Disclaimer: dude, if I owned young justice, would I be writing and watching TV on christmas eve/day and posting when santa should be visiting me? get your priorities straight! DC owns them

Just so you know, there are no OC's in this one. And this is the final chapter! I am not taking this anywhere further. If you want to continue this line of thinking, do so. But I'm done. I've got two other series to work on here, plus a few one shots in mind and another two Robin centric series I want to get to. You'll understand what I mean at the end of the page.

Try Again

Roy sat anxiously at the steps to the Hall of Justice. It was nearly a year ago he threw down his hat as Speedy there, walking away from his legal guardian. Course he was an adult, he didn't have to listen to anybody. The following year had been difficult to say the least, but he felt becoming Red Arrow and escaping Oliver's shadow was the best thing he ever did.

The summer heat in DC was muggy, and it was only starting. Tourists were coming in and around the field surrounding the building he stood before. To the unknowing civilians, he was just a young college student waiting for his friends to arrive. A duffle bag sat at his feet and he sat on the stairs, just waiting.

He was told to wait until Wally arrived. Since the Flash's were known to be five minutes late no matter what, he could only guess it was so everyone else could make it there as well. It had been nearly three months since Kaldur's betrayal, three months since he'd seen Robin. Rumor of the bird boy's death had reached Star City, but Roy had talked to the kid just two weeks ago. He was back to full health, but said Batman was being his usual paranoid self. Robin was getting training, lots of it, and catching up on school work.

Roy rolled his eyes. Rob was still in school, Roy decided to ditch college. Didn't suit him. Despite their age difference, Roy never really thought of Robin as a child. Not anymore at least. Hadn't since that thing with Two-Face. Yeah, he and KF knew about that time. Rob almost was forced to retire after that. Thank heavens he was stubborn as hell.

That was why he wasn't just a kid to him. He'd seen plenty of college kids more immature than Rob. What made them adults was a number. If even half those kids could do or would do what that boy wonder did, then Roy would consider them grown up. Knowing the bird boy, he'd probably have college finished online before he graduated high school.

Roy shook his head to stop thinking about the kid. Batman had called him, literally called him, and requested (an option not an ultimatum) he be there that afternoon with enough clothes and gear to last a week. He said it'd be worth it, and incredibly difficult. Those were just the right words to put him on an overnight flight to DC, despite wanting to show up Ollie and the Bat at some time or another. He wasn't exactly given a time to go in, just to wait for Wally.

He'd been waiting for an hour. Nearly two.

It was finally beginning to pay off.

Soon enough he saw Conner and Megan walking towards him. Conner was talking excitedly, a pair of round Harry Potter glasses on his face and a duffle bag over his shoulder. He even wore a red plaid shirt over a black tee. Mostly though, Roy couldn't believe how… happy he was. Megan (her human form) still had a few bandages on her, but she gladly listened to Conner as they walked towards them. She only had a grocery bag with her and a small purse.

"…then Pa said, 'if you can get all your chores done in time, then we'll go to the fair.' So, using his speed, he ran around the hen house, scared nearly every chicken, as he gathered the eggs in under five minutes! Pa as furious and Ma laughed. Course he was grounded and had to muck out everything for a month, but he was ten! Ten and had superspeed." The light in Conner's eyes was beyond anything Roy'd ever seen in the clone's eyes. Where ever he went over the spring term apparently took away his seemingly endless rage. And who was he talking about?

Megan cheerily smiled. "That's amazing. I really want to meet Ma some time."

"You should!" Conner was so happy talking to Megan about his new Ma and Pa, he wasn't even thinking about keeping secrets. "There's this fair actually in a few weeks. You should come over and see it. There's this spring pig I've been raising and…"

"Wow, Superboy turned farm boy." They both looked up at Roy who smirked at them. He gave them a quick wave, his eyes hidden by the much needed sunglasses. "Hi."

"Red Arrow?" They both stared at him, surprised all over their faces. "What are you doing here? We thought the team—"

"Big, dark and gloomy called me." Roy stood up and stretched his back. The step was making him sore. "Said it'd be worth my wile if I came. Made it clear it was optional. You?"

The two hesitantly answered. "He called both of us. Said if we wanted to continue the team, we had to come."

"Glad I wasn't the only one with that advice."

