Author's Note: This is a rewrite of a story I made a while back about a superhero academy, this is going to be a crossover between the Marvel Universe and DC Comics that may feature a diverse cast of characters ranging from Avengers, Young Justice and a few other sources such as Teen Titans in both cartoons and comics. Hope you guys enjoy it. Let me know what you think.
New Adventure Academy
Chapter 1
It was orientation day at the new superhero secret academy. For some time now there had been a concern about whether or not young superheroes, specifically sidekicks were being properly trained by their mentors or the superhero community at large. After hearing stories that some superheroes like Spider-Man had to learn the trade on their own it was determined that youthful superhumans were not properly equipped to handle to handle superhuman threats, or while working as unsanctioned rescue workers when it came to saving innocents from said dangers or the resultant collateral damage to buildings that would endanger civilian. To mitigate the problem the Avengers teamed up with the Justice League to form Adventure Academy a school designed to make sure that these young charges as well as emerging upstarts would receive the proper training with several of the Avengers spearheading the movement to better train the next generation of superheroes. At the forefront of this movement were Avengers stalwarts Iron Man, Captain America and Dr. Hank Pym, along with League members Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern serve as the academy's board of governors, while they were the school's lead authority and it's compass the day to day operations would be handed down to Dr. Hank Pym, the Avenger formerly known as Ant-Man who became the school's headmaster.
With the school now in place nestled into the foothill of the mountains, the inaugural school year was already underway. While the academy itself was built in record time over the summer through the generous, but highly secretive donations of Wayne Industries and the combined effort of Stark Tech in building a state of the art training and teaching center with gleaming towers on each end of the building and a three story building that spanned the foot of the mountain while a high tech dome that would make it invisible from the air.
With all of the essentials in place it was time to welcome the new recruits within the assembly hall as Dr. Pym took his place behind the podium and was joined by the Board of Governors as the audience fell silent, the headmaster introduced himself and went over a list of curriculum he wanted students to cover including an introduction to superheroics class, superhero theory and application to understanding the psychology of the criminal mind and why certain individuals are driven to deeds such as megalomania and wanting to harm innocents and take over the city or the world. To the finer points of basic superhuman survival in urban, tactical combat as well as physical training and mastering their powers over time. It was at this point he introduced the class to their new faculty, which was comprised, of seasoned superheroes serving as their teachers including the likes of Nightwing, Flash, Captain America, Hawkeye, Quicksilver, Firestar and others as the few hundred students noted these legendary heroes while Dr. Pym continued to address them. Most of the recruits were fairly young and were in their early to mid teens, many of whom were amateurs with little to no experience and thought they could be heroes, while others were a little more seasoned and carrying on the legacies of their mentors and peers.
Sitting in the front row of the assembly hall listening listlessly to the lecture were Superboy (Conner Kent) a 16 year old clone and sidekick to the Man of Steel, 15 year old Robin (Tim Drake) a successor to the original title by Nightwing, and 15 year old Bucky (James Barnes) a time displaced WWII sidekick to Captain America brought to the present day by accident. And sat in the midst of a multitude of known and unknown teenaged superheroes most of whom may not make the cut that included a diverse set of colorful costumes some brighter and flamboyant others like Superboy, Robin and Bucky more subdued with darker shades which may be reflective of each recruit's personality and sensibility for the task at hand, which could also relate to how seriously every recruit considered their line of work. Or maybe it was just thought that superheroes should wear bright colors whatever the case may be there were a lot of students. As Robin craned his neck down the front row he could make out several costume designs he recognized among which were the speedsters who were curiously all sitting together several of which were related to the Flash including the familiar red and white markings of Impulse one of his contemporaries as well as the red and yellow mustard stain that was Kid Flash and more enigmatic speedsters known as Inertia and Speed, the former of whom wore a green and black ensemble and was a rival of Impulse while the latter wore green and silver and was related to Quicksilver known as Tommy Shepard in some circles as well as a slew of others he didn't recognize including some that weren't even human including one dude with a flaming head!
The Boy Wonder quirked an eyebrow as he studied some of these individuals before turning his attention back to the stage as Dr. Pym concluded his message and thanked the students for their participation and wishing them the best of luck as they were dismissed. As Robin stood up he took notice of two more speedsters standing on the row opposite of him including one teen in a bizarre orange purple get up that was apparently with the other speedsters as well as an African teen known as Kid Savatar that he didn't have any info on. As he stood up he nearly bumped into the boy standing next to him that was dressed in a blue military dress jacket with red gloves and matching red tights, with black boots and a domino mask with brown wavy hair.
"Oh sorry didn't see you there." he said absentmindedly as he grabbed his stuff before he looked up at the red and black suited teen.
"Hey your Robin aren't you?" the boy asked.
"Yeah." Tim said setting down his stuff as the military hero addressed him.
"Bucky Barnes." he said reaching out his hand.
"Tim Drake." he answered shaking his hand.
"Your Captain America's sidekick aren't you?" he asked.
"Yeah.." he chuckled.
"So how did you get here?" Tim asked raising an eyebrow behind his mask.
"Oh well, you know darnedest thing happened. I was helping Cap fight HYDRA back in 1942 when this machine exploded and brought me here. It's been quite a trip." he said.
"How are you handling it?" Tim asked as the soldier shrugged haphazardly.
"It takes some getting used to, to be honest I'm a little eager to get back home." Bucky told him.
"Yeah I can't say I blame you. Well if you need any help settling in I can bring you up to speed on a few things." Tim opined.
"Cap and the others brought me up to speed a few weeks back, I appreciate the gesture. But I could use some friends." he shrugged.
"Come on." Robin said patting him across the back.
"I'll show you to our first class." he added as they left the assembly hall.
Author's Note: All right so what did you think of that? I honestly don't know who all to add to the class roster so if there's any characters you'd like to see in this story let me know.
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