YJ: Young babies (Season 2 team)
A/N: Re edit- Cassie is still OOC and you might as well just classify this as an AU
It was a very simple day; NW had given orders to the new team members.
"Beast Boy; you, Impulse and Blue Beetle go stop a bank robbery down on main and 3rd street." NW told the three boys.
He had given everyone else orders all but,
"Wonder Girl…"
The blonde stated "I know, stay here, work on my stealth." Her usual bubbly voice had a monotone hint to it.
"Cassie, are you okay?" NW asked
"Yeah, I'm fine NW." Cassie replied dismissively
Her eyes told a different story. She seemed upset about something, hurt. But being dismissed for another mission couldn't have upset her that much could it?
"Hey, Cassie you need help with your art homework?" Karen 'Bumblebee' Beecher asked the younger blonde.
"Nah, I'm good." Cassie told the older teen,
"Cassie, are you feeling alright? I mean you're usually always drawing or coloring or something, you love art almost more than you love saving people and that's saying something." Karen asked
As she spoke she grabbed the art book from Cassie's bag, it was heavy like a textbook, and she handed it to the girl,
"Go on open it." Karen coaxed the teen
"You mean this big book of 'why bother I'm never gonna be as good as them' yeah, no, thank you." Cassie inquired
"Oh, Cassie, that's bull and you know it." Karen tutted at the blonde.
"I don't know, Emily didn't think so." Cassie muttered
"Emily, Emily Gomez?" Karen inquired
"Maybe…" Cassie stated nervously
"Is that girl still messing with you?" Karen asked
"It's nothing, Karen, I can handle her and the 'snob mob' I'll be fine." Cassie told her
Suddenly there was a 'Whoosh' and a flash of yellow and red
"Hey, this pretty neat, Cassandra did you draw this?" Wally asked
He was holding a picture of him, Megan, Kaldur, Artemis, NW well back then Robin, Roy and Connor all in chibi form in the uniforms
"Yeah, I was bored; I was dismissed for another mission, again." As she said the word 'Again' she glared over in NW's direction
Okay so she was a bit bitter about that
"Well, I keep on telling you work on your stealth." NW told the girl
Cassie opened her mouth to say it when her phone rang
"Hello? Hi mom, I'm at the cave, um let me ask…" she covered her phone and turned to NW
"My mom has to work late is it cool if I crash here for the night?" Cassie asked NW
"Yeah, it's fine." NW told the blonde.
"Hey, Mom, NW said it was fine, I know, I will, I make no promises, it's Friday, mom. Oh, I see, alright, love you too, bye." Cassie's tone went from annoyed to upset in a manner of seconds.
"Hey, Cassie is everything alright?" NW asked
"Peachy, just fan-damn-tactically, fucking, peachy" Cassie answered
"How's your mom?" Karen asked
"Well, let's see, she's never home, and when she is she's always busy, now I find out that she's pregnant, plus the fact that she lost her job and her pension, and… and… and…" Cassie broke off of her rambling because the fact that she was now sobbing,
"Oh, you poor thing, well a new baby that must be exciting, huh Cass, you get to be a big sister."
"Nuh-uh, because my mom lost her job she's became an alcoholic, and I'm afraid CPS might come and take us away." Cassie shook her head childishly.
"Hey, Cassie does you really think that'll happen?" Wall asked the blonde
"I don't know!" Cassie cried frustrated she threw her hands in the air,
"Recognize Beast Boy; B19, recognize Blue Beetle, B22, Recognize Impulse B23." The zeta beam announced
"Hey, Cassie, what's up?" Garfield asked
"Ahh!" Cassie yelled in annoyance and frustration getting up in a huff
"Okay, what's gotten into her?" Bart 'Impulse' Allen questioned
Before NW could respond they heard
"Team; there's been an incident at the Sandsmark residency, go check it out. Batman out."
"Okay, so do we tell Cassie, about this or not?" Karen asked
"No, she's got enough on her plate." NW stated
As they arrived at the scene in the foyer laid Dr. Helena Sandsmark, as dead as a door nail.
