guess who made their way into the story!

"Will you shut up?!?" Red hood hissed at M'gann and he stuffed another mouthful of popcorn past his lips. "I swear, you brats don't stop screaming."

There were tears streaming down her face and a hand covered her mouth out of horror. Lagaan had a "protective" arm around her, but at this point he looked just as sick as she did. Very few other members of the team had stuck around, most of them leaving after the first five minutes of gore. Turns out, they're not as strong as they claimed.

Who knew a movie could be such a turn-off?

Especially this one. It was one of Jason's favorite bat-family specials. And Bat-family specials are basically summed up to: one of those times Jason and the rest were bored enough to take a camera on a mission. And it was Epic.

Jason winced as another one of the team members let out a piercing scream. Jeez—that part wasn't even scary. That was supposed to be funny. Seriously, a guy running away with no arms? Hilarious. He looks like a waddling chicken. He could even hear Nightwing say some half-assed remark about it behind camera before he knocks the dude out. (And then Jason killed the man, but that was later and off-camera so no one gets to see his epicness.) Sadly, Jason couldn't find the decency to laugh with his brothers. Not when his ears were practically falling off because some sidekicks can't keep their panties dry--!

"Are you sure it's okay to let the... younger members of the team watch this?" Artemis glanced at Tim nervously. She had joined them after she heard who was at the cave. Didn't really believe the news at first, so she wanted to come check it out herself. Now she was leaning on the back of the couch, watching over M'gann and Jason's shoulder (Jason can't stand sitting next to M'gann because he's pretty sure her panties really aren't dry--) and her face looked a little green, but she was pretty strong. Jason still couldn't believe that she was with Kid B****.

She totally deserved Kaldur. (Dammit, mini Dick!)

"Don't worry," Jason whispered. "Wally already left."

She snorted at this and—yep. Jason definitely liked her. She had fire in her. Kind of reminded him of Steph. Except, ya'know, less girly. Not that Steph was girly in the first place (and Jason had mental image of seeing them both as princesses but that just gave him a headache and a real need to invent mind bleach) so he left it at that.

He heard another screech (this time at a guy with no eyes, like really? Ever heard of Deathstroke before, sweetheart?) and Jason Really couldn't take it anymore. So he pushed her off the couch. That managed to snap Lagaan out of his what-the-hell-am-I-watching trance.

Of course it did.

"What is your problem?" Lagaan snapped.

"Your face," was what Jason answered. And it was Hilarious to watch Lagaan's reaction to the most babyish answer in the world. His face got all red (oh, that so does not complement his skin color, Jason could imagine Steph say) and his eyes widened in shock. His fists bundled up and shook.

"Excuse me?" He said, his voice attempting to stay calm.

"Oh, wait," Jason said, and ate another handful of popcorn. "I said the wrong annoyance."

He then proceeded to flick kernels at M'gaan's shocked form on the floor. Oh, Lagaan was so gonna punch him for this. Or try to.

Then it came. The fist was a blur, but Jason would have caught it no matter how fast it was going. The only reason he didn't was because another hand popped out of nowhere, catching the fist for him. He recognized the glove, so he really didn't bother giving a reaction.

Stephanie—or Spoiler, really—pursed her lips (under the mask, but Jason knew her well enough to know her facial expressions). "That's my brother's face," She said. "And this is yours." She gave him a hard smack that sent him flying to the floor. "And I'll be doing the same thing to Batsy's next time I see him because he is soooo unfair!!!" She groaned and draped herself dramatically over the back of the couch. Artemis gave her a weird look and didn't bother to help Lagaan. Looked like M'gann had him anyway.

"What's unfair?" Dick asked, genuinely concerned about his sister. Ah, always count on Dick to show his affection. He turned to face her, muting the TV so that he wouldn't miss a word.

"Why did he let Red Hood come into the cave but not meeeeeee?" She whined. "I'm doing socially okay, right? I'm not socially constipated like most of the family! I wanted to be on this team! I even did my chores last night, so why didn't he let me come?! Its sooo not fair!"

Jason's nose scrunched. "I'm not on this team."

"Who are you?" Artemis asked.

Stephanie smiled at the chance to talk to one of the team members (although Jason wasn't sure it was meeting them or pranking them that she was excited for) and stood up, putting her hand out for a shake. "I'm Spoiler. Pure awesomeness and Robin's ex."

Tim groaned. "Do you always have to introduce yourself like that? Maybe you are socially constipated."

Artemis smiled and took her hand. "Artemis. Nice to meet you. You're a hero because of Batman?"

"Yeah," Spoiler said. "Like Red Hood and Nightwing and Robin--"

Artemis did a double take. Red Hood worked with Batman?

