Enigma | A Young Justice Fanfiction

Chapter 7

Jason's POV

"Woah, did the Boy Wonder just smile?" Zatanna jabbed, raising an eyebrow at Jason. His face immediately fell back to a frown. The happy memories from his childhood with his cousin were still fresh in his mind, although he didn't show it on his face.

"Robin," Dick said, motioning for him to follow. They both walked out of the room, and Jason followed him into the kitchen.

"Dude, what was that all about?," Dick asked, clearly concerned for the younger boy. Jason sighed and shook his head.

"I don't know, I just..." Jason trailed off. He leaned against the counter behind him. "Enigma reminds me of my cousin."

"Cousin? What cousin?" Dick asked. "You've never mentioned this to me or Bruce."

"I guess I just thought you guys already knew. I mean," he paused. "Bruce is The Batman. World's Greatest Detective. Plus, I don't talk about her much because she disappeared a couple of years ago, long before Bruce took me in." 'Why does Dick care? A few months ago he didn't even know I existed. Now he's asking about Aspen,' Jason thought to himself.

"Wait," Dick said suddenly, interrupting Jason's thoughts.

"What?" Jason asked, crossing his arms.

"How long ago exactly did your cousin go missing?" he asked, his brow furrowed in thought.

"Um," Jason said, looking up at the ceiling. "About four years ago, I think? Hold on," he said, pulling out his phone from a pouch on his utility belt. "Yeah, last message she sent was December 20th, 2009." He showed the phone to his adoptive brother.

Dick took the phone so he could get a better look and saw that the contact name was "Turing's Biggest Fan". He raised his eyebrows at the name and turned the phone back around to Jason for an explanation.

"Oh," he chuckled, smiling at the name. "Yeah, like I said earlier in the mission room, Aspen l—"

"Wait, Aspen?"

"Yeah. What's the big deal?"

"Oh God, I'm an idiot!" Dick exclaimed.

"Hey you said it, not me!" Jason yelled, holding his hands up in defense. Dick ignored him as Jason tried to suppress a snicker.

"How did I not see it before?" Dick ranted, throwing his hands up in the air and walking around the kitchen. "Aspen always mentioned having a cousin, but she never told us their name until today, when she mentioned you by name—or, at least, your nickname. Then you said Enigma reminded you of your cousin an—"

"Dude, you lost me a while back," Jason interrupted, brows furrowed in confusion. Dick turned around and Jason watched as his brother blinked twice before putting his hands on Jason's shoulders.

"Jay," Dick started again, slower, "your cousin's name is Aspen, right?" He nodded his head. "The new girl, Enigma, her real name is Aspen. Aspen LaFont."

Jason's eyes widened at the name of his cousin's name. "So basically, me and my cousin are both superheroes, but neither of us knew the other one was a superhero?" All of a sudden, everything clicked in his head.

It explained why, seemingly out of the blue, Oliver Queen adopted Aspen. Why she was always in Gotham to visit him when there was a big fight going down there. And it was probably because of her superhero status that she went missing.

'How did I not see it?' he thought to himself. Then another thought hit him. 'How did I not notice the hero with the same abilities as Aspen?' Jason mentally facepalmed. Bruce had him read all of the files on every League member as soon as he was indoctrinated as the second Robin, yet he apparently skipped over the part where Black Canary's sidekick was his cousin.