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Here's chapter 02 as promised. :D

To the Guest Reviewer: If a single chapter is enough to stop you from reading, then as sad as it is as the author to admit – so be it. Thank you for reading the first chapter, and for your honest review. I can't answer your review privately since you have reviewed as a Guest, so I apologise for posting this publically. I don't necessarily believe that all Godlike characters are Mary Sues, but it's your right to believe that. That said I have reviewed where I want the story to go and have changed her from Godlike to OP instead. As far as Connie being an OC … all I can say is I'm sorry, but I don't believe that Connie is an OC, hence the lack of an OC filter option. Please remember that this is Fan Fiction, dear Guest Reviewer. Nonetheless, I respect your opinion and your honesty though, so thank you for taking the time to review. Since you're obviously intelligent and well spoken, I wholly recommend that you get an account … I'm sure many others will benefit from your honesty – at least think about it ne? ^_^

Back to the rest of the Author's note … I'm going to try to stick to the story as much as possible, but since Connie is obviously a female, some interactions will be slightly different. Personalities will clash and I hope I do the story justice … no pun intended. XD

Oh I forgot to mention that since Supergirl doesn't exist in the Young Justice world, Connie will assume the name.

NOTE: Due to my health, updates will be sporadic and I may go 'dark' at times. I would like to point out that I NEVER abandon my stories, they may not be updated for a LONG time, but I will never abandon them ne? :D

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I DO NOT OWN YOUNG JUSTICE, DC COMICS OR WARNER BROS.

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"Hey there," – Speech

'Hey there,' – Thoughts

"Hey there," – Robotic Speech

'Hey there,' – Robotic Thoughts

"Hey there," – Psychic Speech

'Hey there,' – Psychic Thoughts

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"This is not functional," Connie commented confusedly to a disguised Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman chuckled at the comment – it felt just like yesterday that she'd made a similar comment when she was revealed to the world.

She watched the Kryptonian girl test the dress that Lois had handed her, whilst failing miserably to hide her distaste at the frilly article of clothing. Lois sighed and seemed to resign herself to having a tomboyish daughter as she watched the girl eye the shorts section.

"We have to hurry, Lois," Diana commented. "Bruce will want a report, and I'm sure he'll be … curious about your new daughter."

Lois nodded and moved to Connie – who was now moving to finding a top and shoes. Surprisingly, Lois took a step back and let Connie choose her own clothes this time. Once the Kryptonian had found what she was looking for, she moved to the change rooms.

The outfit she wore as she left the change room was functional and surprisingly well thought out for a teenager of her age.

Connie had chosen a pair of light blue denim shorts that reached her mid-thighs as her pants. They were held up by a sturdy brown belt with a metal buckle with the Superman 'S' engraved on it. She'd swapped her white sports bra/top for a black sports bra and a black t-shirt that also had the same Superman 'S' proudly emblazoned on its front. Finishing the outfit was a pair of sturdy, black worker's boots, while a pair of thick white socks could be seen just peek over the top of the boots.

"This is an acceptable outfit, yes?" Connie asked Diana.

Diana nodded with a smirk. 'By the Gods, once Clark sees this, he'll have to beat boys back with a stick.'

Connie's blue, speckled eyes snapped to her new mother and raised an impatient brow. Lois nodded in acceptance and purchased several of the same outfit for Connie.

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Connie didn't know why she was feeling so irritated as Diana escorted her into Mount Justice. It had been building since her freedom from Cadmus, and it was only serving to annoy the girl further.

Connie endured a thorough debriefing from the full Justice League. Batman was especially critical with anything that she said in response to their probing. She was made to give them blood samples and was later forced through rather invasive tests in their laboratory. It caused Connie to frown as it reminded her too much of the tests from Cadmus.

The thing that annoyed Connie the most of all was her father, Superman. The man's assessing gaze never left her form and when she looked to meet his eyes, he'd look elsewhere before returning to stare at her when she looked away. What did he want from her – hadn't he already rejected her as his?

