Mount Justice ||October 1, 18:53 EDT ||

Ruby, Aaliyah and Arthur are watching Kaldur and Robin are sparring. Captain Marvel is with Zatara to be their temporary den mother to look after them today. Days passed by and no one heard any news about the reds and Zara yet.

Aaliyah looks completely useless and forcing herself not to look for them by herself. She made a promise to Ruby not to act recklessly however, Aaliyah is struggling to break it so badly.

"You know they're a couple, right?" It snapped out Aaliyah's thought when Robin asks them in a hushed tone.

"I believe I knew before they did." Kaldur whispered back.

"I knew as well..." Ruby shuddered and rubbing her arms as if she got cold. "I saw them making-out before I showed up. Aaliyah?"

"Their gazes back at Northern India." Aaliyah answered.

"The hot-head and calm one..." Arthur commented with a smile on his face. "Should we tell them?" He asks them curiously as Wally and Artemis finally showed up.

"Let the fate decide." Ruby commented and hugging Mimi close. "I feel sorry for both of them... if they found out about them are lovers."

"Me too." He patted Ruby's head. "Hey, on the bright side... they need to deal Knight and I first before asking you girls out."

Ruby laughs nervously while Arthur looked down on the floor in deep thoughts. Arthur knew Caleb likes Aaliyah despite their age differences. Caleb falls for Aaliyah deeply but completely understands she's not returning any feelings for him. Aaliyah thinks of Caleb as an older brother and nothing else.

Caleb hides his heartache and pretends to be happy-go-lucky towards Aaliyah. He couldn't force Aaliyah to think of him as a man, not a brother.

"So if Zatara is our babysitter of the week, why's he still here?" Wally asks them curiously. "And why's he eating my snacks?" He whined and Arthur just sighs at his glutton friend.

"Recognize Batman. 0-2." The computer IA informed everyone.

"Computer, national news." The Dark Knight ordered the computer.

It showed one of the reporters, Cat Grant from Metropolis. "The initial attack was short-lived, but Metropolis was only granted a short reprieve and despite the intervention of Superman and the Justice League, there seems to be no end in sight."

"An endless growing plant..." Aaliyah commented and stared at the screen with a serious look on her face.

"Should we get out there?" Robin asks Batman curiously.

"No." Batman answered and facing the Team. "The League will soon have the situation under control. That's not why I'm here."

"You're here for us something else." Aaliyah pointed out.

"Yes and according to your Intel, Sportsmaster supplied Cadmus blockbuster formula to Kobra." He showed them the picture of Sportsmaster.

"Who combined it with Bane's venom to create Kobra's venom." Wally commented.

"Which the Brain used to create his animal army." Robin spoke up.

"And upgrade Wolf." Superboy commented and rubbing Wolf's chin.

"The Brain also used inhibitor collars like the ones at the penitentiary." M'gann pointed out.

"Batman, is it possible that plant thing's on Kobra's venom, too?" Artemis asks Batman curiously.

"I had Green Lantern run a spot analysis. Devine cellulose does contain trace amounts of a Kobra venom variant." Batman explained.

"These cannot be coincidences, unrelated criminals are cooperating with one another worldwide." Kaldur pointed out.

"Kaldur's right." Arthur spoke up. "Unless there is a reason behind all this and I bet that plant belongs to Poison Ivy."

"Exactly." Batman agreed with them. "It's now clear our enemies have formed some kind of secret society of super villains. The attack on Metropolis is only the beginning."

"You got that right." Robin spoke up and types something on the hologram computer. "Plant creatures have sprouted in Gotham City, Paris, Star City, Taipei, Japan..." The screen went black.

"Robin, what happened?" Ruby asks the boy wonder worriedly.

"Dude." Wally called his friend.

"It's not me." Robin defended himself for not breaking the computer. "Someone's cutting in the satellite signal. All satellite signals."

The screen reveals Joker and Ruby yelps in fear seeing his maniac face. The scarlet-haired girl didn't hesitate to hug Artemis side with her celestial spirit in her arms. Artemis didn't hesitate to calm Ruby down since she thinks of her as a baby innocent sister.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt your regularly scheduled mayhem..." Joker showed them his pocket knife. "To bring you this important announcement... from the Injustice League." He moves the camera to reveal other villains, Poison Ivy, Black Adam, Count Vertigo, Ultra-Humanite, Atomic Skull and Wotan. "Ha ha ha..."

