M'gann was growing uncomfortable. Not with her uncle, since despite his history with White Martians, he'd been quick to welcome her into his family, maybe because her blood tests had confirmed that she was half green martian and that her DNA did match his in the sense that she was his niece.

No, the thing that was making her feel uncomfortable was her accommodations. Since her release from Cadmus, she'd started living at the DEO's headquarters in National City with her uncle, but she found being there almost as unnerving as being back at Cadmus, since while she wasn't a prisoner here, since she could leave anytime she wanted, to she could see people looking at her, scientists who looked like they'd love to put her under a microscope and it was only the authority of her uncle and his second in command and fellow league member, Alex Danvers, that kept the scientists in check.

She also didn't love how much her room both looked and felt like a cell. She could tell people were wondering why a teenage girl was allowed to live in the DEO and she was honestly wondering that herself. She was honestly beginning to wonder if she should call Kara or Karen and see if she could stay with them, since that had to be more comfortable than her current living arrangements.

But she was pulled from her thoughts when her uncle sat down next to her in the training room.

"I don't have to be psychic to see you're uncomfortable here." J'onn said to his niece.

"What did you expect? You might be used to living your life here, literally, but I'm not. I feel like I'm still a prisoner." M'gann said.

"M'gann, you are not a prisoner. You can leave anytime you want." J'onn protested.

"Really, because people tend to freak out when I do and I always end up sleeping in what feels like a cell. The team might've rescued me from Cadmus, but it feels like you just put me in another prison. I'm gonna call Karen and Donna, see if they're up for some fun before the party this weekend. It'll be nice to get away from here for a while." M'gann said as she phased away before J'onn could respond, leaving him frustrated.

"Tough day?" Alex asked J'onn when he returned to the command center after he'd left to search for M'gann.

"M'gann's having trouble adjusting." J'onn admitted and was surprised by the smug look on Alex's face.

"What's that look for?" J'onn asked.

"J'onn, anyone could tell that M'gann's having trouble adjusting and the reason for that is that she hates it here. There's honestly been a betting pool going on in the League about when you'd finally realize it. Which reminds me, I need to let Superman know he won the pot." Alex said and J'onn rolled his eyes.

"She's safe here." J'onn said.

"That's just your excuse to avoid the real issue. J'onn, ever since you found out about M'gann, you've been keeping her isolated, only allowing her to leave the DEO when either Karen or Donna are with her. You haven't even enrolled her in school yet. And you're forgetting that by your standards, M'gann is still a teenager, not an adult. She wants to interact with the world, be part of it, but let's be honest, you never have. Even as a member of the Justice League, you stay hidden here in the DEO. You have no real life outside it. And maybe you've grown used to living a life of solitude, but M'gann hasn't." Alex said.

"I can't lose another child, Alex." J'onn admitted.

"J'onn, I understand that, but if you don't start making some changes, you'll lose her in a different way. You're her guardian now, which means that you have to put her needs ahead of yours. M'gann needs to be able to have a life and honestly, so do you. You've kept yourself hidden away here for too long. You need to start trying to build a life for yourself beyond your jobs. I'm not saying you should start dating or anything, since I'm sure it'll be hard for you to find someone with shared life experiences, but you do need to learn to truly live on this planet. If not as J'onn J'onzz, then as Hank Henshaw." Alex said and J'onn knew she was right.

"And since I've been expecting this day to come, here." Alex said as she handed J'onn a flyer for an apartment near her own.

"An apartment listing." J'onn said.

"I checked it out for you already and I think it would be a great place for you and M'gann to live. Open floor plan, two bedrooms, nice kitchen, a spare room you could use as an office and I checked it out and it's located in the same school area that Karen and Donna go to, so she'd be able to go to school with them." Alex said.

"You really did your homework on this." J'onn said, impressed.

"Well I knew you wouldn't without a push, so I thought I'd take some of the guestwork out of it. The name and number of the realtor are on the flyer and because of how well I know you, I'm not dropping this until I watch you call and make an appointment to see that apartment." Alex said and J'onn couldn't even scold her for that, since she was right.

M'gann had to stop herself from groaning as she returned from her day out with her friends, though she had to admit, living at the DEO meant that she couldn't really go shopping like her friends did, which made it feel even harder for her to fit in.

However, she was surprised to find her uncle waiting for her in her room.

"What's going on?" M'gann asked.

"What's going on is tonight is your last night sleeping at the DEO, since Alex made me realize that I haven't been fair to you, making you stay here instead of letting you actually live your life, since I've been too afraid to live mine since I landed on Earth. But maybe it's time I let my fear go so we can both live our lives. To that end, I found an apartment in the city." J'onn said.

"Wait, like a real home?" M'gann asked hopefully.

"Yes. It's close to here so it's convenient for my work, but it's also located in the same school zoning as Karen and Donna so you'll start at National City High with them and I also enrolled you there and you'll start at the beginning of the next semester, since it's the middle of the winter holidays anyways. We're going to do some furniture shopping tomorrow for the basics, meaning couches and beds, and then after that, we'll start making the apartment a bit more like home. Or an earth version of home." J'onn said and M'gann smiled as she threw her arms around her uncle.

"Thank you Uncle J'onn." M'gann said.

"And one more thing, while you were gone today, I decided to officially retire the name Hank Henshaw, so I legally changed my name to John Jones. Just like how your human name is Megan Morse." J'onn said.

"John Jones does feel more like you. And I can't wait to see our new place." M'gann said, happy to finally be able to live her life the way she wanted too and maybe even get her uncle to start living his own life too.