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Well, everyone, it is OFFICIAL! Today is my last day that I am going to be posting to Fanfiction! I was not able to get another chapter completed, and what I do have is unedited but I figured that you'd all appreciate what little I do have.

As promised, my outline is below the incomplete chapter if anyone wants to know what might have happened if I had completed this story. NOTE, THIS IS NOT A DETAILED OUTLINE. Battle scenes are not written in, nor described, and there may be some inconsistencies. Originally, Cara was going to be Superboy's alternate, but I changed it, so if there is any mentions of her (I tried to edit but that takes more time that I have) know that was the original.

Anyway, I hope that you all enjoy!

Chapter 27

(Incomplete)

The rain pounded down around him, and his boots squelched on the wet rooftop as he shifted back and forth miserably.

Joker grumbled angrily to himself and glanced at the sky again, wondering how long he would have to wait before Batsy showed up. Absentmindedly he twirled his Joker Gas gun around in his gloved hands, the same gun used to temporarily stun all of the officers who had been on duty. Batman had the antidote, so Joker wasn't too worried about retribution. A flash of something in the sky jerked his attention to the left as an outrageously brightly dressed, flying guy suddenly slowed to a stop in front of him with a scowl. Joker, of course, would recognize him anywhere. But the question was, what was the Big Blue Guy (Superman) doing in Gotham? He was totally messing up the color scheme! Only Joker was allowed to do that!

"What are you doing with Batman's call symbol?"

In any normal situation, Joker would have simply gassed the flying alien and run for it laughing his head off . . . but this wasn't a normal situation, and it wouldn't win him any points with Batsy if he accidentally killed one of his precious teammates. So, before Big Blue could notice, Joker hid his gun behind his back and grinned up innocently. Or, well, as innocently as a clown with a bad makeover can grin.

"Oh ho ho!" Joker cackled, "What's ya do'in here, Supes? Aren't you, uh, supposed to be in good ol' Metro-whatsit-place City?"

Piercing blue eyes narrowed.

"Not that I don't enjoy your company," Joker hurried to continue, hoping that Batman would arrive soon, "But, uh, this is Batsy's city. Ya know Batsy doesn't like people like, uh, you, being here." Joker winced at his own wording, even as his instincts yelled at him to throw a bomb at the alien.

Superman twitched and it became obvious that he currently seemed about to snap with nerves. He loomed closer, scowl deepening, and opened his mouth to say something-

"What is going on, here?" the deep voice of Batman interrupted the almost fight before it happened as he stepped soundlessly out of the shadows. The darkness twisted around his form, dripping away from his cloak as if reluctant to let him go.

Joker suppressed a delighted shiver. Batsy was here to save him! Or, at least, keep Superman from getting too mad.

For several moments neither party spoke. Superman backed away from Joker, who relaxed slightly. Yah, sure, he wasn't at all scared by the floating alien, but that didn't mean the other couldn't throw him through a wall if he felt like it. Joker wasn't feeling up to dealing with broken ribs along with the fractures that Harley already gave him.

A shudder swept through him at the memory.

"Superman?" the growl in Batman's voice was less than patient and Superman winced.

"I, um . . ." Superman glanced at Joker's all too interested face and frowned, "You know that little problem that we talked about in the watch tower?"

Batman's eyes narrowed dangerously, "What about it."

"Luthor found it," Superman paused, knowing that his next few words wouldn't make Batman any happier. "And . . . he claims the boy is his son."

The deadly silence that followed was suddenly interrupted by mad cackling as Joker doubled over laughing. Superman's scowl did nothing to stop the howling noise from leaving the clown.

"You have a kid!" Joker danced back and forth, "And Luthor-boy decided he liked him enough to keep him! Ahahaha! Priceless! Why, it's almost like . . ." he froze, and turned his attention to Batman, "oh no."

Batman stiffened and Superman flew back slightly, wary.

"What is it, Joker?" Batman questioned.

