Chapter 14

The aftermath of the Justice League's encounter with a super powered android reached many ears, including those of the Daily Problem. It took most of the League to take it down, including Superwoman. Therefore, Lois Lane and Mary Jane Watson prepared to work on a story describing the android's attack. Lois rifled through the notes she had made, making sure she did not miss anything of relevant value.

"So, did you get it?" Lois asked. "Pictures….pictures of the android."

Mary Jane produced an envelope and pulled out the pictures. Lois just smiled as she produced them.

"Right here," Mary Jane said.

"Good, you're on the ball, Cover Girl," Lois commented. "I'm going to have to get an article drafted, Perry's going to want it soon."

Stepping around the office was Harry Kent, and there were more than a few women in the office who were trying to catch his eye. Harry stepped over, crossing the office to greet the two women who mandated his attention the most.

"Hi Lois, Mary Jane," Harry said.

"Harry, how are you?" Mary Jane asked with a smile.

"Oh, I'm doing well," Harry said returning the smile. "How about you?"

"Oh, you know, busy morning," Mary Jane commented waving it off. "I've been trying my best to get as many pictures as I can of that super powered android that was attacking the Justice League."

"They won, though?" Harry asked.

Mary Jane smiled and nodded. Yeah, they won, and it was pretty great. She only saw the conclusion of the battle, and the League looked pretty banged up. Then again, they fought an android who combined all of the powers and the abilities of the League.

"Harry, do you think that you could proofread my article?" Lois asked. "You know before I sent it off to Perry?"

Once Lois asks this, Harry nodded in confirmation. Mary Jane places a hand on his shoulder and offers him a sympathetic smile in response.

"My condolences," Mary Jane said. "I'll be back in about an hour, got to get some lunch."

It appeared that many of the people in the Planet were filling out to get some lunch right now. Harry took Lois's article and gave it a very careful looking over. He raised his eyebrows and realized why Mary Jane offered her condolences just by looking at Lois's initial draft. Lois was a damn good reporter, although she could have some interesting writing quirks.

"Well, the actual article is pretty good," Harry commented slowly. "Although, your constant misplacement of commas, overuse of adverbs, and….well other than some transpositions of some letters...which is an easy enough fix...everything is pretty good. Although pretty rough."

"Well, that's why they call in a rough draft," Lois said with a cheeky grin.

Harry flicked his finger, and corrected all of Lois's mistakes. Her words were still her words, but he made them flow correctly. With all of the commas in the right place and everything.

A conflicted Lois answered with a slight frown.

"Wow, that almost seems like cheating," Lois said with a chuckle. "But, you're a real time saver."

Lois noticed that there was not really anyone on this floor of the office right about now. That made her turn her attention completely to Harry.

"Now that's done, I should thank you for your help," Lois said. "And you know...no one else is here….."

Lois reached over and put her hand on Harry's shoulder.

"And I'm in the mood for something...creamy for lunch," Lois breathed in his ear. "So….how about it? Claire's desk seems to be the most ideal for what we want to do….not that she's been in the office all morning. And the cleanest though…."

Lois cupped Harry's crotch and kissed him. Harry put the hand on the back of her head to kiss Lois back. It was obvious that Claire's desk was not going to be the cleanest for too much longer, not if Lois had her say. Harry and Lois entered a very passionate makeout session.

At least until the sound of screaming children hit Harry hard. Harry pulled away from Lois.

"School bus careening out of control on a bridge, be right back."

Harry zipped off and Lois broke out into a sigh.

"Like mother, like son," Lois remarked.

Harry moved over to catch a bus full of terrified school children about ready to tip over the edge. They screamed and the bus driver appeared to be rooted on the spot, unable to do anything out of shock. Fearful that any action would mean certain doom for both the driver and the children. This had gotten out of control for reasons which Harry did not know.

And he figured that the reasons why the school bus were about ready to careen over the bridge did not matter. Harry zipped into place, about ready to levitate the bus to safely.

