Ok, so right here I imagined it about 3-4 years after season 1 ended. So basically, Aqualad, Rocket and Zatanna are still part of the team, but they're probably going to join the League soon. Dick is now Nightwing, and Batman has found himself a new protégé, while all of the other newbies have become part of the team (Blue Beetle, Wonder Girl, Lagoon Boy, etc...). I'm thinking that Beast Boy JUST became a member, so his wounds are still pretty raw (watch season 2, episode 2 to know what I'm talking about.). In terms of the plot itself, the team has been given a mission, one that they know nothing about. O.o Well, enjoy and tell me what you guys think!

It was a normal day at the cave. Well, as normal as you could get, with a group of young superheroes lived in the old Justice League headquarters and being briefed on their next mission.

"It is imperative that you keep this mission covert," Batman said, narrowing his eyes at the young team through his mask.

It had happened often before that the Dark Knight had pointed this out to the youngsters on previous missions, which only landed on deaf ears, causing the missions to be a failure. Like when they had been sent to investigate alien activity in Bialya. And the time they were put in charge of defeating Clayface… Neither of those had been a good time for the Team, or the League for that matter. In brief, if they didn't follow instructions, they would have more problems than a couple of villains on their tail.

"Sooo… What exactly is the mission?" Wally interrupted, bringing Batman out of his thoughts. The shadowy superhero glared at the young speedster, causing the poor guy to shrink away from him slightly.

"If you had been patient, you would have heard the briefing a couple of seconds ago," The bat retorted, causing a smile to tug at the lips of his protégé, Robin II. "Anyway, the team has been put in charge of guarding a young girl by the name of Angel Devine. I trust you can handle that." Batman continued, letting his unseen gaze travel over every member of the team. Only Tim managed to hold his gaze.

"Alright… Is she the daughter of someone important?" Artemis prompted.

The Batman stood quietly for a moment before saying, "No."

"Let me try; she's a queen with assassins after her, like Queen Perdita." Wally guessed, looking at the Dark Knight for a sign of approval.

Again, Batman hesitated. "No."

"I do not understand. Then why are we meant to be protecting her?" Aqualad asked, his forehead creased in confusion. The young hero still was uncertain about leaving the team, despite the fact that Nightwing was more than ready to step up and be leader.

The shadowy League member sighed. "We don't know."

Every single one of the team members' eyebrows lifted in amazement. Batman didn't know? Even Nightwing, leaning against one of the walls near the back, was confused. What was the point of protecting a girl who didn't need protecting?

"I mean that the League knows why you need to protect her," The Batman corrected himself, seeing the stunned disbelief in each of the team members' eyes. "We just don't know beyond that."

"Alright, so I'm guessing the right question is why are we protecting her, period." Connor sighed from the back of the group, hating it when he was in the dark.

"The League of Shadows is after her." The Dark Knight said simply.

"Wow, wait a minute. Did you say the League of Shadows is after her?" Zatanna's incredulous voice rising above the tumult that had broken out in the team.

"Yea, what would they want with a girl?" Piped up Beastboy, the newest member of the team.

"Does she have superpowers? Is that why they're after her?" M'gann exclaimed.

A hubbub of voices rose from the team. Only Nightwing and Robin seemed to be remaining calm, but the young detective was frowning, his detective mind trying to find some reason why the Shadows would want a normal girl.

"Enough!" Batman barked, making the team fall into silence. "Alright, currently, the League doesn't know a lot more then you know. We're working on it. Until we find out," He said, his voice turning hard. "You will be expected to watch the girl from a distance. You will take turns, starting with Alpha Squad. Aqualad, Nightwing, I trust you will take care of organizing the watches."

Both heroes nodded solemnly.

"We have a file on the computer that has everything you need to know about the girl, including regular routines so you will be able to keep a 24 hour watch on her. Understood?" The whole team nodded in agreement. The Dark Knight let out a huff of satisfaction. "Alright. Get yourselves organized and start surveying the girl as soon as possible. All Shadows are to be either chased off, or captured for questioning. Preferably the latter." And with these orders, Batman swept towards the Zeta Tubes. The robotic female voice came on.

"Batman, O2."

A flash of light, and the leaguer was gone.

"Alright, Alpha squad will be me, Robin and Artemis. Beta squad will be Superboy, Beastboy and Miss Martian. Lagoon Boy, Blue Beetle and Zatanna, you're Delta squad. Aqualad will lead Gamma squad accompanied by Wonder Girl and Bumblebee. In Omega squad, Kid Flash, Rocket and Batgirl." Nightwing directed, separating the Team into squads for the shifts.

A query came from Kid Flash, which surprised the now-superhero. "What about Red Arrow?"

Nightwing hesitated. Neither he, Kaldur or Wally had heard from their friend in months. Last time he contacted them, the hero had been tracking down the Light, who currently had possession of Match, and possibly the original Roy Harper, who Red was a clone of.

"If he comes back while we're still taking care of this mission, he'll join Delta squad." Privately, Nightwing had wanted to put his friend in Alpha squad, but his experience would have better suited Delta, as Lagoon Boy and Blue Beetle were still rather new members. And anyway, Red and Artemis still didn't get along that well, even though they respected each other now.

"Alright, we'll go in the order of the Greek alphabet." Nightwing said with a wry smile. "Alpha goes first, then Beta, Gamma and finally Omega. Hopefully we'll soon get a routine figured out. Robin, Artemis," He called out. The two team members came over. "We should get going right now. The faster this Angel is protected, the happier the League will be."

Artemis chuckled. "Yea, but for some reason, I think Wally's gonna have trouble with the covert part."

Yay, end of chapter 1! I will hopefully get another chapter up soon, but tell me what you guys think in the reviews!