Chapter 49

Karen and Donna were both confused on why they'd been summoned to the Island, since today wasn't one of their usual training days, though both had to admit that they were getting tired of being stuck behind the scenes while their sisters fought the bad guys. Though they had become best friends since Donna had been enrolled at National City High and Karen had introduced her to her other friends, Ruby Arias and George Lockwood.

"Thank you both for coming on such short notice." Kara said as she and Diana landed on the Island in front of them.

"What's going on? Why did you call us here when it's not one of our training days?" Donna asked and her big sister smiled.

"We called you here because after talking about it with your legal guardians, we've decided that the time has come for the two of you to make a choice." Kara said.

"What choice?" Karen asked.

"The same choice the two of us made when we decided to put on these suits and fight the good fight. It's time for the two of you to decide if you truly want to become heroes or if you were just doing it because of how much you respect us. And remember, whatever choice you make today, doesn't have to be a permanent one. There's no shame in walking away later on if you decide that this life isn't for you, that is, if you choose to join it at all and if you say no now, it doesn't close the door on you deciding to change your minds later." Diana said.

"Today's the day?" Donna asked.

"Yes, today is the day." Kara confirmed.

"I'm in. I made my choice the day Jeremiah rescued me from Cadmus. Especially since while I was freed, I have siblings at Cadmus that still need to be rescued. I can't abandon them and I need to be part of the rescue attempt when we find them." Karen said and Kara smiled, since she suspected that would be her sister's answer, it was nice to have it confirmed.

"What about you Donna? Just because Karen's made this choice, doesn't mean you have to make the same one." Diana said, since while she'd been training her little sister at her insistence, Diana wanted to make sure Donna was making the right choice for her, not for all of them.

"I've spent my whole life being sheltered on Hephaestia, reading stories about the heroes of old and learning everything I could about you Diana. My whole life, my greatest desire has been to leave that Island behind and fight by your side not just as a hero, but as an Amazon." Donna said and Diana saw nothing but conviction in her sister's eyes.

"Good. Then each of you need to choose a name that the world will know you as. A way to keep your identities hidden from the rest of the world, since our secret identities are what keep our loved ones safe." Diana said as she nodded at her sister's response.

"One good thing Cadmus did is that they already gave me my name. I do like the sound of Powergirl." Karen said and Kara chuckled, since she'd figured that would be her sister's choice of name.

"Donna?" Diana asked.

"Well, since I'm Wonder Woman's protege, I think there's only one name that works. I'm Wonder Girl." Donna said.

"Well, I guess I'm in no position to judge, since I basically did the same thing when I named myself Supergirl after Superman, even though I was never his protege." Kara said.

"Anyways, since we suspected that you'd both choose to fully commit to this life, we were prepared. Kelex, if you wouldn't mind." Kara said as the robot nodded before two mannequins floated upwards from the floor, each one wearing a different costume. The one in front of Donna wore a bright red jumpsuit that was embroidered with gold stars and a gold belt with the Wonder Woman symbol on it and on the head was what looked like a gold amazon war helmet.

The suit for Karen was a silverish white with as short sleeve shirt with a golden version of the crest of the house of EL on its chest, the hands being covered by blue gloves that went up to the elbows, matching white pants and blue boots, along with a red cape on the back that had a gold embroidering on it. (For Donna's suit, think of the Wonder Girl suit for titans and for the powergirl suit, there will be an image attached on Wattpad of it).

"We get our own suits now?" Karen asked with glee and Kara nodded.

"But, you can't let that distract you from your regular lives. If your grades start to suffer, we lock the suits up and you're not to use them without our permission." Kara said and both Karen and Donna nodded.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Suit up? We've got a place to be." Diana said as both girls grinned as they grabbed their respective suits and went to find places to change.

"You sure they're ready for this?" Diana asked.

"They're both at the age, maturity wise, where they'll rebel. It's better if we have some control over what they do." Kara said and Diana nodded, since she couldn't argue with that.

"Okay, how do we look?" Karen asked as she and Donna walked back towards their mentors. Or rather, Powergirl and Wonder Girl walked towards Supergirl and Wonder Woman.

"Amazing." Supergirl said.

"Why do I have to wear this helmet?" Wonder Girl complained, since her sister didn't have to.

"Because you chose to establish Donna Troy as a girl who doesn't wear glasses. Your helmet will conceal your identity. Now stop complaining. The four of us have somewhere we need to be." Wonder Woman said as she and Supergirl flew out of the Island, with their proteges following them.

"Where are we going?" Powergirl asked Supergirl as they flew across the country.

"We're heading to Washington DC. There are some people there we want you to meet." Wonder Woman was the one who answered.

"Wait, DC, does that mean you're taking us to the Hall of Justice?" Wonder Girl asked eagerly and Powergirl matched her enthusiasm.

"Yes actually. In fact, we're almost there." Supergirl said as they began their descent towards the Hall of Justice and the second the four of them landed, they began attracting a crowd, since not only did two of the founding members of the Justice League land in front of the Hall of Justice, but it looked like they'd brought sidekicks.

"Do Supergirl and Wonder Woman have sidekicks now?" they heard several bystanders ask.

"We don't use the word sidekicks. Powergirl and Wonder Girl are our proteges." Supergirl said, officially establishing their superhero names.

"How are we getting inside, since I thought that only League members were allowed inside the Hall?" Powergirl asked.

"I sent a message to another leaguer who's already inside to update the system to allow you two access." Supergirl answered as the four of them approached the entrance, causing the scanner to appear and begin to scan each of them as it read out their numbers.

"Supergirl, 01, Wonder Woman, 02, Powergirl, B03, Wonder Girl, B04, access granted." the computer said as the doors opened.

"B-series?" Powergirl asked as the four of them walked into the hall.

"It's the designation we use for our proteges who aren't ready for the League yet." Supergirl said.

"Wait, who's B01 and B02?" Wonder Girl asked.

"I was hoping one of you would ask." a new voice said as Batman walked up to them, with two teenagers with him.

"Powergirl, Wonder Girl, it's time for you both to officially meet the Justice League's second in command, Batman and these are his two proteges, Robin and Spoiler. Robin is B01 and Spoiler is B02, since it's the order you were recruited in." Supergirl explained.

"It's an honor to meet you, Batman." Powergirl said eagerly as she held out her hand, which Batman shook.

"I'm pleased to meet the next generation of heroes. And to give Robin and Spoiler some people their own age to talk to about the life. I saw how much it benefitted both Supergirl and Nightwing back in the day." Batman said.

"Wait, what?" Powergirl asked her mentor.

"Yeah, Batman introduced Nightwing and I back when he was the first Robin, since we were around the same age and I was one of the only people his age that he could talk to." Supergirl said.

"Which is why I was hoping you'd talk to him about rebooting the Titans, since he might listen to you more than he does me." Batman said and Supergirl nodded.

"I'll find time to talk to him about it." Supergirl said, but before they could continue their conversation, the alarms blared.

"What's going on?" Powergirl asked as Batman rushed to the computers.

"I think we may finally have a legitimate lead on Cadmus. And the Superboy you told us about." Batman said.

"Find out what League members are available, especially Superman, he made it clear he wanted to be a part of this mission." Supergirl said.

"On it. But from what I know, Green Arrow is busy with a situation in Star City that requires his full attention." Batman said.

"I heard about that, the League will be on standby to help him if he needs it after we finish this." Supergirl said and Batman nodded as he sent out the alert.

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