Joker gulped. "It's just, ah," he licked his lips, "Well, there have been rumors lately . . . and well . . ."

"Joker."

"Harley says that I have a kid running around Gotham terrorizing all the nice criminals, just like you!" Joker yelped ducking behind the Bat Signal. "It's not my fault, Batsy!" he wailed. "Please don't let her kill me!"

Batman, however, had stopped listening after 'I have a kid'.

He and Superman exchanged glances. Batman's countenance darkened and he turned back to the slightly panicking clown.

"Tell me exactly what you know."

0~o~0

Ten minutes after arriving in Gotham, Batman already knew that he'd made a bad decision. Resisting the urge to rub his forehead in a very obviously human reaction, he grit his teeth and held up his hand, stopping Joker's rambling. Even Superman was watching, his own problems pushed back for the moment with this new information.

"Let me get this straight," he ground out, "You have a kid running around Gotham – who you haven't actually ever seen – but that has the entire Criminal Underground in an uproar because, apparently, he takes after me."

"With my laugh!" Joker cut in with a manic grin.

"I bet the rumor mill is going crazy," Superman snorted, "I can already imagine it: Batman secretly a woman and had a child with the Joker-"

He stopped as Batman turned his glare on him, this time reinforced with a fully active Bat-a-rang. While Superman knew that it wouldn't be able to piece his skin, he understood the threat when he saw it. Complete that sentence, the white eyes said, and you will loose some precious body parts.

Ironically, when Superman thought about it, what he said was possible . . . Batman never took off his (her?) hood. It wouldn't be too hard to hide a voice modifier in the neck of his costume, either. And his figure was always hidden by his cloak and armor . . . not to mention his temper some days . . .

Superman paled and decided that he'd keep his discovery to himself. At the moment, it wasn't relevant to what was going on.

"As I was saying," Batman spoke up, and pointed at Joker, "You have a kid in Gotham, and Harley Quinn wants you to bring him to her, but you need my help to find him."

Joker nodded quickly.

Batman resisted growling and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Fine. I'll help find him. Where was the last place that anyone saw him?"

Left unsaid was the silent promise to get the kid out of Gotham as soon as humanly possible.

Joker paused, blinking in confusion. "Um . . . I don't know?"

This time Batman really did growl.

"I don't have time for this," he muttered and turned to the edge of the roof, ignoring both Superman and Joker's suddenly alarmed shouts, "If you are both going to be unhelpful idiots then I will treat you as one! Stay out of my way," white eyes narrowed in deadly precision, "Or I will be the reason for your retirement."

With that, he tipped backward over the side of the building, flaring his 'wings' theatrically and swooping into the night, leaving both Superman and Joker alone on the police rooftop.

Joker gulped, turning to Superman, "That went well."

Superman simply started at him with wide, spooked eyes.

Silently, they agreed to never speak of the experience again.

END OF (INCOMPLETE) CHAPTER

BEGINNING OF OUTLINE

Outline – Bold = Written,

~~~~~~~ The Light from YJ earth plans to take over the Justice League. Irritated that all of their plans are being foiled they decide to get rid of them by sending them to another dimension. While the Justice League panics over their missing protégées the Light's 'moles' plan to sneak their mind control devices onto the Watchtower. One of their 'moles' may have accidentally been sent with the Young Justice, but they have others that they can use. ~~~~~~

~~~~~~~ As the doom of the Justice League approaches the Young Justice battle their way through another world similar to there own where the people are the same but with different memories. Preconceptions are conceived and the Justice League of that world begin to believe that the children are all their younger versions. It does not help that they display similar powers and personalities to those in the League. ~~~~~~

~~~~~~~ Hoping to get his son back, Batman sent Zatana Zatara through a dimensional portal while he stays behind, watching for what their enemies might have planned for the disorganized League in their weakens moments ~~~~~

