Braedey Martin had fought plenty of villains now; which made the battle he was currently fighting seem like a walk in the park. He, in his Octavius Armour, along with Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman and Green Lantern, were fighting several supervillains inside of a Federal gold reserve.

The villains weren't all that tough. In fact, any one of the heroes facing them probably could have taken them down by themselves. As it was, it wasn't too long before only one villain was left standing; he was called Copperhead, a man who was dressed like a snake, complete with venomous fangs.

"I won't go down so easily!" he hissed as he leaped towards Green Lantern. Lantern calmly created a brick wall with his ring, which his opponent promptly knocked himself out against.

"Sure you will." Green Lantern responded. As the other fallen villains were brought together, he bound them together with some willpower-generated rope. "Guess that's a wrap."

The other four heroes gave him a funny look.

"Sorry; been hanging out with Flash too much."

Braedey grinned. Finally, it wasn't him making bad jokes. He opened his mouth to tease the guy, but he was interrupted by the appearance of a wave of purple and gold energy. Before anyone could react, the wave covered them, and then they disappeared.

~*~*~
(Another Dimension)

The five heroes opened their eyes to find that they weren't in Kansas anymore. They were floating on a chunk of rock, surrounded by a white sky, crisscrossed by jagged red and black lines. Braedey could see dozens of other rocks in the distance, each one with people on them.

"It was Judgment Day!" Copperhead raved, "And we got sent to the bad place! The bad place!"

Any further freak outs were halted when Cheetah, another villain, slapped him. "Snap out of it Copperhead!"

"This place is weird," commented Braedey.

"Have you noticed something odd about all this?" interrupted Batman. "There are only adults here."

Wonder Woman looked around. "He's right; there aren't any children here."

"That's because a child is responsible." The heroes turned to see a woman in purple and gold robes floating towards them. Braedey couldn't see her face, or any of her true features; she was completely covered. The other heroes went into fighting stances.

"Morgaine Le Fey." Growled Batman, "I should have known."

"Calm yourselves; I mean you no harm. My own son, Mordred, is responsible for this treachery, banishing all adults to this shadow-realm." She looked out to the distance. "And after I spent millennia feeding him, bathing him, preparing him to be king. Where did I go wrong?"

"See, this is why you shouldn't teach your kid magic if you're evil." Said Braedey while rolling his eyes, "It always comes back to bite you later."

"You'd think they'd learn." Muttered Green Lantern.

"You're a sorceress," Wonder Woman said to Le Fey, "can't you just undo his spell?"

Morgaine shook her head. "No, he has the Amulet of First Magic; he's too powerful." She paused, then looked at the heroes. "But if we all work together..."

Batman finished her sentence. "You want us to defeat your own son?"

Even though her face was hidden, Le Fey seemed smug. "So don't trust me. Let him rule the world and all your children. Here we will stay. Forever."

"Well, how can we get to the real world?" asked Braedey, "I don't see an exit anywhere."

"You won't need one," explained Le Fey, "the spell only banishes adults."

The heroes didn't take long to figure out the sorceress's meaning.

"I don't like where this is going." Said Green Lantern darkly.

"It's the only way." Responded Le Fey.

"We have to do it," Superman sighed. Sometimes doing the right thing could make a hero miserable.

"Excellent," hissed Le Fey, "Milugu sagaroth, raboth tanaabu, kathuta!"

With a flash of green light from the sorceress's hands, the heroes vanished.

~*~*~
(Funseyland Amusement Park)

With a glee that only a sadistic child could have, Mordred came to the amusement park, now full of only children, and turned it into a dark, twisted palace for himself and his "subjects". This was what he'd always wanted; a kingdom, a mass of followers, and no mother telling him what to do. With but a glare, the other children followed Mordred without a backward glance. If they had, they might have noticed the shadows behind them; shadows that led to five ten-year-old heroes.

"This better be temporary," said Batman, while looking down at his much younger self.

"You sound weird," said Superman, "whoa. So do I."

"I kind of like this," said a smiling Wonder Woman, as she noticed that she was a good few inches taller than her teammates.