Only, before he could do anything, the bus lifted up off of the ground. Superwoman came up to save the dayand to place the bus down onto the bridge.

Superwoman locked eyes with Harry.

"Nice one," Harry said. "I should have known you would have been around to save the day."

She answered with a nod.

"You didn't need to get involved," she responded.

"Obviously," Harry coolly told her. "So I heard about the android…."

"The matter was under control," Claire said.

"Good," Harry curtly replied. "I'll see you around then."

And without a backward glance, Harry turned his back and left Superwoman on the bridge, without a backwards glance. Superwoman stared off after him. That was not the reaction that she expected and Harry's attitude threw her off completely.

No anger, no resentment, no confronting her about how she acted, just cool and casual indifference. It reminded Claire of….well it pained her to even think about who it reminded Claire of. Especially given the rather harsh falling out they had.

Claire shook her head. No way of fixing that now.

Despite the indifference she had been giving to Harry, it hurt to have him blow her off like that.

She caught the eye of the MCU, who smiled and prepared to deal with the children and the shellshocked driver. Captain Maggie Sawyer gave Claire an encouraging smile, telling her they had the children well under hand.

A ringing phone took Claire's eye further off the ball.

"Hello?"Claire asked.

"It's Diana," the voice on the other end said. "Are you still up for lunch?"

The encounter with her son, for lack of a better turn, kept shaking Claire. She shook her head.

"Yes, I'm on," Claire said. "I'll see you real soon."

Back in the guise of mild mannered reporter Claire Kent, The Woman of Steel met Diana Prince for lunch. The two of them ordered their lunch. One could tell instantly, and Diana could after knowing Claire for so long, that something was bothering her.

"So, I met Superboy," Diana commented to hopefully brak the ice.

Claire fiddled with her fork. It seemed like the longest ten seconds of her life before she was able to respond to Diana.

"Yes," Claire said. "But, you know, Lois is trying to make the entire Superman name stick and...he is not really a boy...he can handle himself...he doesn't need me….and if he needs someone, Karen's doing a pretty good job at handling….well she's...she's doing a good job."

Despite the fact that Claire tried to remain calm and not bitter, the words flowing out of her mouth indicated that she still was pretty stung by the encounter this morning. Naturally, Diana would pick up on it, because if anything, the Amazon Princess was extremely observant like that.

"Are you going to ever sit him down and talk to him about the way you're acting around him and why?" Diana asked.

"I can't really deal with this right now," Claire said.

The past year had been rather rough for Claire. Friends lost, father lost, and her near death, and that was just the tip of the iceberg.

Her entire world had been turned upside down after finding out she had a cousin who survived Krypton, and this one had not been from an alternate Earth either. And she had to fight tooth and nail to get kara to stay on the farm, and it was a good thing that Lana and her mother both agreed to keep on an eye on Kara. And there was plenty of friction there.

After all, the last time Kara saw Clara, she was a baby. But, Kara's powers...they were strong and Claire did not want Kara to hurt herself or others trying to use them. And there would be people who would be able to take advantage of Kara's good nature. Claire tried to follow the example her father, the late Jonathan Kent, did by keeping her safe on the farm until she was ready.

This only breeded resentment between Kara and Claire.

"Well, you should really face this before you lose him," diana offered.

Almost as if checking of eavesdroppers, Claire turned her head from one side to the other.

"No one knows this," Claire said. "Not even Batman...but….I'm sure he's done his own investigations on…..Har...on Superboy."

Claire tried not to call Harry by his name, because that would mean there was some kind of personal attachment towards him. And given all the people Claire lost in the past year, she thought that personal attachment was the worst thing to have right now.

"I uncovered some records from Cadmus, with some help," Claire said in a calm voice. "And I'm pretty sure that part of Harry's DNA comes from Lex Luthor."

"Are you certain about this?" Diana asked her calmly.