"We are responsible for the attacks on your cities. If you wish to save them, a ransom of 10 billion American dollars is required. Delivery instructions have been sent to the United Nations. There is no time limit." Count Vertigo narrowed his eyes towards the screen. "But the longer your Governments wait..."

"The more we get to have our jollies." Joker commented and turning the camera to face himself. "Ha ha ha!" The screen went black.

"Ko-Ko-ko-kowai (sc-sc-sc-ary)..." Ruby whimpered and hugging them close.

"Roger that, Aquaman." Batman answered his team member through ear comms. "The UN will prepare the ransom as a fallback, but it won't come to that."

Robin rewinds the video of the other members of Injustice League. "Count Vertigo, The Joker, Poison Ivy, Ultra-humanite, Atomic Skull, Wotan, Black Adam. 7 hitters. Probably behind everyone and everything we've faced." Robin commented and Aaliyah crosses her arms.

"There's your secret society." Wally commented.

"Not so secret anymore..." Artemis pointed out.

"Perhaps after India, they realize we would deduce the truth and saw no point in hiding any longer." Kaldur pointed out.

"Yeah." Wally answered enthusiastically. "That was their mistake. Right now, I say we go kick some plant creature butt."

"No." Aaliyah answered and everyone faced her. "No matter how much we destroyed the plants in each place, it'll grow faster. The only way to kill it is to find the main plant."

"How are we going to do that Ms-" Aaliyah gives him a look and he immediately shuts his mouth.

"The Justice League will handle the plants." Batman stopped their bickering. "I have a different job for this team."

"Oh, man." Artemis elbowed his stomach. "Uhh!"

"With the plants attacking so many locations simultaneously, there must be a central control system as what Aaliyah says." Batman informed them. "Your mission is to destroy it."

"You realize what you're really asking them to do." Zatara spoke up to Batman and knows what his intentions are.

"They're ready." Batman answered and glancing at Ruby and Aaliyah discreetly.

"Ready?" Wally asks them with a skeptical look on his face. "Ready for what? Ow!" Artemis punch his shoulder again. "Will you cut that..."

"Hello, Wally." Artemis spoke up and rolling her eyes. "If the big guns are fighting plants, who do you think we'll be fighting?" She asks the yellow speedster.

"For someone who is genius..." Arthur sighs heavily. "You really are dense." He points the picture of the Injustice League.

"Ohh..." Wally started to understand.

"Well, Batman, I trust you're correct... especially Knight assured us about them." Zatara commented and referring to Aaliyah and Ruby.

"I trust you can locate the enemy." Batman spoke up.

"Indeed. Wotan's informants suggest sorcery is part of how the plants are controlled." He explained. "Robin, if you will provide a holo-map, I'll search for signs of concentrated sorcerous activity."

Robin provides a holo-map for Zatara as he raises his hands to enchant a spell. "Etacol retnecipe fo yrecros!" A red dot spotted where the Injustice League's locations are. "There. that is where you will find the Injustice League's central control system."

"Coordinates locked in." Robin spoke up. "The Louisiana bayou."

"We are on our way." Aaliyah spoke up. "Change your suit, we leave in 5 minutes." She ordered them as they dispersed to change their clothes.

Bayou Bartholomew || October 1, 18:52 CDT ||

Kitsune noticed a heavy thick tension around their atmosphere. She couldn't blame them since they're facing one of the dangerous criminals. Celestial and Kitsune face more dangerous mages or wizards before like Oracion Seis, Grimoire Heart, Phantom and Edolas.

"What's in the duffel?" Kid Flash asks Aqualad curiously.

"Plan B." Aqualad answered.

"Ugh." Miss Martian groaned in pain while holding her head.

"You all right?" Superboy asks Miss Martian worriedly.

"Dizzy." Miss Martian answered.

"Martians get airsick?" Robin asks Miss Martian curiously.

"She does look a bit greener than usual." Kid Flash commented.

"Not me, her." Miss Martian explained.

"I feel fine, Kitsune and Celestial?" Artemis asks them curiously.