Connie snapped out of her thoughts as they arrived in the central hanger. Almost instantly Aqualad, Kid Flash and Robin spotted them and moved in their direction. Diana placed a supportive hand on Connie's shoulder and excused herself as Batman, Black Canary, Red Tornado and Martian Manhunter approached the assembled teenagers.

"Hey Connie," Kid chirped cheerfully. "Everything go smoothly?"

Connie simply nodded, opting to remain silent on her discomfort at not only the tests, but also the suspicion placed on her shoulders from Batman. She spied Black Canary eyeing her and blinked before turning her gaze away from the woman – earning her an unseen thoughtful look from the woman.

She listened with rapt attention as Batman announced that they were officially being recognised as a covert unit to operate under the voluntary supervision of Red Tornado. Black Canary deliberately glanced to Connie as she announced that she would assist in training the new unit.

"There is one more member of your unit," Batman announced. He nodded to Martian Manhunter, who brought a girl about their age into the hanger. She was green, denoting her as a Martian, and Kid was quick to flash a charming smile.

"This is my niece," Martian Manhunter introduced. "Her name is Megan … codenamed Miss Martian."

Megan smiled nervously at the assembled youth and instantly moved to the only other girl in the general vicinity … Connie.

"Hi, I'm honoured to be included in your team," she shyly greeted. "I like your t-shirt by the way."

Connie tilted her head in response as Miss Martian's shirt transformed into an identical coloured shirt – sans the symbol of her family. The Martian girl was obviously attempting to find common ground, but Connie was there to prove herself – not help a shy girl overcome her character flaws.

Kid Flash appeared by their side moments later, thus preventing Connie's escape from the group. "Hey there, I'm Kid – Kid Flash."

He gestured to the others and continued. "Over there is Aqualad, and the guy in the shades is Robin."

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Aqualad nodded with a smile.

"Yo," Robin waved.

"And this lovely lady," he announced with a dramatic flair. "This is Supergirl."

Connie merely nodded and stormed off – oblivious to the thoughtful gaze of Black Canary that followed her exit.

"What's wrong with her?" Megan asked in confusion.

"She's only been free for just over a day," Robin pondered. "Perhaps that's what's wrong."

Megan sighed in disappointment. 'All I wanted to do was to have a female friend.'

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Superman frowned as he watched the security footage of his 'daughter's' interactions with the others. Bruce had just revealed the results of her DNA test, and he was not impressed.

'Lex Luthor is a part of her genetics,' Clark thought. 'Add Faora's DNA into the mix and she could be a very dangerous element to keep around.'

Superman knew deep in his heart that being suspicious of an (at the moment) innocent teenager was wrong, but if experience had taught him anything, it was to be on guard when Lex Luthor was involved with anything.

Did he want to put his complete trust in the girl – Connie? Yes, he really did want to do so … but would he? Absolutely not … there was no telling what Lex had done to her. It was decided then … he would work with the girl … but she was in no way going to be near him or Lois outside of League business.

He knew Lois was already very fond of Connie. Despite only knowing of her existence for 24 hours, the reporter was smitten by the teenager. She was already displeased by the fact that he and Batman had ordered her to stay at Mount Justice instead of with her new family – like the other sidekicks.

Clark was convinced there was something … off about Connie though, so until they could get a better grasp of her attitude and situation, Lois would have to remain in the dark in regards to their suspicions and especially the tests.

'I wonder if I should ask her to not wear my family's crest,' Clark thought pensively. 'No that would strain whatever relationship already exists … if only I had experience in such matters.'

Clark re-read the reports on Connie and growled. "I just can't accept this girl as mine."

'Now only if I could convince Lois of the same without finding myself on the couch,' Superman sighed.

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Aqualad, Kid Flash and Robin returned to Mount Justice feeling rather dejected after their failed attempt to recruit Speedy aka Red Arrow to join their covert unit. To make matters worse, Batman had not issued their team any missions yet, and the whole group was getting anxious.