The three turned with a start to see Zatanna, a large smirk on her face. She too was in civies, but her hair was tied back due to the heat. A backpack dangled from one of her hands. Not far behind her, they could see Artemis getting off a bus. She had an army issued pack, stuffed nearly to bursting, almost as if she had run away from home.

Zatanna continued to talk. "Dad said Bats would let the team work again if we did something over summer. Some long mission or another."

"And you're on this team… how?" Roy looked up and down the girl. He hadn't met her before, and frankly he wasn't impressed. Nearly Robin's age, did Batman call her in so the kid could have a girlfriend?

Megan answered quickly. "She helped us get Red Tornado back. She's Zatara's daughter, Zatanna."

"And I earned my place a few times," Zatanna continued calmly. She eyed Roy for a minute, then shrugged. "Think of me as the magical expert of the group. You alright red?"

"Why wouldn't I be?" Roy answered quickly.

"I meant Megan, the other red-head." Zatanna pointed to the alien girl and her bandages.

Roy and Conner also looked at her just as Artemis joined them. Megan looked away slightly, before mumbling. "I… I'm having trouble healing, I guess. Haven't quite gotten over…"

"Well I have," Artemis butted in. She was just as much a tough talker as ever. "And really M'gann, you should realize by now, dwelling on it, especially when you're key on getting that guy down, isn't gonna make things better. You need your full health."

"Yeah," Conner said affectionately, "You do."

"Whoa," Roy started, a little confused, "you're key to taking down that fishboy? How?"

Megan gave a slow nod, trying not to look into their faces. "Robin's plan. He said, should we face… him… again, Conner would have to subdue him while I go into his mind and alter his memories."

"Alter his memories?" Zatanna questioned. Out of all of them, she was the only member who had no emotional scars from the betrayal. She actually thought Kaldur was boring.

"How?" Roy demanded, his eyes narrowing to a glare. "How were you going to alter his memories?"

"Robin said," she started slowly, "we had to make our names, our faces, and any personal details he learned about is, fuzzy or gone so he couldn't go after us individually. So long as… he… didn't know who we were, nor our weaknesses or anything else about us, he couldn't really hurt us."

"So you think if we take out that part of his mind, the part that knows us, we'll be safe?" Roy restated just to make sure he got this plan straight. Vaguely he recalled something like this being talked about in the cave, but he was so mad at the fishboy for hurting his friends he pushed it to the side. He had his own plans for Kaldur, mostly introducing him to the Sonoran Desert and then having target practice. He'd take the fried salmon to the authorities after a few days of fun.

Megan nodded. "It's Robin's plan."

"It's a good plan," Zatanna stated. The others nodded. "But who knows how much he's told his allies by now. Any idea why he changed sides to begin with?"

"No idea." Everyone looked at each other, a bit grim. Just a few minutes ago Conner was happily talking to Megan. Now they were all in an icy silence, like the early summer heat never existed.

"Any idea why Bats called us all here for something?" Artemis asked them all. She adjusted her pack a bit nervously.

"Dad said we had to do something big over summer. He said it was optional but…"

The boys gave short laughs and Artemis joined in. "Nothing's optional with him," Conner stated flatly.

"Not anything League related at least," Roy piped in. He looked over Conner, thinking. He hardly knew this kid, but Robin and Wally filled him in on the details. Good kid over all, and with Superman's genes, there was no way this kid could seriously turn evil. Seemed like he understood the Bat too, at least as well as Roy did.

"Ah man!" They all turned with a jolt to see Wally dashing up to them. He looked particularly upset at being late, again. "Why am I always the last one here? Rob said he'd give me a preview if I was early! Hi Roy!"

The speedster gave his long time friend a wave and a grin, one Roy returned, walking over to him. They clapped hands in greeting and he continued to smile. "Hey Wal! Heard you've been busy in Central."

"No less than you in Star." They grinned impishly towards each other before letting go and having the speedster greet the others. "Hey guys! This everyone?"

"Everyone but Rob," Conner pointed out.

Wally stared at Conner for a moment, confused. "Hey dude, what's with the glasses? And the farm boy shirt? What did they do to you in Kansas?"

"Kansas?" Roy asked quickly, Zatanna and Artemis also intrigued.

"Um…"

"It's about time you showed up."