"I don't," said a new voice. The others turned to see the ten-year-old Braedey Diana. While the other heroes had remained in their costumes, albeit kid-sized ones, Braedey had completely changed. Gone was his Amazonian armour, shield and sword. Instead, he wore a white t-shirt, blue cargo pants, whilst he had a gun in one pocket, a knife in a pocket on his side, along with some grenades in one pocket, and an energy machine gun strapped on his back.

"Braedey?" asked Superman, "What happened?"

"Stupid magic must've made us how we were when we were ten years old, not just de-aged us," explained Braedey, "which means I don't have my Amazonian strength and powers, and not even my armour. Great, I'm not gonna be much help here, guys."

While Wonder Woman placed a comforting hand on Braedey's shoulder, Batman turned to Green Lantern, who was squinting.

"What's the matter?" asked the Dark Knight.

"I wore glasses as a kid," explained Lantern, "guess I need 'em again." When he spoke, his ring created a set of square, thick-rimmed glasses. "Wow! I didn't even try to make these!"

"I hope not," said Batman, as Superman tried not to laugh. Even Braedey cracked a smile. Green Lantern focused until his dorky glasses became a much cooler mask.

"Nice," complimented Superman.

"Would you stop messing around?" asked Wonder Woman as she slapped the Kryptonian upside the head, "We gotta find Mordred!"

"Bet the little punk's in there," said Batman, pointing to the castle.

"Yeah, you're probably right," agreed Braedey, "the kid grew up in Medieval times, right? He'd like to stay in a castle." Then, he pulled out his gun, and realised it was a Magnum revolver.

'Dang. I didn't even know I had a gun this powerful before.' He thought. 'Well, time to go forth.'

"Come on!" said Batman, as he ran towards the castle. Superman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman flew over and past him, all with grins on their faces, whilst Braedey sprinted by him. "It's not a race!" whined Batman.

They crossed the drawbridge over the moat; then, Superman drew back his fist and knocked the door open. There, they saw a young boy with blonde hair and purple clothes sitting on a throne; obviously Mordred, surrounded by children. The immortal child stared at them in shock, then burst out laughing.

"The Justice Babies! Ha!"

Batman's eyes narrowed. "What are you laughing at, precious?"

The laughter ceased. "So, Mother sent you, huh? She shouldn't send a boy to do a man's job!" grasping the amulet around his neck, he sent a wave of purple energy at the action figures held in a boy's arms. The toys grew in size, until they were twenty feet tall.

The heroes stood in shock for a moment, then leaped into action. Superman attacked a red one with a spiked mace, but was slammed into the ground. A beige enemy with a hammer prepared to finish him off, but was distracted when Green Lantern blasted him with a beam of energy. Faced with this new enemy, the robotic-looking foe gave chase.

Batman attempted to attack Mordred directly, but was intercepted by a thin, purple Cyclops with large claws. He jumped over his monstrous opponent and launched a grappler at Mordred, who ducked. Instead of him, the grappler hit his throne.

"Ha!"

Batman only smirked as he pulled the line towards him, knocking the throne on top of Mordred. The smirk vanished, however, when the throne exploded, revealing a very angry Mordred. He sent a blast of purple energy at Batman, who dodged, letting the magic strike the monster behind him instead. The creature vanished, with only a few purple sparks remaining.

Braedey leaped over the head of his opponent, a green, armoured brute with a large axe. Keeping sure to stay out of its range, Braedey fired constant bullets at it, which exploded into high-heat incendiary blasts. Eventually, the beast was glowing red. Drops of melted metal fell to the ground. Braedey stood in front of it, an arrogant smile on his face. The creature raised its half-melted axe, when the Amazonian hero merely pointed his gun at it, and cocked back the hammer.

"Bang."

A single bullet struck the creature in the chest; it was just enough to cause the thing to collapse into a melted puddle. With a laugh, Braedey ran off to help the others.

Green Lantern had a little problem. Not with his opponent, he was doing an admirable job of staying out of the range of its hammer; no, he couldn't figure out what to use to destroy it.

"I'll make a laser cannon!" he cried out, "No, no, a missile launcher! Oh, I know!"

"Just pick something!" yelled out Batman.

Focusing, Lantern created a giant green boxing glove, and smashed the thing into pieces.

