Why does aqualad turn evil

Aquaman, whether it's Kaldur or Orin, would definitely join the fight against the leader of Apokolips. Although nothing about the promotional material for Young Justice: Outsiders has suggested that Darkseid will arrive, it seems inevitable that the Big Bad will be involved in some capacity. Darkseid's lingering invasion was one of the biggest cliffhangers when Young Justice was originally cancelled in Kaldur isn't the only hero that will be going through some changes in Young Justice: Outsiders.

The team itself is going through an overhaul with a ton of new characters from the DC Universe being recruited to work with leader Nightwing. As the subtitle of the season suggests, many of these new heroes will be lifted from the s comic, Batman and the Outsiders. Those new heroes can be seen fighting alongside old favorites in a new promo, which is embedded below. Derek is a Philadelphia based writer and unabashed TV and comic book junkie. He then proceeded to phase two. While performing a security check, Kaldur noticed the lack of response from Sector 3 guards who had been Knocked out by Batman.

Announcing to the Manta Troopers that the base had been infiltrated, he blasted the water with his helmet's plasma beams to eliminate the undersea infiltrators, narrowly missing Aquaman and Lagoon Boy. The fight was on, with the heroes facing against the manta men and Kroloteans. During the melee, a mysterious figure calling himself "Partner" planted an alien bomb underneath the base and informed Kaldur that he had five minutes to evacuate his men.

Kaldur called for a strategic retreat but failed to stop Aquaman from knocking off his Black Manta mask. Kaldur revealed himself to his former mentor and friends, who were all in shock. Aquaman, in particular, hadn't wanted to believe Nightwing when he informed them of Kaldur's defection. Kaldur spat hateful words at them, blaming them for the death of Tula , and Aquaman for not informing him about his true parentage.

Claiming that he now answered to Black Manta, Kaldur launched a shoulder-mounted rocket at the assembled group. Superman absorbed the explosion, but Kaldur escaped. Nightwing and Superboy caught up with Kaldur, who gave them a choice—either they take him prisoner, or they defuse the alien bomb. Superboy attacked him to prevent his escape, but Kaldur subdued him and fled by swimming underwater.

He grabbed on to the departing Manta Sub and left the island before the bomb detonated. The Manta-Flyer docked with Black Manta's bigger sub , and Kaldur reported the mission results to his father. Black Manta was pleased with his performance but was disappointed when Kaldur opined that Aquaman was unlikely to have died in the explosion. In the sea, the Manta-Flyer towed a missile platform into position.

Kaldur'ahm and several Manta Troopers left the craft to man the platform and prepared it to target the rocket carrying the Earth-Mars communication satellite. Lagoon Boy discovered the missile platform and attacked, prompting the Manta Troopers to begin invading the beach. Kaldur'ahm disabled Lagoon Boy but decided to take him prisoner for the Light 's Partner rather than kill him.

He then ordered the platform to open fire. When the initial missiles were destroyed by Superboy on the bioship before they could damage the rocket and Nightwing and Artemis were able to turn the tide against the Manta Troopers, Kaldur'ahm ordered the platform to go to the maximum rate of fire and left to take command of the surface forces. Kaldur'ahm emerged from the water near Nightwing and Artemis and, despite Artemis trying to convince him otherwise, attacked them with a hard-water serpent.

The rocket then launched. Kaldur'ahm told his troopers the mission could still succeed and shot a small suit-mounted rocket at the rocket. Artemis destroyed the rocket with one of her own. Kaldur then charged at Artemis, knocking Nightwing aside. He disarmed Artemis and apparently stabbed her in the chest with a water sword, but actually made the blade curve around her body. As Artemis pretended to fall dead, Kaldur'ahm ordered his men to move out, calling the mission a failure. The rocket then exploded, to Kaldur'ahm's surprise, and he and his men withdrew into the water.

In the Manta Sub 's docking bay, Kaldur'ahm disembarked the Manta-Flyer and was greeted by Black Manta , who congratulated him for capturing Lagoon Boy , killing Artemis , and destroying the satellite.

Kaldur'ahm admitted that his team was not responsible for the satellite's destruction, and his father explained that the mission was a test to see if he would take credit for a victory that was not his, having arranged for a bomb to be smuggled aboard days earlier.

Kaldur'ahm had passed and was deemed ready for the next level. Kaldur'ahm arrived at a warehouse to find Nightwing waiting for him and was soon followed by Wally and Artemis. They discussed the success of their plan to fake Artemis's death, and Nightwing confirmed no-one else knew about it or the fact Kaldur was working undercover for them.

