July 4, 12:00 EDT

Crowds of people flooded out from the park in a panic, as many screamed and trampled over one another to escape from the monster behind them. A woman tripped over onto the ground, as a man, presumably her friend, stopped to help her up.

"Come on, we have to keep moving!" The man by her side frantically told her, as he helped her up to her feet. Just as they rose back up, a shadow hovered over them. Sweat poured down the man's face, as he still held onto the girl's hand. He slowly backed away from whatever was causing the shadow in front of them, slowly guiding the girl as well. Without warning, he broke out into a run, pulling the girl along to follow. They only got a few steps away before suddenly being hit by a bright blue beam, instantly freezing them both in a giant mass of ice.

The screams only got louder and more frantic, as Mr. Freeze continued to blast at the fleeing crowd with his freeze-cannon, seemingly almost at random. He charged the weapon to shoot another deadly beam, but was suddenly interrupted, as a batarang hit the weapon from the side. The weapon was knocked off course, as instead of shooting another family, it froze a tree. Mr. Freeze growled, as he slowly turned to face the direction the batarang came from. "Batman, I was wondering when you'd show up." He angrily muttered. Of course, the Dark Knight was nowhere to be seen, as Freeze only faced the forest just beyond the open park area. Laughter echoed from the forest, then from the park benches to his left, and then from behind him. It seemed to be coming from all directions. He slowly turned, cannon-ready, as he tried to follow the laughter.

Without warning, Robin landed right on the villain's glass dome, knocking him off balance once more, as he quickly jumped back off before Freeze could have time to counterattack. Mr. Freeze fell flat on his stomach this time, as Robin quickly threw two more batarangs at his dome before landing back onto the ground. Freeze's dome cracked in various places upon impact, as he slowly brought himself back up to his feet, noticeably embarrassed and frustrated. "Oh, Boy Wonder, the Bat sent you to drag me off to prison? Frankly, I'm underwhelmed." He angrily expressed, as he prepared to fire a beam at his new opponent.

"Fantastic, but, I'm sort of in a hurry here." Robin replied with annoyance, as he simply stood there in front of Freeze.

"Kids, always in such a rush." Freeze smirked, as he charged his cannon.

"I'm not talking to you." Robin smiled back.

Immediately Freeze realized it was all a decoy, as he quickly turned around. Of course, it was too late at this point, as Batman came speeding down from the sky, his fist pulled back. His punch broke through the already damaged glass, knocking Freeze unconscious.

An alarm could be herd going off somewhere in a bank of Central City as the bank was as Captain Cold was back at it again with his no good deeds the police showed up to the scene as of them pointed there guns Captain Cold "Freeze!" An officer yelled. "How about you gentlemen freeze!" Captain Cold froze the police officers he went deeper into the bank he froze the vault door a bit and kick it down and he began to fill the his bags with cash. But he paused as a gush off wind flew passed him as he turned and pointed his gun towards the person who he thought was no one other than the Flash.

"Captain Cold I thought would have already knew that crime doesn't pay, but seeing all these bills some may say other wise," Kid Flash said as he held a stack of 100 dollar bills as ran his thumb through the whole stack.

"HA it's only the baby flash this shouldn't be hard maybe you just need to "CHILL"," Captain Cold said as he dodged the the blast as
Kid Flash to dart around the room.

"Mind if i step in," The Flash said as he stood like five feet away from Captain Cold. "Ice to meet you again Flash!" Captain cold yelled as he completely shifted his focus at the flash. As he was about to shoot the gun Kid flash snatched the freeze blaster right out of his hands.

"Looks like your going to be on thin Ice," Flash said his pun as he did a quick punch Captain Cold knocking him out Cold.

July 4, 12:02 EDT

Killer Frost slid on an ice bridge through the busy streets of New York. She found the New York National Bank. Once she was about to go in, she was stopped by a television.

"Ice to meet you!" a voice on the television laughed.

Killer Frost rolled her eyes and murmured, "How original." She continued her way through New York, freezing stopped cars and screaming people.

Killer Frost was then swooped up into the air. She twisted around to see none other than, "Wonder Girl." Killer Frost shot a blast of ice to the young girl's face. Wonder Girl released her grip and Killer Frost began to fall to the ground.

"Hey!" Donna shouted and flew down towards Frost.

