt good bye and hoped they would remember One's wisdom as they left. "I have a feeling they'll be back."

"The question is that a good thing or a bad?" Holiday pondered out loud. No one quite knew what the answer to that question was.

"Six, I know you miss your family, but we need to focus. We have a lot of rebuilding to do and it's not going to be easy even with our renewed sponsors backing us up. A lot of our equipment was damaged and I can't even glance at the injury list without wincing."

"We should be thankful that at least the casualty lists was small. Cain was unable to unleash his doomsday device on us, but there were losses of lives with people in dire medical conditions or unfavorable positions, during the fourteen minutes all the nanites were clustered. I know you did your best Young Justice, but even you couldn't have saved these people from their own biology," Holiday tried to soften the blow, but it didn't help much. Any loss of life was a heroes' worst nightmare.

"That is kind of you to stay, but we will also be filled with what ifs, wondering what would have happened if we were faster or put together the pieces sooner," Shania admitted sadly. Her wings drooped to the floor a clear indication of how she felt.

"You can't save everyone its virtually impossible. What you need is to try and focus on all the good that has happened. Your efforts prevented the planet from tearing in half and gave the world another chance to evolve," Rory mentioned. He along with Tynan, a recovering Aoife, and lastly Moya were the body guard compliment for Tawret and Mage, who was fully recovered and once again in touch with Luna who was bursting with excitement about the recent evolution that had occurred.

"He is right, the animal and plant EVOs from the biosphere are recovering and the village was not lost. According to Valitina and Oso they should be able to release the EVOs along with the newly fertile normals back into their native environments. With careful monitoring and only the minimalist help from Providences or Tynan the projections for a revitalized Earth shouldn't take more then an two decades," Taji pointed out using magic to enchant the reflective services to show the efforts of their friends.

"Revitalizing the Earth does more then improves its self; the pathways to manna have been reopened. New resources are starting to grow, cleaner energy sources mean a long term commitment to heal the damage she has endured over the years," Tynan agreed, "as Mage can attest to when one path is blocked more can open to show you the way."

"Thank you for kindness Tynan, he's right. Our world was nearly destroyed, but the faith we have in each other has protect Haven. Our casualties are heavy and we lost precious relics however we live. Aoife and Moya are already reestablishing our borders. Aoife's bravery and refusal to let Cain destroy manna users have inspired more to come out of hiding. We are expecting our population to rise rather quickly in the next few years," Mage said.

"The bastard thought to use me as way to eradicate my beloved home. Ha! He was a fool! Nothing breaks Aoife! Though I admit I was fearful for a time I wouldn't be returning home, I thank you High Priestess Circe, you and your family have truly saved us all."

"Really Aoife it was nothing," Circe said blushing a bit at the praise.

"Let us not forget that it was also the EVOs and normal humans who rose to the occasion when our future appeared to be so bleak. Daegan and I may have held the line, but it was the efforts of Ulani Holiday and Seven that ensured Abysus continued existence. Ulani helped start the evacuation and Seven kept the nanite clusters from causing damage to the people as they attempted to escape. Remarkable."

"It wasn't much Moya. I was stunned that Ulani was able to withstand the pain, as it was taking all my extra concentration to avoid succumbing, but at least the damages to our home were not as bad as they first appeared. Many of the plant EVOs that were unable to run used their special spores to put a protective coat over the buildings and people reducing the amount of injuries and damage. We should be able to get back on our improvement schedule in only two weeks."

"I'm impressed my dear. I always knew you had a keen intellect that could survive a bombing," Van Kliess teased. He pulled back a few strands of hair starting to stroke her ocular implant when she sweetly stepped on his foot with her changed leg. "Ah, must you be such a mechanical tease?"

"I think I'm going to hurl. All this romance is making me sick," Noah moaned. He was still trying to get over the effects of the illusion citron and the beating. This was not helping his stomach at all.

"Try be relating to them, then its beyond creepy," Ron whispered to him. His father cuffed him giving him a look. "Shaka, I believe we should get back to the business at hand. You can do your foreplay with Anya latter."

"Always was a buzz kill weren't you big brother. Although I'm curious how you and the family, along with Naniqueen, got off the station less then forty eight hours after a global crisis? The red tape alone should have prevented your return."

"Ha ha red tape is no match for me especially when breip it with my hacker skills! Honestly you need to update your system," Dick cackled happily.

"You need to keep your grubby teen hands out of internationally owned property! We can't survive the lawsuits if your stunt was found out!" White Knight warned.

"Peace White Knight, no one is aware that anything, but act of kindness took place. Indeed, without young Robin, Kid Flash and Batboy assistance my people would all be dead and our world destroyed along with the planet. Their courage was remarkable and I appreciate all they did with Hawklady to save the station and the Nexus."

