Hey, guys! I've been reading a ton of YJ stuff, but I couldn't find that many like this, So I decided to write my own. I don't have much to say before you read this except this:
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That should be it! Enjoy!
The first thing Robin noticed when he woke up was a piercing headache. He tried to push himself up and managed pretty well, but when he tried to stand, he fell back down to all fours. Looking down in confusion, he yelped and jumped backward in shock. Where his arms should have been, he only saw fluffy black paws and legs. Spinning around, he finally realized why he felt weird. He was a cat.
Looking around, he saw that he was in a wire cage, set on top of another, slightly bigger one. Looking through the wires, he made out a long shaggy black coat and a big bushy tail. Definitely a wolf. Glancing around more, He could make out fox in the cage next to him, and there was what looked like sea otter in the cage below it.
On his other side, there was a much larger cage, with a large cheetah in it. laying in a cage on top of that, He could see the black and white fur of what looked to be a border collie. He couldn't see inside any other cages near them, but he could hear tons of animals all around him.
He heard a low growl from the cage below him, and saw the wolf below his raise its head up and look around in confusion. Its blue eyes widened in panic and it began to thrash around. Robin was jostled around his cage and was slammed into the side, sending pain radiating down his shoulder. He hissed in pain and the wolf froze. It looked up at him in confusion. Robin's eyes widened when he saw its eyes.
They were strangely familiar, and Robin had a horrible feeling. "Superboy?" It came out as a soft meow, And he stepped back in confusion. Apparently, the wolf's frantic jostling woke the animals Robin had seen earlier. The border collie shook its head dizzily and looked around, It's brown eyes wide in confusion and worry. 'Guys! guys are you here!' All the animals jerked and Robin's eyes widened further in horror. 'M'gann?' All the animals looked around and apparently began to panic.
'Robin!'
'Guys where are you!'
'Um. why am I in a cage next to a FREAKIN' WOLF!'
'EVERYONE CALM DOWN!' Robin shouted in his head, effectively quieting them for now.
'Ok, we need to stay whelmed. Apparently, we have all been turned into animals. I'm a cat, I'm pretty sure Wally's the cheetah, SB's the wolf, Kaldur's the otter, Artemis is the fox, and M'gann is the border collie.' The others all looked around in confusion, then realization. The Cheetah looked up at him, then fell over in what could only be called a fit of laughter.
'Dude, you're not a CAT. You're a freakin' KITTEN.' Robin groaned in frustration and ignored the comment. He walked up to the front of his cage, wincing as he put weight on his hurt shoulder, and began inspecting the lock. After fiddling with it for a full minute, the cage door popped open. He hopped down, stumbling as he felt a wave of pain.
Robin quickly opened Conner's, Wally's, and Kaldur's cages, but he couldn't reach Artemis's or M'gann's. Before he could think of a way to get up to them, he felt teeth meet the back of his scruff and he was tossed onto a spotted back. He glared daggers at Wally, who just smirked at him and walked up to the cages. Resolving to scratch him later, Robin made quick work of the remaining cages. As he prepared to jump off of wally's back, his shoulder flared up again.
His soft hiss drew everyone's attention, and they looked at him in concern.
'you ok Rob?'
Wally nudged him carefully, but Robin pushed him away and jumped down, careful to not hurt it again.
'I'm fine. We need to focus on getting out of here.'
They quietly walked along the dark isle between the piles of cages, glancing around nervously. The saw a door at the end of the isle and jogged towards it. They slid to a stop and sighed when they saw there was no handle. There was a touch pad to the side, and Conner stood on his hind legs and placed his paws on either side of it. Robin carefully climbed up his back and jumped onto the lit up pad. It was much harder without his glove and even opposable thumbs, but he managed to get it to open.
They carefully looked into the hallway beyond, and they felt a sense of dread as they recognized it. 'Cadmus.' The Superboy growled quietly, but he took a breath and calmed down. They quietly padded down the deserted hallway, making their way towards the elevator. As they turned to corner and it came into view, they heard a shout behind them.
