Chapter 96:

Chapter 96:

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[David Lance POV]

As I was sleeping in my new room at the base, I felt something moving toward me in the darkness of my room. Ready to defend myself, I snapped my eyes open and reached out, grabbing the intruder by the arm before it could move any further.

Only to find immediately after that the one that had entered my room was no intruder but Raven herself.

Taking a deep breath, I relaxed, releasing her from my grip. ~I'm sorry But, honestly. You pushed my body into a fight or flight response by sneaking up on me, and by fight or flight response, I mean fight or fight response.~

"There's an intruder in the base," Raven replied, her tone and words snapping me out of whatever drowsiness I still had circulating in my body.

~Where? How many?~ I asked, quickly grabbing my utility belt from my nightstand.

"One," Raven replied. "An imp-sized Genomorph, one that seems to be interested in Superboy only."

I frowned. I didn't remember this from the show, so this was either a canon divergence or an event that happened but was never shown; either way, we needed to take care of the problem.

~How strong is the enemy?~ I asked, trying to gather some information about the threat before dealing with it in order to do it more effectively.

"Weaker than all of us," Raven replied, and she didn't need to say anything else after that reply.

Raven hadn't woken me up because there was a threat in the base, but because of our second mission. Keeping an eye on Superboy closely.

~Seeing as the Genomorph is still roaming the base to his leisure, then it must be safe to assume Miss Martian is not aware of this unknown, meaning we can observe Superboy without interfering, at least for now,~ I replied, trying to make some workable theories with what I had so far, as to why a Genomorph of all creatures had come here.

Was the Light trying to complete Superboy's programming to ensure he was the weapon; they had wanted him to be? No, that didn't fit their behind the shadows approach to most things.

"Superboy is hallucinating," Raven said, her tone back to normal. "The Genomorph seems to be the reason for this. Do we interfere?"

Hallucinations. Well, that didn't seem like something you would make someone you missed have to show any type of appreciation.

~How does Superboy feel right now?~ I asked. From his emotions, I would be able to deduce what the Genomorph's intentions were by having Superboy hallucinate.

"He's angry, confused, scared and full of doubts," Raven replied. "We can take his anger out of the list, seeing that is his average state of mind."

Indeed. He had a lot of anger within him, anger that in time he would erase, but right now, it was there, gnawing at him, at his insecurities, begging him to snap.

I nodded.

This was good enough for now.

~This will suffice for now,~ I said, making Raven break out of her focus state. ~Can you open a portal behind the little guy so that I can snatch it into my room?~

Raven nodded, her lips twitching upwards, having found my comment apparently amusing in some sense. "I can, ready?"

I nodded.

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[In an unknown location.]

In an unidentified location, inside a dark, dreary room. The only light that came to view in the scene came from the screens that were inside the room, making a circle, each one glowing an eerie white. The figures on the screens were blurred and indistinct as they talked to one another, their voices clear and conspiratorial.

"Can the Light afford to leave Guardian in charge without the G-Gnomes?" One of the figures spoke.

"We have subtler means of control. What concerns me is the children. We now know the League is willing to employ young heroes to do their dirty work." Another replied, as an image appeared on one of the empty screens, showing Superboy, Aqualad, Kid Flash, and Robin running through Cadmus.

"That's a dark twist. But not one that personally concerns me. What does concern me is the other children," A new figure added, as the image on the screen changed to show Raven and Black Bolt, leaving the place through a dark portal.

"They managed to infiltrate the facility with ease, bypassing every security measure we had in place, finding the last level as if it was the guest bathroom in the place. Not only that, but they managed to defeat the Kryptonian failure down there with insulting ease," Another replied, showing some images of Black Bolt and Raven fighting Project: Match. "Not only that, but they discovered Speedy, the real one, and took him from us, only to come one hour later to steal Match as well if you ask me, those two need to be eliminated before they become a thorn in our side."

"It's true that they have done more damage in a day than anyone has done to us in decades, but this is a situation that can be played to our advantage. Even the temporary loss of both Kryptonian projects may prove useful. After all, eventually, everyone sees the Light."