~~~~~~~ Zatana's appearance goes unnoticed in the chaos of the dismantaled watchtower. Red Arrow's raid of the kitchen is foiled when he once again runs into Green Arrow and has to flee. At this point the Watchtower comes back on line and he flees for the exits only to find them blocked off. ~~~~~

~~~~~~ Zatara meets a young girl that looks like his daughter slightly, but takes after him more. Incorrectly he assumes, due to Batman's previous conclusion and the strength of her magic, that she is his alternate self and immediately sends himself to Earth to begin looking for her and her 'boyfriend'. (Or . . . he hasn't heard about the conclusion yet because he just arrived and when he sees her thinks that she is his daughter who somehow left home to rescue her 'boyfriend'. Furious, he leaves to go after her, not hearing what really is going on.) ~~~~~

Aqualad is trapped in the arena, forced to fight for his life. Aquaman and his crew, alerted by a spy in the local reefs, arrive just in time to save him and take him back to Atlantis. Before he falls unconscious he murmurs "My King" in reference to Aquaman, further confusing the king on where the child's loyalties lie.

Robin dragged Green Lantern all the way to Central City where they are just in time to save Kid Flash and Artemis from being captured by the men in black. The men in black report back to Ras Al Goul who demands to know if there are any other supers wandering around that they don't know about. This starts a world wide hunt for 'unusual children who look like the Justice League'. A news reporter, Lois Lane, gets a hold of it and incorrectly assumes that all of the Justice League have been turned into children (discounting Flash, who had been seen running around Central.) (She writes an article on it.)

Robin, KF, and Artemis set out to find the others, only to realize that M'gann is missing, Luthor has Conner, and Aqualad is nowhere to be found. (Head to Metropolis, the last known location of Superboy)

M'gann finds herself sharing the maze with a little boy calling himself Superboy who seems to have superpowers similar to superman. Together they start searching for a way to escape. (Upon almost being captured M'gann flies Superboy / young Conner through a wall though it exhausts her because she hasn't mastered the skill yet. M'gann has come to the conclusion that this is her Conner, who has been reverted back to a child and she needs to find a way to fix him.)

~~~~~~ After the Watchtower comes back online and Roy and Zatana have escaped,Superman goes back to Metropolis only to find himself nearly bowled over by a kid who looks exactly like himself strapped into a machine with wings that fly for him (Falcon off of Marvel). Instead of hanging around, the kid looks scared and tries to fly away. Superman chases him all the way back to Luthor who stands between him and the boy, declaring "you've done enough damage!" and tells him to go away. Shocked, Superman heads for Gotham, intent on finding out if the entire world has gone insane.

Zatana asks Roy where the others are, only to find out that he hasn't seen them since they got there. She is disheartened, wondering if they would ever get the opportunity to go home. (Changed – Roy admits that he called batman a fake and they both flee Gotham. Her father shows up moments later and leaves terrified criminals in his wake).

~~~~~~ Batman hurries to Gotham, hoping that the city hasn't fallen too far in his absence. To his shock he finds the Joker waiting for him . . . wanting him to help find his son? A kid who has his evil laugh? What was the world coming to? ~~~~~~

~~~~~~ Aqualad wakes up and Aquaman finally decides to get the truth out of him . . . but asks all of the wrong questions, (Who is you father? – I don't know. / What is your name? – Kaldur'am / Are you a Superhero, or a Villain? – I am sorry, my King, but why would you think I would be a Villain? / Do you know where you are? – Atlantis, my home. / Why are you here? – We were forced through a dimensional portal.) so on and so forth. In conclusion, nothing is cleared up and Aquaman still thinks that Aqualad is his counterpart in the other world, except with a different name (Aqualad). He offers sanctuary to him but Aqualad refuses, saying that he must get back to his friends. Aquaman assumes this means the younger League and escorts him to the surface to find Robin, only to realize that Robin has vanished. ~~~~~~

~~~~~~ M'gann and little Conner break their way out of the maze, only for M'gann to run into a familiar face in an unfamiliar body. J'onn demands that she come quietly, along with her friend. When she refuses, he attempts to overpower her with his mind, assuming that at her age she would not have the mental fortitude to hold him off. To his surprise she not only resists him, but also sends him into mental shock that allows her and Superboy to fly off in search of the others. J'onn wakes up and hurries to contact the rest of the League over the link to tell them to not underestimate the children. They were not the same as their younger selves and are better trained then expected. (Finds out that M'gann is a White Martian.) ~~~~~~