Everyone stopped socializing and stared at the girl coming towards them from the Hall. All three boy's mouths dropped and the girls openly stared at her. Before them came a near replica, though much younger version, of Wonder Woman in civilian clothing. Black hair, blue eyes, tall and slender, and a developing curvy, yet muscular, body. She gave the impression to them that she wouldn't be cowed, ever.

And though she looked like Wonder Woman, they knew she was more emotional than her. The slight annoyance in her voice competed with the merry excitement in the way she looked at them. Impatient was the best way to describe her. Quickly she came to the step where Roy's bag sat, giving them a commanding, yet friendly smile. "I'm Donna Troy. The people you're waiting to meet are inside. So come on! Let's get this started!"

"Hell yeah." Roy nearly ran to the front of the group, grabbing his bag quickly as he followed Donna back up the stairs. Already his best smile was growing on his face. "I'm Roy Harper. Red Arrow. Nice to meet you."

"Likewise." She gave him a quick smile back, steady yet with the hint of anticipation.

"Hey! No fair! Roy!" Wally ran after the two, Artemis glaring at all three of their backs as she followed suit. Zatanna gave a quick giggle as she followed them, while the alien couple took up the rear. None of them could wait any longer.

By the time they reached the inner doors of the Hall of Justice, they had gone around introducing themselves to Donna, then immediately asked for her origin story. She shrugged. "What's there to tell? Diana, your Wonder Woman, is my sister. When she told mother and I of the war under the sea and of your former leader's betrayal, I demanded to come and fill the void he left, to correct his wrongs."

"Mind if we verify this?" Artemis asked, very suspicious.

Donna blinked at her and nodded. "Do whatever you feel is necessary. Only men are forbidden from coming to Themiscara. You're welcome to visit the island any time."

"Dude!" Wally started, a bit irked at Artemis. "She's Wonder Woman's kid sister! There's no way she'd betray her own family!"

"I did." The group looked over to Artemis again, three in confusion and the others remembering what she told them back at the cave. She then looked over to Roy, trying not to smirk too broadly as she asked, "So, how's Cheshire? Heard you've had quite a few run-ins with her lately."

Roy groaned. "Yeah, a few. I don't know what's going through her head. Does she want to kill me or…" He stopped just short of saying something embarrassing. Then he turned the tables on her. "What do you mean betraying your family?"

"Cheshire's my sister." She tried not to laugh at the shocked look on the man's face. "And Sportsmaster's our dad. Now that's out in the open, let's find out what Batman's planning."

Artemis strode forward as the others stared at her, Roy more than anyone. Before anyone could explain, he shouted, "YOUR SISTER?"

"Chill Roy," Wally stared, trying to calm his friend, but he wasn't really putting much effort into it.

"CHILL? You expect me to chill?" Roy turned on him and the alien couple, exasperated. "Cheshire's nearly killed all of you at one time or another! She's tried to kill me! She's the enemy!"

"Glad you realize that." Artemis' playful comment made Donna raise an eyebrow in curiosity.

The blush was slight, but anyone who knew him could see it. So only Wally could possibly see past his fierce glare. "Of course I know that. I've never treated her differently."

"Good to know." Artemis looked over to Donna again. "So, which way again?"

Donna pointed the way, and they continued to twist their way through the halls there. Pretty soon they made it to a pair of door reading 'Combat Room' very clearly on the outside. The young Amazon pressed a panel to the side of it, opening the doors and letting them see the scene within.

Before them Batman and Robin were fighting all out against each other. Actually, it was more like Batman was trying to hit Robin but the boy wonder was dodging, blocking and deflecting each strike coming his way. Neither looked like they were holding back. The strikes, flips and tumbles looked real, not like regular sparring in the slightest.

"What the…" Wally and the others gaped at the scene. Both members of the dynamic duo were drenched in sweat, the floor beneath them sleek from their fluids. How long had they been fighting like this?

A chirping was heard a moment or two later and in an instant, Robin flipped back once then launched himself into an all out attack on Batman. This time the dark knight was on the defensive, mostly just blocking Robin's blows or trying to turn them against the boy. The kid's volley of attacks was fast and accurate, but few landed on their mark.

The chirp came again and Batman was back on the offensive. Robin had to do some quick dodging to return to his defensive position, a small scowl on his face. "J'ai cru que j'avais cinq minutes."

