Chapter 59

Stephanie paced back and forth, not sure if anyone could hear her. Not sure if anyone was even listening, hell she was not sure if the world had not descended into panic yet. Everything turned eerily calm.

"So, six hours ago, you saw it," Stephanie said. "Every adult in Gotham City and all over the world...they disappeared...and…."

Suddenly, a blur caught Stephanie off guard. She almost fell back in astonishment and shock with Kid Flash appearing live on the air on her web cast. She almost started stammering the moment the group of heroes turned up.

"Hello, Stephanie," Artemis told her.

"Oh, this is actually happening."

Stephanie knew of the seriousness of the situation. Aquagirl put a hand on her shoulder and brought Stephanie out of her stupor. But yet, she still entered a bit of a daze, unable to keep her head completely from growing all fuzzy.

"You've done great, keeping it together, and trying to keep people updated," Aquagirl said. "You don't mind if we take over, do you?"

"N-not at all," Stephanie stammered. "Kid Flash, Aquagirl, and Artemis...on my show...wow...wow."

Stephanie's heart beat faster when stepping back from the scene. She knew that these heroines, who fought alongside of members of the Justice League, alongside, Flash, Aquaman, and Green Arrow respectively, would get out the news. The news that her viewers wanted to hear.

"To anyone who is hearing this, everyone should remain calm," Aquagirl said. "We're trying to figure out what happened to the adults in the worlds. What happened to your fathers...your mothers...your older sisters and brothers...aunts...uncles...family friends."

One could see Mareena's voice breaking so slightly. If there had been no return, she did not have any answers to what to do. Especially if whatever enchantment that triggered the disappearance activated. Mareena would be gone in a few weeks if that was the case. That thought did not please the Atlantean Princess in any way whatsoever.

"We urge you all to remain calm," Kid Flash said. "Just...keep it together. We've lost so much. We don't need to lose ourselves in the chaos."

A long pause happened and Aquagirl responded with a grim nod.

"Kid Flash is correct," Aquagirl commented. "She's...we...we all need to keep it together. The teenagers which remain need to take care of their younger siblings. Schools and churches have been opened across the nation as a sanctuary….and I'm sure Stephanie will help us in telling you all where you need to go to get help if you need it."

"Yeah, I will!" Stephanie yelled.

She cringed almost after saying it. A bit too excited, much too excited in fact. Still, Stephanie took this very seriously, the need to help out when she could.

They had no idea what was going to happen next. The only thing they could do is urge the children to remain calm in the face of this gripping crisis. Easier said than done, granted, given how temperamental children could be in many cases.

"Keep each other safe," Aquagirl concluded. "And my team and I...whatever is left...we'll find the person who did this."

"Thank you," Stephanie said. "So, you heard them...everyone...they're finding out a way to make this right. And we should...do what they say...stay calm...don't let things get too bad."

"Oh nuts!"

Mary tried not to freak out, but the original problem of not being able to pilot a plane reared its ugly head the second Kate disappeared. She thought praying would not do her any good now. The seconds crawled by scorchingly, like an eternity had passed.

"I have courage...I'm not afraid….I'm not afraid...I don't need the courage of Achilles."

Suddenly, Mary realized she had to do something drastic, or she was going to go splat. Mary closed her eyes, hoping against all hope this would work. She really had no other options. And if Mary disappeared, well she would have no way of knowing it.

"SHAZAM!"

A loud clap of thunder echoed, and Mary Bromfield turned into Captain Marvel. She came down with the freefalling Kate Bishop, who by her perspective had been just about ready to fly them to Rhode Island before the plane disappeared. And the horror in Kate's eyes shocked anyone who could see them.

Captain Marvel dove down, gracefully as possible after the falling girl. The trick was to get under Kate before she splattered onto the ground. Easier said than done. Mary accelerated and dove.

Kate breathed in heavily, when Captain Marvel caught her in mid-air. They landed down onto the ground. The loud screams of angry adults caught Mary off guard. They were far too different than the anguished cries of children she had been hearing.

Everything hit Mary clearly now. So clearly she should have seen it coming in the first place.

"Ah, shucks, that makes perfect sense," Mary muttered. "They split the Earth, or cloned it...when a person is over the age of eighteen they go to this world...and then when they're under eighteen...they're on that other world that I was on."

Mary had been wrapped up so much in the fact that she had been on a different world, she neglected to see the recently eighteen year old woman who wrapped her arms around Mary's waist.

"You saved me," Kate said.

