This is an idea I have been working on for a while now. I'm had fun writing this chapter and having even more fun writing the rest. I hope you all enjoy reading this story as much as I am writing.
Things to note-
This is set one year after the start of the team (that is when Robin, KF and Aqualad break into Cadmus, rescue Superboy and bring the building down on themselves)
I don't own Young Justice, but I do own the Kids of Chaos (you'll find out who they are in a little bit).
Gotham
June 20, 22:38 EST.
As a museum guard walked through the seemly empty hallway he didn't notice the shadow that flitted past the skylight. As he entered an exhibit area he thought he heard something, like a rush of wind. He turned around holding his flash light high above him so its beam extended to the corners of the room. Seeing nothing out of the ordinary he continued on his way.
As he entered the next exhibit he stopped to look at it. This was his favorite part of the museum, 'The Heroes' exhibit. It had something dedicated to almost all the members of the league, the biggest part was dedicated to none other than Gotham's own Caped Crusader. But the guard had seen this a hundred times before, he even knew every word on the information plaque. Tonight he stopped to look at the newest part of the exhibit. It was a display showing pictures and other items associated with was becoming known as the junior league.
It was all about the new generation of heroes that had emerged. The guard remembered well that it was about a year ago that some of the junior heroes were frequently in the papers with their mentors.
There was Aqualad, Speedy….what was the fast one's name…Flashy Kid….or something, and his favorite Robin. Then they seemed to have disappeared from the public eye, only to show up once in awhile, but, when they did show themselves there seemed to be more of them. The new exhibit was dedicated to nine of the young heroes in all. He looked at the pictures and the various scraps of equipment the police had gathered from the scenes of their various fights. There was an assortment of broken arrows, a few traces of red batarangs, and even scraps of clothing. In a glass case was a ripped t-shirt with the superman shield on it, a white (or what used to be white) glove and even a jacket that cut off have way. All of these were supposed to be from the young heroes uniforms.
He was reading to information about Robin, underneath a huge picture of the boy wonder posing for the camera, his foot on top of an unconscious bank robber. The guard was lucky, he was one of the first to be seeing this. The exhibit wasn't even opened yet. The grand unveiling was tomorrow morning. The museum was have a big ceremony, they were expecting several schools from Gotham, the mayor, they have even invited Bruce Wayne who had contributed quite a large sum to the new exhibit. But it was unlikely he would show.
"'Expected to be only a teenager'," The guard read out loud, looking at Robin's plaque "Hell, what was I doing when I was teen." He was so adsorbed reading he didn't see the shadow drop behind him from the ceiling. He looked up at the pictures. "These kids are really something."
"Yeah, they are." A voice said behind him. The guard didn't even have time to turn before he felt a jab to his neck. He slumped to the floor unconscious.
"Something pathetic." The voice said again. It belonged to a young boy, he couldn't be more that fifteen from his size. His physical build was slim. He was wearing a completely black suit. With accompanying cape. His eyes were covered with a mask that only left his mouth and nose visible. There were two black bands with various compartment crisscrossing his chest. On the torso of his suit was the only bit of color (other that the white of his domino eyes), the image of a bird in flight, with both wings spread out. It was a grayish color.
"Nice work Crow." Another voice said. A second person appeared next to the one who have taken out the guard. This was another boy. He was wearing a dark red suit, much like his companion but he didn't have a cape. And his mask allowed his eyes to show. He had deep green eyes. Standing out against the red background was a black lightning bolt that ran at angle from his left hip to right shoulder. A bit of his hair poked out from his mask, it was dark red in color.
"Thanks Blur." Crow said. "Can you believe how useless this guard was?" Crow said kicking the man. He laughed, the sound echoing around the room.
"Crow, there are other guards in here. Do you want to alert them to our presence?" A another person dropped from the ceiling. Followed by two more.
"What's it matter Riptide?" Blur said scoffing. Riptide who had just spoken stood up to his full height. He had brown skin and hair that was white in contrast. He eyes were deep blue and he had the body of a swimmer. He was wearing black pants with a white wave pattern going down each leg. His shirt was skin tight and dark blue, with long sleeves. On his back was a metal black pack with two long dark gray handles coming out by his shoulders. His lower face was covered with what appeared to be a ninja mask.
"What's wrong if they hear us?" Said a female voice, one the persons who had just dropped with Riptide. She was covered in hunting gear. On her back was a bow and a fully stocked quiver was hanging from her hip. On her lower back was a sheathed long knife. She had on a black domino mask, her short black hair was swept to the side. Around her hip was utility belt hanging at an angle. Her black leotard was adorned with a white image of cross hairs on her chest.
"Yeah I agreed Velos, I won't mind getting to punch in some faces." The last person who had just dropped from the ceiling said. His name was Kid Destruction. He was wearing a vest that was patterned after army snow camo. He had black pants and matching boots. he was well built and had tattoos on his right shoulder (a barred wire patter) and just under his left eye (it looked like a curved thorn).
Just then three girls flew in.
"Always looking for a fight KD." One of them said.
