Warnings: None, unless you don't like Meta fics.

Cast: CEEGEE (the author), various versions of members of the Legion of Superheroes, The Titans, Superboy (Kon-El), Robin (Tim Drake), Impulse (Bart Allen), Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark/Cassie)

I love my job, most days! It's so easy and monotonous I can do it on autopilot while planning for new fics or sequels to old fics in my head.

Today is NOT one of those days though. Between a splitting headache, students taking a test in the cafeteria, putting up the new supplies, rotating the supplies, then the bomb threat, I'm NOT a happy camper, I tell you!

After an hour outside in a wind chill that turned my poor ears red, I settled into my dishroom routine, figuring to do some mental work with my fictives.

Since I need to start part 12 of IS HE REALLY; I tried to get the characters to talk to me in my head. Don't know WHY I thought things would go as I wished; nothing ELSE had all day!

Looking for the cast of IS HE REALLY, instead I find an irate Tyroc from Old Friends:

"Claudia! How COULD you do that to me!?! I realize I'm NOT one of your favorite legionnaires! Yet this seemed a bit extreme! Letting Lar make that crack about my--" "Look Troy, I didn't establish you as an arrogant, impetuous, loud-mouthed hothead! You can thank your creator for THAT! I just used it for all it was worth!"

"Granted! However, you went out of your way to--"

"To WHAT? FINALLY let you get some satisfaction? You and I BOTH know you didn't have a snowball's chance in Hell with her! Not once Lar appeared! I let you have her for your own for a few hours, which is more than the DC's Legion powers that be ever did for you!"

"You don't REALLY expect me to thank you for that! It was WORSE than never having her at all! Moreover, I KNOW you are planning something WORSE for me in the sequel!"

I hope I did not really blush; might make the students or my coworkers wonder what is the matter with me. However, I felt like I should! HE had the right of it; I AM planning to put him through the wringer, not that I was going to admit it!

"I haven't even started to think about the sequel, not in detail! Tell you what, after the sequel, I'll try to write a nice fic about you. Maybe even set you up with a woman of your own! Will THAT make you happy?"

"It MIGHT! It will depend upon exactly WHAT you do to me in the sequel!"

"Fine! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm looking for the IS HE REALLY cast."

Leaving him to his sulk, I continue roaming my mind, but like everything else today, I'm NOT getting what I want! I run into the equally irate, though for an entirely different reason, Or Is It Four Or More versions of Tasmia, Laurel, Querl, and Lar though the GALS are the most irate!:

"Ancestors! CEEGEE, WHEN are you going to end this story arc? Just how LONG do you think a Talokite would gestate!?! And it IS just three babies, isn't it?!?"

"Rao, yes CEEGEE, Tasmia has a point! It's bad enough you had Roxxas injure me badly enough that my twins had to be transferred to her! I want to hold my sons! But you keep starting new fics instead of finishing our story!"

"Calm down, Laurel. I am SURE that Claudia will eventually write the story of the birth of our children."

"Querl has a point, Tas, Laurel. Though I agree it would be great if she WOULD get down to the business of writing our children's birth, I'm willing to wait! After the number she did on Tyroc, I'd rather let her take her time than get her irritated with us. No telling WHAT she'd decide will happen during the birth!"

"Umm, I hadn't thought of that, Lar! She DOES have a habit of going for angst! I guess I can stay pregnant a while longer! Better that than having her decide the White Triangle attacks while I'm in labor!"

"Quiet, Shady! DON'T give her any ideas for Rao's sake! She's ALREADY given BOTH Lar and I massive injuries in the story line!"

"EXCUSE me, but I have NO intention of letting anything bad happen to Tasmia OR the babies during the delivery! I REFUSE to comment on the number of babies, Tasmia, you'll just have to wait and see! Now I need to find the IS HE REALLY versions of some of you! I WILL get going on your story, never fear!"

Leaving them I continue my wondering through my mind hoping to find the ones I'm LOOKING for! However, my luck today just out right STINKS! I find myself confronted by a group of Legionnaires that I haven't used much, if at all.