Kate threw her arms around Mary in gratitude, and then realized something. She quivered for a second, mouth open in surprise. It was unbelievable what was going on, to the point where Mary's hands trembled in obvious surprise.

"You're Captain Marvel," Kate said. "Oh my….."

"Now that you're safe, I've got to go save the world," Mary said with a big winning smile.

She moved off and left a shell shocked Kate Bishop standing there. Kate did not think she would be spending her eighteenth birthday standing in the middle of a parking lot somewhere in Rhode island. Then again, Kate did not expect the world to go completely chaotic.

Now she had been on a world with nothing but adults, the world of children had left behind.

Mary burst into the cave, adrenaline pumping through her body. She came across Superman and Black Canary about ready to leave the cave. Finally, Mary could hardly believe her eyes.

"You're here!" Mary yelled. "I knew it!"

Mary threw her arms around Harry and gave him a crushing hug. Harry pulled back from her, breaking away from her with a smile. She looked at him with a dreamy gaze. At least until Harry cleared his throat and brought Mary out of her stupor.

They were not alone, Batman and Superwoman joined them in the cave. They were obviously there to ask about what the holdup was. Yet, the minute they saw Captain Marvel there, they had other questions.

"So, you crossed over?" Mary asked. "And I guess Donna and Megan did...and I wasn't able to crossover until…."

"You turned into Captain Marvel," Harry said. "Yes, I know."

Everyone in the cave, well those who were in the know about Mary's double identity blinked. The girl in question raised an eyebrow. Before she could say anything, Superwoman broke in.

"He knows?" Superwoman asked.

"He knows," Batman confirmed. "Why wouldn't he?"

Mary nodded and she wondered how the other members of the team would take that Billy and later her, were under the age of League membership, legally speaking. Despite their adult forms, legally still children. But, there's nothing to do about that right now, especially with the various problems which had been visiting Earth right now.

"Pardon my French by the Earth's gone to heck in a handbasket," Mary said.

"Yes, for lack of a better term it has."

Constantine presented herself at the edge of the cave. He eyed Mary for a long second as if considering something about her. Yet, before she could spit out two words edgewise, Constantine put a hand on Mary's shoulder.

"I should have figured it out, you are the loophole," Constantine said.

This did not answer Mary's questions, but raised several more. And made her wonder more about what was going on.

"What do you mean?" Mary asked. "Loophole?"

Harry placed a hand on Mary's shoulder, to slightly relax her. The touch did send shivers down her spine, and only half of them had to do with the weird magic in the air.

"You can change back into Mary to go to Earth B and then you can be Captain Marvel here," Harry said. "You can help us coordinate an attack on both sides."

That made perfect sense. Mary just responded with a nod.

"Yeah, I guess I can," Mary said. "Are you sure the Team would believe some kid?"

"Trust me, I know you can find a way," Harry said. "I have complete faith in you."

Mary stood up confident, with a big smile on her face. Harry's faith gave her more strength than any god had been in Captain Marvel. So, she really could do this. And judging by the chaos on both worlds, they were running out of time to do this.

No time to woman up and be a hero, whether as Mary Bromfield or as Captain Marvel.

"So, we should do this now," Constantine said. "Tell them that the little bitch boy is coordinating the attack in Roanoke Island...and we're heading now on this side. And they can help there on the other side."

"Good luck," Harry said.

Harry leaned over and gave Mary a light kiss on the cheek which caused her to flush. Mary had to get it together, despite she had been kissed by Superman. It took her about ten seconds before Mary managed to get it together enough to say the magic word.

"SHAZAM!"

If everything worked out well, Mary would end up back in the cave, amongst the other Team members. Which Harry had utter confidence it would work. Still, this is a plan that had so much going wrong. And Harry wished he could find a way to exert his presence on both sides.

Stopping, Harry shook his head. Naturally, Harry had faith in his team to pull this one off. However, having faith and not worrying about this were two different things.

"I'll catch up, once I've confirmed Mary makes contact," Harry said.

"Don't wait up too long," Constantine warned him. "You'll miss all of the fun."

Fun might not have been the word Harry looked for. One more attempt to nudge at the barrier. Harry clutched the helmet in his hand, frowning.

"You might be our last hope if we can't get on top of this," Harry said.

The feelings of darkness which gripped Zatanna got even darker. To the point where she set down and practiced some meditation tactics Zatara taught her. To fine tune the essence of the magic energy, and she could feel something going on. But what, what was the question?

