P. M.

4

"And this is the laboratory. This is where Peter spends most of his time," M'gann explained as she and the group continued the tour of the base.

"Neat," Kid Flash said as the door to the laboratory opened and revealed the inside. "I was expecting a bit more... scientific stuff," he commented looking at the tables which were mostly filled with pieces. "Did you get to make anything yet?"

"Most of the time I spent here was used to catch up on files - the ones the League actually gave me access - and see what I need to prepare for. This is what I managed to make after creating something to defend myself with," Peter stated as he held his right hand upwards and showed the glove he was wearing.

Kid Flash looked a bit closer to the glove, trying to figure out what it is, but came with nothing. "What is it?"

Flicking his wrist, the palm of the glove glowed blue before a holographic screen and keyboard appealed in front of Peter's gloved hand. "Carrying a laptop is a pain, so I made Holographic CPU Glove to fix that," he explained as the team looked at the glove.

"Dude, sweet," Robin whistled looking at the screen, thinking it was similar but more advanced to his computer gauntlet. "What kind of processing power does it have?" He asked, thinking to ask the scientist for one.

Peter sighed. "Not a very good one. The RAM is decent at best, and ROM needs work. I sadly don't have the materials to work with for now," he felt rather annoyed despite understanding why the League didn't trust him with the more advanced kinds of technology.

"It's still cool you made that with what you had," Kid Flash added before they all continued walking to finish the tour.

"The base sure is big," Superboy commented as they reached the main hall.

"The base is actually the whole mountain," M'gann informed him.

"It was hollowed out and reinforced by Superman and Green Lantern during the earlier days of the League," Kid Flash explained as they looked over the wide space.

"Then why abandon it for the Hall of Justice?" Superboy was curious on why they'd put so much effort and then leave.

"The Cave's secret location was... compromised," Aqualad answered.

"So, they traded it in for a tourist trap?" The mockery in Superboy's tone wasn't missed by anyone. "Yeah. That makes sense," he added sarcastically.

"It actually does," Peter said drawing their attention. "The league is still made of vigilantes, whether they're recognised by the government or not. There are people that simply won't accept their help for no reason. Having a source of publicity to put them in a positive light for the public is a good idea to make their help more acceptable by people," he explained the situation.

"... I guess," Superboy didn't seem to fully agree but at least seemed to understand the logic behind it.

"But still, if villains know of the cave, we must be on constant alert," M'gann concluded with a hand on her chin.

Robin took her hand and held it reassuringly. "The bad guys know that we know that they know about the cave, they'd never think to look here," he explained, but that seemed to confuse the Martian if her expression is anything to go by.

"Basically, we're hiding in plain sight," Kid Flash cleared up.

"Oh, that's... much clearer," M'gann commented, scratching her head.

"Still, it wouldn't hurt to have a defence system just in case," Peter added, looking at the spacious cave and thinking of possible defence mechanisms. "After all, there's always that one idiot that will flip the same rock twice to look under it."