Killer Frost created another ice slide to soften her fall. When she was on the ground she shot a blue beam of pure ice.

Wonder Girl held her bracelets crossed over her face to block the ice. She flew directly through the blast to Killer Frost. When she was close enough, she threw a punch that knocked Frost a few feet back.

"You Wonder Twerp!" Frost shouted and moved her hands up to send out another blast. Before she could shoot, her arms were pulled tightly to her side.

"That's enough, Frost," Wonder Woman said, flying down to the streets. "What do you have to say for yourself?"

Killer Frost tried to resist the Lasso of Truth's powers, but she ended up blurting out, "I should've robbed that stupid bank!"

July 4, 9:04 PDT

On a suspension bridge, cars swerved violently out of the way, as they tried desperately to dodge the maniac in the middle of the road. Icicle Jr. laughed maniacally, as he froze the air around him to create an enormous wall, which caused many cars to crash and flip upon impact. He walked forward, passed his wall, as he started to throw sharp icicles, one after another, at the oncoming cars' windows. Suddenly, a green arrow pierced right through his shoulder, causing him to stumble backwards slightly. About a dozen more arrows followed soon after, landing all along his ice wall. "Finally! I was wondering what a guy had to do to get a little attention around here!" The maniac laughed, looking upward, as the arrows all began to flash a bright red color, following by a beeping sound, in sync with the flashes. The arrows all exploded simultaneously, as Icicle Jr. went staggering left and right. He rubbed his head in pain, as his eyes floated back above, to get a good look at his attackers.

Standing on one of the bridge's towers were Green Arrow, and his partner, Speedy. They both reloaded their arrows in unison, seemingly rather calm.

"Show me what ya' got, heroes!" He laughed, launching a series of sharp icicles up at the duo.

"Junior's doing this for attention?" Speedy questioned, as the duo shot out another round of arrows to stop the icicles in midair. The arrows exploded upon impact, stopping only about half of the onslaught. The two quickly jumped out of the way to dodge the other half, as they ran along the cables to get a closer shot. The icicles completely froze over the top of the tower, as Icicle Jr. prepared for another wave. "I'm tell you now, this little distraction better not interfere." Speedy angrily spoke, as he jumped up to dodge another icicle, simultaneously shooting out another exploding arrow at the attacker.

The ice villain created another wall in front of him, as it caught two more arrows. The wall exploded, but Icicle Jr. was left unscaved.

Speedy dodged yet another icicle, performing an impressive flip in the air to do so. As he fell towards the bridge, he shot out one last arrow, one with an odd, silver, rounded tip.

Icicle Jr. tried to dodge it by swaying to the side, but it ended up hitting him right in the jaw, causing him to fall backwards, into the ground.

Green Arrow and Speedy both landed on the bridge, as they approached the villain, cautiously.

The mentor knelt down beside the unconscious boy, as he began to chuckle to himself. "Kid had a glass jaw." He laughed, as he turned to Speedy.

"Hilarious, can we go? Today's the day." Speedy impatiently re-informed Green Arrow.

It was after the showtime and finally the day. Zatanna was ecstatic, despite her father's dismay. But, of course, duty calls. Zatanna narrowly dodged a blast from Minister Blizzard's ice gun. "Etativel!" She called, which in turn pulled her into the air. "Father, can't we just end this and go?" She was impatient with the seemingly lengthy battle (even though it had been hardly five minutes).
"Calm herself, we will depart shortly," Zatara answered his daughter. He raised his hand towards the villain as he shot another blast. "Tcelfed!" He cast, causing the blast to urn around and head back towards Minister Blizzard. The villain growled and jumped out of the way of the deflected attack. "Mrasid dna etativel retsinim drazzilb!" After the gun was ripped away from his hands, Minister Blizzard was lifted into the air with no way of returning to his feet. "Sepor Niartser!" Ropes appeared out of thin air to tie around the villain's body and capture him. Zatara placed him back onto the ground as he floated back to his feet.
"Tlem eht eci dna wons!" Zatana called, raising her arms. Anything that had been frozen melted, the water from the ice and snow building up. "Etaropave eht retaw!" Once the water dissipated, she landed beside her father who was waiting for the cops to take Minister Blizzard away. "Soooooo...now that the baddy has been caught, we can leave now?" She chirped, clasping her hands together as she grinned up at him.
Zatara sighed, closing his eyes and pinching the bridge of his nose with his gloved hand. "Of course, my dear," he said, lowering his hand to smile at her. "Today is the day after all."