"Don't bother her when she's doing that," Helena warned Whitney. "Trust me."

"Right," Whitney said.

Zatanna's eyes snapped open and she almost fell down. Breathing heavily, Zatanna felt extremely haunted by something. Helena and Sara put hands on hers and help Zatanna up to her feet. Zatanna looked about ready to fall over.

"You look like you've seen a ghost," Sara said.

"I might as well have," Zatanna murmured.

"What is it?" Helena asked.

She took a deep breath and prepared to give the answer.

"Roanoke Island," Zatanna said. "That's the genesis of the spell that wiped out all of the adults."

"Roanoke Island?" Whitney asked. "Isn't that the place where all of the colonists disappeared all of those years ago?"

That sinking feeling of despair reached around the group. Artemis spoke for all of them.

"I have a bad feeling about this," Artemis said.

"This is our last chance, "Mareena said. "All adults on Earth disappeared. The moment any of us turn eighteen, we have that same chance of vanishing off of the face of the Earth, if the magic is not stopped."

"What if they're dead?" Whitney asked.

They did not want to think about that. They would have lost too much. Again, the feelings after what they had been put through in the simulation were too raw. But, this time, everything was for real.

"They're not dead! They just have been moved to a different Earth."

The team turned their attention as a spunky brunette of about fourteen, maybe fifteen years of age, dressed in bright clothes entered the cave. Everyone put themselves on high alert. Sara and Helena moved into attack mode as the girl threw her hands up.

"How did you find this place?" Sara asked.

Sara drew a staff and a sharp blade came out of it. Despite being in danger of being skewed by an already temperamental young woman, the mysterious visitor remained cool and calm and collected. Well as calm and collected as someone could be.

"Hey...um freeze alright," the mysterious brunette said. "Or is it...frost...maybe it's chill….21st century lingo is so weird."

The Team all blinked when they looked at the extremely odd and peculiar girl.

"Is there are point why you're here?" Sara asked with her hand on the staff.

"Yes, I've arrived here to send a message from Superman," the girl said.

There's a long moment's pause where the Team looked at her strangely. This girl had been sent here by Harry, who they felt was dead. Along with every other person over the age of eighteen. They had been extremely skeptical.

"You were sent here by Superman?" Mareena asked.

"Yeah, I'm really Captain Marvel!" she yelled.

Everyone on the team just stared at her for what felt like an eternity. Finally, Whitner broke the ice snickering.

"You're Captain Marvel?" Whitney asked. "I think the stress has caused your brain to go fuzzy...it happens...we're all stressed out….I'll get you up to the High School...there are people who will help you out…."

"I'm not crazy," Mary said. "And you're wasting time...people are going to die if you don't listen to me."

"We know, kid, but you being here isn't helping things," Whitney said.

Mary just threw her arms across and stared down Kid Flash, with an agitated expression on her face. Kid Flash was about to grab her. Finally, it hit Mary what she could say to break the ice, or to make them believe her.

"You sure seem to like me well enough when I'm baking you cookies to shove down your gob, Whitney!"

Mary clapped a hand over her mouth, astonished that she said something so spicy. She took a moment to keep it cool.

"Wait...you...how?" Whitney asked.

"I told you, Superman told me to bring you a message...and Constantine...he was a guy...but now he's a woman...I don't know, that's just...anyway he...she told me to tell you...he told me to tell you…."

Mary's mouth opened and she was going completely red in the face. She motioned for Mareena to move over and Mary whispered in her ear.

"He told me that little bitch boy is behind this."

Desperately, Mary wanted a bar of soap to scrub the filth from her mouth right about now. Mary trembled a little bit and Mareena put a hand on her shoulder. It appeared that Mareena had finally believed her at the very least. And the rest of the team would go along with her.

Thankfully, because Mareena really needed to take a deep breath.

"You're in contact with Harry," Mareena said.

"Yes, he wants...he wants to coordinate a plan," Mary said. "The League's going to hit Roanoke Island like really soon...m'kay."

The Team realized that this was too much of a coincidence for her not to be telling the truth. And there was no such thing as coincidence, not in their line of work.

"We're heading there now," Mareena said. "If we strike from both sides, we might be able to shatter the spell."

Mary thought it could work. The rest of the Team, relaxing from their earlier tension. She took a calming breath before saying the magic word to report back to Superman.

"SHAZAM!"

The Team prepared for instructions. Zatanna reached onto the shelf and pulled out the Helmet of Nabu, frowning. She hoped that it was not needed, but in case it was.