"He's cloned me before," Claire said. "It didn't end so well….and there's also this Subject X, I don't even know what it is...who it is...and how it fits it….but you shouldn't tell Superboy about what's happening."

"Fine, I won't tell Harry about this," Diana commented. "But, I think it's your responsibility to sit down and have an honest conversation about him. He's not Lex."

It was a mark of the respect Diana said that he's not Lex, but if Harry was like Lex, then secrets would only make him resent Claire. At one time, Claire and Lex were friends, but Lex was suspicious about Claire and how she had been keeping secrets.

The breakup had been very bad, and Lex had turned from one of Claire's closest friends to Superwoman's greatest foe.

"I don't really know how Lex got ahold of my DNA again," Claire said. "I still haven't been able to figure it out."

"Maybe it wasn't Lex," Diana offered.

Claire offered Diana a look which plainly said that it was always Lex, always with her. Every time she turned around, the specter of Lex Luthor haunted Claire and made her life miserable. There was a small dark thought in Claire's mind that she squashed down out of shame that she should have allowed Lex to die on that day when she saved him. Actually, there were a few times Claire saved Lex over the years, along with Lana, Lois...and Claire shut down the thought, given what happened to the third person who nearly came to mind.

All her fault.

"He doesn't need me, he's doing fine," Claire said.

"But, you're not," Diana said. "Come to Themyscira...you can get clarity."

"I'm fine, Diana," Claire said sharply. "And the League needs me here."

A long pause followed between the two of them. Diana took a long drink.

"You found Minerva," Claire said.

"You heard?" Diana asked.

"Yeah, I heard," Claire said. "How are you holding up?"

Diana just smiled in spite of herself. Leave it to Claire to be the one to be concerned with others, despite the fact that she was going through her own struggles. That was a part of what made Claire Kent, Claire Kent.

"Claire, I appreciate your concern, but don't you think that you're hiding from something…."

"Well, you're burying your guilt from what happened to Minerva," Claire pressed on. "Like you still won't mention Aresia because you feel guilty about what she did."

Instantly, Claire regretted saying the wrong thing. That caused Diana's eyes to mist over and Claire reach over to grab her. She went one step over the line. The voice in Claire's head that sounded a lot like Lois grumbled "way to go, Smallville."

"I need to leave to leave," Claire said. "I'll pay for lunch."

"No, it's quite alright," Diana said in an even voice. "I shouldn't have pushed you...we both have our demons to face."

However, Claire already walked off, fuming at upsetting Diana by bringing up something so sensitive. Maybe Diana should not have pressed her on the Superboy front, but it was right out of order for Claire to drop one of the Amazon's greatest shames so naturally in front of her.

Harry slipped back into the cave, to notice the rest of the team just hanging out. Donna sat cross-legged on the floor, with a few books she swept from the library back home. Harry moved over to crouch down to join her.

"So, any luck?" Harry asked.

"Not anything," Donna grimly told him. "I know Diana wants to change her friend back….but it's going to be hard. Especially given I'm not too sure what happened to Minerva, what triggered her transformation. And a curse like that is going to be very hard to lift."

"You'll find something," Harry said. "We just have to come across the right lead."

Mareena popped back into the cave. Her shoulders slumped and she was breathing in frustration.

"There's nothing in the library back to Atlantis," Mareena said.

Donna's deep sigh indicated her frustration.

"I figured as much," Donna said. "If it was a sea based creature, we might have found something easier."

"Yes, but I'm sure I've come across something about a totem like that before," Mareena said. "But, I can't remember where...and it was in passing a long time ago….when I was researching something else for a project in my first year at the academy."

"Relax, both of you are pushing yourself too hard," Harry said.

"It's not for me, it's for Diana," Donna said. "I hate to see her like this."

"It might be…."

"Hopeless without the artifact in question?" Mareena asked Harry who nodded. "I thought the same thing."

