With the whole group now complete, the group of heroes began to walk forward towards the entrance and was immediately bombarded by the press.

"Is that Batman?"

"I see Flash and Flash Jr!"

"Wait, I thought it was Speedy?"

"No, Speedy is Green Arrow's sidekick."

"Well, that makes no sense."

Robin laughed silently after hearing that, she knew that KF hated it when they mistake his name. She knew the feeling though since the press kept on mistaking her as a boy and calling her Boy Wonder when she was younger. There was a huge debate about it all over the newspapers, was Robin a boy or a girl? Luckily the issue was fixed after an incident that she would rather forget. KF, however, still has to live with the fact that there are still people like the press who are still getting his name wrong despite him being in the hero business for about four years.

Robin was suddenly snapped out of her thoughts by Green Arrow speaking to Speedy.

"Ready to see the inner sanctums?"

Speedy smirked and confidently strode forward. "Born that way."

Robin shook her head, he was always the confident type. Been that way since she met him. It was no wonder why he and Jason are best friends.

Aqualad looked at her and smile softly.

"I'm glad we're all here," Kid Flash suddenly said before she could smile back to Aqualad. "It's rare for all of us sidekicks to be out in public at the same place, at the same time."

"Don't call us sidekicks," Speedy growled after hearing what the speedster said. "Not after today."

KF cringed back. "Sorry, I'm a little overwhelmed, first time at the hall."

Robin was about to speak about how he should be more excited to go see the Watch Tower but decided not to speak about it, especially since the press might catch on what she would say. She started to ponder on what he said though, overwhelmed, and yet what Freeze said earlier, underwhelmed...

"You're overwhelmed, Freeze was underwhelmed, why isn't any ever just whelmed?" She suddenly blurted out.

Kid Flash looked at her with a confused faced but didn't say anything, he was used to her butchering the English language anyways. He can't wait to tell her about what he was doing but decided to just surprise her on her birthday.

When they finally entered, seven huge statues of the original seven founding members that might have been around eighteen feet tall greeted them.

"Oh," Robin stared at the statues with awe. "Maybe that's why."

Despite her almost growing up in the Watch Tower or Mount Justice when it was still the base of the Justice League before, she never entered the Hall of Justice despite knowing that it was also one of the places that hid a Zeta tube.

They continued walking until they were lead into the library.

"Make yourself at home," Flash gestured to the couches and chairs.

Aqualad sat down on one of one of the open-armed chairs while Kid Flash practically jumped on one and stretched out. Despite being a bit confused, Robin sat down on one of the open-armed chairs beside KF ignoring the fact her brothers can tease her about it later.

Speedy, however, didn't sit down. He looked downright furious.

"Is that all?" He asked with malice in his voice. KF looked at him confused on what he meant. Robin just stared and kept quiet just like Aqualad.

"Should there be more?" Robin asked. She knew what he meant though, she was wondering the same as well but she

Knew better than to question the League, or more specifically Batman.

Speedy just snorted. "Of course there's more. I thought today was always about showing us the actual HQ, showing us that you trusted us!" The last one aimed specifically to his mentor.

Green Arrow stepped up. "Of course we trust you," he said carefully. "It's just-"

"Wait," Kid Flash cut him off and jumped to his feet. "This isn't the actual Justice League Headquarters?"

Speedy snorted once more and strutted to the windows where civilians can look from outside the room.

"Of course it isn't," he yelled in exasperation. "This is just a front for the press. And apparently gullible sidekicks."

Kid Flash and Aqualad looked at their mentors in surprised but Robin just stared at Speedy. She could feel Batman staring at her, waiting for a reaction from her. Her brothers are possibly even listening from her earpiece, heck they could have even hacked the video cameras and can be watching what's going on right now.

Kid Flash suddenly turned to face her, his face scrunched up in hurt and confusion. "Did you know?"

It hurt. He didn't trust her but she didn't blame him. She kept secrets even if she didn't want to. It was part of the deal of being the protegee of Batman. Who would trust her?

She kept quiet and turned away, avoiding to make eye contact with anyone. She couldn't face him knowing that she kept it a secret.

"Yes," she admitted, her voice was small yet hurt. "I thought that that's where we're going. I guess it was a joke though, I thought that we were going to use the Zeta beam here and go to the Watch Tower, the real HQ but I guess I was wrong. Apparently, they don't trust us enough."

Speedy just got angrier after hearing this. Even Robin, the one whom the League trusted the most, the young girl they raised and cared for, was hurt because of them. Speedy kicked the armchair near him needing to blow some steam.