Batman gave a gruff response, changing languages. "Das Feld gibt dir keine fünf Minuten."

"Ich denke, dass ich das bereits wusste," Robin responded, still dodging blows. "Aber das letzte Mal bekam ich fünf Minuten."

The team stared at each other for a moment as the two battled and switched languages again. "Los tiempos varían."

Robin seemed to give Batman an incredulous glare before dodging yet another series of blows. "¿En serio?¿Pusiste el cronómetro al azar?"

"È buona pratica."

The boy wonder gave a frustrated sigh, somehow able to follow his mentor's words and respond in kind. "Non credo che gli altri sarà come essere gettati in curva palle per la pratica."

"Не сначала, но они будут ожидать их достаточно скоро." Everyone blinked again as the two switched to a nearly impossible to place language.

Even Robin seemed to have trouble speaking it, giving Batman an opening on accident as he tried to respond. "Насколько долго к Вам разговор?"

"Două mai multe minute. Rusă dumneavoastră are nevoie de unele de lucr." The dark knight's tone was enough to tell the teens he wasn't pleased with their last volley. As the boy did a quick flip and turn to dodge a well timed kick.

There seemed to be a bit relieved to hear this language and it flowed easily from his mouth. Probably the first language after English he learned. "Bit prins în japoneză."

"Hm. Vom lucra pe ea." Robin nodded in agreement and the two continued to fight for a while longer in silence. Everyone stared at the two in confusion and bewilderment because of their conversation. Each teen could catch parts of different languages, but not enough of any of them to make sense out of it. Finally the two stopped fighting, Robin panting heavier than Batman. The dark knight gave him a moment to breathe before continuing in that last language again. "Începeţi se intinde pe dumneavoastră. După ce am terminat să vorbesc cu ei, să le ia la camerele lor şi a lovit dușurile. Cina în două ore."

"10-4," Robin nodded, focusing more on his breathing than on anything else, then looked up at the group, giving them a quick grin and wave. "Hey guys. How's it hanging?"

"How's it hanging?" Wally ran right up to meet his best friend. "Dude! I haven't seen you in three months and all you say is how's it hanging?"

"Been a bit busy," Robin laughed, grabbing a water bottle off to the side. "Gotta get back in shape if I want to continue this and all that jazz. Besides, we talked yesterday."

"Socialize later." Everyone stopped approaching the duo, each hoping to talk to Robin for a moment. The boy wonder gave a quick nod to his mentor and started guzzling his drink in earnest as Batman turned firmly to the crowd. The teens stood at attention, partly out of habit but mostly because of how serious and intimidating Batman was. "What you all witnessed was a taste of what is to come.

"For the next three months, each and every one of you will endure intense training in combat, strategy, and survival. No powers will be used while under my tutelage. No gear, no weapons and no assistance unless instructed otherwise. Collars will be issued tomorrow to ensure these rules are not broken. They will only be removed when your individual mentors come for your personal training.

"You will remain in uniform at all times and will only use your code names while you remain in the Hall. There will be one hour each day for relaxation. Meals and sleeping arrangements are already decided. Field medical training will be used once the exercise is finished. There will be no coddling, and few breaks. It will be hell, and you will thank me for it."

"Thank you for it?" Conner gave him a bewildered and slightly upset look. He wanted to go back to Smallville for the fair, and take M'gann there with him. This was definitely a problem for him.

"What happened three months ago will not happen again. Never again." Batman gave his most determined glare. "Should you meet Kaldur'ahm again, or any other criminal with more field experience, you will be prepared.

"These are the conditions for the team to return to full service. You leave, you're off the team. I won't send anyone on League missions who isn't fully capable of surviving another assault of that magnitude."

"And why am I here?" Roy raised an eyebrow, knowing full well being direct with Batman wasn't going to get him in trouble. "I'm not part of the team, never was."

"You want a chance at taking him down?" Roy couldn't help but to smirk, his expression almost identical to Batman's. "Three months with me, and you'll have all the skills necessary to hunt him down."

"Or you could join up part-time," Robin chipped in before grabbing another bottle. Wally grinned beside him and looked straight towards Roy. "Just an option."