"That's playing with fire," Whitney warned her. "Harry said…."

"I know, "Zatanna said. "But this is really our last hope, if everything doesn't go...to plan."

The members of the Justice League showed up at Roanoke Island where Felix Faust, Blackbriar Thorn, and Woton stood in the field. Woton's head snapped up and fired a beam of light towards the members of the League, who scattered.

Harry could feel a presence, a familiar one in this field, and it was not Klarion. Someone augmented their magical abilities somewhat. A beam of light came up. Harry dodged the attack and opened up his hand. A beam of energy came back out to rupture them back.

Megan created a shield and the flaming beams of light struck them. Black Canary came around and released a Canary Cry to break the concentration. The sound waves absorbed the field and came back at Black Canary knocking them back.

"Dinah," Harry said.

Superwoman dropped down to the ground and shook her head before Harry could go check on Dinah. Harry realized that this was in Claire's hands. Claire pulled Black Canary up, who shook it off and went back into the attack.

"Ah, Superman, strength comes in numbers," Woton said. "But, you don't have the same numbers you did the last time you fought us."

The taunting of Woton made Harry just more resolved to wrap this up. He locked fingers with Megan and the two of them linked up to increase the assault. The psychic attack struck something. They hit a barrier on the other side of the stone, which caught them completely off guard.

"I can feel them," Megan said. "It's like they're on the other side."

"They're still here, it's just mirrored," Harry said.

A blast of lightning signified the arrival of Mary Marvel. The explosive stampede of gargoyles caught Mary off guard. Donna and Diana slammed down them in tandem. The Gargoyles exploded from the attackers.

Supergirl came up and knocked one of them out of the sky with a punch. Harry grabbed Mary's shoulder and got her to come back.

"What's the situation?" Harry asked.

"In position," Mary said. "Klarion's there...and he's more powerful than ever.."

Harry sighed. He had been afraid of that. Strange magic in the air caused his head to drum, the warbeats kept firing off.

"I know," Harry said. "We need to strike that stone at the same time. This needs precision, and we need to hit them just right to bring the two Earths together, and the right way."

Mary did not want to know what happened if they messed the fusion up. She closed her eyes and disappeared with a cry of "Shazam." The lightning flashed and Mary disappeared.

"We're getting close," Constantine said.

Constantine turned up beside them in the fields. She could feel the ripples of energy. They could bring it together with a coordinated attack, but it would have to be perfect. Supergirl came down towards one of the stone guardians and used her super breath to shatter it.

"Nice one," Constantine said. "But, don't breathe easily yet. There's going to be plenty more on the way."

"Time to level the playing field."

Without another word, Harry slipped on the Helmet of Fate. His eyes glowed, and Harry spun his head around, to face them all. Faust, Thorn, and Woton, their enhanced powers. Now Harry's powers had been enhanced, with the Helmet of Nabu flowing through his body.

"Get out of my way," Harry growled.

Mareena lead the charge with Zatanna, Sara, Helena, Artemis, and Whitney following them. In the middle of the field, Klarion sat, hovering above the ground. Eyes glowing purple and more demonic, more delicious than ever. His familiar, Teekl stood up straight.

"No sudden movements," Zatanna said.

They crept closer. Just as Klarion turned his head, almost one hundred and eight degrees from his position. Eyes flooded with red light and a sadistic smile spread over his wicked little face.

"This looks like a job for Superman," Klarion cackled. "Only he's not here to hold your hands this time.."

Mareena drew first attack, slamming a spear made of pure energy down towards Klarion. The energy field rippled back towards them. They kept bombarding the attack with everything. From arrows, to physical attacks, to Canary Cries, to magic, and nothing worked.

Obviously, the answer had been clear, the minute Mareena laid eyes on Klarion's familiar.

"Go for the familiar!" Mareena yelled. "Remember it's his anchor."

Whitney went for Teeki, but the shield bounced her back. Artemis's arrows and Sara's Canary Cry also reflected past the shield. The bombardment did not go through, and the entire Team had been put back to square one.

"Oh, as if I don't learn from my past mistakes," Klarion said. "Your little baby magic is not going to stop me...so there's no use in trying."

Zatanna ripped open the bag and performed an extremely reckless action. The Helmet of Fate flashed in her hand and disappeared. It left Zatanna flummoxed. Without the Helmet, which seemed to have a mind of it's own, it was a blink of an eye.

"I'm bored."

Maeena's eyes widened. The Lord of Chaos being bored meant only one thing.