"My, god what are we gonna tell Cassie?" Karen asked
"The truth, her mother was murdered." NW stated
The group headed back to the cave where the zeta beam announced their arrival
They heard piano playing in the back ground and a soft melodious voice singing;
"I miss the taste of a sweeter life
I miss the conversation
I'm searching for a song tonight
I'm changing all of the stations"
As the voice continued singing the team made their way to the sound
"I like to think that we had it all
We drew a map to a better place
But on that road I took a fall
Oh baby why did you run away?"
The team couldn't find the voice that easily it was as if it floated through several doors.
"I was there for you
In your darkest times
I was there for you
In your darkest nights"
But without a doubt they knew it was Cassie singing, but what or who could she be singing about?
"But I wonder where were you?
When I was at my worst
Down on my knees
And you said you had my back
So I wonder where were you?
When all the roads you took came back to me"
Her voice was filled with longing and disappointment
"Now I'm following the map that leads to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you"
And just like the song suggested the team had followed her voice like a map.
"I hear your voice in my sleep at night
Hard to resist temptation
'Cause something strange has come over me
Now I can't get over you
No, I just can't get over you"
Had she known about her mother's unexpected death? Nah
"I was there for you
In your darkest times
I was there for you
In your darkest nights"
Could she of been singing about her parents?
"But I wonder where were you?
When I was at my worst
Down on my knees
And you said you had my back
So I wonder where were you?
When all the roads you took came back to me"
Her voice was so gentle, and sweet it seemed almost fitting
"So I'm following the map that leads to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Oh to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you"
Her voice rang out clearly; you could hear the sob creeping up in her voice
"But I wonder where were you?
When I was at my worst
Down on my knees
And you said you had my back
So I wonder where were you?
When all the roads you took came back to me"
As she sang her voice got softer and quieter, but that didn't matter because the team was standing right behind her.
"So I'm following the map that leads to you"
She finished the song with a soft note, Robin's gloved hand meeting her shoulder, and she placed her own hand on top of it.
"Why didn't you tell us you could sing?" Wally questioned the girl
"It's not that valuable of a skill, Wally." Cassie stated dejectedly.
"Are you crazy?" Bart inquired
"No, I suffer from insanity and I enjoy every minute of it." Cassie stated teasingly
"So, I heard Batman say something about my place, what's up?" Cassie asked
"It's your mom, she's…" Jamie began
"Is she okay, what about the baby?" Cassie rambled
"Cassie, I'm so sorry, but they're dead." Karen told the girl
"Damn it" Cassie hissed in Greek
"Cassie, I just heard are you alright, my dear?" Wonder woman asked flying in concerned for her niece and protégé
"Let me get back to you on that Aunt Diana…" Cassie trailed off as if she was thinking
"Okay, so how the hell did my mom die?!" Cassie's voice had an ordering tone to it
"We have reasons to believe that she was murdered." Karen stated
"Okay so new question; who the fuck killed my mom?!" Cassie screeched in an upset and demanding tone
"We don't know sorry Cassie; do you have any family members left?" Wally questioned
Cassie pointed to Diana
"Aunt Diana is the last person left." She stated dejectedly
"Isn't Diana your adoptive aunt?" Garfield inquired
'Not helping, Garfield' Megan told her 'Brother' mentally
'Oh, noted.' Garfield told his 'Sister'
"Hey! If ya'll have something to say then say it to my face, I'm not gonna stand here while you think about me behind my back… West get your head out of the gutter!" Cassie yelled and stormed off
"Cassie, where are you going?" Karen asked
"Kitchen. Ice cream. You better pray that there's chocolate." Cassie grounded out
"That was a bit uncalled for." Jamie stated to no one in particular
"She'll be just fine, just leave her be for now." Diana told the teens
"Richard, you should know that Helena entrusted me with Cassandra's safety and so in turn I have entrusted you with her safety." Diana told NW