"Moons of Zoon, it's bad enough when DC decided to reboot the Legion they chose to ignore me! But you've done the same! I know I'm not one of your favorites, but you've read about me from the issue I JOINED the Legion!"

"That's not fair, Brin! The classic era stories I've written are set BEFORE you joined! And you don't EXIST in the reboot version! Just give me time, I'll get around to it!"

I duck as Quislet's ship buzzes me; I HATE that voice I imagine for him/it/her! It's irritating as all get out!

"Quislet wants to know WHEN CEEGEE is going to write about my fascinating self! Quislet has the most amazing power of the Legionnaires yes yes yes! Also want to know when you will write about friends Wildfire and Tellus!"

"Put a sock in it Quislet! I CAN speak for myself, sort of! But the little runt has a point! When ARE you going to write about the three of us?"

*Sigh* "Whenever I get around to writing a Levitz era fic, for one thing, Drake! Though I suppose the Gap versions of you and Tellus MIGHT be in the Old Friends sequel. However, Quislet, you'll just have to try and be patient! I'll get to ALL of you, eventually!"

As I turn to leave them, Gates and Sensor appear. I don't know HOW a snake and an insectoid can have enough facial expression to look pissed, but these two manage it!

"A moment of your time, if you please, Claudia? While you used Sensor quite well in Q&A and again in Justice Served Cold, you have not used myself except for the few brief paragraphs of dialog in Or Is It."

"I ALSO used you to save Querl and Laurel in that fic, Gates, sugar! Don't forget that! Just give me time, I'll use you again."

"I must agree with Gates and these others, though I do not know them. I have noticed you ALWAYS use M'Onel! It seems a bit unfair to the rest of us, at least I think it does."

I have the grace to hang my head, she's right; it's NOT fair to the rest of them! It's just blast it, no matter WHAT version of him it is in the story, he's my FAVORITE legionnaire!

"I KNOW it, Jeka! I'll try to do better in the future, once all my hanging plot lines have finally been dealt with."

"Actually it is NOT all right! You have so many hanging plot lines, and nearly ALL the plot bunnies you talk with Dannell about have him in the midst of them! Perhaps you could try to write a few fics featuring various Legion eras WITHOUT Lar, Tasmia, Querl, and Laurel? Perhaps, umm, every other fic?"

"Eeerrr, I'll TRY, all right? But I STILL haven't found the group I'm looking for so you'll have to excuse me."

Leaving them, I continue to look for my IS HE REALLY cast, but no luck! Instead I find my version of the Titans from Or Is It et al! In addition, they don't look too happy either! I try to get away, but Wally stops THAT idea in its tracks!

"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, CEEGEE! I want a word with you! Just WHAT are you plotting? I know you have something bad planned for Linda! Why? What did she do to deserve it!?!"

I really blush this time. Wally has a valid point there! But I'm not going to admit it! It may not be fair, but it's an important plot device. (You all don't REALLY think I'll reveal it do you? VBEG)

"Wally, I'm SORRY but, well, sometimes bad things happen to good people! If the plot didn't NEED it to happen, it WOULD NOT ! She'll recover, eventually!"

"Thanks for NOTHING, Claudia!" He vanishes.

"Oh, X'hal, Claudia, he has a right to be angry. You're the writer, it's your decision of course. However, please TRY to come up with a different plot device, PLEASE! I know you've been talking to SouthernRoyalty, any chance of you writing a pure Titans story? You belong to enough lists that would be glad to see it!"

"Kory has a point, Claudia. You could even write a story where Babs and I get together. On the other hand, if you ever get over your homoerotic writers block, one in which Bruce and I get together would be great! Which list did you semi-promise a fic starring yours truly? Oh Yeah, BLUDHAVEN!"

"Sigh, I'll think about a pure Titans or even a pure Nightwing fic. Heck, I might even try a slash fic of you and Bruce or one of the other guys, Dick. Kory, I'll try and think of a different plot device, though you may not like the change!"