Whitney popped in at that moment, after fixing herself a big bowl of ice cream from the kitchen. She wanted to see how the others had been getting along.

"There must have been some kind of runic transfer involved," Donna suggested. "Or some high end transfiguration rite….but only true masters could put that kind of spell into an object."

"It would have to be high end to change a person's form at that level," Mareena said with a light tap on her chin.

Whitney just gave them a smile and took a bite of her ice cream.

"I know how people feel when I talk science in front of them," Whitney said. "But, I found out one thing you might want to know….Minerva did not go on her expedition alone."

This piqued the interest of Harry, Donna, and Mareena.

"She went on it with a Professor Nina Dowd," Whitney said. "But, she's missing too...and unless Professor Dowd or the artifact turn up anytime soon…."

Whitney left it hanging.

"Queen Bee could be another piece of this puzzle," Mareena darkly commented.

"Yeah, she's always a problem," Whitney agreed. "HIVE put her on the throne...although the previous regime was pretty bad. But, she rules Biyala now.. And she...well she has the power to enthrall most men and many women as well. Which is why her public approval rating is so high, despite being a dictator and a woman...over in that part of the world."

Whitney took in a deep sigh, and decided to step past that dicey political territory. Harry did not know much about Queen Bee, that was not covered in his training at Cadmus.

Which struck Harry as quite curious.

"That would be a League problem," Whitney said.

"Maybe," Mareena offered. "But it's a very dangerous political situation, I'm not sure if the League would even get involved with her too much. It would be an international incident waiting to happen."

Whitney nodded, she figured about that much. Still, Queen Bee was testing the League to see how they would react, by sending Cheetah in. And likely using her as a tool.

"You're getting a lot of attention lately," Whitney said with a knowing grin. "And just in time too, given that Polygamy being a much more widespread thing thanks to there not being too many good men anymore."

Donna's eyes snapped up from the book. She glared at Whitney.

"That's not funny to make light of that," Donna commented to her and she hurled the book down in frustration before storming off.

Harry raised an eyebrow. Whitney winced and Mareena put a sympathetic hand on her shoulder.

"What's the deal there?" Harry asked. "I've noticed that there hasn't been a lot of men around….some, but it's noticeable."

"It was one of her people who wiped out a good portion of the male population," Mareena said. "One of Donna's...they were friends. Her name was Aresia...and she decimated a third of all males on Earth...and likely contributed to the deaths of a lot of women as well."

There was a slight dark tone in Mareena's statement and Harry could piece together why many women died despite not being the target of the attack. It was horrifying to think about, the ramifications of whatever Aresia's attack was.

"And half of what remained was rendered infertile," Whitney added. "And the men that were left after that….well you have some choices, but not enough to sustain past a generation or two. And after all, if some of the men are not into women, whether they're assexual or gay...well that cuts down on your choices even more."

"Maybe that's one of the reasons why you were created by Cadmus," Whitney offered.

He doubted it very much. But, Harry supposed it was a possibility.

"And you really should think clearly before you speak," Mareena said. "Given how much that upsets Donna."

"I know," Whitney said.

Whitney moved into the room and knocked on it.

"Hey, Donna, listen, I'm…."

There was no answer on the other end of the door. It was obvious that Donna was still very triggered about the entire Aresia thing, even if Whitney did not intend to make light of genocide.

Sometimes Whitney West's mouth overran her brain.

M'gann slipped in behind them, having seen Donna stormed off when she came in the cave. Whitney moved off to apologize.

"Everything okay?" she asked.

"Whitney put her foot in her mouth, about there not being that many men after an Amazon attacked them," Harry said.

"Aresia, right," M'gann said. "Uncle J'onn warned me not to bring that up when I was here...and….I know what she was. If anyone like me would have committed a crime that bad, I don't think I could handle it either...not that any Martian would do anything like Aresia did."

Harry frown deepened. He really hoped that Donna would cool down any time soon.