July 4, 14:00 EDT

Cameras flashed, as the young heroes all walked alongside their mentors, heading towards the public headquarters of the Justice League, the Hall of Justice. Fans were kept away by a series of velvet ropes on either side of the entrance walkway, as many waved and yelled to try and get the attention of at least one for a decent picture. A sizable amount of people showed up to tour the Hall today, as it was rumoured that they may get a quick glimpse of their favorite heroes.

"Speedy! Speedy, over here!" One man yelled out, as he tried to grab Kid Flash's attention.

Robin had learned a long time ago to always keep a cool, calm demeanor, no matter how he was feeling on the inside. This was definitely a moment where he put his training in that field to the test. As they walked closer and closer to the Hall, he couldn't help but smile. Seven years of being nothing more than Batman's sidekick, it was satisfactory to know he was finally stepping into the big leagues. One step closer to becoming his own man.

Batman noticed Robin's grin, as he rested a hand on the boy's shoulder. "Today's the day." Batman assured him.

"This is the first time all five sidekicks have been together in the same place." Robin noted openly.

"Don't call us sidekicks. Not after today." Speedy snapped back at him, as the word clearly hit a nerve.

The group entered the building, as they were met with seven enormous statues of the seven founding League members. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter. Just under it was an automatic sliding door, that read: 'Authorized Personnel Only'. The door suddenly slid open, as Martian Manhunter and Red Tornado stood just beyond the entryway to greet them.

"Robin, Wonder Girl, Zatanna, Kid Flash, Speedy, welcome." Martian Manhunter greeted them, as he gestured them to follow him further into the Hall. "You now have unlimited access to the gym, our fully stocked gallery, and of course," The alien paused, as he stepped into the comfy looking room. "Our library." It was a large, open room, with an endless amount of books, records, and dvds all along the walls. There were leather chairs and couches scattered around in the corners, with a few tables here and there, and a single computer, with an enormous screen in the center of the back wall.

"Make yourselves at home. Mi casa es su casa." Green Arrow smirked, as he walked with the other League members to another sliding door, just beside the enormous monitor.

Robin followed along, as he took a seat on the closest couch to him. He didn't mind waiting for whatever the League had planned, he was already so overwhelmed with what they had already given him. Full access to the League's headquarters? He had never even been inside before!

Speedy decided to stay standing, as he folded his arms. Even now, they were treating them like kids.

"Quick debrief on the coincidence of five ice villains attacking on the same day, we shouldn't be long." Batman calmly told the sidekicks, as he turned back to the door. A circular camera came down from a hidden compartment from the ceiling, as it scanned each League member with its' eye. "Recognized, Batman, 0-2." It moved on to the next hero, "Wonder Woman, 0-3. Flash, 0-4. Green Arrow, 0-8. Martian Manhunter, 0-7. Red Tornado, 1-6. Zatara, 1-1." Once it had finally finished confirming everyone's identity, Batman began to lead the group into the room ahead, as the sliding door opened up to give them access.

Zatanna was grinning the entire way to the Hall. She gave a little wave here and there towards the crowd, her excitement clearly showing. Allowing her to join the other younger heroes was probably the most dangerous thing her father had ever let her do. Zatara was rather extremely protective of her but after some constant begging, he gave in. Zatanna was pretty aw-struck with the place, especially with the wonders behind the 'Authorized Personal Only' door. The library was pretty impressive. Not as impressive as some of mystical libraries she had been to, but still. Zatara watched his daughter carefully before following the other Leaguers into their main area of the Hall. Zatanna slowly spun in a circle to take more of her surroundings in. Then she turned to the closest armchair and seated herself, crossing her legs.

Donna had a faint smile on her face as she walked. She was finally going to become her own hero. While she didn't mind baring the burden of "Wonder Girl" she wanted to make a name for herself. She looked at her sister who said to her quietly, "Do not be nervous, sister, you will be welcomed among the others."

Donna nodded a thanks to Wonder Woman and continued the walk that seemed to last miles. She was well aware that if something were to happen to her sister, she would be the new Wonder Woman. She didn't mind this weight on her shoulders, but prayed to the goddesses her sister would stay safe.