"I know, but what can I do?" NW asked
"Richard, she needs the team now more than ever, and as much as she hates to admit it, but she's broken, please tread lightly, her heart has already been broken, please do not shatter it in the process of healing it." Diana stated patting the boy on his head as she would have done when he was a kid
"I will, Aunt Diana." NW stated
"Aunt Diana, how can they help, I would have thought that you would have known that my heart can't possibly break." Cassie interrogated her aunt
"True, you heart may not be able to break, but that doesn't mean they can't help fix it, you are strong, so much stronger than you realize, you will get through this and your heart will heal. I promise my dear" Diana told her niece
"I'll be okay?" Cassie asked her aunt, it was the same question she had asked her mother when she met her father and had gotten her powers
"My dearest child, you have always been safe here, and you always will be." Diana told Cassie kissing the top of her head
"I love you, Aunt Diana." Cassie murmured into Diana's tunic
"I love you too, my dear one." Diana told her niece
"Come on, Cassie its late try and get some sleep." Bart told the girl
"Mmh?" Cassie questioned swaying on her feet already asleep
"Cassie, are you up?" Garfield asked poking the girl on the nose causing her to fall backwards right into Tim's arms
"Woah, she's out of it, come on help me get her up on the couch." Timothy 'Robin' Drake told his team mates
"Shouldn't we take her to her room?" Bart questioned
"Nah, she'll be comfortable anywhere." Tim replied
"Okay, for someone with super strength, she's surprisingly light." Tim stated hefting the girl up and onto the couch."
"She's petite." Artemis replied
"You guys don't know?" Karen inquired
"Know what?" Wall questioned Karen's questioned
"Cassandra is a recovering anorexic."
"Wait so Cassie was suffering from anorexia?" Tim asked flabbergasted
"Yes, I assumed you knew." Karen replied
Gently moving her blonde bangs from her eyes Artemis stated
"Sometimes it's hard to believe she's a superhero, she looks so much like a little girl."
"That's because she is one, Cassie is still only 14 a few months younger than Timothy and a few months older than Garfield." Megan replied softly
"We should let her sleep." Dick stated
As they turned to leave they heard panicked whimpering.
"No, Father, I'm sorry! Father let me go you're hurting me! Please forgive me!" Cassie cried
"Cassandra, wake up!" Kaldur told the girl
Icy blue eyes met steel gray ones as Cassandra grabbed on to Kaldur's tunic
"I wish it was me who had died instead, maybe then father wouldn't hate me." Cassie muttered
"Cassandra, you do not mean that." Kaldur told the girl
"But I do, it was my fault that the hydra killed Sierra, it was my fault that my brother; Jason died avenging our sister. It was my fault that…"
"Cassie, how older where you when Sierra and Jason died?" Artemis asked
Cassie held up a finger
"Do you need a moment?" Garfield asked
"I was one, a year old, one month, one day, one hour, one minute and one second, when Sierra was killed and 2 minutes later Jason followed."
"How do you remember that?" Artemis questioned
"Photographic memory, a blessing and a curse in their own rights."
"Give us examples." Wally stated
"Alright, seeing the look on Tim's face when I kick his ass in training, total blessing, seeing you eat a curse hands down, sorry but I'm pretty sure that your mom taught you not to eat with your mouth open." Cassie replied
A roar of thunder appeared from the sky and Cassie's once blue eyes flashed gold
"Cassie, are you aware that your eyes turns gold?" Garfield asked
"Oh, yeah with my father being Zeus my eyes turn his sacred color whenever there's a storm." Cassie replied going back to sleep
Soon the team fell asleep as well not realizing that in the sky above the Olympians where talking
"Cassandra thinks that I blame her for the death of Sierra and Jason, Artemis what do I do?" Zeus asked his daughter
"I will take care of it father." The goddess stated
With the sly smile the goddess walked down to the cave via magic staircase and turned four teens into babies, this included her niece, Timothy, Bart and Garfield.
Looking at her handiwork Artemis smiled and head back to the clouds
The team was sure in a surprise.