Newest Fanfic for me! It probably won't be very long just a few chapters unless people like it and want me to write more. It depends. Anyways in my other story She's Mine I will be adding more one-shots, including a Kaldur/Rocket and Superboy/Megan. In case you want to check it out.
Disclaimer: I do not own any DC characters.
Italics indicate thought.
Okay so this first part is in more of a third person ominous POV. The second part becomes more of a second person POV. And there is a lot of POV switching. It is labeled, but just be aware.
"Guardian, tell the Genomorphs to be careful with those pods. I don't want any mishaps." Ra's al Ghul ordered. The Light was moving the cryogenic pods from Cadmus labs to a more secure location. It wasn't safe there for their more fragile projects. Of those Project Match, and the real Roy Harper, were being moved and one other that the Justice League had yet to discover its existence. She was an unplanned extra brought in with Roy Harper, but she had proved her worth when it came to science. The girl's powers were key in many of the Lights plans and all of it happening under the Justice League's nose.
"Keep it moving guys. Almost done," Guardian said to the Genomorphs. They were almost done loading the four pods into the truck when a burly Genomorph slipped. And the pod he was carrying fell breaking the glass as it hit the ground.
Madison, 2nd person POV:
It broke. Whatever it was it broke and she could hear it, shattering, sounds, voices, people. All of it noises that she thought she would never hear again, because of one pane of glass separating her from the world. They thought she couldn't think inside the pods, in a cryogenic state, but she could every second she could think and she hoped that she was the only one. Three seconds passed and her eyes opened cringing at the bright light above her, and the frost dissipating around her. She could hear people yelling, orders most likely. Her wakeup call was not a happy one.
It took her another three seconds to realize what was going on. To realize what she had to do. She kicked out the rest of the glass wither her knee, a few scattering shards digging into her flesh. The pain was almost comforting, letting her know she was still alive. Breaking out of the pod she stood, taking in the scene. At first it was blindingly bright until she got used to the sun. There were Genomorphs surrounding her along with Ra's al Ghul and Guardian, the traitor. She glared at him. How could he? She thought, How could he do that to his own nephew?
"I see that you are awake. That is not a problem. Only a slight setback." Ra's al Ghul said in an oddly calm voice. "Subdue her." He ordered.
Not happening, she thought. About three of the larger Genomorphs came after her. She easily jumped over two and kicked the last one in the face. And she ran, she just ran, dodging any attacks thrown at her and simply running. In her heart she wanted to stay, but in her head she knew she had to leave and find help. She was in no condition to do any damage to them now. She glanced back at the truck and out of the corner of her eye she saw a flash of red hair and an arm missing from the elbow down. She quickly wiped the tears from her eyes and continued running.
She went to the only place she could think of Mount Justice. She found the nearest Zeta-tube that she could remember and beamed to Mount Justice. "Recognize: Trace B00." The computer chimed as she arrived at her destination. She saw ten people turn in unison before she fell to the floor unconscious.
Two hours later:
She woke up on a couch to the same ten people she had seen before she passed out. She felt better now than she had before. Being stuck inside a pod for more than three years wasn't good for a young super human. "Who is she?" Wally asked getting close up in her face before he realized she was awake.
"I think we should wait for Batman." Red Tornado said.
"Do you really think he knows who she is?" Zatanna asked.
"Probably. He is Batman after all." Rocket said.
"Maybe?" Robin said thoughtfully.
She wanted to speak, but she bided her time. Taking everything in and trying to figure out who everyone was. Robin she knew, but he must not remember her for they had only met once, briefly. Batman had made sure of that. And Wally she knew also, but only by reputation mainly from his uncle talking about him. Then there were Kaldur and Zatanna, she had only heard of them and also Red Tornado, but she was unsure of his mental status or more like how much he knew at the time. There were four others that she absolutely did not know. One was green, most likely a Martian, another had a superman symbol on his chest, he looked vaguely familiar but she still could not place how, the third was a girl who had a bow, and the last, she had no idea only that she was a girl. Then there was number ten, a boy with red hair in a red sleeveless outfit and a bow at his side. Her focus stayed on him, she knew him. She knew him very well, only this wasn't the real him. And the boy stared at her also, both knowing the other, neither knowing the full story. And none of them noticed the Dark Knight come until he was standing there.
"You're back." He said to the girl sitting on the couch.
She regarded him with a cold stare then said, "I never left."
"So she talks." Wally said. "Hi I'm Wally or the Kid Flash, either works."
"I know." She replied to him.
"Oh you do." He said sadly.
"Why are you here?" Batman asked her.
She stood up slowly careful not to place weight on her left knee. It had been bandaged and the glass removed while she had been sleeping, but it still hurt. She faced Batman and a slight smiled played on her lips. She loved messing with him, especially when she knew he didn't want any of them to know who she really was. "What? Aren't you glad to see me after I had been captured for almost three years? Although you probably thought I ran away, but why would I do that when I have such a wonderful father such as you," she said. About halfway through her voice put on a tone of anger and she glared at him.
