Ch.1 - Design
A/N: I hope you guys like this story, it jumps around in time and space a bit; as in you go from one spot to another place 2 weeks before, just as an example. You'll see what I mean, so sorry if it confuses you, I tried to keep it to simple jumping. It's also one of my first stories, and the only one I've ever finished. I have one other story, but I didn't write it well, and I only wrote one chapter, so I'm getting rid of it. Hope you like this story.
P.S. Most of my A/N are unimportant, so you can skip them if you want. I ramble too much. I promise I won't do that in my next story, if I have one.
~In the Bat Cave~
Wonder Woman, Superman, John Martian, Green Lantern, Flash, and Batman stood in a circle, talking about their new team and its future.
"We could make the hideout in the desert." The Green lantern suggested.
"It isn't secure enough."
"Come on Batman, you know that we'll have security." Superman interrupted.
"No, the Batman is correct, anyone could simply walk there," John agreed.
They rambled like this for several minutes. Dick walked in, staring at the arguing heroes. It didn't take long for him to catch on.
"Funny, I was just thinking about that a week ago," Everyone stopped to look at the eight-year-old. "And then I was thinking, why not build it in space?"
"It would take years to find blueprints, and longer to make them," Batman said, not unkindly.
"Oh, because once I thought of it I made some, I'll admit, it took me a few days."
The League watched as Batman walked over to the blue eyed child who took out a small, folded piece of paper. They expected a drawing with crayons, but where taken aback when the piece of paper unfolded into 3 very large papers placed over each-other. Batman's eyes widened with surprise.
There where intricate details, mathematic numbering, material listings, and the papers where thin and graphed. Batman took them into his hands and looked them over. "This is amazing," he said. "We can do this!"
Everyone stared, wide eyed at the adorable little boy who yawned. It was late, and Batman gingerly lifted him and took him to bed.
~A Month Later~
"Bruce?" Dick asked, walking up to his father.
"Yes Dick," he asked without turning from the blueprints and Justice League members. The construction was well under way, and Bruce pointed at what they were working on.
Dick was a little angry that his farther wouldn't even look at him. "Fine, I'll leave." He said. Bruce turned and caught him by the wrist. "I'm sorry Dick, what is it?" He said, dropping to the boy's eye level.
"Well, I was thinking again, and I thought of how hard it will be to get to the station if it's in space. So I made this" he said, taking out yet another piece of paper, "They're designs for a teleportation machine. I call them Zeta tubes. They generate wormholes that are caused by having gates. They're round gates of machinery that can be opened so you can walk through and come out of the other gate."
The other Leaguers where crowded around now, looking at the designs. "Dick, would you like to stay and help us build the tower?" Bruce asked "We were just about to head out there in the ship." Dick nodded his head vigorously, hugged his dad, and then ran to put on his costume.
~Another 2 Months~
Batman walked over to his ward, looking out the window. After three months of hard work, everything was done. Dick had installed a computer system, the Zeta tubes where functional, and all the bugs had been worked out, hopefully. Batman placed a hand on Robin's shoulder, proud to be his mentor. The boy smiled up at him, then continued to watch the large shimmering world of Blue, White, and Green beneath them.
~At Lex-Corp the previous month~
Rumors spread quickly. A rumor that the Justice League had built a high-tech space station called 'The Watchtower' sparks special interests. Lex had already talked to most of the suppliers for the project, and they all said it is "A piece of revolutionary genius!" Lex just had to know who made this new technology and how he could get his hands on it!
Lex picked up a flash drive and examined its contents on his laptop. There where pictures of the blueprints. The blueprints where new, and based on the dates, it had only taken a few days for the blueprints to be drawn up. Did the Dark Knight make them? It seemed unlikely. The Batman was very clever, but not clever enough to do this!
Lex scanned through all the pictures and watcher some of the video feed from the cameras he had planted. His attention shifted to one screen in particular.
The Dark Knight walked to his sidekick, blueprints in hand. He started pointing at something. Is he really trying to explain this to that little punk? How amusing, that kid wouldn't know a reactor from a microwave. Lex Luther thought to himself with a grin. Maybe he could listen in though and learn how some of this works. He switched to a closer camera.
No, no, no. If you do that it will leave the outer defenses week, you see? The brat said pointing, at the blueprints. I see your point, it would be a lot easier, but I really wouldn't advise it. See how it will affect the path of light from the sun? So not only would the tower be shifted differently, causing a blind spot in the dark, but it would affect the solar-nuclear-conversion that powers the station. And the subatomic pathways for the Zeta tubes would falter, so the wormholes wouldn't be able to ride the arranged electrons, because the magnetic pull of the reactor would reposition them. Batman nodded, ruffled the boy's hair, and said something inaudible. The boy nodded and continued drawing on some blueprints that where set on the table labeled 'Computer Security Systems'.
Lex sat there, dumbfounded. When the kid explained it, it was easy enough for a 5 year old to follow, but the designs themselves where so complex! And why would the Batman ask his sidekick on how to go about it. A sudden Idea hit him. Could the brat be the one who made the blueprints?!
Luther let a grin cross his face. Children where much easier to kidnap, manipulate, and fight than adults. And all Lex wanted, he could get for free.
A/N: My stories are really slow going, sorry. I'm just not finding much time in the day to write anything, with my E. . and end of the year projects and all. Sorry. But hey, look at the bright side! Once summer comes around, I can write and read all day long! I hope you liked it, and no, I'm not done!
Please read and review! Even if your review is two words saying "It Sucked" I'd be happy to have it! Well, mostly, kind of. I just want any kind of feed-back, I think… PLEASE! L I'll give you a cookie! (::)