Upon entering the Hall, Donna stayed standing until she saw the others sit. She took a seat and sat straight, legs crossed similarly to Zatanna's. "I am quite pleased to meet all of you," she said in an attempt to break the silence.

"Speedy! Speedy, over here!"One man yelled out, as he tried to grab Kid Flash's attention
"I'm not speedy I'm Kid flash," Kid flash said. "That guy over there that Speedy," Kid Flash said as he pointed back over to Speedy's direction "That doesn't make any sense!" The man said as he began to awkwardly began to step away.

*Later*

"Hey nice to meet you to I know some these guys already like my old pals Robin and Speedy," Kid flash said. "But your from an Island of all women how's that like that sounds *cough* pretty interesting *cough*" Kid Flash said as Kid flash was trying get some details of how there Island filled with women is like as he laughed a bit.

Deep Below LexCorps

The first thing Koriand'r registered was a low and metallic beeping sound. It echoed around her and hurt her head, but still she didn't wake. Unbeknownst to Koriand'r, a scientist was staring in absolute disbelief. The life form they had recovered was showing signs of brain activity. It was small, as the alien behind the glass was dreaming and could not wake. All this time the scientist had been under the impression she was studying a body kept on life support, not a living monster!
She was quick to call her high ranking scientist and it was moments before Dr after Dr filled the large laboratory.
Koriand'r twitched, her mind fighting through the sedatives into conciousness. Though awake she could not open her eye and then she began to notice the feeling around her. She was floating, feeling as though she was flying, but the feeling was wet. Discomfort flooded her body when she attempted to breathe in and the two oxygen tubes shoved up her nose shifted.
That awoke the slumpering alien, her green eyes shooting open to be met with an assault of light and liquid. She began thrashing, meomeries flashing through her mind uncomfortably, invading her waking moments. Though she managed to call down some, her vibrant eyes staring through rounded glass to the faces of horror and wonder. Anger flooded her mind first, her forehead slamming forward into the glass, nothing but a small crack forming. Muffled voice reached her ears in a language she was unfamiliar with. The scientist had taken a step back themselves, nervous, ready to run should the situation call for it.
Her mouth broke apart and an enraged shout attempted to leave her mouth, drowned out by the liquid that surrounded her. Again, Koriand'r slammed into the glass, this time with her fists." I wouldn't worry! Superman himself couldn't break that glass!" One exclaimed, which of course was not true. Again and again the angry Tamaranian slammed the glass, a crack occuring each time until she did break it and spill down to the ground. The tubes in her nose had been ripped out uncomfortably and it left her gasping for air. She glanced up to the scientist while she attempted to catch her breath, their eyes glued to the alien in the ground before them.
One took a step forward and Koriand'r raised her arm at him threateningly. She opened her mouth, where am I? She demanded, but he only stated at her with confusion. He hadn't understood her, Koriand'r jammed her fist foreward, in moments, volts of electricity shot up her body and brought a scream to her lips. Her skin left tingling and sore from the shocking, quickly man after man jumped on top of her in an attempt it stop her. Needless to say they were no match for her otherworldly strength and she threw them off easily. Had this been any other day she would've just fried them, but she was terrified and didn't know where she was.

"Try not to pay too much attention to K.F. over here; you can go ahead and ignore about half the things that come out of his mouth." Robin half-joked with a chuckle, as he rested his forearms on his knees, leaning in slightly to the group. "I heard you were a big help to Wonder Woman in bringing Circe down last year. If anyone deserves a spot in the Justice League, it's you." Robin commended her.

Speedy simply stared angrily at the door in front of them, which read: 'Justice League Members Only'. He clenched both his fists tightly, as he started to grind his teeth. "You idiots don't get it, do you!?" He couldn't be silent any longer, not when the other teens were taking things so lightly. "Today was suppose to be the day; the first step in becoming full-fledged Justice League members!" He angrily snapped.

"Speedy, we're getting there. This is the first step, a tour of the HQ. There's still a lo-" Robin began to reason, but was immediately cut off.

"This isn't anything more than a glorified backstage pass! Not even a good one!" He pointed over to the door where the Leaguers had just exited. "Look at them, leaving us kids to sit and play, as the adults go off to talk!" His voice was raised, it angered him greatly that no one understood the way he did. "That's all we are to them, kids." He paused for a moment, as he thought about things deeper. "No, to them, we're just the sidekicks." He squinted his eyes slightly, as he stared off into the distance.