"It's still likely he will approach you individually," Batman continued. "He has yet to make an appearance, and he hasn't made a move against anyone in the League besides Aquaman. It's likely he won't come forward until either the war is settled or once he has a solid plan to take each of you down. For now, he won't get that chance."

"So we're grounded?" Artemis asked incredulously.

"You're in training. The door's over there if you want to leave."

Everyone stood still, a grim determination written over each face. Megan still looked torn between emotions, but she settled herself with a short nod. No one objected. They were going to stay.

Batman gave a short nod. "The rest of the day is yours. Tomorrow morning, report here, full gear. Robin will show you where you'll be sleeping."

"This way." Robin grinned, taking his empty water bottles as he led them out the room. Everyone but Batman followed him, each ready to start this summer, and hopefully end it in one piece.

Batman stayed where he was until the door closed, then gave a long sigh. He wasn't quite sure if this was the right course of action, but it was what Robin needed. He needed more training, enough to defeat Kaldur'ahm when they met again, enough so Batman didn't worry about him in the field. He needed his friends, and to trust them and work with them just as easily as he worked with his mentor. By seeing what Robin needed, he prayed it was exactly what the rest of them needed too.

Slowly he walked to the water bottles and grabbed one, along with a towel. Robin was getting much better. They had fought for nearly three hours straight and the kid was still able to stand. They agreed to change languages should they need to talk. The times between who attacked and who defended varied, but for a while there was a pattern. Robin had commented on the pattern. His Russian needed work. Training with the kid was always a workout.

He couldn't imagine how training ten teenagers would affect him.

Finally he found himself a bench at the side of the room and sat down, occasionally taking a drink from his bottle. This was the decision he made, and he was going to accept this. While he trained the next generation, Black Canary would protect Gotham. The word on the street was Robin died three months ago. Batman had become more violent in his absence. It was believable he'd take some time off for a nervous breakdown after the boy's death, or suffer a harsh bodily injury without his help. It might even be believable he's using this time to train a new partner. Robin's return will bring every villain to their knees.

Calmly he recalled telling Black Canary his plans. She wasn't happy to say the least. "Look I have no say about how you raise your kid, but I'm the one who's supposed to train them. We agreed to this. Wild Cat taught me everything he knows. I can handle the children better than you. What they need is time."

"They've had time," Batman growled, crouched on his gargoyle. "And they're not children. Robin's fourteen. I met Chu-Hui Sensei around then. By the time I was Roy's age, I had seven teachers. They can take this."

"They aren't you!" Dinah barked back. "You didn't have your best friend betray you! You weren't beaten near to death by him! They need time! They need compassion they need—"

"No more coddling!" He jumped to his feet, frustration reaching its peak. "We've coddled them! Protected them! Trained them with kid gloves! And what happened?"

Black Canary stopped short. She knew how much Robin meant to him. Furthermore, she knew how much the others meant to Robin. And because of Robin's caring heart, Batman had grown fond of the rest of the team. Hurting Robin alone gained the Bat's wrath. Hurting his friends as well, there was little compassion left in the man.

And in a way he was right. They protected the kids too much. They weren't really prepared for the possibility of a mole. When any traumatizing event struck the group, they had therapy. Batman's activities were therapy. His intensity came from trauma. Seeing the team, his boy, in such a state only added to it.

"It is not happening again! Criminals never take it easy on them! We can't either! The kid gloves are coming off!" He turned away from her, shooting off a line. "After summer, they're yours to up keep. Until then, they're mine."

He left her on that rooftop, just as determined as he was now. Yes he wasn't sure if this was best for all of them, but it was best for Robin. No more coddling. On the streets of Gotham he could protect his charge, but when he was out of his sight, he had to trust others and Robin to handle themselves. Batman was just making sure they could.

"Man," Wally started, "this is gonna suck!"

"You don't know the half of it." Robin tossed his two empty bottles away before starting a third, this one less greedily than the other two. "Batman's pretty intense. We've been at it for three hours."

"Only three hours?" Donna asked curious. Everyone stared at her in surprise. Three hours of fighting like that and her tone told them she wasn't impressed. She shrugged. "In Themescara, we have tournaments lasting for days."

"Damn." Roy blinked in shock. "You amazons really take your combat training seriously."