~~~~~~ Batman agrees to look for 'Joker's kid', but only because the only thing worse than Joker running around in Gotham is a mini Joker. No one wants to see that. When asking what the kids looks like Joker says that he doesn't know, but that it was Poison Ivy who actually saw the cackling wonder. With dread in his heart, Batman remembers the night that he confronted his alternate self on the rooftop and who the kid had just gotten done interrogating. What if, he wonders, in the other world, I am Joker's son? ~~~~~~

~~~~~~ Gaining information on M'gann, Roy, and Zatana heading for Metropolis Robin and his group (Wally and Artemis) start heading in their direction. Robin becomes aware that the men in black are following them when they are ambushed along the way. Artemis is captured and Wally is heavily wounded. Robin has to go in and rescue her himself. When he is captured and the League questions him, he shows knowledge that he should not have on them and they try and recruit him when they find out that his moves are derived from their own. Robin refuses. ~~~~~~

~~~~~~ Batman, while looking for information on his younger self, receives an alert that the League of Shadows is on the move. Upon realizing who their target is he attacks the base and rescues both Robin and Artemis, intent of getting answers. However, he didn't account for the speedster who by now is recovered (super-healing) who then steels both kids out from under him (in the bat mobile). ~~~~~~

~~~~~~ Wally wakes up both of his friends and they resume their hike to metropolis. ~~~~~~

~~~~~~ blab la bla, stuff happens. They all end up in Metropolis. To be determined later. The Justice League shows up. Epic battle. Zatana gets them all together and they disappear in a flash of light. (Conner has to say goodbye first.) ~~~~~~

~~~~~~ Appear in the middle of a battle on their home world where Batman found the mole of the Justice League while they were planting mind control bugs on them. Help defeat the Light and wrap up the scene. Conner looks at a small picture of him and Luthor together that the other gave him before he left and determines that if there is a Luthor in his world he would find him. ~~~~~~

~~~~~~ Justice League world they hold a meeting where they compile all of the information of the kids as they found. Batman withholds his discovery of his counterparts 'parentage'. They come to the conclusion that an army of children would be able to take over the world and that they must to everything in their power to stop it. ~~~~~~

~~~~~~ Lois Lane publishes her article Secretly Parents? That slips by Justice League notice until it's too late. ~~~~~~

(Justice League think that they know the truth – the kids are their counterparts – but in reality it's the world that knows.)

END OF OUTLINE

BONUS NOTES

(Justice League thoughts / quotes while searching for their counterparts -

Flash

"How to find a mini-me, a mini-me, a mini-me. How to find a mini-me with all of his young friends . . . oh great, now I'm going crazy."

Green Arrow

"Who authorized this again? I didn't want to search for a girl me but nooo Batman says that I have the best chance of catching her because we are obviously the same person. Right, fat chance of good that will do, they have a mini-Bat with them and Bats are never predictable."

J'onn

"I can't believe that there is another Martian. I'm not alone."

Superman

(Looks at the picture of the unconscious boy) "Did I really look like that at sixteen?"

Aquaman

"I wonder who this boy is. He has a striking familiarity but I just can't place it . . ."

Batman

(Scanning through hundreds of security cameras in hopes of getting a lock on the group with facial recognition) "How will having a younger me with the group effect their choices? Will they even make the same mistakes that I assume they will according to their counterparts?"

The End!

(Updated: 9/7/2017)