Eyes of Fate

Season 2, Episode 1

"*Yeah, you know what's really romantic? Fucking consent and consent when fucking.*"
—Batman's anger to Talia al Ghul over his sexual assault

## Description

"Eyes of Fate” is the first episode of the second season of *Young Justice Abridged*. It was uploaded to YouTube on November 19th, 2015. The first part can be watched here.

## Plot

One year after the events of "Unusual Suspects", Ra's al Ghul observes the training of the League of Shadows with his grandson Damian at his side. They are interrupted by an attack from Deathstroke, who is attempting a takeover of the League. Slade ultimately manages to kill Ra's, with Damian taking his eye as revenge. Damian's mother Talia decides it's time she took command of the League and takes her son to meet his father in Gotham City: Batman.

At Mount Justice, Wally West, Kaldur'ahm, Superboy, M'gann M'orzz, and Artemis Crock are on the hunt for action. Red Tornado assigns them the mission of tracking down Kent Nelson, once the hero Doctor Fate. Meanwhile, Tim Drake mourns the loss of Jason Todd, replaying a message the Red Hood gave to him over and over again, who gave the new Robin his blessing. To honor Jason, Tim changes his codename to Red Robin.

In Salem, Klarion has taken Kent Nelson hostage, desiring access to the Tower of Fate. The Young Justice team visits the very Tower, but Wally's skepticism of magic causes them to run into some trouble. M'gann finally denies Wally's affection for her, confirming her attraction to Superboy. Klarion enters the Tower with a captive Nelson, excited at the prospect of finally meeting his victim Wally West. Nelson escapes and teams up with Wally and Artemis to stop the Witch Boy. The former hero reveals that Wally's eating crisis over the past year has been entirely due to Klarion, who wants to molest and eat the boy. This horrifies the speedster. Klarion mortally wounds Nelson, who begs Wally not to put the Helmet of Fate on. Despite this, Wally has to do so to save his life, becoming a host of Nabu. While possessed, Wally gets glimpses of the future. In one of them, it's revealed that Wally and Artemis are happily married. This finally gets the hero to start pursuing the archer. With Wally as his host, Nabu scares off Klarion and saves the day. Nabu tells the speedster that his mind will randomly jump forward in time for the next few days.

In Gotham City, Killer Croc steals pharmaceuticals for his monstrous condition, fighting off Batman. The Dark Knight is saved by Talia. They discuss their former relationship, including a night ten years prior when Talia drugged and sexually assaulted Batman. She reveals that the product of this incident was their son Damian, who she finally reveals. Batman and Damian arrive back at the Batcave. The boy's arrogance greatly amuses Alfred. Meanwhile, a disheveled Red Arrow tries to reach out to the Justice League. Back at his apartment, Roy is reunited with Jade Nguyen, who he recently married. She reveals that they have a daughter named Lian.

Dr. Kirk Langstrom, formerly the villain known as Man-Bat, and his family are assaulted by Deathstroke, who wants to recruit the scientist to make him an army.

In a post-credits scene, Vandal Savage and Count Vertigo assemble the Injustice League.

## Cast

* Leik777 as Tim Drake/Red Robin, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, and Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle
* Alejandro Saab as Wally West/Kid Flash and Jason Todd/Red Hood
* Sehanort as Kaldur'ahm/Aqualad
* Starbeastrave as Superboy, Kent Nelson, The Flaming C, and Clark Kent/Superman
* EileMonty as M'gann M'orzz/Miss Martian and Francine Langstrom
* TallestSilver as Damian Wayne, Talia al Ghul, and Artemis Crock/Artemis
* Midgettoe2000 as Waylon Jones/Killer Croc, Roy Harper/Red Arrow, Mal Duncan, and Nabu
* LordJazor as Ra's al Ghul, Slade Wilson/Deathstroke, Red Tornado, Bruce Wayne/Batman, Alfred Pennyworth, Vandal Savage, Werner Zytle/Count Vertigo, and Joker
* daRKIERAWR as Klarion
* Malcolm X-Ray as Kirk Langstrom
* QuizGuru as Dusan al Ghul
* WarVibe24 as Dick Grayson/Nightwing
* Milkpiece as Avi, Jade Nguyen/Cheshire, and Rebecca Langstrom
* DemonGroceryStore as La'gaan/Lagoon Boy and Ubu
* MinaMinaVA as Cassandra Sandsmark/Wonder Girl

Additionally, Abra Kadabra, Lian Nguyen-Harper, Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy, Teth-Adam/Black Adam, Wotan, Gerard Shugel/Ultra-Humanite, and Albert Michaels/Atomic Skull all appear in a non-speaking capacity. In brief flash-forwards, Frank, Lex Luthor, Barry Allen/The Flash, J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter, Dinah Lance-Queen/Black Canary, Diana/Wonder Woman, John Stewart/Green Lantern, Augustus Freeman/Icon, Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Arthur Curry/Aquaman, Patrick O'Brian/Plastic Man, Billy Batson/Captain Marvel, Giovanni Zatara/Doctor Fate, Nathaniel Adams/Captain Atom, Shayera Thal/Hawkwoman, Katar Hol/Hawkman, Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, Karen Beecher/Bumblebee, and Woof all have non-speaking cameos. Also, Sandra Wu-San, Garfield Logan/Beast Boy, and Edward Nigma/Riddler are mentioned.

## Trivia

* One of the Shadows informs Talia that Ra's wished for Lady Shiva to succeed him in the event of his death. This has transpired by the events of *Batman Hush Abridged*.
* In the Mount Justice flash-forward, Nightwing references the Riddler as being alive, despite his death in *Batman Hush Abridged*. While this is simply a small continuity error, it is possible that Nigma was resurrected during the time skip, just as Ra's al Ghul was.