This is based off a dream I had where the Team were in prison and Robin broke out... somehow... So, this is kinda a look into my subconscious. Enter... if you dare!
Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice.
Rebellion
Prologue:
Meeting in a Theatre
She was so nervous. Her hands were shaking in her gloves as she held the flyer, scrunched up, in her hand. She hated living under President Luthor's suppressive laws but she was scared about this.
"C'mon, Zatanna, you can do this! Don't be a coward," she said.
Zatanna's nose was red from the cold and her breath was visible. Luthor had ordered for the environmental controls to be set to cold at night. A few hundred years ago, humanity were forced to abandon the world above and live in underwater domes. Some people believed humanity was meant to return to the land but no one could find a way to leave the Dome. Zatanna opened her bag and took out her mask. It was just a black strip of fabric with white film over the eyes and she tied it around her head. She took a hair bobble out and tied her hair back before putting a blonde wig over her head to hide her raven-black hair.
Zatanna pulled her duffel coat around her and looked back down at her flyer. If she was correct, the rebellion meeting should be in the old theatre that was closed down when Luthor got elected. She opened the usually locked door and walked inside. Zatanna was welcomed by the white noise of a crowd of people. The lanterns scattered around the place made the red walls seem to catch fire. She took some steps inside and a man wearing a Robin Hood-like costume handed her a lantern of her own.
"Welcome," he said "My pseudonym is Green Arrow and what's yours?"
"I... haven't come up with one yet," Zatanna said before walking into the crowd.
Overwhelmed by the crowd, Zatanna found herself backstage. She leaned against the wall and shifted her wig back in place. She was catching her breath when she heard a door be unlocked at the end of the hallway. Zatanna hid round the corner and watched as someone walked out of an old dressing room. It was a boy, about her age, wearing a mask that resembled the shape of a bat. Like everyone there, he was dressed up in a way to not be recognized. He wore a red t-shirt with black sleeves, a black silk waistcoat with a yellow interior, black jeans and a black fedora with a red band around it. Around his waist was a yellow utility-belt and he wore black leather fingerless gloves on his hands. Zatanna found herself blushing and looked away. He seemed different to the other rebels.
"Nice hair,"
She jumped and turned to see him standing behind her.
"Same colour as mine," he said and removed his hat to reveal his own mop of raven-black hair.
"Wh-What are you... talking about? I'm blonde," Zatanna stammered.
He cupped the sides of her face and ran his fingers along her hairline to tuck some raven-black strands of hair under the blonde wig. He pulled his hands away and put them in his jeans pockets. He snickered and Zatanna awkwardly laughed.
"I'm Robin and you are?" he asked, offering her his hand.
"I'm Z- I haven't come up with a name yet," she said.
"How 'bout Blackbird, like your hair?" he said.
Zatanna thought about it and took his still outstretched hand.
"A'right, I'm Blackbird," she said and they shook hands.
They smiled at each other and Zatanna found herself blushing again. She nervously shifted her wig as it began to slide out of place again.
"You know, you're not dressed like a rebel. There are costumes in the dressing room and pins to keep your wig still," Robin said "You... want some?"
Zatanna smiled at him and nodded.
After Robin showed her how to pin her wig down, she went behind a curtain to change. After a few minutes, she took a breath and stepped out. Robin was fiddling with his gloves when he looked up at her. He stared at her for a moment and a red blush crept into his cheeks. Zatanna wore a black penguin jacket, white blouse, yellow waistcoat, black miniskirt, grey tights and black boots. Robin shook his head and smiled at her.
"Nice but it's missing something," he said and opened a trunk of hats.
He turned around to face her again and handed her a top hat. Zatanna took it, looked into the mirror and put the hat on. She smiled. She looked like a member of the rebellion now.
"C'mon, the meeting's about to start," said Robin "May I... accompany you?" and he jokingly offered her his arm.
Zatanna smiled and laughed. They went to the meeting and were partnered off for a mission. In the end, Robin and Blackbird were the most notorious rebels yet and a real pain in President Luthor's side.
