The team seemed to give me a wide berth for the time being once we arrived back at the Cave. I couldn't blame them. It wasn't their fault that I suddenly turned psycho and tried to kill them. It was mine.

Maybe I didn't see it before, maybe I didn't want to, but all those times I had fought and disregarded everything, every dark thought I had since I got out of the ice came flooding back. I stayed in my room most of the time. Some members of the team like Megan or Kaldur had tried to get me to talk about it, but I just pushed them away. I didn't want my "battle-mode" to accidentally activate while in the Cave. I went back to barely eating.

My body got weaker the more I refused to train or eat. Sleep was hard to come by then, and even when I did it was fitful. I often awoke in a cold sweat in the middle of the night and didn't go back to sleep.

Batman soon realized what had happened from the team, and I was told to go the Black Canary to get some help. We sat in a room with two green chairs, some small plants, and a waterfall decoration.

"So, Hawkgirl," Canary began. I stopped her.

"It's Tabitha."

She sighed softly. "Tabitha, I know the Bialya mission didn't go exactly as planned, but-"

"How do you know what happened?" I retorted angrily. Her disposition never changed.

"Batman filled me in. Tabitha, I know things have been hard lately learning of your purpose, but you can't be afraid to open up to your friends. We all care about you and want the best for you."

"And what if something triggers my assassin-mode again? You can't deny that hasn't been there from the beginning." I crossed my arms.

"Listen, I can't say I've been trained as an assassin like you, but bottling up everything inside of you will just make things worse." She reached over and put a hand on my knee. "Tabitha, please, open up. You can talk to me."

I sighed. Looking away, I admitted my feelings. "I just feel...scared. Terrified, really. I can't even trust my own mind not to go berserk or something now. How can I live with myself or the team now that I know I was made to kill?" I shut my eyes to keep the tears from falling.

"You can talk to them." Black Canary offered. "Just, tell them everything you know. I've seen the way you're all a part of the team. They'll understand, if you just give them the chance."

"And...and what if they don't? What if they can't trust me anymore? I don't even trust me anymore. I'm...lost and confused. I don't know what to do." I let a few tears escape, not making a move to wipe the away.

"Trust me, Tabitha. Have faith in your teammates. And have faith in yourself. You're not the assassin Cadmus created you to be. You're something much greater than that." I looked at her in silent question.

"You're a hero, Tabitha." She smiled reassuringly at me. I formed a small smile and got up from the chair.

"Thank you, Black Canary." I said as I walked out of the room. I had a specific person in mind for who I was going to talk to first.

I found Superboy sitting on the couch in the living room alone. "Superboy?" I asked softly as I moved and sat down beside him. He raised an eyebrow.

"I talked with Black Canary, about the Bialya mission? And she thought it was best if I tell the team everything I know. I guess you would know the most about Cadmus, so I decided to start with you." I admitted. He moved to face me on the couch.

"Okay, so tell me everything you know." I could tell he was trying to be gentle with the subject, which made me glad that he was the first one I talked to.

"Well, I know I'm not a pure clone. I had a history before Cadmus, one with a house and someone to take care of me. Then in Cadmus they trained me -programmed me- to be an assassin. To kill anyone they thought would be a threat to them. But I was too soft. I wouldn't do it. I tried, but I didn't have it in me. Then next thing I knew, I woke up in front of Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad." I explained what I knew and for once left out everything I didn't. "I know I must've been there longer than six months, or else I wouldn't have remembered anything in the desert."

Superboy stayed quiet throughout my explanation, but I could tell he was more than a little frustrated that he was the only true Cadmus clone. I put a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

"Superboy, thank you for listening. I know it hurts to be the only real clone, but I'm still your sister." I smiled at him, as he returned it with a small grin which quickly turned back into a frown.

"But how come Hawkman and Hawkwoman just...accepted you so easily? Even if you're not a true clone…" he trailed off. I wondered what was eating at him.

"Sometimes I wish they'd just ignore you like Superman ignores me." He admitted, clenching his fists. "It's not fair, why should you get the good heroes and I just get-"

"Superboy, calm down." I tried to diffuse his temper before something went wrong. "I don't know why the Hawks accepted me quicker than Superman accepted you, but he will. I promise you that. Just give him time." Strangely enough, helping Superboy also seemed to make me feel better as well. He calmed down again as I went to tell the rest of the team the truth about me.

By dinner, everyone on the team knew. I gathered the rest of them in the kitchen and spilled everything in one big explanation now that I had practiced on Superboy. They all seemed to take the news quite well, although they took a minute to respond.

"So...you didn't want to be an...assassin?" Megan talked first. I shrugged.