"And there just aren't...that many men out there any more," M'gann said. "I guess that's one thing that Martians do have over humans...not that I'm saying that we're any better than them...it's just that…."

"You can shapeshift," Harry said. "And the same gender can have naturally born children, right?"

"Exactly," M'Gann said seriously, more so than Harry ever seen her in the short time that he knew her.

"You know, you're at the cave a lot," Harry said, changing the subject carefully.

"Well, I do live here, other than when I go off to visit my uncle," she commented.

"Doesn't that get lonely being here all of the time?"

M'gann abruptly shook her head, almost a bit too abruptly.

"It isn't too bad, although it can be pretty quiet at night, or when you're all off doing your own things," M'gann said. "But, solitude's not a bad thing, I swear. And it makes me appreciate the time with my friends even more."

Harry appreciated her sunny outlook on the situation, even though she was hiding some other less than desirable emotions very deep down.

"Red Tornado's here most of the time and he's...well he's Red Tornado," M'gann said.

Helena stood by Whitney, in low conversation. Mareena followed, and Donna brought up the rear. Whitney turned her attention away to Donna.

"Look, I'm sorry, I didn't think…."

"That's the problem, you don't think!" Donna snapped. "You would think that you would be less flippant. You brought up my greatest shame."

Donna's stubborn pride refused to accept Whitney's apology that easily.

"Donna, I'..."

"When ignorant assholes call Amazons nothing but a bunch of man-hated misandrists, they cite what happened with Aresia!" Donna snapped. "And they have a damn good point, given what she did, even though it's unfair how they look at Amazons with fear...as the people who caused their sons, their husbands, their brothers, their fathers, caused many of them to die...because Aresia killed them and we refused to see the signs, see the hatred in her heart, until it was too late."

Harry groaned, he had a feeling that by "we" Donna meant her, although she was sugarcoating things a little bit.

"And you should be the last person to be flippant, considering what happened with the previous Flash!"

It was here that Whitney's expression darkened a slight amount.

"Cool it," Mareena warned them.

"I agree," Harry said. "Whitney made a mistake...and you shouldn't let people's words get to you, Donna. She didn't mean to upset you like that."

Donna folded her arms and just nodded.

"And the bad guys will use the very same thing to piss you off," Harry warned her. "And they will be even more blatant about it. And if you get angry, the entire team will pay."

They would not have that conversation any more, for they had visitors in the cave.

Wonder Woman and Black Canary joined the team in the cave. Harry smiled as two of his three favorite League members stepped in to face the team. His smile turned into concern, when he noticed the big bandage on Black Canary's right arm and the obvious signs of bruising underneath it.

"So, we're beginning our training?" Helena asked.

"Yes, we figured it would be best to work on your combat," Diana said. "Although, some of you have had a more careful grounding than others."

"Are you okay?" Harry asked Black Canary.

"Oh...this...it's nothing," Black Canary said. "I got it out there, fighting that android….it comes with the territory, in the League...bumps and bruises, it's no big deal."

The moment Harry brushed his hand against Black Canary's arm, it caused her to grimace. She was more than bruised. Harry channeled a little bit of energy through her arm and caused it to heal over.

"Well, that's better than," Black Canary said.

Harry rested a hand on her arm, up until the point where Diana cleared her throat. That put their attention back into the battle.

"Scoring brownie points with the teacher, mmm?" Helena asked him.

"One of your most common lessons is how easy you can pick apart an opponent when they are distracted," Diana said. "Donna, do you think that you could come with me and demonstrate this with me, please?"

The very much distracted Amazon Princess moved over. Donna was still buzzing with anger about the fresh wounds of the entire Aresia thing coming to to the surface. She moved into place and rushed towards Diana. Diana blocked her punch and knocked Donna down to the ground. She twisted Donna's arm and pushed her face first down onto the ground.

"Being distracted could mean the difference between living to fight another day or not," Diana said. "And you need to block out anything other than the battle at hand."