"Speedy,..." Robin trailed off, as he stood up from his chair.

The hero gripped his hat harshly. "I thought I was Green Arrow's partner, but," he threw his hat down onto the ground, "not anymore." Speedy said with a sigh, as he started to walk back towards the way they entered from. "I won't play their game, and if you kids will, then maybe you really aren't League material, afterall." He angrily expressed.

Robin rushed to stand in his way, as he held out both of his arms. "Wait, Roy, just think about what you're doing! You're not thinking straight, you've spent years now, fighting along side Green Arrow! You can't just throw it all away now!" He pleaded to save his friend, as he knew the archer was just doing this off of anger. Perhaps if he had a chance to calm down, sit, and think things over, Robin figured.

"I'll try my best," Donna chuckled. She wasn't new to Man's World as she started being Diana's partner around the age of thirteen. She knew boy's sometimes asked silly questions. "Many thanks," Donna said in response to Robin's praise, "but I still have much to learn. If anything you should be in the League. You do have more experience than I, Boy Wonder."

"I don't believe this is a 'game'," Donna said to Speedy. "We have been fighting for years and this is the biggest recognition so far. I am sure the League has good plans for us." Donna couldn't, more she wouldn't, believe her sister would treat her like a child. She has helped in many important missions and had saved Wonder Woman's life on multiple occassions. Donna wouldn't believe Wonder Woman, or any of the other Leaguers, would simply treat them like "sidekicks."

"What? The alien has escaped?" Lex Luthor nearly shouted into his phone. "Keep her busy, I'll figure it out," he commanded and slammed the phone down, ending the frantic emergency call. He picked up the phone again and dialed to the main control of Lex Corp.

"Yes, I need you to tell everyone there is a fire in the labs. I want minimal distress and panic. If I hear one peep from the media it'll be your head, got that? Good, now begin evacuation."

He then turned on his computers to watch both the evacuation and the alien's rampage. "Damn it," he cursed to himself, trying to think of a plan.

On the Lex Corp floor, tourists flooded out of the building relatively calmly. A the minor workers also mixed in with the crowd. Luthor nodded in approval then grabbed the phone again.

"I have a plan. Get the Genomorphs. Calm her down enough to get her into the "Kr" tanks. When you've done that contact me immediately."

"Yes sir!" the scientist said and commanded the Genomorphs. A crowd of a dozen surrounded the rampaging Starfire and their horns grew red. The dozen tried their best to calm her.

July 4, 13:13 EDT



Ravager stood on top of a rooftop, positioned almost perfectly adjacent to LexCorp. The man hummed a little tune, as he pulled out a bipod from the black duffel bag by his side. He set it up carefully on the foot-high parapet, as the mercenary then proceeded to take out his favorite sniper rifle. Very calmly, he set the rifle on the bipod, as he lied on the ground, peering through the scope. He had a perfect view of Lex's office from where he sat. His finger twitched slightly, as the man was almost tempted to take the shot right then and there. He knew if he did, however, the entire mission could be jeopardized. "It's not going to be that easy..." He mumbled to himself, as even if he took the shot, he doubted Luthor would die so easily, or else he'd have died a long while back. He took a single hand off of the rifle, as he pushed a tiny button on his ear piece. "Merkell, report."

