Disclaimer- I do not own anything of Young Justice. All I own are my OC's.

From Author- So, I'm trying another superhero story. I know my Teen Titans story didn't really work out but, I've had new passion for Young Justice since they (finally) started coming out with new episodes. And, I just found out that they're not going to make the fans wait for season 2! It's coming out the week after the final episode of season 1! I'm so happy.

Alright, a few things I need to say before I start this. 1. I know people who are big fans of DC universe might get mad about this but I am NOT using the same Tempest or Andromeda from DC comics. I didn't even know there were characters with those names until I looked it up. And I looked it up AFTER I came up with this story idea and the characters themselves. 2. For people who don't know, my style of writing is a roleplaying sort of thing. Which means I create a character, put her into the story and she goes along with the adventures and everything. Don't worry, though, I have my own plans and twists for her character. So please, I don't want to hear people saying things about the role playing style of writing. There, that should do it.

About This Series- Amber Parkinson is a seventeen year old superhero, hero identity Tempest, who is best friends with Roy Harper (Speedy/Red Arrow). Like everyone in this world, she has secrets. But, could these secrets be so dark that it could ruin everything? And, what other secrets does she not know about that could also curse her to walk the Earth alone?

Being a teenager is rough. You got acne, social crisis, crushes, and (for girls) "cramps" and also just doing what you can to find out who you really are.

Now, mix that with also being a teenage superhero. Yeah, it's no walk in the park, believe me, because I am one. A seventeen year old superhero with the power to manipulate and conjure fire and can also detect body heat to a certain distance.

As for my appearance, well, I wouldn't really call myself pretty but I guess, according to my mother, I am. I mean, don't girls usually not think of themselves as attractive sometimes?

My chocolate brown hair extends past my neck, past my shoulder blades and stops around my mid-back. My hair is just not plain brown, though. I have red streaks in them. I've had them for many years. I got them around the same time I developed my powers actually which, I'm still confused as to how I "obtained" them.

My eyes are a glossy blue/green color and I do actually like them….a lot. Probably one of my favorite features that I like about myself.

"Amber, Amber, sweetie, you better put your outfit on, we need to go. It's time." My mother called from the other room of my house.

My mother's name is Emily Parkinson but most of the world knows her as Andromeda, a member of the Justice League. She has the same powers as I do only, she knows more advanced techniques than me. For example, she can use the thrust from the flames she conjures to fly.

I cannot wait until my powers develop to that stage!

Anyway, I began putting on my superhero outfit. The first thing I slipped on was my top. It was a sleeveless, black V-neck top with a red neckline that reveals the stomach and has a flame design on the chest. Next, my black skirt with a red waistline that went to the knee which also had a flame design on. Next, my black boots that stopped around mid-shin and has, again, a flame design on them. Finally, I slipped on my black mask.

I left my room and met up with my mother, who had the same colors on her outfit except the flame designs are more orange and yellow while mine are red and orange. Her top doesn't reveal her belly and she has pants instead of a skirt. But, she does have boots but with a heel instead of my slip-on boots. Her hair is a plain, dark brown color that goes to her shoulders and she has brown eyes.

"You ready, dear?" She asked me. I smiled and nodded at her. She smiled back at me and we headed over to the closest zeta tube from our house to get to Washington D.C. We had to zeta because we live in Star City, which is about thirty miles from San Francisco.

When we got to Washington D.C., we made our way over to our true destination: the Hall of Justice. I was getting excited. I've been waiting for this day for two years. I could barely contain my joy but I knew I had to remain somewhat calm because the media was going to be everywhere and it wouldn't exactly look good if the protégé of Andromeda was seen in the front of the Hall of Justice squealing like a little school girl.

Anyway, we finally made our way over to the Hall of Justice to see Batman, Robin, Aquaman, Aqualad, Green Arrow and Speedy there already. We went over and greeted everyone. Everyone was here, except for…

"Why are we always the last ones?" Kid Flash said as he and his mentor, Flash, suddenly appeared by us. I laughed at that and went over to my best friend, Speedy, to chat with him.

"Hey, Speedy." I greeted, walking to his side. He gave me a small smile as I approached.

"Hey, Tempest." He greeted back. Yes, that is my hero name. "You excited?" He asked.

