After the whole ordeal, we return to the cave.
"We have reason to feel proud of yesterday's victories. But one thing has not changed," Kaldur says.
"Somehow, the bad guys are still getting inside intel about us," Robin says.
"Yeah, but at least we know none of us were the mole," Wally says.
"That's correct," Batman says, upon our arrival in the mission room. He turns to the computer as everyone turns to him. "The mole was Red Arrow."
The two ghosts immediately turn to look at each other, mentally telling each other they know something is wrong.
"Roy?" Robin says stunned.
"No way!" Wally shouts.
"Batman, that cannot be," Kaldur says. "He was Green Arrow's protégé. We have all known him for years!"
"Unfortunately, the Roy Harper we have known for the last three years is another Project Cadmus clone," Red Tornado says.
"We've learned the real Speedy was abducted and replaced immediately after becoming Green Arrow's sidekick. The clone was pre-programmed with a drive to join the Justice League. Which is why he was so angry over any delays to his admission and why he refused to join the Team. This Roy Harper had no idea he was a clone, or a traitor, and his subconscious programming drove him to become League worthy. So he struck out on his own, as 'Red Arrow.' And when he was finally admitted, his secondary programming kicked in and he attempted to betray the League to Vandal Savage. Fortunately, I had already deduced Red Arrow was a clone. We were prepared," Batman says.
"Savage was subdued, but Red Arrow escaped. He is now a fugitive, armed and dangerous," Red Tornado says.
"If you guys hadn't rescued me from Cadmus..." Conner starts.
"W-what happened to the real Roy?" Robin asks.
"We don't know. He isn't in Cadmus. We have to face the possibility that the real Roy Harper is dead," Batman says, causing the three ex-sidekicks to get a mixture of emotions.
"The Clone Roy, the Team will find him," Kaldur says.
"Negative. Red Arrow is a member of the Justice League now. Leave him to us," Batman says, getting a beep in his ear. "I'm needed on the Watchtower. Tornado, stay with the kids."
"Recognized: Batman, 02."
'Clone or no clone, Red Arrow was one of us. We WILL go after him,' Kaldur telepathically tells us.
RT begins to walk up behind Kaldur, but freezes and powers down.
'Tornado!' Megan shouts.
'What happened to him?' Conner asks.
'He's totally powered down,' Wally says.
'All functions, offline,' Robin says, examining his computer.
'We should've mentioned it earlier,' Spook admits.
They turn to look at her. 'What do you mean?' Kaldur asks.
'Red Tornado and Batman both had a different aura about them,' Phantom says. 'Like they were possessed.'
'Guys, I'm sensing a low-level mystic force at play. I-I don't know if it caused his shutdown, but, now, that I think about it I was getting the same buzz off Batman,' Zatanna says.
'That explains it,' Spook muses.
'Batman! He called us 'kids'. He never does that!' Robin huffs.
'Look! One of those bio-tech chips we confiscated off Cheshire,' Wally says, picking something out of RT's hand.
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