Okay, so I'm co-writing this story (and a few others) with Oreocat155338, and I'm quite happy with our ideas. Also, it's my one-year anniversary on Fanfiction today! YAY!
Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice, nor does Oreocat155338. Unless she's keeping something from me...
Haly's Circus was in town today.
Pamela Isley had taken a day of from being an eco-terrorist to come here. She didn't know why. Maybe it was because of the fuss Harley made about "The Flying Graysons".
It made her happy to see the recycling bins everywhere, for basically everything in a circus can be recycled, and it was refreshing for a circus to take that extra step.
She paid for a ticket and entered the Big Top in a brighter mood than before. After all, it's hard for many people to stay angry in a circus.
The acts were... one of the most amazing things she'd ever seen. She became completely entranced when the spotlight shown onto a family of six- four parents, two children. Three on each side of the trapezes.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen, what we've all been waiting for- THE FLYING GRAYSONS! Performing their astounding quadruple flip, and more, without the safety of a net!" The ringmaster boomed.
The net, that had stayed in the same place the entire time, was being pulled away, making the crowd gasp.
"John Grayson, husband to Mary, uncle of John, brother of Rick, and father of Dick!" A man kissed his wife, Mary, and grabbed the trapeze, flipping twice to the next and then performing a handstand on the trapeze, keeping the trapeze swinging.
"Karla Grayson, wife of Rick, aunt of Dick, and mother of John!" A woman from the 'other' side jumped onto the trapeze, performing a back flip a grasping the next one. John released his trapeze as Karla flung herself towards him. His legs curled around the trapeze and he grasped Karla's wrists, throwing her towards the next trapeze as he flipped up so he was sitting on the trapeze. He stood and jumped to the next one, flipping to the furthest and Karla and John stepped on the opposite sides at the same time.
"Richard Grayson, husband of Karla, uncle of Dick, brother of John, and father of John!" Rick smiled and waved, flipping thrice to get to the next trapeze, then starting to back flip and catching himself with his knees.
"Mary Grayson, wife of John, aunt of John, and mother of Dick!" Mary grinned and jumped onto the trapeze. Rick sat on the trapeze, then stood up before kneeling back down, balancing himself as his hand grasped the wire. Mary flipped to the trapeze he was occupying and he pulled her up with his free hand. Mary planted her feet on Rick's shoulders and they both waved.
Mary back flipped off Rick, grabbing the trapeze behind her, and flipping back to her stand.
"John Grayson, son of Rick and Karla, nephew to Mary and John, and cousin to Dick!" Rick grasped the trapeze with his hands as John flipped to the trapeze. Rick dropped down and grasped the trapeze and John performed a back flip, having their knees grasp one another before John flipped to the next trapeze, sitting atop it.
"Richard Grayson, son of John and Mary, nephew to Rick and Karla, and cousin to John!" Dick jumped, flipping three times to reach the trapeze John was perched on. He grasped the trapeze and Rick moved his knees to the trapeze as Dick flipped over to him and they grasped hands. Mary and her husband, John jumped from their opposite sides to join, Karla following soon after.
Dick swung to the trapeze his father was on, only to be flown back to Rick's when John grasped his hands as he flipped off. Dick flipped to the one John was still sitting on. Rick moved so he was the one hanging by his knees and John was standing atop the trapeze.
Dick grasped hands with his mother, passing her to Rick. Rick swung her up to John, who had her balance on top of his shoulders. Dick passed Karla to Rick, who just grasped her ankles. Dick followed and Karla threw him up to John, who passed him up to Mary, who had him balance on top of her shoulders. Cousin John grabbed the trapeze and flipped to his mother, who grasped his ankles.
Then, one by one, they began performing the quadruple flip. First Dick, then Cousin John, then Mary, then Karla, then John, then Rick.
And then the wires snapped. Each family of three was on a trapeze together, when ALL eight of the trapeze wires snapped. No trapeze was left hanging.
Pamela, temporarily paralyzed, did nothing to save them. She watched as the parents placed the children atop their chests. But Mary and John did something different. John was on bottom, then Mary, then Dick. Karla and Rick were level with each other, and Cousin John was bigger. That's why, when they hit the ground, Dick was the only survivor, despite the attempts of Karla and Rick.
Pamela remembered how she got her powers. She was dying, then a man came and gave her a "magic cure" to her illness. She later learned it consisted of Jerusalem Cherry, Climbing Nightshade, and Jimsonweed. She didn't know why, but she always carried these ingredients.
Maybe for a moment like this. A moment when a child was dying, and the hospital wouldn't arrive in time, despite the urgency. She crept towards the boy's mangled form, quickly having her plants move him to a more private area before anyone noticed.
She followed, creating the drink as she went. She only prayed it work.