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Ana kicked her feet. "I wanna eat. Like, food. Can we eat earth food?"

"You didn't like Tamaranian means that we provided to you?" Kori turned her head to face Ana.

"No, No, I liked it. The problem was…more, I couldn't hold the food." Ana explained.

"For real, that was a no go for me, too." Roy patted his belly and slumped back against his chair as well.

"We'll eat when we get back. Quit whining." Jason answered.

"I-."

Knock. Knock.

The knocks on the corner of the ship rocked the ship; causing Ana to squeak instead of finish her sentence.

"What the hell was that?" Jason gripped onto the seat beside him.

"Turn on the monitors." Kori ordered.

"Aye, Sir!" K'tten tapped a few buttons on the dashboard before the screen in the corner buzzed and flashed a picture of Superman flying adjacent to the ship.

"I need a few moments of your time, Starfire." Superman called. "Please, Princess Koriand'r. We don't' need to do this the hard way."

"T-that's Superman." Ana pointed at the monitor. "That's Superman."

"Commander, it would be my pleasure to atomize this creature." K'tten spun around in her seat.

"That is very generous, K'tten-but the truth is, 'Superman' is much harder to kill than he appeared. Trust me." Kori denied.

"Here's an idea, Kori: let's just keep flying and pretend we didn't hear him." Roy suggested.

"That won't work, Arsenal." Superman added.

"How did he-?" Roy spun to the monitor.

Ana brought her fingers up to her ears; pointing at them. "Super hearing, Dingus."

"We could always ask him what he wants." Isabel shrugged.

"Uhm, we're Outlaws." Jason stated. "What do you think he wants, Isabel?"

"Commander," Orn called, "At this distance, it would be a simple matter to teleport you and your consorts to Earth. A cloaking program would make it impossible for the Kryptonian to locate you."

"That is an excellent suggestion, Orn." Kori praised, "make it so."

"Consorts?" Roy muttered as he got on the panel to teleport, "Plural?"

"Don't take it to heart." Ana reached up and patted his head.

"May X'Hal guide your every step." Orn prayed.

"To the end of our days." Kori added.

"Which will hopefully not be for a very long time." Roy muttered.

The purple light illuminated around them as they slowly began to teleport down to Earth. Once the purple light died down, the group realized they were back upon the abandon island. Their "home." Jason was the first to react, pulling his guns out into the air; believing Superman was there.

"Relax, Jason." Kori ordered. "There is no way that even the one who calls himself 'Superman' could have followed us here…he could not have pierced Tamaran cloaking such a far distance so quickly."

"Keep telling yourself that, Kori." Jason sneered. "To the rest of the world, he's practically an Urban Legend. I've stood in the same room with him, I've fought beside him. Trust me when I say, when Superman wants something…there's nothing that can stand in his way."

"Is that respect rolling off your tongue?" Ana questioned as she brought her staff up to her chest. She was slightly afraid of Superman showing up, too. Okay, no, she was definitely afraid of Superman. It was imminent by the yellow in her hair.

"The same way I'd respect a shark if I was surfing or a tornado if I was sitting in the front yard on a lawn chair." Jason remarked. "Forget who he is, what he is, even for a second? You're even less of a threat to him than you are."

"Well, I don't care how good he is. It's going to be a week before he even figures out we're not-Oh!" Roy shot his head up as Superman appeared seemingly out of nowhere.

Jason immediately pulled his gun out at him. Isabel stood behind Jason and quickly questioned, "Um, it 'pointing a gun at him' your best option, Jason?"

"I don't tell you how to serve the peanuts, Isabel." Jason retorted.

"Really, Jason?" Isabel narrowed her eyes at him.

Jason ignored her and continued to face Superman. "I've got a counter-offer, Superman. Drop Dead."

Superman ignored Jason as well; turning to Kori. "Princess Koriand'r of Tamaran, my name is-."

"I might have not lived on this Earth as you have, Superman, but I know who you are. There is a reason I never took the opportunity to introduce myself to you." Kori spoke with venom on her tongue; her hair lit up and swirled around her. "Krypton was never well liked by the people of Tamaran, even when it was alive."