Connie was the only one that seemed to ignore their lack of missions, but deep down that bubbling anger was slowly growing. The Kryptonian was naturally confused with why she felt the way she did, and that simmering energy inside her was making her moodier than she expected.

Poor Megan was doing her best to fit in and communicate with her, and she truly regretted that she had ignored the girl … but her feelings were the same as before – she was there to prove herself and earn the trust of the Justice League. Connie wasn't stupid – she knew that her mother's DNA was something that put them on edge, but why couldn't they see that she wasn't her mother?

As far as she knew, her mother Faora was one of her father's greatest and most dangerous foes. Since her mother was a soldier of Krypton under the command of General Zod – one trained to kill without hesitation – it made her dangerous. Because of that training, it made her a deadly adversary to combat, and Connie could use those exact same skills. Cadmus had been rather thorough in her training and had educated her on all of her mother's skills as well as Superman's skills.

'My father,' Connie hissed mentally. 'He only ignores me and treats me as if I shouldn't exist. Why? Haven't I proved myself to them yet?'

Her thoughts drifted to her human mother Lois Lane-Kent. The woman had been so kind and accepting of her despite her origins and for that, the woman held a special place in her heart. A special place that amounted to nothing at the moment, since she was prevented from leaving Mount Justice, and as far as she knew … Lois may have even accepted that she needed to be quarantined.

Connie snapped out of her thoughts as she saw the approaching boys. She opted to remain silent as they discussed their estranged friend and only moved when they acknowledged her presence. Megan saved her from talking when she floated into the room and inquired as to their health … was that what was supposed to do?

Robin quickly moved to the main computer as the radar warned them of a fast approaching entity. It took the computer a moment, but recognised the entity as Red Tornado. They quickly moved to the entrance of their base to greet him … perhaps he had a mission for them.

That was a negative.

Frustration bubbled between the teens at that. They weren't being given a chance to use their training at all!

"Why don't you familiarize yourselves with your base," Red Tornado recommended before leaving.

"Great idea," Kid Flash beamed to the two girls. "Can we get the private tour?"

Robin elbowed him, earning a whine from the speedster.

"It is an excellent idea," Aqualad commented thoughtfully.

"Well, Supergirl and I live here," Megan hummed before an excited look lit up her face. "We could be your unofficial tour guides!"

Connie raised a brow at the bubbly girl. "Don't look at me."

"Aww but Connie," whined Kid once more … earning him another elbow from Robin. "Okay fine, but seriously … will this be a special tour?"

Robin sighed. "Forget it Kid – there's no private tour."

Kid grumbled childishly at the other boy, but was interrupted by Aqualad. "We will all go … team building exercises will be beneficial to the team."

Megan smiled cheerfully and spun to head back inside. "So, this is our front door."

They followed the Martian through the mountain to the other side. "And this would be the back door. The cave is actually the entire mountain!"

Megan seemed proud of her tour, and Robin nodded to the last bit of her statement. "It was actually hollowed out and reinforced by the original members of the Justice League when this was their main base of operations."

Connie perked up at the piece of information. "Then why did they abandon this facility? It seems to be a strategic location, but they just abandoned it for a more … public location."

"Well, the facility became compromised," Aqualad informed the Kryptonian – quite pleased to see her interact with them.

"That doesn't explain why they moved to a less secure location," Connie rebutted with a frown. "There is no strategic value to their decision as their new headquarters is open to the public … it's a glorified tourist attraction."

"If the villains know about this cave," Megan interrupted. "Then why are we using it?"

"The bad guys know that we know that they know about the cave," Robin quickly explained. "So they wouldn't think to look here."

Kid rolled his eyes and translated for the confused Martian. "What he means is: we're hiding in plain sight."

"Oh," Megan hummed thoughtfully. "That's much clearer."

Connie sighed tiredly before the unmistakeable scent of burning caught her attention. "I smell smoke – is something burning?"

"My cookies," Megan gasped in horror before flying as quickly as she could to the kitchen area of the base. The boys all followed quickly, whilst Connie followed more sedately … chances were that Megan would take a minute or two to pout before any conversation took place, and by then she'd have arrived.

