After a team mission goes badly, Aqualad returns to Atlantis to reconsider his role as team leader, or whether he should pursue personal interests. However, he soon discovers that there is no escaping his destiny.

Red Arrow rejects Young Justice's help and attempts to prevent the League of Shadows from starting a war. Ultimately he finds himself working with an even deadlier ally to fight the League's assassins, Lex Luthor.