"Fi-fi-fine." Kitsune stuttered and Celestial gasped and completely forgotten of giving her medicine.

"You're pale and turning a bit blue." Robin spoke up bluntly and was surprised by her pale expression behind her half-mask.

"Here." Celestial immediately hands her over a medicine. "Dragon Slayer like Kitsune gets sick of transportation." She explained it to them. "I feel fine as well."

"Thank you." Kitsune thanked Celestial and drinking the medicine liquid in one gulped.

"Not them, the bioship." Miss Martian answered. "She's trying to shield us, but..."

"Ahh!" Kitsune screamed in pain while holding her ears to tune down the noise.

"Kitsune!" Aqualad cried out her name worriedly.

The bioship is rotating itself was land over a lake. The bioship got tangled by a plan as Black Adam open the bioship but Superboy punches his face to push him away from them. The water is flowing inside of the bioship.

"No. No way I'm nearly drowning 3 missions in a row." Artemis groaned and putting an oxygen mask.

"Kitsune, I can't swim." Celestial whimpered and feel ashamed of not learning how to swim.

"I'll help you, young maiden." Robin volunteered to help her out. "Hold onto to me, okay?"

"Ye-yeah." Celestial stuttered and holding Robin gently.

"Good girl." He whispered her ears making her blushed furiously.

"Out. Everyone out." Aqualad ordered them.

All of them are getting out of the bioship as Celestial let go of Robin when they're on land.

"She's in shock." Miss Martian informed them. "She'll need time to recover."

Everyone cried out in pain and drop down on the ground. "Vertigo." Kid Flash muttered his name.

"Count Vertigo to you, peasant." Vertigo corrected the yellow speedster.

"Robin, Miss Martian, Celestial disappear." Aqualad ordered them through telepathy. "We will keep them busy."

"You four fulfill the mission objective." Kitsune commented and throwing Black Adam to the sky. "Look after one another." She did a cartwheel and kicks Count Vertigo' chest.

Miss Martian in her camouflage mode and Celestial are following Robin behind whereas he's using GPS to track the main power. "I blocked contact with Aqualad and the others." Miss Martian informed them. "Should we-" She was cut off by Robin.

"Sorry, that's not the gig." He didn't bother to turn around and face them. He pulls down the leaf. "This is. The Injustice League central control system. Looks like that plant is acting as an antenna."

"You're right." Ruby spoke up and uses one of Chinese spirits abilities to sense nature. "Poison Ivy manipulate the plant with a magic spell to create a huge plant all over the world by sorcery."

"I didn't know you can sense plant, Celestial." Miss Martian pointed out.

"I use one of my Chinese spirit abilities to sense nature." She answered.

"Who?" Robin asks and feels curious to know other Chinese spirits.

"Dong Zhuo, he's an Ox spirit that controls nature." Celestial answered.

"Well, hello." They turned around to see Poison Ivy greeted them with vines wrapping around their bodies. Ultra-humanite is accompanying Poison Ivy with a huge gun on his hands then pointing at Robin. "And goodbye."

"Seigi no honō! (Flame of justice!)" Celestial use Xi Men's ability to burn down the vines and didn't harm Miss Martian at all. They're trying to escape from them.

"Sorry boy wonder. I'm putting an end to your little reconnaissance mission." Poison Ivy spoke up and didn't show any sympathy at all towards Robin. "What?" She failed to control her plants.

"I'm in control here." Celestial's eyes glowed by using Dong Zhuo's ability. "I won't let you hurt them."

"You're certain this will hold them?" Kitsune opened her eyes behind her half-mask to see they've been caged to someone. She's trying to pretend unconscious being knocked out coldly by them.

"The cage if impenetrable." Wotan assured Count Vertigo. "Even the Superboy has no chance of escaping."

"You're not the only one trained in the mystic arts, Wotan." Aqualad spoke up while gripping the cage. He tries to pull it out and only failed because it's too strong than him.

"Please, Atlantian..." He scoffs. "Do not pretend you're in my League." Wotan stops and senses a strong magic power. "What is this? I've never felt this kind of powerful magic before."

"You're weak, Wotan." Kitsune sits up and her cerulean blue eyes glowed. "You're no match for my magic."