Nightwing gave Artemis a Glamour Charm to change her appearance to everyone except the four present. She and Kaldur then went out to a pier and boarded the Manta-Flyer. At Black Manta's orders, he was to be moved, but Manta denied his son the opportunity to do it himself, as he has another mission for him. Kaldur instead injected a sedative in Lagoon Boy, that also contained a tracer.

Manta's mission for Kaldur was one to solidify his trust with his masters in the Light. His mission was to capture Blue Beetle.

Kaldur had a strike team ready, consisting of Tigress, Icicle Jr. They left in the Manta-Flyer, headed for El Paso. Kaldur had to straighten his crew out, as they did not have their minds on the mission.

Kaldur's strike team attacked Blue Beetle and Impulse as the two were in the mountains outside of El Paso. Kaldur kept out of the fight, observing from a ledge. After Beetle and Impulse defeated the strike team, Impulse confronted Kaldur, taking an alien tracking device Kaldur had used to track Blue Beetle.

He and Beetle escaped and Kaldur did not pursue. Aboard the Manta-Flyer, he revealed to his team that he had another device that could track the one Impulse took. That device was meant to be taken, and it would act as a Trojan horse disabling Cave security at Mount Justice. Kaldur slipped into Mount Justice through the hangar and was met by Sphere , who rolled back after Aqualad touched her. He let his teammates take out all heroes, but he forbade them to kill anyone.

Tommy and Icicle defeated Superboy and knocked him unconscious. Blue Beetle was ready to engage in battle but Kaldur persuaded him not to by bringing in a bomb, similar to the one that destroyed Malina Island , and saying it would go off if his finger was removed from a dead man's switch.

A collar was placed on Beetle, but before the strike team left, Kaldur confronted Nightwing, punched him in the gut and warned him not to follow. Unbeknownst to the strike team, Kaldur had slipped a flash drive to Nightwing when he punched him.

On the beach, Beetle suddenly attacked after the Scarab had disabled his inhibitor collar and taken control, causing Kaldur to drop the switch and revealing he was bluffing. Beetle charged Kaldur, who hit Beetle at point blank range with a blast of magic, allowing Tigress to shoot a sedative dart that caused Beetle to pass out.

He took Kaldur to his private quarters, where the members of the Light appeared on video screens. Manta introduced Kaldur, after which Ra's al Ghul officially welcomed Kaldur into the Light and told him he would soon meet the Partner.

Kaldur met with the Partner and learned it was the Reach. The ambassador gave Kaldur a tour of the Reach's ship, explaining their research and introducing him to the scientist. Kaldur learned that the Reach was studying the Meta-Gene , that Lagoon Boy was in one lab as one of several subjects in which they were trying to stimulate dormant powers within, and that Beast Boy and Impulse were in another lab, being studied to see how those with active Meta-Genes reacted to stress. As the scientist entered the third lab, Kaldur inquired if Blue Beetle was being held there, to which the ambassador told him that Beetle was of the Reach and what they were doing was not Kaldur's concern.

Kaldur assured the ambassador that more test subjects were on their way. When members of the Team infiltrated the Reach ship, Kaldur encountered M'gann, who attacked Kaldur telepathically, causing him to scream and fall to his knees. As this happened, M'gann learned the truth about Kaldur working in deep cover, but her attack left him in a catatonic state. Tigress arrived on the scene and, after a brief confrontation, Tigress threw a smoke bomb and disappeared with Kaldur.

Aqualad remained in a catatonic state. Psimon was about to begin repairing Kaldur's mind, but Tigress, who Black Manta asked to stay with Psimon and Kaldur, secretly took him out with a drugged dart.

When Manta returned, Tigress suggested that Miss Martian may have placed a telepathic virus in Kaldur's mind, and recommended that they capture Miss Martian and force her to restore Kaldur's mind.

Manta agreed but insisted that Deathstroke accompany Tigress to ensure her safety. Miss Martian was captured and brought to the Sub. Black Manta restrained her with a collar and ordered her to fix Kaldur's mind or die. Her telepathic ability was selectively activated to do this. Communicating telepathically, M'gann told Tigress her intrusion in Kaldur's mind might be considered a threat, so Tigress told M'gann to bring her in as well.