Meanwhile, Superman had dispatched his enemy with a blast of heat-vision, but Wonder Woman was having a bit of a problem. Her opponent, a fiendish thing with a large spear, had pinned her to a pillar, where she was left unable to counterattack. Fortunately, Batman jumped onto its head, stabbing with a batarang. Sadly, the attack did nothing more than annoy the creature. It reached up and grabbed Batman by the cape, who still tried to attack it.

Seeing her friend in trouble, Wonder Woman flew forward and smashed her fist into the thing as hard as she could. Cracks spread across it's body, then it shattered. Batman fell to the ground, but was caught by the Amazon Princess.

"You okay, tough guy?"

"Let go, I'm fine!" Batman struggled out of her arms, then sulked off. Wonder Woman watched him go with a small pout.

Finished with their battles, the heroes gathered together again in front of Mordred.

"That's not fair!" he cried out.

"Get 'im!" Batman yelled, while the others charged ahead.

Mordred raised a hand, and all of the heroes were encased in ice.

"Playtime is over," gloated the sorcerer as he grasped the amulet, "you'll share the fate of all my enemies: execution."

The floor opened up, and the heroes fell into a dungeon below. When they struck the ground, the ice and stone that held them disappeared. Superman tried to fly back up, but Mordred created a web of magical energy that not only blocked the Man of Steel, but also sent him crashing back to the floor.

With typical bad timing, one of the gates in the dungeon opened, revealing a pair of glowing, red eyes. From the shadows stepped a very small, yellow monster with fangs and fan-shaped ears. He wore a red suit, with a purple cape. He might have been intimidating if he was taller than the heroes, or even close to their size; however, he only came up to Braedey's knees.

"What'd he do to the demon?" asked Green Lantern.

"Etrigan?" asked Batman. In response, the mini-demon blew of stream of hellfire in their direction. Wonder Woman pulled Batman away, while Braedey immediately took cover behind a shield created by Green Lantern.

Before the League-aligned demon could overwhelm the shield, Superman flew forward and grabbed the little monster.

"No!" yelled Batman, "Don't hurt him!" Obviously, Mordred had enslaved their demonic friend. Etrigan opened his mouth and chomped down of Superman's arm. Since Etrigan was a magical being, the fangs pierced his normally indestructible skin.

"Ow! Tell him that!" shaking his arm, Superman launched the demon across the dungeon. Etrigan, in turn, blew a ball of fire into Superman's face.

Green Lantern tried to put the demon in a cage, but he simply crawled out of it. He slammed into Green Lantern, knocking him out. Then Braedey slid forward, feet first, catching Etrigan in the back and sending him flying. Before the demon could retaliate, Batman flung his cape over Etrigan's face.

"Etrigan, cut it out!"

The demon did no such thing, grabbing the cape and throwing Batman over his head and onto his back. As he stood over the fallen hero, Wonder Woman approached.

"Etrigan, you stop right there! I mean it!" the demon turned to her, confusion on his face. "You naughty monster! Bad, bad Etrigan!"

Tears welled up in Etrigan's eyes, and he began to cry.

Wonder Woman picked him up, and rocked him in her arms. "Hey, little guy, it's okay." She was practically cooing. "I won't hurt you."

Batman rolled over. "You've gotta be kidding."

"Anyone besides me finding this way too freaky?" asked Braedey.

"He's just a baby." Wonder Woman patted Etrigan's back until he burped a small ball of fire. "That's all he needed."

Green Lantern sniffed the air, then his face scrunched up in disgust. "Aw, man, that ain't all he needs."

Batman backed up. "Now that is a job for Superman."

Green Lantern nodded. "I'm gonna punch a way out of here."

Wonder Woman handed Etrigan to Superman. "I'll help."

Superman looked at Braedey, his face pleading.

"Uh, I'm gonna go supervise." Then Braedey ran off.

"Traitor," muttered Superman, as he held the very smelly demon as far away as his arms could stretch.

~*~*~

It took a while for them to escape. After a few hours of digging, the heroes made their way to the courtyard just outside the castle. It was chaos; children were running around making a mess, fighting with each other, and just doing the things that children do when adults aren't around. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern flew to the center of it all, while Braedey hid in a nearby alley, along with Baby Etrigan. He didn't want his secret identity revealed, even if he was unrecognisable. Regardless, he was ready to go hero if the others needed him.