"It can't be-" His eyes widened in fear and didn't notice how she surpass him.

"U~ōtādoragon: Suikyū! (Water dragon: Water sphere!)" Kitsune creates a huge sphere to cover herself and team. "Doragonsureiyā no himitsu no geijutsu: Arashi no zenchō! (Dragon slayer secret art: harbinger of storm!)" Dark clouds surrounded by them and hits Wotan, Black Adam and Count Vertigo.

Wotan breaks off the spell as they landed safely due to Kitsune's sphere. Kitsune dissolved her sphere as they separate their direction to defeat one of Injustice League members. Artemis and Kaldur tried to draw their weapons but they take it away from them.

"Ugh." Artemis grunted. "I feel naked and not in the fun way." She commented.

"Just make your own fun as we have been trained." Kaldur spoke up. "Man-"

The vines started to wrapped around Poison Ivy instead of attacking teenagers. "You brat!" She hissed at the certain scarlet-haired hero.

Celestial shows up right next to Artemis, smiling at them. She faces Poison Ivy and raising her hands, commanding the vines to throw her away.

"I didn't know you could control plants, Celestial." Artemis commented as she usually summons her spirits or crystals.

"I borrowed one of my spirits abilities." Celestial answered.

"Where are Robin and that fox?" Count Vertigo asks his colleague in a demanded tone.

"Ah! My babies!" Poison Ivy gasped hearing loud beeps.

It exploded as Kitsune and Robin looked down. "Timber." The boy wonder commented.

Poison Ivy cried out in anger and Celestial raises her arm to reveal one of her Chinese spirits. "Not on my watch! Ushi no mon! Watashi wa anata o hiraku, Dong Zhuo! (Gate of the Ox! I open thee, Dong Zhuo!)" A huge smoke appeared out of nowhere to reveal a brunette man with an ox horn on his head.

"You're not the only ones who can control nature!" Dong Zhuo spoke up as his eyes glowed and destroying the vines.

"Look out!" Kitsune carried Robin and ignored his protests as they jumped off the roof to avoid getting shot. "Joker and Atomic Skull." The Water Dragon Slayer muttered and glanced behind them with a serious look behind her half-mask.

"Children. Children foiled our plan." Joker commented and sighs heavily. "Inconceivable. Unacceptable. Retributionable. That last one might not be a word." He muttered the last phrase and not knowing Kitsune heard every word. "So. Sue me." He chases them.

"Kill them. Kill them all." Count Vertigo ordered them.

"We need to find a way to gather them all together." Celestial muttered by herself and looking for an opening attack.

"How?" Saber questioned the Celestial mage.

"Kya!"

"No, Aqualad! Don't!" Kid Flash cried out seeing Aqualad is about to wear Doctor Fate's helmet.

Kitsune tripped one of Poison Ivy's vine and crashed towards Aqualad. Instead of him wearing a helmet, it went through Kitsune's head. Everyone was surprised seeing Kitsune wears it before she has a chance to know what's going on.

"Was that suppose to happen, Celestial?" Dong Zhuo asks his Mistress as she shakes her head. "I heard from Xi Men about that helmet."

"Kitsune is going to kill Aqualad for bringing the helmet." Saber commented and sighs heavily. "She didn't even know about this."

"Kitsune?" Aqualad was startled of her new appearance.

She's wearing the female version of Doctor Fate with a gold helmet. Kitsune has no clue how she managed to wear Fate's helmet by just a simple tripped. Whoever brings the helmet, he or she is going to suffer the consequences once the mission is finally over.

"Kitsune?" Celestial called her friend worriedly.

Doctor Fate flies over toward Wotan. "Wotan, you are mine." He spoke up as his voice is mixed up with Kitsune.

Wotan shoots a beam towards Doctor Fate as she slaps it and shoots beam with the mixture of her water powers. "Uhh!" Wotan cried out in pain as he's being wrapped by a chain with water and electricity surrounded his body.

"Wonderboy, you are mine." Joker commented with a maniac grin on his face. "Ha ha ha!" He grabs his pocket knife.

Dong Zhuo showed up behind Joker and grabs his body to throw him to the sky. "Up in the air!" He commented and jumped higher to match Joker's flying. "Going down!" He slams him to create a huge crate and a bit of tsunami wave towards Robin direction.

