"This cave was the original secret sanctuary of the Justice League; we're calling it into service again. Since you four are determined to stay together and fight the good fight, you will do it in real terms." Batman announced to the four Sidekicks. Kid Flash, Aqualad, Robin and the newly released clone of Superman, Superboy. "Red Tornado volunteered to live here and be your supervisor. Black Canary will be in charge of your training and I will deploy you on missions."
"Real missions?!" Robin asked in surprise.
"Yes, but covert." the Dark Knight affirmed.
"The League will still handle the obvious stuff, there is a reason we have these big signs on our chest, you know." Flash grinned and poked the lightning symbol on his chest.
"Cadmus proves that the Bad guys are getting smart, Batman needs a team that can act covertly." Aquaman stated.
"The five of you'll be that team."
"Cool, wait! Five?"
Batman gave a slight inclination of his head to their backs', the four sidekicks turned around and saw Martian Manhunter with a redhead Martian girl their age walking beside him. "This is the Martian Manhunter's niece, Miss Martian."
The girl was obviously a Martian, given that her skin was green. She had red hair and was wearing a white shirt with red lines, a blue skirt and blue cap.
Wally couldn't contain the slight grin creeping up his face as he leaned towards Robin
"I'm liking this hero gag every minute." he whispered and moved towards the green skinned girl with a wide flamboyant grin. "Hi, I am Kid Flash, that's Robin, Superboy and Aqualad. It's perfectly cool if you forget their names."
"I'm honored to be included." Miss Martian voiced with a polite smile.
The tree sidekicks minus Superboy moved towards the green Martian and shook her hand. Superboy was reminded once again the reality of his existence. Created to be a clone to replace or kill Superman was not a way of life he cherished.
Seeing the distant expression on Superboy's face, Robin waved his hand in "come here" gesture. "Hey, Superboy, come and meet Miss M."
Happy to be included in the welcoming ceremony, Superboy walked forward and stood beside the four teens. The white shirt of Miss Martian changed color and became a black shirt with red lines, similar to his, except the two crossing lines on the torso.
"I like your shirt." She said with a shy smile, Superboy returned the smile, albeit a small one. Wally and Robin nudged the Clone in a friendly way and draped their arms around him.
"Alright, now that the pleasantries are out of the way, I would like to introduce to you another supervisor who will accompany you on some of your missions." Batman announced firmly.
Recognized, Destiny
The Computer announced loudly and a tall individual walked towards the Cave with grace and elegance, with such confident and self-assured way that it had all the Sidekicks entranced.
A heavy pressure accompanied his every step towards their location, however, there was no feeling of malice or evil-intent in the pressure. Quite the opposite in fact, the aura surrounding the tall redhead was that of comfort and support.
"Who is that?" Kid Flash whispered to Robin, his eyes wide like saucers in awe. For the first time in his life, he was speechless and that was saying something considering his mouth ran even faster than his feet!
"You don't know?! That's the new strongest member of the League, he is practically a living legend!" he replied with equal surprise. A man becoming legendary in two short months accompanying them on missions would be like a dream come true!
Superboy didn't care about the rest, only the part about this guy being stronger than Superman had gotten his attention. Could a guy exist that was stronger than Superman? He had never thought of the possibility of someone stronger than Superman existing. Cadmus had programmed his mind to think so.
"Greetings young ones, my name is Haru Uzumaki, but you may call me Destiny." Haru greeted with a soft smile on his regal face.
"That's why you didn't want to come, you should've said so." Dinah said with a frown, hurt that he had known this would happen and hadn't told her about it. Then again, she should've known that he would know everything happening around the League. She had no idea how, but somehow he seemed to know everything about them!
"My apologies, I had no desire to ruin your entertainment." Haru reasoned with his typical delicate smile.
"Hello, my name is Robin, it's an honor to meet you." Robin said with an uneasy smile, nervous from being so close to the legendary figure of the Justice League. It's not every day you meet someone who is stronger than Superman.
"At ease, Child, no need to be so formal." the redheaded king stated with an easy-going smile that sure enough relaxed Robin.
"H-hello, my name is Kid Flash, nice to meet you."
Standing to the side, Flash's eyebrow rose in surprise. He had never ever seen KF stutter, but then again, this was Haru they were talking about. Even some of the more hardened members had stuttered when they had first met him, including Flash himself.
"Ah yes, I've heard about you Kid Flash, I have to say I find your behavior and entertaining nature to be very amusing." Haru voiced with clear amusement while Kid Flash chuckled nervously, not exactly expecting to be praised for his joking nature.
"Hello, I'm Megan Mars; it's an honor to meet you Mr. Destiny." Miss M stated with a polite tone.
"The honor is all mine, Miss Martian."
"My name is Aqualad; it's an honor to be in the presence of such a legendary member of the league." Aqualad spoke in a polite tone. His King had mentioned the enrollment of a new and powerful member into the Justice League. The sheer amount of strength he possessed was astounding. He had no choice but to give him the respect he deserved.
Superboy was still staring at the tall redhead with something akin to concealed admiration and awe. The pressure he emitted, the confidence with which he walked and the way he talked was awe-aspiring. He may have wanted to be accepted by Superman, but now he had found someone stronger and better than Superman.
"My name is Superboy."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Superboy. Now that the pleasantries are over, I would like to instate a basic but incredibly essential rule of this Team. Always trust your teammates. Secondly, always call on me should you need help regardless of anyone's feelings on the matter. I will hear your call whether I'm here, off world or even in another dimension, am I understood? "
"Yes Sir!"
Batman was looking at the interaction between the Sidekicks and Haru with narrowed eyes. The nervous reaction from Robin had surprised him, stunned even! He had trained the boy to not be intimidated by anything or anyone. For him to show such nervousness and unease was astonishing to say the least.
Even he could not intimidate the boy so easily, but Haru had done it with just his presence alone. It further proved his theories about Haru being a secret agent of the enemy.
Aquaman, Flash, Red Tornado and Black Canary were looking at the scene with small smiles… well the rest were smiling while Tornado was gazing confusingly. His superior programming had nothing on this strange and powerful force Haru possessed to accomplish such feats such as intimidating a whole group by merely his presence alone.