"Are you kidding? I barely slept last night I was so excited!" Speedy chuckled at my response to which I giggled in return. Then, our group began walking inside but I stayed by Speedy to continue talking with him.

"So, I heard on the news that you and Green Arrow took out Icicle Jr. today." I commented, ignoring the flashes from the cameras and the media trying to get a word from us.

"Yeah, he wasn't much of a challenge, though." Speedy commented.

"Well, the way you fight, I always feel bad for people who get in your way." I joked but still kinda meant it. I saw a grin tugging at Speedy's lips and I knew I just boosted his ego.

When I first became Andromeda's sidekick, Speedy and I didn't get along all that well. But, as time went on and because my mother would go on missions with Green Arrow, Speedy and I got closer, eventually becoming best friends. But, after two years, my feelings have grown stronger.

Yes, you guessed it. I'm in love with him.

Have I told him? No.

Will I tell him?

….Eventually.

Right now, I was focused on the fact that we were actually entering the Hall of Justice and going through step one at becoming a League member. I mean, I've been to the Hall of Justice before but not really inside.

Anyway, we made our way inside where Martian Manhunter was waiting for us. He greeted us and then led us inside, giving us a small tour. Our last destination was the library which also had a giant computer screen, high-tech keyboard and a door that read, "Justice League members only." Right by the door was what looked like a camera but was actually the scanner for the zeta tube.

"I hope this isn't it…" Speedy muttered to me, crossing his arms. I laid a hand on his arm to calm him down for I could feel his anger building.

"Relax, Speedy, this is just the beginning. Besides, I wouldn't expect them to just be like, here it is! I think we need to go through steps first." I said. Speedy shot a hard look at me.

"But, we already did that! For years!" He shouted, catching everyone's attention.

"Roy? Is there something you want to say?" Green Arrow asked, turning to his partner. I tried to stop Roy, because I knew he was angry, but, it was futile. He pushed me off and glared at his mentor.

"Yes, there is. We train for years to become part of the League and when you finally say it's time all you people give us is a glorified backstage pass! So what if we're in this room? People can still see it." Then, he motioned up to the glass above us which, on the other side, showed the media taking pictures.

"Calm down, Roy. This is the first step in becoming…" Green Arrow was cut off.

"Don't give me any of that. We deserve better than this. And, I'm sure the others will agree." Speedy turned to the rest of us. I gazed at the other boys who just gave Roy a straight face, showing no sign that they actually agreed with him.

"I don't believe this…" Speedy muttered. Then, he looked at me to see if I agreed with him. I really wanted to but, the League has never led us wrong before so they wouldn't deceive us now.

"Sorry, Speedy, I kinda have to agree with the others." At my answer, the redhead glared at me behind his mask, making me wince slightly.

"You're going to agree with them? When they never even told you where the real League's headquarters is?" Speedy said to us, making mine and the rest of the sidekick's eyes go wide.

"Yeah, exactly. This isn't the real headquarters. The real one is called the Watchtower and it's sitting in space!" He informed us, making all of us look back at our mentors. Batman seemed the most upset with Green Arrow informing his sidekick of this apparent secret.

"If I can't be treated like a partner or an adult then there's no point in me staying here." Speedy said, turning back to Green Arrow. He glared at him, took off his hat and threw it to the ground. Then, without another word, he left. I stared at the other sidekicks. They all had looks of shock on their faces.

Just when I was about to turn around and say something to the League, Superman's face came up on the giant screen, grabbing everyone's attention. He informed everyone about a fire at Cadmus. I had no idea what Cadmus was but, the others seems suspicious about it. However, Zatara came up on the screen in a new video file next to Superman and told everyone of another problem: Wotan was trying to block out the sun.

It seems the blocking out the sun problem was a bigger issue (obviously) so they all decided to go after that problem. As for us? Well, they told us to stay here until they got back.

Okay, why do I get the feeling I'm being treated like a two year old? Sorry, let me rephrase that: that we're being treated like two year olds.

"This is ridiculous…" I muttered once the League members left via zeta tube.

"How can they treat us like this?" Kid Flash vented, waving his hands around to exaggerate his point.

"How could they not trust us?" Aqualad added, looking downcast. Speedy was right. And now that we're here, we need to do something about it.