"What of it Enchantress?" Kid Destruction said looking at the girl. She was wearing a dark purple cloak with a hood that pulled low over her face, hiding most of it from view. The cloak was long and billowed around her as she flew. At the shoulder it was pinned with a gold and silver broach in the shape of a rose. Underneath she had on one piece that was cut a bathing suit, a slightly lighter shade that her cloak. She had long gloves the same color of the cloak.
The girls landed next to the small group. The two other girls were Shadow Blast and Dark Psyche.
Shadow Blast was wearing combat boots and a dark colored pants. Her top was sleeve-less and red. Over that she had on a black jaket. She wore a mask that covered her eyes. She had long white hair tied to the side. She also wore a thick belt around her waist.
Dark Psyche was wearing a form fitting one piece with a dangerously low V-neck. The suit was black in color and had a white X in the front. Her dark auburn hair was left open and flowed down her back.
"Hey, let's get on with this." Blur said.
"Yeah, we came to have some fun right." Shadow Blast said and took off into the air. "Velos past the cans."
Velos dug around in her quiver and took out two cans of spray paint. She tossed one to Shadow Blast. While Crow had produced more cans and was passing around from everyone.
"Let's leave a 'hello' message to our soon to be new friends." Crow said shaking his can.
Gotham
June 21, 09:43 EST
"Are you excited Dick?" Barbara asked the boy sitting next to her. He shrugged his shoulders.
"Come on, you must be the tiniest bit excited." She said.
"Not really." He replied yawning. "I mean, what's the point of this exhibit anyway. To make us normal kids feel inferior?"
"You are anything but normal." Said a voice behind them. Both Dick and Babs looked up to see Artemis Crock leaning over the back of their bus seat.
"I don't know what you mean." Dick said eyeing her.
"You're a bloody genius, Grayson. Do you think any of those hero kids can crunch numbers as fast as you can?" She said.
"Maybe, how should I know?" He said.
"But I think it's so cool that Gotham museum is opening a young heroes section it the superhero exhibit." Babs said.
"Eh, I still think it's just to make the rest of us try harder with our home work so we would feel completely useless compared to them." Dick said. Just then their school bus came a screeching halt. Artemis fell face first into Dick and Babs seat.
"Artemis are you okay?" Babs asked helping the girl to get up.
"No way. Check this out." Dick said. He had opened the window and was leaning outside. They were on the street in front of the museum. But there was a traffic jam all the way around the building. Not only were there numerous school buses like theirs but police vehicles, news vans and dozens of others. There was a crowd in front the museum steps that was slowly getting bigger. Artemis stuck her head out next to Dick's.
"I wonder what happened. This all couldn't be for the new exhibit."
"Why not? Those kid heroes are really popular." Dick said with a wink.
"I thought you didn't like them."
"One, I never said I didn't like them. Two, even if I didn't like them that means I can't admit they are popular. I mean, that Robin…he's pretty good looking. He must get a lot of babes. And that archer chic, she's dam hot." Dick suddenly grunted as unseen to everyone Artemis stepped on his foot…hard.
"Wally would kill you." She whispered to him.
"Better than him have tired." He whispered back, before leaning out and grabbing a man running by. He was carrying a pen and note pad, probably a reporter.
"Hey, can you tell us what going on?" Dick asked the man.
"Someone broke in and defaced the new exhibit last night."
"What?" Both teens said at the same time.
"Yeah, it was really weird. They didn't take anything, and they only touched that exhibit." The man said before hurrying away. Dick and Artemis looked at each other. Dick pulled his head back inside the bus and looked at his teachers. They were discussing what they should do about the field trip.
"Ah, Miss." Dick said waving his hand in the air.
"Yes mister Grayson." One of them said.
"Well, it's just, it's really cramped in here. While you are deciding what to do….would it be okay if we got out and stretched our legs." He said. The other students mumbled in agreement.
"Very well, you all may go on the museum grounds but stay close to each other. Miss Kane you are in charge." The teacher said. The kids filed out quickly out and made their way to parks next to the museum.
"What dumb lucky, huh Dick? On the day of our field trip." Babs said. She turned to her friend only to find he wasn't there.
"Dick?" She turned in a circle but he was gone. "Not this again." She said to herself.
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"Who would want to mess up our exhibit?" Dick said as he and Artemis snuck inside the building.
"How should I know? You're supposed to the detective." She said to him. They crouched down as three police men went past.
"Then let's see if I can't find some clues to help in this investigation." He said. They slipped into the heroes exhibit, but the number of people in there made it impossible to see anything. Artemis tapped him on the shoulder and pointed to an air vent in the wall next to them. He nodded and opened the vent allowing Artemis to slip in first. He followed pulling it closed behind them. They used the air vests to get to the second story. From there they had an unobstructed view. Both of them gasped when they saw the damage. All the cases that had the equipment that had been collected was smashed, the larger than life pictures had be covered in graffiti. And worst of all above the pictures written in black spray paint-
'HOPE YOU'RE READY JR LEAGUE'
'THE KIDS OF CHAOS WANT TO PLAY'
"Well, I'm no detective but I think the people who did this might be the Kids of Chaos." Artemis said.
So just who are these so called 'Kids of Chaos' and what danger do they pose to the team.
Next time get ready for the team's first encounter with these shadowy figures and maybe a little more light will be shed on who they really are.
I'm eager to hear what you all think. Please leave your reviews.
Nardragon~until the page.