The three then unleashed, Stafire's starbolts were the first to hit, then Jason's bullets, followed by Roy's arrows. All having no effect. Ana, on the other hand, chose not to intervene. Not with Superman there. Speaking of which, he was standing there with a bored expression on his face.

"Seriously?" Superman commented. "We're going to do this?" He then retaliated by firing off his heat vision. Ana shoved Isabel behind a boulder, then quickly dove behind the same one.

"What then hell do you think you're doing?" Isabel snapped at Ana.

Ana whipped her head towards Isabel, "Trying not to get fried. The only reason I shoved you was because you were in the way."

"Gee, my hero." Isabel growled.

"Tell all your friends." Ana smiled back. She then poked her head from behind the rock to see Starfire be slammed to the ground by Superman's hand. Ana gasped and then quickly pulled her head down. "He just palmed her."

"What?" Isabel knitted her brows together. "What the hell's plamed?"

"He put his hand on her face," Ana placed the palm of her hand over her own face, "and shoved her down!"

"What's happening now?"

"I don't know."

"Well go check!"

"Don't tell me what to do!"

Suddenly, there was a quick rumbled below them that caused the two to poke their heads up to see what had caused the ruckus. He was on the ground now, and he was pissed. Jason and Kori ran for him, but Superman reached out and grabbed Jason by the neck before he could even pull his gun up. Ana gasped and swung her staff around.

"My heads in the clouds but my gravity's centered!(1)" Ana called. The four then were abruptly swept off their feet and hung upside down in mid air.

'What the-?" Superman wiggled around but could not fly away.

"Okay, I think it's time I step in." Ana started.

"About time." Isabel added.

"I don't see you doing anything?" Ana snapped back. "Anyways, I think we should just not attack Supey. I mean, that was pretty stupid of you guys. Just attacking him out of nowhere. You said it yourself, Jason, if Superman wants something he's gonna get it, so I don't know why you'd think trying to take him out was gonna work because seriously-."

"If we could be getting to a point, that would be great." Superman interrupted.

"Don't talk to her like that." Jason defended.

"I'm not going to be listen to-."

"Anyways!" Ana shouted as she stomped her foot on the ground. "What you guys did was stupid. We just got finished overthrowing a planet and you can't wait two seconds before you start fighting with someone else? Really?"

Jason, Kori, and Roy squirmed. Superman gave them a condescending look.

"And don't think you're all innocent here, Supey!" Ana pointed at him. "You kept acting like you were better than us. Cut that shit, if you were raised on Earth, then you were raised to think you're just as human as all of us. So don't be acting all High and Mighty just because you can drop kick Pluto to the Sun."

Superman sighed. "I think you've proved your point…uh…"

"Anaiz Kord." Ana introduced.

"Anaiz," Superman nodded, "Now if you could please set us all down. So we can talk?"

"Oh, yeah sure." Ana waved her hand, "I'm falling down(2)."

Jason and Roy both slammed to the ground while Kori and Superman simply flipped over. Isabel ran to Jason who was coughing and trying to push himself up from the ground.

"Yeah, hey, thanks for the warning." Roy commented.

"Yeah, hey, thanks for not asking for one." Ana replied.


Inside the abandon ship that the Outlaws called a home, Jason and Isabel sat at the small table while Roy leaned against the window. Ana stood next to Kori and had her staff ready. Though, Kori made it a point for her to lower her weapon, for Superman was done fighting. Ana wasn't so sure and continued to have it pointed towards him.

"I was approached recently by an intergalactic Helspont who was looking to enlist Extraterrestrials to his cause. As another alien on Earth, I was wondering if Starfire was also approached." Superman explained.

Ana dropped her weapon. "That's what this was about? Seriously?"

"Obviously not." Roy denied. "Never happened."

"We'd be the first to know if someone came knocking on her door." Jason added.

"Actually…" Kori squirmed. "Now that you mention it…"

"Wait what?" Jason turned to her.

"The whole encounter was so brief, so bizarre, that I haven't given it much thought since it happened. I was blissfully alone for an afternoon when a blue flamed alien appeared." Kori explained. "He was speaking on behalf of your Helspont."