So, what did we do? Research Project Cadmus.

"Robin, it never ceases to amaze me…and slightly freak me out…that you can do this stuff." I said while watching Robin hack the system. All those crazy numbers and pixel things were making my head and eyes hurt just by looking at them.

Anyway, we found out Cadmus was a genetics lab but that was about it. But still, we saw this as an opportunity to do some "digging." We'll worry about the consequences with the League later. Right now, we are just bent on proving ourselves.

Hey, after all, we are teenagers and rebellion is in our blood.

Once we made our way over to Cadmus, we helped the fire department save a few innocent bystanders before entering the building. I hitched a ride with Aqualad on his little water ride while Robin and Kid Flash found their own way up.

Once inside, Robin immediately went for the computer to look for any information while Kid Flash and I began looking through drawers and things to find anything useful. Aqualad scouted around the floor we were on.

"There was something in that elevator." He informed us a moment later. We stopped what we were doing and went to look.

"Shouldn't the elevators be shut down because of the fire?" I asked while we checked out the machinery. Robin then began looking up something on his PDA, hacking the information.

"This building is only two stories so why should there be an express elevator here?" He asked rhetorically, knowing none of us would know the answer….yet.

We opened up the elevator to truly see that it was an express. Robin used his rope to swing down while we followed down it, but we ended up stopping because the rope was at its end. He hacked the system again to unlock the floor level door we were on: SL 26.

When we got inside, all we could do was stare with wide eyes and mouths slightly open. There were these….things walking around the floor. They were some type of creatures. There were big ones that stood probably twenty feet tall with scaly skin and huge appendages and walked like gorillas. There were also smaller creatures, similar in looks except for the size, that were hitching a ride on the bigger creature's backs or shoulders. They had little horns on top of their heads and red eyes.

"Umm…question, would this be considered, ya know, suspicious?" I asked, sarcastically as we watched the creatures walk by us and down the hall.

"Let's keep investigating. Find out what these….creatures are." Aqualad said as we made our way down one of the random hallways of the floor. Again, Robin hacked to unlock the nearby door and what was inside was probably crazier than those things we just saw.

It was some type of laboratory with giant glass tubes filled with more of those creatures, except this time, they weren't as small as those little ones nor as big as those gorilla-like ones. They were also conducting what looked like to be electricity from their bodies, which seemed to be powering not only this room but possibly the whole Cadmus building.

"No wonder they were able to stay hidden for so long…" Kid Flash said as we walked around, looking at these things. Robin went over to the nearest computer and began hacking once again.

"Alright, they're called…genomorphs. Whoa, guys, look at this! These things are crazy…super strength, telepathy, and that's not just all." He explained once he was successful in hacking the system.

"Weapons. That's all these things are. And that's what Cadmus is doing down here." I said, looking over Robin's shoulder at the stats on the genomorphs. Robin then found something about a Project Kr but, he couldn't hack it because of the high security on the file.

Just then, we heard someone yell to us. When we turned to see who it was, we saw a small group of genomorphs, about medium size with razor sharp claws and teeth and the same red eyes. They were accompanied by a man in a black suit, yellow gauntlets and yellow helmet.

"Robin? Kid Flash? Aqualad? Tempest? What are you all doing here?" The man asked.

"I could ask you the same thing, Guardian." Aqualad answered.

"And maybe answer the question like, why are you here with Cadmus when they are creating weapons?" I asked him. He seemed shocked by this information but the little genomorph on his shoulder looked at him, his horns turning red then suddenly, Guardian ordered the other genomorphs to attack us.

I stepped forward and created a firewall to block the creatures from getting to us while the boys ran past me and after them. When the wall was no longer needed, I put it down and began shooting fireballs at the genomorphs attacking me. They dodged some of them but finally, they made contact.

"Tempest, move!" Aqualad ordered as he ran for the exit alongside Kid Flash. I asked no questions but followed them, running down a hallway where Robin was trying to hack a computer for a nearby elevator. He finally did it and we ran inside, heading down.

Wait, down?

"We need to check out what this Project Kr is." Robin answered once I asked. Aqualad sighed.

"We're in way over our heads here." He said. A moment later, we heard the elevator ding and then, the doors opened, revealing the new floor we were on. It looked…alive, almost like the inside of a body, specifically an intestine. Gross.