"The station took major damage, but with Dick new program running it there's no danger of it crashing into Earth. With all the excess power Wally injected into the core with Cian's help the station will be around for decades to come. After talking with the UN as well as the Heads of State the Nanite Project scientist are no longer in exile!"

"My dear Willa is correct, the governments of the world are most grateful for our quick thinking efforts that saved the population from nanite induced death. To that end our exile has ended so while the station will remain one our forefronts in research labs the scientist will be allowed to return to Earth. Plans have already been made to set up a rotating schedule to allow us to continue the more delicate research on the station, but labs will be opened up across different countries to foster unity and understanding our new relationship with the nanites."

"Before we talk about that, I have a question for Naniqueen. When Cain's men attacked Terry had to practically reconstruct the entire Nexus from scratch. From the latest reports it appears that the reverse world has in fact stabilized repairing the damage caused by Cain. Also it seems that the exchange between the real world elements and data nodes has resumed its normal activity, but is it going to be permanent? It's not going to collapse and take this world with it is it?" Rex asked anxiously looking at the eleven year old. He shirked back in seat under the famous Bat Glare. "I'm just asking I don't know if the rest of us can handle another global crisis at the moment."

"Despite my youth and lack of powers, I am a certified genius with a near perfect memory. It may have been the hardest thing I've ever done, but I did completely reconstruct the Nanite Nexus. You will have no further problems. President Van Kliess and Seven can double check my figures or have Naniqueen testify to the UN that there is no danger to the world. I do believe it is that developments that have given Abysus such a unique chance to start belonging again to the global community. A reward for your brave efforts to protect the diplomats during the crises," Terry questioned ferly.

"Clever little kid aren't you? Yes my efforts have earned me a full pardon for my actions two years ago. The Pack proved themselves and we have been cleared of any involvement with Cain's plan. Our efforts have earned my country trade agreements, started the groundwork to establishing alliance it is really more then I could have ever hoped to earn with terrorism. Of course hopefully now that the symbiosis is starting to evolve into what we hoped for it might become," Van Kliess responded.

At last they finally were talking about the extraordinary change that had taken place two days ago in that bunker. That beautiful pink and blue light hadn't hurt them instead through an incredible metamorphosis their nanite networks had formed a bond connecting close friends and family to one another. Those not in the same bond couldn't directly hear the thoughts of others or feel their soul, but could get a general sense of the other person hopefully one day letting them in.

"The bond that has formed has finally created the kind of symbiosis between my people and the biological organisms we inhabited. It was as Cian stated, we may have been alive, but without a soul we couldn't reach the level of understanding we wanted. Still, I'm puzzled by how this transformation came to be."

"Well in weird way you have both science and sorcery to thank for what has occurred though it never would have happened if Circe hadn't cast that kismet spell," Mage started explaining before she was interrupted.

"Whoa, what does that crazy spell have to do with you guys copying our bond?"

"If you would be silent for a moment young Wallace you would get the answers you seek. Youths today are so impatient these days. I blame technology for being so speedy," Tawret muttered.

"Mama's spell! Ywong friends! Dada's save! Yeah!" Eilonwy happily clapped her hands. She was so excited by the new sensation it was hard not to get caught up in her enthusiasm. Circe and Rex hugged their daughter and got her to quite down. They too wanted an explanation.

"Perhaps you should start at the beginning because I'm at loss to what my botched spell has to do with the symbiosis taking hold finally."

"Circe, do you recall why you cast that spell in the first place? Why you brought Young Justice here across the barriers of universes and Earths? Do you know why your heart isn't as heavy as it was nearly three weeks ago when you first cast the spell?" Mage questioned here friend. When Circe shook her head Mage continued. "You first cast that spell in hopes to finding a future that showed your family safe. In reality, you were casting a spell that tied the fates of those who could protect your family and eliminate the threat so it wouldn't come back."

"Enter our team; your spell overwhelmed Taji forcing him to complete the circuit, and in turn, forcing us to be pulled along for the duration of the mission," Kaldur said.

"Yeah and when we got here, our bond started seeping through the threads of the spell into your souls connecting all of us together," Connor pointed out.

"Hello Megan! It's so obvious! When we helped put an end to Cain and the HAEA, there was only one way to make sure they couldn't come back. To ensure that if they did you be able to detect and stop them!"

"Now you're getting it, when the nanites broke free from the clustering and started circling in the newly rebuilt Nexus; they looked towards the original source for a guide in how to rebuild the damage inside them," Tynan explained looking at Rex who was just starting to catch on. "Rex's nanite network is the guide for all nanites, but when they encountered him something was different."

