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YJ and Avengers...

Artemis and Super Boy/ Conner Kent

"How is this happening?!" Aqualad demanded there was an open portal and there was a huge vortex that was drawing them closer towards it.

Apparently not enough was done on their parts to stop them from getting closer to its horizon. Apparently, nothing was enough, and the portal would not be satisfied until it had a living body within its 'mouth'.

Artemis lost her grip on one of the pillars she was grasping desperately and she was dragged through the air towards the portal. Super Boy reached out to grab her, only to lose his grip as well as he had reached out with the hand he was using to secure himself to the floor, with his other hand he using to hold the Quantum Tympanic Generator and was pulled in. At the last second however, he hurled the Generator at Aqualad, as he and Artemis entered the event horizon.

"Super Boy!"

"Artemis!" Were the panicked yells from the remaining Young Justice members.

But apparently, the portal was satisfied with its meal, because it closed immediately, leaving the Young Justice team without two of its members.

M'gann was in tears, Zatanna was shaken, Aqualad was dazed, and Robin was shocked. The only one who seemed unaffected was Kid Flash. When They heard a: 'whssh', followed by a beeping, they turned to stare incredulously at their teammate, who was typing in commands to a keyboard connected to a station that was thoroughly bolted to the floor and wall.

He pulled a flash drive from the compartment on his wrist and with a few more keystrokes, removed the flash drive and turned to his emotionally wrecked teammates.

"How Can You Be Calm?!" M'gann demanded. "C-Super Boy and Artemis are GONE!"

The others were faring similarly. Aqualad, however, took the lead as he always did.

"We can place blame later; in the mean time, let us take the generator to Batman and then report our missing teammates." He cast a concerned look at the place where they had last seen their teammates. His gaze took in the room which was decimated from the portal, the pillar where Artemis had desperately clung to before her grip became not enough, the place where Super Boy had dug in his fingers to prevent a backward slide into the portal. He distinctly remembered the look on Super Boy's face when he realized that they were getting pulled into the event horizon of the portal to throw the Generator at him in a last ditch effort to save the mission.

"And have him bring Dr. Fate with him." Kid Flash spoke up from where he was being almost filleted by Miss Martian and Robin.

"Why bring Dr. Fate?" Zatanna asked, taking a deep breath to calm her nerves.

"Because I downloaded the specs on the device they used to open the portal. They opened it remotely, so it was a trap…" Kid Flash said quickly, Miss M was exceedingly scary when someone she cared for was threatened. "But we need to be able to access Super Boy and Artemis' unique bio-electric signatures, and, since we have no idea which dimension they are in, it would be best to have someone uniquely able to find out where they landed and how to get them back."

They were used to Kid Flash being logical. But they weren't used to losing teammates, so the unique was thought that their lost teammates were fine, until they were brought home was a welcome thought, even if it was delayed.

With M'gann's help, Aqualad was able to get the Generator on board the bio-ship, where he requested that Batman meet them in their Headquarters, and that he bring Dr. Fate, and when Aqualad paused, he added as an afterthought, to bring Black Canary as well.

Batman's eyes viewed the team through the view screen taking in the fact that there were two empty seats and that his young espionage squad of heroes, was greatly distraught.

"Agreed." Batman stated, and he shut down his side of the connection.

It took them well over six days to locate Super Boy and Artemis as well as creating a stable portal which wouldn't suck in any members of either Universe.

As the portal opened, M'gann tried to establish a mental link with her boyfriend, but only got static, at which she got increasingly paranoid.

Several minutes later, Super Boy and Artemis emerged…

Super Boy's usual crime fighting outfit had changed completely. He was wearing a tight Red and Blue uniform, red pants with a white stripe, which were tucked into his usual black combat boots; The 'pants' were complete with small black waist packs, in a utility belt formation, a blue top which was formfitting and covered to just beneath his chin resembling scales. The shield his red 'S' was on was white and it was surrounded by the blue 'scales' of his blue 'shirt'. The uniform was completed with a black leather 'bomber' jacket, red fingerless gloves, a white 'S' for Super embossed on the back of each.