"Steph!" Tim hissed at her. "She didn't know Jay was part of the clan!"

Spoiler covered her already covered face where her mouth would be, giving a gasp. "Sorry," She whispered. "I forgot the back story. Jason's a criminal."

"Thanks," Jason said sarcastically. "Now she knows my name, too."

They heard a snarl. Oh, great, Jason forgot that Fish boy and his lover were still in the room. Now the guy was going to go on a rant about how Batman worked with scum like him and how wrong that was and how Batman was a bad mentor and---

"Batman works with you?! That's why he's letting you stay here?!!" Lagaan spit.

How did Jason guess?

Nightwing rolled his eyes. "Lagaan, be rational," He tried. "Batman has his reasons—"

"Of course you would say that!" Lagaan hissed. "Look at what you were willing to do to the team! You're exactly like him!"

Jason could see Artemis's jaw tighten, but she didn't do or say anything. She just glared at Lagaan, almost as if that would make him shut up. Robin did the same. Jason liked Tim—but really, that kid had to grow a spine.

Jason growled. "Is that seriously a reference to Wally's death?"

Spoiler sighed. "Please, that incident was so last year. Like really. Wally isn't dead anymore. And he's kind of a jerk."

"This isn't about that," Lagaan said. "This is about the fact that he was willing to do all of that behind the teams back and work with criminals likeAqualad—"

"Aqualad was a double agent," Jason said, almost as if explaining it to a five year old. Jason was pretty sure that mentally, Lagaan was. "There's a difference."

"And what if he wasn't?" Lagaan said. "What if he really was working with Manta and—"

"You would have died whether Nightwing made the deal or not," Stephanie shrugged. "Oh, how beautiful the end of the world is."

Lagaan growled. "He could have told us."

"Oh no!" Jason cried, making Artemis jump. "He didn't tell us his secret but he told them! Superman! It's not fair! Now everything is his fault!"

Steph sobbed. "The horrors!" She paused and turned to Lagaan. "Oh, wait, you know what's also horrible? Your acting."

Jason snorted. "I know. It's seriously no wonder Nightwing didn't tell you."

Tim snorted softly. "Remember M'gann's acting? When she was 'escaping' from Black Manta's hold?"

M'gann frowned. "What do you mean?" She asked.

Nightwing groaned. "Oh my gosh. You mean after she broke Kaldur's mind?" Nightwing laughed and Robin nodded. "Slade called me later, and he wouldn't stop laughing. Deathstroke. Laughing." He let out a high pitched giggle. "He told me that I was lucky it was just him and Artemis there, otherwise the other villains would have caught on. He said it was that bad."

Artemis looked about a hair's breath away from smiling, though she seemed disturbed at the thought of Nightwing and Deathstroke talking. Before she could mention it, Steph flaunted her body, straightening her back and holding her head up high. "Oh, look at me! I'm M'gann! I'd never hurt a fly but now I wasn't Artemis's blood because she made me sit on a stool!"

Tim fake-gasped. "Goody-goody two shoes? Me? No! I always work with assassins like Cheshire. It's fun!"

Nightwing doubled over in laughter. Artemis let out a snort, but didn't say anything. Steph was giggling.

M'gann flushed, opening and then closing her mouth as she looked for something to say. Lagaan let out a growl. "My Angel Fish isn't a bad actor--!"

Jason started to laugh so hard he nearly choked on his popcorn. "Angel Fish?" He finally said when he could. "Is that supposed to be like 'darling' or'babe'?"

Steph snorted. "C'mere my dear, dear little sushi."

Tim rolled his eyes. "I want to finish the movie," He said. "Can we watch it somewhere else?"

Nightwing shrugged. "Sure thing, I have a TV in my room."

Jason jumped. "You mean we've been watching this move next to Angel Fish when we could have watched it without any disturbances?"

They all got up, leaving a mess of popcorn and soda behind. As they entered the hallway, Artemis could here Nightwing ask, "Where's Dami? I thought you were watching him."

Spoiler answered, "I don't know. He entered the cave with me."

Artemis frowned when she couldn't hear their conversation anymore. Who was Dami?

"Good," Lagaan said. "Let them leave. They're all jerks."

Artemis rolled her eyes, helping him up. Then she turned to help M'gann. "You okay?" She asked her.

M'gann nodded. She pulled a piece of popcorn out of her hair. "Yeah," She said. "I just don't get why they're so mean."

Artemis shrugged. "I don't know. They seemed kind of cool. They're just really Gotham." She got up and headed toward Nightwing's room. The movie was gross, but she was kind of curious as to how it ended.

M'gann frowned, her and Lagaan now the only ones in the room. "What's that supposed to mean?"