"DUCK!"

Klarion blasted straight at them. The combined shield of Zatanna and Mareena held them back, ever so slightly. Klarion blitzed through, looking like a wild man with a crazed expression locked onto them. The jolts of light came very close to exploding the team.

Mary popped itno the world and ducked the attacks from Klarion. She dodged the attack, came out from behind him. She really hoped this mad attack would break his focus.

"SHAZAM!" Mary yelled.

The lightning missed hitting Mary and struck Klarion right in the chest to break him just enough for Mareena and Zatanna to break through. They launched a combination restraining spell and attack spell. It would not be able to hold down Klarion for long.

"NOW!" Mary shouted.

"Don't know how long this straight jacket will hold," Zatanna said. "Get the stone...don't worry about him...just get the stone."

Mareena hit the stone at the right angle. The world's flickered between them and the entire Justice League and team appeared. Along with the downed, smoky forms of Faust, Thorn, and Woton, with Harry standing over them. The numbers grew a bit worse.

The second Klarion broke out, he had saw the world changed back to what it was, One Earth, unified

"Easy come, easy go," Klarion said.

With a loud snap, Klarion disappeared into a fade of light and Harry flung his hands back. At the last minute, Harry blocked the impact with his hands. The spell bounced back into nothing.

"So, how did you figure out how to break it?" Mareena asked. "And how did you defeat those three?"

"The Helmet was the key," Harry said.

"Wait, you put it on?" Zatanna asked.

It explained why the Helmet disappeared from her hands. Harry's force of will was pretty strong, and forced the Helmet to his position, all of it.

"Yeah," Harry said.

"And you convinced him to let you take it off?" Whitney asked.

A small smirk crossed over Harry's face in the aftermath.

"Yes," Harry said. "Because, as I reminded Nabu, if he trapped me with the helmet, then he would be stuck with me. Forever."

"You're not that bad," Whitney teased him. "But, I'm sure that it was pretty epic."

"Actually, it was over before any of them knew it," Harry said.

The entire Team and League stood in the midst of the field of Roanoke Island. The Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superwoman trinity crowded around in a circle. It had been obvious they had much to discuss in the aftermath of all of this chaos.

As for the Team, well they were heading back to home base.

Everyone dealt with the aftermath of today's chaos. Cat Grant appeared on the television screens and looked down at the damage done to several Metropolis businesses and turned to the camera.

"While the Casualties are unverified at this point, everything has not been properly unpacked at this point. The motive to this division of Earth into one world with adults and one world without has not been verified just yet."

Cat received some notes from off screen. She blinked once and then launched into another report.

"This just in, the remains of an exotic starfish creature has been stolen from Star Labs in the confusion and the chaos. This was the only major heist we can report to at this time."

Lois and Claire watched Cat's report while they did their own investigation report. Mary Jane followed behind them a couple of steps, navigating around the debris. Keeping up with Lois and Claire allowed Mary Jane to get some added exercise.

Once there had been enough distance between them and Mary Jane, Lois started to speak in a low tone.

"So, that's the one that Black Manta tried to steal?" Lois asked.

"And the one he tried to destroy when he could not steal it," Claire said. "It's been under observation at Star Labs...but we had much bigger problems last night."

"I know," Lois said.

"Nygma was the one that was caught on camera," Claire said.

This bit of news caused Lois to blink in surprise.

"You mean the Riddler?" Lois asked. "Did he leave any clues? You know he's compulsive."

"For once, he didn't," Claire said. "And that's what worries me."

If the Riddler did not leave any riddles, this heist was more serious than his normal crimes, but exactly how serious, Lois and Claire could not guess. There was something else going on here, even bigger than the Earth literally splitting into two worlds.

After Harry left Anissa last night, he figured he would better check up on her to see how Anissa was holding up. Harry knocked the door and waited for the answer.

He did not have to wait very long for a thirteen year old girl, with braids in her hair, wearing a tank top and a pair ripped jeans walking towards Harry.

"Hello, I'm here for Anissa," Harry said. "And you must be Jennifer. Anissa's told me about you."

Jennifer looked Harry up and down, as if taking him all in.

"Yeah, I'm sure she has," Jennifer said. "But...you must be the guy who made Anissa question...well whether or not she liked guys...she seems to like you well enough...and I can see why...Harry, isn't it?"

"Yes," Harry said. "May I came here."

"Mom, that boy Anissa likes is here!" Jennifer called from the doorway.