When Manta returned to check on Miss Martian's progress, he accused her of stalling but noticed she had made progress when Kaldur called out to his father. Aboard the Manta-Sub, M'gann had successfully restored Kaldur's mind but, unknown to Black Manta and Deathstroke, Kaldur was playing possum so he and Artemis could figure out how to save M'gann's life.

Manta entered Kaldur's quarters, telling Miss Martian his patience had run out and she had 24 hours to cure his son or die, forcing Kaldur and Artemis to put a plan into action to help M'gann. M'gann didn't want the two blowing their cover but Kaldur telepathically told her he wouldn't allow her life to be risked. Tigress told Deathstroke she needed to stretch her legs and get coffee, leaving the room so she could head to the control room to deactivate M'gann's collar.

Cheshire suddenly entered the room through a ventilation shaft, knocking out a Manta trooper who was subbing for Tigress. M'gann then blocked Cheshire's attempted attack on Kaldur. Cheshire took down Manta troopers who tried to intervene and destroyed the door's controls with her sword. She and M'gann tussled over a trooper's laser blaster, leading to the camera from which Deathstroke was watching being shot.

M'gann tried to explain things to Cheshire but she knocked M'gann down. Kaldur then rose and explained to Cheshire that Artemis was not really dead and was, in fact, on board the ship. Not believing Kaldur, Cheshire grabbed him in a chokehold. Black Manta ultimately intervened, blasting the door open before his troopers could open it with an explosive.

He found Kaldur lodged under the door but was attacked by Cheshire and struck with an electrocuting disc. Cheshire was about to move in on Kaldur, but a revived M'gann, whose inhibitor collar had been deactivated, intervened. She then revealed to Cheshire and Sportsmaster that Aqualad was working in deep cover, that Artemis's death had been faked and she was posing as Tigress. Feeling her sister's mental presence, Cheshire dropped her grudge against Aqualad, who thanked her for keeping his and Artemis's ruse going.

Released from the mindscape, Miss Martian allowed Cheshire to flee and declared she wanted revenge on Black Manta.

Kaldur then tackled Miss Martian to prevent her attack, but Miss Martian escaped by phasing out of the room, as Black Manta embraced his son. Black Manta presented Kaldur before Vandal Savage and the Reach ambassador , telling them Kaldur's mind was restored and that the shock of seeing his father's life in danger was the catalyst that cured him. Kaldur was put in charge of security for a summit between the Light and the Reach. When he tried to speak up, Black Beetle ordered his silence but Vandal Savage said Kaldur could speak, given nobody had sacrificed more for the Light and the Reach than he did.

Kaldur responded to the Ambassador's question about allowing the Team to access the Bialyan temple, saying that if the Light had known the Reach had sent the Scarab to earth in ancient times, the Light might have made the connection to the temple and guarded it better, a point to which the Scientist agreed, but she was cut off by the Ambassador.

After words turned to blows between the Light and the Reach, Kaldur intervened between Black Beetle and Black Manta, reminding everyone they shouldn't allow petty disagreements to come between them, lest they are distracted from their true enemies, the Justice League, and their sidekicks. Manta willingly stood down while Beetle grudgingly did so.

Kaldur then asked what would happen when the Justice League members on Rimbor returned to Earth, but Savage assured him that some well-placed bribes would ensure their conviction. The Ambassador and Beetle concluded because Artemis wasn't really dead, that Kaldur was in cahoots with her and duped everyone in the Light, including his father.

Deathstroke then shot both Kaldur and Artemis in the chest, saying the Light took care of its own. As Manta tended to his dying son, Kaldur declared he had already won, then a dead man's switch fell from his hand. A holographic message from Aqualad played, in which he revealed that the Reach had thought the Light was working for them but had, in fact, been advancing its own agenda.

He revealed how the Light had merely lured the Reach to Earth, then sabotaged their plans as a means to become rulers of the galaxy.

Both Savage and the Ambassador were angered by this revelation, but when Savage stated that he had possession of the key to the Warworld , Aqualad and Artemis rose to their feet. When Savage declared the Light had contingency plans and multiple League of Shadows agents showed up, Aqualad noted Savage's biggest weakness was that he continually underestimated the young heroes.

Though he and his girlfriend Artemis temporarily retired, over the course of Season 2, they were drawn back into the superheroic lifestyle. The current Cyborg is crazy powerful, having absorbed some random McGuffin that has made him much stronger. That Cyborg would absolutely destroy Blue Beetle.

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