'Go!' They made a break for the metal doors, Wally running ahead and pushing the button. The doors slid open immediately and they sprinted inside, pressing the button for the top floor. They heard muffled thuds as people slammed into the closed doors and breathed a sigh of relief. It was short lived though as the lights flashed red and the elevator slowed to a stop 5 floors from the top. The doors slid open to reveal a group of men running towards them.
'Guess we're taking the stairs then!' They ran towards the door, but Robin stumbled again as his shoulder acted up. Before He could fall behind, he felt teeth grab his scruff again and carry him the rest of the way to the door. He growled in annoyance and could make out shaggy black fur behind him.
'I don't need to be carried!'
'Would you rather be left behind?'
Conner thought back, growling slightly as well. Robin resigned to just growling unhappily. They made it to sub level one before they were forced to leave the stairwell by the sound of people running down towards them. They burst out into the hallway and sprinted to the right. As they ran, they saw Guardian turn the corner in front of them.
'Guardian! M'gann, add him to the link! He can help us!'
She nodded next to him, and after a moment, Robin thought urgently
'Guardian! It's us!'
The man froze and looked around in confusion.
"Robin?"
'We're the animals!' He looked at them in confusion as they skidded to a stop in front of him. He shook his head and sighed. "I'm not even going to ask. What are you doing here?" Superboy finally set Robin down and turned to face the oncoming guards.
'Well, we're trying to leave, but they seem to have other plans'
Guardian looked at the approaching guards and sighed again. "This way. there's an emergency stairwell down that hallway and to your left." They ran down the hallway he pointed to and burst through a door, sprinting up the hallway and finally getting outside.
They ran into a nearby alleyway and hid behind some dumpsters.
'O.K. We escaped. Now, what do we do!' Artemis said, pacing back and forth
'We must stay calm. Where is the nearest Zeta-tube? We should try and get to the mountain.' Kaldur spoke up, trying to keep her calm 'It's only a few blocks away, but most of us can't exactly be seen walking along the street.' Robin turned his gaze to Artemis, Wally, and Kaldur. 'Maybe we could get to the rooftops? Or just travel by alley?'
They all turned to face Wally, Artemis actually gaping. 'What?'
'That was ACTUALLY a good idea.'
He glared at her while the others snickered slightly. They carefully snuck through the alley's, M'gann and Robin not having to be as careful. Maybe they should have as they heard a little girl gasp and she ran over and grabbed Robin, causing his to let out a very undignified yelp.
"Mommy! Mommy! Look what I found!"
Robin struggled, careful to not scratch the little girl, and glared at his friends. They hesitated, but then M'gann carefully walked over to the mother and child. She nosed the girl and drew her attention away from the small black kitten, who quickly escaped and ran back into the alley. M'gann let the girl pet her for a little bit, then trotted back into the alley.
'Well, That worked better than I thought it would.' Robin shook himself and nodded at her. 'Thanks. I didn't want to scratch her, and I don't think she would have let go anytime soon.' Wally snorted and pushed his much smaller friend. 'Sure dude. THAT's why you couldn't get her to let go.' Robin glared at him and swiped at his nose, leaving a small scratch.
'I have no problem with scratching you though.' The others laughed slightly at their exchange while Wally sulked and rubbed a paw over his injured nose, then they continued on their way, Robin staying suspiciously closer to the shadows than before.
So Just for some clarification:
Wally is a cheetah, cause he's fast
Conner is a wolf, cause he seems like he had that kind of personality
Artemis is a Fox because she seems kinda sneaky and I just think she makes a good fox
Kaldur is an otter because they were the best Marine animal I could think of that could be fine on land
M'gann is a border collie because 1: she can be a puppy like Conner, and 2: I always imagine her as protective of her teammates, and border collies are herd dogs
And Robins and black kitten because... its adorable and Robin's is the smallest on the team