'And spot on,' Connie mentally sighed. She had just arrived to see Megan stop pouting and whine about the fact that the recipe was from a TV show or something.

"I don't think he minds," chuckled Robin as Kid Flash ate them despite being burnt to a crisp.

"Hey," Kid Flash grumbled. "I have a serious metabolism issue, remember?"

"Oh, then I'll make more," Megan chirped.

"You do not have to," Aqualad soothed. "But it was sweet of you to make them."

"Thank you Aqualad," Megan smiled.

Connie had to admit –Megan's smile was rather pretty when she was being genuine, but she seemed to be acting like someone else rather than herself.

"Please, when we are off duty, you may call me Kaldur'ahm," Aqualad informed the Martian. My friends call me Kaldur – that is acceptable to you too."

"My name is Wally," Kid Flash interjected. "I already trust you with my secret identity, unlike some … like Mr dark and shady over there. Batman has forbidden our Boy Wonder from revealing his identity to anyone."

"And my name is Megan," Megan reintroduced herself. "Megan Morse – it's a human name, since we're on Earth and humans live here."

Connie took note of their names … it was better to be able to call them by their names rather than their codenames when not on missions. Connie blinked at the four chatting away before turning to leave … that was until she felt something brush past her mind.

"Your name is Connie, right?" Megan asked telepathically.

Connie instantly snarled – how dare she read her mind. "Stay out of my head!"

"Eh, but I don't understand … everyone on Mars can communicate telepathically," Megan tried to explain.

"Megan, stop," Kaldur ordered.

Megan did so – confused as to why Connie and Kaldur were upset.

"Things are different on Earth," Kaldur explained more calmly. "Here, it is a serious invasion of privacy to read another's mind."

"Besides," Wally tried to joke as he pointed to Connie. "Cadmus' creepy psychic creatures left a bad taste in her brain."

Almost instantly after saying it, Wally's brain caught up with his mouth. He turned and looked apologetically to Supergirl – to try to explain, but words died as a look that screamed 'hurt' marred Connie's face. It turned from her hurt look to her militaristic emotionless mask and all the boys frowned … it was the exact same look that she used to hide her pain from Superman on their first meeting.

It was a look that reminded them of her willingness to do anything to please her father – even the vile suggestion to breed her for the future of the Kryptonian race … it made them physically ill to see that look on her face.

"I-I'm sorry," Megan attempted – accidentally learning that from their minds as well. "I-I didn't mean to, I swear."

"Just. Stay. Out!" the Kryptonian girl growled before storming off.

An awkward silence permeated the kitchen before Megan slapped her forehead. "Hello Megan. I know what we can do."

She flew from the room, leaving the three boys to shake their shoulders and follow – each of them sending a brief glance at Connie as she sat on a nearby couch. Megan sighed and returned to poke her head around the corner.

"Um, Supergirl … please?" she tried – genuine remorse in her tone.

"Don't talk to me," Connie spat out in return.

Connie sighed after seeing the genuine remorse on her face, and stood to follow the Martian after a moment of silence.

Megan beamed with delight as they took the elevator down to the loading dock area of the mountain.

"It's my Martian Bio-ship," Megan proudly revealed.

"It's cute," Wally spoke. "Not very aerodynamic, but it's cute."

Megan giggled and revealed the Bio-ship's real form to them. She gestured to them to follow her once more and as a group, they entered the ship.

"Strap yourselves in," Megan announced.

They all did so, with Wally muttering a "Cool," as seatbelts appeared around them. Megan took off and took them through some rather impressive flying techniques.

"This is incredible," Robin commented.

"She sure is," Wally breathed as he looked to Megan. "I-I mean the ship! Ships are girls so …"

Robin chuckled at the speedster. "Fast with his speed, but not with his mouth."

"Dude," Wally exclaimed.