Diana made short work on Diana during the second round.

"Superboy, why don't you and Black Canary show them?" Diana asked.

Dinah and Harry stepped face to face with each other.

"Don't worry, I won't go all out our first time," Dinah said with a smile.

"I won't hold back," Harry warned her.

"Good, I don't want you to hold back," Dinah fired back.

The two of them go hand to hand and Dinah had to admit, Harry was pretty good. He was able to block a good majority of her attacks and while she had been able to counter a lot of his, she would be remiss if she said that he did not impress her a whole lot.

Then, Black Canary swept him off of his feet and got on top of him, straddling him and pinning him down. The two remained tangled in this position for a long time, Harry's legs struggling to pump up to throw Black canary off of him.

"All it takes is one move to gain the upper hand," Black Canary said as she slid off of Harry.

Harry sprang to his feet, acting like a hot blonde in tight leather and fishnets had just not been pressing up against him for almost two minutes.

The next movement caused Black Canary and Wonder Woman to team up against the entire team, to demonstrate teamwork to them.

"When you can think in harmony with your partner, you don't need a Martian telepathic link to be on the same page," Dinah told them.

"And the League has it down to a science," Diana offered.

That much was true, as the team were tripping over each other, allowing Black Canary and Wonder Woman to pick apart their weaknesses. Harry thought they were better than the first mission, but still there were a lot of room to improve.

"Your teamwork is a bit raw, but there is potential for it to grow," Black Canary said.

"Don't worry though, because the League did not function as well as it did now in its early days," Wonder Woman offered with a morose smile.

She noticed one particular member of the team had not been pulling their weight as much as Diana expected. She put a hand on Donna's shoulder.

"We need to have a word," Diana said.

Donna knew this was not a question, this was Diana telling her what to do. The two sisters moved into a more secure room in the cave.

"What happened?" Diana asked.

"Well, Whitney...she talked to Harry, telling him now that he would have a much easier time getting women now that Aresia...did what she did," Donna said. "She just had to bring it up."

Diana gently placed a hand on Donna's shoulder.

"She didn't mean anything about it," Diana said. "Whitney….means well...we all put our feet in our mouth...but she would never maliciously hurt you or any of your friends."

"I know but it's just that...it's just that she should know better," Donna said in frustration. "Aresia was my friend, so this is killing me, and I'd prefer that no one talk about it."

"You're going to have to face it sometime ,Donna," Diana sternly said.

"I should have known," Donna said. "But, I didn't….and she slaughtered half of the planet because of it."

"She was a sister to me as well," Diana said. "But, you can't let this get to you...you can't let Aresia's mistakes define us."

"Oh, that's not up to me," Donna said darkly.

Diana wrapped her arm around her sister in a sympathetic manner and pulled her in tight.

"They will used what Aresia did against you, to distract you," Diana said.

"That's what Harry told me."

"And he's right."

Diana and Donna walked out of the room, where Dinah and Harry were in the process of a conversation.

"So, do you think you can teach me that sliding move?" Harry asked her.

"Oh, I think I can teach you much more than that," Dinah said with a smile. "I can teach you so much more...some private tutoring...just the two of us...without anyone else around."

Whitney was about to say something, but Helena elbowed her in the side which shut her up.

"You are pretty good at mastering your surroundings and brilliant with your hands," Dinah said. "In battle….but I'm sure with other things."

A smile come across Diana's face. It was good to see Dinah in such good spirits. After Shanghai, she had not had many reasons to smile. Diana shook herself away from that dark thought and crossed the room.

After Black Canary and Wonder Woman departed to attend an urgent meeting from the League, they had another visitor to the cave, and Batman stepped in and he was not alone. An attractive young woman of about seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in tight black leather with a blue symbol on her shirt. To Harry's surprise, it resembled the Kryptonian dragon goddess, the Nightwing.

Helena's eyebrow raised when she saw Batman and his companion.