"Gotcha!" Sora appears out of nowhere without using Celestial's magic and grabs Robin to escape from mini tsunami. "That's gonna hurt."

"Celestial's spirit?" Robin asks the blue eagled armor curiously.

"Yup! Dong Zhuo. Ox Chinese spirit." Sora answered and placing him down right next to Celestial and Saber.

"Are you okay?" Celestial asks Robin worriedly.

"Don't worry, my young maiden." Robin assured her with a wink as she blushed furiously. "I won't die easily cause my future is just-"

"Zip it, lover boy!" Saber whacks his head. "The world is at stake here! Look out!" They dodge Poison Ivy's attack.

Wotan breaks out of the chain but still paralyzed by Doctor Fate's electricity. "Wotan has prepared for your return, Doctor." He spoke up while Doctor Fate remained blank but knows his host is more powerful compare the previous ones. Wotan speaks a foreign language and tried to attack Doctor Fate but he dodges it.

Celestial throws her fan towards Count Vertigo before he could use mind power to Miss Martian. She made a promise not to use crystal magic for her life span is going to be short. The scarlet-haired summons Oichi to handcuff one of them together with Dong Zhuo by their side.

"Surrender, sorcerer." Doctor Fate spoke up. "You cannot hope to defeat our Lord or Order." He reminded Wotan.

"Behind you!" Kitsune cried out as Doctor successfully dodges it and she sighs in relief then stared at Kent Nelson. "I have to find a way to get my body back, Kent-san. There's no way he's going to control it forever."

"That may be so..." Kent stared at her as her eyes filled with determination. "You're the first host who's more powerful compared to previous ones."

"I don't care!" She swings her hand and stared at the screen. "Lord or not, it's my mind and body to do what I want! I promise Natsu not to sacrifice myself and I intend to keep it." Kitsune clenches her hand into a fist.

"I can defeat you, and I will." Wotan declared. "You may have Kitsune's body with her magic. I can still defeat you both."

A beam hits Wotan out of nowhere. "Not tonight, Wotan." Zatara and other League members showed up.

Oichi and Dong Zhuo managed to corner other Injustice League members as Justice League shows up. Oichi and Dong Zhuo's nature with electricity that cages them up, it's impossible for them to escape.

"Thank you, Oichi and Dong Zhuo." Celestial thanked them.

"No sweat, Ma'am." Dong Zhuo winks at Celestial in a friendly way. "We always help you in every step."

"He's right." Oichi agreed with him. "We always look out for each other."

"It's over." Batman declared and mentally looked shocked how Celestial's spirit create a powerful cage for Injustice League.

They raise their hands to surrender while Celestial looks suspicious about them. "There will be another day." Count Vertigo spoke up.

"Another day?" Joker grumbled and glared at Count Vertigo. "Another day! There will be another day? Not for any of us. Ha ha ha!" He uses his control gloves to release spores towards them.

"Oichi knocked Joker out!" Celestial ordered the green snake lady.

"My pleasure!" Oichi electrocuted Joker in one go to knocked him out coldly.

"Joker made spores. Don't breathe!" Batman warned them.

Just when Celestial is going to order Sora to use his magic to gather all spores and shattered them by crystals. Doctor Fate shows up and flies into the air. "Fear not." He assured them and uses his power to gather all spores to disappear. "Fate has intervened."

"The better question is, when is he going to release Kitsune?" Oichi asks and narrowed her snake eyes towards Doctor Fate.

None of them couldn't answer and only received silence.

Aqualad is blaming himself for not wearing the helmet quickly and Fate is not going to release Kitsune anytime. Kid Flash is angry of what he'd done and knowing Kitsune is not involved for this plan. In fact, Kitsune got tripped and crashed towards Aqualad as it went straight to her head.

"What were you thinking!?" Kid Flash asks Aqualad angrily. "How could you be so stupid!? You brought the helmet and instead of you wearing it! Kitsune wore it instead! Nabu will never release him now."

