Author's Note: This is a prequel that sprung up in my head when I first started watching Justice League just recently. I haven't finished 'Cryptid' yet, but I will soon, that I promise. But for now, enjoy this prequel of 'Cryptid Origins'
Disclaimer: I don't own Justice league. June is my OC.
"How long have you been a superhero?" Robin asked.
"About three years since I was fourteen. My teachers thought the time had come for me to use my difference to make a difference." Cryptid answered
Age: 14 years old
That wasn't the whole truth though; back then, she didn't know how to use her difference to make a difference.
June sat in her laboratory underneath an abandoned factory, looking into a microscope to see whether or not her hybrid DNA would revert back to human. Grasping a pen in her right hand and the microscope knob with the other, she watched as the human tissue cells shrivel and die; another failed attempt.
June removed her cat eyes away from the microscope and wrote down the data from her experiment disappointedly. She sighed as she threw away her last failed attempt of the evening and put her supplies away.
Despite being fourteen years of age, she gained her scientific intellect through her hybrid enhancement that helped her gain knowledge that others her age would only dream of having.
June removed her lab coat, allowing her monkey/cat like tail to move about freely as she walked to her makeshift room that she made for herself. Stepping into her room, she walked to the coat rack across the cot that served as her bed as she took the trench coat off said coat rack and slipped it on, concealing her tail. She then moved to her vanity where the fedora hat and black wig that were on a manikin head before bunching her hair up to fit inside the wig before putting the hat on, covering her black and white hair and pointed ears. Her last accessory was a pair of sunglasses that would cover her cat eyes.
After checking herself over to make sure that none of her hybrid features show, she walked out of her underground hideout and into the Metropolis night.
Cars passed her as she walked down the sidewalk, being shielded from the cold and from prying eyes.
June snuck glances at people that passed by her, silently envying them for their humanity as she lowered her head, as though it can hide her further.
Before she realized it, she entered an abandoned part of the city. On instinct, she opened her enhanced senses to sniff and smell danger should it come at her...and it did, slowly slithering up to her.
June pretended not to hear him as she walked along, waiting for the precise moment to turn the tables against him. She heard him hiss before smelling his arm reaching out to her where she used her quick reflexes and caught his arm, using her enhanced strength to slam him into a brick wall of a building.
June frowned at the man that tried to attack her, only to find herself surprised when she saw that it was a human/snake hybrid. "Copperhead." June said, confirming the name and face.
Copperhead held his head as he glared at June who glared back, "You're stronger than we gave you credit for, little girl." he said as he stood up.
"'We?'" June questioned before she was surrounded by Shade, Grundy, Star Sapphire, and Tsukuri.
June glared behind her sunglasses, "What do you want?"
Star Sapphire smirked at the bravery within this adolescents voice, "Don't worry, we're not here to harm you. We are merely here to safely deliver you to our employer." she answered with her hands on her hips.
June continued to glare, "I'm not interested."
Shade grasped his cane as he answered, "You will be when you hear what he has to offer you, considering your little...late night stealing." he said, smirking at the look of surprise on her face.
June composed herself, "Does he now?" she said rhetorically, but still quite surprised that her weekly night outings were discovered.
Star Sapphire said, "Yes, and he wants to have a chat with you immediately."
June frowned at this annoying bunch as she crossed her arms in a defiant manner, "Do I have a choice?"
Star Sapphire smirked and shook her head, "Not really, no."
June growled low in her throat, contemplating whether or not she can take them on by herself. However, she doesn't know what each of them can do, without that knowledge, she won't have an advantage in strategy against these clowns. With grudging resignation, she agreed, "Let's get this over with, but this better not be a waste of my time."
Star Sapphire smiled, "Excellent, but tell us, are you afraid of the dark?" she said mischievously.
June scoffed, "Lady, I work in the dark."
"Good, because our base has to remain secret until further notice." Shade said before using the power in his cane to shroud her in darkness before Grundy picked her up and took her to the Injustice Gang's hideout.
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