Artemis' look had only changed somewhat, nothing quite as drastic as Super Boy's. While she didn't shed her green, her cowl covered the top of her head and had two peaks of a deep green connected to her mask as well as what looked like an 'H' between the peaks. The arrow on her chest was larger as well as wider and was that of a deep green with what looked like to be a Kevlar base. The deep green of her top was tucked tightly into her pants, but there was an almost chain-mail look to it as she moved. She also had thicker green gloves at the wrist with a curious scalloping that went almost halfway up her forearms the gloves coming halfway up her upper arms. Her boots were a dark green flexible combat boot.

As they walked through the portal, Artemis was speaking to Super Boy: "If I see an elf giving me a dirty look, I swear, I'm walking right back into the portal."

Super Boy took in their comrades and mentors. "I don't think you'll have to worry about that…" He said with a laugh.

"You're just saying that so you don't get an arrow up your butt." She accused him.

"That was a cheap shot!" He accused her.

"Whatever you say, soldier-boy…" She drawled waving her hand in a manner that said the subject was brushed away. "No elves… Looks like you lucked out." She said with a smirk at Super Boy.

"For that quip, no Carne Asada for you!" Super Boy sniped at her. It seemed as if they were ignoring their teammates, as they turned to face one another as the portal closed.

"Now that's just cruel and unusual!" Artemis complained.

"You want to talk cruel and unusual? How about our last sparring session?"

"In what way was that cruel and unusual?!" Artemis demanded.

"You stuck me with Hank." He growled in monotone.

A wicked smirk passed her lips. But she didn't deign to answer.

Super Boy rolled his eyes, before: "Hey gang. How's everything? It's good to see ya." he said turning to face his Young Justice teammates with a smile.

Artemis turned to face them as well, she saw their mentors: Batman, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Dr. Fate, Red Tornado, Martian Man-Hunter, the Flash, and even Superman. She studied Superman for a moment, before rolling her eyes, and abruptly getting swung up into a magical encompassing hug from Zatanna.

It took a good twenty minutes before the random chatter came to a few random comments. They had moved into a more comfortable setting, specifically, the 'living room', everyone who cared for one, had a beverage within their grasp. M'gann was seated on one side of her boyfriend, while Artemis was seated quite comfortably on the other.

"Super Boy… You seem…" M'gann didn't quite know how to put this without upsetting her boyfriend in the presence of his 'father', "Um… Different."

"A lot can happen in seven years M'gann." Artemis answered, swiping Super Boy's soda can and taking a sip from it.

"That's mine! Get your own!" Super Boy griped at her, before they exchanged mild glares, and he swiped it back, gulping down the rest of it before crushing it in his hand and beaning it off one of her peaks. She caught it, with two fingers of her left hand and redirected its trajectory into the kitchen to make a 'clank!' as it landed in the aluminum recycle-bin receptacle.

Green Arrow and Black Canary were impressed, clearly Artemis had upgraded her skills to be able to do that without even aiming.

"Seven Years?!" Kid Flash demanded.

"Yeah-" Super Boy said casually. "Time does flow at different rates, KF…"

"Okay- I don't get it!" Zatanna exclaimed. "Why are your personalities so different?!" she demanded.

"And what's with the change in uniform?" Robin asked.

"Speaking of…" Super Boy said, snapping his fingers and pointing at Artemis. Apparently she got his gist, and announced to the computer.

"Computer: Bring up personnel folders: Artemis and Super Boy." The computer brought it up and Artemis and Super Boy stood. "Computer: Scan our current image, upload, and save." The computer complied and soon there was a new image of them in the personnel files. "Computer: Access complete personnel file: Artemis." The file was fully opened. "Change code name from Artemis to Hawkeye, and update all systems." A simple beep acknowledged her and her name in the file was changed from Artemis to Hawkeye. "Computer: Access medical files on Super Boy, initiate a medical scan, upload and save changes." Super Boy said as in tandem he and Artemis, now Hawkeye, sat down. The computer beeped as it signaled its task complete. Hawkeye reached for her glass of iced tea, only to see it gone from it's resting place, she glared at Super Boy, who smirked and handed her, her drink back.

