So, I was re-reading 'Guidelines to Living...' for what seems like the umpteenth time and finally noticed that I never wrote a story for this rule. So, I decided to make it an adorable short story!
Rule #28:
If any member of the League or your own team is de-aged, you are not allowed to corrupt them. We still can't get Green Arrow to stop smacking Superman whenever Conner is mentioned.
(... ... ... Again, no regrets. Superman deserves a good whoppin' because of what he did!)
This had been a long and trying day for both the League and the Young Justice team. They had recently fought against the combined forces of the Joker, Lex Luthor, Gorilla Grodd, and Cheetah, whom all wanted to hurt the heroes where it hurt.
And that they did.
"I cannot believe you got turned into a baby, Jason!" Kid Flash gasped at the cute child standing before him, who was no older than seven.
"I am not a baby, West! Do not make me shoot you!" The small child growled, pulling a gun from inside his brown jacket to point it at the red headed teenager.
The kid reached just a bit over Kid Flash's knee and wore black cargo jeans, black combat boots, black gloves, a black long sleeved shirt with a red bat on it, a brown jacket as mentioned before, and a red domino mask. His hair was black, long, and spiky, reaching almost to his shoulders, but a very peculiar thing was the white streaks in his bangs.
"Whoah! Kiddo, no guns for children!" Kid Flash smirked as he swiped the gun from Jason, making the boy growl menacingly.
"Better watch your mouth, Wallace. I know where you live..." He allowed his threat to linger, then turned around as more and more heroes entered Mt. Justice.
Kid Flash smirked at the child that was clearly enraged with him, but also looked up. Batman stepped through the Zeta machine with a baby Green Arrow in his hands, frowning so deeply that even Jason was surprised. Behind him, M'gann entered with a baby version of her uncle while a seven year old version of Conner clung to her hand.
After them came Superman, who was carrying a baby version of Wonder Woman and Flash. Then a crawling, two year old Guy Gardner came in while wailing loudly, a normal sized Artemis walking behind him while a six year old Kaldur clung to her hand. Zatanna and Rocket were cooing over the eight year old version of Robin that smiled up at them, while Black Canary carried Aquaman in.
"Wet me wo! Stupid, 'changa hatew!" An extremely young voice screamed from the entrance after Black Canary entered, making Kid Flash and Jason smirk.
"Guess Roy hates Deadpool even more now, huh?" Kid Flash asked as he looked down at Jason, who only nodded.
Right then, Red Arrow stepped in with a struggling three year old Deadpool in arm, a katanna slung over the young adult's shoulder.
"Just how many weapons does this guy have? I've found more than twenty." Roy said exasperated, all the while Deadpool hit his chest.
"We me go! Wet me go! Wet me go!"
"He has enough to supply a small army for about a month, Red Arrow." Batman growled as the Zeta machine turned off, all the heroes that were going to enter already inside.
Now the non-afflicted heroes looked around them at all the children, which made Kid Flash hang his head. "You're going to leave them with us, aren't you?"
"I am sorry, Kid Flash, but we need to find a cure for them." Batman sighed, which got Jason to shake a fist in his direction.
"You stupid jackass! Can't you let me leave? I know how to take care of myself!"
Batman only quirked an eyebrow at the 'threatening' seven year old. "Jason, if you step one foot in Gotham like this, you'll be killed. You're staying with the Team in the Cave until we figure out a cure for all the kids."
Jason scoffed and crossed his arms, but decided that fighting would prove nothing so he walked towards the struggling Deadpool. "Hey, want to play Call of Duty?"
"Hecks yeah, Weddy-Pooh!"
Deadpool jumped from Red Arrow's hands to fall beside Jason, only to get up and waddle behind the older boy. Batman shook his head at these two, all the while Kid Flash just smiled after them.
"Aren't they just adorable? That game could scar their almost innocent minds and they deliberately want to play it!"
Superman actually face-palmed because of his words, but just shook his head and turned to Black Canary. "Leave Arthur here with the kids. We have to find out how we can get them back to their real ages."
"Woy! Woy! Woy!"
Batman frowned as he looked down at the baby in his hands, then green archer reaching for the red archer. Roy only rolled his eyes and followed after Deadpool and Jason, deciding that he liked their insanity over Ollie's. This of course made the blonde extremely sad and Batman soon found himself with a sobbing archer.
"Red Arrow!" Batman growled over Ollie's wails, only to receive a grunt as an answer.
Kid Flash snickered lightly at the scene, then sped towards Ollie to pick him up. "Eh, who needs dumb old Roy? All you need is the Wall-Man!"
Ollie's blue eyes stared up at Wally with amazement, then his small hand went to grasp at his mask. "Woy?"
Kid Flash's smile faltered a bit at the name, but he just shook his head and looked up at Batman. "Leave them all here. I'm pretty sure the girls and I can take care of the eleven babies."
Batman scrutinized him for what felt like hours, but ultimately relented and nodded. "If any of them is hurt when we get back, it's your head, Wallace."
With that threat, he, Superman, and Black Canary left the Cave, leaving Wally, Artemis, M'gann, Rocket, Zatanna, and Roy all alone in a cave filled with super babies.
"Bay Watch, you idiot! We can't take care of all these kids!" Artemis quickly pounced on him, ignoring the screaming Guy and sniveling Kaldur. "They might kill us before the adults get back!"
Zatanna and Rocket nodded in agreement as they hugged the young Robin, all the while M'gann spoke telepathically with her uncle. Wally only smirked and shook his head, all the while tickling at Ollie's stomach, eliciting giggles from the babe.
"Artie Baby, we can take care of this. Promise, I have everything under control."
And it wasn't even two seconds after this that there was a crash and blood curdling screams coming from Jason's and Deadpool's side of the Cave.
Artemis glared at Kid Flash, who only chuckled nervously. "Spoke too soon..."
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