It is in these tunnels that we find the members of the ofttimes heroic, currently fugitive Young Justice.

Cassie Sandsmark, a.k.a. Wonder Girl: "You sure you know where you're going?"

Sam Guthrie, a.k.a. Cannonball: "Umm . . . "

Cissie King-Jones, a.k.a. Arrowette: "Umm?"

Bart Allen, a.k.a. Impulse: "It smells funny in here."

Kon-El, Superboy: "It's a sewer."

Linda Danvers, a.k.a. Firebird: "So you don't know where you're going?"

Jennifer-Lynn Haden, a.k.a. Jade: "Of course he knows where he's going. Right, honey?"

Hallie Takahama, a.k.a. Jolt: "Hooboy . . . "

Chuck Barnes, a.k.a. Robin: " . . . "

"Well, not exactly," Sam frowned. "Magik an' Ah kinda found it by accident . . . "

"So what was your whole 'follow me' thing?" Superboy asked.

"Would you rather we had hung around and waited for the Super-Unit Police to get their act together, call in reinforcements and take us down?" Sam asked.

"I could cover all these tunnels in a matter of seconds," Impulse said. "I'd find 'em in no time!"

"You'd probably scare them half to death," Cissie frowned.

"Yeah," Sam nodded. "They ain't used to visitors."

"So, then, why are we here again?" Superboy asked.

"Because we've got no other place to go," Robin frowned.

"Please don't start arguing again," Hallie sighed.

"Then let's just find the tunnels," Superboy shrugged.

"They're that way."

"Eh?" Robin asked, quickly turning and going to attention along with his teammates. The voice had come from the shadows.

"I don't want no trouble," the voice replied. "But they're down that tunnel to your left. You leave me be, I'll leave you be."

"Works for me," Superboy shrugged. "Come on . . . "

"Umm . . . thanks?" Cassie said. There was no reply.

"That was weird," Sam commented.

Sebastian Shaw sat in his office. He was the Black King of the club's secret Inner Circle. His confidant, the Lady Tessa, entered the office. She was his Queen.

"You called, m'lord?" she asked.

"Yes," Shaw answered. "Sit."

Tessa carefully took her seat.

"As you're well aware," Shaw began, "our Inner Circle has been hurting lately . . . ever since the battle with Young Justice."

She nodded.

"That is why they are now regarded as outlaws," Shaw continued. "I have put pressure on my key operatives in the government . . . with any luck, vigilantism may soon be outlawed nation wide. And just in case that falls through, the Sentinel program is pushing into full swing. Our first robots will be operational in mere days."

"With the programming?"

"Of course," Shaw nodded. "They will not register any mutant I do not wish them to . . . and I also carry with me an override command, to be used whenever necessary."

"It seems as though you've got it all planned out."

"Indeed I do. Frost, DaCosta and the little Wyngarde have taken the Hellions on a search to relocate and capture the Cerebro technology. We gave it sentience, and then it fled off before we could program it. I can only assume that its goal is to locate mutants."

"Whereas the Sentinels will also target super-humans?"

"Exactly," Shaw grinned. "The world will be in the palm of my hand. But first, my Lady, I have a mission for you. Doctor Doom recently became the new White King . . . yet we have not heard from him since. I want you to find him and bring him here. If he will not come, tell him he is no longer a part of our cabal. I need the circle united, and soon . . . for what will come next."

Sam continued leading the way, approaching quietly and carefully.

"Stand where you are," a voice called. The Morlock leader, Callisto stepped out and approached them.

"Hi," Sam said. "Callisto, right?"

"I thought you agreed to stay away from us?" she asked, angrily. "Now you've brought even more pretty upworlders."

"We've come for your help," Sam said. "We need a place to stay . . . "

"It ain't here," Callisto frowned. A few more Morlocks gathered behind her. Thornn squatted by her. Plague, Masque and Caliban stood around her. Caliban watched Linda with curiosity.

"We only need shelter," Wonder Girl smiled. "We can get our own food, and even some for you if you want it."

"Get your pretty faces out of our home," Masque said angrily.

"Quiet," Callisto hissed. "We don't want your charity, and we don't want any visitors. We like our privacy. Now leave before we're forced to make you."

"Yeah?" Superboy asked. "You and what army?"

Sam held up a hand to Kon. "Alright . . . we'll go."

Superboy threw his arms up and turned around.

"Let's go, YJ," Robin said. "We'll find someplace else."

Callisto and her Morlocks turned around as well, heading back into their chambers. Caliban waited behind, focusing on Linda.

He grinned. "She is no mutant . . . she is the Earth-Born Angel . . . "

"Now what?" Jade asked.

"We can always try the HQ," Cissie shrugged.

"What if the DEO found it?" Linda asked.

"I can swing by there," Robin said. "Sneak in, sneak out."

"Alone?" Cassie asked. "That's kinda risky."

"I'll contact a friend," Robin said. "She's not a part of us, and she might be willing to help."

Uh-oh . . . Cissie thought. He means the Spoiler. But I'm the Spoiler . . . it was a dumb idea, but it started working . . . and Robin really likes her. And I really like Robin . . . I guess I'll have to try to pull this double-life off again . . .

"Let's find a place to hole up for the night," Sam said. "So Robin can check that out tonight."

"I don't think you'll be needing a place to sleep for one night," a voice called. "You'll be needing a place to sleep forever!"