"You think I don't know that, Kid Flash?" Aqualad asks the yellow speedster seeing Celestial flinched of not seeing Kitsune ever again. "She crashed into me and wore the hel-"

"Shut up!" Celestial yelled at them and everyone jumped in shocked to see her losing her temper. "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"

"Celes-"

"Don't Celestial me!" She glared at Aqualad with a hurtful look on her face. "Don't you have faith on us? We're close... getting a successful mission until you brought it."

"Celestial is right." Saber spoke up and completely disappointed at Aqualad. "Kitsune was about to tell us about the plan until... well... she got tripped and you know what next."

"I don't want to believe she's trapped inside of Dr. Fate forever." She shakes her head. "I know Aaliyah is a fighter."

Dr. Fate removes the helmet and revealing Kitsune regains her body back. She sighs heavily and passed it to Robin calmly. "Nabu let you go?" Kid Flash asks and looks relieved seeing Kitsune again.

"Kent didn't convince Nabu enough so being a stubborn person." She chuckled nervously. "I give him a piece of advice and lets me go."

"That's our girl." Saber spoke up proudly and Aqualad looks relief to see her again.

"Now, who is the idiot? To think it's a good idea to bring the helmet?" Kitsune asks as Saber and Celestial didn't hesitate to point at Aqualad.

"Him!" They answered and Aqualad blinks in surprised and gulped seeing her unreadable expression.

"I can-" Aqualad was cut off by Kitsune's pinches both of his cheeks.

"Are you out of your mind!?" Kitsune snapped him out angrily and she pulls it back and forth angrily. "Bringing the helmet could never bring us back! Wear one and you're already dedicated to Nabu!" Ignoring his cries or seeks forgiveness to Kitsune.

"Ohh... that's gotta hurt." Saber whimpered and protecting his cheeks in case Kitsune fight him.

"We're lucky enough that it's not us who got that." Robin commented and feels sorry for Atlantean.

"WHOEVER DARES TO WEAR THAT HELMET! SHALL BE PUNISH!" Her voice boomed and the entire forest could hear Kitsune's voice. "AM I CLEAR!?"

"Ye-yes!" The Team answered in fear excluding Kaldur who's unable to speak even one bit.

"Good." Kitsune lets go of Aqualad. "Don't use something that ends your life." She gives them advice.

"We're done here." They turned around to see Batman, Zatara, Knight, Aquaman and Captain are still with them. "The super villain secret society has been neutralized." He informed them. "As for your performance, it was satisfactory."

They stared at each other and was pleased to hear good news coming from Dark Knight.

"Kitsune, don't get yourself clumsy again." Knight teased the Water Dragon Slater whereas she wasn't smiling at his joke.

"Do you want me to throw you away from the ocean like last time?" Kitsune asks Knight calmly in a dead tone.

"Ha ha ha... nope. I'm good." He chuckled nervously knowing Kitsune is not bluffing of her threats. "Everyone go home and get some sleep! You guys can do the reports tomorrow."

Everyone groaned and glared at Saber's older brother. Hating the fact to do the report from their experience.

Tokyo, Japan || October 2, 10:30 EDT ||

Aaliyah sighs heavily while looking up the sky in deep thoughts. She rarely loses her temper when it comes to Natsu or Gray's reckless action before. Ever since they've been sent here by Master Mavis, she couldn't help but feels close to them especially that Atlantean. 

"This is so hard." Aaliyah muttered herself and closing her eyes. "Arthur." She didn't bother to open because of a familiar scent.

"I tried to sneak you but failed." Arthur sighs in disappointed but sits down right next to her. "If we aren't in a serious situation, Robin won't mind taking a video of you pinching our leader."

"He shouldn't bring the helmet in the first place." Aaliyah pointed out. "Kent-san told us once you wear it, you're going to become Nabu's host body forever."

"Until it's the right time for us to get old and don't have enough strength to do it." He stared at the flowers with a solemn look on his face. "I always wonder how my ancestors are dedicated to look after the helmet. That helmet is a curse of everyone."

"Could also be a blessing as well." She sits up straight. "Remember there is a reason why Nabu exists." Aaliyah stretches her arms.

"True... so... couldn't stop thinking about Kaldur?"

Arthur only received a silent answer as he turned around to see a wet ground. He groaned and been fooled by Aaliyah's plan. The brunette didn't know all this time, he had a conversation to clone instead of the real her. She used the alias 'Kitsune' for a reason.