"I don't think so. I tried to be ruthless, like a killer would be, but I just didn't have it in me. I think they must've abandoned me for, well, for Superboy when I failed." I admitted. I'd come to more conclusions thinking about what happened in Cadmus and Bialya.

"That must've been why we found you in the freezer." Wally added.

"Either way, you're not an assassin now. You're one of us." Robin said. I smiled at the team.

"Thank you all for understanding," was all I managed to say. Megan put her arms around me as I began to tear up again. Everyone then put their arms around me in a big group hug. I couldn't stop smiling for the rest of the day.

I met Black Canary later for training. "Feeling better?" She asked.

"Much better." I replied. "Thank you."

I woke up before my alarm the next morning, getting up as usual and prepared to put my hero costume on, but Megan stopped me by appearing in the doorway.

"Tabitha-oh! You're already up. Good, don't want to be late for our first day of school!" She said excitedly. Wait, what? I was going to school? How come I never heard anything before now?

I put my red shirt and jeans on as I looked for my necklace. I searched all over my room, but it somehow evaded my sharp gaze. I eventually found it laying in the bottom corner of my closet.

Wondering how it got there, I put it on so that no one could see my wings except for the team and the League.

Heading down from breakfast, I had just enough time to eat a bowl of cereal before Megan came bursting in again. She levitated all kinds of foods around the kitchen and packing them into paper bags. I followed her down to the garage, where Superboy was working on his motorcycle with the sphere he had brought back from Bialya.

"Ready for school?" Megan called out to him. "I made our lunches."

"The first day of a scholastic season carries great cultural resonance. We want to wish you three well." Martian Manhunter also walked with me, Red Tornado, and Aqualad down to the garage.

"Wait, where's Hawkman and Hawkwoman?" I asked. Red Tornado took the question.

"The Hawks have asked me to tell you that they could not see you off this morning. However, they do plan on meeting with you afterwards." I thanked him for the information. I still had yet to tell them everything about the Bialyan mission, so I was looking forward and dreading to meet with them at the same time.

"You may wish to change before you depart." Aqualad said, more towards Megan and Superboy than me, since I was already dressed in regular clothes.

"Oh, I spent hours picking this outfit!" Megan said as her clothes changed into...what she normally wore. "What do you think? Can M'gann M'orzz pass as an Earth girl now?"

"Well…" Aqualad began, referring to her green skin.

"Just kidding! Meet Megan Morse!" She spun around as her skin changed into a light peach color. "What's your new name?" She asked Superboy.

"My what?" He asked, confused.

"I chose the name John Jones for myself, and suggested John Smith for Red Tornado. You could be a John, too." Martian Manhunter changed from his normal appearance to a dark-skinned human. I thought he looked nice.

"Pass." Superboy replied, crossing his arms.

"Conner has always been my favorite name." Megan said. Superboy-Conner, shrugged and accepted it.

"A last name will also be required." Aqualad said.

"Wait, a last name? I only remember my first name." I replied with surprise. I didn't really catch before that people had two names.

"How about...Hall?" Martian Manhunter asked. I thought about it for a moment. Tabitha Hall, Tabitha Hall, Tabitha Hall…I repeated the name in my head to get a feel for it.

"Okay," I agreed. It did seem to fit. "What about Super-uh, Conner?" I was still trying to get used to calling him by his civilian name.

"Perhaps, Kent." Manhunter spoke again. He seemed to be the go-to guy when it came to names.

"Oh, in memory of Doctor Fate! The late Kent Nelson!" Megan deduced. I thought it was fitting. Conner Kent, Conner Kent, Conner Kent…

"Okay, sure. I'd guess it'd be an honor or, something." Conner replied.

"Well, Conner Kent, time to change your shirt." Megan tapped on his chest. He seemed confused as to why he needed to.

"You don't want to reveal your identity." She explained.

He then just...took his shirt off. Right in front of everyone. I looked away in embarrassment.

"Will this work?" He asked.

I heard Megan sigh. "Works for me." I turned back as Conner was now putting his shirt back on inside out.

"Wait, shouldn't I be Conner Nelson?" He asked as we exited the Cave to head to school.

It turned out to be the same on where we fought the masked cat lady the first time. I recognized the building as we were walking past it.

I heard something rolling towards us, and suddenly Conner grabbed someone by his shirt collar and lifted him from the...rolling thing. I didn't know what to call it.

"Explain this." He pointed to the boy's shirt, which had a green and yellow letter "M" on it.

"W-what?" The boy asked.

"Hey, what's your problem?" I turned to see a pretty big guy with a Superman t-shirt on. "Put my man Marvin down." He bossed.

I-I don't think he likes my shirt," Marvin said. I looked around to see pretty much everyone have on some kind of t-shirt with a Justice League symbol on it. I wished I could have one with Hawkman's symbol, but my wings wouldn't be able to fit.