"Madison. This is not the place. We have to talk; I will take you to the Watchtower where we can talk privately about where you were. " Batman told his daughter.
"Don't tell me this is not the place. Because they need to hear it too. He needs to hear it." Madison said pointing to Red Arrow.
"What does Roy have to do with it?" Artemis asked.
"Because Cadmus." Madison said. "Because I was taken the same night the real Roy was taken so he could be cloned, which obviously all of you know by now."
"Are you a clone too?" Superboy asked hopefully.
"No. They tried, but my powers made them unable to create a viable clone of me. And I guess they figured I wasn't worth making a clone of, considering my history with the League and my close connections with them." She was pointing out the fact that Batman was her father and he would probably figure out that she was a clone pretty quickly.
"What happened that night? The Night they took Speedy?" Red Arrow asked awkwardly.
"I'd rather not talk about it." She responded.
"You're going to have to. We need to know what happened." Batman said.
"So you can do what?" She almost yelled at him. "Get him back. Why? What's the point? You have a perfect clone of him. Except you don't, because they hurt him, Sportsmaster hurt him."
Artemis eyes lowered and in turn the others looked at her. "What did he do?" Megan asked.
"Why do you care?" Madison asked rather than replying.
"Sportsmaster is Artemis's dad." Wally answered holding Artemis close to him, attempting to comfort her for a reason Madison couldn't figure out.
Madison looked at Artemis carefully, deciding what to say. To act on her anger or… "Is he really?"
"Yes." Artemis answered.
"Then I hope you don't turn out like him." Madison said, "I don't wanna talk about what happened. It hurts to even think about it." Then she turned and walked away.
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Roy the Clone 2nd person POV:
Martian Manhunter stood beside Batman as they explained their plan to Madison. The rest of the Young Justice lingered, including Red Arrow. Although at the time he didn't really know what to think. He knew Madison, but the memories were clouded. He knew why, because he was a clone. The memories were placed there and he wasn't sure they were all real. She had meant something to him or to the real Roy Harper. They were friends or more than friends. He didn't know for sure, but he wanted to know.
Madison 1st person POV:
I didn't want to do this. To have my memories of Roy displayed on a screen for all to see, but if I wouldn't cooperate this was how my father was going to get what he wanted and I didn't want to tell him what happened so….yeah. So apparently Manhunter was going to access my memories while my brain was hooked up to the computer somehow and they would show up on the screen. I didn't really ask for specifics.
"Are you ready," Manhunter asked me. I was strapped into a high-tech dentist chair with one of those mind control devices you see in old syfi movies attached on my head. I thought it was a repurposed hair-dryer, but whatever.
"Ask me that again and I'm leaving," I said. I don't really know why I said that. I just felt like saying something smart-ass to him to just put it out there again that I did not consent to this.
"Get started," Batman said.
"Are you sure this is safe?" Megan asked.
"Yes." Manhunter replied. "If the memories are painful they may manifest physical pain. I'm sorry."
"Don't be." I said quickly glancing at Red Arrow.
And with that he started.
I closed my eyes, thinking only of Roy. And my memories appeared on screen.
Flashback:
"Hey Madz." Roy said sneaking up behind me calling me by the nickname he had given me. He said he called me that because I had a slight tendency to overreact and it was short for Madison.
I jumped slightly before answering. I was on a roof across from the bank I had been staking out, because I heard it was going to be robbed soon and I was extremely focused on it. "You scared me." I shoved him playfully.
"You know I could never scare you." He replied laughing.
"So are you here for a reason?" I implored. "Or…"
"Well Green Arrow and I were about to go after a real villain…if you want to come along and maybe after we can hang out. If you want?" He said cleverly.
"Sounds fun." I said and the scene changed.
We were in a shipyard. Green Arrow was chasing the Riddler off in the distance and the two of us were left to deal with his Hench people. We were surrounded by them, but we weren't worried.
"Do you have an extra bow?" I asked Roy.
"Always." He replied handing me one. As I grabbed it our hands touched and my powers activated. I could copy the abilities and powers of others, which included Roy's archery skills.
"Back to back."
"Do you even have to ask," he said smiling. We turned our backs to each other. The only thing separating us was his quiver full of arrows. Each of us reached for the arrows from his quiver and shot them at the Henchmen. It didn't take long for them to disappear.
"That was to easy." I said when it was over.
"Come on. Now we have more time to hang out." He said.
"True." I smiled.
"It's not over yet." Said Sportsmaster appearing form the shadows. At the same moment Roy and I aimed our arrows at him. "Now sidekicks don't do that. I'm here to help you."
"Sure you are." I said.
End Flashback.