Wonder Woman's eye twitched, before yelling out, "THAT'S ENOUGH!"

The other children froze. Then a small girl said, "You can't tell us what to do! You're not our mom!"

Wonder Woman glared at her. "No, but I promise you, we will find all your moms." She turned her glare to all of the children. "And I'm gonna tell!"

'Good thing she mellows out when she get older', Braedey thought. Etrigan gurgled in his arms, as if agreeing with him.

"Go outside and wait for your parents." For a moment, the children didn't react to Wonder Woman's words. "Now!"

Braedey approached the other heroes as the children left. He saw Wonder Woman walk up to Batman, place a hand on her hip and wink. The eyes of Batman, Green Lantern, and Braedey all widened; Superman's didn't, because he apparently didn't notice.

"Your girlfriend sure is bossy," commented Lantern.

"Shut up," Batman retorted, then walked off.

"Do those two have a history?" asked Braedey, rather confused by this. "Is there something I don't know?"'

"Oh, totally; Bats just won't admit it. It's kinda sad."

The heroes snuck back into the castle without incident; apparently, Mordred thought they were dead, and thus didn't feel the need for guards. The group saw that he was asleep; to make things better, he had a set of headphones covering his ears.

"We can take him," whispered Wonder Woman.

"I'll make a giant lawnmower and chew 'im up!" said Green Lantern. The other heroes stared at him for a moment.

"I say we get that amulet away from him, then we can take him down." Said Batman. "Braedey, can you try and grab it and take it away? Once we do that, we should be able to stop him." Batman looked at Green Lantern. "But no mowers."

"Why?" asked Lantern.

"Because it's stupid." Responded Superman.

"All right, while Braedey is doing his thing, the rest of us split up, two on one side, two on the other."

"I'll go with Clark." Said Wonder Woman. Then a sly look came over her face. "Unless you want me to go with you, Bruce?"

"Whatever," was Batman's response.

"I'm cool to go with Diana," said Superman.

"I changed my mind," said Wonder Woman, "I'll go with Bruce, and John can go with Clark." She grabbed his arm and dragged him off.

"What's with them?" asked Superman.

Superman turned towards Green Lantern, who only rolled his own eyes and snickered, then flew off.

"What am I missing?" asked Superman to no one in particular.

As the senior Leaguers got into position, Braedey sneaked his way towards the target. Once he was close enough, he reached over and gingerly wrapped his hands around the amulet. Unfortunately, the other Leaguers were unable to warn him as a little girl approached him.

"What are you doing?"

Startled, Braedey dropped the amulet on Mordred's chest, waking him up.

"Get the amulet!" cried Batman.

Before he could fully awaken, Braedey threw a sticky web bomb at Mordred's face. Then, he flipped the young sorcerer on his back, while the other Leaguers jumped on him.

"We can take him!" yelled Batman, "He's just a little kid!"

That was the wrong thing to say, as Mordred's eyes began to glow, and his body began to grow. In a few seconds, he was bigger than anything they've seen.

"Man, I hate magic!" complained Green Lantern, as he and the others were thrown off.

"Now who's little?" boasted Mordred. He brought a giant foot down at Braedey, who had been trying to get the girl to safety.

Seeing the danger, he grabbed a grenade from his pocket and hurled it at Mordred, where it exploded. Knocked off-balance, he collapsed. The shockwave from the impact hurled Braedey, Batman and the girl into the air. Batman was caught by Green Lantern, riding a willpower-generated surfboard, the girl was caught by Superman, and Wonder Woman caught Braedey.

As they flew off, Mordred fired a blast of magic from his eyes; this blast hit two stone dragons that came to life from his magic. The dragons spread their wings, took off and gave chase.

...

"You're kind of heavy," commented Wonder Woman as she carried Braedey.

"You have super-strength," said Braedey, "and what makes you think I'm heavy?"

Before the conversation could continue, one of the stone dragons flew behind Wonder Woman and grabbed her by the shoulders. In her surprise, she accidentally dropped Braedey, and he was helpless as he fell towards the ground.

