Chapter 117

"Nia, why are you leading me into the alley behind your building?" Sasha asked her big sister as she checked to make sure the alley was clear.

"For this." Nia said as she moved a fake brick aside to reveal a retinal scanner, which she pressed her face up against the scanner.

"Dreamer, S-05, confirmed." the AI said as the wall in front of them opened to reveal a zeta tube entrance.

"What's that?" Sasha asked.

"That Sasha is a zeta tube. It's how us superheroes who can't fly or run at super speed get to places fast. And it's our ticket to one of the coolest places you'll ever see." Nia said as she typed in an override code, since as a member of the Superfriends, Nia had limited override abilities, not the level full League members got.

"Access granted. Sasha Nal, S-06, confirmed." the AI said after scanning Sasha.

"Follow me sis." Nia said as she set the tube's destination before taking her sister's hand and leading her through the tube.

"Dreamer, S-05, confirmed. Sasha Nal, S-06 confirmed." the tube said as the Nal sisters exited the tube to enter the Island.

"Whoa, what is this place?" Sasha asked in shock as she looked around.

"Sasha, welcome to the Island. The base of operations for the Superfriends. Or rather what's left of us since Green Lantern, Blue Beetle, Martian Manhunter and Miss Martian have all left National City." Nia said.

"And it's also a little bit of Krypton here on Earth." Kara said as she landed in front of them.

"Supergirl." Sasha said in awe at meeting the leader of the Justice League.

"Please, call me Kara. If your sister trusts you, then so do I. Especially since you're going to be training here to learn to use your powers. Just like she did and still does." Kara said.

"Where's Powergirl? I thought that she'd be here since I assumed Sasha would be joining Young Justice too." Nia said.

"Powergirl is away at cheer camp right and more importantly, the League decided to disband the Young Justice Program, since it was really more of a failed experiment. Training young heroes like that, it's more the Titan's department than ours. Plus, we rarely used them after all." Kara said.

"Still, it seems like a shame, since the program had a lot of potential." Nia said.

"Maybe, but in the end, it just outlived its purpose. We might still call them together for minor missions, but for now Young Justice has been shuttered. Maybe we'll give it another attempt some day." Kara said, but for now she knew that disbanding Young Justice was the right call and she'd run it by all the current members first and even Karen had agreed, since Young Justice didn't really do much anyways.

"So I won't get to meet Powergirl or any of the other heroes my age?" Sasha asked, since she'd been looking forward to meeting other kid heroes.

"Not Powergirl, but I did call in a favor with another former member of Young Justice who's actually being considered for League nomination himself." Kara said as the Zetatube activated again.

"Aqualad, B-11, confirmed." The AI said as the oldest member of Young Justice and protege to Aquaman, Kaldur Ahm, aka Aqualad stepped out.

"Sasha Nal, meet Kaldur Ahn. Aka Aqualad." Kara said with a smile.

"And currently the resident Aquaman since the real one is currently preoccupied." Kaldur said.

"What happened to the original Aquaman?" Sasha asked.

"He's on paternity leave since his wife is pregnant with the future heir to the throne." Kaldur said.

"Though I get the feeling that you're going to need a new name soon like Donna, since from what I hear, Arthur doesn't have much left to teach you and he's ready to take on a new protege, a new Aqualad. Donna ditched the name Wonder Girl after she started distancing herself from Wonder Woman, maybe it's time you start doing the same thing." Kara said.

"Maybe. But just like how she'd never take on the mantle of Wonder Woman, I can't bring myself to take the name Aquaman from my mentor, since while he may be on leave, he is still the true Aquaman and my king." Kaldur said.

"What about Riptide?" Sasha suggested.

"Huh, I like that." Kaldur admitted.

"It suits you." Kara agreed.

"Anyways, can we get back to why we're here?" Nia asked, since she noticed the way her sister was looking at Kaldur. Which Kara noticed and chuckled at.

"You can't stop her from growing up, Nia. No matter how much you want him too. And honestly, I would not mind having an Atlantean around more often." Kara said.

"You were okay with Karen spending so much time with Donna?" Nia asked.

"That's not exactly the same thing and you know it, but I do think that Donna helped Karen form her own identity outside of what Cadmus bred her to be and honestly, it's nice having some Amazon muscle here too. Besides, Kaldur still has responsibilities to Atlantis, so I doubt he'll be around as much as Donna is, since Diana's mother is still raising Donna as part of her exile for allowing Themyscira to sink in the Atlantis War." Kara reminded her.

"Thank you for reminding me that Kaldur's people were the enemy that brought the Justice League together." Nia said.

"And Kaldur fought at our side during that fight. Now back off and let's get Sasha's training started. Follow me." Kara said as she led them towards the training room.

"Kelex, initiate Dreamer training program, level one, lowest difficulty." Kara said, since each member of her team had their own training programs in the Island's systems.

"Right away ma'am." the AI said as a hologram appeared.

"Okay Sasha, let's see what you can do." Nia said and her sister nodded as she moved to start the training program, only for an alarm to sound.

"What's going on?" Sasha asked.

"A new villain is attacking National City." Kelex reported.

"Pause session, Nia, suit up, Krypto, stay here with Sasha." Kara said as she activated her Supergirl suit and Nia conjured her Dreamer suit in a flash of blue light.

"Allow me to assist you." Kaldur said.

"The more help we have the better, since we know nothing about this threat. Kelex, program the Zeta tube to lock onto the one closest to the site of the attack. I'm gonna fly ahead and do not open the tube to anyone until we return." Kara said, knowing that Sasha would probably try to sneak after them, even though she wasn't ready for any kind of action yet.

"Thank you." Kaldur said as he and Dreamer headed to the Zeta tube while Krypto barked as he came to Sasha's side while Supergirl flew out.

A few casting changes:

Kaldur'Ahm/Aqualad/Riptide is now played by Mekonnen Knife

Sasha Nal is now played by Ruby Rose Turner.

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