She glared into it, before stalking from the room to dump it in the sink and get a new one. "Backwash." She muttered in disgust.

Robin overheard her and snickered from his position next to his mentor. Hawkeye got down two glasses from the cupboard and sliced a couple lime wedges and upon placing one in each glass with ice, added some mineral water, before walking back into the room and placing the glass of mineral water on the crown of Super Boy's head.

"Here." She said as she flopped back down into her seat spilling nary a drop from either her glass nor Super Boy's, and sipping contentedly from her own.

"You going to answer my question some time this century?" Zatanna asked, slightly annoyed.

"About how we've changed?" Super Boy asked. "Change means you learn, Zatanna…" He said easily, plucking the undisturbed mineral water from the top of his head to take a swallow.

Batman then spoke up. "Black Canary and I want to see what you two have learned while you were gone." Batman said emphasizing the 'learned' in his sentence.

He too had noted how Hawkeye and Super Boy seemed more in tune with one another; but if they had been gone for seven years like they said, then of course they would have developed some camaraderie. But that didn't explain the nearly complete personality change that Super Boy had. He was more easygoing, more trusting, he acted like a well-rounded teenager, more sure of himself in the grand scheme of things; Batman wanted to know what had changed. It was apparent that not only Super Boy had changed; Hawkeye's aim had improved drastically alongside her uniform and name.

A good way to get a glimpse into the skills and psyche of Super Boy and Hawkeye was to test them in a simulation against their teammates.

Super Boy and Hawkeye, easily nodded and followed he and Black Canary out to the training area, everyone else in the rear. Superman had even stuck around, so he followed as well.

"He's like a mix between Hill and Fury…" Hawkeye muttered to Super Boy, who barely muffled a snort of derision.

"Alright team, it will be Super Boy and Art- Hawkeye against the rest of you…" Black Canary announced, she paused when she said Hawkeye's new code-name. It would take some getting used to.

"Miss Martian link us up." Aqualad stated, readying himself for the simulation.

"And leave us out!" Hawkeye declared, when she felt the fringes of M'gann's mental connection.

As the simulation started, Hawkeye and Super Boy noted how similar Gotham and New York were. They knew that Robin would have the home field advantage, but in a sense, so did they.

They started out near the "Manhattan Building", and Hawkeye vaulted herself onto Super Boy's back and said:

"Hells Kitchen."

Super Boy knew what she meant, and they found an area similar to it, which she leapt off his back while he was still running and grasped the bottom of a fire escape and flipped herself on top of it.

Within minutes, Hawkeye was on the edge of one of the building's rooftops, concealed in shadows, and saw Zatanna flying alongside Kid Flash, Zatanna was the wild card, with her ability to use magic, so she pulled two arrows from her quiver, she quickly took aim and fired them consecutively.

They hit their intended targets within seconds of one another, the first arrow had them trapped, the second arrow released a gas that knocked Kid Flash and Zatanna unconscious.

Super Boy leapt from the street and landed on a roof several 'city' blocks away from her position while what she now called his 'Hulking tendencies'. She knew it was to draw her teammates' attention towards him, but she was more concerned about Robin. He had to have been on lookout for Kid Flash and Zatanna, so she slid into the all concealing shadows with the training she'd received from her mentors, Hawkeye and Black Widow, she wasn't quite a bona fide S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, but she was darn close. She used those learned skills now and raced deeper into the 'city'.

Knowing that his uniform shield was a nice bright white in the simulated darkness of night, Super Boy, also remembering Aqualad's excellent hearing, zipped his jacket, and clasped the top button across his throat. He stood there a good two seconds, feeling unseen eyes on him, smirking, he changed his vision to infrared, and glanced around. In a quick move, Aqualad, who had been almost directly behind him, was pulled into a Full Nelson, and a quick swipe of his foot knocked Kaldur's feet from beneath him.