Wonder Woman knew she didn't have long; Braedey was going to die if she didn't something! She threw her magic lasso around the dragon's jaws, then used her own super-strength to hurl the dragon towards the ground. With the dragon's fall adding momentum to her already impressively fast flight, she was able to catch up to, and overtake, Braedey's fall. She caught him by the arm while they watched the dragon shatter on the ground below.

"I keep falling from high places like this, it's really gonna mess with my health one day." Braedey said it as casually as he could, but Wonder Woman could feel him trembling. He had been terrified. She tightened her grip around his hand as sign of support, which he thanked her for in the form of a smile.

The two made it back to the castle, where Superman and the little girl were waiting. They turned to see Green Lantern and Batman closely followed by the giant Mordred. They all made their way into the castle, before closing the doors and barricading them shut.

"Come out of my castle!" came Mordred's booming voice. "Your king commands it!" The sound of giant fists banging could be heard.

The heroes huddled together, trying to figure out what to do.

"I got a plan," said an enthusiastic Green Lantern, "I'll make some giant handcuffs and..."

"Forget it." Interrupted Batman, "We've gotta focus on..." seeing Lantern's crestfallen face, he reconsidered. "Never mind what I just said, we'll take care of everything else; Lantern, you go crazy."

At Batman's instruction, Superman punched a hole in the wall, where the others flew out. While Lantern got ready, everyone else hid behind some rocks, where Braedey had stashed Etrigan. After a quick discussion, Braedey had to ask.

"Will this work?"

"Hopefully," said Batman, "as long as your guns don't mess up again."

Braedey looked down, a little nervous. His confidence had been shaken more than he'd admit after the last couple of screw-ups. Wonder Woman saw it and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry, Braedey," she said comfortingly, "I know you'll do it. You know what to do."

Braedey gave a small smile in return. Then, he pulled out the machine gun from on his back, and charged it.

~*~*~

Mordred burst through the doors to his castle, but found that no one was there.

"Hey, junior!" Mordred turned to hear the voice calling him out, and found a giant green battlesuit, almost as large as he was now, poised to fight him. Piloting the mech was Green Lantern.

"How 'bout pickin' on someone your own size?"

A sadistic smile came to Mordred's face as he cracked his knuckles. "You're so dead."

Gritting his teeth, Lantern created missile launchers on his mech's shoulders, firing a volley at the would-be king. Mordred didn't even move. When the smoke from the explosion cleared, Mordred was unharmed, but he was changed. He was wearing a suit of plate armor and holding a massive poleax. Smiling, the young villain charged. Lantern tried slowing him down by shooting him with the cannon on his creation's arm, but to no avail. The axe went right through the stomach of the mech, knocking it to the ground and pinning the Lantern there.

As the construct vanished, Mordred asked, "Did you really think you could beat me in that piece of junk?"

Lantern shrugged, smiling. "Wasn't really trying."

Mordred felt a tug around his neck, and saw Superman trying to pull off his amulet. "Treachery!" he yelled.

As Superman finally yanked off the amulet, he was grabbed by Mordred. Unable to get away, Superman tossed it to Batman. However, the Dark Knight was unable to get very far, as Mordred's other hand caught him. He quickly threw it to Wonder Woman, who made a beeline to a cluster of rocks. Mordred sent a blast of magic from his eyes, pulling the Amazon towards him.

At the last second, she threw the amulet to the rocks, where a cable caught it. The owner of the cable climbed over the rocks. It was Braedey, but armed with a powerful 50. Calibre Cannon, which was strapped to his side by strong straps, and the cable ran to the gun chamber.

Mordred burst out laughing. "What in the world is that thing?"

In response, Braedey pulled the cable back, taking the amulet with them. With a loud crunch and bang, the mystical object was swallowed whole by the gun, and was reconfigured into a bullet.

"This gun's name is Upchuck." the boy said, "Three guesses what his other power is besides eating stuff."

Before Mordred could react, 'Upchuck' whirred to life, then fired the amulet, releasing a massive blast of green energy at Mordred. The blast was so powerful that it knocked Braedey off his feet and into a tree, before he fell onto his back. For a moment, he saw three of everything but, with Wonder Woman's assistance, he was able to stand up. All of the other heroes, even baby Etrigan, were smiling at him.