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The man had contorted his body in such a manner, he lied quite comfortably inside of a vent; his legs were in a squatting position, as he had dislocated his back in several places so that it was bent so far backwards that his head was hovering between both his legs. He sat just at the entrance of this closed vent, peering out into an empty lab's hallway, waiting. Somehow, he managed to reach a hand over to his face, as he pressed a button down on his ear piece. "Leave me alone, I'm close. The security in this joint is tougher than you'd expect. Especially this far down." He calmly replied to one of his partners on this mission, the Ravager. Suddenly, a pair of footsteps were heard making their way towards the vent's direction. "If you'll excuse me." Merkell whispered, as he pressed the button once more to turn communications off. Just as the walker's legs came into view, the contortionist sprang out of the vent, forcing the cover to fly off in the distance. He tackled the scientist, ramming him right in the head, as the man's head went crashing into the wall. Merkell fell limply on the ground, right beside the now unconscious scientist. He quickly, and easily, put all of his dislocated body parts back into their proper place, as he rose from the ground. He looked off in the direction the scientist was headed, as barely ten feet in front of him was white, metal door, leading to a deeper level. It was secured very well, as the only way inside was via an eye scanner. The contortionist was positive, behind this door, was exactly what he was after. He grabbed the scientist by the head, lifting the man up impressively with only a single hand. He dragged him over to the door, as Merkell pressed his face against the scanner beside the door. With his free hand, he opened half an eyelid, as a small ding was heard before the doors slowly slid open.
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"What about you, Bane?" The Ravager questioned, as he kept his eye on Luthor's every movement.
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A well-built, hooded man walked alongside a large tour group, as the guide led them through a lot of LexCorp's current projects, at least, the ones they revealed to the public. The man hovered towards the back, as he spent most of his time on his phone, rather than paying any attention to the tour guide. "They've all been planted." He whispered quietly into his earpiece, as he threw down a small, circular, metal device down under a conveyor belt they passed, where some of the newest aerospace technology was being engineered, as explained by the guide. Quickly, without anyone seeing, Bane pressed a single button on the application on his phone, as a dim, green light began to flash from the device he had thrown down.
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"Floyd?" Ravager tried to confirm with his last partner.

Zatanna smirked at Kid Flash's enthusiasm. She found the bunch rather enjoyable to be around, despite Speedy's obvious grumpiness. Her eyebrows rose at the archer's sudden outburst. Her opinion was a bit strained with his statement. Sure, her father often treated her like a little girl but she was here, wasn't she? It was a small sign that he trusted that she could handle it. "Please, let's not jump to conclusions," she stated, removing her top hat and placing it on the armrest of the chair. "We just need patience. I'm sure the league will come to allow us in sooner or later." Zatanna thought Roy was being too unrational about their situation, he just needed a moment to calm down and think.

Koriand'r was not a specifically easy opponent. She was a trained warrior with capabilities no human man could dream of. Once she was surrounded she took flight, taking into the air and holding out her arm as she prepared to use her a starbolt. She tried to give what she assumed would be a useless declaration of peace." Ruth'bargtar! Komolin'dar!" She shouted as her hand began to glow it's telltale pink.
Her enemies however did not back down, and she blasted one with a hot starbolt. Another gripped her ankle midflight and dragged her around and slammed her into the ground.
For a moment she did not move, instead anger flooded her body and she shot into the beast fist first. She cursed in Tamaranian, not wishing to bring harm to the creatures she did not recognize. But they had first attacked her, so naturally she had no option.
Her voice was much more serious, dangerous even." Ruth'bargtar! Komolin'dar." But they did not seem to stop but she opted not to blast with her starbolts again. The angered alien teenager took flight again, speeding off, leaving behind a trail of light that lasted only a few seconds behind her. She glanced over her shoulder for only a moment before her hallway ended and she slammed into the wall at a high speed. Flying indoors was not particularly safe for a disoriented teenager, so through the wall she went. She bounced at first hitting the floor and skidding some distance. She skid across the room and into the next wall, leaving a good dent but not enough to go through it.
She groaned and attempted to stand from her indent but found it rather difficult to do so. As another small group of genomorph's approached she let out an angry call, raising her hand and shooting out another hot starbolt, already getting drained.

"Yeah I here you loud and clear," Deadshot answered Ravager as he was dressed up as a police officer as he walked out security room. "Everything all set, but there maybe a problem here something is going downstairs and something tells me it's not friendly," Deadshot said as into his earpiece as he took one more look at the footage of Starfire fighting Genomorphs and closed the door behind him. "I'm going to get changed now so if were going to do this mission we best start doing it soon. as he walked down the hall and went into the janitor's room to grab out a bag filled with weapons and his coustume.

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"But why do you say that they have to trust us come on Speedy we known each other for years even though this HQ is not as big as we thought it to be it's still not that bad i bet you we'll get are moment to shine soon enough," Kid Flash tried to convince his friend from not leaving even putting his hand oh is shoulder as he tried to smile to lighten the mood.