"He's not my Helspont." Superman corrected. He then leaned back against one of the cabinets. "Hmm. I've heard since then through the grapevine that offworlders were given the same hard sell, and they also turned down his people."

"Well, the way you're describing, I would turn it down, too." Roy commented.

"If it's not too much trouble, Princess, I'd ask you to contact me if you hear from anyone again." Superman's sentence was more of a suggestion, but his tone was more of an order.

"Dude, just ask." Roy called out.

"Ask what?" Superman questioned.

"It's very clear, Superman, that you need our help." Kori stated. "Your Kryptonian Stubborn Streak is preventing you from acknowledging this."

Superman narrowed his eyes. "You want the truth? Fine. Not only do I want to drag the three of you back to the states and see you charged and convicted for the multitude of crimes you've racked up on your own, I want to take her away from you three and have her tried as well." He pointed at Anaiz.

"What? No!" Ana's hair illuminated yellow. "Wait, why? No!"

"I've read all about your murder and how you escaped imprisonment." Superman stated as he stood up. "And the fact that you're a minor running with murders doesn't help your case, either."

Kori stepped in front of Ana. "You do not know the details of her story and-."

"Then please, enlighten me." He crossed his arms.

"I'd rather not." Kori held her hand up. "We're here about me. Not Anaiz."

"I was here about you. But since you have no information, I'm here for her." Superman declared. "She doesn't need to be influenced abou-."

"What they do and what I do are two different things." Ana defended. "I'm not going to murder because they do. I'm not so easily fooled like you think I am."

"You've already murdered once." Superman added.

"I was-."

"She's our responsibility." Jason spoke up. "We take care of her. We watch over her."

Superman glared at Ana, whose hair turned a bright green along with her eyes. She stood behind Kori with a fierce look in her eyes. Superman finally gave in with a sigh. "Fine, Your methods are your methods, not mine…plus, Batman has vouched for you." He nodded towards Jason. "Personally, I don't know what he's thinking. You were good once, Red Hood. I even remember once particular time when you saved my life." He paused, "It's such a shame you've made a mess of your own."

"There you go, being all High and Mighty again." Ana blurted out. Superman shot a glare at her, she ducked once more behind Kori.

"I'm a work in progress, dude." Jason answered. "Now, if you've said everything you need to say, why don't you take your ass up, up and away from here. Before I do it for you."

"I'm going. But for the record," Superman narrowed his eyes and glared down at the table, "I'm not sure where you got a hold an Altrailian Starbuster, but you might want to take the safety off first." He then turned and began to walk off. "And know, Anaiz, I'm going to keep an eye on you."

"Gross." Ana stuck her tongue out.

"Hey, when you get back to the Justice League…?" Roy started, "Tell Green Arrow I said, 'Hey' or something equally clever."

"I don't actually hang out with…" Superman stopped himself. "Fine, Sure." He turned to fly. "'Hey'. Got it." He then flew off.

"What a Super-Dick," Ana commented after he flew off.

"You know he probably heard that." Roy smirked.

Ana frowned, "Shut up."

"I have to admit it." Kori leaned against the window. "I hated him a lot less than I thought I would."

"Speaking of which, Jason, would you be a gentleman and offer me a ride home." Isabel suggested.

"Sure, but Roy will have to drive." Jason called back. "Piloting spaceships aren't really my thing."

"Um, hello!" Roy called. "Am I the only one who heard the 'intergalactic warlord trying to enslave the Earth'? Doesn't it occur to anyone that we should, oh, I don't know, save the world or something?"

"That is a good point." Kori agreed. "Except we are, by one's definition, super heroes. But I'll play along a moment. Even if we wanted to find Helspont, where would you suggest we start?"

"Why look?" Roy shrugged. "Why not ask Ana? She can teleport him here."

"Or we could leave this to Super-Dick." Ana jabbed her thumb in the direction Superman flew off. "It's not really our problem, we're not the Justice League."

"No, but it wouldn't hurt?" Roy shrugged.

"Ana's got a point. Superman's on the job already. Why get in his way?" Jason shrugged.

Roy sighed, "I'll get the keys."

"Thanks," Jason nodded.

Ana ran up and wrapped her arm around both Jason and Roy's arms. "Can we please get something to eat? Please?"


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