"So," said Braedey, "did I get him?"

"Nice try," came Mordred's voice. The heroes turned to see him getting to his feet, his armour smoking, but otherwise, he was unharmed. "I've already absorbed too much of the amulet's power."

With a blink, the six heroes were pulled into the air and held upside-down. Mordred held out a hand, where purple energy gathered and formed a spiked sword.

"Now," he said as he brandished the sword at the heroes, "I'll take care of my kingly duties myself." But as he began to move towards them, he was stopped when the little girl from before got in his way.

"What?" Mordred asked.

"I'm scared," the girl whimpered, "I want my mommy."

"You don't need a mommy," said Mordred, "you're better off without one; trust me."

The girl just started to cry.

"Stop it," demanded Mordred, "Stop it!"

"Some king," said Superman sarcastically.

"I'm not impressed," said Wonder Woman.

"What'd you expect?" asked Batman, "He's a boy, doing a man's job."

"You don't know what it's like," said Mordred, approaching the floating heroes, "being stuck as a kid."

"Since you got all that power, you could've been a man any time you wanted." Batman smirked, "I'll bet you're too chicken to grow up."

"Yep," agreed Green Lantern, "big chicken, that's what you are."

"Face it, you little wuss," said Braedey, "you like being a little momma's boy."

"I'll show you," Mordred yelled, "I'll show you all!" in a flash of purple light, the boy disappeared. In his place stood a tall, muscular man in his twenties.

"I'm older than you now." He said in a superior tone.

"You sure are." Agreed Batman, the smirk not leaving his face.

Mordred realized his mistake as his body began to become transparent. In a few seconds, he disappeared entirely. With him gone, the magic suspending the heroes in the air wore off; they landed on their feet and approached the spot that Mordred had occupied.

~*~*~
(Shadow-Realm)

Mordred looked around at the prison he'd created for adults; the prison he'd been tricked into sending himself.

"They cheated!" he pouted, "After I fix this, they're toast!" he tried to summon his magic, but nothing happened. "What's wrong with me? Where's my power?"

"You've used it all." came a voice from behind him. He turned to see his mother, Morgaine Le Fey. "Don't you realize what you've done?"

"What?" Mordred demanded, panic crawling across his face. "WHAT!?"

~*~*~
(Earth)

Across the world, Mordred's spell wore off, and adults were returned to the children that missed them. Any warping of reality that Mordred had caused was reversed, and the world began to return to normal.

At the amusement park, the six heroes of the Justice League were approached by Le Fey. She stared at them for a moment, no doubt contemplating killing them right there.

"A bargain is a bargain." With a wave of green energy, the Leaguers were returned to their right ages. Braedey was transformed back into an eighteen-year-old Braedey Martin, complete with his Octavius Armour. Wonder Woman, who had been holding the baby Etrigan, looked down to see a fully-adult version of the demon.

"Mommy." He said. Wonder Woman quickly dropped him on the ground.

"Only I get to call her Mum." Braedey told him, and Wonder Woman snickered.

Le Fey then turned to leave via a magic portal.

"Wait," said Batman, "what happened to Mordred?"

"My spell granted him eternal youth," explained Le Fey, "but now that he's broken it, all he has is eternal life." Without a backward glance, she strode through the portal, which then disappeared.

Braedey glanced at Etrigan. "So, we're never talking about the whole diaper thing, or the mommy thing, right?"

If looks could kill, then the glare that Etrigan gave would've murdered Braedey several times over.

Batman looked out at the rejoicing families that were still being reunited. His eyes narrowed.

"Circumstances aside," said Wonder Woman as she approached him, "it was actually enjoyable to be a kid again."

Batman didn't even look at her. "I haven't been a kid since I was eight years old." He walked off without another word. Understanding his meaning, the other Leaguers solemnly followed.

Braedey sighed sadly to himself, knowing what the Dark Knight had meant. 'Man, I feel bad for him. If only I was there to stop that man from shooting his parents.' Braedey then realised that would be a terrible idea, and shook his head. 'Nah, I can't risk it.'