"No kidding. Dad only had me hold my bow taunt for an hour," Artemis interjected. She turned to Robin and stopped short of her next comment when she realized they were nearly eye to eye. "Whoa! When did you get that tall?"

Everyone jerked in surprise at her comment to see what she was talking about only to realize the same thing. Robin grinned before taking another swig from his bottle. The teen had grown at least four inches since they last saw him. He still had the baby face they knew and loved, but now the argument of who was the shortest was in debate.

"Oh, just over the past few months. Joints sometimes hurt like crazy, but a few tumbles and I'm right as rain. When did you start shaving KF?" Everyone then turned on Wally, who, now that everyone was getting a good look at each other, was also notably taller and had a few small scars on his chin. His shoulders were broader too.

Wally tried to laugh it off. "Er, about two weeks ago. Mom told me if I grew a beard she'd starve me."

"Bad enough you went back to work before your knee fully healed eh?"

"It's fine," the speedster quickly told the rest before they started to get on his case. "Just a little stiff every once in a while. A few seconds of running and I'm right as rain."

Robin smirked. "Tell that to your uncle."

Wally rolled his eyes. "Are you ever gonna let that down?"

"Probably not." The rest of them looked between the friends, wondering what they were talking about, but neither of them would explain. Roy just shook his head. Some private conversations between the three of them remained private.

"So," Roy started, driving the subject back to the matter at hand, "where are we sleeping?"

Robin nodded, pointing the way as he walked. "In our mentor's rooms. You're going in GA's I'm afraid. Artemis is going in Canary's."

"They have separate rooms?" The two were going out for years. It was surprising they hadn't moved into every aspect of their lives. Robin nodded then Roy doubled back on himself. "Wait, why am I in his room? Aren't there guest rooms or ones no one uses?"

"You're in his because then you can mess with what he has there." Robin continued to lead them down a series of hallways, apparently very familiar with the place. Knowing him, he either memorized the blueprints while it was being built or had snuck in one time to play hide and seek. "There aren't guest rooms, only temp quarters. And they're nearly always in use. Lesser known league members rest up here quite often. Not everyone's allowed into the Watchtower."

"Surprised you haven't hacked the system to go there yet," Conner murmured.

Robin gave an annoyed grunt. "Can't get to the controls. Bats isolated them and put them under a different encryption code. He's trusting Blue Beetle with Watchtower security access."

"What?" Everyone behind the bird boy looked at each other, taken back. "Blue Beetle? Who's that? Batman's letting someone else take care of it? Weird…"

The boy wonder gave a shrug. "He's a real tech wizard. Can't blame the kid for liking him really."

"Who?" Conner asked curious.

Robin looked up, caught written across his face. "Not important. Forget you heard that. What is important is where everyone's sleeping. Bat's is in his room and I get Green Lantern's. Flash to Flash, Super to Super, Martian to Martian, Amazon to Amazon, magician to magician, and Atlantian to Atlantian-"

"What?"

Nearly everyone stopped short, their eyes wide and their pulse's racing. Atlantian? "What do you mean by Atlantian? Who's here? How can anyone expect us to work with another one?"

Robin took a deep breath before explaining. They were nearly at their first destination anyway. To the side was a room marked Water Exercise Room. He settled in front of it before continuing.

"It was a lot of people's idea. When they heard about Kaldur's actions, they wanted to hunt him down too and get a good explanation from him. Well," Robin pressed the panel, opening the doors and revealing the two Atlantian teenagers practicing their water powers on each other. Neither was backing down. "Tula wanted an explanation. Garth just wanted to hit him. Everyone, meet Aquagirl and Aqualad, our new resident Atlantians. They'll be working with us in rotation until the war below is settled. Tula's staying in Hawkgirl's old room since she moved in with Hawkman for good."

"Aqua…girl?" Wally gaped at the late adolescent female making water constructs and directing them at her close ally.

"Aqualad…" Roy's eyes narrowed. It'd take him a long time to think of this purple eyed fishboy with this alias. Kaldur was once a close friend. Replacing that traitor with someone else, no matter the conditions, wouldn't be easy.

