Young Justice: Son Of GODZILLA

Chapter 17: Image

Mount Justice; November 22nd, 09:42 EST

The sun shines brightly over the mountain and the seagulls' squawk. Though all of that is unseen and unheard within the closed mountain base and as the Zeta Tube quiets down.

Black Canary and Green Arrow, or rather since they're in civilian clothes, Dinah and Oliver step into the training room.

"We came as soon as we got your message." Dinah says calmly, neither of them is in a rush.

"What's the problem?" Oliver asks Batman, Red Tornado, and Martian Manhunter.

"There's something you both need to see." Batman informs them.

On the screen, Black Canary is sparring with Conner. The two of them exchange a few blows before she sweeps his legs out from under him and he falls to the ground.

Canary stands up out of her fighting stance, putting her right hand on her hip. "Almost had me that time, Conner." she says in a way that while it's clearly her and her voice it doesn't sound like her. She holds a hand out and Conner puts his hand out as well before Canary grabs his wrist with both of her hands and pulls him upright. Neither of them trying to keep a common space between them. "You deserve a reward." Canary says with an almost teasing tone before sliding one hand off his shoulder and into his hair and her other arm coming around his neck from his upper arm. Kissing him.

Dinah and Oliver's eyes go wide as they gasp, they can only watch in stunned silence.

Oliver turns to his wife. "Dinah!"

"Freeze playback." Dinah commands, and it does, then turns to Oliver. "That never happened!"

An unbothered Batman speaks up. "You need to keep watching. Play."

The two pull apart on screen, Conner smiling while Canary laughs before her form suddenly shifts and she's M'gann again. Her laugh changing to match hers as she shifts.

"Freeze playback." Batman commands the computer.

Oliver cracks up in a matter of seconds, wiping a tear from his eye.

Dinah rounds him. "Don't you laugh!" she snaps. "She and he and..." she can't quite put it into words and she cuts herself off with a slight growl. "Oliver, this is not funny."

"No." he agrees rapidly, then clears his throat and turns serious. "No, of course not."

J'onn steps up. "Please understand, on Mars, this is a common game. My people all shape-shift, but also read minds so no one is ever misled. And I am certain Conner knew he was with M'gann from the very first."

"We're not on Mars, J'onn." Dinah turns towards him with a glare.

"No." he agrees slowly, dropping his gaze. "But my niece does not understand things are different on Earth."

"Then I'll make her understand." Dinah says lowly.

The instrumental music winds down as someone comes down the stairs, dressed in a bright blue miniskirt and a white cap-sleeved top with a red M over her heart and white gloves on.

The most shocking thing is that she looks exactly like Megan.

"Ugh. Hello, Megan!" she sounds nearly identical to M'gann and she moves in the same way M'gann does when she says that.

The studio audience laughs.

There is a knock at M'gann's door. "M'gann?" Dinah asks.

M'gann panics for a moment. "Eh, just a sec." she quickly shuts off the projector, moving so she's sitting on her bed while her skin shifts to green. "Uh, okay. Come in."