"Oh GAWD! CEEGEE I know I'm NOT your favorite Titan! But could you, umm, maybe feature me in a fic? You hardly used me AT ALL in ANY of the fics featuring the Titans you've written so far! PLEASE!?!"

"I'll think about it, Argent, all right? Umm, how would you like it if I set you up with Rokk? You two REALLY seemed to hit it off in 'Universe Ablaze', and since in the reboot Rokk hasn't shown any interest in Lydda--"

"WOW! That would be GREAT! Thanks CEEGEE!"

"You're welcome, Argent! Now if you'll excuse me I need to find the cast of IS HE REALLY! If you don't mind, try to calm Wally down? I'll try to do a pure Titans fic sometime soon, yes, Dick, a Nightwing fic, too! Just be patient, all right?"

I leave them and continue my search, but my stinking luck is holding true to form! Instead of the ones I want I find still more Legionnaires I have not used lately, if at all.

"CEEGEEwhenareyougoingtousemeinafic!?!"

"XS, honey, speak slowly! I can't understand your super speed speak!"

"Ohh, sorry, CEEGEE! When are you going to use me in a fic? Except for Q&A you haven't used me much at all! And when you do use me you make me sound like a spoiled brat!"

"I don't know who you are, but at least she's USED you! Is it that you don't know enough about chemical reactions to use me or what?"

"Now Condo, the only classic era fics I've written are set BEFORE you and Brin joined! I DID use the reboot version of you in 'Justice Served Cold'! I'll try to use you in my next classic era fic, assuming it's set after you joined that is!"

"Fair enough, Claudia, I'll hold you to it!"

"That STILL doesn't explain why you haven't used ME, CEEGEE! But I guess I'll have to wait for you to get around to using me!"

*Sigh* "I'll try to use you sooner rather than later, XS, just be patient! Now I'm looking for the cast of IS HE REALLY so if you two will excuse me, I'll be going."

Leaving them I continue my search, wondering where they are. My luck holds true, lousy of course! I meet up with four members of Young Justice I've made the mistake of promising Amichandrn I'd write her a fic of.

"HiCEEGEEgladtofinallymeetyou!"

"Slow down, Bart, I don't think she can understand your super speed speak, buddy." "Ooh, ok, Tim. Is this better CEEGEE?"

"Yes that's much better, Bart, sugar. Umm, what do you fou--"

"Well, CEEGEE, we were just wondering when you were going to get around to writing the fic you promised Amichandrn."

"I don't know enough about you four to start a fic yet, Cassie, but as soon as I get a handle on your characters I'll--"

"Whoa there, CEEGEE, you know me and Tim, you used to buy my comic and the Bat comics for your nephew--"

"Kon, that was nearly eight years ago, Tim was in TRAINING to BECOME Robin, you were living in Hawaii involved with the Hawaiian TV news anchor, I forget her name. I DON'T really know your present personas much at all. And I don't know diddley-squat about Cassie and Bart, not enough to do a story! Now if you all will excuse me I'm looking for my current cast of IS HE REALLY to see about getting the next and hopefully final chapter don--"

"I'llgogetthemforyou, CEEGEE--"

"NO! Bart come back here--"

"Too late, CEEGEE, he's gone! I can try to catch him if you want me to?"

"Yes, do that Cassie honey! Bart may find them in a--"

Bart appears a mite upset.

"CEEGEEthey'reallyahhhhbusyyoubettertryagainlaterI'mnotsurewhatthey'redoingIheardthemallmoani--"

"Bart, sugar, I don't understand you, but I DON'T think I need any more of an explanation! I'll take your word for it, all right?"

"Oohh! All right, CEEGEE, sorry about the super speed speak. But they're all real busy with each other all around some lake, though they AREN'T swimming."

"I have a good idea what they're doing Bart, sugar. Just point me in the right direction. I'll decide for myself what to do when I find them." Following Bart's directions I finally find my cast. As Bart said they were, umm, VERY occupied, so I decided to leave them to their fun. (You all will just have to wait for part 12 to find out who's doing what, and where it's being done! VBEG)

The End (for now!)