Super Boy felt the telekinetic force of M'gann's mind against his grip, but his hearing picked up the distinct sound of one of Hawkeye's arrows. It tapped Miss Martian's forehead breaking her concentration, but when she reached to release it, goo covered her face, leaving her airways clear, but covering and trapping most of her upper body.

Despite his grip on Aqualad, Super Boy reached and put pressure on two specific parts of her shoulder, through the goo. She was down, and in seconds so would Kaldur be. All they had left of their teammates' opposing force would be Robin.

When Kaldur was finally unconscious, Super Boy let him sag gently to the ground. That's when he heard the distinct mocking laughter of the Boy Wonder; and he jumped from the building he was on to the one across the street, landing with the handspring and roll to silence his descent. And he raced across the rooftops, only the 'moon' showing something red and black dashing across the rooftops, toward 'Times Square', their designated 'Bad Guys Attack here!' spot. Hawkeye, knowing Super Boy's tactics was more than likely, already halfway there.

Super Boy's speed was formidable, even against the stealth of Robin, Super Boy having switched his vision back to regular, Robin had somewhat of a field advantage; but between he and Hawkeye, and their training from T'Challa, as well as Clint and Natasha, both extremely well trained S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives, he knew they would and could beat Robin… Possibly even Batman.

Robin had to have an ace up his sleeve, but now so did Super Boy… Kind-of. From one of his waist pack's he pulled a shield that mimicked the shield on his torso. The shield was made from the same metal alloy his Mentor's was. It was currently small, easily fitting into the palm of his hand, but Hank had applied his Pym particles to it, so it could easily shrink or grow. Which he made it do now, just in time it turned out.

Several of Robin's disks hit his shield, exploding, but causing no damage to either it or Super Boy. Robin even slung some non-exploding ones at him, only for them to ricochet off and nearly hit him.

Robin quickly changed his position, but was hit in the back of the head with a pebble instantly gaining his intent attention, only to be hit with a one-two attack, a large heavy something hit him across the chin sending him reeling into Super Boy, who raised a fist and hit him on crown of the head, knocking him out.

The simulation ended, and Hawkeye turned to see Flash and Superman trying to remove the material that was trapping KF and Zatanna. She shook her head, the material was water solvent, so- with a smirk, she cocked her head at Super Boy who acknowledged her and signaled the 'Super Cycle' to get water and soak the two- No, he was feeling mischievous- the four of them with it.

It did so with a series of beeps indicating glee. Wolf approached, and put his head against Super Boy's shoulder.

"How're you doing boy?" Super Boy asked patting the wolf. Wolf merely whined and then gave a contented growl, Wolf had missed his humanoid partner. Super Boy rubbed him between his ears, and Hawkeye even gave him a good scratch between the shoulder blades.

Wolf then decided that his tolerance of this female, who had changed her form somewhat, had changed to liking her, so he licked her on the arm. She scratched him lightly down the spine to the base of his tail, where she gave him a vigorous scratching. His leg thumped against the ground and Wolf very nearly growled at her when she stopped.

Super Boy picked up the arrow which had sent Robin reeling, and raised an eyebrow at her. He looked at the 'tip' of the arrow which had a pale-green boxing glove on the end of it. "Seriously?" He asked her sardonically.

"It's a classic!" She protested. Green Arrow, who had stayed along with the other members of the Justice League for the demonstration, shot a grin at Black Canary, which she in turn shot down with a glare. They'd had a similar argument in the past.

"It's moronic!"

"It worked!" She insisted.

He grudgingly nodded, handing her back the arrow which she easily collapsed and replaced it in her quiver.

Together they turned to face Batman and a soaked Flash and Superman, both sending disapproving looks at him.

Super Boy flashed a grin at the two soaked super heroes. "What- It's only water… You won't melt!"