Meanwhile, Kaldur sent a look to Connie – who remained silent and stiff in her chair. "Look, I may not have psychic powers – and I don't really need them to guess what you're thinking. I know what Megan did was not acceptable, but you overreacted and don't know how to apologise … just say sorry."

Actually, Connie wasn't going to apologise, but for the sake of the team – it looked to be the only option to move on from the awkward conversation. Still, Kaldur was ever calm and collected and Connie had to admit that he'd make a good leader for the unit.

"She'll come around," Robin tried to soothe to Megan.

"What I did was wrong," Megan spoke in a hushed tone. "I don't think she likes me very much now."

"You guys do remember that she has Super Hearing, don't you?" came Wally's voice.

They all sighed in unison and looked forward … Connie ignored them.

To break the mood and tension – Robin convinced Megan to show them her shape-shifting abilities. She transformed into female versions of Robin and Wally in response. While Wally muttered that his female appearance was hot, Connie just thought of the possibilities with the ability and the infiltration methods that they could exploit from it.

"What about your clothes?" Kaldur asked in an equally thoughtful tone.

"They're organic, like this ship," Megan explained. "They respond to my mental commands."

"As long as they're the only ones," Connie muttered bitterly – though everyone heard her. Kaldur seemed to understand though – she'd spent her entire life being psychically controlled by a madman, and didn't want to be controlled anymore.

He placed a comforting hand on her arm, but couldn't prevent his frown as Connie violently flinched at the gentle action. Connie shot him a look and he understood – she couldn't control her reaction to being touched by men because of Dr Desmond and more recently – her father and Batman for their suspicion and forced testing.

Luckily for them, Red Tornado ordered them to investigate a disturbance nearby and sent them coordinates.

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"I think I know what's causing the disturbance," Connie idly commented and nodded her head in the direction of her gaze. The others followed her gaze but was forced to brace themselves as a giant tornado hit the Bio-ship. Megan expertly redirected the ship and they landed a safe distance away from the cause … it was coming from the industrial area near them.

"Are tornados common in new England, Robin?" asked Kaldur … only for them to hear an echoed laugh as Robin mysteriously disappeared.

"B-But, he was just here," Megan blinked.

Connie coughed and nodded to a nearby factory. "Over there."

A second after she'd said it, the windows of the factory were blown outwards by an incredible force. Nodding, the teens all rushed towards the factory.

They all arrived in time to see Robin being blown back into a pillar by a strong gust of wind. Connie leapt forward and helped him up. "Who's your new friend?"

"I didn't catch his name," Robin grunted. "But he plays kind of rough."

The team stood and looked to the cause. Standing before them was a huge robotic entity. It was red with black highlights and large blue tubes went from the shoulders to a pack of some kind on its back. The pack was then connected by more blue tubes to its arms. A brown cloak/scarf covered its lower face.

"My apologies," a robotic male voice intoned. "You may address me as Mr Twister."

Mr Twister unleashed a powerful gust of compressed air towards the group, and Supergirl was the unfortunate one to get the brunt of it. It blew her back into the wall on the far end of the factory – knocking the wind out of her.

The others shared a look and each one charged.

Kid Flash was close, but was tossed away by the robot. Likewise, Aqualad and Miss Martian were both blown away, with Kaldur being slammed into a reinforced pillar and Megan landing in a heap … hitting her head on a steel railing.

"I was expecting to face a superhero, not a bunch of children," Mr Twister growled.

Robin – who had managed to stand – hissed at the comment and threw some of his exploding discs at the robot.

"We are not children," he growled in response.

The robot easily deflected the attack and chided him. "Objectively you are."

They all moved to strike again and embarrassingly, they met similar fates – though this time, Connie and Megan were sent flying into each other while the same happened to Robin and Kaldur.

"Yes, that was quite entertaining," Mr Twister laughed at the assembled youth before taking flight to leave the factory.

Meanwhile, Wally groaned as he sat up from his forced trip. He saw the Robot leave and flashed after him to prevent his escape. "What have you done to my team?"

"Oh, I only embarrassed them largely," Mr Twister chuckled before blasting the speedster away once more. He prepared for the pain that was inevitably to follow, but blinked as he was stopped from hitting the factory.