The Grey Lady appeared in the sky, swinging down with her wings.

"The Point Men!" Wonder Girl exclaimed.

A portal opened by Shortcut brought the rest of the group: Blockade, Serpenteen, Shortcut, Blank Slate, Feral, Moonstar, and a newcomer, Jesse Bedlam.

"Sam?" Moonstar asked as she formed a psi-arrow. "You're alive?"

"Yeah," he replied. "No thanks to you, girl!"

"Guess I'll have to try harder," Feral sneered.

"We outnumber them," Robin said. "So take 'em!"

Superboy began to pummel Blockade, whose strength matched his own. Blockade quickly knocked Superboy aside. He followed through with another punch which Kon blocked with his photonic shield.

"Uh-uh," Jesse said. "Toys won't work with me around! I disrupt anything mechanical!"

"Good for you," Jade said, hitting him with a large, glowing green fist.

Shortcut kept Impulse busy. Every time Bart approached, he was teleported away.

Arrowette lined up a shot with a shock-arrow and nailed Shortcut, stopping his concentration and allowing Bart to tag him.

Feral leapt at Jolt, who easily dodged over her and gave her a shock-punch, frizzing up the orange feline's fur.

"Why are you attacking us?" Linda asked, flying into the air to face Grey Lady.

"There's a huge price tag on your heads," she responded, slashing at Linda, who dodged. "And besides that, we came to finish what we started when we fought the team at the Project: Wideawake base!"*

*(YJ #6 - Paul)

Robin took on Serpenteen, using his bo-staff against the lizard's claws and tail.

"You won't win!" Serpenteen hissed. "We beat you last time . . . we shall beat you again!"

"You remember incorrectly!" Robin replied, smashing his staff into the lizard's head. "You guys retreated after you thought you killed Sam!"

"You're still not makin' any sense," Sam said to Danielle Moonstar, a woman who was once one of his closest friends.

"Like you being alive does?" Dani replied. "Feral killed you!"

"Ah know," Sam replied. "Ah got better. But what's your excuse, huh? Why're you doin' this?"

"I . . . Sam . . . "

Suddenly, the ground began to shake as Groundswell entered the battle. The very buildings crumbled and began to fall as the street became a member of the Point Men.

"Crap," Wonder Girl said to herself.

"Give it up," Blank Slate grinned as she floated. "You're done for!"

Three people were there. One was Graviton, master of gravity. One was M'Reel, an extra-dimensional alien that served Graviton. The other was the true Superboy.

"Captain America lives?" Graviton asked, intrigued. "I heard the stories about him . . . but he is only one man. A powerless one at that."

"Are you kidding?" Superboy asked. "He's the ultimate hero! He can beat anybody! And he's the key to the Avengers League . . . heck, any team! Put him into the middle of chaos, he'll turn it into order and make sure the good guys win."

"Hmph," Graviton frowned. "Then he is key. Destroy him, the others will fall."

"That's not what I meant . . . " Superboy frowned.

"Continue," Graviton grinned. "I wish to hear more . . . and you wish to tell me more, so that you may be free of my own prison."

Man, this guy's totally loony tunes, Kon thought. But I gotta just keep playing along until I feel up to full strength again . . .

"This is getting out of hand," Robin said, punching Serpenteen out.

"Nice way for us to keep a low profile," Arrowette nodded, firing a pair of gas arrows at Groundswell.

"We can take 'em," Jolt replied, shock punching Feral again.

"Don't get cocky," Jade answered. She sent a trio of large bowling balls at Blockade.

"What hope do you have against Groundswell?" Grey Lady asked. "You can fight against flesh . . . even Blank Slate's mist . . . but against the very earth itself?"

"Enough!" Firebird yelled. Her wings burst out from behind her, this time brighter and larger than the last time. Their appearance sent an energy shockwave of a psionic nature into the minds of the Point Men, causing them great pain. Only Dani Moonstar and Blank Slate still stood, one with telepathic training, and the other with a telepathically untouchable mind.

"Whoa," Cissie was shocked.

"What hope do I have against you?" Linda continued, apparently in a trance of some sort. "I . . . am . . . PHOENIX!"

A second blast rocketed even Dani and Blank Slate, sending them to their knees. Linda fell from the sky, and Cannonball rocketed over, catching her safely.

"Slate . . . get us . . . out of here," Moonstar called.

Another moment, and it was done. The Point Men had retreated.

"Wow," Cassie said. "Linda, what was that?"

"What was . . . what?" she asked, slowly coming around.

"That whole big light show," she continued. "And what's the Phoenix thing?"

"What are you talking about?" Linda asked. "I just . . . lost consciousness . . . I thought one of them had hit me from behind . . . "

"It's a mystery that'll have to wait for another time," Robin frowned. "We've drawn too much attention to ourselves . . . we need to get out of here."

"Right," Sam said. "Flyers, take those who can't . . . we'll head to the harbor. We can probably find an empty warehouse to spend the night in."

"Oo, fun," Jade sighed.

Just this morning, it was the site of a major delivery from a new archeology find in Egypt. But everyone was scared off when one of the crates opened, and a hand reached out. The hand belonged to a . . . man.

It began to laugh as it slumped itself out of its crate and secreted itself in a warehouse.

"Need . . . more . . . time," he said to himself. "Absorb more . . . cosmic rays . . . get strong . . . healthy . . . once more. And then . . . the world . . . will pay . . . "