Hating the feel of wet shoes, Flash put a hand to Superman's shoulder and vibrated the water molecules, making the water rise a foot off their bodies before dropping to the ground leaving them dry and everybody else the same.

"We need to talk." Superman told Super Boy.

Before the portal, Super Boy would have nearly jumped at the opportunity Superman presented; now though, it was a different story.

"No, we don't. You already have said in so many words that you're not my Father. And now I completely agree. I have no need for a Deadbeat Dad." With that he turned from one of his genetic donors and faced Batman.

"Okay, so admit it… How'd that feel?" Hawkeye asked slightly elbowing Super Boy.

"Surprisingly… Good. You and Janet were right." He admitted.

Hawkeye flashed him a winning 'Told-ya-so!' look and also turned to face Batman.

Superman was standing behind them in shock, looking at the back of his clone. Super Boy called him a 'Deadbeat Dad'! Flash sent him a pitying look, one that the Man of Steel missed, but the other Leaguer's didn't.

"Your tactics were excellent. You were efficient, and resourceful, lending aid to your teammate where it was needed. Had there been any verbal or radio communication, there would have been none from the opposing side." He told the both of them, Batman then turned to Super Boy looking at him appraisingly. "You've changed your ideals in fighting. But since the change, there has been a great improvement." He looked at both of them. "Seven years can change many things. But apparently it did not change your age. I fully expect you to finish your schooling. I expect a full report tomorrow, in the mean time, get some rest. Hawkeye- you have someone waiting for you. Go home." With that Batman turned from them and walked to the Zeta Tubes, was recognized and disappeared into the 'tunnel'.

Hawkeye and Super Boy exchanged identical grins before Hawkeye yelled 'Bye' to the rest of the Young Justice team and raced for the Zeta Tubes herself.

Super Boy reached his arms above his head, and stretched. "40 winks and I'll be ready to go! Hey M'gann! I'm looking forward to your lunch tomorrow!"

M'gann blushed heavily and Zatanna, now awake along with Kid Flash, both thoroughly wet, shared a laugh, before leaving to dry off and catch some sleep themselves.

Tomorrow was a school day after all…

It was just after four in the morning, when Artemis walked through the Zeta tubes. There was no way she was skipping out on Tai Chi with Conner. It was a morning tradition, that went back four years!

Since no one else was awake, she ran to the gym area, and saw Conner warming up. "Ready?" She asked.

"Let's do it." Conner agreed and they headed outside into the brisk October air of early dawn to greet the day.

Their Tai Chi finished just after the sun rose halfway from the horizon. They walked back inside together, and shared a cup of coffee, before she wished him a good day with school and left via Zeta Tubes for her own school day.

Their 'first day back' to school was boring. Because they'd stayed in the other Universe for so long, they'd finished High School and were more than halfway through their College courses.

That afternoon, after school, they agreed to test out of their classes.

The next day they spoke with their respective school counselors and within that week they were testing out of their basic classes and into the AP classes, which they were passing with ease.

Due in large part to their mentors in other Universe- Math and Physics was a breeze thanks to Tony and T'Challa, Chemistry was effortless thanks to Hank, World History was slightly more challenging but still simple, the Languages- well, the four that were offered (English, Spanish, Japanese and Russian) were as undemanding as they could get, thanks to Clint and Natasha; They took only one elective course each, at the prodding of the counselors, so Conner took Shop-class, and Artemis took Home-Economics, specifically Cooking. The process of each as well as the products were something that they enjoyed thoroughly especially as Conner made Artemis cooking ware, and Artemis shared her class work with him, and the rest of the team.

After that first week of her missing teammates being 'back', M'gann was confused as to why Conner was no longer attending classes with her; however she had Bumblebee practice, and so had to stay after school for a good two hours for it, Tuesday of Conner and Artemis' second week back.

Seeing as M'gann had Bumblebee practice, Conner went 'home' by himself. After applying himself to his homework, which was unproblematic (although it was time consuming), he grabbed a bottle of mineral water and headed down to the gym.