"Rex was still charged from using his Bullwhip against Cain and had lingering bits of manna from Circe and Eilonwy. Those bits not only rebuild their bioenergy spheres, but connected them to that link with Young Justice," Rory added.

"Who by my spell, were linked with their mentors and loved ones. The pieces of their souls mixed with the souls of Young Justice, our group and everyone else on the planet. The electricity scattered the souls as the manna fused it with the spheres creating new souls. Those souls helped restore Naniqueen; who took charge of the nanites and implemented the new symbiosis that now exists."

"That is the coolest thing I ever heard! I can't believe I'm awesome enough to help give machines souls! Oh yeah."

"Yeah, you're great. Next you're going to start creating life or wait you did that," Bobo muttered.

"I have dumb question. Not that you guys aren't cool and that I don't owe you for saving my life, but if you completed your part of the kismet spell why you are still here? Shouldn't you have zipped back to your family and friends by now?" Noah questioned.

"A Kismet Spell works two ways Noah. Magic requires equal parts of energy to perform any task. While the threads linking me and the team to Circe have weakened they are not yet severed. Only if Circe can set us free by fulfilling our kismet, what our secret desire of fate is I have no idea. Not even Nabu can answer that one," Taji admitted sadly.

"So we're still stuck here? I want to go home! I miss my Mom," Athena wailed. The others made similar protests until White Knight banged his fist on the table getting their attention.

"For a bunch of heroes. I never knew you could be such whiners. If you'd listen, I believe Dr. Holiday and Six have something that can help get you out of my base. Dr. Holiday, Six, you have the floor."

"After listening to your history and seeing you in action, we determined that the one thing holding you here is most likely is your fear of being semi immortal. That the thought of out living everyone you know and that you might never perish bothered you greatly. Quintessa was hoping she could undo the cellar changes to make you mortal again," Six explained.

"The changes to your cell structure were to advance for me to completely overcome, but I was able to splice in a genome taking from a Were EVO. It's not a complete cure to get rid of your immortality, but this should in theory, give you the option of turning off your immortality, for periods of time. Maybe your families can use the genome as a guide to undoing the Light's mess," Holiday explained showing them a computer model. Of course Young Justice was nervous, but it was the first real step into getting their lives back to normal. It was risk they would take.

A few hours later the entire time was injected with the genome. It would be a few hours until they knew it worked. They had packed up their belongings into the bioship along with the research on the genome. They had gotten back into costume to say goodbye as the final thread connecting them was near breaking point. It was very emotional, as they hugged and thanked the Providence team and allies for their hospitality. Eilonwy was crying because it meant she was losing her playmates; especially kitty girl.

"Don't be so sad, I have a feeling fate is not done with us working together just yet. I'm sure we'll meet again. Here, these communicators are our way of showing you are honorary members of the team," Aqualad said giving them the new communicators. Six raised an eyebrow when they presented one to him, but took it. He in turn gave them honorary Providence grunt uniforms with the stealth option just in case.

"I'm really going to miss you! It was fun having other teen heroes around, but hey we will meet again."

"Circe, Taji are you two ready to break the final thread and reverse the kismet?" Tawret asked. The two nodded. "Then its time. Rory, light the candles and Moya pour the potion. Aoife, Tynan cast the circle with your elements. Mage, make their auras visible so that we can see the magic is working."

The manna users did as instructed and soon Circe was holding hands with Fate's Dagger, their auras mixing as single silver/gold thread shone between the two. The build up of magical energy was enhanced by the elements. Tawret in the background spoke as the two casters repeated the words releasing their bond and opening a portal. At the climax Fate's Dagger cut the final strand with his tanto and teleported onto the ship. It disappeared into the portal closing behind them.

"That was quite an adventure wasn't it? I wonder what our next one will be," Rex told his wife. She kissed him and took their child. "Whatever it is, I'm sure that I won't be studying cross time what ifs to find out."

In the Tower of Fate, the League watched amazement as the Martian bioship materialized outside the door of fate and the kids in the orb room. "Whoa that was such a hool adventure! Oh, um hi, how much trouble are we in?"

"Not as much as you think we understand there were extraordinary circumstances. Still we want a full debriefing about what you experience over the fast five days," Batman reprimanded them. "For now I think its best everyone gets home and rest. We'll go over your adventure then and see about this genome block they installed."

As the others left Taji cast the wards and put the orb to Rex's world back on the shelf. After completing his duties to the Tower he locked it up and headed off with his mom, silently vowing never to make out with Dick in the Tower again. It may have been a fun adventure, but something he wanted to tie his fate to again.

Hope you enjoyed this fusion story. Seems all is well with Rex and his crew for now, but what about Young Justice? How do you think they spent their summer vacation? Why don't you check out their next adventure? Click on my name and read Young Justice: Year One