When Aqualad landed on the ground floor, he saw the monster— who was once Dr. Desmond, get punched in the face by Superboy. Both Kid Flash and Robin were watching the two fight it out. When Superboy jumped to get another punch, the monster grabbed the clone's legs and swung him to the side, making him hit Aqualad. The two knocked down supers stayed down for a while and was helped up by Kid Flash and Robin with Kid Flash helping Aqualad and Robin helping Superboy.

The monster roared and the four heroes stood there, watching him waiting for the first move. The two sides seem to just stare at each other when the monster charged. They had no time to talk with one another about a plan. Kid Flash zoomed ahead and slid under the monster's legs, almost getting punched in the process. When the monster turned to look at the speedster, it had barely any time to dodge to punch of both Superboy and Aqualad. It quickly loss its balance and since Kid Flash was still there on the ground, the monster fell on the ground with a loud thud.

"Learned that one in kindergarten," the speedster said cheekily.

Before the monster could get up, the Girl Wonder came leaping over the speedster, throwing two birdarangs at it. But it didn't seem like it penetrated the skin or even phased the monster since it just hit it off course with its arm. It was about to get back up when Superboy came. Seeing the chance, the monster tackled the clone into one of the pillars holding the place up.

The clone threw two punches straight at the face of the monster but it didn't have much effect and the monster only punched him harder into the pillar. The monster was reeling its hand back for another punch when Aqualad intervened.

Using his water-bearers, the Atlantean used it like a whip and wrapped it around the monster's arm. Pulling himself, Aqualad kicked the monster in the face and swiftly changed the whip to a mace. He swung down but the monster grabbed the mace and threw Aqualad to the ground. The monster then threw Superboy into another pillar, making it crack and break a bit, some of it landing on the clone when he fell on the ground.

Aqualad, who was groaning on the floor, looked up only to see a foot was swinging down towards his head. The Atlantean barely had anytime and quickly moved to the side, the foot barely missing him. But the Atlantean was getting to his feet, the monster grabbed Kid Flash, who was running straight at it, and threw the speedster right at Aqualad, making them hit the pillars hard. But before Aqualad even had a chance, the monster grabbed him by the neck and started punching the Atlantean into the pillar, each punch making the whole room shake.

Robin, who was thinking of a plan in the sidelines, realized this and thought of a mission that she went with Red Hood and Nightwing. "Of course," she said in realization.

"KF! Get over here!" the Girl Wonder yelled as she brought up a holo-screen, making it a 3-D blueprint of the room they were in. Taking note of the pillars that were already broken by the monster, Robin started doing calculations in her head and showed Kid Flash the pillar he had to break. "Got it?"

"Got it!" Kid Flash said as he ran away. He ran to the monster who was going to throw the clone and launched himself at the monster. Grabbing the few skin that was on the monster, Kid Flash held it. "Got your nose!"

As the monster was distracted with Kid Flash, Robin called out Superboy and Aqualad.

"Come and get me, you incredible bulk!" Kid Flash yelled at the monster, narrowly dodging a punch but was hit at the back with a piece of debris from the pillar the monster punched out.

"This one and that one," Robin pointed to the two supers. Both of them quickly breaking down the two pillars that she pointed to. She quickly pulled out the chalk she kept in her utility belt and drew a huge 'X' on the ground. Using his water-bearers, Aqualad covered the ground with water.

Kid Flash was leading the monster directly onto the floor that the others laid out. When the monster was standing right on top of it, Superboy quickly punched the monster to the ground. Hoping that the skin wasn't that thick, Aqualad used his powers to electrify the water, making the monster roar in pain.

"Move!" Robin yelled.

Trying to run out of the building, the heroes heard the loud explosions of Robin's birdarangs, breaking the last few pillars supporting the building. The building started collapsing in on itself, burying the monster right in the center of it all. Realizing that they weren't going to make it out in time, Superboy and Aqualad tackled Kid Flash and Robin to the ground, their superpowers and thick skin shielding the two from most of the impact of the falling building.

When it was all over, Superboy punched the debris on top of them off. Getting up from the floor, the heroes smiled to themselves.