"Your shirt's fine. Everyone's shirt is fine." Conner dropped Marvin and spoke with a strained voice.

"Someone's fine." A girl's voice spoke. Seriously? I thought. Again? We have to go over this again?

"Hi, we're new. I'm Megan Morse, this is Conner Kent," Megan introduced.

"Double alliteration, I like it." Marvin said.

"I'm Tabitha Hall," I also introduced myself, getting used to my new name.

Conner and the big guy squared off against each other, as I glanced worriedly at Megan when it looked like a fight was going to break out.

Someone snapped his fingers, breaking the tension. "Okay, time to get to homeroom gang." He said. The other students seemed to obey him, so I guessed he was a teacher. Wait, homeroom?

"Conner!" Megan shouted over the psychic link, stopping him from going after the big man.

I started to follow after the rest of the students, but when I saw that Megan and Conner weren't following, I turned back to them as a new girl introduced herself.

"Hi, I'm Wendy. I was New last year, so I know how hard it is to fit in, but you two look like instant Bumblebee material to me." She said.

"Bumblebees?" I asked, confused.

"Cheerleaders, the Bumblebees. Tryouts are after school." She explained.

"Thanks, I'll be there. What about you, Tabitha?" Megan turned to me.

"Um, no thanks, I'm fine with...not being a Bumblebee." I dismissed the invitation. A cheerleader wasn't really something that I thought I would be good at, but it seemed to fit Megan perfectly.

The bell rang after a minute. I looked back at Megan and Conner, who seemed to have found two new friends in Wendy and Marvin.

I stuck by Conner's side down the hallways. It was crowded, which made me nervous someone was going to bump into my wings. I tucked them in as tight as they would go.

Homeroom turned out to be a class called "World History." Conner and Megan sat together at a desk, and I walked to the back of the classroom to find a seat next to a girl. She had brown hair like mine, with a yellow shirt and a nice denim jacket that reminded me of Black Canary.

"Hey," she whispered as I sat down. "I'm Beth."

"Tabitha," I whispered back."I'm new here."

"Oh, that's why I didn't recognize you." She said. I looked at her in confusion. "I've lived here my whole life. I know almost everyone that goes here." Well, that made sense. A news report began to play on the TV box up front.

"So, where you from?" She asked. I thought a moment.

"Washington D. C." I answered, remembering the location for the Cadmus facility.

She whistled quietly as the teacher paused the news report. I completely missed what it was about. "Big city," Beth commented.

"Who can tell me about Rhelasia?" The teacher, Mr. Carr, I saw written on the board, asked. "Marvin?"

Said boy was currently dozing off. He jerked up in his seat. "Well, it's better than Fake-asia?" He guessed. I chuckled with the rest of the class.

Mr. Carr sighed. "Anyone else?" He looked around the classroom.

"Modern Rhelasia was created in 1855 and ruled by the Bokun Dynasty until it was divided into North and South Rhelasia by the great powers after World War II." Conner answered automatically. I was surprised. Cadmus information, possibly?

"Y'know, he's kinda cute," Beth whispered to me again. I raised an eyebrow. Not another one…

"Who, Conner?" I asked, pointing to Superboy.

She sighed and rolled her eyes. "No, Marvin. I'm not really into the big, strong types." I breathed a sigh of relief. "Why? Do you have a thing for Conner?"

I nearly burst out laughing. "He's my brother," I explained once I calmed down.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't know." She apologized.

"Beth?" The teacher asked as she straightened up. "Do you and Tabitha have something you want to share with the class?"

"Uh, no sir," she replied meekly. I glanced at Megan, ashamed we were called out by the teacher. She gave me a reassuring smile, though, and I felt better.

The rest of the day passed by quickly. I was separated from Megan and Conner a few times, but I had a lot of classes with Beth. That made me feel better. The only thing bad about this was that I no longer got to train with the Hawks in the mornings.

"Hey, are you coming to tryouts?" Megan asked as we walked out of the school together with Conner. "I know you didn't want to but…"

"I'm sorry, but Red Tornado said to meet with the Hawks after school. Tell me how you do, though!" I called after them as we parted ways. I almost took off with my wings, but remembered that I was wearing my necklace that concealed them. I began walking, then.

I reached the Cave a little bit later. To my surprise, the Hawks were already waiting for me in the main room.

"Batman told us about what happened in Bialya." Hawkman began.

"Would you like to share what you know?" Hawkwoman asked, although I knew it wasn't really a question.

I told them everything I told the team.

A/N: I put in a bit of filler as a response to the previous mission before going on to "Targets." The next two chapters are going to deal with Tabitha going back to Cadmus and figuring a few more things out about herself.

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