"Which way should we go?" Kid Flash asked as we came upon two different hallways. We didn't have time to decide because coming around the corner of the left hallway was what look like another genomorph, only he stood on two feet like a man. And he talked.

Could this day get any weirder?

He began using his telekinesis to throw anything that was in the room at us, causing us to run down the right hallway, which was our only escape. We finally came to a door that read "Project Kr" on it and went inside. Robin sealed the locks to buy us some time.

The room we were in was dark. The only light was coming from the computer system a few feet in front of us. Robin studied it for a moment then clicked a button, turning on more lights and also, revealing something else. It was a giant pod and had someone inside it! He had black hair, was wearing a white suit, his eyes were closed, almost like he was sleeping and three of those little genomorphs were inside with him. On the front of the pod read the letters "Kr." But, the thing that really caught my attention was what was on his chest. It was an "S" symbol, the same symbol that Superman uses.

"What….who is he?" I asked, staring at the boy in the pod. Robin began to hack and a moment later, began explaining.

"His name is Superboy. It seems Cadmus got their hands on Superman's DNA and created him….only sixteen weeks ago!" Robin ended his sentence in shock.

"That's insane!" I exclaimed, walking back over to the boys.

"What about these creatures? They're slightly different from the other ones we faced." Aqualad asked, motioning to the little genomorphs inside the pod.

"Genomorph gnomes. They help with educating him about the world." Robin explained after reading more about them on the file. I shook my head, trying to take this information in.

"This is crazy….we need to tell the League about this." I said. The others nodded and Aqualad tried to use the communicator on his outfit but, it was no use. We have no signals down here. Awesome.

"Okay but while we're here, we need to figure out what to do with Superboy. I mean, we can't just leave him here. It's not right." Kid Flash said. We all agreed to this and Robin set him free.

The pod slowly opened and it took a moment for Superboy to realize what was going on. But then, he opened his eyes and stared at us. Suddenly, he came right at us, first going after Aqualad, pinning him to the ground. We ran over to stop him.

"Relax! We're on your side!" Robin cried as he and Kid Flash grabbed onto each of his arms to stop him from punching Aqualad. I grabbed him around the middle to help pull him off the Atlantean.

Then, he punched Kid Flash, making him go flying back through the glass of another tube that was in the room, smack into the wall and hit the ground, knocking him out cold. Then, he wiggled free of my grip and kicked me in the gut, sending me back against the wall.

I shook it off and got up to help the others. I looked to see that Robin was somehow now underneath Superboy, who had pinned him down with his foot and was crushing Robin's ribs. I growled and made two fire whips in my hands, cracking them to get the clone's attention. He looked over at me and I swung the whip around and then cracked it at the leg that was putting pressure on Robin's body. Superboy jumped back from the sting and I then used the whip to wrap it around his body and then threw him into the wall.

"Please, stop this! We're trying to help you." Aqualad said once he got out his water weapons. Superboy didn't listen, he went straight for Aqualad again. I helped him by making my whip go around Superboy's waist again to pull him off my friend. But then, the clone grabbed onto the whip and thrashed me around like a rag doll. I let go of my whips to save myself from being thrown into the wall again. Although, I still took a hard fall.

I staggered to my feet and looked up to see that Superboy had also incapacitated Aqualad. I glared at him and created balls of fire in my hands.

"Why do you still fight us when we set you free?" I shouted at him but my words hit dead ears again because he ran right at me. I shot fireballs at him but that seemed to do nothing. And, even though I was good with hand-to-hand combat, there was no way I'd stand against the might of Superman.

I ducked and rolled to dodge one of his punches and shot a fireball at his face. It hit and he screamed from the impact but that only seemed to make him angrier. His moves got faster due to this new anger and this time, when he went to hit me, he made contact and my body smashed against the computers by the pod, including my head, which began to spin.

The last thing I remember seeing was a pair of blue eyes glaring down at me.

From Author- Dang, I didn't realize I would make it this long but wow! It came out long. Not bad for the pilot chapter, eh?

So, you all got a little bit of Tempest's character but, there is more to her character than just what you've read. You'll find out in later chapters. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter so please review and stayed tuned for the next one!