Artemis met him there and they warmed up together. This afternoon was gymnastic equipment usage, so while Artemis went to the hanging rings, Conner went for the quadruple uneven bars.

Kaldur, M'gann and Red Tornado found them there in the middle of a good sweat, having done three equipments for thirty-five minutes each, they were on the mats, practicing their tumbling and flips and so forth.

"You are performing most admirably…" Red Tornado stated, unaffected as usual. He was an android after-all. Conner and Artemis looked at him, he wasn't as creepy-looking as Ultron, but they weren't as trusting with machines as they had once been.

M'gann was upset however. "Why didn't you wait for me?" Conner and Artemis finished the end of their routines, a triple-twist-flip and kick maneuver, before walking towards the gathered group.

"For two hours?" Conner gave her an odd look. "I don't mind waiting for a lady," he told her easily, "but that's a little long, and since you joined the cheerleading squad, it's only going to get more demanding as soon as the football, soccer and basketball seasons start…"

M'gann looked downtrodden, she had thought when she joined the Bumblebee's that it would be a great Earth thing, to gain herself some more Earth friends, what she hadn't counted on though, was the time spent away from her boyfriend.

"You could always go to their meets…" Kaldur suggested to Conner.

M'gann hadn't thought of that, and so she smiled winningly at her boyfriend.

Conner grunted noncommittally, and toweled himself dry with the hand towel Artemis tossed him.

"I… Just don't see you at school anymore, besides walking their together I mean." M'gann complained, biting her lip. "I could quit being a Bumblebee…" M'gann offered timidly to her boyfriend. She really enjoyed being a member of the Bumblebee's but she liked being Conner's girlfriend better.

"Why? You like it don't you? You shouldn't have to quit something just because I won't be able to be around you as much…" Conner said, frowning confusedly. He looked towards Artemis, who merely shrugged, before she took a sip from her bottled water. He would be questioning her later, to get a better idea on the female mind. He already knew he was doomed, he just wanted to see how deep the pit he'd dug was.

"Team, meet me in the Missions room." Came Batman's voice over the intercom.

M'gann gave Conner a sad look before flying off, Red-Tornado clanking off after her. Aqualad shook his head at Conner, before he too left.

"Saved by the call to Assemble…" Artemis laughed.

"Yeah, sure. Yuck it up Arty…" He gave her shoulder a rough shove. "Come on. The sooner we shower and change, the sooner we can meet up with the rest of the team in the Mission's room."

To save time, they opted for a sonic shower, and quickly got dressed in their uniforms. They met outside the changing rooms and jogged towards the Mission room. They saw they were the last two to arrive, and they'd been noticed.

"You two are late." Batman stated.

"We two were training, and sweat-soaked when you called the team to Assemble." Hawkeye smarted back.

"Hnn." Batman said, narrowing his eyes through his cowl at them. "I have been informed that you two have exceeded your classes and are passing the Advanced courses with ease. Is there something you'd like to tell your teammates and I?" He stated, rather than suggested.

"We were half-way through college, in the other Universe, and despite our-" Super Boy glanced at Hawkeye, "extra-curricular activities, we still had a 4.0gpa." Super Boy stated with a shrug.

"What happened in the other Universe?" Black Canary asked, concerned. They hadn't noticed her standing there, and they mentally smacked themselves upside the head. They knew better! Always check your surroundings!

"Nothing too crazy… Putting criminals back in jail, creating ties with the local Super Hero team, training, stabilizing Super Boy's DNA sequences, stopping a couple of Alien Invasions, school, social networking, fighting more bad guys…"

"What did you mean- stabilizing Super Boy's DNA sequences?" Aqualad asked, focusing on the matter at hand, he'd noticed how Hawkeye had buried that statement in the middle of seemingly inconsequential phrases. Aqualad had noticed how more at peace with himself Super Boy had been, since the portal incident and Kaldur was certain that it had more to do with the DNA thing, than just being gone for seven years.