"We did it," Aqualad smiled, looking at the younger two.

Kid Flash and Robin had equally as large smiles on their face, both panting really hard.

"Was there ever any doubt?" Robin asked cheekily. She smiled to her best friend and they both high fived but both recoiled, grabbing their ribs in pain.

Looking over the fallen monster, the heroes looked up and noticed that it was night. But as they were looking at the moon, they noticed someone flying to them.

"See? The moon. Oh. And Superman. Do we keep our promises or what?" Kid Flash said, sounding smug.

But as Superman was landing, more Leaguers started following, Robin even made out her brothers in the bunch.

"Is that what I think it is?" Batman asked as the Man of Steel stared at Superboy.

He doesn't like being called an it," Kid Flash whisper-yelled to the Dark Crusader.

"I'm Superman's clone," Superboy yelled angrily.

The other heroes stared wide-eyed at the clone.

"Start talking," Batman ordered.

~~~~~~

"Well, uh—we'll figure something out for you. The League will, I mean. For now, I'd better make sure they get that Blockbuster Creature squared away," Superman said to the four teens after getting a nudge from Martian Manhunter. Without waiting for any reply, the Man of Steel flew away.

"Cadmus will be investigated, all 52 levels, but let's make one thing clear–"

"You should have called!" Flash yelled, cutting off Batman.

"End results aside, we are not happy. You hacked Justice League systems, disobeyed direct Orders, and endangered lives. You will not be doing this again," Batman said, his voice final.

The group of teens stared at him until Aqualad spoke up.

"I am sorry, but we will," Aqualad said, looking at the Caped Crusader straight in the eyes.

Robin and her brothers stared at shock at the Atlantean for standing up and defying Batman but their father remained still and unphased.

"Aqualad, stand down," Aquaman said.

"Apologies, my king, but no. We did good work here tonight, the work you trained us to do. Together on our own, we forged something powerful, important," Aqualad said, edging on.

"If this is about your treatment at the hall, The 3 of you--"

"The 4 of us, and it's not," Kid Flash said, cutting off his mentor.

"Batman, we're ready to use what you taught us, or why teach us at all?" Robin asked her father, finally getting the courage to go against her father.

Superboy didn't seem to want to get a response from the heroes, obviously fed up with them. "Why let them tell us what to do? It's simple. Get on board or get out of the way."

The four teens stared at the Caped Crusader, waiting for their response as the other remaining heroes waited to listen to what Batman had to say.

~~~~

"This cave was the original secret sanctuary of the Justice League. We're calling it into service again. Since you 4 are determined to stay together and fight the good fight, you'll do it on League terms. Red Tornado volunteered to live here and be Your supervisor. Black canary's in charge of training. I will deploy you on missions," Batman informed the group of teenagers as they walked through the halls of Mount Justice.

It was four days after their stunt in Cadmus and Batman finally made his decision.

"Real missions?" Robin asked.

"Yes, but covert," her father answered.

"The League will still handle the obvious stuff. There's a reason we have these big targets on our chests," Flash joked.

"But Cadmus proves the bad guys are getting smarter. Batman needs a team that can operate on the sly," Aquaman told the teens.

"The 5 of you will be that team," Batman said.

"Cool! Wait, 5?" Robin asked, confused.

Batman looked to one of the zeta-tubes as Martian Manhunter came through with a female martian.

"This is the Martian Manhunter's niece Miss Martian," Batman introduced.

"Hi," Miss Martian waved, smiling at the other teens.

"Liking this gig more every minute. Welcome aboard. I'm Kid Flash. That's Robin, Aqualad. It's cool if you forget their names," Kid Flash flirted with the martian.

"I'm honored to be included," Miss Martian smiled at them.

"Hey, Superboy! Come meet miss M," Robin said to the clone who was just standing in the sidelines.

The clone reluctantly joined them and it was quiet at first, none of them knowing what to say.

"I like your t-shirt," Miss Martian suddenly said talking about the black shirt and red Superman logo of Superboy. The clone let out a small smile.

"Today is the day," Aqualad said smiling at the team that they formed.