Before this begins, not really my idea; Mala and I were talking about the episode of Bane from B:TAS and she stated the fact that the storyline could be tweaked for Young Justice...so this story was born.
Bane's Revenge
Santa Prisca; Team Year Two
The meeting had been set up days ago, but then again it took time to get two of the attendees out of Belle Rev.
"So nice you could all make it." The largest of the three standing side by side said.
"This better be good, Savage." The woman staring at three said.
"My dear Ivy, did you think we wouldn't have a good reason for you all to get your revenge on the Team." The woman of the 'leaders' said.
"What those brats did is retributionable." The skinny man of the 'guests' said; his white face showing even in the dark.
"I am still down much money from when they destroyed my factory." The largest of the 'guests' said.
"All of you will get what you wish; an end to the Team once and for all. The three of you all know the children well enough through your encounters with them, and so we have a plan to get them out of them….and make them suffer." 'Savage' said.
It was then that the three leaders walked into the one large diameter beam of light and they were revealed to be three members of the light. They were revealed to be Vandal Savage, Queen Bee and Lex Luthor. The three guests then walked into the beam and were revealed to be Joker, Poison Ivy, and Bane.
"What about the Kryptonian clone?" Bane asked.
"Ah yes, Superboy. I have planned for his…..removal as well." Luthor said as he pulled out a large briefcase and threw it in front of the Venom enhanced villain.
Bane bent down to open the case and as he did, a green glow covered him. The case was completely open and the glow was coming from the chains and shackles within. Also in the case was an IV bag filled with the same green glow within a liquid and there was also a needle that was green as well.
"A little bit of overkill, don't you think, Luthor." Ivy asked, seeing the contents of the case.
"Oh this is just to lure in the main bait. Superman and Superboy have become close, so if the clone is in trouble…then Superman will come running. Once he does, the bullet within the briefcase will END him." Luthor stated.
The three guests all grinned as evilly as they could as Bane closed the case.
"The children are all off in their own cities tonight. Choose your first target, then the others will come running." Queen Bee stated.
"Oh goody…I finally get to have my….jollies; hahahahahahaha." Joker said and with that, the three guests left out with Bane carrying the briefcase full of the Kryptonite items.
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Gotham City; Two Days Later
Batman was on monitor duty on Watchtower, so it was up to the 15 year old twin wonders to take care of Gotham for two days. They were out patrolling the city when suddenly a plant came up behind them and almost captured them. The girl was able to send fire at the plants and burn them. As the plants started to burn, the smoke coming off of them looked funny, and that's when the boy realized what it was.
"Cardinal, that smoke is Joker Venom; careful." The boy said, and with that he reached for a mask that covered the whole lower half of his face.
Cardinal did the same thing, and soon enough, the Joker Venom and the plants were gone. The twins didn't want to leave anything unchecked, so they followed the ashes from the burned plants, and soon they found who sent them.
"So, the twins are all alone…wonderful." The female with vines moving all around her said.
The twins were worried at first, but then the man of the duo took off running, his familiar laugh echoing though the alley he went down.
"I'll get Joker." The Boy wonder said and he ran off to follow the clowned prince of crime.
"You two shouldn't have split up, girl wonder." The woman said as she sent some of the vines around her toward Cardinal.
"Well, we figured two on two wouldn't be fair to you and Joker, Ivy." Cardinal said as she dodged the fast moving vines and sent a fireball at their creator. The fireball hit its mark, but when the smoke cleared, Ivy was still standing, and vines were burned instead.
"Your brother destroyed my baby back in Bayou Bartholomew; so you'll BOTH suffer for that." Ivy said, and she created vines that were as fast as Kid Flash that wrapped themselves around Cardinal's arms and legs.
Cardinal struggled and was about to heat up her body to burn the vines, but she heard movement behind her and suddenly, without seeing who did it, an inhibitor collar was placed around her neck. The young heroine had experienced the collar before, so she knew that she was going to get weak quickly. Cardinal struggled even harder to get free, but the vines did not give way.
"Hello chica." A familiar heavily accented voice said.
"Bane. Since when do Gotham's villains team up like this?" Cardinal said as the venom using South American came into view.
"Oh this is much bigger than Gotham…..soon you, your brother and all your little friends will be out of the Light's hair…..for good." Ivy said, and she commanded the vines holding the Girl Wonder still started to grow thorns and injected poison into Cardinal.
Cardinal immediately started to feel like she was going to vomit and a weakness even more than having her powers cut off was hitting. She couldn't stay conscious and within a minute, the Girl Wonder was out of the game…at least until she came to later.
"I must say, my dear Ivy; I'm curious as to what you did to the young chica." Bane said as he lifted the heroine's head by the chin.
"Toxins from the Black Locust plant. She was already weak from the collar, but with that toxin in her, she couldn't stay conscious." Ivy said, and the plants holding Cardinal released her.
Bane picked up the girl and gently carried her away. Ivy wasn't far behind as she made sure that all of her 'babies' were gone with no trace that she was there.
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Joker's Funhouse; Half an Hour Later
The clowned prince was ready for Robin, and the boy wonder didn't know how ready. Joker headed into the large clown mouthed building and Robin was close behind.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA." Joker laughed and Robin followed it all the way through the house of mirrors.
The Boy Wonder found himself surrounded by mirrors and as he turned back to the exit, he saw Joker blocking it.
"You are mine, Wonderboy. HAHAHAHAHAHA." Joker said and he pulled out two knives and started right into attacking the 15 year old acrobat.
Robin was dodging everything, and when he found an opening, he pulled some birdarangs from his belt and threw them. Joker dodged them and they hit a mirror and that's when Robin stopped moving.
As the mirror fell, Robin saw his sister hanging by her wrists with thick vines as the restraints. Robin was both angry and worried.
"Curious, Niño; your Hermana is very skilled, but once her powers were cut off, well…..you get the idea." A voice said.
Robin knew exactly what was going on when the voice said 'her powers were cut off', and so he relaxed a bit to show that he was willing to listen.
"Cardinal is experiencing a bit of poisoning along with the collar, so you'll have to forgive her for not saying hello." A female voice said.
"LET….HER….GO." Robin said; a deep and dark tone to his voice.
"I'm sorry Niño, but both of you will be coming with us." The first hidden voice said.
"Want to take me down, Bane; then you'll have to come out and fight me." Robin said.
Soon enough, Bane came walking out of the shadows, and so did Poison Ivy. The boy wonder was nervous, but he had to get his sister out of there, and so he would. Bane activated his Venom and was twice his size now. Robin went right for Bane and had his eskrima sticks at the ready to fend off any punches. The two were fighting hard, but what Robin didn't know was that Bane was just the distraction. Ivy kept out of this fight as she knew that Joker would be the one to injure Robin, so she let the clown have his fun. Just as Robin was thrown into a mirror far away from Cardinal, Joker was ready to strike, and so he pulled out some of his signature razor edged playing cards and threw them.
Robin was still getting up when the cards reached him, and all five hit him in different places. He didn't feel strong right after they hit; then he saw the three villains grinning. There wasn't any time for Robin to fight back as Bane grabbed him and squeeze very hard. The boy wonder wasn't crying out but he struggled very hard and this caused Bane to squeeze harder. Robin felt a couple of his ribs crack and soon enough he passed out from the strain on his body and whatever was on the playing cards.
"It's too bad we can't finish them off now, but they are only two of the seven we want, so the twins can still be of use to us." Bane said as he gently held Robin's unconscious body.
Joker and Ivy began to grin wickedly and Ivy told her vines to bring Cardinal along with them as all three headed out of the hall of mirrors and to their real base of operations.