"We landed in the middle of a enormous criminal jail-break, which happened all over the United States." Artemis said. "In the matter of three weeks, we had, on our own, put ten back in jail, after we removed and/or destroyed their weapons. During that time, I noticed that Super Boy was getting more and more-" she paused, looking at her teammate and best friend for the past seven years.

"You can say it: I was getting destructive... There were times when the only thing that would calm me down was Artemis actually sitting on my shoulder." Super Boy admitted.

"That was when we met with the Avengers…" Artemis continued. "The Avengers are a team of Super Heroes, much like the Justice League, but they're based in New York." She explained to all present. "I was in a Mexican Stand-off with arrows against one of my would-be-mentors, and Super Boy was going head-to-head with their muscle… When I saw Super Boy start his pre-fight growl and howl, I must've startled my mentor when suddenly I replaced my bow and arrow and flipped onto Super Boy's shoulder, kicking against the muscle of the Avengers. That was when I saw through Super Boy's hand, his whole arm actually… I leapt down and ordered everyone to stop; which they reluctantly did. I grabbed Super Boy's hand and he flinched when I did so, so I ran my hand up his arm, to test for… Well- what I don't know, but when the skin fell away, I yelled for a scientist. Luckily for us, Super Boy more especially, four out of eight, later nine, of the Avengers were scientists."

"I don't remember much of what happened next," Super Boy admitted, "but in the end, my non-Kryptonian DNA was replaced with a donor's from the Avengers."

"Who?" Aqualad asked.

"His code-name is Captain America. And he was the reason why WWII never proceeded as far as it did in this Universe." Artemis explained. "Super Boy's human DNA was unstable, and his Kryptonian DNA needed a counter-part in order to survive. Captain America volunteered the use of his DNA, but they only way to fully stabilize Super Boy was to remove his human DNA completely. King T'Challa of Wakanda allowed the Avengers the use of his facilities, and in a matter of three days when you have four genius scientist superheroes-types and others to aid the process, Super Boy was not only stable, but he'd gained a Father as well." Artemis said proudly.

"So whatever CADMUS really made me for, whatever their ulterior motives may be or may have been, won't work on me anymore." Conner said with a chuckle. "Apparently, I had some programming in my previous human DNA, and since it had to be eradicated for the new human DNA, the programming is null and void."

"I'd say: Stupid Evil People, but so far, whomever is pulling the strings, is doing a pretty bang-up job…" Hawkeye said.

She glanced at Super Boy and at his nod, as they'd spoken about the situation that had brought the Young Justice team together back in the other Universe with the Avengers; several points had been brought up, along with several well thought out questions. The seven years in the other Universe had made Conner and Artemis extremely well versed on reconnaissance; so with Super Boy's go-ahead, she decided to lay it on the line… Even though it hadn't been obvious to she and Super Boy at first it was almost glaringly so now.

"You don't need a birds-eye view to see the strings of results that we're playing into…" She announced pausing as she activated a keyboard in the laser-hologram field.

Upon typing in several keywords she was bringing up information in the computer from several different sources, sources that she shouldn't have been able to get into, previous to her seven year stint, and she brought up the information she and Conner had gathered(hacked) over the week on 'the main viewer'.

"There's a planet called Apokolips, it's ruled by a being called Darkseid. I know Superman is aware of him, but I doubt that Darkseid's behind this, but more likely he has minions that are eager to curry favor with humans. They use a device which creates portals of light and sound to a different part of the Galaxy…"

Batman looked disturbed, as she relayed the gathered information; but with eyes that belied her age, she could see that he wanted to look into the information himself. Batman was a glass-half-empty kind of guy. Always looking toward the coming darkness rather than the dawn.

"Curry Flavor?" Kid Flash said deliberately mishearing.

"Please- use your science-y brain…" Super Boy begged his teammate.

"The League will look into this development." Batman promised.

I HAD to get this out... My muse was cracking the whip hard!

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I'm hoping to continue it, but so far- this 'first chapter' had almost all my attention...

Thanks for Reading!

JoWashington