Almost as if they heard their names being spoken, the two stopped their fight and looked at the teens dodeling in the doorway. Robin and Donna stepped forward to break the ice between the new members and the older ones. "Garth, Tula, I'd like you to meet the rest of the team. This is Roy, Wally, M'gann, Conner, Artemis and Zatanna. Or starting tomorrow until school starts again, Red Arrow, Kid Flash, Miss Martian, Superboy, Artemis and Zatanna. Guys, Aqualad and Aquagirl."

Garth approached them first, extending a hand in friendship, though with wise caution. "Hello. It's a pleasure to finally meet—"

"How do you know Aquaman?" Roy immediately demanded. His voice almost meshed with Conner's, and their tones were identical. They gave each other a glance and nodded, knowing the other had thought the same thing. Trust nothing at face value, especially when background information was hard to attain. Robin seemed to be rolling his eyes at the two of them, but said nothing since everyone else but Donna had a suspicious look on their faces.

Wasn't exactly making Garth feel at home. The teen took his hand back wearily before answering. "King Orin found me after I was abandoned as a child. He took me to be raised at the Conservatory of Sorcery in Atlantis. I believe I was four at the time."

"You were abandoned?" M'gann (having finally shed her human disguise) asked him, concern filling her voice. The defensive edge on everyone's faces shrunk considerably hearing this.

Garth nodded and was about to explain himself further when Tula stepped forward, determined to explain her motives as well. "I served and studied under the previous king, Arthur. Atlantis is our home and we've known each other most of our lives. We begged King Orin to allow us to right the wrongs Kaldur'ahm did to you. We will redeem our people in your eyes and earn your trust."

There was a long pause before Artemis spoke, almost as if she was testing them. "Just have to know, how good are you?"

Both the aqua teens smirked, glancing at each other briefly before answering. "Kal never defeated either of us at the Conservatory. He may be better at hand to hand combat than us at the moment, but he left his studies too soon to reach our levels of powers."

Garth continued, stepping forward to Roy. "Just to make it clear, I'm not fond of the Aqualad title. Our King insists I use it. If it were me," he smirked, some darker humor entering his voice, "I'd prefer Tempest."

Roy stared into the fishboy's violet eyes for a minute in silence, then gave an equally dark smirk as he offered his hand to him. "Nice to meet you. When I find that traitor, wanna join me for target practice?"

"More than anything." Garth clasped Roy's hand, a dark friendship starting to form between them.

"Okay, it's official." Everyone looked at Robin, a smile playing at the corners of his mouth. "Kaldur's gonna get it. The only questions we've got though are who's going to get him first and when. But when he does show his face, please consider everyone else. There are other things hanging in the balance at the moment, and we really don't want to get on the bad side of the League."

"I thought you wanted to get even with him," Wally interjected. "After all, he—"

"Of course I want to get him." Robin glared darkly. If anyone thought otherwise after what happened between them, they'd have to be insane. "But everyone's safety is important. There's quite a bit more on the line here than our own vendettas."

"We'll save you a piece of him," Roy joked as he released Garth's hand.

"You better."

"Leave some for the rest of us will ya?" Conner grabbed the attention of everyone, and they all exchanged dark smirks. "We're all going to take him down."

"Agreed," Tula spoke quietly. Artemis gave a firm nod and M'gann a shaky one. Wally merely gave a dark grin while Donna and Zatanna exchanged looks of caution. Neither of them had hurt feelings, so it'd be best if they stayed out of it.

"That being said," Robin started again after this moment of vengeful bonding, "welcome to Batman Boot Camp. Almost on par with marine basic training, without the guns and regular drills. And once we've passed his tests, and his horrible cooking, we'll be free to terrorize criminal activities on a global scale."

Everyone grinned. This was going to be an interesting summer.

END

A/N: So yeah, I've finally got Roy into the story, plus Zatanna. But I also put in Garth and Tula to take care of what the Atlantians are doing about all of this. And for those who don't know about Donna Troy, she's the original Wonder Girl and she has so many origin stories I can pretty much write her up any way I feel like it. So she's more like a younger version of Justice League Unlimited's Diana/ Wonder Woman. In the comics she really had a romantic relationship with Roy for a long time, but she broke it off after hearing a prophecy of how her red haired husband would die (broke his heart to save his life). Then he met Cheshire. Donna and Dick get along as very good friends but have no romance between them. Don't know about KF or Garth's relationships with her, just that they end up with different girls anyway.