Harry just smiled as Anissa made her way down the steps, still dressed in a nightshirt. To be fair, Harry saw her in less. She broke out into a smile.

"So, how are you after last night?" Harry asked.

"Well, everything's calmed down," Anissa said. "World's back together...just in time to head to school."

The two laughed and parted from each other. An attractive older woman made her way down the steps and she greeted Harry with a warm smile.

"I'm Harry," Harry said. "Harry Kent, I'm sure Anissa's told you a lot about me."

"Oh, your name came up," she said. "I'm Doctor Rosalyn Stewart-Pierce...but everyone calls me Lynn."

"Well, it's nice to meet you Doctor...Lynn," Harry said with a smile. "And you have a nice home."

She just smiled and waved his compliment off.

"Well, it's modest, but it's a comfortable place," Lynn said. "And...this is a good town for my daughters to grow up in."

Harry knew Anissa's parents divorced and knew better than to press the issue. It was a year ago, when Lynn moved Jennifer and Anissa to Happy Harbor. But, Harry did not mean to pry. The divorce was not bitter from what Harry heard, it was just...a case of two people wanting different things out of their life. Which Harry respected and again, did not pry.

"It's nice to meet both of you," Harry said.

"Oh, I don't think I've ever met a white boy that polite," Jennifer said. "Can we keep him,Mom?"

Lynn gave her daughter the side out. Harry chuckled while Anissa just shook her head.

"Jennifer," Lynn said with that mother look towards her youngest daughter. "Harry, I apologize about my daughter..she's…."

"A teenger," Harry said.

Lynn just smiled, glad that Harry was not offended. Jennifer slunk behind the table, and it looked like she would be having a talk with her mother after Harry was gone.

"That's much more polite than what I was thinking," Anissa said. "You don't mind sticking around for breakfast...and we can walk to school?"

"If it's okay with your mother," Harry said.

Lynn smiled and made sure Harry understood had been welcomed. She could see why Anissa had been interested in him. And obviously, Anissa was not the only one interested him, given the looks Jennifer had been flashing the older boy.

Anissa hoped to get Harry alone somewhere to talk about last night, because she had a million and one questions.

At Happy Harbor High School, Harry returned from the gym locker room and in the middle of the hallway, he came face to face Constantine in the middle of the hallway. She took a look around and casually lit up a cigarette right in front of a no smoking sign.

"This pit of depravity and backstabbing makes me long for the warm inviting embers of hell," Constantine said. "But, I'll be brief before you're missed."

Harry appreciated that someone would get to the point with him. Waving his hand, Harry gave Constantine the opening to say what she needed to say.

"You've been struggling to find a holder for the Helmet of Fate," Constantine said. "But, I may have a solution, if you're willing to give it a chance. And if she's willing to give it a chance."

Harry made a motion as if he was interested. So Constantine persisted with the conversation.

"Have you heard of Madame Xanadu?"

"Yes," Harry confirmed. "But, I'm not sure why some dodgy seer would be worthy of the power of the Helmet of Nabu."

"Oh, she's much more than what she projects to the world," Constantine replied. "I trust you're familiar with the story of the Lady of the Lake."

Now Harry's interest had been piqued. He wondered if they might have found their match to finally get the Helmet off of his hands.

"And today, I would like to give my special thanks to Robin, Aquagirl, and Artemis in particular for coming on yesterday's web cast to give everyone the heads up," Stephanie said. "Yesterday, I had record breaking viewers. I just wished it was for a far better reason. But thank you for all tuning in and if you liked what you see, there's more...including these heroes that helped out yesterday. They're not sidekicks, they can stand on their own merits."

The entire team exchanged smiles at Stephanie's glowing review. Hell, she had been glowing, period.

"Well, that made her day that we came on," Artemis said.

The entire Team broke out into laughter. Harry was among them as they relaxed and after the day that was, they needed to relax. Until the next mission had come up.

"So, what's going to happen to Mary?" Whitney asked. "Because, technically speaking, she's not allowed in the League because she's legally fourteen."

"I know," Mareena said. "But, she would be perfect for the Team, if she wants to join."

The entire team nodded. They agreed if Mary had been kicked out of the Justice League because of the age thing, she would be a part of this team. She already was in a way, given how frequently she had been at the cave.

"So, what's on your mind?" Megan asked.

"Fate," Harry said.

Still, Constantine's suggestion about the helmet could work. The longer Harry waited the more agitated Nabu got. And to be honest, having an agitated god anywhere near his girls made Harry extremely uneasy.