Speedy thought about opening his mouth to explain that the Hall of Justice was just a forefront for tourists, but, with the way they were reacting to everything, it wouldn't change things, even if he told them. "Waiting, waiting, waiting, that's all I've been doing for the past three years!" He angrily responded to just about everyone, as he shoved Kid Flash's hand off of him. "I'm a hero, and I don't need people like the League pushing me back, cutting me off from the real deal, as they tell me, when to go, how to go, where to go, and why not to go, with little to no reason. If this is how they're going to treat us, It's clear to me I'd be better off on my own." He angrily explained, as he shoved his way past Robin and Kid Flash, exiting out of the room without another word.

Robin's mouth gaped open, as he simply stood there, staring at the place where Speedy just was. 'He's not right, is he?' The thought floated through his head. The Boy Wonder had no idea Speedy even felt this way, as it was clear he'd had this anger and frustration bent up inside of him for quite some time, they all did. Robin wondered, just how close was everyone else to going off the edge, leaving for good, how close was he? Not even the young detective knew the answer.

Suddenly, the computer started giving off an alarm, as the monitor quickly flashed on to reveal Superman himself. "Superman to Justice League," he called out for the team.

Suddenly, Batman, followed by the rest of the Leaguers, flooded back out into the library, as they heard Superman's distress signal. They all looked on at the monitor, up at Superman, waiting to hear his report, as they basically all ignored the younger kids.

"I've got a report that there was an explosion in one of the labs at Lexcorp, it's started a fire." He explained.

"This may present the perfect opportunity to-" Batman was suddenly cut off, as another alarm went off. Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern, appeared in the corner of the screen, in a small window, covering up most of Superman's right chest.

"Green Lantern to Justice League, the sorcerer Wotan is using the Amulet of Aten to blot out the sun. Requesting full League response." Jordan relayed his own predicament.

There was a small pause, as Batman turned over to Superman's portion of the screen, "Superman?"

"It's reported to be a small fire, Luthor's already taking all of the proper procedures to get it under control, and everyone to safety. It should be under control." Superman reasoned.

"Then we'll take care of the bigger threat." Batman told Superman, along with the Leaguers beside him. He walked over to the computer, as he held in a single key on the keyboard. "All Leaguers rendezvous at Hal Jordan's coordinates, Batman out." The message was sent out to every member of the Justice League, across the globe. He took his finger off of the button, as he turned to face the sidekicks.

"Sounds like you guys could use all the hands you can get; wherever you want us, Batman." Robin took center-stage, in front of the group, as he tried to stay as emotionless as possible; this was the bigger problem to solve, with or without Speedy.

"Wait, where's Roy?" Green Arrow questioned the group, only now noticing his disappearance.

"He-" Robin almost whispered, as Batman quickly cut him off.

The Dark Knight squinted in agitation, as he stared down at Speedy's hat, lying on the floor, forgotten by its' owner. "We'll discuss it later. Right now, this mission requires the full attention of all League members. For now, you four need to stay put." Batman gave a nod to Green Arrow, before giving a look to each and every one of the teens.

Robin clenched his fists angrily, but rested them soon after, as he let out a sigh.

"Stay put." Batman said it once more, quieter, as it seemed to be directed more to his own sidekick. With this, Batman led the Justice League members back into the restricted room, as they prepared to use a zeta beam to quickly travel to Lantern's location.

Once again, the teens were left alone.

Zatanna opened her mouth to say something in retort to Roy's words but she just slowly closed it. With why angry and frustrated he was, she saw no point in actually trying to argue with him. The girl just frowned and crossed her arms. She watched the ginger leave before she let out a heavy sigh. That's when the alarm went off. Zatanna stood up in reaction, her eyes darting towards the screen. Just the exchange of the Leaguers' words filled her with excitement, though she didn't show it. Perhaps this would be an opportunity for the younger ones to go on a mission!
But, it was not meant to be. Zatanna just look away from the group, hugging her arms. As soon as the Justice League left the room and the teens were alone, the black-haired beauty returned her gaze back to the others. "Are we actually going to stay put?" She questioned.

"Why blot out the sun?" Donna questioned to herself softly. She didn't understand why someone would want to destroy a whole planet. Like Robin, Donna assumed they would be going on the mission with the League, but she was wrong. Batman simply have them a chilling order and left.

"I suppose this is what we asked for," Donna sighed, "They did not bring us as their sidekicks."

Donna then considered Zatanna's question. Batman wanted them to stay in the Hall, but they were heroes now, not sidekicks. "There was a fire at Lex Corp," Donna pointed out, "Perhaps our assistance would be welcomed?"