"Wow, the two of you are actually working together on something," Helena said. "It must be serious….guys….this is Nightwing...the former Robin...you know my predecessor."

"Your new team caught my attention," Nightwing said with a smile. "And I want to see you in action."

Some of the team members shifted nervously. They had not put on their best effort, getting utterly humbled by two Justice League members earlier. And both of their previous team missions had left a whole lot to be desired.

"The Titans have been together for a couple of years, and we've had our growing pains," she said. "So, Miss Martian….Aquagirl….Kid Flash….Wondergirl….and Superman."

Nightwing fixed her gaze up and down Harry's body, eating in the eye candy.

"Actually, he's Superboy, isn't it?" M'gann asked.

"Oh, I don't know, I think that Superman is far more accurate," Whitney said with a small smile on her face. "Wouldn't you say, Donna?"

Donna acted like Whitney did not say anything. Forgiveness was a lot harder in practice than it was on paper.

"Anyway, I'll let the Big Bad Bat tell you all while we're here," Nightwing said. "Floors all yours, Boss"

Batman nodded and stepped up to address the team.

"We're here because of the Android," Batman said. "It took us sixteen hours to take it down….and the battle started yesterday afternoon and ended earlier in the morning."

"The League won though, we saw it all over the news," Whitney said.

"But, things aren't that simple," Batman said. "We had to disassemble it and we're moving both of the parts to two different facilities, but we are using five trucks."

The Team crowded around Batman to get the news.

"The League will take two of the trucks, and the team will take the other three."

"I'll be with Robin and Superman," Nightwing interjected.

Batman gave Nightwing one of those looks and Nightwing just shrugged it off, with a light grin on her face.

"Wondergirl and Kid Flash will take Truck B."

Despite their recent tiff, neither of them had the nerve to question Batman's assignments.

"And Aquagirl and Miss Martian, you'll take the third truck….and we'll meet at Star Labs, in Metropolis."

Now with the team having their assignments, Nightwing, Robin, and Harry made their way out of the room. Harry was pretty sure that he knew who was underneath the Nightwing mask, because once you knew who Batman was, it was not too hard to figure out anyone else.

Nightwing flanked the first truck to the right and Robin flanked the second truck to the left. Harry, on the other hand, hovered hovered from above. He was not certain Cadmus intended for him to fly, but by sheer force of will, Harry was flying or at least levitating himself above the ground.

"So, just like old times?" Robin asked. "How did he talk you into this?"

"Well, I wanted to see you and….well there were other reasons," Nightwing said with a look up to the sky."And I guess I owed him a favor...after he bailed me out of a tight spot."

"Oh, I see how that goes," Robin said.

"I have to say, that he does pull off the shirt, jeans, and leather jacket look quite nicely," Nightwing said. "Although, I'm sure that he could fill out an actual uniform even more….I have ideas of something…."

"Have you been playing Ken Doll with my teammate?" Robin asked.

"Just thinking out loud," Nightwing said. "Still, you have to admit...they don't really make them like that anymore."

That was the problem and that's why two of the members of her team is at each other's throats.

"So, we're just speeding along, while the League takes care of the other two trucks which actually have the android?" Robin asked.

"They haven't been able to track down the guy who built it yet," Nightwing said. "And Batman says it's important to keep the parts separated until he's in prison."

"Don't suppose he couldn't built a new one."

"We've got a problem," Harry said. "There's something up ahead."

Nightwing sped up ahead of the truck to get a closer look. Her eyes widened, as if the crime fighter could not believe her eyes.

"We've got a bit of a problem."

Monkeys, flying monkeys were coming straight at them and zeroing in on the truck. Nightwing, Robin, and Superboy stopped short and prepared to engage these monstrosities in battle.

"Yeah, figured we couldn't have a nice leisurely ride through the country without something," Nightwing grimly said as the monkeys swooped over. "We're not in Kansas anymore."