So for those who've been keeping track, I've pretty much got all the original Teen Titans in the same room! Plus three people outside their generations (Doesn't Zatanna go with Batman's generation? M'gann and Conner belong with Tim, Cassie and Bart), a reformed villain (look up Artemis Crock some time), and a future dead girl. yay for me!

Now for the things I wanted to add but couldn't find the place to put them. Unlike the others who get a day or two a week with their mentors and one hour off the clock over summer, Robin gets one day a week off to recooperate and have some alone time. Only Batman gets no time for himself. It's not favoritism, its the fact that everyone needs to get away from the Bat every once in a while and his kid is no exception.

Donna's origin story is actually much longer than what I put here, but that's alright! She's pretty much cannon so I'm not worried. Just know she's very much trusted by Diana and is pretty much her sister.

Zatanna didn't say much because there really wasn't much for her to say. she's the newbie so going through this is pretty much just to keep her in the club. She also voiced my thought on how boring Kaldur really is.

i'm not sure what Barry's reaction was to Wally running around Central before his last checkup with Doctor Midnight. Don't really care either. Just that Rob's kept in contact with each of his friends is all that matters, Roy and Wally especially.

I don't want to know what's in Ollie's room there. All i know is he's not going to like the way Roy messes with it later. Artemis got Canary's room because she's a girl. Same with Tula getting Hawkgirl's. Couldn't think of another long time leaguer female she could temporarily room in. Rob gets the Lantern room because Supe's was taken and Batman can't be seen coddling or favoring him. If he were younger, I'd put them in the same room but he's 14! sheesh... ten is where I draw the line. yes they were in the same bed in 'Hero's Debt' but the kid was just kidnapped and Bruce couldn't take him home when he was stuck in a hospital. No familiar secure surroundings, they needed some extra comfort.

As for Robin's height and Wally shaving, there's very good reasons for this. Robin is 14, and really, Dick's a tall guy. Then's the regular time for kids to shoot up like weeds. And if he's resting and gone that much, he's gotta have grown quite a bit. he'd grow another few inches before summer's out too. as for wally, well remember how something changed in him when he fought Kaldur? And then his healing went farther along than before? well I read somewhere that Wally's superspeed was also causing him to age rapidly. For a while KF was retired so he didn't run himself into being an old man and dying before his time. That changed after the first Crisis, when Barry died and he took up the Flash mantle. No more superaging.

And yes, Batman boot camp is going to be pretty intense. They will get all the training they need to basically become Robin if they had to. No one's too happy about this, but it was the only really good solution they could come up with.

I think I've covered everything. Thanks for reading! Translations on what Bats and Rob were saying are below, along with what the blasted language is. I don't speak anything but English fluently. Love internet translators.

Translations:

Robin "J'ai cru que j'avais cinq minutes. - I thought I had five minutes." (French)

Batman "Das Feld gibt dir keine fünf Minuten. - The field doesn't give you five minutes." (German)

Robin "Ich denke, dass ich das bereits wusste, aber das letzte Mal bekam ich fünf Minuten. - I think I already knew that, but the last time I got five minutes."

Batman "Los tiempos varían. - Times vary." (Spanish)

Robin "¿En serio?¿Pusiste el cronómetro al azar? - You put the timer on random? Seriously?"

Batman "È buona pratica. - It's good practice." (Italian)

Robin "Non credo che gli altri sarà come essere gettati in curva palle per la pratica. - Don't think the others will like being thrown curve balls for practice."

Batman "Не сначала, но они будут ожидать их достаточно скоро. - Not at first, but they'll expect them soon enough." (Russian)

Robin "Насколько долго к Вам разговор? - How much long to you talk?" meant 'how much longer until your speech?'

Batman "Două mai multe minute. Rusă dumneavoastră are nevoie de unele de lucr. - Two more minutes. Your Russian needs some work." (Romanian)

Robin "Bit prins în japoneză. - Bit caught up on Japanese."

Batman "Hm. Vom lucra pe ea. Începeţi se intinde pe dumneavoastră. După ce am terminat să vorbesc cu ei, să le ia la camerele lor şi a lovit dușurile. Cina în două ore. - Hm. We'll work on it. Start your stretches. Once I'm done talking to them, take them to their rooms and hit the showers. Dinner's in two hours."