What happened next happened fast, almost too fast for me to register what actually happened. Even now after the fact. I watched what was going on in my head on the monitor. Knowing exactly what would happen next and hoping it would not. Sportsmaster brought out two baseball bats and attacked. Roy and I fought as hard as we could but in the end…it didn't matter.
"I can't watch this anymore. It's too horrible." Megan said quietly burying her head in Superboy's chest.
I could feel the pain form each blow as it came. Screaming in sync with each scream heard on the screen. Then it was the end.
Return to Flashback:
I was lying on the ground half unconscious, half alive. The back of my head was bleeding from a blow it had sustained. To my left was Roy. He was bleeding also, from his arm, where he no longer had one from the elbow down. I had to help him. I crawled to him, my head pounding, but at the moment that didn't matter.
"Roy," I said when I got to him. "Please stay with me." I ripped off part of my shirt and tied it around the stub of an arm he had left, hoping to stop the bleeding. I was well aware that Sportsmaster was still around, but again I didn't care.
I placed a bloody hand on his cheek, willing him to stay with me. His eyes were half closed, but he could still see me. He was still hanging on. "Madz?" he whispered.
I let out a sigh of relief. "Oh my gods. You're still alive. It's me, your Madz. I'm here. Please be okay."
"Are you?" he was becoming weaker and so was I. It was all I could do to concentrate on him.
"Yes I'm fine. I will save you, Roy."
"No, go."
"I'm not leaving you." But even as I said it I knew I couldn't hang on much longer.
"How sweet, young love." Sportsmaster said sarcastically behind me.
"Madz!" Roy said. Two seconds later he pushed me to the ground. I don't know how with only one arm and being in that much pain, but he did. And he ended up on top of me and behind him I saw why. Sportsmaster hit him in the back of a head with a bat, a hit meant for me. He crumbled to the side of me. The look in his eyes was beyond painful. I couldn't stand to see him that way, so broken and I knew I had the same look.
He must have hurt way worse than me, but I was the one to go first. Black spots danced in my eyes as he reached for my hand with the one arm he still had. "Stay with me," were the last words I heard him say before I blacked out.
End Flashback.
I screamed as I came out of the trance Manhunter had put me in. Ripping out of the restraints I sat there crying. Megan was clinging to Superboy and Zatanna was clinging to Robin, both were crying. Artemis was being held by Wally, but she wasn't crying she was just looking at the screen stunned. The rest of the team seemed stunned as well.
Then there was Red Arrow. Just looking at him was painful, but it hurt more not to. I wanted him to comfort me, but that was just because I wanted the real Roy to comfort me and he was the closest thing I had.
"We should go." Said Manhunter. I think he realized the best how I felt. He had been in my head, feeling my pain with me. He knew how I felt and what I needed right now.
"Yes." Batman said. They all left one after another following Batman and Manhunter and each giving me a look of sympathy before leaving. All except for Red Arrow, who stayed there watching me. I was happy he did, in a way.
"I'm sorry that happened." He said. For a second I stopped crying, because all I could see was Roy standing there saying that, but then I realized it wasn't.
"You couldn't have changed it." I said, through the tears.
"I know, but I feel partly responsible."
I stood up brushing away the tears on my face and looked at him. "You look just like him, only somewhat older." I said touching his face, remembering. "You talk like him too. Perhaps the only thing different is your arm…." I said the last part softly as I ran my hand down from his face to the arm the real Roy didn't have, stopping at his elbow and staring at it sadly.
"Did he love you?" he asked. I paused, that was an odd question to ask. If anything I thought he would ask if I loved him not if he loved me.
"I think he did," I said slowly.
"I will get him back for you." He said. Again another odd statement, he was sounding more and more like him by the second.
"Why?"
"To find myself too. I guess. So I can redeem myself for being the mole." He said. I had heard the whole story about what happened over New Year's. And I knew about clones so I understood what he meant.
"You had no control over that."
"Doesn't matter, I should have known and after….after seeing that I need to."
"Just like him."
"And I don't want to be compared to him anymore."
"But you are him."
"Especially by you." He said. He didn't say it meanly, just seriously and I understood because I knew Roy better than anyone.
"Roy," I said. He got a surprised look on his face when I called him that instead of Red Arrow. "I won't compare you, but just do me a favor."
"What is it?"
"After seeing that I need him again, so please just be him for one minute."
"Okay." There was something in him that I knew he remembered our friendship. That he was the same as the real Roy and he was the real Roy.
I gazed into his eyes melting in them. Weather it was because we were in the moment or because it was what we wanted, but we drew closer to each other. He wiped away a tear from my eyes and gently placed both hands on my cheeks pulling my face to his, in the middle our lips met. It was not nearly enough to get rid of the pain, but having him there made it almost bearable.
Sorry about all the POV's. I thought they were necessary. If you want me to write more chapters please say. Thank you!