"I got you, Wally," Megan grunted.

"Wow, thanks," he grinned.

"What do you want?" shouted Aqualad.

"Isn't it obvious?" mocked Mr Twister. "I'm waiting for a real fight."

"Megan, try to read his mind," Kaldur ordered.

"But I thought I wasn't supposed to …" she started – only for Robin to interrupt.

"It's okay if it's the bad guys," he spoke – his eyes not leaving their foe.

Megan nodded and concentrated but gasped seconds later. "I-I'm getting nothing from him. I can't read his mind!"

"Hello, Megan," she said – slapping her head once more. "It has to be Red Tornado in disguise!"

While Connie was sceptical, it could explain their encounter with an android/robot that shared similar abilities with the Justice League member. The others agreed with the Martian and refused to play in what they thought was a game or test.

They were wrong … it wasn't Red Tornado in disguise.

After an argument that only left Connie with a headache, Miss Martian left to return to the base, while the remaining teens moved to target Mr Twister again. They were still being beaten, but they were still doing better than their first encounter. That was until Megan disguised as Red Tornado arrived on the scene with her plan. The plan went off without a hitch until Mr Twister saw through their plan.

They were in serious trouble – they knew it. That simmering, bubbling energy under Connie's skin grew in intensity as she was blown back by their foe constantly and it wasn't long until Connie snapped … and embraced the feeling.

Connie screamed in fury. The energy and anger augmented her abilities as she flew at Mr Twister – cracking the very earth beneath her as she launched. Kaldur wasn't the only one that noticed that the way Connie flew had changed. Connie flew with more strength and grace than usual and her eyes were so focussed that it sent a shiver down their spines.

Mr Twister sent a powerful arc of lightning towards her, but instead of blowing her back like the other times, Connie yelled and fired back with her Heat Vision. The two powerful attacks collided and battled for dominance.

The rest of the team weren't idle and under the direction of Kaldur, they all positioned themselves around the battlefield. Connie used her anger to further power her Heat Vision and screamed – the sound was one of frustration and pain – Connie put everything into her attack. Flashes of Cadmus, of Batman and her 'Father' crossed her mental vision and only served to enrage the Kryptonian further.

In an amazing flash of light Connie won – her Heat Vision blasting a hole clean through the android's shoulder and melted one of its arms. Kid Flash used the opening to force Mr Twister back into a trap with Robin using some of his explosives to take out the android's footing. This, along with a furious and entirely too precise punch from Connie to its head sent it right into the ocean, where Kaldur was waiting to electrocute the android. The force of Kaldur's attack propelled Mr Twister into the air and where Miss Martian was waiting for it – using her psychic abilities she tore off the remaining limbs.

Mr Twister managed to get off one more attack in the form of a tornado – sending shrapnel from its own body along with it. Miss Martian flinched as the attack fast approached – only to blink as Supergirl flew in front of her and send the attack right back with her Frost Breath.

The backfired attack sent the android right into the ground where it remained unmoving.

The torso of the android hissed and out from within, out flew a seemingly ordinary man.

"Please," he begged. "Have mercy."

Everyone blinked when Megan levitated a chunk of earth and crushed the man's body … his head rolling into the middle of their group.

"M-Merc … cy," the man repeated like a machine.

Connie wasn't feeling up for mercy and stormed up to the head. She put her foot on the head and crushed it under a powerful stomp.

Robin, Kid Flash and Aqualad tried to stop the two girls, but all stopped when they realised that the man was also a machine. Connie just grunted and stormed off … ignoring the others, Red Tornado and especially the judging eyes of Black Canary who was remaining hidden from the others.

'I knew it,' Black Canary sighed.

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And there we go … that's it for chapter 02. I'm working on getting the series so I can watch the episodes in order. Where I live, the episodes are jumbled up, and we only really got to see Season 01.

Hope you liked it.

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AS ALWAYS: PLEASE READ AND REVIEW.

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