Green Arrow approached cautiously. "Roy, we'll show you eventually, you just need a little more patience."

Roy snapped at that. "What I need is respect." He turned to look at the other protegees who looked dejected. "We deserve better than this. They're treating us like kids– no, worse, like sidekicks."

There was so much venom in his words that Green Arrow actually took a step backward. Aquaman stepped forward placing a hand on Speedy's shoulder. "You're not helping you're cause here, son. Stand down or-"

Speedy threw the hand of his shoulder. "Or what?! You'll send me to my room? And I'm not your son! I'm not even his!" He yelled, jerking his head towards Green Arrow who looked like he was just slapped in the face. "I thought he was my partner, but not anymore."

Robin looked up in shocked after hearing that. She saw Speedy throw his hat to the ground and stomp out of the room.

"Roy!" She yelled standing up. Speedy– no, Roy, actually stopped but didn't turn to face her. "Please, don't do this, we need you. I know it hurts but please, don't leave us." Don't leave me.

Her voice trembled as she spoke, she was losing her emotions. She didn't care if the press who stood behind the window taking pictures of the Girl Wonder breaking down. She didn't want to lose anyone else.

Roy looked down to his feet and finally responded. "No, you don't. They need you more than they need me. Stay here, we both know you have a bright future ahead of you, don't follow me cause you actually have people who care for you."

Without even hearing her reply, he left the room. Robin stared at his back in dismay, another person that left her. She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder and was pulled into a hug. She didn't fight it though, she wrapped her arms around the person who was hugging her. She hid her face in his chest and tried to gather her emotions.

Before anyone can say anything else, the computers sparked to life showing Superman.

"Superman to Justice League, there's been an explosion at Project Cadmus. It's on fire."

Batman moved forward to the computer without looking at Robin who had yet to detach herself from Kid Flash. "I've had my suspicions about Cadmus, this might be the perfect opportunity to-"

Before he could finish what he was saying, another computer screen lit up that showed Zatara.

"Zatara to Justice League! The sorcerer Wotan is using the Amulet of Attan to block the sun. Requesting full League response."

"Superman?" Batman turned to look at Superman, expecting a response.

"It's a small fire, local authority should be able to take care of it."

Batman nodded and gave out orders. "Then Cadmus can wait. All Leaguers rendezvous at Zatara's coordinates. Batman out."

The heroes looked to turn at the three proteges. Robin had lifted her head from Kid Flash's chest to look at what her mentor had to say, the other two proteges doing the same.

"Stay put," Batman ordered.

"What?" Robin asked, her voice soft and almost broken. "Why?"

"This is a League mission," Aquaman stepped up.

"You're not trained," the Flash added.

"Since when?" Kid Flash snapped.

"I meant you're not trained to work as part of this team," Flash corrected himself.

"There will be other missions when you're ready," Aquaman spoke up once more, not wanting Flash to give them the wrong idea.

"But for now, stay put," Batman ordered, his voice final and leaving no room for debate.

The Leaguers started to leave but Green Arrow whispered to Martian Manhunter as the others started to walk past them.

" Glad you didn't bring you know who?"

"Indeed," Martian Manhunter answered as the two of them left the room as well.

The last hero to leave was Red Tornado. He first stared the three proteges and turned to leave as well. Leaving them alone in the room.

Kid Flash broke the silence with a scoff.

"When we're ready?" His voice contained anger and hurt. He threw his hands up in the air, breaking the hug between him and Robin. "How are we supposed to be ready when they treat us like– like sidekicks?!"

Aqualad looked down at the floor, a frown etched on his face.

"My mentor, my king, I thought he trusted me," His voice sounding dejected.

"Trust?" Kid Flash asked in pure anger. "They don't even trust us with the basics! They've got a secret HQ in space!"

"What else aren't they telling us?" Aqualad pondered.

"I have a better question," Robin finally spoke up. Her head downcast and looking like she was beating herself up. "Why didn't we leave with Speedy?"

The others stared but looked down with regret. The ear-comm in hidden by her hair buzzed.

"Oh don't you dare even think about that, birdy," Jason's voice rang through the earpiece.

Robin only gritted her teeth in anger. She took off her ear-comm in one swift movement and before anyone can stop her, she threw it to the ground and stepped on it. She didn't want to talk to any of her family right now, even if it was Alfred.

Kid Flash opened his mouth to ask what happened but once she lifted her foot and saw of what used to be an ear-comm he kept quiet.

"What is Project Cadmus?" Aqualad asked Robin, hoping she might know at least something about it.

"Don't know, but I can find out," Robin answered with a smirk.